Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4353915-228b-4b69-ae34-739a373b12f3&Preview=1 Date 11/17/2010 Company Name GameGround Mailing Address 10 W. 18th St., Seventh Floor New York, NY 10011 Company Description The company operates a website that allows online gamers to socialize with each other more easily. Website http://www.GameGround.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Concurrent with … Continue reading “GameGround Secures $5,300,000 New Round”
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Virident Systems Garners Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=54c11996-9cc9-43b4-a421-ce793db7ea8f&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2010 Company Name Virident Systems Mailing Address 500 Yosemite Drive Milpitas, CA 95035-5444 Company Description The company is developing computer component systems. Website http://www.virident.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The funding will be used to accelerate Virident’s solid-state storage solutions and scale … Continue reading “Virident Systems Garners Series B Funding”
EMC Acquires Isilon Systems for $2.25B—Now the Real Work Begins
[Updated 12:30pm ET, see below.] OK, we knew this was coming—it was just a matter of when. Hopkinton, MA-based data storage giant EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]) announced today it will acquire Seattle-based Isilon Systems (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ISLN]]) for $2.25 billion in cash. EMC is paying $33.85 per share, a 29 percent increase over Isilon’s previous closing price … Continue reading “EMC Acquires Isilon Systems for $2.25B—Now the Real Work Begins”
TokBox Raises $12M Series C
TokBox, a San Francisco startup specializing in Web-based software for multi-party video calls, announced today that it has collected $12 million in a Series C funding round led by DAG Ventures. Existing investors Bain Capital Group and Sequoia Capital also participated. At the same time, the company introduced OpenTok, a new service that lets Web … Continue reading “TokBox Raises $12M Series C”
TokBox Receives $12,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7df1d03e-41d6-41cd-a9bc-e7c31749acde&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2010 Company Name TokBox Mailing Address 128 King St 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Tokbox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here’s how it works: you sign up and we give you a link. When you want to talk … Continue reading “TokBox Receives $12,000,000 Series C Round”
Airbnb Reserves $7.2M
Airbnb, the San Francisco-based online and mobile marketplace for booking unusual accommodations such as rooms in private homes, said this week (PDF) that it has raised $7.2 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners. It’s the two-year-old startup’s first major cash infusion since collecting about $600,000 in seed funding from individual … Continue reading “Airbnb Reserves $7.2M”
Airbnb Receives $7,200,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd0fec17-c98b-40f2-94ed-e241ac4381d9&Preview=1 Date 11/11/2010 Company Name Airbnb Mailing Address 142 10th St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company operates a website where users can purchase rooms to share with each other on trips. Website http://www.airbnb.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,200,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Airbnb will use … Continue reading “Airbnb Receives $7,200,000 Series A Funding”
A Bumper Crop of Financings For Bay Area Startups
It has been a busy day for Bay Area fundraising news. IT companies are dominating, with an online payments company, a data integration company, two wireless services companies, and a massively multiplayer online game company raising over $66 million in funding combined. Two medical device companies raised money too, though. Here are the IT companies… … Continue reading “A Bumper Crop of Financings For Bay Area Startups”
RingCentral Secures $9,999,995 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d71e151-3958-41b1-8d11-189fec5ad5ff&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2010 Company Name RingCentral Mailing Address 999 Baker Way, Fifth Floor San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description RingCentral provides cloud computing based business phone systems designed for today’s mobile and distributed business world. Website http://www.ringcentral.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,999,995 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “RingCentral Secures $9,999,995 New Funding Round”
Evernote Snags Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Goes Social, Zuckerberg Speaks Out, & More Bay-Area BizTech News
Companies building cloud-based services got lots of attention last week, as did those building social applications. And companies building cloud-based social applications? Watch out! —Evernote, the Mountain View, CA-based online notekeeping service with nearly 5 million users, collected another $20 million in venture backing in a Series C round led by new investor Sequoia Capital. … Continue reading “Evernote Snags Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Goes Social, Zuckerberg Speaks Out, & More Bay-Area BizTech News”
Michael Moritz Unplugged: Jamming with a VC Star at Xconomy’s First San Francisco Event
