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"To get deals in your inbox each morning, sign up for our\u00A0Term Sheet newsletter\nVenture Capital Deals\nFlatiron Health, a New York-based oncology platform founded by two ad-tech veterans, is nearing a close on at least $100 million in new VC\u00A0funding,\u00A0Fortune\u00A0has learned.\u00A0Read more.Shop.ca, a Canadian ecommerce marketplace, has raised C$31 million in Series B funding.\u00A0Shaw Ventures\u00A0led the round, and was joined by certain undisclosed \u201CNorth American financial institutions\u201D and return backers Torstar Corp., Slaight Communications and Difference Capital.\u00A0www.shopc.ca\nMakeSpace, an on-demand provider of physical storage solutions, has raised $8 million in Series A funding.\u00A0Upfront Ventures\u00A0led the round, and was joined by Founders Fund, OATV and return backers Lowercase Capital, High Peaks Venture Partners and Collaborative Fund.\u00A0www.makespace.com\nPrivate Equity Deals\nThe Carlyle Group\u00A0has completed its $3.2 billion acquisition of the industrial packaging unit ofIllinois Tool Works Inc.\u00A0(NYSE: ITW). The business has been renamed\u00A0Signode Industrial Group.www.carlyle.comDataBank, a Dallas-based portfolio company of\u00A0Avista Capital Partners, has acquired\u00A0Arsalon Technologies, a Lenexa, Kansas-based managed services and colocation provider. No financial terms were disclosed.\u00A0www.databank.com\nNiagara Fiber LLC, a portfolio company of\u00A0Arsenal Capital Partners, has acquired\u00A0Allied Blending and Ingredients Inc., a Keokuk, Iowa\u2013based provider of provider of fiber and starch based proprietary products and mixes for the dairy and tortilla end-markets. No financial terms were disclosed.www.alliedblending.com\nSummit Partners\u00A0has agreed to acquire\u00A0MDVIP, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based provider of personalized healthcare services for the wealthy, from\u00A0The Procter &amp;#038; Gamble Co.\u00A0(NYSE: PG). No financial terms were disclosed. Piper Jaffray &amp;#038; Co. managed the process.\u00A0www.mdvip.com\nTA Associates\u00A0has acquired a majority stake in\u00A0Bomgar, a Ridgeland, Miss.\u2013based provider of enterprise remote support solutions. No financial terms were disclosed.\u00A0www.bomgar.com\nVisteon Corp.\u00A0(NYSE: VC) has agreed to sell most of its global automotive interiors business toCerberus Capital Management. No financial terms were disclosed, except that the business generated around $1 billion in 2013 revenue.\u00A0www.visteon.comVRS VeriClaim UK, a subsidiary of\u00A0T&amp;#038;H Global Holdings LLC, has acquired\u00A0Ellis May Chartered Loss Adjusters, a UK-based provider of high net worth and commercial loss adjusting and claims handling services to the property and casualty insurance market. No financial terms were disclosed. T&amp;#038;H Global Holdings is a portfolio company of\u00A0Flexpoint Ford.\u00A0www.vrsvericlaim.co.uk\nIPOs\nAres Management, a Los Angeles-based alternative asset manager, raised around $216 million in its IPO. The company priced 11.36 million common units at $19 per unit, compared to plans to offer 18.17 units at between $21 and $23 a piece. It will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol ARES, while J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch served as lead underwriters. For 2013, Ares reports $306 million in net economic income, a metric favored by publicly-traded private equity firms that don&amp;#8217;t believe GAAP accounting best explains their financial performance. In terms of more traditional financials, Ares reports $873 million in 2013 revenue &amp;#8212; including $517 million in management fees and $176 million in performance fees &amp;#8212; compared to $1.26 billion in 2012 revenue. It had $74 billion in assets under management through year-end 2013.\u00A0www.ares.com\nAldeyra Therapeutics, a Burlington, Mass.-based developer of therapies for rare eyes and skin diseases, raised $12 million in its IPO. The company priced 1.5 million shares at $8 per share (below $10-$12 offering range), and will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol ALDX. Aegis Capital served as underwriter. Shareholders include Domain Associates (50.1% pre-IPO stake) and Johnson &amp;#038; Johnson Development Corp. (44.5%).\u00A0www.aldeyra.com\nAtento SA, a provider of CRM and business process outsourcing solutions in Latin America and Spain, has filed for a $300 million IPO. It plans to trade on the NYSE, with Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Ita\u00FA BBA serving as lead underwriters. The company reports a $4 million loss on $2.34 billion in revenue for 2013. Atento is owned by\u00A0Bain Capital.