Category: Technology and Communications

Custom Tombstone marking the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe

Financial tombstone recognizing the acquisition by Wallingford, Connecticut-based electroparts manufacturer Amphenol of Tecvox. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Tecvox is a manufacturer and supplier of intelligent automotive infotainment components.

Lucite tombstone commemorating the investment by Rizvi Traverse Management in the Palo Alto-based social news app Flipboard. Other investors in Flipboard include Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Futures, and Insight Venture Partners.

Lucite deal toy celebrating Expedia’s investment in Room 77, a hotel metasearch engine company based in Mountain View, California. Expedia was joined in the round of funding by Sutter Hill Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Concur Technologies, and Felicis Ventures.

Custom Lucite tombstone marking the acquisition of ExactTarget by San Francisco-based Salesforce.com. ExactTarget is a seller of marketing software based in Indianapolis.

Lucite deal toy recognizing the acquisition of Stockholm-based Availo. Availo provides a variety of services including web hosting and IT security.

Financial tombstone marking a US $312,000,000 loan facility arranged by Singapore-based DBS for the Asian unit of Micron Senmiconductor. Micron is a US-listed DRAM maker headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Deal Toy commemorating Twitter’s IPO in November 2013. Underwriters for  The IPO for the social networking site, based in San Francisco, CA, included Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Allen & Company and CODE Advisors.

Crystal and Lucite deal toy celebrating two record-breaking transactions involving New York City-based Verizon Communications. The first deal was a $61,000,000,000 bridge facility; the second, a $49,000,000,000 bond offering. Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch served as Joint Lead Arrangers on the bridge facility. Joint Active Bookrunners for the debt offering included Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and J.P. Morgan.