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Monday, July 1, 2019

RealWear Finds $80M In Series B

RealWear, a developer of helmet-mounted, wearable Android computers, has raised $80M in a Series B financing round, which included both equity and debt, which came from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Teradyne, Bose Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures LLC (Q...

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Monday, May 6, 2019

TPG Launches New Investment Fund, TPG Tech Adjacenies

San Francisco- and Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity investor TPG announced this morning that it has launched a new fund, TPG Tech Adjacencies (TTAD), which will focus on "capital solutions for the technology industry". According to TP...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Astound Gets $15.5M In Series B Funding

Menlo Park-based Astound, a developer of AI software which it is applying to improving employee service, and helping to drive automation of customer service efforts, has raised $15.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by March Capi...

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

6sense Finds $27M

San Francisco-based 6sense, a developer of artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning software used for sales and marketing account management, has raised $27M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was le...

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

CleverTap Gets $26M In Series B

San Francisco-based CleverTap, which develops mobile marketing software, has raised $26M in a Series B funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Sequoia India, and also included Tiger Global Management and Accel. Clever...

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Bitglass Finds $70M More

Campbell, California-based Bitglass, which develops cloud security software, has raised $70M in its Series D funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Qaudrille Capital, along with Future Fund, New Enterprise Associates...

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Monday, April 8, 2019

Branch Gets $170M More For Finance App

San Francisco-based Branch, which develops a mobile finance app aimed at overseas, underbanked populations, has raised $170M in a Series C funding, the company said on Monday. The funding came from Visa. According to Branch, the new investm...

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Monday, April 1, 2019

Intel Capital Invests $117M In 14 Startups

Intel Capital, the corporate venturing arm of Santa Clara-based Intel, has made new investments in 14 startups, worth a total of $117M, the company announced on Monday at its Annual Global Summit. Intel--which has significant operations in ...

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Ouster Adds $60M For Lidar Sensors

San Francisco-based Ouster, which develops high-resolution, lidar sensors used in the autnomous vehicle market, has raised $60M more in funding, the company said on Monday afternoon. Ouster said the funding--which included both equity and d...

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Scope AR Finds $9.7M For Augmented Reality Tools

San Francisco-based Scope AR, which is developing augmented reality software aimed at helping guide workers through tasks, has raised $9.7M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Romulus Capital, and al...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Virtual Power Systems Picks Up $17M

Milpitas-based Virtual Power Systems (VPS), a developer of data center power management systems, has raised $17M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by CUI Global, and also include the "majority" of the company's prior investors. Tho...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Whatfix Gets $12.5M

San Jose-based Whatfix, a developer of personalization software, has raised $12.5M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Eight Roads Ventures India, plus F-Prime Capital, Cisco Investments, Stellaris V...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Cloudflare Connects With $150M More

San Francisco-based Cloudflare, which provides Internet caching and security services, said on Tuesday that it has raised $150M in a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $330M. According to Cloudflare, the latest round was led...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Sorenson Ventures Closes $110M Fund

Menlo Park- and Salt Lake City, Utah-based Sorenson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Sorenson Capital, said on Wednesday that it has closed its first fund, to the tune of $110M. According to the firmthe fund and its related investment e...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

HiHello Picks Up $2.5M

Palo Alto-based HiHello, a new startup tackling the challenge of managing and contacts, said on Monday that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round, the company's second round of funding. According to HiHello, the seed funding was led b...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

SendBird Snags $52M For Chat, Messaging API

San Mateo-based SendBird, which develops a chat and messaging application programming interface (API) service, said this morning that it has raised $52M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included...

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Monday, February 11, 2019

Nuro Finds Giant, $940M Funding From SoftBank

Mountin View-based robot developer Nuro, which develops self-driving, delivery robots, has raised a huge, $940M funding round from SoftBank Vision Fund, the company said on Monday. Nuro said the new funding brings its total raised to more t...

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Monday, February 11, 2019

AIStorm Gets $13.2M For AI Chips

San Jose-based semiconductor maker AIStorm, which is developing chips which integrate artificial intelligence sensors and processors in silicon, has raised $13.2M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The Series A funding came ...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

TCV Backs RELEX Solutions

Menlo Park-based private equity investor TCV has made a $200M investment in RELEX Solutions, a developer of retail business planning software. According to RELEX, the minority investment in the company will go towards growth efforts. RELEX ...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Flashbreak Finds $2M for Mobile Games

San Francisco- and Paris-based Flashbreak, a mobile game developer focused on quiz apps, said today that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from VC Alven and Kima Venture. The company's flagship game, Flashbreak, of...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Hatch Baby Finds Funding From Amazon

Menlo Park-based Hatch Baby, a provider of baby and other information for new parents, has received an investment from Amazon, via the Amazon Alexa Fund. The funding came in conjunction with the announcement by Amazon that it has created a ...

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Friday, February 1, 2019

Kadiant Raises $300M For Autism Spectrum Disorder Support

San Francisco-based Kadiant, a new startup focused on providing services to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has scored $300M in equity from private equity investor TPG Capital. According to TPG and Kadiant, Kadian...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Kinestral Collects $100M For Smart Glass Technology

Hayward, California-based Kinestral, a developer of "smart" glass which can electronically tint from clear to neutral shades of gray, said on Wednesday that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by SK Holdings, and ...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

CoverHound Finds Funding For Online Insurance Marketplace

San Francisco-based CoverHound, the online insurance shopping marketplace with offices in Westlake Village, apparently raised a funding round, according to what appears to be a broken embargo by a Silicon Valley technology news site. Accord...

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Friday, January 25, 2019

Confluent Finds $125M

Palo Alto-based Confluent, a developer of enterprise software for "event streaming", said this week that it has closed $125M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Index Ventures and Benchmark. ...

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Friday, January 25, 2019

Memebox Finds $35M More For Beauty Brands

San Francisco-based Memebox, an online beauty brand, says it has raised $35M more, in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by JJDC, and also included Formation Group and Goodwater Capital. Memebox has now raised $190M in total. The...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Ubiquity Ventures Launches $30M Seed Fund

Palo Alto-based Ubiquity Ventures, a small seed stage venture capital firm founded by former Bessemer Venture Partners investor Sunil Nagaraj, said this morning that it has raised $30M in its first fund. The fund said it will make investmen...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Globality Gets $100M

Menlo Park-based Globality, which operates a service which connects multinational, enterprise companies with service providers, has raised $100M in a funding from The SoftBank Vision Fund, the company said on Tuesday. According to Globality...

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Innovaccer Raises $11M From Microsoft's M12

Innovaccer, a developer of healthcare data sharing and digital health software, has raised $11M in a funding round, led by Microsoft's M12 venture capital investment arm. Innovaccer--based in India, but with its U.S. offices in San Francisc...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Rubrik Rounds Up $261M For Cloud Data Backup

Palo Alto-baseed Rubrik, which develops cloud data management and backup software and services, has raised $261M in its Series E funding, boosting its valuation to $3.3 billion. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures, along with Lights...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Niantic Gets $245M More In Series C

San Francisco-based augmented reality games developer Niantic, best known for its development of Pokemon GO, has raise $245M in a Series C funding, the company said today. The funding was led by IVP, and also included aXiomatic Gaming, Batt...

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Monday, January 14, 2019

PQ Bypass Takes $60M

Sunnyvale-based PQ Bypass, a startup developing medical devices to treat Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), said last week that it has raised $60M in an equity funding round. The funding was led by Deerfield Management, and also included Se...

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Friday, January 11, 2019

OneLogin Lands $100M More

San Francisco-based unified application and identity management software developer OneLogin...

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Friday, January 11, 2019

Postmates Picks Up $100M

San Francisco-based Postmates, which provides on-demand delivery of food, drinks, and groceries, has raised another $100M, this time in Series F funding. The funding came from BlackRock, Tiger Global Management, and others. According to the...

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Friday, January 4, 2019

Mindstrong Health Adds $31M

Palo Alto-based Mindstrong Health, which is developing technology it says can detect mental illness early to deliver preemptive care and improve outcomes, has raised $31M in an expanded Series B funding. The funding was led by General Catal...

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Friday, January 4, 2019

Baraja Finds $32M For LiDAR Systems

Baraja, a developer of LiDAR systems for the autonomous vehicle market, which has its U.S. offices in San Francisco, has raised $32M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Sequoia China, Blackbird Ventures, and the CSIRO Innovat...

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Friday, January 4, 2019

Verily Gets Massive, $1 Billion Investment Round

South San Francisco-based Verily, the Alphabet spinoff working on life sciences technology, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $1 billion in an investment round. The round was led by Silver Lake, and also included Ontario Teachersâ€...

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

Gynesonics Gains $75M

Redwood City-based Gynesonics, which develops intrauterine fibroid ablation systems, said on Thursday that it has raised $75M in a equity financing round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Life Sciences, and also included Abingworth, Adva...

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Carta Collects $80M For Equity Management

Palo Alto-based Carta, a startup developing software used to manage equity grants and cap tables, has raised $80M in its Series D funding, the company said over the holidays. The company said the funding was led by Meritech and Tribe Capita...

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Samsara Snags $100M

San Francisco-based Samsara, a developer of fleet tracking and related asset tracking technology, has raised $100M more in a funding round, the company said over the holidays. According to Samsara, the new funding came from existing investo...

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Lilt Ties With In-Q-Tel

San Francisco-based machine translation software developer ,a href="https://lilt.com">Lilt announced this morning that it has entered into a partnership with In-Q-Tel, the strategic investor tied with the U.S. government's intelligence agen...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

AEye Adds $40M

Pleasanton-based AEye, a developer of LIDAR vision systems used for autonomous navigation, said on Wednesday that it has raised $40M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Taiwania Capital, and also included Hella Ventures, S...

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Akero Therapeutics Gets $70M

San Francisco-based Akero Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing treatments for non-alcohol steatohepatitis (NASH) and other serious metabolic diseases, said this week that it has raised $70M in a Series B funding round. The fundi...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Magnetic Insight Picks Up $18M

Alameda-based Magnetic Insight, a developer of in vivo, deep tissue imaging technology, said on Wednesday that it has raised an $18M, Series A financing round. The funding was led by 5AM Ventures. The company also has raised funding from Sa...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

GenEdit Finds $8.5M For Gene Therapeutics

Berkeley-based GenEdit, which develops polymer nanoparticle technology platform for non-viral-based delivery of gene therapeutics, said on Tuesday that it has raised $8.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Data Collective Bio ...

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Friday, December 7, 2018

Farmstead Finds $2.2M More

San Francisco-based fresh food delivery service provider Farmstead, which uses artificial intelligence to arrange the delivery local products from supplier to customers in what it says is only 60 minutes, has raised $2.2M in additional vent...

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Friday, December 7, 2018

Vagaro Gets $63M For Appointment Booking Tools

Dublin, California-based Vagaro, which develops cloud-based appointment booking and business management tools for the salon, spa, and fitness market, has raised $63M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding--the company's...

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Friday, December 7, 2018

Firefly Gets $21.5M For Ridesharing Ad Network

San Francisco-based Firefly said on Thursday that it has raised $21.5M in a seed funding, for its on-vehicle advertising screens for ridesharing drivers. The funding was led by NFX, and also included Pelion Venture Partners, Decent Capital ...

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Snapts Snags $3M For Web Acceleration, Load Balancing

Mountain View-based Snapt announced on Thursday that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding, for its load balancing, web acceleration, and WAF products. The funding came from Convergence Partners, Nedbank Ltd, and Sanari Capital. Accordin...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

FreeWire Technologies Takes $15M

San Leandro-based FreeWire Technologies, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, has raised $15M in a Series A funding, the company said today, in a round by BP Ventures. According to FreeWire, the funding round also inclu...

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Friday, November 30, 2018

Roam Robotics Picks Up $12M

San Francisco-based Roam Robotics, a startup developing robotic exoskeletons, has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and also included Boost VC, Heuristics Capi...

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Friday, November 30, 2018

Roam Robotics Picks Up $12M

San Francisco-based Roam Robotics, a startup developing robotic exoskeletons, has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and also included Boost VC, Heuristics Capi...

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Friday, November 30, 2018

PebblePost Gets $31M More In Series C

San Francisco- and New York-based PebblePost, a startup which uses real time online information to send direct mail to users has raised $31M in a Series C funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Capital One Growth Vent...

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Phiar Finds $3M For Augmented Reality Navigation Systems

Palo Alto-based Phiar, a startup developing augmented reality navigation apps which overlay navigation information over actual images of the road for drivers, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said this week. The seed funding r...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

ChargePoint Collects $240M For EV Charging Network

Campbell-based ChargePoint, which operates an electric vehicle charging network, announced this morning that it has raised a huge, $240M funding round. According to ChargePoint, the Series H funding--the largest in its history--came from Am...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Simple Habit Finds $10M For Stress Relief App

San Francisco-based Simple Habit, a startup which develops a stress relief app aimed at busy people, has raised $10M in its Series A funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Y Combin...

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Friday, November 2, 2018

View Lands $1.1 Billion For Self Dimming Windows

Milpitas-based View, which develops self dimming windows which can be adjusted to change light levels and control heat and glare in buildings, has raised a massive, $1.1 billion funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came...

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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Deliv Gets $40M For Last Mile Delivery

Menlo Park-based Deliv, which offers up same day delivery services for retailers to help them complete the "last mile" to their customers, has raised $40M in a Series C funding round, the company said Thursday. The Series C funding came fro...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

HeadSpin Hauls In $20M

Palo Alto-based HeadSpin, a developer of software aimed at helping improve mobile performance, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from ICONIQ, Battery Ventures, EQT Ventures, Kearny Jackson, plus angels Adam D'Ang...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Intabio Finds $9.5M

Newark-based Intabio, a developer of biotherapeutics technology, announced on Tuesday that it had raised $9.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Northpond Ventures, and also included Genoa Ventures and Vertical Venture Par...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Quanergy Lands More Funding For LiDAR Sensors

Sunnyvale-based Quanergy, a developer of solid-state LiDAR technology, said today that it has raised a Series C funding round. Size of the funding was not announced, nor were the investors in the funding. According to Quanergy, the new rou...

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Friday, October 26, 2018

Alpaca Picks Up $3M For Stock Trading Via API

San Mateo-based Alpaca, a fintech startup which allows third party software developers to automate the buying and trading of stock through its application programming interface (API), has raised $3M in what it calls a "pre Series A" investm...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Synthetic Minds Snags $5.5M

San Francisco-baesd Synthetic Minds, a developer of software and technology that automates the development of software code--and is being used for blockchain and "smart contracts", said this week that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round....

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Berkeley Lights Lands $95M

Emeryville, California-based Berkeley Lights, a developer of cell therapy technology, said today that it has raised $95M in a funding round. The funding was led by Nikon, and also included Sequoia Capital, Walden-Riverwood Ventures, Black...

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Friday, October 12, 2018

Snowflake Computing Finds $450M For Data Warehouse Efforts

San Mateo-based Snowflake Computing said on Thursday that it has raised $450M in a big growth funding round, which was led by Sequoia Capital and also included Altimeter Capital, Capital One Growth Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Madrona Venture ...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

YourMechanic Collects $10.1M

Mountain View-based YourMechanic, which operates a mobile car repair network, said on Tuesday that it has raised $10.1M in a Series B1 funding. The funding came from Royal Bank of Canada, SoftBank Capital, Verizon Ventures, American Family ...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Machinify Finds $10M

Palo Alto-based Machinify said on Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, and also included GV and Matrix Partners. Machinify develops artificial intellignence software, which it...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Kittyhawk Finds Funding For Drone Management

San Francisco-based Kittyhawk, a developer of drone management software, has scored new funding from insurance company Travelers, the company said today. The startup, based in San Francisco, says it has now raised $9.5M in total from such i...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Tanium Takes $200M More

Emeryville-based Tanium, a provider of IT security and management software, said today that it has raised $200M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Wellington Management, along with Baillie Gifford & Company and Adage Capital Man...

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Monday, October 1, 2018

Gremlin Grabs $18M

San Francisco-based Gremlin, a startup which helps DevOps teams for improving resiliency of their applications, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures. According to Gr...

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

TapClicks Collects $10M

San Jose-based TapClicks, which develops marketing analytics software, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding came from private equity investor Boathouse Capital. TapClicks says the new funding will ...

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Opendoor Raises $400M More

San Francisco-based online real estate marketplace Opendoor said today that it has raised $400M in a funding round. The funding came from the SoftBank Vision Fund. Opendoor also said it also secured more than $2B in a debt funding. As part ...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

MODE Finds $3M In Series A

San Mateo-based "MODE, a startup which is collecting data from the physical world for business data and analytics, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by True Ventures. According to MODE, it has now raised $5M in total...

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Monday, September 24, 2018

Google's CapitalG Backs Convoy In $185M Funding

CapitalG, the growth equity arm of Google, led an investment last week in Seattle-based Convoy, which operates an online marketplace for trucking operators. Convoy said that has raised $185M in a Series C funding, and has now raised more th...

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

OODA Health Finds $40.5M

San Francisco-based OODA Health, a startup developing healthcare payment technology, has raised $40.5M in a Series A funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Oak HC/FT and DFJ. OODA health says it is focused on remo...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Postmates Picks Up $300M

San Francisco-based Postmates, which provides on-demand delivery services, has raised $300M more in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management. Postmates said Scott Schleifer of Tiger Capital joi...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

ioTium Raises $13.6M For IoT Products

Santa Clara-based ioTium, a developer of industrial Internet-of-Things technology, announced this morning that it has raised $13.6M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by March Capital Partners, and also included Honeywell Vent...

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Monday, September 17, 2018

Lucid Motors Scoops Up $1 Billion From Saudi Arabia

Newark, California-based Lucid Motors said on Monday that it has raised over $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, from that country's Public Investment Fund (PIF). Lucid Motors, which is developing an electric vehicle called the Lucid Air, says it...

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Friday, September 14, 2018

AutoGrid Adds $32M

Redwood City-based AutoGrid, which develops artificial intelligence-driven systems for the energy industry, said this week that it has raised $32M in a Series D funding round. The funding included strategic investors CLP Holdings Group, inn...

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

CODA Therapeutics Raises $19M

South San Francisco-based CODA Biotherapeutics has raised $19M in a Series A funding, led by Versant Ventures and MPM Capital, with participation from Astellas Venture Management and Novartis, the company said this week. The new startup--in...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Interana Finds Funding From Microsoft

Redwood City-based Interana, a developer of "event data" software, said this morning that it has raised a round of funding, from M12, Microsoft's venture fund. Size of the funding was not announced. Interana is developing software to manage...

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Monday, September 10, 2018

Clarify Health Solutions Finds $57M

San Francisco-based Clarify Health Solutions said Monday that it has raised $57M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by KKR, via KKR's Health Care Strategic Growth Fund. Clarify develops predictive analytics and machine learn...

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Monday, September 10, 2018

Biodesy Finds $20M In Series C Funding

South San Francisco-based Biodesy, a developer of technology for biomolecule characterization, announced on Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Alexandria Venture Investments, and also included...

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Monday, September 10, 2018

Biodesy Finds $20M In Series C Funding

South San Francisco-based Biodesy, a developer of technology for biomolecule characterization, announced on Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Alexandria Venture Investments, and also included...

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Friday, September 7, 2018

Cricket Health Finds $24M

San Francisco-based Cricket Health which is providing tech-enabled integrated kidney care services, has raised $24M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Oak HC/FT. Other investors in the funding included...

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Thursday, September 6, 2018

Locix Snags Series B

San Bruno-based Locix, which develops sensors for collecting data out of physical spaces and buildings, has raised a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. The size of the Series B funding was not announced. The company said...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

SynapseFi Secures $17M

San Francisco-based SynapseFi, a developer of APIs and other tools for connecting into banking services, formally announced its Series A funding this week, nine months after the funding round was closed. SynapseFi said it raised a $17M Ser...

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Friday, August 31, 2018

Outset Medical Takes $132M For Dialysis Treatment

San Jose-based Outset Medical, which develops technology aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of dialysis, has raised $132M in a Series D funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Mubadala Investment Company, and also...

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Friday, August 31, 2018

Bear Flag Robotics Finds $3.5M In Seed Funding

Sunnyvale-based Bear Flag Robotics, which is developing robot technology which allows for the automation of tractors and implements, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding round, the company said on Friday. The funding was led by True Ventures....

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Sempre Health Gets $8M

San Francisco-based Sempre Health, a developer of behavior-based healthcare pricing tools, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Rethink Impact, and also included Social Capital and othe...

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Cloudian Collects $94M

San Mateo-based Cloudian, a developer of data storage software, has raised $94M in a Series E funding, according to the company. The funding included Digital Alpha, Eight Roads Ventures, Goldman Sachs, INCJ, JPIC (Japan Post Investment Corp...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Bellwether Coffee Gets $10M

Berkeley-based Bellwether Coffee, which is applying hardware and software to coffee roasting, said on Monday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Congruent Ventures, and also included FusionX Ventures,...

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Monday, August 27, 2018

Sonder Snags $85M For Lease Management

San Francisco-based Sonder, which helps institutional owners, REITs, boutique and family office firms, and developers lease out their real estate, has raised $85M in a new funding round, the company said last week. The funding was led by Gr...

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Monday, August 27, 2018

Tascent Takes $19.5M For Biometrics

Los Gatos-based Tascent, a developer of biometric technology, said this morning that it has raised $19.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by NEC Corporation and Tano Capital, and also included Min Aik Technology Co., Ltd. Tascent...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Slack Snags $427M More, Bumps Valuation To $7.1B

San Francisco-based communications software developer Slack, which develops enterprise messaging and collaboration tools which are extremely popular in the enterprise, has raised another giant funding round, worth $427M. The company announc...

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Monday, August 20, 2018

RDMD Finds $3M For Drug Development Technology

San Francisco-based RDMD, which is developing healthcare technology to accelerate drug development in rare diseases, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Lux Capital, and also include...

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Friday, August 17, 2018

DoorDash Picks Up $250M More

San Francisco-based food delivery startup DoorDash has raised $250M more for the company, in a Series E funding, the company announced this week. DoorDash said the new funding round was co-led by Coatue Management and DST Global, and values...

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Friday, August 17, 2018

SugarCRM Gets Investment From Accel-KKR

Cupertino-based customer relationship management software developer SugarCRM announced this morning that it has secured a strategic investment from private equity investor Accel-KKR. Financial details of the investment--which SugarCRm calle...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Skupos Gets $6.4M

San Francisco-based Skupos, a developer of analytics software for the convenience store industry, has raised $6.4M in a Series A funding. Skupos said its Series A was led by Toba Capital, and also included Dynamo Fund, Loup Ventures, and ot...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Ubiquity6 Snags $27M

San Francisco-based Ubiquity6, a developer of augmented reality software, said today that it has raised $27M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Benchmark and Index Ventures. Ubiquity6 says it is creating a way to offer up "massiv...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Exabeam Finds $50M More

San Mateo-based Exabeam has raised $50M more, saying this morning that it has added $50M in its Series D funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and also included Aspect Ventures, Cisco Investments, Icon Ventures, Norwes...

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Friday, August 10, 2018

Yesware Finds $13.3M

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Ambys Medicines Snags $140M

Redwood City-based Ambys Medicines, a biotechnology firm focused on people with serious liver disease, has raised $140M in funding, for its efforts to develop medicines for serious liver diseases. The company said the funding included $60M ...

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Hinge Health Picks Up $26M

San Francisco-based Hinge Health, which is using technology such as wearable sensors, mobile apps, and health coaching to help treat musculoskeletal disorders, has raised $26M in a Series B funding round. The fund was led by Insight Venture...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

RiskSense Rounds Up $12M

Sunnyvale-based RiskSense, which develops threat and vulnerability management software, has raised $12M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding was led by Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security, and al...

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Monday, August 6, 2018

Naked Labs Picks Up $14M For 3D Body Scanner

San Francisco-based Naked Labs, which develops a 3D body scanner that captures detailed 3D scans of user's body, for use in tracking things like diet and exercise, has raised $14M in a Series A funding. The company said last week that the f...

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Monday, August 6, 2018

Stampli Secures $6.7M

Mountain View-based Stampli, which develops invoice management tools for the mid- and large-enterprise market, has raised $6.7M in a Series A funding round, the company announced last week. The company said the round was led by SignalFire, ...

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Monday, August 6, 2018

Ample Finds $31M For Fast EV Charging

San Francisco-based Ample, a startup developing fast charging systems for the electric vehicle (EV) market, announced this morning that it has raised $31M in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Shell Ventures, and also in...

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Monday, August 6, 2018

Protagonist Therapeutics Gets $22M In PIPE

Newark-based Protagonist Therapeutics, a publicly held biopharmaceuticals firm focused on development of novel peptide-based rugs, said today that it has raised $22M in an equity funding round. The funding came from BVF Partners L.P. and af...

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

rideOS Finds $25M In Series B

San Francisco-based rideOS, which develops technology in the area of mapping services, whcih it offers up to on-demand transportation services and for the self-driving car market, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series B fund...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Evidation Health Finds $30M In Series C

San Mateo-based Evidation Health, which develops data software to correlate behavioral data, medical conditions, and symptoms to improve medical research and treatments, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company said on Wednesday. ...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Yellowbrick Data Finds $44M For Data Warehouse Appliance

Palo Alto-based Yellowbrick Data, a developer of a data warehouse appliance, said on Tuesday that it raised $44M in a Series A funding, and launched the company out of stealth mode. The funding came from DFJ, GV, Menlo Ventures, Samsung Ven...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Gusto Gains $140M

San Francisco-based Gusto, which develops software to manage payroll, benefits, and other human resources areas for small businesses, said Tuesday that it raised $140M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from T. Rowe Price Associa...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Verana Health Gets $30M

San Francisco-based Verana Health, a developer of software which uses data from electronic health records to support development of new pharmaceuticals and devices, said on Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The fu...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Labelbox Lands $3.9M

San Francisco-based Labelbox, a developer of software that helps enterprises train their machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, has raised $3.9M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led b...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Freshworks Finds $100M

San Bruno-based Freshworks, which develops software to help companies manage customer support, sales, and marketing, has raised $100M more in a funding round, the company said this morning.The funding brings the company's total raised to $2...

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Monday, July 30, 2018

RaiseMe Gets $15M To Help Students Get To College

San Francisco-based RaiseMe, which operates an online program which helps students unlock financial aid from college, by allowing those students to raise "micro scholarships" for providing information on their education, learning more about...

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Monday, July 30, 2018

Survata Snags $14M More

San Francisco-based Survata, which develops ad measurement and market research software, has raised $14M in its Series B funding, the company said last week. The funding was led by Conductive Ventures and also included Industry Ventures, pl...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

JASK Adds Two New Investors

San Francisco- and Austin-based JASK, which develops cybersecurity automation software, said Thursday that it has named Dave DeWalt as the company's Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors. DeWalt is the former CEO of FireEye and McAfee. Th...

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Quantapore Collects $15.55M

Menlo Park-based Quantapore, a startup developing DNA sequencing technology, recently raised $15.55M in a funding round. The company said the Series 3 Preferred Stock funding was led by Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC), and also includ...

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

LeoLabs Lands $13M for Low Orbit Earth Mapping

Menlo Park-based LeoLabs, which provides low Earth orbit mapping services, said Thursday that it has raised $13M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by WERU Investment and Airbus Ventures, and also included Space Angels and Hor...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Alector Adds $133M

South San Francisco-based Alector, a biotechnology company focused on finding treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, announced today that it has raised $133M in a Series E funding round. The funding came from Deerfield Manag...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Rescale Rounds Up $32M For High Performance Computing In Cloud

San Francisco-based Rescale, a provider of cloud-based high performance computing (HPC) resources, has raised $32M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Initialized Capital, Keen Venture Partners and SineWave Ventures, and also incl...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Beddr Finds $5.6M For Sleep Help

Need help sleeping? Mountain View-based Beddr, a startup developing products which use a connected device and your smartphone to help you improve your sleep, has raised $5.6M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The f...

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Monday, July 23, 2018

Xage Security Gets $12M In Funding For Blockchain, IoT Security

Palo Alto-based Xage Security, a new startup focused on industrial internet-of-things (IoT) security, said this morning that it raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by March Capital Partners, and also included GE Ventu...

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Nervos Network Nabs $28M For Enterprise Blockchain

San Francisco-based Nervos Network, a developer of blockchain technology for the enterprise market, said this week that it has raised $28M more in a funding round. The funding came from Polychain Capital, Sequoia China, Wanxiang Blockchain,...

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Reali Rakes In $20M

San Mateo-based Reali, a startup which offers up a high-tech enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Signia Venture Capital. Th...

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Monday, July 16, 2018

Kapwing Collects $1.7M For Video Editing Software

San Francisco-based Kapwing, which develops online video editing software, said on Monday that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins and also included Shasta Ventures, Sinai Ventures, Village Gl...

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Monday, July 16, 2018

Arrcus Finds $15M

San Jose-based Arrcus, a developer of networking software, said this morning that it has raised $15M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by General Catalyst,and also included Clear Ventures. General Catalyst's Steve Herrod an...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Pony.ai Picks Up $102M In Additional Series A Funding

Fremont-based Pony.ai, which develops mapping software for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $102M more in its Series A funding--bringing the total raised in its first round of funding to an astounding $214M. The new funding was co-...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

productboard Gets $8M For Product Management Software

San Francisco-based productboard, which develops software to help product managers, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins, and also included Index Ventures, Credo Ventures, Reflex Capital, and Ro...

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Nurx Nabs $36M

San Francisco-based Nurx, which offers women online access to birth control prescriptions, said this week that it has raised $36M more in funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins, and also included Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator...

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Penrose Studios Finds $10M For Virtual, Augmented Reality Films

San Francisco-based Penrose Studios, which develops virtual and augmented reality film titles, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by TransLink Capital, and also included Marc Benioff, t...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Cell-Ed Finds $1.5M For Worker Training

Palo Alto-based "Cell-Ed, which is developing mobile software to help low-sklled workers improve their language, job skills, and digital literacy, has raised $1.5M in seed funding, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Lumina I...

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Lime Finds $350M More From Uber, GV

San Francisco-based scooter-and-bicycle rental service Lime has raised $350M more in a funding round, the company announced on Monday, from GV and Uber, in a deal which will also include Lime in Uber's app. Other investors in the round incl...

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Oasis Labs Lands $45M

Berkeley-based Oasis Labs, a company developing Blockchain-based, cloud computing services, said this morning that it has raised $45M in a funding round. The funding came from a16zcrypto, Accel, Binance, DCVC (Data Collective), Electric Cap...

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

Starcity Lands $1M For Co-Living Communities

San Francisco-based Starcity, which develops "community-based living" developments aimed at the up-and-coming tech set, said this week that it has raised $1M more in funding, to help it with development of a new community in San Francisco's...

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Preempt Picks Up $17.5M More

San Francisco-basd Preempt, a developer of enterprise identity and access threat prevention software, has raised $17.5M in its Series B funding, the company said last week. The funding came from ClearSky, Blackstone, Intel Capital, and Gene...

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Automation Anywhere Finds $250M In Massive Series A, Valued At $1.8 Billion

San Jose-based Automation Anywhere , a developer of robotic process automation technology, said on Monday that it has raised a $250M, Series A funding round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Goldman ...

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Thursday, June 28, 2018

JASK Gets $25M For Cybersecurity Software

San Francisco- and Austin-basedbased JASK, which develops cybersecurity operations software, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins, and also included Battery Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

CloudBees Finds $62M More

San Jose-based CloudBees, which develops DevOps software, announced this morning that it has raised $62M in a growth funding round. The funding included $37M in equity, led by Delta-v Capital, Matrix Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Verizon V...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

DroneDeploy Adds $25M

San Francisco-based DroneDeploy, which develops software to help commercial drone operators with mapping of data, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Invenergy Future Fund, AirTree, Scale Venture Partners, Un...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Silver Peak Finds $90M From TCV For WAN Equipment

Santa Clara-based SD-WAN equipment maker Silver Peak announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $90M in a strategic investment from TCV. Silver Peak said that J.P. Morgan was its exclusive placement agent in the transaction. Silver Peak ...

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Monday, June 25, 2018

Vium Finds $24M For Automating Testing On Animals

San Mateo-based Vium, a developer of products which are aimed at helping allows pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to conduct animal studies, has raised $24M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Lux Capital and Data C...

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Monday, June 25, 2018

Tact.ai Picks Up $27M For AI Sales Tools

Redwood City-based Tact.ai, a developer of artificial intelligence software that enables conversational interaction with customer relationship management (CRM) software, has raised $27M in a Series C funding, the company said on Monday. The...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

SigFig Finds $50M More

San Francisco-based SigFig, a developer of automated investment portfolio software, has raised $50M more in funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by General Atlantic, and also included Bain Capital Ventures, DCM, Eato...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Serent Capital Backs Axiom Medical

San Francisco-based private equity investor Serent Capital has backed Axiom Medical, a provider of incident case management and occupational health services, the two said on Wednesday. Size of the growth investment was not announed. Axiom p...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Falkonry Picks Up $4.6M For Industrial Machine Learning

Sunnyvale-based Falkonry, a developer of machine learning software that is being applied to industrial companies and their operations, has raised $4.6M in a series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday morning. The funding was led by ...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

CrowdStrike Raises $200M, Valued At $3 Billion

Sunnyvale-based Crowdstrike, the cloud cybersecurity software developer led by George Kurtz, has raised a major $200M funding round, which values the company at more than $3 billion, the company announced this morning. The company said the ...

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Monday, June 18, 2018

TrustToken Connects With $20M

San Francisco-based TrustToken, which is creating asset-based cryptocurrency "tokens", said Monday morning that it has raised $20M in a funding round. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, BlockTower Capital, Danhua Capital, and GGV Ca...

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Monday, June 18, 2018

rideOS Gets $9M For Self Driving Technology

San Francisco-based rideOS, a developer of mapping and self-driving vehicle technology, has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company said last week. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Graph Ventures and SV Angel....

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Benchling Gets $14.5M For Life Science Collaboration

San Francisco-based Benchling, a developer of data management and collaboration tools for life sciences research, has raised $14.5M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Benchmark, and also included F-...

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Mindstrong Health Raises $15M For Brain Measurement Technology

Palo Alto-based Mindstrong Health, a developer of technology which monitors brain health through measuring brain function based on a user's interaction with smartphones, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The company said the new fundin...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Audacy Gets $4M in Venture Debt For Space Communications

Audacy Corporation, which is developing space communications technology, has raised $4M in venture loan, from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. Terms of that secured loan was not announced. Audacy is venture backed by Envision Venture...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Opendoor Gets $325M More

San Francisco-based Opendoor, which operates a service which lets homeowners get instant offers on their homes, has raised $325M in new funding. The funding--reported by "a person familiar with the matter"--reportedly values the company at ...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Bloom Energy Files For $100M IPO

Sunnyvale-based Bloom Energy, which develops on-site, fuel cell-based power generation systems, has filed for an IPO. The company said in its S-1 filing that it looking to raised up to $100M in its IPO, and has filed to trade as BE on the N...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

YugaByte Gets $16M For Cloud Database

Sunnyvale-based YugaByte, which develops cloud-based, distributed database software, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was co-led by Dell Technologies Capital, and also included Lightspeed Venture ...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

YugaByte Gets $16M For Cloud Database

Sunnyvale-based YugaByte, which develops cloud-based, distributed database software, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was co-led by Dell Technologies Capital, and also included Lightspeed Venture ...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

LevaData Lands $12M

Sunnyvale-based LevaData, a developer of a software platform used by enterprises to reduce their supply chain costs, has raised $12M in a Series B funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by Tola Capital. The company said i...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

G2VP Finds $350M For New Venture Capital Fund

Menlo Park-based G2VP, a new venture capital fund founded by David Mount, Daniel Oros, Ben Kortlang, and Brook Porter, has raised $350M in its first fund, which it says is focused on "digital technologies transforming industrial sectors". T...

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Monday, June 11, 2018

Paradromics Picks Up $7M For Brain-Machine Interfaces

San Jose-based Paradromics, a startup developing brain-machine interfaces that the company says can provide "high-volume bidirectional data streaming capabilities between brains and computers", has raised $7M in a seed funding, the company ...

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Monday, June 11, 2018

Cohesity Collects $250M

San Jose-based Cohesity, a developer of products for the hyperconverged storage market, said today that it has raised $250M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, and also included Cisco Investments, Hewlett ...

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Kittyhawk Lands $5M For Enterprise Drone Software

San Francisco-based Kittyhawk has landed $5M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Bonfire Ventures, and also included Boeing HorizonX Ventures, Freestyle Ventures, and The Flying Object. The startup--which ...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

OneLogin Gets $22.5M

San Francisco-based OneLogin, which develops unified access management software, has raised $22.5M in a funding round, the company said this week. The company said the funding came from existing investors, including Charles River Ventures (...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Boxbot Finds $7.5M For Self Driving Delivery Bots

Oakland-based Boxbot, a startup developing self-driving delivery robots whose founders were previously at Tesla and Uber, has raised $7.5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The company said the round was led by Artiman Ventures, ...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Report: Lime Seeks $250M In New Round

San Francisco-based Lime, the electric scooter startup, is getting set to raise $250M more, according to multiple reports this morning. The funding round would reportedly value Lime at at least $1 billion in a post-money valuation. The new ...

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

Signifyd Finds $100M More For Fraud Prevention

San Jose-based Signifyd, a startup which provides fraud protection for e-commerce businesses, has raised $100M in a Series D funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Premji Invest, and also included Bain Capital Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Waggl Picks Up $7M

Sausalito-based Waggl, which develops employee feedback software, said late last week that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by First Analysis, and also included Labora, FundersClub, and angel Rob Bernshteyn...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

SocialChorus Snags $12.5M

San Francisco-based SocialChorus, a developer of communications tools for the enterprise, has raised $12.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Arrowroot Capital and Kohlberg Ventures, and also included Western Technology Investment....

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Tradeshift Gets $250M, Joins Unicorns

San Francisco-based supply chain marketplace and payment services provider Tradeshift announced today that it has raised $250M in its Series E funding, which the company says brings its total valuation to $1.1 billion. According to the comp...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

NVCA: Elimination of International Entrepreneur Rule A Major Mistake

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) said Friday that the recission of the International Entrepreneur Rule -- which was aimed at encouraging foreign-born entrepreneurs to launch high-growth startups in the U.S.--is a "major mista...

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Friday, May 25, 2018

BlueCart Adds $5M For Hospitality Industry Marketplace

Mountain View-based BlueCart announced this week that it has raised $5M more in funding, in a Series B-1 funding, for the company's hospitality industry marketplace and "sales enablement platform". According to the startup, the new funding ...

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Friday, May 25, 2018

Grail Gets $300M More For Cancer Detection Testing

Menlo Park-based Grail, which is developing DNA-based, blood testing technology to detect cancer, has raised $300M more in funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Ally Bridge Group, Hillhouse Capital, 6 Dimensions Capital...

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Sentry Secures $16M

San Francisco-based Sentry, a developer of software to help software developers locate and resolve code issues in their applications, has raised $16M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The funding came from NEA and Accel...

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Salesforce Backs Conga In $47M Funding

Salesforce Ventures has backed Conga, a developer of process workflow automation software, as part of a $47M funding. Conga says it has raised $47M in a new funding round which was led by Insight Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures. Co...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Okera Collects $12M For Data Management Tools

San Francisco-based Okera, a developer of data management tools which was previously known as Cerebro Data, has raised $12M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The company said the funding came from existing investors Felicis V...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

SignalFx Secures $45M

San Mateo-based SignalFx, a developer of software which collects metrics for managing DevOps and cloud services, has raised $45M in a Series D funding, bringing the company's total raised to $103.5M. The startup said the funding was led by ...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Honor Finds $50M For Home Care Network

San Francisco-based Honor, which operates a home care company for older adults, has raised $50M in a Series C funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding brings the company's total raised to $115M. The funding was led by Naspers Ventu...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Luma Health Gets $6.3M For Healthcare Communications

San Francisco-based Luma Health, a developer of healthcare communications software, has raised $6.3M in a Series A funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding came from U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). Luma Health, which is led by co-fou...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

ValiMail Adds $25M

San Francisco-based Valimail, which operates an email authentication business, has raised $25M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures, Flybridge Capit...

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Monday, May 21, 2018

Emergence Capital Raises $435M Fund

San Mateo-based venture investor Emergence Capital announced this morning that it has raised $435M in a new fund, which will focus on early stage investments. Emergence said its new fund, ECP V, is "investing in people who change the way th...

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Monday, May 21, 2018

Decent Gets $8 For Crypto Powered Healthcare

San Francisco-based Decent, a company looking to help provide affordable healthcare based on crypto technology, said last week that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from Foundation Capital (pre-seed round lead), Menlo ...

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Friday, May 18, 2018

Thryve Finds $1.4M For Gut Biome Testing

San Francisco-based Thryve, a provider of personalized microbiotic and microbiome testing services, has raised $1.4M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from PivotNorth Capital, Unilever Ventures, Darling Ventur...

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Mynd Gains $20M For Property Management Technology

Oakland-based Mynd, a provider of property management service which uses technology to help manage multi-family residential properties, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Ventures, and also included Ca...

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Parsable Picks Up $40M For Industrial Collaboration Software

San Francisco-based Parsable, a developer of collaboration and work management software for industrial firms, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company said this week. The Series C funding was led by Future Fund, and also included Lig...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Beautiful.AI Gets $11M

San Francisco-based Beautiful.AI, a developer of artificial intelligence software to automate visual design, has raised $11M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included Shasta Ventures and First Round C...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Genoox Finds $6M In Funding

Palo Alto-based Genoox has raised $6M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday, for its genomic analysis software. The funding came from Triventures, and also included Inimiti Capital and Glilot Capital Partners. According to Genoox,...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Tanium Takes $175M, Eyes IPO

Emeryville-based Tanium, which develops cybersecurity software to control and manage enterprise security, has raised $175M in a funding round, according to reports. A report from Reuters said the funding comes as Tanium eyes an initial publ...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

MemSQL Adds $30M

San Francisco-based MemSQL, which develops enterprise database software, has raised $30M in a Series D funding. The funding came from GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Glynn Capital, plus prior investors Accel, Caffeinated Capital, Data Col...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Metawave Sees $10M For Automotive Radar Technology

Palo Alto-based Metawave Corporation, a developer of automotive radar technology, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by DENSO, and also included Toyota AI Ventures, Hyundai Motor Company a...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Saildrone Lands $60M For Ocean Sailing Drones

Alameda-based a href="http://www.saildrone.com">Saildrone, which develops unmanned-ocean going surface sailing vehicles used for collecting ocean data, has raised $60M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Ho...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Good Eggs Eyes Raises $50M Funding

San Francisco-based Good Eggs, a fresh meal kit and grocery delivery startup, said this morning that it has raised $50M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included Index Ventures, Obvious Ventures, S2...

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Monday, May 14, 2018

Qventus Gets $30M

Mountain View-based Qventus, which develops operations management software for health systems, has raised $30M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, along with NewYork-Presbyt...

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

NomNomNow Gets $13M For Custom Meals For Dogs

San Francisco-based NomNomNow, which provides custom, vet-formulated meals for dogs, said today that it has raised $13M in combined funding. The funding included $10M in a Series A, and a $3M seed funding. The funding came from Bullish, Cir...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

SafeBreach Scores $15M For Breach, Attack Simulation

Sunnyvale-based SafeBreach, a developer of breach and attack simulation software, said this week that it has raised $15M in a new, Series B funding. The funding was led by Draper Nexus, and also included PayPal, plus its existing investors,...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Intel Capital Invests $72M Across 12 Startups

Intel Capital, the venture investment arm of Intel, announced $72M in total investments spread across 12 startups on Tuesday, including a significant number of local companies. Intel said it made the investments in Avaamo (AI, Los Altos); F...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Drishti Gets $10M

Palo Alto-based Drishti, a developer of artificial intelligence software being used to monitor factory floors, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding, which came from Emergence Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Benhamou Gl...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Notable Raises $3M For Voice Powered Health Assistant

San Mateo-based Notable, which is developing voice-powered personal assistants specifically for helping physicians with their health care, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Greylock P...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

ThoughtSpot Adds $145M For AI Search Tools

Palo Alto-based ThoughtSpot, a developer of artificial intelligence-driven analytics and search tools for the enterprise, has raised $145M in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Lightspeed Ventures, Futu...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

BorderX Gets $20M For Cross Border E-Commerce

Sunnyvale-based BorderX Lab, a deeloper of cross border e-commerce software, announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a series B funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins, and also included Hillhouse Capital Group, CBC (China...

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Monday, May 7, 2018

Squelch Snags $8M To Improve Customer Support

Redwood City-based Squelch, a developer of software to help provide optimization of customer support and customer success teams, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Shasta Ventures and ...

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Monday, May 7, 2018

StratiFi Secures $7M For Investment Advice

San Francisco-based Stratifi, a developer of software to help provide better analysis of risk for investors, has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by the Anthemis Group, and also included Wolverine Holdings, Cboe G...

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Lucidworks Lands $50M

San Francisco-based AI search and discovery software developer Lucidworks said on Thursday that it has raised $50M in a growth financing. The funding was led by Top Tier Capital Partners, and also included Silver Lake Waterman, plus Shasta ...

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Refuge Biotechnologies Picks Up $25M

Menlo Park-based Refuge Biotechnologies, which is developing cell therapies for oncology, said on Wednesday it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by 3SBio and Sequoia China, and also included Danhua Capital (DH...

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

SoundHound Snags $100M In Growth Funding

Santa Clara-based SoundHound, which develops voice-enabled artificial intelligence and conversational software, has raised $100M in a new funding round. The company said the strategic growth funding came from Tencent Holdings Limited, Daiml...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Humu Connects With $30M From IVP, Index

Mountain View-based Humu, a company which is developing software which uses machine learning to help increase productivity of employees through behavioral change, has raised $30M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed today. The fundi...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

ZeroCater Picks Up $12M To Stock Companies With Snacks

San Francisco-baesd ZeroCater, which provides office catering and snacks to Fortune 500 companies, has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Cleveland Avenue, and also included Romulus Capital and Struck Capital. The com...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Google Plans To Invest In Startups Working On Google Assistant

Google said this morning that it intends to make investments in startups working on applications for Google Assistant, the company's personal assistant software. According to Google, it will invest in startups to provide additional financia...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Attenua Picks Up $35M to Treat Chronic Cough

Mountain View-based biopharmaceuticals startup Attenua, which is developing medicines to treat chronic cough, has raised $35M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Omega Funds, and also included Abingworth, OrbiMed and Redmile Group...

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Monday, April 30, 2018

Datavant Gets $40.5M For Healthcare Data

San Francisco-based Datavant, a developer of software used to "de-identify" personal information from healthcare data, in order to help improve medical research and care without compromising patient privacy or running afoul of HIPAA, has ra...

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Monday, April 30, 2018

Flexport Finds $100M

San Francisco-based Flexport, a provider of global logistics services, said last week that it has raised $100M in a funding round. The funding came from Chinese courier firm SF Express, and also included First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta,...

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Monday, April 30, 2018

Flexport Finds $100M

San Francisco-based Flexport, a provider of global logistics services, said last week that it has raised $100M in a funding round. The funding came from Chinese courier firm SF Express, and also included First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta,...

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Friday, April 27, 2018

IFTTT Takes $24M To Connect Devices, Apps

San Francisco-based IFTTT, which develops a cloud-based platform which allows users to link the actions of apps and devices together, has raised a $24M funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from Salesforce Ventures, IBM, C...

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Uavia Finds $2.5M For Connected Robotics, Drone Software

Menlo Park- and Paris and Lyon, France-based Uavia, a developer of software for managing fleets of robots or drone aircraft, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Airbus Ventures, Sofimac ...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

BuildingConnected Connects With $15M

San Francisco-based BuildingConnected, which develops software that helps general contractors and real estate owners find subcontractors for construction projects, has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding came from Brookfield Venture...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Doctor On Demand Gets $74M

San Francisco-based Doctor On Demand, a provider of virtual physician services, has raised $74M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Princeville Global and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, and also included Venrock, Shasta ...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

GitPrime Gets $10.5M For Software Development Analytics

GitPrime, which develops software which uses statistics from code repository services like and GitHub, GitLab, and BitBucket to help improve software engineering processes, has raised $10.5M. The company--based in Mountain View and Durango,...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Marble Rolls Up With $10M In Series A For Delivery Robots

San Francisco-based Marble, which develops delivery robots for delivering food and other products to local neighborhoods via four wheeled robotic vehicles, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding ca...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Leanplum Ups Series D To $52M

San Franciosc-based Leanplum, which develops mobile marketing and personalization software, said today that it has upped its Series D funding to $52M. The new, $5M funding came from Waterwood Group, a Beijing-based private equity investor. ...

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Friday, April 20, 2018

Green Bits Gets Funding For Cannabis Software

San Jose-based Green Bits, a startup focused on compliance for cannabis dispensaries and retailers, said this week that it has raised $17M in a Series A funding, led by Tiger Global, and also included Casa Verde Capital, the investment fund...

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Applitools Adds $8M For AI Testing Tools

San Mateo-based Applitools, a developr of artificial intelligence software used for automating visual testing, has raised $8M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Sierra Ventures, and also included Bessemer...

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Wonolo Gets $13M For Marketplace For Hourly Workers

San Francisco-based Wonolo, which develops mobile apps which connect businesses and on-demand, hourly workers, has raised $13M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Pivo...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Eightfold.ai Lands $18M In Series B

Mountain View-based artificial intelligence software developer Eightfold.ai has raised $24M in a Series B funding, the company said on Tuesday, for its AI-powered talent search tools. The funding was led by Lightspeed and Foundation Capital...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Turo Gets $12M From Sumitomo

San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace operator Turo has raised $12M in a Series D funding, which included a strategic investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, as well as American Express. According to Sumitomo, t...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

AppOnBoard Finds $15M For Mobile App Demos

AppOnBoard, a developer of a mobile technology platform aimed at helping app developers create app demos which has one of its offices in San Francisco, announced that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Korea In...

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Monday, April 16, 2018

Redaptive Finds Funding From CBRE

San Francisco-based Redaptive has raised a strategic investment from real estate services firm CBRE, CBRE said this morning. Redaptive provides turn-key energy efficiency solutions and energy financing for building owners and occupiers. Siz...

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Monday, April 16, 2018

Chefling Cooks Up $1M For Smart Personal Kitchen Assistant

Sunnyvale-based Chefling, which develops "smart" personal kitchen assistants, has raised $1M in a pre-series A funding round. The funding came from XCCV, LLC. The company said the funds go to drive product development, expand its workforce,...

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Monday, April 16, 2018

Gong.io Gains Funding From Cisco

San Mateo- and Tel Aviv-based Gong.io, a developer of software used to help sales teams improve their sales conversions by analyzing their phone calls, has raised new funding in its Series A1 funding, the company said Monday. The funding ca...

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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Verkada Sees $15M

San Mateo-based Verkada, a developer of computer vision systems used for video security at businesses and schools, has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The fund was led by Next47, the venture capita fund of Siemens, and also include...

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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Checkr Collects $100M

San Francisco-based Checkr, which provides a service for background checks for on-demand companies, said Thursday that it has raised $100M in a funding round. The series C funding came from T. Rowe Price Associates, and also included Accel ...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

RubrYc Therapeutics Spins Out Of HealthTell, Gets $10M

San Ramon-basd RubrYC Therapeutics, which says it is focused on using chemical libraries from HealthTell, Inc. to improve drug discovery throughput, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Third Point Ventures, and als...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Instapage Gets $15M For Landing Page Personalization Tools

San Francisco-based Instapage, which develops software for landing page personalization, has raised $15M in a Series A growth investment. The funding came from Morgan Stanely Expansion Capital. Tyson Quick is Founder and CEO of Instapage. T...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Fleetsmith Finds $7.7M For Apple Device Management

San Francisco-based Fleetsmith, a developer of secure, cloud-based software used by SMBs for managing Apple devices, said on Tuesday that it has raised $7.7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included ...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Symphony Communications Adds $67M More In Funding

Palo Alto-based enterprise collaboration software developer Symphony Communications Services said very late Monday evening that it has raised $67M in new funding, bringing its total raised since it was founded to over $300M. According to Sy...

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Monday, April 9, 2018

Knowhere Gets $1.8M For Automated News Writing

San Francisco- and London-based Knowhere, a company that develops machine learning software, said last week that it has raised $1.8M in a seed funding round. The round came from CrunchFund, Day One Ventures, Danhua Capital, Struck Capital, ...

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Monday, April 9, 2018

Armis Finds $30M For IoT Security

Palo Alto-based Armis, a developer of enterprise, Internet-of-Things security software, has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Red Dot Capital Partners, and also included Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Te...

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Friday, April 6, 2018

Instacart Raises $350M In Series E Funding

San Francisco-based Instacart, which provides on-demand grocery delivery services, has raised $350M in a Series E funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Coatue Management, and also included Glade Brook Capital, plus oth...

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Virta Health Adds $45M For Diabetes Treatment

San Francisco-based Virta Health, a company developing what it says is a way to reverse type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic diseases, has raised $45M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Venrock, Obvious Ventures, Creandum, ...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Verbit Finds $11M For AI Powered Transcripts

Palo Alto-based Verbit, a developer of artificial intelligence software used to automatically transcribe text from video and audio, has raised $11M in a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by HV Holtzbrinck V...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Impossible Foods Finds $114M Via Convertible Note

Redwood City-based Impossible Foods, which is developing meat products made directly from plants, has raised $114M in a convertible note financing. The funding was led by Temasek and Sailing Capital. Other investors in Impossible Foods incl...

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Monday, April 2, 2018

SiFive Snags $50.6M For RISC Procesors

San Francisco-based SiFive, which is developing RISC processors, said this morning that it raised $50.6M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Sutter Hill Ventures, Spark Capital and Osage University Partners plus Chengwei Capital, H...

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Monday, April 2, 2018

BioConsortia Takes $10M For Plant Enhancing Technology

Davis, California-based BioConsortia...

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Monday, April 2, 2018

Twist Bioscience Gains $50M More

San Francisco-based synthetic DNA developer Twist Bioscience said this morning that it has raised another $50M in a private placement, bringing its total raised to $259M. Source of the new funding was not announced by the company. Twist sai...

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

AgShift Harvests $2M For Automated Food Inspection Technology

Sunnyvale-based AgShift, a startup developing autonomous, food inspection systems, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Exfinity Ventures, an investor which invests in India-US businesses. ...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Bestmile Adds $11M In Series A

San Francisco- and Lausanne, Switzerland-based Bestmile, a developer of software used by service providers to manage their autonomous vehicle fleets, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Ro...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Wizeline Gets $43M For Outsourced Development

San Francisco-based Wizeline, a provider of outsourced product development, said Monday that it has raised $43M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Apax Digital Fund. The company said the new funding will go towards international ...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Unchained Labs Raises $17M, Buys rap.ID

Pleasanton-based Unchained Labs, which provides life sciences software and tools, has raised $17M in a Series D funding, and acquired Rap.ID, which develops systems used in particle identification in biopharmaceutical development and qualit...

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Monday, March 26, 2018

Sixa Scores $3.5M, Launches Virtual Computing Service

San Francisco-based Sixa, which offers up an on-demand, cloud-based personal computer service aimed at designers, developers, and gamers, says it has raised $3.5M in a funding round, and launched its services. The company said it offers up ...

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Monday, March 26, 2018

Candex Collects $3.5M

San Francisco-based Candex, a developer of software to help manage partner payments for businesses, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding came from Edenred Capital Partners, Partech Ventures, Advisors.fun...

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Sift Science Scores $53M

San Francisco-based Sift Science, which develops machine learning software for fraud detection and risk management, has raised $53M in its Series D funding. The funding was led by Stripes Group, and also included Union Square Ventures, Insi...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

AllyO Gets $14M For AI Recruiting Software

Sunnyvale-based AllyO, a developer of artificial intelligence software used for job recruiting, has raised $14M in a funding round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Cervin Ventures, Gradient Ventures (Google's...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

ZineOne Finds $2.5M For Personalization Software

Milpitas-based ZineOne, which develops machine learning software used by banks and retailers to engage with customers, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Omidyar Network. Other investors in the round included Har...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

KeepTruckin Finds $50M For Electronic Trucking Logs

San Francisco-based KeepTruckin, a developer of electronic log and fleet management software, said on Tuesday that it has raised $50M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by IVP, and also included Scale Venture Partners, Index Venture...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

ScaleFlux Snags $25M

San Jose-based ScaleFlux, a developer of storage specifically aimed for use in big data, database, and other applications, has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Shunwei Capital. The company says it has now raised ove...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Chargebee Finds $18M

San Francisco-based Chargebee, a developer of cloud-based subscription and recurring billing management software, has raised $18M in a new investment round, the company said today. The Series C funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, a...

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Monday, March 19, 2018

UNITY Biotechnology Finds $55M

San Francisco-based UNITY Biotechnology, a biotechnology firm developing treatments aimed at slowing, halting, or reversing diseases of aging, has raised $55M in a Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding came...

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Zum Finds $19M More

Redwood City-based Zum, which provides a transportation focused on children and schools, said this week that it has raised $19M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Spark Capital, and also included Sequoia Capital. According ...

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

IDEAYA Biosciences Gets $94M In Series B For Oncology Efforts

South San Francisco-based IDEAYA Biosciences, a company developing treatments for cancer, said today that it has raised $94M in a "crossover" Series B financing round. The funding came from BVF Partners L.P., Perceptive Advisors LLC, Nextec...

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Percipient.ai Finds $14.7M For AI Tools

Sunnyvale-based Percipient.ai, a developer of artificial intelligence tools focused on providing analytics for national security, has raised $14.7M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Venrock. According to Percient.ai, the round va...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Carbon Lighthouse Connects With $27M

San Francisco-based Carbon Lighthouse, which owners of commercial real estate--and in particular, REITs--implement energy efficiency plans and technology, said on Tuesday that it has raised $27M in a growth equity funding round. The funding...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Moogsoft Gets $40M For AI-Driven IT Operations Software

San Francisco-based Moogsoft, a developer of artificial intelligence-driven IT operations management software, has raised $40M in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, and als...

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Atomwise Collects $45M For AI Driven Pharmaceuticals

San Francisco-based Atomwise, which is developing artificial intelligence software aimed at accelerating pharmaceuticals, biotech, and agrochemical research, said Wednesday that it has raised $45M in a Series A funding round. The funding ca...

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Fishbrain Finds $13.5M For Social Networking App For Anglers

San Francisco- and Stockholm-based Fishbrain, the developer of a mobile social networking app specifically aimed at sports fishing, has raised $13.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by B Capital Group, and also included SoftBank ...

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

The Fabric Raises $15M For Cloud, IoT Acceleration

Mountain View-based cloud and IoT accelerator The Fabric says it has raised $15M in a funding round, to help it incubate more companies. The Fabric--which so far, has incubated eight companies--said the $15M came from Verizon Ventures and M...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

TeraPore Technologies Takes $6M For Membrane Nanofilters

South San Francisco-based TeraPore Technologies, which develops nanofiltration membrane systems aimed at bioprocessing and other applications, said today that it raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Anzu Partners, ...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Degreed Adds $42M In Series C

San Francisco-based Degreed, which operates an online platform that helps employees get certified on new skills, and to help them develop in their career, has raised $42M in a Series C funding round. The funding was co-led by Owl Ventures a...

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Monday, March 5, 2018

Liquid 2 Ventures Targets $50M For Second Fund

Menlo Park-based Liquid 2 Ventures, the venture capital fund run by former 49er's quarterback Joe Montana, along with Mike Miller and Michael Ma, is targeting $50M for its second fund, Liquid 2 Ventures Fund II, LP, according to a regulator...

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Monday, March 5, 2018

Starcity Snags $16.45M For Community Living

Ever wish you could return to the days of simple, dorm-style living--with no house or apartment to clean, no need to deal with utility bills, and lots of community events and companionship? San Francisco-based Starcity is looking to bring t...

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Monday, March 5, 2018

Trizic Finds $10M In Series A

San Francisco-based Trizic, which is developing enterprise software for wire houses, brokerages, asset managers, banks, credit unions, and investment advisors, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, according to the company. Trizic said the...

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Friday, March 2, 2018

Bugcrowd Gets $26M

San Francisco-based Bugcrowd, which operates a crowdsourced, security testing service, has raised $26M in a Series C funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also included Blackbird Ventures, Co...

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Inscripta Raises $55.5M For Gene Editing Tools

Pleasanton, California- and Boulder, Colorado-based Inscripta has received $55.5M in a Series C funding, the company said this week, led by Merieux Developpement and Paladin Capital Group, and also included Venrock, Foresite, Spruce, and Na...

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Gate Labs Lands $5M For Smart Lock Startup

San Francisco-based Gate Labs, which develops a camera-equipped, smart lock system designed to allow delivery people into your home to drop off packages, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Cota Capital. As pa...

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Senti Biosciences Snags $53M For Gene Therapy

South San Francisco-based Senti Biosciences, a company developing gene- and cell-based therapies for challenging diseases, has raised $53M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, an...

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Split Snags $17M

Redwood City-based Split, which develops software to help engineering and product teams to better test enhancements and features, has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also incl...

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Monday, February 26, 2018

ZEDEDA Gets $3.06M For IoT Technology

Santa Clara-based Zedada, a startup developing "edge computing" products for the IoT market, says it has raised $3.06M in a seed funding round. The seed funding was led by Wild WEst Capital, and also included Almaz Capital, Barton Capital, ...

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

PROCEPT BioRobotics Gets $118M For Surgical Robots

Redwood Shores-based PROCEPT BioRobotics, a developer of surgical robots designed to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), has raised $118M in an equity funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Viking GLobal ...

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

NVCA Addresses Sexual Harassment In Venture Capital With New Resources

The National Venture Capital Association, the industry group which represents the venture capital industry, is taking aim at sexual harassment issues in the industry with a new set of reference documents for startups and venture firms. Acco...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Moovit Lands $50M

Tel Aviv- and San Francisco-based Moovit, which develops a transit application which helps users plan their public transit trips, has raised $50M in a Series D funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Whiplash Finds Series A Funding

Whiplash Merchandising, a developer of e-commerce software and provider of services used for order management and warehouse management, which has a network of warehouse locations in Silicon Valley, has received an investment from logistics ...

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Friday, February 16, 2018

Stealth Security Finds $8M

Mountain View-based Stealth Security, a cyberseurity software developer which battles automated bots, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures. Stealth Security's CEO and co-Founder is Ameya Talwalk...

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Friday, February 16, 2018

Roostify Picks Up $25M

San Francisco-based Roostify has raised $25M more, in a Series B funding, to boost its online digital home lending efforts. Roostify said on Thursday that the new funding round came from Cota Capital, Point72 Ventures, and Santander Innoven...

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

HeartFlow Picks Up $240M

Redwood City-based Heartflow, a developer of software tools for creating 3D, computerized heart models to help treat coronary disease, has raised $240M in a big funding round, the company said this week. The Series E funding was led by Well...

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Singularity University Finds $32M

Moffett Field, California-based Singularity University, the online learning and education startup focused on futuristic technology, founded by Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, and Robert D. Richards, has raised $32M in a Series B funding, the...

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

HackerRank Connects With $30M More

Palo Alto-based HackerRank, which operates an online platform to help companies identify and evaluate technical talent, has raised $30M in a Series C funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by JMI Equity, and also in...

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Duetto Adds $80M For Hotel Pricing Engine

San Francisco-based Duetto, which develops pricing software for the hospitality industry, said this morning that it has raised $80M in its Series D funding round. The funding was led by Warburg Pincus. Duetto's other investors are Icon Vent...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Tipalti Raises $30M More For B2B Payments

San Mateo-based Tipalti, which develops B2B payments software, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures. Tipalti is led by CEO and co-founder Chen Amit. Tipalti says it has now rais...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Tachyum Scores New Funding

Campbell, California-based Tachyum, a stealth-mode developer of information processing technology, said today that it has received a venture capital investment from IPM Growth. Size of the funding was not announced. IPM Growth is the ventur...

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Monday, February 12, 2018

DataVisor Digs Up $40M

Mountain View-based DataVisor, a developer of machine learning tools to uncover fraud, money laundering, theft, and other issues, said Monday that it has raised $40M in its Series C funding round. The round was led by Sequoia China, and als...

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Monday, February 12, 2018

SigOpt Scores Funding From In-Q-Tel

San Francisco-based SigOpt, a developer of machine learning and artificial intelligence software, has scored a strategic funding round from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community. Financial details o the investment ...

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Monday, February 12, 2018

Instacart Picks Up $200M More

San Francisco-based grocery delivery startup Instacart disclosed today that it has raised $200M more in funding--a Series E--which reportedly values the company at $4 billion. The funding came from Coatue Management, Glade Brook Capital Par...

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Monday, February 12, 2018

eMagin Raises $10.6M

eMagin, a publicly developer of OLED microdisplays targeted for use in virtual reality googles, which has operations in Santa Clara, has received $10.6M in funding from Apple, LG Electronics, and Valve, the company disclosed on Friday. eMag...

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Quizlet Connects With $20M More

San Francisco-based Quizlet, which operates a service that is used by high school and college students to study for tests, has raised $20M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Icon Ventures, and also inc...

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

8th Wall Finds $8M For Augmented Reality Software

Palo Alto-based 8th Wall, which develops software used to develop augmented reality applications for iOS and Android, has raised $8M ion a Series A funding. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included The Venture Real...

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Monday, February 5, 2018

Figma Finds $25M

San Francisco-based Figma, a developer of cloud-based software for enabling design, prototyping, and collaboration for teams, said last week that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins, and also inc...

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Friday, February 2, 2018

Honeycomb Harvests $11.5M For Software Debugging

San Francisco-based Honeycomb, which develops software to make it easier to debug and develop distributed systems, said this week that it has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by e.ventures, and also included Storm Ve...

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Trifacta Takes $48M More For Data Software

San Francisco-based Trifacta, a developer of "data wrangling" tools, has raised $48M in a new funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Columbia Pacific, Deutsche Borse, Ericsson, Google, and New York Life plus existing...

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Asana Adds $75M

San Francisco-based software developer Asana, which develops team task management software, has raised $75M more in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Generation Investment Management, and also included 8VC, Founders Fund, Sam Altma...

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Memphis Meats Gets New Funding From Tyson Foods

San Francisco-based Memphis Meats, which is developing lab-grown, meat products--meat produced directly from animal cells, rather than by raising animals--has scored an investment from Tyson Foods, the food giant, via its venture capital ar...

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Origami Logic Takes $15.2M More

Mountain View-based Origami Logic, which develops marketing analytics software, has raised $15.2M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Viola Ventures and Saban Ventures, and also included existing investors...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

BehavioSec Gets $17.5M For Biometrics Software

Palo Alto-based BehavioSec, a developer of authentication software which uses biometric markers like keystroke cadence and finger pressure to uniquely identify users, has raised $17.5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Tri...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

BrowserStack Gets $50M

San Francisco-based BrowserStack, which develops a web and mobile browser testing platform, has raised $50M in a Series A funding, the company said on Tuesday. According to BrowserStack, the funding came from Accel Partners. The startup, fo...

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Monday, January 29, 2018

Google Invests In Go-Jek

Google has made an investment in Indonesian on-demand delivery app developer Go-Jek, Google said this morning, as it looks to extend its reach into Indonesia. Size of the investment was not disclosed, however, reports say Google put around ...

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Monday, January 29, 2018

Logikcull Raises $25M

San Francisco-based Logikcull, which develops cloud-based ediscovery software, has raised $25M more in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included OpenView Venture Part...

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Friday, January 26, 2018

Occipital Finds $12M More For 3D Sensors

San Francisco- and Boulder-based Occipital, which develops 3D sensors used for scanning and mapping a physical environment using computer vision and mobile devices, has raised $12M in a Series C funding, the company said this week. The fund...

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Friday, January 26, 2018

Sun Basket Picks Up $57.8M

San Francisco-based healthy meal kit service Sun Basket has raised $57.8M in new funding, made up of $42.8M in a Series D equity funding round, plus $15M in debt. The equity funding was led by August Capital, and also included Sapphire Vent...

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Snowflake Computing Snags $263M Funding Round

San Mateo-based Snowflake Computing, which develops a cloud-based data warehouse, disclosed Thursday that it has raised $263M in a funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, along with Iconiq Capital, Altimeter Capital, Capital O...

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Arundo Analytics Gains $25M

San Francisco-, Houston-, and Oslo-based Arundo Analytics, a startup developing software used for analytics in the heavy industry market, has scored $25M in a funding round, Arundo announced on Thursday morning. Arundo said the funding came...

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Divvy Finds $7M To Help Renters Become Home Owners

San Francisco-based Divvy Homes, a startup using technology to help renters become home owners, has raised $7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Caffeinated Capital, and also included startup studio HVF (led by Max Levchin), and al...

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Rainforest QA Takes $25M More

San Francisco-based Rainforest QA, a developer of quality assurance (QA) software, has raised $25M more in a funding round. The company said the Series B funding came from Silicon Valley Bank, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Capital,...

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Katerra Picks Up Giant, $865M Funding Round

Menlo Park-based Katerra, a developer of technology and integrated services used to streamline construction projects, has raised an astounding $865M funding round, led by SoftBank Vision Fund. Katerra said new investors in the round include...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Apprente Finds $4.75M

Palo Alto-based Apprente reportedly has raised $4.75M in its seed funding. The funding came from AME Cloud Ventures, Greylock Discovery Fund, Morado Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures and StageOne Ventures. Apprente is a developer of artificial...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Cumulus Networks Picks Up $43M

Mountain View-based Cumulus Networks, which develops a Linux-based, networking switch aimed at "web-scale" networking, said today that it has raised $43M in a Series D financing round. The funding was led by Telstra Ventures, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Dremio Gets $25M For Data Analytics Software

Mountain View-based Dremio, a provider of data optimization tools for the data analytics market, has raised $25M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners and also included Lightspeed Ven...

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Monday, January 22, 2018

Bolt Threads Finds $123M

Emeryville-based Bolt Threads, which is developing materials based on the strength of spider silk, disclosed today that it has raised $123M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Ballie Gifford, and also included Formation 8, F...

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Monday, January 22, 2018

Hippo Gets $25M More For Online Home Insurance

Mountain View-based online home insurance provider Hippo said today that it has raised $25M in its Series B funding. The startup, led by CEO Assaf Wand, said the funding was led by Comcast Ventures and Fifth Wall, andalso included otherinve...

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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Roofstock Bumps Series C To $42M

Oakland-based Roofstock, the online marketplace which lets investors buy and sell single-family rental homes, says it has bumped its Series C funding round to $42M, up from an earlier $35M it announced in October of 2017. According to Roofs...

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Thursday, January 18, 2018

C3 IoT Gets $100M More In Funding

Redwood Cit-based C3 IoT, a developer of artificial intelligence and AI software has raised $100M more in funding, the company and its investors announced late Wednesday. C3 IoT said that the new funding round comes from TPG Growth, Breyer...

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Sparta Science Picks Up $7M

Menlo Park-based Sparta Science, a developer of software that uses data and technology to improve athletic performance and minimize injuries, has raised $7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Playground Global. Sparta says its softw...

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Anomali Adds $40M For Threat Management

Redwood City-based Anomali, a developer of threat management and collaboration software, has raised $40M in a Series D funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Lumia Capital, and also included Deutsche Telekom Cap...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Bidgely Finds $27M

Mountain View-based Bidgely, a developer of artificial intelligence software for the utility and energy market, has raised $27M in a Series C funding, the company said today. The funding came from Georgian Partners, and also included Khosla...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Nyansa Gets $15M

Palo Alto-based Nyansa, a developer of infrastructure analysis software which uses big data, cloud computing, and machine learning to manage infrastructure, has raised $15M in a series B funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and al...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Pony.ai Picks Up $112M

Fremont-based Pony.ai, a developer of autonomous driving software, has raised $112M in a funding, the company announced today. The Series A funding was led by Morningside Venture Capital and Legend Capital, and also included Sequoia China, ...

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Friday, January 12, 2018

SmithRx Finds $9M For Pharmacy Technology

San Francisco-based SmithRx, a developer of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) technology, said late Thursday that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Founders Fund, and also included Blumberg Capital, NextGen Ven...

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Ladder Lands $30M For Life Insurance

Palo Alto-based Ladder, which offers up digital life insurance products, has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by RRE Ventures, and also included Thomvest Ventures, Canaan Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Nyca ...

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Arctic Wolf Takes $16M For Cybersecurity Efforts

Sunnyvale-based Arctic Wolf, which provides security engineers as a "concierge" service, has raised $16M in a funding round. The funding was led by Sonae Investment Management, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Venture...

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Reviver Auto Finds $11.1M

Foster City-based Reviver Auto, a developer of digital license plates, has raised $11.1M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by ACK Group, and also included WRV and un-named individuals. The company said it has...

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Nozomi Networks Nabs $15M

San Francisco-based Nozomi Networks, a developer of cybersecurity software for the industrial control market, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by The Invenergy Future Fund, and also included THI ...

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

StackShare Secures $5.2M

San Jose-based StackShare, which operates an online service to help developers compare software "stacks"--the collection of different kinds of software used to develop services and applications--has raised $5.2M in a Series A funding, the c...

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Monday, January 8, 2018

StrongAuth Secures $10M

Sunnyvale-based StrongAuth, a developer of key management appliances for the enterprise, has reportedly raised $10M in its Series A funding, according to reports. The funding came from Systena Corp. StrongAuth's appliances are used for mana...

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Monday, January 8, 2018

Intuity Medical Finds $40M

Fremont-based Intuity Medical has raised $42.5M, the company announced today, as the initial tranche of an ongoing $70M funding round for the maker of blood glucose monitoring devices. Intuity said the funding came from Accuitive Medical Ve...

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Monday, January 8, 2018

Element Analytics Gets $19.5M

San Francisco-based Element Analytics, which develops data management and integration software, announced a $19.5M Series A funding round on Monday morning, from GE, Honeywell, ABB, and Mitsui along with Aster Capital and Blue Bear Capital,...

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Friday, January 5, 2018

Wealthfront Finds $75M More

Redwood City-based WealthFront, the developer of "robo-advising" software for the financial market, has raised $75M more in funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Benchmark Cap...

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Friday, January 5, 2018

Genome Medical Gains $23M

San Francisco-based Genome Medical announced this morning that it has raised $23M in a Series A-1 funding, which came from GE Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Illumina Ventures. Genome Medical said it has created a national medical ...

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Concord Connects With $10M For Contract Management

San Francisco-based Concord, which develops contract management software, said Thursday that it had raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by CRV (Charles River Ventures), and also included Alven Capital. Matt Lhoumeau is C...

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

AEGEA Medical Gets $40M For Medical Device

Redwood City-based AEGEA Medical, a developer of devices for endometrial ablation, said this week that it has raised $40M in funding. $30M of the funding came from Perceptive Advisors, with an additional $10M raised from Alloy Ventures, Del...

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

AImotive Gets $38M

Mountain View- and Budapest, Hungary-based AImotive, a developer of autonomous vehicle technology, has raised $38M in a Series C funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by B Capital Group and Prime Ventures, and inc...

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

DNAnexus Snags $58M For Genomic Data Management

Mountain View-based DNAnexus, a developer of biomedical information and data management software, said today that it has raised $58M in a financing round. The funding was led by Foresite Capital, and also included Microsoft, GV (formerly Go...

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

PEAR Therapeutics Gets $50M For Treating Substance Abuse With Software

San Francisco- and Boston-based PEAR Therapeutics, a developer of software being used to treat substance use disorders, has raised $50M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Temasek, and also included 5...

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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

NodeSource Finds $17.5M

San Francisco-based NodeSource, which develops the popular Node.js open source JavaScript library, has raised $17.5M in a Series B funding, the company said on Monday. The funding came from Silicon Valley Bank, Industry Ventures plus Crossl...

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

FLX Bio Picks Up $60M

South San Francisco-based FLX Bio, a biopharmaceuticals developer which is developing oral small-molecule drugs to activate the immune system against cancer, has raised $60M in a Series C funding. The funding came from GV (formerly Google V...

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Ripcord Gets $25M More

Hayward-based Ripcord, a developer of robotic systems used to digitize paper records automatically, has raised $25M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures),Telstra Ventures plu...

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Nylas Connects With $4M

San Francisco-based Nylas, a developer of email, calendar, and contact APIs which help develops sync email with a variety of cloud platforms, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by 8VC, and also in...

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Springboard Scoops Up $9.5M For Online Education

San Francisco-based Springboard, which provides an online service to help millennials learn skills in data science, UX design, and business analytics, has raised $9.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Costanoa Ventures, a...

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

DigitalGenius Gets $14.75M For AI Tools

San Francisco-based DigitalGenius, a developer of artificial intelligence software which automates customer service, has raised $14.75M in a funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Global Founders Capital, and also in...

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

SendBird Snags $16M For Chat SDK

Redwood City-based SendBird, which develops software development kits (SDKs) that power chat functions for mobile apps and websites, disclosed today that it has raised $16M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures and A...

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Monday, December 18, 2017

3TEN8 Finds $2M

San Jose-based 3TEN8 which is developing autonomous, wireless networking software to automatically predict and react to changes in wireless networks, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed last week. The funding came from S...

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Monday, December 18, 2017

Elemeno Health Snags $1.3M In Seed Funding

Oakland-based Elemeno Health has snagged $1.3M in a seed funding round, according to the company last week, led by Launchpad Digital Health. Fred Toney of Launchpad Digital health joins the company's board with the funding. Elemeno Health d...

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

LeadSpace Lands $21M More

San Francisco-based Leadspace, a developer of a predictive intelligence software product for B2B sales and marketing, said Tuesday that it has raised $21M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Arrowroot Capital and Jerusalem Venture...

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

INSIKT Gets $50M For Lending and Credit

San Francisco-based INSIKT, which operates a white-label lending service for underbanked families, has raised $50M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Grupo Coppel, and also included First Mark Capital, Revolution Ventures and Col...

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Vayyar Imaging Sees $45M

San Francisco- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based Vayyar Imaging, a developer of imaging sensors which use radio waves to look into objects, said this morning that it has raise $45M in a Series C funding round. The funding was co-led by Walden Rive...

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Workboard Raises $9.3M For Strategy Management Software

Redwood City-based Workboard, which develops strategy management software, has raised $9.3M in a Series A funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding came from new investors Floodgate and Microsoft Ventures, plus its exis...

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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Affirm Adds $200M

San Francisco-based Affirm, founded by Max Levchin, has raised $200M in a Series E funding, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding came from GIC, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Spark Capital, Caffeinated...

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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Ouster Picks Up $27M

San Francisco-based Ouster, a developer of LIDAR technology, said today that it has raised $27M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Cox Enterprises, and also included Fontinalis Partners, Amity Ventures, Constellation Technolo...

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Monday, December 11, 2017

BitGo Picks Up $42.5M For Bitcoin Wallet

Palo Alto-based BitGo, a developer of Bitcoin wallet software, has raised $42.5M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Valor Equity Partners, and also included angels David Sacks and Bill Lee, along wi...

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Monday, December 11, 2017

Menlo Security Gains $40M

Menlo Park-based Menlo Security, which develops malware isolation tools, said this morning that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from American Express Ventures, Ericsson Ventures and HSBC, as well as JPMorgan...

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Monday, December 11, 2017

Fuzzy Pet Health Raises $4.5M

San Francisco-based Fuzzy Pet Health, a subscription-based pet healthcare startup, announced this morning that it has raised $4.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was was co-led by Eniac Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, with participati...

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Thursday, December 7, 2017

PullRequest Gets $2.3M For Code Review Help

PullRequest, a Y Combinator startup which provides on-demand, code reviews of CSS, has raised $2.3M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Gradient Ventures, and also included The Slack Fund, Fika Ventures, Defy Ventures, Lynett Capi...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Fetch Robotics Picks Up $25M More

San Jose-based Fetch Robotics, a developer of robotic systems for automating the transportation of materials in warehouses, factories, and distribution centers, has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Sway Ventures, an...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Asilomar Bio Gets $12.25M

San Francisco-based Asilomar Bio a developer of chemicals which affect the water uptake of plant crops, has raised $12.25M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Syngeta Ventures, and also included Cavallo Ventures, Mission Bay...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

LaunchDarkly Finds $21M For DevOps Software

Oakland-based LaunchDarkly which develops software which helps DevOps software teams manage which features are being rolled out to users, has raised $21M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures and Vertex. LaunchDarl...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Kespry Collects $33M more

Menlo Park-based Kespry, a developer of software which uses drones to collect information for the construction industry, has raised $33M in a Series C funding. The funding came from G2VP, Shell Technology Ventures, ABB, and Cisco Investmen...

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

H2O.ai Adds $40M For AI Software Efforts

Mountain View-based H2O.ai, a developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, revealed today that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Wells Fargo and NVIDIA, and also included New York Lif...

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Replika Finds $6.5M For AI Chatbot

San Francisco-based Replika, a startup developing artificial intelligence-driven chatbots, has raised $6.5M in a Series A.2 funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, Sherpa Capital, Phil Libin, co...

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Drawbridge Health Gets Backing From GE Ventures

Menlo Park-based Drawbridge Health, a new startup focused on healthcare technology and personal diagnostic testing, has launched with the backing of GE Ventures. According to GE, Drawbridge Health is developing proprietary technology design...

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Qool Therapeutics Gets $8M

Menlo Park-based Qool Therapeutics, which is developing non-invasive, temperature management systems aimed at treating clinical conditions in vascular surgery, cardiac arrest and trauma, has raised $8M in a Series A-1 funding round, the com...

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Medeor Therapeutics Finds $57M

San Mateo-based Medeor Therapeutics, a company which is developing cellular therapies for aid in organ transplants, starting with kidney transplants, has raised $57M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The funding was led by R...

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Monday, November 27, 2017

PacketZoom Picks Up $5M

San Mateo-based PacketZoom, a developer of software which optimizes the transfer of data between mobile apps and the Internet, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, which was announced last week. The funding was led by Baseline Ventures, an...

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Sendwithus Scores $5M For Data Driven Email Marketing

San Francisco-based Sendwithus, a developer of email marketing and campaign management tools, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding was led by BlueRun Ventures, and also included Initializ...

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Overclock Labs Snags $1.3M For Cloud Management

San Francisco-based Overclock Labs, a developer of software for managing deployment of applications across multiple, cloud services, has raised $1.3M in a seed funding. The funding came from Auren Hoffman, CrunchFund, Steven Fan (Tencent), ...

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Buildup Finds $7M For Construction Software

Palo Alto-based Buildup, a developer of software to manage construction job sites, has raised $7M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding came from TLV Partners, UpWest Labs, 01 Ventures, and Abstract Ventures,...

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Monday, November 20, 2017

Tortuga Logic Gets $2M For Chip Level Security

Palo Alto-based Tortuga Logic, a startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology, said last week that it has raised $2M in a seed funding. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures. The company is developing technology which is use...

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Monday, November 20, 2017

AISense Gets $10M For AI-Driven Voice Transcription

Los Altos-based AISense, a developer of artificial intelligence software which automatically transcribes voice conversations, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Horizons Venture...

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Monday, November 20, 2017

Scalyr Scores $20M For DevOps Log Management

San Mateo-based Scalyr, which develops cloud-based log management and server monitoring services, has raised $20M in its Series A funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included prior investo...

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Friday, November 17, 2017

Syapse Gets $30M For Precision Oncology Efforts

San Francisco-based Syapse, a developer of precision medicine products, said earlier this week that it has raised $30M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Ascension Ventures, GE Ventures, Intermountain Healthcare Innovation F...

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

EBR Systems Raises $50M For Wireless Heart Failure Treatment System

Sunnyvale-based EBR Systems, a medical device developer which is developing wireleslly controlled, cardiac pacing systems used for treating heart failure, said yesterday that it has raised $50M in private equity funding. The funding came fr...

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

PayStand Gets $6M For Blockchain-based Business Payments

Scotts Valley-based PayStand, a developer of B2B payment systems for businesses, has raised $6M in a Series A funding, to help automate business accounts receivable and payables. The funding was led by BlueRun Ventures, and also included Ce...

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Bossa Nova Picks Up $17.5M For Inventory-Taking Robots

San Francisco-based Bossa Nova, a developer of robots which help to automatically scan grocery store shelf inventory for retailers, has raised $17.5M in Series B funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by Paxion, and also ...

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Health IQ Finds $34.6M To Insure Health Conscious Individuals

Mountain View-based Health IQ, a startup which offers up insurance only to "health conscious" individuals, has raised $34.6M in a Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Health...

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Poshmark Lands $87.5M More For Fashion Marketplace

Redwood City-based mobile fashion marketplace Poshmark has raised $87.5M more in a series D funding, the company said on Tuesday. According to Poshmark, the funding was led by Temasek, and also included Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

LightStep Lands $29M For Application Microservices Monitoring

San Francisco-based LightStep, a developer of a product aimed at managing "microservices" in the enterprise, has raised $29M in two rounds of funding, the company said Monday. The funding included a $7.5M Series A led by Redpoint, and a $20...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

TrueAccord Gets $22M For Debt Collection Technology

San Francisco-based TrueAccord, a startup focused on consumer debt collection, has raised $22M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The new round was led by Arbor Ventures, and also included Nyca Investment Partnership, Assurant G...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

LeanTaas Takes $26M From Insight

Santa Clara-based LeanTaas, a developer of software that uses predictive analytics, machine learning, and "lean" principles to improve the operation of hospital and infusion centers, has raised $26M in a Series B funding. The funding came f...

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Monday, November 13, 2017

Natilus Gets Seed Funding For Giant Cargo-Carrying Drones

Richmond, California-based Natilus, which is manufacturing very large, drone aircraft intended to transport freight across the world, has raised a second round of seed funding, the company said today. According to Natilus, it received a sec...

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Friday, November 10, 2017

Vector Capital Invests $77M In CloudSense

London-based CloudSense, a developer of price quoting, configuration management, contract management, and related apps for Salesforce, has raised $77M in a growth investment, the company said this week. The funding came from San Francisco-b...

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Qubole Gets $25M For Big Data Efforts

Santa Clara-based Qubole, a provider of automated, big-data software--founded by former Facebook Data Services team members Ashish Thusoo and Joydeep Sen Sarma--has raised $25M in a strategic funding, the company said Wednesday. The funding...

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Oyster Point Pharma Finds $22M For Dry Eye Treatment

San Francisco-based Oyster Point Pharmaceuticals, a startup developing therapies for treating "dry eye" and other ocular diseases, said this week that it has raised $22M in a funding round. The funding was led by Versant Ventures and New En...

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Crux Informatics Collects $10M

New York- an San Francisco-based Crux Informatics, a developer of supply chain analytics software, said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding, and emerged from stealth mode. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Principal S...

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Enview Raises $6M For Infrastructure Monitoring Using Computer Vision

San Francisco-based Enview, a developer of 3D analytics and computer vision tools used for monitoring power line and other infrastructure, has raised $6M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Lem...

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

LogDNA Finds $7M In Series A

San Francisco-based LogDNA, a developer of cloud-based logging software, said this week that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Initialized Capital. LogDNA's cloud-based services lets engineers and IT managers s...

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

LogDNA Finds $7M In Series A

San Francisco-based LogDNA, a developer of cloud-based logging software, said this week that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Initialized Capital. LogDNA's cloud-based services lets engineers and IT managers s...

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Jitterbit Gets $25M For Application APIs

Alameda-based Jitterbit said Tuesday that it has raised $25M in a funding round from private equity investor KKR, via KKR's Next Generation Technology Fund, to put towards its API integration platform, which is used to connect together vari...

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Leanplum Adds $47M In Series D Funding

San Francisco-based Leanplum, which develops mobile marketing and personalization software, has raised $47M more in funding in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also incl...

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Botanic Technologies Finds New Funding For Bot Software

Emeryville-based Botanic Technologies, a developer of "bot" software, has raised a funding round from Outlier Ventures, the company said on Monday. Botanic said it is developing a toolkit to help in the creation and deployment of bots, incl...

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Monday, November 6, 2017

MetricStream Raises $65M

Palo Alto-based MetricStream, a developer of risk management application software, has raised $65M in a funding round. The funding came from private equity investor Clearlake Capital, plus EBDI, Goldman Sachs, Sageview Capital, and others. ...

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Rallyteam Raises $8.6M

San Francisco-based Rallyteam, a startup developing software to help match their employees to skills, experiences, and interests has raised $8.6M in a Series A funding, the company announced this week. The funding came from Norwest Venture ...

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Square Adds Gradient Ventures' Patterson To Board

San Francisco-based Square said Thursday afternoon that it has named Anna Patterson, founder and Managing Partner of Google's Gradient Ventures, to its board of directors. Gradient Ventures is Google's AI-focused venture capital fund. Patte...

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Globality Adds $35M From Al Gore, Others For Consulting Expansion

Menlo Park-based Globality, which operates a marketplace for B2B, business services, said today that it has raised $35M in a funding round, which it will use to launch a new consulting practice. The funding round came from THK Equities, Rai...

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

BigPanda Ups Series B To $49M

Mountain View-based BigPanda, which develops software to automate the IT services of large enterprises, has added another $23M in its Series B funding, bringing that round to $49M, the company said on Wednesday. The additional funding came ...

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Ayla Networks Adds $60M

Santa Clara-based Ayla Networks, a developer of software for extracting Internet-of-Things (IoT) data from enterprise networks, has raised $60M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Run Liang Tai Fund (RLT) and Sunsea Telecommunicat...

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Glint Grabs $20M In Series D Funding

Redwood City-based Glint, a developer of software tools that help organization engage with their employees and help those companies better listen to the feedback of their employees, has raised $20M in its Series D funding. The funding came ...

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Instart Logic Raises $30M More

Palo Alto-based Instart Logic, a developer of tools to help improve web, mobile, and cloud application performance, said today that it has raised $30M more in a new investment round. The funding was led by ST Telemedia (STT), and also inclu...

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Ceres Imaging Picks Up $2.5M More For Aerial Image Analysis For Farmers

Oakland-based Ceres Imaging, a developer of software for analyzing aerial images and providing data to help farmers improve crop yields, has raised $2.5M more in its Series A funding, the company announced today. The funding came from Romul...

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Reali Adds $3M For Real Estate Efforts

San Mateo-based Reali, a developer of apps which help users find and purchase real estate, has raised $3M more in funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Zeev Ventures, which contributed $3M in the round. Oren Zeev of Ze...

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

VitalConnect Bumps Series C To $38M

San Jose-based VitalConnect, a developer of wearable biosensors used for wireless monitoring in both hospitals as well as for remote monitoring of patients, has bumped its Series C funding to $38M, the company said on Tuesday. The funding w...

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Waycare Finds $2.3M For AI-Driven Transportation Software

Palo Alto- and Tel Aviv-based Waycare Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at optimizing traffic management systems, has raised $2.3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Spider Capital and Innogy SE...

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Wonder Workshop Adds $41M For Robot Toys

San Mateo-based Wonder Workshop, the developer of educational, robotic toys that help kids to learn programming skills, has raised $41M in its Series C funding. The funding came from Tencent Holdings, SoftBank Korea, TAL Education Group, Mi...

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Scoutible Snags $5M

San Francisco-based Scoutible, which develops an artificial intelligence-based game for helping companies to identify and hire talented employees, raised $5M in a seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Learn Ca...

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Securonix Gets $29M For Big Data Security

Redwood City-based Securonix, a developer of big-data focused, security information and event management (SIEM) tools for the cybersecurity market, recently raised $29M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Volition Capital and...

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Jiko Banks $7.7M

Oakland-based Jiko, which is developing an alternative to traditional banks--based on a mobile app, a cash back debit card, and offering up investment options like U.S. treasuries and other high yield investments--has raised $7.7M in a Seri...

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Reflektion Adds $12M For Personalization Tools

San Francisco-based Reflektion, a developer of personalization tools for the retail industry, has raised $12M more in funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Hasso Plattner Ventures and also included existing investors i...

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Skybox Security Gets $150M For Cybersecurity Management Software

San Jose-based Skybox Security, a provider of cybersecurity management software for the enterprise, has raised $150M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The growth equity funding was led by CVC Capital Partners and its CVC Gr...

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Petcube Connects With $10M

San Francisco-based connected pet products developer Petcube has raised $10M in a Series A funding, according to the company, for its Wi-Fi enabled, pet dispensing cameras. The funding came from Almaz Capital, AVentures, and Y Combinator, a...

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

HashiCorp Gets $40M More

San Francisco-based cloud infrastructure automation software developer HashiCorp has raised $40M in a Series C funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by GGV Capital and Redpoint Ventures, and also included Mayfield and Tr...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Nimble Pharmacy Adds $28M In Funding For Rx Delivery

Menlo Park-based pharmacy delivery startup Nimble Pharmacy has added $28M in new funding, the company disclosed on Monday, in a round led by Sequoia Capital. The funding also included Y Combinator, First Round Capital, DAG Ventures and Khos...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Neuropace Finds $74M For Epilepsy Treatment

Mountain View-based NeuroPace, a developer of neurostimulation systems to treat epilepsy, has raised $74M in a funding round. The funding was led by KCK Group and OrbiMed Advisors. The company is developing a brain-responsive neurostimulati...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Harness Gets $20M

San Francisco-based harness, which develops artificial intelligence software aimed at improving the speed of release of software to end users, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Menlo Ventu...

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Monday, October 23, 2017

Zero Finds $8.5M For Mobile Banking Service

San Francisco-based Zero, a mobile banking service provider which says offers up banking-like experience through its own Visa card, has raised $8.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by ENIAC Ventures, and also included New Enterprise...

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Monday, October 23, 2017

Spoke Takes $28M In Two Funding Rounds

San Francisco-based Spoke, a developer of software used to manage support tickets for IT, office management, operations, human resources, facilities, and other departments in large corporations, said last week that it has raised a total of ...

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Monday, October 23, 2017

Solvvy Get $12M For AI Software For Customer Service

Palo Alto-based Solvvy, a developer of artificial intelligence-based software for customer service, has raised $12M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included ...

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Friday, October 20, 2017

EchoPixel Picks Up $8.5M

Mountain View-based EchoPixel, a developer of 3D, interactive virtual reality software for the medical imaging market, has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Aurus Capital, Runa Capit...

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Friday, October 20, 2017

Bigstream Gets Series A For Big Data Acceleration

Mountain View-based Bigstream Solutions, a developer of multi-core CPU, FPGA- and GPU-based hardware acceleration technology for the "big data" area, has raised a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Cota ...

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Friday, October 20, 2017

Intel Capital Invests $60M In 15 Startups

Intel Capital has invested $60M in 15 startups, the company said on Thursday, as part of its latest batch of investments. The new funding brings its total invested in companies this year to more than $566M. All fifteen of the companies were...

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Forty Seven Finds $75M For Cancer Drugs

Menlo Park-based Forty Seven, a developer of oncology drugs based on antibodies, has raised $75M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Wellington Management Company, and also included Clarus Ventures, Lig...

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

McKay Brothers Snags New Investments

Oakland-based McKay Brothers, which develops and operates low latency networks for the financial business, has received a new minority investment from Susquehanna International Group and XR Trading. Financial details of that investment were...

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Comcast Ventures Names New Execs

San Francisco-based venture capital investor Comcast Ventures said today that it has named Gil Beyda as Managing Director, and promoted Daniel Gulati as Partner. Beyda was most recently at Genecast Ventures, where he was Managing Partner. G...

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

BaseHealth Gets $8.5M For Population Health Software

Sunnyvale-based BaseHealth, a startup developing predictive population health management software, said this morning that it has raised $8.5M in a funding round. The Series C funding was led by HBM Healthcare Investments (SIX HBMN), which i...

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Backplane Gets $5M For Software Deployment Tools

San Francisco-based Backplane, a startup developing APIs to tie together web services, applications, and users, has raised $5M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding was led by Baseline Ventures, and also included ...

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Illumina Ventures Gets $230M For First Venture Capital Fund

San Francisco-based Illumina Ventures, an early-stage venture capital investor which was spun out of life sciences equipment maker Illumina, said Monday that it has raised $230M for its first fund. The fund is focused on genomics, and will ...

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Monday, October 16, 2017

Unity Influence Gets $1M For Influencer Marketing

South San Francisco- and Los Angeles-based Unity Influence, a developer of influencer advertising software, has raised $1M in funding, the company disclosed last week. Source of the funding was not announced. Unity Influence is using machin...

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Monday, October 16, 2017

Omnyway Finds $12.8M

San Freancisco-based Omnyway, a developer of digital e-commerce software for retailers, banks, and brands, has raised $12.8M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The Series A funding came from Nyca, CommerzVentures, Finte...

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Monday, October 16, 2017

LimeBike Adds $50M For Bike Sharing Service

San Mateo-based LimeBike, which operates a smartphone-driven bike sharing service, has raised $50M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The new round was led by Coatue Management, and also included GGV Capital, Franklin Templeton ...

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Allume Connects With $3M For Personal Shopping Service

Menlo Park-based Allume, an on-demand, personal shopping service, said this week that it has raised $3M in an investment round. The funding came from True Ventures. Allume says it uses personalized data to match women with expert stylists w...

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Attivo Networks Raises $21M

Fremont-based Attivo Networks, a developer of cybersecurity software used for real-time detection of threats, has raised $21M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity with participation from existing inves...

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

ShiftLeft Snags $9.3M For Application Security

Santa Clara-based ShiftLeft, a developer of application security software, has raised $9.3M in a Series A funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures and Mayfield, along with angels. ShiftLeft's...

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

eShares Gets $41M For Cap Table Management Software

Palo Alto-based eShares, a developer of software used to manage the capitalization tables of startups and other companies, raised $41M in a Series C funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Social Capital and Menlo Ventu...

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Brilliant Brings In $21M For Smart Home Automation

San Mateo-based Brilliant, a developer of smart home products aimed at helping consumers control their lighting, music, and climate using voice and touch controls, has raised $21M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by August Capita...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Shockwave Medical Finds $35M For Cardiovascular Therapy

Fremont-based Shockwave Medical, a developer of technology to treat calcified plaque that contributes to cardiovascular disease, has raised $35M in an extension of its Series C funding, the company said today. The funding came from Fidelity...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Bill.com Finds $100M For Business Payment Network

Palo Alto-based Bill.com has raised $100M in new funding, for its business payments network, the company announced this morning. The funding came from JPMorgan Chase, Temasek, as well as the lead investors from its prior rounds. The company...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

CleanFund Raises $15M In Series B

San Francisco-based CleanFund Commercial Capital, a provider of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) funding for the commercial market, says it has raised $15M in a Series B equity funding. The funding was led by entities affiliated with V...

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Monday, October 9, 2017

Sourcegraph Scores $20M For Software Tools

San Francisco-based Sourcegraph, a developer of collaborative source code development tools, said last week that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures and also included Goldcrest Capital. Redpoin...

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Monday, October 9, 2017

UrbanSitter Adds $17M For Babysitting Marketplace

San Francisco-based UrbanSitter, which operates a mobile, on-demand marketplace for babysitting and child care services, said last week that it has raised $17M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Advance Venture Partners, an...

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Friday, October 6, 2017

TripActions Adds $12.5M To Series A Funding Round

Palo Alto-based TripActions, a developer of business travel management software, said this week that it has added $12.5M in its Series A funding, bring its total Series A funding to $27.1M. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partnres ...

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Friday, October 6, 2017

QuanticMind Raises $20M

Redwood City-based QuanticMind, a developer of marketing tools that use data science and machine learning, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Safeguard Scientifics and Cervin ...

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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Stellar Labs Takes Off With $26.3M For Business Aviation Marketplace

San Francisco-based Stellar Labs, which operates a business aviation marketplace, has raised $26.3M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Global Jet Capital, a provider of corporate aircraft finan...

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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Seasoned Finds $20M In Funding For Foodservice Community

San Francisco-based Seasoned, a startup developing an online, professional networking platform specifically for the foodservice industry, has raised $20M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by TPG Growth. Seasoned.co said it wa...

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Foghorn Finds $30M In Series B

Mountain View-based FogHorn Systems, a developer of machine learning software for the industrial and commercial IoT market, has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and al...

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Angaza Grabs $10.5M For Pay-As-You-Go Clean Energy Financing

San Francisco-based Angaza, a company which is using software and technology to enable "pay as you go" pricing on clean energy improvements for "off grid" customers, said this week that it has raised $10.5M in a funding round. The funding w...

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

OpsRamp Finds $20M For Hybrid IT Management

San Jose-based OpsRamp, a developer of hybrid IT management software tools, said this week that it has raised $20M in a new funding, and rebranded the company. The funding came from Sapphire Ventures. OpsRamp was formerly known as Vistara. ...

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Roofstock Adds $35M More

Oakland-based Roofstock, which operates an online marketplace for single family rental home investing, said this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Lightspe...

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Forensic Logic Takes $20M

Walnut Creek-based Forensic Logic, a developer of network search software for the law enforcement market, has raised $20M in an equity funding round, the company said Monday. The funding came from Mainsail Partners. The company said the fun...

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

AtScale Gets $25M In Series C

San Mateo-based AtScale, a developer of business intelligence and big data software, said today that it has raised $25M in its Series C funding round. The funding was led by Atlantic Bridge, and also included Wells Fargo Securities, Industr...

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Monday, October 2, 2017

Afore Capital Raises $47M Pre-Seed Fund

San Francisco-based Afore Capital, a new "pre-seed" investment fund, said today that it has raised $47M for its first fund. The fund was founded by Gaurav Jain and Anamatira Banerji. Jain was Product Manager at Android Nexus, is affiliated ...

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Monday, October 2, 2017

Cloud4Wi Gets $11.5M

San Francisco-based Cloud4Wi, a developer of location analytics and marketing software, has raised $11.5M in a Series B funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Opus Capital and United Ventures. Gill Cogan of Opus...

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Onfido Gets $30M For Identity Verification Software

San Francisco- and London-based Onfido, a developer of identity verification software which uses just a photo of a identity document and selfie to verify users, said on Thursday that it has raised $30M in a funding round. The Series C fundi...

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Chime Collects $18M

San Francisco-based Chime, which operates a mobile banking service, has raised $18M in a Series B funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Cathay Innovation. The investment round also included Northwestern Mutual Futur...

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Roku Prices IPO, Starts Trading Today

Los Gatos-based Roku priced its IPO at $14.00 per share on Wednesday evening, saying that it is offering 15,668,000 shares of its Class A common stock in its IPO. Roku will begin trading on the Nasdaw Global Select Market this morning as RO...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

FlyData Raises $4M

Sunnyvale-based FlyData, a developer of data warehouse software, said this week that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Mirai Creation Investment Limited Partnership (operated by SPARX Group Co., Ltd.), an...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Nanoport Nabs $7M For Mobile Technology

Sunnyvale-based Nanoport, an R&D provider in the mobile technology area, said this week that it has raised $7M in a funding round. The funding came from Horizons Ventures. Nanoport says is specializes in "advanced solutions for connectivity...

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Accelo Adds $9M For Automation

San Francisco-based Accelo, a developer of software for automating services businesses, has raised $9M in a series A funding. The funding came from Level Equity, along with Fathom Capital and Blackbird Ventures. Geoff McQueen is the co-foun...

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Lively Lands $4.2M

San Francisco-based Lively, which provides a service offering online Health Savings Accounts for individuals, said today that it has raised $4.2M in a funding round. The funding came from Streamlined Ventures, Transmedia Capital, Y Combinat...

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Friday, September 22, 2017

Bastille Raises $27M For RF Security

San Francisco-based Bastille, a developer of software-defined radio-based threat detection products, said this week that it raised $27M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Spinnaker VC, Comcast, Keel ...

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Friday, September 22, 2017

Bastille Raises $27M For RF Security

San Francisco-based Bastille, a developer of software-defined radio-based threat detection products, said this week that it raised $27M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Spinnaker VC, Comcast, Keel ...

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Friday, September 22, 2017

Manifold Gets $21M For Cloud Services

San Francisco-based Manifold, a provider of cloud-based developer services, said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The funding came from OMERS Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Version One Ventures, Amplify Partners and Le...

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Activehours Raises $39M More

Palo Alto-based Activehours said today that it has raised $39M in an investment round, which was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Matrix Partners, Ribbit Capital and March Capital Partners. Activehours operates a service that...

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Flock Finds $3.5M For HR Software

San Francisco-based Flock, a developer of human resources software said it has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by The Hartford, and also included the company's existing investors. According to Flock, it will us...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Minio Raises $20M For Data Storage Software

Palo Alto-based Minio, which develops open source cloud storage software, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst Partners and Nexus Venture Partners,...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Vexata Finds $54M For Flash-Based Data Storage

San Jose-based Vexata, a developer of solid-state, data storage infrastructure, said today that it has raised $65M in a funding round. The funding came from Mayfield, Intel Capital, Lightspeed Ventures and Redline Capital. Vexata says its a...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Patreon Gets $60M In Series C

San Francisco-based Patreon, which operates a service which lets people support creators of all kinds by becoming subscription members, has raised $60M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Thrive Capital, and also included In...

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

TalkIQ Finds $14M In Series A Funding

San Francisco-based TalkIQ has raised $14M in a Series A funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included Aspect Ventures, Danhua Capital, Felicis Ventures, LINE Corp and Salesforce Ven...

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

8fit Gets $10M For Mobile Fitness, Nutrition App

Palo Alto-based 8fit, a company developing mobile fitness and nutrition programs, said today that it has raised $10M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by Creandum and Eight Roads Ventures. 8fit's apps provide tailored workouts an...

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Monday, September 18, 2017

Piper Picks Up $7.6M For DIY Computer Kits For Kids

San Francisco-based Piper, the developer of a do-it-yourself, computer kit aimed at helping children with learning STEM subjects, has raised $7.6M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Owl Ventures, and also included Reach Capital a...

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Monday, September 18, 2017

Slack Gets $250M, Now Valued At More Than $5 Billion

San Francisco-based Slack, the developer of enterprise messaging and collaboration tools, has raised $250M in a giant new funding round, which reportedly values the company at north of $5.1 billion. The funding was led by SoftBank's Vision ...

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Friday, September 15, 2017

RealtyShares Adds $28M

San Francisco-based RealtyShares, which operates an online marketplace for real estate investors, has raised $28M in a Series C funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Cross Creek Advisors, Danhua Capital, Barry Sternlich...

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Friday, September 15, 2017

HouseCanary Raises $31M For Real Estate Property Valuation

San Francisco-based HouseCanary, which develops data analytics and valuation software for the real estate industry, has raised $31M in its Series B funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from PSP Growth, and also included ...

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Costanoa Ventures Raises $175M In Third Fund

Palo Alto-based Costanoa Ventures, a venture capital firm which focuses on early-stage, enterprise technology startups, said on Thursday that it has raised $175M in its third fund. The company said its Fund III brings its total under manage...

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Tonbo Imaging Sees $17M For Night Vision Technology

Palo Alto- and Bangalore-based Tonbo Imaging, a manufacturer of night vision imaging systems for the defense, surveillance, and transportation markets, said this week that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by...

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Pegasus Solar Finds Series A Funding

Richmond, California-based Pegasus Solar, a developer of solar panel mounting systems, announced today that it has raised a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund, and also included Okapi Capital, plus angel...

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Bodega Gets Angel Backing For Automated Convenience Machines

San Francisco-based Bodega, a developer of automated, convenience machines has revealed an angel funding round, and launched its product into the market. According to the company, it raised funding about a year ago from Josh Kopelman of Fir...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Paragon Genomics Finds $8M In Series A

Haywards-based Paragon Genomics, a developer of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Cowin Venture Capital and Fosun Industrial Co., Limited, and also included Cloudstone ...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

BridgeBio Pharma Adds $125M

Palo Alto-based BridgeBio Pharma, a biopharmaceuticals developer focused on genetic diseases, said on Wednesday that it has raised $135M in a funding round. The funding was led by Viking Global Investors and KKR, and also included Perceptiv...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Apttus Takes $55M More For Sales Quote Software

San Mateo-based Apptus, a developer of artificial intelligence-driven, sales quoting software, said today that it has raised $55M in a Series E funding round. The funding was led by Premji Invest, the private equity arm of Wipro Limited cha...

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

23andMe Gets $250M For DNA Testing Efforts

Mountain View-based 23andMe announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $250M in a growth funding round. The round--which had been leaked last week--was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Euclidean Capital, Altimeter Capital and ...

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Aria Systems Adds $18M

San Francisco-based Aria Systems, which develops software that helps enterprises grow their subscription revenues, has raised $18M in a funding round. The funding was led by Madison Bay Capital, and also included Hummer Winblad Venture Part...

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Notable Labs Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Notable Labs, a provider of personalized medicine and cancer treatments aimed at treating brain cancer, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed last week. The funding was led by Builders VC, and also...

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Elastifile Finds $16M

San Jose-based Elastifile, which develops cloud-based file storage systems, said last week that it raised $15M in a series B extension funding round. The funding was led by Western Digital, and also included Battery Ventures and Lightspeed ...

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Gritstone Oncology Gets $92.7M

Emeryville-based Gritstone Oncology, a cancer immunotherapy startup focused on personalized medicine for treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer and gastric cancer, said last week that it raised $92.7M in a Series B funding round....

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Friday, September 8, 2017

Gridtential Raises $11M For Battery Storage Technology

Santa Clara-based Gridtential, a developer of energy storage technology, says it has raised $11M in a Series B. the funding was led by 1955 Capital, and also included East Penn Manufacturing, Crown Battery Manufacturing, Leoch International...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

23andMe Rounds Up $200M More

San Francisco-based genomics testing startup 23andMe has raised $200M in a new funding round, according to multiple sources, in a round that values the company at around $1.5 billion. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital....

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Orion Labs Gets $18.25M

San Francisco-based Orion Labs said on Wednesday that it has raised $18.25M in funding for its voice communications platform. The funding was led by Allen & Company LLC, and also included Argentum, The Thermo Companies (the investment vehi...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Turo Takes $92M More For Car Sharing Efforts

San Francisco-based car sharing startup Turo said today that it has raised $92M more, including a big investment from Daimler. According to Daimler Mobility Services, it was the lead investment in Turo's new funding round, which also includ...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Snowflake Computing Ups Series D To $105M

San Mateo-based Snowflake Computing, which develops data warehouse technology for cloud computing, said today that it has added Capital One Growth Ventures to its latest funding round. The company said it now has raised a total of $105M in ...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

MapR Raises $56M More As It Eyes IPO

San Jose-based MapR, the developer of big data software, said today that it has raised $56M more in a new funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The new funding comes as MapR eyes an IPO. MapR's other investors include Future Fu...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

ForgeRock Finds $88M

San Francisco-based ForgeRock, a developer of digital identity management software, said this morning that it has raised $88M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Accel, and also included KKR, along with Meritech Capital Partners a...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Roku Files For IPO

Los Gatos-based streaming television and video device maker Roku filed for an IPO on Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an offering on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, under the symbol ROKU. The IPO is being underwrit...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Vulog Finds $20M In Series B, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

Vulog, a developer of software for car rental companies, car manufacturers, and other "mobility" companies to enable ride sharing, car sharing, and other similar services, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The company said it has opene...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

LevaData Finds $5M In Funding

Sunnyvale-based supply chain analytics software developer LevaData has raised $5M in a funding round, from Tola Capital, according to the company. The startup, led by CEO Rajesh Kalidindi, says it helps enterprises reduce their supply chain...

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Gigster Gains $20M

San Francisco-based software development service provider Gigster said on Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Ashton Kutcher a...

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

ARMO BioSciences Adds $67M For Cancer Treatments

Redwood City-based ARMO Biosciences, a developer of cancer treatments, said today that it has raised $67 in a Series C-1 funding. The funding was led by Qiming Venture Partners, and also included Decheng Capital, Sequoia Capital, Quan Capit...

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Monday, August 28, 2017

Freenome Finds $7M More In Series A

South San Francisco-based Freenome said today that it has raised $7M more in its Series A funding, bringing its total raised for its disease screening company to $72M. the funding was led by Section 32, the venture firm led by former GV CE...

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Monday, August 28, 2017

MedGenome Raises $30M

Foster City-based MedGenome, a developer of cancer immunotherapy biomarkers and other genomics research and diagnostics products, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Sequoia India and Sofina s.a....

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Friday, August 25, 2017

AutoFi Gets $10M For Online Auto Financing Tools

San Francisco-based AutoFi, which offers online auto financing, said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding included Crosslink Capital, Ford Motor Credit Company and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. AUtoFi's CEo i...

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Blend Gets $100M For Mortgage Lending Platform

San Francisco-based Blend, a developer of consumer lending tools, said today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Greylock Partners, and also included Emergence Capital, 8VC, Lightspeed Venture Partne...

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

ART19 Takes $7.5M For Podcasting Efforts

San Francisco-based ART19, a developer of podcasting technology and hosting services, has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) and DCM Ventures, and also included United Tal...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Memphis Meats Gets $17M For Lab Grown Meat

San Francisco-based Memphis Meats, a startup that is developing lab-grown meat, which replaces animals with synthetic lab processes using beef, chicken, and duck cells, has raised $17M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by DFJ, and ...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Lumity Adds $19M For Health Insurance, Benefits Platform

San Mateo-based Lumity has raised $19M more in Series B funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by DFJ, and also included Social+Capital Partnership and True Ventures. The company has now raised $33M in total. Lumity is ...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Roost Raises $10.4M In Series B Funding

Sunnyvale-based Roost, which develops sensors used to monitor homes for such things as water leaks, frozen pipes, and faulty smoke alarms, has raised $10.4M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Aviva Venture...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Forward Networks Finds $16M

Palo Alto-based Foward Networks, a developer of software to help automate network management, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by DFJ, and also included Andreessen Horowitz and A.Capital Ve...

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Databricks Raises $140M

San Francisco-based Databricks, which develops big data and artificial intelligence software, said today that it has raised $140M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included New Enterprise Ass...

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Redis Labs Finds $44M For In-Memory Databases

Mountain View-based Redis Labs, which develops in-memory database software. Redis Labs, which is based in Mountain View, California and also has offices in Tel Aviv and London, said on Tuesday that it had raise $44M in a Series D funding ro...

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Stride Health Gets $23.5M

San Francisco-based Stride Health, a startup that helps provide health, vision, and dental benefits to independent workers, has raised $23.5M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by F-Prime Capital Partners, an...

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Monday, August 21, 2017

UNITY Biotechnology Adds $35M

San Francisco-based UNITY Biotechnology, which is developing biopharmaceuticals aimed at preventing, halting or reversing diseases of aging, has raised $35M in additional Series B funding, the company said last week. The new funding came fr...

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Monday, August 21, 2017

LiftIgniter Gets $6.5M For AI-Driven Personalization

San Francisco-based LiftIgniter, a developer of machine learning software used for personalization, said last week that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Storm Ventures, and also included Rincon Venture Partn...

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Friday, August 18, 2017

ZingBox Finds $22M For IoT Security

Mountain View-based ZingBox, which develops Internet-of-Things (IoT) security software, has raised $22M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Dell Technologies Capital and Triventures. Zingbox's cofounder and CEO is Xu Zou. The comp...

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Friday, August 18, 2017

ThoughtSpot Gets $60M For AI Analytics

Palo Alto-based ThoughtSpot, a developer of artificial intelligence analytics software, said on Thursday that it has raised $60M in new funding. The funding came from LightSpeed Ventures, and also included Capital One Growth Ventures, along...

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Atreca Adds $35M

Redwood City-based Atreca, a developer of cancer treatments, announced this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series B funding. The funding was co-led by Wellington Management Company and an un-named healthcare focused fund, along with ...

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Color Genomics Raises $50M In $80M Round

Burlingame-based Color Genomics, which develops genetic tests for consumers to screen for inherited, hereditary diseases, has raised $50M as part of a larger, $80M funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by CRV, along ...

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Respond Software Gets $12M

Mountain View-based Respond Software, which develops automated, cybersecurity analysis software, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by CRV, and also included Foundation Capital. Respond Software wa...

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

TuneIn Takes $50M For Online Radio

San Francisco-based TuneIn, which operates an online service which streams radio stations to listeners, has raised $50M more in funding, according to reports today. The funding came from Marker LLC, IVP, and Comcast Ventures, and also inclu...

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Monday, August 14, 2017

Flo Finds $5M For Women's Fertility Tracking App

San Francisco-based Flo, the maker of a smartphone app which lets women track their ovulation cycle, has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Flint Capital, and also included supermodel Natalia Vodianova, along with othe...

