20 deals total $234M in August, Rutberg notes

Twenty new financing deals with 20 private companies were announced in August, according to Rutberg & Co., valued at $234 million.
The bulk of the investments were made in the enterprise infrastructure, consumer application and carrier sectors.
Rutberg also said there were 22 mergers and acquisitions announced in August. Those include RF Micro Device’s acquisition of Sirenza Microdevices, Yahoo’s buy of Actionality and Verizon Wireless’ purchase of Ramcell’s operating assets in Kentucky and Oregon.
Rutberg & Co. is a research-centric investment bank providing merger-and-acquisition advisory and private-capital-raising services to public and private companies in the wireless and digital media industries.