Daily Deal Activity 06/11/13

Digital Media/Commerce

ecommerce

KT Capital Partners and CapitalSouth Partners Funds have acquired CableOrganizer.com, an online retailer of home electronics. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal. The company provides cable and wire management-related products online for individuals, hospitals, government offices, and corporations.

ecommerce

Russia-based Lamoda, an online fashion retailer incubated by Rocket Internet, has raised $130 million in funding led by Access Industries, with participation from Summit Partners and Tengelmann.

mobile content/apps, social media/apps

Israel-based Waze, which operates a social traffic and navigation app based on a community of drivers sharing real time road information, has been acquired by Google (NasdaqgS:GOOG), for $1.1 billion. Waze had raised approximately $67 million in funding from Blue Run Ventures, Magma, Vertex, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, and Horizon Ventures.

Digital Advertising

ad networks/exchanges, commerce management

MyWebGrocer, which offers Web and digital marketing services for brick-and-mortar grocers, is being acquired by Huntsman Gay Global Capital, from Stripes Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But people briefed on the matter said the size of HGGC’s investment was on the higher end of its deal range of $25 million to $100 million.

search marketing

Local Yokel Media, which offers a digital ad platform specializing in monetizing hyper-local ad impressions, has closed its first institutional round of funding. Participating in the $2.15 million round were lead investor Connecticut Innovations, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, and Gold Ridge Asset Management. The company’s platform helps hyper-local publishers earn more revenue by monetizing ad impressions through geo-contextually relevant ad campaigns that enhance their content and improve their user experience.

vertical search

InternMatch, an online platform that connects college students with companies, has raised $4 million in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures and Subtraction Capital, as well as follow-on investors including Kapor Capital and 500 Startups. InternMatch, which launched in 2009, has now raised a total of just over $6 million in funding.

Marketing Technology

sem/seo tools, online targeting/optimization

BrightEdge, a company that offers tools for search engine optimization and content marketing, has raised $42.8 million in Series D funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Intel Capital, Battery Ventures, Altos Ventures and Illuminate Ventures. The company has now raised more than $63 million total. The company’s content marketing features include the ability to measure traffic, revenue, and engagement on content across search, social, mobile, and other digital channels; to find popular topics on Twitter and tie them into the brand content that’s getting the best results; and to forecast the financial impact of a content marketing campaign before it launches.

Technology & Communications

financial technology

Sweden-based iZettle, a provider of local mobile payment solutions, has raised €5 million ($6.7 million) in funding from Banco Santander. iZettle currently provides smaller merchants in seven European markets a smartphone-based app combined with either a €99 chip and PIN or a €25 chip and signature device to take payments from major credit cards.

Software

software development tools

StreamBase Systems, a provider of high performance event processing and real-time analytics software for systems that enable organizations to develop and deploy real-time applications, has been acquired by TIBCO Software (NasdaqGS:TIBX). Terms were not disclosed. The company was purchase from Accel Management, Highland Capital Partners, In-Q-Tel, Horizon Technology Finance Management, Horizon Technology Finance (NasdaqGS:HRZN), and other shareholders

Information & Business Services

it consulting/systems integration

NCDTech, a provider of managed IT services and business technology consulting, has been acquired by NetGain Technologies, which offers technical solutions and IT managed services to banking, manufacturing, healthcare, small-medium business, non-profit, and professional services markets. Terms were not disclosed.

legal consulting

Modus eDiscovery, a provider of electronic discovery services, has raised $10 million in funding from Harbert Management and Azalea Capital.

staffing

Jonathan Roberts Associates, a certified woman’s business enterprise offering staffing solutions, has been acquired by Howard-Sloan Professional Search, an executive search firm specializing in the placement of tech professionals. Terms were not disclosed.