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Friday, August 11, 2017

Coinbase Gets $100M In Series D

San Francisco-based Coinbase, which operates an online exchange for digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin, has raised $100M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by IVP, and also included Spark Capital, Greylo...

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Amplitude Adds $30M For Product Analytics

San Francisco-based Amplitude, which develops product analytics software, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company announced on Thursday morning. The funding was led by IVP, and also included Benchmark Capital and Battery Ventures...

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Modern Fertility Picks Up $1M For In Home Fertility Testing

San Francisco-based Modern Fertility, a provider of fertility testing services for women, has raised $1M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from First Round Capital, Box Group, and Y Combinator. The compan...

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Netlify Lands $12M

San Francisco-based Netlify, a developer of software used to automate the deployment of web projects, says it has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), and also included investors Bloomberg Be...

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Guideline Gets $15M

Guideline, which operates 401(k) plans for growing businesses, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, the company said Tuesday. The funding was led by Felicis Ventures. Guideline is led by former TaskRabbit co-founder Kevin Busque. Guidelin...

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Super Evil Megacorp Finds $19M More

San Mateo-based Super Evil Megacorp, the videogame developer behind the title Vainglory, said today that it has raised $19M more in a funding round. Super Evil Megacorp is venture backed by General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Signia Venture P...

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Kyndi Finds $8.5M For AI Prediction Software

Palo Alto-based Kyndi, which develops artificial intelligence software, said today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series B funding. The funding came from PivotNorth Capital, Darling Ventures, and Citrix Systems. Kyndi says its software is ai...

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

MagicCube Finds $8.5M For IoT Deployment

Santa Clara-based MagicCube, a developer of Internet-of-Things (IoT) management software for mass deployment of mobile devices, said today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Bold Capital Partners and also...

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

CarDash Gets $5.3M For On-Demand Auto Repair

San Francisco-based CarDash, a new startup which helps users get their vehicles repaired at certified auto shops, has raised $5.3M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Index Venturs and Felicis Ventures, and als...

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Karius Collects $50M For Disease Detection

Redwood City-based Karius, a developer of DNA-based infectious disease testing technology, announced on Monday that it has raised $50M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Data Collective and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and ...

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Monday, August 7, 2017

Sherpa Digital Media Raises $5.5M For Video Streaming

Redwood City-based Sherpa Digital Media, a developer of video streaming software for the enterprise, said on Monday that it has raised $5.5M in funding. The funding was led by Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), and also included Rally Ventures...

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Monday, August 7, 2017

Meissa Vaccines Finds Funding

South San Francisco-based Meissa Vaccines, biotech startup developing vaccines to prevent viral, respiratory infections, has raised a seed funding, the company said last week. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding came from Fun...

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Friday, August 4, 2017

Pondera Solutions Gets Series A Funding

Gold River, California-based Pondera Solutions, a developer of software used to uncover health care and other fraud in government programs, said this week that it raised a Series A funding round. The size of the round was not announced, how...

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Friday, August 4, 2017

Botmetric Finds $3M In Series A

Santa Clara-based Botmetric, the developer of a cloud management software product, announced this week that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Blume Ventures, which is one of the funds in the Draper Venture Netw...

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Friday, August 4, 2017

Auris Robotics Gets $280M For Surgical Robots

San Carlos-based Auris Robotics, a surgical robot developer, disclosed this week that it has raised $280M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Coatue Management, and also included Mithril, Lux Capital, and Highland Capital Partners...

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Personal Capital Adds $40M

Redwood City-based Personal Capital has raised another $40M as part of a Series E funding round. The funding came from IGM, which is a significant prior investor in the company. Personal Capital had announced $25M in the Series E funding in...

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Primary Data Raises $40M

Los Altos- and Salt Lake City, Utah-based Primary Data, a developer of enterprise software used for managing data storage, has raised $40M in a second round of funding, the company announced on Wednesday. Primary Data's Chief Scientist is f...

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

VIOME Takes $15M For Applying Artificial Intelligence To Human Health

Cupertino-based VIOME, a startup which says it is using artificial intelligence combined with at-home, health testing, to provide people with insights into their personal health, has raised $15M in a Series A funding, the company said today...

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Ironclad Secures $8M For Contract Management

San Francisco-based Ironclad, a developer of a cloud-based software platform for contract management, has raised $8M in a new round of funding, the company said today. The Series A funding comes on top of an earlier $3M in funding, bringing...

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Hustle Gets $8M For Text Messaging Engagement

San Francisco-based Hustle, a developer of software to help companies and organizations connect via text messaging. The funding was led by Social Capital, and also included Canvas Ventures, Designer Fund, Foundation Capital, GSV Acceleratio...

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Impossible Foods Gets $75M For The Burger Which Isn't Actually Beef

Redwood City-based Impossible Foods, the developer of a vegetarian burger which looks and tastes like a beef burger--complete with the juicy red liquids that are the hallmark of a burger--has raised $75M more in a funding round, the company...

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Juvo Takes $40M For Identity Scoring

San Francisco-based Juvo, a developer of financial services which provide mobile identity scoring to help financial providers establish relationships with anonymous, prepaid card users, has raised $40M in a Series B funding. The round was l...

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Flutterwave Connects With $10M For African Payments

San Francisco-based Flutterwave, a developer of payment infrastructure services aimed at banks and businesses in Africa, said on Monday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by Greycroft Partners and Green...

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Limelight Health Adds $7M For Health Plan Quotes

Redding-based Limelight Health, a developer of health insurance quoting, sales, enrollment, and renewal software for the employee benefits market, has raised $7M in a new funding, the company said today. The funding was led by MassMutual Ve...

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Monday, July 31, 2017

Reddit Lands $200M Funding Round, Says Report

San Francisco-based Reddit has raised a $200M, new round of funding, according to a report on Monday, which says the round values the company at over $1.8 billion. Size of the funding round was not announced. The funding came from Andreesse...

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Monday, July 31, 2017

Kezar Life Sciences Raises $50M In Series B

South San Francisco-based Kezar Life Sciences said last week that it has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Cormorant Asset Management and Morningside Venture, and also included Cowen Healthcare Investments, Pappas Ve...

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Friday, July 28, 2017

Marqeta Adds $25M For Open Card APIs

Oakland-based Marqeta, a developer of open APIs which standardize commercial card processing interfaces for card issuers and others, has raised $25M more in a Series D funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Visa, and ...

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Friday, July 28, 2017

Peer5 Picks Up $2.5M For P2P CDN

Palo Alto-based content delivery network operator Peer5 said this week that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from FundersClub, Oriza Ventures, Tank Hill Ventures, Leorsa Group, plus angels. Peer5's CDN network u...

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

Workato Takes $10M For Automation Software

Cupertino-based Workato, a developer of automation software for the enterprise, said earlier this month that it has raised $10M in a new funding round. The funding came from Storm Ventures, Salesforce, and Workday. The company says it haw n...

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

WalkMe Gets $75M More From Insight

San Francisco-based WalkMe, which develops software that helps guide users through websites and software, has raised $75M more from Insight Venture Partners, the company announced today. The company had announced an earlier tranche of $50M ...

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

August Home Finds $25M More For Smart Locks

San Francisco-based smart lock maker August said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Maveron and Qualcomm Ventures, all existing investors, plu...

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Aiqudo Gets $5.2M, Merges With Sophia

San Jose-based Aiqudo, a developer of software that connects voice control software with smartphone apps, has raised $5.2M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Atlantic Bridge Capital. As part of the fundin...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Grabr Gets $2.7M More In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Grabr, which operates a marketplace which lets international travelers shop and deliver items across borders for others, has raised another $2.7M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding on Monday. The ...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

PerimeterX Picks Up $23M More

San Mateo-based PerimeterX, a developer of behavior-based, threat protection software aimed at battling bot attacks, has raised $23M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Vertex Ventures and Data C...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Cisco Backs Prospera In $15M Funding

Cisco has backed Israeli digital farming startup Prospera, as part of a new funding worth $15M, according to Prospera this morning. Prospera said it raised $15M from Qualcomm Ventures, Cisco Investments, ICV, and Bessemer Venture Partners, ...

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Monday, July 24, 2017

The Town Kitchen Takes $1M in Seed Funding

Oakland-based The Town Kitchen, a food delivery startup which helps employ low income youth and links them with chefs and startup entrepreneurs, has raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding came fr...

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Monday, July 24, 2017

Hinge Health Gets $8M

San Francisco-based Hinge Health, a developer of digital care software aimed at treating musculoskeletal disorders, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed this morning. The funding was led by Atomico, and also included ...

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Monday, July 24, 2017

Escape Technology Captures Private Equity Funding

Roseville-based Escape Technology, a developer of budgeting and payroll software for the school district market, has raised a round of private equity funding, the company said last week. The fundng came from Alpine Investors. Size of the fu...

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Friday, July 21, 2017

Dote Raises $7.2M For Mobile Shopping App

San Francisco-based Dote, a developer of a mobile shopping app which features mall brands such as Sephora, Urban Outfitters, Aeropostale, and others, has raised $7.2M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Ligh...

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Friday, July 21, 2017

Molekule Gets $10.1M For Air Purification

San Francisco-based Molekule, which develops molecular air purifiers, has raised $10.1M in a Series A funding, the company revealed this week. The funding came from Crosslink Capital, and also included SoftTech VC, Translink Capital, and Fo...

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Friday, July 21, 2017

StackRox Raises $14M For Container Security

Mountain View-based StackRox, a developer of adaptive threat protection software for containers, launched itself out of stealth this week, and revealed a $14M Series A funding from Sequoia Capital. StackRox StackRox's founder and CEO is Sa...

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Insight Engines Finds $15.8M For Big Data Software

San Francisco-based Insight Engines, a developer of big data software which applies natural language processing (NLP) technology to help extract answers from machine data, has raised $15.8M in a Series A funding. The funding, announced on T...

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Karmic Connects With $17.2M

San Francisco-based Karmic, a developer of payment card and expense management products tied into payment cards and mobile applications, has raised $17.2M in a Series B funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding came from Alsop Lou...

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Plenty Harvests $200M For Indoor Agriculture Technology

South San Francisco-based Plenty, a developer of large scale, indoor farming technology, has raised $200M in a Series B funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by the SoftBank Vision Fund, and also included affiliates of...

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Plexchat Gets $7M

Redwood City-based Plexchat, which develops communications software for mobile gamers, has raised $7M in a seed funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Raine Ventures, and also included First Round Capital, Dream Inc...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Particle Picks Up $20M For IoT SDKs

San Francisco-based Particle, which develops a set of hardware- and software- development kits and APIs for implementing Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, the company announced on Wednesday. The ...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Lever Lands $30M In Series C

San Francisco-based Lever, which develops software for managing talent recruiting efforts by companies, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Adams Street Partners. Mike Zappert of Adams Stree...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Nauto Gets $159M For Self Driving Auto Technology

Palo Alto-based Nauto, a developer of artificial intelligence software used for enabling self-driving, autonomous vehicles, has raised $159M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by SoftBank Group Corp. an...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Shift Snaps Up $37M For Used Car Marketplace

San Francisco-based Shift, which operates an online used car marketplace, disclosed this morning that it has raised $37M more in funding. The funding round came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and G...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Corelight Secures $9.2M

San Francisco-based Corelight, a developer of network appliances used to monitor networks for cybersecurity incident response and monitoring, has raised $9.2M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included O...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Embark Gets $15M For Self Driving Trucks

San Francisco-based Embark, a developer of self-driving truck technology, has raised $15M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Data Collective, and also included YC Continuity, Maven Ventures and SV Angel. E...

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Monday, July 17, 2017

Awake Security Gets $30M

Mountain View-based Awake Security, a developer of tools to help security teams investigate, detect, and hunt for threats, has raised $30M in a funding round. The funding came from Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures. Asheem Chadna ...

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Monday, July 17, 2017

PeopleGrove Connects With $1.8M

San Francisco-based PeopleGrove, a startup developing software which helps connect students and alumni of schools with advisers, coaches, and mentors, has raised $1.8M in a seed funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was l...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Gong.io Grabs $20 For Sales AI

San Mateo-based Gong.io, a company developing artificial intelligence and machine learning software specifically aimed at improving sales performance of salespeople, said on Wednesday that it has raised $20M in a Series A1 funding. The fund...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Aptrinsic Gets $7.2M For Personalization Software

San Mateo-based Aptrinsic, a developer of personalization software, has raised $7.2M in a Series A funding. The round was co-led by Storm Ventures and Opus Capital. Aptrinsic is led by CEO Nick Bonfiglio, former EVP of Global Product at Ma...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Google Launches New Venture Fund, Gradient Ventures

Google announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has created a brand new, venture capital fund, called Gradient Ventures, which it says will invest in early-stage startups focused on artificial intelligence. Google said the fund will provide c...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Advanced Microgrid Solutions Gets $34M

San Francisco-based Advanced Microgrid Solutions, a developer of energy storage and distributed energy projects, has raised $34M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), and also included GE Venture...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Blackhorn Ventures Gets $13M For First Venture Fund, Target At $25M

Palo Alto- and Boulder, Colorado--based Blackhorn Ventures, a new venture capital fund, has raised $13M as part of its first fund, targeted at $25M, according to a regulatory filing by the company this week. TBlackhorn says it invests in In...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

AutoLotto Picks Up $17M for Mobile Lottery App

San Francisco-based AutoLotto, which develops an app and service which lets users play the Powerball using their mobile phone, has raised $17M in a Series A funding. The company says it has now raised a total of $19M in funding, from such i...

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Monday, July 10, 2017

Hydrofarm Gets Private Equity Injection

Petaluma-based Hydrofarm, a wholesaler and manufacturer of hydroponics equipment, has raised a round of private equity investment, the company announced this morning. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Serruya Pri...

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

OnboardIQ Takes $9.1M For Hiring Automation

San Francisco-based OnboardIQ, a developer of a cloud-based platform for automating the hiring process for hourly workers, has raised $9.1M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Origin Ventures, and also included SoftTech VC, ...

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Light Polymers Gains $5M

San Franciso-, Taiwan- and Korea-based Light Polymers, a company developer OLED technology, said on Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a strategic funding round. The funding was led by Tsingda International Venture Capital and TEL Venture ...

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Abl Finds $7.5M For School Scheduling Software

San Francisco-based Abl, a developer of scheduling software for schools, recently raised $7.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Rethink Education, and also included Sinovation Ventures, Owl Ventures, Reach Capital and First Round ...

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Cirtec Medical Gets $136M

Cirtec Medical, a provider of outsourced medical device design, engineering and manufacturing which has a facility in Los Gatos, has raised $136M in a funding round. The funding came from 3i Group plc. Cirtec Medical is based in Brooklyn Pa...

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Friday, June 30, 2017

Science Exchange Picks Up $28M More

Palo Alto-based Science Exchange said this week that it has raised $28M in a Series C funding. The startup, which operates an online platform for connecting companies with research and development outsourcing, said the funding was led by No...

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Friday, June 30, 2017

Make.TV Finds $8.5M For Cloud Video

Make.TV, a German developer of cloud-based, live video acquisition software has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Voyager Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and Arnold Ventures. Make.TV's plaform allows onl...

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Friday, June 30, 2017

Kinetica Connects With $50M For GPU Database Software

San Francisco-based Kinetica, a developer of GPU-accelerated, relational database software, has raised $50M in a Series F funding round, the company said yesterday. The funding was led by Canvas Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners, and a...

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Unchained Labs Gets $13M, Buys Trinean

Pleasanton-based Unchained Labs, a developer of tools used in the life sciences industry, said today that it has acquired Trinean, a developer of systems that measure protein, DNA and RNA concentration in biologics and genomics samples. Fin...

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Denodo Gets Funding From HGGC

Palo Alto-based Denodo, a developer of data virtualization software, has raised a round of private equity funding from private equity investor HGGC, the companies announced on Wednesday. Financial terms of that investment were not announced...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Platform9 Picks Up $22M More For Enterprise, Hybrid Clouds

Sunnyvale-based Platform9, a developer of hybrid cloud software, has raised $22M more in funding in a Series C round. The round was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Redpoint Ventures, and Menlo Ven...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Polybit Finds $2M For StdLib

San Francisco-based Polybit, the company which develops the StdLib software API platform, says it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by BlueYard Capital, and also included Liquid 2 Ventures, the investment firm run ...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Xcalar Gets $21M For Big Data Analytics

San Jose-based Xcalar, a developer of big data software for business analytics, has raised $21M in a Series A funding, the company said on Tuesday. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included angels Andy Bechtolsheim and Diane G...

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

JASK Finds $12M For AI Powered Cybersecurity Software

San Francisco-based JASK, a developer of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tools, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Dell Technologies Capital, and also included TenEleven Ventures, Battery Ventures, and...

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Drive.ai Parks $50M Funding Round

Mountain View-based Drive.ai, a developer of self driving software technology, has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included GGV Capital and Northern Light Venture Capital. Drive....

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Cloudflare Launches $100M Venture Investment Fund

San Francisco-based Cloudflare announced this morning that it has launched a new, $100M investment fund, which it will invest in startups building apps that use its global infrastructure. The new Cloudflare Developer Fund is bacing backed b...

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Houzz Finds $400M More

Palo Alto-based Houzz, which provides home remodeling and design information, has raised $400M in a Series E funding, the company said Monday afternoon. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included Wellington Management Company,...

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Datometry Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Datometry, a developer of database virtualization software, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company said last week. The funding was led by Reline Capital and also included Dell Technologies Capital and Acorn P...

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Vineti Gets $13.75M For Pharmaceuticals Software

San Francisco-based Vineti, a developer of software aimed at use in cell and gene therapy, has raised $13.75M in a Series A funding, the company said last week. The funding came from GE Ventures, Mayo Clinic Ventures, DFJ and LifeForce Capi...

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Vineti Gets $13.75M For Pharmaceuticals Software

San Francisco-based Vineti, a developer of software aimed at use in cell and gene therapy, has raised $13.75M in a Series A funding, the company said last week. The funding came from GE Ventures, Mayo Clinic Ventures, DFJ and LifeForce Capi...

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Satellogic Snags $27M

San Francisco- and Argentina-based Satellogic, a developer of a network of microsatellites, which it uses for earth imaging, said last week that it has raised $27M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Tencent, and also includ...

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Friday, June 23, 2017

Lingokids Finds $4M For Language Learning

Lingokids, a developer of English learning software which has its U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, but operations in Madrid, Spain, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Holtzbrinck Ventures...

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Friday, June 23, 2017

YL Ventures Expands Advisory Board

San Francisco-based YL Ventures, the seed stage venture fund which is headquartered in Silicon Valley, but invests in Israeli companies, said this week that it has added two new people to its advisory board. The company said it has added An...

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Samsara Connects With $40M For Fleet Tracking Hardware

San Francisco-based Samsara, a developer of Internet-of-Things hardware used to track trucking and vehicle fleets, has raised $40M in a Series C funding, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by General Catalyst, and also inclu...

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Rinse Raises $14M More For On Demand Laundry Service

San Francisco-based Rinse, which operates an on-demand laundry service, disclosed this week that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Partech Ventures, and also included Javelin Ventures, Arena Ventures, Accelera...

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Elevate Security Gets $2M To Reduce Human Vulnerability To Security Threats

San Francisco-based Elevate Security, a developer of software to help shift human behavior--and vulnerability--to such things as phishing scams, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Costanoa Ventures and Webb Invest...

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

CloudPost Networks Collects $4M For IoT Security

Santa Clara-based CloudPost Networks, a startup developing security and risk management software for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, says it has raised $4M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Wing Venture Capital. The company's ...

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

EaseCentral Finds $6.5M

San Francisco-based EaseCentral, a developer of human resources software, said on Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Propel Venture Partners, and also included Freestyle Capital, Compound, Upside Par...

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Cosmo Tech Gets $3M

San Francisco- and Lyon, France-based Cosmo Tech,, a developer of decision management software, said it has raised $3M in funding as part of a follow on round. The funding came from Sofimac Partners, BNP Paribas Deiveloppement, and Aster Ca...

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Monday, June 19, 2017

Alight Adds $11M For Forecasting Software

San Francisco-based Alight said on Monday that it has raised $11M in its Series A funding, for its cloud-based software for forecasting decisions. The round came from Caterpillar Venture Capital, along with angels, including Steven Berger. ...

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Monday, June 19, 2017

Samba TV Gets $30M For Smart TV Analytics

San Francisco-based Samba TV, a developer of television analytics applications for smart televisions, has raised $30M in a Series B, the company disclosed on Monday. The funding was led by Union Grove Venture Partners, and also included Dis...

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Monday, June 19, 2017

Mindstrong Health Finds $14M

Palo Alto-based Mindstrong Health, a company which is using artificial intelligence and mobile apps to help diagnose neuropsychiatric disorders, has raised $14M in new funding, the company said last week. The funding was led by Foresite Cap...

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Monday, June 19, 2017

EdenIQ Takes $5M More

Visalia-based Edeniq, a developer of cellulosic ethanol technology, says it has raised another $5M in funding, in the form of a growth equity round. The company said investors in the round include existing investors Flint Hills Resources, A...

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

Omada Health Finds $50M From Cigna, Others

San Francisco-based Omada Health, which operates online programs to help patients with chronic conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, has raised $50M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Cigna, and also included Civili...

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

Culture Amp Captures $20M

San Francisco-based Culture Amp, a developer of software for capturing feedback from employees, has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, and also included Index Ventures, Felicis Ventures and Blackbir...

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

ZenIQ Raises $4.6M

Los Altos-based ZenIQ, a developer of sales and marketing software, has raised $4.6M in funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Costanoa Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. ZenIQ's software is used for sales pipeli...

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Twist Bioscience Adds $27M

San Francisco-based DNA synthesis startup Twist Bioscience announced this morning that it has added $27M more in new funding, on top of the $33M it raised in March, bringing its total funding round to $60M. The company said the new funding ...

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Fortanix Finds $8M For Application Encryption Technology

Menlo Park-based Fortanix announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding, to go towards its application encryption technology, used for encrypting and handling data in applications while they are running on untrusted op...

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Compliance.ai Gets $4M In Funding

San Francisco-based Compliance.ai, a developer of artificial intelligence-based software which tracks and extracts information financial regulatory information for financial organizations, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said...

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

CrowdFlower Collects $20M More

San Francisco-based artificial intelligence software developer CrowdFlower has raised $20M in a venture funding round, led by Industry Ventures, and also included Salesforce Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Microsoft Ventures and Trinity Ventures...

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

ScriptDash Raises $23M, Rebrands As Alto

San Francisco-based ScriptDash Pharmacy, which operates an online, prescription pharmacy service has raised $23M in a funding round, rebranded itself to Alto Pharmacy, and expanded to Los Angeles. The funding round came from Greenoaks Capi...

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Monday, June 12, 2017

HelloSign Snags $16M For E-Signatures

San Francisco-based HelloSign, a developer of electronic signature software, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Foundry Group and Zach Coelius, and also included US Venture Partners, Greylock Pa...

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Monday, June 12, 2017

HelloSign Snags $16M For E-Signatures

San Francisco-based HelloSign, a developer of electronic signature software, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Foundry Group and Zach Coelius, and also included US Venture Partners, Greylock Pa...

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Monday, June 12, 2017

Nomadic Nabs $6M For Virtual Reality Entertainment Centers

San Rafael-based Nomadic, a developer of virtual reality entertainment content, which it offers via retail locations, has raised $6M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Horizons Ventures, and also included Maveron, Presence Capi...

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Friday, June 9, 2017

Algolia Adds $53M For Search Engine APIs

San Francisco-based Algolia, a developer of search engine software which is accessible to any developer via an AAPI, has raised $53M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included...

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Friday, June 9, 2017

TechieGamers Grabs $113K In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based gaming and entertainment site TechieGamers said it has received $113,000 in a seed funding round, which came from angel investor Mehran Khavarian. TechieGamers is led by Karen Tumbokon, a technology reporter who has work...

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Friday, June 9, 2017

Packagd Picks Up $7.5M

San Francisco-based Packagd, a new startup created by former Hulu CTO and former Flipboard CTO Eric Feng, and incubated at Kleiner Perkins, said it has launched out of stealth with $6M in a Series A investment. The funding was led by Foreru...

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Shortlist Gets $1.5M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Shortlist, a developer of a cloud-based product to help manage freelancers, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding, the company announced Wednesday. The funding was Impulse VC, FundersClub, Alchemist Accelerators, and also i...

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Addepar Nabs $140M More For Finance Software

Mountain View-based Addepar, which develops software used by wealth managers for client reporting, has raised $140M in a Series D funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was co-led by Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, and QuantRe...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Balbix Gets $8.6M For Breach Risk Assessment Tools

San Jose-based balbix, a developer of risk assessment tools that helps enterprises predict their cyber-breach risk, has raised $8.6M in funding, and emerged from stealth, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Mayfield. Mayfield' N...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Balbix Gets $8.6M For Breach Risk Assessment Tools

San Jose-based balbix, a developer of risk assessment tools that helps enterprises predict their cyber-breach risk, has raised $8.6M in funding, and emerged from stealth, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Mayfield. Mayfield' N...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Pinterest Picks Up $150M More

San Francisco-based Pinterest, which operates the popular site which lets people create collections of their favorite images around specific topics, has raised $150M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the company. The new fundi...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Autopilot Lands $12M

San Francisco-based Autopilot, the developer of software used for diagramming the user acquisition and marketing process, has raised $12M in a strategic investment. The investment was led by Blackbird Ventures, and also included Rembrandt V...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Scout RFP Scores $15.5M

San Francisco-based Scout RFP, a developer of cloud-based tools to help enterprises solicit requests for proposals (RFPs) for their purchasing and sourcing efforts, has raised $15.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Menlo Ventu...

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Audioburst Gains $6.7M For AI-Powered Audio Content Discovery

Palo Alto- and Tel Aviv-based Audioburst, a startup developing personalized audio discovery software, announced today that it ahs raised $6.7M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Advanced Media Inc., along with Flint Capital, 2B-An...

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Plume Picks Up $37.5M More For Mesh Wi-Fi Devices

Palo Alto-based Plume Design, which develops mesh-based, self-configuring wireless networking hardware for the home, has raised $37.5M more in funding for its efforts, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Comcast Cable,...

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Netskope Adds $100M In Funding Round

Los Altos-based Netskope, which develops cloud security tools, announced today that it has raised $100M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel, and also included Social Capital, Iconiq Capita...

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Monday, June 5, 2017

TrapX Snags New Funding, CEO

San Mateo-based cybersecurity software developer TrapX Security, a developer of cyber security software aimed at deceiving attackers, has raised new funding, and a new CEO. Size of the funding was not disclosed, although Strategic Cyber Ven...

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Monday, June 5, 2017

Kenzen Snags $5M For Health Wearables

San Francisco-based Kenzen announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a funding round, for its "smart patch", which uses sweat analysis to measure a user's vital signs. The funding came from Digitalis, Flex (formerly Flextronics), the...

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Monday, June 5, 2017

Knightscope Gets $3M For Security Robots

Mountain View-based Knightscope, which develops autonomous robots which provide physical physical security support, has raised $3M in a strategic investment. The funding came from Konica Minolta, and is split between $1M in immediate fundin...

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Evident.io Gets Funding From In-Q-Tel

Pleasanton-based Evident.io, which develops cybersecurity and compliance automation software for the public cloud, has scored an investment from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community. Size of the strategic investme...

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Concord Connects With $3.7M

San Francisco-based Concord, a developer of contract management software, has raised $3.7M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alven Capital, and also included Streamlined Ventures, Bruno Deschamps, and Thibault Poutrel, plu...

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Salesforce Launches New $50M Investment Fund Aimed At Cloud Consulting Firms

San Francisco-based CRM software developer Salesforce announced a new, $50M investment today, focused on cloud consulting firms. According to Salesforce, the fund will help accelerate the growth of next-generation cloud consulting firms, an...

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

OnePulse Finds $3M In Seed Funding

OnePulse, which helps companies collect market research from consumers, has received $3M in seed funding, combined between a $2.07M seed funding round from Next 15 and Foundation Capital, plus another $1.07M from Beacon Capital and BBH ZAG....

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Carrum Health Collects $6.5M

San Francisco-based Carrum Health, a startup which arranges bundled service for self-insured employers, has raised $6.5M in a seed funding round, the company announced today. The funding was led by Wildcat Venture Partners, and also include...

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Riley Raises $3.1M For Real Estate Lead Management

San Francisco-based Riley, a startup which helps real estate agents nurture leads via text, raised $3.1M in a seed funding round last week. The funding came from Y Combinator, FundersClub, Social Capital, Fuel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufi...

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

People.ai Picks Up $7M

San Francisco-based People.ai, which develops predictive sales management software, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Index Ventures, Shasta...

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Friday, May 26, 2017

Harpoon Therapeutics Captures $45M For Cancer Therapeutics

South San Francisco-based biotech startup Harpoon Therapeutics, which is developing T-cell recruiting biologic therapies for the treatment of cancer, has raised $45M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Arix Bioscience and Ne...

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Friday, May 26, 2017

Spin Scores $8M For Bike Sharing Service

San Francisco-based Spin, a startup offering up bike sharing which does not require station docking, and where bikes can be unlocked using a QR code, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Grishin Robotics, and a...

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Reali Raises $5M For Mobile Real Estate

San Mateo-based Reali, which develops mobile applications to help Millenials find real estate, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Signia Venture Partners. The company said the funding ...

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Merlon Intelligence Gets $7.65M

San Francisco-based Merlon Intelligence, a developer of risk management and compliance software, has raised $7.65M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by DCVC, and also included Fenway Summer, Nyca, and Work-Bench. Merlin said it...

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Tanium Raises $100M More At $3.75 Billion Valuation

Emeryville-based cybersecurity software developer Tanium said today that it has raise $100M in a funding round, which values the company at $3.75 billion. The funding was led by TPG Growth, and also included IVP and the company's other exis...

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

PandaDoc Picks Up $15M For Sales Management Tools

San Francisco-based PandaDoc, a developer of cloud-based software for managing sales teams, sales quoting, and deal management, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also included Micr...

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Trove Gets $8M For On-Demand Self Storage

San Francisco-based Trove, a startup in the on-demand, self storage space, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Greylock Partners. The company, currently only serves the greater Bay ...

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Unity Finds $400M More

San Francisco-based game engine developer Unity Technologies, which develops the 3D game engines used for virtual reality and augmented reality, as well as other 3D software, has raised $400M in a funding round from Silver Lake Partners, th...

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

HubHaus Gets $1.4M For Shared Housing Market

Redwood City-based HubHaus, which operates an online marketplace which lets people find shared housing with people with similar professional and other interests, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by General Catal...

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Fastly Finds $50M

San Francisco-based Fastly, a provider of content delivery services, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Sorenson Capital, and also included Sapphire Ventures, Iconiq Capital, Amplify Partners,...

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Monday, May 22, 2017

SitterFriends Snags Angel Investor

San Francisco-based SitterFriends, an online marketplace and community which connects parents with nannies for full-time, part-time, after-school, or summer care of their children, has added Mahesh Lingareddy as an angel investor, the compa...

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Monday, May 22, 2017

CreativeLive Gets $25M More

San Francisco- and Seattle-based CreativeLive, which provides online, video-based classes on a range of subjects ranging from Adobe design software to commercial photograph, has raised $25M more in funding. The new funding was led by GSV Ac...

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Friday, May 19, 2017

Menlo Ventures Announces $450M Fund, Menlo Ventures XIV

Menlo Park-based venture capital investor Menlo Ventures announced on Thursday that it has raised a $450M, venture capital fund--its fourteenth--and also opened up a new office in San Francisco. Menlo Ventures XIV will focus on early-stage ...

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Friday, May 19, 2017

Eat Club Finds $30M For Corporate Lunch Delivery

Redwood City-based Eat Club, which provides catering of lunches to companies, but allows employees to select their own choice for lunch, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company disclosed on Friday. The funding was led by Sodexo, ...

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Friday, May 19, 2017

Xilinx Backs DeePhi Tech

San Jose-based Xilinx said on Thursday that it has invested in DeePhi Tech, a developer of machine learning software focused on deep compression, compiling toolchain, and system-level optimization. Size of the investment was not disclosed. ...

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Wandera Secures $27.5M

San Francisco-based Wandera, a developer of enterprise mobile security and policy software, announced this morning that it has raised $27.5M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by new investor Sapphire Ventures, and also included Bes...

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Frame Finds $16M For Browser-Based Desktops

San Mateo-based Frame, a developer of software which allows users to run desktop environments in their browser, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures, Microsoft Ventu...

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Mocana Takes $11M For IoT Security

San Francisco-based Mocana, a developer of security products for industrial control systems and the Internet-of-Things, has raised $11M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Sway Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Tr...

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

ChargePoint Adds $24M In Funding

Campbell, California-based electric charging network ChargePoint has raised another $24M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing from the firm, bringing its total funding raised to $279M. Details on the funding were not announce...

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Google's CSquared Gets New Investors

CSquared, an effort started at Google in 2013 to bring high speed, urban fiber to Africa, has signed up three new partners as investors in the effort, Google said today, adding Convergence Partners, International Finance Corporation (IFC), ...

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Nexla Nabs $3.5M For Machine Learning Data Software

San Francisco-based Nexla, which develops software to help prep data for machine learning applications, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Blumberg Capital, and also included Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital a...

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Symphony Communications Connects With $63M

Palo Alto-based Symphony Communications Services, a developer of enterprise collaboration and communications tools, announced today that it has raised $63M in a new funding round. The funding was led by BNP Paribas, and also included its pr...

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

OpenGov Gets $30M

Redwood City-based OpenGov, a developer of software used by governments for open data efforts, budgeting, operational intelligence, and other efforts to help provide financial transparency to citizens, said today that it has raised $30M in ...

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Razer Snags New Funding In Deal With 3 Group

San Francisco-based gaming accessory maker Razer has received a new funding round from Horizons Ventures, the company disclosed today, as part of a strategic alliance with Hong Kong-based mobile phone carrier 3 Group. Size of that investmen...

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Monday, May 15, 2017

WinView Wins $12M For Second Screen, Sports Predication Games

San Francisco-based WinView, a developer of second-screen, live TV apps used for sports predictions, has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Graham Holdings Company, Discovery Communications, Ted Leonsis' Monumental Spo...

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Mintigo Adds $10M

San Mateo-based artificial intelligence software developer Mintigo announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a funding round, which came from Glilot Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital IL, Adams Street Partners, Giza Venture Capital, ...

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Friday, May 12, 2017

Bunker Banks $6M For Small Business Insurance Efforts

San Francisco-based Bunker, a startup providing small business insurance, said on Thursday that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The company has now raised $8M in total. The funding was led by Omidyar Network, and also include...

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Lighthouse Lights Up With $17M In Funding

Lighthouse, the developer of an interactive, home assistant focused on security, has raised $17M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Eclipse Ventures, and also included Playground Global, SignalFire, an...

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

AppOnboard Finds $4M For App Demo Software

San Francisco- and Los Angeles-based AppOnboard, a startup led by AdColony founding CEO Jonathan Zweig, said Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The round came from Troy Capital Partners, London Venture Partners, Ophir CG, ...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Qordoba Snags $5M

San Francisco-based Qordoba, a provider of machine learning software used for language localization, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The funding came from Upfront Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. Qordoba...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Tubi TV Finds $20M

San Francisco-based Tubi TV, which offers up an ad-supported, free online streaming TV and movie service, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Jump Capital, and also included Foundation Capital, Danhua Capital...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Vera Gets $15M From Hasso Plattner Ventures

Palo Alto-based Vera, a developer of data security software, said today that it has raised $15M in a strategic investment round, led by Hasso Plattner Ventures (HP-Ventures). The funding also included Battery Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

RedLock Lands $12M For Cloud Security Tools

Menlo Park-based Redlock, a developer of cloud-based security software aimed at public cloud deployments, has raised $12M in a funding, the company said today. The funding came from Sierra Ventures, Storm Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Plume Links Into Funding From Comcast

Palo Alto-based Plume, a developer of mesh, Wi-Fi networking devices, has scored backing from Comcast, as part of the launch of a brand new Wi-Fi networking service from Comcast. Comcast said its Xfinity xFi service automatically configures...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Grammarly Picks Up $110M

San Francisco-based Grammarly, a developer of a service that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to help proofread writing and grammar for its users, has raised $110M in a funding round. The funding was led by General Catalyst...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Outset Medical Gets $76.5M

San Jose-based Outset Medical, a developer of hemodialysis products, said last week that it has raised $76.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from T. Rowe Price Associates, and also included Fidelity Management & Research Com...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Smule Snags $54M

San Francisco-based Smule, a developer of social music applications which let users create and share musical creations, has raised $54M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The round came from Tencent, and also included Adams St...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

SiFive Scores $8.5M

San Francisco-based SiFive, which is developing open-source, RISC semiconductors, said this morning that it has raised $8.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Spark Capital, and also included Osage University Partners and Su...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

SiFive Scores $8.5M

San Francisco-based SiFive, which is developing open-source, RISC semiconductors, said this morning that it has raised $8.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Spark Capital, and also included Osage University Partners and Su...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Falcon Computing Raises $8M For Big Data Hardware Acceleration

Santa Clara-based Falcon Computing Solutions, a developer of software aimed at accelerating big-data applications with GPUs and FPGA hardware, has raised $8M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Intel Ca...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Flex Logix Finds $5M For FPGAs

Mountain View-based Flex Logix, a developer of embedded FPGA software and IP, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Lux Capital and Eclipse Ventures, and included the Tate Family Trust. The company ...

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Friday, May 5, 2017

Nav Finds $13M For Small Business Credit Service

San Mateo-based Nav, the developer of a service to help small businesses manage their credit, has raised $13M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed on Friday. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs, and also included Point72 Ventures, ...

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Heap Collects $27M For Analytics Infrastructure

San Francisco-based Heap, a developer of analytics infrastructure, said today that it has raised $27M in a Series B funding. The funding was co-led by Menlo Ventures and NEA, and also included Initialized Capital and Pear VC. The company sa...

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Bonsai Gets $7.6M More In Series A

Berkeley-based Bonsai, a developer of artificial intelligence software for the enterprise market, has raised $7.6M more in its Series A funding, according to the company. The company has now raised $13.6M in the round. The funding extension...

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Abundant Robotics Gets $10M For Apple Picking Robots

Hayward, California-based Abundant Robotics, a developer of robots which automate the process of picking apples (the fruit, not the computer) for growers, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding was led ...

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

One, Inc. Finds $15.5M For Insurance Software

Folsom, California-based One, Inc., a develper of cloud-based software for the insurance industry, led by President and CEO Chris Ewing, has raised $15.5M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding round was led by American...

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Picks Up $45M

Santa Clara-based Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics (ACT), a medical device company which is developing an ablation catheter to treat cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, said on Tuesday that it has raised $45M in an equity fundin...

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Wavedash Games Raises $6M

Oakland-based Wavedash Games has raised $6M in a Series A funding round, the company announced today. The funding was led by March Capital Partners, and also included Lowercase Capital, Advancit Capital, CourtsideVC, Machine Shop Ventures, ...

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

ReThink Medical Finds $3M To Prevent Heart Failure Issues

San Francisco-based ReThink Medical, which is developing software which uses information from medical devices to prevent hospitalization for heart failure patients, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Emergent Medica...

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Orbital Insight Gets $50M In Series C

Palo Alto-based Orbital Insight, a developer of artificial intelligence software used for geospatial analysis, has raised $50M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, an existing investor in the company, and als...

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Monday, May 1, 2017

Deep Sentinel Picks Up $7.4M

Pleasanton-based Deep Sentinel, a developer of artificial intelligence tools which are being applied to home security, has raised $7.4M in a Series A funding, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures, and also inc...

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Monday, May 1, 2017

3DR Raises $53M For Drone Data Efforts

Berkeley-based 3DR, which develops drone technology, said last week that it raised $53M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Atlantic Bridge, and also included Autodesk Forge Fund, True Ventures, Foundry Group, Mayfield, and others...

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Monday, May 1, 2017

Calysta Gets $40M For Sustainable Feed Protein

Menlo Park-based Calysta, which is developing a sustainable protein used for fish, livestock, and pets, has raised $40M in a Series D funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd and also included Te...

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Friday, April 28, 2017

TapClicks Acquires Raven Tools, Raises $3M

San Jose-based enterprise marketing reporting software developer TapClicks said on Thursday that it has acquired Raven Tools, a developer of Internet marketing software. The company also disclosed it has raised $3M in funding from Saas Capi...

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Evidation Health Finds $10M

San Mateo-based Evidation Health, a company that is working on quantifying patient outcomes healthcare ventures, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Sanofi-Genzyme BioVentures, and also include...

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

OverOps Finds $30M In Series C Funding

San Francisco- and Tel Aviv-based OverOps, a developer of analytics software for software developers, has raised $30M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Menlo Ventures. The company h...

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Robinhood Snags $110M Funding Round

Palo Alto-based Robinhood, which develops a free, stock trading app, has raised $110M in a Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding came from DST Global, and also included Index Ventures, NEA, Ribbit Capital, ...

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Ivalua Finds $70M For Spend Management Software

San Francisco-based Ivalua announced late Tuesday evening that it has raised $70M in a equity minority funding. The funding came from KKR. Ivalua said its prior investors include the Founders and Ardian, which had invested in the firm in 20...

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Two Pore Guys Gains $24.5M For Molecular Diagnostics

Santa Cruz-based Two Pore Guys (2PG), a developer of handheld, molecular diagnostics technology, has raised $24.5M in a Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding as led by Khosla Ventures. The company's diagnostics pla...

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Twistlock Takes $17M For Container Security

San Francisco-based Twistlock, which develops cloud-based, container security software, has raised $17M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Polaris Partners, and also included YL Ventures, TenEleven, and Rally Ventures. The compan...

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Venture Reality Fund Gets Investment From HP

San Francisco-based The Venture Reality Fund, which invests in augmented, virtual, and mixed reality applications and technology, said this morning that it has received an investment from HP Tech Ventures, the new corporate venture arm of H...

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Quora Gets $85M More

Mountain View-based questions-and-answer site Quora has raised $85M in new funding, the company disclosed on Friday. The funding came from Y Combinator Continuity and Collaborative Fund, along with Tiger Global, Matrix Partners, and Faceboo...

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Friday, April 21, 2017

Gladly Finds $36M

San Francisco-based Gladly, a developer of cloud-based, customer service software, has raised $36M in a Series C funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Greylock Partners and New Ent...

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

SafeGraph Finds $16M

San Francisco-based SafeGraph, which is developing geospatial intelligence data for the machine learning area, has raised $16M in a Series A funding. The company, led by Auren Hoffman, said the funding round came from IDG Ventures USA, alon...

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Getaround Gets $45M More For Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing

San Francisco-based Getaround, which operates a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, has raised $45M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Braemer Energy Ventures, and also included Toyota Motor Corpo...

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Dome 9 Security Finds $16.5M

Mountain View-based Dome 9, a developer of cloud security software, has raised $16.5M in a Series C funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Softbank. Dome 9's software is used by enterprises to assess their network secu...

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Switchfly Gets Venture Debt From Golub Capital

San Francisco-based Switchfly, a provider of software used for loyalty programs and e-commerce for airlines, hotels, online travel agencies, and financial services companies, has scored a late stage, growth financing from Golub Capital. Fin...

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

V5 Systems Raises $12M

Fremont-based V5 Systems, which develops outdoor, security sensor systems, has raised $12M in a Series A 2 funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company says it has now raised $20M in funding for its technology. The co...

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Reltio Finds $40M

Redwood Shores-based Reltio, which develops data management software, said today that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding. The new funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included new investor Sapphire Ventures, along wi...

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Murj Gets $4.5M To Manage Cardiac Care

Santa Cruz-based Murj, a company developing software to help doctors streamline care for patients with implantable cardiac devices, has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Social Capit...

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Mux Adds $9M In Series A

San Francisco-based Mux, which develops performance analytics software for video publishers, has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Accel. Mux has previously raised funding from Y Combina...

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Akoonu Collects $8M

San Francisco-based Akoonu, which develops software that helps account executives close sales, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed this morning. The funding came from Shasta Ventures. Akoonu's CEO is Jeff Freund, the...

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Intapp Finds Funding From Temasek

Palo Alto-based Intapp, which develops business applications aimed at law firms and professional services firms, said this week that it has received a "significant investment" from Temasek. Size of the investment was not announced. Intapp i...

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Teamable Takes $5M For Job Referral Management Software

San Francisco-based Teamable, a developer of human resources, referral, and recruiting management software, said that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding this week, led by True Ventures, and also included the SaaStr Fund. The startup, l...

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Katerra Gets $130M Funding Round

Menlo Park-based Katerra, a developer of software for the construction industry which helps with integrating design with material ordering, manufacturing, tracking, and delivery, has raised $130M in a Series C funding round. The funding was...

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

PagerDuty Collects $43.8M In Series C

San Francisco-based PagerDuty, which develops tools to make sure IT teams respond and manage IT incidents, has raised $43.8M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Accel, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture ...

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

BestMile Adds $2M In Funding For Autonomous Fleet Software

San Francisco- and Lausanne, Switzerland-based BestMile, a developer of software used for the operation of autonomous vehicle fleets, said it has added $2M more in funding to its seed round, bringing the total raised to $5.5M. The new fundi...

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

FleetUp Finds $5M

Milpitas-based FleetUp, a developer of compliance software for the fleet management market, has raised $5M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Wednesday. The funding was led by HUMAX, the parent company of vehicle infotainment a...

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Plume Plugs Into $27.5M For Mesh Wi-Fi Hardware

Palo Alto-based Plume, a developer of mesh, Wi-Fi networking hardware aimed at providing better wireless service through a network of small, distributed access points, disclosed today that it has raised $27.5M in funding. The funding was le...

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Zyme Acquired By Insight Venture Partners For $100M

Redwood Shores-based Zyme, a developer of channel marketing and sales management software, has been acquired by Insight Venture Partners, in a deal worth more than $100M. According to Zyme, it had reached a definitive agreement to sell a ma...

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Smart Sparrow Finds $4M

San Francisco-based Smart Sparrow, which develops instructional design software for creating online college courses, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Moelis Australia Asset Management (...

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Branch Links Up With $60M In Series C

Palo Alto-based Branch disclosed on Monday that it has raised $60M in a Series C funding, which was led by Playground Ventures, and also included prior investors Founders Fund, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pear Ventures, Cowboy Ventures...

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Tegile Systems Raises $33M

Newark, California-based Tegile Systems, a developer of flash storage arrays aimed at use in databases, virtualized server and virtual desktop environments, has raised $33M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding...

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Friday, April 7, 2017

Lyft Lands $500M More

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Lyft has raised another $500M in funding, which reportedly values the company at $7.5M post money, according to multiple reports. Source of the new funds were not announced. The reports of the funding...

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Friday, April 7, 2017

Drchrono Picks Up $12M

Mountain View-based electronic health records and medical billing software developer Drchrono has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Runa Capital and Maxfield Capital, and also in...

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Portworx Gets $20M For Container Storage

Los Altos-based Portworx, which develops software to allow for "stateful container" storage used for software like Docker, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, and also included GE Ventures ...

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Trov Gets $45M To Insure Your Gadgets

San Francisco-based Trov, a startup which lets consumers insure their electronics, cameras, and other gadgets using their smartphone, has raised $45M in a Series D funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Mu...

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Snowflake Raises $100M For Data Warehouse Service

San Mateo-based Snowflake Computing, which operates a cloud-based data warehouse service, has raised $100M in a funding round. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included Madrona Venture Group, along with Altimeter Capital, Red...

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Cohesity Raises $90M

Santa Clara-based Cohesity, a developer of enterprise data storage products which combine backup, file, and object storage in a single platform, has raised $90M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by GV (for...

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Amino Raises $25M In Series C

San Francisco-based Amino, which maintains a database of medical claims and medical bills, which it uses to help provide better cost estimates for health procedures to employers, doctors, and hospitals, has raised $25M in a Series C funding...

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Smyte Snags $4M To Combat Email Spam

San Francisco-based Smyte, a cybersecurity startup focused on combating email spam, said last week that has raised $4M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Avalon Ventures, and also included Baseline Ventures, Founder Collect...

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Friday, March 31, 2017

JoyRun Gets $8.5M For Peer-To-Peer Food Delivery

Santa Clara-based JoyRun, a peer-to-peer, crowdsourced food delivery service, has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Floodgate, and also included Norwest Venture Partners, Visionnaire Vent...

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Raise.me Finds $12M

San Francisco-based Raise.me, an online service which lets students earn mini-scholarships from universities and colleges for specific accomplishments in high shcool, has raised $12M in a funding round. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventu...

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Looker Gets $81.5M

Santa Cruz-based Looker, a business data analytics software developer, has raised $81.5M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by CapitalG, and also included Geodesic Capital, Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meri...

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

MapD Technologies Adds $25M For Data Analytics Acceleration

San Francisco-based MapD Technologies has raised $25M in a Series B funding. MapD is a developer of technology which leverages graphics processing units (GPUs) to speed the performance of machine learning, numerical computation, and data an...

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Rigetti Computing Gets $64M For Quantum Computing

Berkeley-based Rigetti Computing, a startup working on quantum computing, has raised $64M in two round of funding. According to Rigetti, it raised $24M in a Series A funding, and $40M in a Series B funding. The Series A was led by Andreesse...

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Emergent Payments Picks Up $5M

Palo Alto-based global payment provider Emergent Payments, which is developing payment solutions for countries like India, Brazil, Malaysia and China, said yesterday that it has raised $5M in an equity funding round. The funding came from i...

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

ControlUp Connects With $10M For IT Management

Sunnyvale-based ControlUp, a developer of IT operations analytics and management software, said on Tuesday that it has raised $10M in its Series B funding. The funding was led by K1 Investment Management and Jerusalem Venture Partners. Cont...

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Antiva Biosciences Raises $22M

South San Francisco-based Antiva Biosciences, a biopharmaceuticals startup targeting treatments for pre-cancerous lesions caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, said it has raised $22M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by...

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Cognoa Collects $11.6M

Palo Alto-based Cognoa, a developer of machine-learning-based technology use to diagnose and track early signs of autism in children with developmental delays, has raise $11.6M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding ...

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Turvo Takes $25M To Tackle Shipping Logistics

Sunnyvale-based Turvo, a developer of logistics software for the shipping industry, has raised $25M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Activant Capital, along with Upside Partnership, Slow Ventures and Tony Fadell, plus Aaron Levi...

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

MasterClass Gets $35M In Series C Funding

San Francisco-based online education company MasterClass announced this morning that it has raised $35M more in a Series C funding, which was led by IVP and GSC Acceleration and Sam Lessin. Other investors in the round included New Enterpri...

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Twist Bioscience Raises $33 Million More

San Francisco-based DNA manufacturing technology startup Twist Bioscience announced this morning that it has raised another $33M in funding, bringing its total raised to $166M. Source of the new funding was not announced. The company said i...

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Zenreach Raises $30M

San Francisco-based Zenreach, a developer of a plug-and-play wireless access point which helps coffee shops, restaurants, and other provide Wi-Fi to their customers--and also collect customer data--has raised $30M in a Series C funding roun...

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Drivemode Gets $6.5M In Series A Funding To Connect Smartphones, Driving

San Francisco-based Drivemode, a developer of products which makes smartphones a part of the driving experience, without causing distracted driving, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Panasonic Corporation,...

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Paradata Raising $10M

San Jose-based Paradata announced on Thursday that it is near the close of a $10M, Series A1 funding round, for the company's cloud-based supply chain software. The funding is being led by Richmond Global and PivotNorth, and also includes S...

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Mashape Picks Up $18M

San Francisco-based Mashape, a developer of microservice API tools, has raised $18M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included CRV and Index Ventures. Mashape's primary product is Kong, software whi...

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Casetext Takes $12M To Apply AI To Legal Research

Palo Alto-based Casetext, which is developing artificial intelligence software to help with legal research for lawyers, has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Union Square Vent...

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

BioClin Therapeutics Takes $30M

San Ramon-based BioClin Therapeutics, a drug development company focused on treating metastatic cancer, has raised $30M in a Series B funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Sofinnova Ventures and Ysios Capital, ...

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

HotelTonight Finds $37M More

San Francisco-based HotelTonight, which develops a last minute, hotel room booking app, has raised $37M in a Series E funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included Battery Ventures, US Ventur...

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Mynd Gets $5.1M For Tech-Enabled Property Management

Oakland-based Mynd, which provides full-service, property management using technology tools and systems, has raised $5.1M in a Series A1 funding round. The funding was led by Jackson Square Ventures, and also included Canaan Partners, Ligh...

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Reduxio Systems Raises $22.5M For Cloud Data Storage

San Franciso- and Tel Aviv-based Reduxio Systems, a developer of storage and data management software for the hybrid cloud market, has raised $22.5M in a Series C round. The funding was led by C5 Capital, and also included Jerusalem Venture...

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

PlateIQ Dishes Up $4M In Funding

San Franc‭-based PlateIQ, which develops restaurant management software, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Elises Capital, and also included Initialized Capital, Restaurant Group...

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Monday, March 20, 2017

BEFORE Brands Bags $35M For High Tech Baby Food

Menlo Park-based BEFORE Brands, a developer of dietary supplements aimed at infants, has raised $35M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Monday. The funding was led by Gurnet Point Capital. BEFORE Brands develops dietary supplem...

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Moximed Gets $50M

Hayward-based Moximed, a developer of implants used to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), has raised $50M in a Series F funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Advent Life Sciences and Future Fund, along with N...

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Countable Collects $2M

San Francisco-based Countable, which develops mobile apps that help lawmakers provide updates to their constituents on key issues, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Canaan Partners. Cou...

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

ShopChat Wins $1.25M For Shopping App

San Francisco-based startup ShopChat, a developer of a mobile chat application which combines social chat features with shopping, has raised $1.25M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Rakuten, and also include...

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Livongo Health Lands $52.5M More

Mountain View-based digital health startup Livongo Health has raise $52.5M more in an investment, the company said on Thursday, to help it with growth efforts and international expansion. The company said the new funding was co-led by Gene...

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

AliveCor Raises $30M For Mobile EKGs

Mountain View-based AliveCor, a developer of mobile EKG technology which lets doctors monitor their patients for heart issues remotely, has raised $30M in a new funding round. The funding came from Omron Healthcare and Mayo Clinic, along wi...

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

LimeBike Lands $12M

San Mateo-based LimeBike, a bicycle-sharing startup which partners with cities to offer up bright green bikes for its residents, has raised $12M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, ...

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Infoworks Finds $15M

San Jose-based Infoworks.io, which develops an enterprise data warehouse solution based on Hadoop, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by Centerview Capital Technology, and also included N...

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Visier Sees $45M For Business Analytics Software

San Jose, California and Vancouver, BC-based Visier, a developer of workforce management software, said today that it has raised $45M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Sorenson Capital, and also included Foundation Capital...

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Innovium Connects With $38.3M

San Jose-based data switch semiconductor developer Innovium announced this morning that it has raised $38.3M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Redline Capital, and also included Greylock Partners, Walden Riverwood Ventures...

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Unifi Gets $17.5M For Business Analysis Software

San Mateo-based Unifi Software, a developer of enterprise software used for business data analysis, has raised $17.5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included Canaan Partners and Pelion P...

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Monday, March 13, 2017

PokitDok Finds $5M In Strategic Round

San Mateo-based online health marketplace operator PokitDok has raised a round of strategic investment from GIS Strategic Ventures, the investment arm of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The strategic funding is reportedly wo...

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Monday, March 13, 2017

StatX Secures $2.5M

Santa Clara-based StatX, a developer of mobile, business dashboard software, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding, the company said late last week. The funding came from Signia Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners and XSeed Capital. Ka...

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Friday, March 10, 2017

Fluxx Gets $16M

San Francisco-based Fluxx, which develops grant management software for philanthropic organizations, announced this week that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Kresge F...

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Friday, March 10, 2017

Chowbotics Finds $5M In Funding

San Jose-based Chowbotics, a developer of robots for use in the food service industry, said on Thursday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, Foundry Group, Galvanize Ventures and the ...

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Farmer's Business Network Gets $40M

San Carlos-based Farmer's Business Network, which operates an online service to provide farmers with a place to share agricultural information, gain pricing of farm chemicals, and more, has raised $40M in a Series C funding round, the compa...

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Veem Raises $24M For Blockchain Payments

San Francisco-based Veem, a cross-border, Bitcoin business payments company, said it has raised $24M in a Series B funding round. The company--until recently knwon as Align Commerce--said the funding came from National Australia Bank, and a...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Virta Health Gets $37M

San Francisco-based Virta Health, a startup which operates specialty health clinics to reverse type 2 diabetes, has raised $37M in a funding, the company announced today. The funding came from Venrock, Allen & Company, Ev Williams' Obvious ...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Lemnos Labs Raises $50M Fund For Hardware Startups

San Francisco-based Lemnos Labs, a early-stage hardware investment firm, said this week that it has raised $50M in its third fund, which it says will support early-stage hardware and growing software. The company said that, with the new fun...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Instacart Finds $400M

San Francisco-based grocery delivery service Instacart said on Wednesday that it has raised $400M in new funding. The round was led by Seqoia Capital, and also included Wellcome Trust, Y Combinator Continuity, Andreessen Horowitz, FundersCl...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Kiddom Connects With $6.5M

San Francisco-based Kiddom, which develop a collaborative learning system for the K-12 education market, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, the company announced today. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures. As part of the funding, Keith...

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Confluent Gets $50M

Palo Alto-based Confluent, a developer of streaming software, has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia, and also included Benchmark and Index Ventures. Sequoia's Matt Miller joins the company's board with the fundi...

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Caterpillar Ventures Funds Busybusy

San Francisco-based Caterpillar Ventures, the venture investment arm of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc., has made an investment in Utah-based Busybusy, a developer of software to help with labor and equipment time tracking for constr...

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Peerspace Picks Up $11M

San Francisco-based Peerspace, which operates an online marketplace to help people find offsite meeting locations, corporate event venues, photo shoot locations, and more, has raised $11M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morni...

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Friday, March 3, 2017

C3 IoT Gets New Funding At $1.4 Billion Valuation

Redwood City-based C3 IoT said late Thursday that it has raised a Series E financing round, which it says values the company at $1.4 billion. The funding was led by Breyer Capital, and also included TPG, Sutter Hill, Wildcat Venture Partner...

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Friday, March 3, 2017

Hedvig Finds $21.5M

Santa Clara-based Hedvig, a developer of software-defined storage products, has raised $21.5M in a Series C funding. The funding came from EDBI, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, the Oman Technology Fund, as well as True Ventures and Vertex Ventu...

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Friday, March 3, 2017

ChargePoint Plugs Into $82M More

Campbell, California-based ChargePoint, which operates a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has raised $82M in funding, to help expand its network into Europe. The funding was led by Daimler, and also included BMW i Venture...

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Fortscale Gets $7M

San Francisco-based Fortscale Security Ltd., a developer of cybersecurity software engine which uses machine learning and analytics to uncover insider threats and data breaches, has raised $7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Evol...

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

VeloCloud Takes $35M More

Mountain View-based VeloCloud Networks, which develops software-defined, wide area networking (WAN) technology, has raised $35M more, via a Series D funding round, the company announced this morning. VeloCloud's new funding comes a little o...

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Starsky Robotics Raises $3.75M

San Francisco-based Starsky Robotics, a developer of self driving truck technology, disclosed on Tuesday that it has raised $3.75M in funding. The funding came from Y Combinator, Sam Altman, Trucks VC, Data Collective, along with other ange...

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

GRAIL Raises $900M For Cancer Detection Efforts

Menlo Park-based GRAIL, announced this morning that it has raised $900M in a first close of a planned, $1 billion funding round. The Series B funding was led by Arch Venture Partners, and included Johnson and Johnson Innovation, Amazon, Bri...

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Dubset Media Finds $4M

San Francisco-based Dubset Media, which provides clearance services for DJ mixes and remixes on streaming media, has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Cue Ball Capital, and also included MediaNet, Neoteny 3, Resolute ...

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

LocusLabs Lands $3.5M For Indoor Mapping Technology

San Francisco-based LocusLabs, a developer of indoor mapping technology, aimed a bringing something similar to Google's "Street View" to indoor locations, has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from air transport com...

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Layer Lands $15M

San Francisco-based Layer, which develops mobile communications software for the business market, said late last week that it raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Microsoft Ventures...

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Monday, February 27, 2017

LeoLabs Lands $4M For Tracking Space Junk

Menlo Park-based LeoLabs, which is developing a commercial service to track space debris, and prevent collisions of satellites with junk in low Earth orbit (LEO), has raised $4M in a funding. The company said this morning that the funding c...

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Friday, February 24, 2017

Mercatus Gets $5.1M For Energy Management Tools

San Mateo-based Mercatus, a developer of cloud-based software used by utilities and power producers to manage their energy development projects, has raised $5.1M in a Series B extension, the company announced on Thursday. The new funding wa...

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Friday, February 24, 2017

FOSSA Finds $2.2M

San Francisco-based FOSSA, a developer of open source management and licensing software, said Thursday that it has raised $2.2M in a seed financing round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included angels Marc Benioff (...

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

TL Biolabs Gets $4M For Genetic Testing For Cattle Herds

Santa Clara-based TL Biolabs, which is developing inexpensive, $15 genomic test for dairy and beef cattle, has raised $4M in a financing round. The seed funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz and also included Refactor Capital, Josh Buckley...

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

C3Nano Finds $15M In Series D

Hayward, California-based C3Nano, which develops transparent conductive inks and films for the touch sensor and display industry, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding was led by GSR Ventures, and also in...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Diamanti Raises $18M

San Jose-based Diamanti, a developer of appliances used to help enterprises deploy "container" applications, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Northgate Capital, along with CRV, DFJ, Translink, and GSR Ventu...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Cloud Lending Solutions Finds Funding

San Mateo-based Cloud Lending Solutions, a developer of cloud-based loan and leasing software hosted on Salesforce, said yesterday that it has raised a funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Cota Capita...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Mailgun Gets $50M, Spins Out From Rackspace

Email automation software provider Mailgun, which has an office in San Francisco, announced this morning that it has raised $50M in funding, and as spun out of Rackspace. Mailgun said the funding was led by Turn/River Capital, and also incl...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

MobiTV Gets $21M

Emeryville, California-based MobiTV, a developer of software which helps cable operators delivery pay-per-view to mobile devices, the Internet, in addition to set-top boxes, has raised $21M in a funding round. The funding came from Oak Inve...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

YotaScale Soaks Up $3.6M

Menlo Park-based YotaScale, a developer of enterprise IT and cloud management software, disclosed last week that it has raised $3.6M in a funding round. The funding came from Engineering Capital, Pelion Ventures, and angels. YotaScale is le...

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Brightwheel Picks Up $10M For Education Software

San Francisco-based Brightwheel, a developer of software for the preschool and early childhood education market, has raised $10M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Chan Zuckerberg Initiativ...

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Sun Basket Gets $15M

San Francisco-based Sun Basket, which provides delivery of healthy meal kits to its customers, said on Friday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures, and also included Baseline Ventures, ...

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Lytro Lands $60M More, Targets Hollywood

Mountain View-based camera technology developer Lytro announced this week that it has raised $60M in a Series D funding round, as it launches its first virtual reality project and targets its cameras for use in cinematic projects. The compa...

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Xcell Biosciences Finds $12M

San Francisco-based Xcell Biosciences announced that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by HBM Genomics, and also included its other major existing investors. HBM Managing Dire...

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Komprise Collects $12M For Data Management Software

Campbell, California-based Komprise, a developer of data and storage management software, announced today that it has collected $12M in its Series B funding, led by Walden International. The funding also included Canaan Partners, as well as...

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

BirdEye Gets $25M More

Sunnyvale-based BirdEye, a developer of business reputation and customer experience software, has raised $25M in a new funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by World Innovation Lab (WiL), and also included existing ...

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

IOVOX Taps Into $10M

Mill Valley- and London-based IOVOX, a developer of phone data analytics software for business, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Octopus Ventures, SF Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. The...

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Dedrone Gets $15M For Drone Detection Systems

San Francisco-based Dedrone, a developer of software and hardware to detect unauthorized drones and drone threats, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Felicis Ventures and Cisco's John Chambers, along with Menlo Ven...

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Monday, February 13, 2017

Trizic Takes $3.3M For Robo Advisor Technology

San Francisco-based Trizic, a developer of "robo-advisor" technology for investment management firms, has raised $3.3M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Freestyle Capital, and also included Broadhaven...

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Mojo Networks Finds $30M

Mountain View-based Mojo Networks, a developer of Wi-Fi software used by large enterprises, universities, school districts and service providers to manage the delivery of their wireless services, has raised $30M in a combination of Series E...

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Evident.io Gets $22M In Series C Funding For Cloud Security

Pleasanton-based Evident.io, a provider of cloud security services for Amazon Web Services, has raised $22M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), plus Bain Capital, True Ventures and Venrock. Tim...

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Demisto Gets $20M

Cupertino-based Demisto, a developer of incident response case management software for the cybersecurity market, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from ClearSky, along with Accel, Slack Fund and others. As part ...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Holberton School Snags $2.3M For Software Training

San Francisco-based Holberton School, which running two-year, higher education programs for software engineering training, said Tuesday that it has raised $2.3M in a funding round. The funding was led by Daphni and also included Reach Capit...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Exabeam Finds $30M More For SIEM Tools

San Mateo-based cybersecurity software developer Exabeam said Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Cisco Investments, and also included Norwest Venture Partners,...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

HackerOne Adds $40M

San Francisco-based HackerOne, which operates a bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure service which companies use to help pay for "white hat" hackers to uncover vulnerabilities in their software, has raised $40M in a Series C funding roun...

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

SnapRoute Snags $25M

Palo Alto-based SnapRoute, which provides an open-source network stack for the data center market, has raised $25M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, ...

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Monday, February 6, 2017

TerrAvion Lands $10M

San Leandro-based TerrAvion, which provides aerial data and imagery to the agricultural sector, announced on Monday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Merus Capital, and also included Promus Ventures...

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Friday, February 3, 2017

LogicHub Finds $8M For Breach Detection Tools

Mountain View-based LogicHub, a developer of cybersecurity tools for breach detection and security automation, has raised $8.4M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Storm Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. The company says ...

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Friday, February 3, 2017

Airware Finds Funding From Caterpillar Ventures

San Francisco-based Airware, which develops software for managing aerial drone data, has scored a strategic funding from Caterpillar Ventures. Size of the investment round was not announced. The companies said the funding came in conjunctio...

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Text IQ Gets $3M

San Francisco-based Text IQ, a developer of document review and search software for the legal industry, has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Floodgate, Arjun Chopra, as well as other angels. Text IQ is led by CEO Ap...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Kinestral Gets $65M For Smart Glass

South San Francisco-based Kinestral, which develops "smart" tinting glass, has raised $65M in a Series C funding, the company said on Tuesday. The funding came from AGC Asahi Glass, Hermes-Epitek, 5AM Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investment...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Qvivr Finds $5M For Smart Wallets

Santa Clara-based Qvivr, a developer of "smart wallet" products, said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included un-named, multinational banks based in Asia. Qvivr i...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

SoundHound Finds $75M

Santa Clara-based SoundHound, a developer of voice recognition and artificial intelligence software, said this morning that it has raised $75M in a funding round. The funding came from NVIDIA GPU Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Nomura Hold...

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Monday, January 30, 2017

Tradeshift Gets Strategic Funding From Wipro

San Francisco-based Tradeshift, the developer of software that helps companies manage their business-to-business trade, receivables, procurement efforts, and more, has received a strategic investment from Wipro Ventures, the strategic arm o...

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Monday, January 30, 2017

Resilinc Finds New Funding

Milpitas-based Resilinc, a provider of supply chain analytics and risk intelligence solutions, said it has raised a strategic funding from UL on Monday. Size of that strategic fundingw as not announced. Reslinc said it serves the high tech,...

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Monday, January 30, 2017

UberCloud Finds $1.7M

Los Altos-based UberCloud, which provides cloud infrastructure for technical simulation, has raised $1.7M in what it calls a "Pre-A" funding round. The funding was led by Earlybird Venture Capital. EarlyBird's Roland Manger joins the compan...

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Friday, January 27, 2017

BitFury Gets $30M For Blockchain Technology

BitFury, a developer of blockchain technology which has an office in San Francisco, said this week that it has raised $30M in a funding round, from Credit China Fintech. According to the companies, the funding comes as part of a joint ventu...

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Friday, January 27, 2017

Reviver Finds $6.8M For Digital License Plates

San Francisco-based Reviver, which says it has developed a digital license plate which has been approved by the DMV of California and Florida, has raised $6.8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by WRV and ACK Group. The company say...

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

OZY Media Finds $10M For Online News Publishing Effort

Mountain View-based OZY Media, an online publisher providing in-depth coverage of popular topics and news, said this week that it has raised $10M in a third round of funding. The funding was led by GSV Capital, and also included Axel Spring...

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

CUneXus Solutions Raises Funding Round

Santa Rosa, California-based CUneXus Solutions, a developer of software that allow financial institutions to offer up loans to consumers via a mobile app, has raised a funding round from CFMG Ventures. Size of the investment was not disclos...

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

TripActions Books $14.6M

San Francisco-based TripActions, the developer of a mobile- and web-based travel booking aplication aimed at the business market, has raised $14.6M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and a...

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Aryaka Adds $45M For WAN Networking

Milpitas-based Aryaka, a provider of wide are networking technology and services, has raised $45M in a Series D funding, the company announced this week. The funding was led by Third Point Ventures, and also included Deutsche Telekom Capita...

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

SentinelOne Snags $70M

Palo Alto-based endpoint security software developer SentinelOne announced today that it has raised $70M in a Serie C funding round. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary via Sound Venture...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Tricentis Takes $165M For DevOps Testing

Los Altos-based Tricentis, which develops continuous testing software for the DevOps market, has raised $165M in a Series B funding, the company said late Monday evening. The funding came from Insight Venture Partners. Tricentis is led by S...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Fuse Finds $12M For UX Design Tools

Palo Alto- and Oslo, Norway-based Fuse, a developer of a set of software tools used by app developers and designers to create user interfaces, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Northzone and Alliance Venture, alon...

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Monday, January 23, 2017

Nuna Nabs $90M

San Francisco-based Nuna , a developer of a data platform to collect Medicaid data, said last week that it has raised $90M in funding. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and John Doerr. The company says that it is lookin...

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Friday, January 20, 2017

Credible Collects $10M

San Francisco-based Credible, which operates an online marketplace for student loans, said this week that it has raised $10M in a series B funding round. The funding was led by Regal Funds Management, and also included Ron Suber and Carthon...

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Thoma Bravo Acquires Planview From Insight Venture Partners

Private equity investor Thoma Bravo, which has an office in San Francisco, is acquiring majority ownership of Austin, Texas-based Planview, a developer of project management and collaboration tools. Financial details of the acquisition were...

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Split Gets $8M To Stage Software Features

Redwood City-based Split, which develops tools to help software developers control the rollout of features to end users, has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Accel, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and S...

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

DigiLens Sees $22M For AR, VR Lenses Technology

Sunnyvale-based DigiLens, a developer of technology used in augmented and virtual reality lenses, has raised $22M in a Series B investment, the company said this morning. The funding came from Sony, Foxconn, Continental and Panasonic, plu...

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

FLYR Finds $8M For Airfare Prediction

San Francisco-based FLYR, a developer of airplane fare prediction software, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round, the company announced this morning. The round was led by Peter Thiel, and also included JetBlue Technology Ventures, Str...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

TrackNet Takes $7M

Sunnyvale- and Switzerland-based TrackNet, a developer of systems designed around LoRa low power, wireless networking technology, has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Minol Zenner Group and Gemtek Corporation. T...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

IVP Promotes Loverro To Principal

Menlo Park-based venture capital and private equity investor IVP said on Tuesday that it has promoted Tom Loverro to Principal at the company. Loverro has been at IVP since April of 2015, and serves on the board of NerdWallet, and also work...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Aviatrix Gets $15M For Cloud Networking

Santa Clara-based Aviatrix, a developer of cloud networking software which makes it easier for companies to migrate applications to the public cloud, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by CRV, and also included Forma...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

d.light Gets $10.5M More For Solar Lighting

San Francisco-based d.light, which develops solar lighting and power for the developing market, has raised $10.5M more in funding, according to the company. The company said the new funding includes $5M in equity from Norfund, plus $5.5M in...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Zoom Video Communications Snags $100M

San Jose-based Zoom Video Communications, a provider of cloud-based video conferencing and online meeting software, said today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Sequoia, and also included Emergence Capit...

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Element Analytics Gets $7M For Industrial Analytics Software

San Francisco-based Element Analytics, which is developing a software analytics product aimed at the oil and gas, chemical, utility, mining and other industrial markets, said it has raised $7M in a funding round. The company said the majori...

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Yoshi Finds $2.1M For Gas Refueling Service

Are you someone who just absolutely hates going to the gas station? Palo Alto-based Yoshi disclosed this week that it has raised $2.1M in funding for its service, which charges a monthly fee plus the cost of gas to keep drivers filled up. Y...

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Friday, January 13, 2017

HouseCanary Picks Up $33M

San Francisco-based HouseCanary, a provider of real estate data and analytics for real estate investors, lenders, and other real estate professionals, has raised $33M in a Series A funding, the company said late Thursday. The funding came f...

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Roambee Rounds Up $3.1M From Deutsche Telekom

Santa Clara-based Roambee, a developer of real time, asset tracking and logistics monitoring software, has raised $3.1M in a funding from Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments, the company said this morning. Roambee said the investment cam...

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Adynxx Raises $16M

San Francisco-based Adynxx, a developer of therapeutics for treating chronic pain, said this week that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included Domain Associates. TPG's Heath Luka...

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Panzura Picks Up $32M

Campbell, California-based Panzura, a provider of cloud storage services, has raised $32M in funding, the company said Tuesday. the funding was led by Matrix Partners, and also included Meritech Capital Partners, Opus Capital, Chevron and W...

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Zetta Venture Partners Names VMware Veteran As Partner

San Francisco-based venture investment fund Zetta Venture Partners has named former VMware vice president and General Manager Jocelyn Goldfein as a partner at the company, the firm said on Tuesday. Goldfein was head of VMware's Desktop Busi...

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Phantom Gets $13.5M For Security Automation Tools

Palo Alto-based Phantom, which develops security automation and orchestration tools, has raised $13.5M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included TechOperators V...

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

POC Medical Systems Finds $21M For Breast Cancer Screening

Livermore-based POC Medical Systems, a developer of a portable, breast cancer screening test, has raised $21M in a Series A financing. The funding was led by BioVentures Investors and also included Sirius America Insurance Company, IFG Heal...

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Activehours Picks Up $22M

Palo Alto-based Activehours, a startup offering up early access to your paycheck via a mobile app, has raised $22M in a funding round. The funding was led by Matrix Partners, and also included March Capital Partners, plus existing investors...

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Monday, January 9, 2017

CiVi Biopharma Takes $40M

San Francisco-based biopharmaceuticals developer CiVi Biopharma, a biopharmaceuticals firm which is targeting cardiometabolic diseases, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company said on Friday. The investment came from Boxer Capital o...

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Monday, January 9, 2017

CloudCar Accelerates Efforts With $15M From Jaguar Land Rover

Palo Alto-based connect car services software developer CloudCar announced today that it has raised $15M in an investment round, which came from automotive company Jaguar Land Rover. As part of the deal, Jaguar Land Rover will adopt CloudCa...

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Monday, January 9, 2017

SiteOne Therapeutics Raises $15M

San Francisco- and Bozeman, Montana-based SiteOne Therapeutics said on Friday that it has raised $15M in a Series B investment round. The funding was led by Amgen, and also included Next Frontier and other investors. SiteOne is developing n...

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Bitglass Gets $45M

Campbell, California-based Bitglass, a developer of cloud security software, announced on Friday that it has raised $45M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Future Fund, NEA, Norwest, Singtel Innov8 and others. The company said the...

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Vir Biotechnology Raises More Than $150M To Fight Infectious Disease

San Francisco-based Vir Biotechnology, a new startup which says it is developing cures, treatments, and preventions for challenging infectious diseases, said today that it has raised $150M in funding, and launched the startup. The company i...

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Grail Nears $1 Billion In Series B

Menlo Park-based GRAIL, a startup that is developing blood testing technology for early stage cancer detection, is expecting to close a $1 billion, Series B funding, according to founding investor Illumina. Grail, which raised $100 million ...

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Slack Launches New Investment Fund, Slack Fund

San Francisco-based enterprise communications software developer Slack has launched its own investment fund, the Slack Fund, which is funding companies that connect to its tools. Slack said the new fund will back new companies that "bring m...

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Reputation.com Adds $20M

Redwood City-based Reputation.com disclosed today that it has raised $20M in a new funding round. The funding came from Ascension Ventures, August Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Icon Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Focus Ventures. Reput...

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

USVP Founder Bowes Dies

William K. Bowes, Jr., the founder of Menlo Park-based venture capital investor USVP, has passed away, according to the firm. USVP said Bowes passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, December 28th. Bowes founded USVP 40 years ago, i...

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Synthego Gets $41M For Genome Engineering

Redwood City-based Synthego, which develops a synthetic RNA designed for genome engineering, has raised $41M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by 8VC, and also included AME Cloud Ventures, Elements Capital, OS Fund, Alexandri...

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Magento Commerce Raises $250M

Campbell, California-based Magento Commerce, which develops e-commerce software, has raised $250M in an investment round, from Hillhouse Capital. Magento said the funding goes towards growth strategy, worldwide expansion of sales, marketing...

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Proterra Gets $140M

Burlingame, California-based Proterra, which develops electric buses and transportation technology, said this morning that it has raised $140M in an equity funding round. The Series 5 round of funding was led by a $40 million investment fro...

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

1World Online Raises $4.9M For Poll, Quiz Software

San Jose-based 1World Online, a developer of poll, quiz and survey tools used by online publishers, said Thursday that it has raised $4.9M in funding. the funding came from Brand Capital, the strategic investment arm of Bennett Coleman & Co...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Revolution Medicines Picks Up $25M For Cancer Efforts

Redwood City-based Revolution Medicines, a biopharmaceuticals firm aiming to treat cancer by attacking frontier oncology targets, proteins which drive the growth of cancer, has raised $25M in a Series A extension financing. The funding came...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

LaunchDarkly Gets $8.7M For DevOps Tools

San Francisco-based LaunchDarkly, a developer of software to help DevOps teams separate feature rollout from code deployment, has raised $8.7M in a funding round, the company announced this week. The funding was led by DFJ, and also include...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Ygrene Raises $95M In Equity For PACE Financing Expansion

Santa Rosa-based Ygrene Energy Fund, which provides Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing for the residential, multi-family, and commercial property markets, announced this morning that it has raised $95M in an equity investment. ...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

LeanData Picks Up $10M More

Sunnyvale-based lead management software developer LeanData announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, and also included Shasta Ventures and Correlation Ventures. David Hartwig o...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

DabKick Sees $750K In Seed Funding For Social VR Software

Cupertino-based DabKick, which is developing social virtual reality software to let users view photos and videos together, has raised $750,000 in a seed funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from GVA Launch Gurus and...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Providence Medical Technology Raises $10.5M

Walnut Creek-based Providence Medical Technology, which develops cervical fusion technology, said Monday that it has raised $10.5M in equity funding. The funding was led by MVM Life Science Partners, and also included Stanmore Medical Inve...

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Monday, December 19, 2016

eyeCam Gets $1.5M In Equity Crowdfunding

San Francisco-based eyeCam, which is developing 3D interfaces and display systems, said last week that it raised $1.5M in a crowdfunding effort, on Crowdfunder. The company, led by Bryan Davis, said it is in the midst of developing a protot...

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Monday, December 19, 2016

One Inc Finds $20M

Folsom-based One, Inc., a developer of software for the insurance industry, said last week that it raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV), along with MassMutual Ventures and H&Q Asia Pacific. ...

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Monday, December 19, 2016

Airbnb Aims At Flight Booking, Seeks $153M More, Eyes IPO

San Francisco-based Airbnb is looking to raise another $153M in equity, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Friday, and is also eyeing an expansion into flight booking. According to reports today, Airbnb is working on a project cal...

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Wyre Rounds Up $5.8M For Cross Border Payments

San Francisco-based Wyre, which is applying blockchain to the cross-border payment market, said this week that it has raised $5.8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Amphora Capital, along with 9fBank, Baofoo.com, Digital Currency...

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Databricks Adds $60M

San Francisco-based Databricks, a software startup which is behind the Apache Spark project, said this week that it has added $60M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Andreessen Hor...

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Personal Capital Picks Up $25M

San Francisco-based Personal Capital, which provides wealth management and professional advice driven by software algorithms, has raised $25M more as part of an ealier, Series E funding round. The new funding came from IGM Financial. Person...

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Memebox Gets $60M More

San Francisco-based Memebox said Thursday that it has raised $60M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Goodwater Capital, Altos Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Mousse Partners, Formation Group, Funders Club, Pear Ventures, Cota Cap...

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Hippo Hauls In $14M For Home Insurance

Mountain View-based Hippo, a fintech startup targeting the home insurance market, has raised $14M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Horizons Ventures, as well as RPM Ventures, Propel Venture Partners, GGV Capital and Pipeline Ca...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Tripping.com Books $35M For Vacation Home Rentals

San Francisco-based Tripping.com, which operates a search engine for vacation homes and short-term rentals, has raised $35M in a Series C funding, the company announced today. The funding was led by Princeville Global, and also included Ada...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

BlueVine Gets $49M For Small Business Financing

Redwood City-based BlueVine, a fintech startup which is providing small business financing, has raised $49M in a Series D funding, the company announced today. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, Cit...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Conversica Picks Up $34M For AI Software

Foster City-based artificial intelligence software developer Conversica announced this morning that it has raised $34M in a Series B funding round. The company develops AI software used for sales and marketing. The funding came from Provide...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Iterable Takes $23M

San Francisco-based growth marketing software developer Iterable said today that it has raised $23M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Index Ventures, CRV, and the company's other previous investors. Iterable's CEO is CEO Justin ...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Solvvy Gets $4.5 For Machine Learning

Palo Alto-based Solvvy, a startup applying machine learning to customer support, has raised $4.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Pear Ventures (formerly Pejman Mar Ventures), Carnegie Mellon...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Clear Labs Finds $13M

Menlo Park-based Clear Labs, which is using DNA sequencing technology for the molecular analysis of food, has raised $13M in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Wing VC, and also included Goo...

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Monday, December 12, 2016

Houseparty Snags $52M For Group Video Chat

Houseparty, a San Francisco- and Tel-Aviv-based developer of group video chatting apps, has raised $52M in a funding round, the company disclosed over the weekend. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Aleph, Comcast Ven...

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Monday, December 12, 2016

John Doerr, Vinod Khosla Join Gates In Launching $1 Billion Cleantech Effort

John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures are among the top technology leaders who joined Microsoft founder Bill Gates this morning in announcing the Breakthrough Energy. The new clean technology inv...

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Monday, December 12, 2016

Dynamic Signal Raises $25M More

San Bruno-based Dnamic Signal, a developer of employee communications tools, has raised $25M in a growth financing round, the company announced today. The funding came from Akkadian Ventures, Microsoft Ventures and Focus Ventures, along wit...

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Monday, December 12, 2016

Tact Takes $15M

Redwood City-based Tact, a developer of artificial intelligence software for Salesforce which helps salespeople automate data entry into CRM, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also inc...

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Friday, December 9, 2016

Thanx Picks Up $17.1M For Customer Loyalty Software

San Francisco-based Thanx, a developer of customer loyalty software for merchants, said on Thursday that it has raised $17.1M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Icon Ventures and Sequoia Capital, and also included Javelin V...

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Friday, December 9, 2016

ZEPL Gets $4.1M For Data Analytics

San Francisco-based ZEPL announced on Thursday that it has raised $4.1M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Vertex Ventures, and also included Translink Capital, Specialized Types, and Big Basin Capital. In Sik Rhee of Verte...

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Vida Health Gets $18M

San Francisco-based health coaching startup Vida Health announced this mroning that it has raised $18M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) and Aspect Partners. Vida He...

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Augmedix Finds $23M To Shortcut Medical Paperwork Using Google Glass

San Francisco-based Augmedix, a startup which is using Google Glass to shortcut the amount of time physicians have to spend on documentation for electronic health records (EHR) systems, has raised $23M in a stragic funding, the company anno...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

SnapLogic Snags $40M

San Mateo-based SnapLogic, which develops self-service, integration software for connecting cloud applications to enterprise applications, has raised $40M in a Series F funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Vitruvian...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

ConnectedYard Gets $7M For Smartphone Connected Pool Maintenance

Palo Alto-based pool maintenance automation technology developer ConnectedYard, the developer of a smartphone-connected gadget which keeps swimming pools properly supplied with chlorine, salt, and bromine, has raised $7M in a Series A fundi...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

LeadGenius Finds $4M More

Berkeley-based LeadGenius, a developer of machine learning software for ranking business-to-business sales leads, has raised $4M more in its Series B funding, the company said on Monday. The funding came from SFJ Ventures, along with Lumia ...

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Monday, December 5, 2016

Datrium Finds $55M

Sunnyvale-based flash-based storage system developer Datrium has raised $55M in a Series C funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners an...

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Friday, December 2, 2016

Grokker Gets $22.5M

San Francisco-based Grokker announced this week that it has raised a Series B funding round, for its online yoga and fitness workout videos. The funding came from SV Angel, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Interwest Pa...

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Opendoor Raises $210M, Joins Unicorn Club

San Francisco-based Opendoor, which operates an online home marketplace--with the company actually buying the inventory for its website outright--has raised $210M in a funding round. Reports from Bloomberg say the round values the company a...

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Dashbot Finds $2M For Bot Analytics Software

San Francisco-based Dashbot, a developer of "bot" analytics software, has raised $2m in a seed funding, the company announced today. The funding was led by ff Venture Capital, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners, Samsung Accelerator...

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Osterhaut Design Group Gets $58M For Augmented Reality Glasses

San Francisco-based Osterhaut Design Group (ODG), a developer of augmented reality sunglasses, has raised $58M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by 21st Century Fox, and also included Shenzhen O-film Tech C...

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Phil Finds $7.5M For Prescription Delivery

San Francisco-based Phil, a prescription refill service aimed at recurring prescriptions, reportedly has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding, from Crosslink Capital and Eniac Ventures. Phil is led by Deepak Thomas, who formerly served at eBa...

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Sudden Coffee Harvests $2.7M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Sudden Coffee, which is developing upscale, gourmet instant coffee (think Starbucks Via, but fancier), has raised $2.7M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Charles River Ventures, and also...

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

ServiceAide Takes $12M For IT Services Management

San Jose-based ServiceAide, a developer of IT services management (ITSM) software aimed at the small and medium-sized business market, raised $12M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding was worth $12M, and was led by Arro...

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Stripe Raises $150M At $9.2B Valuation

San Francisco-based digital payments provider Stripe has raised $150M more, at a valuation of $9.2 billion, the company said last week. The new funding reportedly makes the company the highest valued financial startup in the U.S. Stripe is ...

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Helpshift Scores Funding From Cisco

San Francisco-based Helpshift, which develops in-app, customer support software, said last week that it has added Cisco Investments as part of its Series B funding round. Size of the additional funding was not announced. The company had pre...

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Draper Nexus Raises $175M Fund

San Mateo- and Tokyo-based Draper Nexus, which makes early stage investments, disclosed it has raised $175M in a second fund this week. Draper Nexus makes investments in both the U.S. and Japan, and has invested in such companies as Klout, ...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Hornet Hooks Up With $8M

San Francisco-based Hornet, which develops a mobile, gay social network, has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Ventech China. The company says it has 3 million monthly active users of its app. The startup is led by Ch...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Findo Finds $7M

Menlo Park-based Findo, which develops artificial intelligence software to help users find things among their PDF files, has raised $7M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Foxit, which invested $600,000 in Findo, along with ABBYY...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Findo Finds $7M

Menlo Park-based Findo, which develops artificial intelligence software to help users find things among their PDF files, has raised $7M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Foxit, which invested $600,000 in Findo, along with ABBYY...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Shockwave Medical Gets $45M In Series C

Fremont-based Shockwave Medical, which is developing treatments for calcified cardiovascular disease, has raised $45M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Sectoral Asset Management, and also included T. Rowe Price Associates,...

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Monday, November 21, 2016

Joya Communications Finds $20M For Video Walkie Talkie App Marco Polo

Joya Communications, the developer of an instant video messaging app called Marco Polo, has raised $20M in a funding round, according to reports last week. The funding came from Benchmark Capital, and valued the company at around $100M. The...

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Friday, November 18, 2016

Apama Medical Gets $13M

Campbell, California-based Apama Medical, a medical device developer developing a catheter ablation system for the underpenetrated atrial fibrillation (AF) market, has raised $13M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Ascension Ventu...

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Friday, November 18, 2016

CodeFights Wins $10M For Recruiting Tools

San Francisco-based CodeFights, which operates a gamified service to help software engineers practice and improve their skills--and in the process, helps employers identify potential employees--said on Thursday that it has raised $10M in a ...

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

BetterUp Raises $12.9M

San Francisco-based BetterUp, a developer of employee coaching software, has raised $12.9M in a Series A funding, according to the company on Wednesday. The funding was led by DFJ, and also included SV Angel, Freestyle, and others. The comp...

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Transcriptic Takes $13.4M

Menlo Park-based Transcriptic, a developer of software to help improve the operation of lab protocols, has raised $13.4M in a Series A-1 investment, according to the company today. The funding was led by Data Collective, and also included D...

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Wearhaus Gets $4M For Synchronized Bluetooth Headphones

Did you ever wish you could synchronize your headphones with your BFF, or you wanted to share that show or movie you were watching on your laptop with all your friends--without disturbing people around you? Berkeley-based Werehaus has the s...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Womply Gets $30M

San Francisco-based Womply, a developer of front office software for the small and medium-sized business market, has raised $30M in a growth equity financing. The funding was led by Sageview Capital, along with the company's other investors...

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Sauce Labs Scores $70M

San Francisco-based Sauce Labs, a developer of a cloud-based platform for automating the testing of both web and mobile apps, has raised $70M in funding. The growth funding came from Centerview Capital Technology, IVP and Adams Street Partn...

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Monday, November 14, 2016

Roofstock Gets $20M

Oakland-based Roofstock, which operates an online marketplace for investing in single family rental properties, has raised $20M in a Series B funding, the company announced today. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also...

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Friday, November 11, 2016

Intuity Medical Takes $40M More For Blood Glucose Meters

Sunnyvale-based Intuity Medical, a developer of a blood glucose meter called the POGO, has raised $40M in a Series 3 funding, the company announced on Thursday. The funding was led by PTV Healthcare Capital, along with Luther King Capital M...

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Friday, November 11, 2016

Singular Picks Up $15M

San Francisco- and Tel Aviv-based Singular, a developer of marketing analytics software, has raised $15M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The investment round came from KDWC Venturs, Translink Capital, Telstra Ventures...

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Cape Analytics Finds $14M

Palo Alto-based Cape Analytics, a developer of machine learning and geospatial imagery software, has raised $14M in a new funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Formation 8, and also included Data Collective, XL Innov...

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

RiskIQ Raises $30.5M

San Francisco-based RiskIQ, a developer of external threat management and digital risk monitoring software, has raised $30.5M in a Series C funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Georgian Partners, and also incl...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Hired Bumps Series C Funding To $70M

San Francisco-based job marketplace operator Hired disclosed today that it has upped its Series C funding round to $70M. The additional funding came from Glenmede Capital and the Ontario Pension Fund. The Series C round initially was worth ...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Castle Gets $2M For Account Takeover Protection

San Francisco-based Castle, which develops behavioral machine learning software to prevent account takeovers, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company said the funding came from First Round Capital, along with F-Prime Capital, Fu...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Fulcrum BioEnergy Fills Up With $30M From BP

Pleasanton-based Fulcrum BioEnergy said earlier this week that it has received a strategic funding round worth $30M from BP. The company said the funding came along with a major strategic partnership focused on renewable jet fuel plants. Fu...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Practice Fusion Gets Growth Funding

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, which develops cloud-based electronic health records software, has received a growth capital investment from ORIX Growth Capital, according to ORIX. ORIX said Practice Fusion will use the capital in part...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Fillr Fills Out $5M In Funding

San Francisco- and Melbourne, Australia-based Fillr, a developer of software for auto-filling forms, has raised $5M in a Series A round, according to the company. The funding came from SoftBank China Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

indeni Finds $10M

San Francisco-based indeni, which is developing software to help IT administrators better monitor and manage their networks, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company announced early this morning. The funding came from Sequoia Capital...

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Monday, November 7, 2016

Treasure Data Digs Up $25M Funding

Mountain View-based Treasure Data, which develops live customer data analysis and management software and services, has raised $25M in a Series C funding, the company disclosed this morning. The funding was led by SBI and INCJ, and also inc...

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Friday, November 4, 2016

Indio Gets $2M For Commercial Insurance Software

San Francisco-based Indio, which is developing a commercial insurance marketplace and related tools, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from NEA, Compound, Merus Capital and 500 Startups, along with insurer Hiscox. The...

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Friday, November 4, 2016

Apartment List Lands $30M

San Francisco-based Apartment List, which operates an online apartment rental marketplace, announced late Thursday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Canaan Partners, and also included Matrix Partners ...

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

Relay Ventures Raises $150M Fund

Toronto- and Menlo Park-based Relay Ventures said Thursday that it has closed on Relay Ventures III, a new $150M venture capital fund. Relay Ventures said the fund is focused on focused on early-stage investments in mobile software, service...

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

PlushCare Raises $8M For Online Urgent Care Visits

San Francisco-based PlushCare, which is providing online "urgent care" services for patients, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and Exponent. Jeff R...

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

Fleetsmith Finds $3.1M For Mac Management Software

San Francisco-based Fleetsmith, a developer of software tools for managing corporate Mac computers, has raised $3.1M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Index Ventures and Harrison Metal, and also inclu...

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Interana Gets $18M

Redwood City-based Interana, a developer of behavioral analytics software, has raised $18M in a funding round. The funding was led by Vertex Ventures, and also included Battery Ventures, Data Collective, Allen Company, Fuel Capital and Inde...

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Freshdesk Finds $55M For Help Desk Software

San Bruno-based Freshdesk, which develops cloud-based, customer support software, has raised $55M in a Series F funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital India, and also included Accel Partners. The funding ...

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Postmates Picks Up $141M

San Francisco-based food delivery service Postmates said on Monday that it has raised $141M in a new funding round, which values the company at $600M--the same valuation as its last funding round. The funding was led by Founders Fund, and a...

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Exnodes Gets $2M For Semiconductor Inspection Technology

Fremont-based Exnodes, a developer of computational optics technology used to automate and improve the inspection of semiconductor wafers, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company announced today. The funding came from Samsung Ve...

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Monday, October 31, 2016

Unbabel Unlocks $5M

San Franciso- and Lisbon-based Unbabel, which uses machine learning software and a network of 40,000 crowdsourced human translators to translate content, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding was...

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Friday, October 28, 2016

UNITY Biotechnology Raises $115M

San Francisco-based UNITY Biotechnology announced on Thursday that it has raised $116M in a Series B funding. The funding came from ARCH Venture Partners, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Partner Fund Management, a...

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Securly Snags $4M For School Web Filtering Software

San Jose-based Securly, a developer of cloud-based, web-filtering software for schools, has raised $4M in a Series A funding, the company said thi week. The funding was led by Owl Ventures. Securly says it hs now raised $7M in total. Securl...

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Cloudian Picks Up $41M More For Object Storage Software

San Mateo-based Cloudian, a developer of object-based storage software, has raised $41M in a Series D funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Eight Road Ventures and Epsilon Venture partners, and also included L...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Habit Scoops Up $32M From Campbells For Personalized Nutrition

San Francisco-based Habit, a personalized nutrition and wellness company led by Plum Organics co-founder Neil Grimmer, has raised $32M in a funding round from Campbell's Soup Company. Campbell's had acquired Plum Organics in 2013. Grimmer s...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Baffle Takes $3M For Encryption Software

Santa Clara-based Baffle, which is developing "end-to-end" encryption software, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Engineering Capital. The company said ...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Wavefront Gets $52M

Palo Alto-based Wavefront, which runs a performance monitoring service for cloud and other application environments, has raised $52M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. The...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Benchling Finds $7M For Life Sciences Software

San Francisco-based Benchling, a developer of life sciences R&D software, said Monday that it has raised $7M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Thrive Capital, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Geoff Ralston (Y Combinator),...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Paxata Picks Up $33.5M More In Funding

Redwood City-based Paxata, which develops software to help manage data for use in enterprise data analytics and decision-making applications, has raised $33.5M in a funding round, the company said Monday. The fourth round of funding was led...

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Travelbank Picks Up $10M For Travel Expense Management

San Francisco-based TravelBank, a developer of a mobile budgeting app aimed at helping companies manage their travel expenses, has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from NEA and Accel Partners. TravelBank's software ...

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Ease Takes $13M For Marijuana Delivery

San Francisco-based Ease, which operates an on-demand, medical marijuana delivery service, has raised $13 in funding, bringing its total raised to $25M in total, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Fresh VC, and also inclu...

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Nozomi Networks Nabs $7.5M

San Francisco-based Nozomi Networks, a developer of network monitoring software aimed at the industrial networking market, has raised $7.5M in funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Lux...

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Workspot Lands $6.2M For Virtual Desktop Software

Cupertino-based Workspot, which develops virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software used by the enterprise, has raised $6.2M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Presidio Ventures, and also included Follow[the]Seed, Helion, Tran...

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Zumper Gets $17.6M For Apartment Search Site

San Francisco-based Zumper, which operates an online and mobile apartment and home rental search site, said this week that it has raised $17.6M in a funding round. The Series B funding was led by Breyer Capital and Foxhaven Asset Management...

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Verdigris Finds $6.7M For AI Driven Energy Sensors

San Francisco-based Verdigris, which is developing smart building sensors driven by artificial intelligence software, has raised $6.7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Jabil and also included Verizon Ventures, Stanford StartX Fund...

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Moov Takes $12M For Heart Rate Tracking Wearable

San Mateo-based Moov, which develops heart rate tracking wearables, said it has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Mangrove Capital, and also included BOE Technology Group. Moov develops a wearable that both tracks y...

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Ladder Lands $14M

Menlo Park-based Ladder, which says it is developing an alternative to traditional life insurance, announced that it has raised $14M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Lightspeed Venture P...

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Atipica Gets $2M In Seed Funding

San Mateo-based Atipica, a developer of machine learning software used to located job applicants and talent, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Kapor Capital and Precursor Venture...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Leanplum Lands $29M

San Francisco-based mobile marketing software developer Leanplum has raised $29M in a Series C funding, according to the firm on Tuesday. The funding was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) an...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Pay By Group Gets $3.4M

San Francisco-based Pay By Group, which develops group payment software, has raised $3.4M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by SparkLabs Global Ventures, and also included Great Oaks Capital, 500 Startups, Payment Ventures, Amino...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Feedzai Gets Strategic Investment From Citi

San Mateo-based Feedzai, which develops fraud detection and prevention technology, has scored a strategic funding from Citi Ventures. Financial terms of the funding was not announced. Feedzai says it uses machine learning and artificial int...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Sofinnova Raises $650M Fund

Menlo Park-based biotech investor Sofinnova says it has raised $650M in its newest fund, Sofinnova Venture Partners X. According to the firm, it closed the fund at its "hard cap" of $650M, after exceeding its initial funding target of $550M...

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Monday, October 17, 2016

KodaCloud Picks Up $10M

Campbell, California-based KodaCloud, which provides managed Wi-Fi services for the enterprise market, said last week that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Comcast Ventures, Celtic House Venture Partners, and ...

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Friday, October 14, 2016

Webscale Networks Raises $12M In New Funding

Mountain View-based WebscaleNetworks, a developer of e-commerce software which both can scale with fluctuating demand as well as addresses disaster recovery and failover issues, has raised $12M in a Series A-1 funding. The funding came fro...

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

VenueNext Finds $15M

Santa Clara-based VenueNext, which develops software to help venues increase engagement with their attendees, said earlier this week that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Causeway Media Partners. The company ...

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Impact Venture Capital Sets Up Shop In California

A new, venture capital firm--led by venture capital veterans Dixon Doll, Eric Ball, and Jack Crawford--says it has launched a new venture capital firm, Impact Venture Capital, and set up offices in Burlingame and Saramento. The firm--which ...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

E8 Security Snags $12M

Redwood City-based E8 Security, a developer of software used to analyze cybersecurity threats, has raised $12M in a Series B funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding was led by Strategic Cyber Ventures, and also included March C...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Mist Connects With $28M For Wireless Networking

Cupertino-based Mist, a startup developing wireless networking technology, announced this morning that it has raised $28M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by GV (Google Ventures), and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners,...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Serverless Scores $3M For Cloud App Scaling

San Francisco-based Serverless, which develops software used to help build web, mobile, and Internet-of-Things applications which automatically scale in the cloud, has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Trinity Ventur...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

PacketZoom Downloads $4.3M To Accelerate Mobile Content Delivery

San Mateo-based PacketZoom, a developer of technology which accelerates the delivery of content to mobile devices, has raised $4.3M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by First Round Capital, and also includ...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Everwise Gets $16M For Talent Development Software

San Francisco-based Everwise, a developer of talent management and development software, has raised $16M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Canvas Ventures and Webb Inv...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Zymergen Raises $130M

Emeryville-based Zymergen, a startup that is tying together data science, automation, and biology for the chemical and materials, agriculture, and healthcare market, has raised $130M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by SoftBank Gr...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Evidation Health Gets $15M

San Mateo-based Evidation Health said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B. The funding was led by B Capital Group, the venture funding group founded by Raj Ganguly and Eduardo Saverin. The funding also included GE Ventures, A...

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Soundtrap Scores $6M For Music Recording Apps

Palo Alto- and Stockholm-based online music and audio recording app developer Soundtrap announced this morning that it has raised $6M in a funding round. The funding was led by Industrifonden, and also included prior investors, plus former ...

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Friday, October 7, 2016

Q3 Investments Total $15 Billion Across 1800 Companies, Says NVCA

Venture capital investments in companies around the nation totaled up to close to $15 billion in Q3, spread across 1800 companies, according to a report from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), in its first report issued in con...

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

TapFwd Gets $3M In Seed Round

San Francisco-based TapFwd has raised $3M in a seed funding round, for its mobile data marketplace product, the company said Wednesday. The round was led by Partech Ventures, and also included AngelPad, Boldstart Ventures, Vaizra Investment...

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

HappyCo Snags $7.5M

San Francisco-based HappyCo said on Wednesday that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding, for a new startup aimed at home and commercial facility inspectors. The funding came from 500 Startups, Point Nine, Flight Ventures and the SaaS S...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Zetta Raises $100M Venture Fund

San Francisco-based Zetta Venture Partners said on Tuesday that it has closed on its second fund, worth $100M, which is focused on enterprise software. The firm--which is managed by Mark Gorenberg and Ash Fontana--said the new fund brings i...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

VRChat Gets $1.2M

San Francisco-based VRChat, a developer of a service which lets users create, publish, and explore virtual reality (VR) worlds, has raised $1.2M in a seed investment, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from HTC, along with Rothenber...

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Union Square Ventures Endorses Clinton

Union Square Ventures, the New York venture investor which is also very active in Silicon Valley, said on Tuesday that it is endorsing Hillary Clinton for President--the first time the firm has endorsed any Presidential candidate in the las...

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Restless Bandit Picks Up $10M

San Francisco-based Restless Bandit, a developer of human resources software which uses artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning to whittle through a company's past applicants for job candidates, has raised $10M in a fina...

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Tout Takes $26M

San Francisco-based Tout, which operates a video content network which links articles to videos, has raised $26M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Melohn Group, and also included Windsor Media (Terry Semel), Pittco Capital...

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Friday, September 30, 2016

Simpplr Scores $6M For Employee Help Desk Tools

San Francisco-based Simpplr, a developer of collaboration and employee self-help-desk tools, has raised $6M in a Series A funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Salesforce V...

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Shape Security Picks Up $40M For Automated Security Software

Mountain View-based Shape Security announced on Thursday that it has raised $40M, as part of a Series D funding round. The funding came from Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, along with DBI, Baseline Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, NV...

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Kinetica Gets $6M For GPU-Accelerated In-Memory Databases

San Francisco-based Kinetica, which develops GPU-accelerated database software, has raised $6M in funding, the company disclosed this week. The company said the funding came from Ray Lane (Oracle, KPCB), who also invested $7M in its initial...

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Folloze Finds $7.3M

Palo Alto-based Folloze, a developer of marketing software specifically designed for salespeople, has raised $7.3M in a funding round. The funding was co-led by Canvas Ventures and NEA, and also included Cervin Ventures and others. Folloze,...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Contrast Security Gets $16M For Application Security Tools

Palo Alto-based Constrast Security, a developer of application security software, announced this morning that it has raised $16M in a funding round. The funding came from General Catalyst Partners, plus Acero Capital, Ron Gula (Tenable Netw...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

ProsperWorks Finds $24M For CRM Tools

San Francisco-based ProsperWorks, a developer customer relationship management (CRM) software that integrates with Google Apps, said on Tuesday that it had raised $24M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Next World Capital, ...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Druva Downloads $51M More For Data Protection In The Cloud

Sunnyvale-based Druva, which develops cloud-based, data protection software used by the enterprise, has raised $51M in a funding round, bringing its total raised to $118M. Druva said the new round was led by existing investor Sequoia India,...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

ServiceNow Launches Venture Capital Fund, ServiceNow Ventures

Santa Clara-based ServiceNow, said today that it has launched ServiceNow Ventures, which will invest in companies around its ecosystem. The company said that ServiceNow Ventures will target investments in early stage companies that develop ...

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Flexport Finds $65M

San Francisco-based Flexport, which operates a shipping and frieght forwarding service aimed at helping companies to better manage their supply chain, has raised $65M in funding, the company said today. The Series B funding came from Founde...

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Skyhigh Networks Finds $40M In Funding

Campbell, California-based Skyhigh Networks, a developer of cloud-based security software for the enterprise, announced over the weekend that it has raised $40M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Thomvest Partners, and also...

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Monday, September 26, 2016

MicuRx Pharmaceuticals Gets $55M For Antibiotics Development

Hayward-based MicuRx Pharmaceuticals, which is developing oral and intravenous antibiotics to treat MRSA, has raised $55M in a Series C funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by GP Healthcare Capital, and also incl...

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Canvas Ventures Picks Up $300M For Software Investments

Portola Valley-based Canvas Ventures, led by Rebecca Lynn, Paul Hsiao, Garry Little, and Ben Narasin, has closed a new fund, Canvas Ventures 2, worth $300M, to go towards its early stage, software and services startup investments. The firm ...

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Airbnb Raises $555M In Funding From Google Capital, TCV

San Francisco-based Airbnb has raised $555M as part of a larger funding round, led by Google Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures, according to both a regulatory filing and details leaked to the press. The funding is part of a larger, ...

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Vina Gets $1.4M From Investors

San Francisco-based Hey! VINA, the developer of a Tinder-like app which lets women find and connect with other women, to find friends, workout partners, and more, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Greylock Part...

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Mavrx Gets $10M For Aerial Crop Analysis Tools

San Francisco-based Mavrx, which develops software which uses aerial imagery and machine learning to analyze crop growth patterns, has raised 10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Eclipse Ventures, and also included Bloomberg Be...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Efficient Drivetrains Gets $7.85M In Series C

Milpitas-based Efficient Drivetrains, a developer of hybrid and electric drivetrains for the automobile industry, has raised $7.85M in a Series C funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. The initial close of funding in that Series C-...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Metromile Picks Up $205.5M For Pay-As-You-Go Car Insurance

San Francisco-based Metromile, which offers up car insurance by the mile, disclosed on Wednesday that it has raised $205.5M in total funding, and acquired insurer Mosaic Insurance. The funding came from such investors as Mark Cuban, Intact ...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Gametime Grabs $20M For Last Minute, Mobile Sports, Music Tickets

San Francisco-based Gametime, which provides last minute, mobile tickets for sporting event and live music, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Accel, Jeff Mallet, and Case Wasserman, along with GV (Google VEntures)...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Allset Scores $2.35M To Streamline Dining Reservations

San Francisco-based Allset, a startup which offers up mobile apps which lets users book tables at local restaurants for immediate seating and serving at lunch, has raised $2.35M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Andreessen Horo...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Bessemer Venture Partners Names VP

Menlo Park-based venture investment firm Bessmer Venture Partners said today that it has promoted Josh Harder to Vice President at the firm. Harder, who has been at BVP since 2014, but only recently moved to San Francisco. Harder had previo...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Cornami Collects $3M

Santa Clara-based Cornami, a developer of tools which optimize software for execution on multi-core processors and distributed, high performance computing (HPC) fabrics, has raised $3M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Impact Ve...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Fauna Finds $4.5M For Scalable Databases

San Francisco-based Fauna, a startup developing scalable databases, has raised $4.5M in a seed funding, the company said today. The funding came from Charles River Ventures, along with Data Collective, Quest VP, the Webb Investment Network,...

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Friday, September 16, 2016

Resilinc Finds Funding For Supply Chain Software

San Jose-based Resilinc, a developer of supply chain management software that works within Salesforce, has raised a round of funding, the company said this week. The size of the funding was not announced. Resilinc said the funding came from...

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

PlumSlice Picks Up Series A

San Francisco-based PlumSlice Labs, which develops cloud-based applications for sharing information about products with e-commerce providers and other partners for their merchandising efforts, has raised a Series A funding, the company said...

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Ripple Rounds Up $55M

San Francisco- and New York-based Ripple, which develops software based on Blockchain to help financial services providers manage financial settlements and international payments, has raised $55M in a Series B funding. The company said the ...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Totango Gets $8M Investment

San Mateo-based Totango, which develops software to help recurring revenue business reduce churn and help increase success with customers, has raised $8M in a Series C financing round. The funding was led by Benhamou Global Venturse (BGV), ...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Tipalti Takes $14M For Supplier Payment Automation

Palo Alto-based Tipalti announced this morning that it has raised $14M in a funding round. The funding was led by SGVC, which will add Dovi Frances to Tipalti's board as part of the funding. Tipalti develops supplier payment automation soft...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

InstaVR Picks Up $2M For VR Authoring Tools

San Francisco-based InstaVR has raised $2M in a Series A funding, for its virtual reality authoring tools, the company announced on Monday. The funding came from The Venture Reality Fund. InstaVR targets its virtual reality authoring tools ...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Glooko Merges With Diasend, Raises $8M In Funding

Mountain View-based Glooko, which develops mobile apps to help diabetes better manage their health, has merged with Gothenburg, Sweden-based Diasend. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition ,the two...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

RackWare Gets $10M For Enterprise Cloud

Fremont, California-based RackWare, a developer of cloud management software which lets enterprises deploy their IT systems across both public and private clouds, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Signal Pe...

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Thoma Bravo Raises $7.6 Billion Fund For Software, Technology Investments

San Francisco-based private equity investor Thoma Bravo says it has completed its fundraising for its latest fund, Thoma Bravo Fund XII, closing the fund at $7.6 illion. The new funding, which Thoma Bravo said was "significantly oversubscri...

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Shippo Picks Up $7M Series A For Shipping API

San Francisco-based Shippo, a developer of a RESTful API that allows developers to easily integrate into multiple shipping services, has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Union Square Ventures, and also included SoftT...

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Friday, September 9, 2016

IDbyDNA Gets $9M

San Francisco-based IDbyDNA, a developer of technology that uses DNA to identify pathogens and infectious disease, has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by ARTIS Ventures, and also included...

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Signifyd Scores $19M For E-commerce Fraud Prevention

San Jose-based Signifyd, a developer of fraud protection software for the e-commerce industry, has raised $19M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, TriplePoint Capital and American Express Ven...

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Friday, September 9, 2016

HMicro Gets $10.2M For Chip Biosensors

Fremont-based HMicro, a company developing systems-on-a-chip used for biosensors in the medical device market, has raised $10.2M in a Series C financing. The funding came from un-named strategic OEMs, plus existing investors XSeed Capital, ...

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

HashiCorp Finds $24M For DevOps Tools

San Francisco-based HashiCorp, a developer of DevOps tools, has raised $24M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Mayfield, True Ventures, and new investor Redpoint Ventures. ...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Asenqua Ventures Raises $125M Fund (UPDATE)

San Rafael-based Asenqua Ventures, a purported investor in early stage companies, issued a release on Wednesday that it has raised a new $125M investment fund. (Update: Fortune reports that Asenqua Ventures does not exist, and might be link...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

A-1 Machine Manufacturing Gets Private Equity Funding

Santa Clara-based A-1 Machine Manufacturing, which manufactures components for use in the flat panel display equipment, semiconductor equipment and industrial market, has raised a round of private equity funding. The funding came from Grayc...

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Saildrone Finds $14M For Autonomous, Data Collecting Ocean Vehicles

Aladema-based Saildrone, a developer of autonomous, unmanned ocean vehicles, which are used to collect ocean data, has raised $14M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Social Capital, and also included Capircorn Investment Group an...

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Friday, September 2, 2016

Boku Bags $13.75M For Mobile Billing

San Francisco-based Boku says it has raised $13.75M more in funding, for the company's mobile payment software, which utilizes a user's mobile billing as a payment method. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, Benchmark Capital, NEA, Index...

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Mux Finds $2.8M For Online Video Streaming Analytics

San Francisco-based Mux, a developer of online video analytics software specifically aimed at improving streaming video performance, has raised $2.8M in a seed funding round. The funding came from SV Angel, Lowercase Capital, Susa Ventures,...

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Aromyx Aims At $3.6M Funding Via Crowdfunding Site

Palo Alto-based Aromyx is raising $3.6M in funding, via the Propel(X) angel and crowdfunding site, the companies said on Wednesday. The two companies did not say how much has been raised by Aromyx so far in the effort. Aromyx previously has...

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

C3 IoT Gets $70M For IoT Development

Redwood City-based C3 IoT has raised a big, $70M Series D funding this morning, led by private equity investor TPG Growth. TPG Growth said it lead the funding in C3 IoT, joined by Sutter Hill, Interwest Partners, and Thomas Siebel, who foun...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

xMatters Finds $2M In Debt Financing

San Ramon-based xMatters, which develops incident communications systems for businesses, has raised $42M in a debt financing, according to the company. The funding came from Golub Capital Late Stage Lending. Terms of that debt financing wer...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Revuze Raises $4M, Sets Up US Headquarters In San Francisco

Israeli artificial intelligence software developer Revuze said today that it has raised $4M in a seed funding round, and set up its U.S. headquarters in San Francisco. The funding came from Nielsen, The NPD Group, and TIC Group. Revuze says...

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Galactic Exchange Grabs Seed Funding

Menlo Park-based Galactic Exchange, which provides a software to help users rapidly deploy massive Hadoop clusters, has raised a seed funding round. The funding came from Floodgate and Signia Venture Partners. Size of the funding was not an...

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Glint Applies AI To HR With $27M Funding

Redwood City-based Glint, a developer of artificial intelligence software being applied to measure and improve employee happiness and engagement at work, has raised $27M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Meritech Capital Partner...

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Friday, August 26, 2016

Grabr Gets $3.5M For International Goods Delivery

San Francisco-based Grabr, which operates an online marketplace to help tap into a network of international travelers to purchase and transport items from overseas to buyers, has raised $3.5M in a funding round, the company said this week. ...

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Friday, August 26, 2016

SafeTraces Secures $1.5M For Food Safety

Pleasanton-based SafeTraces, which develops DNA-based food safety and tracking technology, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Maumee Ventures, which is an arm of agribusiness company The Andersons, Inc. Safetra...

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Friday, August 26, 2016

PRENAV Takes Flight With $6.5M In Funding

San Carlos-based PRENAV, a developer of automated, commercial drone technology centered around computer vision algorithms, has raised $6.5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital, and also incl...

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

BlueTalon Grabs $16M In Funding

Redwood City-based Blue Talon, a developer of security and compliance software, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Maverick Ventures, and also included Arsenal Venture Partners, plus Signia Ve...

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

ClearCare Gains $60M For Home Care Agency Software

San Francisco-based ClearCare, a developer of health records software used by home care agencies, has raised $60M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding was led by Battery Ventures. ClearCare's software is used by in-ho...

