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News & Updates - Thursday, January 5, 2006

CA Buys Wily for $375M And Other Fresh Deals

Investments
GUANGZHOU, CHINA Rock Mobile Receives $30M (Chinese Online Music)
SAN DIEGO, CA Entropic Communications Has Raised $25M in Series C (LAN and WAN Coax Networking for Home Digital Entertainment)
OTTAWA, CANADA BTI Photonic Systems Has Raised $16.38M in Series C (Optical Transport Link Systems)
ISRAEL CopperGate Communications Has Raised $14.5M in second-round funding (Multimedia Home Networking Chips)
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL Safend Has raised $7.4M in Series B (End-point Security)
NEW YORK, NY Operative Raises $4.5M Has Raised $4.5M (Online Advertising Tools)
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ Zensys Raises Series C From Cisco (Funds Mesh Networking)

M&A
BRISBANE, CA Computer Associates (NYSE: CA) To Acquire Wily Technology For $375M in Cash. Wily Has Raised Nearly $60M in VC Funding Since 1998 from Accel Partners, Focus Ventures, Greylock and Peninsula Capital Partners. (Enterprise Application Management)
MENLO PARK, CA & SAN FRANCISCO, CA BitPass Has Bought Yaga - No Financial Terms Were Disclosed. Yaga Had Raised $22M in VC funding while BitPass has raised $13.25M in VC funding (Paid Content Platform)
BOULDER, CO & DENMARK SpectraLink (Nasdaq: SLNK) Has Acquired KIRK Telecom (Wireless)
BELLEVUE, WA & MENLO PARK, CA Francisco Partners Has Acquired Lynx Medical Systems No Financial Terms Were Disclosed (Healthcare Documentation and Revenue Management)

IPO
WAYNE, PA Traffic.com has set its IPO terms to 6.55M shares at $10.50-$12.50 per share. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol TRFC. (Real-time Traffic Data)