Deals LIBERTY EXPANDS TO EUROPE - News Briefs

Industry Standard, The, July 2, 2001

Deals
LIBERTY EXPANDS TO EUROPE
Venture Fundings
Value *  Date  Target                Lead Investor
  $80    6/19  Luminous Networks     Pyramid
  $65    6/21  CopperCom             Advent
  $48    6/19  ZettaCom              Granite Global
  $43    6/18  Viacore               HP, Dell, Cisco
  $42    6/21  StorageWay            Matrix, Worldview
  $36    6/19  BrightLink            ePlanet
  $33    6/18  Zolo Technologies     3i Group, Canaan
  $28    6/l8  TerraSpring           HR Mohr Davidow
  $25    6/19  Synhrgy               Richiand, Validus
  $22    6/20  GiftCertificates.com  Imperial Bank
  $22    6/20  Latis Networks        Softbank
  $20    6/18  Shellcase             Motorola
Value *  Sector
  $80    Optical networking
  $65    Voice-over-packet systems
  $48    Optical chips
  $43    Supply-chain management
  $42    Storage services
  $36    Optical switching systems
  $33    Optical networking
  $28    Grid computing software
  $25    HR tech services
  $22    Online shopping services
  $22    Network infrastructure
  $20    Telecom and digital imaging
Mergers and Acquisitions
Date  Deal
6/11  Software company Peregrine Systems buys
      IT services firm Remedy for $1.1 billion
6/18  Travel franchiser Cendant buys
      reservations firm Galileo for $2.9 billion
6/18  Content infrastructure firm Yellowbrix
      buys syndicator iSyndicate
6/19  Sun Microsystems acquires online-learning
      firm Isopia Interactive Network
6/19  Trucking company Ryder System picks up
      Sameday.com's fulfillment operations
6/20  Media content delivery firm Loudeye buys
      ad-insertion firm Addition Systems
6/21  Liberty Media buys six cable TV companies
      from Deatsche Telekam for $4.7 billion
6/21  Wireless-synch company FusionOne buys
      two mobile firms, Levient and Sinia
6/21  Thomson Financial buys the remaining 48
      percent of broker research firm FirstCall
6/21  VeriSign buys European domain-services
      business from Euro909.com
6/21  Self-service tech firm Diebold acquires
      voting company Global Electian Systems
6/22  Canadian telco Tulsa acquires Net services
      firm Daedellan Solutions
(*)In in millons.
Source: The Standard.com's Deal Tracker June 2001