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

SelfScore Secures $7M In Funding

Palo Alto-based SelfScore, a startup which offers up credit cards to international students to help them build a credit history in the U.S., has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Pelion Venture Partners, and als...

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Even Finds $2M For Personalized Headphone Experience

San Francisco-based Even, a developer of "smart headphones" which can be tuned into your own personal preferences and hearing, has raised $2M in a Series A funding round, the company said today. The company (whose corporate name is MeQ) sai...

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

SigOpt Raises $6.6M

San Francisco-based SigOpt, a developer of cloud-based machine learning and artificial intelligence software, has raised $6.6M in a Series A funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Data Collective, ...

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

DroneDeploy Adds $20M For Drone Mapping Tools

San Francisco-based DroneDeploy, which develops cloud-based software for drones, which are used to collect aerial imagery for the agriculture, construction, mining, inspection and surveying industries, has raised $20M in a Series B funding....

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Kontena Finds Funding For Container Technology

Menlo Park- and Helsink-based Kontena, a developer of "container" and microservices software to help developers better deploy their software in the cloud, has raised a round of funding, the company said on Tuesday. Size of the investment wa...

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

LendUp Lands $47.5M

San Francisco-based LendUp, a provider of loans to those who do not traditionally qualify for bank loans, has raised $47.5M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Y Combinator Continuity, and also included Google Ventures, Thomvest V...

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Logikcull Gets $10M For eDiscovery

San Francisco-based Logikcull, a developer of electronic discovery software and tools, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by OpenView, and also included Storm Ventures. The company, led...

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Monday, August 22, 2016

Quanergy Gets $90M For Self Driving Vehicle Sensors, Joins Unicorn Club

Sunnyvale-based Quanergy, a developer of 3D, LiDAR sensors which are being used for autonomous vehicle sensors and development, has raised $90M in funding, the company said this morning. According to Quanergy, the funding values the company...

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Friday, August 19, 2016

CellSavers Scores $15M For Mobile Cell Repair Service

San Francisco-based CellSavers, which operates a mobile, on-demand cell phone repair service, has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The funding came was led by Carmel Ventures, and also included Sequoia Capital, a seed investor in the comp...

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Friday, August 19, 2016

DevMynd Raises Funding From Motorola Solutions

Chicago- and San Francisco-based DevMynd, a provider of digital consulting, user experience, and other related services, said it has received a Series A funding from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. Size of the round was not announced. D...

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Heap Gets $11M For Analytics Software

San Francisco-based Heap, a developer of analytics infrastructure software for capturing app and website interaction, has raised $11M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by NEA, and also included Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, Initialized...

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

ZeroCater Serves Up $4.1M In Funding

San Francisco-based ZeroCater, a startup which focuses on providing corporate catering to companies, has raised $4.1M in a funding round, the company said today. The company said the funding came from Romulus Capital and Struck Capital. Zer...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Bloomlife Gets $4M For Smart Pregnancy Wearable

San Francisco-based Bloomlife, a developer of a wearable device which lets women know if they are having a contraction during pregnancy, said Tuesday that it has has raised $4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Marc Benioff and...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Rubrik Downloads $61M For Cloud Data Protection

Palo Alto-based Rubrik, a developer of a cloud-based data protection, archiving, backup, and search platform, has raised $61M in a Series C funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Lig...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Degreed Ups Series B To $25M

Degreed, a startup operating an online education and learning site aimed at career and professional learning, and which has offices in San Francisco, said today that it has closed out its Series B funding at $25M. The company said it closed...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Susa Ventures Raises $50M In Second Fund

San Francisco-based venture investor Susa Ventures has raised $50M in its second fund, Susa Ventures II, the company said today. The firm said the new fund is led by general partners Seth Berman, Chad Byers, and Leo Polovets. The company sa...

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Monday, August 15, 2016

CareSkore Takes $4.3M For Predictive Health Software

Mountain View-absed CareSkore, which develops predictive, population health management software, said last week that it has raised $4.3M in an initial funding round. The funding came from Cota Capital, Storm Ventures, and Rising Tide Fund, ...

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Monday, August 15, 2016

Onfido Snags Funding

London- and San Francisco-based Onfido, a provider of identity verification and background checking services, has scored funding from Salesforce Ventures and Talis Capital, the company said late last week. Size of the funding round was not ...

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Friday, August 12, 2016

Xperiel Finds $7M In Funding

Sunnyvale-based Xperiel, the developer of technology to connect bricks-and-mortar businesses, venues, and others with the digital world, has raised $7M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from several Google Board...

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Friday, August 12, 2016

UpGuard Gets $17M For Cyber Risk Monitoring

Mountain View-based UpGuard, a developer of continuous, cyber risk monitoring software, said on Thursday that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Pelion Venture Partners and Square Peg Capital, and also included...

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Ignition Partners Names Triantos Venture Partner

Venture investment firm Ignition Partners has added a new venture partner in Los Altos, according to the company. The venture investment company--which has offices in both Los Altos and Seattle--said it has added NIck Triantos as Venture Pa...

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

AceBot.ai Gets $650K

San Jose-based software developer AceBot.ai, a developer of a "bot" that works within the Slack messaging app, has raised $650,000 in a seed funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding came from Accel Partners. AceBot's "bot" man...

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Varentec Snags Series C

Santa Clara-based Varentec, a developer of software used by utilities to better improve grid efficiency and control, has raised a Series C funding round, the company said on Wednesday. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding came...

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Iconic Therapeutics Adds $10M To Series C

South San Francisco-based Iconic Therapeutics, which is targeting treatments for retinal disease and cancer, said on Tuesday that it has added $10M in funding to its existing, Series C funding round. The new funding came from Xeraya Capital...

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Memebox Picks Up $66M For Beauty Boxes

San Francisco-based Memebox, an online beauty products provider which sells themed "boxes" full of beauty products, has raised $66M in a funding round, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding was led by Formation Group, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Engagio Finds $22M In Series B For Marketing, Sales Prospecting Software

San Mateo-based Engagio, a startup developing marketing and sales prospecting software, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included FirstMark Capital and Storm Ventures. En...

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

MapR Gets $50M More

San Jose-based MapR Technologies, which develops big data technology based on such technology as Spark and Hadoop, has raised $50M in a new funding. The funding was led by Future Fund, and also included Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Pa...

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Monday, August 8, 2016

Eyegroove Shuts Down, Team Joins Facebook

San Francisco-based mobile video app developer Eyegroove says it is shutting down its app, and its team is moving to Facebook, the company said on its website over the weekend. It's unclear if Facebook acquired the company, or just the team...

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Monday, August 8, 2016

Cleave Biosciences Gets $37M

Burlingame-based Cleave Biosciences, a developer of protein-based technology for treating cancer, has raised $37M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Celgene, Nextech Invest Ltd. and Arcus Ventures, plus 5AM Ventures, Clarus ...

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Monday, August 8, 2016

Honor Raises $42M In Series B

San Francisco-based Honor, a startup which helps families find home care for older adults, has raised $42M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Thrive Capital, and also included 8VC, Andreessen ...

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Friday, August 5, 2016

Mosaic Finds $220M For Solar Financing

Oakland-based Mosaic, a provider of solar financing which provides the upfront capital required for homeowners to own their own solar power systems, has raised $220M in equity funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Wa...

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Friday, August 5, 2016

Kentik Technologies Raises $23M

San Francisco-based Kentik Technologies, a developer of software which helps companies understand their network traffic, has raised $23M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Third Point Ventures, and include August Capital, Data Co...

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Friday, August 5, 2016

GrubMarket Gets $20M More

San Francisco-based GrubMarket says it has raised $20M in a Series B funding, for its grocery delivery and food marketplace. The funding came from Sound Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Riverhead Capital, GGV Capital, Fosun Group, Danhua ...

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Autodesk Backs Formlabs In $25M Funding Round

San Rafael-based Autodesk is one of the investors in a new funding round for 3D printing systems developer Formlabs, Formlabs said this morning. Formlabs raised $35M in its Series B, which came from Foundry Group, Autodesk, as well as exist...

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Autodesk Backs Formlabs In $25M Funding Round

San Rafael-based Autodesk is one of the investors in a new funding round for 3D printing systems developer Formlabs, Formlabs said this morning. Formlabs raised $35M in its Series B, which came from Foundry Group, Autodesk, as well as exist...

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

DynamicAction Gets $15M For Retail Analytics

Redwood City-based DynamicAction, a developer of analytics software for retailers, announced today that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding was led by Accenture and West Coast Capital. The investment by Accenture came as part...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Attic Labs Gets $8.1M For Distributed Database Development

San Francisco-based Attic Labs, a software developer behind the open source, distributed database software project Noms, disclosed on Tuesday that it has raised $8.1M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Greylock partners, an...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Apptimize Adds $12.4M For Mobile Testing Software

San Francisco-based mobile testing software developer Apptimize said on Tuesday that it has raised $12.4M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by US Venture Partners, and also included Glynn Capital Management, Goldcrest Investm...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Axiom Exergy Picks Up $2.5M For Thermal Energy Storage

Richmond, California-based Axiom Exergy, a developer of energy storage devices specifically for facilities with large refrigeration needs, has raised $2.5M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Element 8 Fund, ...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Velostrata Finds $17.5M For Cloud Migration Tools

San Mateo-based Velostrata, which develops software to help mid to large sized enterprises move their workloads into the cloud, has raised $17.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Norwest Venture...

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Diablo Technologies Scores $37M For DDR Memory

San Jose-based Diablo Technologies, a developer of DDR system memory modules specifically aimed at the cloud and enterprise data center market, has raised $37M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Gene...

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Espresa Finds $2M For Employee Services

Palo Alto-based Espresa, a startup that offers up services such as car repair, dry cleaning, wellness cleaning, and massages to employees via a mobile or web app, said it has raised $2M in seed funding. The funding came from Crosslink Capit...

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Brave Software Gets $4.5M For New Web Browser

San Francisco-based Brave Software, a new startup which was created by Mozilla co-founder Bredan Eich, is taking on the web browser market with $4.5M in a seed funding round. According to Brave Software, the seed round came from Founders Fu...

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Wonder Workshop Gets $20M For Teaching Robots

San Mateo-based Wonder Workshop, the developers of the "Dash and Dot" learning robots, said Thursday that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Wi Harper Group and Idea Bulb Ventures, and also included Learn Capi...

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Bioz Gets $3M For Scientific Search Engine

Palo Alto-based Bioz has raised $3M in seed funding, according to the company, in a round led by 5AM Ventures, and also included Stanford-StartX Fund, Astia Angels, and Esther Dyson. The startup was founded by CEO Daniel Levitt, and Karin L...

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Takt Takes $30M For Personalization Software

San Francisco-based Takt, a developer of personalization software for consumer companies, has raised $30M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding came was led by BCG Digital Ventures, and also included an investment f...

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Reltio Finds $22M

Redwood Shores-based Reltio, a developer of data management software, which it offers up as a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS), has raised $22M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Crosslink...

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Acalvio Takes $17M For Cybersecurity Software

Santa Clara-based Acalvio Technologies, a developer of cybersecurity software, said this week that it has raised $17M in a funding round, and emerged from stealth mode. The company said the funding came from Accel Ventures, Ignition Partner...

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Scout RFP Finds $9M To Automate RFPs

San Francisco-based Scout, a developer of software to automate the process of requests for proposals (RFPs) and corresponding responses from vendors, has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (N...

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Mozio Gets Funding From JetBlue

San Francisco-based Mozio, which develops a ground transportation booking service aimed at airline travelers, has received a new investment from JetBlue Technology Ventures, JetBlue said on Wednesday. Size of the investment were not disclos...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Density Sees $4M Funding Round

San Francisco-based Density, a developer of devices which use computer vision to help count the number of people in room or passing through a doorway, has raised $4M in a funding round, according to the company's backers. The funding came f...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

MDsave Gets Investment From Cambia Health Solutions

San Francisco- and Brentwood, Tennessee-based MDsave, an online healthcare marketplace which offers up pre-negotiated rates on medical care, has received a strategic investment from Cambia Health Solutions, the two said this morning. Size o...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Shipt Snags $20M For Grocery Delivery

San Francisco-based online grocery marketplace Shipt said today that it has raised $20.1M in a Series A funding, which came from Greycroft Partners, Harbert Growth Partners and e.ventures. Shipt, which offers up delivery from local grocery ...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Upthere Gets $77M For Cloud Storage Service

Redwood City-based Upthere, a startup developing a cloud-based, personal storage service to share and store photos, videos, music, and othe files, has raised $77M in a funding round. The round was led by KPCB and Western Digital, and also i...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

NextInput Picks Up $5.1M For Touch Sensors

San Jose-based NextInput, a developer of MEMS-based force sensors, has raised $5.1M in a funding round, the company said Monday afternoon. The funding came from Danhua Capital, UMC Capital and Cota Capital. NextInput is led by Ali Foughi. T...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

SafeBreach Gets $15M

Sunnyvale- and Tel Aviv-based SafeBreach, a developer of cybersecurity tools, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, Maverick Ventures, ...

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Automile Takes $6.2M

Palo Alto-based Automile, a developer of vehicle fleet management software, has raised $6.2M in a funding round, the company said Monday. The funding was led by SaaStr Fund (Jason Lemkin), and also included Dawn Capital and Point Nine Capit...

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Genesys Gets $900M Investment From Hellman & Friedman

San Francisco-based contact management software developer Genesys said Thursday private equity investor Hellman & Friedman LLC has invested $900M in the company in a private equity round. Genesys says that Hellman & Friedman acquired the eq...

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Mark Templeton Dies In Kayaking Accident

Mark R. Templeton, a Managing Director at Los Altos-based Scientific Ventures, has passed away after a kayaking accident in Oregon. According to the firm and family, Templeton, who was 57, died on July 17th while kayaking with friends on th...

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Innit Gets $18M More For The Connected Kitchen

Redwood City-based Innit, a developer of automated, Wi-Fi enabled kitchen appliances, has raised $18M more in funding, the company said Thursday. The company said that strategic investors and its founders participated in the funding. Names ...

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Brandcast Finds $13.9M For Web Publishing Platform

San Francisco-based Brandcast, a developer of tools which make it easy for brands and other companies to maintain and publish websites, said Wednesday that it has raised $13.9M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Shasta Vent...

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Sift Sciences Secures $30M

San Francisco-based Sift Science, a startup that develops machine learning to help combat online fraud and abuse, has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Insight Venture Partners, along with Union Square Ventures ...

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Pantheon Picks Up $29M For Wordpress, Drupal Hosting Management

San Francisco-based Pantheon, a provider of management for Wordpress and Drupal installations, has raised $29M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Foundry Group, Industry Ventures, OpenView Investment...

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Bloomberg Beta Raises $75M Fund

San Francisco-based venture capital investor Bloomberg Beta has raised another, $75M fund, from Bloomberg L.P., the two said on Tuesday. The second fund will continue to invest in the "future of work" and machine intelligence investments. ...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Skycure Gets $16.5M

Palo Alto-based Skycure, a developer of mobile security software for the enterprise, announced this morning that it has raised $16.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also included all of its prior i...

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Civil Maps Finds $6.6M For Autonomous Vehicle Mapping

Albany, California-based Civil Maps, which is developing 3D mapping technology for the autonomous vehicle mapping industry, has raised $6.6M in funding. The funding was led by Motus Ventures, and also included Ford Motor Company, Wicklow Ca...

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Ardelyx Picks Up $110M In PIPE From Venture Investors

Fremont-based biopharmaceuticals developer Ardelyx said Friday that it has received $110M in a private placement, which came from both new and existing investors, including New Enterprise Assocaites (NEA), plus Australia's Future Fund, Qua...

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Scope AR Finds $2M For Augmented Reality Tools

San Francisco-based Scope AR, which develops augmented reality tools which are applying AR to instructional content and live video support, has raised $2M in a seed funding. The funding came from Susa Ventures, Presence Capital Fund and New...

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Friday, July 15, 2016

Zenrez Takes $2M More For Last Minute Yoga, Fitness Class Booking

San Francisco-based Zenrez, a developer of an on-demand, last-minute booking service for yoga and fitness classes, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company said Thursday afternoon. The funding came from ARTIS Ventures, Summit Action F...

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Alphabet Energy Gets $23.5M More

Hayward, California-based Alphabet Energy, which develops products which convert waste heat to power, particularly in the oil and gas and automotive industry, has raised $23.5M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Schlumberger, and...

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Indegy Raises $12M For Cyber Security Software

Palo Alto-based Indegy, a developer of cyber security software specifically for the industrial control systems market, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Vertex Ventures Israel, and also included Aspect Ventures, ...

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Findo.io Finds $4M

Menlo Park-based Findo.io, which develops search tools which combine AI with the ability to search across multiple, cloud services for your information, has raised $4M in funding, the company said today. The company said the funding was spl...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Trace Genomics Digs Up $4M For Soil Microbe Testing

San Francisco-based Trace Genomics is looking to bring the world of DNA testing to agriculture, saying today that it has launched a new service to test the microbiome of soils, to help farmers figure out what diseases might affect their cro...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Unity Technologies Scores $181M For Games Engine

San Francisco-based Unity Technologies, which develops a very widely used game engine used for creating videogames, said today that it has raised $181M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by DFJ Growth, and also included China Invest...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Pat Picks Up $2.5M For AI Software

Palo Alto-based Pat Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence software, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding, the company said today. Source of the funding was not announced. Pat is developing machine learning software that helps understan...

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Friday, July 8, 2016

Sienna Ventures Raises $100M Venture Fund

Sausalito-based Sienna Ventures announced this morning that it has launched a new, $100M venture fund, which it says it will invest in mid-sized, "capital efficient" companies. The company said the new fund will target companies with a mini...

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Light Sees $30M For Multi-Aperture Camera

Light, the developer of a multi-aperture camera which can take high resolution, DSLR-quality photos in a camera the size of a cell phone, has raised $30M in a Series C investment, the company said Wednesday. The funding was led by Google Ve...

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Darktrace Picks Up $65M For Cybersecurity Software

San Francisco- and Cambridge, England-based Darktrace, which develops automated, enterprise cybersecurity and threat response software, said Wednesday that it has raised $65M in a funding round. The funding came from Summit Partners, TenEle...

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Twistlock Takes $10M For Docker Security

San Francisco-based Twistlock, a developer of security software for Docker and other virtual container technology, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by TenEleven Ventures, and also included Rall...

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Friday, July 1, 2016

Index Finds $19M More

San Francisco-based Index, which develops software to help bricks-and-mortar retailers gain the same kind of analytics on their promotions and marketing that e-commerce providers have online, has raised $19M in a Series B funding. The fundi...

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

SmartRecruiters Picks Up $30M For Recruiting Tools

San Francisco-based SmartRecruiters, which develops applicant tracking systems software, announced today that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners. SmartRecruiters is led by Jerome ...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

LOFT Lands $13M For 3D Modeling, Visualization Apps

San Jose-based LOFT, which develops a 3D simulation and design software product aimed at the interior decorating market, said Tuesday that it has raised $13M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Antimeridian and Bertoia. The company...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Lightspeed China Partners Raises $260M Fund

Lightspeed China Partners, the Chinese venture capital investor which is linked to Menlo Park-based Lightspeed Ventures, said Tuesday that it has raised $260M in its latest fund, Lightspeed China Partners II, L.P. The company also said it h...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Report: Airbnb Looks For New Funding At $30B Valuation

San Francisco-based Airbnb is looking to raise more funding, at a valuation of $30 billion, according to a report, which would make it the second most valuable of the so-called unicorn companies, after Uber. According to the New York Times,...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Keen IO Gets $14.7M

San Francisco-based Keen IO, a developer of cloud analytics and visualization APIs and tools, said today that it has raised $14.7M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Pelion Venture Partners as lead, along with Sequoia Capital and ...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

PredictSpring Picks Up $11.4M For Mobile Commerce

Los Altos-based PredictSpring, a developer of mobile, e-commerce software, has raised $11.4M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Felicis Ventures, and also included Beanstalk Ventures and Novel ...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Arevo Labs Finds $7M In Funding For 3D Printing Additives

Santa Clara-based Arevo Labs, a developer of additive manufacturing materials and related software for high strength, 3D printed composite parts, says it has raised $7M in a funding round. The funding came from Khosla Ventures. Vijit Sabnis...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Report: Lyft Seeks Buyer or Investor, Hires Qatalyst

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Lyft, which has been in a funding arms race with rival Uber, has hired boutique investment banking firm Qatalyst Partners to either find it a strategic investor or buyer, according to a report on Mond...

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Orbital Insight Picks Up $20M In Funding

Palo Alto-based Orbital Insight, a developer of software which helps sort through satellite imaging data for insights, has raised $20M in a combined $15M, Series B funding round and a separately $5M equity investment from In-Q-Tel. The Seri...

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Bee Partners Raises $30M, Pre-Seed Venture Fund

San Francisco-based Bee Partners, a pre-seed, venture capital investment fund led by Garrett Goldberg, Michael Berolzheimer, and Cynthia Maxey, said today that it has closed on a new $30M, venture capital fund, Bee Partners II. The company ...

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Ayla Networks Connects With $39M

Santa Clara-based Ayla Networks said it has raised $39M more in a Series C funding round late last night, which was led by Ants Capital, along with 3NOD. The funding also included Mitsui, Acorn Pacific, Cisco Investments, Crosslink Capital,...

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Friday, June 24, 2016

Annexon Biosciences Gets $44M

South San Francisco-based Annexon Biosciences, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, says it has raised $44M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also includ...

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

AppZen Gets $2.9M For Automated, Expense Report Compliance Software

Sunnyvale-based AppZen, which is applying artificial intelligence software to recognizing and approving expense reports, has raised $2.9M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding came from Resolution Ventures, along with ...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Kespry Finds $16M For Commercial Drone Systems

Menlo Park-based Kespry, which is developing and automated, commercial drone system used for gathering information for the aggregate, construction and surveying industries, says it has raised $16M in a Series B funding. The funding was led ...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Airobotics Gets $28.5M From UpWest, Others

Airobotics, an Israeli developer of automated, drone surveillance systems, has scored $28.5M in funding from Silicon Valley investors, including UpWest Labs, BlueRun Ventures, CRV, as well as Waze CEo Noam Bardin and Google ATAP COO Richard...

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Dataloop.IO Finds $5M

San Francisco-based Dataloop.IO, a developer of cloud, micro-apps and IT monitoring software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Battery Ventures and Open Ocean. The company, which was founded in the UK, said it wil...

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Venture Capital Pioneer David Morgenthaler Passes Away At 96

David Morgenthaler, the founder of Morgenthaler Ventures--one of the very first venture capital firms to be created--has passed away at the age of 96, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Morgenthaler--who was past ...

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Trooly Takes $10M

Los Altos-based Trooly, a provider of a service to help businesses vet suppliers, customers, and other partners, said last week that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures and Milliways Ventures. ...

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Plaid Picks Up $44M

San Francisco-based Plaid Technologies, a developer of software which helps applications to connect to a user's bank accounts, has raised $44M in a new funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Inve...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Within Gets $12.6M For Virtual Reality Content, Software

Within, a developer of virtual reality content and technology, which has offices in both San Franciso and Los Angeles, has raised $12.56M in funding, the company said today. The Series A funding included 21st Century Fox, Andreessen Horow...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Sapho Secures $9.5M For Enterprise Alerts, Apps

San Bruno-based Sapho, which develops "micro app" software which helps connect employees into enterprise systems, said this week that it has raised $9.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners. Sapho's software ...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Tigera Takes $13M For Cloud Security

San Francisco-based Tigera, a developer of open source, cloud security projects, said on Thursday that it has raised $13M in a Series A funding. The startup--which is behind the Calico, Canal, and Flannel open source projects--said the roun...

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Performance Horizon Gets $15.4M

San Francisco-based Performance Horizon, a developer of digital marketing software, used for partnership and performance marketing, has raised $15.4M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Greycroft Growth, and also included Mithril ...

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Collokia Collects $1.3M For Machine Learning Collaboration

San Francisco-based Collokia, a startup applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to help bolster collaboration within companies and between co-workers, has raised $1.3M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Globant an...

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Elementum Gets Strategic Funding From Fontinalis Partners

Mountain View-based Elementum, a developer of cloud-based supply chain software, has raised a round of strategic funding from Fontinalis Partners, the venture capital firm which was co-founded by Ford Motor Corp. scion William Clay Ford, Jr...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Valor Water Analytics Scoops Up $1.6M

San Francisco-based Valor Water Analytics, which develops software used by utilities to manage water resources, has raised $1.6M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding as led by Shore Ventures, and also included Apsara Ca...

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

BeBop Sensors Snags $5M In Convertible Note

Berkeley-based BeBop Sensors, a developer of "smart" fabric sensors, said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in the form of a convertible note. Source of that convertible, seed, note was not announced, but the company said the investment includ...

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Elastifile Raises New Series B Funding

San Jose-based Elastifile, which develops all flash, software-defined-storage (SDS) products, said on Tuesday that it has received a strategic investment from Cisco Investments. Financial details of the new Series B funding were not announc...

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

VitalConnect Snags $25M In Funding

San Jose-based VitalConnect, a developer of medical biosensors, says it has raised $25M in a financing round, from a combination of $7.8M in a Series B equity funding, and a $17.5M term loan. The term loan came from Perceptive Advisors LLC,...

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Ascend Consumer Finance Raises $11M

San Francisco-based Ascend Consumer Finance, which provides consumer lending services, using real time data and analytics to track a consumer's financial behavior, has raised $11M in a follow on funding round, according to the company. The ...

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Meta Finds $50M For Augmented Reality Glasses

Redwood City-based Meta, which develops augmented reality technology, said this morning that it has raised $50M in a Series B round of funding. The funding came from Horizons Ventures Limited, Lenovo, Tencent, Banyan Capital, Comcast Ventur...

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Jiff Picks Up $17.7M More

Mountain View-based Jiff, which develops health benefits software for the enterprise market, has raised $17.7M more in its Series C funding, according to the company this week. The new funding brings that Series C funding to a total of $41....

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Moogsoft Scores $30M

San Francisco-based Moogsoft, which develops IT operations management software, said this week that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding. The funding came in two phases, with Northgate Capital leading the first phase, and including Sing...

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Applied StemCell Picks Up $19M For Gene Editing Efforts

Milpitas-based Applied StemCell, which is developing gene editing technology and tools based on stem cell technology, has raised $19M in a Series D funding round. The company said earlier this week that the Series D investment was led by He...

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Aktana Adds $17.5M

San Francisco-based Aktana, a developer of decision support systems for the life sciences industry, has raised $17.5M in a financing round, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Safeguard Scientifics, and also The company said ...

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Amplitude Gains $15M For Web, Mobile Analytics

San Francisco-based Amplitude, a developer of web and mobile analytics software, announced Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Benchmark, Data Collective,...

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Tradeshift Finds $75M For Payables Management

San Francisco-based Tradeshift, which develops software to help companies manage their payables, procurement, and suppliers, has raised $75M more in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Data Collective, and also included HSBC, America...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Midokura Links Into $20M For OpenStack Monitoring

San Francisco-based Midokura, which develops enterprise, software network virtualization products, announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding brings the company's total raised to $44M. The new ro...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Forge Gets $4.5M For Videogame Streaming

San Francisco-based Forge, a developer of software which allows gamers to capture and share their games, has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Social Capital, NZXT, Resolute Ventures...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Omicia Finds $23M For Precision Medicine

Oakland-based Omicia, which is developing clinical genome interpretation and reporting software for the personalized medicine market, said this morning that it has raised $23M in a Series B funding. The funding came from UPMC Enterprises, R...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

CrowdFlower Connects With $10M

San Francisco-based Crowdflower, which injects crowdsourced humans into artificial intelligence software algorithms, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Canvas Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and M...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Capsilon Gets Backing From Francisco Partners

San Francisco-based Capsilon Corporation, which develops cloud-based software for the mortgage industry, said today that it has received an investment from Francisco Partners. Size of the investment was not announced. Capisolon develops pr...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Helpshift Snags $23M For Mobile Customer Support

San Francisco-based Helpshift, which develops software to help companies provide customer service on mobile devices, is announcing this morning that it has raised $23M in a Series B funding. The funding included Microsoft Ventures, Salesfor...

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Recharge Takes $2.3M For By-The-Minute Luxury Hotel Booking

Need a hotel room for just an hour or two -- or even just a few minutes? San Francisco-based Recharge, which says it offers up by-the-minute and by-the-hour booking of luxury hotel rooms, disclosed last week that it has raised $2.3M in seed...

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Steele Compliance Solutions Finds Private Equity Funding

San Francisco-based Steele Compliance Solutions, a provider of compliance management and due diligence software for the anti-bribery and anti-corruption market, has received a private equity investment from Bregal Sagemount. Size of the inv...

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Monday, June 6, 2016

SurfaceInk Buys GPiO

San Jose-based device engineering and product development services provider SurfaceInk has acquired angel-backed GPiO, a developer of hardware engineering component decision making software. Financial terms of the acquisition, which was ann...

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Glassdoor Closes $40M In Funding Round

Mill Valley-based job and recruiting site Glassdoor has raised $40M more in a funding round, the company said Friday, led by T. Rowe Price, and also including Battery Ventures, Google Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Tiger Global. The fund...

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Friday, June 3, 2016

WalkMe Picks Up $50M More

San Francisco-based WalkMe has raised $50M in a Series E funding, the company said Thursday, in a round led by Insight Venture Partners. Greenspring Associates and Scale Venture Partners both participated in the funding. WalkMe develops sof...

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Udemy Gets $60M From Naspers

San Francisco-based Udemy, which operates an online learning site, said Thursday that it has raised $60M from Naspers, via Naspers Ventures. As part of the funding, Larry Illg, CEO of Naspers Ventures, joins the company's board. Naspers is ...

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Tile Takes $18M To Keep You From Losing Your Keys

San Mateo-based Tile, a maker of "smart" tags which can be attached to your keys, phone, wallet, or other items so you can find them again later, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Bessmer Venture Partners, ...

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Uber Raises $3.5 Billion From Saudi Arabia

San Francisco-based Uber said late Wednesday that it has raised $3.5 billion from the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF). Yasir Al Rumayyan, Managing Director of the PIF, has joined the ridesharing company's board. The investment va...

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Tenjin Finds $2.5M For Mobile Attribution Tools

San Francisco-based Tenjin, a developer of mobile marketing attribution tools and software, has raised $2.5M in a funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from NetEase Capital, along with angel investors Herman Yang and Waik...

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

uSens Gets $20M For Hand Tracking Software

San Jose-based uSens, a developer of software used to track hand movements for use in virtual reality and augmented reality applications, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Fosun Kinzon Cap...

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Vendini Books $20M For Ticketing Sales, Promotion Software

San Francisco-based Vendini, a developer of software used by live event operators to sell tickets and promote their events, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding came form Level Equity. Vendini--which ...

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Innovium Gets $50M For Data Center Networking Chips

San Jose-based Innovium, a developer of semiconductors aimed at use in enterprise, networking infrastructure for the next generation, data center market, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding included a Ser...

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Friday, May 27, 2016

AutoFi Gets $17M For Auto Finance Tools

San Francisco-based AutoFi, which develops online, auto financing tools for car dealerships, said this week that it has raised $17M in a funding round. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and ...

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Friday, May 27, 2016

Intel Acquires Itseez For Self Driving Vehicle Technology

Intel is putting its eye on the self driving vehicle market, saying that it has acquired Itseez, a San Francisco startup working on computer vision recognition technology for self driving cars. Financial terms of the acquisition were not a...

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Friday, May 27, 2016

Kollective Gathers $12.25M For Enterprise Video, Software Cloud

Sunnyvale-based Kollective, a developer of enterprise, content delivery network products which help enterprise customers deliver video within their companies, has raised $12.25M in a Series C funding. The funding came from MK Capital, Pritz...

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Lightbend Raises $20M

San Francisco-based Lightbend, a developer of software for building low latency, enterprise applications on top of Java, has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Blue Cloud Ventures, Bai...

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Stem Scores $15M From Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital

Millbrae-based Stem, a developer of battery-backed, software-driven energy storage systems, said this morning that it has raised $15M in an investment from Mithril Capital Management--the investment firm of Peter Thiel--along with RWE Suppl...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Agari Adds $22M For Email Security

San Mateo-based Agari, a developer of cybersecurity software for protecting against email attacks, said Tuesday that it has raised $22M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Norwest Venture Partners, along with its existing inv...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

SigFig Scores $33M For Automated Investment Management

San Francisco-based SigFig, a startup developing automated investment portfolio management software, has raised $33M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Eaton Vance, Comerica Bank, New York Life, Santand...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Clover Health Takes $160M For Health Insurance Technology, Services

San Francisco-based Clover Health has raised $160M in a Series C funding round, for its health insurance services and technology, according to the company. The funding was led by Greenoaks Capital, and also included Arena Ventures, First Ro...

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Showpad Scores $50M

San Francisco-based Showpad, a developer of products to help marketers drive engagement with their content, has raised $50M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included Dawn Capital and Hummingbi...

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Kite Hill Harvests $18M For Plant-Based Dairy Products

Hayward, California-based Kite Hill, which is known for its plant-based dairy, cheese, and yogurt products, said today that it has raised $18M in a funding round. The funding was led by 301 INC, the business development and venture arm of G...

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Kite Hill Harvests $18M For Plant-Based Dairy Products

Hayward, California-based Kite Hill, which is known for its plant-based dairy, cheese, and yogurt products, said today that it has raised $18M in a funding round. The funding was led by 301 INC, the business development and venture arm of G...

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Kateeva Raises $88M For OLED Printing Equipment

Newark, California-based Kateeva, which develops inkject printing equipment which enables the mass production of flexible Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), has raised $88M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The Series E fun...

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Tally Takes $15M To Manage Your Credit Card Payments

San Francisco-based Tally, a new startup looking to help consumers manage their credit card payments, said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included AITV, Silicon...

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

DriveScale Gets $15M For Computing Infrastructure

Sunnyvale-based DriveScale, a developer of products which leverage standard servers and commodity storage for helping to scale out enterprise computing infrastructure, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The fundi...

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

ThoughtSpot Raises $50M For Business Intelligence Tools

Palo Alto-based ThoughtSpot, a developer of business intelligence and search engine software for the enterprise, said today that it has raised $50M more in a Series C funding. The funding came from General Catalyst, Geodesic Capital, Lights...

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Personal Capital Picks Up $75M More

San Francisco-based Personal Capital, which provides financial tools and technology driven wealth management services, said it has raised $75M in a Series E funding today. The funding came from IGM Financial, which is part of the Power Fina...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

CircleCI Scores $18M

San Francisco-based continuous integration software developer CircleCI says it has raised $18M in a Series B funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included DFJ, Baseline Ventures...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

BigPanda Ups Series B Funding To $21M

Palo Alto-based BigPanda, which develops IT alerting tools, said it has upped its Series B funding round to $21M. The company said the additional $5M funding came from Pelion Venture Partners. The Series B previously included Sequoia Capita...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Embroker Raises $12.2M For Insurance Startup

San Francisco-based Embroker, which is developing a technology-enabled platform to help businesses buy commercial insurance, said it has raised $12.2M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Ny...

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Friday, May 13, 2016

MegaBots Scores $2.4M To Bring Giant, Fighting Robots To Life

Ever wish you could strap ourself into a robotic exoskeleton, ala a "mech", in real life -- and battle it out with your friends? A new, San Francisco-based startup MegaBots, is hoping to bring those "mechs" to life through real life battles...

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Apple Invests $1 Billion China's Answer To Uber, Didi Chuxing

Apple said Thursday that it has made a $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing, China's answer to Uber, to better make inroads into the Chinese consumer market. Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi), is Uber's chief competitor in China. The inv...

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Bolt Threads Sews Up $50M Round For Synthetic Silk

Emeryville-based Bolt Threads, a developer of synthetic silk, made out of natural proteins--rather than hydrocarbons--has raised $50M in a Series C funding, the company said Wednesday. The fudning was led by Formation 8, and also included N...

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Zephyr Raises $31M For Software Testing Tools

Newark, California-based Zephyr, a developer of enterprise, test management software, has raised $31M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding came from growth equity firm Frontier Capital. Frontier Capital's Joel Laik an...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

RangeMe Ropes In $4M For B2B Marketplace

San Francisco-based RangeMe, which operates a B2B marketplace that helps retailers find new consumer packaged goods (CPGs), has raised $4M in a funding, according to the company. The funding came from Simon Equity Partners, Freestyle Capita...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Weaveworks Finds $15M

San Francisco- and London-based Weaveworks, a developer of network monitoring software for the Docker and container management market, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), and also inc...

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Rancher Labs Gets $20M For Container Management

Cupertino-based Rancher Labs, a startup developing "container" management software, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from GRC SinoGreen, and also included Mayfield and Nexus Venture Partners. Rancher Labs--despi...

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Nearpod Nabs $9.2M For Teaching Tools

San Francisco-based Nearpod, a developer of cloud software for creating engaging presentations and interactive activities for students, has raised $9.2M in a Series A round. The funding came from Reach Capital, Rothenberg Ventures, Storm Ve...

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Ripple.co Finds $4M For Local Journalism Effort

San Francisco-based Ripple.co, a new startup aimed at creating a community of local journalists, has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Greylock Partners, Graph Ventures, Social Capital, Charles River Ventures, John S. ...

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Monday, May 9, 2016

Pivotal Funding Figure Grows To $653M

The giant, $253M funding round for San Francisco-based Pivotal turns out to be worth more like $653M, if you include the debt-to-equity conversion of $400M from EMC, it emerged today, after regulatory filings by Pivotal. Pivotal had announc...

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Monday, May 9, 2016

Relayware Gets $11M

Relayware, a developer of software to manage sales channels, which has an office in Redwood City, has raised $11M in a funding round. The funding round was led by Amadeus Capital partners, and also included Albion Ventures. Relayware has it...

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Monday, May 9, 2016

CoreOS Picks Up $28M For Container Management Tools

San Francisco-based CoreOS, which develops software to deploy, manage, and secure "container" software, has raised $28M in a Series B funding. The company said the funding came from GV (formerly Google Ventures), plus Intel Capital, Accel, ...

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Friday, May 6, 2016

MIODx Seeded With $1.5M

San Francisco-based MIODx, a company working on biomarker diagnostics, announced Friday morning that it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company said the funding will go towards its clin...

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Friday, May 6, 2016

MIODx Seeded With $1.5M

San Francisco-based MIODx, a company working on biomarker diagnostics, announced Friday morning that it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company said the funding will go towards its clin...

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Friday, May 6, 2016

venBio Raises $315M Life Science Investment Fund

San Francisco-based venture capital ivnestor venBio announced this morning that it has raised $315M in its second life sciences fund, venBio Global Strategic Fund II. The funding came from Amgen, Merck, and Baxalta, along with a number of o...

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Friday, May 6, 2016

ShelterLuv Picks Up $2M In Funding From Workday Founder

Shelterluv, a developer of software to help animal shelters manage and encourage adoption of pets, has raised $2M in a funding from Pleasanton-based family foundation Maddie's Fund. The funding was announced by Maddie's Fund on Thursday. Sh...

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Reflektive Gets $13M For Talent, Performance Management

San Francisco-based Reflektive, a developer of talent and performance management tools, says it has raised $13M in a Series A funding for its platform. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Andreessen Horowitz. The ...

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

ON24 Sees $25M

San Francisco-based webinar and webcasting provider ON24 says it has raised $25M in a new funding, which came from Goldman Sachs' Private Capital Investing group. The provider of a webinar-based, marketing platform for companies, said it wi...

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

ON24 Sees $25M

San Francisco-based webinar and webcasting provider ON24 says it has raised $25M in a new funding, which came from Goldman Sachs' Private Capital Investing group. The provider of a webinar-based, marketing platform for companies, said it wi...

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Pivotal Picks Up $253M From Ford, Microsoft

San Francisco-based Pivotal, which develops Agile development software, has raised a gigantic, $253M funding round, from Ford and Microsoft. According to Pivotal, the Series C funding also included all of its prior investors, including GE, ...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

ChargePoint Connects With $50M For EV Charging Network

Campbell, California-based ChargePoint, which operates an electric vehicle charging network, said today that it has raised $50M in additional funding--bringing its total raised to more than $164M. ChargePoint said the new funding was led by...

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

GeoFrenzy Gets Funding From Donuts

Tiburon, California-based GeoFrenzy, a developer of geofencing software aimed at domain registration, has received an investment from domain name registration and extension manager Donuts, the companies said on Tuesday. Size of that investm...

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

CodeCombat Gets $2M For Computer Science Learning Games

San Francisco-based CodeCombat, a developer of a game-based computer science and coding teaching tool for kids, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company said Monday. The funding came from Third Kind Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz...

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Varo Gets $27M From Warburg Pincus

San Francisco-based Varo, a startup developing a new, mobile-only banking services, has scored $27M from Warburg Pincus, the company said this morning. Varo said it will offer up debit card, deposit and lending products via a mobile app, co...

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Mayfield Raises $525M For New Funds

Menlo Park venture investor Mayfield has launched two, new investment funds, raising a total of $525M for a new early stage and a separate later stage investment fund, the company said last week. The firm said it raised $400M for Mayfield X...

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Friday, April 29, 2016

Kasisto Gets Strategic Funding For Banking Bots

Burlingame, California-based Kasisto, a developer of artificial intelligence software which provides assistance to banking and finance customers, has scored a round of strategic funding from DBS Bank, a mobile bank based in India. Financial...

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Friday, April 29, 2016

Stance Finds $30M For Lifestyle Apparel

Stance, a lifestyle apparel brand which has its flagship store in Pleasanton, has raised $30M in a Series D funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Mercato Partners, and also included August Capital, Kleiner Perkins Cauf...

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

uAvionix Takes Off With $5M For Drone Safety Systems

Palo Alto-based uAvionix, a developer of minature, ADS-B receivers for unmanned, aerial vehicles--which can track aircraft transponders and automatically avoid aircraft collisions--has raised $5M in a funding round, the comapny said today. ...

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Evident.io Gets $15.7M For Cloud Security

Dublin, California-based Evident.io, a developer of cloud security and compliance automation tools, particularly for applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), has raised $15.7M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Venrock. ...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

RayVio Raises $26M For Germ Killing UV LEDs

Hayward-based RayVio, a developer of germ-killing, ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LEDs), has raised $26M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding was led by IPV Capital and Tsing Capital. RayVio is applying its UV ...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Phantom Finds Funding From In-Q-Tel

Palo Alto-based Phantom, a developer of cybersecurity automation and orchestration software, reported yesterday that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel. Financial details of the investment, or terms of the assocaited devel...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Zero Zero Robotics Snags $25M For Hover Camera

San Francisco-based Zero Zero Robotics, the developer of a self-flying, drone camera called the Hover Camera, said Tuesday that it has raised $25M in funding in its Series A. The funding came from IDG, GSR Ventures, ZhenFund and ZUIG, among...

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Naya Health Gets $3.9M For Smart Breast Pumps

Redwood City-based Naya, a startup developing "smart" breast pumps for mothers, has raised $3.9M in seed funding, according to the company. Naya develops smartphone connected, hydraulic breast pumps which it sells for $599. The funding came...

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Trov Takes $25.5M For Mobile Insurance App

San Francisco-based Trov, a developer of a mobile app and service which lets users insure their individual items--such as bicycles, laptops, tablets, and other stuff--has raised $25.5M in a funding round. The funding came from OAK HC/FT, Gu...

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Finistere Ventures, IFC Team On New Fund, Willow Hill Ventures

Palo Alto- and San Diego-based venture investor Finistere Ventures, and agriculture giant International Farming Corporation (IFC) announced a new venture fund, Willow Hill Ventures, this morning. The companies said that Willow Hill Ventures...

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Sysdig Gets Another $15M For Container Monitoring

San Francisco-based Sysdig, a developer of container monitoring software, said last week that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Accel and Bain Capital Ventures, both existing investors in the company. Sys...

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Kamcord Scores $10M More For Videogame Streaming

San Francisco-based Kamcord, which offers up mobile apps to help gamers stream their videogames to others, has raised $10M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Time Warner, and also included Plug & Play Ventures, Tencent, TransLink...

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Hua Medicine Gets $50M

San Francisco- and Shanghai-based Hua Medicine, a developer of treatments for diabetes, says it has raised $50M in a Series C financing. The funding was led by Harvest Investments, and also included Frontline BioVentures, ARCH, Venrock, Fid...

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Helium Finds $20M For IoT Sensors

San Francisco-based Helium, a developer of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by GV (Google Ventures), along with Khosla Ventures, FirstMark and Munich RE/Hartford Steam Boiler Ventu...

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Preempt Security Raises $8M For Breach Detection Tools

San Francisco-based Preempt Security, a developer of breach detection and response software, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included angels Mickey B...

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Anomali Adds $30M In Series C

Redwood City-based Anomali, which develops security software for threat intelligence and management, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), and also inc...

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

PayPal Leads $30M Round In Investment App Maker Acorns

PayPal is the lead investor in a $30M, strategic round of funding for investment app developer Acorns, the companies said today. Acorns raised the strategic funding from PayPal and Rakuten, to go towards its service, which rounds up purchas...

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Forter Finds $32M To Foil Fraud

San Francisco-based Forter, a startup which provides automated, real-time software to help online merchants stave off fraudulent transactions, has raised $32M in a Series C funding, according to the company. Forter said this morning that th...

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Chameleon Gets $1.9M

San Francisco-based Chameleon, a startup developing tools to help guide new users of products, has raised $1.9M in a seed funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from True Ventures, along with Maiden Lane, Vast VC and...

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

FusionOps Finds $25M

Mountain View-based FusionOps, a developer of cloud-based software for the supply chain market, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Georgian Partners, and also included New Enterprise Associates and Prabhu Goel...

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Bugcrowd Banks $15M For Bug Bounties

San Francisco-based Bugcrowd, which runs a crowd-sourced, enterprise security service to help uncover bugs in their products, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Blackbird Ventures, and also included Rally Ve...

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Second Genome Scoops Up $42.6M

South San Francisco-based Second Genome, which is developing biopharmaceuticals that are aimed at indications associated with barrier function, insulin sensitivity, and immune regulation, has raised $42.6M in a Series B funding. The funding...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Waltz Networks Connects With $8.15M

San Francisco-based Waltz Networks, a developer of dynamic, real-time network routing technology, has raised $8.15M, the company announced this morning. The funding included $6.75M in a Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates, and $...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Insightly Raises $25M For Small Business CRM

San Francisco-based Insightly, the developer of customer relationship management software for small businesses, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Scott Bommer of SAB Capital, and also included Emergence Capital P...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

HomeLight Finds $11M For Marketplace For Real Estate Agents

San Francisco-based HomeLight, which opreates an online marketplace for real estate agents, has raised $11M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Dovi Frances of DGVC. The company says it has now rai...

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Monday, April 18, 2016

ClassDojo Gets $21M For Classroom Tools

San Francisco-based ClassDojo, which develops tools to help teachers share information on student performance and behavior with parents, has raised $21M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed over the weekend. The funding was led by G...

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Monday, April 18, 2016

PeakSpan Capital Raises $150M Fund

Burlingame, California- and New York-based PeakSpan Capital said this morning that it has raised a new, $150M Fund, Peakspan Capital Growth Partners I, to ivnest in growth stage business software companies. The company did not detail the ex...

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Northgate Capital Acquired By The Capital Partnership

San Francisco-based venture and private investor Northgate Capital, with $4.8 billion in assets, has been acquired by private investor The Capital Partnership, the two said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed...

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Friday, April 15, 2016

Yup Takes $4M For Math, Chemistry, and Physics Tutoring App

San Francisco-based Yup, the developer of a mobile app to provide math, chemistry, and physics tutoring, said today that it has raised $4M in a nnew funding round, and expanded its efforts beyond its roots in math tutoring. The company--for...

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Poshmark Picks Up $25M More For Fashion Marketplace

Redwood City-based Poshmark, which operates an online and mobile community revolving around fashion, has raised $25M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Mayfield, Menlo Ventu...

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

EdCast Gets $16M For Corporate Knowledge Sharing Tools

Mountain View-based EdCast, a developer of corporate knowledge sharing tools, has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by GE Asset Management, and also included SoftBank Capital, Cervin Ventures, Stanford StartX Fund...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Nauto Picks Up $12M

Palo Alto-based Nauto disclosed today that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Playground Global, and also included Draper Nexus and Index Ventures. Nauto was founded by Stefan Heck and Frederick Soo. Nauto's cu...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Max Levchin's Affirm Finds $100M

San Francisco-based financial services technology startup Affirm, which was founded by PayPal founder Max Levchin, has raised $100M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Founders Fund, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, ...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

NodeSource Gets $10M For Node.js Tools

San Francisco-based Node.js software development tools developer NodeSource announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by RRE Ventures, and also included Crosslink Capital and Resolute.vc. Node...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

GGV Capital Closes $1.2B In New Investment Funds

Menlo Park- and Shanghai-based GGV Capital has raised $1.2 billion in three new funds, the company said this morning, including $900M for GGV Capital VI and VI Plus, $250M for GGV Discovery I, and $50M for GGV Capital VI Entrepreneurs Fund....

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Draper Associates Raises $190M For New Fund

Tim Draper, founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said Monday that he has created a new, venture capital fund under the brand Draper Associates, to invest in early stage investments. The new firm--which had previously been Draper's personal i...

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Edunav Snags $7M For Academic Planning Software

Cupertino-based Edunav has snagged $7M in a Series A funding for the company's student academic planning software for the higher education market, according to the company. The funding was led by Opus Capital Partners and Learn Capital. Edu...

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Livongo Health Gets $44.5M For Diabetes Management

Mountain View-based Livongo Health, which develops software to help manage diabetes, has raised $44.5M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Cowen Private Investments, Sapphire Ventures, Zaffre In...

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Testlio Finds $6.25M For Mobile App Testing Services

San Francisco-based Testlio, a provider of mobile app testing services, has raised $6.25M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Altos Ventures and Vertex Ventures. Testlio is led by Kristel Viidik. The copan...

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Even Gets $9M For Paycheck Management App

Oakland-based Even, the developer of a mobile app to help workers better manage their paychecks, has raised $9M in an investment round, the company disclosed Monday. The funding came from Valar Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, ...

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Luka Lands $4.42M For AI Bot Technology

San Francisco-based Luka, a developer of artificial intelligence software being used for smart personal assistance "bots", has raised $4.42M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Sherpa Capital, and also included Y Combinator, Ludl...

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Friday, April 8, 2016

Electric Imp Gets $21M

Los Altos-based Electric Imp, which offers up secure, Internet-of-Things connectivity products, has raised $21M in a Series C funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Rampart Capital, and also included Redpoint Ventures. E...

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Friday, April 8, 2016

RideCell Picks Up $11.7M For Ride Sharing Software

San Francisco-based RideCell, a developer of software to help enable car-sharing, ride sharing, fixed-route, and dynamic transit services, has raised $11.7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by BMW i Ventures, and also included Kho...

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Intercom Gets $50M For Live Chat, Marketing Tools

San Francisco-based Intercom, which develops marketing automation and live chat tools, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Index Ventures, and also included ICONIQ Capital, Bessemer Venture Par...

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Luxe Picks Up $50M From Hertz

San Francisco-based Luxe, an on-demand valet parking service, has just raised $50M from Hertz, Redpoint Ventures, and Venrock, the firm said this morning. According to Luxe Valet, the Series B funding from Hertz Global Holdings also adds He...

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Ebates Backs Influenster In $8M Funding

San Francisco-based cash back shopping site Ebates--now part of Rakuten--has made an investment in New York-based product discovery startup Influenster, the two said this morning. According to the companies, Ken Hirschman of Ebates joins In...

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Mintigo Gets $15M For Predictive Marketing Tools

San Mateo-based Mintigo, a startup developing predictive marketing software, said today that it has raised $15M in a funding round from Sequoia Capital. The startup, led by Jacob Shama, says its cloud-based software helps sales and marketi...

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Virool Picks Up $12M In Series A

San Francisco-based Virool, which helps brands and agencies run video advertising campaigns, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, Yahoo! Japan, Flint Capital and 500 Startups. The company said the Ser...

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Monday, April 4, 2016

Comma.ai Finds $3.1M For Self Driving Cars

San Francisco-based Comma.ai, a startup developing self-driving car technology, has raised $3.1M in seed funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Andreesen Horowitz (a16z). Comma.ai is led by George Holtz, a 26-year old who b...

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Monday, April 4, 2016

Slack Finds $200M More For Enterprise Messaging Tools

San Francisco-based Slack disclosed today that it has raised $200M more in funding, at a post-money valuation of $3.8 billion. The funding raises the company's total raised to $540M. Slack develops social messaging tools aimed at the enterp...

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Friday, April 1, 2016

Schoold Scooops Up $4.5M In Seed For College Advice

San Francisco-based Schoold, a developer of mobile apps to help students with college planning, has raised $4.5M in a seed funding round, the company said today. The funding came from FastForward, angel investor Lorne Abony, and others. Sch...

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Airware Picks Up $30M For Commercial Drone Push

San Francisco-based Airware announced this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round, and has begun offering up complete drone systems for the Fortune 500, enterprise market. According to Airware, the funding was led by Ne...

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Expway Gets Investment From NTT DOCOMO

Expway, a developer of LTE, wireless broadcast technology, has scored a strategic funding from NTT DOCOMO, the company said late Wednesday. The French company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Sunnyvale, said it raised $3M Euros in the co...

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Veracyte Gets $45M In Financing

South San Francisco-based molecular diagnostics developer Veracyte said earlier this week that it has raised $45M in financing, from Visium Healthcare Partners LP. Publicly held Veracyte said the financing comes in a com bination of a term ...

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Unity Technologies Seeks New Funding, $1.5 Billion Valuation

San Francisco-based game engine maker Unity Technologies, the developer of 3D game engine technology for the videogame industry, is seeking to raised new funding which would value the company at $1.5 billion, according to reports. The compa...

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

MapD Gains $10M For Massively Parallel, GPU Database Software

San Francisco-based MapD, which develops GPU-accelerated database software aimed at visual analytics, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Vanedge Capital, Verizon Ventures and Nvidia Corporation, along with GV (Goog...

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

MATRIXX Finds Strategic Funding

Mountain View-based MATRIXX Software, a developer of software and a platform used by carriers for billing, customer service, and other management, said it has received a strategic funding from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Pyze Picks Up $1.7M For Personalization Tools

Redwood City-based Pyze, a developer of app personalization tools, has raised $1.7M in a seed funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from John Chisholm Ventures and DoubleRock. Pyze, led by Dickey Singh, provides marketing t...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Virtual Instruments Raises $20M, Merges With Load DynamiX

San Jose-based Virtual Instruments said late Monday evening that it has merged with Load DynamiX, and raised $20M in an investment round. The funding was led by HighBar Partners, and also included Azure Capital Partners, Kinetic Ventures an...

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Monday, March 28, 2016

Checkr Finds $40M For Background Check Software For On Demand Startups

San Francisco-based Checkr, a developer of background screening and verification software, said last week that it has raised $40M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Y Combinator Continuity Fund, and also included Instituti...

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Monday, March 28, 2016

Bromium Gets $40M More For Cybersecurity Tools

Cupertino-based Bromium, a developer of endpoint protection software, has raised $40M more in funding, the company said last week. The funding came from Silver Lake Waterman and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners, Hig...

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Monday, March 28, 2016

The History Project Brings Seed Funding To $2M

Oakland-based The History Project, a developer of tools ot help users document personal history, has added new funding to its seed round, bringing its total raised to $2M, the company said last week. The funding said it added The Associated...

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Friday, March 25, 2016

RevUp Raises $5M In Seed Funding

Redwood City-based RevUp, a developer of software used for improving fundraising for nonprofits, has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The company said the seed funding came from Greylock Partners (Reid Hoffman), Sean Parker, Omidyar Netw...

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Mesosphere Raises $73.5M

San Francisco-based container deployment software developer Mesosphere said this morning that it has raised $73.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), as well as Andreessen Horowit...

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

FOVE Finds $11M For Virtual Reality Eye Tracking

San Francisco-based FOVE, a developer of virtual reality, eye tracking software, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding as led by Colopl VR Fund, and also included Hon Hai Venture Capital and Samsung ...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Science Exchange Gets $25M For Scientific Research Marketplace

Palo Alto-based Science Exchange, which operates an online marketplace to help companies find contract research organizations (CROs), academic labs, and government facilities to conduct experiments for them, has raised $25M in a funding rou...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

BetterWorks Picks Up $20M

Redwood City-based BetterWorks, which develops software for employee performance management and strategic planning, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Emergence Capital, and al...

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Aerin Medical Finds $16.7M

Sunnyvale- and Austin-based Aerin Medical, a developer of non-invasive, medical d‪evies designed to treat nasal breathing disorders, has raised $16.7M in a Series C funding, the company announced this morning. The funding included $6....

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Sight Machine Picks Up $13.5M

San Francisco-based Sight Machine, a developer of software being used by manufacturers to track and analyze factory data, quality, and other information, has raised $13.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Jump Capital, and also...

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Monday, March 21, 2016

Cisco Plans $100M Investment In India

Cisco said over the weekend that it plans to invest over $100M in the country of India, including $40M for early stage and growth stage funding. According to Cisco, the strategic investments are part of an effort to "accelerate country digi...

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Monday, March 21, 2016

Mattermark Picks Up $7.3M For Sales Leads

San Francisco-based Mattermark, a provider of information and a database of companies for sales prospecting, has raised $7.3M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Foundry Group. The company said the investment values the company at...

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Friday, March 18, 2016

PowerCore Raises $2M

San Francisco-based PowerCore, a developer of "smart toys" for the video game market, said this week that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from 500 Startups, East Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, and Cherubic Ventu...

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Sight Sciences Sees $7M

Menlo Park-based medical device startup Sight Sciences hsa raised $7M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Hicks Equity Partners, and also included Scientific Health Development, Allegro Investment Fund,...

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Kenandy Raises $11.5M For ERP Tools

Redwood City-based Kenandy, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools, said it has raised another round of funding, bringing its total raised to over $55M. The funding previously raised $43.5M in two round. The funding came fr...

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

10x Genomics Finds $55M

Pleasanton-based 10x Genomics, a developer of genome sequencing tools, has raised $55M in a series C round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and also include Softbank, JS Capital M...

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Striim Adds $10M To Series B Funding

Palo Alto-based Striim, a developer of software for integrating real time data into big data analytics and other efforts, has raised $10M more in its Series B funding, the company said today. The company says the funding expands its Series ...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Spirox Gets $45M For Medical Device

Menlo Park-based Spirox, which is developing medical devices for treating nasal obstruction, has raised $45M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by KKR, and also included HealthQuest Capital, Aisling Capital, Aperture Venture Partner...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Next Insurance Picks Up $14 For Small Business Insurance

Palo Alto-based Next Insurance, a startup developing online insurance services for small businesses, said today that it has raised $13M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Zeev Ventures, TLV Partners and Ribbit Capital. Next Insu...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Couchbase Gets $30M For NoSQL Software

Mountain View-based NoSQL database software developer Couchbase said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series F financing round. The round was led by Sorenson Capital, along with Accel Partners, Adams Street Partners, Ignition Partn...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

HealthQuest Capital Raises $225M Fund

Menlo Park-based healthcare investor HealthQuest Capital said today that it has raised $225M in a new fund, HealthQuest Capital II, LP, well past its initial target of $175M. The investor said the funds came from un-named endowments, family...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Skyport Systems Finds $30M

Mountain View-based Skyport Systems, a developer of enterprise security products, has raised $30M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from GV (Google Ventures), along with Cisco Investments, Thomvest Ventures...

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Monday, March 14, 2016

HealthTell Raises $26M For Healthcare Diagnostics

San Ramon-based HealthTell, which is developing diagnostic tests for autoimmune diseases like lupus, has raised $26M in a Series B funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Third Point Ventures, and also included P...

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Monday, March 14, 2016

Arterys Gets $12M In Series A

San Francisco-based medical imaging software developer Arterys said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Emergent Medical Partners, GE Ventures, the Stanford-StartX Fund, and Norwich Ventur...

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Genability Gets $3M For Solar Energy Software

San Francisco-based Genability, a developer of energy software, said this week that it has raised $3M in an investment round. The funding came from WindSail Capital Group. Genability provides software that helps solar power firms estimate e...

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Main Post Partners Raises $400M Fund

San Francisco-based private equity investor Main Post Partners said this week that it has raised a $400M, growth equity fund, Main Post Growth Capital, L.P. Main Post Partners said the fund exceeded its initial target of $250M. Main Post P...

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Avametric Picks Up $10.5M For Fashion Technology

San Francisco-based Avametric, a startup using visual effects technology to render apparel and accessories in an accurate way for e-commerce, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a funding round. The Series A came from Khosla Ventures, Y...

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Immersv Finds Funding, Launches VR Ad Network

Immersv, a new startup with offices in both Emeryville and Los Angeles, said today that it has scored funding from Foundation Capital, Technicolor Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, CAA Ventures, All Mobile Ventures, 137Vent...

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Instacart Gets Strategic Funding From Whole Foods

San Francisco-based on-demand grocery delivery provider Instacart has received a strategic investment from natural and organic supermarket operator Whole Foods Market, the two said today, as part of a strategic deal between the two. The com...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Chronicled Picks Up $3.45M In Funding For Vintage Sneaker Trading App

San Francisco-based Chronicled, a startup developing mobile apps to let users trade vintage sneakers, said this morning that it has raised $3.425M in seed funding. The funding came from Mandra Capital, Colbeck, and Pantera Capital. The comp...

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Tizona Therapeutics Finds $43M In Series B

South San Francisco-based Tizona Therapeutics said this morning that it has raised $43M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Abingworth and Canaan Partners along with Lightstone Ventures, MPM Capital, Amgen Ventures, Astellas ...

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Celigo Gets $8M For Cloud Integration

San Mateo-based Celigo,, a developer of software to connect and integrate cloud-based applications, has raised $8M in a growth equity funding. The funding came from TVC Capital. Celigo said the investment is its first institutional capital ...

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Monday, March 7, 2016

AlphaSense Adds $33M For Investment Research Tools

San Francisco-based AlphaSense, a developer of investment research and corporate intelligence search engine tools, has raised $33M in a growth capital funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Tribeca Venture Partners, T...

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Friday, March 4, 2016

InCube Labs Spins Out Fe3 Medical With $11M Funding

San Jose-based InCube Labs, a medical device and drug delivery R&D organization, has spun out Fe3 Medical, a new company developing transdermal patches to treat iron-deficiency anemia. Fe3 Medical said it raised $11M in a funding round from...

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Friday, March 4, 2016

InCube Labs Spins Out Fe3 Medical With $11M Funding

San Jose-based InCube Labs, a medical device and drug delivery R&D organization, has spun out Fe3 Medical, a new company developing transdermal patches to treat iron-deficiency anemia. Fe3 Medical said it raised $11M in a funding round from...

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Backstage Capital Announces Six Investments

San Francisco-based Backstage Capital, a new venture capital firm which say sit is the first firm founded by a "LGBT black woman", said it has made six investments into a number of companies. The firm said it has invested in Kairos, Wedspir...

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Wrap Finds $4M For Mobile Web Presentations

San Francisco-based Wrap, a startup which develops software to take presentations and makes them easily accessible via the mobile web, has raised $4M in a funding for Asian expansion. The funding came from Dream Incubator, which is also wor...

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Appvance Takes $5M For DevOps QA

San Jose-based Appvance said this morning that it has raised $5M in a venture apital funding. The funding was led by Javelin Venture Partners, and also included H. Barton Investments and Three Bridges Ventures. Appvance develops QA automati...

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

YourMechanic Parks $24M Round For On-Demand Car Repair

Mountain View-based YourMechanic, a startup offer up on-demand, Uber-style access to auto mechanics, has raised $24M in a new funding round, the company announced today. YourMechanic said the round came from SoftBank Capital, Lerer Hippeau ...

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Monday, February 29, 2016

Enlighted Picks Up $25M

Sunnyvale-based Enlighted, which develops space planning and HVAC software used in commercial buildings, has raised $25M in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RockPort ...

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Niantic Labs Nabs $5M For Pokemon Game

San Francisco-based Niantic, a Google spinout which is developing a mobile game based on Pokemon which combines both mobile gameplay with real-life interaction, has raised $5M in a seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding ...

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Kika Tech Picks Up $30.6M For Emoji App

Sunnyvale-based Kika Tech, the developer of a social Android app which lets users send emojis and other messages to each other, has raised $30.6M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Chinese investors Honge Capital, Bole Zongheng, a...

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Signifyd Snags $20M To Prevent Chargebacks

San Jose-based Signifyd, a startup which uses machine learning and other techniques to ferret out fraud-related e-commerce orders, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Allegis...

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

ThousandEyes Gets $35M For Network Monitoring Tools

San Francisco-based ThousandEyes, a developer of network management and cloud performance management tools, said Thursday that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included GV (formerly G...

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

REVL Sees $2M For Action Camera

San Francisco-based REVL, a startup developing a motion-stabilized, action camera, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Bill Tai, Y Combinator, James Lindenbaum, Lars Rasmussen, Frog Ventur...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Deliv Picks Up $28M

Menlo Park-based Deliv, the same day delivery provider which uses crowdsourced couriers as its labor pool, has raised $28M in a Series B funding. According to Deliv, the funding came from the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, along with Upfron...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Forty Seven Finds $32.5M For Cancer Antibodies

Palo Alto-based Forty Seven Inc., which is developing antibodies aimed at attacking cancer tumors, has raised the first half of a $75M in a Series A financing, the company said today. The company said the Series A was led by Lightspeed Vent...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

RealtyShares Raises $20M More

San Francisco-based RealtyShares, an online crowdfunding marketplace for real estate investments, has raised $20M in a series B funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Union Square Ventures, and also included Menlo Vent...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

MasterClass Gets $15M For Online Learning From Celebrities

San Francisco-based MasterClass, a startup which operates an online site for learning from such people as Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Christina Guilera, Serena Williams, James Patterson and Usher, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. Th...

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Monday, February 22, 2016

Nimble Collective Gets $8.5M For Animation Marketplace

Mountain View-based Nimble Collective, which operates an online community and marketpace for animation and animators, has raised $8.5M in a funding round, the company said last week. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates. The star...

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Monday, February 22, 2016

Salesforce, Accel Re-Up On Qubit

London-based marketing analytics software developer Qubit said this morning that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding round, which included Salesforce.com and Accel, along with new investor Goldman Sachs and Sapphire Ventures. The round...

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Friday, February 19, 2016

Vera Picks Up $17M For Data Security Tools

Palo Alto-based Vera, a developer of data security tools, has raised $17M in a Series B funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, and also included Battery Ventures and Amplify Partners. Sutter Hill's ...

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Friday, February 19, 2016

Aria Systems Gains $50M

San Francisco-based Aria Systems, a developer of payment systems used to manage recurring revenue for enterprise companies, has raised $50M in a new funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures, Humme...

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Pliant Therapeutics Gets $45M

Redwood City-based Pliant Therapeutics, a new company focused on treatments for fibrotic diseases of the lungs, has raised $45M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Third Rock Ventures. Plaint has named Bernard Coulie, M.D., Ph.D. a...

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

PayActiv Picks Up $9.2M For Payroll Lending

San Jose-based PayActiv, a financial startup offering up alternative payroll services to companies, particularly for workers who might typically need payroll advances or loans, said on Wednesday that it has raised $9.2M in a funding round. ...

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Orion Labs Finds $9M

San Francisco-based Orion Labs, a company developing personal communications devices which let users communicate as a group using voice, has raised $9M in a funding round. The funding came from Avalon Ventures and Motorola Solutions Venture...

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

GridGain Connects With $15M

Foster City-based GridGain, a developer of in-memory data processing software, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Sberbank and MoneyTime Ventures, and also included Almaz Capital and...

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Rainforest QA Picks Up $12M

San Francisco-based Rainforest QA, a company which provides tools to help companies with their software quality assurance (QA) tasks, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included...

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

MindMaze Finds $100M For Virtual Reality Therapy, Joins Unicorns

San Francisco-based MindMaze, which is developing virtual reality platforms used to treat stroke and brain injury, has raised $100M in a new funding round, according to the company. MindMaze said the round was led by the Hinduja Group, and ...

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

YouAppi Gets $13.1M For Mobile Ad Buying

Beijing- and San Francisco-based YouAppi, a developer of mobile media ad buying tools, said today that it has raised $13.1M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Hawk Ventures, Global Brain, Click Ventures, Digital Future, Emer...

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Uber Picks Up $200M From Russian Billionaire

San Francisco-based Uber has received $200M in an investment round from Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, via his investment group, LetterOne, according to LetterOne over the weekend. Valuation and other details of the funding round were...

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Zoomdata Finds $25M For Big Data Visualization Tools

Redwood City-based Zoomdata, which develops visual analytics software for the big data market, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs' Principal Strategic Investments Group and also included Comcast Vent...

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

LiveAction Snags $36M

Palo Alto-based LiveAction, a provider of enterprise IT monitoring software, has raised $36M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included Accelerate-IT Ventures and Cisc...

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Thoma Bravo Closes $1 Billion Fund Aimed At Software Investments

San Francisco-based private equity investor Thoma Bravo announced today that it has closed on a new, $1.0 billion fund, aimed at investing in lower middle market software companies. The new Thoma Bravo Discover Fund had $1.074 billion in co...

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Lantern Lands $17M For Online Mental Health Services

San Francisco-based Lantern, a startup developing online, mental health wellness services, said this week that it has raised $17M in an investment round. The round came from healthcare company UPMC, and also included Mayfield Fund, SoftTec...

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Veniam Raises $22M For Connected Vehicles

Mountain View-based Veniam said Thursday that it has raised $22M in a Series B funding round, for the company's connected vehicle technology. The funding was led by Verizon Ventures, and also included Cisco Investments, Orange Digital Ventu...

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Diffbot Downloads $10M In Funding

Palo Alto-based Diffbot, a developer of artificial intelligence software and data extraction tools, said Thursday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Tencent and Felicis Ventures, and also included Andy Bech...

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

JetBlue Launches Venture Capital Arm In Silicon Valley

JetBlue has set up shop in Silicon Valley with a new, venture capital arm, called JetBlue Technology Ventures, the company said this morning, to invest in, incubate, and partner with early stage startups. The airline said its new wholly own...

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Renew Financial Raises $70M For Clean Energy Financing Programs

Oakland-based Renew Financial, which provides financing for residential, clean energy and energy efficiency projects, said today that it has raised $70M in a growth capital funding. The funding came from Angeleno Group, Apollo Capital Mana...

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Edyn Harvests Funding Round

Oakland-based Edyn, a developer of a gardening system which lets people monitor their garden using their smartphone, has raised a round of funding, the company said Wednesday. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Fe...

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Velano Vascular Finds $3.5M

San Francisco-based Velano Vascular, a developer of technology for automating blood draws, said earlier this week that it has raised an additional $3.5M in funding. The funding came from First Round Capital, White Owl Capital, Kapor Capital...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

NuuED Nabs $3M For Mobile Learning Tools

Oakland-based NuuED, a developer of mobile learning tools, said on Wednesday that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The funding came from DuKlaw Ventures, and also included Deutsche Gruppe. NuuED, which was founded by Derrick O'Neal, de...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

OpsPanda Gets $5M For Sales Resource Planning Software

Palo Alto-based OpsPanda, a developer of cloud-based sales resource planning software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, according to the startup. The funding was led by TDF Ventures, and also included an un-named university, plus Pivot...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Crunchbase Finds $2M More, Clamps Down On Data Access

San Franciso-based Crunchbase, the provider of crowd-source investment data that was spun out of AOL last year, has raised $2M in a Series A2 round, the company said today, and put in place some major pricing and data access plans. The fund...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

ARMO BioSciences Takes $50M

Redwood City-based ARMO BioSciences, which is developing immunotherapy drugs, announced today that it has raised $50M in a Series C financing. The financing came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), OrbiMed, DAG Ventures and NanoDi...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Sunverge Energy Scores $36.5M For Energy Storage Systems

San Francisco-based Sunverge, a developer of energy storage systems for the electric utility industry, has raised $36.5M in a Series C funding, according to the company. The funding came from AGL Energy Ltd., along with the Australian Renew...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Iron.io Bumps Series A To $11.5M

San Francisco-based Iron.io, a developer of cloud-based messaging and task processing services, said today that it has raised additional funding in its Series A funding. The round now stands at $11.5M. The new funding came from Sapphire Ven...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Hired Adds $40M More In Series C, Buys Three Companies

San Francisco-based job search and listings site Hired, led by Mehul Patel, disclosed Monday that it has raised $40M more in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Lumia Capital, and also included Comcast Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Si...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

VIMOC Technologies Finds $2.4M

Mountain View-based VIMOC Technologies, a developer of products for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry, has raised $2.4M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Morado Ventures, and also included Flex Lab IX and ET Capital Partners, pl...

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Monday, February 8, 2016

TalentSky Takes $10M For Career Tools

Redwood City-based TalentSky, a developer of a web-based, career and skills development platform aimed at professionals, has raised $10M in a combined Seed and Series A funding. The funding came from an un-named collection of individual inv...

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Monday, February 8, 2016

Xignite Takes $20.5M For Financial APIs, Data

San Mateo-based Xignite, a provider of cloud-based, financial data APIs, said today that it has raised $20.5M in a Series C financing round. The funding was led by QUICK Corporation, and also included StarVest Partners, Altos Ventures, an...

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Friday, February 5, 2016

Symantec Gets $500M From Silver Lake

Mountain View-based Symantec and Menlo Park-based private equity investor Silver Lake said late Thursday that Silver Lake will make a $500M strategic investment in Symantec. Silver Lake Manging Partner Kan Hao has been appointed to Symantec...

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Friday, February 5, 2016

Future Motion Raises $3.2M For Onewheel

Santa Cruz-based Future Motion, which develops the Onewheel, an electric-powered board, said this week that it has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Deshe Holdings, and also included Paul Crandell, plus DSCN Capital,...

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

EpiBiome Lands $6M For Agricultural Antibiotics Alternatives

South San Francisco-based EpiBiome, which says it is developing an alternative to small molecule antibiotics for agriculture, has raised $6M in a Series A funding round today. The funding came from Viking Global Investors via the Illumina A...

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Fit Pay Connects With $3.1M

San Francisco-based Fit Pay, a developer of technology which turns wearables into contactless payment devices, has raised $3.1M in a seed funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Giesecke & Devrient (G&D). Fit Pay, led by Mic...

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Handshake Picks Up $10.5M For College Recruiting

San Francisco-based college recruitting and networking service Handshake, which looks to help connect students with career opportunities, has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding. According to the company, the funding was led by Kleiner Perk...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Skybox Security Raises $96M

San Jose-based Skybox Security, a developer of cybersecurity management software to help manage firewalls and network devices, has raised $96M in an investment round. The round came from private equity investment fund Providence Strategic G...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Avalanche Technologies Sweeps Up $23M For Nonvolatile RAM

Fremont-based Avalanche Technology, a developer of non-volatile memory products aimed at embedded applications, has raised $23M in a funding round. The funding came from Thomvest Ventures, Vulcan Capital, Rogers Venture Partners, and VTB Ca...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Blockstream Finds $55M For Blockchain Technology

San Francisco-based Blockstream, which is developing blockchain technology, has raised $55M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The founding came from Horizons Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, and Digital Garage, along with AME...

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

ThirdLove Picks Up $8M For Women's Intimates

San Francisco-based ThirdLove, a woman's custom-fit intimates brand, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also includes Laurie Ann Goldman (Spanx), Lori Greeley...

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

CarGlass Gets $3M To Automatically Connect Drivers To News, Podcasts

San Francisco-based CarGlass, a company developing software which automatically scours the Internet for news, podcasts, and other information for users, and turns it into a podcast matching your commute length, has raised $3M in a funding r...

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Monday, February 1, 2016

Kraken Gobbles Up Coinsetter and Cavirtex, Captures Series B

San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange operator Kraken said Monday that it has acquired Coinsetter and Cavirtex, two Bitcoin exchanges, and also received a multi-million dollar funding round. Size of that round was not announced. Kraken said ...

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Friday, January 29, 2016

BirdEye Lands $8M Funding For Customer Feedback Tools

Sunnyvale-based BirdEye, a developer of customer feedback tools for the enterprise, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included Marc Benioff, Jerry Yang, Clara Shi...

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Friday, January 29, 2016

BloomReach Gets $56M For Personalization Software

Mountain View-based BloomReach, a developer of web personalization software for the e-commerce and marketing industry, has raised $56M in a funding round, the company announced today. The Series D funding came from Bain Capital Ventures, Ba...

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Booster Fuels Raises $9M To Expand In Silicon Valley

Booster Fuels, a startup which operates an on-demand, fuel delivery service for gas fillups, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Maveron, and also included Madrona Venture Group, Version One Venture...

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Gridstore Gains $19M

Mountain View-based Gridstore, a developer of an appliance specifically aimed at running virtual machines, SQL Server, private cloud, and other workloads, has raised $19M in a funding round. The funding was led by Atlantic Bridge Capital, a...

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Lever Lands $20M For Recruiting Software

San Francisco-based Lever, a developer of software used to manage the recruiting process has raised $20M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included Correlation Ventures, M...

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Branch Metrics Picks Up $35M

Palo Alto-based Branch Metrics, a developer of "deep linking" software for apps, has raised $35M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Founders Fund, and also included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pejman Mar Ventures, Cowboy Ven...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

StatMuse Finds $10M For Sports Media

San Francisco-based StatMuse said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Techstars, The Walt Disney Company, Allen & Co., Greycroft Partners, Promus Ventures, Haas Portman, Deep Fork Capital, and Be...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Zipdragon Launches To Seed Cloud Startups

San Francisco-based Zipdragon Ventures said Tuesday that it has launched a brand new, investment firm to make seed investments in cloud startup. According to the new fund, it is led by Sheeraz Daniel Haji, a former Venture Partner at Rembra...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Adicet Bio Gets $51M For Cell Immunotherapy

Menlo Park-based Adicet Bio, a biopharmaceuticals startup focused on cell immunotherapy, said today that it has raised $51M in a Series A funding. The company also said it has acquired Israeli company Applied Immune Technologies. Financial ...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

mPrest Gets $20M For Industrial Monitoring Software

Menlo Park-based mPrest, a developer of industrial monitoring and control software, specifically aimed at mission-critical applications, has raised $20M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by GE Ventures, and also included funding ra...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Jitterbit Connects With $20M

Alameda-based Jitterbit, a developer of enterprise, IT application software integration tools, has raised $20M in a Series B, the company said today. The funding was led by KKR. The company is led by George Gallegos, and develops software t...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Powerhive Plugs Into $20M

Berkeley-based Powerhive, which is developing off-grid, renewable energy systems aimed at the emerging market, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Prelude Ventures, and also included Cater...

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Monday, January 25, 2016

FiveStars Adds $50M For Rewards Programs

San Francisco-based FiveStars, which helps small businesses run rewards programs for their customers, said Friday that it has raised $50M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by HarbourVest Partners, and also included Lightspeed...

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Jan Medical Raises $7.5M For Concussion, Stroke Diagnostics

Mountain View-based Jan Medical, a developer of non-invasive, brain diagnostics tools used to diagnose concussions and stroke, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Brainlab, Inc. The company said ...

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Friday, January 22, 2016

Arrayent Adds ORIX To $15M Series C Round

San Francisco-based Arrayent, which develops software for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, said Thursday that it has added ORIX Ventures to its Series C funding. Arrayent said it raised $15M in the Series C round, which also included DC...

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Friday, January 22, 2016

Kii Raises Funding From Cisco

San Mateo-based Kii, which is developing software to enable Internet-of-Things (IoT) and mobile software, said Thursday that it has received an investment from Cisco Investments. Size of the investment round was not announced. Kii is led by...

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

ForeScout Joins Unicorns With $76M Funding

Campbell, California-based ForeScout, which develops cybersecurity appliances, has joined the unicorn club, saying today that it has raised $76M at a valuation of $1 billion. The funding was led by Wellington Management Company LLP. ForeSco...

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Scale Venture Partners Raises $335M Venture Investment Fund

Foster City-based venture investor Scale Venture Partners said today that it has closed Scale Venture Partners V, L.P., at $335M in committed capital. The venture capital fund said that investors in the new fund included both new and existi...

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Malwarebytes Gets $50M

San Jose-based malware prevention software Malwarebytes has raised $50M ina funding round, in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding came from Fidelity Management and Research Company. The new funding comes on a $30M Serie...

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Glu Mobile Invests In Plain Vanilla Corp., Eyes Future Acquisition

San Francisco-based Glu Mobile said this morning that it has invested $7.5M in Reykjavik, Iceland-based Plain Vanilla Corp., the developer of the mobile game QuizUp. As part of the investment, Glu Mobile said it also has been given an optio...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

ScaleArc Finds $20M From Bain Capital For Database Load Balancing

Santa Clara-based ScaleArc, which develops database load balancing software, has raised $20M in a Series C-1 financing. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Accel Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Nexus Ventures. Sc...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

JFrog Jumps On $50M For Software Tools

Santa Clara-based JFrog, a developer of DevOps software distribution and library management software, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The startup, led by Shlomi Ben Haim, said the funding came from Sc...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Instart Logic Gains $45M

Palo Alto-based Instart Logic announced today that it has raised $45M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Geodesic Capital, and also included Stanford-StartX Fund, Harris Barton Asset Management, Hermes Growth Partners, Andreessen...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

BlueVine Raises $40M In Funding

Palo Alto-based BlueVine, which provides working capital financing to small businesses via an online platform, has raised $40M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Rakuten FinTech Fund, Lightspeed ...

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Big Switch Networks Finds $48.5M For SDN

Santa Clara-based Big Switch Networks, a developer of software defined networking (SDN) products, said today that it has raised $48.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Morgenthaler Ventures, Silver Lake Waterman, Index Ven...

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Twist Bioscience Takes In $81M In Equity, Debt Funding

San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience, a developer of DNA synthesis tools, has raised $81M in total, split between a $61M Series D financing and $20M in debt. According to the company, the Series D funding came from ARCH Overage Fund, Merieu...

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Oval Partners Makes Investment In FlexPrint

San Francisco-based private equity investor Oval Partners has made a strategic investment in Phoenix, Arizona-based FlexPrint, a provider of copier and printer management and support services. Financial details of the investment were not ...

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Taulia Raises $46M More In Funding

San Francisco-based Taulia, which develops software and services used for managing invoice and collections for businesses, has raised $46M in a new funding round. The Series E funding was led by Zouk Capital. Taulia said it has now raised o...

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Foursquare Finds $45M More

Foursquare, the developer of mobile apps for social networking, has raised $45M more in a Series E funding, according to the company. The firm--which has a big office in San Francisco, but is headquartered in New York--said the funding was ...

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Friday, January 15, 2016

VeloCloud Adds $27M For WAN Technology

Mountain View-based VeloCloud has raised $27M more in funding, via a Series C round, for its software defined WAN technology. VeloCloud said the new round was led by March Capital Partners, and also included Cisco Investments, plus New Ente...

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Looker Gets $48M More For Data Analysis Tools

Santa Cruz-based Looker, a provider of a data analytics platform for business analysis, has raised $48M in a Series C funding, the company announced today. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Redpoint ...

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

App Annie Finds $63M

San Francisco-based App Annie, which develops software used by mobile app developers for app analytics, has raised $63M more in funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Greenspring Associates, which took a majority equity inv...

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Savioke Gets $15M For Hospitality Robots

No, that's not a Dalek standing in front of your hotel room--that's a new robot from Santa Clara-based Savioke, a robotics startup which develops a robot aimed at the hospitality industry. Savioke said today that it has raised $15M in a Ser...

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Scalr Snags $7.35M

San Francisco-based Scalr has raised $7.35M in a Series A funding, according to the company, from OpenView Venture Partners. Scalr, which develops cloud management software, said the funding will go to expand its U.S. sales force. Mackey Cr...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Import.io Finds $13M

San Francisco-based Import.io, a developer of data scraping tools which help translate web pages into databases, has raised $13M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding came from Imperial Innovations, Wellington Partners,...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Scality Snags Strategic Funding From Hewlett Packard

San Francisco-based Scality, a developer of object- and software-defined storage products, has snagged a strategic funding from Hewlett Packard Ventures. Size of the funding was not announced. Scality said the funding is part of a partnersh...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Elastifile Connects With $35M

San Jose-based flash-based storage provider Elastifile has raised $35M in a Series B round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, as well as six un-named data center and server c...

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Monday, January 11, 2016

Healthline Media Finds Funding

San Francisco-based Healthline Media said today that it has raised a round of growth funding from Summit Partners, and launched as a standalone company. Financial details of the funding were not announced. The new company will be led by Dav...

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Guardant Health Gains $100M

Redwood City-based Guardant Health, which is developing cell-free, DNA liquid biopsy technology for cancer testing via blood samples, said today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by OrbiMed Advisors, and al...

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Alector Raises $29.5M For Alzheimer's Treatments

San Francisco-based Alector, a developer of immuno-modulatory therapies for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, announced today that it has raised $29.5M in a Series D financing. The funding was led by Dementia Discov...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Osterhout Design Group Gets Investment From 21st Century Fox

San Francisco-based Osterhout Design Group, a developer of augmented and virtual reality glasses, said today that 21st Century Fox has acquired a minority stake in the company. The size of the investment and stake was not announced. Osterho...

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Degreed Raises $21M

San Francisco-bassed Degreed, an educational technology startup which helps people track professional and lifelong learning, has raised $21M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Jump Capital, and also included Signal Peak, Rethink ...

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Blueshift Gets $8M For Marketing Automation

San Francisco-based Blueshift, a developer of marketing automation software, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Storm Ventures, and also included Nexus Venture Partners. Storm's Anshu Sharma has ...

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Monday, January 4, 2016

Quartzy Raises $17M For Lab Management Software

Palo Alto-based Quartzy, a developer of software for managing research, biotech, and pharmaceuticals labs, has raised $17M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The Series B funding came from Emergence Capital, along with Khosla ...

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Monday, January 4, 2016

Lyft Picks Up $1 Billion From General Motors, Others

San Francisco-based Lyft has picked up a huge, $1 billion funding round from General Motors, along with other investors like Kingdom Holding Company, Janus Capital Management, Rakuten, Didi Kuaidi and Alibaba. Lyft said General Motors inve...

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Monday, January 4, 2016

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Re-Ups On Silvercar

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has put more backing behind an up-and-coming, tech-centric car rental service, Silvercar. According to Silvercar, it has raised $28M in a Series C funding round, which came from Audi, Austin Ventures, and...

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

NextInput Nabs $8M For MEMs Sensors

San Jose-based NextInput, a developer of MEMs-based force sensors, has raised $8.0M in a funding round. The funding came from Sierra Ventures, and Intel Capital and GoerTek Group Co., Ltd. As part of the funding, Sierra's Ben Yu joins the b...

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Monday, December 21, 2015

Gusto Adds $22M For Payroll And Benefits Service

San Francisco- and Denver-based payroll, benefits, and worker's comp services provider Gusto has added $22M more in a still ongoing $50M Series B funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The filing came on Friday. Guts...

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Monday, December 21, 2015

Flux Factory Finds $29M

San Francisco-based Flux Factory, which develops a cloud-based service to help architects, engineers, and contractors exchange data, has raised $29M in a Series B financing. The funding was led by Temasek and Surbana Juround Private Limited...

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Fresvii Finds $4M In Funding

Redwood City-based Fresvii, a developer of social networking tools which integrate directly into mobile games and apps, has raised $4M in funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Nissay Capital of Japan, plus angel Guo Wei...

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Full Circle Insights Picks Up $4.7M

San Mateo-based Full Circle Insights, a developer of marketing performance management software, has raised $4.7M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Aligned Partners, and also included Salesforce Ventures. Ful...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Anodot Gets $3M For Predictive Analytics Software

Sunnyvale- and Ra'anana, Israel predictive analytics software developer Anodot recently annoucned that it has raised $3M in a funding round, and exited stealth mode, saying it is developing machine learning algorithms which use big data to ...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Trustlook Takes $17M For Android Security

San Jose-based Trustlook, a developer of mobile security tools for Android, announced Wednesday that it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Trustbridge Partners, and also included Sparkland Ventures, Linear C...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Blue River Technology Picks Up $17M For Farm Robots

Sunnyvale-based Blue River Technology, a company which is developing agricultural robots that use machine learning, computer vision, and other robotics technology in farming, has raised $17M in a Series B funding the company said today. The...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Sungevity Scores $650M For Solar Power Efforts

Oakland-based solar power installer Sungevity announced today that it has raised $650M in a funding round. The funding included $50M in equity, which came from GE Ventures and Apollo Investment Corporation, plus up to $600M in new project f...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

SBA Materials Finds New Funding

San Jose-based SBA Materials, a developer of dielectric materials for the semiconductor industry, has raised a Series D round of funding, the company said today. Size of the round was not announced. The new funding came from Air Liquide Ven...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

USVP Raises $300M Fund, USVP XI

Menlo Park-based venture investor USVP has raised a new, $300M, early stage venture capital fund, USVP XI, the firm announced this morning. USVP said the new fund will continue to invest in cybersecurity, enterprise software, consumer mobil...

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Monday, December 14, 2015

SketchDeck Finds $1.7M For Slide Deck Design Service

Mountain View-based SketchDeck, which operates an online marketplace that allows users to get polished slide decks and other designs, disclosed today that it has raised $1.7M in a funding round. The funding came from Matrix Partners, Norwes...

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Monday, December 14, 2015

OpenAI Gets $1 Billion To Fund Artificial Intelligence Effort

A new, nonprofit, research institution focused on developing artificial intelligence software--OpenAI--said late Friday that it has scored a committment for $1 billion in funding to advance AI technology. The group said the funding commitme...

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Foundation Capital Raises $325M In Eighth Fund

Menlo Park-based venture investor Foundation Capital has raised $325M in its eighth, venture capital fund, the firm announced today. Foundation said that Foundation Capital Fund 8 (FC8) will be led by general partners Ashu Garg, Paul Hollan...

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Gradle Gets $4.2M For Software Build Automation Tools

San Francisco-based Gradle, a developer of software used for automation software release builds, has raised $4.2M in a funding round. The funding came from True Ventures and Data Collective. The company said the funding goes towards more de...

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

SnapLogic Gains $37.5M from Microsoft, Silver Lake Waterman

San Mateo-based big data integration software developer SnapLogic announced today that it has raised $37.5M in a funding round, from Microsoft, Silver Lake Waterman, and others. The funding also included existing investors Andreessen Horowi...

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

One Medical Picks Up $65M For Technology Enabled Healthcare

San Francisco-based One Medical Group, the operator of a network of technology-enabled, primary care medical services locations, said this week that it has raised $65M in a growth capital funding. The funding came from J.P. Morgan Asset Man...

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Eargo Gets $25M For High Tech Hearing Aids

Mountain View-based Eargo, a developer of high tech, in-ear hearing aids, has raised $25M in a Series B, the company announced today. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates. The company said the funding goes to scale business oper...

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Clip Finds $8M For Mexican Mobile Payment Service

Clip, a developer of mobile payment services aimed at Mexico consumers, has raised $8M in a funding round, according to the company. Clip--which was founded in San Francisco in 2011--said the funding was led by Alta Venturs, and also includ...

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Everwise Connects With $8M For Career Development Tools

San Francisco-based Everwise, a startup developing talent and career development tools, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Canvas Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Webb Investment Network. Everwise d...

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Swift Navigation Finds $11M For Low Cost GPS Receivers

San Francisco-based Swift Navigation, which develops a low cost, highly accurate GPS receiver kit, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding came from Lior Susan and Pierre Lamond of Eclipse, along with New ...

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Platfora Picks Up $30M For Big Data Analytics

San Mateo-based Platfora, a developer of big data anlytics tools, has raised $30M in a growth financing round, the company said today. The funding came from HSBC and Harmony Partners, along with Allegis Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery...

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Gigster Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Gigster, an online service which says it provides on-demand, software development and design to its customers, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Y Combin...

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

True North Therapeutics Gets $40M

South San Francisco-based biotherapeutics developer True North Therapeutics announced this morning that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Newaf Venture Partners, along with Perceptive Advisors, Cowen Private In...

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

OpsClarity Uncloaks With $11M For DevOps Monitoring

Sunnyvale-basedOpsClarity, a developer of analytics and monitoring software for DevOps, uncloaked this morning from stealth mode, saying it has raised $11M in funding and launched its platform. The Series A funding came from New Enterprise ...

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Soundtrap Raises $1.5M For Online Collaborative Music Recording Service

Palo Alto- and Stockholm, Sweden-based Soundtrap, the developer of a cloud-based, collaborative music recording service, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The funding came from angels Magnus Bergman and Lars Bergstom....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Osaro Picks Up $3.3M For AI Technology

San Francisco-based Osaro, a developer of artificial intelligence engines, has raised $3.3M in funding from AME Cloud Ventures, the venture firm run by Jerry Yang, Peter Thiel, and Scott Banister, as part of a seed funding. The company is d...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

ORIC Pharmaceuticals Gets $53M For Cancer Drugs

South San Francisco-based ORIC Pharmaceuticals said today that it has raised $53M in a Series B funding. The company, which is developing small molecule drugs to treat cancer, said the funds came from The Column Group, Topspin Partners, Orb...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Symic Finds $25M For Biotherapeutics Efforts

San Francisco-based Symic, a biopharmaecuticals company which is developing multiple compounds related to the extracellular matrix (ECM), has raised $25M in a Series A-2 financing. The funding was led by Lilly Ventures, and also included th...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Autodesk Launches $100M Investment Fund

San Francisco-based Autodesk has launched a brand new, $100M investment fund, as part of an outreach to software developers. According to Autodesk--best known for its CAD software--said the new $100M investment fund is part of a three prong...

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

AppDynamics Finds $158M

San Francisco-based AppDynamics announced this morning that it has raised $158M in a growth funding, led by General Atlantic and Altimeter Capital, and also including Adage Capital, Industry Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Cross Creek Advisors, IV...

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Lenda Lands $2M For Mortgage Loan Refinancing

San Francisco-based Lenda, a provider of online mortgage refinancing tools, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Lakestar, Rubicon Ventures and 500 Startups. Lenda, led by Jason van den Brand, sa...

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Fortscale Finds New Funding

San Francisco-based Fortscale Security, a developer of enterprise security tools focused on user behavior analytics, said Tuesday that it has raised a new round of funding. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding came from CME Ve...

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

HealthCrowd Gets $2.1M For Mobile Healthcare Messaging

San Mateo-based HealthCrowd, a developer of mobile messaging apps for healthcare providers and health plans, has raised $2.1M in seed funding, according to the company. The funding came from Startup Capital Ventures, Herlitz Capital, Healt...

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Ruby Ribbon Gets $7.5M For Women's Apparel Sales

Burlingame, California-based Ruby Ribbon said Friday that it has raised $7.5M for the women's apparel efforts, in a Series C funding. The funding was co-led by DBL Partners and Direct Selling Capital, and also included Trinity Ventures and ...

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Quizlet Picks Up $12M For Teaching Tool

San Francisco-based Quizlet, the developer of an online tool that lets users create their own quizzes to help them with learning, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures and Greg Sa...

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Apsalar Adds $8M For App Marketing Analytics

San Francisco-based Apsalar, a developer of mobile marketing analytics software, said last week that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from YJ Capital, Thomvest Ventures, and DCM Ventures. Apsalar is led by Michael Oik...

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Le Tote Finds $15M For Fashion Rentals

San Francisco-based Le Tote, an on-demand fashion rental service, said this week that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by AITV, and also included Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Azure Capital, Simon Venture Group,...

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Townsquared Gathers $5.26M

San Francisco-based Townsquared, a startup developing an online community for small businesses, has raised $5.26M in a funding round. The funding came from Floodgate and August Capital. According to Townsquared, it is developing a mobile ap...

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Friday, November 20, 2015

PresenceLearning Lands $25M

San Francisco-based PresenceLearning, a provider of live, online speech therapy, occupational therapy, and behavior and mental health services for K-12 students, said Thursday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding was l...

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Joyable Gets $8M To Help Combat Social Anxiety

San Francisco-based Joyable, a developer of mobile apps to help people overcome social anxiety, said earlier this week that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Thrive Capital and Harrison Metal, the company's see...

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Comet Labs Launches Robotics, AI Accelerator

San Francisco-based Comet Labs announced Thursday that it has launched a new, "intelligent machine" accelerator which will focus on robotics and artificial intelligence startups. Comet Labs--which says it is backed by a $300M fund from Chin...

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Athos Picks Up $35.5M For Smart, Connected Fitness Apparel

Redwood City-based Athos, a developer of wearable fitness technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $35.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Social Capital, and also included MAS Holdings, Lightspeed Venture Partners...

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

PlanGrid Pulls In $40M More

San Francisco-based PlanGrid, which develops mobile blueprint sharing software for the construction industry, has raised $40M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Sequo...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Lyft In $500M Fundraising Effort, Says Report

San Francisco-based ride sharing service Lyft is looking to further help fund the company's fight to compete against Uber, and is seeking $500M in a new fundraising, according to a report. The report, from the New York Times, said the fundr...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Lucidworks Lands $21M In Series D

San Francisco-based Lucidworks, a developer of big data search tools, has raised $21M in a Series D funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Allegis Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures and Granite Ventures. Lucidworks,...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

test IO Finds $5M, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

test IO, a developer of a self-service, crowdtesting platform for app and web developers, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding, and opened an office in San Francisco to launch its U.S. operations. The funding came ...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

TruSTAR Finds $2M In Funding

San Francisco- and Arlington, Virginia-based TruSTAR, a provider of cyber incident sharing and collaboration services, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Resolute Ventures, along with ot...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Align Commerce Gets $12.5M For Blockchain Payments Technology

San Francisco-based Align Commerce Corp., a developer of blockchain-based, international payment systems aimed at the small business market, has raised $12.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Earnest Finds $275M For Student Loan Refinancing

San Francisco-based Earnest, which offers up variable and fixed rate student loan refinancing, said today that it has raised $275M in new financing. The funding was split between $75M in a Series B equity funding, and $200M in institutional...

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Monday, November 16, 2015

AirGrub Raises $1.5M, Expands To JFK, Logan

Millbrae, California-based on-demand airport dining service AirGrub, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from un-named angels. AirGrub lets users order food from airport restaurants for quick pickup...

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Unitive Lands $7.5M To Reduce Bias In Hiring

In a timely launch for Silicon Valley, which has been struggling with perceived racial and gender bias in hiring, Woodside, California-based Unitive announced today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding, to go towards helping to el...

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Gainsight Grabs $50M

Redwood City-based Gainsight, a developer of enterprise customer lifecycle management software, said this week that it has raised $50M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included Battery Venture...

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Huuuge Games Gets $4M

Palo Alto-based mobile casino game developer Huuge Games said Thursday that it has raised $4M in a funding round, which was led by Korea Investment Partners (KIP). The company said Sang-Ho Park, Senior Principal at KIP, joins the company's ...

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Cola Gets $1.3M For Messaging Software

San Francisco-based Cola said today that it has raised $1.3M in a seed funding, to bring app-like interactivity into text messaging. The funding was led by Naval Ravikant, and also included Tribeca Angels and Ravikant's AngelList syndicate,...

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Eyefluence Sees $14M For Eye Tracking

Milpitas-based Eyefluence said Wednesday that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding, for the company's eye tracking and interaction technology. The funding was led by Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, and also included Jazz Venture Par...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Udacity Joins Unicorns, Raises $105M At $1 Billion Valuation

Palo Alto-based Udacity, the online education site focused on software coding, has raised $105M in a Series D funding round, the company announced today. The funding was led by Bertelsmann, and also included Baillie Gifford, Emerson Collec...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

CircleUp Picks Up $30M For Crowdfunding Platform

San Francisco-based CircleUp Network, which operates an online crowdfunding site specifically aimed at consumer products and food startups, has raised $30M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding as led by Collab...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Swrve Snags $30M

San Francisco-based mobile marketing software developer Swrve has raised $30M in a funding round, and acquired Adaptive.io, the company said this morning. The funding, a Series C, was led by Evolution Media Partners (EMP), the fund run by C...

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Spiro Scores $1.5M In Seed For Sales App

San Francisco-based Spiro said today that it has launched a new, free app, which is aimed at helping salespeople close more deals, and raised a seed funding. The startup said it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round, which came from Rod ...

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Friday, November 6, 2015

BuildingConnected Plugs Into $8.5M For Construction Bid Management

San Francisco-based BuildingConnected, which develops software that helps the construction industry with the bidding process, has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Homebrew, Free...

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Friday, November 6, 2015

Innit Raises $25M For Food Information

Redwood City-based Innit, a yet-to-launch startup which says it is working to manage and connect food information to appliances and devices, has raised $25M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. Source of the funding was not disclo...

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Hivemapper Picks Up $2.9M For 3D, Drone Navigation Maps

Burlingame, California-based HiveMapper, a startup developing 3D maps of buildings and drone no-fly drones to help unmanned drones navigate their way around cities, has raised $2.9M in a funding round. The seed funding led by Spark Capital....

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Invoice2go Finds $15M For Mobile Invoices

Redwood City-based Invoice2go, which develops invoicing and estimate app software which runs on mobile phones, has raised $15M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Ribbit Capital, and also included Accel partners. The company said ...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Localize Picks Up $1.1M For Business Translation Tools

San Francisco-based Localize, a provider of a business translation service for startups, has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding came from FGAngels, and also included Kima, zPark, and Matchstick Ventu...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Verge Genomics Gets $4M

San Francisco-based Verge Genomics, which is using genomics data to accelerate development of drugs to treat neurodegenerative disease, has raised $4M in a seed funding, the company said Tuesday. The funding was led by IA Ventures, and also...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

RelayRides Becomes Turo, Raises $47M

San Francisco-based RelayRides, the peer-to-per car rental marketplace, has raised $47M in a Series C funding, and renamed itself to Turo. The funding round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with August apital, Canaan Partn...

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Lumo Bodytech Finds $10M For Smart, Connected Running Shorts

Can your shorts tell you how well you are running? Maybe, if they're from Palo Alto-based Lumo Bodytech, which said this morning that it has raised $10M in a financing round, to launch its wearables into the market. Lumo said the new fundin...

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Friday, October 30, 2015

APL Software Gains $5.2M For Parallel Computing

San Jose-based APL Software, a developer of parallel computing software, announced earlier this week that it has raised $5.2M in a funding round. The funding came from Accomplice, Wing Venture Capital, along with its co-founder, Cheng Wu. W...

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Spigit Scores $13M

San Francisco-based Spigit, which develops software which helps enterprises crowdsource ideas from their ideas an customers, has raised $13M in a funding round to its parent company, Mindjet Corporation, the company said this week. The fund...

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Gobble Gains $10.75M For Prepared Meal Kit Delivery

Palo Alto-based Gobble, a new startup offering up pre-prepped meal kits that customers can just heat up and serve, has raised $10.75M in a Series A funding, the company said Thrusday. The funding was led by Trinity Ventures, and also includ...

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Frazier Healthcare Partners Announces $262M Life Sciences Fund

Menlo Park-based lifesciences investor Frazier Healthcare Partners announced a new, $262M life sciences fund this morning, Frazier Life Sciences VIII, L.P.. The fund closed with $262M in capital commitments, which it says it will invest exc...

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

KeepTruckin Finds $8M For Trucking Log Apps

San Francisco-based KeepTruckin, a developer of electronic logging software and apps for the trucking industry, disclosed today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding, which came from Index Ventures and Google Ventures. The startup, l...

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

SRC:CLR Retrieves $10M In Funding Round

San Francisco-based SourceClear, a developer of a software tool to help developers who are using open source code identify vulnerabilities and security issues, raised $10M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding came fr...

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Marqeta Gets $25M For Payment Technology API

Emeryville-based Marqeta, a developer of a payment API system used for issuing prepaid cards, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from IA Capital, CommerzVentures, Max Levchin, 83North, Granite Ventures, and Commer...

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

VOKE Gets Investment From Sacramento Kings

Santa Clara-based Voke VR, a developer of a virtual reality streaming technology, has received an investment from the NBA's Sacramento Kings, the Sacramento Kings said today. Financial details of the strategic investment were not announced....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Fieldwire Finds $6.6M For Construction Management App

San Francisco-based Fieldwire, a developer of apps used by construction contractors, has raised $6.6M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Formation88, and also included BloombergBeta, Trinity Ventu...

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Open Listings Raises $1M For Home Buying Service

Open Listings, a startup which offers up technology enabled, home buying services, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The funding round came from Y Combinator, Soma Capital, ChinaRock Capital, I/O Ventures, Joe Montana & Liquid2 Ventur...

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Flex Logix Gets $7.4M For FPGA-In-SoC

Mountain View-based Flex Logix, which develops technology to allow the inclusion of FPGAs within systems-on-a-chip (SoC), said today that it has raised $7.4M in funding. The company said the funding came from Eclipse Ventures (which is part...

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Friday, October 23, 2015

iMerit Finds $3.5M For Crowdsourced Youth Labor

San Francisco- and Kolkata, India-based iMerit, which taps into the underprivileged youth workforce to help apply human effort to things like machine learning, feature tagging, photo identificaiton, facial recognition, and other areas, said...

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Allay Finds $3.4M For Employee Onboarding Software

San Francisco-based Allay has raised $3.4M in a seed funding round for the company's employee onboarding software, the company disclosed Friday. The funding came from BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, along with Sandbox Industries, 500...

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Numerify Raises $37.5M For IT Analytics

Cupertino-based IT analytics software provider Numerify said this morning that it has raised $37.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Adjust Adds $17M For Mobile Analytics

San Franciso- and Berlin-based adjust, a developer of mobile, business intelligence apps, has raised $17M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding came from Highland Europe. Adjust develops an open source, SDK which helps...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Solinea Scoops Up $4M

San Francisco-based Solinea, a developer of software for cloud infrastructure management, has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Translink Capital, and also included angels. Solinea said that it has also inked a strate...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Amino Gets $19.4M To Help Connect Doctors, Consumers

San Francisco-based Amino said Tuesday that it has raised $19.4M in a funding round, from Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures, Rock Health, and angels. The startup, led by David Vivero, says it uses big data techniques to help find the b...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Silk Road Medical Raises $57M

Sunnyvale-based Silk Road Medical, a developer of surgical technology to treat stroke, has raised $57M in a combination of equity and debt. The debt funding was led by CRG. The equity came from CRG, Warburg Pincus, and The Vertical Group. ...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Collective Health Gathers $81M From Google, Others

San Mateo-based Collective Health, which develops enterprise health insurance software, said today that it has raised $81M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Google Ventures, plus prior investors NEA, Founders Fund, Maverick Capit...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Zignal Labs Scores $15M For Media Analytics

San Francisco-based Zignal Labs announced today that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The company said the funding came from Andy Ballard of Figtree Partners; Mitch Cohen of Ross Investment Associates; and Jim Hornthal, co-founder and...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Stitch Labs Sews Up $15M Round

San Francisco-based Stitch Labs, a developer of online inventory management software, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners. Stitch Labs is led by Brandon Levey, and has now ...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Gritstone Oncology Finds $102M In First Funding

San Francisco-based Gritstone Oncology, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing cancer immunotherapies, has raised $102M in a Series A financing, the company said today. The funding came from Versant Ventures, The Column Group, Clarus Ventures...

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Ensighten Finds $53M

San Jose-based Ensighten has raised $53M in a combination of debt and equity, the company said this morning, for its data and tag management software. The funding came from Insight Venture Partners, Lead Edge Capital, Mack Capital and Volit...

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Naia Limited Gets $5.3M

Richmond, California-based Naia Limited, which is developing treatments for short bowel syndrome (SBS), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and Type 2 diabetes, said this morning that it has raised $5.3M in a Series A financing round. The...

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Friday, October 16, 2015

HandScape Raises $2M For Touch-Sensitive Mobile Cases

Fremont-based HandScape, a developer of mobile case which allows for both front and backside touch controls on the iPhone and iPad, has raised $2M in funding, according to the company this week. The company is led by Min Hui. HandScape is t...

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Quip Finds $30M For Team Productivity Apps

San Francisco-based Quip, a developer of team- and group-based productivity apps, has raised $30M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital. The company is led by Bret T...

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Bracket Computing Grabs $45M From Wall Street For Data Center Security

Mountain View-based Bracket Computing, which develops data center security products for securing virtual infrastructure, said Wednesday that it has raised $45M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Fidelity Management and Research Co...

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

OpenGov Lands $25M

Redwood City-based OpenGov, a developer of open government software, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Formation 8 Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, AITV, plus Glynn Capital, Ashton Kutcher and Guy Os...

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Area 1 Security Lands $15M

Redwood City-based Area 1 Security said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding, for the company's stealth cybersecurity technology. The funding was led by Icon Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company says...

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Quri Finds $17M For Retail Analytics

San Francisco-based Quri, a developer of retail analytics software, announced this morning that it has raised a $17M, Series C funding. The funding was led by Kern Whelan Capital, and also included Matrix Partners, Catamount Ventures, and S...

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

23andMe Gets $115M From Fidelity, Others

Mountain View-based genetics analysis developer 23andMe says this morning that it has raised a big, $115M Series E funding round, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. The funding also included Casdin Capital, WuXi Healthcare Ventu...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

EverString Gets $65M For Predictive Marketing

San Mateo-based EverString, a developer of predictive marketing software, announced today that it has raised $65M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital, IDG Ventur...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Optimizely Takes $58M More, Brings Total To $146M

San Francisco-based Optimizely, the developer of A/B testing tools for web and mobile apps, has raised $58M in a Series C funding round, bringing its total raised to $146M. Optimizely said the Series C funding was led by Index Venturs, and ...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Boomtrain Finds $12M For Marketing Personalization Tools

San Francisco-based Boomtrain, a developer of predictive marketing technology, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Sierra Ventures, Cota Capital, and Lerer Ventures. Boomtrain, which is led ...

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Symphony Secures $100M From Google, Others

Palo Alto-based Symphony, a developer of secure messaging services for the financial services, enterprise, and team market, said today that it has raised $100M in funding. The funding came from Google, Lakestar, Natixis, Societe Generale, U...

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Monday, October 12, 2015

MiNDERA Gets $1M For Skin Cancer Diagnostics

South San Francisco-based MiNDERA, a startup that it developing a non-invasive, molecular diagnostics test for dermatology and skin-related cancers, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Scientific Health Development...

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Friday, October 9, 2015

Segment Scores $27M For Data Collection Tools

San Francisco-based Segment, a developer of a service to help marketers collect and manage their customer data across multiple cloud services, has raised $27M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. Segment said the funding wa...

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Aquantia Finds $37M

San Jose-based Aquantia, a developer of semiconductors for the high speed, Ethernet market, said this week that it has raised $37M in a funding round. The Series H funding round came from Credit Suisse's Direct Equity Partners, GLOBALFOUNDR...

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Impossible Foods Finds $108M For Plant-Based Burgers

Redwood City-based Impossible Foods, which is developing plant-based versions of meat and cheese, said today that it has raised $108M in a funding round. The Series D funding was led by UBS, and also included Viking Global Investors, Horiz...

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

AppDirect Gets $140M

San Francisco-based AppDirect, which develops software to power cloud service marketplaces, has raised $140M in a new funding, bringing the firm's total to $245M. According to AppDirect, the new funding was led by J.P. Morgan Asset Manageme...

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Neumob Gets $8.5M For Smartphone App Acceleration

Sunnyvale-based Neumob, a developer of software to help accelerate apps running on smartphones, has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding, the company said last week. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included Shasta Ventures, En...

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Breakout Labs Makes Four Investments

San Francisco-based Breakout Labs, the investment arm of Peter Thiel's philanthorpic organization, the Thiel Foundation, has made investments in four companies. According to Breakout Labs, it has funded nanoGriptech, Maxterial, C2Sense, and...

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Friday, October 2, 2015

Canaan Partners Adds Nina Kjellson To Boost West Coast Presence

Venture capital investor Canaan Partners has boosted its West Coast presence, saying this week that it has added Nina Kjellson as a General Partner, located in the company's Menlo Park office. According to Canaan Partners, Kjellson is a vet...

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Friday, October 2, 2015

Lytmus Finds $7.2M

San Francisco-based Lytmus, which develops an online platform to help recruiters and employers better sort through technical employees, has raised $7.2M in a funding round. The funding came from Accel Partners and New Enterprise Associates....

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

NodePrime Nabs $7M For Datacenter Management

San Francisco-based NodePrime, a developer of data center scaling and management tools, disclosed Wednesday that it has raised $7M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, NEA, Formation 8, Ericsson, Initialized Capita...

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

BigPanda Picks Up $16M

Mountain View-based IT alerting and data analytics provider BigPanda announced this morning that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Sequoia Capital and Mayfield. BigPanda is ...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Norse Nabs $42M From KPMG, Others For Threat Intelligence

Foster City-based security and threat intelligence provider Norse said very late Tuesday evening that it has raised $42M, including a strategic investment from KPMG Capital. According to Norse, KPMG invested in its Series A1 funding, which ...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Peaxy Adds $15M For Data Analytics

San Jose-based Peaxy, a developer of data analytics and access tools for the engineering and life sciences area, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The company said the funding came from angels, including Federico Fag...

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Ev Williams' Medium Gets $57M

San Francisco-based content publishing platform Medium said Monday that it has raised $57M in a funding round. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Google Ventures and Greylock Partners, along with Obvious Ventures,...

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Origami Logic Finds $25M For Marketing Analytics

Menlo Park-based Origami Logic, which develops software to help chief marketing officers monitor and understand their marketing efforts, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Next World Capital, and also included DAG...

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Exabeam Adds $25M For Security Tools

San Mateo-based Exabeam, a developer of cybersecurity tools, said late Monday evening that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Icon Ventures, and also included Aspect Ventures, Shlomo Kramer and Norwest Ve...

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Walker & Company Brands Gets $24M For Bevel Razors

Palo Alto-based Walker & Company Brands, the maker of the Bevel brand of razors aimed at people of color has raised $24M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Andreessen Horowi...

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Accel-KKR Announces Fifth Buyout Fund, Worth $1.3 Billion

Menlo Park-based Accel-KKR said this morning that it has officially closed its fifth buyout fund, Accel-KKR Capital Partners V LP, at $1.3 billion in committed capital. The company said the fund will continue its strategy of investing in lo...

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Phantom Cyber Raises $6.5M For Security Automation

Palo Alto-based Phantom Cyber, a developer of cybersecurity automation tools, said this morning that it has raised $6.5M in a funding round. The funding came from TechOperators and Blackstone, and also included angels Zach Nelson (netSuite)...

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Friday, September 25, 2015

AdsNative Finds $8.5M For Native Ad Serving

San Francisco-based AdsNative, which develops native ad serving software, said it has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Rakuten Ventures and Interwest Partners, and also included Onset Ventures. AdsNative was co-fou...

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Friday, September 25, 2015

Premise Finds $50M

San Francisco-based Presmise, a startup that collects economic data, has raised $50M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Valor Equity Partners, and also included Social + Capital Partnership. Premise offers up its economic d...

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

StreamSets Secures $12.5M

San Francisco-based StreamSets, a developer of enterprise, open source data management tools for big data, has raised $12.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was co-led by Battery Ventures and New Enterprise Associates, and also included ...

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Skillz Finds $15M For E-Sports Competitions

San Francisco-based Skillz, a startup which is enabling video game players to compete, head-to-head, on mobile games, said it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Wildcat Capital Management, and also included The Kra...

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Kleiner Perkins Adding Zuckerberg Sibling As Associate Partner

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Zscaler Finds $25M More For Cloud-Based Security

San Jose-based Zscaler, a developer of cloud-based, security tools, said today that it has raised $25M in a funding from Google Capital. The company said the funding comes on top of an existing, oversubscribed Series D funding round, bringi...

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Blue Jeans Network Snags $76.5M For Interactive Video Events, Meetings

Mountain View-based Blue Jeans Network, which offers up interactive video services to the enterprise market, has raised $76.5M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by NEA, and also included Accel, Bat...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

CoverHound Picks Up $33.3M

San Francisco-based CoverHound, which operates an online marketplace to compare and purchase insurance, has raised $33.3M more in a Series C funding. The funding was led by ACE Group, and also included RRE Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Core I...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Arrayent Adds $11M For Connected Appliance Software

San Francisco-based Arrayent, a developer of software for enabling the Internet-of-Things market, said today that it has raised $11M in a funding round. The funding came from DCM Ventures, Intel Capital, Opus Capital, Comerica Bank, and ang...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Cloudflare Gets $110M Strategic Funding

San Francisco-based Cloudflare announed this morning that it has raised a big, $110M strategic funding, which was led by Fidelity, and also included Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Baidu. Cloudflare offers up DDoS mitigation and website op...

