Fusion Corporate Partners

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-294
 
Acquirer:  Seguin Partners
ACQ Web:  http://www.seguinpartners.com
Location:  USA, Woburn, MA
Region:  North America
Description:  Seguin Partners is a private equity investment firm which focuses on growing companies in certain segments of the business services market including business-to-business information, publishing, media, healthcare, security, and other outsourced business services.
Category:  Private Equity
Contact 1:  Alan Glass, Operating Partner (will become chairman of the board of the new CFO Publishing Holdings, Inc)
Contact 2:  Martin Madden, Managing Partner
 
Vendor:  The Economist Group
Vendor Web:  http://www.economistgroup.com
Location:  USA, New York, NY
Region:  North America
Description:  The publications and services delivered under The Economist brand are The Economist magazine, The Economist online, Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Conferences, The World In and Intelligent Life. The Group’s other brands include: CQ-Roll Call Group and European Voice (aimed at decision-makers on Capitol Hill and Brussels respectively) and EuroFinance, a cash and treasury management event business.
Category: Media
Contact 1:  Paul Rossi, Managing Director and EVP of The Economist Group in the Americas
 
Acquisition  The CFO Group
Acquisition Website:  http://www.cfo.com
Location:  USA, Boston, MA
Region:  North America
Description:  CFO is focused on the information needs of C-level and senior finance executives. In addition to CFO magazine, the business includes a fast-growing portfolio of online products and services as well as conferences and custom research and publishing.
Category: Media
Contact 1:  Frank Quigley, will become president and CEO.
Contact 2:  Julia Homer will remain executive vice president and chief content officer
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
Details:  Private equity firm Seguin Partners has acquired CFO Publishing, in partnership with CFO’s management, from the Economist Group. According to the terms of the deal, a new company formed by Seguin will acquire CFO’s assets. The Economist Group will retain a substantial minority stake in the new company.
 
Link: Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-293
 
Acquirer:  CitySquares
ACQ Web:  http://www.citysquares.com
Location:  USA, Boston, MA
Region:  North America
Description:  Hyper-local search firm for small businesses. A basic business profile on City-Squares is free; firms can pay $15 per month for a “deluxe” listing or $50 per month for a premium listing. The site currently has about 2,000 small-business advertisers and about 14.5 million businesses listed on the site.
Category:  Search, Retail, Directory
Contact 1:  Ben Saren, co-founder and CEO
Contact 2:  Rod Van Sciver, angel investor with eCoast Angel Network and CitySquares board member
  
 
Vendor:  Yokel.com
Vendor Web:  http://www.yokel.com
Location:  USA, Boston, MA
Region:  North America
Description:  Online retail directory that helps visitors find which local businesses sell a particular product or brand.
Category: Retail, Directory
Contact 1:  Scott Randall, co-founder and CEO
Contact 2:  Don Zereski, co-founder
  
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Quotation from the CitySquares Blog. “We are excited to see what the future has in store for both CitySquares and Yokel. We see many potential opportunities to combine the power of product and hyper-local search to help local merchants across the nation build a stronger and bigger customer base.”
 
Links: 

• CitySquares Blog              
• Boston Business Journal
                                      

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-317
 
Business:  Wattpad
Web:  http://www.wattpad.com
Location:  Canada, Toronto
Region:  North America
Business description:  Allows anyone to publish. All the content can be easily accessed on Wattpad’s website, mobile site or through the Wattpad application supported on all mobile devices including Apple iPhone, Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and more.
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Category: e-books
Contact 1:  Allen Lau, CEO and Co-founder of Wattpad
Contact 2:  Ivan Yuen, co-founder 
 
Investors:  A consortium of private investors including Harvey Beck and Alan Levine, former co-CEOs of ICOM and Bert Amato, co-founder of Delrina
  
Amount raised:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Wattpad has completed its first round of funding. The investment we received will be used to leverage the company’s rapid growth and expand engineering, marketing and business development efforts.
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Link:  Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-291
 
Acquirer:  Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGE)
ACQ Web:  http://www.internetcapital.com
Location:  USA, Wayne, PA
Region:  North America
Description:  Internet Capital Group acquires and builds Internet software companies that drive business productivity and reduce transaction costs between firms.
Category:  Private equity
Contact 1:  Walter Buckley, CEO
Contact 2:  Doug Alexander, President

Vendor:  GovDelivery, Inc.
Vendor Web:  http://www.govdelivery.com
Location:  USA, St. Paul, MN
Region:  North America
Description:  GovDelivery is the leading provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions.
Category: Communications
Contact:  Scott Burns, CEO and co-founder
 
Aprox. Value:  $19.7 million for 89% ownership
 
Details:  Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGE) today announced that, together with management,  it has acquired GovDelivery, Inc.
 
