Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f87e918-df3d-47b1-89f9-cc4674a21419&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2010 Company Name Achates Power Mailing Address 4060 Sorrento Valley Boulevard San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description With a focus on first principles, the Achates Power team, consisting of carefully selected Engineers and Scientists from the world’s leading companies, places great emphasis on analytical modeling calibrated with empirical test results.To … Continue reading “Achates Power Receives $7,075,000 Series B Financing Round”
Tag: Sequoia Capital
Acton Pharmaceuticals Snares $15M for Inhaled Asthma Drug
Acton Pharmaceuticals, the Marlborough, MA-based developer of an inhalable drug for asthma, said today it has secured $15 million in a Series A financing round led by Sequoia Capital. The company doesn’t have to navigate most of the usual technology and regulatory risks that are inherent in biotech. Acton is getting started with a license … Continue reading “Acton Pharmaceuticals Snares $15M for Inhaled Asthma Drug”
Acton Pharmaceuticals Lands $15,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=afb2a6d2-6bce-4c8e-884e-16b1531316c4&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Acton Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 225 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 Company Description Acton is primarily focused on development and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products that treat allergic, pulmonary, and other respiratory related diseases. Website http://www.actonpharmaceuticals.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “Acton Pharmaceuticals Lands $15,000,000 Series A Financing”
Bump Technologies Receives $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=acf814e8-d5a7-4955-86ac-9121253c7443&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2009 Company Name Bump Technologies Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Bump is a quick and easy way to connect two phones by simply bumping them together. Exchange your phone number, photos, or compare friends with just a bump. Website http://www.bumptechnologies.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Bump Technologies Receives $1,000,000 New Funding”
Quantenna Communications Obtains $4,500,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08d1ff2e-d641-48da-8ee1-1bfa59280722&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 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 $4,500,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Obtains $4,500,000 Series D Financing Round”
Sequoia Gains Stake in Service-Now.com, Analytics Startup Moves HQ, Transaction Wireless Gets $2M, & More San Diego BizTech News
Software analytics continues to be one of San Diego’s busier high-tech sectors, with ParAccel leading a new generation of technologies that combine data warehousing and analytics. Get ready for the week ahead with this overview from Xconomy: —Sequoia Capital, the Menlo Park, CA, venture firm, is taking a big stake in Service-now.com, the Software-as-a-Service company … Continue reading “Sequoia Gains Stake in Service-Now.com, Analytics Startup Moves HQ, Transaction Wireless Gets $2M, & More San Diego BizTech News”
CloudShare Receives $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d2681aed-6db9-450f-9c59-ca2714bfd78f&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2009 Company Name CloudShare Mailing Address 3000 Sand Hill Road Bldg 4 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description CloudShare (formerly IT Structures) replicates fully-functional IT environments in the cloud in seconds, enabling you to give everyone their own copy of the same base system – their own personal datacenter replica … Continue reading “CloudShare Receives $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Sequoia Investment in San Diego’s Service-Now.com Provides a Big Holiday Payout
It’s going to be a Merry Christmas this year for many employees at suburban San Diego-based Service-now.com, a privately held company that was founded in the aftermath of the corporate accounting scandal at San Diego’s Peregrine Systems. Perhaps merrier for some more than others. In a regulatory filing submitted yesterday, Service-now.com discloses that it has … Continue reading “Sequoia Investment in San Diego’s Service-Now.com Provides a Big Holiday Payout”
Service-now.com Receives $41,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d1abb056-3a4d-49d7-9e3f-0ff455e5827d&Preview=1 Date 12/9/2009 Company Name Service-now.com Mailing Address 120 S. Sierra Avenue Solana Beach, CA 92075 Company Description Service-now.com is championing a new approach to IT Service and Asset Management through modern application development, delivery and pricing. We offer the first and only On Demand, Web 2.0 solution (AJAX and SOAP enabled) … Continue reading “Service-now.com Receives $41,000,000 New Funding Round”
Outright Secures $5,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bfa1690-2133-4888-8847-b1608761ad58&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Outright Mailing Address 393 E Campbell Ave Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description Outright was created after watching a number of small businesses like ourselves struggle to capture all of their business deductions, often piecing together a number of different solutions. Whether it was sticking every possible receipt … Continue reading “Outright Secures $5,000,000 Series B Funding”