Michael Moritz, a partner at leading venture firm Sequoia Capital since 1986, has been described as the most powerful venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. Routinely ranked at or near the top of Forbes’ Midas List of wealth creators, Moritz has led Sequoia’s investments in Google, Yahoo, PayPal, YouTube, Zappos, Kayak, Sugar, and many other companies. … Continue reading “Michael Moritz Unplugged: Jamming with a VC Star at Xconomy’s First San Francisco Event”
Sequoia Leads $20 Million Round for Evernote—Q&A with CEO Phil Libin
Evernote, the Mountain View, CA, startup building a multiplatform service that helps consumers organize and retrieve all the digital bric-a-brac in their lives, has just taken a big step forward, raising $20 million in a Series C investment round led by top-tier venture firm Sequoia Capital. Some 4.7 million people use Evernote’s freemium service, which … Continue reading “Sequoia Leads $20 Million Round for Evernote—Q&A with CEO Phil Libin”
EverNote Secures $20,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0672ef2b-444d-4b86-a639-6fbc4f6c9116&Preview=1 Date 10/19/2010 Company Name EverNote Mailing Address 333 Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at anytime, from anywhere. Website http://www.evernote.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “EverNote Secures $20,000,000 Series C Funding”
Eventbrite Makes a Date with $20M
Eventbrite, the San Francisco startup that handles online event ticket sales for thousands of other organizations, said yesterday that it has collected $20 million in Series D venture funding. Leading the round were new investors DAG Ventures and Tenaya Capital (the former Lehman Brothers Venture Capital). Eventbrite’s sole existing investor, Sequoia Capital, also participated. Eventbrite … Continue reading “Eventbrite Makes a Date with $20M”
Eventbrite Lands $20,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2799593-b362-47dc-89d5-e49831c0e4f4&Preview=1 Date 10/6/2010 Company Name Eventbrite Mailing Address 410 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Eventbrite is the leading provider of online event management and ticketing services. Eventbrite makes it easy for anyone to hold a successful event of any type and size. Eventbrite is free if your event is … Continue reading “Eventbrite Lands $20,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
Quantenna Communications Secures $21,000,000 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=66491ef2-051f-4f91-9711-a35d3c7167f6&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2010 Company Name Quantenna Communications Mailing Address 3450 W Warren Ave Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Quantenna Communications Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next generation MIMO based wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Website http://www.quantenna.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $21,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Secures $21,000,000 Series E Round”
Aster Data Secures $30,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97e850ee-b8ea-4a28-bbc1-8789989207f9&Preview=1 Date 9/23/2010 Company Name Aster Data Mailing Address 959 Skyway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description Aster transforms off-the-shelf, commodity hardware into a powerful, self-managing, and scalable analytic database capable of handling the most demanding data warehousing environments. Website http://www.asterdata.com/ Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Aster Data Secures $30,000,000 Series C Funding”
How the B-School Dropouts at Bump Are Filling a Big Gap in Mobile Communications
During his first week at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business in 2008, David Lieb found himself meeting dozens of new classmates and typing their names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses into his phone’s address book, one by one. “There is this little loop running in my mind that’s always going, ‘Why are … Continue reading “How the B-School Dropouts at Bump Are Filling a Big Gap in Mobile Communications”
A Bidding War for 3Par, a Trademark War over Mafia Wars, a Barrage of New Y Combinator Startups, & More Bay Area BizTech and Life Sciences News
Tiny startups emerging into the public eye last week vied for attention with acquisitive giants like Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and Google. —An as-yet-unresolved bidding war between Dell and Hewlett-Packard drove the proposed acquisition price for Fremont, CA-based storage virtualization company 3Par up to $30 per share. Dell’s original $18-per-share bid on August 16 was eclipsed by … Continue reading “A Bidding War for 3Par, a Trademark War over Mafia Wars, a Barrage of New Y Combinator Startups, & More Bay Area BizTech and Life Sciences News”
$15M Rains on Nimbula
Menlo Park, CA-based Nimbula, a two-month-old cloud computing startup founded by the developers of Amazon’s EC2 cloud infrastructure, has raised $15 million in Series B financing, according to an announcement yesterday. The round was led by new investor Accel Partners with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital. Nimbula, which says it focuses on “blending EC2-like … Continue reading “$15M Rains on Nimbula”
Inkling Launches E-Textbooks
