Acquisitions in California in 2013

Highwood Farms has acquired longtime Mediterranean food manufacturer Tarazi Specialty Foods, Inc., adding the tahini and falafel-mix maker to its portfolio of food-related businesses. The family-owned Tarazi business — previously owned by Nabil Huleis — will be operated by Highwood Farms going forward; financial terms were not disclosed.

LIN Media (LIN TV Corp.) acquired a majority ownership position in HYFN, a full-service digital agency specializing in social, mobile and web marketing. The acquisition expands LIN Media’s digital media portfolio and gives LIN access to HYFN’s proprietary social media management platform and creative/engineering capabilities to offer integrated digital marketing solutions to advertisers.

Western Digital acquired Arkeia Software, a developer of data protection software and backup appliances for small and midsize businesses, in a deal that closed on Dec. 19 (price undisclosed). The acquisition adds Arkeia's software, physical and virtual appliances to Western Digital's SMB storage portfolio and is intended to strengthen WD's channel and hybrid on‑premise/cloud data protection offerings.