Eventbrite Obtains $6,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f080246-ae4a-4612-a3a7-dfb2872e40ef&Preview=1 Date 11/9/2009 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 Obtains $6,000,000 Series C Funding”
Unity Technologies Receives $5,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33221937-adf2-4859-8feb-c4702dbeea1d&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2009 Company Name Unity Technologies Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description Unity is all about technology that’s both uniquely usable and extremely powerful. Focusing on clear interplay of features and functionality – from your perspective. As a company we are all about building that technology, driving it … Continue reading “Unity Technologies Receives $5,500,000 Series A Financing”
Isilon, Forged in Fire of Last Recession, Looks to Expand Its Data Storage Business in This One
Some tech companies seem to be at their best when things are at their worst. Those are the ones you really need to keep an eye on, especially in a recession. Isilon Systems is one of those companies. The Seattle-based data storage firm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ISLN]]) is announcing its third-quarter earnings this afternoon, and it will … Continue reading “Isilon, Forged in Fire of Last Recession, Looks to Expand Its Data Storage Business in This One”
AudienceScience Raises $20M, Sequoia Re-ups with Jive Software, Visible Gets Spooky, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
It was a light week for deals in the Northwest, but there were still some big investments in online advertising and social business software. (Not to mention we’re all trying to confirm the rumors of an Ontela acquisition of Photobucket.) —Venture capital stats for the quarter ending Sept. 30 were released from multiple sources in … Continue reading “AudienceScience Raises $20M, Sequoia Re-ups with Jive Software, Visible Gets Spooky, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
Jive Rakes In $12M from Sequoia Capital to Improve Social Business Software
Social media monitoring and business networking software just got a little hotter. Jive Software, the Portland, OR-based maker of social business software, announced last night it has raised a $12 million Series B round from Sequoia Capital. Sequoia previously invested $15 million in Jive in 2007. Jive says the money will be used to expand … Continue reading “Jive Rakes In $12M from Sequoia Capital to Improve Social Business Software”
Jive Software Garners $12,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=844d3ce8-ea7d-4829-9658-15963ab3fbf3&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2009 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 $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Jive … Continue reading “Jive Software Garners $12,000,000 Series B Round”
Achates Power Raises $12.1M in Venture Capital to Develop Cleaner, More Efficient Engine
It’s getting harder for San Diego’s stealthy cleantech startup Achates Power to continue flying beneath the radar. In a regulatory filing today, Achates discloses it has raised $12.125 million out of a $20 million venture round. The company, which says in its filing that it was founded in 2007, has been developing a radical new … Continue reading “Achates Power Raises $12.1M in Venture Capital to Develop Cleaner, More Efficient Engine”
Cast Iron Systems Obtains $2,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2fe6ef3d-e66c-40d6-85b7-091cf0250652&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Cast Iron Systems Mailing Address 375 Ravendale Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Cast Iron Systems is the largest provider of integration appliances. Cast Iron Integration Appliances eliminate the cost and complexity associated with traditional software-based integration tools. Our appliances are built from the ground up … Continue reading “Cast Iron Systems Obtains $2,500,000 New Funding Round”
Sofa Labs Secures $2,394,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0dc6e3c7-db38-4f5e-b70d-3a94a724f6b3&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Sofa Labs Mailing Address 355 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Sofa Labs reinvents the web’s most popular products using emerging social platforms. It was founded in January 2009 by an experienced team with decades of collective experience at PayPal, YouTube, Netscape, Tokbox, and numerous … Continue reading “Sofa Labs Secures $2,394,000 New Financing”
Ruckus Wireless Receives $10,800,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=116748b6-fcd1-44d1-8695-5ad6e15c894e&Preview=1 Date 9/15/2009 Company Name Ruckus Wireless Mailing Address 880 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Ruckus Wireless is a wireless equipment supplier focused on the next generation of home networking. The Company is credited with developing the world’s first in-home wireless multimedia system, MediaFlex, which it introduced in October … Continue reading “Ruckus Wireless Receives $10,800,000 New Round”
