As of December 18, 2006, I-Deal , LLC was acquired by Hemscott Group, Ltd. I-Deal , LLC provides software, analytics, and services for the capital markets. It offers Retail Bookbuild, a platform that allows marketing of new-issue products to retail brokers; Capital Markets Analytics that provides market intelligence on the equity capital markets; and Planner, which is an event management system for road shows and other marketing, and outreach initiatives. The company also offers Equity Bookbuild, a Web-based platform for managing equity new issues; Syndicate Connect, a Web-based platform for broker-to-broker communications; Equity Deals Database, which provides real-time and historical deal information; and Prospectus, a service electronic document delivery and tracking system for new issue transactions. In addition, it provides Fixed Income Bookbuild, a Web-based platform for managing the deal process; Ingenuity, a software tool that allows users to design, market, and trade structured products; Municipal Bookrunning, a system for managing various aspects of the new-issue workflow for municipal securities; and BiDCOMP, which is a bid calculation system. Further, the company offers Analytics, which provides ownership and market intelligence to publicly traded companies; Issuer View that enables issuers to view the book building process; and Perception Studies, which provides information about the factors and concerns that drive institution’s investment decisions. The company’s platforms support the sell-side, buy-side, and corporations in various aspects of the capital raising process. It serves the equity, fixed income, and municipal markets, as well as investment banks, issuers, dealers, and investors. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in London, the United Kingdom.