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 Monday, July 23, 2012
VMware Buys Nicira Palo Alto-based virtualization software developer VMware said today that it is buying a developer of network virtualization technology, Nicira, in a deal worth approximately $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210M in assumed, unvested equity. VMware said the buy would add to its portfolio of networking assets. Nicira was venture backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and New Enterpri (More info...) posted on Monday, July 23, 2012(Full story) Redpoint Closes $130M Brazilian Investment Fund Menlo Park-based Redpoint Ventures has just closed a new, $130M fund to focus on investments in Brazil, the company announced this morning. Redpoint e.ventures will invest in early stage Brazilian startups, the fund said, with a locally based team. The new fund is a joint venture between Redpoint and investment firm e.ventures, and will be managed by Yann de Vries and Anderson Thees. redpoint said the new fu (More info...) posted on Monday, July 23, 2012(Full story) Mashery Connects Into $10M More San Francisco-based Mashery, which helps companies provide application programming interfaces (APIs) to their various web services, disclosed today that it has raised $10M more. The firm said the funding comes from its existing investors. Mashery is venture backed by OpenView Venture Partners, Cisco, More)(Full story) Asana Gets $28M San Francisco-based Asana, the startup founded by Facebook's Dustin Moskovitz whic his developing enterprise collaboration software, has raised $28M more in a financing round. The round was led by Founders Fund. Benchmark Capital, Andreessen-Horowitz, Mitch Kapor, and other prior investors also participated. The New York Times reported the company (More info...) posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 (More)(Full story) Maveron Boosts Presence In San Francisco Venture capital investment firm Maveron, the consumer focused investor whose founders includes Starbucks' Howard Schultz, said this morning that it has bolstered its presence in San Francisco, with the hire of a new Venture Partner. Maveron said it has named David Wu as a Venture Partner in the San Francisco office,m to focus on emerging consumer Internet companies for Maveron. Wu is an angel investor, having invested in Practice Fusion, Sociabl (More info...) posted on Monday, July 23, 2012(Full story)
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