San Francisco-based Inkling announced Friday the release of an iPad app that displays interactive digital textbooks. Aimed at college students, the program allows in-app purchases of textbooks, including McGraw-Hill texts on biology, economics, marketing, and psychology. Inkling also said that it has collected an unspecified amount of Series A venture financing from Sequoia Capital, Felicis … Continue reading “Inkling Launches E-Textbooks”
Inkling Obtains Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ad4dd04-f162-49c2-9951-a15be20915b0&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2010 Company Name Inkling Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Inkling was founded in late 2009 to tackle the challenges of interactive publishing. Inkling’s partnerships with major publishers like Cengage Learning, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, and Wolters Kluwer will yield next-generation interactive titles that replace traditional … Continue reading “Inkling Obtains Series A Financing”
Nimbula Obtains $15,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=657c94e4-f320-4615-ab73-a3d14929cf45&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2010 Company Name Nimbula Mailing Address 3000 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Nimbula delivers a new class of cloud infrastructure and services system that uniquely combines the flexibility, scalability and operational efficiencies of the public cloud with the control, security and trust of today’s most advanced … Continue reading “Nimbula Obtains $15,000,000 Series B Funding”
In Seed Funding Race, AngelList Sorts the “Junk” from the “Maybes”
You don’t have to search far on Twitter for glowing testimonials about AngelList, a matchmaking service for startups and angel investors launched in February by San Francisco investor/entrepreneurs Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant: “Wow, just a few days and I’m pretty impressed by the quality of the opportunities”—Hunter Walk “An entrepreneur’s best friend. Two companies … Continue reading “In Seed Funding Race, AngelList Sorts the “Junk” from the “Maybes””
AirStrip Technologies Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31a6bf8a-d70c-4234-99c2-fcc213dc4e97&Preview=1 Date 8/11/2010 Company Name AirStrip Technologies Mailing Address 335 E Sonterra Blvd San Antonio, TX 78258 Company Description The AirStrip Technologies platform securely delivers critical patient information, including virtual real-time waveform data, directly from hospital monitoring systems to a doctor or nurse’s smart phone, laptop or desktop. The platform is completely … Continue reading “AirStrip Technologies Receives New Financing Round”
Boston-Power Expands Series E Round, Storwize Scooped Up By IBM, PerkinElmer Acquires VisEn, & More Boston-Area Deals News
In the last week, we’ve seen acquisitions in both the life sciences and IT spaces, as well as an IPO and startup funding. —Curt Schilling’s Maynard, MA-based video game company, 38 Studios, attracted $75 million in loan guarantees from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, according to media reports. In exchange, the company has pledged … Continue reading “Boston-Power Expands Series E Round, Storwize Scooped Up By IBM, PerkinElmer Acquires VisEn, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Storwize Bought By IBM
Storwize, a Marlborough, MA-based maker of technology for the real-time compression of data, has agreed to be acquired by IBM (NYSE: [[ticker:IBM]]). The companies did not reveal the financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close third quarter of this year, but previous press reports have priced the transaction in the neighborhood of … Continue reading “Storwize Bought By IBM”
Jive Software Nabs $30M, SynapticMash Acquired by Promethean World, Intellectual Ventures Sells Patents, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
Once again it has been a pretty slow week for Seattle-area technology companies in terms of deals—word must have gotten out that the weather is nice and warm here in the Pacific Northwest! Nevertheless, of the few deals that have gone on this last week, a few were pretty substantial. A number of startups both … Continue reading “Jive Software Nabs $30M, SynapticMash Acquired by Promethean World, Intellectual Ventures Sells Patents, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
Flipping Out over Flipboard, Going Geo-Loco, Grilling Silicon Valley’s MacGyver, & More Bay Area Biztech News
Last week’s business and technology news ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous—sometimes both in one story (Flipboard’s new iPad app is pretty amazing, even if it didn’t work for half of the people who downloaded it). —After visiting Palo Alto, CA-based Nanosys, I wrote a feature explaining how the nine-year-old nanotech firm is finally … Continue reading “Flipping Out over Flipboard, Going Geo-Loco, Grilling Silicon Valley’s MacGyver, & More Bay Area Biztech News”
Biotech on a Shoestring: How Companies Are Pinching Pennies in the “New Reality”
Just in case startups thought they were insulated from the Wall Street implosion of September 2008, Sequoia Capital let there be no doubt that the ripple effect was being felt. Sequoia famously held an emergency meeting with its portfolio companies in October 2008, complete with a mock tombstone with the message “RIP: Good Times.” The … Continue reading “Biotech on a Shoestring: How Companies Are Pinching Pennies in the “New Reality””
