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September 14, 2012, 1:58 PM ET

Akamai Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) has acquired FastSoft Inc., a Pasadena, Calif.–based provider of content acceleration software, for an undisclosed amount of cash. FastSoft had raised over $4 million in VC funding from investors like Miramar Venture Partners. www.akamai.com

KEYW Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW) has agreed to acquire SenSage Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of security information and event management systems, for upwards of $34.5 million in cash and stock. SenSage had raised over $30 million in VC funding from Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners, FTV Capital and Mitsui Ventures. www.sensage.com

Lindsay Goldberg is seeking a buyer for First American Payment Systems, a Fort Worth, Texas-based payment processing company, according to Reuters. The deal could be worth between $700 million and $800 million. www.first-american.net

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has hired Financial Technology Partners to find a buyer for Dallas-based payment processing company TransFirst, according to Reuters. The deal could be worth between $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion. www.transfirst.com

Birchbox, a New York-based cosmetics-of-the-month club, has acquired Paris-based clone JolieBox. No financial terms were disclosed. Birchbox has raised nearly $12 million in VC funding from Accel Partners, First Round Capital, Harrison Metal, Forerunner Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Stanford University Endowment and individual angels. Joliebox was backed by Alven Capital. www.birchbox.com

BuzzFeed, a New York-based social media producer and aggregator, has acquired Kingfish Labs, a New York-based provider of Facebook data analytics. No financial terms were disclosed. BuzzFeed has raised $27 million in VC funding, from New Enterprise Associates, Lerer Ventures, Hearst Media, Softbank Capital and RRE Ventures. Kingfish Labs was seeded by Softbank Capital and Lerer Ventures. www.buzzfeed.com

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) has agreed to sells its U.S. animal health business to Bayer HealthCare for upwards of $145 million ($60m upfront). www.healthcare.bayer.com

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