Mobile Iron Receives $11,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f36f1071-fc46-41eb-8254-56f7e46462ff&Preview=1 Date 8/13/2009 Company Name Mobile Iron Mailing Address 1320 Chesapeake Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description MobileIron was founded to bring simplicity to the chaos of smartphones in the enterprise. Smartphones are quickly becoming the primary personal communications and computing platform for business. However, they introduce cost, risk, and usability challenges … Continue reading “Mobile Iron Receives $11,000,000 Series B Financing”
Santur Corporation Secures $13,000,000 Series E Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b7db6eb-f68c-4f2c-87a8-c02ab5c6b88e&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2009 Company Name Santur Corporation Mailing Address 40931 Encyclopedia Circle Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Santur’s mission is to enable next generation optical networks by providing innovative, reliable and affordable optical components. Website http://www.santurcorp.com/ Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,000,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes Santur will focus … Continue reading “Santur Corporation Secures $13,000,000 Series E Financing Round”
Rayspan Raises $12.5 Million from Sequoia, Khosla Ventures
San Diego-based Rayspan said today that it has collected $12.5 million in Series B funding to finance its work on advanced materials that could be used to make smaller, more sensitive, and more versatile antennas for mobile devices. Existing investor Sequoia Capital of Menlo Park, CA, provided part of the money, with the rest coming … Continue reading “Rayspan Raises $12.5 Million from Sequoia, Khosla Ventures”
Rayspan Obtains $12,500,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48d60b8a-851f-4672-b6ce-f8666b8bf3bc&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2009 Company Name Rayspan Mailing Address 11975 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130-2543 Company Description Rayspan Corporation is the world’s leading innovator of revolutionary metamaterial air interface solutions for high performance wireless communication networks. Metamaterials are emerging as the most important advance in air interface technology in decades. They … Continue reading “Rayspan Obtains $12,500,000 Series B Funding Round”
Quantenna Communications Obtains $44,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9ef4838-d796-431e-9a5d-aefb5ee7e825&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2009 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 $44,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Obtains $44,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Kontera Garners $15,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86e4ea76-ce87-415c-8554-06cf8a1a5af5&Preview=1 Date 7/23/2009 Company Name Kontera Mailing Address 1550 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Kontera is a leading provider of In-Text Advertising Solutions, based on patent-pending contextual analysis technology that increases revenue and ROI for Web publishers and advertisers. Website http://www.kontera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Kontera Garners $15,500,000 New Round”
eMeter Lands $32,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65a95d87-f218-41a7-86ee-b393d13b8990&Preview=1 Date 7/22/2009 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 $32,000,000 New Funding”
FireEye Garners $4,883,200 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1997d741-f876-4718-9ce4-f039284472d7&Preview=1 Date 6/30/2009 Company Name FireEye Mailing Address 1390 McCarthy Blvd Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description FireEye, Inc is a network security company that brings advanced network security together with state-of-the-art virtualization technology, to provide infection-based network access control (NAC). Website http://www.fireeye.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,883,200 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “FireEye Garners $4,883,200 New Financing”
Mark Logic Corporation Receives $12,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce66c290-353c-48c4-a4a2-53042ed57579&Preview=1 Date 5/27/2009 Company Name Mark Logic Corporation Mailing Address 999 Skyway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description Mark Logic Corporation is the provider of the industry’s leading XML content server. Mark Logic works with providers of information products to accelerate new product creation, deliver products through multiple channels, integrate content … Continue reading “Mark Logic Corporation Receives $12,500,000 New Financing Round”
Quantenna Communications Lands $13,850,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=614d9280-9174-4568-b461-4f98679cc00f&Preview=1 Date 4/29/2009 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 $13,850,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Lands $13,850,000 Series C Financing Round”