\u00A0www.atento.com\n\nMichaels Companies Inc., an arts and crafts retailer owned by\u00A0Bain Capital\u00A0and\u00A0The Blackstone Group, said that it plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol MIK. The company originally filed last December to raise $500 million in its IPO, with J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs serving as lead underwriters. It reports $110 million of net income on $3 billion in revenue for the nine months ending Nov. 2, 2013, compared to $95 million in net income on $2.88 billion in revenue for the year-earlier period.\u00A0www.michaels.com\n\nNational Mentor Holdings, a Boston-based provider of home and community-based health services to children and adults with disabilities, is preparing to file for an IPO that could value the company at more than $1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Participating banks include Barclays, Jefferies Group, BofA Merrill Lynch and UBS. National Mentor Holdings is owned by\u00A0Vestar Capital Partners.www.thementornetwork.com\n\nPapa Murphy\u2019s Holdings Inc., a Vancouver, Wash.-based franchisor and operator of Take \u2018N\u2019 Bake pizza stores, raised $64 million in its IPO. The company priced 5.8 million shares at $11 per share (low end of $11-$13 range), for an initial market cap of approximately $187 million. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol FRSH, with Jefferies, Baird and Wells Fargo serving as lead underwriters. It reports a $2.6 million net loss on around $80.5 million in revenue for 2013. Shareholders include\u00A0LeeEquity Partners,\u00A0Access Industries\u00A0and\u00A0Thrivent Financial.\u00A0www.papamurphys.com\nProteinSimple, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer of protein analysis tools for researchers, has filed for an $86.25 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol PRTN, with J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch serving as lead underwriters. The company reports around $1 million of net income on $51 million in 2013 revenue. Shareholders include the Wellcome Trust (19.6% pre-IPO stake), Essex Woodlands Health Ventures (14.6%), Novo AS (12.1%), Domain Associates (11.6%) and LVP Life Science Ventures (8.1%).\u00A0www.proteinsimple.com\nSaga, a British travel and insurance company, said that it is prepping a London IPO, with various reports suggesting that it would seek a valuation of around 3 billion. Shareholders includeCharterhouse Capital Partners,\u00A0CVC Capital Partners\u00A0and\u00A0Permira.\u00A0www.saga.co.uk\nM&amp;#038;A\nAstraZeneca\u00A0(LSE: AZN) has rejected a sweetened $106 billion takeover offer from\u00A0Pfizer\u00A0(NYSE: PFE), referring to the price as \u201Cinadequate.\u201D The new bid had been around 7% higher than Pfizer\u2019s original approach, and would have provided AstraZeneca stockholders with around $84 per share in cash and stock.\u00A0www.astrazeneca.com\u00A0Merck &amp;#038; Co.\u00A0(NYSE: MRK) is nearing a deal to sell its consumer business to Germany\u2019s\u00A0Bayer AG(DB: BAYN) for approximately $14 billion, according to the NY Times. An announcement is expected to come before\u00A0next Tuesday.\u00A0www.merck.com\u00A0\nMidAmerican Energy, a unit of\u00A0Berkshire Hathaway\u00A0(NYSE: BRK), has agreed to acquire Canadian energy transmission company\u00A0AltaLink\u00A0for approximately $2.9 billion.\u00A0www.altalink.caTorstar Corp.\u00A0(TSX: TS) has agreed to sell\u00A0Harlequin Enterprises Ltd., a publisher of romance novels, to\u00A0News Corp.\u00A0(Nasdaq: NWSA) for C$455 million in cash.\u00A0www.harlequin.com\u00A0\nABRY Partners\u00A0has hired Morgan Stanley to find a buyer for Parsippany, N.Y.\u2013based insurance company\u00A0York Risk Services Group Inc., according to Bloomberg. The deal could be valued at more than $1.5 billion.\u00A0www.yorkrsg.com\u00A0ANSYS\u00A0(Nasdaq: ANSS) has acquired\u00A0SpaceClaim Corp., a Concord, Mass.\u2013based provider of 3D modeling software for engineers, for $85 million in cash. SpaceClaim had raised nearly $50 million in VC funding from Borealis Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, Needham Capital Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.\u00A0www.spaceclaim.comThe Carlyle Group\u00A0and\u00A0Unison Capital\u00A0are seeking a buyer for\u00A0Covalent Materials Corp., a Japanese maker of semiconductor and flat panel display-related products, according to Bloomberg. The firms hope to receive bids of around $490 million.\u00A0www.covalent.co.jpMicrosoft\u00A0(Nasdaq MSFT) has acquired\u00A0GreenButton, a New Zealand-based provider of cloud computing services, for an undisclosed amount. Sellers include ICE Angels, the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund and Sparkbox.\u00A0www.greenbutton.netPlatinum Equity\u00A0has sold\u00A0Truesense Imaging, a Rochester, N.Y.-based maker of image sensor devices, to\u00A0ON Semiconductor\u00A0(Nasdaq: ONNN) for $95 million in cash.\u00A0\u00A0www.truesenseimaging.com\nSign up for Dan Primack&amp;#8217;s daily email newsletter on deals and deal-makers:\u00A0GetTermSheet.com\n&amp;#160;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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