Seattle-based startup Cequint, a developer of Caller ID technology for mobile phones, has agreed to be acquired by Virginia-based Transaction Network Services (TNS) for up to $112.5 million. The terms of the deal, which is expected to close early in the fourth quarter of 2010, dictate that TNS will purchase Cequint for an initial $46.7 million cash payment, and approximately $3.3 million in stock issued to its executives, with the potential for an additional $62.5 million in cash contingent upon the “achievement of future performance-based targets,” according to a company statement. Cequint raised $7.1 million in Series B financing led by ISherpa Capital in July 2008.
Author: Thea Chard
Before joining Xconomy, Thea spent a year working as the editor of another startup, the hyperlocal Seattle neighborhood news site QueenAnneView.com. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in print journalism and creative writing. While in college, Thea spent a semester studying in London and writing for the London bureau of the Los Angeles Times. Indulging in her passion for feature writing, she has covered a variety of topics ranging from the arts, to media, clean technology and breaking news. Before moving back to Seattle, Thea worked in new media development on two business radio shows, "Marketplace" and "Marketplace Money" by American Public Media. Her clips have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Monica Daily Press, Seattle magazine and her college paper, the Daily Trojan. Thea is a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, and now lives in Queen Anne.
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