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Monday, September 21, 2015

GrubMarket Grabs $10M For Local Food Delivery

San Francisco-based fresh food delivery service GrubMarket has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed last week. The funding was led by Fosun Group, and also included Y-Combinator, Battery Ventures, GGV and AME Cloud Ventu...

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Jaunt Raises $65M For Cinematic Virtual Reality Technology

Palo Alto-based Jaunt announced this morning that it has raised $65M in a funding round, to go towards the company's cinematic virtual reality efforts. The Series C funding was led by The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners, and C...

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Sun Basket Picks Up More Funding For Healthy Food Subscriptions

San Francisco-based Sun Basket, which deliver weekly gluten free, paleo, non-GMO, and vegetarian ingredients from local farms to the Bay Area, has raised $4.5M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding came from PivotNorth ...

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Clover Health Finds $100M For Tech Enabled Health Insurance

San Francisco-based Clover Health, a health insurance company which uses software technology to help reduce healthcare costs, has raised $100M in a combined equity and debt funding. The funding came from First Round Capital, and also includ...

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Gitlab Gets $4M For Source Control Software

San Francisco-based GitLab, a developer of source code management software, has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Khosla Ventures. The company said the funding goes towards growth and scaling of its software, including...

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Tascent Takes $18.5M For Iris Scanning Biometrics

Los Gatos-based Tascent, a developer of biometrics and identity technology, said today that it has raised $18.5M in a Series A funding. The company develops iris recognition products, used to identify people at airports such as Dubai Intern...

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Lumity Lands $14M For Health Benefits Platform

San Mateo-bsaed Lumity said this week that it has raised $14M in a Series A funding, to go towards the company's employee benefits platform. The round was led by The Social+Capital Partnership, and also included True Ventures and Rock Healt...

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Alector Taps Into $32M For Treating Alzheimer's

San Francisco-based biotech Alector has raised $32M in a Series C funding, to help fund its treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, the company said Wednesday. The funding came from MRL Ventures, and also i...

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Lyft Confirms $100M Funding From Didi Kuaidi

San Francisco-based Lyft confirmed its $100M equity funding deal with Chinese ridesharing company Didi Kuaidi on Wednesday. Lyft said that it is in a strategic partnership with Didi Kuaidi which will lalow Lyft app users to use the app when...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Agora Takes $20M For Real Time Enterprise Video

Palo Alto-based Agora, a developer of real-time communications software aimed at the enterprise, has raised $20M in a series B funding. The funding came from Morningside, SIG, GGV Capital, ShunWei, and IDG. The company develops an SDK-based...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Omada Health Finds $48M

San Francisco-based digital health product developer Omada Health has raised $8M in a Series C funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Humana, Providence Health & Servi...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Datos IO Gets $15.25M For Cloud Databases

San Jose-based Datos IO said yesterday that it has raised $15.25M in a funding round, for the company's cloud-based database technology. The startup said the funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and True Ventures, along with angels...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Cargo Chief Picks Up $10M For Freight Handling Marketplace

Mountain View-based Cargo Chief, which operates a service to help connect shippers with available trucking resources, has raised $10M in a funding. The funding came from Walden Venture Capital, and also included Hunt Technology Ventures and...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Roominate Raises $1M For Girls' Electronic Kits

Santa Clara-based Roominate, which develops a line of toys aimed at girls to create their own inventions, which can be controlled via a phone or tablet, has raised $1M in a funding round. The funding came from Mark Cuban, Aspiration Growth ...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Clear Labs Finds $6.5M For Genomics-based Food Quality Testing

Menlo Park-based ClearLabs, which is developing a genomics-based food quality testing equipment, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, Felicis Ventures, and un-named strategic inve...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

ThinkHR Gets $12M For HR Compliance Help

Pleasanton-based ThinkHR, a provider of a cloud-based platform for helping companies ensure compliance with various human resources regulations, and helps companies with HR issues, has raised $12M in a funding round. The funding came from K...

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Monday, September 14, 2015

WebAction Gains $20M

Palo Alto-based WebAction, a developer of data integration and analytics software, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Summit Partners, Panorama Point Partners, F...

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Monday, September 14, 2015

ADARA Finds $23M For Travel Advertising, Loyalty Data

Mountain View-based ADARA, a provider of travel advertising and loyalty data, said today that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by World Innovation Lab (WiL), and also included August Capital, Morgenthaler Ventur...

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Monday, September 14, 2015

Crossbar Gets $35M More

Santa Clara-base, 3D, stacking ram technology developer Crossbar announced this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series D funding. The funding came from Tyche Partners, Oriza Holdings and Cheerful Link, along with prior investors Artima...

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Monday, September 14, 2015

Crossbar Gets $35M More

Santa Clara-base, 3D, stacking ram technology developer Crossbar announced this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series D funding. The funding came from Tyche Partners, Oriza Holdings and Cheerful Link, along with prior investors Artima...

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Chain Raises $30M For Blockchain Technology

San Francisco-based Chain said Thursday that it has raised $30M in a funding round, which came from Visa, Nasdaq, Citi Ventures, Capital One, Fiserv and Orange. As part of the funding, Jim Robinson III, the former CEO of American Express an...

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Paxata Gets $18M For Data Integration

Redwood City-based Paxata, a developer of data integration and analysis tools for the enterprise market, said Wednesday that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by EDBI, and also included Accel Partners India...

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

thredUP Scores $81M From Goldman Sachs

San Francisco-based used clothing marketplace thredUP said today that it has raised $81M in a Series E funding round, led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP). The funding also included prior investors Trinity Ventures, Redpoint Vent...

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Okta Raises $75M For Identity Management

San Francisco-based Okta, a provider of identity management software, said Wednesday that it has raised $75M in a funding round, bringing its total raised to $230M. The round reportedly values the company at $1.2 billion. The funding came f...

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Crunchbase Getting $7M To Spin Out Of AOL

San Francisco-based Crunchbase, the crowdsourced provider of startup data which is tied to the hip with TechCrunch, said Wednesday that it is raising $7M to spin out of AOL. The funding is being lead by Emergence Capital Partners, with AOL ...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Eden Adds $2M For On-Demand, Technology Help Service

Mountain View-based Eden, an on-demand, in home technology help provider, said today that it has raised $2M in a funding round. The angel-backed startup is backed by SV Angel, Redpoint Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, Com...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Primus Power Picks Up $25M For Energy Storage Technology

Hayward, California-based Primus Power, a developer of grid-scale, battery-based energy storage products, has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by I2BF Global Ventures, and also included the Russia-Kazakhstan Nano...

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Uber Picks Up $1.2B In Funding From Baidu

On-demand ridesharing startup Uber has raised $1.2 billion in a funding round from Baidu, according to the company over the weekend. The funding goes towards Uber's growth in China. The round reportedly values Uber at $8 billion. The fundin...

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Friday, September 4, 2015

Roost Raises $5.5M For Connected Batteries

Sunnyvale-based Roost, which makes "smart" batteries which help connect things like smoke alarms to your smartphone, raised $5.5M in a series A funding. The company said the funding came from RPM Ventures, and also included USAA, DCM Ventur...

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Friday, September 4, 2015

Trident Capital Cybersecurity Names New Managing Director

Palo Alto-based Trident Capital Cybersecurity (TCC), the cybersecurity investment spinout of Trident Capital, said today that it has named Sean Cunningham as its new Managing Director. Cunningham was most recently at Intel Capital, having b...

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Wrap Media Picks Up $12.7M

San Francisco-based Wrap Media, which develops a mobile app to help users delivery mobile narratives, said today that it has raised $12.7M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Raine Ventures and ProSiebenSat.1 Media, along wi...

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Netskope Gets $75M More

Los Altos-based Netskope, a provider of cloud API and security tools, said today that it has raised $75M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Iconiq Capital, and also included Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and t...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Zirx Snags Strategic Funding From BMW

San Francisco-based on-demand, valet parking service Zirx has scored a strategic funding from BMW's venture capital investment group, BMW i Ventures, the two said today. Size of the investment were not disclosed. According to BMW, the strat...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Qnovo Raises $8.6M For Smart Battery Charging

Newark, California-based battery charging technology developer Qnovo announced this morning that it has raised $8.6M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included RockPort Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, and...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Tanium Takes $120M For IT Security Tools

Emeryville-based Tanium, a developer of IT security and systems management tools, said today that it has raised $120M in funding. The funding came from TPG Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, and T. Rowe Price Associates, along with An...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Shift Technologies Raises $50M For On-Demand Car Sales

San Francisco-based Shift Technologies, which operates an on-demand, smartphone driven marketplace for used cars, said today it has raised $50M in Series B funding. The funding came from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), and also in...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Intel Backs Almalence For Image Processing Technology

Santa Clara-based Intel has backed Almalence, a developer of computation imaging technology, via Intel Capital. According to Almalence, it received an investment from Intel Capital to help it develop software algorithms to increase quality ...

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Monday, August 31, 2015

Instabase Gets $3.75M For Cloud Computing Platform

San Francisco-based Instabase, a stealthy developer of a cloud-platform aimed at the data, applications, and interactive computing market, has raised $3.75M in a seed funding round. The startup--which has been very vague about its product--...

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Monday, August 31, 2015

Credo Semiconductor Finds $8M From Walden

Milpitas-based Credi Semiconductor, a developer of serial/deserializator semiconductors used in the high speed networking market, has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Walden International. Credo's SerDes chips are use...

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Monday, August 31, 2015

Peloton Adds Lockheed Martin As Investor

Mountain View-based Peloton Technology, which is developing automated technology to allow drafting of large trucks to save fuel, has added another investor to its recent funding round. Peloton said that Lockheed Martin has joined in its rec...

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Friday, August 28, 2015

MagicCube Finds $2.2M For Mobile Payment Security

Sunnyvale-based MagicCube, a developer of mobile payment security software, said Thursday that it has raised $2.2M in a seed funding. The funding came from Azure Capital, Epic Ventures, Bialla Venture Partners, as well as angels. MagicCube...

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Intel Invests $60M In Yuneec

Intel has made a $60M investment in Chinese drone maker Yuneec Holdings, via its venture capital investment arm, Intel Capital, the company said this week. Yuneec, which is based in Hong Kong, makes both aircraft and drones. According to In...

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Velostrata Finds $14M For Hybrid Cloud

San Jose-based Velostrata, a developer of hybrid cloud migration and storage software, said yesterday that it has raised $14M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Norwest Venture Partners and Greylock IL Partners. Velostrata was co-...

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Bessemer Venture Partners Promotes Ahlgren

Menlo Park-based venture investor Bessmer Venture Partners said Tuesday that it has promoted Eric Ahlgren to Vice President. Ahlgren has been at BVP since 2013, and was involved in investments in Hadapt (acquired by Teradata), Infinio Syste...

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Intercom Connects With $35M

San Francisco-based Intercom, a develops of a customer communications software platform, said this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included The Social + Capital Partners...

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Fluxx Finds $10.2M

San Francisco-based Fluxx, a startup which is developing software for philanthropic organizations, said today that it has raised $10.2M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Felicis Ventures, and also included The Kresge Foundation....

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

BlueData Gets $20M From Intel, Others

Mountain View-based big data software developer BlueData said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, as well as Amplify Partners, Atlantic Bridge, and Ignition Partners, plus an un-named, ...

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Scality Scores $45M For Software Defined Storage, Aims At IPO

San Francisco-based Scality, a developer of software defined storage products, said Monday that it has raised $45M in a Series D funding. The funding came from BroadBand Tower (BBTower), along with Menlo Ventures and the company's other inv...

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

DynoSense Picks Up $9.4M For Remote Health Monitoring Sensor

Sunnyvale-based DynoSense, a developer of remote, health monitoring and scanning technology, has raised $9.4M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding came from WI Harper Group, JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co., Plug and...

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Coursera Gets $49.5M For Online Education

Mountain View-based Coursera, an online education site which features free, online courses from universities, said today that it has raised $49.5M in the first part of a series C funding. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates, and...

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Nok Nok Labs Adds $8M More In Series C

Palo Alto-based authentication software developer Nok Nok Labs said this morning that it has raised $8M in a second close of its Series C financing, bring its total raised to $16.25M. The new funding came from new strategic investors, inclu...

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Mirantis Gets $100M From Intel, Others

Mountain View-based OpenStack software developer Mirantis> has raised $100M in new funding, led by Intel, to bolster its OpenStack distribution. The funding also included Goldman Sachs, August Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Ericsson, Sa...

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Cavendish Kinetics Tunes Into $36M For RF MEMS Components

San Jose-based Cavendish Kinetics, a developer of RF MEMS antenna tuners, said today that it has raised $36M in a strategic round of funding. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Cavendish Kinetics is led by Paul Dal Santao. The compan...

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Friday, August 21, 2015

Grand Rounds Finds $55M

San Francisco-based Grand Rounds, an online platform for connecting health care providers and patients, said Thursday that it has raised $55M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Greylock, Venrock, Harrison Metal, and David Eb...

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Friday, August 21, 2015

SoFi Raises $1B More, Valued At $4 Billion

San Francisco-based SoFi, the student loan financing startup, has raised $1 billion more, according to reports, which value the company at roughly $4 billion. The funding is reportely being led by SoftBank Group. The WSJ cited documents and...

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Carbon3D Snags $100M For 3D Printing

Redwood City-based Carbon3D, a developer of 3D printers aimed not at prototyping, but at larger run production, said this morning that it has raised $100M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Google Ventures, and also included Yur...

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Api.ai Finds $3M For Natural Language, Speech Processing API

Palo Alto-based Api.ai, a developer of an API to help developers implement natural language, speech processing in their software, has raised $3M in a funding round. The funding came from SAIC Capital, the venture arm of Chinese automaker SA...

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Kahuna Gets $45M For Marketing Automation

Palo Alto-based Kahuna, which develops mobile marketing automation software, said Wednesday that it has raised $45M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Sequoia Capital, SoftTech VC, and others. Ka...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Uber Raises $100M More From Indian Investor

San Francisco-based Uber said Wednesday that it has raised $100M more in a strategic funding, from Indian investor Tata Capital. The funding came from the Tata Opportunity Fund. Uber, led by Travis Kalanick, has now raised over $7 billion i...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

AlienVault Raises $52M More

San Mateo-based AlienVault, a develper of threat intelligence tools, said this morning that it has raised $52M in a Series E funding round. The funding was led by Intitutional Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Trident Capi...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

castAR Conjures Up $15M For Augmented Reality Gaming

Mountain View-based augmented reality gaming startup castAR said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Playground Global, as well as seed investors. The company said the funding will go towa...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Vet24seven Raises $1.2M In Seed Funding

Santa Clara-based Vet24Seven announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $1.2M in a Series Seed 2 funding round. The funding was led by Launch Capital, part of the Life Science Angels. Vet24seven operates a mobile app to let users connect ...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Datameer Takes $40M For Big Data Analytics Tools

San Francisco-based Datameer, a developer of software which provides a spreadsheet-like interface to Big Data, announced this morning that it has raised $40M in a funding round. The funding was led by ST Telemedia, and also included Top Tie...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Platform9 Picks Up $10M For OpenStack Clouds

Sunnyvale-based Platform9, a developer of software to help companies deploy OpenStack, private clouds, has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Redpoint Ventures. Platform9 says its too...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Apiary Gets $6.8M For API Software

San Francisco-based Apiary, a developer of software to help businesses test application programming interfaces (APIs), said today that it has raised $6.8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Flybridge, and also included Base...

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Friday, August 14, 2015

Massdrop Gathers $40M For Online Communities

San Francisco-based Massdrop, which operates an online service which hosts different communities of enthusiasts, said it has raised $40M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from August Capital, along with First Round Capital, Mayf...

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Friday, August 14, 2015

Front Row Education Gains $5.3M

San Francisco-based Front Row Education, a developer of adaptive, gamified math education software for the K-8 educational market, has raised $5.3M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by Amasia, and also included Harrison Metal...

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Talena Takes $12M For Big Data Management Software

Milpitas-based Talena, a developer of data management tools for NoSQL, Hadoop, and other big data software, has raised $12M in a financing round, the firm said Wednesday. The funding came from Canaan Partners, Intel Capital, ONSET Ventures ...

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

WSO2 Collects $20M For Expansion Plans

Palo Alto-based WSO2, a developer of open source, application development software, said today that it has raised $20M in funding. The ten year old company said the funding came from Pacific Controls and Toba Capital, and will used for glob...

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Stem Gains $45M For Energy Storage Products

San Francisco-based energy storage products developer Stem said today that it has raised $45M in its Series C funding round, after the completion of a second tranche in the round. The second tranche was led by RWE Group, the European electr...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

PokitDok Finds $34M

San Mateo-based PokitDok, which develops a cloud-based product to help streamline healthcare business transactions, has raised $34M in a Series B funding. The company's backers include New Atlantic Ventures, Rogers Venture Partners and Subt...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

DoubleDutch Picks Up $45M

San Francisco-based DoubleDutch, which develops mobile apps to help manage and run events and trade shows, has raised $45M more in funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by KKR, and also included Bessemer Venture Partne...

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Monday, August 10, 2015

SRI Ventures Names President

Menlo Park-based SRI International said Monday that it has named Manish Kothari, Ph.D. as president of SRI Ventures and Vice President of SRI International. Kothari was previously director of commercial ventures and licensing in SRI Venture...

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Monday, August 10, 2015

McKesson Ventures Names Managing Director

San Francisco-based McKesson Ventures, the venture capital arm of McKesson Corporation, said this morning that it has named Dave Schulte as Managing Director of the company. Schulte was previously at Kaiser Permanent Ventures, where he had ...

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Enjoy Scores $50M For High End Electronics Retailer

Menlo Park-based Enjoy, a new, high end electronics retailer which hand delivers and installs electronics in the Bay Area and New York City, said this week that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding came from Highland Partners,...

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Amplitude Analytics Finds $9M

San Francisco-based Amplitude Analytics, which is developing mobile analytics software, said this week that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Benchmark, and also included Quest Venture Partners, Data Coll...

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Virtual Incision Raises $11.2M For Robotic Surgery

Pleasanton-based Virtual Incision, which is developing robotically assisted surgical devices, has raised $11.2M in a funding round. The funding was led by Bluestem Capital, and also included PrarieGold Venture Partners and the company's oth...

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Skyroam Gets $24M For Wi-Fi Roaming

Skyroam, which operates a global Wi-Fi roaming network, and has U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, has raised $24M in a funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by Lenovo Ventures, Yingchuan Zhixin, CBC Capital, GSR Ve...

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Antiva Biosciences Gets $16M

Menlo Park-based Antiva Biosciences, a biopharmaceuticals company developing antiviral drugs to treat Human Papillomavirus infections, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Canaan Partners and Sofin...

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Leanplum Harvests $11.6M

San Francisco-based Leanplum, which develops mobile marketing tools, said this morning that it has raised $11.6M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with Shasta Ventures. The company develops...

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Tintri Takes $125M For Virtualized Storage

Mountain View-based Tintri, which develops virtual machine aware storage systems, said today that it has raised $125M in a Series F funding. The funding was led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk, and also included Insight Venture Partners, Lightspee...

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Riffsy Rounds Up $10M For Animated GIF App

San Francisco-based Riffsy, which develops an app which lets users share and send animated GIFs, said Monday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Cowboy Ventures, Sign...

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Duetto Books $30M Round For Hotel Pricing Software

San Francisco-based Duetto, a developer of pricing management software for hotels and casinos, has raised $30M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Icon Ventures, and also included Spectrum 28, Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Alt...

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Chewse Gets $5.9M To Feed Your Office

San Francisco-based Chewse has raised $5.9M in a Series A funding, the company said Monday. The funding was led by The Foundry Group, plus Andy Appelbaum (Seamless), 500 Startups, Galvanize, and Telegraph Hill Capital. Chewse operates a se...

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Driveway Software Finds $10M For Insurance Telematics

San Francisco-based Driveway Software, which is developing smartphone-based telematics software aimed at helping insurers better rate drivers, has raised $10M in a funding round. The funding came from Ervington Investments, the investment f...

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Zscaler Gets $100M

San Jose-based ZScaler, which develops Internet security software, said this morning that it has raised $100M in funding. The funding came from TPG, and also included EMC and Lightspeed Ventures. Zcaler said that TPG's Nehal Raj joins the c...

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Friday, July 31, 2015

InsideView Gets $32.5M For Business Intelligence Tools

San Francisco-based InsideView, which offers up a service which connects information on companies, people, and other information about potential customers to companies, has raised $32.5M in a funding. The funding included both equity and de...

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Friday, July 31, 2015

Olio Devices Picks Up $10M For Smart, Fashionable Luxury Watches

San Francisco-based Olio Devices, a maker of fancy, fashionable smart watches has raised $10m in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates. Olio's smartwatches fall into the ultra-premiu...

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Light Lands $25M For Photo Technology

Palo Alto-based Light, which is developing image processing ASIC technology to improve the capture of photos and digital cameras, has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Formation 8 and its Hardware Fund, as well as its...

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Occipital Finds $13M For 3D Motion Capture SDK

San Francisco-based Occipital, a developer of SDKs and technology for 3D motion capture, has raised $13M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Foundry Group, K9 Ventures, the company's existing investors, plus new investors Intel...

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

GitHub Scores $250M, Joins Unicorn Club

San Francisco-based GitHub, which operates an online, software code repository service, has raised $250M in a Series B funding, which reportedly values the company at around $2 billion, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Se...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Blockspring Snags $3.4M for Spreadsheet Linking Tool

San Francisco-based Blockspring, which develops a service which automatically connects web services, data from other spreadsheets, and database to Google Sheets, has raised $3.4M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Radius Raises $50M

San Francisco-based Radius, which develops predictive marketing software for businesses, said it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding was led by Founders Fund, and also include Formation 8, Glynn Capital Management, Jerry Yang's ...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Lecorpio Lands $15M For IP Management

Fremont-based Lecorpio, which develops intellectual property (IP) management software, announced today that it has raised $15M in funding. The funding was led by M2O, and also included Mike Smerklo, the former chairman and CEO of Servicesou...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Expensify Launches Its Own Investment Fund

San Francisco-based expense reporting software developer Expensify--which is backed by venture capital--is launching its very own investment fund, the company said Monday. Expensify said its new fund, Expensify Ventures, will invest in fina...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Flipora Finds $1.5M

Sunnyvale-based Flipora announced today that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round, for its artificial intelligence software for content discovery. The company said the funding came from Gokul Rajaram (Google AdSense), Barney Pell (Powerse...

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Monday, July 27, 2015

Granular Gains $18.7M

San Francisco-based Granular, a developer of farm management software, said last week that it has raised $18.7M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Tao Capital Partners, and also included Emory Investment Management, Fall Line Cap...

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Monday, July 27, 2015

MedGenome Adds $20M

San Francisco- and Bangalore-based MedGenome, which provides genomics diagnostic testing and research services, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, along with prior investor...

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Friday, July 24, 2015

Gynesonics Gains $43M

Redwood City-based Gynesonics, a developer of minimally invasive medical devices for treating uterine fibroids in women, has raised $43M in a funding round. The funding was led by Endeavor Vision andd Abingworth. HealthCrest, InterWest Part...

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

SGN Finds $130M From South Korean Game Publisher Netmarble

SGN, the mobile game publisher which has offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, said this morning that it has raised $130M in a funding round. The funding came from South Korean mobile gaming company Netmarble Games, and also included a ...

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

SutroVax Finds $22M

South San Francisco-based SutroVax, a biopharmaceuticals startup that is developing vaccines for infection disease targets, said this morning that it has raised $22M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Abingworth, and also include...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Booktrack Uncovers $5M

San Francisco- and New Zealand-based Booktrack, which provides technology which adds soundtracks to electronic books, has raised $5M in a Series B funding. The funding came from COENT Venture Partners and Sparkbox Ventures. Booktrack is led...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

DataFox Gets $5M

San Francisco-based DataFox, which develops software to help sales teams uncover prospects for their sales pipeline, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Goldman Sachs and Green Visor Capital, i...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Sensity Systems Raises $36M

Sunnyvale-based Sensity Systems, a developer of networking technology designed to be connected into LED lighting installations, has raised $36M in a funding round. The funding was led by Cisco investments, and also included Acuity Brands, G...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Medallia Snags $150M For Customer Feedback Software

Palo Alto-based Medallia, a provider of software used by Fortune 1000 companies to manage customer feedback, has raised $150M in a funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital. Medallia says it has now raised $255M in funding, and...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

BrightBytes Picks Up $33M

San Francisco-based BrightBytes, a developer of research and analysis software aimed at helping educational administrators improve student learning, has raised $33M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Limelight Health Finds $3M

San Francisco-based Limelight Health, which is developing mobile, enterprise apps aimed at the health insurance industry, said yesterday that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The funding came from MassMutual Ventures and AXA Strateg...

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Stanford Spinout SiteOne Therapeutics Gets Funding

SiteOne Therapeutics, a Stanford University spinout developing treatments for acute and chronic pain, said last week that it has received a round of funding. Size of the funding for the company was not announced. SiteOne Therapeutics said t...

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Shocard Finds $1.5M For Bitcoin Authentication

Palo Alto-based Shocard, a developer of Bitcoin blockchain-based identity security software, said Friday that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Morado Ventures Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, Enspire Capital and Di...

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Survata Scores $6M

San Francisco-based Survata, a startup which helps ad agencies and marketers with user surveys, has raised $6M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from IDG Ventures, and also included Bloomberg Beta, along...

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Workspot Gets $5M

Cupertino-based Workspot, a developer of virtual desktop software which lets users access their enterprise applications and files remotely, has raised $5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Helion Ventures, and also included Transli...

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Protagonist Therapeutics Gains $40M

Milpitas-based Protagonist Therapeutics, which is developing biotherapeutics aimed at treating inflammatory bowel disease, has raised $40M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Adage Capital Manage...

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Upstart, Led By Ex-Googlers, Snags $35M For Personal Loans

Palo Alto-based Upstart, an online personal loan service founded by ex-Googlers, disclosed today that it has raised $35M in a SEries C funding round. The funding was led by Third Point Ventures, and also included Khosla Ventures, First Roun...

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Zesty Gets $17M For Healthy Food Delivery

San Francisco-based Zesty, a food delivery startup that offers up healthy food delivery to companies, said this week that it has raised $17M in a Series A funding. The funding came from index Ventures and Founders Fund, along with Forerunne...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Demandbase Gets $30M

San Francisco-based Demandbase, a developer of marketing analytics software, said Wednesday that it raised $30M in a growth equity financing. The funding was led by Sageview Capital, and also included Adobe Systems, Altos Ventures, Costanoa...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

HackerRank Finds $7.5M Funding From Recruit Holdings

Mountain View-based HackerRank, a startup which offers up online coding and software challenges to help developers show off and prove their coding skills, has raised $7.5M in a funding from Japanese company Recruit Holdings. The funding com...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

StyleSeat Books $25M For Beauty, Wellness Appointments

San Francisco-based StyleSeat, an online platform that helps users book beauty and wellness appointments, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Fosun Kinzon Capital, and also included Lightspeed Ve...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Workday Launches Investment Fund

Pleasanton-based Workday announced this morning that it has launched a new, investment fund, aimed at early stage ventures. The new, venture capital effort--Workday Ventures--already has made four investments, including on in Jobr, Metanau...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Sysdig Finds $10.7M For Container Monitoring Tools

San Francisco-based Sysdig, which develops cloud monitoring and alert tools for the container market, has raised $10.7M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Accel and Bain Capital Ventures. Sysdig said its tool, Sysdig Cloud, provid...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Relay2 Bumps Funding By $3.5M

Milpitas-based Relay2> said this morning that it has bumped its recently announced Series D funding by $3.5M. The company said the additional funding brings the round to $13.5M. Source of the additional funding was not announced. Relay2 de...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

AeroFS Gets $10M

Palo Alto-based AeroFS, a developer of private cloud collaboration software, has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Avalon Ventures and NHN Investment. AeroFS is led by Yuri Sagalov, and targets the enterprise market ...

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Influitive Adds $30.5M For Influence Marketing

Influitive, which has offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, but is based in Toronto, said last week that it has raised $30.5M in a Series B funding. The company--which taps into influencers, experts, evangelists, and others to help compan...

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Delphix Finds $75M For Cloud Data Service

Menlo Park-based Delphix, a developer of software to allow companies to place copies of their databases, applications, and filesystems in the cloud, has raised $75M in a funding round. The funding was led by Fidelity Management and Research...

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Signifyd Scores $7M For Chargeback Protection

San Jose-based Signifyd, which provides fraud and chargeback protection software and services for e-commerce businesses, said today that it raised $7M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by Allegis Capital and also included Resolut...

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Friday, July 10, 2015

TrapX Finds $9M For Honeypots

San Mateo-based TrapX Security, which develops software to create "honeypots" to capture and analyze malware, has raised $9M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Intel Capital and Liberty Israel Venture Fund and also included...

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Friday, July 10, 2015

BitFury Scores $20M For Bitcoin Technology

San Francisco-based BitFury Group, a provider of secure, Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure, has raised $20M in a funding round. The funding came from DRW Venture Capital, iTech Capital and Georgian Co-Investment Fund. BitFury is led by Vale...

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Karmic Labs Finds $5M

San Francisco-based Karmic Labs, the developer of the Dash Prepaid Mastercard, which is aimed at corporate expense account management, has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Truste...

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Costanoa Venture Capital Raises $135M, Second Venture Capital Fund

Palo Alto-based early stage investor Costanoa Venture Capital said Tuesday that it has raised a second fund, worth $135M. The investor--which says it focuses on cloud-based services leveraging data and analytics--says the new fund brings it...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

PROCEPT BioRobotics Finds $42M

Redwood Shores-based PROCEPT BioRobotics, which develops medical devices which use waterjets to remove tissue to treat lower urinary tract issues, has raised $42M in a funding round. The funding was led by Novo A/S, and also included CPMG a...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Doppler Labs Gets $17M For Connected Earbuds

Doppler Labs, a developer of smartphone connected, "smart" earbuds which can be used to adjust what a user is hearing live, has raised $17M in a Series B funding. The company--which has offices in San Francisco--said the funding came from T...

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Monday, July 6, 2015

AffinityLive Finds $2M In Seed Round

AffinityLive, a developer of cloud-based automation software used for project-based accounting and billing, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company--which as offices in San Francisco-disclosed the funding today, saying the capit...

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Monday, July 6, 2015

Cisco Makes Investments in French Startups

Cisco said this morning that it has made a number of investment in France, as part of an earlier announced effort to invest $100M in investment in the country. According to Cisco, the investments include an investment in French software dev...

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Airtable Gets $7.6M For Cloud Database Software

San Francisco-based Airtable, which develops cloud-based database/spreadsheet tools aimed at helping end users create their own, shared lists and databases, said this week that it raised $7.6M in a funding round. The funding came from CRV, ...

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

NextInput Raises $1.5M For MEMS Force Sensors

Milpitas-based NextInput, a developer of MEMS-based force sensors, said Wednesday that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Intel Capital, Takata Holdings, Steve Nasiri and the Band of Angels. NextInput is led by Al...

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

PubNub Raises $20M More

San Francisco-based PubNub announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding, for the company's various web and mobile data messaging APIs. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, and also included Relay Ventures and S...

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Distil Networks Gets $21M For Bot Blocking Software

San Francisco-based cybersecurity software developer Distil Networks, which develops bot detection and mitigation tools, said Tuesday that it raised $21M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and a...

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

SimplyInsured Finds $5.9M

San Francisco-based SimplyInsured, a startup which operates an online marketplace for health insurance for small businesses, has raised $5.9M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Polaris Partners, and also included Bessemer Venture...

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

SoftBank Taps LinkedIn Exec As New Managing Director

SoftBank Group said today that it has hired Deep Nishar, former SVP of Products and User Experience at LinkedIn, has joined the firm as Managing Director of Investments. SoftBank--which is a very active investor in technology startups--said...

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Adaptive Insights Finds $75M

Palo Alto-based Adaptive Insights, a developer of cloud-based business management software, has raised $75M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from JMI Equity, along with Norwest Venture Partners, ONSET Ventures,...

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Spire Snags $40M For Weather Satellite Data Network

San Francisco-based Spire, a provider of weather satellite data, said today that it has raised $40M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Promus Ventures, in addition to Bessemer Venture Partners, Jump Capital, RRE Ventures and Lemn...

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Drippler Finds $4.5M For News Reading App

Palo Alto- and Israel-based news reading app developer Drippler has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed this morning. The funding came from Titanium Investments, and also included TMT Investments, iAngels, along with I...

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Zumper Snags $6.35M

San Francisco-based Zumper, an online site which helps users find and rent apartments, has raised $6.35M in a Series A-1 funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Goodwater Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The...

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Matterport Finds $30M For Virtual Reality Software

Mountain View-based Matterport said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding, led by Qualcomm. The company--which develops computer vision software which helps reconstruct real-life, physical space sin virtual reality envi...

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Curbside Pulls Up With $25M For Same Day Pickup Service

Palo Alto-based Curbside, which operates an on-demand, mobile app which lets consumers orders items from local retailers--and then pick them up at the curb later that day--has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Sutter...

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

HackerOne Lands $25M For Bug Bounties

San Francisco-based HackerOne, which helps companies manage security bug bounty programs, has scored $25M more in a Series B funding, the company annnounced today. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Benchmar...

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Credit Karma Pockets $175M More

San Francisco-based Credit Karma, which offers up free credit scores and other tools aimed at helping consumers manage their personal finances, has raised $175M in a Series D funding. The funding came from Tiger Global Management, Valinor M...

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

VenueNext Picks Up $9M

San Francisco-based VenueNext, a startup offering up information about stadium and other venues via mobile app, has raised $9M in a Series A funding. According to VenueNext, the funding was led by Causeway Media Partners, and also included ...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Relay2 Finds $10M

Milpitas-based Relay2 as raised $10M in a Series D funding, and appointed a new CEO, the company said today. Names of the investors were not disclosed, and the company said the round remains open. Relay2's new CEO is Greg Daily. The company...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Report: Uber Raising $1 Billion From Chinese Fund

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Uber is close to raising $1 billion in a new funding, led by Chinese investor Hillhouse Capital Group, according to the WSJ today. The report says that the investment will allow Hillhouse to gain disc...

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Monday, June 22, 2015

Portworx Gets $8.5M For Docker Container Management

San Francisco-based Portworx, a company developing software for managing Docker containers, has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by the Mayfield Fund. The company says its software helps m...

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Monday, June 22, 2015

Loopd Finds $1.5M In Bridge Funding

San Francisco-based Loopd, a developer of analytics software which tracks human interaction at corporate events, said it has raised $1.5M in a bridge funding round, from Marc Benioff, Tim Draper, and Mesh Ventures. The company said the fund...

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Doctor On Demand Gets $50M

San Francisco-based Doctor On Demand, which provides access to doctor's via PCs, smartphones, and tablets, said this week that it has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Qualcomm Ventu...

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Komprise Picks Up $6M For Data Management Software

San Francisco-based Komprise, a developer of automated data management software, has raised $6M in a Series A funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Canaan Ventures. Komprise, which is led by Kumar Goswami, was founded b...

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Sense.ly Finds $2.2M For Virtual, AI Nurse

San Francisco-based Sense.ly, which is looking to apply artificial intelligence to help engage with patients and better monitor chronic diseases, said today that it has raised $2.2M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Launchpad Dig...

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Sikka Software Gets $10.5M

Milpitas-based Sikka Software announced today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by OrbiMed, and also included Sierra Ventures and ATA Ventures. Sikka Software develops healthcare management software, which...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Cohesity Uncloaks With $70M In Funding

Santa Clara-based storage startup b>Cohesity, a developer of enterprise data storage products, launched out of stealth mode today, saying it has raised a total of $70M in funding for its products. The company said it recently raised its $55...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

MapBox Gets $52.55M For Mapping SDKs

San Francisco- and Washington, DC-base MapBox, which develops a software stack to implement mapping across different software applications, has raised $52.55M in a Series B funding. The company said the funding was led by DFJ Growth, and al...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Fetch Robotics Finds $20M

San Jose-based Fetch Robotics, a developer of robots used for logistics and material handling in warehouses, has raised $20M more in funding, the company said today. The funding was led by SoftBank, and also included O'Reilly AlphaTech Vent...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Nod Labs Gets $13.5M, Expands Into Virtual Reality Game Controllers

Mountain View-based Nod Labs, a startup developing gesture recognition and motion tracking hardware and software, has raised $13.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Atlantic Bridge Capital and also included Walden Riverwood Ven...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Minio Finds $3.3M In Seed Round

Palo Alto-based object-based storage startup Minio said this morning that it has raised $3.3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from General Catalyst, Nexus Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Index Ventures, and angels Mark Leslie, Brian...

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Greylock Names New Investment Partner

Venture capital investment firm Greylock Partners has named Sara Tavel as a new Investment Partner at the firm, the company said last week. Tavel was previously at Pinterest, where she was the company's founding product manager for search a...

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Sequent Scores Mobile Wallet Funding

Sunnvyale-based Sequent Software, a developer of mobile wallet software, said today that it has raised a round of funding. Size of the funding, and osurce of the funding, was not disclosed. Sequent Software develops white label software use...

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Friday, June 12, 2015

BloomThat Gets $5.5M For On Demand Flower Delivery

San Francisco-based BloomThat, a provider of instant flower delivery services in the San Francisco Bay Area, has raised $5.5M in a Series A funding round, the company said Friday. According to BloomThat, the funding was led by Forerunner Ve...

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Friday, June 12, 2015

HomeSuite Lands $2.3M For Corporate Rentals

Palo Alto-based HomeSuite, an online marketplace to help people find corporate and furnished rental units, has raised $2.3M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partne...

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

PAX Labs Finds $46.7M For E-Cigarettes

San Francisco-based PAX Labs, which is developing vaporization technology for the e-cigarette market, has raised $46.7M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Fidelity Management & Research, Sivia Capital, Tao Capital Partners, ...

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Tile Finds $3M From Khosla

San Mateo-based Tile, which develops little gadgets which can be attached to keys, wallets, purses, luggage, computers, and other items to help you find them using your smartphone, has raised $3M more in funding. The new funding--a Series A...

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Bessemer Taps Eloqua Vet For CTO-In-Residence

Menlo Park-based venture investor Bessemer Venture Partners said today that it has named former Eloqua Chief Archiect Umair Akeel as the firm's own Chief Technology Officer In Residence, as well as an Operating Partner. The firm said Akeel ...

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Lattice Engines Fuels Up With $28M More

San Mateo-based Lattice Engines, which develops predictive marketing and sales applications, has raised $28M more in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from River Cities Capital Funds and Piper Jaffray Merch...

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Intel Launches New $125M Fund For Women, Minorities

Responding to the loud chorus of criticism over the lack of women and minorities in the technology industry, Intel said Tuesday that it has launched a new, $125M investment fund, specifically to bolster representation of women and underrepr...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Arcadia Data Sees $11.5M For Data Visualization Tools

San Mateo-based Arcadia Data, a provider of visual analytics and business intelligence software aimed at big data visualization, has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Mayfield, Intel Capital and Blumberg Capital. Th...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Talkdesk Takes $15M

San Francisco-based Talkdesk, a startup developing cloud-based, call center software, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from DFJ, and also included Storm Ventures. As part of the funding, DFJ's...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Clarus Ventures Raises $500M Fund

South San Francisco- and Cambridge, Mass.-based healthcare venture investor Clarus Ventures said today that it has closed on a $500M fund, its third, Clarus Lifesciences III, L.P.. Clarus said the new fund brings its total under management ...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Twist Bioscience Gets $37M

San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience said this morning that it has raised $37M in a Series C financing round, led by Illumina. The funding also included Fidelity Management and Research Company and Foresite Capital Management , Nick and Job...

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Menlo Security Finds $25M To Stop Malware

Menlo Park-based Menlo Security, which says it is developing software to eliminate the threat of malware to companies, says it has raised $25M in a Series B funding this morning. The funding was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, and also include...

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Joyus Gets $24M For Internet Video Shopping

San Jose-based Joyus, an online, video-focused retailer, said last week that it has raised $24M in a funding round. The funding was led by Marker LLC and Steamboat Ventures, and also included Accel Partners, InterWest and Time Warner Invest...

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Zentera Secures $4.9M

San Jose-based Zentera Systems, which develops virtual, cloud infrastructure technology aimed at helping enterprises deploy a blend of public and private clouds, said this week that it has raised $4.9M in a Series A funding round. The fundi...

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Friday, June 5, 2015

PicsArt Finds $15M For Photo Sharing Community

San Francisco-based PicsArt, which develops mobile photo editing and sharing tools, along with an associated community of users, has raised $15M in a funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Insight Venture Partners and Se...

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Diffbot Gets Backing From Bloomberg Beta

Palo Alto-based Diffbot, a developer of artificial intelligence, computer vision and natural language processing tools to interpret and understand web pages, has raised $500,000 in new funding, from Bloomberg Beta. The startup, let by Mike ...

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Blend Gets $6.3M For Trendy Social App

San Jose-based Blend, a developer of a social app that is hoping to encourage millenials, brands, celebrities, and charities to interact together, has raised $6.3 in a series A funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and ...

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Mirror Gobbles Up $8.8M For Bitcoin Trading Software

San Francisco-based Mirror, a startup that is using Bitcoin's blockchain technology for peer-to-peer financial trading, said it has raised $8.8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Route 66 Ventures, and also included RRE Ventures...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Saama Scores $35M For Big Data Analytics

Campbell-based Saama Technologies>, a developer of big data analytics software, has raised $35M in a Series A funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners. Saama is led by Suresh Katta. The company...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Nanosys Gets More Funding From Samsung

Milpitas-based Nanosys, a developer of color display technology, said Monday that it has raised an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC), the investment arm of Samsung Group. Size of the investment was not disclosed....

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Udemy Finds $65M For Online Learning Marketplace

San Francisco-based Udemy, which runs an online marketplace to help people find classes and online courses, has raised $65M more in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Stripes Group, and also included Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) a...

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Hedvig Finds $18M More for Software Defined Storage

Santa Clara-based data storage developer ...

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Sumo Logic Scores $80M For Data Analytics

Redwood City-based Sumo Logic has raised $80M in a new funding round, for the company's cloud-based data analytics software. Sumo said the new funding was led by DFJ Growth, and also included Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Greylock P...

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Cyphort Captures $30M For Security Tools

Santa Clara-based Cyphort said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round, for the company's malware defense software. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, and also included Trinity Ventures, Foundation Capital an...

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

DocuSign Raises $45M In Funding From Dell, Intel

San Francisco-based DocuSign, the developer of electronic signature software, said today that it has raised additional funding in its Series F funding from Dell and Intel Capital. The company said the new funding brings that round to more t...

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Rani Therapeutics Raises Series C For Robotic Pill

San Jose-based Rani Therapeutics, a developer of a "robotic pill" for delivering drugs orally to patients, has raised a Series C funding round, the company said Tuesday. Size of the funding round was not announced. The funding came from No...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Rubrik Picks Up $41M For Cloud Backup Appliance

Palo Alto-based Rubrik announced this morning that it has raised $41M in a funding round, for the company's cloud backup appliances. The funding was led by Greylock Partners, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, John W. Thompson (...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Obvious Ventures Backs Enervee

Obvious Ventures, the firm venture investment of Twitter cofounder Evan Williams, has backed energy information startup Enervee, to the tune of $3.7M. Enervee, which is based in Santa Monica, California, said it raised $3.7M in its Series ...

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Friday, May 22, 2015

Ignition Partners Raises $200M Enterprise Software Fund

Venture capital investor Ignition Partners has raised a new, $200M fund, the company said Thursday. The investment firm--which has offices in both Palo Alto and Bellevue, Washington--said that Ignition Venture Partners VI, and will target i...

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Mode Media Raises $30M More

San Francisco-based Mode Media> has raised $30M more in funding, the company said Thursday, bringing its total raised to $186M. The Series F funding was led by Hubert Burda Media. Mode Media is led by Samir Arora. The company did not say wh...

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Metabiota Finds $30M For Epidemic Prevention

San Francisco-based Metabiota>, which develops software used to predict disease hot spots and outbreaks, has raised $30M in a series A funding, the company said THursday. The funding comes from RSTP, Capricorn Health & Special Opportunities...

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Maana Gets $14M For Big Data Search Technology

Palo Alto-based Maana, which says it is developing search engine technology focused on big data, has raised $14M in a funding round. The funding came from Chevron Technology Ventures, ConocoPhillips Technology Ventures, Frost Data Capital,...

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Redbubble Finds $15.5M For Artists' Marketplace

Online marketplace Redbubble, which operates an online marketplace for independent artists, has raised $15.5M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. Fudning came from Acorn Capital, Piton Capital, along with angels Simon Baker, Mic...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Fuze Raises $20M, Acquires LiveMinutes

San Francisco-based Fuze, which develops cloud-based video conferencing and meeting software, said today that it has raised $20M in a funding round, and acquired fellow San Francisco startup LiveMinutes. The funding came from Hermes Growth ...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

SV Angel's Lee Resigns As Managing Partner

David Lee, who was Managing Partner of seed and angel investing fund SV Angel, has resigned, according to a memo leaked from the firm. The memo, which went out to the fund's Limited Partners, founders, and partners, said that Lee has decide...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Coho Data Finds $30M More

Palo Alto-based high performance, flash-based storage developer >Coho Data has raised $30M more, in a Series C funding, bring the company's total raised to $67M. The round was led by March Capital Partners, and also included Hewlett Packard...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Ripple Labs Lands $28M For Payments Technology

San Francisco-based Ripple, which develops real time payment technology for the finance and banking industry, said it has raised $28M in a Series A funding. The funding came from IDG Capital partners, CME Group, and Seagate, along with AME ...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

MuleSoft Finds $128M

San Francisco-based software API developer MuleSoft, whose tools are used to help enterprises connect into cloud APIs, has raised $128M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Salesforce Ventures, and also included ServiceNow, Cisco ...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Feedzai Gobbles Up $17.5M For Fraud Prevention Tools

San Mateo-based Feedzai, a developer of fraud prevention tools and software, said today that it has raised $17.5M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Oak HC/FT, and also included Sapphire Ventures and Espirito Santo Ventur...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

GOFACTORY Gains $2M

San Francisco-based GOFACTORY, a developer of a industrial, Internet-of-things analytics and monitoring service, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Visionnaire Ventures as well as angels,...

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Clarus Ventures Names New Partner

South San Francisco- and Cambridge, Mass.-based venture investor Clarus Ventures said this morning that it has named Michele Park, Ph.D. as a Partner at the firm. Park, based in South San Francisco, has been at Clarus since 2006. She sits o...

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Decorist Snags $4.5M For Interior Design Help

San Francisco-based Decorist, an online marketplace which helps connect people with interior designers, has raised $4.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Lowe's, the Women's Venture Capital Fund, and angel investors. The company of...

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Friday, May 15, 2015

Percolate Picks Up $40M For San Francisco Growth

Enterprise marketing management software developer Percolate said Thursday that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding round , specifically to go towards expanding in San Francisco. the funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, and a...

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Friday, May 15, 2015

Lyft Gets $150M From Carl Icahn, Others

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Lyft has raised $150M in new funding, from investor Carl Icahn and others, the company said Friday. Lyft said Icahn invested $100M in the new funding, which follows a giant, $530M Series E funding the...

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Pipedrive Finds $9M For Sales Funnel Software

San Francisco-based Pipedrive, a developer of cloud-based sales funnel management software, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, along with Paua ventures, Rembrandt ...

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Vouch Picks Up $6M For Social Lending

San Francisco-based Vouch, which offers up online consumer lending that uses a users' social network to help determine a user's interest rate, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Core Innovat...

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

PlanGrid Finds $18M For Blueprint Software

San Francisco-based PlanGrid, a developer of software for construction firms to store their digital blueprints, has raised $18M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Sequoia Capital. As part of the funding, Sequoia's Doug Leone joins...

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Actiance Uncovers $28M For eDiscovery Efforts

Redwood City-based Actiance, a provider of services to help companies archive their communications and social media to meet compliance requirements, has raised $28M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Golub Cap...

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Instart Logic Finds $43M For Cloud Application Delivery

Palo Alto-based Instart Logic has raised $43M more in an expansion funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Four Rivers Group and Hermes Growth Partners, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Bye...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Nerdwallet Pockets $64M

San Francisco-based Nerdwallet, which helps consumers find the best rates on banking deposits, credit cards, insurance, and other financial areas, has raised $65M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners ...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

DocuSign Gets $233M For Electronic Signatures

San Francisco-based DocuSign said today that it has raised $233M in a funding round, from Brookside Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, along with Generation Investment Management, ClearBridge Investments, plus Google Ventures, Sapphire Venture...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Blue Danube Systems Gets $16M

Mountain View-based Blue Danube, a developer of wireless access technology which helps carriers increase their network capacity, said this morning that it has raised $16M in a funding round. The Series B funding included Sequoia Capital, No...

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Report: Uber Seeking $1.5 Billion More

A report, published Saturday, says that San Francisco-based Uber is looking to raise another round of funding, worth $1.5 billion. The report says the funding values Uber at an astounding $50 billion. Uber is led by Travis Kalanick....

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Zuman Lands $4M For Cloud HR Administration

Pleasanton-based Zuman, a provider of cloud-based human resources, payroll, and benefits administration software and services, has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The company said the funding from its existing and new investors. Names of ...

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Friday, May 8, 2015

Delvv Digs Up $3.5M

Palo Alto-based Delvv, a developer of mobile, content discovery apps that use machine learning and predictive analysis techniques for surfacing relevant news to users, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding. Source of the funding was not announ...

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Govini Gains $20M For Government G2

San Francisco-based Govini, a startup which helps businesses gather information about government contracting opportunities, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures,...

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Trizic Gets $2M For Wealth Advisory Software

San Francisco-based Trizic, a developer of wealth advisory software aimed at financial institutions and registered investment advisors, has raised $2M in seed funding. The company said the funding came from Oeprative Capital, comes on top o...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Zenefits Joins Unicorns With $500M In Funding, $4.5B Valuation

San Francisco-based human resources automation provider Zenefits has scored a giant funding round, and joined unicorn territory today, saying it has raised $500M in a Series C funding. The company said the round values the company at a post...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Wrike Gets $15M

Mountain View-based Wrike, the developer of enterprise , project management software, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included DCM Ventures and Bain Capital V...

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

CloudGenix Connects With $25M

Santa Clara-based CloudGenix, a developer of wide area networking software, said today that it has raised $25M in a series B funding. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Charles River Ventures and the Mayfield Fu...

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

NatureBox Picks Up $30M More

San Carlos-based Naturebox, the subscription, monthly snack delivery service focused on health foods, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. NatureBox said the funding came from Global Founders Capital, along...

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Wonder Workshop Finds $6.9M For Robot Learning Toys

San Mateo-based Wonder Workshop, a developer of robotic toys which help children learn how to code, has raised $6.9M in a funding round. The funding came from WI Harper Group, along with Madrona Venture Group, CRV, Maven Ventures, Bright Su...

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Monday, May 4, 2015

AEGEA Medical Gets $36M For Medical Devices

Redwood City-based AEGEA Medical, a developer of medical devices used to treat abnormal uterine bleeding, has raised $36M in a Series C funding. The company said today that the funding came from Alloy Ventures, Delphi Ventures, and Covidien...

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Monday, May 4, 2015

AltSchool Scores $100M For Alternative K-8 Education

San Francisco-based AltSchool, the operator of a network of schools in San Francisco focused on personalized K-8 learning and education, said this morning that it has raised $100M in a big funding round. The funding came from Founders Fund ...

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Monday, May 4, 2015

NeuroVigil Gets Funding From Elon Musk, Others

NeuroVigil, a developer of brain monitoring technology said late Friday evening that it has raised a second financing round. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. The funding came from Howard Morgan, Elon Musk,Tim Draper, Draper Fish...

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Friday, May 1, 2015

MyoKardia Finds $46M For Treating Genetic Heart Disease

South San Francisco-based MyoKardia, which is developing treatments for genetics-related heart disease, said yesterday that it has raised $46M in a Series B funding. The funding came from an un-named public investment fund, Casdin Capital, ...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Tracxn Finds $3.5M For Due Diligence And Deals

Tracxn, a Palo Alto- and Bangalore-based startup which helps venture capital funds with their due diligence, has raised $3.5M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The company--founded by Abhishek Goyal and Neha Singh--helps ventu...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

NetBase Adds On Another $9M

Mountain View-based social analytics software developer NetBase has added on another $9M in funding, only a month after the company announced a big $24M funding, as part of its Series E. The company said the additional capital was led by OR...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

InCarda Therapeutics Finds $5M

San Francisco-based InCarda Therapeutics said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding, to go towards its therapies for acute cardiovascular conditions. The funding came from Morningside Ventures and angels. The company is devel...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Scanadu Finds $35M To Bring Star Trek Tricorder To Life

Mountain View-based Scanadu, one of the startup developing handheld, medical vital signs gadgets for the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, said today that it has raised $35M in a funding round for its technology. The company said the Series B fun...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

VSCO Snaps Up $30M More

Oakland-based Visual Supply Co. (VSCO), the developer of mobile photography apps, has raised $30M more in a funding round, the company disclosed today, led by Glynn Capital Management. The Series B funding also included Accel Partners and G...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Accel-KKR Backs One.com

Menlo Park-based private equity investor Accel-KKR is backing European web hosting service and domain name provider One.com, the companies announced this morning. Size of the growth equity investment were not announced. Accel-KKR was joined...

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Waygum Gets Strategic Investment Funding

Dublin, California-based Waygum, a developer of mobile applications for managing industrial, Internet-of-Things applications, has raised a strategic funding round. The funding came from insurer Hartford Steam Boiler. Size of the funding and...

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Funding Circle Scores $150M To Expand In US

Funding Circle, an online lending startup which has its U.S. operations based in San Francisco, said this week that it has raised $150M in funding, to help in its U.S. expansion plans. The company also announced Salesforce veteran Chitra Na...

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Smule Gets $38M For Music Apps

San Francisco-based Smule said today that it has raised $38M in a new equity and debt funding for the company's music apps and social service. Smule did not say how much of the round was debt and how much was equity. The equity funding was ...

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

3DR Bumps Funding Round For Drones To $64M

Berkeley-based 3DR, announced this morning that it has upped its Series C funding to $64M, in an expansion beyond the initial $50M in Series C funding the company announced in January. The expansion was led by WestSummit Capital, and also i...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Folsom Labs Finds $1M For Solar Energy Design Software

San Francisco-based Folsom Labs, a developer of photovoltaic design software, said Tuesday that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The company said the funding came from industry executives, including Sheldon Kimber (Kokosing Capita...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

MyTime Finds $9.25M For Appointment Booking Marketplace

San Francisco-based MyTime, an online marketplace that helps people book apppointments from everything from dog walking to car detailing, said Tuesday that it has raised $9.25M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Upfront Ven...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Stringify Scoops Up $6.3 Million

Los Gatos-based Stringfy, a stealthy Internet-of-things startup co-founded by former Cisco Chief Futurist Dave Evans, has raised $6.3M in a seed funding, the company said Tuesday. The funding was led by ARTIS Ventures, and also included Our...

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Monday, April 20, 2015

Vessel Finds $57.5M

San Francisco-based Vessel, the online video streaming site founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, disclosed last week that it has raised $57.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also inc...

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Monday, April 20, 2015

Freshdesk Gets $50M For Customer Support Software

San Francisco-based Freshdesk, which develops software-as-a-service used for customer support, has raised $50M in a Series E funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Accel Partn...

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Navdy Nabs $20M For Heads Up Display For Your Smartphone

San Francisco-based Navdy, a startup developing a heads-up display which works with your smartphone, has raised $20M in a Series A funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Formatio...

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Slack Raises $160M At $2.8 Billion Valuation

San Francisco-based Slack, the developer of a corporate messaging and collaboration app, has raised $160M in funding, which gives the company at a post money $2.8 billion valuation. Slack--which is led by Stewart Butterfield--said the fundi...

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

RetailNext Gets $125M

San Jose-based RetailNext, which develops in-store, analytics software for retailers, said this week that it has raised $125M in a growth funding round. The funding was led by Activant Capital Group, and also included August Capital, StarVe...

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Sprig Orders Up $45M For On-Demand Meal Delivery

San Francisco-based on-demand meal delivery service Sprig said this morning that it has raised $45M in a Series B funding, to expand outside of San Francisco to the rest of the country. The funding was led by Social Capital, and also includ...

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Appirio Raises $35M

San Francisco-based Appirio, a developer of enterprise cloudsourcing software, said today that it has raised $35M in a Series E funding round. The funding was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. The company said the funds go towa...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

99designs Gets $10M

San Francisco-based 99designs, an online marketplace for graphics design, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by strategic investor Recruit Holdings, via its Recruit Strategic Partners venture...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

NEA Raises Staggering $3.1 Billion In Venture Funds

Menlo Park-based New Enterprise Associates said this morning that it has raised a $2.8 billion venture capital fund, its fifteenth venture capital fund, along with a $350M NEA 15 Opportunity Fund, targeted at late stage portfolio companies....

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Skyport Systems Snags $30M

Mountain View-based Skyport Systems, which is developing cybersecurity software aimed at the enterprise market, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Indexx Ventures, and also included Intel ...

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Illumio Takes $100M For Network Data Security

Sunnyvale-based Illumio, which is developing cyber security technology aimed at monitoring data center and cloud traffic, to stop cyber attacks, has raised $100M in a Series C funding, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from BlackRo...

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Docker Gets Big, $95M Round

San Francisco-based Docker said today that it has raised $95M in a Series D funding, for the company's distributed software deployment platform. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included Coatue, Goldman Sachs and No...

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Eaze Finds $10M For Uber-For-Weed

San Francisco-based Eaze, which operates a delivery service for marijuana to medical marijuana patients, said late Monday evening that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. Eaze said the funding was led by DCM Ventures, and also include...

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Stem Adds $12M From Mitsui

Millbrae-based energy storage startup Stem announced today that it has raised $12M more in a Series C funding round, led by Mitsui & Co. According to Stem, the investment comes in conjunction with a new effort to expand Stem into internatio...

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Vacatia Gets $7M For Timeshare Marketplace

San Francisco-based Vacatia, which operates an online marketplace targeted at families looking for timeshares, has raised $7M in a new financing round. The funding came from Javelin Venture Partners. Vacatia also has named co-founder Caroli...

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Friday, April 10, 2015

Stanza Syncs Events, Calendars

Redwood City-based Stanza, which until recently was known as SpotOn.it, said this week that it has raised $4.3M for its calendar synchronization tools. The funding came from Metamorphic Ventures, Founder Collective, Tekton Ventures, Western...

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Friday, April 10, 2015

ApplePie Gets $6M For Franchise Loan Marketplace

San Francisco-based ApplePie Capital, an online, crowdfunded marketplace for franchise loans, has raised $6M in equity, and $28M in debt, the company said Thursday. The equity funding, a Series A, was led by Signia Venture Partners, and als...

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

The RealReal Picks Up $40M

San Francisco-based online fashion marketplace The RealReal, which lets people sell their fashion clothing on consignment, has raised $40M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Industry Ventures, and also included Greycroft Gr...

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Rubicon Labs Gets Funding From Akamai

San Francisco-based Rubicon Labs, which is developing cybersecurity technology to protect crytographic keys, has added Akamai as a strategic investor in its Series A funding round. Rubicon Labs did not disclose financial details of the stra...

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Aviso Gets $15M More For Sales Management Software

Palo Alto-based Aviso, a developer of predictive sales management software has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was co-led by Scale Venture Partners and Next World Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures, First Round ...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Natera Gets $55M For Prenatal Testing

San Carlos-based Natera, a provider of non-invasive, genetic testing services, said earlier this week that it has raised $55M in a financing round. The financing was led by Sofinnova Ventures, and also included Capital Research and Manageme...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Palerra Snags $17M For Cloud Security Automation

Santa Clara-based Palerra has raised $17M in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning, for its cloud security automation tools. The funding was led by August Capital, and also included Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Wi...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Playground Global Gets $48M For Hardware Incubator

Playground Global, a new hardware startup incubator founded by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, has raised $48M in a funding round. The funding came from Google, Hewlett-Packard, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., and Redpoint Ventures. Rubin jo...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

CoreOS Gets $12M For Open Source Containers

San Francisco-based CoreOS, a developer of open source, container software for Linux, says it has raised $12M in a funding round. The funding was led by Google Ventures, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Fuel Capita...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Akanda Finds Funding For OpenStack Networking

San Francisco-based Akanda, a startup developing open source, network virtualization software aimed at the OpenStack market, has scored a seed fundign round, according to the company. Size of the round was not announced. The funding was led...

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Monday, April 6, 2015

Educents Gets $2.9M

Oaklannd-based Educents, an online retailer which sels toys, educational lesson plans, and other instructional materials to teachers and parents, has raised $2.9M in a seed funding, the company said today. The funding came from SoftTech VC,...

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Monday, April 6, 2015

ZenPayroll Finds $60M More

San Francisco-based small business payroll service ZenPayroll said today that it has raised $60M in a new round of funding in the company, bringing its total raised to $86.1M. The funding was led by Google Capital, and also included Emerge...

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Friday, April 3, 2015

Lux Capital Raises $350M Fund

Menlo Park-based investor Lux Capital> said Thursday that it has closed on a new, $350M fund, Lux Ventures IV. Lux said the new fund will invest in early-stage, futuristic science and technology ventures. The new fund boosts the firm's amo...

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Fyusion Captures $13M For Interactive, Mobile Image Capture

San Francisco-based Fyusion a developer of a mobile app which provides immersive, 3D image capture of a user's surroundings, has raised $13.0M in a Series B funding. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates, the University of Tokyo E...

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

TaaSera Finds $4.1M For Breach Detection Tools

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

SmartNews Raises $10M For US Expansion

SmartNews, a Japanese startup which develops news discovery apps, said today that it has raised $10M in a bridge funding, for expansion in the U.S. The company has its U.S. headquarters in San Francisco. The funding came from GREE, along wi...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

YapStone Scores $60M In Debt

Walnut Creek-based YapStone, a developer of web and mobile payment technology, said today that it has closed on $60M in debt financing, made up of $40M in a senior credit facility from Comerica Bank, and $20M in subordinated debt from Brega...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Tanium Takes $52M For Endpoint Protection Tools

Emeryville-based Tanium, a developer of endpoint security software for the enterprise, has raised $52M in new funding, the company said today. The funding came from Andreesen Horowitz. Tanium said the funding comes on top of an earlier, $90...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

IdentityMind Global Gains Series B

Palo Alto-based IdentityMind, a developer of risk management software for financial insitutions, has received a strategic investment and Series B funding from a number of investors. Size of the investment was not announced. The funding came...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

DroneDeploy Gets $9M

San Francisco-based DroneDeploy, a developer of cloud-based software for managing commercial drones aimed at agriculture, construction, mining, and real estate, said it has raised $9M more in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Emerg...

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Friday, March 27, 2015

DoorDash Gets $40M For On-Demand Delivery

Palo Alto-based DoorDash has raised $40M in a new funding round, for its on-demand delivery service. According to DoorDash, the new funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, an...

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Meerkat Snags $12M Funding Round For Live Twitter Video

San Francisco-based Meerkat, the developer of the trendy live video streaming apps for Twitter, has raised a $12M funding round from Greylock Partners. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Other investors in the round include David Tis...

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

August Finds $38M For Smart Locks

San Francisco-based August, which develops a "smart" lock which uses Bluetooth to replace keys to your home, has raised $38M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Comcast Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Ayasdi Adds $55M

Palo Alto-based machine intelligence software developer Ayasdi said this morning that it has raised $55M in a new, Series C funding round. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with Institutional Venture Partners (IV...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Hedvig Lands $12.5M For Data Storage Software

Santa Clara-based Hedvig, which was founded by Cassandra creator Avinash Lakshman, has raised $12.5M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding--which includes both seed and Series A investments--came from True Ventures and Atl...

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Augmented Pixels Scores $1M In Seed Funding

Palo Alto-based Augmented Pixels, a developer of virtual reality and augmented reality technology aimed at real estate, home furnishing, retail, and other applications, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. Augmented Pixels said investmen...

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Cohere Technology Connects With $35M

Santa Clara-based Cohere Technologies, a developer of wireless communications modulation technology, said this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Telstra, and also included New Enterprise Ass...

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Cyanogen Gets $80M More

Palo Alto-based Cyanogen, the developer of the open source offshoot of the Android mobile operating system, said today that it has raised $80M in a Series C financing round. The funding came from Premji Invest, Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm I...

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Technology Crossover Ventures Names Venture Partner

Palo Alto-based venture capital investor Technology Crossover Ventures said today that it has added Bret Bolin, the former chairman and CEO of Misys, as a new Venture Partner at the company's London office. TCV said Bolin will focus on inve...

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Quid Finds $39M For AI Software Efforts

San Francisco-based Quid>, a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at visualizing information gained from searching the web, has raised $39M in a Series D funding, the company said Thursday. The funding as led by Libearty Inte...

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Airdog Gets $2M For GoPro Toting Action Sports Drone

Palo Alto-based Airdog, the developer of a crowdfunded, aerial drone which carries a GoPro camera and follows your cell phone, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company said the funding came from Seraph Group, and also included IT...

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Fundbox Finds $40M

San Francisco-based Fundbox, a startup which offers up a small business financing service which pays small businesses based on their incoming invoices, has raised $40M in a Series B financing. The funding was led by General Catalyst Partner...

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Shuddle Scores $9.6M For On-Demand, Family Ride Service

San Francisco-based Shuddle, a new, ridesharing service aiming at families, said Wednesday that it has raised $9.6M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by RRE Ventures, and also included Comcast Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, A...

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Colovore Gets Strategic Investment

Santa Clara-based Colovore, a provider of colocation services, said Wednesday that it has scored a strategic investment from Digital Realty Trust. Size of the investment was not announced. As part of the investment, Digital Realty Chief Inv...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Twin Prime Takes $9.5M For Mobile App Acceleration

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Pinterest Finds $367.1M In New Round

San Francisco-based Pinterest has raised $367.1M in an ongoing, funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company earlier this week. The new round--targeted at nearly $580M when complete--reportely values the company at around ...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Joyable Finds $2.1M To Help Conquer Social Anxiety

San Francisco-based Joyable, a startup developing technology it says helps people overcome social anxiety, has raised $2.1M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Thrive Capital and Harrison Metal. The startup, co-founded by Peter S...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Petcube Gets $1.1M For Laser-Armed Pet Watching Gadget

San Francisco-based Petcube, the developer of a gadget which lets people watch and interact with their pets via iOS and Android applications, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by AVentures Ca...

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Glooko Gains $16.5M For Diabetes Management App

Palo Alto-based Glooko, the developer of mobile apps to help diabetes patients manage their health, has raised $16.5M in a Series B funding round, the company revealed this morning. The funding came from Canaan Partners, Medtronic, and Soci...

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Altocloud Adds $2M For Sales Software

Mountain View-based Altocloud developer of sales communications software, said Monday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Delta Partners, Digicel Group and ACT Venture Capital. The company develops lead gen...

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Birst Brings In $65M For Business Intelligence Tools

San Francisco-based Birst said this morning that it has raised $65M in a new funding round, for the company's cloud-based business intelligence tools. The funding came from Wellington Management Company LLP, along with Sequoia Capital, Humm...

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Monday, March 16, 2015

Reltio Rings Up $10M For Data Management Software

Palo Alto-based Reltio, a developer of data management software targeted at the enterprise, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Crosslink Capital and .406 Ventures. The startup is led by Manish So...

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Friday, March 13, 2015

Allergen Research Takes Aim At Peanut Allergies With $80M

San Mateo-based Allergen Research, which is developing desensitization treatments for food allergies, said Thursday that it has raised $80M in a Series B funding. The biopharmaceuticals firm said the funding goes towards a Phase 3 clinical ...

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Friday, March 13, 2015

Highfive Gets $32M for Video Conferencing Gadget

Redwood City-based Highfive, which develops a video conferencing device, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $32M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Andreessen Horowitz,...

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Friday, March 13, 2015

NetBase Nabs $24M For Enterprise Social Media Analytics

Mountain View-based NetBase>, a developer of social media analytics aimed at the enterprise, has raised $24M in a Series E funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Spring Lake Equity Partners, and also included Thomvest V...

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Bugcrowd Raises $6M For Crowdsourced Security Testing

San Francisco-based Bugcrowd, which runs bug bounty programs to help companies crowdsource their security efforts, has raised $6M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Costanoa Venture Capital, and also inclu...

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Lyft Raises $530M From Rakuten, Others

San Francisco-based Lyft has raised $530M in a Series E funding round, led by Rakuten, Rakuten said this morning. Rakuten said it is taking a 11.9 percent stake in Lyft, investing $300M in Lyft as part of the larger, Series E funding round....

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

StarMaker Gets $6.5M For Music Apps, Contests

San Francisco-based StarMaker, which devel mobile apps which helps amateur music talent create professional videos, earn money, and help build their following, annoucned Wednesday that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding. The funding ...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Zuora Takes $115M For Subscription Tools

Foster City-based Zuora, which develops tools that help software-as-a-service and other subscription-based services manage payments and announced , has raised $115M in a new funding round, the company annoucned this morning. The new funding...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Looker Lands $30M For Business Intelligence Tools

Santa Cruz-based Looker, a developer of cloud-based, business intelligence (BI) tools, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and also included Sapphire Ventures (fo...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

E8 Security Gets $9.8M For Cyber Security Tools

Redwood City-based E8 Security, a developer of cyber security analytics software, announced Tuesday that it has raised $9.8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from March Capital Partners, Allegis Capital, and The Hive. E8 Security sai...

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

RayVio Sees $9.3M For UV LEDs

Hayward, California-based RayVio, a developer of UV LED technology, said today that it has raised $9.3M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Applied Ventures, Augment Ventures, New Ground Ventures, Tolero Ventures, along with DCM Ve...

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Monday, March 9, 2015

CoverHound Lands $14M For Insurance Comparisons

San Francisco-based CoverHound, which operates an online comparison shopping marketplace for auto, homeowners, rental, and motorcycle insurance, has raised $14M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The new funding came from...

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

HoneyBook Finds $22M For Event Planning Service

San Francisco-based HoneyBook, a startup developing a service to help event planners who are planning weddings, holiday party, or other similar events work with their clients, has raised $22M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed thi...

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Culture Amp Finds $6.3M For Employee Survey Tool

Culture Amp, the developer of a tool for employees surveys, said yesterday that it has raised $6.3M in a Series A funding. The company--which has an office in San Francisco--is based in Australia. The company said the funding was led by Fe...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Luxe Gets $20M For Valet Parking

San Francisco-based Luxe, the smartphone driven luxury valet parking service, said Tuesday that it has raised $20M more in funding, as part of a Series A funding round. The new funding came from Venrock, Redpoint, Lightspeed Venture Partner...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Accomplice Raises $5M For Marketing Optimization Software

San Francisco-based Accomplice, a developer of marketing optimization software that helps optimize ads and social content for the bottom line, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from WME | IMG. Accomplice, which wa...

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

ToutApp Raises $15M

San Francisco-based sales tracking software developer ToutApp said this morning that it raised $15M in a Series B funding, in a deal led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round included Sigma West, Founder Collective, 500 Start...

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Lyric Pharmaceuticals Gets $20.4M For GI Disease Research

South San Francisco-based Lyric Pharmaceuticals, a company developing therapeutics for gastrointestinal diseases, said last week that it has raised $20.4M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by Rivervest Venture Partners, San...

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Branch Metrics Snags $15M For Mobile Deep Linking

Palo Alto-based Branch Metrics, a developer of software to help mobile developers better enhance referrals and deep links to their apps, said last week that it had raised $15M in a Series A funding. The round was co-led by New Enterprise As...

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Friday, February 27, 2015

High Fidelity Finds Funding For Virtual Worlds

San Francisco-based High Fidelity, a developer of open source software for virtual worlds, revealed this week that it has raised $11M in a funding round. The funding was led by Vulcan Capital. High Fidelity is led by Philip Rosedale, who fo...

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Lytro Lands $50M, But Chops Staff

Mountain View-based Lytro, the developer of camera technology which allows users to refocus pictures, even after they have been taken, has raised $50M in a new funding round---but also severely cut back its staff. The funding came from GSV ...

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

3D Robotics Raises $50M For Drone Aircraft Technology

Berkeley-based 3D Robotics, the unmanned aerial vehicle maker led by former Wired editor Chris Anderson, said today that it has raised $50M in a Series C venture funding round. The funding was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also includes a s...

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Trov Takes $6.5M

San Francisco-based Trov, which operates a mobile app to help users track, value, and insure what they own, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Anthemis Group. According to the company, it has ...

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Opendoor Lands $20M For Home Marketplace

San Francisco-based Opendoor said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B financing round, for its online home marketplace. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Khosla Ventures. Glenn Solomon of GGV joins the com...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Metamarkets Gets $15M

San Francisco-based Metamarkets, a developer of advertising analytics software aimed at the programmatic ad market, said yesterday that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding was led by Data Collective, and also included John Ba...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

GuideSpark Finds $22.2M For Employee Communications Tools

Menlo Park-based GuideSpark said Tuesday that it has raised $22.2M in a Series C financing round. The funding was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and also included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Storm Ventures and IDG Ventures. GuideSpa...

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Lifecode Raises $20.5M For Molecular Diagnostics

Foster City-based Lifecode, a developer of gene sequencing-based molecular diagnostics products, said last week that it has raised $20.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, the Mayo Clinic, and Mayo Ventures. Lifeco...

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Livefyre Snags $47M More, Adds Adobe and Salesforce

San Francisco-based Livefyre, which develops social commenting tools, said Thursday that it has raised $47M more in a new funding, with funding from Adobe and Salesforce Ventures. The round also included prior investors Cue Ball, Greycroft ...

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Notey Gets $1.6M For Blog Discovery

San Francisco- and Hong Kong-based Notey, which opreates an online site focused on content discovery and blog search, said Thursday that it has raised $1.6M in a funding round. The seed funding came from Steve Kirsch (Founder of Infoseek, O...

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

BlueTalon Grabs $5M

Redwood City-based BlueTalon, a developer of data access and security software for Hadoop, said yesterday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The funding came from Signia Venture Partners, BioSys Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Stanford-Sta...

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Philz Coffee Raises $15M

San Francisco-based Philz Coffee, the operator of the popular Bay Area coffee chain, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M to expand the chain to the rest of the country. Philz Coffee said the funding came from Cowboy Ventures, Crunchfund,...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Uber Round Rises To $2.8 Billion

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Uber disclosed Wednesday that it has expanded its latest funding round to a whopping $2.8 billion, expanding its Series E by a billion dollars. The new round comes only a few weeks after a $1.2 billio...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Batelle's NewCo Gets $1.7M

NewCo, the startup founded by John Batelle and Brian Monahan, said Wednesday that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Obvious Ventures, True Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Transmedia Capital, Freestyle Capital, and...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Apptimize Loads Up With $4M For Mobile App Testing

Menlo Park-based Apptimize said Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding, for the company's mobile app testing tools. The funding was led by Costanoa Venture Capital. Apptimize said the new funding brings its total raised to $6M...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Sindeo Raises $6.5M For Mortgage Marketplace

San Francisco-based Sindeo, which operates an online mortgage marketplace, said today that it has raise $6.5M in total funding, split between $5M in a Series A funding and $1.5M in seed funding. The funding was led by Renren, the Chinese so...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Cisco To Invest $100M Euros In France

San Jose-based Cisco is planning to invest $100 million eruos in French startups, according to French Prime Minister Manual Valls. According to the Prime Minister's office, the investment comes as part of a larger collaboration between Cis...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Invuity Lights Up With $20M

San Francisco-based Invuity, which develops lighting devices used in surgery to assist surgeons in minimally invasive surgery, has raised $20M in a new funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Wellington Manageme...

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Friday, February 13, 2015

CloudVelox Captures $15M For Cloud Disaster Recovery Service

Santa Clara-based CloudVelox, a provider of cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) and migration tools, said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Cisco Investments, Mayfield Fund, Pelion Venture Pa...

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Bill.com Banks $50M For SMB Payments

Palo Alto-based Bill.com, which operates a service to help small and medium sized business better manage accounts payable and accounts receivables, said this morning that it raised $50M in a finance round. The funding came from Silicon Vall...

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Unchained Labs Lands $25M

Pleasanton-based Unchained Labs, a developer of life sciences tools, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series A funding round. The company said the funding came from Novo Ventures, Canaan Partners and TPG Biotech. In addition to the f...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Move Loot Picks Up $9M

San Francisco-based Move Loot, which operates an online marketplace to help users buy and sell used furniture and other home goods, has raised $9M in a funding round. The funding was led by Metamorphic Ventures, and also included First Roun...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

AppDirect Gets $50M More

San Francisco-based AppDirect, which operates an online app marketplace for enterprise apps, said today that it has raised $50M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Mithril Capital, and also included prior investors iNovia Capi...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

DigiSight Technologies Sees $7.8M In Series B

Portola Valley-based DigiSight, a developer of remote patient monitoring tools for the opthalmic industry, said late Monday that it has raised $7.8M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Biosys Capital, Waycross Ventures, GE Ve...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

NEXTracker Nabs $25M For Solar Tracking

Fremont-based NEXTracker, a developer of solar tracking products aimed at the photovoltaic energy market, said Monday that it has raised $25M in a equity and growth capital financing. The funding came from SJF Ventures, Tennenbaum Capital P...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Wandera Finds $15M For Mobile Security Efforts

San Francisco-based Wandera, a developer of mobile security tools, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The funding was led by 83North, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners. Wandera develops products...

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Monday, February 9, 2015

Fetch Robotics Gets $3M

San Jose-based Fetch Robotics said today that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding, for the company's industrial robots. The funding came from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Fetch Robotics has named Melonee Wise as CEO...

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Monday, February 9, 2015

Sauce Labs Finds $15M

San Francisco-based Sauce Labs, which develops web and mobile application testing software, said last week that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Toba Capital. Sauce Labs' software provides Continuous Int...

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Skimlinks Picks Up $16M

San Francisco-based Skimlinks, which develops software which helps online publishers easily insert affiliate purchase links as part of their content, has raised $16M in a Series C financing. The company said the funding was led by Frog Capi...

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Friday, February 6, 2015

ClusterHQ Raises $12M For Container Software

San Francisco-based ClusterHQ, a developer of enterprise container software, said Thursday that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Accel Partners London, along with Canaan Partners. ClusterHQ develops the ...

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Armetheon Gains $24M For Cardiac Drugs

Menlo Park-based Armetheon, whic is developing biopharmaceuticals aimed at replacing the anticoagulant warfarin, said Thursday that it has raised $24.3M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Hercules Bioventure Partners and Cap...

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

E2open Acquired By Insight Venture Partners

Foster City-based E2open, the developer of open trading and EDI software, said Thursday that Insight Venture Partners has agreed to acquire the company for approximately $273M. Insight will pay $8.60 per share in cash for E2open, which E2oe...

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

SoFi Scores $200M For Loan Refinancing Service

San Francisco-based SoFi has raised $200M in a Series D financing, for the company's students loan and other refinancing service. The funding was led by Third Point Ventures, and also included Wellington Management Company LLP, Institutiona...

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Bolt Sets Up In San Francisco, Raises $25M Hardware Fund

Bolt, a venture capital fund which focuses on connected hardware startups and gives its portfolio companies access to infrastructure such as its engineering/design staff, prototyping facilities, and manufacturing help, has set up an office ...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Pley Picks Up $10M For LEGO Rentals, Designs

Santa Clara-based Pley, a startup which crowd sources LEGO designs, and then rents out sets to help its customers build those designs, has raise $10M in a Series B funding round, the company disclosed Tuesday. The funding came from Sozo Ven...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Revinate Raises $15.34 For Hospitality Software

San Francisco-based Revinate, a developer of software which enables hotels to connect with their guest with social guest profiles, mobile apps, and more, has raised $15.34M in a Series B financing round. The funding came from Tenaya Capital...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

AnyPerk Grabs $8.5M To Make Employees Happy

San Francisco-based AnyPerk, a provider of a service to offer up perks to a company's employees, said today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by DCM, Digital Garage, as well as Andreessen-Horowitz, ...

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Meta Finds $23M For Augmented Reality Glasses

Portola Valley-based Meta, which develops wearable glasses which provide augmented reality interaction, disclosed last week that it had raised $23M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Horizons Ventures, BOE Optoelectronics, pl...

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Apptus Nabs $41M for Sales Quoting Tools

San Mateo-based APPTUS, a developer of sales pricing and quoting tools which are closely tied with Salesforce.com, has raised $41M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Salesforce Ventures, and also in...

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Monday, February 2, 2015

CampusQuad Gets $5M

San Carlos-based CampusQuad, a developer of mobile communications tools aimed at helping colleges and universities communicate with their students, has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by ICG Ventures. CampusQuad is led...

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

DataRPM Adds Cloudera Co-Founder As Investor

San Mateo-based DataRPM, a developer of statistics software which runs on top of Hadoop, said Wednesday that it has added Cloudera co-founder Dr. Amr Awadallah as an investor. Size of the investment round was not disclosed. DataRPM said tha...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Shasta Ventures Promotes Flynn

Menlo Park-based venture investor Shasta Ventures said this morning that it has promoted Sean Flynn to Managing Director at the firm. Flynn has been at Shasta since 2008, and became partner in 2012. Flynn is on the boards of Bloc, Swipely, ...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

CreoPop Finds Funding For 3D Pen

San Francisco-based CreoPop, which makes a pen that enables the creation of 3D objects using multi-colored inks, said this week that it has raised a round of financing. The funding was led by 500 Startups. The round also included Ruvento, a...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

UserTesting Raises $45.5M

Mountain View-based UserTestting, a provider of video-based user testing services, said today that it has raised $45.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included OpenView Venture Partners. UserTes...

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

CloudBees Scores $23.5M For Continuous Integration Software

Los Altos-based CloudBees, which develops Continuous Integration software used by software developers to more easily integrate and test changes into their code, has raise $23.5M in a new financing, bringing the company's total to just under...

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

3Scan Gets $6.67M

San Francisco-based 3Scan, which is developing a new, scanning microscope aimed at pathologists, said today that it has raised $6.67M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by Lux Capital. 3Sca is led by Todd Huffman. The company ...

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Monday, January 26, 2015

goBalto Gains $12M For Clinical Study Software

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Sparkcentral Gets $12M For Customer Support Software

San Francisco-based Sparkcentral, which develops software for managing real-time, customer service for enterprises, has raised $12M in a series B funding. The funding was led by Split Rock Partners, and also included Sigma West. Sparkcentra...

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Bessemer Venture Partners Hits $220M In Israeli Investments

Menlo Park-based venture capital investor Bessemer Venture Partners said Thursday that its Israeli venture arm has just passed $220M in investments, eight years after opening its Israel office. The firm, which set up the office in 2007, als...

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Fastback Networks Gets $15M

San Jose-based Fastback Networks, a provider of technology use for LTE backhaul networks, said today that it has raiesd $15M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Harmony Partners, and also included Foundation Capital, Granite...

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Tactus Finds Series B Funds For Tactile Screens

Fremont-based Tactus Technology>, which is developing materials which can enable real, tactile feedback on touchscreens, said today that it has closed a Series B funding round. The size of the funding was not announced. Tactus said the fund...

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

BlueVine Snags $18.5M For Small Business Financing

Palo Alto-based BlueVine, a cloud-based, online invoice financing startup, said today that it has raised $18.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by 83North, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Correlat...

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

AppsFlyer Lands $20M For Mobile Analytics

San Francisco-based AppsFlyer, a developer of mobile advertising measurement software, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE), and also included Magma Venture Partners and Pitang...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Pluribus Networks Adds $50M For Software Defined Networking

Palo Alto-based Pluribus Networks, which develops software-defined networking products, said Wednesday that it has raised $50M in a Series D funding round. The funding brings the company's total raised to $95M. Pluribus Networks said the ne...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Uber Raises $1.6 Billion In Debt Funding

San Francisco-based Uber has raised a huge, $1.6 billion debt funding round, according to reports Wednesday. The on-demand, ride provider received the funding from Goldman Sachs. The funding comes on top of an earlier, $1.2 billion in equi...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Ravello Gets $28M For Cloud-friendly Virtualization Technology

Palo Alto-based Ravello, which develops software which allows VMware virtual machines to run on Amazon Web Services, said today that it has raised $28M in a funding round. The fundin was led by Qualcomm Ventures and SanDisk Ventures, along ...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Taulia Takes $15M More For Supply Chain Software

San Francisco-based Taulia said this morning that it has added $15M more in funding, for its supply chain invoice and payments system. The funding was led by Zouk Capital. Taulia is led by Bertram Meyer. Taulia most recently raised $13M in ...

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Google Invests In SpaceX In $1 Billion Round

Google has made a big investment into rocket and spaceship developer SpaceX as part of a $1 billion round in SpaceX, alongside Fidelity Investments. Size of Google's share of the funding--which gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percen...

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Coinbase Finds $75M For Bitcoin Wallet

San Francisco-based Coiinbase, the Bitcoin wallet service, disclosed today that it has raised $75M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by DFJ Growth Fund, and also included the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), USAA, BBVA, NTT Do...

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Planet Labs Lands $95M

San Francisco-based Planet Labs, which operates an extensive network of earth imaging satellites, said today that it has raised $95M in funding, split between a $70M Series C funding, and $25M in venture debt. The equity funding was led by ...

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Friday, January 16, 2015

Skydio Gets $3M For Smartphone Controlled Drone

Menlo Park-based Skydio, which develops drones which can be controlled by a smartphone, has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz and Accel Partners. The company said its founders were graduates of MI...

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Neo4j Nabs $20M

San Mateo-based graph database developer Neo4j announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Creandum and Dawn Capital, and also included Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, Sunstone Capital...

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Treasure Data Gets $15M

Mountain View--based Treasure Data, which offers up a cloud-based service for processing massive amounts of data, said this week that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding wa led by Scale Venture Partners, and also inc...

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Soylent Finds $20M For Meal Replacement

Soylent, the San Francisco-based startup which is looking to develop a liquid replacement for meals, has raised $20M from Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Ventures. The Series A funding will go towards scaling production of the company's nutri...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

App Annie Adds $55M

San Francisco-based App Annie, which develops mobile analytics software for app developers, has raised $55M in a Series D funding. App Annie said the round was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and also included Sequoia Capital, G...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Instacart Picks Up $220M For Grocery Delivery

San Francisco-based Instacart, which offers up an on-demand, grocery delivery app and service, disclosed today that it has raised $220M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, and also include...

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Monday, January 12, 2015

iCharts Gets Credit Facility

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Monday, January 12, 2015

Augmedix Gets $16M To Bring Google Glass To Healthcare

San Francisco-based Augmedix said this morning that it has raised $16M in a Series A funding, to bring healthcare applications to Google Glass. The funding was co-led by Emergence Capital and DCM Ventures, both of whom were seed investors i...

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Friday, January 9, 2015

DiaCarta Gets $8M For Molecular Diagnostics

Hayward, California- and Shanghai-based DiaCarta, a startup developing molecular diagnostics products, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from BVCF (BioVeda China Fund). As part of the funding, ...

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Global Blood Therapeutics Finds $48M

South San Francisco-based biopharmaceuticals firm Global Blood Therapeutics said this week that it has raised $48M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Wellington Management Company LLP, RA Capital, Deerfield Management, Sabby Capi...

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

IVP Snags CFO From Elevation Partners

Menlo Park-based Institutional Venture Partners, the late stage venture capital and growth equity investor, said this morning that it has named Tracy Hogan as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Hogan joins the company from Elevation Pa...

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Stem Gets $27M For Energy Management, Analytics

Millbrae-based Stem, a provider of energy management and analytics services for the energy demand management market, has raised $27M in a funding round, the company said today. The investment came from Constellation Technology Ventures and ...

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Glassdoor Gets $70M More From Google Capital, Others

Sausalito-based Glassdoor, the online job listings and salary information site, said today that it has raised $70M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Google Capital, and also included Tiger Global Management, wBattery Ventures a...

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

CytomX Finds $20M More

South San Francisco-based biotech CytomX said this morning that it has raised $20M more, in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Pfizer Venture Investments, and also included Third Rock Ventures, Canaan Partners and the Roche Vent...

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Symic Biomedical Scores $15M

San Francisco-based Symic Biomedical, a developer of therapeutics for chronic disease, has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Lilly Ventures, and also included Den Danske Forskningsfond, Mitsui Global Investme...

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Monday, January 5, 2015

EHANG Gets $10M For Drone Aircraft

EHANG, the Chinese maker of personal drone aircraft which also has operations in San Carlos, said last week that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included PreAngel. The company is ...

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Monday, January 5, 2015

Scribd Raises $22M More For E-Book Subscriptions

San Francisco-based Scribd, which operates an online e-book service, has raised $22M in a Series D funding, the company said last week. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Silicon Valley Ban...

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Monday, January 5, 2015

Intel Invests $24.8M Into Vuzix

Intel has made a $24.8M investment into smart video eyeglasses maker Vuzix, Vuzix said Friday. Vusiz said that intel paid $5.00 per share for 49,626 shares of its Series A preferred stock, giving Intel a 30 percent stake in Vuzix. Vuzix is ...

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Beepi Raises $2.7M On AngelList

Los Altos-based online car buying and selling marketplace Beepi says it has raised $2.7M in a crowdfunding on AngelList, which it says is the largest syndicate in AngelList history. The company said 86 investors participated in the deal, in...

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Instacart Raising $220M, Says Report

San Francisco-based Instacart, which offers grocery delivery on-demand, is reportedly raising $220M in a financing round, which values the company at $2 billion. The financing effort was first reported by Re/code. Details on the funding hav...

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Hive Cloud Finds $500K For File Sharing Network

Hong Kong-based Hive Cloud Limited, which operates an online, social network aimed at file sharing, said it has raised $500,000 to build out its team in San Francisco. Hive Cloud said it has created a new, cloud-based online storage service...

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Friday, December 19, 2014

VisionCare Ophthalmic Sees New Funding

Saratoga-baesd VisionCare Opthalmic Technologies said earlier this week that it has raised a new funding round, for the company's surgical device for treating end-stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Size of the funding round was n...

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Friday, December 19, 2014

First Opinion Gets $6M For Mobile Health App

San Francisco-based First Opinion, which develops a mobile app that lets users get remote, personal health consultations from physicians, has raised $6M in a Series A funding, the company said yesterday. The funding was led by Polar Partner...

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Friday, December 19, 2014

Quanergy Systems Raises $30M For Automotive LiDAR Sensors

Sunnyvale-based Quanergy Systems, a developer of LiDAR sensors and software, has raised $30M in a Series A financing, the company said yesterday. The funding was led by Rising Tide Fund, and also included Wicklow Capital, Motus Ventures, an...

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Friday, December 19, 2014

Thoma Bravo Completes Compuware Buy

San Francisco-based Thoma Bravo said this week that it has completed its take-private acquisition of Compuware Corporation, in a deal worth $2.4 billion. Thoma Bravo paid $10.75 per share for Compuware, which develops application performanc...

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Open Garden Connects With $10.8M For Peer-to-Peer Networking

San Francisco-based OpenGarden, which develops mobile phone-based peer-to-peer messaging and networking technology, has raised $10.8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by August Capital, and also included Firebolt Ventures, Future ...

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Expect Labs Raises $13M For Voice Interfaces

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Quantenna Raises $22M For High Performance Wi-Fi

Fremont-bsaed Quantenna, which dvelops high performance, wireless chipsets for the Wi-Fi market, has raised $22M more in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Centerview Capital Technology, Vivint and NTT Group, an...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Mattermark Gets $6.5M

San Francisco-based Mattermark, which offers up an online venture capital tracking database to investors, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Foundry Group, and also included 500 Startups, Andreessen Horowitz, Dat...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Piccing Finds $3.6M For Social Shopping

San Francisco- and Zurich-based Piccing, which develops social shopping apps and services, said yesterday that it has raised $3.6M in a funding round. Names of the company's investors were not disclosed. Piccing's service let users buy prod...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

OneLogin Picks Up $25M More

San Francisco-based OneLogin, which develops identity management and single sign-on software, said it has raised $25M in a series C funding today. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included Charles River Ventures and T...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Clever Finds $30M For School Login Software

San Francisco-based Clever, which develops single sign-on software specifically for schools, has raised $30M in a third round of funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital, GSV Capital, an...

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Monday, December 15, 2014

Drivemode Nabs $2M For Smart Driving Apps

San Jose-based Drivemode, which is developing software which intelligently connects Android smartphones to an auto's systems and helps make it easier to handle calls, navigation, play music, and more, has raised $2M in a funding round. The ...

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Monday, December 15, 2014

SurveyMonkey Finds $250M

Palo Alto-based SurveyMonkey has raised $250M in a equity funding round, which reportedly values the company at close to $2 billion. The funding came from T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley, Baillie Gifford Co., plus Tiger Global, ICONIQ Capital...

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Monday, December 15, 2014

SunPower Invests $20M In Tendril

San Jose-based solar systems manufacturer SunPower said this morning that it has made a $20M investment in Tendril, which develops software used for monitoring and analyzing smart energy usage. SunPower said it will also license Tendril's ...

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Hired Finds $15M More

San Francisco-based Hired said this week that it has raised $15M more in funding, and also launched a new, two-sided marketplace for sales professionals. The new marketplace is initially available in beta in San Francisco. The Series B fund...

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Insikt Raises $100M

San Francisco-based Insikt, an loan origination, investment and finance startup, said this week that it has brought its total raised to $100M, after a recent, Series B funding. The company said the Series B--worth $16M--was led by Revolutio...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Avi Networks Raises $33M

Sunnyvale-based Avinetworks, a developer of network virtualization equipment, said Wednesday that it has raised $33M in a funding round. The funding came from Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Menlo Ventures. Avi Networks ...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

ToyTalk Gets $15M For Interactive Apps

San Francisco-based ToyTalk, a developer of interactive technology which lets apps and toys talk with children, has raised $15M in a new funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, and also include...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Pica Adds Mitsui To Series B

Palo Alto-based software defined networking startup Pica8 has added another investor into its $20M Series B funding round, saying this week that it has added Mitsui & Co. as an investor. Amount of the new investment was not announced. Pica8...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Appcito Snags $7.5M

Santa Clara-based Appcito, which provides cloud application infrastructure, has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from March Capital Partners, and also included Atlas Venture and The Fabric. The company, led by Kama...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Nok Nok Labs Nabs $8.25M

Palo Alto-based Nok Nok Las, a developer of authentication software, has raised $8.25M in a Series C funding. The funding came from DCM Ventures, DDS, Lenovo, ONSET Ventures and Raven Ventures. The company said the new funding brings its to...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Altiscale Gains $30M For Hadoop Hosting

Palo Alto-based Altiscale, a provider of cloud-based Hadoop software and services, said Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Northgate Capital, and also included Sequoia Capital and General Cat...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

ThousandEyes Taps Into $20M For Network Performance Management Tools

San Francisco-based ThousandEyes said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding, for the company's network performance management tools. The funding was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, and also included Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia C...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Nginx Finds $20M For Web Application Support

San Francisco-based NGINX, which develops widely used, web application optimization and web serving software, has raised $20M in a Series B1 funding, the company said today. The round was led by NEA, and also included e.ventures, Runa Capit...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Change.org Gets $25M

San Francisco-based Change.org, which allows people to voice their opinions on different social issues by voting up petitions submitted by users, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The company said the funding came from Richard Branson,...

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Monday, December 8, 2014

Mesophere Raises $36M

San Francisco-based Mesosphere, a developer of Linux-based datacenter operating system software, said today that it has raised $36M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Kholsa Ventuers, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Fuel C...

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Monday, December 8, 2014

MetaMind Gets $8M For Artificial Intelligence Efforts

Palo Alto-based MetaMind has raised $8M in a funding round, for the company's artificial intelligence platform. The funding came from Khosla Ventures and Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com. MetaMind said it is developing "deep learning" softwar...

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Audentes Therapeutics Gets $42.5M For Rare Diseases

San Francisco-based Audentes Therapeutics, which is developing treatments aimed at a number of rare diseases, said this week that it has raised $42.5M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Deerfield Management, and also incl...

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Silicon Image Launches Qterics With $7M Funding

Sunnyvale-based Silicon Image> said late Thursday that it has spun out a new subsidiary, Qterics, focused on Internet-of-Everything services. As part of the new subsidiary, Qualcomm has invested $7M in Qterics, gaining a 7% ownership intere...

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Uber Raises $1.2 Billion In New Funding Round

San Francisco-based on-demand ride service Uber said Thursday that it has raised $1.2 billion in a new funding round--which the company said will allow it to make strategic investments, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region. The round rep...

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Knightscope Nabs $5.2M For Crime Prevention Robots

Mountain View-based Knightscope, a developer of predictive analytics tools aimed at predicting and preventing crime--using an army of wandering robots--has raised $5.2M in a Series A funding. The company said the funding came from NTT DOCOM...

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Qolsys Gets Funding From Tyco

San Jose-based Qolsys, which develops technology for the residential security and home control and automation market, has scored a strategic investment round from Tyco Security Products. Financial terms of the strategic investment were not ...

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

ThreatStream Takes $22M For Cybersecurity Efforts

Redwood City-based threat intelligence and cybersecurity threat sharing provider ThreatStream> has raised $22M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included Ins...

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

ChangeTip Gets $3.5M For Bitcoin Tipping

San Francisco-based ChangeTip, the developer of a social media-focused social payments service which lets users tip content creators via Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GitHub, and other social sites, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding. According...

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Stripe Finds $70M More

San Francisco-based Stripe, which develops a suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow companies to more easily handle payments and e-commerce, has raised $70M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Thrive Cpaita...

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Next Issue Media Finds $50M For Digital Magazine Service

Menlo Park-based Next Issue Media, which operates an online service which gives consumers unlimited access to over 140 different magazines in digital format for just $9.99 a month, has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding came from K...

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Veniam Gets $4.9M For Wi-Fi Connected Vehicles

Mountain View-based Veniam said this morning that it has raised $4.9M in a Series A funding, to help tap a network of city Wi-Fi networks to enable connected vehicles. Veniam said the Series A funding was led by True Ventures and also inclu...

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Monday, December 1, 2014

Fenox Launches $200M Fund For Investment In Bangladesh

San Jose-based venture capital firm Fenox VC said this morning that it has launched a new, $200M investment fund, specifically aimed at investments in Bangladesh. The firm said it believes it is the first time a venture capital firm from Si...

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

PocketMath Finds $10M

PocketMath, a startup which operates a self-serve, mobile advertising platform, and has San Francisco offices, said this week that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The funding came from Rakuten Ventures. PocketMath is based in Singapo...

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Scripted.com Gets $9M For Writing Marketplace

San Francisco-based Scripted.com, which operates an online marketplace for professionally written content, has raised $9M in a Series B financing round. The funding came from Crosslink Capital and Redpoint Ventures, and also included angels...

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Elance-Odesk Finds $30M

Mountain View-based Elance-oDesk, the freelance work marketplaces which merged in March, have raised $30M more in funding, the companies said Tuesday. The funding came from Benchmark Capital, T. Rowe Price, FirstMark, Sigma West, NEA and th...

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Rentlytics Finds $4M

San Francisco-based Rentlytics, a developer of rental management software for multifamily apartments, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Trinity Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners, and a...

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Host Analytics ‌Finds $25M

Redwood City-based Host Analytics, a developer of enterprise performance management software, has raised $25M in a funding round. The funding came from Centerview Capital Technology, and also included Advanced Technology Ventures, Next Worl...

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Friday, November 21, 2014

Breezeworks Books $5M For Smartphone Driven Small Business Help

San Francisco-based Breezeworks, a developer of a mobile app aimed at helping small business service providers better manage their business, has raised $5M in a funding. The funding came from Obvious Ventures, the new investment firm create...

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Friday, November 21, 2014

Dual Aperture Gets $5.7M

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Friday, November 21, 2014

DocuSign Adds Strategic Investors

San Francisco-based DocuSign, the developer of electronic signature software, said Thursday that it has added three strategic investors to its latest funding round. Samsung Ventures, the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDBI), and BBVA...

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Uversity Gets More Funding For Predictive Enrollment Tools

San Francisco-based Uversity, which is developing software which helps universities better predict their enrollment and incoming classes, has raised an additional round of funding, bringing its total raised to $11.4M. According to the compa...

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Flywheel Raises $12M For Taxi App

San Francisco-based Flywheel, which develops an Uber-like mobile app targeted at helping taxi and tranportation companies compete with Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others, has raised $12M in a series C funding. The new funding came from TCW, R...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Teespring Takes $35M For Crowdsourced T-Shirts

San Francisco-based Teespring, which operates an online business which lets people create and pre-sell t-shirt orders and share in profits, disclosed yesterday that it has raised $35M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Khosl...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Prezi Picks Up $57M For Presentation Software

San Francisco- and Budapest, Hungary-based Prezi, a developer of cloud-based presentation software, has raised $57M in a funding round. The funding came from Spectrum Equity, and also included Accel Partners. Spectrum Equity's Victor Parker...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

SanDisk Backs Altair Semiconductor

Milpitas-based SanDisk has made an investment in Israeli LTE chipset maker Altair Semiconductor, the company said this morning, as part of a strategic alliance with the company. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. SanDis...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Accompani Gets $15M

Los Altos-based professional business networking app developer Accompani said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. According to the company, the new round was came from ICONIQ Capital, Charles River Ventures and Cowboy...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

CipherCloud Scores $50M For Cloud Security

San Jose-based CipherCloud said this morning that it has raised $50M in a venture financing round. The funding was led by Transamerica Ventures, and also included Delta Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and T-Venture. CipherCloud developers clo...

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Redbooth Raises $11M For Enterprise Messaging

Redwood City-based real time collaboration software developer Redbooth...

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Shift Gets $23.75M For Car Buying Service

San Francisco-based Shift, a startup offering up test drives via a smartphone app, has raised $23.75M in a funding round, the company disclosed Monday. The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurveston, Highland Capital Partners, Jim McKelvey, ...

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Veradocs Finds $14M For Data Security Tools

Mountain View-based data security software developer Veradocs said this morning that it has raised $14M in a funding round. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Amplify Partners and angels. As part of the funding, Batt...

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Monday, November 17, 2014

Sliced Investing Gets $2M

San Francisco-based Sliced Investing, an online service to help connect investors with pre-screened hedge funds, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, Data Collective, ...

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Friday, November 14, 2014

UpLift Finds $8.2M For Travel Loyalty

Sunnyvale-based Uplift, a developer of loyalty marketing software for merchants, has raised $8.2M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by IDG Ventures, and also included PAR Capital Ventures, Thayer Ventures and others. Accordin...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Cavendish Kinetics Finds $7M

San Jose-based Cavendish Kinetics said this week that it has raised $7M in a funding round. The funding was co-led by Tallwood Venture Capital and Wellington Partners, and also included Qualcomm Ventures and others. As part of the funding, ...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Xtime Acquired By Cox Automotive For $325M

Redwood Shores-based Xtime, a developer of software for the auto dealership market, has been acquired by Cox Automotive for $325M. Cox Automotive said it will use the buy to expand its suite of products aimed at helping automotive dealers r...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Ineda Systems Gets $19M

Santa Clara-based Ineda Systems, which develops lower power, systems-on-a-chip (SOCs) for the wearable and Internet of Things markets, says it has raised $19M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Cisco, along with Samsung Cata...

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Course Hero Finds $15M

Redwood City-based Course Hero, which allow users to find class notes and other information from other high school and college students, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by GSV Capital and IDG ...

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Gogobot Gets $20M

Menlo Park-based Gogobot, which operates an online and mobile travel planning site, has reportedly raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by HomeAway, and also included Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures. Gogobot i...

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Revel Systems Gets $100M

San Francisco-based Revel Systems, which develops iPad-based point-of-sale (POS) software, has raised $100M in a Series C funding. The company said the funding came from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and other strategic investors, ...

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Evernote Gets $20M

Redwood City-based Evernote, which develops software that lets people take notes and collect information on web sites, apps, tablets, and elsewhere, has raised $20M through a strategic investment, the company said over the weekend. The fund...

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Vicarious Finds $12M For Robotics AI

Union City-based Vicarious, a developer of artificial intelligence algorithms for robots and machines, has raised $12M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by ABB, and also included Good Ventures, Founder...

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

C3 Nano Raises $12M For Nanomaterials

Hayward-based C3Nano, which is developing a nanomaterial-based, transparent conductive material aimed at the display and touch panel market, has raised $12M in a Series C funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Nagas Ame...

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

BluWrap Bags $12.6M

San Francisco-based BluWrap, which is developing a based system which allows companies to ship fish and other protein by boat instead of by air, said yesterday that it has raised $12.6M in a funding round. The funding round was led by Wheat...

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Thanx Finds $4.7M For Customer Rewards, Loyalty

San Francisco-based Thanx, a developer of retail loyalty and rewards software and apps, has raised $4.7M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital. Thanx was founded by Zach Goldstein, who fou...

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Encoding.com Snags $3.5M More

San Francisco-based Encoding.com, a provider of cloud-based, video processing services, has raised $3.5M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Harmonic, Metamorphic Ventures, and Zelkova Ventures. Encoding.com's cloud based service l...

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Incoming Media Finds $4.9M

San Francisco-based INcoming Media, a developer of predictive data analytics software aimed at the mobile video market, has raised $4.9M in a funding round. The funding came from OneVentures and Intel Capital. According to Incoming Media, i...

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Creditera Gets $6.5M

San Mateo-based Creditera, which offers up a small business credit management services aimed at the SMB market, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Peak Ventures...

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

NetSpeed Systems Snags Series B

San Jose-based NetSpeed Systems said today that it has raised a second round of funding, which came from Walden-Riverwood Ventures and Intel Capital. Size of the investment was not disclosed. NetSpeed develops systems-on-a-chip (SoC) cores,...

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Gigya Gets $35M More

San Francisco-based Gigya said today that it has raised $35M more in a funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital. Gigya offers up social marketing tools, which tie social and user identity to help companies better analyze and connec...

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Imago Biosciences Sees $26.5M

San Francisco-based biotechnology developer Imago BioSciences said last week that it has raised $26.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Clarus Ventures, along with Frazier Healthcare, Amgen Ventures, and Merck Research Labs Vent...

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Monday, November 3, 2014

RhodeCode Gets $3.5M For Software Tracking and Collaboration Tools

San Francisco-based RhodeCode, a developer of software for managing development projects and for source code management, said last week that it has raised $3.5M in a funding round. The funding came from DFJ Esprit and Earlybird Venture Capi...

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Weaved Finds $2.3M For Secure Device Communications

Palo Alto-based Weaved, a developer of a secure, networking service aimed at the internet of Things and device communications, has raised $2.3M in a funding round. The funding was led by Crunchfund, and also included Metamorphic, Core Ventu...

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Boost VC Raises $6.6M Bitcoin Fund

San Mateo-based startup accelerator Boost VC said this morning that it has closed on a $6.6M fund, specifically aimed at mostly investing in Bitcoin companies, as well as announced its fourth "tribe" of companies participating in its accele...

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Friday, October 31, 2014

Joyent Snags $15M More For Docker Move

Sausalito-based Joyent, a provider of Internet infrastructure for other companies, has raised $15M more in funding from existing investors Intel Capital, Orascom TMT Investments, El Dorado Ventures, EPIC Ventures and LGI Ventures. The compa...

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Friday, October 31, 2014

LiquidSpace Links Up with $14M

San Francisco-based LiquidSpace, which operates an online marketplace which lets companies offer up space for professional meetings and workspaces, said yesterday that it has raised $14M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Roth C...

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Friday, October 31, 2014

Slack Scores $120M For Team Communications

San Francisco-based communications platform developer Slack has raised a huge, $120M funding round, the company said this morning, in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures. The funding also included Andreessen ...

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Capriza Captures $27M

Palo Alto-based Capriza, which develops software-as-a-service to help migrate existing business applications to mobile platforms, has raised $27M in a funding round. The Series C funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures...

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Minted Scores $38M For Stationery Marketplace

San Francisco-based Minted, which operates an online marketplace to connect stationery designers with consumers, has raised $38M in a funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Technology Crossover Ven...

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Fleksy Finds $2M In Funding For Keyboard App

San Francisco-based Fleksy, which develops mobile keyboard software, said this week that it has raised $2M in funding. The funding came from Digital Garage, Eniac Ventures, Middleland Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Militello Capital, a...

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Moka5 Lands $16M For Cloud Technology

Redwood City-based Moka5, a developer of cloud-based technology for enterprise client virtualization, has raised $16M in a Series D funding. The funding came from existing investors, including Khosla Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, and...

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Wealthfront Wins $64M

Palo Alto-based financial advice software developer Wealthfront, which offers up software driven, financial advice to consumers, has raised $64M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Spark Capital, and also included Dragoneer Inves...

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Personal Capital Gets $50M

San Francisco-based Personal Capital, which operates an online site to help provide financial advice to the consumer market, has raised $50M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Corsair Capital, BBVA Ventures and USAA, along w...

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Krimmeni Technologies Finds $11.7M For Cybersecurity Tools

San Francisco-based Krimmeni Technologies, a developer of cyber security software, announced this morning that it has raised $11.7M in a Series A financing. The funding came from Third Point Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. Krimmeni is...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

BigPanda Nabs $7M For IT Incident Management Tools

Mountain View-based BigPanda, a developer of IT incidence management tools, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Mayfield, and also included Sequoia Capital. BigPanda says it has now raised $...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Vida Gets $5M For Health Coaching Apps

San Francisco-based Vida, a developer of mobile apps which provide 24/7 health coaching, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Aspect Ventures, Khosla Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Signia V...

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Monday, October 27, 2014

IMatchative Finds $20M

San Francisco-based IMatchative, a developer of analytics software to help match investors with funds i the alternative asset area, said today that it has raised $20M in a funding round. The Series B funding came from Jeff Ubben (founder of...

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Monday, October 27, 2014

SwiftStack Snags $16M For Software Defined Storage

San Francisco-based SwiftStack, a developer of software defined storage technology which works with the open source, OpenStack cloud software, has raised $16M in a funding round. The funding came from OpenView Venture Partners along with Ma...

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Spikes Security Takes $11M For Web Browser Security

Los Gatos-based Spikes Security, which develops malware isolation appliances and software used to keep malware from attacking corporate browsers, has raised $11M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Lakewood & Company, Benhamo...

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Kespry Lands $10M For Aerial Drones

Menlo Park-based Kespry, which is developing commercial drone systems aimed at helping businesses capture and analyze aerial data, has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners. Kespry is led...

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

NEA Promotes Sakoda To General Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital investor New Enterprise Associates said Wednesday that it has named Jon Sakoda to General Partner. Sakoda has been at NEA since 2006. Sakoda sits on the boards of Blue Jeans Network, DataVisor, Desire2Learn,...

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Zignal Gets $10.7M

San Francisco-based big data analytics software developer Zignal Labs said this morning that it has raised $10.7M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Figtree Partner and Ross Investment Associates. The funding said the funds ...

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Flint Finds $9.4M For Mobile Payment App For Businesses

Redwood City-based Flint said this morning that it has raised $9.4M more, in a Series C funding round, for its mobile payment products. The company--which offers up credit card scanning and payment systems for mobile phones, for use by smal...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Mirantis Finds $100M For OpenStack Distro

Mountain View-based Mirantis, which develops a commercially supported, OpenStack distribution, said today that it has raised $100M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included August Capital, Int...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Snowflake Gets $26M For Cloud Data Warehouse

San Mateo-based Snowflake Computing announced this morning that it has raised $26M in a funding round, to go towards the company's cloud data warehouse service. The startup--led by Bob Muglia--said the Series B funding came from Redpoint Ve...

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Monday, October 20, 2014

ZipLine Medical Finds $5.7M

Campbell, California-based ZipLine Medical has added $5.7M to a current, Series C financing round, the company announced this morning. Zipline said the extension to its round came from China Materialia, and also included RA Capital Manageme...

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Bitnet Snags $14.5M For Bitcoin Payments

San Francisco-based Bitnet Technologies, a developer of Bitcoin payments software aimed at the e-commerce and enterprise market, has raised $14.5M in a SEries A funding round. The funding was led by Highland Capital Partners. Rakuten also p...

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Recurly Gets $12M For Recurring Billing

San Francisco-based Recurly said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round, led by Devonshire Partners and Greycroft Partners. Prior investors Polaris Partners, e.ventures, Harrison Metal and Freestyle.vc also particpated. R...

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Osmo Finds $12M For iPad Toys

Palo Alto-based Osmo, which develops a hardware device that lets kids play and interact with toys on the iPad, has raise $12M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The Series A funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included U...

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

MID Labs Sees $51M

San Leandro-based MID Labs said today that it has raised $51M in funding for its medical devices. The company, which develops products for vitreoretinal surgery, said the funding was led by OrbiMed and Frontline BioVentures, and also includ...

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Canaan Partners Raises $675M Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Canaan Partners said today that it has raised $675M for its tenth fund, Canaan X. The firm said the new fund brings its total under management to over $4.2 billion. Canaan has backed such companies as E...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Lenda Lands $1.54M For Home Refinancing Site

San Francisco-based Lenda said today that it has raised $1.54M in funding for the company's site, which helps homeowners refinance their homes and find loans. The funding came from Tom Fallows (Google), Structure Capital, Winklevoss Capital...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Drop Serves Up $2M Seed Funding For Smart Cooking Scale

San Francisco-based Drop, which is developing a connected kitchen scale and associated tablet app to help improve the skills of home bakers, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company said yesterday. The funding came from Frontline...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Thismoment Snags $17.6M For Content Marketing

San Francisco-based Thismoment, which provides cloud-based software for managing user generated content and content marketing efforts, said today that it has raised $17.6M in a funding round. The Series D funding came from Sierra Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Viewics Finds $8M For Healthcare Analytics

Sunnyvale-based Viewics, a developer of healthcare analytics and data software, said this morning that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The round came from Canvas Venture Fund. The company said the funding will go towards its technolog...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Ozy Media Gets $20M

Mountain View-based Ozy, a tablet- and visuals-driven online news and media site, said today that it has raised $20M in a new venture funding round. The funding came from publisher Axel Springer. Axel Springer CEo Mathias Dopfner joins the ...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

S2C Raises $4.6M

San Jose-based S2C, a developer of rapid SoC and ASIC prototyping systems, said today that it hs raised $4.6M in a Series C funding round. The round came from GVT Fund and Industrial Technology Investment Corp (ITIC). The company's systems...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Invitae Finds $120M For Genetic Testing

San Francisco-based Invitae, a provider of genetic testing services for hereditary disorders, said today that it has raised $120M in a funding round. The Series F funding came from The Broe Group, Decheng Capital, Deerfield Management LLC, ...

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Gainsight Gets $25M

Mountain View-based Gainsight, a developer of software for customer data analytics tools for businesses, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Bessemer's By...

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Zenedge Uncloaks With $3.5M For Web Application Security

San Jose-based Zenedge, which develops web application security software, unveiled its products Thursday, saying that it had raised $3.5M in a Series A funding. That funding comes from individual investors, including Yehuda Neuberger, Fred ...

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Friday, October 10, 2014

BrightFunnel Gets $2.5M For Predictive Marketing

San Francisco-based BrightFunnel, a developer of predictive analytics software aimed at B2B marketing, said Thursday that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Resolute Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Crosslink Capital and...

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Totspot Finds $1.8M For Children's Clothing Marketplace

Mountain View-based Totspot, which operates a Pinterest-like service which lets mothers buy and sell used children's clothing, has raised $1.8M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by GGV Capital, an...

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Peel Uncovers $50M In New Funding

Mountain View-based Peel, which develops smartphone applications to help users remotely control their televisions, has raised $50M in a funding round from Alibaba Group, the company disclosed today. Peel offers up a remote control app which...

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Thync Snags $13M For Mood Shifting Wearables

Los Gatos-based Thync said Wednesday that it has raised $13M for its development of new, wearable products it says help people manage their state of mind, energy, calm, and focus. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, as well as others. T...

