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 Thursday, January 26, 2012 HydroNovation Gets Series B San Francisco-based HydroNovation, which develops water purification and conditioning systems aimed at both the residential and food service markets, has scored an investment from 3M New ventures. 3M New Ventures announced the deal on Thursday, but did not disclose any financing terms. Clean Pacific Ventures also participated in the funding. HydroNovation said it uses electro-deionization to treat water, eliminating the need for chemical additiv (More info...) posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 (More)(Full story) Signature Labs Launches Mobile Shopping App San Francisco-based signature Labs, a developer of mobile shopping applications, said Thursday that it has launched its services, after raising $1.1M in a seed funding round. The round came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Amicus Capital, Triangle Peak Partners, Don Hutchison, and Dave Pell. Signature develops a personal shopping assistant application for mobile devices, focused around connecting people with their favorite brands, sales associates, a (More info...) posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 (More)(Full story) 955 Dreams Finds $3.25M Mountain View-based 955 Dreams, a mobile publishing and application developer, has raised $3.25M in a funding round. The round came from 500 Startups and CrunchFund, along with m8 Capital, Kapor Capital, and Felicis Ventures. 955 Dreams publishes iPad apps such as The History of Jazz, On The Way to Woodstock, and Band Of The Day. 955 Dreams is headed by Kiran Bellubbi. posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012(Full story) Google Updates Google Earth Mountain View-based Google has updated its Google Earth product, pulling the mapping program into the age of Google+. According to Google, the latest release of the software, Google Earth 6.2, allows users to share images from within Google Earth to family and friends on Google+; the release also includes better smoothing algorithms to accomodate for different satellite and aerial photograph ages and quality, and autocomplete on searches. posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012(Full story) Adara Media Raises $12.4M Mountain View-based Adara Media, which provides e-commerce marketing campaigns for the travel and hospitality market, said this week that it has raised $12.4M in a funding round. The round was led by August Capital, and also included ONSET Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Baseline Ventures. Adara, which is headed by Laton Han, helps brand advertisers reach frequent flyers, business and international travelers via online media. posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 (More)(Full story) Intel Buys Patent Portfolio From RealNetworks Santa Clara-based Intel has just amassed a large number of patents from streaming video firm RealNetworks, as the two said today that they have signed an agreement where RealNetworks will sell a chunk of patents and its next generation video codec to Intel. RealNetworks said the deal is worth $120M, and transfers approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications to Intel. RealNetworks will retain the r (More info...) posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012(Full story) |
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