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 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Wildfire Acquired By Google Redwood City-based Wildfire, a developer of social media marketing software, has been acquired by Google. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Wildfire--which says it now has almost 400 employees--said it will continue to help brands run and measure their social engagement and ad campaigns. The firm's software is used to monitor how social marketing efforts are performing on Facebook, Twitter, YouTu (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012(Full story) Pinfluencer Picks Up $1.4M For Pinterest Analytics San Mateo-based Pinfluencer, a developer of analytics software which analyzes the traffic from Pinterest social network, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding. The round was led by Freestyle Capital and Baseline Ventures, and also included angels Jess Engle, Mark Ghermezian, and others. Pinfluencer is headed by Sharad Verma. posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 (More)(Full story) Cisco Completes $5 Billion Buy of NDS San Jose-based Cisco said this morning it has completed its acquisition of NDS Group Ltd., a developer of video software and content security products. Cisco had said in March that it would pay approximately $5 billion for NDS. NDS becomes part of Cisco's Service Provider Video Technology Group (SPVTG), with Dr. Abe Peled, former NDS Chairman and CEO, becoming senior vice president and chief strategist for Cisco's Video and Collaboration Group. posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012(Full story) 9GAG Gets Funding For Online Comedy 9GAG, an online comedy and humor site, has raised $2.8M in a seed funding round, the company said Monday. The round came from Freestyle Capital, True Ventures, First Round Capital, More)(Full story) Box Gets $125M More Los Altos-based Box, the provider of online data storage and sharing applications, said this morning that it has raised $125M in a funding round. $100M of the round came from General Atlantic. other investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, DFJ Growth, New Enterprise Associates, SAP Vent (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 (More)(Full story) Synopsys Buys Ciranova Mountain View-based Synopsys, the provider of design and verification software for the semiconductor industry, said this morning that it has acquired Ciranova, a provider of electric design automation software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Synopsys said the acquisition would adds Ciranova's technology and engineering talent to its custom IC solution team. Ciranova had been venture backed b (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012(Full story)
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