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Deals of the day: Thumbtack raises $30 million

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Venture Capital Deals

Thumbtack, a San Francisco-based marketplace and review site for local services, has raised $30 million in Series C funding from Tiger Global Management and return backer Sequoia Capital. The company previously raised around $19 million from Sequoia, Javelin Venture Partners and MHS Capital.www.thumbtack.com

Nurix Inc., a San Francisco–based developer of therapies that modulate the ubiquitin proteasome system, has raised $25.1 million in Series B funding from Third Rock Ventures and The Column Group. www.nurix-inc.com

Smartling, a New York-based provider of cloud-based enterprise translation software, has raised $25 million in Series D funding. ICONIQ Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers First Round Capital, Harmony Partners, IDG Ventures, Tenaya Capital, U.S. Venture Partners and Venrock.Read more.

Skyonic Corp., an Austin, Texas-based developer of carbon-capture technology, has raised $12.5 million in VC funding. Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) was joined by existing backer ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP). www.skyonic.com

ROLI, a UK-based developer of a new type of musical keyboard, has raised £7.6 million in Series A funding. Balderton Capital led the round, and was joined by FirstMark Capital, Index Ventures and Universal Music Group. www.roli.com

Venus Concept, a Toronto-based provider of medical aesthetic solutions, has raised $10 million in equity funding from Longitude Capital. www.venusconcept.com

Assurex Health, a Mason, Ohio-based, has raised $7 million in new VC funding from return backers Sequoia Capital, Claremont Creek Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, CincyTech, Allos Ventures, Four Rivers Partners, Danmar Capital and jVen Capital. The company also secured a $25 million term and revolving credit facility financed by Silicon Valley Bank and arranged by GE Capital. www.assurexhealth.com

Storehouse, an iPad app for building multimedia stories, has raised $7 million in Series A funding.Sherpa Ventures led the round, and was joined by seed backers True Ventures, Lerer Ventures and Designer Fund. www.storehouse.co

True(x) Media, a Los Angeles-based provider of ad-tech solutions for brands, has raised $6 million in new VC funding from return backers Jafco Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures. The company was formerly known as SocialVibe, and had raised over $44 million in VC funding. www.truex.com

VUV Analytics, an Austin, Texas-based developer of laboratory-scale molecular spectroscopy instruments, has raised $5.8 million in Series A funding led by S3 Ventures. www.vuvanalytics.com

Yoyo, a London-based mobile payment and loyalty app, has raised $5 million in seed funding. Imperial Innovations led the round, and was joined by Firestartr and Telefonica Group. www.justyoyo.com

Private Equity Deals

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has agreed to acquire Healogics Inc., a Jacksonville, Fla.-based operator of nearly 600 hospital outpatient wound care centers, from Metalmark Capital for $910 million. Healogics reports around $300 million in annual sales and more than 2,000 employees. Other suitors reportedly included TPG Capital and a consortium of Ares Management and Leonard Green & Partners. www.healogics.com

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in The Executive Centre Ltd., a Hong Kong-based provider of services offices and executive suites, from Headland Capital Partners (which will retain a minority stake). No financial terms were disclosed, except that The
Executive Centre generated over $100 million in revenue last year. www.executivecentre.com

Henry Schein Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) has agreed to acquire around a 60% stake in SmartPak, a Plymouth, Mass.-based provider of equine supplements and horse supplies, from shareholders like North Bridge Growth Equity. Oak Hill Capital Partners will purchase a minority stake in SmartPak via the Henry Schein transaction, with SmartPak management holding the remainder.www.smartpakequine.com

J.C. Flowers and Warburg Pincus are among those bidding from UK-based foreign exchange providerTTT Moneycorp Ltd., which is being sold by RBS Special Opportunities Fund, according to Bloomberg. The deal could be valued at around £240 million. www.moneycorp.com

McArthur, a UK-based wholesaler and distributor of fencing products, has received an investment from turnaround firm RCapital Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. www.mcarthur-group.com

