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 Monday, June 25, 2012 Salesforce.com Acquires Thinkfuse San Francisco-based Salesforce.com has acquired Thinkfuse, a developer of software used for managing group communications, status reports, and project updates. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Thinkfuse was backed by SV Angel, Andy Sack, Ali Partovi, Hadi Partovi, and Scott Banister. As part of the acquisition, Salesforce.com is shutting down Thinkfuse on July 25th. posted on Monday, June 25, 2012(Full story) Yammer Acquired By Microsoft For $1.2 Billion San Francisco-based Yammer has been acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion in cash, Microsoft confirmed Monday. Yammer, headed by David Sacks, provides a micro-messaging service targeted at enterprises, which functions much like a private Twitter. Yammer will become part of Microsoft's Office Division. posted on Monday, June 25, 2012(Full story) Soladigm Gains $55M In Series D Milpitaas-based Soladigm, the developer of "smart window" products, announced this morning that it has raised $55M in a Series D funding round. The round was co-led by Reinet Investments and NanoDimension. According to the firm, DBL Investors, GE, Khosla Ventures, Navitas Capital, Sigma Partners, and The Westly Group also participated in the funding. Weston Quasha of Reinet and Aymeric Sallin of NanoDimension have joined the company's board with the f (More info...) posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 (More)(Full story) Beintoo Gets $5M Beintoo, which is developing a loyalty rewards platform aimed at mobile games, apps, and websites, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Italian VC Innogest Capital. Beintoo, which is based in both Milan and Palo Alto, said the funding will go towards extending its footprint in North America and Asia, particularly in sales. Beintoo provides rewards to users who spend time playing games, using apps, (More info...) posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 (More)(Full story) Beyond Lucid Lands Funding Walnut Creek-based Beyond Lucid, a developer of software for managing emergency medical, disaster management, and first response health records, said last week that it has raised a funding round. Size of the round was not disclosed. The round came from Carnegie Mellon university, via the Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund. The Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund was founded by Jonathan Kaplan, the creator of the "Flip" Camera. Beyond Lucid is headed by Jonath (More info...) posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 (More)(Full story)
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