Jive Software Nabs $30M in Round From Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital
Jive Software, the Palo Alto, CA-based software company started in Portland, OR, has received $30 million in Series C financing led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. This latest shot of cash, part of which comes from Sequoia Capital, means the company has raised more than $57 million in the last three years. Sequoia had … Continue reading “Jive Software Nabs $30M in Round From Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital”
Jive Software Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51e46b7d-14de-4d7f-9477-df12e2edbffe&Preview=1 Date 7/21/2010 Company Name Jive Software Mailing Address 915 SW Stark St. Portland, OR 97205 Company Description We develop award-winning collaboration software that improves a company’s productivity through open collaboration among employees, partners and customers. Website http://www.jivesoftware.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The capital … Continue reading “Jive Software Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
Mobile Iron Collects $16M
Mobile Iron, a Mountain View, CA-based startup whose software helps enterprises manage smartphone usage by employees, has raised an additional $16 million in equity-based financing, according to a regulatory filing. Mobile Iron previously raised $11 million in Series B funding in August, 2009 from a group that included Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Storm … Continue reading “Mobile Iron Collects $16M”
EMeter Collects $12.5M
EMeter, a San Mateo, CA-based maker of software that helps gas, electric, and water utilities manage smart meters, announced yesterday that it has raised $12.5 million in a round of equity-based funding led by Sequoia Capital and Foundation Capital, with participation by newcomer Northgate Capital. “Given the exponential growth of the Smart Grid industry over … Continue reading “EMeter Collects $12.5M”
eMeter Lands $12,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b080e9c2-0f47-42bd-a5aa-85a171682420&Preview=1 Date 7/8/2010 Company Name eMeter Mailing Address 2215 Bridgepointe Parkway San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description eMeter is a software products and implementation services company serving the utility market place. We understand that today’s utility is as much as a part of the information economy as it is the economy of … Continue reading “eMeter Lands $12,500,000 New Round”
ITA Software Bought by Google for $700M, Shifting Balance of Power in Travel Search
Score a big one for travel search. This deal was a long time in coming, but Cambridge, MA-based ITA Software is being acquired by Google for about $700 million in cash. There were rumors earlier, and the companies have now confirmed they have signed a definitive agreement. ITA makes the behind-the-scenes software that organizes data … Continue reading “ITA Software Bought by Google for $700M, Shifting Balance of Power in Travel Search”
SunRun Receives $55,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f21523f8-3df1-4999-b407-44620c541a92&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2010 Company Name SunRun Mailing Address 717 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description SunRun is the nation’s first residential solar electricity provider. Pioneering “solar as a service,” SunRun offers the only low-cost, zero-hassle way for homeowners to go solar and is also the only company that lets homeowners … Continue reading “SunRun Receives $55,000,000 Series C Round”
Sencha Garners $14,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7a31460-03c9-4568-af4c-dd1dd9f9a62b&Preview=1 Date 6/24/2010 Company Name Sencha Mailing Address 525 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Sencha Touch is the world’s first app framework built specifically to leverage HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript for the highest level of power, flexibility, and optimization. We make specific use of HTML5 to deliver components like … Continue reading “Sencha Garners $14,000,000 New Financing Round”
Nimbula Garners $5,750,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0a4df7d-179f-407a-a54d-59ebb66af700&Preview=1 Date 6/23/2010 Company Name Nimbula Mailing Address 3000 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Nimbula delivers a new class of cloud infrastructure and services system that uniquely combines the flexibility, scalability and operational efficiencies of the public cloud with the control, security and trust of today’s most advanced … Continue reading “Nimbula Garners $5,750,000 Series A Round”
Sipera Systems Receives $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9689689-5d8c-448a-9ebb-b83fd8c73d49&Preview=1 Date 5/18/2010 Company Name Sipera Systems Mailing Address 1900 Firman Drive Richardson, TX 75081 Company Description Sipera is developing security software for Voice over Internet Protocol networks — VoIP for short — meaning data networks, including the Internet, that can carry phone calls. Website http://www.sipera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Sipera Systems Receives $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
