MongoDB has secured USD150m in financing led by a financial services company and certain funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Associates, with additional new investors Altimeter Capital and salesforce.com.   The round includes participation from existing investors Intel Capital, NEA, Red Hat and Sequoia Capital.   With more

Jarden Corporation has completed its acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments from a fund managed by Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately USD1.75bn in cash.   Pro forma for the transaction, Jarden would have had net sales and adjusted EBITDA of approximately USD7.7bn and USD1.0bn, respectively, for the 12 months ended 30

Private equity firm Catterton Partners has completed the sale of Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS), a convenience store operator in Maryland and Virginia, to an affiliate of Sunoco.   Sunoco, which has a long history in the retail business with a network of almost 5,000 sites, will operate the MACS business.  Terms

Protein Bar, a casual restaurant chain specialising in healthy, on-the-go options, has secured a capital investment by private equity firm Catterton Partners.    The investment will be used to foster the expansion of the Protein Bar concept across the US. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.     Protein Bar offers

Aviva Investors has completed the acquisition of EUR84.5m in privately placed senior secured notes issued by Reggefiber, the Dutch telecommunications infrastructure provider.   The transaction refinances a short-term construction bridge facility provided by ABN AMRO and provides long term capital for Reggefiber to facilitate the continued expansion of its Fiber-to-the-Home

Livingstone’s IT services team has advised the shareholders of Backup Technology on the sale of the business to iomart Group for GBP23m, a 9.6x multiple of historic EBITDA.   Backup Technology is a provider of managed data backup and disaster recovery services to SMEs and large corporates. Using software from

Merus, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on human antibody therapeutics, has secured a EUR31m extension to its series B financing round, bringing the total round to EUR47.6m.   Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) joined as a new investor along with existing investors Novartis Venture Fund, Pfizer Venture Investments, Bay City

LBO France has announced the sale of Groupe Poult’s Polish activities to Bridgepoint, for an undisclosed amount. Established in 1993 and operating under the Dr Gerard brand, the business was acquired by Groupe Poult in 2010 as part of a build up orchestrated by LBO France. Today it’s a leading