Procura, a Canada-based provider of healthcare software for home care, hospice and other residential care organizations, has received an equity investment from Carrick Capital Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. www.goprocura.com

Olympus Partners has acquired Pregis Corp., a Deerfield, Ill.–based provider of protective packaging materials and systems. No financial terms were disclosed. www.pregis.com

Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire Wencor Group LLC, a Springville, Utah-based maker of commercial airplane parts, from Odyssey Investment Partners. No financial terms were disclosed, but an earlier Reuters report suggested that the deal could be valued at between $800 million and $900 million. www.wencor.com

IPOs

21st Century Oncology, a Fort Myers, Fla.-based provider of radiation therapy and other services to cancer patients in the United States and Latin America, has postponed its planned IPO. The company previously had cut its IPO terms from 13.33 million shares being offered at $14-$16 to 11.1 million shares being offered at $8-$10. It had planned to trade on the NYSE, with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo serving as lead underwriters. 21stCentury Oncology reports a $78 million net loss on $409 million in revenue for 2013, and is owned by Vestar Capital Partners. www.rtsx.com

JD.com Inc., a Chinese online direct sales company, raised $1.78 billion in its IPO. The company priced 93.7 million shares at $19 per share (above $16-$18 range), for an initial market cap of around $25.7 billion. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol JD, while BofA Merrill Lynch and UBS served as lead underwriters. Shareholders include Tiger Global Management (22.1% pre-IPO stake), DST Global, Insight Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. Read more.

Adeptus Health Inc.
, a Lewisville, Texas-based network of independent freestanding emergency rooms, has filed for a $100 million IPO. It plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol ADPT, with Deutsche Bank Securities and Goldman Sachs serving as lead underwriters. The company reports a $2.9 million net loss on around $115 million in income for 2013. Adeptus Health is owned by private equity firm Sterling Partners. www.adhc.com

Fat Face Ltd.
, a British clothing retailer owned by Bridgepoint, has pulled its planned £110 million IPO, blaming its decision on poor market conditions. Citigroup and Jefferies were leading the offering.www.fatface.com

Roka Bioscience, a Warren, N.J.-based developer of an automated molecular instrument for food pathogen detection, has filed for a $75 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol ROKA, with BofA Merrill Lynch and Leerink Partners serving as lead underwriters. The company reports a $29.5 million net loss on around $2.5 million in revenue for 2013. It has raised around $110 million in VC funding from such firms as Advisors (26.2% pre-IPO stake), New Enterprise Associates (24.3%), TPG Biotech (22.6%), Fidelity Investments (9.6%) and Aisling Capital (8.5%).www.rokabio.com

TCP International Holdings Ltd., a Switzerland-based provider of energy-efficient light bulbs to the global structures light bulb market, has filed for a $100 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol TCPI, with Deutsche Bank and Piper Jaffray serving as lead underwriters. The company previously filed for a $100 million IPO back in 2012, when it was based in China, before later withdrawing the registration. www.tcpi.com

M&A

Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) has agreed to sell its retail business to Marathon Petroleum Corp.(NYSE: MPC) for $2.6 billion in cash. Hess Retail operates 1,342 gas stations and convenience stores along the East Coast. Read more.

Apax Partners has sold its 56.1% stake in Israeli food group Tnuva to China’s Bright Food for $960 million, subject to regulatory approvals. www.tnuva.co.il

Apax Partners
is in talks to sell currency exchange center operator Travelex Holdings Ltd., according to Bloomberg. Travelex had said earlier this year that is was prepping an IPO. www.travelex.com

EnCap Investments and Riverstone Holdings have hired Jefferies Group to find a buyer for Austin, Texas-based energy company Venado Oil & Gas LLC, according to Bloomberg. The deal could be valued at between $800 million and $1 billion.

Unilever SA has agreed to sell its North American pasta sauce business – operating under the Raguand Bertolli brands – to Japan’s Mizkan Group for approximately $2.15 billion in cash. The business generates more than $600 million in annual income, and includes production facilities in Owensboro, Ky. and Stockton, Calif. Read more.

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