LiveOffice, a leading provider of managed messaging security, archiving, and compliance solutions, today announced that it has received a minority investment from Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm with a capital base of nearly $9 billion.
Founded in 1998, LiveOffice’s archiving and message protection services ensure the integrity of emails and instant messages [...]

Banking/private equity executive tapped for new role at ACG Boston, the leading authority on corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers-and-acquisitions
BOSTON, June 18, 2007 – ACG Boston, the Boston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), announced that Gail Long has joined the organization as CEO, a newly created position. Ms. Long, a long-time executive [...]

Audax Private Equity completed an add-on acquisition for Questex Media Group, Inc., which owns and operates exhibitions, conferences, digital media, and trade publications, and spans five industries: Beauty, Entertainment, Document Management, Travel, and Industrial & Specialty Products. The acquired company, Imaging Network, produces the ITEX trade show and a series of publications for the [...]

Boston Corporate Finance, Inc. (BCF) announced that it successfully advised Hitachi Consulting, the global business and IT consulting arm of Hitachi, Ltd., in its acquisition of Iteration2, a Microsoft Dynamics IT solutions provider based in Southern California. As the exclusive financial advisor to Hitachi Consulting, BCF leveraged its IT services industry expertise to assist in [...]

Audax Private Equity completed an add-on acquisition for TriMark USA, Inc. with the purchase of S.S. Kemp & Company, further cementing TriMark as a leading provider of foodservice equipment and supplies, design, and engineering services. S.S. Kemp & Company, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is a regional provider of food service equipment, supplies, and design [...]

Mercator Group LLC announced the completion of a strategic investment in Car Wash Services & Equipment LLC by Mesa Capital Partners of New England. Mercator Group acted as the exclusive advisor to Car Wash Services & Equipment of New England. David Wolf led the transaction from the firm’s Boston office.
Car Wash Services & [...]

Innovation Advisors is pleased to announce that Eric Shealy has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the firm's Boston office. Eric joins IA from Boston-based Covington Associates, a specialty investment banking firm, where he led its technology practice for six years.
During his career, he has spearheaded the completion of over 30 transactions [...]

ACG Boston welcomes the following new members for this week:
Brooke AblonFidelity Equity Partners
Grayson AllenAeroSat Corporation
Randall BarkoFlextronics
John GoodwinGE Antares
Bruce JonesUtilicom Networks LLC
Jonathan RickerMass Megawatts,  Inc.
Hasmukh ShahCraneRide Systems

Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm that has raised nearly $9 billion since its inception, today announced that Alexander D. Whittemore has joined the firm as Director of Capital Markets. Mr. Whittemore will be responsible for leading all of Summit Partners’ capital markets activities, both for existing portfolio companies and for [...]