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5AM Ventures III Reaches $159.25M
Menlo Park-based 5AM Ventures, a venture investor in the life sciences industry, has now hit $159.25M in its fundraising for 5AM Ventures III, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. Details on limited partners in the fund have not been disclosed. 5AM closed an initial fundraise on its newest fund in March, with commitments of $119.25M, according to regulatory filings.READ MORE >>
posted on Thursday, July 2, 2009
SpineGuard Gets $4M
San Francisco- and Paris-based SpineGuard, which is developing medical devices for back surgery, said this morning that it has raised $4M in a funding round from Delta Partners. According to the firm, the investment brings its Series A funding to $15M. Other investors in the firm include Credit Agricole Private Equity, Innoven Partenaires, and A Plus Finance, which all invested in an April tranche of funding....READ MORE >>
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Hitachi GST Completes Buy of WD Facility
San Jose-based Hitachi Global Storage Technologies said today that it has completed its acquisition of a substrate manufacturing facility previously owned by Western Digital. The firm said that the facility, located in Sarawak, Malaysia, produces aluminum substrates used in hard drives. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Western Digital announced the sale of the facility in May, and was previously a part of Komag.READ MORE >>
posted on Thursday, July 2, 2009
Bling Nation Raises $8M For Mobile Payments
Palo Alto-based Bling Nation, a developer of mobile payment technology, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. Lead investor in the round was Lightspeed Venture Partners,, Meck, Ltd., and CampVentures. Bling Nation develops a mobile payment product which allows consumers to pay merchants through their mobile phone, using text messaging. Bling Nation said that it had previously raised $5.3M in funding from Meck Ltd....READ MORE >>
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Green Technology Investments Up In Q2
One area of the venture market is saw a bump in activity, according to publisher Greentech Media: the green technology investment space. According to Greentech Media, investments in the space hit $1.2 billion in Q2, up significantly from the $836M invested in the space in the first quarter. According to the report, there were 85 deals in Q2 versus 59 deals in Q1. Greentech's analysis found that in Q2, solar power deals led in terms of investment category, with $33....READ MORE >>
posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Google Links Translation Tools To Browser
Mountain View-based Google said last night that it has linked its language translation tools to its Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar. According to Google, the newest release of GOogle Toolbar for Internte Explorer now can automatically detect if the language of a webpage is different that your default language, and will automatically translate that page. The firm said the language support will also be available for Firefox, but did not give a timeline for delivery of Firefox support.READ MORE >>
posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Six Year Low In Exits, Says Report
A report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource finds that Q2 of this year was among the worst ever for exits for venture capital-backed firms. According to the report, there was a 57% drop in exits this year, compared with last year, with only $2.8 billion of mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs in the quarter. Dow Jones reported $2.57 billion in mergers and acquisitions of 67 companies in Q2 of this year, down from $6....READ MORE >>
posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
StrongMail Acquires PopularMedia
Redwood City-based StrongMail reported Tuesday that it has acquired PopularMedia, a provider of social media marketing products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. StrongMail said it would become a component of the firm's "social media framework" products. PopularMedia is based in San Francisco, and was venture backed by Sequoia Capital, Steamboat Ventures, and DAG Ventures.READ MORE >>
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Paglo Looks To Cloud For IT Log Analysis
Menlo Park-based Paglo announced Tuesday that it has rolled out a new, cloud-based service which will help IT administrators to search and index their log data. The firm said the new Log Management service from the firm will automatically capture and store their logs through an on-demand service, and then allow users to search those logs for information. The new service will start at $99 per month.READ MORE >>
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Yahoo 360 Shutting Down, Really
Yahoo told users of its Yahoo 360 social networking and blogging site today that it is officially closing its doors on July 13th. The site--which has been slated for closure for over a year now--provided a way for users to blog and share their personal profile information with other users. The firm is now encouraging its users to move their information to Yahoo's "Profiles" service.READ MORE >>
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Flickr Ties Into Twitter
Flickr, Yahoo's popular photo sharing and social networking site, said Tuesday that the firm has integrated the photo site with micro messaging service Twitter, and will allow its users to automatically send links to its photos via Twitter. According to the site, users can plug into Twitter using its existing "add a blog page" functionality. The new functionality allows users to either Tweet content when photos are uploaded via email, or through the "Blog this" functionality on the site....READ MORE >>
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Opus Capital Snags iPhone VP As General Partner
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Opus Capital reports today that it has snagged Bob Borchers, the former Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apple's iPhone, as a general partner. Opus said that Borchers will focus on investments in mobile applications and services, as well as related hardware and software deals. Borchers was a part of the original iPhone team, and has also served at FusionOne, Nokia, and Nike.
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posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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