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Eversight Finds $9.7M

Palo Alto-based Eversight, a developer of cloud software used for managing trade promotion dollars for retailers, said this week that it has raised $9.7M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Emergence Capital Partners. Eversig...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Perkville Picks Up $2.4M

Sunnyvale-based Perkville said this morning that it has raised $2.4M in funding, for the company's platform for managing customer rewards and loyalty programs. The Series A funding was led by Moneta Ventures, and also included MDO Holdings,...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Product Hunt Finds $6.1M

San Francisco-based Product Hunt, an online site focused on surfacing new and interesting products--think Reddit for consumer products--has raised $6.1M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included re...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Segment Scores $15M

San Francisco-based Segment, a developer of data analysis tools aimed at helping companies better use their customer data for marketing, product development, and other efforts, has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The funding was le...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Jobvite Gets $25M

San Mateo-based Jobvite, which develops online and mobile recruiting and job applicant tracking software and tools, has raised $25M in a Series D funding. The funding came from Catalyst Investors, along with CMEA, ATA Ventures and Trident C...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Curbside Collects $8M Funding

Palo Alto-based Curbside, the developer of a mobile app and service which lets consumers purchase products and pick them up at the curb from local and national retailers, including Target, has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding was ...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

DocuSign Gets $115M

San Francisco-based DocuSign, which offers up electronic signature software, said yesterday that it has raised $115M in a new funding round. The round brings the company's total raised to more than $230M. The new funding came from Mitsui ...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Beepi Raises $60M For Car Buying, Selling

Los Altos-based Beepi has raised $60M in a funding round, to expand the company's services beyond the Bay Area. Beepi said the funding came from Foundation Capital and Sherpa Ventures, along with Redpoint Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Tina...

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Reduxio Scores $15M From Seagate, Others

Reduxio, a developer of enterprise focused, storage arrays based in Israel, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Seagate Technology--based in Cupertino--and also included Jerusalem Ven...

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Square Gets $150M More

San Francisco-based Square, the mobile payment technology developer, has raised $150M in a new funding round, according to reports. The funding came from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, and reportedly values Square at $6...

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Friday, October 3, 2014

Lever Lands $10M For Job Application Tracking

San Francisco-based Lever said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Matrix Partners. According to the firm, it will use the funds to launch out of beta. The company says its software is being used ...

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Glow Gets $17M For Pregnancy Apps

San Francisco-based Glow, which develops smartphone apps that track a woman's fertility cycle, has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Formation 8, along with Founder's Fund and Andreessen Horowitz. The company's ...

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Tile Takes $9.5M

San Mateo-based Tile, a developer of a miniature tracking device which connects to your keys, wallet, purse, and other stuff, has raised $9.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Tencent, Tandem Capi...

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Navdy Finds Funding For Heads Up Display For Your Car

San Francisco-based Navdy, which develops a heads up display (HUD) it likens to a "Google Glass for Cars", has raised $6.5M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Ludlow...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Houzz Gets $165M

Palo Alto-based home remodeling and design site Houzz said today that it has raised $165M in a financing round, which came from Sequoia Capital, along with Oren Zeev, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), GGV Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Pica8 Finds $12.5M

Palo Alto-based software defined networking (SDN) startup Pica8 said today that it has raised $12.5M in a Series B funding round, to go towards software development and got-to-market. The funding was led by VantagePoint Capital Partners, Cr...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

General Catalyst Seeds Stripe Ecosystem With $10M Fund

Palo Alto-based venture capital investor General Catalyst Partners says it is putting up $10M to invest in companies who are building applications on the payment platform being developed by Stripe. According to GEneral Catalyst, it plans to...

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Remind Takes $40M For Teacher Texting Tools

San Francisco-based Remind, which develops mobile texting and communications tools specifically aimed at teachers, students, and parents, has raised $40M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and al...

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Allakos Gets $10M More

San Mateo-based Allakos, a biotechnology company developing antibody-based therapeutics for allergic diseases, inflammation, and other related conditions, said today that it has raised $10M more in a Series A funding. The new funds bring it...

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Sharethrough Raises $10M From BSkyB, Others

San Francisco-based Sharethrough, a provider of native advertising technology, said today that it has raised $10M in a strategic funding round, including a $5M investment from BSkyB. According to Sharethrough, the strategic investment was l...

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Anki Lands $55M For Robotic Toy Cars

San Francisco-based Anki, a developer of smartphone-controlled, robotic, toy battle cars, has raised $55M in a funding round, led by J.P. Morgan. The funding also included Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures and Two Sigma. Anki's robotic ca...

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Sand Hill Angels: $2M, 22 Investments At Mid Year

Sunnyvale-based angel investment group the Sand Hill Angels says it has invested total of $2M across 22 investments in the first half of the year, as it has increasingly linked up with seed funds, incubators, and accelerators like AngelPad...

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Credit Karma Bolsters Funding By $75M

San Francisco-based Credit Karma, which provides free credit report and monitoring tools to consumers, said today that it has added $75M in funding as part of an add-on growth round. The new funding came from Google Capital, Tiger Global Ma...

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Monday, September 29, 2014

InnoLight Finds $38M For Optical Transceivers

InnoLight, which has its U.S. headquarters in Santa Clara, but is based in Suzhou, China, said today that it has raised $38M for its high speed optical transceivers. The funding came from Google Capital and Lightspeed China Partners. Google...

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Friday, September 26, 2014

PowWow Gets $2.5M For Mobile Enterprise Apps

San Francisco-based PowWow said earlier this week that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round, to help bring its product for making enterprise apps mobile to market. The funding came from OurCrowd, Vertical Venture Partners, IT-Farm, Julie...

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Taulia Adds $13M To Series D Funding

San Francisco-based Taulia has raised an additional $13M in funding, as part of a Series D round, the company said this week. The funding brings the total raised in its latest round to $40M. Taulia said the additional funding came from BBVA...

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Friday, September 26, 2014

MemSQL Finds Funding From In-Q-Tel

San Francisco-based in-memory database developer MemSQL reported this week that it has raised a strategic round of funding from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community. Size of the strategic funding was not announced...

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

FiveStars Gets $26M For Loyalty Rewards

San Francisco-based FiveStars, which develops loyalty rewards software aimed at helping small businesses like restaurants and retailers, has raised $26M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, and also included Li...

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Sendwithus Finds $2.3M

San Francisco-based Sendwithus, a developer of a transactional email platform for developers, disclosed this morning that it has raised $2.3M in a seed funding. The funding came from Baseline Ventures, SV Angel, Maiden Lane, as well as ange...

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Invoice2go Gets 35M

Palo Alto-based Invoice2go, a developer of mobile apps to help small businesses with invoicing and expense tracking, has raised $35M in a financing round. The funding came from Accel Partners and Ribbit Capital. The company said the funds g...

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Numerify Nabs $15M For IT Spending Software

Cupertino-based Numerify, which develops cloud-based analytics software, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Amit Singh (Google for Work), Deep Nishar ...

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Udacity Finds $35M For Online Learning Efforts

Palo Alto-based online learning and education startup Udacity has raised $35M more in funding, the company said today, in a round led by Drive Capital. The funding also included Bertelsmann, Recruit, Valor Capital, Cox Enterprises, Andreess...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Radius Rounds Up $54.7M

San francisco-based Radius, a developer of data analytics tools aimed at marketers, has raised $54.7M in a Series C funding. The Series C came from Founders Fund, Glynn Capital Management, Formation 8, Yuan Capital, along with John Mack, Ch...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Jiff Gets $18M For Employee Health Tools

Palo Alto-based Jiff, a developer of cloud-based tools to help employees of self-insured employers better manage their health, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Venrock, Aberdare Ventures, and Aeris Capital....

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Gametime Captures $4M For Last Minute Sports Tickets

San Francisco-based Gametime, a developer of mobile services to give consumers last minute access to sporting events, has raised $4M in a financing round. The company said the funding came from Accel Partners, along with Jeff Mallett (San F...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Branch Metrics Lands $3M For Mobile Deep Linking

Palo Alto-based Branch Metrics, a developer of software to "deep link" information via mobile apps, said today that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Assocaites (NEA), and also included Pejman ...

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Monday, September 22, 2014

EdCast Gets $6M For Cloud-based Education

Mountain View-based EdCast said this morning that it has raised $6M for its cloud-based platform for offering up higher education online. The company said the Series A funding was led by SoftBank Capital, and also included Mitch Kapor (Kapo...

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Monday, September 22, 2014

DroneDeploy Finds $2M For Drones On The Farm

Old MacDonald had a...drone? San Francisco-based DroneDeploy, which is developing drones and software for the farming, construction, and surveying, said today that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from SoftTech VC...

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Friday, September 19, 2014

LightSpeed Lands $35M From Accel

LightSpeed, a Canadian developer of retailer commerce software, said this week that it has received $35M in funding from iNovia Capital and Accel Partners. The company said the funding will go towards expansion. Palo Alto-bvased Accel Partn...

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Friday, September 19, 2014

EatWith Chomps Down On $8M In Series A

San Francicso-based EatWith, a startup which helps connect people with others for social dinners, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Greylock Partners, and also included Genesis Partners...

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Friday, September 19, 2014

SocialChorus Gets $7.5M For Social Marketing

San Francisco-based social marketing software developer SocialChorus said Thursday that it has raised $7.5M in a new funding round, led by Kohlberg Ventures. The company said the funding brings its total raiesd to $15.5M. The firm said the ...

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Swrve Finds $10M For Mobile Marketing

San Francisco-based Swrve, which develops mobile marketing automation software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Acero Capital, and also included Atlantic Bridge and Intel Capital, along with ...

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Renovo Motors Lands More Funding

Campbell-based Renovo Motors, the developer of electric vehicles, said yesterday that it has closed a new round of funding from True Ventures. Size of the new investment round was not announced. Renovo is developing all electric vehicles, w...

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

CrowdFlower Blossoms With $12.5M More

San Francisco-based Crowdflower, a developer of data scrubbing tools aimed at data scientists, said today that it has raised $12.5M more in a Series C financing. The funding was led by Canvas Venture Fund, and also included Bessemer Venture...

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Chobolabs Finds $1.3M For Multi-player Gaming Apps

Palo Alto-based Chobolabs, which is developing multiplayer gaming technology for mobile app developers, has raised $1.3M in a funding round. The funding was led by Innovation Endeavors, the venture investment firm led by Eric Schmidt, and a...

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

3D Robotics Scores Investment From Richard Branson

3D Robotics, a developer of aerial drone technology led by former Wired Editor Chris Anderson, has raised a round of funding from Sir Richard Branson. Size of the investment was not announced. 3D Robotics, which has one of its locations in ...

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Fastly Finds $40M For Content Delivery Network

San Francisco-based Fastly said this morning that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding, for the company's content delivery network efforts. According to the company, the Series C funding was led by August Capital and also included Batt...

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Startup Institute Raises $3M

The Startup Institute, a startup accelerator which operates programs in Boston, Chicago, New York, London and Berlin, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a funding round from Silicon Valley Bank. The company said the investment came...

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Monday, September 15, 2014

Kateeva Sees $38M For OLED Displays

Menlo Park-based Kateeva, a developer of technology used to mass produce OLED display panels, said today that it has raised $38M in a funding round. The funding came from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC), along with Sigma Partn...

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Monday, September 15, 2014

Sidecar Raises $15M

San Francisco-based Sidecar, which offers up an on-demand, ridesharing app, has raised $15M in a new funding, the company said today. The funding came from Avalon Ventures, Union Square Ventures, as well as new investor Sir Richard Branson....

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Friday, September 12, 2014

6SensorLabs Finds $4M For Food Testing Gadget

San Francisco-based 6SensorLabs, a developer of devices to detect gluten and other allergens in food, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included SoftTech VC...

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Friday, September 12, 2014

AltspaceVR Finds $5.2M For Virtual Reality API

Redwood City-based virtual reality API developer AltspaceVR said yesterday that it has raised $5.2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Dolby Family Ventures, Formation 8, Google Ventures, Lux Capital, Foundation Capital, Rothenb...

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Livongo Health Gets $10M To Better Manage Diabetes

Palo Alto-based Livongo Health, a company developing a service to help patients manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from 7wire Ventures and General Cat...

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Apropose Finds $1.875M For Better Web Design

Mountain View-based Apropose, which is developing software to help improve web design, said this morning that it has raised $1.875M in a seed financing round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Andreessen Horowitz, a...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Adjust Gets $7.5M For App Analytics

San Francisco-based Adjust said this week that it has raised $7.6M in a Series C funding round, for its app analytics and attribution technology. The funding round was led by ACTIVE Venture Partners, and also included Target Partners, Iris ...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

365 Data Centers Finds $71M

Emeryville-based colocation provider 365 Data Centers has raised a combined $71M in funding, split between $16M in a Series B equity funding, and a $55M credit facility, the company said this morning. The equity funding came from Crosslink ...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

FlightCar Raises $13.5M

Peer-to-peer car sharing company FlightCar, which offers its service out of SFO and is out of Y-Combinator, said this morning that it has raised $13.5M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Ge...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Symphony Commerce Finds $21.5M

San Francisco-based Symphony Commerce, a developer of mobile-first, e-commerce stores, has raised $21.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by CRV, and also included Bain Capital Ventures and FirstMark Capital. The company said CRV'...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

LiveAction Lands $5.35M

Palo Alto-based network management software developer LiveAction has raised $5.35M in a Series A, according to the company. The funding was led by AITV, and also included Cisco Investments and Enerdigm Ventures. LiveAction's software is use...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Avogy Finds $40M

San Jose-based Avogy, which is developing Gallium Nitirde (GaN) technology aimed at the power systems and semiconductor area, has raised $40M in a funding round. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Khosla Ventures. Avogy...

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Lob Catches $7M For Printing In The Cloud

San Francisco-based Lob, a startup offering up a REST-based API and related services that allows developers to easily print everything from postcards to photos "on demand" via their apps, has raised $7m in a Series A funding round. The fund...

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Good Eggs Harvests $21M More

San Francisco-based local farm food delivery service Good Eggs has raised $21M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The new funding came from Index Ventures, and also included Sequoia Capital, Correlation Ventures, Baseline Vent...

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Monday, September 8, 2014

IdeaMarket Launches Startup Marketplace

San Francisco-based IdeaMarket said this morning that it has launched a startup marketplace, which helps investors launch ideas to the public for feedback, and to help find technical teams to bring those ideas to life. The marketplace was c...

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Monday, September 8, 2014

GlassPoint Solar Gets $53M

Fremont-based GlassPoint Solar, a developer of solar steam generators, which are used for oilfield operations, said today that it has raised $53M in a funding round. The funding came from State General Reserve Fund (SGRF), the largest sove...

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Friday, September 5, 2014

WhalePath Hauls In $1.1M

San Francisco-based WhalePath, a developer of an online, crowdsource marketplace for competitive analysis and market research, disclosed this week that it has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round. The funding came from TMT Investments, Kima...

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Friday, September 5, 2014

ZIRX Gets $6.4M For On-Demand, Valet Parking

San Francisco-based ZIRX, a new, smartphone-driven startup which offers up valet parking on-demand, at a flat $15 a day, has raised $6.4M in a venture funding round from Norwest Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures. The company currently o...

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Delta ID Finds $5M For Iris Recognition

Newark, California-based Delta ID, a developer of iris recognition software for the biometrics market, announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Intel Capital, as well as un-named strat...

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

MetricStream Gains $60M In Strategic Funding

Palo Alto-based MetricStream, a developer of software for the corporate governance, risk, and compliance area, has raised $60M in a strategic funding round. The funding was led by Sageview Capital, and also included Goldman Sachs and Kaiser...

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

ItsOn Finds Funding From Cisco

Redwood City-based ItsOn, a developer of cloud-based software for the telecommunications industry, said today that it has scored an investment from Cisco, via Cisco Investments. The funding came as part of its Series C. Size of the funding ...

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Whill Gets $11M For 4WD Wheelchair

San Carlos-based Whill, a maker of four-wheel drive, omnidirectional vehicles for the health and mobility market, has raised $11M in a Series A, the company disclosed Tuesday. The funding came from Innovation Network, 500 Startups, Jochu Te...

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Thoma Bravo Buys CompuWare

San Francisco-based private equity investor Thoma Bravo said today that it is acquiring Detroit-based CompuWare Corporation, a developer of application performance and mainframe software. The deal is worth approximately $2.5 billion. Accord...

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Ifttt Connects With $30M

San Francisco-based Ifttt, which develops API software to help connect different web-based applications together, said this week that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The deal reportedly values the startup as more than $200M. The f...

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Nexenta Gets Funding From Dell

Santa Clara-based Nexenta, which develops software-defined storage sofware for the data center, has scored an investment from Dell Ventures, the venture capital arm of Dell. Size of the investment, and other details, were not announced. The...

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Armetheon Finds $7M

Menlo Park-based Armetheon, a developer of biopharmceuticals aimed at treating cardiovascular conditions, has raised $7.0M in a first round of funding. The company said that the round was co-led by AshHill Biomedical Investments and Hercule...

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Nutanix Gets $140M, Valued Over $2 Billion

San Jose-based Nutanix, a developer of products for the converged server, storage, and networking market, said this week that it has raised $140M in a Series E funding. The funding came from un-named, Boston-based public investors. The comp...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Report: Square Raising $200M At $6 Billion Valuation

A report yesterday from CNBC says that San Francisco-based Square, which provides mobile payment technology which enables vendors to use their smartphone to accept credit card payments, is raising $200M, in a deal which will value the compa...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Wikia Gets $15M More For Asian Expansion

San Francisco-based Wikia, the online community site created by Jimmy Wales, disclosed todaythat it has raised $15M in a venture funding round. The round was led by Digital Garage, and also included prior investors Bessemer Venture Partners...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Appcelerator Finds $22M

Mountain View-based Appcelerator said this week that it has raised $22M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also included Union Grove Venture Partners, along with prior investors Storm Ventures, Sie...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Dynamic Signal Raises $12M, Buys PaperShare

San Bruno-based Dynamic Signal, a developer of social media advocate management software, said this week that it has raised $12M in a funding round, and acquired PaperShare, a developer of content marketing software. The Series C round was ...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Zumigo Secures $6M

San Jose-based Zumigo, a developer of mobile identity verification technology, said last week that it has raised $6M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Aligned Partners. Zumigo said the fu...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Viropro Get $500K In Debt

San Jose-based Viropro, a manufacturer and developer of biopharmaceuticals, said yesterday that it has raised $500,000 in a debt financing round. The company said the funding came from Spring Hill Bioventures, which has initially committed ...

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Monday, August 25, 2014

Lastline Lines Up $10M For Malware Defense

Redwood City-based malware protection software developer Lastline has raised $10M in a new funding round, the company said last week. The funding came from Dell Ventures and Presidio Ventures, as well as existing investors Redpoint Ventures...

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Monday, August 25, 2014

Guavus Gets $20M For Big Data Tools

San Mateo-based Guavus, a developer of big data tools for the communications service and enterprise market, said last week that it has raised $20M in a funding round. The funding came from Artiman Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures, Intel Capital...

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Monday, August 25, 2014

Aldea Pharmaceuticals Takes $24M

Redwood City-based Aldea Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has raised $24M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from RusnanoMedInvest (RMI) and WuXi PharmaTech Corporate Ventures, along with prior investors Canaan Partners ...

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Jaunt Captures $27.8M For Cinematic VR

Palo Alto-based Jaunt, which is developing hardware and software aimed at cinematic virtual reality, has raised $27.8M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The Series B funding was led by Highland Capital Partners, and also includ...

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Dermira Pulls Up $51M

Redwood City-base dDermira, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on medical dermatology, said this week that it has raised $51M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Bay City Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Canaan, and U...

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Dermira Pulls Up $51M

Redwood City-base dDermira, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on medical dermatology, said this week that it has raised $51M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Bay City Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Canaan, and U...

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Friday, August 22, 2014

DoubleDutch Finds $19M In Series D

San Francisco-based DoubleDutch, which devcelops mobile event apps to help conference organizers better run their event, has raised $19M in a Series D round. The funding was led by Mithril Capital Management, and also included the company's...

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

EyeVerify Sees $6M For Biometrics

San Francisco-based EyeVerify, a developer of biometrics technology, has raised $6M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Qihoo 360, Sprint, Wells Fargo, and others. The company, let by Toby Rush, develops eye scanning technology whi...

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Xamarin Snags $54M More

San Francisco-based Xamarin, a developer of software tools which allow users to cross develop applications on C# across different platforms, has raised $54M in a funding round. The funding came from Ignition Partners, Lead Edge Capital, Ins...

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

vArmour Gets $36M For Security Technology

Mountain View-based vArmour, a stealth mode, security software developer, said yesterday that it has raised $36M in a funding round. The funding includes both a Series B worth $15M which closed in December of 2013, and a $21M Series C which...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Siluria Raises $30M For Natural Gas Fuels

San Francisco-basedSiluria, which develops technology to create fuels and chemicals from natural gas, said today that it has raised $30M as part of a Series D funding. The funding was led by Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), and also inc...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Enlighted Gets $20M For Smart Lighting Sensors

Sunnyvale-based Enlightened, a developer of smart sensor networks for lighting and workplaces, has raised 20M in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funds came from Draper Nexus Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

PernixData Pulls Up $35M

San Jose-based PernixData, a developer of software used to accelerate access to storage and data, said today that it has raised $35M in a funding round. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Lightspeed ...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Thumbtack Gets $100M For Professional Services Connections

San Francisco-based Thumbtack said today that it has raised $100M in a new funding round, only a few months after it raised $30M for its service--which helps connects consumers with plumbers, wedding photographers, painters, and other local...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

OnBeep Gets $6.25M For Wearable, Push-To-Talk Devices

San Francisco-based OnBeep said today that it has raised $6.25M, to develop a new device to offer push-to-talk communications with friends and associates. The funding came from Avalon Ventures, and also included an AngelList syndicate inclu...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Nirmidas Biotech Finds $2M

San Francisco-based Nirmidas Biotech, a company developing technology for detecting disease biomarkers, has raised $2m in a seed funding round. The company--which is based on research out of Stanford--said the funding came from the Stanford...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

ScriptRock Takes $8.7M For DevOps Monitoring Tools

Mountain View-based ScriptRock, a developer of DevOps configuration monitoring tools said today that it has raised $8.7M in a Series A funding. The funding came from August Capital, and also included Valar Ventures and Square Peg Capital. T...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Skyera Loads Up With More Funding

San Jose-based flash storage array developer Skyera said that it has raised an additional amount of capital from its investors, as part of an expansion of its previous, $51.6M funding round. Size of the new investment, and source of that in...

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Comprehend Gets $21M For Clinical Trial Management Software

Redwood City-based Comprehend, a developer of data software used for clinical trial management, has raised $21M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital. Lightspeed's...

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Medallia Finds $50M

Palo Alto-based software developer Medallia, which develops customer experience management software-as-a-service, said today that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital. Medallia is led by Borge Hald. T...

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Medallia Finds $50M

Palo Alto-based software developer Medallia, which develops customer experience management software-as-a-service, said today that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital. Medallia is led by Borge Hald. T...

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Friday, August 15, 2014

DripDrop Fuels Up With $5.6M

San Francisco-based DripDrop, a developer of oral rehydration powder, has pulled in a celebrity-packed roster of investors as part of a $5.6M funding, the company said Thursday. The company said it raised its financing round from the Gratef...

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Greenhouse Software Gets $7.5M For Better Recruiting

San Francisco-based Greenhouse Software said this week that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Social+Capital Partnership, and also included Resolute Ventures and Felicis Ventures. The company said that ...

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Ygrene Energy Fund Finds $30M In Clean Technology Funding

Santa Rosa-based Ygrene Energy Fund said yesterday that it has raised $30M in growth capital, to go towards its clean energy (PACE) financing. The company said the funding came from Virgo Investment Group. YGrene Energy Fund helps provide c...

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

AuditFile Books $3M

San Francisco-based AuditFile, which develops cloud-based auditing software, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding. The funding came from Banneker Ventures, along with angels. The company's software is specifically aimed at CPAs, t...

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Electric Imp Powers Up With $15M

Los Altos-based Electric Imp, a developer of technology used for connecting devices to the Internet, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said Wednesday. The Series B funding came from Foxconn Technology Group, PTI Ventures and R...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

RelayRides Fuels Up With $10M More For Car Sharing Efforts

San Francisco-based RelayRides has raised $10M more in its Series B funding, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Trinity Ventures. The funding comes on top of its recently announced $25M in its Series B from Canaan Partners, Aug...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Engage3 Gets Funding From Publisher McClatchy

San Francisco-based Engage3, a developer of a mobile app, ShoppingScout, which helps consumers find information on both brands and retailers, has scored a strategic investment from publisher The McClatchy Company. Size of the strategic inve...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Lookout Lands $150M

San Francisco-based mobile security software developer Lookout said this morning that it has raised $150M in a venture funding round. According to the company, the financing was led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and includes participa...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Platform9 Finds Funding For Private Clouds

Sunnyvale-based Platform9, which develops software tools for managing and creating private clouds, has raised a Series A funding, the company said today. Size of the funding was not announced. The Series A came from Redpoint Ventures. The c...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Acupera Raises $4M For Health Software

San Francisco-based Acupera said this morning that it has raised $4M in a financing round, for its clinical analytics and workflow engine for the healthcare industry. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and The Whittemore Coll...

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Adatao Finds $13M For Big Data Software

Sunnyvale-based Adatao, a developer of big data visualization and analysis tools, said last week that it has raised $13M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blo...

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Fulcrum BioEnergy Lands Funding

Pleasanton-based Fulcrum Bioenergy, a developer of biofuels technology, has scored funding from Cathay Pacific Airways, the airline announced last week. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Cathay Pacific said it made a strategic equit...

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Kiwi Find $15M For Mobile Android Games

Palo Alto-based Kiwi, which develops mobile games on Android, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. According to the company, the funding was led by Northgate Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Sequoia Capital also participated...

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Life360 Adds To $50M Round

San Francisco-based Life360, which develops mobile apps to help families keep connected, said yesterday that it has added Expansion VC and a number of AngelList investors to its previously announced $50M funding. Amount of the additional fu...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Doctors On Demand Picks Up $21M

San Francisco-based Doctors On Demand, which operates an online service which gives patients access to doctors via their computer, smartphone, or tablet for $40 per visit, has raised $21M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Venrock...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Druva Finds $25M

Sunnyvale-based Druva, a developer of endpoint data protection and governance tools, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, and Tenaya Capital. The comp...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Splice Machine Snags $3M

San Francisco-based Splice Machine, which develops a Hadoop-based, real time database system (RDBMS), said it has added $3M as part of an extension to its Series B funding. THe funding came from Correlation Ventures, along with Roger J. Sip...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Vectra Networks Finds $25M For Malware Detection Tools

San Jose-based Vectra Networks, a developer of malware and cyber attack detection tools, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Accel Partners as well as Khosla Ventures, IA Ventures and AME Cloud Ventures, plus Intel ...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Smaato Snags $25M

San Francisco-based mobile advertising company Smaato announced today that it has raised $25M in a funding round. The Series E funding came from Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), along with Aeris CAPITAL, EDBI and the company's other exis...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

TesoRx Gets $10M

Menlo Park-based TesoRx, which is developing specialty pharmaceuticals currently focused on oral delivery of testosterone, has raised $10M in a Series B-1 funding. The company said the funding came from existing and new private investors. N...

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Mattermark Finds $2M

San Francisco-based Mattermark, the operator of a service which helps customers research privately held companies, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company said last week. The funding came from Version One Ventures, Felicis Ventures, ...

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Friday, August 1, 2014

PagerDuty Gets $27.2M

San Francisco-based PagerDuty, a developer of incident management products for managing software operations, has raised $27.2M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, B...

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Efficient Drivetrains Picks Up $3.5M

San Jose-based Efficient Drivetrains, which develops hybrid and electric drivetrains for use in a range of vehicles, has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Jinyuan Development Company, and also included Silicon Valle...

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Kabam Lands $120M From Alibaba

San Francisco-based mobile game developer Kabam has raised $120M from Alibaba, in a deal that reportedly values the company at $1 billion. Kabam develops a wide range of mobile games. The company's backers include Warner Bros., MGM, Google...

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

ChargePoint Adds Energy Investor

Campbell-based electric vehicle charging network operator ChargePoint said this week that it has added Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of Excelon Corporation, as an investor. According to ChargePoint, it has now r...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

ZipZap Finds $1.1M

San Francisco-based Bitcoin and digital currency trading company ZipZap has raised $1.1M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from an AngelList Syndicate, 500 Startups, and Blumberg Capital. ZipZap lets consumers b...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Green Charge Networks Finds $56M

Santa Clara-based Green Charge Networks, a provider of energy storage financing services, has raised $56M in a financing round. The funding came from K Road DG. Greeen Charge provides a energy storage product which is being used at retailer...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Kurbo Finds $5.8M In Funding To Fight Childhood Obesity

San Francisco- and Palo Alto-based Kurbo Health, which develops a mobile app specifically aimed at reducing childhood obesity, has raised a $5.8M funding round. According to the startup, the funding came from Signia Venture Partners, as wel...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Centric Software Gets $24M

Los Gatos-based Centric Software, a developer of product lifecycle management (PLM) software, said today that it has raised $24M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Fung Capital and Silver Lake Waterman, and also included pri...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

PaxVax Gets $62M For Vaccine Efforts

Redwood City-based PaxVax, a developer of vaccines for infectious disease, has raised $62M in funding, split between $50M in secured debt financing and $12M in an extension of its Series B funding round. The company said the debt financing ...

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Monday, July 28, 2014

Leanplum Finds $4.8M In Series A

San Francisco-based mobile analytics software developer Leanplum announced this morning that it has raised $4.8M in a funding round. The funding came from Shasta Ventures. Leanplum, which is led by Momchil Kyurkchiev, provides software to h...

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Fixed Finds $1.2M To Fight Parking Tickets

San Francisco-based Fixed, the developer of a mobile app to help people fight parking tickets, has raised $1.2M in a seed funding. The funding came from Y Combinator, Merus Capital, Scott Banister, John Cobbs, Mark Randolph, Matt Humphries,...

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Hortonworks Gets $50M From HP

Palo Alto-based Hortonworks, the developer of the open source, Hadoop data analysis software, has scored $50M in a strategic investment from HP, as part of the integration of Hadoop into HP's HAVEn big data platform. As part of the funding,...

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Friday, July 25, 2014

NextNav Finds $70M

Sunnyvale-based NextNav, a provider of location services aimed at the indoor and urban environment, has raised $70M in a Series D funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates and Oak Investment Partne...

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Deem Snags $50M

San Francisco-based Deem, a provider of cloud services around the travel, mobile, business, and consumer business, has raised $50M in an expansion capital funding, the company said yesterday. The funding came from Hony Capital, a private eq...

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Peerlyst Gets $3M

San Francisco-based Peerlyst, which operates an online peer network aimed at information technology professionals, has raised $3M in a seed funding. The funding came from Hummer Winblad and Illuminate Ventures. Peerlyst is led by Limor Elba...

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Airware Takes Off With $25M Funding For Drone Software

San Francisco-based Airware, which is developing software for the commercial drone industry, has raised $25M in a funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included First Round Capital and Andreessen H...

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Freshbook Finds $30M

Cloud-based accounting software developer Freshbooks announced this morning that it has raised $30M in a funding--the company's first ever venture round. The funding came from Oak Investment Partners, Atlas Venture, and Georgian Partners....

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Taulia Scoops Up $27M

San Francisco-based Taulia, which develops electronic invoicing software aimed around encouraging earlier payments, has raised $27M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The Series D funding came from QuestMark partners, and also...

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

AppDynamics Raises $120M

San Francisco-based AppDynamics has raised $120M in a growth funding round, the company said Tuesday, for the company's application monitoring tools. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, ClearBridge Investments and Sands Capital. Prior ...

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

SmartZip Analytics Gets $12M

Pleasanton-based SmartZip Analytics, a developer of predictive marketing software-as-a-service, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Crest Capital Ventures, and also included Claremont Creek...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

icix Snags $25M For Supply Chain Risk Management

San Francisco-based icix, developer of software applications used for supply chain risk management, has raised $26M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. The funding comes from Wesfarmers Limited, Veritcal Venture Partners,...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

VisiQuate Gets $6M In Series C

Santa Rosa-based VisiWate, a developer of software-as-a-service used for business performance analysis, has raised $6M in a Series C round. The funding came from First Analysis. The company will use the funding for R&D and business develomp...

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Dealflicks Finds $1.7M In Seed Funding

Dealflicks, the operator of an online service for finding discounted movie tickets, has raised $1.7M in a seed funding. The seed funding came from 500 Startups, Siemer Ventures, Archer Gray, Rubicon VC, Wefunder, Be Great Partners, Rosepaul...

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Yo Gets $1.5M

San Francisco-based Yo, the developer of the app which simply sends the message "yo" to a user's contact, has raised $1.5M, the company announced Friday. The funding came from Betaworks, Pete Cashmore of Mashable, and other angels. The fund...

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Threadflip Gains $13M More

San Francisco-based Threadflip, an online marketplace to help consumers resell their fashion clothing, hsa raised $13M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Norwest Venture patners, and also included Baseline Ventures, First Round C...

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Friday, July 18, 2014

Singular Finds $5M

San Francisco-based Singular, which develops mobile marketing software, said this week that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from General Catalyst Partners. As part of the funding, General Catalysts's Neil Sequier...

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Funding Circle Gets $65M For US Expansion

Funding Circle, a London-based operator of an online marketplace for business loans, said today that it has raised $65M in a funding for expansion in the United States and other international markets. The company--which has its US operation...

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

JFrog Hops Onto $7M Funding Round

Santa Clara-based software tools developer JFrog has raised $7M in a Series B funding, the company said this week. According to JFrog, the investment came from VMware and Gemini Ventures. JFrog is led by Shlomi Ben Haim. The company said th...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Boomerang Commerce Scores $8.5M For Pricing Software

Santa Clara-based Boomerang Commerce, which develops pricing optimization software for online retailers, said today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A financing round. The funding came from Trinity Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. Th...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

OpenEd Finds $2M For K-12 Learning Catalog

Los Gatos-based OpenEd, which maintains an online catalog of educational videos, games, and other tools for K-12 teachers and parents, has raised $2M in a seed funding from PivotNorth Capital. The company said the funding valued the company...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Virobay Gets $8M In Additional Series B

Menlo Park-based Virobay, which is developing pharmaceuticals to treat neuropathic pain, autoimmune disease and fibrosis, has raised $8M in an additional, Series B funding. The funding came from Perceptive Advisors, as well as existing inv...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Bay Dynamics Secures $8M

San Francisco-based Bay Dynamics, a provider of risk intelligence information to enterprises for their cyber security efforts, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company announced today. The funding came from Comcast Ventures. Accord...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

DocuSign Gets Strategic Investment From Visa

San Francisco-based digital signature technology provider DocuSign said Monday afternoon that it has received a strategic investment from Visa, as part of an effort to work together on digital transactions and payments. Financial details of...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Captricity Captures $10M

Berkeley-based Captricity, which develops a software-as-a-service for document capture for enterprise customers, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Atlas Venture, and also included Social+Capital. Chris Lync...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

BetterDoctor Gets $10M To Connect Doctors, Patients

San Francisco-based BetterDoctor, which operates an online search site for doctors, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates, as well as SoftTechVC and Lifeline Ventures. Bett...

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Reserve Gets Backing From Google Ventures

San Francisco-based Reserve, a restaurant dining reservation startup which is still in stealth, has raised funding from Google Ventures. Details on the funding have not been announced. Reserve was founded by Uber's Garrett Camp....

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Google Boots Up New, $100M European Venture Fund

Mountain View-based Google said Thursday that it has launched a new, $100 million venture capital fund, aimed at investing specifically in European entrepreneurs. Google said that the fund, which will be part of Google Ventures, will invest...

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Altierre Gets $21M For Wireless Technology

San Jose-based Altierre, which develops low power, long range wireless technology used by retailers, said today that it has raised $21M more in funding. The funding came from Stratim Capital and D.E. Shaw & Co., and also included ATA Ventur...

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Malwarebytes Finds $30M

San Jose-based Malwarebytes, which develops anti-malware software, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Highland Capital Partners. The funding is the first institutional round for Malwarebytes, whi...

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

MNectar Gets $7M

San Francisco-based MNectar, which develops mobile advertising technology which helps app developers provide a way for users to try out games before purchases, has raised $7M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed Tuesday. The funding...

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

RackWare Raises $2.3M

Santa Clara-based RackWare, which develops cloud management software which lets companies move and manage their resources between different cloud providers, has raised $2.3M in funding. The company said the funding as led by Kickstart See...

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Duetto Books $21M For Hotel Pricing Software

San Francisco-based Duetto, which develops software to help hotels optimize the pricing of their rooms, has raised $21M in a funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Altimeter Capital, ...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Cloudian Finds $24M For Hybrid Cloud

Foster City-based Cloudian, a provider of hybrid cloud storage software, said this morning that it has raised $24M in an investment round. The investment came from INCJ and Fidelity Growth Partners along with Intel Capital. The company said...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Box Raises $150M Ahead Of IPO

Los Altos-based online cloud storage service provider Box disclosed Monday that it had raised $150M in a funding round, even while the company is in IPO registration. The new funding came from private equity investors TPG and Coatue Managem...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

RetailNext Gets $30M For Retail Analytics

San Jose-based RetailNext, a developer of Big Data analytics software aimed at the physical, retail market, has raised $30M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Qualcomm Incorporate, Qualcomm Ventures, Tyco, Ame...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Opendoor Takes $9.95M For Home Buying, Selling

San Francisco-based OpenDoor, a new startup focused on streamlining the selling of homes online, has raised $9.95M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included a long list of angel investors. The co...

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Monday, July 7, 2014

Traity Gets $4.7 For Online Reputation Management

Mountain View-based Traity, a developer of an online reputation management service which lets users share their online reputation information between different online services, has raised $4.7M in a Series A funding. The funding came from A...

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Monday, July 7, 2014

Matterport Raises $16M More For 3D Room Scanning Tech

Mountain View-based Matterport, a developer of 3D scanning technology which helps people create 3D models of rooms and interiors, has raised $16M more in a Series B funding round. The funding came from DCM Ventures and AME Cloud Ventures al...

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Keen IO Gets $11.3M

San Francisco-based Keen IO,/a>, a developer of mobile analytic software used for storing event data from apps to better debug and improve those apps, has raised $11.3M in a funding round. The Series A was led by Sequoia Capital, and also i...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Emerald Therapeutics Raises $13.5M For Robotic Wet Labs

Menlo Park-bsaed Emerald Therapeutics said Tuesday that it has raised a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to a total of $13.5M. The funding was led by Founders Fund and Max Levchin, and also included Schooner Capital. Emerland...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Simply Hired Gets $12M For Job Search Engine

Sunnyvale-based SimplyHired, the job search engine site led by James Beriker, said late Tuesday that it has raised $12M in an equity and debt funding. The funding came from Foundation Capital, IDG Ventures, and City National Bank. The compa...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

tuul Finds $1.7M

Santa Cruz-based tuul, a company developing text messaging services to help companies manage customer support, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Raine...

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Databricks Picks Up $33M For Big Data Cloud

Berkeley-based Databricks, which provides cloud-based, big data infrastructure, has raised $33M in a funding round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Andreesen Horowitz. Databricks is led by Ion Stoica. The...

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Streetline Gets $10M More

Foster City-based Streetline, which provides technology to help cities and others manage parking--including offering up websites and apps to help consumers find parking spaces--has raised $10M in a funding round. The company said the fundin...

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Monday, June 30, 2014

MapR Finds $110M From Google Capital, Others

San Jose-based MapR, the developer of the open source Hadoop software--which is widely used in big data and data mining projects--has raised a huge, $110M funding round from Google Capital and others. MapR said the round was led by Google C...

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Monday, June 30, 2014

Wish Gets $50M

San Francisco-based Wish, which operates a social shopping service, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company disclosed last week. The funding came from Founders Fund, Formation 8, GGV Capital and Jerry Yang (Yahoo). According to the ...

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Consano Medical Scores $3.9M For Intensive Care Monitoring

San Francisco-based Consano Medical, a developer of medical devices focused on the intelligent monitoring of intensive care unit patients, has raised $3.9M in a Series A funding, according to deal funding site Deal Labs. Source of the fundi...

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Wickr Gets $30M More For Encrypted Messaging

San Francisco-based Wickr, a developer of encrypted messaging apps, said this week that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The company--led by Defcon founder Nico Sell--said the funding came from Jim Breyer (Breyer Capital), CME Grou...

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Friday, June 27, 2014

BlockScore Secures $2M

Menlo Park-based BlockScore, which develops identity verification and fraud prevention technology for online businesses, has raised $2M in a seed financing round. The funding came from Battery Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture P...

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

mCube Gets $37M For MEMS Motion Sensors

San Jose-based mCube, a developer of extremely small, MEMS-based motion sensors, said this week that it has raised $37M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, MediaTek, iD Ventures America, and DAG Ve...

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

PLUMGrid Harvests $16.2M In Funding For OpenStack Networking

Sunnyvale-based PLUMgrid, a developer of OpenStack networking software, has raised $16.2M in a Series B funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding was led by Longworth Venture Partners, and also included U.S. Venture Partners, H...

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Couchbase Raises $60M

Mountain View-based Couchbase, which develops open source, NoSQL database software, said today that it has raised $60M in a series E funding round. The round was led by WestSummit and Accel Growth Fund, and also included prior backers Adams...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Aerospike Gets $20M for Speedy NoSQL Database

Santa Clara-based Aerospike, a develper of flash-optimized, in memory NoSQL database software, has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Als...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Patreon Gets $15M For Creative Crowdfunding

San Francisco-based Patreon, a crowdfunding site focused on helping creative people fund their projects, has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding was led by Index Ventures, and also included Atlas Venture, Charles River Ventures, SV ...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Fingerprint Raises $10.85M

San Francisco-based Fingerprint announced today that it has raised $10.85M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Dreamworks SKG. Fingerprint operates a network of over 600 kids learning apps and games, and also provides ebooks...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Vessel, Led By Ex-Hulu CEO, Gets Funding

Vessel--formerly known as Project Fremont--founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and former Hulu CTO Richard Tom--has raised a funding round Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, and Bezos Expeditions. The startup--which its investors say ...

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Grand Rounds Gets $40M To Connect Patients, Specialists

Palo Alto-based Grand Rounds, which operates an online site to help connect patients with medical specialists, said today that it has raised $40M in a funding round. The funding was led by Greylock Partners, and also included Venrock and Ha...

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

RelayRides Finds $25M For Car Sharing, Rentals

San Francisco-based RelayRides, the car sharing startup led by former eBay executive Andre Haddad, has raised $25M more in a Series B funding. The company said the round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included August Capital, Google ...

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

CloudPhysics Picks Up $15M

Mountain View-based Cloudphysics, a developer of predictive analytics and performance analysis tools for virtual data centers, said today that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The Series C funding came from Jafco Ventures, Kleiner Per...

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Monday, June 23, 2014

Skyhigh Networks Raises $40M

Cupertino-based Skyhigh Networks, which develops cloud visibility and monitoring tools, has raised $40M in a Series C financing round. The funding was led by Greylock Partners and Sequoia, and also included salesforce.com. The company is le...

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Monday, June 23, 2014

Tanium Finds $90M For Enterprise Security

San Francisco-based Tanium said last week that it has raised $90M in a first funding round, to go towards the company's architecture for enterprise security monitoring. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz. Steven Sinofsky of Andreesse...

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Benvenue Medical Finds $64M

Santa Clara-based Benvenue Medical, a developer of minimally invasive spine repair products, said earlie this week that it has raised $64M in a funding. The funding was split between $40M in a Series E equity round, and $24M in debt. The eq...

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Siva Power Snags $15M For Thin Film Solar

San Jose-based Siva Power, a developer of thin film solar technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in an investment round. The company said the funding came from Trident Capital, DBL Investors and Acero Capital, as well as the cit...

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

ClearCare Finds $11M For Home Care Agency Software

San Francisco-based ClearCare, which develops software to help home care agencies manage both their front and and back end operations, has raised $11M in a funding round. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included C...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

True North Therapeutics Gets $22M

South San Francisco-based biotechnology developer True North Therapeutics said yesterday that it has raised $22M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, MPM Capital, SR One, Biogen Idec New Ventu...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

ThoughtSpot Raises $30M

Redwood City-based ThoughtSpot, a developer of enterprise search and big data driven business intelligence software, has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Lightspeed Venture Par...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

BitGo Gets $12M For Bitcoin Wallet

Palo Alto-based BitGo, a developer of secure, Bitcoin wallet software, has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Radar Partners, Founders Funds, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., Liber...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

VeloCloud Captures $21M For WAN Services

Los Altos-based VeloCloud Networks, a provider of virtual wide area network (WAN) services, said today that it has raised $21M in a funding round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, Venrock, and incubator The Fabric. VeloClou...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Clari Gets $20M For Mobile Sales CRM

Mountain View-based Clari, a developer of mobile sales and CRM software, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Northgate Capital and Sequoia Capital. Ba...

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Monday, June 16, 2014

Dolby Family Launches New Fund, Dolby Family Ventures

The Dolby Family, the family of Ray Dolby, founder of Dolby Laboratories, said today that it has launched a new investment fund, Dolby Family Ventures. According to the fund, it will focus on early stage venture capital, and will be managed...

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Monday, June 16, 2014

Instacart Finds $44M

San Francisco-based on-demand grocery delivery service Instacart, founded by Apoorva Mehta, said today that it has raised $44M in a Series B round. The funding was led by Andreesen Horowitz, and also included Sequoia Capital, Khosla Venture...

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Chrono Therapeutics Gets $32M For Smoking Cessation

Hayward-based Chrono Therapeutics, which is developing products to help patients with quitting smoking, said Thursday that it has raised $32M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Canaan Partners, 5AM Ventures, Fountain Healthc...

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Affirm Finds $45M For Online Lending

San Francisco-based Affirm, which is developing online lending and loan products and is headed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, has now raised $45M in funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, Lightsp...

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Aduro BioTech Finds $55M

Berkeley-based Aduro Biotech has raised $55M in a Series C funding, the company said this week, for the company's immunotherapy efforts targeting cancer. The company said the funding came from Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC...

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

MobileIron Up In IPO

Mountain View-based MobileIron, which develops software to manage mobile IT security for enterprises, was up about 18 percent in late afternoon trading after its IPO on Thursday. MobileIron had priced at $9.00 per share last night, and sold...

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

ScalingData Gets $4.4M For Data Center Management

San Francisco-based Scaling Data said today that it has raised $4.4M in a funding round, which was led by General Catalyst. Google Ventures and Brian Stevens (CTO of Red Hat) also participated in the funding. ScalingData is developing softw...

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Freshdesk Gets $31M

San Francisco-based Freshdesk, which offers up a software-as-a-service, help desk product, said today that it has raised $31M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Google Capital and Accel ...

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Light Captures $9.7M For Digital Photography

San Francisco-based Light, a stealthy photography related startup led by Dave Grannan (Nuance Communications, Vlingo, Nokia), revealed today that it has raised $9.7M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners...

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Declara Finds $9M

Palo Alto-based Declara, which develops personalized learning technology, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from EDBI (Singapore) and Linden Venture Fund. The company said the new funding brings...

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

About.me Pulls In $11M

San Francisco-based About.me, a developer of tools to help users create their own, well designed home pages, has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by the Foundry Group, and also included True Ventures, SoftTech VC...

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Mesosphere Finds $10.5M

San Francisco-based Mesosphere, which is helping to develop the open source Apache Mesos software, used for scaling out cloud infrastructure, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Andreessen Horowit...

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Cambrios Adds $10M From Samsung

Sunnvyale-based Cambrios, a developer of silver nanowire technology used in touch panel displays, OLED lighting tiles, and solar cells, has raised $10M more in a strategic funding, the company said this week. The funding came from Samsung ...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Revolution Foods Harvests $30M For Fresh Meals

Oakland-based Revolution Foods, a provider of healthy meal kits and fresh food for schools, has raised $30M in a funding round from unrelated Revolution Growth, the two disclosed today. Revolution Foods was founded by two mothers--Kristin G...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Gild Gains $13.5M

San Francisco-based Gild, which operates an online site which automatically scores and tests developers for companies looking to hire software developers, has raised $13.5M in a Series B funding, the company announced. The company said the ...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Urban Remedy Gets $5M

San Rafael-based Urban Remedy, a maker of premium juice "cleanses" which is endorsed by Cindy Crawford, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The company said the funding came from Venture51, and will go towards scaling i...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Proteus Digital Health Gets $120M

Redwood City-based Proteus Digital Health, a developer of software which connects patients, families, and caregivers, has raised $120M in a new funding, the company said Monday. The company said the funding came from major, new institutiona...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Grabit Picks Up New Funding

Santa Clara-based Grabit, a developer of materials handling technology, said this week that it has raised a new round of funding. The funding came from Flextronics Lab IX and Draper Nexus Ventures. The company's technology is used for handl...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Zenefits Finds $66.5M More

San Francisco-based Zenefits, a developer of software-as-a-service used for handling human relations at small and medium sized companies, has raised $66.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Institutional Ventur...

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Monday, June 2, 2014

Pathbrite Picks Up $3.7M

San Francisco-based Pathbrite, a developer of career development tools for students and employers, said today that it has raised $3.7M in a new round of funding. The funding came from Cengage Learning, as well as ACT and Serious Change. Pat...

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Monday, June 2, 2014

Concurrent Gets $10M For Enterprise Application Management

San Francisco-based Concurrent said today that it has raised $10M in Series B funding round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Rembrandt Ventures and True Ventures. According to Concurrent, the funding will go ...

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Friday, May 30, 2014

RiskIQ Rounds Up $25M

San Francisco-based RiskIQ, a developer of tools to help companies detect malware, malicious apps, and brand infringement using their brands, said this week that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Battery...

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Qeexo Picks Up $2.3M

San Jose-based Qeexo, a developer of touch sensing technology, said this week that it has raised $2.3M in a funding round. The round was led by Sierra Ventures. Qeexo develops touch technology which can differentiate between the touch of a ...

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Hipmunk Raises $20M

San Francisco-based Hipmunk, an online travel booking site focused on flights and last minute hotels, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Oak Investment Partners, and also included In...

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

MobileIron Sets IPO Range

Mountain View-based MobileIron, which develops mobile management software aimed specifically at enterprises, has set its IPO range, saying last night that it is looking to offer up 11.11 million shares of its stock between $8.00 and $10.00 ...

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

HackerOne Finds $9M For Vulnerability Disclosure

HackerOne, a company which helps companies manage security vulnerability disclosure and awards programs, said yesterday that it has raised $9M in a funding round. The funding came from Benchmark Capital. Bill Gurley of Benchmark joins the c...

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Trifacta Gets $25M

San Francisco-based Trifacta, which develops software to make big data insights more accessible to users, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Ignition Partners, and also included Greylock Partners and Accel P...

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

MATRIXX Software Finds Funding From Telstra

Mountain View-based telecom billing software developer MATRIXX Software said today that it has received a new round of funding, led by Telstra Ventures. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. Telstra is the venture capital ...

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Canvas Venture Fund Steals Away VC From NEA

Menlo Park-based early stage venture capial investor Canvas Venture Fund has stolen away a venture capitalist from New Enterprise Associates, saying today that it has named Paul Hsiao as a General Partner and Founding Managing Member. Canva...

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Fyusion Finds $3.35M For 3D Photo Sharing

San Francisco-based Fyusion, a developer of 3D technology aimed at processing and sharing 3D photos, has raised $3.35M in a Series A funding. The company said the funding came from New Enterprise Associates, the University of Tokyo Edge Cap...

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Twist Bioscience Gets $26M

San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience has raised $26M in a Series B financing, the company announced today, to go towards its semiconductor-based, synthetic DNA manufacturing technology. The funding was led by Nick and Joby Pritzker, through...

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Golgi Finds $5M

Mountain View-based Golgi, a developer of technology to help apps load faster on connected devices, has raised $5M in a funding round. The funding came from Openmind Networks. Golgi develops software which helps pre-load apps on mobihle dev...

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Thumbtack Pulls Up $30M More

San Francisco-based online service provider marketplace Thumbtack has raised $30M more in funding, the company announced today, to help expand its market for finding local help form such people as plumbers, painters, tutors, DJs, and many o...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Mango Health Harvests $5.25M

San Francisco-based Mango Health, a developer of software that uses gamification and social gaming to encourage health in patients, announced this morning that it has raised $5.25M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Kleiner Perki...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

FutureAdvisor Snags $15.5M For Personalized Investment Apps

San Francisco-based FutureAdvisor disclosed today that it has raised $15.5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Canvas Venture Fund, and also included Sequoia Capital. FutureAdvisor was founded by Bo Lu and Jon Xu. The compa...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Clarizen Gets $35M

San Mateo-based Clarizen, which develops project management and social collaboration software, said it has raised $35M in a Series F funding round. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs. Other investors in the round included Benchmark, Carme...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Google Backs Tamr

Google's venture capital arm, Google Ventures, the the co-lead on an investment in enterprise data software developer Tamr, Tamr said Tuesday. Tamr said the new round brings in $16M for the company. The funding was co-led by New Enterprise ...

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Autopilot Lands $10M For Marketing Automation

San Francisco-based marketing automation software developer Autopilot has raised $10M more in a Series B funding round, the company said Tuesday. The round was led by Rembrand Venture Partners, and also included Southern Cross Venture Partn...

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Indiegogo Gets New Funding

San Francisco-based crowdfunding site Indiegogo said today that it has scored a new round of funding, which came from four, prominent angel investors. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Indiegogo said the new investment came from Sir...

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Earnest Lands $15M

San Francisco-based Earnest, a provider of loans to students and other young professionals, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Atlas Venture, Collaborative Fund, First Roun...

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Monday, May 19, 2014

6Sense Gets $12M For Magic Sales Funnel

San Francisco-based 6Sense, a developer of predictive analytics software used to help companies improve conversion of their sales pipeline, has raised $12M in a combination of equity and debt. The funding came from Battery Ventures, Venrock...

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Olset Books $1.1M For Travel Personalization

San Francisco-based Olset, a developer of travel search and personalization tools, has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Montage Ventures, and also included 500 Startups, Digital Garge, Plug & Play, XG Ventures, an...

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Soldsie Snags $4M For Social Selling

San Francisco-based Soldsie, which develops software and service to let companies buy and sell products via their fan pages, said this week that it has raised $4M for its products. The funding was led by First Round CApital, and also includ...

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Niche Nets $2.5M To Network Media Creators

San Francisco- and New York-based Niche, which operates an online network for media creators, said this week that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. According to the company, the funding came from SoftTech VC, Box Group, Lerer Ven...

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Sunrun Raises $150M More In Equity

San Francisco-based solar lease provider Sunrun said Thursday that it has raised $150M more in an equity financing round. The company said an un-named, public institutional investor led the round with $100M, with its existing and new invest...

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Posiq Gets $3.2M For Restaurant CRM

San Jose-based Posiq, a developer of customer relationship management (CRM) software for the restaurant industry, has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding round, the company said today. The company said the funding came from Thayer Ventures, ...

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Netskope Captures $35M For Cloud Analytics

Los Altos-based Netskope, which develops cloud application analytics software, said this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and T...

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Attensity Finds $90M

Palo Alto-based Attensity, a developer of software used for natural language processing and sentiment analysis for enterprise companies, said today that it has raised $90M in an equity funding round. The funding came from an un-named, inter...

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

DarbySmart Gets $6.3M

San Francisco-based Darby Smart, which developers do-it-yourself projects for girls to consumers, said today that it has raised $6.3M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by Maveron, and also included Forerunner Ventures and C...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Instart Logic Loads Up With $26M

Mountain View-based Instart Logic, a developer of web application optimization and streaming software and technology, has raised $26M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included An...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Anaplan Finds $100M For Finance Planning, Modeling

San Francisco-based Anaplan said today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding round, for the company's finance planning and modeling software. The funding was led by DFJ Growth, and also included Brookside Capital, Coatue Management...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

SalesPredict Snags $4.1M

San Francisco-based SalesPredict, which develops predictive analytics software to help companies identify B2B sales prospects, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $4.1M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Yandex, KGC Cap...

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Monday, May 12, 2014

ChargePoint Plugs Into $22.6M

Campbell-based electric vehicle charging network operator ChargePoint has raised $22.6M in a new funding round, the company said this morning, bringing its total raised to over $110M. ChargePoint said the new funding came from Rho Ventures,...

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Friday, May 9, 2014

EndoGastric Solutions Lands $30M

San Mateo-based EndoGastric Solutions, a developer of reconstructive treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), has raised $30M in a new funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from existing investors, includ...

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Arcadia Biosciences Harvests $33M

Davis-based Arcadio Biosciences, a developer of agricultural biotechnology aimed at improving the productivity of soybean and other crops, has raised $33M in a Series D funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by Mandala Capi...

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Pinnacle Engines Revs Up with Series C Funding

San Carlos-based Pinnacle Engines, a developer of technology aimed at improving the internal combustion engine, said this week that it has closed on a Series C venture financing, which brings the company's total raised to $30M. The new fund...

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Counsyl Gets $28M For Genetic Testing Service

South San Francisco-based Counsyl, a provider of inherited, cancer screening testing services, said this week that it has raised $28M in a Series D financing round. The company said the new funding was co-led by Rosemont Seneca Technology P...

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Vaurum Gets $4M For Bitcoin Exchange Software

Palo Alto-based Vaurum, a developer of Bitcoin software for financial institutions, has raised $4M in a seed funding round. The startup, led by Avish Bhama, said the funding came from Battery Ventures, Tim Draper, and Steve Case (founder of...

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Udemy Picks Up $32M

San Francisco-based Udemy has raised $32M in a Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, the company said Thursday. The new funding also included Insight Venture Partners and MHS Capital. Udemy operates an online education ser...

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Delectable Takes A Sip Of $3M

San Francisco-based Delectable, a developer of mobile apps focused on the discovery and purchase of wine, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Deep Fork Capital, and also included David Sacks, Max Levchin, Joe Lonsda...

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Motif Investing Finds $35M

San Mateo-based Motif Investing, a startup which adds a social angle to investing, allowing investors to invest around "themed" portfolios, has raised $35M in a funding round. The funding came from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wicklow Capital, and...

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Google Ventures Backs Flatiron Health

Mountain View-based Flatiron Health has raised $130M in a Series B funding round from Google Ventures, along with First Round Capital, Laboratory Corporation of America, and angels. Flatiron said it will use the new funding to acquire Altos...

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Workshare Gets $8.4M In Credit Facility

San Francisco-based Workshare, which develops secure, enterprise file sharing applications, said Wednesday that it has received an $8.4M, revolving credit facility. The facility comes from Wells Fargo Capital Finance. Terms of the credit fa...

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Beauty Noted Finds $2.2M For Cosmetics Discovery

San Francisco-based Beauty Noted, an online site focused on cosmetics and beauty products discovery, said Tuesday that it has raised $2.2M in a funding round. The funding was led by Kortschak Investments, and also included IDG Ventures and ...

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Maxta Finds $25M For Storage Platform

Sunnyvale-based Maxta, a developer of storage software that turns standard servers into combined compute- and storage- for virtual environments, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The funding round was le...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Flux Finds $8M For Sustainable Building Software

San Francisco-based Flux.io announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding roudn, to go towards its collaborative design software for the buildling construction industry. The funding was led by DFJ, and also included BOrealis ...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

VSCO Sees $40M For Photo Editing Tools

Emeryville-based VSCO, a developer of photo editing tools, said today that it has raised $40M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Accel Partners, and also included Goldcrest Investments. VSCO develops a range of photo editing...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Table8 Gets $4.6M

San Francisco-based Table8, a startup which offers up last minute, high end dinner reservations at San Francisco eateries, has raised $4.6M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Concur, as well as un-named angel investors. Tabl...

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Area 1 Security Taps Into $2.5M

Menlo Park-based Area 1 Security, a cyber security startup founded by former National Security Agency officials, has raised $2.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cowboy Ventures; Data Collective, ...

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Automattic Raises $160M

San Francisco-based Automattic, the company behind the popular Wordpress blog software and Wordpress.com blog hosting service, has raised $160M in a funding round. The funding was led by Insight Partners. According to Matt Mullenweg, the fu...

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Prosper Gets $70M For Expanding Peer Lending Marketplace

San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending site Prosper Marketplace announced Sunday that it has raised $70M more in a funding round. The funding was led by Francisco Partners, and also include Institutional Venture Partners and Phenom Ventur...

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Optimizely Raises $57M

San Francisco-based Optimizely, which develops web A/B testing and optimization software, said today that it has raised $57M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Benchma...

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Friday, May 2, 2014

Lecorpio Lands $10M

Fremont-based Lecorpio, a developer of cloud-based software for intellectual property (IP) management, said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding came from M2O. The company said the funding will go towards hir...

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Friday, May 2, 2014

URX Links Into $12M

San Francisco-based URX, which is developing technology to create "smart links" on mobile devices which link users to apps in a mobile environment, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also inclu...

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Friday, May 2, 2014

Kamcord Collects $7.1M

San Francisco-based Kamcord, a developer of mobile gaming apps, has raised $7.1M in a funding round. The company said its Series A funding was led by TransLink Capital, and also included DeNA, SV Angel, Innovation Works, KLab, M&Y Growth Pa...

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Aviso Gets $8M

Mountain View-based Aviso, a developer of software used for corporate revenue and risk management, has raised $8M in funding. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, and Bloomberg Beta, and also include...

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Ayla Networks Connects With $14.5M

Sunnyvale-based Ayla Networks, a developer of software aimed at the "Internet of Things" market, has raised $14.5M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Cisco, the International Finance Corpoation, Linear Venture, SAIF Partners, SJF ...

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

PunchTab Snags $6.25M For Social Marketing

Palo Alto-based PunchTab, which develops social marketing software, reported this mornign that it has raised $6.25M in a funding round. The round was led by current investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company said the funding brings its tot...

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Cisco Puts $150M More Into Investments

Cisco Systems said Wednesday that it is allocating an additional, $150M in funding for Cisco Investments, the company's corporate venture capital arm, for Internet-of-Things investments. The new funding comes on top of an existing, $2 billi...

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Tidemark Takes $32M

Redwood City-based cloud-based business planning software developer Tidemark has raised $32M more in funding, and now has raised $80M in total, according to the company. The company said the funding came from Silicon Valley Bank, Greylock P...

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Brightpearl Snags $10M

San Francisco-and UK-based Brightpearl, which develops cloud-based software for managing orders, inventory, accounting, reporting and customer data, said yesterday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The round was led by MMC Venture...

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

MovieLaLa Gets Funding From Marc Benioff

San Francisco-based movie-focused social network MovieLaLa said Tuesday that it has raised an additional, angel investment from Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff. Financial details of the investment were not announced, however, the compan...

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Apigee Connects With $60M

San Jose-based Apigee, which provides web API software, said Tuesday that it has raised $60M in a funding round. The funding was led by Pine River Capital Management and Wellington Management Company, and also included Norwest Venture Partn...

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Doximity Gets $54M For Social Network For Doctors

San Francisco-based Doximity, which operates an online, private social network specifically for doctors, has raised $54M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The Series C funding round was co-led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and T. R...

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

New Relic Scores $100M More

San Francisco-based application management software developer New Relic said Monday that it has raised $100M in a new funding round, which it will use for product development and international expansion. The funding was led by BlackRock, In...

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Slack Raises $42.75M

San Francisco-based enterprise communications software developer Slack has raised $42.75M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Social+Capital Partnership, Accel Partners, and Andreessen Horowitz. The funding reportedly valued the co...

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Monday, April 28, 2014

SI-BONE Connects With $33M

San Jose-based SI-BONE, a developer of medical devices used for back surgery, has raised $33M more in funding, the company said today. SI-BONE said the funding came from Orbimed and Novo A/S, and also included prior investors Skyline Ventur...

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Wish Picks Up $19M For Social Shopping

San Francisco-based Wish, a developer of an online, social shopping marketplace, has raised $19M in a funding round, the company disclosed Thursday. The shopping came from GGV Capital, Formation8, as well as Jerry Yang (Yahoo) and other ang...

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Synack Snacks On $7.5M

Menlo Park-based Synack, a developer of vulnerability and security testing technology, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Google Ventures, Gre...

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Sentinel Labs Finds $12M For Security Software

Palo Alto-based Sentinel Labs, a developer of endpoint security tools aimed at threat protection, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Tiger Global, and also included Accel Partners, Data Collective, and Granite Hill...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Declara Finds $16M For Lifelong Learning, Education

Palo Alto-based online, personalized learning startup Declara has raised $16M for its online technology, aimed at helping people learn new skills. The funding was led by GSV Capital, and also included Data Collective, Founders Fund, and Cat...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Guardant Health Snags $30M For Tumor Sequencing

Redwood City-based Guardant Health has raised $30M in a Series B funding, to go towards development of a no-invasive, tumor sequencing test. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Sequoia Capital and Perjman Mar Ventures....

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Principia Biopharma Raises $50M

South San Francisco-based Principia Biopharma said yesterday that it has raised $50M in a Series B funding round. The company, which is developing small molecule biopharmaceuticals aimed at treating autoimmune diseases, said the funding was...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Yerdle Finds $5M To Get Americans To Share

San Francisco-based Yerdle, which develops a mobile app which helps users give away and get things for free--in a quest to reduce the amount of "stuff" Americans buy--has raised $5M in a Series A funding. According to the company, the fundi...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Pure Storage Gets $225M

Mountain View-based data storage developer Pure Storage announced this morning that it has raised $225M in a Series F funding round. The funding came from Tiger Global, Wellington Capital Management, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpo...

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Weebly Gets $35M For Website Builder

San Francisco-based Weebly, a developer of tools used to help people easily create their own websites, as raised $35M more in a Series C funding, the company disclosed Tuesday. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and Tencent. Weebly's sit...

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

InVisage Sees $18M For Camera Sensors

Menlo Park-based InVisage, a developer of ultra-small, CMOS-based camera sensors, said today that it has raised $18M in a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to more than $100M. The semiconductor developer said the funding came ...

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Electric Cloud Gathers Up $4M More In Funding

San Francisco-based Electric Cloud, a developer of software tools used for Agile and continuous software delivery, said today that it has raised another $4M in funding. The company said the funding came from Siemens' Venture Capital, US Ven...

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Tubular Labs Gets $11M For Online Video Marketing

Mountain View-based Tubular Labs, a developer of online video marketing tools, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included FirstMark Capital and Lerer Ventures. Can...

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Airbnb Closes $475M Funding Deal

San Francisco-based Airbnb, the operator of the peer-to-peer, room rental marketplace, has closed on a $475M funding round led by TPG Capital, according to the WSJ. The investment values Airbnb at around $10 billion. The round also included...

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Preact Scoops Up $4.6M

San Francisco-based Preact which develops software to help software companies reduce churn in their subscription customers, has raised $4.6M. The funding came from Trinity Ventures. Preact was founded by Christopher Gooley and Cory Watilo. ...

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Monday, April 21, 2014

AdRoll Gets $70M For Ad Retargeting

San Francisco-based AdRoll said today that it has raised $70M in a new, funding round for the company's advertising retargeting technology. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), N...

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Friday, April 18, 2014

AgilOne Finds $25M

Mountain View-based AgilOne, which develops predictive marketing software, said Thursday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Tenaya Capital, Next World Capital, Four Rivers Group, Sequoia Capital and M...

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

One Medical Group Books $40M In Funding

San Francisco-based One Medical Group, which operates a network of doctor's offices aimed at primary care, has raised $40M in a funding round. The new funding came from Redmile Group, and also included Google Ventures, Benchmark, DAG Ventur...

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

ForSight VISION5 Finds $15M

Menlo Park-based Forsight VISION5, a developer of ocular inserts for treating glaucoma, dry eye, and allergy, said yesterday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from H.I.G. BioVentures, as well as Morgentha...

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Aplos Software Gets $2M

Fresno-based Aplos Software, a developer of software-as-a-service for nonprofit management, said Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a new financing round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company said the new funding brings its...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

ReadyPulse Finds $2M For Social Marketing

San Carlos-based ReadyPulse said Tuesday that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Divergent Ventures, Harmony Capital, Moxie Software, along with angel investors. As part of the funding, Todd Warren of Diver...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Iconic Therapeutics Finds $20M

South San Francisco-based Iconic Therapeutics announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B-1 funding round. The funds came from MPM Capital, Lundbeckfond Ventures, and H.I.G. BioVentures. Iconic Therapeutics is developing tr...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

GageIn Gets $6.4M For Sales Alerts

Alviso-based GageIn, which develops news alerting systems aimed at sales professionals, said Tuesday that it has raised $6.4M in a Series A funding. Name of those investors were not announced by the company. GageIn's system searches for rea...

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

ItsOn Gets $12.5M

Redwood City-based ItsOn said Tuesday that it has raised $12.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Andreessen Horowitz. ItsOn develops a software-as-a-service platform aimed at mobile opera...

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Monday, April 14, 2014

Storefront Finds $7.3M For Retail Popup Marketplace

San Francisco-based Storefront said this morning that it has raised $7.3M in a funding roudn, for its online marketplace for online storefronts. The new funding came from Spark Capital, as well as SV Angel, Gary Vaynerchuk, Nas, Troy Carter...

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Monday, April 14, 2014

NatureBox Lands $18M

Palo Alto-based subscription products firm NatureBox said today that it has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included General Catalyst Partners and Softbank Capital. The company...

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Friday, April 11, 2014

AppDirect Finds $35M For Cloud Marketplace

San Francisco-bsaed AppDirect, which operates an online marketplace for businesses looking for cloud services, said Thursday that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. The funding round as led by Mithril Capital Management, a new ...

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Munchery Takes Bite Of $28M To Expand Food Delivery Service

San Francisco-based Munchery has raised $28M in a new funding, which was led by Sherpa Ventures, the company said today. Munchery operates a service which delivers fresh, locally sourced meals from local chefs to users. The company is using...

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Fundbox Finds $17.5M

San Francisco-based Fundbox, which develops software to help businesses manage their B2B invoices, has raised $17.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, along with SV Angel, Vikram Pandit (Citigroup), Tom Glocer (Thom...

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Quora Raises $80M

Mountain View-based online question and answer site Quora has raised $80M in a Series C funding. The funding apparently values the company at around $900M, according to multiple sources. The funding was led by Tiger Global, and also include...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Alios BioPharma Lands $41M In Series B

South San Francisco-based Alios BioPharma said Monday that it has raised $41M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Novo Ventures, SR One, Roche Venture Fund, and Novartis Ventures. A new, undisclosed investor led the round. Al...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Neura Finds $2.0M For Adaptive AI SDK

San Francisco-based Neura, a developer of artificial inteligence software that is being applied to predicting a user's location, devices, actions, events, and more for third party developers, has raised $2.0M in a funding round. The funding...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Elementum Gets New Funding

Mountain View-based Elementum, which develops supply chain management tools, said this morning that it has added five new, high profile angel investors to the company, on top of a total of over $60M in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partne...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Black Lotus Scores $6M In Debt

San Francisco-based Internet security provider Black Lotus said Monday that it has raised $6M in a debt financing round, for the company's security services, which are aimed at shutting down distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Bla...

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Monday, April 7, 2014

BioConsortia Harvests $15M For Crop Improvement

Davis, California-based BioConsortia, which develops agricultural biotechnology to help select microbes to help improve crop yields, has raised $15M in a funding round. The Series B funding came from Khosla Ventures and Otter Capital. BioCo...

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Reflexion Medical Sees $11.6M For Medical Devices

Burlingame-based Reflexion Medical has snagged $11.6M in a Series A funding, for the company's medical devices for radiation therapy for treating cancer. The funding came from Sofinnova Partners, and also included Pfizer Venture Investments...

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Fonemine Digs Up $4.5M For The Mobile Enterprise

Sunnyvale-based Fonemine, which develops enterprise--focused, cloud-based software for connecting mobile employees with company systems--has raised $4.5M more in a Series B funding. The company said this week that the funding was led by Mic...

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Sungevity Gets $70M In Equity Funding

Oakland-based solar energy installer Sungevity said Friday that it has raised $70M in a new funding round. The equity financing was led by Jetstream Ventures, and also included E.ON, GE Ventures, and others. Sungevity said the funding will ...

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Jaunt Finds $6.8M For Virtual Reality Technology

Palo Alto-based Jaunt said Thursday that it has raised $6.8M for its virtual reality technology, which it says provides an immersive, 360-degree video and audio experience. The company said the funding came from Redpoint Ventures, Peter Got...

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

GemShare Gets $1.2M, Launches Service Recommendations App

San Francisco-based GemShare, a new startup developing iOS apps to help people find recommendations from friends and their network for local service providers, has raised $1.2M in a seed funding, and launched its product. The company said i...

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Social Finance Digs Up $80M More For Student Loans

San Francisco-based Social Finance, which offers up peer-to-peer, student loans and related products, has raised $80M in a Series C funding, the company disclosed this morning. The funding was led by Discover Capital Management, and also in...

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

ElasticBox Picks Up $9M For Cloud App Development

Mountain View-based ElasticBox, which develops an online service to help cloud application developers pick and use pre-configured, cloud application modules, has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The company said the funding came from Nexus...

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Imgur Raises $40M For Photo Sharing

San Francisco-based Imgur, which operates an online, photo and image sharing site and service, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Reddit. Imgur is led by...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Wealthfront Gets $35M More For Automated Investment Management

Palo Alto-based Wealthfront, which provides an automated, investing service aimed at rebalancing index funds for investors at a very low cost, has raised $35M more in a funding round. The funding came from Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Th...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Lyft Raises $250M For Ridesharing

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Lyft said this morning that it has raised $250M, in a round of funding to help expand the service both in the United States and internationally. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fu...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Transcend Medical Gets $22M

Menlo Park-based Transcend Medical, a developer of micro-stents used to treat glaucoma, has raised $22M in a Series C funding. The company said the funding came from existing investors, as well as an un-named, global pharmaceutical and medi...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Providence Medical Technology Finds $6.8M

Lafayette, California-based Providence Medical Technology, a developer of medical devices for the cervical fusion and back surgery market, has raised $6.8M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Stanmore Medical Investments via ...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

BandPage Finds $9.25M For Music Marketing

San Francisco-based BandPage announced Monday that it has raised $9.25M for its music marketing service. The Series C funding round was led by GGV Capital and Mohr Davidow Ventures. According to BandPage, the new funding will go towards its...

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Cloudera Raises $900M In Mega Financing Round

Palo Alto-based Cloudera, which develops data analytics software based on Apache Hadoop, said Monday that it has closed on $900M in a round of financing, which includes the $160M announced by the company earlier in March. CLoudera said the ...

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Sprig Finds $10M For Artisanal Dinner Delivery

San Francisco-based Sprig, which delivers locally sourced meals from former Google executive chief Nate Keller, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company disclosed last week. The Series A funding came from Greylock Partners, and also ...

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Monday, March 31, 2014

ClearStory Finds $21M More for Big Data Software

Palo Alto-based ClearStory Data said this morning that it has raised $21.0M more, in a Series B funding round for the company's big data tools. The funding was led by DAG Ventures, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Kho...

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Crossbar Nabs $25M For 3D RAM Chip Technology

Santa Clara-based Crossbar, which is developing 3D RAM technology, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Artiman Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northern Light Venture ...

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Vend Gets $20M For iPad POS Software

San Francisco-based Vend, a developer of cloud-based, point-of-sale (POS) software which runs on the iPad, said last week that it has raised $20M more in capital. The funding came from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, via Valar Ventures, as w...

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Cloudera Gets Investment From Intel

Palo Alto-based Cloudera, which develops a Hadoop-based, big data software product, has scored an investment from Intel, the two said Thursday. According to the two, Intel made a "significant investment" in the firm, making Intel the larges...

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

EnVerv Finds $15.4M For Smart Meter Chips

San Jose-based EnVerv, a develop of systems-on-a-chip for the smart meter market, has raised $15.4M in a Series C funding, the company said earlier this week. The company said the funding came from Cassiopeia Capital Partners, Cisco, and ...

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

ThreatMetrix Pulls In $20M More

San Jose-based ThreatMetrix said this morning that it has raised another, $20M in funding, as part of a Series E funding. The developer of security and fraud prevention software said the funding was led by Adams Street Partners, and also i...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Embrane Adds $14M For Software Defined Networking

Santa Clara-based Embrane, a developer of software defined networking (SDN) products, said Tuesday that it has raised $14M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Cisco, and also included Presidio Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Pa...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Kraken Gets $5M For Digital Currency Exchange

San Francisco-based Payward said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding, for the company's Kraken digital currency exchange. Kraken allows users to exchange Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Namecoin, Dogecoin, Ven and other digital cu...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Tactile Connects With $11.2M

Redwood City-based Tactile, a developer of mobile apps which unify a user's email, calendar, Salesforce, and other customer information in a single place, said Tuesday that it has raised $11.2M in a Series A funding round. The investment ca...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Clever Gets $10.3M

San Francisco-based Clever, a developer of software used to help organize data between different educational platforms, said today that it has raised $10.3M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also inclu...

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Demandbase Gets $15M For B2B Targeting

San Francisco-based Demandbase, a developer of marketing targeting software for the B2B market, said it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Greenspring Associates, and also included Scale Venture Partners, SigmaWe...

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Amplidata Retrieves $11M

Milpitas-based Amplidata, a developer of object-based storage software, announced today that it has raised $11M in a venture funding round. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Endeavor Vision, Hummingbird Ventures, Quant...

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Hired Finds $15M For Job Marketplace

Hired.com, which operates an online marketplace to find technology jobs in San Francisco and New York, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series A round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital and Sierra Ventures, and also included Sof...

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Gigwalk Snags $10M More For Crowdsourcing Retail Intelligence

San Francisco-based Gigwalk, which is using mobile apps and an army of mobile users looking for an extra buck to help retailers monitor their stores--or the stores of their competitors--said this week that it has raised $10M in a funding ro...

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Friday, March 21, 2014

LeanData Lands $5.1M

Sunnyvale-based LeanData, which develops software to manage sales pipelines and leads, said this week that it has raised $5.1M in a funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Felicis Ventures, Correlation Venture...

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Saffron Technology Gets $7M, Moves HQ To Silicon Valley

Saffron Technology, a developer of software for businesses to connect their structured and unstructured data, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding, and will move its global headquarters to Silicon Valley. The company did ...

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Tango Snags $280M For Text, Video Messaging

Bolstered by the huge acquisition of WhatsApp in February, another, text and video messaging app developer--Tango--has snagged a big round of funding. Tango said Thursday that it has raised $280M in a new funding round, led by Alibaba Group...

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Coupa Finds $40M More In Late Stage Financing

San Mateo-based Coupa Software, which develops cloud-based expense management, procurement, and other finance software for enterprises, has raised $40M more in funding--a Series F round for the company. The company said the funding brings i...

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Airbnb Raising Up To $500M In Mega Round, Says Report

San Francisco-based Airbnb is in the midst of raising up to $500M in a funding round, according to a report today from the WSJ. The report says the company is looking to raised $400 to $500M, in a valuation of over $10 billion, in a funding...

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Platform Rounds Up $38M

San Mateo-based Platfora said today that it has raised $38M in an investment round, for the company's big data analytics software. Platforma said the funding was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Citi Ventures, Cisco, Allegis Capital...

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Cloudera Finds $160M For Hadoop Data Analysis

Palo Alto-based enterprise data management software developer Cloudera said Tuesday that it has raised a huge, $160M funding round, to go towards the company's Apache Hadoop-based data analytics tools. The funding came from T. Rowe Price, ...

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

RABBL Gets $339K

San Francisco-based RABBL, which operates an online marketplace which lets fans pre-purchase tickets to potential, upcoming concerts for bands and artists--and which helps those bands and artists to book actual venues if they sell enough ti...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

VoltDB Finds $8M For In-Memory Databases

VOltDB, a developer of an in-memory, high speed SQL database which has its operations split between Santa Clara and Bedford, Mass., said Monday that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The round included Sigma Partners and Kepha Partners,...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Aquantia Connects With $16M For Gigabit Ethernet Chips

Milpitas-based Aquantia, which develops physical layer ICs used for high speed Ethernet networks, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series G financing round. The round was led by FPGA maker Xilinx, and also included existing investors...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Ziploop Gets $2.2M For Mobile Shopping Apps

Orinda, California-based Ziploop, a developer of mobile shopping apps which help users organize their receipts, rewards, coupons, and more, has raised $2.2M in a seed funding. According to the company, the investors included Bill Elmore (JB...

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Monday, March 17, 2014

Boxfish Finds $7M

Palo Alto-based Boxfish, which is developing television search and discovery software, has raised $7M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Atlantic Bridge Ventures and Samsung. T-Ventures and Naya Ventures also...

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Monday, March 17, 2014

PipelineRx Gets Strategic Investment

San Francisco-based PipelineRx, which provides outsourced, telepharmacy services to hospitals--allowing them to access remote pharmacists by phone to bolster onsite clinical pharmacists--has raised $5M in a strategic investment from AMN Hea...

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Friday, March 14, 2014

Premise Finds $11M More For Mobile Economics

San Francisco-based Premise, a company looking to help map local economic conditions using mobile phones, said Thursday that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by The Social+Capital Partnership, and also included ...

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

BrightBytes Gets $15M For Educational Analytics

San Francisco-based BrightBites, a developer of analytical software used to improve student learning, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Re...

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

SteelBrick Finds $5M From New CEO

Palo Alto-based sales quoting software developer SteelBrick announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a funding round, from the company's new CEO. The company said the investment came from CEO Godard Abel, who was the co-founder and ...

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

MuleSoft Hauls In $50M More

San Francisco-based MuleSoft, which develops software integration tools for the enterprise market, has raised $50M more in a new funding. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Cisco Syst...

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Credit Karma Finds $85M

San Francisco-based Credit Karma, an online financial service which provides consumers with access to credit scores, monitoring of credit, and more, has raised $85M in a funding round. The funding was led by Google Capital, and also include...

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Omniata Scores Funding

San Francisco-based Omniata, a provider of analytics software for game developers, disclosed today that it has raised $5.2M in a Series A funding. The funding included Creandum and Sigma West. Omniata is currently in closed beta. The firm's...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Complete Solar Solutions Finds $5M

Foster City-based Complete Solar Solution, which develops software to help configure a solar power system for homeowners, has raised $5M in an investment round. The funding was led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF). According to Complete So...

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Monday, March 10, 2014

TutorGroup Adds Funding From Softbank For Language Learning

San Francisco-based TutorGroup, which operates an online learning site aimed at teaching English to students, said it has added SBI Group (formerly Softbank Finance Group) as a strategic investor. Size of the funding was not announced. Tuto...

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Monday, March 10, 2014

DocuSign Expands In Latin America With Acquisition Of Brazil's Comprova

San Francisco-based DocuSign is kicking up its Latin American market outreach with an acquisition, of Brazilian firm Comprova, the company said this morning. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. DocuSign said that Comprova is Br...

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Friday, March 7, 2014

Polarion Finds $10M For QA Software

San Francisco-based Polarion, a developer of software used for quality assurance and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), said Thursday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Siemens Venture Capital. P...

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

ShowEvidence Snags Funding From Follett Education Fund

Santa Clara-based ShowEvidence, which develops teacher performance and progress reporting software used to measure students and teachers against such standards as Common Core and other state student assessment tests, has raised a round of f...

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

NVP Backs iCardiac Technologies

Palo Alto-based Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is backing a New York-based company which provides cardiac safety assessment services, iCardiac, the two said today. Size of the investment was not disclosed. iCardiac said that they are in a p...

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Trusper Lands $6.17M For Mobile Advice Sharing

Los Altos-based Trusper, a developer of mobile apps which let people share tips on daily life with their friends and family, has raised $6.17M in a Series A funding, and emerged from stealth. According to Trusper, the funding was led by DCM...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

GuideSpark Finds $15M

Menlo Park-based GuideSpark said this morning that it has raised $15M in a funding round, for the company's employee communications and video service. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, Storm Ventures, and IDG Ventures. Guide...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Google Capital Injects $50M In Auction.com

Google Capital, the growth fund which is owned by Mountain View-based Google, said it has made a $50M investment in online commercial real estate auction site Auction.com. According to Auction.com, the deal values the company at $1.2 billio...

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

ServiceMax Finds $71M For Field Service Software

Pleasanton-based ServiceMax said today that it has raised $71M in a Series E funding, to go towards its software, which is used for managing field service management. The funding was led by Meritech Capital, and also included Kleiner Perkin...

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Play-I Snags $8M For Robotic Toys

Sunnyvale-based Play-I, the developer of educational, robotic toys for children aimed at teaching kids how to become software programmers, has raised $8M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Madrona Venture Group and Charles R...

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

DocuSign Gets $85M For Electronic Signature Tools

San Francisco-based DocuSign revealed this morning that it has raised $85M in a new funding round. The funding reportedly values the company at around $1.6 billion. Source of the new funding was not announced. DocuSign's software-as-a-servi...

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Monday, March 3, 2014

Wickr Snags $9M For Disappearing Messages

San Francisco-based Wickr, which develops mobile apps for sending self-destructing text, pictures, audio, and video messages, has raised $9M in a funding round. The company said the funding was led by Alsop Louie, and also included Juniper ...

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Monday, March 3, 2014

Zumper Finds $6.5M For Apartment Rental Search

San Francisco-based Zumper said this morning that it has raised $6.5M in a funding round, which was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included New Enterprise Associates and Dawn Capital. Zumper's other investors include Andr...

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Tesla Looks To Raise $1.6 Billion For Gigafactory

Palo Alto-based electric car maker Tesla said Wednesday that it is looking to raised a total of $1.6 billion--via convertible senior notes--to build what it is calling a "gigafactory". The factory will be used to develop and produce a new, ...

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

ClearSlide Raises $50M

San Francisco-based sales software developer ClearSlide announced Thursday morning that it has raised $50M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by The Social+Capital Partnership, and also included Greylock Partners, Bessemer Ven...

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Snapdeal Gets $134M, Backing From eBay

San Jose-based eBay...

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

EdSurge Finds $1.5M For Education News, Analysis

Burlingame-based news publisher EdSurge said this morning that it has raised $1.5M in a venture financing round, to help grow its news, analysis, and events around education technology. The startup, led by Elizabeth (Betsy) Corocoran, said ...

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Workboard Finds $2.75M

Palo Alto-based Workboard, which develops software that helps managers better manage the performance of their employees, has raised $2.75M in a funding round. The funding came from Granite Ventures and Opus Capital, along with Crosslink and...

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Deliv Gets $4.5M More For Delivery Service

Palo Alto-based Deliv said Monday that it has raised $4.5M in a strategic funding round for its delivery service, which lets mall retailers provide same-day delivery of their items to the local market. The funding came from Simon Property G...

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Intel Backs Newlans In $15M Funding

Intel Capital, the venture arm of chip giant Intel, is the lead backer of an investment in RF, front end semiconductor developer Newlans, the two said today. Newlans said it raised $15M in its Series B round, which was led by Intel Capital ...

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Transcriptic Gets $2.8M For Outsourced Lab Services

Menlo Park-based Transcriptic, which offers up outsourced lab experiment projects for genetic research, said this week that it has raised $2.8M more in funding. The funding came from IA Ventures, along with Google Ventures, Data Collective,...

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Strevus Gets $5.6M To Keep Financial Companies Compliant

San Francisco-based Strevus, a developer of risk and compliance management software for the financial services market, has raised $5.6M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Blumberg Capital, and also included U.S. VEnture Partners ...

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

BeyondCore Brings In $9M

San Mateo-based BeyondCore, a developer of visual, business analytics software, said Wednesday that it has raised $9M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures. BeyondCore's CEO is Arijit Sengupta. The company say...

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

ThreatStream Raises $4M For Cybersecurity Products

Redwood City-based ThreatStream, a developer of cybersecurity tools, announced this morning that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Google Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. The funding also included Tom Reilly ...

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Sidecar Raises $10M More, Revamps App

San Francisco-based ridesharing service Sidecar announced today that it has raised $10M in a series B funding, led by Union Square Ventures, and has revamped its service and mobile app. According to Sidecar, it has revamped its service to l...

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Postmates Lands $16M For Delivery Service

San Francisco-based Postmates, which provides on-demand delivery of products from local businesses, has raised $16M in a Series B funding, the company said Tuesday. The company said the funding was led by Spark Capital, and also included ex...

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

ZenPayroll Finds $20M For Cloud Payroll Software

San Francisco-based ZenPayroll, which develops cloud-based software for managing payroll, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from General Catalyst Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & B...

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

zample Gets $2M

Sunnyvale-based Zample, which develops technology to recognize audio, photos, video, and other media to identify brands in audio and live TV, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a venture funding round. The roudn came from un-named ...

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

FireLayers Finds Funding

San Francisco- and Israel-based FireLayers said today that it has raised a funding from YL Ventures. Size of that funding was not announced. FireLayers, led by Yair Grindlinger, develops policy-based software for managing cloud-based applic...

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Elastica Finds $6.3M For Cloud Security

San Jose-based Elastica, a developer of security software for monitoring cloud applications and services, announced this morning that it has raised $6.3M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Mayfield Fund. Elastica is led by R...

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Intacct Gets $45M More

San Jose-based cloud-based accounting and finance software provider Intacct said today that it has raised $45M more in funding, led by Battery Ventures. The company said the round included $30M in equity from Battery plus Bessemer Venture P...

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Friday, February 14, 2014

UrbanSitter Finds $15M

San Francisco-based UrbanSitter, which offers up a service to help connect parents with babysitters, has raised $15M in a Series B investment round. The fundingeed by DBL Investors, and also included Match Group, Aspect Ventures, Canaan Par...

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Data Physics Acquired By Battery Ventures

San Jose-based test and measurement equipment provider DataPhysics has scored an investment from Battery Ventures, the two said this week, giving Batery Ventures a controlling stake in Data Physics. Financial terms of the deal were not disc...

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

CloudPassage Snags $25.5M

San Francisco-based security software developer CloudPassage said Thursday that it has raised $25.5M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Meritech Capital Partners and Stephen Luczo, CEO of Seaga...

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

RiseSmart Gets $11M

San Jose-based enterprise career management software developer RiseSmart said today that it has raised $11M in a funding round. The funding was led by Accel-KKR, and also included prior investor Norwest Venture Partners. RiseSmart develops ...

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Tintri Takes $75M For Virtual Storage

Mountain View-based virtual storage technology developer Tintri announced today that it has raised $75M in a Series E funding, to go towards its storage products for the virtual and cloud environment. The startup said the funding was led by...

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Miramar Labs Gets $10M

Sunnyvale-based Miramar Labs, a medical device manufacturer developing products to reduce excess sweat production, said yesterday that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding. The funding came from Aisling Capital, Cross Creek Capital, Dom...

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Oorja Gets New Funding

Fremont-based Oorja said Wednesday that it has raised a Series E funding round. Size of the round was not disclosed. The funding came from Mingxin China Growth Fund and DAG Ventures. Oorja is developing fuel cells which run on methanol. The...

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Sideband Networks Finds $6M

Sunnvyale-based Sideband Networks, a developer of application-aware, network monitoring tools, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding. Source of the funding round was not announced by the company. The startup--led by Zane T...

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Intel Capital Backs 3D Printing Marketplaces

Intel Capital, the venture investment arm of Intel Corp., has made an investment in two, 3D printing marketplace companies, the company announced Tuesday afternoon. Intel said it invested in Makexyz, which operates a marketplace to help peo...

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

iSocket Plugs Into $5M

Burlingame-based iSocket, which develops programmatic advertising technology, said yesterday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Time Warner Investments, and also included COnde Nast, R&R Venture Partners, and ...

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

PlaceIQ Lands $15M For Ad Targeting Technology

PlaceIQ, a developer of location-based ad targeting technology, said it has raised $15M in a Series C funding. The startup said the funding was led by new investor Harmony Partners, and included new investor Iris Capital, along with prior i...

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Powervation Gains $5.5M For DC-DC Power ICs

San Jose- and Cork, Ireland-based Powervation, a developer of DC-DC power supply control ICs, has raised $5.5M in a Series C1 round. The funding came from SEP, Intel Capital, VentureTech Alliance, Braemar Energy Ventures, and Semtech Corpor...

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Splice Machine Takes $15M More For Big Data Database

San Francisco-based Splice MAchine, a developer of a real-time, Hadoop-based SQL database, has raised $15M more in a Series B funding. According to Splice Machine, the funding came from Interwest Partners and Mohr Davidow Ventures. The star...

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Monday, February 10, 2014

BloomThat Finds $2M for Flower Delivery

San Francisco-based BloomThat, a startup offering up fixed price delivery of flowers from local florists, has raised $2M in seed funding, the company disclosed last week. The funding came from Y Combinator, SV Angel, A-Grade Investments, Jo...

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Monday, February 10, 2014

PubMatic Lands $13M More

Redwood City-based Pubmatic, which develops software for programmatic selling and buying of ads, said last week that it has raised $13M in a funding round. The funding came from Nokia Growth Partners. The company said Nokia joins August Cap...

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Friday, February 7, 2014

CircleCI Picks Up $6M

San Francisco-based CircleCI, a developers of software used for continuous integration of code, said Thursday that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by DFJ. CircleCI is led by Paul Biggar, and develops software us...

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Celery Finds $2M Funding For Pre-Order Engine

San Francisco-based Celery announced this week that it has raised $2M in a seed funding, to go towards the company's software for helping companies to take "pre-orders"--ie, taking orders and payment information for products that have not y...

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Vungle Adds $17M For Mobile Video Advertising

Online mobile ad startup Vungle, which is based in San Francisco, said Thursday that it has raised $17M in a funding round. The funding came from Thomvest Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, SoftTech VC, and Webb Inv...

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

PayNearMe Pockets $20M More For Offline To Online Payments

San Francisco-based PayNearMe, which provides a service which allows people without checking accounts or credit cards to use cash to purchase debit cards which can be used for online services, has raised $20M in a Series E funding. The fund...

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Tapingo Gets $10.5M For Mobile Shopping

San Francisco-based Tapingo said Wednesday that it has raised $10.5M in a Series B funding, for the company's mobile shopping products. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Carmel Ventures, Tapingo--which was previously...

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Apartment List Finds $6M More

San Francisco-based Apartment List, which is developing an online marketplace for rental apartments, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $6M in an additional funding. The funding was led by Glynn Capital and Passport Capital. Apartm...

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

CollabNet Gets Investment From Vector Capital

South San Francisco-based CollabNet, which develops agile software development management products, said yesterday that it has received new funding from private equity firm Vector Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. CollabNet...

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Jaguar Animal Health Raises $2M

San Francisco-based Jaguar Animal Health, a developer of prescription pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals for the veterinary marketplace, said it has raised $2M in a funding round. The fundin came from BioVeda China Fund. According to Jagura...

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Totango Finds $15.5M For Subscription Management

Palo Alto-based Totango, a developer of software tools to help subscription businesses analyze and manage their customer base, said Wednesday that it has raised $15.5M in a funding round. The Series B funding came from Canvas Venture Fund a...

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

AtVenu Snags $1.1M For Music Merchandising

San Francisco-based AtVenu, a developer of mobile and other software which helps music artists manage their live event merchandising and sales, said today that it has raised $1.1M in a funding round. The round was led by Real Ventures, and ...

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Jivox Pulls In $5.8M

San Mateo-based Jivox, a provider of multi-screen, interactive advertising technology, said Monday that it has raised $5.8M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Fortisure Ventures, which led the funding round, and also include...

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Elementum Gains $44M More For Supply Chain Management

Mountain View-based Elementum said this morning that it has raised $44M in a Series B funding round, which will go towards the company's supply chain management tools. The startup--led by Nader Mikhail--said the funding came from Lightspeed...

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Foursquare Gets $15M, Deal With Microsoft

Foursquare, the location-based check-in app developer, said today that it has received $15M in funding from Microsoft, as part of a licensing deal which gives Microsoft access to its location database. Foursquare said the move will help pro...

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Watchup Finds $1M For Video News Aggregation Apps

Menlo Park-based Watchup, which develops video news aggregation apps, said today that it has raised $1M in a funding round. The round came from Microsoft Ventures, StartX, The Knight Foundation, and angels Ned Lamont (Campus Televido), Tom ...

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Monday, February 3, 2014

One Kings Lane Scores $112M

San Francisco-based One Kings Lane, an online home furnishing retailer, said it has raised $112M in a Series E funding round. The funding came from Mousse Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture ...

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Origami Logic Finds $15M

Menlo Park-based Origami Logic, which develops marketing analytics software, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Jafco Partners, and also included Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Part...

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Ensighten Gets $40M For Tag Management

Cupertino-based Ensighten, which develops tag management software for businesses, reported today that it has raised $40M in a Series B funding round. THe round was led by Insight Venture Partners. Ensighten is led by Josh Manion. The compan...

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Prompt.ly Finds $1.5M

San Francisco-based Prompt.ly, a developer of mobile scheduling software for service providers, has raised $1.5M in a funding round, according to the company's investors. The funding was led by Foundry Group, and also included individual an...

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Indiegogo Gets $40M For Crowdfunding

San Francisco-based Indiegogo announced this morning that it has raised $40M in a funding round, a Series B for the crowdfunding site. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Institutional Venture Partners, along with Insigh...

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Monday, January 27, 2014

LiveOps Lands $30M

Redwood City-based LiveOps, which develops cloud-based, contact center and customer service software, said today that it has raised $30M in a debt funding round, and acquired Canadian firm UserEvents. According to LiveOps, the debt funding ...

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Stripe Finds $80M More

San Francisco-based Stripe, which develops an online platform to help developers accept and process online and mobile payments, disclosed that it has raised $80M in a third round of funding last week. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, ...

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Friday, January 24, 2014

Fitmob Gets $9.75M For Fitness Training

San Francisco-based Fitmob said Thursday that it has raised $9.75M for a fitness startup which offers up live fitness training at outdoor locations and temporary, indoor spaces. The startup--founded by Snapfish's Raj Kapoor and Paul Twohey ...

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Sharethrough Adds $17M For Ad Exchange

San Francisco-based advertising exchange Sharethrough said yesterday that it has raised $17M more in a fourth round of funding. The funding came from Elevation Partners, Silver Creek, and Patrick Keane, along with existing investors North B...

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

StyleSeat Lands $10.2M For Beauty Services Booking

San Francisco-based online beauty and wellness marketplace StyleSeat said today that it has raised $10.2M, in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Lightspeed Ventures, and also included Lowercase Capital and its other investors....

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

MemSQL Gets $35M More

San Francisco-based MemSQL, a software company developing in-memory, SQL databases, said today that it has raised $35M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and ...

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Bluebox Security Finds $18M

San Francisco-based Bluebox Security, which is developing mobile security technology, said Monday that it has raised $18M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Tenaya Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Andreas Bechtolsheim, and SV Angel. ...

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Friday, January 17, 2014

WePay Pockets $15M

Palo Alto-based payment platform provider WePay said this week that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Phil Purcell of Continental Investors, who co-founded Discover Card. Other angels, including Max Levchin...

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

SuVolta Raises $10.6M

Los Gatos-based SuVolta, a developer of CMOS-based, power saving technology for the semiconductor industry, said today that it has raised $10.6M in a funding round. The round came from Fujitsu Semiconductor, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers...

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Nutanix Scores Huge, $101M Round For Datacenter Infrastructure

San Jose-based Nutanix, which is developing a highly optimized server appliances focused on enterprise data centers, has raised $101M in a Series D financing. According to Nutanix, the funding values the company at approximately $1 billion....

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Monday, January 13, 2014

Turn Gets $80M In Series E

Redwood City-based Turn, which develops marketing and analytics software, said today that it has raised $80M in a Series E funding round. the funding came from ClearBridge Investments, Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Northport Investments ...

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Friday, January 10, 2014

NEA Bolsters Pharma Industry Expertise With New Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based venture investor New Enterprise Associates said this week that it has hired on Elliot Sigal, M.D., Ph.D., as a new Venture Partner and Senior Advisor, significantly bolstering the company's expertise in the pharmaceuticals ...

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Friday, January 10, 2014

Radius Rounds Up $13M

San Francisco-based Radius, a developer of data technology for helping SMB companies to segment and identify customers and leads, said Thursday that it has raised $13M in a funding round. The funding came from Formation8 Partners. As part o...

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Lumiata Lands $4M For Predictive Analytics For Healthcare

San Mateo-based Lumiata, a developer of predictive analytics software for the the healthcare industry, reported today that it has raised $4M in a Series A financing. The financing came from Khosla Ventures. Lumiata was formerly known as MED...

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Zephyr Health Finds $15M

San Francisco-based big data analytics software developer Zephy Health said today that it has raised $15M in a funding round, for the company's platform aimed at life sciences companies. The startup said the funding was co-led by Kleiner Pe...

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Monday, January 6, 2014

Amprius Powers Up With $30M

Sunnyvale-based Amprius, a Stanford spinout developing Lithium-ion battery technology, disclosed Monday that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by SAIF Partners, and also included Trident Capital, VantagePoi...

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Monday, January 6, 2014

Tactus Gets Series B Funding

Fremont-based Tactus Technology, a developer of tactile screen technology, said it has closed the first funding in a Series B funding round. Size of the round was not disclosed. According to the company, the funding came from Ryoyo Electric...

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Skybox Security Raises $6M

San Jose-based Skybox Security announced today that it has raised $6M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Susquehanna Investment Group and also included other investors. The firm said it will use the funding to expand sales, for ...

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

1World Finds $1.5M In Funding

San Jose-based 1World, which develops Android, iPhone, Windows, and web-based polling software, said Thursday that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A financing. Source of the funding was not announced. The company said the round came from bo...

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Nest Labs Seeks $150M

Palo Alto-based smart thermostat and home device maker Nest is in the process of raising more than $150M in a new venture capital funding, according to reports today. The funding is apparently being led by DST. No details on the funding hav...

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

AcelRx Gets $40M In Credit Facility

Redwood City-based pharmaceuticals developer AcelRx Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has received a $40M credit facility from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Terms of the new credit facility were not announced. AcelRx is develo...

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Soundhawk Picks Up $5.7M For Better Hearing Devices

San Francisco-based SoundHawk, which develops "smart" wireless hearing devices which connect hearing aids with a smartphone, has raised $5.7M in a funding round, the company announced Wednesday. The funding was led by True Ventures. The com...

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Planet Labs Captures $52M

San Francisco-based Planet Labs, a company which is looking to launch its own network of 28, planet-sensing satellites into orbit, said today that it has raised $52M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Yuri Milner, Industry V...

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Datameer Finds $19M

San Mateo-based Datameer, a developer of business intelligence reporting tools for the Hadoop and Big Data analytics market, said it has raised $19M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Next World Capital, and also included W...

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Sojern Gets $10M For Travel Ad Technology

San Francisco-based Sojern, a developer of software platforms aimed at the travel industry, reported it raised $10M in a Series C funding round today. The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also included Norwest Venture Partne...

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

CloudFlare Raises $50M

San Francisco-based CloudFlare, which provides web site performance optimization and security tools, reported it has raised $50M in a Series C funding round. The round actually occurred back in 2012. The funding came from Union Square Ventu...

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Crowdtilt Gets $23M

San Francisco-based Crowdtilt, a developer of a crowdfunding and group payment platform, said today that it has raised $23M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included SV Angel, Sean Parker, Matt...

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Egnyte Lands $29.5M For Enterprise File Sharing

Mountain View-based enterprise file sharing software provider Egnyte announced this morning that it has raised $29.5M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from strategic partners Seagate Technology and CenturyLink, along with North...

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Ooyala Takes $43M In Big Web Video Analytics Funding

Mountain View-based Ooyala announced today that it has raised $43M in a funding round, for the company's web video streaming and analytics products. The funding came from Australia's Telstra. Ooyala's other backers include Sierra Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

DataHero Raises $3.15M for Data Analysis Tools

Palo Alto-based Datahero said today that it has raised $3.15M in a funding round. The funding came from Foundry Group. According to DataHero, the funding comes as it has launched its product into GA release from Beta, and inked a deal with ...

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Orange Chef Finds $1.2M For Connected Kitchen Products

San Francisco-based The Orange Chef, a developer of talking food scales and cutting boards which connect into a user's tablet, said it has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round this morning. The round was led by Google Ventures and SparkLabs...

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Extole Adds $5M

San Francisco-based Extole, a provider of online, referral marketing software aimed at brands, said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a new funding round. The funding came from Norwest Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Tride...

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Flipboard Raises $50M More

Palo Alto-based Flipboard, which develops tablet applications for reading content like magazines and newspapers, has raised another $50M in funding, the company disclosed today. The Series C funding was led by Rizvi Traverse Management, and...

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Anturis Rounds Up $2M For Cloud IT Monitoring

San Francisco-based Anturis said today that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Runa Capital and VEB Innovations (Vnesheconombank group). Anturis develops a cloud-based IT monitoring and troubleshooting ser...

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Monday, December 9, 2013

HealthLoop Gets $10M

Mountain View-based HealthLoop, a developer of a cloud-based platform for automating follow up care for physicians, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Canvas Venture Fund, which is managed by Morgenthaler Technolog...

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Practice Fusion Adds $15M

San Francisco-based health technology and electronic health records software provider Practice Fusion said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Qualcomm Incorporate, via its venture arm, Qua...

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Box Lands $100M, Valued At $2 Billion

Los Altos-based Box, the cloud-based, enterprise storage provider, said Thursday that it has raised $100M in a new funding round. The funding was reported to value the company at $2 billion. The funding came from Itochu Technology Ventures,...

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Gridstore Rounds Up $11M For Windows Storage

Mountain View-based Gridstore, a developer of storage which is specifically tuned for Windows Server and Hyper-V, said this week that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Acero Capital, and also included GG...

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Clever Finds $10M More For Education APIs

San Francisco-based education API developer Clever disclosed Thursday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital. Clever's prior investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, SV Angel, Floodgate, SoftTe...

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Homejoy Gets $38M To Expand Techie Home Cleaning Service

San Francisco-based Homejoy, the tech-enabled marketplace for home cleaning services, said Thursday morning that it has raised $38M more to expand its services, in a combination of both a Series A and Series B funding. The startup--led by s...

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Glassdoor Finds $50M

Sausalito-based online employer comparison and job seeking site Glassdoor announced today that it has raised $50M in a new funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Dragoneer Investment Group, Battery Ve...

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

DataSift Lands $42M

San Francisco-based DataSift said today that it has raised $42M in a Series C funding, for the company's social data platform. The company said the funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included Scale Venture Partners, Upfro...

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Monday, December 2, 2013

Stem Snags $15.4M For Energy Storage

Millbrae-based energy storage systems provider Stem announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding was led bY Iberdrola and also included GE Ventures and Angeleno Group. Stem develop...

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Coursera Gets $20M More In Series B

Mountain View-based Coursera said Monday that it has raised $20M for its online education course platform. The funding, part of a Series B, came from three un-named universities, GSV Capital, and Learn Capital. The company has now raised $6...

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Wevorce Lands $1.7M For Less Painful Divorces

San Mateo-based Wevorce, a startup developing a technology driven service to smooth the path to amicable, no-fault divorces, said this week that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding round. The round came from Foundation Capital and Sam Alt...

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Alpine Data Gets $16M For Big Data Software

San Francisco-based Alpine Data Labs said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The developer of analytics software for Hadoop said the funding came from Sierra Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and Robert Bosch ...

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Lytro Gets $40M

Mountain View-based camera developer Lytro said Wednesday that it has raised $40M in a new funding round, for the company's next generation camera technology. The funding was led by North Bridge Venture Partners, and also included Andreesse...

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Aria Systems Gains $40M

San Francisco-based cloud-based, recurring billing software provider Aria Systems said today that it has raised $40M in a fourth round of funding. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Hummer Winblad Venture Partne...

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Hightail Downloads $34M For Cloud Storage Efforts

Campbell, California-based Hightail, a provider of file sharing services and apps, has raised $34M in a Series E funding round. According to the company, the funding was led by Western Digital Capital, and also included Alloy Ventures, Sevi...

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

August Gets $8M For Smartphone Enabled Door Lock

San Francisco-based August said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round, for the company's smartphone enabled, Bluetooth door lock. The company said the round was led by Maveron, and also included Cowboy Ventures, Industry ...

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Talari Networks Gets $15M More

San Jose-based Talari Networks, the developer of wide area network (WAN) appliances, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding was led by Four Rivers Group, and also included Menlo Ventures and Silver Creek V...

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Friday, November 15, 2013

GenapSys Raises $37M

Redwood City-based GenapSys said this week that it has raised $37M in a funding round for its gene sequencing platforms. The Series B funding came from Decheng Capital, IPV Capital, Yuri Milner, Stanford StartX Fund, and others. The company...

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Friday, November 15, 2013

GenapSys Raises $37M

Redwood City-based GenapSys said this week that it has raised $37M in a funding round for its gene sequencing platforms. The Series B funding came from Decheng Capital, IPV Capital, Yuri Milner, Stanford StartX Fund, and others. The company...

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Kidaptive Gets $10.1M For Early Childhood Education

Palo Alto-based early childhood education and learning software developer Kidaptive announced Thursday that it has raised $10.1M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Formation 8, and also included Menlo Ventures and the Stanfor...

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

CreativeLIVE Finds $21.5M More

San Francisco- and Seattle-based online video education site creativeLIVE has raised $21.5M in a new funding round, the company said this morning. CreativeLive said the Series B funding was led by The Social+Capital Partners, and also inclu...

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

PasswordBox Lands $6M

San Francisco-based PasswordBox, a developer of password management software, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by OMERS Ventures, and also included angel investor Mark Britto (BOKU) and two, u...

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Xangati Gets $11M For Cloud Performance Management

San Jose-based Xangati has raised $11M in a funding round, the company recently announced. The startup said that the funding was led by HighBar Partners and also included Citrix. Xangati is led by Jagan Jagannathan. The company said the fun...

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Scanadu Beams Up $10.5M For Handheld Medical Sensors

Moffett Field-based Scanadu, which is developing a suite of handheld, easy-to-use medical sensors for helping to diagnose healthcare issues, has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding round, the company announced today. The funding was led by ...

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Arrayent Pulls In $11.9M For Connected Devices Platform

Redwood City-based Arrayent said this morning that it has raised $11.9M in a Series B funding round, for its virtualization technology aimed at the "Internet of Things". The startup said the funding was led by DCM Ventures, and included Int...

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Quorom Finds $10M For Disaster Recovery Appliances

San Jose-based Quorum, a provider of cloud-based disaster recovery appliances, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding. The company said the funding was led by Toba Capital, and also included Airtek Capital Group and a...

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Ripple Labs Lands $3.5M

San Francisco-based financial startup Ripple Labs announced this morning that it has raised $3.5M more in funding, on top of an existing investment for the company. The company said the new funding came from Core Innovation Capital, Venture...

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Monday, November 11, 2013

Bitcasa Finds $11M In More Series A Funds

Mountain View-based online and mobile storage provider Bitcasa announced this morning that it has raised $11M more in its Series A funding, for the company's digital storage service. Bitcasa said the supplemental funding for its Series A ca...

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Friday, November 8, 2013

Jut Gets $20M For Stealthy Big Data Apps

San Francisco-based Jut, a stealth mode company developing big data software for the enterprise, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included LightSpeed Venture P...

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Project Frog Finds $20M More For Green Buildings

San Francisco-based Project Frog, which develops pre-frabricated, energy efficient, and sustainable building components, said today that it has raised $20M more in a Series D funding. The funding came from CCM US, LLC and members of the Cle...

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Betable Wins $18.5M In Series A Funds

Software developer Betable, which allows developers to offer up real money gambling and gaming in their apps, has raised $18.5M in a Series A funding round. The new funding was led by Venture51, and also included Greylock and Founders Fund....

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Gainsight Finds $20M

Mountain View-based Gainsight, which develops software to help subscription businesses retain and grow their subscriber base, has raised $20M in a funding round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Summit Partner...

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

SiTime Raises New Funding For MEMS Timing Chips

Sunnvyale-based timing semiconductor developer SiTime, whose chips are replacing expensive, quartz-based timing circuits with MEMS-based technology, has raised new funding, the company said Monday. SiTime said the new funding came from Inno...

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Garantia Data Finds $9M For NoSQL Software

Santa Clara-based Garantia Data said this morning that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding round, to go towards the company's NoSQL database software. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures and Carmel Ventures. The startup develop...

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Coho Data Gets $25M For Software-Defined Storage Networking

Sunnyvale-based Coho Data announced this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round, to go towards accelerating its R&D. The startup--which is led by Ramana Jonnala--said the funding was led by Ignition Partners, and also i...

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Monday, November 4, 2013

MediaSpike Lands $5.2M

Mountain View-based MediaSpike, the operator of an online native advertising marketplace, has raised $5.2M in a funding round. The fudning came from CMEA Capital, along with 500 Startups, Google Ventures, and Raptor Capital. MediaSpike prov...

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Monday, November 4, 2013

NeuroSky Finds New Funding

San Jose-based NeuroSky, a developer of biosensors and brain monitoring devices and software, said today that it has received a strategic investment from SoftBank Corp. Size of the investment was not announced. NeuroSky said that, as part o...

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Kumu Raises $15M For Wireless Radio Technology

Santa Clara-based Kumu Networks, a company developing technology to enable full duplex, wireless communications across a single frequency channel, has raised $15M in a funding round. The startup--which was founded out of Stanford--said the ...

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Runnable Finds $2M

Palo Alto-based Runnable, which operates an centralized library of reusable source code for developers, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company said Wednesday. The funding was led by Sierra Ventures, and also included Resolute.V...

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Veracyte Slips Slightly In IPO Debut

South San Francisco-based Veracyte debuted this morning in its IPO, and was trading slightly down after pricing at $13.00 per share lsat night. Veracyte was trading around $12.95 in morning trading, after its IPO as VCYT on the NASDAQ Globa...

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Calithera Biosciences Finds $35M

South San Francisco-based Calithera Biosciences, a developer of cancer therapeutics, has raised $35M in its Series D funding round, the company announced. The company said the funding was led by Adage Capital Partners, and also included Lon...

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Adaptive Planning Adds To $45M Round

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning announced this morning that it has added a number of strategic investors to the company's $45M funding round. According to the company, it has added salesforce.com; Jeff Epstein, the former CFO of Oracl...

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Immune Design Gets $49M For Cancer Therapy

San Francisco- and Seattle-based Immune Design said this morning that it has raised $49M in a funding round, to go towards its immune-based therapies for cancer and other conditions. The Series C funding came from The Column Group, and also...

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Rumble Entertainment Finds $17.5M

San Mateo-based Rumble Entertainment announced today that it has raised $17.5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Nexon, and also included TriplePoint Capital, Google Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Rumble said it has now rai...

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Nextdoor Raises $50M

San Francisco-based Nextdoor, which operates an online service to let neighbors meet and communicate with each other, has raised $60M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer...

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Paxata Finds $8M

Redwood City-based Paxata, which develops business analysis software, has raised $8M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included strategic partner Tableau Software. Paxata develops data prepration softwar...

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Cyphort Lands $15.5M

San Jose-based Cyphort, a developer of security tools, said today that it has raised $15.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included Foundation Capital and Matrix Capital. Fred Wang of Trinity jo...

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Pinterest Gets $225M In New Funding, Says Report

San Francisco-based photo pinning site Pinterest has raised $225M in a new funding, according to reports this week, valuing the company at around $3.8 billion. According to the report, the funding was led by Fidelity Investments, and also i...

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Gainspeed Gets Backing From Juniper Networks

Sunnyvale-based Gainspeed, which develops IP-based, broadband communications products aimed at the cable market, has scored new funding from Juniper Networks. Details on the Series B funding have not been announced. Gainspeed previously rai...

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Intel Capital Invests $65M In Sixteen Companies

Intel Capital, the venture investment arm of chip giant Intel, reported yesterday that it has invested $65 million across sixteen companies, across nine countries. The investments included CloudFX (Singapore); Cloudian (Japan/USA); CSDN (Ch...

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Bromium Finds $40M For Malware Protection Technology

Cupertino-based Bromium said today that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding, which came from Meritech Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners, Highland Capital Partners, and Intel Capital. The company develops malware ...

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Black Lotus Raises $3.5M For DDoS Protection

San Francisco-based Black Lotus said this morning that it has raised $3.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Industry Capital. As part of the funding, the company said it has added Industry Capital's Arman Khalili to its board of d...

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Teambox Finds $5M

Redwood City-based Teambox, a developer of cloud-based, team collaboration and communications tools, said today that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The funding came from Avalon Ventures and the Data Collective Fund. Teambox said the ...

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Kona Medical Gets $10M

Menlo Park- and Bellevue, Washington-based medical device manufacturer Kona Medical said Monday that it has raised $10M in a Series D, equity financing round. The round came from Chinese investment firm Morningside Group, which was the sole...

