IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Netezza, a provider of business analytics based in Massachusetts, in a cash transaction at a price of USD27 per share or at a net price of approximately USD1.7bn, after adjusting for cash. Netezza is expected to expand IBM’s business analytics initiatives

immatics biotechnologies, a biopharmaceutical company developing advanced therapeutic vaccines that are active against cancer, has raised EUR53.8m in a series C financing round. The new funds will allow the company to finance the ongoing development of immatics’ existing pipeline of advanced therapeutic cancer vaccine candidates. In particular, it allows the

Oremex Resources, a Canadian-based exploration company, has proposed a private placement of units at a price of CAD0.09 per unit, for gross proceeds of approximately CAD1,700,000. Each unit will be comprised of one share of the company and one-half of one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable

Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity firm, has acquired Christchurch Court, a provider of residential care for adults with an acquired brain injury. Established in 1997, Christchurch Court operates from homes in a community setting in Northampton, providing long-term, high acuity care to its residents.    An estimated 135,000 people

Catterton Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm in North America, has sold a controlling stake in its portfolio company Heartland Recreational Vehicles, a manufacturer of towable recreational vehicles, to Thor Industries for a total consideration in excess of USD200m in cash and stock. Since partnering with the Heartland founders in

Yorkville Advisors, the US based alternative investment manager, has entered on behalf of one of its funds into a debt facility of USD1.2m with AIM-listed Red Rock Resources, a gold mining and exploration company.   This latest debt facility represents the third debt financing for Red Rock Resource. From the

Investment funds advised by CVC Capital Partners are to acquire TDC’s Swiss subsidiary Sunrise Communications. The transaction values Sunrise, a privately held telecommunications provider, at an enterprise value of CHF3.3bn.   TDC, a provider of communications solutions in Denmark, held Sunrise for nearly ten years.   The completion of this

Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group has committed USD23m to a new fund sponsored by Jonathan Rose Companies’ investment practice. The fund, Rose New Jersey Green Affordable Housing Preservation Fund, will acquire existing, CRA-eligible affordable housing in mass-transit accessible locations throughout New Jersey, with a focus on Hudson and Essex Counties.

Intel Capital has provided additional funding for Mall.cz, operated by one of its portfolio companies in the Central Eastern European region. Intel Capital and MCI, a Polish investor, have each made a EUR5m investment into Mall.cz’s holding company, Netretail Holding. Ondra Tomek also invested EUR1m in the company in a