Domo, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture launched by Omniture co-founder Josh James, has closed USD20 million in Series A-1 funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). This round brings total investment in Domo to USD63 million.   “Winning takes 100 percent focus,” says James. “While we weren’t in the market for

Better Capital has sold MentecPlus Integrated Solutions Limited (MentecPlus), a company within the BECAP Fund LP (the 2009 Fund) investment portfolio, to UNIT4 Business Software Holding BV (UNIT4), a NYSE Euronext-listed company. MentecPlus was acquired as part of the Calyx group of ICT managed services companies in September 2010. As

The Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA) is partnering with Cambridge Associates to provide extensive, independent Indian private equity and venture capital performance data to industry participants. As part of the strategic partnership, IVCA will give its members access to aggregate Indian private equity (PE) and venture capital

Global economic uncertainty and regulatory change will continue to impact M&A activity in the coming year, according to the latest trends insights by Clifford Chance. Worries about sovereign debt, global economic slowdown and the continued lack of a resolution to the Eurozone crisis are contributing to an unsettled global picture.

AlienVault, creator of OSSIM, the de-facto standard open source SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solution, has closed an USD8 million Series B financing led by new investor Trident Capital with participation from existing investors Adara Venture Partners and Neotec. The company has named Trident managing director J Alberto Yepez

The Aureos South Asia Fund (ASAF) has completed a USD7million investment in Sai Security Printers Private Limited (Sai), a paper packaging company based in Faridabad and Bangalore, India. ASAF is managed by Aureos South Asia Managers Ltd, a subsidiary of Aureos Capital Limited, a private equity fund management company specialising

Independent Swiss private equity company, Constellation has selected Ipes as the administrator for its Constellation III German Asset Light Fund. The fund, which will focus on investing in growth companies in the service sector in German speaking Europe, reached its successful final closing in early December 2011. Ipes Luxembourg will

Physio-Control, a provider of emergency medical response technology for use in the intervention and treatment of cardio-respiratory sudden cardiac arrest and other medical emergencies, has completed the sale of the company to an affiliate of private investment firm Bain Capital.  The transaction, which was announced on 17 November, 2011, was