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Private Equity Fund-Raising Suffers Worst Year Since 2003

New York - Last year, U.S. private equity fund-raising suffered its worst year since 2003, according to new figures from Dow Jones LP Source. In 2009,...

SeatGeek Lands Funding for Ticket Price Forecasting

New York - SeatGeek, a provider of price forecasting software for tickets to concerts and sporting events, has raised between $500,000 and $1 million in a...

SusQtech Acquires Social Media Consulting Firm Live Elements

Winchester, Va. - SusQtech, a provider of online community tools and training services to the association and non-profit industry, said that it has acquired Live Elements, a...

Justice Dept. to Lead Antitrust Probe of Comcast-NBC Universal

Washington - The U.S. Justice Dept. will take the lead in the government's review of Comcast's (NASD:  CMCSA) proposed $30 billion deal to take over NBC...

Google Sweetens Bid for Video Encoding Firm On2

New York - Google (NASD: GOOG) has increased by nearly 25% its offer for On2 Technologies, the video encoding firm it bid $106.5 million for in August...

Free, Licensed Music Download Service Jamendo Seeks Buyer

Luxembourg - Jamendo, the provider of a website featuring free music downloads, published via Creative Commons licenses, is actively seeking a sale or merger of the company...

Jive Acquires Social Media Monitoring Firm Filtrbox

Portland, Ore. - Jive, a provider of social media tools for businesses, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Filtrbox, a social media analytics firm. Financial terms of...

Motorola Acquires Video DRM Provider SecureMedia

Schaumberg, Ill. - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) announced on Thursday that it will acquire the assets of SecureMedia, a developer of software-based digital rights management (DRM) and security systems...

Jelli Lands $2 Million for Listener-Programmed Radio

San Mateo, Calif. - Jelli, the developer of an interactive terrestrial radio service, has raised $2 million in new funding from angel investors, VentureBeat reported. Backers include Josh...

SeaChange to Acquire VividLogic for $14 Million

Acton, Mass. - SeaChange International, a provider of software and hardware for video-on-demand (VOD) systems, has entered into an agreement to acquire VividLogic, a privately owned,...