Toshiba signs memorandum to accelerate negotiations with Bain led investors

Toshiba needs to desperately divest its chip making business. Negotiations with investors led by Bain Capital appear to be chugging alone steadily. On Wednesday, in a significant development, Toshiba Corp disclosed it has signed a memorandum to accelerate negotiations for selling its memory chip business to a group of investors led by private equity firm,…

Hellman & Friedman is the front runner for acquiring Scandinavia’s largest payments processor Nets

With the growing global trend of a cashless economy, the payments processing business has seen a a flurry of M&A. The Financial Times has reported citing sources close to the discussion that Hellman & Friedman, a U.S. private equity firm, is the front runner in the race to acquire Nets, Scandinavia’s largest payments processor. The…

U.S. Software developer BroadSoft exploring options, which include a divestiture

Faced with increased competition from its peers, BroadSoft has been under pressure from shareholders who are behaving like activists. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, BroadSoft Inc, a U.S. software provider which helps companies with cloud-based communications services, is exploring its options, which includes its potential sale. The moves comes midst BroadSoft…

Veritas Capital to divest Excelitas Technologies Corp & Anaren Inc in a combined deal worth $2.8 billion

Given the sensitive nature of the technologies involved at both companies, bankers expect intense antitrust scrutiny by U.S authorities. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, New York-based private equity firm Veritas Capital is exploring the divestiture of two of its high-tech portfolio companies which have a combined worth of around $3 billion.…

Fusion Telecommunications International acquires cloud and business services unit of Birch Communications

The move marks is part of a wave of consolidation taking place in the sector, as it strives to take on larger players. As per sources familiar with the matter at hand, New York-based Fusion Telecommunications International Inc, which has a market capitalization of $27.8 million is set to acquire the cloud and business services…