Stoke Garners $15,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d60ca258-067c-46b2-bad0-77603c680025&Preview=1 Date 4/21/2009 Company Name Stoke Mailing Address 5403 Betsy Ross Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description The Stoke Session Exchange (SSX) is the industry’s first multi-access convergence gateway designed since inception for stateful management of tens of thousands of secure, reliable, high-quality subscriber sessions over multiple network access types including … Continue reading “Stoke Garners $15,000,000 Series D Round”
Luxim Corporation Receives $12,000,000 Series E Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9b48948-c2c7-43e2-9e71-bc5998794589&Preview=1 Date 4/17/2009 Company Name Luxim Corporation Mailing Address 1171 Borregas Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description A manufacturing company based in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, LUXIM brings a new range of products for high intensity lighting. With unprecedented levels of stable light power, long life, quality color spectrum and … Continue reading “Luxim Corporation Receives $12,000,000 Series E Financing”
Clustrix Obtains $4,498,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2b60582-5184-4ef3-90b9-65f1d98d0901&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2009 Company Name Clustrix Mailing Address One Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Clustrix is an early stage, very well funded start up. We are building the next generation of highly scalable distributed infrastructure products. Our products make it possible to scale infrastructure just by adding nodes – … Continue reading “Clustrix Obtains $4,498,000 New Funding”
Cast Iron Systems Garners $2,250,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71373af4-d686-4b33-9228-8fc444e8cc39&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2009 Company Name Cast Iron Systems Mailing Address 375 Ravendale Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Cast Iron Systems is the largest provider of integration appliances. Cast Iron Integration Appliances eliminate the cost and complexity associated with traditional software-based integration tools. Our appliances are built from the ground up … Continue reading “Cast Iron Systems Garners $2,250,000 New Financing Round”
Y Combinator, Sequoia, and Lessons for the Recession
In January, Paul Graham announced that Y Combinator would no longer operate in the summers out of Cambridge, MA, but instead would stay year round in its other home of Mountain View, CA. The reason he put forth was the impending birth of his new child and the decision that California was the better place … Continue reading “Y Combinator, Sequoia, and Lessons for the Recession”
Jajah Receives $2,750,000 Series D Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c932851c-cf1b-49c5-a6e7-286b445c4055&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2009 Company Name Jajah Mailing Address 2513 Charleston Road Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description JAJAH is a new type of phone company. We are dedicated to providing our customers with better phone service at a better price. It’s that simple. Website http://www.jajah.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,750,000 … Continue reading “Jajah Receives $2,750,000 Series D Funding”
Cotendo Garners $7,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73b58bfb-a8be-4a78-ba38-99c7af381454&Preview=1 Date 3/11/2009 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 $7,000,000 Series B Funding”
Jive Rolls Out New Product, Takes on Microsoft and IBM in Social Business Software
In the burgeoning software hub of Portland, OR, one company is breaking new ground today. Jive Software, a maker of “social business software” that helps employees communicate with each other and manage their work information, is releasing a new product called SBS 3.0. The software is targeted to businesses, and its goal is to let … Continue reading “Jive Rolls Out New Product, Takes on Microsoft and IBM in Social Business Software”
SynapSense Corporation Lands $7,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=939452b2-7e11-4629-916a-22f0cd202bda&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2009 Company Name SynapSense Corporation Mailing Address 2365 Iron Point Rd Folsom, CA 95630 Company Description SynapSense Corporation is a developer of a configurable, scalable wireless sensor networking platform. Website http://www.synapsense.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes SynapSense will use the proceeds from … Continue reading “SynapSense Corporation Lands $7,000,000 Series C Funding”
Appirio Secures $10,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a870cabf-11d8-46bc-aaf1-74245e34f448&Preview=1 Date 2/25/2009 Company Name Appirio Mailing Address 900 Concar Drive San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Appirio delivers products and services that help companies more successfully adopt on-demand business solutions (sometimes known as “Software as a Service”). On-demand software is transforming the enterprise. More than ever, companies of all sizes are … Continue reading “Appirio Secures $10,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
