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UnityWorks! Media receives new financing

Minnesota based UnityWorks! Media completed a private placement of equity and debt financing. Carefree Capital, a Minneapolis based private equity firm, led the equity investment. >more


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Vitesse Learning merged with Provinent Corporation

VitesseLearning merged with Provinent Corporation, forming the largest independent business in the fragmented North American customized learning marketplace with over $20 million in combined billings.>more

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New England College of Finance sold to Best Associates

The New England Collese of Finance (NECF) was acquired by Best Associates through its recently formed Whitney International University. >more


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LiquiCell receives debt financing from Whitebox Advisors, LLC

Minneapolis-based LiquiCell Technologies, Inc. completed a debt financing with Whitebox Advisors, LLC, a Minneapolis-based hedge fund. >more

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Peoples Education

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Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering

Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. announced that its registration statement for the sale of 500,000 shares of Common Stock was declared effective today by the Securities and Exchange Commission. >more


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Diversified Graphics sold to investor group and senior management

Diversified Graphics Inc.(DGI), a $55 million Minneapolis-based print solutions and social stationery products company was purchased by a group of financial investors and its senior management team in a recapitalization of the company. >more

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Dolan Media Acquires Print, Electronic Arizona News Service

Dolan Media Company said today it had acquired Arizona News Service, a multimedia electronic and print publisher specializing in coverage of Arizona state government. >more


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Kevin McKenna Joins Cherry Tree's Investment Banking Group as Managing Director

Cherry Tree Securities, a private investment bank specializing in providing M&A advisory and private placement services to entrepreneurially managed companies, today announced that Kevin McKenna has joined the firm's Minneapolis office as a Managing Director. >more

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Dolan Media Acquires Legal Services Provider — Counsel Press

New York, NY, January 20, 2005 (PR Newswire)– Dolan Media Company said today that it had acquired New York City-based Counsel Press, the nation's largest provider of appellate services to the legal profession.. >more


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Capella Education Company Announces New Investors
Insight Venture Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures Make Sizable Investments

Capella Education Company, parent corporation of Capella University, an online accredited university headquartered in Minneapolis, announced today the addition of two new investors through a series of transactions totaling more than $60 million. >more

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Hoffco sold to investor group

Wood Lake, MN, December, 2004 – Hoffco Incorporated announced the sale of the company to an affiliate of Fieldston Investors SIGI, a New York investment group. >more

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WR Medical sold to senior management

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, September, 2004 – WR Medical Electronics Co. announced the sale of the company to the senior management. WR Medical develops and manufactures equipment for neurophysiology diagnosis and paraffin bath treatment. Cherry Tree Securities represented WR Medical and its shareholders during the sale of the company.
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Dolan Media Acquires 14 Newspapers, Web Sites of Lawyers Weekly
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, September 1, 2004 –Dolan Media Company announced today that it acquired the 14 newspapers and associated Web sites of Lawyers Weekly, Inc., a leading publisher for the legal profession. The deal closed Tuesday, Aug. 31. Purchase price and terms were not disclosed. >more

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Ed Kohler and Mike Townley Join Cherry Tree's Investment Management Group
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, June 1, 2004 – Cherry Tree Investments, a leader in venture capital and private equity investing since 1980, today announced the recent addition of Ed Kohler and Mike Townley to its investment management team. >more

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Mike Bochert Joins Cherry Tree's Investment Banking Group
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 1, 2004 – Cherry Tree Securities, a private investment bank specializing in providing M&A advisory and private placement services to entrepreneurially managed companies, today announced that Mike Bochert has joined the firm's Minneapolis office as a Managing Director. Bochert brings three decades of investment banking experience to Cherry Tree and will be involved in valuations, fairness opinions, M&A and capital markets transactions. >more


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Twin Cities Entrepreneurs Band Together for Habitat House

April 29, 2004, MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL — Venture capitalists usually pull together funds to build businesses. This time, they're doing the same thing — and swinging hammers — to build a house. >more

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Fingerhut Receives $62.5 Million Equity Investment
New Financing Positions Company for Significant Growth

Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc., today announced that it has closed a new equity financing totaling $62.5 million. The financing, led by two leading venture capital firms — Bain Capital Ventures and Battery Ventures — also includes a significant equity investment from Tom Petters, chairman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide, LLC. >more


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Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. 2003 Revenues Increase 48% Over Prior Year

Saddle Brook, New Jersey, March 3, 2004 – Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. today reported revenue of $27.8 million for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, up 48% from $18.8 million in 2002. Operating Income was $2.1 million in 2003, up 110% from $1.0 million in 2002. Net income for the 2003 year was $1.2 million, up 100% from $0.6 million in 2002. Earnings per share, on a diluted basis, was $0.34 in 2003 compared to $0.17 in 2002. >more

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Sale of the General Packaging Business of Waddington North America, Inc. (Hopple Plastics) to The Fabri-Form Co.

Cherry Tree Securities, LLC recently completed the sale of the General Packaging Business of Waddington North America, Inc. (Hopple Plastics), a portfolio company of Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, to The Fabri-Form Co. Cherry Tree Securities acted as the exclusive investment banking advisor for Waddington North America. >more


 


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