Link: Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-290
 
Acquirer:  Jive Software
ACQ Web:  http://www.jivesoftware.com
Location:  USA, Portland, OR
Region:  North America
Description:  Jive combines social networking software, collaboration software, and community software to manage employees, customers, and partners on a unified platform.
Category:  Software, Technology
Contact 1:  Dave Hersh, CEO
Contact 2:  Chris Morace, SVP of Products   
 
Vendor:  Filtrbox
Vendor Web:  http://www.filtrbox.com
Location:  USA: Boulder, CO
Region:  North America
Description:  Social media monitoring
Category: Software, Technology
Contact:  Ari Newman, Founder and President
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Jive, the Social Business Software business, has acquired Filtrbox, a social media monitoring  business. Jive will integrate the Filtrbox real-time social media monitoring and engagement capabilities into the Jive SBS platform.
 
Link: Press Release
 
 More details about the acquisition:

• Jive’s CEO Dave Hersh on “A New Decade, A New Opportunity” 
• Jive’s SVP of Products Chris Morace on “Break the Silence: Listen AND Engage” 
• FAQs about the acquisition
   

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-315
 
Business:  LivingSocial
Web:  http://livingsocial.com
Location:  USA, Washington D.C
Region:  North America
Business description:  Description: Lets people review and share books, movies, restaurants and other types of entertainment
Category: Reviews
Contact 1:  Tim O’Shaughnessy, CEO and Co-founder
Contact 2:  Eddie Frederick, President and Co-founder
Contact 3:  Aaron Batalion, CTO and Co-founder
Contact 4:  Val Aleksenko, CIO and Co-founder
 
Investors:  Grotech Ventures, AOL co-founder Steve Case and Jean Case. LivingSocial’s CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy
 
Amount raised:  $5,000,000
 
Details:  The company plans to use the money to expand its group-buying deals.
Link:  VentureBeat

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-288
 
Acquirer:  Seesmic
ACQ Web:  http://www.seesmic.com
Location:  USA, San Francisco, CA
Region:  North America
Description:  Enables management of Twitter and Facebook accounts from desktop and mobile apps
Category:  Technology, App, Social Network
Contact:  Loic Le Meur, Founder & CEO
  
Vendor:  Ping.fm
Vendor Web:  http://www.ping.fm
Location:  “USA, Tulsa, OK
Region:  North America
Description:  Enables updating of multiple social network posts from one place
Category: Technology, App, Social Network
Contact 1:  Adam Duffy, co-founder
Contact 2:  Sean McCullough, co-founder
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Seesmic acquires ping.fm. Ping’s angel investors become shareholders and advisors Joi Ito, Reid Hoffman who was already a Seesmic shareholder and Mohamed Nanabhay.
 
Link: Seesmic Blog

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-287
 
Acquirer:  Apple
ACQ Web:  http://www.apple.com
Location:  USA, Cupertino, CA
Region:  North America
Description:  American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products
Category:  Consumer electronics: Software
Contact:  Steve Jobs, CEO

 
Vendor:  Quattro Wireless
Vendor Web:  http://www.quattrowireless.com
Location:  USA, Waltham, MA
Region:  North America
Description:  mobile advertising company, empowering advertisers and publishers to reach and engage their target audiences across mobile web, application and video platforms
Category: Mobile, Advertising
Contact:  Andy Miller, CEO and co-founder
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Apple acquires Quattro Wireless. Co-founde Quattro Wirelees Andy Miller becomes Apple’s Vice President, Mobile Advertising. For now all services remain unchanged and client and support teams will remain the same
 
Link: Quattro Blog
 
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The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-283
 
Acquirer:  WebMediaBrands
ACQ Web:  http://www.webmediabrands.com
Location:  USA, New York, NY
Region:  North America
Description:   Global provider of events, education, jobs, and content for business, media, and creative professionals
Category:  Media
Contact:  Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO  Twitter
 
Vendor:  Charles Edward Hudson/3rd Power LLC
Vendors Websites:  http://www.thirdpowerllc.com : http://www.socialgamingsummit2009.com : http://www.vgsummit.com : http://www.igsummit.com
Location:  
Region:  North America
Description:  3rd Power’s main assets are three social media tradeshows (Social Gaming Summit, Virtual Goods Summit and iGames Summit), as well as several new tradeshows to be launched in 2010.
Category: Events
Contact:  Charles Edward Hudson (now a consultant to WebMediaBrands)
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  WebMediaBrands Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM),has acquired all of the equity of 3rd Power LLC from Charles Edward Hudson
 
Link: Press Release
 
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