AdMob Lands $12,500,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d2886f2-2d13-464a-8e17-9f99bd269e6c&Preview=1 Date 1/29/2009 Company Name AdMob Mailing Address 60 East 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description AdMob is the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace. Founded in 2006, AdMob allows advertisers to reach their customers on the mobile Web and publishers to increase the value of their mobile sites through advertising. … Continue reading “AdMob Lands $12,500,000 Series C Financing”
Gene Security Lands $6,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e5cd925-0676-4bb0-abae-92b67bc83fa4&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2009 Company Name Gene Security Mailing Address 2686 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description The mission of GSN is to help doctors give couples the best chance of having a healthy child. Our company was formed in 2004 by a team of doctors, geneticists, statisticians, and software engineers … Continue reading “Gene Security Lands $6,000,000 Series B Financing”
Provigent Lands $10,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d5985fb-996d-471f-b01a-3c46007a9569&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2008 Company Name Provigent Mailing Address 3333 Bowers Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95054-2913 Company Description Provigent is a fabless semiconductor company aiming to become the leading supplier of SoC solutions for the broadband wireless transmission industry. Website http://www.provigent.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds … Continue reading “Provigent Lands $10,000,000 Series E Funding Round”
ImageShack Secures $15,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=640171be-1f01-4aa6-86b1-c94c94832497&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2008 Company Name ImageShack Mailing Address 236 N. Santa Cruz Ave Los Gatos, CA 95030 Company Description ImageShack’s mission is to provide an easy-to-use image hosting service for everyone. Website http://www.imageshack.us Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “ImageShack Secures $15,000,000 New Financing”
RockYou! Receives $17,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bccc5130-6cb7-4354-af11-7179021ee6b1&Preview=1 Date 11/3/2008 Company Name RockYou! Mailing Address 585 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description RockYou! creates and distributes the most popular self-expression widgets on the web. RockYou!’s viral accessories can be used to enhance the look and feel of any blog, personal website, and are used on social networks … Continue reading “RockYou! Receives $17,000,000 New Funding”
AdMob Lands $15,700,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=109314cc-cb1b-441c-8c1f-176a30eb6aeb&Preview=1 Date 10/22/2008 Company Name AdMob Mailing Address 60 East 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description AdMob is the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace. Founded in 2006, AdMob allows advertisers to reach their customers on the mobile Web and publishers to increase the value of their mobile sites through advertising. … Continue reading “AdMob Lands $15,700,000 Series C Funding”
Arch, In an Earlier Warning, Told Companies To Buckle Down, Brace For the Worst
Sequoia Capital may have been late to the punch. The legendary Silicon Valley venture firm made headlines last week when it called an emergency meeting to warn entrepreneurs to brace for hard times, but it turns out Arch Venture Partners began advising its portfolio companies to start cutting back more than two weeks ago when … Continue reading “Arch, In an Earlier Warning, Told Companies To Buckle Down, Brace For the Worst”
Silicon Valley Sounds the Alarm—Sequoia Calls Emergency Meeting Warning Entrepreneurs to Brace for Financial Impact
The word spread quickly through the Silicon Valley blogosphere and around the entrepreneurial and venture worlds last night: legendary California venture capitalist Mike Moritz and the Sequoia Capital folks had called an emergency meeting of the firm’s portfolio-company leaders and told them to brace for what might well be the worst economic times they had … Continue reading “Silicon Valley Sounds the Alarm—Sequoia Calls Emergency Meeting Warning Entrepreneurs to Brace for Financial Impact”
Popular Media Lands $8,000,100 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef0591f1-c768-4976-a591-08b07eb6ba6c&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2008 Company Name Popular Media Mailing Address 1550 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description How do you get sustained, repeatable results from a word-of-mouth campaign? We believe it takes testing, analysis, and a disciplined approach. We listen to your customers to find out what they find motivating about … Continue reading “Popular Media Lands $8,000,100 New Funding”
Merlin Securities Receives $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f85339ab-d53b-48e0-b6de-7e872882b965&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2008 Company Name Merlin Securities Mailing Address 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Merlin provides advanced reporting, trading, and operational services to single as well as multi-primed hedge funds, fund of funds and long-only managers. The firm’s award winning technology provides managers with a dynamic fund transparency … Continue reading “Merlin Securities Receives $1,000,000 New Financing Round”