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Breathometer Nabs $2M For Smartphone Breathalyzer

Had too much to drink? Burlingame-based Breathometer, a developer of a breathalyzer which connects to your smartphone, said this week that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The round came from Structure Capital VC and Dillon Hill C...

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Mintigo Finds $10M

San Mateo-based Mintigo, a developer of a big data, analytics platform used to search and parse through social data, social profiles, and the web, has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Adams Street Partners, an...

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Friday, October 18, 2013

MapBox Locates $10M For Mapping Apps

San Francisco-based MapBox reported Thursday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Foundry Group. MapBox develops mapping software and data that can be used by developers to create their own maps in thei...

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Minted Connects With $41M For Online Fashion Marketplace

San Francisco-based Minted announced Thursday that it has raised $41M in a Series C funding round. The new funding was led by Technology Crossover Ventures, and also included both Allen & Co. and Benchmark Capital. Angels who participated i...

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Biodesy Gets $15M For Protein Analysis Tools

Burlingame-based Biodesy has raised $15M in a funding round, for its protein analysis systems, the company said this week. According to the company, the Series A funding came from 5AM Ventures, Pfizer Venture Investments, and Roche Venture ...

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Cozy Raises $5M For Online Rent Payment Service

San Francisco-based Cozy said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The startup, which develops online systems for handling rental payments from renters to landlords, said the funding came from General Catalyst Partners. The...

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Nginx Finds $10M

San Francisco-based NGINX, which develops software to optimize the delivery of content to a range of devices, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The Series AB funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also...

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

EcoFactor Gets $10M In Series B

Redwood City-based EcoFactor, a developer of home energy monitoring services, has raised $10M in a funding round. The company said its Series B was led by NRG Energy, and also included Claremont Creek Ventures, RockPort Capital Partners, an...

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Druva Gets $25M For Data Backup Software

Sunnyvale-based Druva, the developer of backup, managed file sharing, and other cloud-based software for enterprise data management, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and N...

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Monday, October 14, 2013

Xero Gets $150M From Peter Thiel, Others, For U.S. Expansion

Xero, a developer of cloud-based accounting software, said Sunday that it has raised $150M (NZ$180M) in a funding round. The company--which as its U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, but is based in New Zealand, said the funding came from V...

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Lookout Lands $55M For Mobile Security

San Francisco-based Lookout announced Thursday that it has raised $55M in a new funding round. The funding came from Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, Greylock Ventures and Mithril Capital Management, along with Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowit...

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Amaranth Medical Gets $20M

Mountain View-based Amaranth Medical, which is developing bioresorbable, coronary scaffolds use for treating coronary artery disease, said this week it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding came from DCP Management of Singapore...

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Refresh Finds $10M

Ever wish you could pull up all the info you could on someone you are about to meet? Refresh, a new Palo Alto startup, is hoping to do exactly that, and has raised $10M in a funding round. The company said the funding came from Redpoint Ven...

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Gobstopper Finds $1.8M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Gobstopper, which develops digital reading tools for teachers and students, announced today that it has raised $1.8M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Relay Ventures, and also included Reed Hastings and New ...

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Basis Science Gets $11.75M For Personal Health Tracking

San Francisco-based Basis Science, the developer of a device for personal health tracking, has raised $11.75M in an extension of its Series B funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Intel Capital, iNovia Capital, Dolb...

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Personalis Raises $22M For Genome Sequencing

Menlo Park-based Personalis, a developer of genome sequencing and interpretation services, has raised $22M in its Series B financing round. The company has now raised over $42M for its services. The new funds were led by Abingworth Manageme...

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Boreal Genomics Gets $18M For Cancer Profiling

Los Altos-based Boreal Genomics, a developer of scientific equipment used to detect and monitor mustations in plasma due to cancer, said last week that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Arch Venture Partn...

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Monday, October 7, 2013

MongoDB Raises $150M For NoSQL Databases

Palo Alto- and New York-based MongoDB--formerly known as 10gen--said last week that it has raised $150M in a funding round for its NoSQL database technology. The funding was led by T. Rowe Price, and also included Altimeter Capital, salesfo...

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Koality Digs Up $1.8M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Koality, a developer of software code testing tools, said this week that it has raised $1.8M in a funding round. The funding was led by FF Angel, and also included Peter Thiel, Webb Investment Network, Index Ventures, Fe...

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Good Eggs Raises $8.5M

San Francisco-based Good Eggs said Thursday that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Harrison Metal, Baseline Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Kapor Capital, along with angel...

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Listia Lands $9M For Bartering, Auction Site

Sunnyvale-based Listia, an online site which lets users sell off items they don't want for online credit--which can be redeemed for other merchandise or rewards--has raised $9M in a funding round. The funding came from General Catalyst. The...

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Relayware Gets $5.5M

Redwood Shores-based Relayware, a developer of cloud collaboration software for the enterprise, said this week that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Albion Ventures. According to the company, it will use the fun...

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Quri Gets $10M For Retail Analytics

San Francisco-based Quri, which provides analytics for retailers on the performance of products and promotions at their stores, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. According to the company, Matrix Partners led the funding round, wh...

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

SAP Ventures Raises $650M Fund

Palo Alto-based venture investor SAP Ventures, the independent venture capital investor affiliated with SAP AG, said this morning that it has raised another investment fund, worth $650M. SAP Ventures said that its SAP Ventures Fund II bring...

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Numerify Raises $8M

Cupertino-based Numerify announced this morning that it has raised $8M, for the company's business analytics software. The Series A funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company said that its was founded by industry veterans ...

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Twitch Gets $20M For Video Game Content

San Francisco-based Twitch, which develops an online video platform aimed at video gamers, has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Thrive Capital, and also included WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Interactive Soft...

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Wrike Lands $10M For Social Project Management Software

San Jose-based Wrike said this morning that it has raised $10M in a funding round, from Bain Capital Ventures. Wrike, which offers project management software, had previously been self funded and bootstrapped. Wrike said it will use the new...

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Relypsa Files For IPO

Redwood City-based Relypsa has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $126.5M in its initial public offering on the NASDAQ Global Market. The company, which is developing non-absorbed polymeric drugs to treat disorders i...

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Palantir Adds $197M

Secretive Palantir Technologies, the big data software developer founded by Joe Lonsdale, has raised a huge, $197M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm last week. No details on the funding or investors have been ann...

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Monday, September 30, 2013

PowerbyProxi Beams In $4M For Wireless Power

Pleasanton-based PowerbyProxi announced today that it has raised $4M in a funding round for its wireless power systems. The funding came from Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation (SVIC), and is part of a Series C funding round. The compa...

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Clinkle Adds Sir Richard Branson As Investor

San Francisco-based Clinkle, a developer of financial payment transaction products, has announced it has added Sir Richard Branson as an investor in the company. The size of Branson's investment in the company was not announced. Clink said ...

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Varentec Gets $8M For Utility Grid Products

San Jose-based Varentec announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The developer of utility grid monitoring and control products said the funding came from Bill Gates and Khosla VEntures, and will go towards ...

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Moxtra Lands $10M For Mobile Content Collaboration

Cupertino-based Moxtra, a developer of mobile collaboration software, said this week that it has raised $10M in its first funding. The funding were led by Cisco and KDDI, and also included Innovation Works and Barry Sternlicht of Starwood C...

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Liftopia Finds $5M

Online ski and snowboarding ticket site Liftopia said this morning that it has raised $5M in an additional investment round, which came from Industry Ventures, ru-Net, Thayer Ventures, Marc Benioff, Jeremy Stoppelman, Walter Winshall and Sp...

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Friday, September 27, 2013

SafeShot Gets $6M

Menlo Park-based SafeShot Technologies, a developer of medical technology designed to pre-fill medications into syringes, has raised $6M in a funding round. The company said the funding came on top of an earlier, $3M funding it completed in...

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Friday, September 27, 2013

RidePal Picks Up $3.2M

San Francisco-based RidePal, a startup which operates Wi-Fi enabled, bus rides for corporate employees, has picked up $3.2M in a Series A financing round. The funding came from Claremont Creek Ventures and Volvo Group Venture Capital. RideP...

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Neurotrack Taps Into $2M

Palo Alto-based Neurotrack announced today that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Founders Fund, and also included The Social+Capital Partnership. Neurotrack is working on biomarker technology to help diag...

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Academia.edu Gets $11.1M For Research Portal

San Francisco-based Academia.edu has raised $11.1M in a funding round, to bolster its efforts to create an online portal for sharing academic research papers. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Spark Capital and True ...

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Gyft Raises $5M

San Francisco-based mobile gift card service Gyft has raised $5M in a Series A round, the company said Wednesday. According to Gyft, the new funding came from A-Grade Investments, Social+Capital Partnership, Karlin Ventures, Haas Portman a...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

DoubleDutch Finds $10M More

San Francisco-based DoubleDutch, the developer of mobile apps to help engage attendees better at events, has raised $10M in a Series C funding, the company revealed Wednesday. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners. DoubleDutch ha...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Simplee Looks To Tame Medical Bills With $10M In Funding

Palo Alto-based health startup Simplee is trying to help patients better manage and understand their medical bills, and now has $10M to help in its quest. The company said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding, led by Heri...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Prosper Raises $25M

Online, peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper has raised $25M in a funding, according to a regulatory filing by the company. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included BlackRock. Prosper's online marketplace lets users len...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

UniversityNow Takes On College Education With $19M Funding Round

San Francisco-based UniversityNow, a provider of online university courses, said today that it has raised $19M in a Series C funding round, to help with the growth of self-paced, online universities. The company said the funding round was l...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

NGDATA Finds $3.3M For Big Data Software

San Francisco-based NGDATA reported today that it has raised $3.3M for its big data software, which it is targeting at the financial services, telecom and media/publishing industries. The funding was led by Capricorn Venture Partners, and a...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Flipboard Snags $50M

Palo Alto-based Flipboard, the developer of tablet applications for reading magazines, has raised another $50M in funding. The funding was led by Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs, and also included Insight Venture Partners, Klein...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

BlueData Raises $15M For Big Data Software

Mountain View-based BlueData, a startup developing cloud-based, big data software, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Ignition Partners, and also included Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Intel Capital...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Practice Fusion Finds $70M More

San Francisco-based healthcare software provider Practice Fusion said this morning that it has raised $70M in a Series D financing round, bringing its total raised to $134M. The new funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a...

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Monday, September 23, 2013

AngelList Gets $24M

Online angel investment community AngelList has raised $24M in a new round of funding, according to reports, came from Atlas Ventures, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and others. AngeList operates...

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Monday, September 23, 2013

C9 Lands $12M In Series D

San Mateo-based C9, a developer of revenue performance management software used to optimize sales, marketing, service, and support efforts, has raised $12M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Mayfield, InterWest Partners and L...

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Friday, September 20, 2013

Illumio Finds $34M

Santa Clara-based cloud security startup Illumio has raised $34M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed this week, led by General Catalyst Partners. Andreessen Horowitz and Formation 8 also invested in the round. As part of the fundin...

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Friday, September 20, 2013

BugSnag Picks Up $1.4M For Mobile App Debugging

San Francisco-based BugSnag, which develops software to capture errors from web and mobile applications in real time, has raised $1.4M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Matrix Partners as well as individu...

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Bright.com Gets $14M More For Job Recruiting Software

San Francisco-based online job search site Bright.com, which uses data science and machine learning to help match job seekers with employers, has raised $14M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Toba Capital, and also included ...

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Deliv Finds $6.85M To Help Retailers Compete Against Online Stores

Palo Alto-based Deliv said today that it has raised $6.85M, for its service which helps provide same delivery service for shopping mall retailers, to help them compete against online stores. The funding came from Upfront Ventures, RPM Ventu...

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

StrongLoop Lands $8M For Mobile Enterprise APIs

San Mateo-based StrongLoop, a developer of open source, mobile APIs used for connecting enterprise data with mobile applications, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Shasta Ventures and Ignition Pa...

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Gigya Gains $25M

Mountain View-based Gigya, the developer of social marketing tools aimed at brands and large companies, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a funding round. The funding was led by Greenspring Associates, and also included prior inv...

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Pipedrive Raises $2.4M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Pipedrive, a developer of software for managing sales pipelines, has raised $2.4M in a seed funding. The funding came from Rembrandt Venture Partners and Storm Ventures, along with TMT Investments, Taavet Hinrikus (Trans...

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Recommind Finds $15M For Big Data Analytics

San Francisco-based Recommind announced today that it has raised $15M in a funding round from SAP Ventures. The Series C round will go towards the company's data management, analysis, and governance software. Interestingly enough, Recommind...

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Apttus Snags $37M To Automate Sales Quotes

San Mateo-based Apptus, a developer of software for managing sales processes and quotes, has raised $37M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from K1 Capital, ICONIQ Capital, and salesforce.com. Apptus develops clo...

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Apiary Lands $1.63M

San Francisco-based API software management startup Apiary has raised $1.63M in a seed funding round, which came from Flybridge Capital Partners and Baseline Ventures, as well as prior investors Credo Ventures and XG Ventures. Other investo...

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

VisionCare Opthalmic Technologies Sees $15M

Saratoga-based VisionCare Opthalmic Technologies, a developer of medical devices to treat end-stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), says it has raised $15M in funding in a debt round. According to the company, the capital came from ...

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

PubNub Gets $11M For Cloud Infrastructure

San Francisco-based PubNub said this morning that it has raised $11M in a series B round, to go towards its cloud infrastructure. PubNub develops real-time software to help developers add such features as live location tracking, multi-playe...

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

FuzeBox Finds $26M

San Francisco-based FuzeBox, which develops cloud-based, real-time communications and collaboration software, announced this morning that it has raised $26M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Hermes Growth Partners, and also incl...

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Okta Grabs $27M More

San Francisco-based Okta, a developer of enterprise identity management software, has raised $27M in a Series D funding. The company said the round as led by Sequoia Capital, an existing investor in the company. The funding also included An...

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Convo Lands $5M For Cloud Collaboration

San Francisco-based Convo announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A round, for the company's cloud based collaboration service. The round came from Morgenthaler Ventures. Convo's platform lets users collaborate via message...

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Canvas Venture Fund Closes Early Stage Software, Service Fund At $175M

Menlo Park-based venture capital investment firm Morgenthaler Technology Investment Company said this week that it has raised a $175M, early stage software investment fund called the Canvas Venture Fund, which will invest in early stage sof...

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Insightly Gets $10M For Small Business CRM

San Francisco-based Insightly, a developer of customer relationship management (CRM) tools for small businesss, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding came from Cloud Apps Management, al...

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Jawbone Pulls In More Than $100M In Debt, Equity Funding

Jawbone, the consumer electronics firm which makes wireless speakers, headsets, and other products, has just raised more than $100M in debt and equity funding, according to multiple reports today. According to those reports, the company rai...

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Matterport Raises $2.8M For 3D Capture

Mountain View-based Matterport, the developer of 3D capture technology for capturing and creating cloud-based, 3D models of interior spaces, has raised $2.8M in a Series A-1 funding. The company said the funding came from Gordon Segal, the ...

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Accel-KKR Invests In Medical Information Exchange Provider

Menlo Park-based private equity investor Accel-KKR said today that it has made a majority investment in EA Holdings, which owns two medical information business. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. EA Holdings runs Natio...

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Space-Time Insight Locates $20M

San Mateo-based Space-Time Insight, a developer of geospatial data analytics software, has raised $20M in an investment round, the company announced this morning. The firm said the Series C funding was led by Zouk Capital, and also included...

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Pinnatta Finds $1.5M For Multimedia Messaging

Sunnyvale-based Pinnatta, a developer of interactive, multimedia messaging services, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Odyssey Venture Partners and PJ Tech Catalyst, two Greek venture capital ...

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Greylock Partners Raises $1 Billion Venture Fund

Menlo Park-based venture investor Greylock Partners announced Tuesday morning that it has raised a brand new, $1 billion fund, which it will use to continue to invest in startups. Greylock already had $2 billion under management. The fund i...

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Voxel Finds $1.6M in Seed Funding For Mobile App Previews

San Francisco-based Voxel, which develops software that lets users preview smartphone apps on their web browser, has raised $1.6M in seed funding, the company disclosed Monday. The company said the funding included First Round Capital, Pinn...

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

AppDirect Raises $9M, Acquires Standing Cloud

San Francisco-based cloud marketplace developer AppDirect said this morning that it has raised $9M, and acquired fellow cloud management service provider Standing Cloud. The Series B funding round was led by iNovia Capital. As part of the a...

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Friday, September 6, 2013

BoostCTR Raises $8M To Improve Online Ad Conversion

San Francisco-based BoostCTR, which develops software to help optimize the performance of online advertising, said Friday that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Javelin V...

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Friday, September 6, 2013

Kato Gets Funding For Enterprise Group Messaging Efforts

Oakland-based Kato, a developer of software for helping to create a single, unified messaging system for the enterprise which ties together browsers, mobile apps, and more, has raised a round of funding, according to investor Foundry Group....

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Friday, September 6, 2013

Graphicly Finds $1.3M For Publishing Software

Palo Alto-based Graphicly has raised $1.3M in funding for its publishing software, and named a new CEO. Graphicly said the funding came from DFJ Mercury Fund and Dundee Venture Capital. The funding came along with the appointment of David F...

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Hearsay Social Raises $30M

San Francisco-based Hearsay Social, a developer of enterprise focused, social sales software, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital and NEA. The company said the new funding ro...

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Bugcrowd Seeded With $1.6M

San Francisco-based Bugcrowd, which operates a service to help companies crowd source their security and bug testing efforts, has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Icon Venture Partners, Paladin Capital Group, Squa...

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

HotelTonight Books $45M More In Funding

San Francisco-based HotelTonight, the developer of a mobile, hotel booking app, has raised $45M in a Series D funding round, the firm announced this morning. The funding was led by Coatue Management, and also included GGV Capital, along wi...

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

AppMesh Finds $3M For Sales CRM

San Francisco-based AppMesh, a developer of mobile apps for helping salespeople, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. According to the company, the funding came from Interwest Partners, along with TDF Ventures and Siebel Systems angels Dav...

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Check Lands $24M To Keep You Current On Bills

Tired on forgetting to pay that credit card bill? Palo Alto-based Check said today that it has raised $24M in a Series C funding round for its mobile app, which helps users monitor their bills and make sure they get paid on time. The fundin...

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Vacatia.com Books $5M For Online Timeshare Marketplace

San Francisco-based Vacation Listing Service said today that it has raised $5M, to help launch its online consumer marketplace for timeshares, Vacatia. According to Vacation Listing Service (VLS), the seed fnding came from such angels as Sp...

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Silicor Materials Gets $6M

San Jose-based solar silicon manufacturer Silicor Materials said today that it has raised a round of funding worth $6M, and has hired an investment banker for a new capital raise. Silcor Material said the funding came from Hudson Clean Ener...

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Electric Cloud Finds $8M

San Francisco-based Electric Cloud, which develops products used to automate Agile and other software delivery and operations, has raised $8M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Siemens Venture Capital, and al...

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Lithium Gets $50M In Funding

San Francisco-based Lithium, which develops software-as-a-service for helping brands to manage their social media and customer interaction, as well as create their own online customer forums, said today that it has raised $50M in a funding ...

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Loggly Lands $10.5M

San Francisco-based Loggly, which develops a cloud-based, log management service aimed at helping IT operations better manage their systems, has raised $10.5M more in a funding round. According to Loggly, the funding came from Trinity Ventu...

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Foundation Capital Names New Partner

Menlo Park-based Foundation Capital said this week that it has named Aditya (Adit) Singh as a partner at the firm. Singh was previously at Comcast Ventures, and had been involved in investments in Nebula, Tely Labs and Maginatics, and was a...

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Greylock Targets Marketplaces With $100M Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital investor Greylock Partners is aiming at investing in peer-to-peer marketplaces, with a new, dedicated $100M fund headed by former eBay Motors founder Simon Rothman. Greylock Partners announced the new fund o...

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Francisco Partners Invests In Paymetric

San Francisco-based private equity firm Francisco Partners has made a majority investment in Atlanta-based electronics payments firm Paymetric, the companies said Wednesday. Financial details of that majority investment were not announced. ...

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Pure Storage Pulls In $150M To Take On EMC

Flash storage startup Pure Storage, which develops flash-based storage arrays, has just raised an enormous, $150M funding round to take on storage giant EMC. According to the Mountain View-based startup, the funding came from T. Rowe Pric...

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Zendrive Lands $1.5M For Better Driving

San Francisco-based Zendrive announced today that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The company is developing a service which uses data to help drivers make better driving decisions. According to the company, the funding came from Fir...

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

trueAnthem Snags $2.6M For Social Influence Tracking

San Francisco-based trueAnthem, a developer of tools for tracking social influence, has raised $2.6M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding came from CrunchFund, Core Ventures Group, and other private investors....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Martini Media Gets $14M

San Francisco-based Martini Media, an online advertising provider which serves up ads to affluent consumers, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Venrock, Granite Ventures, Reed Elsevier...

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

WaterSmart Software Gets $4.5M For Water Conservation

San Francisco-based WaterSmart Software, a developer of cloud-based software for helping consumers to cut their water consumption, has raised $4.5M in a funding round. The Series A round was led by The Westly Group, and also included Physic...

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Violin Memory Files For IPO

Mountain View-based flash storage developer Violin Memory has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to trade on the NYSE as VMEM. The memory develops is venture backed by Toshiba, Juniper Networks, SAP Ventures, and Highland Capital, ...

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Pelican Imaging Gets New Investment From Panasonic

Mountain View-based mobile camera technology developer Pelican Imaging said this morning that it has added an investment from Panasonic, as part of its Series C funding. Size of the new investment was not disclosed. Pelican Imaging had anno...

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Taulia Takes $18M in Series C Funding

San Francisco-based Taulia, which develops software-as-a-service tools for managing discounting on enterprise purchases, has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The funding round was led by Kalus Hommels and Zurich-based venture invest...

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Slice Lands $23M From Rakuten, Others

Palo Alto-based Slice, which develops tools to help consumers track their online purchases and receipts, said today that it has raised $23M in a funding round. The round was led by Rakuten, and also included Siguler Guff's Russia Partners a...

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Uber Raises $361M At Huge, $3.5 Billion Valuation

San Francisco-based Uber, the operator of the smartphone driven, private car, town car and taxi pickup service, has raised $361M in a funding deal, which values the company at around $3.5 billion. Investors in the deal include Google Ventur...

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Friday, August 23, 2013

PicCollage Finds $2.3M For Photo Collages

San Francisco-based mobile app developer PicCollage said this week that it has raised $2.3M in a funding round, for the company's photo sharing app. PicCollage said the funding came from 500 Startups, Floodgate Fund, Freestyle Capital, Ques...

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Intelligent Imaging Systems, Drivewyze Raise $7.5M

Burlingame-based Intelligent Imaging Systems (IIS) and sister company Drivewyze announced today that they have raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round, for their transportation industry products. The funding came from Emergence Capital Par...

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

MicuRx Finds $25M For Antiobiotic Development

Haywayrd-based biopharmaceutical firm MicuRx said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding. The company, which is developing antibiotics, said the funding was led by BVCF, and also included Morningside Group and Devon Park...

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

NakedWines.com Lands $10M For Customer Funded Wine Retailer

Napa, California-based NakedWines.com, a customer-funded wine retailer started by Rowan Gormley (founder of Virgin Money and Virgin Wines), has raised $10M in a funding round. According to NakedWines.com, the investment came from WIV Wein I...

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Maginatics Finds $17M For Unfiied Cloud Storage Software

Mountain View-based Maginatics, a developer of cloud-based, unified storage software, said today that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included WestSummit Capital, Comcast Ventures, At...

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

SugarCRM Gets $40M

Cupertino-based SugarCRM, the developer of customer relationship management software, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Goldman Sachs & Co. According to SugarCRM, Goldman VP Antoine Mun...

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Collegefeed Gets $1.8M To Match New Grads, Jobs

Mountain View-based Collegefeed announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.8M in a seed funding round, which came from Accel Partners, Mark Stevens (S-Cubed Capital, formerly of Sequoia Capital), and other angels. Collegefeed develops an onlin...

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

SocialChorus Gets $2.5M

San Francisco-based SocialChorus has raised $2.5M in a Series A, the company said this morning. The software company develops a cloud-based, "advocate marketing" platform designed to help marketers reach out to bloggers and social network u...

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Birst Brings In $38M

San Francisco-based business intelligence software developer Birst has raised $38M in a funding round, the company announced today. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and included Northgate Capital, along with prio investors Hummer Win...

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Clustrix Finds $10M More

San Francisco-based SQL database developer Clustrix has raised $10M in a funding round, in a Series D round, the company said today. The funding was led by HighBar Partners, and also included prior investors Sequoia Capital, U.S. Venture Pa...

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Punchh Orders Up $3M For Restaurant Loyalty Apps

San Francisco-based Punchh has ordered up $3M in a funding round for the company's mobile, restaurant loyalty apps, the company said this week. According to the company, the new funding came from Cervin Ventures, Green Span Ventures, VKRM, ...

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Tapastic Gets $650K For Web Comics

Santa Clara-based Tapastic is looking to bring more comic strips online with its tools, saying this week that it has raised $650,000 in a funding round. The funding came from 500 Startups, Strong Ventures, and Adam D'Angelo. According to th...

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Syntellia Nabs $3M

San Francisco-based Syntellia announced Thursday that it has raised $3M in funding. The company said the Series A came from Highland Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Middleland Capital. Syntellia develops virtual keyboard tech...

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Swiftype Seeded With $1.7M

Swiftype, which is developing search engine tools, has been seeded with $1.7M from a long list of investors. The company said it raised the seed funding from Andreesen-Horowitz Seed, New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Bye...

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Friday, August 16, 2013

App.net Snags $2.5M For Social App Tools

San Francisco-based App.net, a developer of social application tools, has raised $2.5M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz. App.net develops a suite of tools --group messaging, blogging, file storage, photo sharing--which can be used by dev...

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Vungle Raises $6.5M For In-App Video Ads

San Francisco-based in-app video advertising company Vungle announced today that it has raised $6.5M in a SEries A funding. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, 500 Startups, SV Angel, M...

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

NextSpace Raises $500K, Acquires Chicago Coworking Company

San Francisco-based NextSpace, which operates a series of coworking spaces in California, has expanded into Chicago, and acquired a local Chicago coworking operator called The Coop. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nex...

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Cyvera Finds $11M For Cybersecurity Tools

San Francisco-based Cyvera said today that it has raised $11M in a funding round, led by Battery Ventures, to bring its cybersecurity tools to the market. The company says its cybersecurity tool protects Windows endpoints and servers, again...

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Looker Gets $16M For Business Intelligence Tools

Santa Cruz-based Looker, a developer of business intelligence software, announced today that it has raised $16M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included First Round Capital and prior seed investors. A...

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Tegile Nabs $35M For Hybrid Storage Arrays

Newark, California-based Tegile Systems, which develops hybrid storage arrays aimed at the virtual server market, has raised another $35M in funding, the firm said today. The Series C funding came from Meritech Capital Partners, and also in...

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Monday, August 12, 2013

InsideView Raises $19M More

San Francisco-based sales intelligence software developer InsideView said this morning that it has raised $19M in a financing round. The funding was led by Split Rock Partners, and also included Emergence Capital, Foundation Capital, and Re...

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Monday, August 12, 2013

MyFitnessPal Lands $18M For Health and Wellness

San Francisco-based MyFitnessPal, which operates an online community focused on health and fitness, has raised $18M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Accel Partners. As p...

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Apexigen Gets $20M

Burlingame-based Apexigen, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on antibody-based drugs, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series A1 financing round. The round was led by Amkey Ventures, and also included WSR Capital, China Development I...

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

SOASTA Expands With $30M

Mountain View-based mobile and cloud testing software provider Soasta recently raised $30M in a funding round, which came from Macquarie Capital and ROTH Capital, along with Canaan Partners, Formative Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. T...

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

CareInsync Gets Investment From Samsung

Santa Clara-based CareInSync, a developer of mobile, collaboration software for healthcare providers, has raised a round of investment from Samsung, the company said Wednesday. CareInSync said that the investment came from Samsung Venture I...

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Defense.net Gets $9.5M For DDoS Protection

Belmont-based Defense.net, a security startup aimed at addressing issues with distributed denial of service (DDoS) issues, has raised $9.5M in a funding round. The firm said the Series A was led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Defense.net is ...

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Monday, August 5, 2013

eASIC Gets Strategic Investment From Seagate

Cupertino-based eASIC reports today that it has scored a strategic investment from Seagate Technology. Financial terms of the strategic investment were not disclosed. eASIC said that along with the equity investment, the two are working tog...

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Monday, August 5, 2013

IfOnly Raises $3M for Charity Effort

San Francisco-based IfOnly, an online site which lets you find "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunities for experiences with celebrities, in support of charities, has raised $3M in a funding. The firm revealed Monday that the funding came from su...

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Monday, August 5, 2013

LE TOTE Lands Funding For Fashion Rentals

San Francisco-based LE TOTE, which allows users to rent fashionable clothing and accessories, has raised a round of seed funding, the firm disclosed last week. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Lerer Ventures, Google Ventures, 500 ...

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Synack Secures $1.5M

Menlo Park-based Synack, which is developing a system to help crowdsource security testing for companies, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Greylock Partners, along with Win...

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Tidemark Raises $13M, Bringing Total Raised To $48M

Redwood City-based Tidemark, a developer of cloud-based enterprise analytics tools, said this week that it has raised $13M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Par...

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

HootSuite Raises $165M

Social media management tool developer HootSuite announced today that it has raised $165M in a funding round. HootSuite has an office in San Francisco. The company, which is based in Vancouver, said the funding came from Insight Venture Par...

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

SIPX Gets $4M For Copyright Management

Stanford-based SIPX announced today that it has raised $4M in a Series B funding round, to go towards the company's software for managing the copyrights and intellectual property of higher education institutions. The funding was led by Mohr...

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Flywheel Gets $14.8M To Help Taxis Fight Uber, Lyft, Sidecar

San Francisco-based mobile app developer Flywheel, the developer of a mobile app which helps connect consumers with taxi rides, has raised $14.8M in a funding round. The Series B funding was led by Craton Equity Partners, and also included ...

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Qwilt Finds $16M For Video Caching Technology

Redwood City-based Qwilt announced Tuesday that it has raised $16M in a funding round. The Series C funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Marker LLC. Qwilt is developing online...

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Apigee Lands $35M in Funding

Palo Alto-based Apigee announced this morning that it has raised $35M in a funding round. The firm said the funding was led by a subsidiary of BlackRock, and also included Accenture, Bay Partners, Focus Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners (N...

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

YL Ventures Raises $27.5M For Israeli Investments

San Francisco-based YL Ventures said today that it has raised $27.5M in a funding round, targeted specifically at Israeli startups. The firm said the funding round came through its second fund, YLV II. The company said it will invest in cor...

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Scoop.it Picks Up $2.6M

San Francisco-based Scoop.it, a developer of social curation and publishing tools, has raised $2.6M in funding, the firm said today. The company--which was formerly called Goojet--said the funding came from Partech International, Elaia Part...

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Superfish Reels In $10M

Palo Alto-based Superfish said today that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding round. The round came from Vintage Investment Partners, and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson and DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures. Superfish develops visual s...

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Kiwi Lands $9M For Android Games

Palo Alto-based Kiwiup said today that it has raised $9M in a funding round, led by Sequoia Capital. The startup, which is developing Android-based mobile games, also received funding from Omar Hamoui (AdMob), Charles Huang (Guitar Hero) an...

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Watsi Finds $1.2M For Crowdsourced Philanthropy

San Francisco-based Watsi, a philanthropic crowdsourcing startup which lets people support the healthcare of the less fortunate across the world, has raised $1.2M in funding, the company said Thursday. The company said the funding came from...

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Librato Lands $3.8M

San Francisco-based Librato, a developer of data analytics and monitoring tools, has raised $3.8M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Baseline Ventures, Harrison Metal, and Cowboy Ventures, and also included the company's prior an...

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Catbird Pounces On $10M In Funding

Scotts Valley-based Catbird said Thursday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The funding came from Medina Capital. Catbird develops security and compliance software for the virtualized and private cloud data center market. THe firm...

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Addvocate Gains $2M For Social Media Software

San Francisco-based Addvocate, a startup headed by former Salesforce.com executive Marcus Nelson, has raised $2M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Rogers Venture Partners, and angel investor Karen Riley. The company said it has p...

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Accel Partners Bolsters Team

Palo Alto-based venture capital investor Accel Partners has bolstered its investment team, saying Wednesday that it has added Kobie Fuller as Principal at the firm, and promoted John Locke to Principal. Fuller was most recently Chief Market...

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Hall Finds $5.5M For Mobile Messaging Software

Mountain View-based Hall, a developer of mobile messaging systems aimed at businesses, said yesterday that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Felicis Ventures, Signia Venture Partners and Angel investor E...

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Bare Snacks Finds $9.25M

San Francisco-based Bare Snacks, a healthy snack brand which uses fruit to create baked chips, has raised $9.25M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding was led by NGEN Partners, and also included Avrio Capital and Silas C...

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

NatureBox Finds $8.5M For Natural Foods Delivery

San Carlos-based NatureBox, which operates a subscription service which regularly delivers healthy snack food to customer, has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included Softbank ...

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

TOA Technologies Raises $66M From TCV

TOA Technologies, a developer of mobile workforce and employee management tools, recently raised $66M in a funding round from Palo Alto-based growth capital provider Technology Crossover Ventures. TCV said that Tim McAdam joins the company'...

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

DataStax Gets $45M For Cassandra NoSQL

San Mateo-based DataStax, which helps to develop and support the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database software, has raised $45M in a big, Series D funding. According to the company, the funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also include...

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Monday, July 22, 2013

SynapDx Taps Into Funding From Google For Autism Testing

SynapDX, which is developing blood test to enable diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), has raised $15.4M in funding, led by Google Ventures. According to SynapDx, the funding also included North Bridge Venture Partners and General ...

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Monday, July 22, 2013

NGM Biopharmaceuticals Gets $50M For Diabetes, Obesity Treatments

South San Francisco-based NGM Biopharmaceuticals said last week that it has raised $50M in a Series C funding round, to go towards its development of therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes, obesity and other cardio‐metabolic disea...

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Chairish Gets $3.2M for Online Furniture Marketplace

San Francisco-based Chairish, an online marketplace for used home furnishings, has raised $3.2M in a seed funding round. The funding round came from Azure Capital partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech ventures. Chairish said its founders previous...

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Expect Labs Gets Strategic Investment

San Francisco-based Expect Labs, which is developing software technology to help better understand and analyze conversations in real time, has raised a strategic round of funding, the firm announced this morning. The funding came from Liber...

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Soma Slurps Up $3.7m For Water Filters

San Francisco-based Soma, which is developing stylish, subscription-based water filters, has raised $3.7M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Baseline Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Cowboy Ven...

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Homebrew Launches New $35M Seed Fund

A new, San Francisco-based seed-stage investment fund, Homebrew, launched Wednesday, saying it has $35M to invest in seed stage companies. The new venture capital fund was founded by former Google employee Hunter Walk, and Twitter employee ...

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

RiskIQ Lands $10M For Security Monitoring

San Francisco-based RiskIQ has raised $10M in a Series A funding round, to go towards its service for monitoring key websites and mobile applications for enterprises. The company said the round came from Summit Partners, and is its first in...

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Swell Rolls In With $5.4M For Mobile News

San Francisco-based Swell, the developer of mobile apps which find and stream talk radio, news, and information to listeners, has raised $5.4M in a funding round. The funding round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included Googl...

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Nifti Gets $800,000 From Google

Google Ventures is backing the developer of an online, price tracking and shopping service, Nifti. Nifti said it raised $800,000 in a seed funding today, led by Google Ventures and Otto Capital, and also including angels. The Boston startup...

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Xamarin Finds $16M For App Development Tools

San Francisco-based Xamarin said this morning that it has raised $16M in a Series B round, for its application development tools. The funding came from Lead Edge Capital, Charles River Ventures, Ignition Partners, and Floodgate Fund. Xamari...

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Inkling Gets $16M For Digital Textbooks

San Francisco-based Inkling said this morning that it has raised $16M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Growth Fund, and also included Sequoia Capital, Felicis Ventures, Tenaya Capital, and JAFCO Technology Partner...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Venturocket Launches With $700,000

San Francisco-based Venturocket, a developer of job recruiting tools, has raised $700,000 in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Runa Capital. According to Venturocket, it is developing a job recruitment softwar...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Sauce Labs Gets $5M For Cloud, Web Testing

San Francisco-based Sauce Labs announced today that it has raised $5M in a Series C funding, to go towards its cloud-based mobile and web testing tools. The funding was led by Toba Capital, and also included Scott Banister, Triage Ventures,...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

VMware Sells Zimbra

Zimbra, the provider of cloud-based email and collaboration software, has been sold again, and has become part of Telligent, a developer of online community and customer service software. According to the companies involved, Zimbra has been...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Ayasdi Adds $30.6M For Big Data Insights

Palo Alto-based Ayasdi, a developer of "big data" software which uses machine learning to ferret out relevant data in those data streams, has raised $30.6M in a Series B round. The new funding came from Institutional Venture Partners, and a...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

TalentBin Finds $2M For Recruiting Software

San Francisco-based TalentBin, the developer of a software tool used for finding job candidates via their web presence, has raised $2M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Lightbank, and also included NEA, Foundation Capital, and Fun...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

TheHunt Gets Investment From Tyra Banks

San Francisco-based social shopping site TheHunt has received an investment from celebrity investor Tyra Banks, the company said MOnday, via her investment arm, Fierce Capital. Size of the new investment was not disclosed. Fierce Capital is...

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Kabam Sells Stock In Secondary Deal

San Francisco-based massively multiplayer game developer Kabam said Monday that it has sold a secondary offering of its stock, to allow current and former employees to chash out of the company. According to Kabam, the valuation of the secon...

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Monday, July 15, 2013

HyTrust Snags $12.5M For Cloud Security

Mountain View-based HyTrust, which develops cloud security software, has raised $12.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding also included a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel. HyTrust also is backed ...

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Drip Drop Captures $2.3M More

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Monday, July 15, 2013

AirTight Networks Gains $10M In Series D

Mountain View-based managed Wi-Fi products firm AirTight Networks announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding round. The company, which provides secure, managed Wi-Fi networks, said the funding was led by Trident Ca...

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Friday, July 12, 2013

BackOps Gets $1.5M For Back Office Services Which Empower Women

San Francisco-based BackOps, which provides back office services such as accounting, HR, finance, and other services to small and medium sized businesses, has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Sherpa Ventures, ...

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Friday, July 12, 2013

TouchOfModern Finds $3M for Online Style

San Francisco-based TouchOfModern, an online flash sales site focused on modern design products, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The funding came from FLOODGATE, along with Hillsven Capital. TouchOfMOdern says it sells products from l...

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Mind Pirate Captures $2.5M For Google Glass Games

In a bid to make the world a game, Menlo Park-based Mind Pirate, which is developing games for Google Glass, uncloaked the company today, saying that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. The company said it raised $2.5M in December ...

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Comprehend Systems Gets $8.4M

Palo Alto-based Comprehend Systems, which develops software to manage clinical trails, has raised $8.4M, the company said this morning. The Series A funding came from Sequoia Capital, and also included angels Aaron Levie, Nils Johnson, Zod ...

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Breakthrough Finds $5M

Redwood City-based Breakthrough announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding, for its online counseling and psychiatry service. The funding came from Social+Capital Partnership, along with First Round Capital and Grea...

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Movidius Focuses In On $16M For Image Processing Chips, Software

San Mateo-based Movidius, which develops image processing chips and software, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Atlantic Bridge, DFJ Esprit and Robert Bosch Venture Capital, and also included C...

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Coursera Lands $43M For Online University Courses

Mountain View-based Coursera, the startup which is providing free, online classes from universities, said today that it has raised $43M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from GSV Capital, International Finance Corp., Laureate Ed...

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Zoomdata Sees $4.1M

Zoomdata, a developer of big data analytics and visualization software, said today that it has raised $4.1M in a Series A funding, to open an office in Silicon Valley. The Reston, Virginia-based company said that the funding came from Colum...

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Life360 Finds $10M For Family Location App

San Francisco-based Life360, which develops a mobile app geared around family communications and location tracking, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by DCM, and also included its prior in...

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Scality Snags $22M For Scalable Storage

San Francisco-based Scality, a developer of petabyte-scale, object based storage software, has raised $22M in a Series C funding. The firm said the funding was led by Menlo Ventures and Iris Capital, and also included FSN PME, Idinvest Part...

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Quartzy Raises $4M For Lab Management Software

Palo Alto-based Quartzy has raised $4M in a Series A funding round, for the company's online, free lab management software. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included angels David Sacks, Sam Altman, Sreeram Veeragandham and J...

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Monday, July 8, 2013

WebAction Gets $11M For Big Data Software

Palo Alto-based WebAction, which develops big data software aimed at real-time, data driven applications, has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Summit Partners. The company said the funding will go towards rese...

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Modria Connects With $5M To Resolve Customer Complaints

San Jose-based Modria, which operates an online, dispute resolution system aimed at helping businesses and government agencies deal with customer issues, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Foundry Group, and al...

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Sequent Software Secures $12M

Redwood City-based Sequent Software, a developer of contactless payment systems and technology, has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the funding was led by the venture arm of Russian bank Sberbank, SBT Venture Capital....

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Sungevity Gets $15M In New Equity Funding

Oakland-based solar lease and financing firm Sungevity said last week that it has raised $15M in a new equity financing round. The funding came from GE Ventures, along with other investors. According to Sungevity, the new funding will go to...

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

rollApp Gets $1M

Palo Alto-based rollApp has raised $1M in a Series A funding, which was led by LETA Capital and included TMT Investments, to go towards its software for letting uers ran any existing, desktop software on an iPad, iPhone, or Android device. ...

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Zyomyx Taps Into $12M For HIV Testing

Fremont-based Zyomyx, a developer of portable, medical diagnostics platforms initially aimed at HIV/AIDs, has raised $12M in a Series 2 funding. The firm said the funding was led by Mylan, and also included conversion of funding from the Bi...

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Sequenta Secures $20M For Immune Therapeutics

South San Francisco-based biotechnology developer Sequenta has raised $20M in a Series C funding, the firm said today. Sequenta said the round was led by Foresite Capital Management, and also included Mohr Davidow Ventures and Index Venture...

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

SigFig Digs Up $15M For Personal Finance Tools

San Francisco-based SigFig, which develops personal finance software to help people better understand their portfolios and make better investment decisions, has raised $15M in a funding round. The firm said the funding came from Union Squar...

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Pixate Raises $3.8M

Palo Alto-based Pixate, which creates mobile app development software, has raised $3.8M in a funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Accel Partners. According to the company, it will use the funding to increase its support, impr...

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Outbox Gets $5M To Sort Your Mail

Outbox, a service which picks up your postal mail, and automatically sorts junk mail, digitizes bills, and allows you to view your mail on your iPhone or iPad, has raised $5M in a funding round to expand in San Francisco. The company said t...

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Insightera Raises $6.5M

San Mateo-based Insightera, which develops web personalization technology aimed at companies, has raised $6.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Opus Capital, and also included Glilot Capital. Insighte...

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Veracyte Gets $28M In Series C For Molecular Diagnostics Products

South San Francisco-based molecular diagnostics firm Veracyte has raised $28M in a Series C funding. The firm said the funding included GE Ventures, as well as Domain Associates, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TPG Biotech, and Versant Ve...

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Clinkle Finds $25M For Payment Technology

San Francisco-based Clinkle, which is developing a new, stealthy payment platform, has raised $25M in a seed funding round, the firm has announced. Clinkle said the funding came from Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Intel Capital, and ...

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Friday, June 28, 2013

PokitDok Takes $4M For Health Marketplace

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Friday, June 28, 2013

We Heart It Gets $8M For Photo Pinning Site

San Francisco-based We Heart It, a photo pinning and sharing site ala Pinterest, has raised $8M in funding, the firm disclosed Thursday. The new funding came from White Oak and IDG Ventures. We Heart It provides both an online service and m...

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Replicon Rounds Up $20M

San Mateo-based Replicon, a developer of cloud-based, time tracking and timesheet software, has raised $20M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Emergence Capital Partners and The Social+Capital Partnership. The firm said the funds ...

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Rackware Gets $3M For Cloud Computing

Santa Clara-based RackWare, a developer of cloud computing technology for the data center market, has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The company said the funding came from Kickstart Seed Fund and Osage Venture partners. The firm sa...

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Figma Finds $3.8M For Photo Editing Tools

Palo Alto-based Figma, which develops photo editing tools, has raised $3.8M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing plus reports. Figma is led by Dylan Field, a 21-year-old Thiel Fellow, who is part of Peter Thiel's "20-Under-2...

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Revel Systems Nabs $10.1M For POS Tablet Software

San Francisco-based Revel Systems, which develops Apple iPad-based point-of-sale software, has raised $10.1M from two Australian investor. The company said the investment came from Tim Tighe (Hungry Jack's) and Sean Tomlinson. The firm prov...

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

SanDisk Backs Panzura

Milpitas-based SanDisk Corporation, which develops flash memory products, said this morning that it has backed cloud storage firm Panzura, as part of that company's recent venture round. SanDisk said that it invested in Panzura's Series D t...

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Inadco Scoops Up $11M

Palo Alto-based online advertising firm Inadco has raised $11M in a Series B round, the firm said today. The funding was led by U.S. Venture Partners, and also included Redpoint Ventures. According to the firm, the capital will go to hire m...

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Vormetric Raises $15M For Security Appliances

San Jose-based Vormetric, which develops data security appliances, said it has raised $15M in new funding. The funding was led by Split Rock Partners, and also included JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Sigma Partners. According to Vor...

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

HortonWorks Snags $50M For Hadoop Development

Palo Alto-based HortonWorks, the company which develops and supports the Apache Hadoop, big data software, has raised $50M in a new funding round. The funding came from Tenaya Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Benchmark, Index Venturse, ...

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

GainSpan Adds $19M In Series D

San Jose-based Wi-fi technology provider GainSpan said this morning that it has raised $19M in funding, as part of a Series D funding. The funding came from Zebra Technologies Corporation and Oplink Communications, along with Opus Capital, ...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Sunrun Gets $630M For Solar Project Financing

San Francisco-based Sunrun, a provider of solar leases and power purchase agreements, said Tuesday evening that it has raised $630M in financing, for the purchase and installation of home solar projects. The firm said the funding came from ...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Cognitive Networks Finds $3.5M in Funding For Smart TV Info

San Francisco-based Cognitive Networks, which provides real-time data for smart television information systems, says it has raised $3.5M in funding. The funding was split between $1.5M in equity from DCM Ventures, and $2M in a structured ve...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Watchwith Gets $5M For Second Screen Data

San Francisco-based Watchwith, which provides information on broadcast television to third party partners, including metadata and data typically used for "second screen" applications, has raised $5M in funding. The funding came from Rogers ...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Keas Gets $8M For Corporate Wellness Efforts

San Francisco-based Keas, which develops cloud-based, corporate wellness programs for employers, has raised $8M in a new funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Ignition Partners and Atlas Venture. The firm said it has such clie...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Biba Calls Up $15M

San Francisco-based Biba Systems, the developer of a mobile communications and conference call service for business, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The round was led by InterWest Partners, and also included...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Invino Sips Up $3M Series A For Wine Club

Sonoma-based Invino, a private sales / flash sales site focused on wine, said Monday that it has raised a round of Series A funding. The firm said it has raised $3M from such investors as DN Capital, Founders Fund, Launch Capital, Correlati...

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Monday, June 24, 2013

E la Carte Takes $13.5M To Eliminate Waiters, Waitresses

Tired of trying to flag down a waiter or waitress? Palo Alto-based E la Carte, is trying to make waiting on a waiter or waitress a think of its past, with its tablets specifically aimed at restaurants. The company said has raised $13.5M in...

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Entelos Finds New Financing

San Mateo-based Entelos announced last week that it has raised a round of additional funding, from Clearlake Capital Parteners and Michaelson Capital Partners. Size of the new funding round was not disclosed. Entelos is devleping physiologi...

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Fractal Analytics Gets $25M

Fractal Analytics, a developer of big data-based, predictive analytics software aimed athe consumer product markets, has raised $25M in a private equity investment. The investment came from TA Associates. According to TA Associates, the inv...

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Highland Capital Partners Bets Big On Leap Motion With $25M Fund

Menlo Park-based Highland Capital Partners said this week that it has created a new, $25M fund specifically aimed at the Leap Motion ecosystem. The firm said the new Leap Fund will make investments in developers, entrepreneurs and businesse...

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Friday, June 21, 2013

3-V Biosciences Finds $20M

Menlo Park-based 3-V Biosciencs, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing therapeutics for the oncology and infectious disease area, said Friday that it has raised $20M in a series C funding. The funding came from existing investors Kleiner Per...

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Firebase Gets $5.6M For App Development Tools

San Francisco-based Firebase, which develops tools to help app developers more quickly develop their apps, has raised $5.6M in a Series A funding. The firm said the funding came from Union Square Ventures and Flybridge Capital Partners. The...

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Cumulus Networks Finds $15M For Datacenter Linux

Sunnyvale-based Cumulus Networks said today that it has emerged from stealth, and also revealed that it has raised $15M in funding. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Peter Wagner and four of the original VMware fo...

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Entelo Gets $3.5M For Recruiting Tools

San Francisco-based Entelo said Wednesday that it has raised $3.5M for its talent and recruiting tools. The firm said the financing was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Menlo Ventures. Entelo's tools use social data to help compan...

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

ThousandEyes Gets $5.5M For Cloud Performance Tools

San Francisco-based ThousandEyes has raised $5.5M, and has launched a service to help monitor the performance of cloud applications. According to the firm, the funding came from Sequoia Capital and angel investors. The firm's software helps...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Zetta.net Lands $8M For Enterprise Cloud Storage

Sunnyvale-based Zetta.net announced today that it has raised $8M in a new funding round. The provider of enterprise cloud storage said the Series B funding was led by Industry Ventures, and also included Foundation Capital and Sigma. The fi...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

View Sees $60M For Electronic Glass Technology

Milpitas-based View, the developer of electrochromic glass, which can adjust the amount of sunlight coming through a glass element electronically, has scored $60M in funding from strategic partner Corning Incorporated. Corning and View anno...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Parakweet Picks Up $2M

San Francisco-based Parakweet said this morning that it has raised $2M in a funding round. The round came from a number of angels, including Scott Banister (PayPal, Zappos, Powerset), Alan Braverman (Yammer, Eventbrite), and David Jeske (Go...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

CloudByte Snags $4M For Cloud Storage Software

Cambell-based CloudByte, a provider of cloud-based storage software, said today that it has raised $4M in its second round of funding. The funding was led by Fidelity Growth Partners India, and also included Nexus Venture Partners and Kae C...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Accel Opens Second, $100M Big Data Fund

Palo Alto-based venture capital investor Accel Partners said this morning that it has created a second $100M investment fund specifically allocated to "big data" investments. According to Accel, its new $100M Big Data Fund 2 will go towards...

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Monday, June 17, 2013

ForSight VISION5 Sees $9.3M

Menlo Park-based ForSight VISION5 said Monday that it has closed its $9.3M, Series B-1 funding round. The firm, which is an offshoot of ophthalmic technology incubator Forsight Labs, said VISION5 is focused on treatments for ocular hyperten...

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Disconnect Raises $3.5M For Online Privacy Software

Palo Alto-based Disconnect announced this morning that it has raised $3.5M for its online privacy software. The firm said the Series A round came from FirstMark Capital. Disconnect was founded by Brian Kennish and Casey Oppenheim, and devel...

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Anacor Pharmaceuticals Gets Loan Funding

Palo Alto-based Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a developer of small-molecule therapeutics derived from a boron chemistry platform, has entered into a new, $45.0M loan agreement, the company said this week. The company said the loan comes from Herc...

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Thumbtack Pins Down $12.5M For Local Services Quotes

San Francisco-based Thumbtack, which helps people get custom quotes for local services, has raised $12.5M in a funding, the firm said this morning. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, along with Javelin Venture Partners and MHS Capital. ...

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

GoodData Gets $22M

San Francisco-based big data software developer GoodData has raised $22M in a funding round, led by TOTVS Ventures. TOTVS Ventures said it led the Series D funding in GoodData, which is also backed by Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst P...

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

BrightEdge Finds $42.8M For Content Marketing Software

San Mateo-based BrightEdge said todsay that it has raised $42.8M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners, and also included Intel Capital, Battery Ventures, Altos Ventures and Illuminate Ventures. BrightEdge ...

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

InternMatch Gets $4M In Series A

San Francisco-based InternMatch said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The round came from ARTIS Ventures, Subtraction Capital, Kapor Capital, and 500 Startups. InternMatch operates an online website which helps match stud...

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Monday, June 10, 2013

Kenandy Gets $33M

Redwood City-based Kenandy disclosed this morning that it has raised $33M in funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Ventuer Partners, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Wilson Sonsini. Kenandy develops cloud-based ma...

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Twilio Calls Up $70M In Series D

San Francisco-based Twilio said Friday that it has raised $70M, in a Series D funding round for the company. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bessemer Venture Partners. Twilio develops ...

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Friday, June 7, 2013

N3twork Raises $12M

N3twork, a stealth mode developer of mobile software, revealed this week that it has raised $12M in a funding round. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Floodgate, and Google Ventures. The firm is headed by Neil Young, f...

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Mirantis Finds $10M More For OpenStack Efforts

Mountain View-based Mirantis, a developer of OpenStack systems integration, said this week that it has raised $10M in a second round of its Series A funding. The funding came from Ericsson, Red Hat, SAP Ventures, and WestSummit Capital. Th...

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Panzura Gets $25M More For Cloud Storage

San Jose-based Panzura said Thursday that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and also include Matrix Partners, Khosla Ventures, Opus Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures. Paul ...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Vigilent Finds More Funding For Data Center Cooling

El Cerrito-based Vigilent, which develops building energy management systems, said Tuesday that it has raised a new round of funding. Size of the round was not disclosed. The firm said the funding came from TELUS Ventures. The firm's energy...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Ayla Networks Raises $5.4M

Sunnyvale-based Ayla Networks announced this morning that it has raised $5.4M in funding, for creating a cloud-based service for the "Internet of Things". The funding came from Voyager Capital and Crosslink Capital. Ayla is led by David Fri...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Whistle Finds $6M In Funding For Connected Pets

San Francisco-based Whistle, which develops an connected device for dogs which monitors the health of dogs, and makes that data available to owners on their smartphones and the Internet, has raised $6M in a funding and launched its product....

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Bloomberg Launches $75M Investment Fund, Bloomberg Beta

Financial news and data provider Bloomberg said today that it has launched a brand new, $75M venture capital fund called Bloomberg Beta. The fund, which is based in San Francisco, said it will invest in and create new, early-stage technolog...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Personal Capital Gets $25M For Wealth Management Services

Redwood City-based Personal Capital, which combines software tools and mobile apps with professional, financial advisors, has scored $25M more in funding for its services today. The company said the new, Series C funding round will go to "s...

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Scripted.com Picks Up $4M For Writer's Marketplace

San Francisco-based Scripted, which operates an online marketplace for businesses to find freelance writers, has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital and Redpoint Ventures. Accord...

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

DAQRI Lands $15M For Augmented Reality

Daqri, which develops augmented reality technology, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a private equity funding. The firm, which has its R&D location in Sunnyvale, said that the funding came from Tarsadia Investments. Daqri's tech...

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Friday, May 31, 2013

USVP Bolsters Team

Menlo Park-based venture investor U.S. Venture Partners announced an expansion of its team Thursday, saying that it has promoted Dr. Jacques Benkoski to Partner, and added two, entrepreneurs-in-residence to its team. The firm said that it h...

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Weotta Launches Event Discovery App With Investor Backing

Los Gatos-based Weotta, a developer of mobile event and local activity discovery apps, has raised a round of funding from Google Ventures, David Morin, and TenOneTen Ventures. The firm, which was seeded by Data Collective, Crosslink Capital...

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Mercator MedSystems Gets $6.5M

San Leandro-based Mercator MedSystems has raised $6.5M in a Series B financing, the company announced this morning. Mercator MedSystems said the funding came from Volcano Capital, Crocker Capital, and Aphelion Capital, and also included Win...

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Roku Reels In $60M

Saratoga-based Roku, the provider of online television streaming hardware, has raised another big round of funding, the firm said yesterday. Roku said it raised $60M in a strategic investment round, from Hearst Corporation, BSkyB, and News ...

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

TubeMogul Adds $10M To Series C Funding

Emeryville-based TubeMogul has completed a second tranche of its Series C funding, the firm said Wednesday. According to TubeMogul, the new, $10M funding was led by SingTel Innov8, and also included Cross Creek Capital and existing investor...

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Pure Storage Picks Up New Funds From IQT

Mountain View-based flash storage developer Pure Storage has raised a new round of funding from In-Q-Tel, the company announced today. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. In-Q-Tel is the investment arm of the U.S. intelligence comm...

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

PandoDaily Snags New Funding

San Francisco-based PandoDaily, the online technology news site, has raised a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $3M, the firm said this week. The company said the funding came from Redpoint Ventures, along with Lerer Ventur...

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

CoTap Gets $5.5M For Mobile Messaging

San Francisco-based CoTap, a startup founded by former Yammer executive Jim Patterson and Zack Parker, said today that it has raised $5.5M in a Series A funding. CoTap said the funding was led by Charles River Ventures, and also included Em...

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Five9 Scores $34.5M For Cloud Contact Center Software

San Ramon-based Five9, a developer of cloud-based, contact center software, reported that it has raised $34.5M in new funding. The funding included both $22M in Series D equity, as well as $12.5M in revolving debt. According to Five9, the n...

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

TuneIn Gets $25M More

Palo Alto-based TuneIn, which operates an online radio service, said today that it has raised $25M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Insitutional Venture Partners, and also included Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, General Ca...

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Judicata Pulls In $5.8M For Legal Research Tools

San Francisco-based Judicata has revealed that it has raised $5.8M in a second round today. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with Keith Rabois joining its board. Judicata develops software to help parse legal text into machine-readable...

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Appurify Raises $4.5M

San Francisco-based mobile testing firm Appurify disclosed today that it has raised $4.5M in a funding round. The firm is backed by Foundation Capital, Felicis Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Data Collective, along with angels. The firm'...

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Tiger Global Purchases $50M Of Automattic In Secondary

Automattic, the San Francisco firm behind the popular WordPress blogging services and software, said that Tiger Global has purchased $50M in a secondary transaction. The investment move was announced by Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPr...

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Jennerex Biotherapeutics Gets $21.6M

San Francisco-based Jennerex Biotherapeutics has raised $21.6M in funding, the firm announced Thursday. Source of the private placement was not disclosed. Jennerex is developing oncolytic immunotherapies for solid tumors. The company said t...

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Lyft Lands $60M More

San Francisco-based ridesharing marketplace Lyft said Thursday that it has raised $60M in a third round of funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Lyft helps connect pre-screened drivers willing to give users a ride around town w...

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

WibiData Snags $15M For Big Data Software

San Francisco-based WibiData has raised $15M in a funding round for the firm's enterprise, big data software. The startup, founded by Christophe Bisciglia and Aaron Kimball, said the Series B round was led by Canaan Partners, and also inclu...

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

AlephCloud Gets $7.5M For Cloud Content Protection

Sunnyvale-based AlephCloud has raised $7.5M in a Series B funding, for its software for managing content privacy on the public cloud. The firm said the funding was led by Handbag, LLC, headed by Seth Neiman. AlephCloud says its technology i...

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Skyhigh Networks Finds $20M

Cupertino-based Skyhigh Networks announced Wednesday that it has raised $20M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Greylock Partners. Aaref Hilaly of Sequoia joins the company's board. Skyhig...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Cloudscaling Snags $10M For Open Cloud Infrastructure

San Francisco-based Cloudscaling, a provider of Openstack-based elastic cloud services, has raised $10M in a new funding, the company announced today. The funding came from Trinity Ventures, Juniper Networks, and Seagate. The Juniper invest...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

First Aid Shot Therapy Gets Funding For Medication Drinks

Can you get pain relief from a can? Burlingame-based First Aid Shot Therapy thinks you should be able to, and has raised funding to get its "medication in a can" to market. Size of the Series A funding was not announced. According to the co...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Popexpert Finds $2M for Learning Video Marketplace

San Francisco-based Popexpert, which operates an online marketplace focused on video learning about a wide range of topics, has raised $2M in a funding round, the firm said Tuesday. Popexpert said the funding was led by Learn Capital, and a...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Brightpearl Gains $8M

San Francisco-based Brightpearl, a developer of software which integrates orders, inventory, and customer data from multiple, e-commerce engines and marketplaces for companies, has raised $8M in a funding round. The Series B financing was c...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MessageMe Gets $10M For Mobile Messaging Apps

San Francisco-based MessageMe, which develops iOS and Android instant messaging apps, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Greylock Partners, with the investment led by John Lilly. The company's ...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Adaptive Planning Gets $45M

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning, a developer of cloud-based, business analytics software, said today that it has raised $45M in a funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included ONSET Ventures, Norwest...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Gamgee Snags $2M For Mobile Healthcare

Palo Alto-based Gamgee, a stealth mode, mobile healthcare company, has raised $2M in a funding round from Khosla Ventures. Gamgee is led by Bob Quinn. The firm said it is developing a platform that takes patient handouts and makets it avail...

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Newsle Nabs $1.65M For Social News Software

San Francisco-based news discovery software developer Newsle has raised $1.65M in a funding round. The funding came from Advance Publications Inc., Maveron, DFJ,Transmedia Capital, Launny Steffens, and pRockwell Schnabel. Whitney Shaw, pres...

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Zyme Solutions Finds New Funding

Redwood Shores-based Zyme Solutions said this morning that it has raised a new equity funding round, to help scale the company's software platforms. The firm said the funding came from Susquehanna Growth Equity. Financial details of the fun...

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Vend Gets $8M For POS Software

San Francisco-based Vend, a developer of point-of-sale software which runs on tablet PCs, has raised $8M more in funding, the firm said this week. The investment came from Craig Winkler (MYOB), Paul Bassett and Matt Rockman (Seek.com.au), t...

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Marqeta Finds $14M For Online Commerce, Payments

Emeryville-based Marqeta, a developer of online commerce and payments software, said Thursday that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Greylock IL (an affiliate fund of Greylock Partners), Granite Ventures, Comme...

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

BonitaSoft Lands $13M

Bonitasoft, a developer of business process management software, has added $13M more in a Series C funding, the firm said Thursday. The funding was led by the FSN PME (the French National Fund for Digital Society), and also included Vente...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Funding Profiles Gets Seeded

Sunnyvale-based Funding Profiles, a developer of software aimed at translating financial metrics into business dashboards, said Wednesday that it has received a seed funding investment. Size of the investment and name of the inevsotr was no...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Atlantis Computing Finds $20M For Storage Optimization

Mountain View-based Atlantis Computing announced today that it has raised $20M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Adams Street Partners, and also included Cisco Systems, El Dorado Ventures and Partech International. Atlanti...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

QuoteRoller Raises $655K

QuoteRoller, which develops software to automate sales proposals, has raised $655,000 in a funding round, and set up its headquarters in San Francisco. Source of the funding round was not announced. QuoteRoller offers up its services on a m...

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Zoove Dials Up $15M

Palo Alto-based Zoove, which operates the star-star (**) mobile phone information numbers, said today that it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The firm said the funding came from its existing, Series D investors, Rogers Venture Partn...

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Rocket Lawyer Finds $15M More

San Francisco-based Rocket Lawyer disclosed Monday that it has raised $15M in a funding round. Source of the new funding was not announced. Rocket Lawyer offers up an online legal documents and referral service. Rocket Lawyer was founded by...

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Radius Gets Funding From BBVA

San Francisco-based Radius, a developer of technology to help small businesses with lead scoring and sales and marketing, has raised a round of funding from BBVA Ventures. BBVA Ventures is the venture arm of BBVA Group, the Spanish banking ...

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Matrix Partners Raises $450M Fund

Palo Alto-based venture investor Matrix Partners said this week that it has closed on a new, $450M fund, Matrix X, its tenth early-stage technology venture fund. The company said the fund is its third, $450M early stage fund for the investo...

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

LiquidSpace Finds $1.3M More In Series B

Palo Alto-based LiquidSpace, a startup which operates a marketplace for empty desks and meeting space (think "Airbnb for office space"), has raised $1.3M in new, Series B funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Steelcase and CBR...

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Coinbase Finds $5M For Bitcoin Exchange

San Francisco-based Coinbase disclosed yesterday that it has raised $5M in a venture capital funding round. The round was led by Union Square Ventures. Coinbase operates an online Bitcoin exchange, which allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

YouEye Gets $3M For Website Testing Service

Mountain View-based YouEye, which operates a facial recognition-driven, user testing service for web designers, disclosed today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The round came from Bobby Yzdani, Brian McClendon, and Beth McClendon...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Menlo Ventures Adds Two

Venture capita investor Menlo Ventures said today that it has added two people to its team. The firm said Avery More has joined as Venture Partner, and Alex Gorelik as Entrepreneur in Residence. More joins from Aeroscout, and also sits on t...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Chute Captures $7M For Mobile Photo Sharing Infrastructure

San Francisco-based Chute, a developer of software to power the photo sharing and social infrastructure for mobile app developers, has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Foundry Group, and also included Freestyle C...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

CircleUp Lands $7.5M For Crowdfunding Site

San Francisco-based CircleUp, which operates an online, crowdsourcing site aimed at consumer companies, has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding. The firm said the funding was led by Union Square Ventures, and also included Google Ventures, R...

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Google Ventures Steals Away MG Siegler From CrunchFund

Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Internet giant Google, has snagged away MG Siegler from CrunchFund, naming Siegler a General Partner at the firm. According to Google Ventures, Siegler will focus on seed and early stage investmen...

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Channel Medsystems Nabs $9.7M For Cryoablation Device

San Francisco-based medical device developer Channel Medsystems said last week that it has raised $9.7M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Boston Scientific, and also included InCube Ventures, Aperture Ventures, Scientific ...

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Clustrix Raises $16.5M

San Francisco-based Clustrix, which develops cloud-based SQL databases, announced this morning that it has raised $16.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, ATA Ventures, and Don Listwi...

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Monday, May 6, 2013

FastBack Networks Raises $15M For Small Cell Backhaul

San Jose-based FastBack Networks, a startup developing small cell network backhaul services technology, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Matrix Partners, and also included Juniper Networks thr...

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Friday, May 3, 2013

MetricStream Gets Strategic Round From Goldman Sachs

Palo Alto-based MetricStream, a developer of risk and compliance software, said this week that it has scored a strategic round of funding from Goldman Sachs. Size of that investment was not disclosed. MetricStream's enterprise software is u...

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Proteus Digital Health Lands $62.5M

Redwood City-based Proteus Digital Health has raised $62.5M in a Series F financing, the firm said Wednesday. The funding came from Oracle, Otsuka, Novartis, Sino Portfolio and the company's other investors. Proteus Health is developing "d...

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Lex Machina Nabs $4.8M For Litigation Software

Palo Alto-based Lex Machina said Wednesday that it has raised $4.8M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Cue Ball Capital, and also included prior investors XSeed Capital, Costanoa Venture Capital, and Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Y...

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Google Buys Into Lending Club With $125M Secondary Investment

Mountain View-based Google is taking a $125M, secondary stake in online peer-to-peer lending marketplace Lending Club. Google is purchasing the shares from Lending Club's existing investors. David Lawee of Google joins LendingClub's board a...

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Dorm Room Fund Expands To Silicon Valley

The Dorm Room Fund, the University-driven, venture capital fund backed by First Round Capital, has expanded its efforts into the San Francisco Bay area and the greater Silicon Valley region, the fund said Wednesday. Dorm Room launched its e...

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Curious Launches Online Learning Marketplace With $7.5M

Menlo Park-based startup Curious.com launched a new, online marketplace for learning and lessons today, saying that it is backed by $7.5M in funding from Redpoint Ventures and angels Bill Campbell, Jesse Rogers and Justin Kitch. Curious.com...

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Workspot Lands $1.9M For Enterprise Mobility Apps

Menlo Park-based Workspot disclosed today that it has raised $1.9M in a seed funding round, for its software which allows users to access their critical work related applications and files from their tablets and mobile devices. The funding ...

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Pelican Imaging Raises $20M For Perfect Mobile Photos

Mountain View-based Pelican Imaging, a developer of camera array technology for mobile devices, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding included strategic investor Qualcomm Ventures, along with Nokia Grow...

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Dwolla Raises $16.5M More, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

Online payment infrastructure developer Dwolla said today that it has raised $16.5M in a funding round, and opened up operations in San Francisco. The firm said the Series C funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Village V...

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Expect Labs Snags Strategic Investment From Intel, Samsung, and Telefonica

San Francisco-based Expect Labs, which is developing intelligent "digital assistants" which predict what a user wants to do and helps them accomplish tasks, has scored a strategic investment from a trio of companies. Expect Labs said that I...

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

RetailNext Lands $15M For Brick-and-Mortar Analytics

San Jose-based RetailNext said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by StarVest Partners, and also included August Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, and Commerce Ventures. StarVest's Laura B. S...

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Accel Partners' Breyer To Depart Dell

Jim Breyer, who is a Partner at Accel Partners, is further simplifying his board seats today, and will not stand for re-election to the board of Dell Computer. The move is the second major board departure for Breyer in the last few days; he...

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Madison Color Gains $4M For Hair Care Products

San Francisco-based Madison Color said today that it has raised $4M in a venture funding round, which was led by True Ventures, and also included Maveron, the venture firm founded by Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks. The firm said t...

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Dynamic Yield Gets Funding From Bessemer, Innovation Endeavors

Dynamic Yield, a developer of yield optimization products based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has scored backing from Palo Alto-based investor Bessemer Venture Partners. According to Dynamic Yield it raised $2m in its Series A funding, with the New ...

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Apigee Gets Backing From In-Q-Tel

Santa Clara-based Apigee, which develops technology to help developers and companies with their application programming interfaces (APIs), has scored backing from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the U.S. intelligence community. Financi...

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

PresenceLearning Finds $8M For Online Speech, Occupational Therapy Service

San Francisco-based PresenceLearning said Thursday that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding, for the firm's online speech and occupational therapy services for K-12 students. The funding was led by New Markets Venture Partners and Blue ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

drchrono Gets Investment From Box

Mountain View-based drchrono, which develops iPad applications for viewing electronic health records (EHR), said Thursday that it has received an investment from cloud storage provider Box. Financial details of the investment were not discl...

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

PICT Sees $1.4M

San Francisco-based PICT, a developer of tools which lets companies insert information into photos being shared on such sites as Facebook and elsewhere across the web, said today that it has raised $1.4M in a funding round. The funding came...

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

3scale Finds $4.2M For API Service

San Francisco-based 3Scale announced Wednesday that it has raised $4.2M in a funding round, which will go towards its software API management and distribution service. The funding came from Javelin Venture Partners and Costanoa Venture Capi...

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Pivotol Gets $105M From GE

Pivotal Labs, the developer of agile software development tools which is co-owned by EMC and VMware, and headed by Paul Maritz, has a new warchest of funding today. PIvotal said that GE plans to make a strategic investment in the firm of ap...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Gengo Finds $12M For Translation Services

San Mateo-based Gengo, the operator of an online, human-powered language translation service, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B investment round. The roudn was led by Intel Capital, and also included Aotmico, Iris Capital, In...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Cervel Neurotech Gets $14.1M For Brain Stimulation Devices

San Mateo-based Cervel Neurotech, a developer of medical devices which use magnetic coils to treat psychiatric and neurologic illnesses, said today that it has raised $14.1M in a new funding round. The funding came from D. E. Shaw Ventures ...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Infer Launches With $10M

Palo Alto-based Infer, which is developing predictive customer analytics software, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Redpoint Ventures, along with Andreessen Horowitz, Social+Capital Partnersh...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Battery Ventures Names Facebook Vet As EIR

Battery Ventures is bolstering its presence in Menlo Park, with the hiring of a Facebook veteran as its newest Entrepreneur in Residence. The firm said that it has hired Charles Jolley as its newest EIR in Menlo Park. Jolley was most recent...

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Skimlinks Gets More Funding

San Francisco-based Skimlinks disclosed Monday that it has raised more funding for its software, which automatically inserts affiliate marketing links for web publishers on their site. Size of the funding was not disclosed. The funding came...

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Upstart Lands $5.9M More

San Francisco-based Upstart, the startup which is letting prospective entrepreneurs raise capital by trading away a portion of their future income for 10 years, said today that it has raised $5.9M in a Series A funding round. The firm said ...

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Eventbrite Raises $60M

San Francisco-based Eventbrite, which operates an online service to let people promote their events and sell tickets, said today that it has raised $60M in a financing round. The round brings the company's total raised to $140M. The new fun...

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Friday, April 19, 2013

mBlox Lands $14M In Venture Loan

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Silver Lake Raises $10.3 Billion For New Investment Fund

Menlo Park-based Silver Lake, the private equity firm which specializes in technology investments, said Thursday that it has closed on Silver Lake Partners IV, a $10.3 billion fund focused on large-cap technology investment. Silver Lake sai...

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Enlighted Finds $20M More For Energy Saving Sensors

Sunnyvale-based Enlighted, which provides sensors and software to reduce the power consumed by commercial lighting, has raised $20M in a Series C funding, the firm said Thursday. The funding was led by RockPort Capital, and also included DF...

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Yodo1 Raises $5M For Chinese Mobile Games

Yodo1, which helps game publishers mobilize their games in the Chinese market, said Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The firm--which has a presence in San Francisco, but is based in Beijin--said the funding was ...

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Guavus Gets $9M More For Big Data Tools

In a funding that brings the firm's total raised to $87M, San Mateo-based Guavus said today that it has raised $9M more in a new funding round. The round came from Goldman Sachs and TransLink Capital. Guavus develops big data analytics soft...

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Kaazing Adds $15M For HTML5 Communications

San Francisco-based Kaazing, which develops the HTML5 communications software WebSocket, has raised $15M in a new funding round, the firm said today. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates Inc. (NEA) and Columbus Nova Technology Pa...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Idibon Lands $1.4M For Language Processing Software

San Francisco-based Idibon, which develops natural language processing software used for understanding and decoding unstructured data like emails, instant messages and social media, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding round. The firm said th...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

PowerbyProxi Snags $5M For Wireless Power

Pleasanton-based PowerbyProxi, a developer of wireless power systems, announced yesterday that it has raised $5M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from TE and Movac, a New Zealand venture capital firm. PowerbyProxi is developing...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Gainsight Gets $9M For Applying Big Data To Sales

Mountain View-based Gainsight, a developer of software which uses Big Data techniques to analyze sales data and usage, announced this morning that it has raised $9M in a funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures. Along with the f...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Instart Logic Finds $17M To Improve Web Application Performance

Mountain View-based Instart Logic has raised $17M in a funding round, the firm announced today, from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures and Tenaya Capital, as well as others. The firm develops a cloud-based service...

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Hunt's Online Shopping Site Gets Seeded

San Francisco-based The Hunt, an online, visual, social site focused on finding products, said today that it has scored a second close of seed financing from a suite of Hollywood insiders. The company said the new investment came from Ashto...

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

RealReal Lands $14M For Luxury Resale Fashion

San Francisco-based The RealReal, an online marketplace for the resale of luxury items, has raised $14M in a Series B funding round, the firm announced today. The funding was led by InterWest Partners, and also included Canaan Partners, e....

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Monday, April 15, 2013

OpenCoin Snags Angel Funding For Bitcoin

San Francisco-based OpenCoin said today that it has raised angel funding for its development of the Ripple protocol, the open source payment system behind Bitcoin. Size of the funding was not disclosed. The funding came from Andreessen Horo...

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Monday, April 15, 2013

FlightCar Gains $5.5M For Peer-To-Peer Airport Car Rentals

Are you a frequent traveler, who would love to make money--rather than pay money--when you've parked your car at the airport? San Mateo-based FlightCar disclosed today that it has raised $5.5M in a Series A funding, which included General C...

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Motif Lands $25M For Themed Investing

San Mateo-based Motif Investing, which develops an automated, one-click way for individuals to invest in "themed" investments, has raised $25M in a Series C funding, the firm disclosed today. The funding came from Goldman Sachs, and also in...

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Glass Collective Aims At Funding Next Big Thing

A new, joint venture capital partnership--backed by Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is looking to fund startups spawned out of Google's Glass platform, the three said Wednesday. The companies said...

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Azure Capital Heads North, Opens Canadian Office

San Francisco-based venture capital investor Azure Capital has turned its eyes north of the border, saying today that it has opened up a brand new office in Calgary, Alberta, to scope out investments across Canada. Azure pointed to an "impr...

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Quantance Raises $12M More

San Mateo-based 4G/LTE power amplifier (PA) maker Quantance said this morning that it has raised $12M more, in a Series D funding round. The funding came from TD Fund, Granite Ventures, InterWest Partners and DoCoMo Capital. Quantance said ...

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

iRhythm Taps Into $16M For Heart Rate Monitoring

San Francisco-based iRhythm Technologies, a developer of patch-based, cardiac monitoring products, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included New Leaf V...

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Wandera Gets $7M

San Francisco- and London-based mobile data compression software developer Wandera has raised $7M in a funding round, the firm announced this morning. Wandera offers up a service which helps companies reduce their mobile data usage and spen...

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Optimizely Gains $28M More For Website A/B Testing Service

San Francisco-based Optimizely, which develops website A/B testing software, said this morning that it has raised $28M in a funding round. The funding was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures,...

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

MarkLogic Lands $25M For NoSQL

San Carlos-based MarkLogic, a developer of enterprise, NoSQL database software, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in a new funding round. The firm said the round was led by Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital, and also included ...

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Plain Vanilla Corp. Finds Funding For Quiz Games

San Francisco-based Plain Villa Corp., which develops a series of quiz-based mobile games, has raised $2.4M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, Tencent, IDG ventures and BOLDStart Ventures,...

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

ForgeRock Nabs $15M For Open Source Identity Management

San Francisco-based ForgeRock, a developer of open source software for identity and access management, announced a $15M funding round today. The Series B funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Accel Partners. The firm said...

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Cleave Biosciences Adds $10M In Series A

Burlingame-based biopharmaceuticals developer Cleave Biosciences has raised another $10M in its Series A funding round, the firm announced today. According to Cleave, the new funding came from New Enterprise Associates. The funding brings i...

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Monday, April 8, 2013

SteadyMed Therapeutics Finds $3M In Working Capital

San Ramon-based SteadyMed Therapeutics, a developer of biopharmaceuticals to treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), has raised $3M in a term loan from Square 1 Bank. Square 1 Bank said the loan will go towards working capital, to help...

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Clean Power Finance Gets $37M For Solar Financing

San Francisco-based Clean power Finance, which provides residential solar financing to consumers, said this morning that it has raised $37M in a new round of financing. The firm said the growth equity came from strategic and existing invest...

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Ignition Partners Sets Up Shop In Silicon Valley

Ignition Partners, a venture capital firm which is based in Seattle, said this week that it has raised a new fund, and opened up a new office in Palo Alto. The venture capital firm said that its new, $150M fund will be run by Frank Artale, ...

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

EAT Club Nabs $5M For Food Delivery

Sunnyvale-based EAT Club, which operates a lunch delivery service which lets professionals select a lunch and automatically have it delivered each day, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from August Capital, First Ro...

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

MuleSoft Adds $37M For Integration Software

San Francisco-based MuleSoft, a developer of middleware software for integrating different enterprise applications, has raised another big round of funding today. The company said it raised $37M in a new round of funding, led by New Enterpr...

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Balanced Raises $2M For Online Payment Processing

San Francisco-based Balanced, a provider of electronic payment services for e-commerce businesses, has raised $2M in a new seed funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz and Collaborative Fund. Balanced said th...

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Revance Therapeutics Raises $33M

Mountain View-based Revance Therapeutics, a developer of specialty biopharmaceuticals, said today that it has raised $33M in a Series E financing. The funding came from its existing investors, including Essex Woodlands, NovaQuest Pharma Opp...

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Midokura Gets $17.3M For Network Virtualization Products

San Francisco-based Midokura, a developer of network virtualization products, said this morning that it has raised $17.3M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), and also included ...

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Microsoft Co-Founder Opens Investment Office In Silicon Valley

Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., is opening up a new investment office in Silicon Valley, according to reporta. Allen's personal investment firm, Vulcan Capital, apparently is opening up a new office to specificall...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Deliv Snags $1M For Same-Day Delivery

Palo Alto-based Deliv, which is creating a same-day delivery service which taps into independent drivers to provide same-day delivery of products for retailers, said this week that it has raised $1M in a funding round. The round came from G...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Pasteurization Technology Group Gains $5M

San Leandro-based Pasteurization Technology Group, which is developing wastewater disinfection technology, said Thursday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by EIC Ventures, and also included Kennington. ...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Stitch Labs Snags $1.4M In Debt Funding

San Francisco-based Stitch Labs, which develops cloud-based, small business inventory management software, has scored $1.4M in funding, via a term loan. The funding came from Square 1 Bank, which announced the funding. Terms of the loan wer...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Demandbase Finds $15M More

San Francisco-based Demandbase, which develops marketing software to help companies understand their B2B customers and what they are browsing on their web site, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a venture funding round. The round...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Rev.com Raises $4.5M For Translation Services Marketplace

Are you looking for a freelancer who can help you translate your business documents or transcribe your audio? Rev.com, a new, San Francisco startup, is creating a marketplace for just that, saying Tuesday that it has raised $4.5M in a fundi...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Moovweb Snags $16M To Mobilize Web Sites

San Francisco-based Moovweb said today that it has raised $16M in a funding round, which came from Jafco Ventures and Trinity Ventures. The startup, which is led by Ajay Kapur, develops software which helps web developers automatically adap...

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Third Rock Ventures Raises $516M Fund

San Francisco- and Boston-based Third Rock Ventures, which invests in healthcare companies, said Monday that it has raised $516M in its third fund, Third Rock Fund III. The firm said the fund was oversubscribed. The new fund brings its tota...

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Pluribus Networks Brings Series C To $44M

Palo Alto-based Pluribus Networks, which develops network virtualization and acceleration hardware, said today that it has now raised $44M in its Series C funding round, after an injection from China Broadband Capital (CBC). The firm--which...

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Friday, March 22, 2013

AgreeYa Mobility Snags New Funding

Mountain View-base AgreeYa Mobility, a developer of enterprise software which helps companies connect via Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile to MIcrosoft products such as Office 365, SharePoint, and Lync, has raised a round of new funding. Th...

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Postmates Snags $5M For Urban Delivery Service

Postmates, which develops a smartphone driven, urban delivery service which lets consumers order lunch, groceries, or office supplies in San Francisco and Seattle, has raised $5M in a funding round, the firm revealed this week. The funding ...

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Namo Media Seeded With $1.9M For Mobile Ads

San Franciso Bay Area-based Namo Media, a stealth mode, native mobile advertising startup, revealed this week that it has raised $1.9M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Google Ventures, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Tri...

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

ShareThis Raises $23M, Buys Socialize

Palo Alto-based Sharethis announced today that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding round, and acquired Socialize, a developer of social application software. The new funding came from T-Venture, the venture arm of Deutsche Telekom, and...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

GetMyBoat Hitches Up To $500,000

San Francisco-based online, peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace GetMyBoat said today that it has raised $500,000, via an angel financing round. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. GetMyBoat operates an online marketplace which all...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

MapR Gets $30M For Hadoop

San Jose-based Hadoop software developer MapR Technologies said today that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding. The new funding was led by Mayfield, and also included prior investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and Redpoint Ventur...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Vasona Networks Nabs $12M Series B

Santa Clara-based Vasona Networks, which develops technology for managing mobile capacity in cell phone networks, has raised $12M in a Series B funding, the firm announced this morning. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and ...

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Emergence Capital Partners Names New Operating Partner

San Mateo-based venture capital firm Emergence Capital Partners said Monday that it has named Alison Berkley Wagonfeld as its Operating Partner, helping the firm's portfolio companies work on go-to-market strategies, recruiting and talent m...

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

OCZ Technology Lands $30M Venture Loan

San Jose-based solid state disk drive maker OCZ Technology Group has scored a $30M loan and security agreement with venture lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The two firms said the agreement includes both a $15M term loan, and a $1...

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

DeveloperAuction Wins $2.7M

San Francisco-based DeveloperAuction, which operates an online site which lets software developers auction themselves off to the highest bidder, said today that it has raised $2.7M in a first round investment. The round was led by New Enter...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Crushpath Gets $6M To Help You Pitch Your Products

San Francisco-based Crushpath, a new startup developing a service to help people pitch their products, ideas, events, service, and more, said Tuesday that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Chamath Palihapit...

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Evolv On-Demand Gains $15M

Evolv On-Demand, a San Francisco software developer focused on talent and job applicant management, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series D financing round. The round was led by VantagePoint, and also included GGV Capital, K...

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Crittercism Snags $12 Million For Mobile Performance Management

Crittercism, the San Francisco-based developer of software for monitoring the performance of mobile web applications, said today that it has raised $12M in a funding round. The round was led by existing investor Google Ventures, and also in...

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

SwiftStack Gets $6.1M For Object Storage Software

San Francisco-based SwiftStack said this morning that it has raised $6.1M in a Series A funding round. The firm, which develops object-based storage software based on the open OpenStack standard, said the funding will go towards employes an...

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Skyera Adds Western Digital As Strategic Investor

San Jose-based solid state storage developer Skyera has added disk drive maker Western Digital has a strategic investor. According to Western Digital, it participate in the recent $51M funding round that had been announced by SKyera, which ...

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Monday, March 11, 2013

creativeLIVE Gets $8M

creativeLIVE, an online, live video education and class site, said Monday that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The San Francisco and Seattle company announced that the round came from Creative Artists Agency (CAA), William Morris End...

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Trulia Launches Follow-On Offering

San Francisco-based Trulia announced this morning that it has launched its follow on offering of 5.25 million shares of its common stock. The offering, which is being run by Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities and RBC Capital, ...

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Friday, March 8, 2013

TastemakerX Raises $1.25M More For Music Discovery

San Francisco-based TastemakerX, which develops a mobile, music discovery application which uses gamification to let bands promote their music and find fans, said Thursday that it has raised $1.25M in a funding round. The round came from Ba...

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Pertino Connects With $20M For Cloud Networking Software

Los Gatos-based Pertino said today thta it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, for the firm's cloud-based networking software. Pertino develops software which allows small businesses to more easily connect their employees via wide-...

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Matterport Beams In $5.6M For 3D Scanning Tools

Matterport, a Mountain View-based developer of 3D scanning technology which takes and scans, in detail, interior spaces into 3D data, has raised $5.6M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding came from Lux Capital, along with ...

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Life360 Gets Investment From BMW

San Francisco-based Life360, a developer of an Android and iPhone app for tracking a family's location, has scored a strategic investment from BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of German car manufacturer BMW. Size of the investment wa...

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Looker Locks Into $2M

Santa Cruz-based Looker Data Sciences, a developer of business intelligence query software, said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a funding round. The funding was led by First Round Capital and PivotNorth Capital. The firm said it is look...

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Discoverly Seeded With $750,000

San Francisco-based Discoverly, a stealth mode developer of enterprise social networking and data tools, said this week that it has raised $750,000 in a seed funding round. The funding came from Salesforce.com, Bessemer Venture partners, At...

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Basis Snags $11.5M For Smart, Health Monitoring Wristwatch

Can a wristwatch be the key to unlocking a healthier lifestyle? San Francisco-based BASIS Science thinks so, and just raised $11.5M in a Series B funding to move towards its goal of helping people to adopt health habits. The firm said the n...

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Kilopass Finds $8M

Santa Clara-based Kilopass, a developer and licensor of intellectual property for the non-volatile memory semiconductor market, said it has raised $8M in a funding round. The firm said it came from a major, consumer electronics licensee of ...

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

SharesPost Ties With NASDAQ On Private Share Trading

San Bruno-based SharesPost, which operates an online marketplace to trade stock in privately held, venture backed companies, has inked a joint venture deal with NASDAQ OMX, the two said this morning. Financial details of the deal were not d...

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Pathjoy Snags $1.7M For Home Cleaning Booking Service

San Francisco-based Pathjoy, the Y-Combinator startup which connects people with home cleaners ala Uber, disclosed today that it has raised $1.7m in a seed funding round. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Resolu...

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Retailigence Finds $6.3M

Redwood City-based Retailigence, a developer of marketing software to convert online browsers to offline customers, has raised $6.3M in a new funding round, the firm announced today. Retailigence said the Series B funding came from Draper F...

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Anaplan Finds $30M More For Cloud Finance Planning

San Francisco-based Anaplan, which develops cloud-based financial modeling and planning software, said today that it has raised $30M in a new financing round. The round was led by Meritech Capital, and also included prior investors Granite ...

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Quorum Gets $11M For Backup Appliances

San Jose-based Quorum, which develops backup, recovery, and business contunity appliances aimed at the small and mid-sized business market, has raised $11M in a Series B funding, the firm announced this morning. Quorum said the new funding ...

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Trulia Files For Follow On Offering

San Francisco-based real estate site Trulia has filed for a follow on offering saying it is looking to raised up to $100M in another common stock offering for the company. The firm--which is currenlty listed as TRLA on the New York Stock Ex...

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Monday, March 4, 2013

roundCorner Gains Growth Funding For Nonprofit CRM

Roundcorner, a developer of enterprise, nonprofit donor management software which connects into Salesforce.com, said today that it has raised a round of growth stage funding. Financial details of the funding, and investors names, were not d...

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Monday, March 4, 2013

PivotLink Gets $2.0M For Business Analytics

San Francisco-based PivotLink, a develper of software-as-a-service for helping retailers analyze their business performance, has raised $2.0M in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing. Details on the funding have not been an...

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Sophia Search Snags $3.7M For Semantic Software

San Jose-based Sophia Search has snagged $3.7M in a Series A round, the company announced this morning. The firm said the investment round was led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures. Sophia Search develops semantic analysis software used to unders...

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Pathbrite Adds $4M In Series A2

San Francisco-based Pathbrite, which develops an online site to help students create an "educational portfolio", said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A2 financing round. The funding was led by testing firm ACT, and also included R...

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Friday, March 1, 2013

CardioKinetix Scores $48M For Heart Failure Treatment

Menlo Park-based CardioKinetix said Thursday that it has raised $48M in a Series E financing, for its catheter-based heart failure therapies. The new funding round came from Panorama Capital, along with prior investors U.S. Venture Partners...

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Gild Gets $8M To Find Software Developers

San Francisco-based Gild, which is developing technology to help recruiters assess the skills of software developers, said Wednesday that it has raised $8M in a series A funding round. The round was led by Baseline Ventures, and also includ...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Nexenta Raises $24M

Mountain View-based Nexenta Systems, which is developing software defined storage products, said today that it has raised $24M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Four Rivers Group, and also included Menlo Ventures, TransLink ...

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Playnomics Scores $5M For Game Analytics

San Francisco-based Playnomics, which develops predictive analytics software for mobile, social, and browser-based games, said last week that it raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by VanEdge Capital, and also includ...

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Intersect ENT Gets $30M

Menlo Park-based Intersect ENT, which develops sinus implants used to treat ear, nose and throat patients, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included ...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Skyera Gains $51M For Solid State Storage From Dell

San Jose-based solid state storage developer Skyera said this morning that it has raised $51M in a Series B financing round. The funding came from Dell Ventures, the venture capital arm of Dell Computer. Skyera is developing solid state sto...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Pinterest Lands $200M At $2.5B Valuation

Palo Alto-based Pinterest has raised $200M more in venture capital funding, the firm confirmed this week. The funding was led by Valiant Capital Management, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capi...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Mindflash Gets $3.5M In Funding

Palo Alto-based Mindflash, which develops online training software for companies, has raised $3.5M in a funding round, the firm said Wednesday. The funding came from the Investment Group of Santa Barbara, and occurred sometime in 2012. Mind...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Drawbridge Adds $14M

San Mateo-based Drawbridge, a developer of advertising technology for tracking users across different devices, said Thursday that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Northgate Capital, and also included Sequ...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Battery Ventures Raises $900M In Two Funds

Menlo Park-based venture investor Battery Ventures has a stack of new bills in its pocket today, announcing that it has raised $900M across two funds. Battery said it closed Battery Ventures X at $650M, and Battery Ventures X Side Fund (BV ...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Cmune Scores Funding For Uberstrike

Cmune, which develops the popular, 3D shooter game UberStrike on Facebook and other platforms, said this week that it has raised a new round of funding. Size of the investment was not disclosed. The funding came from DCM. Cmune says it has ...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

TVU Networks Snags New Funding

Mountain View-based TVU Networks, which develops mobile broadcasting hardware for television transmissions, said today that it has landed a new round of funding. Size of the round was not disclosed. According to TVU Networks, the new fundin...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Gynesonics Lands $21M In New Funding

Redwood City-based Gynesonics, a developer of minimally invasive products for treating uterine fibroids in women, said today that it has raised $21M in a Series F funding round. The round was led by HBM Partners, and also included Correlati...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

StormPath Gets $8.2M More For User Authentication Tools

San Mateo-based StormPath, the developer of user authentication and management software for app developers, said tihs morning that it has raised $8.2M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Pelion ...

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Friday, February 15, 2013

HStreaming Snags Funding

San Francisco-based HStreaming, which develops big data analytics software, has raised a funding round from Atlas Venture, the firm said Thursday. Financial details of the funding was not disclosed. HStreaming said it is working on low late...

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Odyssey Thera Gets $2.8M In Funding

San Ramon-based Odyssey Thera, a developer of technology which measures disease pathways in human cells, said Thursday that it has raised $2.8M in funding. The funding came from HBM Partners, Burrill & Company, and Lonza. According to Odyss...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Morta Security Secures First Funding Round

Palo Alto-based Morta Security said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding. The stealth mode, security software company said the funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, and Norwest Venture Partners along with ...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

InVisage Sees New Funding For Image Sensors

Menlo Park-based InVisage, a developer of image sensors, said Wednesday that it has raised a Series D round of funding. Size of the funding was not announced. According to InVisage, the new funding round was led by GGV Capital, and also inc...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Storenvy Lands $5M

San Francisco-based Storenvy, which operates an online social marketplace focused on photos of products from merchants, said this week that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital and Spark Capital,...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Leanplum Raises $825,000

San Francisco-based Leanplum, a developer of mobile analytics and A/B testing tools, has raised $825,000 in a angel funding round, the firm disclosed today. THe funding came from TechStars, Kima Ventures, VoiVoda Ventures, along with other ...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Nextdoor Gets $21.6M

San Francisco-based neighborhood social networking site Nextdoor said this morning that it has raised $21.6M in a funding round. The round was led by Greylock Partners, and also included Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures, DAG Ventures, All...

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Monday, February 11, 2013

RepairPal Finds $13M

San Francisco-based RepairPal, an online site providing information on auto repairs, including helping consumers to estimate repair prices on their cars, said Monday that it has raised $13M in a funding round. The round came from Cars.com a...

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

MyTime Gets $3M For Appointment Scheduling, Deals Service

San Francisco-based MyTime, a startup developing a combination appointment scheduling and online personal services deals site, has raised $3M in a funding round, the firm disclosed Thursday. The company lets users book appointments for hair...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Think Big Analytics Seeded With $3M

When Ron Bodkin, the founder of Think Big Analytics, was VP of Engineering at Quantcast, he started tapping into Hadoop and NoSQL--two of the core of the move towards big data analysis--in that firm's operations. That led to starting Think ...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Lifefyre Snags $15M For Social Commenting

San Francisco-based Livefyre, which develops social commenting and real-time chat applications, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by US Venture Partners, and also included Greycroft Partners, ...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Ribbon Ties Up $1.6M For Social Commerce

Ribbon, a San Francisco startup developing an social commerce platform which lets users sell products and accept payments from the web, Facebook, and other social sites, said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The round...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Ravello Systems Raises $26M For Cloud Apps Environment

Palo Alto-based Ravello Systems, which develops its own cloud application environment allowing virtual applications to run across multiple, different cloud providers, has raised $26M in a funding round. The round came from Sequoia Capital, ...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

WSO2 Gets $10M For Enterprise Middleware

Palo Alto-based WSO2, a developer of enterprise middleware software, reported yesterday that it has raised $10M in a new round of funding. The funding round was led by Toba Capital, and also included both Cisco and Intel Capital. WSO2 devel...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

WhiteHat Security Snags $31M

Santa Clara-based WhiteHat Security, a developer of website security and related tools, said today that it has raised $31M in a new funding round. The round came from Investor Growth Capital and JMI Equity, and brings the company's total ra...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

New Relic Scores $80M, Eyes IPO

San Francisco-based software-as-a-service provider New Relic said today that it has raised $80M in a mezzanine financing round, to help the firm expand into the mobile market, extend in Europe, and prep for a public offering. The financing ...

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Piston Cloud Gets $8M for OpenStack Software

San Francisco-based Piston Cloud announced today that it has raised $8M, in a Series B funding round, for the firm's OpenStack distribution. According to Piston Cloud, the funding came from Cisco Systems, Data Collective, Swisscom Ventures,...

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

PagerDuty Rings Up $10.7M

San Francisco-based PagerDuty, which develops software-as-a-service for managing IT scheduling, schedule management, and alerting, said Thursday that it has raised $10.7M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Tomfoolery Snags $1.7M For Mobile Software

San Francisco-based Tomfoolery, a startup developing mobile software for the enterprise, said today that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding round. The startup--which say sit is developing "consumer-quality, mobile focused software for wo...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Ringadoc Gets $1.2M To Handle Patient Calls For Doctors

San Francisco-based Ringadoc said Tuesday that it has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round, led by Founders Fund's FF Angel. Ringadoc is developing a service to help doctors manage patient calls with their smartphone, letting doctors respon...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Houzz Gets $35M For Home Remodeling Market

Palo Alto-based Houzz, which operates an online marketing service aimed at home remodeling and design projects, announced today that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Sequoia Capital, Comcast Ventures, Klei...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

WatchDox Gains $12M

Palo Alto-based document sharing service WatchDox announced today that it has raised $12M in a new funding round, which came from Millennium Technology Value Partners, Blackstone, Gemini Israel Funds, Shasta Ventures and Shlomo Kramer (Chec...

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Seagate Invests $40M in Virident

Cupertino-based Seagate has invested $40M in Virident Systems, the developer of flash-based, solid state storage products. The investment came as part of a strategic agreement, where Seagate will also offer up a line of line of flash-based ...

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Monday, January 28, 2013

ChaCha Snags $14M

ChaCha, the human-powered, real-time question and answer site which is based in Carmel, Indiana, but also has offices in San Francisco, has raised $14M in a round of funding, the firm said today. ChaCha said the new round was led by Vantage...

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Bessemer Venture Partners Bolsters Team

Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners said last week that it has named a number of new partners. According to Bessemer, it has promoted Kent Bennett, Brian Feinstein, Ethan Kurzweil and Trevor Oelschig to partner, has hired Alex Fe...

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Zoom Gets Funding For Cloud Video Conferencing

Santa Clara-based Zoom Video Communications said this morning that it has raised a Series A financing round, and launched its cloud-based HD video meeting and mobile screen sharing service. The firm said the Series A funding came from Qualc...

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Extole Lands $7.6M

San Francisco-based Extole, a provider of social media and marketing services and software, said today that it has raised an additional $7.6M in a funding round. The round came from current investors Shasta Ventures, Norwest Venture Partne...

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

CircuitHub Gets Funding From Google, Y Combinator

CircuitHub, an online library of electronic parts and information for hardware designers, has raised a round of funding from Google Ventures, Y Combinator, and angels Paul Buchheit, Matt Cutts, Garry Tan, Alexis Ohanian, Harj Taggar, and ot...

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Leyden Energy Gets $10M

Fremont-based battery developer Leyden Energy said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round for its lithium ion batteries. The firm said the round came from New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Ventures, Sigma Partners and...

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Intel Backs Apperian

Intel Capital, the venture investment arm of Intel, has made an investment in enterprise mobile application management firm Apperian, in a strategic investment. Apperian is based in Boston, and is also backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, K...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Prosper Finds $20M In Funding, Sets New CEO

San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a funding round from Sequoia Capital, and also named a new CEO. Prosper said it has named Pat Grady of Sequoia Capital to its board of dire...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

AppDynamics Snags $50M

San Francisco-based AppDynamics, the developer of application performance management software, said today that it has raised $50M in a Series D round. The growth funding was led by new investor Institutional Venture Partners, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

BuildingIQ Powers Up With $9M

San Francisco-based BuildingIQ, a developer of commercial building energy management software, said this morning it has garnered $9M in a venture funding round. The round came from Aster Capital, the Venture Capital unit of Siemens Financia...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

PayNearMe Pulls Out $10M For Self-Service Cash Payments

Mountain View-based PayNearMe, which operates a network of locations where consumers can pay for goods or services remotely with cash, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a new funding round, and also launched its service, PayNearMe Exp...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Optimal Lands $7M For Social Media Advertising, Analytics

San Francisco-based Optimal announced this morning that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The round came from DoubleRock, The Social Internet Fund, Siemer Ventures, Signal Ventures, John Pappajohn, Warren Adelman (former CEO of...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Syapse Gets Funding Round From Social+Capital

Palo Alto-based Syapse, which operates an online repository of human genome and clinical data, said this morning that it has raised a round of funding from The Social+Capital Partnership. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. Syapse ...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Ceterix Lands $19.5M

Menlo Park-based Ceterix Orthopaedics, a developer of surgical tools used for arthroscopic surgery, has raised $19.5M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The round was led by Novo Ventures, and also included Versant Ventures and ...

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Friday, January 18, 2013

15Five Finds $1M

San Francisco-based 15Five, a firm developing software to help companies gain feedback from their employees and improve the communications and management of those companies, has raised $1M in a seed funding, the firm said this week. The fun...

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

SurveyMonkey Raises $800M

Palo Alto-based SurveyMonkey, the developer of web-based surveying software, said today that it has raised $800M in funding, split between $444M in private equity, and $350M in debt. The equity funding came from CEO Dave Goldberg and Tiger ...

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

NextSpace Raises $825K For Coworking Efforts

Santa Cruz-based NextSpace, the developer and operator of coworking spaces, said this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a funding round. The firm said the funding will go towards expansion in Northern California. The company, which is ...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Sungevity Gains $125M More

Oakland-based residential solar power firm Sungevity, which offers up a service to help residential customers specify and install their own solar power systems, said Wednesday that it has raised $125M more in funding. The funding included $...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

InternMatch Finds $1.2M

San Francisco-based InternMatch, an online service which helps connect college students with employers, said Wednesday that it has raised $1.2M in a funding round. The round came from angels, including Dave McClure, Mitch Kapor, Vishal Makh...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Fanplayr Connects With $2M

Palo Alto-based Fanplayr, a developer of software to which helps analyze site and visitor traffic to optimize purchase incentive timing, said today that it has raised $2M in a seed investment round. The round was led by Denali Venture Partn...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Zettaset Gets $10M

Mountain View-based Zettaset, the developer of big data automation and cluster management software for Hadoop, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by HighBar Partners, and also included Brocad...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Ayasdi Digs Up $10M For Big Data Discovery

Palo Alto-based Ayasdi said today that it has raised $10.25M in a Series A funding, for its big data platform for helping organizations parse through their large and complex datasets. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures and FLOODGATE. Th...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Redpoint Ventures Closes Fifth Fund, Worth $400M

Menlo Park-based Redpoint Ventures said today that it has closed a new, $400M early stage venture capital fund, Redpoint V. The venture investor said the funding will go towards early stage investing. Redpoint said it had more than 14 exits...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Google Backs Cancer Software Developer Flatiron Health

Google Ventures, along with a long list of local Silicon Valley angels, has put its funding behind a developer of data mining and cloud-based software aimed at improving cancer treatment. Flatiron Health, based in New York, said it has rais...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Intel Backs Japanese Semiconductor Robotics Firm

Persimmon Technologies, a developer of vacuum robotics and other technology aimed at the semiconductor, LED, solar, and other manufacturing markets, said it raised $5.8M in a Series B funding. The round came from Intel Capital, The Bernard ...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

vArmour Secures $6M

Santa Clara-based vArmour Networks, a developer of security software specifically aimed at virtualized infrastructure and data centers, has raised $6M in a Series A funding. The firm said the round was led by Highland Capital Partners. Core...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Kwarter Inks $4M For Second Screen

San Francisco-based Kwarter, a developer of "second screen" applications which provide social gaming and other features linked with television broadcasts, said today that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The Series A round was led by T...

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Desti Books $1M For iPad Travel Guide

Menlo Park-based Desti has raised $1M in additional, seed funding for the firm's iPad travel guide. The funding came from Carmel, SRI International, and Horizon Ventures, and brings its total raised to $2.55M. Desti's app is free on the iTu...

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Monday, January 14, 2013

ConnectSolutions Finds Funding

San Francisco-based ConnectSolutions, a provider of private cloud management services for enterprise and government organizations, has scored $10M in a round of funding from Frontier Capital. According to the firms, the minority equity inve...

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Friday, January 11, 2013

ScaleArc Adds $12.3M

Santa Clara-based ScaleArc, which develops software which delivers analytics and improved caching for database environments, said Thursday that it has raised $12.3M in a new, Series C funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and ...

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Mirantis Gains $10M For OpenStack Tools

Mountain View-based Mirantis said Thursday that it has raised $10M in a growth capital financing, for its OpenStack software tools. The firm said the funding came from Intel Capital, WestSummit Capital, and Dell Ventures. Mirantis provides ...

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Streetline Pulls Up With $25M For Smart Parking Sensors, Data

Foster City-based Streetline said Thursday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round, which was led by True Ventures, and also included Citi and Qualcomm Ventures, along with Sutter Hill Ventures, RockPort Capital Partners, and Fo...

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Guavus Adds $30M

San Mateo-based Big Data software analytics developer Guavus said today that it has raised $30M in a new round of funding. The funding was led by Investor Growth Capital (IGC), and also included QuestMark Partners, Artiman Ventures, Sofinn...

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Host Analytics Lands $17M

Redwood City-based Host Analytics said this week that it has raised $17M in a Series D financing round. The funding came from existing investors, which include Advanced Technology Ventures, Trident Capital, StarVest Partners and Next World ...

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

USVP Adds Melton As Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based early stage venture capital investor U.S. Venture Partners said Tuesday that it has added Emily Melton as Venture Partner at the firm, to bolster its efforts in the mobile services, social media, and consumer services area....

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Mobiplex Adds $1.3M

Santa Clara-based Mobiplex, a developer of wireless sensors being used for sports and golf swing analysis, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.3M more in additional funding. The firm said the new funding came from both current and new privat...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Chartboost Gets $19M

San Francisco-based Chartboost, which develops software tools for mobile game developers to help them promote their games and applications, has raised $19M in a Series B funding, the firm said Tuesday. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, ...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Graphicly Raising $1.0M

Palo Alto- and Boulder, Colorado-based publishing software tools provider Graphicly is in the midst of raising $1.0M in a convertible debt round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. The filing indicates the company has...

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Solstice Biologics Raises $18M

San Francisco-based Soltice Biologics said Friday that it has raised $18M in a Series A funding round. The firm, which is developing technology that enables the delivery of RNA-based therapeutics across membranes, said the funding was led b...

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Shape Security Finds $20M More

Shape Security, a startup based in Mountain View developing advanced security tools, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The firm said the round was led by Venrock, and also included Caufield & Byers, Allegis Capital, Google Ventures, To...

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Monday, January 7, 2013

HeyZap Gains $4.3M

San Francisco-based HeyZap has raised $4.3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing. The funding came from new investor Qualcomm, along with existing investor Union Square Ventures. HeyZap develops mobile, social gaming apps wh...

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Room 77 Finds $30.3M

Mountain View-based hotel room search engine Room 77 has raised $30.3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Room 77 is venture backed by Su...

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Globant Gets $70M From WPP

San Francisco-based Globant, a developer of software products for big brands, has received $70M in an investment from WPP. WPP said it acquired a 20%, minority stake in Globant, to help strengthen its digital capabilities. WPP said Globalnd...

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Leap Motion Snags $30M For Motion Sensing

San Francisco-based Leap Motion, a developer of motion control software and hardware, said today that it has raised $30M in a funding round. The funding came from Highland Capital and its other existing investors. The firm, headed by Micha...

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Labrys Biologics Raises $31M

San Francisco-based Labrys Biologics, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on treatments for chronic migraine, said this morning that it has raised $31M in a Series A financing round. The round came from venBio, Canaan Partners, InterWest Part...

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Halt Medical Raises $15M

Livermore-based Halt Medical has raised $15M in a funding round, which will go toward commercialization of its medical devices for treating uterine fibroids, the firm said this morning. Halt Medical said its system was recently cleared by t...

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Monday, December 31, 2012

CrowdOptic Gets Debt Funding

San Francisco-based CrowdOptic, a developer of mobile video applications being aimed at crowd-sourcing of smartphone videos at events, said Monday that it has closed on an additional debt financing round. The funding came from Silicon Valle...

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Friday, December 21, 2012

IFTTT Gets $7M

San Francisco-based IFTTT, a startup which lets people connect together different web services, said Thursday that it has raised $7M in a funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included New Enterprise Associates a...

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Intel Invests $300M In 50 New Companies in 2012

Intel said today that it invested over $300M in over fifty new companies during 2012, plus had seventy follow on investments. Intel revealed the details in a year end bulletin. The semiconductor giant, which is among the most active strate...

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Pluribus Networks Links Into $23M

Palo Alto-based Puribus Networks, a developer of network virtualization hardware aimed at private and public cloud infrastructure, has raised $23M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Menlo ventures, and also included New Enter...

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

FoxConn Buys $200M Stake In GoPro

Consumer electronics manufacturer FoxConn (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.) has made an investment of $200M in San Mateo-based GoPro, the maker of the popular line of action sports cameras, GoPro said this morning. GoPro said the inve...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Signifyd Gets $2M For Fraud Prevention

Palo Alto-based Signifyd said Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, for developing a risk and fraud prevention platform for online e-commerce customers. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Data Collective, IA Vent...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

FitStar Finds $5M In Funding For Fitness

San Francisco-based Fitstar said Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round, to build a digital health and fitness platform. The funding was led by Google Venturs, and also included Advancit Capital, and FLOODGATE Fund. The fi...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Grockit Gains Strategic Funding Round

San Francisco-based Grockit, an online site which helps students with test prepration for such tests as the GMAT, SAT, ACT, LSE, and GRE, has raised a strategic funding round, according to the company today. The investment was led by Discov...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Nor1 Books $9M In Series B

Santa Clara-based Nor1, a developer of pricing and merchandising software used to help upsell hotel and resort amenities, has raised $9M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Concur, the developer of travel a...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Exablox Raises $22M For Storage Technology

Mountain View-based storage technology developer Exablox announced this morning that it has now raised $22M in two rounds of funding. The firm said the funds came after completing oversubscribed Series A and Series B funding rounds. The fun...

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Duetto Research Finds $10M

San Francisco-based Duetto Research, which develops forecasting software for the travel and hospitality industry, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Battery Ventures and Altimeter Capital, and also included Thayer...

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Allakos Gets $32M For Antibody Therapeutics

San Mateo-based Allakos said today that it has raised $32M in a Series A financing round, which will go towards its antibody therapeutics for treating allergic and inflammatory diseases. The funding was led by Novo Ventures, and also includ...

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Influitive Lands $7.3M

San Francisco-based Influitive announced today that it has raised $7.3M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Hummer Winblad and Relay Ventures, along with Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Illuminate Ventur...

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Friday, December 14, 2012

EasilyDo Gets $4.3M, Launches iOS App

San Francisco-based Easilydo, which develops mobile productivity applications to help users make their life simpler, said Thursday that it has raised $4.3M in a funding round. The round came from US Venture Partners and Mayfield Fund, along...

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Green Plug Raises Series C

San Ramon-based Green Plug, a company developing programmable, mixed-signal controllers for the power controller market, said this week that it has raised a Series C funding round. Size of the round was not announced. GreenPlug said the fun...

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Stipple Sees $3M More

San Francisco-based Stipple, a firm that develops image-based advertising and e-commerce tools, said Thursday that it has raised $3M in funding. The funding came from Sands Capital. Stipple develops a service which tags images, and makes th...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Plizy Finds $4M For Video Discovery

San Francisco-based online video discovery service Plizy announced Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Atlas Venture. Plizy, headed by Jonathan Benassaya, said the funding comes on top of an ear...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

CloudVelocity Nabs $5M For Cloud Automation

Santa Clara-based CloudVelocity, a developer of cloud automation tools aimed at high availability failover and migration, said Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Mayfield Fund. The company, which i...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

KooZoo Gets $2.5M For Local, Live Video Feeds

San Francisco-based KooZoo, a startup which is developing a service which allows users to share live video feeds of local placess and things, has raised $2.5M in a funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Tugboat Ve...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

23andMe Decodes Another $50M

Mountain View-based 23andMe, the personalized genetics company led by Anne Wojcicki, said yesterday that it has received more than $50M in a new financing round. The round came from new investor Yuri Milner, and also included Sergey Brin, N...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Jibe Mobile Gets $8.3M

Mountain View-based Jibe Mobile, a provider of cloud-based telephony service, software, and APIs, said today that it has raised $8.3M in a funding round. The funding came from Vodafone Ventures, Tokyo-based MTI, and other investors. Jibe Mo...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Costanoa Venture Capital Raises $100M Fund

Palo Alto-based Costanoa Venture Capital, a new venture capital fund founded by Greg Sands, said today that it has raised a $100M, early stage venture capital fund. The firm said it will invest in early stage, cloud-based services for busin...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Propel Fuels Fills Up With $21M

Redwood City-based Propel Fuels, a retailer of alternative fuel, said Tuesday that it has raised $11M in a Series D funding round. The operator of a network of stations providing bio-based fuels to automobile drivers said that the funding c...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

ZenPayroll Picks Up $6.1M For Cloud Payroll

San Francisco-based ZenPayroll, a startup developing cloud-based, payroll management services, has raised $6.1M in a funding round, the firm disclosed today. The firm--part of Y-Combinator--said the funding came from such investors as Googl...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

NatureBox Lands Funding For Healthy Food Delivery

Palo Alto-based NatureBox, which operates a monthly, healthy snack delivery service, said Tuesday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners and Redpoint Ventures, and also included angels...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

GlassPoint Solar Finds $26M

Fremont-based GlassPoint Solar, which develops technology used for solar steam generators used to facilitate the recovery of oil in pumping operations, said today that it has raised $26M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Royal Du...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Farmigo Gets $8M For Local Food

Farmigo, a startup trying to make it easier for people to connect to local farmers for their food, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B round, and has launched a new "food community" in San Francisco and New York. The Palo Alto s...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

One King's Lane Gets $50M More

San Francisco-based One King's Lane, the operator of an online, flash-sales site for home furnishings, said today that it has raised $50M in a new funding. The funding brings its total raised to $117M. The round was led Institutional Ventur...

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Mine Finds $600K For Social Commerce App

Palo Alto-based Mine, a newly launched developer of applications for helping users discover new products and stores, said today that it has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round, and launched its iPhone app. The funding round came from Mi...

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Monday, December 10, 2012

CARDFREE Gets $10M

San Francisco-based CARDFREE, a developer of mobile commerce products that integrate with point-of-sale systems, has raised $10M in a Series A, the company said today. The company said the funding came last month. Source of the new funding ...

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Delivery Agent Lands $3M In Strategic Funding

San Francisco-based Delivery Agent, the developer of e-commerce applications which tie into television and entertainment content, said today that it has raised $5M in a strategic investment round. The round came from Samsung Venture Investm...

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Friday, December 7, 2012

Validity Sensors Adds Intel Capital To Round

San Jose-based Validity Sensors said this week that it has added Intel Capital, World Fair, and DDS to its latest funding round, which had an initial close in October, bringing its total raised in that round to $22M. The funding was led by ...

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Friday, December 7, 2012

Centric Software Scores $19M

Campbell-based Centric Software, a developer of product lifecycle management (PLM) software, said this week that it has raised $19M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, and also included Masthead Ventur...

