VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Clearlake Capital Group acquired Chicago EDD company Inventus.

The Carlyle Group acquires Italian generator company Marelli Motori.

Joint venture partners of Nokia Siemens Network is now open for bids for its shares.

Envision Pharma, Connecticut-based scientific services provider, is acquired by private equity firm The Halifax Group.

KAGI AG of Switzerland is acquired by Paragon Partners of Germany.

Franklin Templeton completed its buyout of Pelagos Capital Management.

Johnson Controls is looking to sell its automotive electric unit after competitors failed to gain buyout interest.

Grupo BTG purchases Petrobras oil interests in Africa.

Piper Jaffray finalized its deal to buy M&A firm Edgeview Partners.

A spokesman said that AT&T have not made any formal proposal to acquire Telefonica, disproving recent reports on the alleged deal.

Cinven sealed roughly Eur1 billion in financing coming from Deutsche Bank, RBC and UBS for the firm's acquisition of CeramTec

UK-based NVM Private Equity backed Cleveland Biotech buyout.

Organic baby food producer Plum Organics was acquired by Campbell Soup Co.

Northstar Media acquired Your Travel Insider.

Delta Rigging & Tools bought Morgan City Rentals to form one of USA's leading offshore rigging companies.