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M&A and IPOs

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CSC (NYSE: CSC) has agreed to acquire ServiceMesh, a Santa Monica, Calif.–based enterprise cloud management company. The deal is valued at approximately $300 million, including a $158 million upfront cash payment. ServiceMesh raised $15 million from Ignition Partners in late 2011.www.servicemesh.com

Neustar Inc. (NYSE: NSR) has acquired Aggregate Knowledge Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.–based campaign and predictive analytics platform for advertising agencies and brand marketers. The deal is valued at $119 million. Aggregate Knowledge had raised around $63 million in VC funding from First Round Capital, NSV, Kleiner Perkins, DAG Ventures, Foundation Capital and OVP Venture Partners. www.neustar.com

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is “laying the groundwork internally” for a possible buyout bid of Vodafone Group PLC (LSE: VOD), according to Bloomberg. Vodafone has a current market cap of nearly $109 billion. www.vodafone.com

Jos. A Bank (Nasdaq: JOSB) said yesterday that it may be willing to raise its takeover offer for Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW), if Men’s Wearhouse permits due diligence. If this does not occur by Nov. 14, then Jos. A. Bank will withdraw its existing $2.3 billion takeover offer (which has been rejected).

Crown Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CCK) has agreed to acquire Mivisa Envases, a Spanish manufacturer of two- and three-piece food cans and ends, from The Blackstone Group, N+1 Mercapital and management. The deal is valued at €1.2 billion in cash. www.mivisa.com

AMETEK Inc. (NYSE: AME) has acquired Creaform Inc., a Quebec-based portable 3D measurement technologies and 3D engineering services, from Novacap and Desjardins Venture Capital. No financial terms were disclosed. www.creaform3d.com

Chernin Group
 is in talks to acquire a control stake in Crunchyroll, a digital video service for Japanese anime and Asian media, according to Variety. The deal would value the company at approximately $100 million, and would represent an exit for early investor Venrock. Fellow Crunchyroll investor TV Tokyo would remain a shareholder. www.crunchyroll.com

Francisco Partners
 has sold NexTraq, an Atlanta-based provider of fleet management applications and services, to FleetCor Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FLT). No financial terms were disclosed.www.fleetcor.com

General Atlantic has hired Goldman Sachs to find buyers for German lab services company Amedes Group, according to the WSJ. It is looking for bids of around €800 million. www.amedes-group.com

ntuit (Nasdaq: INTU) has agreed to acquire online appointment scheduling startup FullSlate for an undisclosed amount. www.intuit.com

Morgan Stanley has agreed to acquire around a 30% stake in the wealth management business ofMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, according to Bloomberg.

The Container Store Inc., a Coppell, Texas-based retailer owned by Leonard Green & Partners, raised $225 million in its IPO. The company priced 12.5 million shares at $18 per share (high end of upwardly-revised range), for an initial market cap of approximately $820 million. The company will trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol TCS, while J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Credit Suisse served as lead underwriters. www.containerstore.com

GlobeImmune
, a Louisville, Colo.-based developer of therapeutic products for cancer and infectious diseases, has withdrawn registration for its IPO, citing market conditions. The company had planned to offer five million common shares at between $11 and $13 per share. Wells Fargo and Jefferies were serving as co-lead underwriters. Sharehlders include Celgene International (16.1% pre-IPO stake), HealthCare Ventures (14.1%), Morgenthaler Ventures (14.3%), Wexford Capital (9.4%), Sequel Ventures (9.2%), Lilly Ventures (6.5%) and Medica Venture Partners (6.4%). www.globeimmune.com

Grupo Aval Acciones Y Valores SA, a Columbian provider of banking products and services, has withdrawn registration for a $100 million flotation on the NYSE. Its preferred shares already are traded on the Columbian stock exchange, and the company now says that it does not plan to pursue a U.S. offering “at this time.” www.grupoaval.com

Chegg Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based online textbook rental company, has set its IPO terms to 15 million shares being offered at between $9.50 and $11.50 per share. It would have an initial market cap of around $906 million, were it to price in the middle of its range. The company plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol CHGG, with JPMorgan and BoA Merrill Lynch serving as lead underwriters. It has raised over $190 million in VC funding, from firms like Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (15.1% pre-IPO stake), Gabriel Ventures (13.4%), Ace Ltd. (9.2%), Foundation Capital (8.5%) and Insight Venture Partners (7.6%). www.chegg.com

Extended Stay America, a Charlotte-based budget hotel chain, has set its IPO terms to 28.25 million shares being offered at between $18 and $21 per share. The offering would pair one share of common stock in Extended Stay with one share of Class B common stock of a related REIT called ESH Hospitality. It plans to trade on the NYSE with Deutsche Bank Securities serving as lead underwriter. The company was acquired for $3.9 billion via a 2010 bankruptcy auction, by an investor group consisting of The Blackstone Group, Centerbridge Partners and Paulson & Co.www.extendedstay.com

Nine Entertainment
, an Australian broadcaster, plans to raise around A$675 million in its IPO, according to Bloomberg. That would be the largest Australian IPO in nearly three years. Nine Entertainment sponsors include Oaktree Capital Management and Apollo Global Management. Oaktree would sell nearly half of its 26% stake, while Apollo would initially maintain its entire 28% position. www.nineentertainment.com.au

Veracyte Inc
., a South San Francisco-based molecular cytology company, raised $65 million in its IPO. The company priced 5 million shares at $13 per share, compared to plans to offer 4.7 million shares at between $13 and $15 each. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol VCYT, with an initial market cap of $273 million. Morgan Stanley served as lead underwriter. It has raised more than $50 million in VC funding from Versant Ventures (22.62% pre-IPO stake), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (22.22%), TPG Biotech Partners (22.22%), Domain Associates (19.31%) and GE Ventures.www.veracyte.com

Qunar, a Chinese travel search engine, has increased its IPO price range from $9.50-$11.50 per share to $12-$14 per share. It still plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol QUNR, with Goldman Sachs (Asia) and Deutsche Bank Securities serving as co-lead underwriters. The company reports a $2.8 million net loss on $58 million in revenue for the first half of 2013. Shareholders include Baidu (61.05% pre-IPO stake), GSR Ventures, GGV Capital and Hillhouse Capital. www.qunar.com

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