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Friday, December 7, 2012

MetroMile Gets $4M To Launch Pay-Per-Mile Car Insurance

Redwood City-based MetroMile, a new startup launching a pay-per-mile auto insurance service, said it has raised $4M in a funding round. The round came from NEA, Index Ventures, First Round Capital and SV Angel. MetroMile is launching an aut...

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Cloudera Gets Big $65M Funding Round

Palo Alto-based Cloudera said late Thursday that it has raised $65M in a funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also include Greylock Partners, Ignition Partners, In-Q-Tel, and Meritech Capital Partners. Cloudera develops ...

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Prismatic Finds $15M For Personalized News

San Francisco-based Prismatic revealed Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, Jim Breyer and Yuri Milner, among others. Prismatic (aka Woven) develops software which looks to under...

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

ClearStory Data Sees $9M For Big Data

Palo Alto-based ClearStory has raised $9M in a Series A round, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the firm said this morning. The firm also said its prior, seed backers, which include Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, participa...

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

BioCision Gets $2.5M

Larkspur-based BioCision, which develops tools for the life sciences research and clinical research market, said today that it has raised $2.5M in a growth financing round. The round came from BroadOak Capital Partners, along with Research ...

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

CipherCloud Finds $30M

San Jose-based CipherCloud said this moring that it has raised $30M in a funding round, from Andreessen Horowitz, which will go towards expand its sales and marketing, including expanding in Europe. CipherCloud develops cloud-based, securit...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Poshmark Gets $12M For Mobile Fashion

Menlo Park-based Poshmark has added $12M in a Series B funding, to help bolster its mobile marketplace for fashion. The firm, which is led by Manish Chandra, said the new funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and laso included Mayfield Fund, I...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

ScaleIO Snags $12M

Palo Alto-based ScaleIO, a developer of software-only, virtual storage area network (SAN) products, said today that it has raised $12M in a funding round. The round came from Greylock Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and others. ScaleIO ...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Green Throttle Games Scores $6M

Santa Clara-based Green Throttle Games said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding. The firm said the round was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included DCM. Green Throttle Games is a developer of video games, and also makes a...

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Google Backs TrueLens

TrueLens, a developer of social data and marketing analysis tools, said monday that it has raised $1.2M in a funding round. The funding round was led by Google Ventures, and also included Charles River Ventures, Common Angels, 500 Startups ...

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Plivo Gets $1.75M In Seed Funding For Telephony APIs

San Francisco-based Plivo, a developer of telephony APIs, said today that it has raised $1.75M in a seed funding round. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated and SV Angel. Plivo operates a platform...

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Wikia Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Wikia, the developer of online collaboration and wiki software, said Friday that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Bessem...

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Evernote Gets $85M To Cash Out Investors

Mountain View-based Evernote, which operates software that lets users keep notes both online and offline, said it has raised $85M in a new funding round. The round was led by AGC Equity Partners/m8 Capital and also included Valiant Capital ...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Triggit Finds $7.4M For Facebook Targeting

Triggit, a developer of Facebook ad targeting tools, has raised $7.4M in a Series B funding round, the company said Thursday. The round came from Spark Capital and Foundry Group, among others. Triggit, which is led by Zach Coelius, develops...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

BitYota Raises $12M For Data Warehousing Service

Mountain View-based BitYota has raised $12M in funding, from Globespan Capital Partners, Social+Capital Partnership, Dawn Capital, Crosslink Capital, Morado Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Jerry Yang, as well as others, the firm announced th...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

BitYota Raises $12M For Data Warehousing Service

Mountain View-based BitYota has raised $12M in funding, from Globespan Capital Partners, Social+Capital Partnership, Dawn Capital, Crosslink Capital, Morado Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Jerry Yang, as well as others, the firm announced th...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Ginger.io Lands $6.5M For Mobile Health Apps

San Francisco- and Cambridge, Mass-based Ginger.io said this week that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round, for its mobile health apps. The firm uses "big data" and smartphones to help monitor a person's health. The new funding ...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

TranscribeMe Gets Funding From Angels

Emeryville-based TranscribeMe, a developer of speech-to-text services, has raised $900,000 in funding from a syndicate of angel groups. The firm said the funding was led by the Keiretsu Forum, and which also included the Ice Angels, Maveric...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Everything.me Snags $25M More

Mobile application platform developer Everything.me said today that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding, from Telefonica Digital. The round also included SingTel Innov8, Mozilla, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), DFJTF, BRM Group and Hori...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

AgilOne Finds $10M For Predictive Marketing

Mountain View-based AgilOne, which develops predictive marketing software, has raised $10M in a Series B, in a new funding round led by Mayfield. The funding also included Sequoia Capital. AgilOne said the funding brings its total raised to...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sumo Logic Connects With $30M

Mountain View-based Sumo Logic, a developer of log management and analytics tools, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included prior investors Greylock Partners and ...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Lift Reaches Funding Goal, Gets $2.5M In Series A

Lift, the mobile goals-tracking application developer incubated out of Obvious Corp., has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The San Francisco startup said the Series A was led by Spark Capital (Bijan Sabet), and also ...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Edison Pharmaceuticals Nabs $20M To Treat Mitochondrial Disease

Mountain View-based Edison Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing treatments for mitochondrial diseases, has raised $20M in a Series F funding. The round was led by Mitsui & Co. Edison said the funding will go to advance clin...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

TriReme Medical Lands $18M

Pleasanton-based TriReme Medical, a developer of medical devices for treating peripheral arterial disease, said today that it has raised $18M in a funding round. The round was led by Luminor Capital of Singapore, and also included other, un...

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Lattice Engines Takes $20M

San Mateo-based Lattice Engines, which develops big data analytics software, said Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Sequoia Capital. The firm, led by Shas...

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Nanosys Raises $15M

Palo Alto-based Nanosys, a developer of advanced materials used in liquid crystal displays, said today that it has raised $15M in a sixth round of fudning. Source of the funding was not disclosed. The firm said the round will go towards exp...

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Socialbakers Raises $6M

San Francisco-based Socialbakers, a developer of social media analytics software and services, said today that it has raised $6M in a funding round. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also included Earlybird Venture Capital. Socialbak...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Intarcia Therapeutics Gets $210M For Diabetes Treatments

Hayward-based Intarcia Therapeutics announced Thursday that it has raised $210M in a combination of equity and debt. The developer of diabetes treatment said it raised $160M in a preferred stock private placement, and $50M in private debt. ...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

InboundWriter Adds $2.5M

San Mateo-based InboundWriter, a developer of software which helps writers optimize their text, announced Thursday that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round. The round came from Crosslink Capital, Castile Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures, Fo...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

HomeLight Lands $1.5M To Help You Find A Real Estate Agent

San Francisco-based HomeLight, an online service which helps homebuyers find a real estate agent that matches their needs, has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The round came from Google Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Crosslink Capital, an...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Spruce Media Pulls Up $15M

San Francisco-based Spruce Media, a provider which provides marketing technology for placing Facebook Ads, said yesterday that it has raised $15M in a debt financing round. The round came from Square 1 Bank. The firm said the financing will...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

VuClip Gets $13M For Mobile Video

Milpitas-based Vuclip, which serves up videos to users over mobile phones, has raised $13M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by SingTel Innov8, and also included NEA and Jafco Ventures. The firm said the funds will go towards g...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Urban Remedy Gets $1M for Healthy Food, Snacks

Mill Valley-based Urban Remedy, which provides healthy juices, meal replacements, and gluten-free snacks, has raised $1M in a funding from technology incubator Science Inc. and angels. The company, headed by neka Pasquale, delivers "cleansi...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

10Gen Gets Backing From Intel, Red Hat

Palo Alto-based NoSQL database developer 10Gen said Wednesday that it has scored a strategic investment from both Intel and Red Hat, for its MongoDB product. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. The firm will use the funding to furt...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Beyond Lucid Finds New Funding

Walnut Creek-based Beyond Lucid, a firm which helps provide tracking of documentation for the emergency response industry, said today that it has raised a "six figure" convertible note from Dalmore Investments. Exact amount of the funding w...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

PlayHaven Gains $8M

San Francisco-based PlayHaven has raised $8M in funding. The firm, which provides monetization products aimed at mobile game developers, said the round was led by GGV Capital, and also included e.ventures, Tandem Entrepreneurs and individua...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Continuuity Gets $10M

Palo Alto-based Continuuity, a developer of software which helps in the development and deployment of "big data" applications, said today that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The round came from Battery Ventures, Ignition Partners, A...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Origami Logic Lands $9.3M For Marketing Analytics

Menlo Park-based Origami Logic said today that it has raised $9.3M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Accel Partners' Big Data Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others. Origami Logic is developing a self-service, big data...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Akros Silicon Gets New Funding

Sunnyvale-based Akros Silicon said Tuesday that it has raised a new round of funding, bring its total raised in 2012 to $11M. Size of the new funding was not disclosed. The round was led by Technology Partners, and also included USVP, Leven...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Remedy Informatics Raises $6M

Remedy Informatics, a developer of clinical registries, medical research software, and research informatics for the life sciences industry, has raised $6M. The firm, which has offices in Menlo Park, said the funding came from the Merck Glob...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

SocialWire Lands $2M For Facebook Marketing

San Franscisco-based SocialWire has raised $2M in a seed funding, for its products which help companies engage users on Facebook. The seed funding came from First Round Capital, Dave McClure, Joi Ito, Ariel Poler and Brian Sugar, according ...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Engine Yard Gets Backing From Oracle

San Francisco-based Engine Yard, a developer of cloud software used for deploying and configuring apps built on Ruby, PHP, and Node.js, has scored funding from Oracle, the two said today. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Oracle sai...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

DataSift Downloads $15M

San Francisco-based DataSift, a developer of software which helps users join social data with private, internal information about customers, has raised $15M in a Series B round. The firm said the round was led by Scale Venture Partners, and...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Pearl Therapeutics Gains $65M

Redwood City-based Pearl Therapeutics said today that it has raised $65M in a Series D funding round. The round came from its existing investors, which include 5AM Ventures, Clarus Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, and Vatera Healthcare ...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Platfora Raises $20M

San Mateo-based Platfora, a developer of software used for big data and business intelligence, said it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Andreessen Horowitz and Sutter Hill...

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Monday, November 12, 2012

DoubleDutch Lands $4M

San Francisco-based DoubleDutch, which develops enterprise mobile and CRM applications designed for events, sales teams, and enterprise workgroups--including Hive, Pride, and Flock--said it has raised $4M with a Series B funding round today...

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Google Ventures Ups Funding To $300M Annually

Google is boosting the amount of funding for its venture capital arm to $300M a year, according to the firm, which says its plans to invest $1.5 billion into startups over the next five years. Google--which has been dedicating $200M to inve...

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Munchery Gets $4M For Food Delivery

San Francisco-based Munchery said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The round was led by e.ventures. Munchery offers up a service which provides personalized meals from local chefs, which are delivered to users for prepara...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

SnapVolumes Launches With $2.3M In Seed Funding

Los Altos-based SnapVolumes said it has emerged from stealth mode, and raised $2.3M in a seed funding round. The firm said it has developed software to manage and deploy applications on virtual desktops, servers, and the cloud, and was foun...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Drip Drop Finds Funding

San Francisco-based Drip Drop, a developer of medically forumlated, oral rehydration solutions used to treat dehydration and other issues, said today that it has raised a round of equity funding. Size of the funding round was not disclosed....

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Betabrand Gets Funding For Crowdsourced Clothing

San Francisco-based Betabrand, a startup looking to tap the wisdom of the crowds to design and produce clothing, has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding. The firm, founded by Chris Landland (Cordarounds), said the funding was led by Foundry ...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

ServiceMax Lands $27M

Pleasanton-based ServiceMax, which develops cloud-based, mobile field service applications, said today that it has raised $27M in a Series D investment. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Emergence Capital Partners, M...

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Kenshoo Lands $12M

Kenshoo, which develops search engine marketing automation software, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a new round of funding. The firm--which has North American headquarters in San Francisco, but is based in Israel--said the rou...

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Up In Q3

A report issued this week from the University of San Francisco, the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index, find that the confidence of venture capitalist ticked up a bit in the third quarter. The index--based on a September sur...

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Neo Technology Gains $11M For Graph Databases

San Mateo-based Neo Technology, which develops open source database tool Neo4j, said Friday that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the funding came from its existing investors, which include Fidelity Growth Partn...

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Flurry Lands $25M More

San Francisco-based Flurry, the mobile analytics and advertising firm headed by Simon Khalaf, disclosed this morning that it has raised $25M in a funding round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital and also included former investors Menlo...

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Mainsail Partners Expands Team

Private equity firm Mainsail Partners, which is based in San Francisco, said Thursday that it has expanded its operating team, adding Kathryn Cavanaugh as Vice President of Talent, Amy Corrieo as Controller, and Chris Cassidy as Operating P...

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Zapier Lands $1.2M

Y Combinator graduate Zapier said Thursday that it has raised a $1.2M, seed funding round, which came from Bessemer Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvesten, along with angels. The company, which is based in Columbia, Mo., recently wrap...

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

First Round Capital Boosts San Francisco Presence

Venture capital firm First Round Capital has bolstered its presence in San Francisco, saying that it has added Bill Trenchard as a partner in the location. Trenchard founded Jump Networks (acquired by Microsoft), had served at idealab, foun...

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Advanced Cell Diagnostics Gains $12M

Hayward-based Advanced Cell Diagnostics said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The firm, which is developing automated tools for detecting and quantifying RNA biomarkers, said the round was led by New Leaf Ve...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Big Switch Networks Clicks Into $25M

Palo Alto-based Big Switch Networks, a startup providing virtual infrastructure which lets customers define their networks using software, has raised $25M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventur...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

LocBox Unlocks $5.1M

San Francisco-based LocBox, a developer of email marketing software for small businesses, has raised $5.1M in a Series A funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by InterWest Partners, and also included Google Ventures, Accel P...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

iSocket Raises $8M For Advertising Tools

Burlingame-based iSocket has raised $8M in a Series A funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by Foundry Group, and also included Costanoa, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, SoftTech VC, Accelerator, Quest, and Blumberg Capital. iSocke...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Glassdoor Gets $20M

Sausalito-based Glassdoor, which operates an online service that lets people browse and anonymously provide information about salaries and benefits at companies, has raised $20M in a funding round, the firm said today. The firm said the new...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

ItsOn Finds $15.5M

Redwood City-based ItsOn, a developer of mobile technology whose team helped developed the LTE and WiFi 802.11N standards, said today that it has raised $15.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also ...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Helpshift Puts $3.2M Towards Mobile Customer Support Tools

San Francisco-based Helpshift, a new startup focused on mobile customer support, has raised $3.2M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The firm said its seed financing round was led by True Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners....

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Mobiplex Lands $3.1M For Tracking Players' Golf Swing

Santa Clara-based Mobiplex, a developer of golf motion analysis software and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $3.1M in a Series A funding round. Name of its investors were not announced. Mobiplex uses wireless sensors and a...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

ZeaChem Scores $25M For Biofuels Plant

ZeaChem, a developer of cellulosic ethanol processes which has its research and development operations in San Mateo, said Monday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was let by ITOCHU Corporation, and laos included...

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Principia Biopharma Finds $12.5M

San Francisco-based Principia Biopharma, a pharmaceuticals firm developing small molecule drugs aimed at treating inflammatory, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, has raised $12.5M in a second tranche of funding. The funding came from New Lea...

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Monday, October 29, 2012

WalkMe Gets $5.5M

WalkMe, a developer of software to develop online, on-screen walkthrough guides for websites, said Friday that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The Israeli firm, which has operations in San Francisco, said the round was led by Gemini...

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Monday, October 29, 2012

AutoGrid Finds $9M

Palo Alto-based AutoGrid, a developer of software for analyzing smart meter and energy usage information for utilities, has raised $9M in a funding round. The round came from Foundation Capital, Voyager Capital, and Stanford University. Aut...

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Udacity Scores $15M

Udacity, which offers free, online university courses, said Thursday that it had raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Charles River Ventures and Stev eblank. Udacity offers up ...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

BrightSource Energy Banks $80M More

Oakland-based BrightSource Energy has banked a big round of funding, adding another $80M in equity funding, the firm said Wednesday. The new round was led by Alstom and VantagePoint Capital Partners, and also included DFJ, CalSTRS, DBL Inve...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Rewarder Finds $7M

Rewarder, which operates an online marketplace which rewards people for helping to solve the issues of other users, has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the round was led by Granite Ventures and Radar Partners, and also...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Airbnb Raises $118M

A regulatory filing today says that San Francisco-based Airbnb has raised $118M in a combinaton of equity and debt. Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, multiple reports say the round was led by Peter Thiel. Airbnb operates...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

InfoArmy Captures $17.3M

San Mateo-based InfoArmy, which provides competitive intelligence reports on companies, crowdsourced from its users, has raised $17.3M in a Series B funding. The round came from Norwest Venture partners and Trinity Ventures. InfoArmy is hea...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Tely Labs Calls Up $15M

Menlo Park-based Tely Labs, a developer of Skype-compatible, high definition videoconferencing equipment for the consumer and business market, has raised $15M in a funding round. The funding came from Comcast Ventures and Rogers Venture Par...

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Intelli-Touch Apps Gets Funding

San Ramon-based Intelli-Touch Apps said Monday that it has raised a second round of funding. Size of the funding was not disclosed, and the firm did not disclose the name of its backers. The firm said it is developing smartphone application...

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Clever Connects With $3M For Student Data

Clever, a developer of software and APIs for the education market, which helps schools and software developers manage and access student data, has raised $3M in a seed funding. The funding came from Y Combinator, SV Angel, Mike Maples, Jeff...

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Gigwalk Gets $6M

San Francisco-based Gigwalk, a startup which develops mobile phone apps which let people do tasks to earn money--such as taking photos and collecting information--via their phone, has raised $6M in a funding round. The Series A round came f...

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Friday, October 19, 2012

MongoHQ Raises $6M

MongoHQ, a provider of hosted MongoDB database service, has scored $6M for funding, the firm disclosed earlier this week. The firm--which has offices in Mountain View, and was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2011 class--said the round was led...

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Friday, October 19, 2012

FundersClub Raises $6M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based FundersClub, which operates an online site which streamlines and automates the process of making angel investments, disclosed today that it has raised $6M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Y Combinator, Firs...

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Intacct Wins $13.5M In Funding

San Jose-based Intacct, the developer of cloud-based accounting and financial management software, said yesterday that it has raised $13.5M in a new funding round. The financing include both equity and debt. The equity funding was worth $7....

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Venture Capital Dollars, Deals Down In Q3

The latest venture capital numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, shows that venture capital activity declined both in dollars and deals in Q3. The ...

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Validity Sensors Gains $20M For Fingerprint Sensors

Validity Sensors, a developer of fingerprint sensors and technology, said Thursday that it has raised $20M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by TeleSoft Partners, and also included prior investors Crosslink Capital, Panorama Ca...

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

BloomReach Finds $25M For Big Data Applications

Mountain View-based BloomReach, which develops "big data" marketing applications, announced today that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Lightspeed Venture Part...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Splice Machine Retrieves $4M

San Francisco-based Splice Machine, which develops SQL-compatible database aimed at the big data market, said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A round. The round came from Mohr Davidow Ventures. Splice Machine, which is headed by Mo...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Marinexplore Seeded For Ocean Data Effort

Sunnyvale-based Marinexplore, a developer of software used for analyzing and collaborating on ocean data and information, said this morning that it has scored a seed round of funding. Size of the round was not announced. The round was led b...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

4INFO Gets Credit Line

San Mateo-based 4INFO, a provider of mobile advertising products, has scored a $5M line of credit, according to Avidbank Corporate Finance. Terms of the financing were not announced. Avidbank said the loan will be used for working capital. ...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Gridstore Gets $12.5M

Mountain View-based Gridstore said this morning that it has raised $12.5M in a Series A funding round, for its storage technology. The funding was led by GGV Capital and ONSET Ventures, and also included its existing investors. Gridstore sa...

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Monday, October 15, 2012

Referly Gets $1M For Affiliate Sales

San Francisco-based Referly, which operates a site which pays users affiliate fees for linking to and referring others to products, has scored $1M in a seed funding, the firm disclosed Monday. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates...

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Monday, October 15, 2012

UrbanSitter Finds $6M For Babysitter Referrals

UrbanSitter, a startup which is hoping to make it easier for parents to find a babysitter, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The San Francisco firm said that the round was led by Canaan Partners, and also includ...

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Monday, October 15, 2012

Message Bus Picks Up $11M

Message Bus, a provider of cloud-based messaging APIs and software for sending email and mobile messages, said today that it has raised $11M in a funding round. The round was led by North Bridge Venture Partners, and also included True Vent...

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Switchfly Snags $17.8M For Travel Loyalty

San Francisco-based Switchfly, a provider of software for managing travel loyalty programs, has topped off its Series C funding round at $17.8M, the firm said this week, adding $2.8M on top of an earlier $15M in the round close in March. Th...

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

EcoFactor Plugs Into $8M

Redwood City-based EcoFactor, a provider of residential energy management services, said Thursday that it has raised $8M in a venture funding round. The round came from new investor Aster Capital, and also included its prior investors, Clar...

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

TerraSky Gets Backing From Partner For Salesforce Integration

TerraSky, a provider of cloud computing and system integration services with operations in San Jose, said Wednesday that it received additional capital from one of its business partners, NTT Software. Financial details of the investment wer...

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Skyfire Adds $10M In Series D Funding

Mountain View-based Skyfire has added $10M more to its warchest, through a Series D funding today, the company said. Skyfire develops software used to optimize the delivery of video to mobile phones. The new funding was led by Panorama Capi...

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

SunPower Backs Australian Company

San Jose-based SunPower has made an investment in an Australian producer of renewable energy, the company said this week, Diamon Energy Pty Ltd. SunPower said it has acquired a minority stake in Diamond Energy, giving it an ownership of 42 ...

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Sharethrough Raises $5M For Video Ads

San Francisco-based Sharethrough announced today that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The round included North Bridge Venture Partners and Floodgate, both existing investors in the company. Sharethrough is a distributor of vi...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Silicon Valley Angels Pile Into Silvercar

A number of Silicon Valley angels are among the backers of a new startup, looking to transform the business of airport car rentals. Silvercar said it has raised $11.5M in a Series A round, with investors Austin Ventures, as well as Sillicon...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Longitude Capital Gets $385M For Life Sciences Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital investor Longitude Capital said today that it has raised $385M for its second, life sciences fund, Longitude Venture Partners II. The firm said it had targeted the fund at $325M. Longitude invests in growth ...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

SideCar Finds $10M

San Francisco-based SideCar, which develops mobile apps to help users find a ride, has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Google Ventures. SideCar is headed by Sunil Paul. The firm s...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Funambol Lands $5.75M For Mobile Cloud

Foster City-based Funambol, a provider of cloud synchronization and sharing applications for mobile phones, devices, and computers, said today that it has raised $5.75M in a new funding round. the round came from HIG Growth Capital, Nexit V...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

getTalent Gains $2.6M

San Francisco-based getTalent, which is developing software to help companies recruit employees, has raised $2.6M in a funding round, the firm disclosed Tuesday. The round came from SuccessFactors, and also included Krutal Desai (Automattti...

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Pearl.com Gets $25.7M More

San Francisco-based Pearl.com, which connects users with experts on a wide range of topics to help them get answers to their questions, has raised another $25.7M in funding. The Series B round was led by Glynn Capital Management, Charles Sc...

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Friday, October 5, 2012

GraphDive Gets $1M

Menlo Park-based GraphDive, which develops software which integrates data from Facebook, Google+, and Twitter to provide in-depth demographic information to websites, has raised $1M in funding. The round came from Correlation Ventures and C...

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Barracuda Networks Lands $130M, Eyes IPO

Campbell-based Barracuda Networks has raised $130M in a funding round, according to reports this week, from Sequoia Capital and Francisco Partners. According to Bloomberg, the funds will go to cash out the firm's founders and early employee...

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Trifacta Nabs $4.3M For Data Visualization Tools

San Francisco-based Trifacta, a developer of visual software for the big data market, has raised $4.3M in a funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, X/Seed Capital, Data Collective, and such angels as Dave Goldberg, Venky Harinara...

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

RainStor Gets $12M For Big Data Databases

San Francisco-based Rainstor, a developer of database technology for the big data market, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Credit Suisse and Rogers Partners, along with Doughty Hanson Techn...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Jelli Lands $9M For Social Radio

San Mateo-based Jelli said today that it has raised $9M in a new funding. The round was led by new investors Intel Capital and Relay Ventures, and also included prior investors First Round Capital and angel Roger Ames (EMI Music). Jelli ope...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Citrix Backs AppEnsure

Santa Clara-based Citrix, via its Citrix Startup Accelerator, has made an investment of $100,000 in AppEnsure, a developer of software for managing the performance of enterprise applications running on virtual infrastructure. The funding ca...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

thredUP Sews Up $14.5M More

San Francisco-based thredUP.com, which operates an online service which helps parents resell their kids outgrown clothing, said today that it has raised $14.5M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners, a...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

NGDATA Scores $2.5M To Open San Francisco Offices

NGDATA, a developer of big data analysis software, said today that it has raised $2.5M to open up new offices in San Francisco and New York. The firm said the funding came from ING, Sniper Investments, Plug and Play Ventures and angels. NGD...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Buuteeq Books $10M For Hotel Marketing

Buuteeq, a developer of digital marketing software for boutique hotels, said today that it has raised $10M in an investment round. The firm, which is based in Seattle but also has offices in Palo Alto, said the funding came from Madrona Ven...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Dyn Gets $38M For DNS Services

Dyn, a provider of domain name service (DNS) and email services, said Tuesday that it has raised $38M in a funding round. The round was led by North Bridge, and also included Borealis Ventures. The firm, which has offices in San Francisco b...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Insightly Gains $3M For CRM Software

San Francisco-based Insightly, a developer of customer relationship software for small businesses, said today that it has raised $3M in a financing round. The round came from Emergence Capital Partners. The firm said the funds will go to ex...

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Monday, October 1, 2012

SST Locates Investment From Motorola

Newark, California-based SST, the developer of the ShotSpotter products used by police for locating gunfire, has scored an investment from Motorola Solutions, Motorola said Monday. The round was worth $12M, and also included prior investors...

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Monday, October 1, 2012

DataStax Digs Up $25M More

San Mateo-based DataStax, a developer of enterprise, "big data" software, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and also included prior investors Lightspeed Venture P...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Klout Gets Investment From Microsoft

San Francisco-based Klout, the startup measuring social influence of users based on their Twitter, Facebook, and other social followers, has scored a funding round from Microsoft, the company said today. The investment came as part of a str...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Zumper Locates $1M In Seed Funding

Zumper, a San Francisco startup which helps people find apartments for rent, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The firm said the funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, CrunchFund, NEA, Dawn ...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Virtual Instruments Finds $27.5M

San Jose-based Virtual Instruments, a developer of software for managing and monitoring performance in physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments, has raised $27.5M. The Series D funding round was co-led by Next World Capital and G...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Duck Duck Moose's Educational Apps Find $7M

Duck Duck Moose, the educational apps developer for iOS and Android, has just gotten a chunk of funding for its efforts. The firm said it has just raised $7M in a Series A funding round, from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

V-Key Gets $4M For Mobile Security

Redwood City-based V-Key said yesterday that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round .The round came from IPV Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. The firm said the funding will go towards research and development, as well as sale...

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Medallia Raises $35M For Customer Feedback and Surveys

Palo Alto-based Medallia, a developer of software used to survey customers and collect customer feedback, has raised $35M in a funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital. According to Medallia, Sequoia's Doug Leone has joine dthe...

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Kiip Adds Japanese Investor Digital Garage

San Francisco-based Kiip, which develops software and services for managing mobile rewards and loyalty, has added funding from Japanese strategic investor Digital Garage. Kiip said that Digital Garage was an investor in its recent, $11M Ser...

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Desmos Gets Funding From Google

San Francisco-based Desmos, which develops free, graphical calculator software for students, has just raised a round of funding from Google Ventures. The firm did not disclose financial details of the round. Desmos is led by Eli Luberoff....

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

SwiftTest Raises $7.25M

Santa Clara-based SwiftTest, a developer of high performance, software for data center testing, said it has raised $7.25M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Azure Capital Partners, and also included Kinetic Vent...

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Kleiner Backs SimpliVity

SimpliVity, a Massachusetts-based developer of unified computing, storage, and network boxes, said Monday that it raised a $25M funding round from Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. KCPB led the round, which also included A...

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Monday, September 24, 2012

New Venture Fund Targets The Dorm Room

A new, venture capital fund--backed by the same folks behind First Round Capital--said today that they have launched a new fund specifically targeted at student entrepreneurs. First Round--which is very active in Silicon Valley--said the ne...

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

MyoKardia Gets $38M For Heart Disease Treatment

San Francisco-based Myokardia, a newly formed developer of small molecule therapeutics, said today that it is targeting genetic heart disease with $38M in funding. The Series A funding came from Third Rock Ventures. MyoKardia is developing ...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

SnapLogic Lands $20M

San Francisco-bsaed SnapLogic, a developer of enterprise, cloud integration software, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Ignition Partners, and also included Triangle Peak Partners and Andre...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Twitch Scores $15M For Videogame Content

San Francisco-based Twitch, which operates an online site focused on videos for gamers, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, the company said today. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Alsop Louie Partners an...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Appnomic Systems Gets $12.5M

Santa Clara-based Appnomic Systems said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Norwest Venture Partners. According to Appnomic, the round brings its total raised to $12.5M. The funding will go toward...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Virident Snags $26M For Flash Storage

Flash storage provider Virident, which is based in Milpitas, disclosed today that it has raised $26M in a new funding round. The round was led by Mitsui Global investments, and also included Globespan Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, and ...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Silver Spring Networks Gets $12M From Foundation Capital

Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networks is raising $12M more in a funding round, according to an updated S-1 from the company. The firm, which is in IPO registration, said that Foundation Capital, its largest shareholder, will buy the sha...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

GENWI Snags $2M In Funding From Elevation, Floodgate

Los Altos based mobile publishing software firm GENWI has raised $2M in new funding, the firm said today, from investors Elevation Partners and Floodgate. GENWI has now raised $7.1M in funding. GENWI develops software which makes it easier ...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

10gen Gets Investment From In-Q-Tel

Palo Alto- and New York-based 10gen, the developer of the MongoDB NOSQL database software, reported today that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community. Financial details of...

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Station X Finds $5M

Redwood City-based Station X, a developer of software used for analyzing and visualizing genome data, has raised $5M in a second round of funding, the firm said today. The funding was led by Runa Capital, and also included Genomic Health. T...

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Square Closes $200M Round

San Francisco-based Square, the developer of mobile credit card readers and related payment services, reported today that it has closed its Series D funding round. The firm did not announced the size of the funding, which is widely reported...

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Aerohive Gets $22.5M

Sunnyvale-based Aerohive Networks,which develops enterprise Wi-fi networking products, said yesterday that it has raised $22.5M in a mezzanine equity financing round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Kl...

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Sosh Finds $4M For Mobile App

San Francisco-based Sosh, the developer of a mobile app for iPhone which helps users find fun things to do on weekends, has raised $4M in a funding. The firm's app--which currently only works in San Francisco--is aiming at the "hip" demogra...

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Open Garden Connects Into $2M

San Francisco-based Open Garden, which is developing mesh networking technology aimed at mobile connectivity, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Allan Green, David Ulevitch (OpenDNS), Derek Parham (Google), and Di...

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Blu Homes Gets $60M For Green Homes

Blu Homes, a manufacturer of green, pre-built homes, said Wednesday that it has raised $60M in its first, institutional round of investment. The round was led by Netherlands-based Skagen Group. Blue Homes is developing green and energy-sav...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

YourMechanic Raises $1.8M For Traveling Auto Repair

San Francisco-based YourMechanic announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.8M in funding, for a service which connects users with auto mechanics, who will provide auto repair services at a user's home or workplace. The funding came from Y Com...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Amplidata Scores $6M, Sets New CEO

Redwood City-based Amplidata, a developer of object-based storage, announced today that it raised $6M in funding. The funding came from Quantum Corp., as well as Intel Capital, Swisscom Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures and Endeavour Vision. T...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Zendesk Pulls Up $60M More

San Francisco-based Zendesk, the provider of cloud-based customer service software, has scored $60M in new financing, the company said today. The round included both equity and debt, with the $45M equity funding led by Redpoint Ventures. Ot...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Social Finance Gets $77.2M For Student Loans

San Francisco-based Social Finance, which operates a student lending program which ties school alumni with new students, said last night that it has raised $77.2M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Baseline Ventures, and also inc...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Founder Collective Sets Sights On Silicon Valley With $70M Fund

Venture capital firm Founder Collective said Tuesday that it has raised a second fund, Founder Collective II, worth $70M. The fund--started in Cambridge and New York--mentioned that it will be continuing to invest in Silicon Valley with the...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Inktank Gets $1M From Mark Shuttleworth

Inktank, the developer of the open source, distributed storage system Ceph, said this morning that it has raised $1M in funding from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth. The firm recently opened up development offices in Sunnyvale. Canonica...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

CumuLogic Gets Funding From Citrix

Cupertino-based CumuLogic, a developer of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) tools for helping developers to deploy, scale, and manage their cloud applications, has scored a seed funding. The funding came from the Citrix Startup Accelerator. Fina...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Gyft Launches Gift Card App With $1.25M In Backing

San Francisco-based Gyft, a new startup looking to make it easier for users to use their gift cards, launched today, with the backing of Google Ventures, Founder Collective, and 500 Startups. As part of the round, the firm disclosed it had ...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

DisplayLink Connects With $10.4M

Palo Alto-based DisplayLink, which develops hardware and software which lets users connect to monitors over Ethernet, wireless, and USB, has raised $10.4M in a financing round, the firm said Monday. The funding came from Clydesdale Bank, an...

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Monday, September 10, 2012

RidePal Gets $500K For Employee Commutes

San Francisco-based RidePal, a firm which runs private, employee commuter buses, revealed Monday that it has received $500,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from 500 Startups, Aimcus Capital, and angel Jeff Clarke (Orbitz). The fi...

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Nimble Storage Gets $40.7M For Hybrid Storage

San Jose-based Nimble Storage said today that it has raised $40.7M in a new funding round, led by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. The company, which develops flash-based, hybrid storage systems, said the mezzanine round also included al...

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Seyyer Lands $1.5M

Palo Alto-based Seyyer, a provider of video avatar technology, has disclosed that it raised $1.5M in a funding round. Source of the angel funding was not disclosed. Seyyer is targeting online commercial producers, advertising agencies, and ...

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Wellington Financial Plans Palo Alto Office, After $177.5M Fund Close

A Canadian provider of venture debt, Wellington Financial, said yesterday that it has closed a $177.5M fund, and plans to open up a new office in Palo Alto. The company--which provides venture debt to venture backed startups--said its fourt...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Doximity Gets $17M

San Mateo-based Doximity, developer of a mobile app driven, social networking platform for doctors, has raised $17M in funding. The funding was led by Morgenthaler Ventures. The new funding brings its total raised to $27.8M. Doximity is led...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Snappli Snags Funding To Shrink Data Bills

Snappli, a developer of application software for the iPhone which shrinks mobile data transmission to reduce data bills, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said today. The round came from Greylock Partners and Index Ventures, alo...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Nebula Raises $25M For Private Cloud Computing

Palo Alto-based Nebula, a developer of cloud computing deployment software aimed at private cloud infrastructure, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Comcast Ventures, and also included Highl...

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

QBotix Gets $6.5M For Solar Install Robotics

Menlo Park-based QBotix, a developer of robotics technology used to align and move solar panels to maximize the power output from photovoltaic panels, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding, the firm disclosed this week. The funding was led...

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Zscaler Gets $38M For Cloud Security

San Jose-based Zscaler, which develops cloud security products, said today that it has raised $38M in an investment round. The round came from Lightspeed Ventures and other, un-named strategic investors. Zscaler said the funding will go tow...

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Zenverge Gets Strategic Round From Verizon

Santa Clara-based semiconductor maker Zenverge, which is developing a transcoding engine aimed at processing HD streams for IP connected devices, said Tuesday that it has raised a strategic round of funding from Verizon Investments. Financi...

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

ClearSlide Clicks into $28M

San Francisco-based ClearSlide, a developer of an online platform to communicate with customers, announced this morning that it has raised $28M in a Series B funding, to help it expand its business. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture P...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

tenXer Hits Goal, Raises $3M

San Francisco-based tenXer, an online service which helps people track their progress towards personal goals, has raised $3M in a Series B funding, the company said Tuesday. The round was led by True Ventures, and also included Radar Partne...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Sand Hill Angels Back NoWait

NoWait, a developer of an Apple iOS tool which helps restaurants manage their waiting lists, has raised $2M in a Series A round, the firm said today. The round included local angel investment group Sand Hill Angels, and was led by Birchmere...

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Aerospike Looks Up Series B

Mountain View-based Aerospike, which develops NoSQL database software, said today that it has raised a Series B funding round, led by New Enterprise Associates. Financial terms of the new investment were not disclosed. Prior investors Drape...

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

AOptix Sees $42M

Campbell-based AOptix, a developer of biometrics identity verification technology, announced today that it has raised $42M in a Series E funding round. The round came from existing investors Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Kleine...

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Mocana Finds $25M More

San Francisco-based Mocana, a developer device security software for the enterprise, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a new funding round. The Series D round was led by Trident Capital, and also included Intel Capital, Shasta, S...

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

AbsolutData Gets $20M To Power Big Data Analytics

San Francisco-based AbsolutData, a firm applying big data to the business analytics market, has raised $20M in a new funding. The funding came from Fidelity Growth Partners India. According to the firm, the new funding will go to scale up i...

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Lumosity Unlocks $31.5M For Brain Training

San Francisco-based Lumosity, a developer of online brain training software, said Wednesday that it has raised $31.5M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Discovery Communications, and also included prior investors FirstMark Ca...

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Twice Gains $4M

Twice, the San Francisco-based marketplace for second-hand fashion and clothing, has raised $4M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding came from IA Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel, CrunchFund, High L...

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

CouchSurfing Scores $15M

CouchSurfing, the San Francisco-based service which helps connect travelers with people willing to let them crash on their couch, has pulled in another big funding round, saying today that it has raised $15M. The firm said the round comes f...

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Nutanix Raises $33M For Storage Technology

San Jose-based Nutanix, a developer of storage devices for virtual datacenters, has significantly bolstered its wallet today, saying that it has raised $33M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ve...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Revel Touch Finds $10M

Los Altos-based Revel Touch, a developer of touch-optimized, mobile software for tablets aimed at e-commerce providers, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Foundation Capital and Lightspee...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Ness Looks Up $15M For Restaurant Recommendations

Ness, the maker of an iPhone app which helps users search for and find restaurants and food, has raised $15M in a funding round, the firm disclosed today. The round was led by SingTel Innov8. The firm's software helps match users to restaur...

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Magnet Systems Attracts $35.4M Form HTC

Palo Alto-based Magnet Systems, which develops enterprise middleware software for enabling mobile applications, has raised $35.4M from mobile phone maker HTC. HTC announced the acquisition in filings in Taiwan. The deal gives HTC 17.1 perce...

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Peter Thiel's Breakout Labs Awards Three Grants

San Francisco-based Breakout Labs, the funding program run by Peter Thiel's nonprofit Thiel Foundation, said this week that it has awarded three grants--including one to a firm developing 3D, printed meat products. The awards went to Modern...

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

ClassDojo Finds $1.6M

San Francisco-based ClassDojo, a developer of online tools to help reward students for positive behavior, said this week that it has raised $1.6M in a funding round. The round came from a long list of investors, including Paul Graham (Y Com...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Relypsa Gets $80M In Series C

Santa Clara-based Relypsa, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on polymeric drugs for treating hyperkalemia, said today that it has raised $80M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from OrbiMed Advisors, 5AM Ventures, New Leaf Ventu...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Intel Backs Brazilian Virtual Shopping Firm

Intel Capital, the investment arm of semiconductor giant Intel, has backed Elike, the developer of social commerce software in Brazil. Size of the funding was not disclosed. Elike's Facebook app, My Shopping, provides "virtual stores" for ...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

RichRelevance Adds $8M

San Francisco-based RichRelevance, which provides personalization software for retailers and brands, said Tuesday that it has raised 8M in a follow up funding round. The round came from RTP Ventures, Shea Ventures and Gray Ventures and Tugb...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

SocialPandas Scoops Up $1.5M

San Francisco-based SocialPandas, which develops software to help convert relationships on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter into sales leads, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The round was led by True Ventures, as ...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Raydiance Raises $20M

Petaluma-based Radiance, a developer of femtosecond laser technology, has raised $20M in a growth round, the firm said today. The round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation. Other investors in the round included Draper Fisher ...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

MyHealthTeams Takes $1.75M For Health Social Networks

San Francisco-based MyHealthTeams, which develops online, social networks specifically geared towards patients with individual, chronic health conditions, said today that it has raised $1.75M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Ad...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

HealthLoop Gets Seeded

Mountain View-based HealthLoop, a developer of tools to help physicians track their patients outside the traditional office, has raised seed funding for its efforts. Size of the round was not announced. The funding came from Founders Fund, ...

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Monday, August 13, 2012

SolFocus Gains $15M

Palo Alto-based SolFocus, which develops concentrating photovoltaic solar power systems, has raised $15M in a Series E funding, according to VentureWire today. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. SolFocus is ventu...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Pure Storage Finds $40M More

Mountain View-based Pure Storage, a developer of enterprise, flash-based storage arrays, revealed Wednesday that it has raised $40M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also included Greylock Partners, Redpo...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Upstart Trades Capital For Grads' Future Income

Palo Alto-based Upstart, a new startup which helps college graduates and entrepreneurs raise capital for a share of their income over a 10 year period, said today that it has launched, with backing form Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, NEA...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

PLUMgrid Takes $10.7M

Sunnyvale-based PLUMgrid, a developer of network virtualization technology, said this morning that it has raised $10.7M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Hummer Winblad and US Venture Partners. PLUMgrid, which is headed by Awais ...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Square Gets $25M From Starbucks In Partnership Deal

San Francisco-based Square, the mobile payments firm headed by Jack Dorsey, has scored a major partnership deal with coffee chain Starbucks. The two said today that Starbucks will invest $25M in Square's Series D funding round, and will als...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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 ra...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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 Ass...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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 ...

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Monday, August 6, 2012

TuneIn Raises $16M

Palo Alto-based TuneIn, an online music, news, and sports streaming service, said today that it has raised $16M in a funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included Jafco Ventures, Google Ventures, and Sequo...

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Friday, August 3, 2012

FiveStars Scores $13.9M

Mountain View-based FiveStars, which is developing a unified, loyalty card which can be swiped at multiple retailers, has raised $13.9M in a Series A funding, the company said Thursday. The round came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and DC...

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Gild Gains $2M

San Francisco-based Gild, a developer of HR and recruiting software, said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Globespan Capital Partners, and also included angel Mark Kvamme. The firm said the funds...

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

FabKids Takes $2.6M For Personalized Shopping For Children

San Francisco-based Personalized Retailing Inc, the firm behind children's personalized ecommerce site FabKids, said today that it has raised $2.6M in a Series A funding round. The company, founded by ShopStyle's Andy Moss and actress Chris...

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Getaround Gains $13.9M For Car Sharing

San Francisco-based Getaround, which operates an online, peer-to-peer marketplace for car rentals and sharing, said today that it has raised $13.9M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Marissa ...

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Intel Backs Movea

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of chip giant Intel, has backed a French marker of motion processing and data fusion software for the consumer electronics industry. Grenoble, France-based Movea said last night that it had raised 6.5 ...

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

CYPHORT Gets $7M

San Jose-based Cyphort, a developer of cloud and appliance-based security products, has raised $i7M in a Series A funding round. Funding was led by Matrix Partners, and also included Foundation Capital. Andrew Verhalen of Matrix will join t...

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

QuickPay Gets $3.5M For Mobile Parking

San Francisco-based QuickPay Corp., which develops mobile parking payment products, said this morning that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding round, and named former PowerSet founder Barney Pell as its CEO. The firm said the funding came...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

CytomX Therapeutics Raises $41M

San Francisco-based CytomX Therapeutics, a developer of antibody therapeutics, said Tuesday that it has raised $41M in an expanded, Series B financing round. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Third Rock Ventures and th...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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 ang...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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, Greycroft Partners, 500 Startups, Scott Banister, Chris Sac...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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 Partne...

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Sequoia Leads Investment In Bit9

Sequoia Capital has led an investment in security products firm Bit9, which develops threat protection and security software. According to Bit9, it raised $34.5M in a Series D funding, led by Sequoia, and also including Atlas Venture, Highl...

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Monday, July 30, 2012

AdMaster Gets Funding From WI Harper

San Francisco-based investor Wi Harper Group, which focuses on Chinese venture capital investments, said last week that it has led an investment into Chinese online advertising tracking firm AdMaster. Size of the funding was not disclosed. ...

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Contrail Systems Raises $10M

Sunnyvale-based Contrail Systems has raised $10M in a Series A funding round, the firm disclosed today. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included an un-named strategic investor. Contrail is headed by Ankur Singla, and is dev...

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Siluria Technologies Gets $30M For Natural Gas-to-Chemicals Tech

San Francisco-based Siluria, a developer of technology that converts natural gas (methane) into commodity chemicals and fuel, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the firm said yesterday. The round was led by Bright Capital and Vulcan Cap...

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Roku Gets $45M

Saratoga-based Roku, the developer of streaming video and television devices, said this morning that it has raised $45M in a strategic investment round. The round came from News Corp., British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), Menlo Ventures and Gl...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

GoodData Adds $25M

San Francisco-based GoodData, which develops business intelligence software, said Wednesday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included new investor New World Capital. The firm's pri...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Booshaka Scares Up $1M For Social Media Metrics

Redwood City-based Booshaka, which operates an online service which helps businesses identify their most active social media fans, has raised $1M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The firm said its Series A funding came from ...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Backblaze Scores $5M For Backup Service

Palo Alto-based online backup service BackBlaze has raised $5M in its first, institutional investment round, the company announced today. The round, worth $5M, came from TMT Investments. Backblaze--which has been bootstrapped over the last ...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Picarro Picks Up $7M For Greenhouse Gas Detection

Santa Clara-based Picarro, which develops measurement equipment used for detecting and measuring greenhouse gases like carbon, along with other emissions that affect air quality, has raised $7M in a Series D funding round, the firm said tod...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Cisco Backs Redpoint e.ventures Brazil

San Jose-based networking equipment maker Cisco said today that it has backed the new, Redpoint e.Ventures Brazil venture capital fund, with $15M in investment. Redpoint e.ventures Brazil is a new venture capital fund, worth $130M, that was...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ticketfly Gets $22M

San Francisco-based Ticketfly, which operates an online service which lets concert promoters sell their tickets on social networking sites, has raised $22M in a Series C funding, the company said today. The round was led by SAP Ventures, an...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Meteor Snags $11.2M

San Francisco-based Meteor, a developer of open source applications which allow users to write Javascript-based web applications, said today that it has raised $11.2M in a funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also in...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

TaskRabbit Jumps Up With $13M More

San Francisco-based TaskRabbit, which provides an online marketplace to help people get tasks done by others, has added another, $13M in a funding, the company said this morning. The firm said its Series C was led by the Founders Fund, and ...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Chute Captures $2.7M

San Francisco-based Chute, the developer of software to help applications and websites capture, manage, and display media files, announced this morning that it has raised a new round of early stage funding. The round was worth $2.7M. The fu...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Nextdoor Finds $18.6M To Connect Neighbors

San Francisco-based Nextdoor. which operates an online social networking site which connects you with your neighbors, has raised $18.6M in a funding round. The round came from Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Greylock Partners, Shasta Ventu...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Tintri Adds $25M For VM-Aware Storage

Mountain View-based storage appliance provider Tintri has bolstered its funding by $25M, led by Menlo Ventures and also including prior investors NEA and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The firm said the round--which was oversubscribed--will g...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Apigee Finds $20M

It appears to be a big week for funding API developers, as Santa Clara-based Apigee, which develops API technology for corporations, said it has raised $20M in a round of funding. The company said the round was led by Focus Ventures, and al...

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Monday, July 23, 2012

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 bas...

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Monday, July 23, 2012

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. M...

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Monday, July 23, 2012

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, Andreess...

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Monday, July 23, 2012

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...

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Edmodo Scoops Up $25M More

San Mateo-based Edmodo, the online education focused site for the K-12 market, has raised another $25M in funding, the firm said today. The Series C round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Greylock Partners, Benchmark ...

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

SAY Media Finds $27M In Funding

San Francisco-based SAY Media, the online digital media publisher, said today that it has raised $27M in a funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, Shea Ventures, and Correlation Ventures. The firm said the funding wil...

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Firespotter Labs Gets $15M

Pleasanton-based Firespotter Labs, the developer of the visual audio conferencing service UberConference, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Google Ven...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

m-Via Gets $17M, Becomes Boom Financial

Palo Alto-based m-Via, a provider of money transfer and payment services aimed at the unbanked, has raised $17M in a financing round. The round was led by Digicel Group, and also included RRE Ventures and MATT.org. As part of the funding, t...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

AppDirect Gets $8.5M

San Francisco-based AppDirect, which operates an online marketplace for cloud services, announced this morning that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by iNovia Capital. The firm said the round comes on top of an...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

IntelliBatt Raises $22M For Data Center Power

San Francisco-based IntelliBatt, a developer of uninterrupted power supply systems and products, said Tuesday that it has raised $22M in an equity funding round. The round was led by Columbia Capital, and also included CBC Capital and other...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Openbucks Rings Up $4.8M For Gift Card Network

Mountain View-based Openbucks, which operates an online service providing a way to convert regular gift cards to currency usable across multiple online retailers, has raised $4.8M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The round was le...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Tapingo Plugs Into $3.5M

San Francisco-based Tapingo, a developer of mobile payment and commerce software, announced today that it has raised $3.5M in a funding round. The round came from Carmel Ventures. The company, which has R&D operations in Israel, allows stud...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Loggly Scores $5.7M

San Francisco-based online log management service Loggly said today that it has raised $5.7M in funding. The firm, which helps companies manage and analyze their software logs, said the funding came from True Ventures, Trinity Ventures, an...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Kiip Lands $11M

San Francisco-based Kiip, the developer of software for powering mobile rewards programs, has raised $11M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Relay Ventures, with Relay's Kevin Talbot joining the company's board with the funding. Hu...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Egnyte Fires Up WIth $16M More

Mountain View-based Egnyte, a developer of cloud-based file sharing software, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Google Ventures, and also included prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Coursera Raises $3.7M For Online Education

Mountain View-based Coursera, which allows students to take university classes online--for free--has raised $3.7M more, from two universities. Coursera said that the California Institute of TEchnology and University of Pennsylvania have inv...

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Aryaka Gets $25M More For WAN Acceleration

Milpitas-based Aryaka, the developer of WAN optimization and application acceleration tools, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round, according to VentureWire. Dow Jones reported the valuation of the was in the neighborhood of $100M. Th...

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Friday, July 13, 2012

DocuSign Raises $47.5M

San Francisco- and Seattle-based Docusign confirmed this morning that it has raised $47.5M in a funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Accel Partners, Comcast Ventures, SAP Ventures, as well as salesforce.com and the Nation...

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Mayfield Fund Closes $365M Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Mayfield announced Thursday that it has closed Mayfield XIV, a new, $365M venture capital fund. Mayfield said the new fund will be invested in early-stage mobile, cloud/SaaS, social, energytech, and big...

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Jetpac Takes Off With $2.4M

San Francisco-based Jetpac, the developer of an iPad app which lets you browse and comment on your friends' travel pictures, has a raised $2.4M in a funding round. The Series A funding came from Khosla Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Jer...

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

FuzeBox Raises $20M

San Francisco-based FuzeBox, a developer of real time, collaboration tools for the mobile and desktop market, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also included Khosla Vent...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Pocket Change Rings Up $5M

San Francisco-based Pocket Change, which is developing a virtual currency offering focused on Android games, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The round came from Google Ventures, First Round Capital...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Seculert Takes $5.35M, Sets up Shop In Palo Alto

Seculert, a developer of threat detection and security software, said Tuesday that it has raised $5.35M in funding, and set up a U.S. presence in Palo Alto. The firm, which develops malware detection tools, said the round was led by Norwest...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Avinger Gains $33M In Series D

Redwood City-based Avinger, a developer of medical devices used for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD), said yesterday that it has raised $33M in a Series D funding round. The firm said its existing major investors participated in the...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

AdRoll Raises $15M

San Francisco-based AdRoll, a developer of online advertising retargeting technology, has raised $15M in new funding, the firm said this morning. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Merus Capital and Accel Partners. F...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Sonatype Lands $25M

Palo Alto-based Sonatype, which develops open source components and development software, said today that it has raised $25M in a financing round. The round was led by new Enterprise Associates, and also included prior investors Accel Partn...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Betable Raises Funding For Gambling API

London-based Betable, which has offices in San Francisco, said Monday that it has launched with the backing of a large list of Silicon Valley venture capitalists and angels. The firm said it is developing a real-money, gambling platform whi...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

GitHub Gets $100M

San Francisco-based Github, which operates an online source code repository for programmers, has raised $100M in a funding round. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz. The investment is the first outside investment in Github. Peter Levin...

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Monday, July 9, 2012

real5d Sees $1.2M

San Francisco-based Real5d, a developer of virtual model and simulation software used for visualizing real estate properties, said over the weekend that it has raised $1.2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by DoubleRock Ventur...

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Monday, July 9, 2012

AlienVault Raises $22.4M

San Mateo-based AlienVault, a developer of security management tools, said this morning that it has raised $22.4M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sigma, and also included prior investor...

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Friday, June 29, 2012

IVP Raises $1 Billion Fund

Menlo Park based venture investor Institutional Venture Partners said Thursday that it has raised its largest fund, ever, worth $1 billion. IVP XIV brings the firm's committed capital to $4 billion. IVP said the fund was "significantly over...

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Friday, June 29, 2012

SugarSync Gets $10M

San Mateo-based SugarSync, a provider of cloud storage and synchronization services, has raised $10M in a financing round, according to ORIX Venture Finance. According to ORIX, the funding is on top of a recent Series D financing round by S...

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Benvenue Medical Gets $25M

Santa Clara-based Benvenue Medical, a developer of minimally invasive products used for spine repair, said yesterday that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The round came from existing investors DeNovo Ventures, Domain Associa...

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Practice Fusion Calls Up $34M For EHR Software

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, a developer of web-based, electronic medical records (EMR) software, announced this morning that it has raised $34M in a financing round. The round was led by Artis Ventures, and also included Felicis Ve...

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Gemmus Pharma Gets Series A

San Francisco-based Gemmus Pharma, a developer of treatments for influenza, said today that it has raised a Series A funding. Size of the round was not disclosed. The round was led by Life Science Angels, and also included BlueTree Allied A...

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Rocket Fuel Takes Off With $50M

Redwood Shores-based Rocket Fuel, a provider of online advertising technology, said this morning that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The round was led by Northgate Capital, and also included Summit Partners, Cross Creek Capital, Nok...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Solum Harvests $17M

Mountain View-based Solum, a developer of technology which helps farmers better measure the nutrients in their soil, has raised $17M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Solum's technology helps farmers gain bett...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

TraxPay Gets $4M

Mountain View-based Traxpay announced this morning that it has raised $4M in a funding round , which was led by Earlybird Venture Capital. Traxpay is providing business-to-business (B2B) payment services, aimed at helping companies send and...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Rally.org Gets $7.9M

Rally.org, the San Francisco developer of a social fundraising service, said today that it has raised $7.9M in a Series A venture capital round. The round came from Relay Ventures, Mike Maples of Floodgate Fund, Reid Hoffman of Greylock Par...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Freshplum Pulls In $1.4M For Sales Analytics

San Francisco-based Freshplum, a provider of sales analytics tools for e-commerce businesses, has raised $1.4M in a funding round, from New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, Charles River Ventures and angels. The fi...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Pantheon Raises $5M For Content Management Software

San Francisco-based Pantheon, a developer of a Drupal-based content management software product, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Foundry Group, and also included Baseline, First Round, an...

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Monday, June 25, 2012

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 Investo...

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Monday, June 25, 2012

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 ba...

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Monday, June 25, 2012

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 rou...

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Endogastric Solutions Gains $13M More

Redwood City-based EndoGastric Solutions, a developer of medical devices for treament of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), said Thursday that it has raised $13M in additional funding, a Series F extension for the company. The round c...

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Friday, June 22, 2012

ThisLife Gets $2.75M For Photo Organization Site

Palo Alto-based ThisLife, a new startup aimed at the photo sharing segment of the world, said that it has raised $2.75M in a funding round this morning, led by Madrona Ventures. Other investors in the round include Morado Ventures, Rogers V...

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Trident Capital Names VP

Palo Alto-based Trident Capital, an investor in health care IT, cloud computing, IT security, and online security firms, said this week that it has named Taimur Shaikh as Vice President. Shaikh has been at Trident since 2010, when he gradua...

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

UniversityNow Takes $17M To Overhaul College Education

San Francisco-based UniversityNow has just raised $17M in a Series B investment, to help its efforts to overhaul the college education and degree system. The startup, led by Gene Wade, is trying to launch a web-based, affordable, charter un...

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

CloudOn Raises $16M For Mobile Office Software

Palo Alto-based CloudOn said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Social+Capital Partnership, and also included Translink Capital, Foundation Capital, and Remembrandt Venture Partners. CloudOn deve...

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Swipp Lands $3.5M

Palo Alto-based Swipp, a stealth mode firm which says it wants to challenge the "social media status quo", said it has raised $3.5M in an institutional round. Funding came from Old Willow Partners. The firm, headed by Don Thorson, says it i...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Bromium Takes $26.5M for Virtualization Technology

Cupertino-based Bromium said Wednesday that it has raised $26.5M in a Series b funding round, from Highland Capital Partners, Intel Capital, as well as Andreessen Horowitz and Ignition Ventures. The firm, led by Guarav Banga, is using virtu...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

WhiteSky Lands $7.5M

San Mateo-based WhiteSky, a developer of online account protection and security services, has raised $7.5M in funding, according to reports. The funding came from Prism VentureWorks, Trinity Ventures, and Intersections. All three are existi...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Bitcasa Raises $7M For Online Storage Service

Mountain View-based Bitcasa, the provider of a cloud-based, storage service, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Pelion Venture Partners, Horizons Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz, First Round...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Mithril Capital Management, Headed By Peter Thiel, Raises New $402M Fund

Entrepreneur Peter Thiel has launched a new, growth stage technology investment firm called Mithril Capital Management, capitalized with $402M in funding, Thiel said today. The new fund, based in San Francisco, will focus on investing in co...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Kaazing Captures $17M

Mountain View-based Kaazing, the developer of real time, interactive communications applications, said today that it has raised $17M in a new funding round. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Kaazing said the funding will go to ex...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Pathbrite Earns $2.5M For Educational Portfolios

San Francisco-based Pathbrite said today that it has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, for the firm's platform to help students showcase their learning and personal achievements. The funding came from Rethink Education, as well as from st...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

DropCam Gets $12M For Wi-Fi Camera

San Francisco-based Dropcam, which makes a Wi-Fi and mobile enabled camera designed for home monitoring, has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and also include Accel Partners and Bay Partners. T...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

MemSQL Looks Up $5M For In-Memory Database

San Francisco-based MemSQL, a developer of an in-memory, SQL database product aimed at the data mining market, has raised $5M in a funding round. The firm announced the round along with the launch of its product Monday. The round came from ...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Panzura Finds $15M For Cloud Storage Efforts

San Jose-based Panzura, which develops cloud storage services, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C round. The round was led by Opus Capital, and also included prior investors Matrix Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Chevron Technol...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Bluebox Finds $9.5M For Mobile Security

San Francisco-based Bluebox, a developer of enterprise, mobile security technology, said today that it has raised $9.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Andreas Bechtolsheim (co-founde...

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Snapguide Snares $5M

San Francisco-based Snapguide, developer of an iPhone app that allows people to share their own do-it-yourself videos, has raised $5M in a funding round. The round came from Atlas Venture, Index Ventures, and Crunchfund. Snapguide is headed...

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Ooyala Raises $35M

Mountain View-based Ooyala, which develops digital video services, reported today that it has raised $35M more in new capital. The funding for the Series E was led by Telstra Applications and Ventures Group, along with prior investors Sierr...

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Global Blood Therapeutics Finds $40.7M For Sickle Cell Treatments

San Francisco-based Global Blood Therapeutics said this week that it has raised $40.7M in a Series A financing, for its efforts to develop oral, small molecule drugs for treating conditions such as sickle cell disease. The funding came from...

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Friday, June 15, 2012

SwitchCam Tunes Into $1.2M

San Francisco-based SwitchCam, started by Brett Welch and Chris Hartley, said Thursday that it has raised $1.2M via AngelList. The funding was led by Mark Cuban and included 500 Startups, Turner Media Camp, Vikas Gupta, Niket Desai, Reed Mo...

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

SportStream Gets $3.5M

San Francisco-based SportsStream said Thursday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding, for the firm's social sports platform. The company said the funding came from Vulcan Capital, the venture capital arm of the Microsoft co-founder...

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Invuity Lights Up With $25M

San Francisco-based Invuity, which develops surgical illumination and visualization technology, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Valence Advantage Life Sciences Fund II, and ...

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Climate Corporation Raises $50M For Weather Insurance

San Francisco-based The Climate Corporation, a provider of weather insurance services, said today that it has raised $50M in a new financing round. The funding was led by new investor Founders Fund, and also included prior investors Khosla...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Thismoment Lands $22M

San Francisco-based Thismoment, a provider of digital marketing software for brands and agencies, has raised $22M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Trident Capital, and also included Sierra Ventures and Fenway Partners. Thismoment...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

CellScope Picks Up $1M

San Francisco-based CellScope, a developer of software that uses cellphone cameras to help diagnose pediatric ear infections, has raised $1M in a funding round, the firm said Monday. The seed funding came from Khosla Ventures. CellScope's s...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gigya Adds $15.3M

San Francisco-based Gigya said yesterday that it has raised $15.3M in a funding round. The round came from Advance Publications, Mayfield Fund, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures and Adobe. Gigya develops social software aimed at businesses, u...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Igenica Raises $33M For Cancer Antibodies

Burlingame-based Igenica, a developer of biopharmaceuticals focused on the cancer market, has raised $33M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Third Rock Ventures, and also included The Column Group, Orbimed Advisors and 5AM Ve...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Hipmunk Gets $15M

San Francisco-based Hipmunk, the online travel site startup out of Y-Combinator, has raised a $15M, Series B round, the firm announced this morning. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Series A investor Ig...

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Credit Sesame Raises $12M

Sunnyvale-based Credit Sesame, a provider of a service which helps consumer monitor their credit and loans, said Monday that it has raised $12M in a funding round. The round was led by Globespan Capital, and also included prior investors Me...

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Monday, June 11, 2012

AliveCor Gets $10.5M

San Francisco-based AliveCor, which develops mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) devices, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Burrill & Company and Khosla Ventures, and also included Qualcomm Ve...

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Flutter Finds $1.4M

Palo Alto-based Flutter, a startup developing gesture recognition technology for webcams, has raised $1.4M in funding. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Spring Ventures, Start Fund, and others. Flutter is a...

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Google Boosts LevelUp

Mountain View-based Google, via its Google Ventures arm, has put more capital into BOston's LevelUp, a developer of mobile phone payment products, which is part of SCVNGR. SCVNGR said the funding came from Highland Capital Partners, Google ...

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Quixey Gets $21.2M For App Search Engine

Palo Alto-based Quixey, which develops an app search engine which helps users find apps for various mobile devices, desktop environment, and other platforms, has raised $21.2M in a Series B funding round, according to investor WI Harper Gro...

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Ringadoc Calls Up $750K

San Francisco-based Ringadoc, a provider of service which allows users to call up doctors for medical device using their phone or computer, has raised $750,000 in a seed funding round. The firm said the funding came from FF Angel, Ryan Howa...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

PrivateCore Secures $2.25M

Menlo Park-based PrivateCore, a new startup headed by VMware and Google veterans, said Wednesday that it has raised $2.25M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Foundation Capital. PrivateCore is developing a secure, hypervisor whic...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Threadflip Raises $6.5M

San Francisco-based Threadflip, which operates an online marketplace which helps users to discovery, buy, and sell fashions, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. The roudn was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Lowercase Cap...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

OVIA Becomes Wowzer, Gains Funding

Sunnyvale-based OVIA, a developer of video screening and interviewing technology, said today that it has renamed itself Wowzer, and received a funding from a Tokyo-based recruiting firm, Recruit Co. Ltd. Financial details of the investment ...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

PubMatic Gets $45M For Ad Optimization

Redwood City-based PUbMatic reports today that it has raised $45M in a mezzanine financing round. The round was led by new investor August Capital, and also included all of its existing investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Nexus Ve...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Lending Club Gets $15M From KPCB

San Francisco-based Lending Club, which provides a peer-to-peer online lending site, said today that it has raised $15M in a new funding round, from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The firm said the new funding brings its total raised to ...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Delphix Lands $25M

Menlo Park-based Delphix, a developer of software for managing business databases, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Jafco Ventures, and also included new investors Summit Par...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

HotelTonight Checks Into $23M Round

San Francisco-based HotelTonight, which develops a last-minute, hotel booking app for mobile phones, said today that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, and also included Accel Partner...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Clarizen Lands $12M More

San Mateo-based Clarizen, which develops cloud-based project management and collaboration tools, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series E financing. The round was led by VIntage Partners, and also included Benchmark Capital, Carmel...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Auxogyn Gets $18M For Women's Health

Menlo Park-based Auxogyn, a developer of health testing technology to test the viability of embryos during in vitro fertilization (IVF), has raised $18M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. The round was led by SR One, and a...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Identified Finds $21M

San Francisco-based Identified.com, the online recruiting service aimed at young professionals, said today that it has raised $21M in a Series B funding round. Th company, which is led by Brendan Wallace, said the funding was co-led by Vant...

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Monday, June 4, 2012

SentreHeart Sew Up $26M Round

Redwod City-based SentreHEART, the develope rof a medical device used for suturing soft tissue, has raised $26M in a Series C financing round, the firm announced. The round was led by Vivo Ventures, and also included US Venture Partners and...

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Nanosolar Gets $70M More For Thin Film Solar Efforts

San Jose-based Nanosolar, the developer of thin film solar cell and panel technology, said Friday that it has raised $70M in new capital. The firm said the round came from both current and new investors, and included OnPoint Technologies, I...

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

YCombinator Firm Grubwithus Gains $5M

One of the companies to come out of the Ycombinator venture accelerator, Grubwithus, has scored more funding, the firm said yesterday. Grubwithus said it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round, out of GRP Partners and entrepreneur Miche...

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Data Hero Gets $1M

Palo Alto-based Data Hero, which is developing data analytics and visualization software, has raised $1M in a funding round, which came from Foundry Group, Neu Venture Capital, Dave Kellogg (CEO of Mark Logic), and LinkedIn alumni Mike Gree...

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Diffbot Raises $2M

Palo Alto-based Diffbot, a developer of cloud-based, analysis software which analyzes and helps developers parse web pages, has raised $2M in a funding round. The funding came from Matrix Partners as well as angel investors, including SKy D...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Optimizely Gets New Funding

San Francisco-based Optimizely, the developer of website optimization and A/B testing tools, has raised a new round of funding the, firm said today. Size of the funding was not disclosed. The company said that the new round came from Batter...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Badgeville Earns $25M In Funding Round

Menlo Park-based Badgeville, the provider of web site gamification software, has scored $25M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. The round was led by InterWest Partners, and also included its prior investors, the company s...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

MobileIron Pulls In $40M

Mountain View-based MobileIron, which develops mobile IT management and security software, said yesterday that it has raised $40M, in a Series E financing round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Foundat...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Junar Finds $1.2M For Open Data

Palo Alto-based Junar, a developer of software-as-a-service for helping companies and organizations to publish their data in an open way, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.2M for the firm. The company, which is led by Diego May, said the f...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

10gen Pulls Up $42M For MongoDB

Palo Alto-based 10gen, the software firm behind the MongoDB database software, said Tuesday that it has raised $42M in a financing round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Sequoia Capital, Flybridge Capital P...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Intel Backs SecureKey

Intel, via its Intel Capital investment arm, has backed a Canadian developer of mobile authentication software, SecureKey. SecureKey said Friday that it has raised $30M in growth capital in a round led by Intel Capital, along with Visa, Mas...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Ace Metrix Finds Funding For TV Analytics

Mountain View-based Ace Metrics, a developer of televisoin and video analytics tools, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a financing round. The round came from WPP, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures, and Palo...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Kony Solutions Raises $15M

Kony Solutions, a provider of mobile application development platforms, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The company, which is based in Orlando, Florida, but also has an office in San Mateo, said the fundi...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Sunrun Raises $60M

San Francisco-based Sunrun, which provides solar power lease plans and financing to residential homeowners, has raised $60M in an equity fundraising, the firm said this morning. The funding was led by Madrone Capital Partners, and also incl...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Google Funds Machinima

Mountain View-based Google is the lead investor in the latest round for Machinima, a developer of videogame-themed videos. Machinima, which is heavily featured on Google's YouTube video sharing site, said Monday that it has raised $35M in a...

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Felicis Ventures Raises $52M Fund

Felicis Ventures, the angel investment fund of Aydin Senkut, has raised a third fund, Felicis Ventures III, L.P., according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. The filing says that the funds came from eight investors. Felicis has a w...

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Moritz Steps Back At Sequoia Due To Incurable Disease

Mike Moritz, the venture capitalist who backed Google, Yahoo, PayPal, and countless other successful firms, told his contacts over the weekend that he is stepping back from the firm, due to being diagnosed with what he described as a "rare ...

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Monday, May 21, 2012

CrunchFund Buys Tumblr Stake

CrunchFund, the venture capital fund run by former TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, has acquired a stake in New York microblogging site Tumblr. Size of the stake, which apparently was acquired from early stage investors, was not disclo...

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Gen110 Nabs Investment

San Francisco-based Gen110, which helps place photovoltaic panels on residential rooftops through power-purchase agreements, said today that it has raised a round of funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Size of the round was not a...

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Pinterest Raises $100M

Online photo-pinning site Pinterest, which is based in Palo Alto, has raised $100M in a funding round, the firm announced today. The round was led by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, FirstMark Capita...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Nurix Raises $3.1M For Biotherapeutics Effort

San Francisco-based Nurix, a stealth mode startup which looks to be headed by Timothy Kutzkey, a venture capitalist at The Column Group, has raised $3.1M in a funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Details on what the compan...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

ModCloth Sews Up $25M

San Francisco-based ModCloth, an online retailer which sells vintage fashion and decor, said today that it has raised $25M in a funding round. The round was led by Norwest Venture partners, and also included existing investors Accel Partner...

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Monday, May 14, 2012

Quora Raises $50M At $400M Valuation, Says Report

Online question-and-answer site Quora has reportedly raised another $50M in funding, valuing the firm at $400M, according to a report today. The WSJ, quoting people familiar with the deal, said the funding came from Peter Thiel, Northbridge...

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Monday, May 14, 2012

Aquantia Connects With $35M

Milpitas-based Aquantia, which develops high speed, Ethernet PHY semiconductors for the 10GBASE-T market, has raised $35M in a Series F funding, the firm said today. The round came from RUSNANO, along with current investors. Aquantaia said ...

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Mixpanel Receives $10M

San Francisco-based Mixpanel, which develops real time, mobile and web analytics software, said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz, along with Max Levchin, Marc Benioff, an...

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Drawbridge Finds $6.5M

San Mateo-based Drawbridge, a developer of mobile advertising targeting software, said Thursday that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Kleiner Perkins Cuafield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. Drawbridge's CEO...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Leap Motion Captures $12.75M

San Francisco-based Leap Motion, which develops motion control software, said today that it has raised $12.75M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

EdeniQ Gets $30M More

Visalia-based EdenIQ, which develops biomaterials aimed at the renewable fuels market, said today that it has raised $30M in an additional capital funding. The funding included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Cyru...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Nuevora Gets Funding For Big Data Analytics

San Ramon-based Neuvora, a developer of a big data analytics platform, said today that it has raised a first round of institutional funding. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. Nuevora said the funding came from Fortisure Ventures....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Sutro Biopharma Adds $16.5M

South San Francisco-based Sutro Biopharma, which develops a scalable biochemical protein synthesis platform, said today that it has added $16.5M in a second tranche of its Series C funding round. The round was led by Skyline Ventures, and a...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

SunSun Lighting Gets $30M

SunSun Lighting, a Chinese devleoper of LED lighting products which has offices in Palo Alto, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The round came from GSR Ventures and Oak investment Partners, along with angel investors...

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Coulomb Technologies Powers Up $47.5M Series D

Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies, the developer of electric vehicle charging stations, said Monday that it has raised $47.5M in a new funding. The firm said the Series D was led by Braemar Energy Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & B...

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Pricenomics Looks Up $1.5M

San Francisco-based Pricenomics, an online site which provides an estimated price of products to users, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital and SV Angel. Pricenomics was founded...

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Gumroad Gains $7M

San Francisco-based electronics payments firm Gumroad, which is developing mobile payments software to help users sell items using only a simple link, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield...

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Monday, May 7, 2012

RichRelevance Raises $20M

San Francisco-based RichRelevance, which develops personalization software used by e-commerce retailers and others to recommend relevant products, said today that it has raised $20M in a new funding round. The round was led by Crosslink Cap...

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Friday, May 4, 2012

LifeStreet Media Gets $66M

San Carlos-based LifeStreet Media, which develops in-app advertising optimization software, said this week that it has raised $66M in an equity funding round. The round came from Nautic Partners. The firm said the investment comes for growt...

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Friday, May 4, 2012

WePay Raises $10M For Online Payments

Palo Alto-based online payments firm WePay has raised $10M in a Series C funding, the firm said Thursday. The round was led by Ignition Partners, and also included Highland Capital Partners and August CApital. Chris Howard of Ignition joins...

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Evernote Finds $70M

In a gigantic round, Mountain View-based Evernote said today that it has raised $70M in a new funding round, led by Meritech Capital and CBC Capital. The firm, which develops software which allows users to keep notes online and offline, abo...

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Code Advisors Lands $25M From JPMorgan Chase

San Francisco-based Code Advisors, an investment banking firm focused on emerging technology and media, said today that it has scored $25M in a minority funding from JPMorgan Chase. Code Advisors was co-founded by Michael Marquez, Fred Davi...

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Visage Gets Backing From Motorola

San Francisco-based Visage, which develops enterprise mobility management software, said today that it has raised a Series C funding round from Motorola Solutions. Financial terms of the investment were not announced. Visage said that Palis...

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Vungle Raises $2M

San Francisco-based Vungle, which develosp a aservice that helps mobile developers create video-based promotions for their apps, said yesterday that it has raised $2M in a funding round. The round came from Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, Cr...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Flingo Gets More Funding From Mark Cuban

San Francisco-based Flingo, which makes smart television applications, said Wednesday that it has raised another $1M in funding from entrepreneur Mark Cuban. The funding brings the company's first round to a total of $8M. Flingo is led by ...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

DataSift Raises $7.2M, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

DataSift, a developer of social data analytics software, has raised $7.2M in a Series A follow on investment, the firm said today. The round came from GRP Ventures and IA Ventures. As part of the funding, the UK-based company said it has se...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Zimbio Lands $8.9M For Fashion

San Carlos-based Zimbio, which operates a network of fashion, beauty, celebrity, and entertainment websites, said this morning that it has raised $8.9M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Gre...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Birst Gets $26M

San Francisco-based Birst, a developer of business analytics tools, said today that it has raised $26M in a new funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Hummer Winblad and DAG Ventures. Birst's customers inclu...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Appthority Secures $6.25M

San Francisco-based Appthority, a developer of software used to manage security of mobile applications, said today that it has raised $6.25M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Venrock and US Venture Partners, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tegile Gets $10M

Newark-based Tegile, a developer of enterprise storage arrays which use deduplication features to reduce the amount of space required for storage, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, according to regulatory filings from the firm. Source ...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Google Backed SignPost Finds More Funding

Google Ventures-backed Signpost, a provider of local advertising services for local businesses, has raised $3.75M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the round was led by Spark Capital. The firm is backed by Google Ventures, along wi...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Castlight Health Finds $100M More

San Francisco-based Castlight Health, a developer of a service which helps companies lower the cost of health benefits, said today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding round. The firm said the new funds came from two major unnamed...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

PlaySay Gets $250K For Language Learning

San Francisco-based PlaySay, the developer of an iPhone game to help foreign language learners, said today that it has raised $250,000 in a new funding round. The round came from Kevin Yu, former director of PayPal Japan; Sean Glass, founde...

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Monday, April 30, 2012

Google Ventures Backs CustomMade

Google Ventures, the venture arm of Mountain View-based Google, has invested in a startup marketplace, CustomMade which connects shoppers with artists who can custom make anything from jewelry, furniture, to guitars. According to CustomMade...

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Monday, April 30, 2012

NeoPhotonics Receives $39.8M

Publicly held NeoPhotonics, which is based in San Jose, said today that it has raised $39.8M in shares of the firm in a private placement. The funding came from Russian investor RUSNANO. NeoPhotonics is a developer of photonic integrated ci...

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Monday, April 30, 2012

CrestaTech Gains $13M

Santa Clara-based CrestaTech, a developer of wireless RF tuners and integrated DSPs used for developing televisions, has raised $13M in a funding round, the firm said tdoay. The funding came from Bechtolsheim Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventu...

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Friday, April 27, 2012

AVOS Raises Series A

San Mateo-based AVOS Systems, the startup led by former YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, has raised a Series A funding round. Size of the round was not announced. THe round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Google Venture...

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Freshdesk Gains $5M

Walnut-based Freshdesk, which develops online help desk software, said Thursday that it has raised $5M in a financing round. The round was led by Tiger Global Mangement, and also included Accel Partners. The second round of funding will go ...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

DITTO Sees $3M

Mountain View-based DITTO, an online e-commerce site focused on designer eyewear, said Thursday that it has raised $3M in a funding round. August Capital led the round, which also included angels and friends and family. DITTO is headed by c...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

SendHub Raises $2M For SMS Service

Mountain View-based SendHub, which develops SMS messaging services, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the firm announced Thursday. The funding came from Kapor Capital, Menlo Ventures, 500 Startups, Howard Lindzon’s Social Leverage f...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Metamarkets Finds $15M For Big Data Analytics

San Francisco-based Metamarkets said today that it has raised $15M, to help it with development of its big-data analytics service. The firm said the funding was led by Khosla Ventuers, and also included prior investors IA Ventures and True ...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Shape Security Secures $6M

Mountain View-based Shape Security, a developer of web defense and security technology, said this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and TomorrowVentures, the ...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Amalfi Semicondcutor Finds $20M

Los Gatos-based Amalfi Semiconductor, a developer of power amplifiers for the cellular handset market, said this week that it has raised $20M in a new funding round. The funding came from existing investors Battery Ventures, DCM and Globes...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Ark Raises $4.2M For People Search

Y Combinator company Ark, which is based in San Francisco, has raised $4.2M in a seed funding round, the firm said today. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Greylock Partners, Intel Capital, SV Angel, Atlas Ven...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

DoubleDutch Gets $2M

San Francisco-based DoubleDutch, a developer of mobile applications for the enterprise market, said today that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Bullpen Capital, Floodgate Fund, Mint.com's Aaron Patzer, and ...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Citrus Lane Finds $5.1M For Subscription Baby Products

Mountain View-based Citrus Lane, which offers up a monthly, subscription service for infant and toddler products, said today that it has raised $5.1M in a Series A funding. The round came from GGV Capital and Greylock Partners. Citrus Lane ...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Intel Backs IT Management Software Firm ScienceLogic

Intel has backed a maker of It operations and cloud management software, ScienceLogic, via its Intel Capital venture arm, ScienceLogic said Monday. ScienceLogic said that Intel led a $15M, Series B funding round for the firm, which makes so...

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Locu Gets $4M

Locu, a developer of software being applied to digitize real world content and place that into structured form online, has raised $4M in a Series A funding round. The company, which has operations in both San Francisco and Cambridge, Mass.,...

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Monday, April 23, 2012

LED Engin Finds More Funding

San Jose-=based LED Engin, a developer of solid state lighting components and optics, reported today that it has completed a Series E funding round. Size of the orund was not disclosed. The round was led by GVT Fund, and also included MSIVC...

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Singly Raises $7M

San Francisco-based Singly, a developer of a web-based service which allows for the transfer of personal data and information via a software API, has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Foundry Group. Singly is deve...

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Cisco Funds Insieme With $100M

San Jose-based Cisco is spinning out a new startup, Insieme, backed with $100M in funding, according to a memo leaked to the New York Times this week. Cisco apparently has funded the advanced networking startup, with an option to eventually...

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Moxie Software Funds ReadyPulse

Sunnyvale-based software developer Moxie Software has spun out, and funded, a new startup, according to Bellevue, Washington-based ReadyPulse. ReadyPulse said earlier this week that it has raised an initial round of funding for the firm fro...

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Friday, April 20, 2012

WeVideo Raises $19.1M For Online Video Editing

Sunnyvale-based WeVideo, which develops online, cloud-based video editing tools, has raised $19.1M in a venture funding round. The funding was led by Crest Capital Ventures. WeVideo is headed by Jostein Svendsen, a Norwegian entrepreneur an...

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Neato Robotics Recharges With $12.2M More

Newark, California-based Neato Robotics, a developer of household cleaning robots, reported Thursday that it has raised $12.2M in a Series D funding round. The lead investor on the round was Vorwerk Ventures, a German investment firm, as we...

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Five9 Adds $12M

San Ramon-based Five9, a developer of cloud-based software for managing contact centers, said today that it has raised $12M in a new round of equity funding. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and also included Hummer Winblad Ventu...

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

NComputing Raises $21.8M For Desktop Virtualization

Redwood City-based NComputing, a developer of virtual desktop and thin client hardware, said today that it has raised $21.8M in a new funding round. The round was led by QuestMark Partners, and also included Menlo Ventures, Scale Venture Pa...

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

SynGen Gets $5M For Stem Cell Harvesting

Sacramento-based SynGen, which is developing stem cell harvesting systems for the regenerative medicine market, has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round came from Bay City Capital. According to the firms, Bay City Capital will add tw...

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Tango Receives $40M For Video Calling Service

Palo Alto-based Tango, the provider of a video chat service which works with iPhones and Android, has raised $40M in a Series C funding round, the firm said this morning. The funding round came from Qualcomm Ventures, Access Industries, Dra...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Coursera Finds $16M For Online Education

Mountain View-based Coursera, an online education site founded by Stanford Computer Science Professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, said today that it has raised $16M in a funding round. The company, which offers up free, web-based classes ...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Skybox Imaging Finds $70M

Mountain View-based Skybox Imaging, which provides satellite imagery, video, and data analytics software, said Tuesday that it has raised $70M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Canaan Partners and Norwest Venture Partners, ...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Alt12 Apps Gets $1.26M, Launches Social Network For Parents

San Francisco-based Alt12 Apps, a developer of social health applications, said today that it has raised $1.26M in a seed funding round, and launched a new social network for parents called Kidfolio. Alt12 said the funding came from Felicis...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Cherry Harvests $4.5M For Carwashing Service

Do you have a dirty car? Wish someone would come to your parking spot and wash it? If you have a mobile phone, and are in San Jose, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Cupertino, or Mountain View, that's just what Cherry wants to do. The new startup sa...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Quantenna Gets $79M

Fremont-based Quantenna Communications, the developer of wireless, Wi-Fi video networking technology, said today that it has raised $79M in a massive, funding round. The round was led by RUSNANO, and also included new investor Bright Capita...

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Path Raises $30M

San Francisco-based Path, the developer of mobile social networking software, has raised somewhere north of $30M in a funding round, led by Redpoint Ventures, the firm said Monday. The round also included Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins ...

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

41st Parameter Raises $13M To Expand in Silicon Valley

41st Parameter, a developer of fraud prevention and online device recognition technology which has its Silicon Valley operation in San Jose, said Thursday that it has raised $13M in a Series D funding. The funding came from Georgian Partner...

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Viadeo Gets $32M For Professional Network

Viadeo, a European startup with U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, said today that it has raised $32M in a funding round for its professional networking service. The round came from French Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Fonds Strategique d'Inv...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

OneID Raises $7M For Digital IDs

San Francisco-based OneID, a developer of digital identity technology, said today that it has raised $7M in a new funding round. The round was led by Khosla Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners. OneID was founded by Steve Kirsch. Kirs...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

CloudPassage Gets $14M

San Francisco-based CloudPassage, a developer of cloud security software, announced this morning that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding roudn. The round was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital a...

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Facebook Buys Instagram

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Friday, April 6, 2012

500 Startups Targets $50M Investment Fund

Mountain View-based 500 Startups, the startup accelerator and seed investment fund, is gearing up to raised $50M in a new fund, 500 Startups II, the group disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday morning. According to the filing, no funds ha...

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Rolith Gets $5M For Nanolithorgraphy Technology

Pleasanton-based Rolith, a developer of nanostructured coatings and devices, said Thursday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from DFJ VTB Capital Aurora and AGC America. Rolith develops nanostructured coatin...

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

SpiderCloud Captures $35M

Santa Clara-based Spidercloud Wireless has raised $33M in a new funding round, from Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, Shasta Ventures, and Opus Capital. All of those companies are existing investors in the company. According to the W...

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

GEO Semiconductor Raises $1.0M

Santa Clara-based GEO Semiconductor, a developer of graphics processors for the smartphone market, said Wednesday that it has completed a $1M, Series A funding round. Details on the funding were not released. It's unclear if the $1.0M is pa...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

SugarCRM Finds $33M

Cupertino-based SugarCRM, the developer of customer relationship management software, said Wednesday that it has raised $33M in a combination of equity and debt. The round was led by new Enterprise Associates, as well as Silicon Valley Bank...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Cisco Invests In Indian Venture Capital Fund

San Jose-based Cisco said this morning that it is ramping its efforts to invest in the country of India, via a new investment in venture fund Aavishkaar. Cisco said it will invest in Cisco will invest in Aavishkaar India II Company Ltd., a ...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

MATRIXX Gets Funding From Swisscom

Mountain View-based MATRIXX Software, the developer of software used by telecommunications providers to better manage their subscribers, has scored a strategic investment from Swisscom Ventures, the venture capital arm of communications pro...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Minerva Project Raises $25M For New University

San Francisco-based The Minerva Project, which says it is creating a new, "elite" American University, has raised $25M in a funding round, led by Benchmark Capital. The firm says it is establishing a university relying on the "most demandin...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Skout Hooks Up With $22M from Andreessen Horowitz

San Francisco-based Skout, the developer of location-based networking apps which center around flirting with others, has raised $22M in a funding round, the firm said this morning. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz. The firm said th...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Pertino Raises $8.85M

Cupertino-based Pertino, a developer of cloud networking software, said this morning that it has raised $8.85M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Norwest Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, as well as Steve Cambell (Str...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Nitro Rounds Up $3.5M

San Francisco-based Nitro, which develops PDF file creation tools which include such features as combining multiple PDF files, batch support, and editing of PDF files, has raised $3.5M in a funding round, the firm announced this morning. Th...

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Monday, April 2, 2012

PureWave Gets $5M

Santa Clara-based PureWave Networks, which develops 4G, wireless base stations, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series C funding round. Source of the funding was not disclosed, however, the firm said the round came from both new and ...

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Dropbox Adds U2's Bono, The Edge As Investors

San Francisco-based Dropbox, the developer of the online cloud storage services for documents, said Monday that it has added U2's Bono and The Edge as investors in the firm. The investment is most likely through Elevation Partners, the priv...

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Bizo Brings In $10M Series B

San Francisco-based Bizo, a developer of business marketing software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included prior investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Ve...

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Everything.me Finds $3.5M

San Francisco-based Everything.me, a developer of mobile search applications, has raised $3.5M in a funding oround, the firm said this week. The round came from Horizons Ventures, along with Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventur...

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Violin Memory Raises $50M

Mountain View-based Violin Memory, a developer of flash-based, memory arrays for the solid state storage market, has raised $50M in a Series D funding round. The round came from Toshiba, Juniper Networks, SAP Ventures, and Highland Capital....

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Google Backs Kibits

Google Ventures is one of the backers of a mobile, social networking app developer, Kibits, Kibits said today. Kibits said it launched its micro-social networking app for the iPhone and iPod touch today, and has raised $1M from Google Ventu...

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

InsightsOne Raises $4.3M

Santa Clara-based InsightsOne, a developer of cloud-based, data analytics software used for targeting and analyzing consumer behavior and marketing data, said this morning that it has raised $4.3M in a Series A funding round. The round was ...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

GraphScience Gets $2M

Palo Alto-based GraphScience, a startup led by Raymound Rouf, has raised $2M in its Series A round, the firm said today. The firm uses social data to help marketers generate revenue and optimize their Facebook marketing efforts. The funding...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Vigilent Powers Up With $6.7M

El Cerrito-based Vigilent, a developer of energy management systems aimed at the data center, has raised $6.7M in a round, the company said today. The round was led by Accel Partners, out the firm's new Big Data fund. Vigilent said it will ...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Sojern Lands $7.5M

San Francisco-based Sojern, a provider of advertising technology and data specifically aimed at the travel industry, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a financing round. The round was led by Industry Ventures, and also included Norwest...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Joyent Execs Back Social Gaming Firm Mob Science

A number of executives from San Francisco-based cloud hosting firm Joyent have backed a startup developing social games for Facebook. According to Mob Science, the social gaming firm behind inFamous Anarchy, Coffee Bar, Snowball Fight, and...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

ThreatMetrix Gets $18M

San Jose-based ThreatMetrix, a developer of cybersecurity products, has raised $18M in a Series D funding round, the firm said this morning. The Series D funding was led by August Capital, and also included Tenaya Capital, US Venture Partne...

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Monday, March 26, 2012

ViVOtech Gets New Funding

Santa Clara-based ViVOtech, the developer of near field communications (NFC) mobile payment terminals and technology, said today that it has raised a first close in a Series D funding round. The amount of the funding was not disclosed, howe...

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Spigit Taps Into $15.2M More

Pleasanton-based Spigit, a developer of enterprise collaboration tools which use game mechanics and social algorithms, said today that it has raised $15.2M in a Series E funding round. The round came from private equity firm Warburg Pincus....

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

oDesk Lands $15M

Menlo Park-based freelance marketplace oDesk said this morning that it has raised $15M in a funding round, led by T. Rowe Price. Benchmark Capital, Globespan Capital Partners and Sigma Partners also participated in the funding. oDesk opera...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

PubNub Receives $4.5M

San Francisco-based PubNub, a developer of real-time messaging software for the mobile and web application market, said Wednesday that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Relay ventures and the Silicon Valle...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Yummly Gobbles Up $6M

Palo Alto-based Yummly.com, the online recipe search site founded by David Feller and Vadim Geshel, said Wednesday that it has raised $6M in a Series A round. The round was led by Physic Ventures, and also included Harrison Metal Capital, F...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Buysight Sees $8M More

Palo Alto-based Buysight, which provides advertising retargeting and performance display advertising services, has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round came from existing investors ONSET Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Partners....

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

CTERA Networks Finds Funding For Cloud Storage Appliances

Palo Alto-based CTERA Networks, a developer of appliances and software which combine cloud storage with on-premise storage, said today that it has scored a round of funding. The round was led by Venrock Associates, and also included Cisco a...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Integrate Gets $11M

Integrate, a developer of performance marketing optimization and analytics services, said today that it has raised $11M. The Series B funding round came from Comcast Ventures, Liberty Global, and Foundry Group. The firm has offices in San F...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Myoscience Land $33M Funding

Redwood City-based Myoscience, a developer of medical devices which use cold to treat wrinkles, pain, and certain dermatologic conditions, said today that it has raised $33M in a Series D funding round. The round came from Accuitive Medica...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Wantful Receives $5.5M

San Francisco-based Wantful, a startup developing a service to deliver custom, curated gifts to gift recipients, has raised $5.5M in a funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by Polaris Venture Partners, and also included prio...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

ClearStory Data Gets Investment

nPalo Alto-based ClearStory Data, a developer of big data visualization tools, said yesterday that it has scored a funding round from Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, and angels. Financial terms of the investment were ...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Averail Raises $6M

Menlo Park-based Averail, a stealth mode developer of enterprise mobility software, said today that it has raised $6M in a funding round. The round came from Foundation Capital and Storm Ventures, with Paul Holland of Foundation and Tae Hea...

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Monday, March 19, 2012

StyleSeat Raises $775,000

San Francisco-based StyleSeat, a developer of online schedule booking services for hair stylists and salons, said Friday that it has raised $775,000 in a new, seed funding round. The round came from Ashton Kutcher, A-Grade, Founders Fund, a...

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Stormpath Gets $1.5M

San Mateo-based StormPath, a developer of unified identity management software for the enterprise, said last week that it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Flybridge Capital and New Enterprise Associates. StormP...

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Friday, March 16, 2012

BrightEdge Picks Up $12.6M

San Mateo-based BrightEdge, a developer of enterprise, search engine optimization (SEO) software and tools, reported yesterday that it has raised $12.6M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included prio...

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

BOKU Lands $35M For Mobile Payments

San Francisco-based mobile payments startup BOKU said Thursday that it has raised $35M in a new funding round. The round came via a strategic investment from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Telefonica Digital, as well as prior investors An...

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

LUMenergi Absorbs $6.2M Round

Newark-based LUMenergi, a developer of network-controlled lighting energy management systems, has raised $6.2M in a extension of its Series-B funding round. The new funding came from existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures, Noventi Ventu...

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Koding Launches, Backed By $2M in Funding

San Francisco-based Koding, an online, cloud-based development environment for software developers, said today that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding, and launched its platform. The funding came from RTP Ventures and Greycroft Partner...

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

PixyKids Gets $3M

Menlo Park-based PixyKids, an online digital world focused on kids ages 6-12, said today that it has raised $3M in funding. The round included $2M form ATA Ventures, and $1M from un-named angel investors. PixyKids was co-founded by Rajul Ka...

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

500Friends Raises $4.5M

San Francisco-based 500Friends, a startup developing social loyalty programs for e-commerce retailers, has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital, along with angels. 500 Friends is a Y...

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Adaptive Planning Takes $22M

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning, a developer of enterprise, performance management software, said today that it has raised $22M in a funding round. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Cardinal Venture Capi...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Intematix Rounds Up $16.2M

Fremont-based Intematix, which develops phosphors and phosphor components for the LED lighting market, reported today that it has raised $16.2M in funding. The round came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Crosslink Capital, as well as an un-...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Halt Medical Gains $20M

Livermore-based Halt Medical, a medical devices firm which is developing equipment to treat uterine fibroids, has raised $20M in debt and equity funding. The funding came from American capital, Ltd., along with other affiliates. Terms of th...

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Monday, March 12, 2012

Chegg Finds $25M More

San Jose-based Chegg, the textbook rental site aimed at students, has raised $25M more, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Friday. Chegg did not announce details of the new funding. Chegg is backed by Ace Investments, Foundation C...

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Monday, March 12, 2012

Virtustream Picks Up Another $15M

San Francisco-based Virtustream, a provider of cloud software for managing private, virtual private, public and hybrid clouds, said Friday that it has raised $15M more in funding. The funding came from new investor Questmark Partners, in ad...

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Monday, March 12, 2012

Jiff Raises $7.5M

Palo Alto-based Jiff, which is developing a social networking and digital health product, said this morning that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Aeris Capital, and also included Aberdare Ventures. As pa...

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Aarki, Founded by Mint.com Vets, Finds Series A

Sunnyvale-based Aarki, a firm developing mobile advertising software, said Thursday that it has raised a Series A round of funding. Size of the round was not disclosed. The round was led by Walden Venture Capital. Aarki's founders are Sid B...

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Switchfly Takes Off With $15M More

San Francisco-based Switchfly, which operates traveler loyalty programs for airlines and hotels, has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by StarVest Partners, and also included existing investors Canaan Partners and A...

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Sequoia Backs Songkick

UK-based Songkick, a service which helps music fans keep track of concerts, has scored a new investment from Sequoia Capital, the company said today. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Songkick is a YCombinator company wh...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Mevio Gets $10M In Debt Funding

San Francisco-based Mevio, and online video entertainment site focused on brand-safe video shows, has scored $10M in a venture debt funding, according to ORIX Venture Finance. The two said the $10M is made up of a $7M, term loan and a $3M, ...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

MiaSole Gets $55M

Santa Clara-based MiaSole, which manufactures copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, said today that it has raised $55M. MiaSole did not name the investors in the new round. The manufacturer of PV panels ...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Khosla Ventures Backs iPad Signature App Maker SignNow

Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures is backing the developer of a free, iPad application which allows users to electronically sign documents. SignNow said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round along with other, un-nam...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Virdia Gets $100M

Redwood City-based Virdia, which is developing cellulosic sugars and lignin for use in the renewable chemicals and energy industry, said today that it has raised $100M in a combination of private and public financing. The firm--formerly kno...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Jumio Lands $25.5M

Mountain View-based Jumio, a developer of online payments and identification products, said today that it has raised $25.5M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, as well as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, TIB...

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

SolarCity Finds $81M In Growth Capital

San Mateo-baesd SolarCity, which is an installer and funder of solar energy projects for the residential, commercial, and nonprofit market, said Wednesday that it has raised $81M in funding. The round was led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk and Va...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Yammer Raises $85M

San Francisco-based Yammer, the corporate-focused micro-messaging firm headed by former PayPal founder David Sacks, has raised $85M in a new funding round, its fifth round of funding, the firm said Wednesday. The firm says it has now raised...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Eye-Fi Sees $20M More

Mountain View-based Eye-Fi, the developer of wireless memory cards which synchronize digital photos with cloud photo services, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by NTT DOCOMO, and also incl...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

SugarSync Downloads $15M

San Mateo-based SugarSync, which operates a file synchronization and online backup service, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series D round. The round was led by Coral Group, and included prior investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sigm...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Kontiki Lands $5.1M For Enterprise Video

Sunnyvale-based Kontiki, which provides video content delivery services to the enterprise, said it has raised $5.1M in a Series C funding round this morning. The firm said the funding came from existing investors MK Capital, New World Ventu...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Amplidata Raises $8M More

Redwood City-based Amplidata, a developer of petabyte-scale, object data storage products, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series C round of funding. The funding came from Big Bang Ventures, Endeavour Vision, Intel Capital and Swissc...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Scintera Gets Funding From Maxim

Sunnyvale-based Scintera, a developer of systems-on-a-chip products for measuring, monitoring, and modifying RF signals, has raised funding from fellow Sunnyvale firm Maxim Integrated Products. Size of the strategic funding was not disclose...

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tello Gets $2.7M For Rating Customer Service

Palo Alto-based Tello, the developer of mobile applications and software to gather instant customer service feedback from customers using mobile devices, said today that it has raised $2.7M in a funding round. The firm also launched its ser...

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Google Ventures Backs Duo Security

Duo Security, a provider of phone-based, two factor authentication software and services, has raised $5M in a funding from Google Ventures, True Ventures, and Resonant Venture Partners, the firm said today. The Michigan-based firm said the ...

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Accel Adds EIR In London

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Accel Partners said today that it has named John Earner as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the firm's London offices. The investor said that Earner was previously VP of Product Management and General Man...

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Ruckus Wireless Gains $21.7M

Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless said today that it has raised $21.7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Meritech Capital Partners and SingTel Innov8. The firm said the funding brings the company's total raised to $72.7M. Richard J. ...

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Amyris Fuels Up With $83.7M

Emeryville-based Amyris, the publicly traded renewable chemicals and fuels firm, said this morning that it has completed a $58.7M private placement of its common stock, plus an agreement to place another $25M in senior unsecured notes, as p...

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Game Closure Snags $12M For HTML5 Game Platform

Mountain View-bsaed GameClosure, which develops JavaScript game SDK's which help customers develop HTML5 games, said today that it has raised $12M in a funding round. The round was led by Highland Capital, and also included Greylock, Benchm...

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Monday, February 27, 2012

McNealy's Wayin Gets $14M

Wayin, an online social polling and entertainment site which was founded by Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealty, said today that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding. The new round came from U.S. Venture Partners, along with TIBCO Software...

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Milyoni Gets $11M For Social Entertainment Efforts

Pleasanton-based Milyoni, a developer of social entertainment and games for Facebook, has raised $11M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Oak Investment Partners, and also included ATA Ventures and Thomvest Ventures. According to ...

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Pinger Calls Up $7.5M

San Jose-based Pinger, which develops iOS and Android texting and voice chat applications, has raised $7.5M in a strategic investment, the company said this week. The round came from T-Venture, the venture arm of Deutsche Telekom. Pinger sa...

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Luminate Sees $10.7M For Interactive Images

Mountain View-based Luminate, a developer of applications which help make images and advertising more interactive, said Thursday that it has raised $10.7M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Nokia Growth Partners, and also inc...

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

CrowdStrike Lands $26M

San Francisco-based CrowdStrike, a stealth mode, security software firm headed by former McAfee CTO George Kurtz, said today that it has raised $26M in a funding round. Kurtz announced the new company on his blog, saying the firm will help ...

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Skytree Gets Backing For Big Data Analytics

San Jose-based Skytree, a developer of big data analytics and machine learning software, said today that it has launched its product and company, with the backing of a number of venture investor Javelin Venture Partners. Financial details o...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Wheelz Pulls Up To $13.7M

Palo Alto-based Wheelz, the operator of a peer-to-peer car sharing company focused on college campuses, has raised $13.7M in a funding round. The firm said the Series A round was led by Zipcar, and also included Fontinalis Partners. Wheelz ...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

nScaled Secures $7M For Disaster Recovery

San Francisco-based nScaled, a developer of cloud-based, backup and disaster recovery services, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a funding round. The Series A founding was led by Almaz Capital and Doughy Hanson Technology Venture...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Nanosolar Gets $20M

San Jose-based Nanosolar, which is developing thin film, solar cell technology based on printing nanoparticle inks and CIGS solar circuits on panels, said last week that it has raised $20M in a funding round. The round came from current inv...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Stitch Labs Sews Up $1M

San Francisco-based Stitch Labs, a developer of cloud-based, small business inventory management software, said today that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The round was led by True Ventures. Stitch Labs offers an online inventory...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Intel Capital Backs Two Brazilian Firms

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of semiconductor giant Intel, said last week that it has invested in two, Brazilian companies, Fashion.me and Coquelux. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Fashion.me is a provider o...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Fluid Fills Up With $24M

San Francisco-based Fluid, a developer of design and consulting services for for such brands as The North Face, Quidsi (Diapers.com, Wag.com), Sears, and others, said today that it has raised $24M in a growth equity funding. The funding cam...

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Compass Labs Finds $6M

San Jose-based Compass Labs, a developer of software for managing social media advertising, said this week that it has raised $6M in a funding round. The round came from New Enterprise Associate sand Presidio Ventures. Compass Labs is led b...

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Pinwheel, Latest Startup of Flickr Co-founder, Debuts

Pinwheel, a new startup headed by Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, has launched into private beta, saying that it is looking to let users leave notes and photos to other people around the world. The startup--which is backed by Redpoint, Tru...

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

QuickPay Gets Investment From Bill Ford

San Francisco-based QuickPay Corp., a developer of mobile apps used to pay for parking spaces, has scored an investment from the investment firm of William Clay Ford, Jr. Investment firm Fontinalis Partners, which is headed by Ford, announc...

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Backplane Finds Funding

Palo Alto-based Backplane, a developer of online community software which powers Lady Gaga's #Little Monsters web site, said today that it has raised a Series A round of funding. The round was worth $4.5M. The round included Sequoia Capital...

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

c3Nano Gets $6.7M

Hayward-based C3Nano, which is developing transparent electrode materials aimed at use in flexible displays, touch screens, solar cells, and other applications, said today that it has raised $6.7M in a funding round. The Series B funding wa...

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Scripted.com Adds $150K

San Francisco-based Scripted.com, the online marketplace for freelance writers, said today that it has raised $150,000 more in seed funding. The funding was led by former Redpoint Ventures EIR David Wu, and also included Crosslink Capital, ...

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

LUMEnergi Names CEO

Newark, California-based LUMEnergi, the venture-backed provider of network-controlled, lighting control products, said today that it has named Barry Weinbaum as its President and CEO. Weinbaum was most recently at Acuity Brands, and also se...

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Bridgelux Lights Up With $25M More

Livermore-based Bridgelkux, the developer of LED lighting technology headed by Bill Watkins, said today that it has scored $25M more in funding, via Chinese lighting firm Kaistar Lighting. Bridgelux said the funding will go towards research...

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Health Fidelity Digs Up Series A

Menlo Park-based Health Fidelity said last week that it has raised a Series A funding round, to apply to its efforts to use natural language processing to mine for clinical healthcare data. The firm did not disclose the size of the funding....

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Marin Software Scores $30M

San Francisco-based Marin Software, which develops online advertising management software, said today that it has raised $30M in a funding round. The round was led by Temasek, and also included SAP Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Crosslink Cap...

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Halt Medical Nabs $20M

Livermore-based HALT Medical, a developer of medical devices for treating uterine fibroids, announced today that it has raised $20M in the first part of an ongoing, $50M funding round.The firm said the debt and equity funding came from Amer...

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Solar Junction Finds $19.2M

San Jose-based Solar Junction, which is developing high-efficiency, multi-junction cells for the concentrated photovoltaic panel market, said this morning that it has raised $19.2M in a Series D funding round. The round came from strategic ...

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Nivio Gets $21M, Expands in Palo Alto

Swiss virtual desktop services firm Nivio said today that it has raised $21M in funding, to expand its engineering efforts in Palo Alto and launch in the U.S. The funding came from Videocon, a conglomerate based in India, along with AEC Pa...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

SchoolFeed Gets $1.75M To Link Classmates

San Mateo-based SchoolFeed, a new startup looking to connect people with their high school classmates via Facebook, said today that it has raised $1.75M in a seed investment round. The round was led by First Round Capital, and also included...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Extole Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Extole, a develoepr of social marketing programs and technology, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series C round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ven...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

TastemakerX Raises $1.8M

San Francisco-based TastemakerX, a developer of social games, said this morning that it has raised $1.8M in funding. The round came from Guggenheim Partners, Baseline Ventures, True Ventures, AOL Ventures, and Tekton Ventures, along with an...

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

iHearMedical Locates $1.8M

San Leandro-based iHearMedical, a developer of hearing aid technology, said this morning that it has raised $1.8M in a second round of financing. Source of the funding was not announced. As part of the funding, iHearMedical said that Jonath...

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Ignite Game Technologies Wins $5M

San Francisco-based Ignite Game Technologies, the developer of racing games, said today that it has raised $5M in Series C funding, bringing its total raised to $17.5M. The firm--which debuted its first title, Simraceway, in November--said ...

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Flingo Raises $7M

San Francisco-based Flingo, a developer of smart TV applications, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The round came from August Capital. both David Marquardt of August and Howard Hartenbaum, a founding investor in Skyp...

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Mobeam Adds $1.5M

San Francisco-based Mobeam, a developer of technology which overcomes issues of scanning mobile barcodes on point-of-sale laser scanners, announced this morning that it has added $1.5M in its Series A funding round. The funding came from DF...

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Friday, February 3, 2012

Xero Gets $16.6M

Xero, a developer of online small business accounting software, said Friday that it has raised $16.6M, and set up shop in San Francisco. The firm said the funding came from Peter Thiel, via his NEw Zealand fund, Valar Ventures. Xero said it...

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Auxogyn Rounds Out Funding Round At $20M

Menlo Park-based Auxogyn, which is developing a system to improve invitro fertilization, said today that it has closed out its Series A round at $20M. According to the firm, the final tranche of its Series A included Kleiner Perkins Caufiel...

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Room77 Gets Investment From Concur

Sunnyvale-based Room77, an online hotel shopping service, has scored another investment from travel and expense management software firm Concur. Financial details of the investment have not been announced. The investment was disclosed throu...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Estech Gains $7M In Venture Debt

San Ramon-based Estech, a developer of medical devices for the cardiac surgery market, has scored a $7M, venture loan package from NXT Capital and Silicon Valley Bank. According to NXT Capital, the loan will go to finance key growth initiat...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

DFJ Adds Heidi Roizen To Firm

Venture capital investor Draper Fisher Jurveston said today that it has added Heidi Roizen to the firm, as a venture partner. Roizen, most recently at Mobius Venture Capital, also is known for her work at Apple Computer and T/Maker Company....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Cambrios Gets $5M, New CEO

Sunnyvale-based Cambrios, a developer of nanotech materials for the electronics market, said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a strategic, Series D-3 financing round. The round came from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation. The firm als...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

JemStep Raises $6M For Personal Investment Guidance

Looking to track into the online, personal finance market, Los Altos-based JemStep said today that it has raised $6M in a funding round. Name of the investors in the round were not disclosed. JemStep said it has now raised $10.5M for the fi...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

RiseSmart Finds $2M

San Jose-based RiseSmart, a provider of cloud-based tools which helps in employee outplacement, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a financing round. The round came from Norwest Venture Partners. RiseSmart said the funding brings i...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

CardSpring Raises $10M

Palo Alto-based CardSpring, a developer of application programming interfaces for credit and debit card payments, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, along...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz Closes $1.5B Fund

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz said today that it has closed its third fund, to the tune of $1.5 billion. The new fund brings the total managed by the fund to $2.7 billion, only three years after the firm was founded. In a blog po...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

AlienVault Beams In $8M For Security Tools

Campbell-based AlienVault, a developer of security and event management products for the cyber security market, said this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Trident Capital, and also included ...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

UrbanSitter Confirms $1.75M Fundraising

San Francisco-based UrbanSitter, which operates an online service to help connect parents to babysitters via people they know on Facebook, has raised $1.75M in funding, the firm confirmed today. The round was led by First Round Capital, and...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Sumo Logic Gets $15M

Mountain View-based Sumo Logic, which develops log management and analytics software for the enterprise IT market, disclosed today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the funding was led by Sutter Hill Venture...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

TrialPay Banks $40M

Mountain View-based TrialPlay, which offers up incentives and payments to consumers to increase sales for online merchants, said today that it has raised $40M in a funding round. The round came from Greylock Partners, Visa, T. Rowe Price, D...

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Alsop Louie Leads Investment In Lookingglass

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Alsop Louie Partners is the lead investor in a developer of cyber security software, Lookingglass Cyber Solutions. Lookingglass said it raised $5M in funding Monday, led by Alsop Louie Partners, and ...

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Intel Capital Backs Solera Networks

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of semiconductor firm Intel, has backed a developer of network forensics and capture devices. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Solera Networks said today that it has raised $20M in a funding round, led by In...

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Monday, January 30, 2012

drchrono Collects $2.8M

Mountain View-based drchrono, a developer of mobile healthcare software, including electronic health records, prescription, medical billing, and patient management tools, said last week that it has raised $2.8M in a funding round. The round...

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Stretch Reaches $5.0M In Series C

Sunnyvale-based Stretch, a developer of reconfigurable processors for the high speed video and imaging processing market, has raised $5.0M, the first part of an ongoing Series C funding round. The details of the funding were disclosed via a...

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Friday, January 27, 2012

UrbanSitter Finds $1.75M

San Francisco-based UrbanSitter, an online service which uses Facebook to connect parents with babysitters, has raised $1.75M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. The filing indicates thirteen invest...

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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 Thurs...

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

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 pub...

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

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 ...

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

ModeWalk Finds $1.8M For Fashion Shopping

Palo Alto-based ModeWalk, an online shopping site focused on luxury retail products, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.8M in a funding round. The round was led by Merus Capital, as well as a number of angel investors. ModeWalk offers a hig...

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

SquareTrade Lands $238M For Electronics Warranties

San Francisco-based SquareTrade, a provider of warranties for consumer electronics and computer products, has scored $238M in an investment round. The round came from private equity firm Bain Capital. SquareTrade allows users to buy warrant...

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Skyfire Takes $8M

Mountain View-based Skyfire, the developer of mobile video optimization technology for mobile operators, plus the developer of a mobile browser for iPhone and Android, said today that it has raised $8M in a third round of funding. The round...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Elance Picks Up $16M

Mountain View-based Elance, which operates an online marketplace for finding freelancers, said Tuesday that it has raised $16M in an expansion capital round. The round was led by the Stripes Group, and also included New Enterprise Associate...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Polyvore Gets $14M

Moutain View-based Polyvore, an online, social shopping and fashion website, has raised $14M in a new funding round, the firm said Tuesday. The Series C funding was led by DAG Ventures, and also included Goldman Sachs, Vivi Nevo, Benchmark ...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Recurly Rounds Up $6M For Subscription Billing SaaS

San Francisco-based Recurly said Tuesday that it has raised $6M in a Series A round, for the firm's subscription billing services. The round was led by BV Capital, and also included Polaris Venture Partners, Harrison Metal Capital and FreeS...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Mykonos Gets $4M

San Francisco-based Mykonos Software, a developer of web intrusion prevention software, said yesterday that it has raised $4M in a Series A round. The round was led by Paychex founder Tom Golisano, and also include Scott Banister (Ironport)...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

VisionCare Opthalmic Expands Series E

Saratoga-based VisionCare Opthalmic Technologies has closed an expansion of the firm's Series E financing, the company said this week. The funding was led by Agate Medical Investments. Size of the round was not disclosed. As part of the fun...

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Fitbit Jogs Into $12M

San Francisco-based Fitbit, the maker of fitness tracking devices, announced today that it has raised $12M more, in a Series C funding round. The round came from its existing ivnestors, including Foundry Group, True Ventures, SoftTech VC an...

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Joyent Closes $85M Round

San Francisco-based Joyent, which develops cloud computing software, announced today that it has closed an $85M investment round. The round was led by European investment group Weather Investment II, which it says provided the majority of t...

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Monday, January 23, 2012

TRUSTe Gets $15M

San Francisco-based TRUSTe, which provides privacy management services to businesses, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Baseline Ventures, and also included prior investors Accel Par...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Kiwi Crate Captures $5M

Mountain View-based Kiwi Crate, which operates a subscription service which delivers creative activities for kids every month to families, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Comcast Ventures, and a...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Anaplan Finds $11.4M For Planning Software

San Francisco-based Anaplan, which is developing enterprise planning and performance applications, said today that it has raised $11.4M in a Series B investment round. The round came from Granite Ventures, Shasta Ventures, as well as the fi...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Varentec Gets $7.7M

San Jose-based Varentec, which is developing smart grid control products, said today that it has raised $7.7M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Khosla Ventures. As part of the funding, the company said it has named Dr. Deepa...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Nexenta Systems Sees $21M

Mountain View-based Nexenta Systems, which develops storage software used for deploying enterprise class, cloud storage, said today that it has raised $21M in a Series C round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Sierra V...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tidemark Raises $24M

Redwood City-based Tidemark, a developer of enterprise performance management software, announce today that it has raised $24M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Greylock Partners, Andrees...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Plastic Jungle Scores Investment From Citi

San Mateo-based Plastic Jungle, which operates an online marketplace for buying and selling gift cards, said this morning that it has scored a strategic investment from Citi Ventures, the investment arm of Citigroup. Financial terms of the ...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

PandoDaily Gets $2.5M To Overthrow TechCrunch

PandoDaily, a new technology news site run by the former writers of TechCrunch, said Monday that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round. The firm is headed by Sarah Lacy, and includes contributors Michael Arrington, MG Siegler, Paul Carr an...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Bionic Panda Games Gets Seeded

San Francisco-based Bionic Panda Games, a developer of Android games, said today that it has scored a seed funding round. Size of the round was not announced. Investors in the funding included SoftTech VC, Norwest Venture Partners, Google V...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

AppDynamics Raises $20M

San Francisco-based AppDynamics is announcing this morning that it has raised $20M in the firm's Series C funding round. The company, which develops application performance management software for managing critical web applications, said th...

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Affine Gets $5M

San Francisco-based Affine, a provider of an online video targeting platform, said last week that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The round came from Crosslink and Highland Capital Partners. The investment came after the firm appointe...

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Friday, January 13, 2012

AQT Solar Lands $18.7M

Sunnyvale-based AQT Solar, which develops CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells, said yesterday that it has raised $18.7M in a funding round. Source of the Series B funding was not announced. AQT Solar said it has n...

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Senova Systems Raises $6.7M

Sunnyvale-based Senova Systems, a developer of solid state based pH sensors used for measuring acidity in the manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and other markets, said today that it has raised $6.7M in a Series B funding. The fundi...

