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February 06, 2008
Recent Euro Deals: Trayport and Anyware Acquired; eBuddy and Badoo Funded
M&A
GFI Group, a provider of software for trading in stocks and securities, acquired UK-based Trayport, a 15 year old real-time e-trading software company with a flair for energy stock, for £84M (€164M) includes payment for working capital. Trayport, which does not appear to have raised venture capital, has annual sales of £14M (approximately $28M).
Wireless technologies company Wavecom has acquired VC-backed Anyware, a longtime partner. According to WirelessWeek, the transaction was finalized for a cash payment to Anyware shareholders of $13.5M, plus $2.2M placed in escrow for "customary warranty" provisions. According to this reporter's files, Labege, France-based Anyware raised about €3.8M since founding in 2001 from Seventure and IRDI.
Investments
Prime Technology Ventures has invested €6.5M into eBuddy according to earlier reports this week in TechCrunch and RedHerring.
Finam, a Russian investor has put $30M in Badoo, reports Quintura blog a recent Google Zeitgeist Socnet Star as we reported here.
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