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    Tuesday, August 7, 2012
    Pattern Insight Sells Product Line, Team to VMware
    Mountain View-based Pattern Insight, a developer of data mining and search tools, said Tuesday afternoon that it has sold its Log Insight product, team, and technology to VMware. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Pattern Insight's Log Insight product is used for analyzing large amounts of log and machine-generated data in the data center. Pattern Insight is venture backed by Ventur (More info...)

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    FundersClub Finds Funding
    A new, online service to help investors take a stake in startups, FundersClub, has just gotten funding itself, according to backer First Round Capital. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. FundersClub allows companies to raise capital from accredited individuals, who can invest as little as $1,000. FundersClub is looking to streamline the process by aggregating shareholders via the FundersClub fund, making it easier for companies (More info...)

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    Fulcrum BioEnergy Gets $105M Loan Guarantee
    Pleasanton-based biofuels firm Fulcrum BioEnergy said Monday that it has been awarded a $105M loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The firm said the funding, combined with private equity, will fund construction of its municipal solid waste to renewable transportation fuel facility in Nevada. The plant is being developed to convert municipal solid waste into ethanol. Fulcrum Bioenergy is backed by Waste Management and others (More info...)

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    99designs Buys 12designer
    San Francisco-based 99designs, an online marketplace for graphic designs and logos, said today that it has acquired 12designer, a creative design firm in Germany. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. 99designs is venture backed by Accel Partners. 99designs said the buy will help it in its international expansion efforts. 99designs said that Germany is already its number one, non-English language market. 12designer founder and CEO Eva (More info...)

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    FreeMonee Gets $34M
    San Mateo-based FreeMonee Network, an which provides gift incentives to visitors of stores and restaurants, said today that it has raised $34M in an investment funding round. The round was led by Charles E. Ryan, current Chairman of UFG Asset Management and former Chief Country Officer and CEO of Deutsche Bank Group in Russia, and also included Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures. The firm said it ha (More info...)

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    DocuSign Adds Google, Takes Round To $55.7M
    San Francisco- and Seattle-based electronic signature software developer DocuSign said this morning that it has added Google Ventures as an investor, bringing its Series D funding to a total of $55.7M. Google joins Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Accel Partners, Comcast Ventures, SAP Ventures, and un-named global institional investor in the round. Docusign develops electronic signature software and tools.

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