SLIDESHOW

The M&A Scene: CEO Leadership
Dealmakers gathered at the Harvard Club in New York on May 7 as part of ACG NY's CEO Leadership event. Peter Gonye, a co-leader within Spencer Stuart's private equity practice in North America was the keynote speaker. Panelists included M. Tatum Pursell, senior adviser, Unlimited Horizons; Tony Ecock, general partner, Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe; Jim Follett, former CEO of Authentic Response Inc.; Doron Grosman, operating partner, Court Square Capital; and Joelle Marquis, partner, Arsenal Capital.

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10 Startups Marissa Mayer Bought Before Tumblr
Summly, a news-sharing service Yahoo picked up in March for $30 million, tops the list of purchases the new CEO made before the $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Dealmakers

3Qs With…Chris Randall, executive vice president, NBH Capital Finance
NBH Capital Finance will focus on the lower middle market

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Remark Media Refocuses on Young Adults
Remark has operated at a loss since inception but is now focusing on growing its personal finance group, as well as media properties

Cisco To Spend $1.2B for Meraki

Buying the cloud technology firm continues Cisco's 2012 acquisition streak

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) agreed to buy Meraki, a San Francisco-based cloud-technology firm, for roughly $1.2 billion.

Meraki, a cloud-network infrastructure company with offices in New York, London, and Mexico, will be folded into Cisco's Unified Access business.

This is the latest deal for San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco, which has announced several deals over the course of 2012.

On Nov. 15, Cisco picked up software company Cloupia for $125 million in cash. In May, Cisco purchased Truviso Inc., a privately held company in Foster City, Calif. that provides network data analysis and reporting software, for an undisclosed price. And in March, it bought digital video technology company NDS Group Ltd. from News Corp. and private equity firm Permira for about $5 billion.

 

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