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Deals of the day: J. Crew considers IPO

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February 26, 2014, 4:05 PM ET

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Venture Capital Deals

Tradeshift, a Copenhagen-based digital invoicing platform, has raised $75 million in new VC funding led from Singapore’s Scentan Ventures. Read more at Fortune.com

Seno Medical Instruments Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based developer of opto-acoustic imaging tools for breast cancer diagnosis, has raised $34.6 million in Series C funding led by MedCare InvestmentFunds. The company plans to hold the round open until it raises a total of $39 million.www.senomedical.com

NuoDB, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of distributed database technology, has raised $14.2 million in new Series B funding. Dassault Systèmes led the round, and was joined by return backers Morgenthaler Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Longworth Venture Partners.www.nuodb.com

If You Can Company, a startup focused on games that teach children social and emotional learning skills, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. Greylock Partners led the round, and was joined by Almaz Capital. The company previously raised $2.8 million in seed funding from such groups as Andreessen Horowitz, Founder’s Fund and Maveron. If You Can Company is led by EA and Digital Chocolate founder Trip Hawkins. www.ifyoucan.org

Respiratory Motion Inc., a Waltham, Mass.-based maker of medical devices to monitor respiration, has raised $5.8 million in the first closing of a Series B round that it expects to total $8.8 million.Easton Capital led the round. www.respiratorymotion.com

CyberSense, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of cloud-based and on-premises cybersecurity solutions, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from BRM Group and Opus Capital.www.cybersense.com

Spree Commerce, a Bethesda, Md.-based open source ecommerce platform, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. Thrive Capital led the round, and was joined by Vegas Tech Fund, Red Swan and return backers AOL Ventures and True Ventures. www.spreecommerce.com

Hickies, a Brooklyn-based developer of an elastic lacing system for footwear, has raised $4.2 million in new VC funding led by the Collaborative Fund. www.hickies.com

Workboard Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of execution intelligence applications for enterprise managers, has raised $2.75 million in Series A funding. Granite Ventures and Opus Capital co-led the round, and was joined by Crosslink Capital and Shea Ventures. www.workboard.com

EdSurge, a Burlingame, Calif.-based operator of a news and information community focused on education technology, has raised $1.5 million in new VC funding. GSV Capital led the round, and was joined by NewSchools Venture Fund, LearnCapital and individual angels. www.edsurge.com

Private Equity Deals

Berkshire Partners and Silver Lake have both submitted buyout bids for Catalina Marketing, a St. Petersburg, Fla.–based consumer marketing company that is being auctioned off by Hellman & Friedman, according to the FT. Hellman & Friedman reportedly is seeking between $2 billion and $2.5 billion for Catalina, which it took private for $1.7 billion in 2007. Bank of America is managing the process. www.catalinamarketing.com

AssuredPartners, a Lake Mary, Fla.-based insurance company acquisition platform, has acquired theBateman Agency Inc., a Somerville, N.J.-based business insurance agency. No financial terms were disclosed. AssuredPartners is a portfolio company of GTCR. www.assuredptr.com

The Carlyle Group has “entered into exclusive talks” to buy the South Korean security systems unit of Tyco International Inc. (NYSE: TYC) for approximately $2 billion, according to Reuters.www.carlyle.com

The Paslin Co., a Warren, Mich.-based maker of robotic assembly lines for OEM auto companies, has raised an undisclosed amount of private equity funding from Tower Three Partners.www.paslin.com

IPOs

Abengoa SA, a listed Spanish engineering and energy company, is planning to spin off some of its solar and electricity transmission assets via a U.S. IPO that could value the new company at upwards of $1 billion, according to the WSJ. www.abengoa.es

Achaogen Inc., a South San Francisco-based developer of antibacterials to treat multi-drug resistant infections, has set its IPO terms to five million shares being offered at between $12 and $14 per share. It would have an initial market cap of approximately $205 million, were it to price in the middle of its range. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol AKAO, with Credit Suisse and Cowan & Co. serving as lead underwriters. Shareholders include Domain Associates (18.75% pre-IPO stake), Venrock (16.2%), The Wellcome Trust (14.62%), Arch Venture Partners (13.16%), Versant Ventures (11.88%), Omega Fund (8.22%) and 5AM Ventures (5.58%). www.achaogen.com

Coupons.com Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of digital coupons, has set its IPO terms to 10 million shares being offered at between $12 and $14 per share. It would have an initial market cap of approximately $945 million, were it to price in the middle of its range. The company plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol COUP, with Goldman Sachs, Allen & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets serving as lead underwriters. The company reports a $59 million net loss on $112 million in revenue for 2013, Coupons.com has raised over $230 million in VC funding from Passport Ventures (22.56% pre-IPO stake), T. Rowe Price, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Greylock Partners. www.coupons.com

J. Crew Group Inc. is considering an IPO for later this year, according to Bloomberg. The New York–based clothing retailer was acquired for $2.64 billion three years ago by Leonard Green & Partnersand TPG Capital. The IPO could value J. Crew at upwards of $5 billion. www.jcrew.com

OTHER M&A

PlanG Holdings Inc., a Richmond, Va.-based philanthropy-focused online shopping mall, has acquired SocialVest, an Atlanta-based socially-focused shopping platform. No financial terms were disclosed. PlanG backers include New Richmond Ventures, while SocialVest had raised funding from Bluff Point Associates. www.socialvest.us

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co. has sold Qualis Automotive LLC, a Troy, Mich.–based provider of brake, chassis and hydraulic products to the North American automotive aftermarket, to City of Industry, Calif.-based Centric Parts. No financial terms were disclosed. Quarton Partners managed the process. www.qualisauto.com

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