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Deals of the day: Wickr raises $30 million

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Venture Capital Deals

Couchbase Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of NoSQL database technology, has raised $60 million in Series E funding. WestSummit and Accel Growth Fund co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Adams Street Partners, Mayfield Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners and Ignition Partners. www.couchbase.com

Wickr, a San Francisco-based provider of a military-grade encrypted mobile messaging service, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Breyer Capital led the round, and was joined by CME Group and Wargaming  and return backers Alsop Louie, Juniper Networks, the Knight Foundation and Riverwood. Jim Breyer will join the company’s board of directors. www.mywickr.com

Tastemade, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based provider of foodie-focused video content, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. Scripps Network Interactive led the round, and was joined by return backers Comcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Raine Ventures. www.tastemade.com

Sport Ngin
, a Minneapolis-based tech platform for youth and amateur sports in North America, has raised $25 million in Series D funding. Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking and Causeway Media Partners co-led the round, and were joined by return backer ICON Venture Partners.www.sportngin.com

PLUMgrid, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based cloud networking suite, has raised $16.2 million in Series B funding. Longworth Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by U.S. Venture Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Swisscom Ventures. www.plumgrid.com

TheBouqs, a Venice, Calif.-based online cut-to-order flower delivery service, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Azure Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by KEC Ventures.www.thebouqs.com

WISErg, a Redmond, Wash.-based provider of technology for converting food scraps into organic fertilizer for sale to farmers and consumers, has raised $5 million in Series B funding. No investors were identified. www.wiserg.com

Deliveroo, a UK-based delivery service for high-end restaurants, has raised £2.7 million in Series A funding. Index Ventures led the round, and was joined by Hoxton Ventures. www.deliveroo.co.uk

BlockScore, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of identity-verification and anti-fraud technology for online businesses, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Backers include Battery Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Atlantic Ventures, Boost VC and Y Combinator.www.blockscore.com

Performance Lab, a New Zealand-based provider of real-time exercise measurement analysis and virtual coaching software, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from Intel Capital.www.performancelab.co.nz

Private Equity Deals

CVC Capital Partners is considering a bid for Dutch state-owned life insurance companies ASRNederland NV and Reaal NV, according to Bloomberg. www.cvc.com

First Reserve has committed $1 billion to help form energy infrastructure platform PetroFirst Infrastructure Partners, in partnership with Petrofac (LSE: PFC). As part of the deal, Petrofac will commit $250 million plus contribute a number of assets from its integrated energy services division.www.firstreserve.com

Madison Parker Capital
 has invested an undisclosed amount into Village Power Finance, a Palo Alto, Calif.–based solar asset developer and manager. www.villagepower.com

Pacific Equity Partners
 has competition from at least two rival (unidentified) bidders for Australian compliance company SAI Global Ltd. (ASX: SAI), according to Reuters. PEP has offered $1.1 billion for SAI. www.saiglobal.com

Silver Oak Partners
 has sponsored a recapitalization of Construction Labor Contractors, a Richfield, Ohio–based provider of temporary staffing of skilled tradesmen for the commercial construction market. No financial terms were disclosed. www.silveroaksp.com

Vitruvian Partners has acquired London-based B2B travel services provider JacTravel Ltd. fromBowmark Capital for £80 million. www.jactravel.co.uk

IPOs

rEVO Biologics Inc., a Framingham, Mass.-based developer of a therapy for the prevention of blood clots during or after surgery or childbirth in patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency, has filed for a $74.75 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol RBIO, with Piper Jaffray and Guggenheim Securities serving as lead underwriters. The company reports a $3 million net loss on $7.6 million in Q1 2014 revenue. rEVO is 100% owned by France’s LFB Biotechnologies. www.gtc-bio.com

GoPro Inc., a Half Moon Bay, Calif.-based camera maker, raised $427 million in its IPO. The company priced 17.8 million shares at $24 per share (high end of $21-$24 range), for an initial market cap of $2.95 billion. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol GPRO, while J.P. Morgan, Citigroup and Barclays served as lead underwriters. GoPro reports $61 million of net income on $986 million in 2013 revenue, compared to $32 million of net income on $526 million in 2012. Q1 2014 results, however, were lower than Q1 2013 results. Shareholders include Riverwood Capital (16.27% pre-IPO stake), Foxconn International (10.38%), Sageview Capital (6.15%), Steamboat Ventures, Walden International and U.S. Venture Partners.Read more.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, a Memphis, Tenn.-based provider of residential and commercial services like pest prevention (Terminix) and lawn-care (TruGreen), raised $610 million in its IPO. The company priced 35.9 million shares at $17 per share (below $18-$21 range), and will trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol SERV. J.P. Morgan served as left lead underwriter. Shareholders include Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (65.7% pre-IPO stake), StepStone Group (14.39%),J.P. Morgan Chase (7.25%) and Ridgemont Partners (5.44%). www.servicemaster.com

Spire Healthcare Ltd., a UK private hospital group owned by Cinven, is prepping a London IPO that would seek to raise £315 million at an enterprise value of around £1 billion (excluding debt), according to Reuters. www.spirehealthcare.com

Woodside Homes Inc., a North Salt Lake, Utah-based residential homebuilder, has filed for a $200 million IPO. It plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol WDS, with Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities serving as lead underwriters. Shareholders include Oaktree Capital Management, Stonehill Institutional Partners and John Hancock Life Insurance Co. www.woodside-homes.com

M&A

Oak Hill Capital Partners has agreed to sell Firth Rixson, a UK–based provider of aerospace jet engine components, to Alcoa (NYSE: AA) for upwards of $3 billion in cash and stock. The deal includes $2.35 billion in cash, plus $500 million in stock and another $150 million in possible earnouts.Read more.

Sony Pictures Television has agreed to acquire CSC Media Group, a UK-based television station operator, from Veronis Suhler Stevenson. No financial terms were disclosed.www.cscmediagroup.com

GFT Technologies AG, an IT services provider for the European and North American banking sectors, has agreed to acquire Rule Financial Ltd., a UK-based provider of IT services and business consulting to the financial sector. No financial terms were disclosed. www.rulefinancial.com

SoftServe Inc.
, a Fort Myers, Fla.-based software app development and consulting company, has acquired Intium Consulting Group BV, an Amsterdam-based provider of IT services to the global healthcare and private equity industries. No financial terms were disclosed. www.softserveinc.com

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