Today’s Deals: Via Net.Works Expands to France

 Siebert Financial acquires wfn.com,
herdollar.com

  
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Amount:        
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C

NEW YORK, Oct. 11–Muriel F. Siebert, chairman and chief executive
officer of Siebert Financial , announced the
creation of a women’s financial Web site and the purchase of two women’s
Web sites, W

FN.com and HerDollar.com, that will serve as the
foundation for the new site. WFN, or
Women’s Financial Network, incorporates trading-either online, phone or in
person-including buying and selling of stocks, bonds and mutual funds, as
well as free checking, online bill-paying and the ability to aggregate all
their accounts on one site, while HerDollar.com was created to educate
women about investing, estate planning, insurance, loans, banking,
retirement planning and other critical financial topics. The company did
not disclose the purchase terms. For more analysis, see Kelly Black’s

DealTracker




 

 VIA NET.WORKS (VNWI) acquires Symphonie
S.A.

  
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Amount:        
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B-

RESTON, Va., Oct. 11–VIA NET.WORKS , an
international single-source provider of Internet access and services
focusing on businesses in Europe, Latin America and the United States,
announces the acquisition of Symphonie S.A., which does business
under the trade name M.Net. Founded in 1995, M.Net provides a full
complement of business-focused Internet services from its base in
Montpellier, France. The acquisition of M.Net will allow VIA NET.WORKS to exp

and its
presence in France.




 

 Entrypoint to merge with Internet Financial
Network

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

NEW YORK, Oct. 11–Internet Financial Network and
EntryPoint announced that they have agreed to merge their existing
business operations into a newly created entity, Infogate. The flagship product for the
new company, Infogate 4.0, will combine the best features from the
pre-existing companies’ products and is expected to launch with an
installed base of more than one million users later this month. Terms of
the transaction were not disclosed.




 

 CyberSight acquires Nine Dots

  
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Industry:       
Advertising/Marketing

  
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Scorecard:      B-

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 11–CyberSight, an Internet professional
services firm, announced that it has acquired Nine Dots, an Irvine,
Calif.-based interactive marketing and consulting firm that provides
integrated brand development services to the high technology, automotive
and healthcare industries and Global 1000 businesses. The companies’
combined resources will provide marketers an enhanced suite of tools and
services to help them build relevant relationships with their customers.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.




 

 Shoedini.com acquires
MyFavoriteShoe.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 11– Shoedini.com announced that it has
acquired the inventory of MyFavoriteShoe.com, which includes
inventory of more than 5,000 pairs of well-known, brand-name shoes like
Bruno Magli, Mezlan, Florsheim, Dexter, and Clarks. The purchase of MyFavoriteShoe.com’s inventory is
expected to help Shoedini.com to
achieve its vision of becoming the category killer of branded footwear in
the realm of e-commerce. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.




 

 YellowOnline.com acquires Novavision Yellow
Pages

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      n/a

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11–YellowOnline.com, an Internet yellow
pages, announced that it has acquired the Yellow Pages operations of
Novavision, a leading print Yellow Pages publisher in French Polynesia
(Tahiti) and in French-speaking West Africa, in a stock transaction. During
the first quarter of 2001, YellowOnline.com plans to begin online
publication of the French Polynesian and West African yellow pages
directories and expects a positive revenue stream from both the print and
the online publications in these markets. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.




 

 Away.com acquires
Adventuroustraveler.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11–Away.com, an online destination for
extraordinary travel, announced the acquisition of Burlington,
Vermont-based Adventuroustraveler.com, a supplier of travel
merchandise including books, videos, CD-Roms and maps for the experiential
traveler. Adventuroustraveler.com will
function as the gear-merchandising division of Away.com; further terms of the all-stock
deal were not disclosed. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.




 

 Need2Buy acquires Unimate Electronics

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      B

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Oct. 11–Need2Buy, an online
marketplace for the electronic components industry, announced that it has
acquired Unimate Electronics GmbH, a component trading and
fulfillment company, based in Munich, Germany. This strategic acquisition
provides Need2Buy with the operations
infrastructure, region-specific expertise and extensive customer
relationships to further drive the company’s expansion in the European
market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.




 

 CMGion acquires AdForce

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Amount:        
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

ANDOVER, Oct. 11–CMGion, an emerging Internet operating
network designed to enhance the performance and functionality of
application and content delivery over the Internet, and a majority-owned
operating company of CMGI , announced that it has
acquired AdForce, an online provider of centralized, outsourced ad
management and delivery services. CMGion will license and deploy key
components of AdForce’s technology
within its emerging network platform, furthering CMGion’s core business
focus to enhance the speed, performance and functionality of the Internet
by enabling a global platform that allows content transformation,
applications and profiling to be executed at “the edge.”




 

 Active.com to merge with Sierra
Digital

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B

LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 11–Active.com, an online registration
company for participatory sports and recreational activities, has signed a
definitive agreement to merge with Sierra Digital, developer of RecWare, a recreation management software
product used by more than 1,000 park and recreation agencies, college and
university sports departments and military installations nationwide. The
merger will significantly broaden Active.com’s customer base, enabling the
company to offer online registration capabilities to SDI’s existing RecWare
customers.