Behind the Scenes at Google Ventures: The Full Q&A with Bill Maris
Last week Google Ventures unveiled a new website that includes the first public information about its portfolio and its staff. Yesterday, as part of the fund’s first real media outreach campaign, managing partner Bill Maris and partner David Krane spent about 45 minutes speaking with reporters in Boston via teleconference. I summed up the conversation … Continue reading “Behind the Scenes at Google Ventures: The Full Q&A with Bill Maris”
Cotendo Garners $12,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e142486-94da-44b8-b9b4-face3634664f&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2010 Company Name Cotendo Mailing Address 530 Lakeside Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Cotendo is a content delivery network and an innovator of software-focused CDN technologies. Cotendo’s full suite of content delivery applications is addressing an important unmet need that Internet content providers have for application-level flexibility and sophisticated … Continue reading “Cotendo Garners $12,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Google Ventures Pulls Back the Veil: Deals in San Diego, Boston, Dallas, and Silicon Valley
Just over two years ago, Google decided to get into the venture capital game, setting up a fund to invest in promising startups in much the same way that Silicon Valley VC firms Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested in Google itself back in 1999. Google Ventures has stayed mostly under the … Continue reading “Google Ventures Pulls Back the Veil: Deals in San Diego, Boston, Dallas, and Silicon Valley”
Report: Google Courting ITA
ITA Software, the Cambridge, MA-based maker of airline fare search software, is in talks with Google about a potential acquisition, Bloomberg reported this morning. ITA, whose investors include General Catalyst Partners, Battery Ventures, Spectrum Equity, PAR Investment Partners, and Sequoia Capital, is seeking as much as $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg report, which cited unnamed … Continue reading “Report: Google Courting ITA”
Druva Software Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=07a6f514-6e24-4c62-a83d-7da436447cd0&Preview=1 Date 4/7/2010 Company Name Druva Software Mailing Address 1585 Agnew Road Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Information is the key asset of any organization. It is the single aim of Druva to provide products which’ll safeguard this information. With Druva’s products, you’ll be able to efficiently store, protect, and manage … Continue reading “Druva Software Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Blippy Secures $11,097,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4420d566-1cca-4a0b-98af-a119adb9d9e2&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2010 Company Name Blippy Mailing Address 460 S. California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description The company operates a website that allows users to share all their purchase information. Website http://www.blippy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,097,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Blippy Secures $11,097,000 New Round”
Quantenna Communications Garners $15,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0553819d-c5cc-466d-b93f-d006741925c0&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2010 Company Name Quantenna Communications Mailing Address 3450 W Warren Ave Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Quantenna Communications Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next generation MIMO based wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Website http://www.quantenna.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Garners $15,000,000 Series D Round”
Jive Software Gets Interim CEO
Portland, OR-based Jive Software announced today that CEO and co-founder Dave Hersh has left his post to become chairman of the board. Jive has appointed board member Tony Zingale as interim CEO while it conducts a search for a permanent successor. Zingale is the former chief executive of Mercury Interactive and Clarify. Jive makes social … Continue reading “Jive Software Gets Interim CEO”
Avalanche Technology Obtains $7,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a0a2bd32-c821-4340-9e99-ea3ee1602156&Preview=1 Date 2/5/2010 Company Name Avalanche Technology Mailing Address 48371 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Avalanche Technology set out to fundamentally change the $53B memory industry with a disruptive low power non-volatile magnetic memory. Not only solving the technology scaling challenges faced by existing charge based memories, Avalanche is also … Continue reading “Avalanche Technology Obtains $7,500,000 New Funding”
Quattro Scooped Up By Apple, Medtronic Invests in GI Dynamics, EMC Acquires Archer, & More Boston-Area Deals News
New England’s tech and life sciences companies hit the ground running in the new year, inking a host of deals this week. —Data storage giant EMC of Hopkinton, MA, made a bold move into the market for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) with the acquisition of Overland Park, KS-based Archer Technologies. Archer will become … Continue reading “Quattro Scooped Up By Apple, Medtronic Invests in GI Dynamics, EMC Acquires Archer, & More Boston-Area Deals News”