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Practice Fusion Lands $2M More

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, which develops electronic medical records, said this morning that it has raised $2M more in funding for the company. The funding came from angels Jed Stremel (Facebook), Ali Partovi (LinkExchange), and H...

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

BridgeWave Gains $10.3M

Santa Clara-based BridgeWave Communications, a developer of 4G millimeter wave backhaul products, said Tuesday that it has raised $10.3M in an additional financing round. The round was led by Intel Capital and Morgan Creek Capital Managemen...

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

InterWest Names Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based Interwest Partners has expanded its medical devices team, saying today that it has named Dr. Reza Zadno as a new venture partner at the venture firm. Zadno was most recently at New Leaf Venture Partners, and also was founde...

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Bessemer Bumps Two To VP

Menlo Park-based Bessemer Venture Partners has promoted two of its team members to Vice President, the venture investor said Monday. Bessemer said it has promoted Abhijeet Muzumdar, based in Mumbai, as well as Sarah Tavel, in Menlo Park, to...

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Thumbtack Pins $4.5M Round

San Francisco-based Thumbtack.com, which operates a service to help connect consumers with local professionals, announced today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Javelin Venture partners, along with ...

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Aria Diagnotics Gets $52.7M

San Jose-based Aria Diagnostics, a developer of molecular diagnostic test for prenatal and maternal health, reported this morning that it has raised $52.7M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Meritech Capital Partners, an un-na...

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Trapit Gets $6.2M

Palo Alto-based Trapit, the provider of a personalized web search service, said last week that it has raised $6.2M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Horizon Ventures. The firm said that Rob Majteles, a venture partner at Oak Inves...

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Friday, January 6, 2012

3-V Biosciences Finds $20M In Funding

Menlo Park-based 3-V Biosciences, which is developing treatments for Hepatitus C (HCV), said this week that it has closed a preferred round of funding, worht a minimum of $20M. The round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New En...

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Friday, January 6, 2012

Piazza Gains $6M

Palo Alto-based Piazza, an online social networking site aimed at professors and students, said today that it has raised $6M in a funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Kapor Capital and Felicis Ven...

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Friday, January 6, 2012

Flotype Lands $1.4M

Berkeley-based Flotype, a developer of technology for real-time messaging between enterprise applications, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding round. The Y Combinator firm received the funding from Ignition Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Y...

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

SuVolta Finds $17.6M

Los Gatos-based SuVolta, a developer of CMOS-based, lower power IC technology, announced today that it has raised $17.6M in a funding round. The funding came from Bright Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, New Enterpr...

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Spool Gets $1M in Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Spool, which develops software which allows users to save articles, images, and videos for viewing on mobile devices, said today that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The round included SVAngel, Felicis Venture...

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lithium Lands $53.4M

Emeryville-based Lithium Technologies, which develops social marketing software for brands and businesses, announced today that it has raised $53.4M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Assocaites, and also in...

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Accellion Raises $12M For Enterprise File Sharing

Palo Alto-based Accellion has raised $12M in a Series 3 round of funding, the firm said this morning. The round came from private equity firm Riverwood Capital. Accellion is a provider of cloud-based, file sharing and collaboration service ...

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bionovo Gains $5M

Emeryville-based Bionovo, a publicly held developer of pharmaceuticals for treating both menopause and cancer, said yesterday that it has raised $5M in a private investment. The funding came from Socius CG II, Ltd, a Bermuda-based investmen...

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Venture Backed Exits Down in 2011, Dollars Up

A new report this morning from Dow Jones VentureSource says that the number of exits of U.S., venture-backed companies was down in 2011, although total deal values were up. Dow Jones said it found that there were 522 mergers, acquisitions, ...

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

SoundCloud Raises $50M

SoundCloud, which develops an online service to allow users to record, promote, and share sounds with others, said today that it has raised a large funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GGV Capital, along with others. The round ...

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Vivo Ventures Closes $375M Healthcare Fund

Palo Alto-based Vivo Ventures announced this morning that it has closed on a new, $375M healthcare fund. The fund, Vivo Ventures VII, is the firm's seventh fund, and brings the total managed by the group to more than $1 billion. The firm sa...

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

PharmacoFore Lands $10M

San Carlos-based PharmacoFore, a biopharmaceuticals firm working on compounds to treat diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in an equity funding round. The round came from the Founders...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Jawbone Raises $40M

San Francisco-based Jawbone, which develops Bluetooth headsets and other hardware, has raised $40M in new funding. The new round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Deutsche Telekom, Yuri Milner, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management....

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Accel Invests In Trivone Digital

Palo Alto-based venture firm Accel Partners has invested in a Bangalore, India-based digital media firm called Trivone Digital, Trivone said this week. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Trivone operates three IT portals,...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Spreecast Lands $4M

San Francisco-based Spreecast said this morning that it has raised $4M for its social video platform, from angels Frank Biondi (Viacom), Gordon Crawford (The Capital Research Group) and Edward Scott, Jr. (BEA Systems). Spreecast provides an...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Tactus Technology Gets $6M For Touch Interfaces

Fremont-based Tactus Technology, a developer of tactile user interface components, announced this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Thomvest Ventures. According to Tactus Technology, the fundin...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Keas Gets $6.5M For Social Games For Employee Health

San Francisco-based Keas, a startup developer of a social game aimed at employee wellness, announced this morning that it has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding. The firm, which was co-founded by Adam Bosworth, ex chief of Google Health alo...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

ScaleArc Gets $5.33M

Menlo Park-based ScaleArc, a developer of database infrastructure software, announced this morning that it has raised $5.33M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included prior investor Nexus VEnture ...

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Intel Capital Invests In Brazilian Healthcare Tech

Intel Capital said today that it has made its first, Latin American health IT investment, in Brazilian firm Pixeon. Pixeon develops medical imaging software, which provides digital management and processing of medical images. Size of the in...

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Monday, December 19, 2011

EnVerv Raises $12M For Smart Grid Chips

San Jose-based EnVerv, a developer of semiconductors used for the smart grid metering industry, said today that it has raised $12M in a round of funding. The round came from Benchmark Capital, along with prior investors New Enterprise Assoc...

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Twitter Gets $300M Investment From Saudi Prince

Twitter has gotten a huge, $300M investment from a Saudi Arabian prince, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, and Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), according to the Prince Alwaleed. According to the two, the deal came after "sever...

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Friday, December 16, 2011

BlueSprig Raises $10M

San Francisco-based Bluesprig, the developer of a line of utility applications for iOS and Android phones, said Thursday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from IDG-Accel's China Growth Fund. BlueSprig said its ...

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Prezi Gets $14M

Prezi, the developer of a cloud-based service to create visual presentations, said today that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners. Prezi has offices in San Francisco, but was founded in Budape...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

GreenVolts Gets $35M

Fremont-based GreenVolts, the developer of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) sytsems, has raised $35M in funding round, according to strategic investors ABB. ABB said it invested $20M as part of a new, $35M funding for Greenvolts, giving it ...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

TaskRabbit Hops Into $17.8M

San Francisco-based TaskRabbit, which operates an online marketplace to help businesses and people get tasks done by others, said today that it has raised $17.8M in a Series B round. The round came from LightSpeed Venture Partners, as well ...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Xeround Looks Up $9M

Mountain View-based Xeround, a provider of cloud-based, database instances, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series C round. The round came from current investors, including Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners a...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

PowerCloud Systems Gets $6M

Palo Alto-based PowerCloud Systems, a developer of technology to enhance networking devices via the cloud, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also included Walden Ventu...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Life360 Raises $3.5M

San Francisco-based Life360, which develops mobile apps for coordinating family safety, said this morning that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Fontinalis Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, 500 Startups, Ka...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

IntegenX Lands $40M

Pleasanton-based IntegenX, which is developing rapid human DNA identification technology, said this morning that it has raised $40M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Essex Woodlands, and also included Domain Associates, QuestMar...

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Monday, December 12, 2011

CiiNOW Gets $13M For Cloud Gaming Tech

Mountain View-based CiiNOW, a developer of cloud-based software to compress graphics commands so that game publishers can run their games over the Internet, said Friday that it has raised $13M in a Series A funding round. The round came fro...

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Monday, December 12, 2011

SOASTA Gets $12M More

Mountain VIew-based Soasta, which develops cloud-based, performance management software, said this morning that it has raised $12M more in funding. The new round was led by The Entrepreneur's Fund, and also included Canaan Partners, Formati...

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Tigo Energy Raises $18M More

Los Gatos-based Tigo Energy, the developer of photovoltaic modules, announced this morning that it has raised $18M more in financing. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partnres, and also included all of the firm's prior investors. Tigo ...

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Pluto Games Gets $500K For Kids Games

Menlo Park-based Pluto Games, which develops children's games for the iPad, said Friday that it has raised $500,000 in a seed funding. The round came from YouWeb, along with angel investors David Roux, co-founder and Chairman of Silver Lake...

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Friday, December 9, 2011

GAIN Fitness Lands $650K

San Francisco-based GAIN Fitness, a developer of mobile apps for personal trainers to help their clients with workouts, said Friday that it has raised $650,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from InterWest Partners, Keith Rabois, B...

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Hansen Medical Gets $30M In Debt Funding

Mountain View-based Hansen Medical, a publicly traded developer of robotic catheters, said Friday that it has raised $30M in a debt facility. The funding came from Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank. Hansen Medical said the financing wi...

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Friday, December 9, 2011

SendtoNews.com Raises $1M

SendToNews.com, which operates a cloud-based platform for distributing HD videos, high resolution photos, audio files to news outlets, which has offices in San Francisco, said yesterday that it has raised $1M in an angel funding round. The ...

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Plum District Raises $20M, Buys Chatterfly and DoodleDeals

San Francisco-based Plum District, an online deals site focused on moms, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included Comcast Ventures, Duke Univers...

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Bill.com Gets $15.5M For Invoicing Software

Palo Alto-based Bill.com said today that it has raised $15.5M, in a Series D round for the developer of accounts payable and accounts receivable applications for business. The firm said the round came from Financial Partners Fund (FPF), a u...

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Edmodo Gets $15M For Classroom Software

San Mateo-based Edmodo, a startup providing free web pages for teachers and classrooms in K-12 schools, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B round. The round came from Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital. Reid Hoffman of Gre...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Iron.io Picks Up $1.4M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Iron.io, a provider of cloud application queuing software, said Wednesday that it raised $1.4M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Baseline Ventuers, and also included Ignition Partners, Cloud Capital Partners,...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Netflix' Hastings Boosts Investment In DreamBox Learning

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is putting more money into DreamBox Learning, a developer of adaptive learning software for elementary school students, via his Charter School Growth Fund. DreamBox--which was acquired in April by Hastings' fund--s...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Martini Media Raises $13M

San Francisco-based Martini Media, an online advertising network aimed at affluent consumers, said Wednesday that it has raised $13M in a funding round. The round was led by Granite Ventures, and also included Reed Elsevier Ventures, Silico...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Uber Hails $32M More

San Francisco-based private car service Uber said this morning that it has raised $32M in a funding round, which came from Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Bezos Expeditions along with Benchmark Capital and Lowercase Capital. The Series B...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Twilio Lands $17M In Series C

San Francisco-based Twilio, the provider of cloud-based, telecommunications APIs, said this morning that it has raised $17M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures. Both are prior...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Poshmark Gets $3.5M For Virtual Shopping Parties

Menlo Park-based Poshmark, a new startup which ties mobile apps with the idea of "shopping parties", said Tuesday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding, and launched its free iPhone app. The funding was led by Mayfield Fund, and al...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Foxit Gets Investment From Amazon

Fremont-based Foxit, a developer of PDF reading, editing, and creation software, said Tuesday that it has scored an investment round from Amazon.com. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Foxit said the investment comes along with a dea...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Framehawk Lands $11M

San Francisco-based Framehawk, a developer of mobile business application software, said this morning that it has raised $11M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Matrix Partners, and also included prior investors. The firm s...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

HealthTap Gets $11.5M For Health Questions Site

Palo Alto-based HealthTap, a new startup which allows users to ask any health question online, and get an answer from a real doctor for free, announced today that it has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Mayfield F...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Cisco Backs $50M Lebanon Investment Fund

Cisco said this week that it is backing a $50M fund to invest in companies in Lebanon. Cisco said it invested $7M into the fund, in conjunction with the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Riyada Enterprise Development. The new fund is aime...

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Monday, December 5, 2011

mFoundry Deposits $18M More

San Francisco-based mFoundry, which develops mobile banking software-as-a-service for banks and credit unions, announced today that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The round was led by MasterCard, and also included Intel Capital,...

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Monday, December 5, 2011

XtremIO Gets $19M For Flash Storage Arrays

San Jose-based XtremIO, a developer of flash-based, enterprise storage arrays, announced today that it has raised a Series B funding worth $19M. The firm said it added Lightspeed Venture Partners to the Series B extension, which brings its ...

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Monday, December 5, 2011

GainSpan Adds $18M In Funding

San Jose-based GainSpan, a developer of low power, wireless semiconductor chips, announced today that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Hatteras Funds and Mobile Internet Capital, along with prior investors...

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Friday, December 2, 2011

HealthRally Wins $400,000 From Angels

San Francisco-based HealthRally, which develops an online platform for inspiring people to achieve their health and wellness goals, said this week that it has raised $400,000 in seed funding. The round came from angels, including Esther Dys...

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Awe.sm Finds $4M In Funding

San Francisco-based Awe.sm, a developer of social media analytics tools, has raised $4M in a funding round, from Foundry Group and GRP Partners, as well as Neu Venture Capital and kps+p Ventures. Ase.sm has created a social media analytics ...

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

C8 MediSensors Gets $24M

San Jose-based C8 MediSEnsors, a developer of noninvasive, continuous glucose monitoring devices for diabetics, said today that it has raised $24M in a Series C preferred stock financing. The funding came from GE's healthmagination Fund, al...

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

100Plus Takes $1.25M

San Francisco-based 100Plus, a health startup looking to help predict and extend users' lifespans, announced today that it has raised another $1.25M in seed funding. The finding came from Greylock Discovery Fund partners John Lilly and Reid...

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tegal Invests $300K In Israeli Medical Devices Firm

Petaluma-based Tegal, a developer of a wide range of semiconductor and MEMs devices and technology, said this morning that it has invested $300,000 in NanoVibronix, an Israeli ultrasound technology developer. NanoVibronix is developing low-...

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Scripted.com Raises $700K

San Francisco-based Scripted.com, a new online marketplace for freelance writers, said today that it has raised $700,000 in a seed financing round. The round came from Crosslink Capital, Douglas Feirstein (Liveops), and Jody Mulkey (Shopzil...

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

VMware, Google, Cisco Back Puppet Labs

Palo Alto-based VMware, Mountain View-based Google, and San Jose-based Cisco have all backed a maker of open source system and server administration software, Puppet Labs. Puppet Labs said today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series C round,...

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Soraa Gets $88.6M

Soraa, a developer of LED-based, solid state lighting, has raised $88.6M in a funding round, part of an ongoing $90.26M funding, according to a regulatory filing today. The firm, which lists its headquarters in Fremont, has previously raise...

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Solaria Raises $30M

Fremont-based Solaria, a developer of photovoltaic solar panels and tracking systems, has raised $30M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Details on the funding have not yet been announced. Solaris is venture b...

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

CEVA Invests in Gesture Recognition Firm

Mountain View-based CEVA said Tuesday that it has made a strategic investment in eyeSight Mobile Technologies, a developer of gesture recognition technology for smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and other devices. The deal was worth $4.2...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Rocket Ninja Gets $7.5M

San Francisco-based Rocket Ninja said Tuesday that it has raised $7.5M in a Series B funding round. The developer of social gaming titles said the funding was led by Marcel Boekhoorn, a European private investor. Rocket Ninja is headed by O...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Power Assure Gains Strategic Investment

Santa Clara-based Power Assure said Tuesday that it has raised $1M in a strategic investment in the company. The investment came from Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. Power Assure is venture backed by ABB Technology Ventures, Good Energie...

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Portola Pharmaceuticals Raises $89M

South San Francisco-based Portola Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that it has raised $89M in a preferred stock financing round. The firm, which is developing therapeutics aimed at cardiovascular and autoimmune/inflammatory disease, said th...

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Monday, November 21, 2011

HotelTonight Books $9M In Funding

San Francisco-based HotelTonight, which develops mobile apps to help users find deeply discounted hotel rooms, said Friday that it has raised $9M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Accel Partne...

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Fulcrum BioEnergy Gets $70M

Pleasanton-based Fulcrum BioEnergy, which is developing technology to produce ethanol from municipal solid waste, has raised $70M in funding, from strategic partner Waste Mangement, Inc.. The two firms said Friday that WM has agreed to prov...

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Uservoice Hears $1M

San Francisco-based Uservoice, a provider of a customer help desk product, said this morning that it has raised $1M in a second round of funding. The round was led by Baseline Ventures, Western Technology Investment, The Accelerator Group, ...

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Klip Raises $8M

Palo Alto-based Klip, which develops mobile video sharing software, said this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included Matrix Partners and Alain Rossman. Bruce Dun...

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Ginzametrics Gets $1.3M

Mountain View-based Ginzametrics, a developer of SEO management tools, said earlier this week that it has raised $1.3M in a funding round. The round came from 500 Startups, Venture51, angels Jeff Miller, Ullas Naik, Shogo Kawada (Co-Founder...

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Medley Health Raises $20M For Physician Communications

Dublin, California-based Medley Health, which provides patient marketing and communications services for physicians, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series A financing round. The round came form Cardinal Partners, Technology Par...

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Spotzot Nabs $2.2M

Santa Clara-based Spotzot, a developer of deal targeting technology aimed at brands and retailers, said today that it has raised $2.2M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Cervin Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners and TiE-Silicon V...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Thismoment Gets $7.3M

San Francisco-based Thismoment, a provider of digital marketing software aimed at brands and ad agencies, said Tuesday that it raised $7.3M in a first round of funding. The round was led by Sierra Ventures. Marrk Fernandes of Sierra joins t...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

YuMe Sees $12M

Redwood City-based YuMe, which provides video advertising technology and ad network services, announced today that it has raised $12M in funding. The funding came from Samsung Ventures and Translink Capital. YuMe said the funding wlil go to...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Zuora Gains $36M For Subscription Software

Redwood City-based Zuora, which provides software-as-a-service for handling subscription billing, said today that it has raised $36M in a funding round. The firm, which is headed by Tien Tzuo, said that the round was led by Index Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

New Relic Raises $15M

San Francisco-based New Relic, a developer of cloud application performance management tools, announced this morning that it has raised $15M. The round was led by DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group, and also included Allen & Company, Benchm...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Marketo Adds $50M

San Mateo-based Marketo, a developer of sales and marketing automation software, said today that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Institutional Venture Partners, InterWest Partn...

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

AllTrails.com Scores Funding

San Francisco-based AllTrails.com, an online website focused on outdoors enthusiasts, said Tuesday that it has raised a seed round of funding. Size of the funding was not disclosed. AllTrails.com said the funding came from 500 Startups, 202...

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Vyatta Adds $12M

Belmont-based Vyatta, which develops virtual computing software, announced today that it has raised $12M in a funding round. The round was led by HighBAR Partners, and included JPMorgan, Arrowpath Venture Partners and Citrix Systems. The fu...

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Monday, November 14, 2011

LiveLeaf Harvests $2.6M

San Carlos-based Live Leaf Biosciences, a startup developing plant-based treatments for diarrheal disease, antibiotic alternatives, and wound care, has raised $2.6M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Detail...

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Chart.io Plots $3.15M

San Francisco-based Chart.io, the Y-Combinator firm headed by David Beyer which develops business analytics software, said last week that it raised $3.15M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Avalon Ventures, and also included Bullpe...

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Better Place Gets $200M

Palo Alto-based Better Place said Friday that it has raised $200M in a Series C financing round, at a valuatoin of $2.25 billion post-money. The firm said it has now raised more than $750M in funding. The funding came from GE and UBS AG, as...

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Salorix Nabs $3.5M

Santa Clara-based Salorix, a developer of social media marketing and analytics software, said today that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding. The round was co-led by Inventus Capital Partners and Nexus Venture Partners. Salorix is led...

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Skimlinks Raises $4.5M

Skimlinks, which develops software which converts links on publisher sites to affiliate links, has raised $4.5M in a Series B, the firm said Friday. The round was led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, and also included 500 Startups,...

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Virident Adds $21M

Milpitas-based Virident, a developer of flash-based storage products, announced Thursday that it has raised $21M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Globespan Capital Patners, and also included Intel Capital, Cisco, Sequoia Ca...

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

MinoMonsters Finds $1M

San Francisco-based MinoMonsters, a developer of mobile games, said today that it has raised $1M in a funding, which included Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Yuri Milner, General Catalyst, Ignition Partners, Raymond Tonsing, an...

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Kontagent Raises $12M

San Francisco-based Kontagent, the developer of user analytics software used to understand the social web, said Thursday that it has raised $12M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Maveric...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Mingly Raises $500K

San Francisco-based Mingly, a new startup which developers software which connects Gmail with social networks, has raised $500,000 in a seed funding round, the firm said today. The company, headed by Tyler Koblasa, said the funding came fro...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Pivot Medical Finds $32M

Sunnyvale-based Pivot Medical, a developer of minimally invasive technologies for hip arthroscopy, said Tuesday that it has raised $32M in a series C funding round. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and also included Delphi Ventu...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Parse Reads In $5.5M

San Francisco-based Parse, which develops mobile backend software, said today that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The round came from Ignition Partners, which adds John Connors to Parse's board of directors. Parse develops software...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Schematic Labs Gets $4.75M For Soundtracking

San Francisco-based Schematic Labs, the developer of the iPhone mobile music app SoundTracking, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $4.75M in a financing round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included True Ventures...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Comprehend Systems Gets $1.2M In Seed Funding

Palo Alto-based Comprehend, a developer of clinical data visualization, analytics, and reporting software for the clinical research industry, said today that it has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round. The round came from Y Combinator, S...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Accel Partners Launches $100M Fund For Big Data

Venture capital firm Accel Partners said Tuesday that it has launched a venture capital firm, with $100M in funding, specifically targeted at "big data". The firm said the fund will invest in companies that are tackling "big data", ranging ...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Bitzer Mobile Raises $4.75M For Enterprise Mobile Security

Sunnyvale-based Bitzer Mobile, a developer mobile security software, has raised $4.75M in a Series A round, the company said Tuesday. The round was led by Acero Capital, and also included Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV). Bitzer, which is ...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

PunchTab Scores $4.4M For Loyalty Software

Palo Alto-based PunchTab, a developer of a service to help web developers create free, social- and mobile- loyalty programs, said today that it has raised $4.4M in a funding round. The Series A was led bY Mohr Davidow Ventures, and also inc...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Own Point of Sale Raises $1.2M, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

Own, the developer of a tablet-based, point-of-sale system, announced today that it has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round, and set up shop in San Francisco. The firm said the funding came from Detroit Venture Partners. Own Point of Sale ...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

DFINE Lands $25M

San Jose-based DFINE, a developer of minimally invasive radiofrequency therapies for treating vertebral fractures, announced today that it has raised $25M in a funding round. The funding came from OrbiMed Advisors, Prospect Venture Partners...

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Square Adds Richard Branson As Investor

San Francisco-based mobile payments firm Square has added Sir Richard Branson to its list of investors, the company and Branson said Tuesday. Square just close a $100M, Series C funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in June....

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Cloudera Gets $40M

Burlingame-bsaed Cloudera, which is developing Apache Hadoop data management software, used for data analysis and parallel processing, said this morning that it has raised $40M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Ignition Part...

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Quantenna Lands Strategic Investment From Telefonica

Fremont-based Quantenna, the developer of Wi-Fi networking chips for the home entertainment market, reported today that it has scored a strategic investment from Telefonica. Size of that investment round was not disclosed. The funding came ...

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Salesforce.com Backs Mobile Apps Firm Urban Airship

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com has backed mobile apps developer Urban Airship, and is leading a $15.1M, Series C funding round for that firm. According to Urban Airship, Salesforce.com and Verizon, along with its existing investors Foun...

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Gogobot Gains $15M

Palo Alto-based Gogobot, an online, social travel site, has raised another $15M in a Series B funding round, the company said Thursday. The round came from Redpoint Ventures, and also included Battery Ventures and CrunchFund. As part of the...

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Facebook's Saverin Boosts Mobile Barcode Scanning Firm

Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder of Facebook, is the lead investor in a developer of mobile barcode scanning and price comparison software, ShopSavvy, the firm said today. ShopSavvy said it raised $7M from Saverin, which also included Brad M...

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Coraid Snags $50M

Redwood City-based Coraid, a developer of Ethernet-based storage arrays, announced today that it has closed on an additional, $50M in an investment round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included prior investors Menlo Ventu...

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Delivery Agent Raises $35.5M

San Francisco-based Delivery Agent, a provider of technology for connecting media partners such as studios and others with individual, entertainment websites, said today that it has raised $35.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Int...

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Kaggle Raises $11M

San Francisco-based Kaggle, an online site for running crowdsourced, data algorithm competitions, said yesterday that it raised $11M in a Series A funding. The round came form Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures, along with SV Angel, Start F...

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

AGARI Gets $2.5M

Palo Alto-based AGARI, a spinout of Cisco which develops email security tools, said Wednesday that it has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Alloy Ventures, and also included Battery Ventures, First Round Capital, and ...

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

100Plus Gets Financing From Founders Fund

San Francisco-based 100PLus, a startup which is applying gamification and predictive software to help users predict and improve their health and lifespan, has scored funding from the Founder's Fund and Peter Thiel, the company said today. 1...

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Rounds Sees $3M

San Francisco-based Rounds, the developer of an online video chat application for Facebook, said today that it has raised $3M in additional funding. The funding came from Verizon, as well as Rhodium and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson...

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

AfterCollege Finds Funding

San Francisco-based AfterCollege, which operates an online community to help recent graduates and college students find a job, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The funding came from Flywheel Ventures. AfterCollege is headed by R...

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Palihapitiya Backs Second Market

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya has made a $15M investment in secondary market opertor Second Market, via his investment firm, Social+Capital Partnership. Second Market said that the $15M, Series C financing also adds Palihap...

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

CertiVox Raises $2.4M

San Francisco- and London-based CertiVox, a developer of encryption software-as-a-service, said today that it has raised $2.4M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the round was led by Octopus Investments and Pentech Ventures. Dr. Luk...

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Skybox Security Lands $6M

San Jose-based Skybox Security has raised $6M in a new round of capital, the firm said today. The investment was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity, and also included prior investors. The firm said the funding will go towards expanding its sa...

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Appcelerator Raises $15M

Mountain View-based Appcelerator, the developer of a platform for developing HTML5 and native mobile wbe applications, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a third round of funding. The round was led by Mayfield Fund, Translink...

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Codecademy Gets Series A

San Francisco-based Codecademy, an online service which helps people learn how to write software, announced Thursday evening that it has raised a Series A round of financing. The round came from Union Square Ventures, O'Reilly, SV Angel, Yu...

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Friday, October 28, 2011

RelayRides Bumps Series A To $13M

San Francisco-based car sharing service RelayRides said Thursday that it has bumped the size of its Series A round to $13M. The firm said that it added GM Ventures to the list of its investors, on top of Google Ventures, August Capital, and...

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Rootstock Gets New Funding

San Ramon-based Rootstock Software, a developer of cloud-based, manufacturing applications, has raised a new round of funding, the firm said this week. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Rootstock said the investment came from Cross ...

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

4INFO Finds $14M

San Mateo-based 4INFO, a provider of mobile advertising software and services, said Thursday that it has raised $14M in a funding round. The round was led by Vulcan Capital, and also included Mitsui Global Investment, Draper Fisher Jurvetso...

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Prysm Finds $100M For Display Technology

San Jose-based Prysm, a developer of display technology, said today that it has raised $100M in funding, bringing the firm's total raised to $135M. Prysm develops Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) technology, which is aimed at large scale displa...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Ovia Raises $2.38M

Mountain view-based Ovia, a developer of a video-focused online job recruiting and interviewing tool, has raised $2.38M in its Series A funding. The firm had announced the funding from DCM last week, but had not disclosed the size of the ro...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

CrowdOptic Gets $500K

San Francisco-based CrowdOptic, a developer of a mobile software technology which helps track the behavior of crowds at events, said today that it has raised $500,000 in a new round of funding. CrowdOptic develops a platform which uses smar...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Sociable Labs Finds $7M

San Francisco-based Sociable Labs, a developer of A/B testing and web optimization products aimed at social referrals and e-commerce, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Battery Ventures, Javel...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Sincerely Sees $3M

San Francisco-based Sincerely, a maker of mobile applications which make it easier for users to take photos from their mobile phone and turn them into printed gifts and postcards, has raised $3M in a funding round. The round came from First...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Nutanix Pulls Up $25M

San Jose-based Nutanix, a developer of computing and storage hardware for virtual datacenters, has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blumberg Cap...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Adesto Technologies Finds New Funding

Sunnyvale-based Adesto Technologies, a developer of CMOS-based nonvolatile random access memory technology, said Tuesday that it has scored a third round of funding. Size of the funding was not announced. Adesto said the round was led by Al...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

DCM Funds Chinese Cloud Storage Firm Kanbox

Mountain View-based venture capital investor DCM has funded a Chinese provider of cloud storage services, Kanbox, to the tune of $20M, according to Kanbox earlier this week. Kanbox said the $20M, Series B funding round was led by DCM, and a...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Subtext Sees $3M

Palo Alto-based Subtext, a developer of online book applications for the iPad, said today that it has launched its first product, and also disclosed $3M in funding. The funding came from Google Ventures, Mayfield Fund, New Enterprise Associ...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Zaarly Raises $14.1M

San Francisco-based Zaarly, headed by Bo Fishback, said today that it has raised $14.1M in a new round of funding. The round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers iFund, Sands Capital Ventures, CMEA, Venture51, CrunchFund, Marc Ecko, a...

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Eric Schmidt Backs Pharmaceuticals Authentication Firm

Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman and former CEO of Google, has backed an Indian developer of pharmaceuticals security technology. According to PharmaSecure, a developer of anti-counterfeiting technology for pharmaceuticals, it raised $3...

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Monday, October 24, 2011

ToyTalk Raises $3.5M, Headed by ex-Pixar CTO

Piedmont, California-based ToyTalk, a stealth mode firm developing mobile applications, has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. The filing indicates the company is in the midst of a...

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Bridgelux Adds $15M

Sunnyvale-based Bridgelux, a developer of LED lighting technology, said today that it has raised another $15M in financing. The round came from VantagePoint Capital Partners, DCM, El Dorado Ventures, Novus Energy Partners, IFA, Chrysalix, H...

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Visual.ly Gets $2M

San Francisco-based Visual.ly, which operates an online marketplace for creators of infographics and publishers, said this week it raised $2M in a round of seed funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, SoftTech VC, and 500 Startups....

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Dermira Finds $42M

Redwood City-based Dermira said today that it has raised $42M in a funding round, and acquired Valocor Therapeutics. The funding came from Bay City Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Canaan Partners. Dermira is developing treatme...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

HipWay Gets Backing FromAngels

Russian travel site Hipway said this week that it has scored a $2M funding round, on top of an earlier, $750,000 seed funding, from a number of Silicon Valley angel investors. According to Hipway, the new funding came from Chamath Palihapit...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

ORIX Provides $30M In Debt To Angie's List

Palo Alto-based venture debt provider ORIX Venture Finance said this week that it has provided a combined $30M senior secured debt facility to Angie's List. ORIX said the facility included a non-amortizing term loan plus a revolving line of...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

BlueStacks Raises $6.4M

Campbell-based BlueStacks, which develops software which allows Windows machines to run Android apps, said Thursday that it has closed a strategic round of funding. The firm said the new fund brings its total raised to $14M. The firm had an...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

TriplePoint Capital Raises $1 Billion Venture Debt Fund

Menlo Park-based TriplePoint Capital said Wednesday that it has raised a $1 billion, private capital fund intended to be used for venture leading and lending. The firm said the venture debt fund was raised from institutional and private fun...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

goBalto Gets Series A

San Francisco-based goBalto, a developer of web-based, clinical research software, said today that it has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A financing. The Series A came from Aberdare Ventures and the West Health Investment Fund. A re...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Qwilt Raises $24M

Redwood Shores-based Qwilt, a developer of video processing technology and infrastructure aimed at Internet video, said this morning that it has raised $24M across two rounds of funding. The firm said the rounds came from Accel Partners, Re...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

GEO Semiconductor Lands $1.6M

Santa Clara-based GEO Semi, a developer of programmable processors used for video and image processing, said Wednesday that it has raised $1.6M in a funding round. The round was split between $1.3M in equity, plus $300,000 of convertible de...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Liftopia Scores $1.3M

San Francisco-based Liftopia, which operates an online site for scoring lift tickets and other mountain resort activity tickets, has raised $1.3M in a new funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by First Round Capital, and als...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Silicon Valley Investors Back BillGuard

A trio of Silicon Valley investors have put their backing behind New York- and Israeli startup BillGuard, the firm announced Tuesday. BillGuard, which operates service which helps users identify deceptive, erroneous, and unauthorized charg...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

OVIA Raises Funding

San Francisco-based OVIA, a developer of a video-based, jobs and recruiting service, said today that it has raised a first funding round. The round was led by DCM. OVIA offers up an online service which allows companies to conduct online, v...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Livefyre Inks $4.5M

San Francisco-based Livefyre, a developer of social commenting software for bloggers and publishers, announced today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series B round. The round was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Cue Ball, HillsVen...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Couchbase Gets Investment From NTT Docomo

Mountain View-based Couchbase, the developer of NoSQL database software, said today that DOCOMO Capital, the investment arm of NTT DOCOMO, invested in the firm as part of a strategic investment. The firm said that DOCOMO Capital participate...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Waze Collects $30M For Crowdsourced Traffic Info

Palo Alto-based Waze, which operates a crowdsourced, traffic and navigation service, said today that it has raised $30M in new funding. The round came from Horizons Ventures Hong Kong and Li Ka Shing, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Digita...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Dropbox Picks Up $250M

San Francisco-based Dropbox, which operates an online service for sharing documents, photos, and video with others, said today that it has raised $250M in a Series B funding round. The round brings its total raised to $257.2M. According to ...

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Tidemark Closes Series B

San Mateo-based Tidemark, the developer of enterprise analytics software, announced today that it has clsoed a Series B financing, upping its funding to $11M. The new funding came from existing investors Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowi...

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Grockit Adds $7M

San Francisco-based Grockit, which operates online social learning and education tools for the test preparation market, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a Series D venture round. The round was led by Atlas Venture, and also inclu...

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Sunpreme Gets $50M for Solar Cell Manufacturing

Sunnyvale-based Sunpreme, a manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells said today that it has raised $50M in a financing, from International Finance Corporation (IFC), Capricorn Investment Group, and Chinese firm China Enviroment Fund II...

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Koding.com Conjures Up $2.0M

San Francisco-based Koding.com, which operates an online cloud development and editing service, has raised $2.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the Series A funding were disclosed, ...

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Khosla Announces $1.05 Billion Fund

Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures said this week that it has raised $1.05 billion in a new fund, Khosla Ventures IV. The fund will invest across clean tech, IT, mobile, and Internet technology. Khosla said the new fund will invest in the sam...

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Udemy Lands $3M

San Francisco-based Udemy, the online provider of video-based courses on hobbies, technical, business, and other topics, said Wednesday that it raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Lightbank, the venture capital firm...

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Cleave Biosciences Gets $42M For Cancer Therapies

San Francisco-based Cleave Biosciences said earlier this week that it has raised $42M in a Series A round, to support its efforts to develop biopharmaceuticals for treating cancer. The firm said the funding came from U.S. Venture Partners, ...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

NGINX Gains $3M, Heads To San Francisco

NGINX, a developer of open source web server software, reported Tuesday that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round, and will set up a new headquartesr in San Francisco. The firm, which is based in Moscow, said the round came from BV...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Aicent Gets Backing From TA Associates

San Jose-based Aicent, a provider of data network and mobile services to network operators, has scored an investment from private equity firm TA Associates, the firms said today. Size of the investment was not disclosed, however, the firms ...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Zenprise Takes $30M From Greylock

Redwood City-based Zenprise, which develops software used by companies to manage company and employee-owned smartphones and other mobile devices, announced today that it has scored $30m in a new funding round. The round was led by Greylock ...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Kiwi Crate Raises $2M For Kids Activities Service

Mountain View-based Kiwi Crate, a new startup focused on delivering activity kits for kids on a subscription basis, said today that it has raised $2M in a funding round, and launched its service. The firm said the funding was led by First R...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

GENWI Gains $4M

Los Altos-based Genwi, whic his developing cloud publishing software aimed at tablets and smartphones, said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A round. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, and also included Inventus Capital Pa...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Box.net Bags $81M

Palo Alto-based Box.net, the online content sharing and storage service, said today that it has closed on $81M in a Series D expansion round, bringing its total raised to $162M. Box said the round included salesforce.com and SAP Ventures as...

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Greener Capital Raises $33M For Cleantech Venture Fund

Greener Capital, an investor in the clean technology industry, said this week that it has closed on a first close of $33M for its second fund. The firm said its Greener Capital Partners II, L.P. fund is aimed at early stage, energy investme...

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Google Backs Enterproid

Google has backed a developer of enterprise mobility software, Enterproid, which is based in New York, Enterproid said Thursday. Enterproid said it has raised $11M in a Series A funding round, which was led by Comcast Ventures, and also inc...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

SV Life Sciences Names New Venture Partner

SV Life Sciences, the venture capital investment firm with offices in Boston, San Francisco, and London, said Wednesday afternoon that it ha named Dr. Heiner Dreismann as a new Ventuer Partners. Dr. Dreismann has previously served at Roche ...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

CV Ingenuity Lands $16M

Palo Alto-based CV Ingenuity, a developer of a medical device to treat peripheral artery disease, said Wednesday that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included BioStar ...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

1life Healthcare Gets $20M

San Francisco-based 1life Healthcare, which is developing a network of primary care medical care centers, has raised $20M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Investors in the firm include Benchmark Capital, DAG Vent...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

eAsic Raises $12.475M

Santa Clara-based eAsic, a developer of ASIC devices which combine FPGA-like logic with ASIC technology to shorten tap out to prototype delivery, has raised $12.475M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing by the company. Source...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

eAsic Raises $12.475M

Santa Clara-based eAsic, a developer of ASIC devices which combine FPGA-like logic with ASIC technology to shorten tap out to prototype delivery, has raised $12.475M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing by the company. Source...

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Enlighted Lights Up With $14M

Sunnyvale-based Enlighted, a startup focused on reducing energy lighting usage through better control of lighting, announced today that it has raised $14M in a round of funding, and launched the company. The firm said its funding round came...

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Monday, October 3, 2011

MoBeam Focuses In On $4.9M

Cupertion-based Mobeam, a developer of technology which enables red laser scanners to read barcodes on mobile phones, said Monday that it has raised $4.9M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from yet2Ventures, Samsung Ventures and...

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Coupons.com Stake Goes To Greylock

Mountain View-based Coupons.com said Monday that a stake in the firm has gone to Greylock Partners, via a secondary market transaction. The deal was worth $30M. Coupons.com said the investment will allow the firm to tap into Greylock's expe...

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Pantheon Gets Seeded For Drupal Software

San Francisco-based Pantheon, a developer of software which helps companies run cloud-based Drupal web sites, said last week it has raised a seed financing round from Baseline Capital, First Round Capital, Floodgate Capital, as well as ange...

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Axcient Brings In $15.5M

Mountain View-based Axcient, a developer of data backup and business continuity software, said this morning that it has raised $15.5M in a new funding round. The Series C round came from Scale Venture Partners, along with prior investors Al...

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Enkata Lands $4.4M

Redwood City-based Enkata, a developer of cloud-based analytics software for measuring customer service, announced today that it has raised $4.4M in a Series C funding round. The round came form IT Farm Corporation, as well as current inves...

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Polaris Ventures Sets Up Shop In Palo Alto

Polaris Venture Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm, said Thursday that it is opening up a permanent office in Palo Alto, with both Partner Brian Chee and Principal Ryan Spoon heading up the new location. The firm cited Palo Also ...

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Karmasphere Digs Up $6M

Cupertino-based Karmaphere, which develops Apache Hadoop-based data mining software, announced Thursday afternoon that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Presidio Ventures, and also included prior investors Humm...

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Blekko Pulls Up $30M

Redwood Shores-based Blekko, which is developing a search engine it says will eliminate spam from search results, announced Thursday that it has raised $30M in a funding round. The round was led by strategic investor Yandex, and also includ...

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Fundly Finds $5M

Palo Alto-based Fundly, the developer of a cloud-based, fundraising platform for non-profits, said Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, and also included prior investors Kapor Capi...

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Twitvid Captures $6.5M

San Francisco-based Twitvid, which allows users to share videos on Twitter, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a new funding round. The Series B funding was led by Azure Capital Partners, and also included prior investor Draper Fisher J...

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Yieldex Nabs $10M

New York-, San Francisco-, and Boulder-based Yieldex, which develops advertising inventory and revenue management software for digital publishers, said today that it has raised $10M in a third round of funding. The funding was led by Triang...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

ClearSlide Nabs $11M For Sales Communications

San Francisco-based ClearSide, a developer of web-based software for managing phone, email, and in-person communications for sales people, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Greylock Partner...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Achievers Lands $24.5M For Employee Rewards Service

San Francisco-based Achievers, which develops an online service for motivating and rewarding employees, said today that it has added $24.5M in a Series C funding round. The firm--formerly known as I Love Rewards--said the round was led by S...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

DisplayLink Gets $15M In Series D

Palo Alto-based DisplayLink, the developer of semiconductor for connecting monitors to laptops and PCs, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Cipio Partners, co-led by DFJ Esprit, and also...

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

SpineGuard Raises $6.2M

San Francisco-based SpineGuard, a developer of a medical device used by surgeons for minimally invasive spine surgery, said Tuesday that it has raised $6.2M in a funding round. The funding came from Credit Agricole Private Equity, Innoven P...

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Google Ventures Into Yesware

Mountain View-based Google is one of the investors in a Massachusetts-based provider of email management software, Yesware. Yesware has raised $1M in funding from both Google Ventures and the Foundry Group, for its software used to manage e...

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Yammer Adds $17M For Enterprise Twitter

San Francisco-based Yammer, the enterprise micro-messaging firm headed by David Sacks, said today that it has added $17M in funding in a fourth round of funding. The funding was led by Social+Capital Partnership, the funding arm of former F...

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Siluria Technologies Lands $20M

San Francisco-based Siluria Technologies, a developer of methane conversion technology for creating biofuels and chemicals from methane, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by the Wellcome Trust...

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Monday, September 26, 2011

SI-BONE Scores $16.0M

San Jose-based SI-BONE, which develops a minimally invasive surgical devices for treating the sacroiliac joint, said this morning that it has raised $16.0M in a financing round. The firm said the funds will go towards expansion of its clini...

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Zenverge Raises $20.5M

Cupertino-based Zenverge, a developer of media encoding and decoding silicon, said today that it has raised $20.5M in a Series D round of financing. The round was led by Entropic Communications, and also included new investors CID Group and...

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Mintigo Finds $9M

Menlo Park-based Mintigo a firm developing data analysis software, said Friday that it has raised $9M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital and also included Giza Venture Capital, among with others. The firm said...

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

CardioKinetix Gets $44M

Redwood City-based CardioKinetix, the developer of transcatheter implants used to treat patients with heart failure, has raised $44M, the firm said, in a Series E financing round. The funding came via two tranches, and was led by SV Life Sc...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Adchemy Lands $61M

Foster City-based Adchemy, a developer of search engine marketing (SEM) tools for placing online ads, said Wednesday that it raised $61M in a Series E funding round. The round came form Microsoft, August Capital, and Mayfield Fund. AdChemy ...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

DataStax Piles Up $11M For Analytics and Data Software

Burlingame-based DataStax said Wednesday that it has raised $11M in a Series B financing round, for its efforts for a commercial version of Apache Cassandra. The funding came from new investor Crosslink Capital, along with prior investor Li...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lookout Sees $40M More For Security Software

San Francisco-based Lookout, the developer of mobile security software headed by John Hering, said today that it has raised $40M in a funding round, led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz. The round also included current investors Khosla V...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Dropcam Captures $5.8M

San Francisco-based Dropcam, a manufacturer of a Wi-Fi enabled video camera, has raised $5.8M in a funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, as well as angels Mitch Kapor, Aydin Senkut, Ben Narasin, David Cowan, Salil Deshpande, an...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Rearden Commerce Raises $133M In Private Equity

Foster City-based Rearden Commerce, the provider of a wide range of business applications and services, announced this morning that it has raised $133M in a private equity funding, and also acquired social buying service HomeRun.com. The fu...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Krux Digital Collects $11M

San Francisco-based Krux Digital, a firm which collects consumer data from web sites and devices, announced today that it has raised $11M in an additional round of funding. The round was led by Accel Partners and IDG Ventures, along with ea...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Intelleflex Gets $9M

Santa Clara-based Intelleflex, a developer of RFID products for tracking cold products through the supply chain, announced Tuesday that it has raised $9M, in a Series A extension round. The round came from Third Point Ventures, as well as A...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Zimride Picks Up $6M

San Francisco-based Zimride, a startup which helps users connect with others for rideshares, said today that it has raised $6M in funding. The round came from Mayfield. Zimride allows users to offer up empty seats to others, for cash. The f...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Stitcher Sews Up $10M

San Francisco-based Stitcher, an online personalized radio service focused on talk radio, has raised $10M in a new funding round, the firm said today. The Series C round was led by new Enterprise Associates, and included Benchmark Capital, ...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Neo Technology Gets $10.6M For NOSQL

Menlo Park-based Neo Technology, the developer of NOSQL database technology, said today that it has raised $10.6M in a Series A venture capital round. The round was led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, and also included Sunstone Capital ...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Intel Boosts Adaptivity

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel, has backed a developer of IT software, Adaptivity. According to Adaptivity, it has raised $6M in a new round of funding from Intel Capital, Intersouth Partners, and Noro-Moseley Partners. The...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Practice Fusion Raises $6M More

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, a developer of electronic health records software, said today that it has raised $6M in a new funding round. The round came from Western Technology Investment, Scott Banister, Founders Fund, Morgenthaler...

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Vivido Labs Raises $3.0M

Santa Clara-based Vivido Labs, a developer of cloud hosted, sales video presentation software for mobile devices, has raised $3.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Source and details of the funding have no...

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Monday, September 19, 2011

ArcSoft Finds Funding From Intel, Tudor

Fremont-based ArcSoft, the developer of imaging and video software, said this monring that it has raised $20M in a new round of funding. The round came from Intel Capital and Tudor Ventures. According to ArcSoft, the funding will go to acce...

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Blumberg Boosts Credorax

San Francisco-based investor Blumberg Capital said this morning that it has made an investment in Credorax, a provider of online payment processing services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Blumber said the funding will go t...

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Alphabet Energy Gets $12M

San Francisco-based Alphabet Energy, a developer of thermoelectric materials used for waste-heat recovery, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors C...

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

SaveUp Sees $2M

San Francisco-based SaveUp, a firm developing a rewards program to encourage people to save money and pay down debt, said today that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The round came from BlueRun Ventures and True Ventures. Saveup i...

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

InMobi Lands $200M

San Mateo-based InMobi, the mobile ad network, has scored a huge, $200M investment, according to the firm today. According to InMobi, the new funding comes from SOFTBANK Corp., and is divided into two tranches of funding--one coming this mo...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Mertado Raises $2.3M

Redwood City-based Mertado said Wednesday that it has raised $2.3M in a funding round. The firm develops social shopping services around home and kitchen products. The round included new investor Rustic Canyon, and also included prior inves...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

ShopTap.com Raises $525K

San Francisco-based ShopTap.com, a stealth mode startup headed by Tim Weingarten, has raised $525,000 in a funding round, part of a $2.0M fundraising effort by the company, according to regulatory filings this week. Weingarten was previousl...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Pixim Sees $5.2M More For Camera Sensors

Mountain View-based Pixim, a developer of digital video capture chipsets which use light-sensing technology to capture more of the information in photos, has raised $5.2M more in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Tuesd...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Red Robot Labs Takes Down $8.5M

Palo Alto-based mobile gaming startup Red Robot Labs announced today that it has raised $8.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures, Rick Thompson (Playdom), and Chamath Palihapitiya (...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Apsalar Raises $5M For iPhone, Android Analytics

San Francisco-based Apsalar, a developer of mobile analytics and behavioral targeting software for iPhone and Android apps, announced Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The firm said the funding came from Thomvest Venture...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Zetta Loads Up With $9M More

Sunnyvale-based Zetta, the cloud storage service headed by Ali Jenab, said Tuesday that it has raised $9M more in a third round of funding. Zetta said the funding came from its existing investors, Foundation Capital and Sigma Partners. The ...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

BonitaSoft Raises $11M

Bonitasoft, a developer of open source, business process management (BPM) software, said Tuesday that it had raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Serena Capital, and also included Ventech and Auriga partners. The fi...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Xignite Looks Up $10M

San Mateo-based Xignite, a provider of financial data such as stock prices, commodity prices, and other financial information, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round came from StarVest Partners and former Merr...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Edison Pharmaceuticals Lands Series E

Mountain View-based Edison Pharmaceuticals, a developer of treatments for inherited mitochondrial diseases and other rare and neglected diseases, said today that it has raised a Series E preferred financing round. Financial details of the f...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Ooyala Gets Funding From Motorola

Mountain View-based Ooyala has scored a strategic investment from Motorola Mobility, Motorola said today. Size of the investment was not disclosed. According to Motorola, the strategic investment comes due to a "common vision" with Ooyala, ...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Blumberg Funds Fanzila

San Francisco-based Blumberg Capital has led an investment in an Israeli social marketing startup, Fanzila. According to Fanzila, it raised $1M in a Series A round led by Blumberg Capital, which also included Dr. Yossi Vardi, Shlomo Nechama...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Getaround Gains $3.4M

San Francisco-based Getaround, a car sharing service which competes with Zipcar, said Monday that it has raised $3.4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from CrunchFund, the venture capital firm recently started by TechCrunch's Micha...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Claremont Creek Adds Two

Oakland-based Claremont Creek Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital investor, said Monday that it has added Brian Berger as an associate, and Dave Lyons as an entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR). Berger, who is an MD, will invest in ...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Jildy Raises $650K

Palo Alto-based Jildy has raised $650,000 in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The firm's CEO is Mark Drummond, and says on its web site that it is working on mobile search technology. Drummond is the form...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Pixel Qi Scores Funding From 3M

San Bruno-based Pixel Qi, a developer of LCD panels which can be read in sunlight, has scored funding from the venture capital arm of 3M. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. The investment came through 3M's New Ventures arm. Pixel ...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Cisco, Tenaya Back VideoIQ

Both San Jose-based Cisco Corp. and Woodside-based Tenaya Venture Capital, are investors in a new round from video surveillance equipment developer VideoIQ. VideoIQ said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding round, which also...

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Freestyle Capital Launches Fund

Mill Valley- and San Francisco-based Freestyle Capital, a new venture capital fund started by Josh Felser and Dave Samuel, said today that it has raised a $27M fund to invest in early stage startups. Felser and Samuel were co-founders of Cr...

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Friday, September 9, 2011

Crescendo Bioscience Lands $56M

South San Francisco-based Crescendo Bioscience, which develops molecular diagnostic tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, said today that it has raised $31M in a Series C equity funding, plus a $25M strategic inves...

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Friday, September 9, 2011

RingCentral Calls Up $10M More

San Mateo-based RingCentral, the provider of cloud-based, business phone services, said this week that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Sequoia Ca...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

AlertEnterprise Raises $19M

Fremont-based AlertEnterprise, a developer of security software aimed at industrial control systems, physical access systems, as well as IT systems, announced Thursday that it had received $19M in an investment round. The round was led by K...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Intel Invests $24M In Seven Firms

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation, said Thursday afternoon that it had invested $24M in seven different software companies, as part of an effort to boost its software ecosystem. The firm said it has made investment...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Platfora Digs Up $5.7M

Palo Alto-based Platfora, a developer of Hadoop data analytics tools, said Thursday that it has raised $5.7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Andreesen Horowitz, and also included the CIA's investment arm, In-Q-Tel. Scott Weiss...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Spreaker Lands $1.1, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

Spreaker, an online service which allows users to syndicate and record audio content to mobile, web, and other channels, said today that it has raised $1.1M in an angel funding round, and set up an office in San Francisco. The firm, which w...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Vintners' Alliance Harvests $1.3M

San Francisco-based Vintners' Alliance, a provider of marketing technology and databases for the premium winery market, said Wednesday that it raised $1.3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Kohlberg Ventures, and also includ...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Power Assure Gets Funding From In-Q-Tel

Santa Clara-based Power Assure, a developer of data center infrastructure and energy management software, said Wednesday that it has received a strategic investment and development agreement from In-Q-Tel, the investment firm of the CIA. Si...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Project Frog Confirms $22M In Funding

San Francisco-based Project Frog, a developer of energy efficient, pre-engineered building components used to assemble educational and other facilities, has raised $22M in funding, the firm said today. The round was led by GE Energy Financi...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

InternMatch Raises $500K

Mountain View-based InternMatch, which operates an online site to match students with employers, has raised $500,000 in an angel funding, the firm said today. The round came from Marc Randolph (Netflix), Roger Dickey (Mafia Wars), 500 Start...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Striiv Finds $6M

Redwood City-based Striiv, a developer of electronic devices aimed at motivating fitness, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The round came from id Ventures, led by Dr. Ronald Chwang, along with angels Colin Angl...

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Mashape Raises $1.5M

San Francisco-based Mashape, an online site which connects developers with application programming interfaces (APIs), has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round, the firm said Tuesday. The round came from New Enterprise Associates, Index Vent...

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

BlueStack Systems Ups Funding To $10.6M

Campbell-based BlueStacks, which develops software which allows Android applications to run on a PC, has raised $10.64M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Details on the funding have not been announced. BlueStac...

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Clean Power Finance Gains $25M

Menlo Park-based Clean power Finance, a provider of financing and services for the solar industry, said this morning that it has raised $25M in an investment round, from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures. The firm said th...

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Friday, September 2, 2011

Project Frog Hops Onto $22.3M

San Francisco-based Project Frog, a designer of pre-fabricated, energy efficient building technology, has raised $22.3M in a new funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Source of the new funds was not announced. The...

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Friday, September 2, 2011

CloudOn Raises $7.7M

Palo Alto-based CloudOn, a developer of mobile productivity apps for smartphones, has raised $7.7M, a Series A preferred round for the firm. The new funding included Rembrandt Venture Partners and Foundation Capital, and was first disclosed...

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Friday, September 2, 2011

Intersect ENT Adds $15.5M

releasing implant for treating sinusitis, has added $15.5M, completing out a round of funding first announced in November of 2010, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The funding comes as the company received U.S. FDA approval for...

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hive Media Finds $1.5M

San Carlos-based Hive Media, a developer of social games geared around movies, television, and brands, has raised $1.5M in a funding round, according to angel group the Keiretsu Forum. The funding round also included The Angels' Forum, Band...

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Mocana Gains Backing of Intel

San Francisco-based Mocana, a developer of mobile and smartphone security products, has scored a strategic investment from Intel. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. Intel joins prior investors Shasta Venture Capital, So...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Shocking Technologies Gains $15.2M

San Jose-based Shocking Technologies said Wednesday that it has raised $15.2M in a third round of funding. The firm said the strategic investment round came from Littlefuse, Arch Ventures, ATA Ventures, Balch Hill Capital, Skylake Incuvest,...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

GoodGuide Gets $5M

San Francisco-based GoodGuide, a provider of the green and social quality information on products and companies, has raised another $5M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Details on the funding have not yet ...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

RootMusic Raises $16M For BandPage

San Francisco-based RootMusic, the developer of social music app BandPage for Facebook, said Wednesday that it has raised $16M in a Series B round of funding. According to the company, the round was led by GGV Capital, and also included Nor...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ardelyx Raises $30M

Fremont-based Ardelyx, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing treatments for irritable bowel syndrome, kidney disease, and diabetes, said Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The round included New Enterprise Associate...

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

E la Carte Orders Up $4M Funding From Lightbank

Palo Alto-based E la Carte, the maker of a consumer-facing tablet for the restaurant and hospitality industry, said today that it has scored $4M in a funding round from Lightbank, the venture capital arm of Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky a...

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Scientific Conservation Raises $9.6M

San Francisco-based Scientific Conservation, Inc., a provider of building energy management software, said Monday that it has raised $9.6M in a third round of venture capital funding. The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also ...

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Kenandy Raises $10.5M

Redwood City-based Kenandy, a developer of cloud-based manufacturing, inventory management, engineering, purchasing, production, and requirements planning software, said yesterday that it raised $10.5M in a Series A funding round. The round...

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Quixey Raises $3.8M

Palo Alto-based Quixey, which is developing a search engine for mobile, desktop, web, and browser apps, announced today that it has raised $3.8M. The series A funding round was led by U.S. Venture Partners and W.I. Harper Group, and also in...

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Personal Capital Gains $25M

Redwood City-based Personal Capital, a new financial advisory website headed by former Intuit CEo Bill Harris, said Friday that it has raised $25M. The funding included both a Series A funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners, an...

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Friday, August 26, 2011

CouchSurfing International Raises $7.6M

CouchSurfing International, the online operator of a network for finding people to stay with while traveling, and allows people to host travelers, said Thursday that it has raised $7.6M in a funding--and changed from a non-profit to a corpo...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Embrane Gets $18M

Santa Clara-based Embrane, which develops cloud computing software, said Thursday that it has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and North B...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Virsto Adds $5M

Sunnyvale-based Virsto Software, a developer of software for the storage virtualization market, announced today that it has added $5M to the firm's Series B funding round. The new investment came from Southern Cross Venture Partners and Cor...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Tinypay Raises $1M, Sets Up San Francisco HQ

Tinypay, the operator of an e-commerce software tool for helping users sell their stuff through Twitter or Facebook, said today that it has raised $1M, and is moving its headquarters to San Francisco. The company--which was previously based...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Bleacher Report Raises $22M

San Francisco-based Bleacher Report, the online sports news site, said Wednesday that it has raised $22M in a new funding round. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, and also included Crosslink Capital and Hillsven Capital. Oak's F...

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Kleiner Funds Healthcare Systems Firm

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is the lead investor in a developer of real time, location systems for the healthcare market. In an unusual move for Kleiner, the firm was a new investor in a Series F funding round for Awarepoint, who syste...

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Taptera Gets $2M For Enterprise iOS Apps

San Francisco-based Taptera, a developer of enterprise, mobile applications for the iPhone and iPad, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Terence Garnett, Salesforce.com, M.R. Rangaswami...

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Druva Raises $12M

Mountain View-based Druva, a provider of enterprise laptop backup and synchronization products, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners and also included Sequoia Capital. D...

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Wanova Captures $10M

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Sentilla Raises $15M

Redwood City-based Sentilla, a developer of IT infrastructure monitoring tools, said Monday that it raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by SingTel Innov8 Ventures, and also included ONSET Ventures and Claremont Creek ...

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

RelayRides Gets $10M For San Francisco, Boston Expansion

San Francisco-based RelayRides, which operates a car sharing service which allows neighbors to share their automobiles, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A-2 financing round. The round came from Shasta Ventures and author Lisa ...

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

GoodData Finds $15M

San Francisco-based GoodData, which develops a cloud-based, business intelligence product, said it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The firm said the funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, along with current investors General Cataly...

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

UpMo Gets Bridged

San Jose-based Upmo, which develops a career-focused, social networking application for the enterprise, said this week that it has raised $1.7M in a secured bridge funding round. The round included Brian NeSmith, former President and CEO of...

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Venture Valuations Strong In Q2, Says Survey

A survey of recent investments in technology and life sciences companies find that valuations were strong in Q2 in Silicon Valley. The study, conducted by law firm Fenwick & West LLP, found that up rounds exceeded down rounds 61 percent to ...

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Centrify Gets $16M

Sunnyvale-based Centrify, a developer of security and compliance software, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also included Mayfield Fund, Accel Partners, INVESCO Priv...

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Mission Motors Gets $9.0M

San Francisco-based Mission Motors, the developer of electric vehicle technology and electric motorcycles, said this morning that it has raised $9.0M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Warburg Pincus, and also included Infiel...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Zoove Gets $15M In Series D

Palo Alto-based Zoove, which provides star-based numbers on wireless carriers for brands, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding. The round was led by Panorama Capital, and also included prior investors Cardinal Venture Ca...

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Monday, August 15, 2011

USVP Leads Investment In Zerto

Menlo Park-based U.S. Venture Partners is the lead investor in a Series B funding round for Zerto, a developer of business continuity and disaster recovery products. Zerto said today that it has raised $15M in a round, led by USVP, and incl...

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Google Backs Nettle

Google Ventures is the lead investor in a stealth-mode firm, Nettle, which says it is creating next generation social, local, mobile applications and websites aimed at the entertainment market. Nettle said that Google led its $500,000 seed ...

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Restoration Robotics Gets $41M

Mountain View-based Restoration Robotics, a medical device firm developing technology for harvesting hair follicles during hair restoration procedures, said last week that it has raised $41M in a Series C financing round. The round was led ...

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Couchbase Looks Up $14M

Mountain View-based Couchbase, the developer of database tools used for building scalable web and mobile applications, said earlier this week that it raised $14M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Ignition Partners, and also ...

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

BVI Networks Gets $8M

San Jose-based BVI Networks, a developer of in-house, customer monitoring systems for retailers, said this week that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The Series B funding was led by August Capital, and also included the firm's existing...

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

SCI Solutions Boosts Funding

Campbell-based SCI Solutions, a developer of enterprise software for the healthcare industry, said Tuesday that it has scored a new round of funding. The firm did not disclose the size of the round, which came from The Wicks Group and New E...

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Second Genome Digests Series A

San Francisco-based Second Genome, a firm developing microbial-based, personalized medicine products for the gastrointestinal disease area, said yesterday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The round was co-led by Advanced Technolog...

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

HotLink Finds $10M

Sunnyvale-based Hotlink, a developer of systems management software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A investment round. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Leapfrog Ventures. HotLink develops software ...

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Bloomspot Gets $40M

San Francisco-based bloomspot, an online service focused on driving businesses to local merchants, said today that it has raised $40M in financing, consisting of $35M in a Series B equity funding, plus $5M in venture debt. The equity fundin...

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Verinata Health Gains $48.5M

San Carlos-based Verinata Health, a firm developing diagnostic test for monitoring maternal and fetal health, announced today that it has raised $48.5M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, S...

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Monday, August 8, 2011

Okta Accesses $16.5M

San Francisco-based Okta, a developer of identity and access management software-as-service, said today that it has raised $16.5M in a Series B financing round. According to the firm, the round came from Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, ...

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Kixeye Nabs $18M

San Francisco-based Kixeye--the social gaming developer formerly known as Casual Collective--said today that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Jafco Ventures, and also included prior investors Trinity VEnt...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Bridgelux Raises $60M More

Livermore-based BridgeLux, a developer of LED lighting arrays and solid state lighting sources, has raised another $60M in funding, according to one of the firm's investors. According to lead investor Craton Equity Partners, the firm led a ...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Leyden Energy Raises $20M

Fremont-based Leyden Energy, a manufacturer of lithium ion batteries, announced Wednesday that it has raised $20M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included current investors Lightspeed ...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Lending Club Finds $25M More

San Francisco-based Lending Club, the person-to-person microlending marketplace operator, said Wednesday that it has raised a $25M investment round. The round was led by Union Square Ventures, and also included the firm's prior investors. L...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Get Satisfaction Grabs $10M

San Francisco-based Get Satisfaction, which develops online software to help companies power online customer support and online communities, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Interwest Part...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Inkling Gets $17M For Digital Textbooks

San Francisco-based Inkling, which develops digital textbook software, said today that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Jafco Ventures, Pearson Education, and Sequoia Cap...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Airy Labs Finds $1.5M

Palo Alto-based Airy Labs, a developer of social learning games for young children, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Foundation Capital and also included Google Ventures and PLaydom co-founde...

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

FirstRain Finds $6.4M

San Mateo-based FirstRain, the developer of software used by business to monitor marketing, sales, finance, and other operations, said Tuesday that it has raised $6.4M in a funding round. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners. Oak ha...

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Google Ventures Into WhaleShark

Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Google, has made an investment in an online coupon and deals operator, WhaleShark Media. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. WhaleShark operates such popular online coupon site...

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Twitter Gets Another Round, From DST

Twitter said this morning that it has scored a "significant round of funding" from venture firm DST Global, which it says will be used to aggressively innovate, hire more people and invest in international expansion. The firm--which says it...

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Intuity Medical Raises $76M

Sunnyvale-based Intuity Medical announced this morning that it has raised $76M in funding, in a second close of a previously announced Series D funding. The new funding added Accuitive Medical Ventures, which joins the firm's prior investor...

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hearsay Social Raises $18M

San Francisco-based Hearsay Social, a developer of tools to help market and monitor social networks, said today that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The round came from New Enterprise Associates and Sequoia Capital. As part of th...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Read It Later Looks Up $2.5M

San Francisco-based Read It Later, an online site which helps users manage their reading lists and bookmarks across multiple platforms, has raised $2.5M in funding. The funding came from Foundation Capital, Baseline Ventures, Founder Collec...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

GoPollGo Gets Seed Funding For Twitter Polls

Palo Alto-based GoPollGo said Wednesday that it has raised a seed round of funding, for its Twitter-based survey and polling service. The funding came from Idealab. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. GoPollGo allows users to post poll...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Azumio Gets $2.5M For Biofeedback Apps

Palo Alto-based Azumio, which develops biofeedback applications for smartphones, said today that it has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Felicis Ventures. Azumio develops Insta...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Phizzle Finds $3M In Funding

San Francisco-based Phizzle, a developer of mobile marketing technology, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Alsop Louie Partners. Phizzle's services are used for loyalty marketing by ...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Nodeable Lands $2M For Cloud Analytics

San Francisco-based Nodeable, a developer of a platform for managing cloud services, said today that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by True Ventures, and also included Crosslink Capital. Nodeable said it is...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Complete Solar Solutions Scores Funding

San Carlos-based Complete Solar Solution, an installer of residential solar power systems,, said today that it has raised a Series A investment round. Size of the funding was not disclosed. The round came from FLOODGATE. According to Comple...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

WhiteHat Security Gets $8M

Santa Clara-based WhiteHat Security, a developer of web site security software, has roped in an additional $8M in capital, the firm said today. The round came from Investor Growth Capital (IGC). The firm said the funding will go to increase...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Wordnik Looks Up $8M

San Mateo-based Wordnik, an online community focused on words, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Lucas Venture Group, and also included Mohr Davidow Ventures, Floodgate, Baseline Ventures, R...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Taulia Adds $8.5M

San Francisco-based Taulia said today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by new investor DAG Ventures, along with prior investors Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures. Taulia is a provider of software-as...

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Quid Raises $10M

San Francisco-based Quid, a developer of software for data visualization and analysis, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round included Atomico, Ron Conway, Endeavor Vision, Infocomm Investments, Founders F...

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Motif Investing Gets $20M More

San Mateo-based Motif Investing, a developer of theme-based, online investment platform, has raised $20M in a series B. The funding came from Ignition Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Foundation Capital. The firm is headed by Hardeep...

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Monday, July 25, 2011

AirBnB Raises $112M

San Francisco-based AirBnB, which helps broker person-to-person room, apartment, and house rentals, said today that it has raised $112M in a Series B funding round. The investors included DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, and DST Global. Air...

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Omidyar Network Puts $200K Into Nigerian Incubator

Redwood City-based Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment arm of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, said this week that it is funding an innovation center in Nigeria, to the tune of $200,000. The group said the new center, being create in ...

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Ness Computing Finds $5M

Ness Computing, a developer of personal search engines, said this week that it raised $5M in a Series A round of financing back in November of 2010. The round was led by Vinod Khosla and Ramy Adeeb of Khosla Ventures, and also included Also...

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

NEA Leads $136M Investment Into Cvent

Menlo Park-based New Enterprise Associates is one of the lead investors into a provider of online event management software, Cvent, which said Wednesday that it has raised $136M in a funding round. NEA was joined by Insight Venture Partners...

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Accel Partners Adds Bill Ready As EIR

Venture capital firm Accel Partners said Wednesday that it has added Bill Ready as an Executive in Residence. Ready was most recently at iPay Technologies, and also has served at McKinsey & Co. Ready sold iPay Technologies to Jack Henry and...

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Nearbuy Systems Lands $1M

Menlo Park-based Nearby Systems, a developer of location based services technology for indoor, retail stores, said today that it has raised $1M in a new funding round. The round came from MOtorola Solutions Venture CApital, Innovation Endea...

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

SynapSense Gets $16M More

Folsom-based SynapSense, a developer of wireless instrumentation systems for managing data center energy efficiency, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series C funding round. The round included Crosslink Capital, Aeris Capital, Emeral...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

eCullet Nabs $38M

Palo Alto-based eCullet, a firm which helps to recycle glass, said Tuesday that it has raiesd $38M in new funding. The firm said the round was led by DB Masdar Clean Tech Fund, as well as Angeleno Group. eCullet develops technology which he...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Reputation.com Gains $41M

Redwood City-based Reputation.com said Tuesday that it has raised $41M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by August Capital, and also included Insight Capital, Jafco Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Bessemer Ventu...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

SupersonicAds Raises $4.2M

SupersonicAds, which operates an in-game, advertising network, said today that it has raised $4.2M in a first institutional funding. The firm, which has operations in San Francisco, said the round was led by Greylock Israel. The firm's adve...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

NVELO Finds $6.6M

Santa Clara-based NVELO, a developer of storage caching software, announced today that it has raised $6.6M in a Series A funding round. The round came from SKS Capital. NVELO was founded by Jiurong Cheng. The company said that the funding w...

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Monday, July 18, 2011

SeaMicro Launches Low Power Servers, With $20M More

Sunnyvale-based SeaMicro, the developer of low power, 64-bit x86 servers, has launched its latest hardware today, the SM10000-64HD. The firm--which recently inked $20M in funding--said the new server replaces 60 traditional servers, four to...

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Mobotap Finds $10M For Android Browsing

San Francisco-based MoboTap, the developer of a web browser app for the Android smartphone market, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital and also included Matrix Partners. ...

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Monday, July 18, 2011

SARcode Bioscience Gets $44M

Brisbane-based SARcode Bioscience, a firm developing treatments for inflammatory disease, said this morning it has raised $44M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Sofinnova Ventures, and also included Rho Ventures, Alta Part...

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Dekko Scores Funding From Justin Timberlake, Says Reports

Dekko, a stealth-mode, San Francisco augmented reality and location based information startup headed by Matt Miesnicks, has scored funding, according to a number of reports today. Financial details of the investment have not been announced ...

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Jaspersoft Digs Up $11M More

San Francisco-based JasperSoft, a developer of business intelligence software, has raised $11M in a new round of funding, the firm said this week. The round came from new investor Quest Software, and also included prior investors Doll Capit...

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Crittercism Captures $1.2M

San Francisco-based Crittercism, a developer of mobile support software infrastructure, has scored $1.2M in a new funding round earlier this week. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Opus Capital, Shasta...

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Apica Gets $2M

Apica Systems, a developer of load testing and performance testing software for the cloud and mobile application market, said today that it has scored $2M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Industrifonden, and also included K...

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Apica Gets $2M

Apica Systems, a developer of load testing and performance testing software for the cloud and mobile application market, said today that it has scored $2M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Industrifonden, and also included K...

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

WordWatch Gets $1.4M For AdWords Optimization

Foster City-based WordWatch, a new startup focused on optimizing Google AdWords campaigns for small businesses, said today that it has raised $1.4M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Credo Ventures. WordWatch is headed by Tod...

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Nimble Storage Inks $25M

San Jose-based Nimble Storage, a developer of low-cost, iSCSI storage arrays, has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Artis Capital Management, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture P...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Shipwire Boosted By eBay, Newell Rubbermaid

Palo Alto-based Shipwire, a provider of outsource order fulfillment services for online sellers, said today that it has scored a strategic investment from eBay and Newell Rubbermaid. Financial details fo the funding were not disclosed. Ship...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Badgeville Wins $12M

Menlo Park-based Badgeville, the online gamification and social loyalty software provider, has scored $12M in a Series B funding. The new funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners and El Dorado Ventures, and also included Trinity Ventures...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Evernote Raises $50M

Mountain View-based Evernote, the provider of note taking software, said today that it has raised $50M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Morgenthaler Ventures. As part of the funding, Roelof ...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

CloudFlare Gets $20M More

San Francisco-based CloudFlare, a developer of web site optimization and security services, said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a funding round. The round was led by New enterprise Assocations, and also included Venrock and Pelion Ventu...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Omek Interactive Conjures Up $7M

Omek Interactive, a developer of gesture recognition and body tracking technology with offices in San Francisco, said today that it has raised $12M in a first close of its Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by Intel Cap...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Jawbone Adds $70M

San Francisco-based Jawbone, the maker of Bluetooth headsets, wireless speakers, and other devices, has scored $70M in a new round of funding from J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Jawbone is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Khos...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Astrid Gets Seeded

San Francisco-based Astrid, the developer of a to-do list and productivity app for Android, has scored a seed funding round, the firm announced Tuesday. The round came from Google Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, as well as angel investors...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Ignite Game Technologies Wins $7.5M

San Francisco-based Ingite Game Technologies, a developer of auto racing games, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series B financing round. The round brings its total raised to $12.2M. The new round came from Steve Belotti and Bill B...

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

GOTO Metrics Gains $3M, Becomes Zettaset

Mountain View-based GOTO Metrics said today that it has scored $3M in a new funding round, and renamed itself Zettaset. The firm, which develops data analytics and warehouse software based on the open source Hadoop stack, said the round was...

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Sand Hill Road Wins In First Half Fundraising

A report released this morning by Dow Jones shows that Sand Hill Road is winning the race in terms of institutional investments in venture capital. According to Dow Jones, $8.1 billion in new capital went into 50 new venture capital funds i...

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Monday, July 11, 2011

ClipSync Gets Investment From RealNetworks

San Francisco-based ClipSync, a social TV viewing startup, has scored a strategic investment from RealNetworks. RealNetworks announced the deal Monday morning, but did not disclose financial details of the investment. ClipSync is powering S...

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Industry Ventures Raises $400M For Secondary Fund

San Francisco-based venture capital investor Industry Ventures said today that it has closed on Industry Ventures Fund VI, a $400M secondary fund. The firm said the fund is its largest raised to date, and will focus on providing liquidity a...

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Virtustream Gains $10M

Virtustream, a provider of cloud infrastructure services with operations in San Francisco, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the funding came from Intel Capital, Columbia Capital, Noro-Moseley Par...

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Paraccel Raises Funding Round

Campbell-based ParAccel, a developer of data warehousing and analytics software, announced this morning that it has scored a new funding round. The round was led by Amazon.com, and also included prior investors Menlo Ventures, Mohr Davidow ...

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

MOBIbucks Nabs $5M

MOBIbucks, a developer of cardless, mobile payment systems which has its research and development operations in Silicon Valley, said this week that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The financing came from Cadia Woods Partners, as we...

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Tapjoy Takes $30M More

San Francisco-based Tapjoy, which provides monetization and advertising tools for mobile app developers, has raised $30M more, the firm said Tuesday. The round was led by JP Morgan, and also included prior investors Rho Ventures, InterWest ...

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Sorbent Therapeutics Gains $36M

Sunnyvale-based Sorbent Therapeutics, a biopharmaceuticals firm targeting the cardiovascular and renal disease area, has raised $36M in a Series B financing round. The firm said the funding was led by Novartis Venture Funds, and includes ex...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

RockMelt Gets $30M For Social Browsing

Mountain View-based RockMelt, a developer of a social, web browsing application, said Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included Khosla Ventures and Andreessen Horowit...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

SiliconBlue Adds $18M

Santa Clara-based SiliconBlue Technologies, which provides IP, design services, and semiconductors for the mobile device market, said today that it has raised $18M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Atlantic Bridge, and also ...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Square Lands $100M In Series C

San Francisco-based Square, the developer of a mobile credit card reader and application, has raised $100M in a Series C financing. The firm said the funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Tiger Global Manage...

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Basho Gets $7.5M, Names CEO

San Francisco-based Basho, a developer of distributed database software, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series D financing, and appointed a new CEO. The firm said it has named Donald J. Rippert, former CTO of Accenture, as Preside...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Ifeelgoods Raises $6.5M

Menlo Park-based Ifeelgoods.com, which operates a digital incentives program which pays people Facebook credits and virtual goods for interacting with brands, said Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was ...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

EggCartel Scores $1M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based EggCartel. the developer of a mobile app, EggDrop, which helps users find used furniture, sports, equipment, electronics, and other products from nearby buyers, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The round came from...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Hortonworks Spins Out Of Yahoo

Hortonworks, a new company focused on Apache Hadoop, has spun out of Yahoo, with the backing of Benchmark Capital, Yahoo and Benchmark said Tuesday afternoon. Yahoo and Benchmark said Hortonworks will focus on making it easier to install, m...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

FlashSoft Lands $3M

Mountain View-based FlashSoft, a developer of software for managing enterprise, flash storage, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The round was led by ThomVest Ventures. The firm says its software helps provide databases, applications an...

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Monday, June 27, 2011

GSV Capital Buys Stake In Facebook

Woodside-based GSV Capital, a publicly traded investment fund, announced today that it has purchased 225,000 shares in Facebook for a total of $6.6M. The buy values Facebook at nearly $70 billion. GSV Capital said Facebook now represents ab...

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Monday, June 27, 2011

NEA Promotes Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates said this morning that it has promoted Mohamad Makhzoumi to Partner. Makhzoumi has been at the firm since 2005, and focuses on healthcare services and information technology in...

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Redwood Bioscience Gets Funding

Burlingame-based Redwood Bioscience, a firm focused on antibody-drug conjugates and peptide therapeutics, said today that it has secured new funding from Takeda Venturse. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The firm said the funding wi...

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Monday, June 27, 2011

ViVOtech Raises $24M

Santa Clara-based ViVOtech, the developer of near field communication (NFC) payment card and related technology, said today that it has raised $24M in a Series C funding round extension. The firm said the round came from new investors Singa...

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Touchstone Semiconductor Gets $12M

Milpitas-based Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of analog integrated circuits, said Thursday that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Opus Capital and Khosla Ventures. The firm said the funding will go towar...

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Friday, June 24, 2011

StorSimple Adds $10.5M

Santa Clara-based StorSimple, a provider of cloud storage products for Windows and VMware, said Thursday that it has raised $10.5M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Ignition Partners, and also included prior investors Index ...

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

El Dorado Leads Investment In Allegiance

Menlo Park-based El Dorado Ventures is the lead investor in a new round for a developer of customer and employee feedback software, Allegiance. According to Allegiance, it raised $12M in a new funding round which also included Rembrandt Ven...

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Billing Revolution Scores Strategic Investment

San Francisco- and Seattle-based Billing Revolution, a developer of mobile payments technology, has gained an investment from Citigroup, via its Citi Ventures arm. Size of the investment was not disclosed. The new funding comes several week...

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

DisplayLink Sees $8M More

Palo Alto-based DisplayLink, a developer of hardware and software for connecting computers to monitors, said today that it has raised $8M in a new financing round. The fourth round of investment also includes an additional, $6M funding opti...

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

ScaleXtreme Gets $11M

Palo Alto-based ScaleXtreme, a developer of systems management software for managing cloud deployment on Amazon EC2, VMware virtual machines, and other servers, has raised $11M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Ignition Partners...

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Monday, June 20, 2011

iControl Turns On $50M

Palo Alto-base diControl Networks, a developer of broadband, energy and security management products, said today that it has raised $50M in a Series D funding round. The round brings the firm's total raised to over $100M. The funding includ...

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Ultragenyx Raises $45M

Novato-based Ultragenx Pharmaceuticals said today that it has raised $45M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by TPG Biotech and Fidelity Biosciences, and also included HealthCap and Pappas Ventures. According to the firm, the fu...

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Pulse Gets $9M for iPad Reader

Palo Alto-based Pulse, the developer of a news reader app for the iPad, iPhone, and Android, said this week that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The round came from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Greycroft Partners, and Lerer Ven...

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Vivecoach Raises $1.5M

Menlo Park-based Vivecoach, which develops a web and mobile service aimed at employee wellness, said this week that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Konstantin Othmer and Bruce Leak, with participation from Serap...

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Shopobot Boosted By Google, AOL

San Francisco-based Shopobot, and online shopping and comparison site, said yesterday that it has scored seed funding from Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, as well as other strategic investors. Financial details of that seed funding was not d...

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

ShotSpotter Locates $7M

Mountain View-based ShotSpotter, which makes systems used by public safety agencies and others to locate the source of gunfire, has raised $7M in funding, the firm said this morning. The firm said the firm also added $3.5M in a credit facil...

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Xtime Gains $3M

Redwood City-based Xtime, a provider software-as-a-service, scheduling and CRM software, has raised $3M from Keating Capital in a Series F Preferred Stock round. The funding was announced by Keating Capital. Xtime's scheduling and CRM softw...

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Lumosity Takes $32.5M

San Francisco-based Lumosity, a developer of brain fitness games, said today that it has raised $32.5M in a funding round. The new funding round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included prior investors Harrison Metal, FirstMark Capital,...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Cotendo Gains $17M

Sunnyvale-based Cotendo, a developer of cloud-based, web acceleration technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $17M in a new funding round. The round included strategic investors Citrix Systems and Juniper Networks, as well as existing...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tintri Raises $18M

Mountain View-based Tintri, the developer of VMware-specific, storage appliances, said this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by NEA and Lightspeed Venture Partners, both current investors in the...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

ROBLOX Gets $4M

San Francisco-based ROBLOX, the developer of a kids gaming site, said Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a venture funding round. The round came from ALTOS Ventures and First Round Capital. ROBLOX is a physics-and-software based, massively m...

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Streetline Parks $15M Series B

San Francisco-based Streetline, a developer of "smart parking" systems used by cities, airports, and others to manage their parking garages and parking spaces, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B financing. The round was led b...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Everloop Gets $3.1M

Danville-based EverLoop, a developer of a social networking service specifically aimed at children 8-13 years old, has raised $3.1M in funding. The funding came from the Band of Angels, VFormation, Envoi Ventures, as well as a number of ang...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

TellApart Raises $13M For Retargeting Technology

Burlingame-based TellAprt, which provides online marketing and data tools to e-commerce websites, said this morning that it has raised $13M in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures. The firm was founded by ...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Bunchball Gets $6.5M

San Jose-based Bunchball, the provider of online gamification software headed by Jim Scullion, said today that it has raised $6.5M in additional financing. The round was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also included Northport Investments...

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

VirtuOZ Connects With $7M

Emeryville-based VirtuOz, which develops intelligence "virtual agents" for online customer service, said yestrday that it raised $7M in a new funding round. The round came from existing investors, which included Mohr Davidow, Inventures Gro...

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Intacct Raises $12.3M

San Jose-based Intacct, which develops cloud-based, financial management and accounting software for companies, reported today that it has raised another $12.3M in funding. The round was led by Split Rock Partners, and also included prior i...

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

LockPath Backed By Local Investors

El Dorado Ventures and Maynard Webb are behind the funding of a Kansas-based risk and compliance software firm, LockPath, which said yesterday that it has raised $2M in a Series A round. The new funding was led by El Dorado Ventures, and al...

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Room 77 Books $10.5M

Sunnyvale-based Room 77, the hotel search engine which launched in February, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series B round. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included PAR Capital Management, Sutter Hill Ven...

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Coupons.com Gets $200M, Liquidity

Mountain View-based Coupons.com, which provides digital coupon technology, announced today that it has raised $200M from institutional investors. The firm said that $100M of those funds will go to provide liquidity for its employees and ear...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

NextDigest Gets $390K

San Francisco-based NextDigest, a publisher of targeted technology newsletters, announced Wednesday that it has raised $190,000 in angel funding, plus $200,000 from the Kauffman Foundation. Angel investors in the firm included 500Startups, ...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

ServiceMax Scores $14M

Pleasanton-based ServiceMax, a developer of cloud-based, mobile field service applications, said that it has raised $14M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Mayfield Fund, and also included prior investors Trinity Ventures, Emergen...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Aryaka Raises $15M

Milpitas-based Aryaka, a developer of Wan optimization and application acceleration technology, confirmed today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, and also included Trinity Vent...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

YapStone Gains $50M

San Francisco-based YapStone, a provider of electronic payment services for the property management industry, said Tuesday that it has raised $50M from Accel Partners. The firm said the new capital will go to help grow the firm, including f...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Authentic8 Gets Funding

Mountain View-based Authentic8, a new startup developing secure Internet browser technology, has scored a round of funding, according to investor the Foundry Group. Size and details of the funding were not disclosed. Authenic8 was co-founde...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Infineta Systems Connects With $15M

San Jose-based Infineta Systems, a developer of WAN optimization products, said this week that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also included existing investors Alloy Ventu...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Lattice Engines Gets New Funding

San Mateo-based Lattice Engines, which develops B2B sales intelligence software, said Tuesday that it raised a new round of funding. Size of the new funding was not disclosed. The round was led by Sequoia Capital. Lattice Engines is headed ...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Prosper Gets $17M

San Francisco-based Prosper.com, the online, micro-lending startup headed by Chris Larsen, said today that it has raised $17M in new funding. The new funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Crosslink Capital, and also included prior i...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

PolyRemedy Adds $20M

Mountain View-based PolyRemedy, a developer of chronic wound care treatment systems, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Delphi Ventures, and also included prior investors Advanced Technology...

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Mblox Finds $13.84M, Targets $25.0M

The round announced earlier this year by Sunnyvale-based mBlox appears to have raised $13.84M for the firm, with a target of $25.0M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The firm announced, but did not provide details of a ro...

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Arstasis Scores $25.5M

Redwood City-based Arstasis, a developer of surgical tools for femoral artery access, recently raised $25.5M in a Series E funding round. Names of the investors in the firm were not disclosed. The firm said recently that the funding will go...

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Redwood Systems Adds $3.5M To Series B

Fremont-based Redwood Systems, a developer of LED lighting controls for the building automation market, said last week that it has raised $3.5M in an additional Series B funding, from Mitsui & Co. The strategic investment follows an earlier...

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Sequoia Capital Backs Mu Sigma

Menlo Park-based Sequoia Capital has backed a Chicago provider of analytics and data analysis services, Mu Sigma, to the tune of $25M. Mug Sigma said the Series C funding round came from Sequoia Capital. The firm is also backed by FTV Capit...

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Aquantia Raises $21M More For 10GBASE-T

Milpitas-based Aquantia, a developer of 10GBASE-T PHY semiconductors, said this morning that it has raised $21M in a Series E funding round. The firm said the funding will go towards scaling its operations. The funding came from LSI Corpora...

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Mindflash Gets $4M

Palo Alto-based Mindflash, a developer of web-based, cloud training software, has raised $4M in funding, the firm said today. The round was led by the Investment Group of Santa Barbara, which also previously led a December 2009 funding for ...

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

ADVANCE Medical Raises $6M

Palo Alto-based ADVANCE MEdical, which is helping to commercialize pharmaceuticals and medical device technologies in Brazil and other Latin American countries, said Wednesday that it has raised $6M in a Series A financing round. The round ...

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

PunchTab Picks Up $850,000

PunchTab, which operates an online service to help businesses and websites to create their own, loyalty and rewards programs, has scored $850,000 in a seed funding round. The round included Mohr Davidow Ventures, Embarcadero Ventures, and a...

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

PunchTab Picks Up $850,000

PunchTab, which operates an online service to help businesses and websites to create their own, loyalty and rewards programs, has scored $850,000 in a seed funding round. The round included Mohr Davidow Ventures, Embarcadero Ventures, and a...

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

CoolSystems Finds $4.0M

Alameda-based CoolSystems, the maker of an cold therapy system aimed at the athletics market, has raised $4.0M in what looks to be a convertible debt round still in progress. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. Ac...

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Aryaka Networks Raises $15.0M

Milpitas-based Aryaka Networks, a developer of WAN acceleration products, has raised $15.0M in additional funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Aryaka has previously scored...

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Primus Power Raises $11M

Hayward-based Primus Power, a developer of grid-scale, energy storage systems, said today that it has raised $11M in a new round of financing. The round came from DBL Investors and I2BF Global Ventures, along with existing investors Chrysal...

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Friday, May 27, 2011

MobileIron Pulls In $20M More

Mountain View-based MobileIron, the developer of mobile enterprise management and security software, said Thursday evening that it has raised $20M in a Series D financing round. The round came from existing investors Foundation Capital, Nor...

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Friday, May 27, 2011

Zozi Finds $7M

San Francisco-based zozi.com, an online service which connects users with unique travel experiences, said Thursday that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The round came from LaunchCapital, the Pritzker/Vlock Family Office, 500S...

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

nPario Gets $6.0M From WPP

Palo Alto-based nPario, a firm developing data mining software, has raised $6.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The funding came from WPP, as part of a strategic investment in the firm that was announced l...

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Project Slice Raises $9.4M

Palo Alto-based Project Slice, a firm developing an app to help consumers track and manage purchases from their electronic receipts, said today that it has raised $9.4M in a Series A. The round was led by DCM and Lightspeed Venture Partners...

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Kabam Gets $85M

Redwood City-based Kabam, a developer of massively multiplayer social games, said today that it has raised $85M in a Series D funding round. The round was co-led by Google Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures, and also included Performance Equity...

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Vivo Ventures Promotes Two

Palo Alto-based Vivo Ventures said today that it has promoted Dr. Chen Yu and Dr. James Zhao to Managing Partners. Yu has been at Vivo since 2004, and a Partner since 2007; Zhao has been at the firm since 2005. Yu represents Vivo on portfol...

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

BuzzLogic Finds $7.8M

San Francisco-based BuzzLogic, a provider of brand analytics and advertising analytics software, has raised $7.8M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Bridgescale Partners, and also included Adams Capital Management and others. The f...

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

BlueStacks Lands $7.6M For Android On Windows

San Francisco-based BlueStacks, a developer of technology which allows Android applications to run on Windows, said today that it has raised $7.6M in a Series A funding round. The ronud came from Ignition Ventures, Radar Partners, Helion Ve...

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

GigaOm Gets $6M More

San Francisco-based GigaOm, the online news and research firm run by journalist Om Malik, said Tuesday evening that it has raised $6M in a new round of funding. The funding was led by Reed Elsevier Ventures, and also included prior investor...

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

GigaOm Gets $6M More

San Francisco-based GigaOm, the online news and research firm run by journalist Om Malik, said Tuesday evening that it has raised $6M in a new round of funding. The funding was led by Reed Elsevier Ventures, and also included prior investor...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Revel Systems Gains $3.7M

San Francisco-based Revel Systems, a developer of iPad, point-of-sale (POS) systems for the restaurant and retail industry, said Tuesday that it has raised $3.7M in funding. The funding was led by DCM. As part of the funding, Jason Krikoria...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Intel Capital Backs Four Startups

Intel Capital said Monday that it has backed four startup with funding. The firm said the total investments totaled approximately $24.5M. The four firms were CrowdStar, a social games maker for Facebook and mobile phones; iStreamPlanet, a p...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

SugarMade Raises $2.16M

San Jose-based SugarMade, which is developing tree-free paper products based on sugar production byproducts (bagasse), has raised $2.16M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Source of the funding was not discl...

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sequoia Gets Big Day With Two Exits

Sequoia Capital's Thursday was a great day, as it goes for venture capital firms, as two of its companies -- LinkedIn, and Clearwell Systems, had exits. Sequoia's biggest gain was via the huge IPO of LinkedIn, which more than doubled its in...

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Khosla Ventures Looks To Raise $1.05 Billion For New Fund

Khosla Ventures is in the process of raising a new, $1.05 billion fund, Khosla Ventures IV, the firm revealed via a regulatory filing today. Details on the new fund have not been announced by Khosla, and it's unclear if the firm has yet sig...

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

VuClip Gets $8M More

Milpitas-based VuClip, a provider of mobile video services, has raised $8M in a Series C funding round. The new funding came from existing investors New Enterprise Associates and JAFCO. VuClip last raised a round of funding in 2009....

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Local Angels Crowd Into Shacho

A long list of Silicon Valley angel investors have boosted a new startup, Shacho, headed by the founder of Omniture, which Adobe purchased in 2009. According to Josh James, founder of Shacho and Omniture, his firm has raised $10M from angel...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

LinkedIn Prices at $45

Mountain View-based LinkedIn has priced at $45.00 per share, selling 7.84M shares of its common stock in its IPO pricing Wednesday afternoon. The pricing was at the high range of its upped, $42.00 to $45.00 estimated pricing range from earl...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Jobvite Raises $15M More

Burlingame-based Jobvite, which develops online, social recruiting software, said Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by trident Capital, and also included CMEA Capital and ATA Ventures. Jobvite de...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

MongoLab Gets $3M

San Francisco-based MongoLab, which develops a cloud-based version of the MongoDB database software, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The round was led by The Foundry Group, and also included Baseline Ventures, GRP Partners, Freestyle ...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Eventbrite Takes $50M More

San Francisco-based EventBrite, which helps event organizers get the word out and manage ticketing at their events, has raised $50M in a new round of funding. The Series E funding came from Tiger Global Management LLC. EventBrite is also ba...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Morgenthaler Names Mark Goines Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Morgenthaler Ventures said today that it has added angel investor Mark Goines as a partner at the firm. Morgenthaler said that Goines has joined its IT team in Menlo Park, and will focus on financial te...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

BlackArrow Adds Investment From Time Warner

San Jose-based BlackArrow, which develops systems to manage television advertising insertion, said Monday that it has added Time Warner as an investor in its Series C funding round. Financial details on the investment were not disclosed, ho...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

WSO2 Gets $6.5M

Mountain View-based WSO2, a developer of SOA middleware, has raised $6.5M in a new funding round, the firm said today. The firm said the growth financing was led by Quest Software, and also included prior investor Intel Capital. The firm sa...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Hara Adds $25M For Energy Management

San Mateo-based Hara, a developer of environmental and energy management software, has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Energy Technology Ventures, Navitas Capital, Itochu Techn...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Crocus Technology In $300M Financing Deal

Sunnyvale-based Crocus Technology, a developer of MRAM technology, said today that it has agreed to create a new, MRAM manufacturing company called Crocus Nano Electronics, with a total of $300M in investments form Russian nano-tech investo...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Sococo Gets $4M More

Mountain View-based Sococo, a developer of "social communications" software for companies, said today that it has raised $4M in a new investment round. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm said the funding brings its total ...

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Monday, May 16, 2011

StackMob Gains $7.5M

San Francisco-based StackMob, a developer of software used to deploy and manage mobile applications, has raised $7.5M. The new funding was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included Harrison Metal and Baseline Ventures.. The firm said the f...

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Monday, May 16, 2011

First To File Finds $2M

San Mateo-based First To File, a developer of document management software used to manage trademark, patent, and other IP documentation, said today that it has raised $2M in a Series B venture capital financing round. The round was led by F...

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Yatown Launches With Angel Backing

Palo Alto-based Yatown, a new social networking startup focused on local neighborhoods, launched Wednesday, saying that it was backed by angel investors from Yahoo, Salesforce.com, TiE Angels, and others. Financial details of that seed fund...

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Demandbase Adds $10M

San Francisco-based Demandbase, which develops software to help identify the visitors to companies' web sites, has raised $10M in a new round of funding, the firm said today. The round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, and also included prio...

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Claritics Gets $1.5M

Mountain View-based Claritics, a developer of social analytics software, announced this morning that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Cervin Ventures and TiE Angels. Claritics said the funding will go ...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

FreeMonee Gets $11M

San Mateo-based FreeMonee, a firm developing cash incentive programs for merchants to reward customers, said today that it has raised $11M in a first round of funding. The funding came from Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter H...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Pageonce Finds $15M

Palo Alto-based PageOnce, the provider of financial applications for mobile devices, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, and also included prior investor Pitango Venture...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Alpine Data Raises $7.5M

San Mateo-based Alpine Data Labs, a developer of predictive data insight software, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Sierra Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sumitomo Corporate Equity Asia. T...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

BranchOut Bags $18M More

San Francisco-based BranchOut, which develops professional networking and jobs applications on Facebook, said today that it has raised another $18M in a venture capital funding. The new round was led by Redpoint Ventures. Branchout raised $...

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Proformative Gets $1.1M

San Jose-based Proformative, an online site focused on corporate finance executives, said today that it has raised $1.1M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Bullpen Capital and Floodgate, the venture fund of Mike Maples. Profo...

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Monday, May 9, 2011

U-Systems Gets $6.5M

Sunnyvale-based U-Systems, a developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, said today that it has raised another $6.5M in funding. The firm said the new funding came from existing investors, which include iD SoftCapital Group, Lumi...

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Friday, May 6, 2011

JiWire Locates $20M

San Francisco-based JiWire, a provider of location-based information for the wireless market, announced Friday that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Trident Capital, and also included prior investors Co...

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

iRhythm Technologies Catches $15M

San Francisco-based iRhythm Technologies, a developer of medical devices used for cardiac monitoring, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C equity funding round. The round was led by new investor New Leaf Venture Partners, an...

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Firespotter Labs Scores Funding

Mountain View-based Firespotter Labs, a firm headed by former Google Ventures Entrepreneur-in-Residence Craig Walker, as well as Google Voice engineers Brian Peterson and John Rector, and Alex Cornell, has raised $3M in a Series A funding r...

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mashery Adds $11M

San Francisco-based Mashery, which develops software to deploy web based applications, said it has raised another $11M in funding. The funding was led by OpenView Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Cisco, Formative Ventures...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Crown Biosciences Scores $28.8M

Santa Clara-based Crown Biosciences, a provider of clinical testing services for the oncology pharmaceuticals development market, said this mornign that it has raised $28.8M in a Series C financing round. The roun was led by OrbiMed Advisor...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Disqus Raises $10M

San Francisco-based Disqus, which provides commenting software for blogs and other websites, has raised $10M in a new funding round. The firm said the funding came from North Bridge and Union Square Ventures. As part of the funding, Ric Ful...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

TaskRabbit Gains $5M

San Francisco-based TaskRabbit, an online service which helps users find service providers via "service networking", has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Baseline Ventures, Firs...

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

OncoHealth Gets $1.6M For Cervical Cancer Testing

Redwood City-based OncoHealth, a developer of tests for cervical cancer and other cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) viruses, has raised $1.6M in a Series A investment, the firm said today. The funding included Sand Hill Angels, B...

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Cobalt Technologies Raises $20M

Mountain View-based Cobalt Technologies, which is commercializing biobutanol renewable fuels, announced yesterday that it has raised $20M in a series D funding round. The round was led by the Whittemore Collection Ltd, an investment fund of...

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Peel Unwraps $16.7M More

Santa Clara-based Peel, the developer of a personalized television recommendation system for funding TV shows, movies, and sports, said Monday that it has raised $16.7M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Pa...

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Friday, April 29, 2011

Xlumena Gains $7M

Mountain View-based Xlumena, a developer of medical devices for the endoscopy market, said last night that it has raised $7M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Aperture Venture Partners, and also included Western Technology...

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Friday, April 29, 2011

99designs Gets $35M

Melbourne, Australia-based 99designs, an online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic designs, has raised $35M, the firm said Thursday. The round was led by San Francisco-based Accel Partners, and also included Silicon Valley angels Michael ...

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Magnet Systems Scores $12.6M

Palo Alto-based Magnet Systems, a developer of social applications for the enterprise, has raised $12.6M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Andreesen Horowitz. Magnet's CEO and founder is Alfred Chuang, one of the founders of...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Square Gets Investment From Visa

San Francisco-based Square, the mobile payments firm run by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has scored a strategic investment from Visa. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Square is backed by Khosla Ventures and Sequoia C...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Cisco Funds Video Search Technology Startup

Cisco is re-upping its investment in Digitalsmiths, a North Carolina based developer of video search and discovery products. DigitalSmiths said it has raised $12.5M in an oversubscribed expansion financing round, led by Technicolor and incl...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

PapayaMobile Raises $18M

PayayaMobile, the Android social gaming firm which has offices in San Francisco, said today that it has raised $18M in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Keytone Ventures, and also included DCM. The firm said the round will g...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

mBlox Inks New Funding

Sunnvyale-based mBlox, which operates a mobile transaction network, said this week that it has raised a new round of financing. Size of the round was not disclosed. The firm said the funding came from Norwest Venture Partners, Scale Venture...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

CloudPassage Gets Funding

San Francisco-based CloudPassage, a developer of security tools for the cloud computing industry, said today that it has raised a Series A round of financing from Benchmark Capital. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. As part...

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Evolv Gains $15.75M

San Francisco-based Evolv On-Demand, a developer of talent matching software, announced Tuesday that it has raised $15.75M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by GGV Capital and also included prior investors Khosla Ventures and...

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Monday, April 25, 2011

DoubleDutch Gains $1.2M

San Francisco-based DoubleDutch, a developer of mobile social business applications, announced this morning that it has raised $1.2M in a new funding round. The round was led by Lightbank, the investment fund of Groupon co-founders brad Key...

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Encoding.com Raises $2.0M

Encoding.com, an operator of an online, service for encoding videos into different web and mobile formats, has raised $2.0M in a new funding round. The round was led Metamorphic Venturs, and also included angel investors Patrick Condon (Rac...

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

DCM Launches $100M Android Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM announced Thursday afternoon that it has launched a $100 million, Android investment fund. The new A-Fund is backed by Asian firms GREE, KDDI, and Tencent. DCM said the new fund will focus on startu...

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

AngioScore Finds $12M

Fremont-based AngioScore, a developer of angioplasty catheters, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M in new private equity financing. The financing game from Saints Capital, and also included Psilos Group Managers, Telegraph Hill Partners...

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Humble Bundle Gets $4.48M

San Francisco-based Humble Bundle, a Y-Combinator startup which allows users to name their own price on videogames, has raised $4.48M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The filing indicates the round was a S...

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

BuySight Scores $4.0M More

Palo Alto-based BuySight, a provider of Internet advertising retargeting technology, has raised $4.0M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. Details on the funding have not been announced by the co...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

IO Turbine Scores $8M

San Jose-based IO Turbine, a firm focused on software for optimizing IOPs on VMware server environments, announced today that it has raised $7.75M in a funding round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Merus...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Nutanix Raises $13.2M

Santa Clara-based Nutanix, a developer of storage appliances for virtual data centers, reported this morning that it has raised $13.2M in a Series A round. The round came from Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company said the funding will g...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Ticketfly Gets $12M

San Francisco-based Ticketfly, which operates a social event ticketing service, said today that it has raised $12M more in funding. The Series B round was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, and also included High Peaks Venture Partners, Contour ...

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Monday, April 18, 2011

VideoSurf Catches $16M

San Mateo-based video search site VideoSurf said Friday that it has raised $16M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Pitango Venture Capital and other, un-named strategic investors. The firm said the new round brings its total r...

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Monday, April 18, 2011

Metaforic Gets $8M

Metaforic, a developer anti-tampering software to reduce piracy and hacking, has raised $8M in a new financing round. The firm, which has its North American headquarters in San Jose, said the funding was led by Scottish equity Partners (SEP...

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Monday, April 18, 2011

Benvenue Medical Raises $35.5M

Santa Clara-based Benvenue Medical, which is developing minimally invasive products for spine repair, has raised $35.5M in a Series C funding roudn, the firm said today. The funding was co-led by Domain Associates and Technology Partners, a...

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Friday, April 15, 2011

T. Rowe Price Invests in Facebook, Zynga

Mutual fund company T. Rowe Price has invested $190.5M in Facebook, according to the WSJ today. According to the report, T. Rowe Price paid $25 a share for stock in Facebook, part of a set of private investments disclosed by the firm this w...

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Singly Ups Funding To $1.975M

San Francisco-based Singly, which is developing software to back up your online web activity, has upped its seed funding round to $1.975M, according to a regulatory filing form the firm. Singly is headed by Jeremie Miller, the developer beh...

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Silicon Valley Venture Investments Surge To $2.49B in Q1

Venture capital investments in Silicon Valley continued to grow at the expense of the rest of the nation in Q1, as the region saw $2.491 billion in venture capital investments in Q1, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoope...

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Flipboard Gets $50M

Palo Alto-based Flipboard, the developer of apps for viewing content on the iPad, has raised $50M in a funding from Insight Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, and Comcast. The new firm also announced a partn...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Nfocus Neuromedical Gets $7.5M

Palo Alto-based Nfocus Neuromedical, a firm developing treatments for brain aneurysms, has raised $7.5M as part of an ongonig, $12.5M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No detail on the new funding was di...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

GoBalto Raises $2.87M

San Francisco-based GoBalto, a startup developing web-based software for managing clinical trials, has raised $2.87M out of a $3.5M fundraising round. The funding was revealed in a recent regulatory filing. GoBalto is headed by Jae Chung. T...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sugar Gets $15M

San Francisco-based Sugar, the online publisher and blog network focused on women and fashion, said today that it has raised $15M in new funding. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital. Sugar ...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Capella Intelligent Subsystems Gains $20M

San Jose-based Capella Intelligent Subsystems, a developer of wavelength selective switches used in optical multiplexers, said today that it has raised $20M in a new financing round. The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also inc...

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

iControl Networks Raises $28.5M More

Palo Alto-based iControl Networks, a provider of web-based, home security monitoring services, has raised another $28.5M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The round looks to be most of a nearly $30M current round. So...

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sneakpeeq Finds $2.67M

San Francisco-based Sneakpeeq, a social commerce and shopping startup, has raised $2.67M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Sneakpeeq is headed by Harish ...

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Monday, April 11, 2011

U.S. Venture Funds Raises $7.7B In Q1

U.S. venture capital firms raised $7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to numbers released today by Dow Jones LP Source. Dow Jones reported 25 fund closings in the quarter, raising almost double the $3.9 billion collected in...

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Friday, April 8, 2011

RFID Global Solution Gets $2.5M

Palo Alto-based RFID Global Solution, a developer of real time, asset tracking products for the data center and enterprise, said this week that it has raised $2.5M in private equity and super angel funding. The funding was led by WWC Capita...

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Friday, April 8, 2011

Gold Spot Media Picks Up $12.05M

Sunnyvale-based Gold Spot Media, a developer of mobile and video advertising technology, said Thursday that it has raised $12.05M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Exa Ventures and Berg Enterprises. GoldSpot develops a self-s...

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Friday, April 8, 2011

Rocket Fuel Takes $6.6M

Redwood Shores-based Rocket Fuel, a provider of a digital advertising network, said this week that it has raised $6.6M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Northgate Capital, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventu...

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Woodman Labs Gets Series A Funding For GoPro Cameras

Half Moon Bay-based Woodman Labs, the maker of the GoPro sports camera line, has scored a Series A funding round, according to reports from the WSJ. The funding was led by Steamboat Ventures, the venture capital arm of Walt Disney Company. ...

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Marin Software Lands $16M

San Francisco-based Marin Software said yesterday that it has raised $16M in a Series E financing round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Focus Ventures and Triangle Peak Partners. A...

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Oraya Therapeutics Raises $15.875M

Newark, California-based Oraya Therapeutics, a developer of noninvasive, robotically controlled systems for treating eye disorders, has raised another $15.875M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The round comes on $5....

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Pluribus Networks Raises $17.5M

Los Altos-based Pluribus Networks, an early stage firm developing technology related to high speed virtual networks, has raised $17.5M in a funding round. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates and Mohr Davidow Ventures, and was re...

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Andreessen Horowitz Launches New $200M Fund

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which just closed on a $1.0 billion investment fund, has added another $200M in a co-investment fund, the firm said today. Andreessen Horowitz said the $200M co-investment fund for Fund II specifica...

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Marseille Networks Lands $4.5M

Santa Clara-based Marseille Networks, a developer of video processors, said Tuesday that it has raised $4.5M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the investment came from new and current investors. The company's investors include Kump...

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Cloudwords Gets Funding

San Francisco-based Cloudwords, a developer of online, software-as-a-service to manage and source translation projects for technical writers, marketing managers, and others, said today that it has raised an undisclosed funding round. The ro...

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Practice Fusion Raises $23M For Electronic Health Records

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion said earlier today that it has raised $23M in a Series B funding round. The provider of electronic health and medical records software said the funding was led by Founders Fund, and also included Artis Ca...

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Friday, April 1, 2011

KPCB Backs Plastics To Oil Firm

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has backed a firm developing technology to convert waste plastic to crude oil, Agilyx. The Series B round for Agilyx was worth $22M, and also included Waste Management, Inc. and Total Energy Ventures Interna...

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Qwiki Adds $1M

San Francisco-based Qwicki, the developer of visual search tools, said Thursday that it has added $1M in financing. The new funding came from Lightbank, the investment fund of Groupon co-founders bRad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky. the funding...

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Affine Systems Gets $5M

San Francisco-based Affine Systems, a developer of contextual targeting services for online video advertising, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included prior in...

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Screampoint Gets Angel Investment

Menlo Park-based Screampoint, a developer of data visualization technology for governments, developers, and companies, said today that it has scored a third round of venture funding. The firm said the round came from Angel Capital Group. Am...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Limos.com Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Limos.com, an online site focused on limousine service, has raised $10M in a funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by Austin Ventures. Mike Dodd and John Thornton of Austin Ventures join the company's boa...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Limos.com Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Limos.com, an online site focused on limousine service, has raised $10M in a funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by Austin Ventures. Mike Dodd and John Thornton of Austin Ventures join the company's boa...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Adap.tv Gets $20M

San Mateo-based Adap.tv, the provider of video advertising services and marketplace for video ads, said today that it has raised $20M in a financing round. The new funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included prior invest...

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Aerohive Picks Up $25M More

Santa Clara-absed Aerohive Networks, the developer of WLAN and Wi-Fi equipment, announced today that it has raised $25M in a new round of funding. According to the firm, the Series D was led by New Enterprise Associates, and included all pr...

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Tabula Rakes In $108M

Santa Clara-based Tabula, the developer of programmable logic devices, announced today that it has raised $108M in the firm's Series D funding round. The firm said the new round was led by Crosslink Capital and DAG Ventures, and also includ...

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Certivox Gets $1.46M

San Francisco-based CertiVox, a developer of cloud security products, said this morning that it has raised $1.46M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Pentech Ventures, and also included Octopus Investments. The firm said the fundi...

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Tintri Lands $17M

Mountain View-based Tintri, a firm which is developing storage systems specifically aimed at VMware virtual machines, announced Thursday that it has raised $17M in funding. The funding came from NEA and Lightspeed Partners, and included bot...

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Color Raises $41M

Palo Alto-based Color, a developer of iPhone and Android photo and video sharing applications, announced today that it has raised $41M in a funding round. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank...

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

InsideView Gets $12M More

San Francisco-based InsideView, which operates a sales intelligence service for sales professionals, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also included prior investors Emer...

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Intel Backs Augmented Reality Firm

Intel Capital has invested in Total Immersion, a developer of augmented reality software. According to Total Immersion, Intel led a $5.5M investment in the company, which also included investors Partech International, iSource, and Elaia Par...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Inkling Backed by McGraw-Hill, Pearson

San Francisco-based Inkling, a developer of interactive textbooks for tablet PCs, said Wednesday that it has gained investments from McGraw-Hill and Pearson. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed. Inkling is headed by Matt Mac...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

HealthTap Raises $2.35M

Palo Alto-based HealthTap.com, which operates a web site focused on developing health content and interactive tools, said this morning that it has raised $2.35M in a seed funding round. The firm said the round was led by Mohr Davidow Ventur...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Motista Snags $4.5M

San Mateo-based Motista, a developer of software-as-a-service for surveying consumers for brands, said today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A financing round. The round came from El Dorado Ventures. As part of the funding, Tom Peterso...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

A Bit Lucky Gets $5M From Nexon

Silicon Valley-based social gaming developer A Bit Lucky has raised $5M from South Korean videogame developer Nexon. Nexon announced the deal Tuesday. A Bit Lucky is headed by Frederic Descamps. Nexon gains a seat on the board with the inve...

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

CrowdFlower Gathers $7.0M

San Francisco-based CrowdFlower, a firm which develops software to manage crowdsourced work for e-commerce sites, said today it has raised $7.0M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Harmony Partners, and also included Trinity Ventu...

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

TechShop Raises $6.0M

Menlo Park-based TechShop, which operates a members-only service which gives hackers and tinkerers access to machinery and tooling, has raised $6.0M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing. Source of the funding was not disclose...

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Monday, March 21, 2011

AgraQuest Harvests $17.7M

Davis-based AgraQuest, a developer of biopesticides, announced Monday that it has raised $17.7M in a financing round. The funding was led by Generation Investment Management LLP, and also included prior investor Otter Capital. The firm said...

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Google Backs Biofuels Firm

Mountain View-based Google, via its Google Ventures investment arm, has invested in a biofuels firm developing technology to convert low grade biomass into biofuels. According to CoolPlanetBiofuels, based in Camarillo, California, it has ad...

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Jawbone Raises $49M

San Francisco-based Jawbone, the maker of Bluetooth headsets, has raised $49M in a funding round, the firm said Wednesday. The funding came from Andreesen Horowitz. The firm said the funding brings its total raised to just under $100M. As p...

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Zero Motorcycles Gets $26M

Santa Cruz-based Zero Motorcycles, which is developing electric motorcycles, said today that it has raised $26M in additional financing. The funding came from Invus LP, its existing investor. The firm said the round was tranched into a $17M...

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Doximity Connects To $10.8M

San Mateo-based Doximity, a health technology firm developing a service which allows doctors to use their iPhone, iPad, or Android device to connect with other physicians on patient treatment and referrals, has raised $10.8M in a Series A f...

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Genius.com Gets New Funding

San Mateo-based Genius.com, a developer of email and web marketing automation tools, said this morning that it has raised a Series E funding round. Size of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm said the funding was led by Emergence Ca...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Spigit Gains $10M

Pleasanton-based Spigit, which develops collaboration software for the enterprise, said today that it has raised $10M from Warburg Pincus. The funding comes on top of an earlier investment by Warburg in the company, and brings its total rai...

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Monday, March 14, 2011

Altobridge Takes $12M From Intel, Others

Irish technology firm Altobridge Limited said Monday that it has raised $12M in funding from Intel Capital and IFC. According to Altobridge, the Series C round will go towards its low-cost wireless communications products. Altobridge develo...

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Monday, March 14, 2011

Solazyme Files For IPO

South San Francisco-based Solazyme, the developer of biofuels technology, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M in its IPO. The firm said it will apply to list on the Nasdaq Global Market as SZYM. The firm'...

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Conference Hound Gets Seeded

San Francisco-based COnference Hound, an online site which allows users to find conferences, trade shows, and conventions, said Thursday that it has scored a seed round of funding. Size of the round was not announced. The firm said the fund...

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

RadiumOne Nabs $21M

San Francisco-based RadiumOne, which operates a advertising network focused on social data, said Thursday that it has raised $21M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included DFJ Espirit, Adams Stre...

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Topsy Labs Finds $15M

San Francisco-based Topsy Labs, which operates a real time, social search site, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round came from BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund, Scott Banister, as ...

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Angry Birds Maker Rovio Gets $42M

The maker of the popular iPhone game Angry Birds, Rovio, has just scored $42M in a Series A funding, the said today. The round comes from Silicon Valley investors Accel Partners, as well as Atomico Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Niklas Zenn...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

MindSnacks Gobbles Up $1.2M

San Francisco-based MindSnacks, a firm developing educational games for mobile devices, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1.2M in a funding round. The round was led by Felicis Ventures (Aydin Senkut), as well as angels Dave McClure (5...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

StumbleUpon Raises $17M

San Francisco-based StumbleUpon, which develops web discovery software, said Wednesday that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, August Capital, DAG Ventures, First Round Capital and Sherpalo V...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Widgetbox Becomes Flite, Raises $12M

San Francisco-based Widgetbox, the developer of mobile application software, said today that it has renamed itself Flite, and raised a $12M Series C funding round. The new funding comes from General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, Humme...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Credit Sesame Finds $6.15M More

Sunnyvale-based Credit Sesame, the operator of an online service for managing mortgage, loan, and credit payments, has raised $6.15M in new funding. The funding came from Menlo Ventures and Inventus Capital. Credit Sesame helps consumers an...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Offermatic Lands $4.5M

Mountain View-based Offermatic, which operates a service which helps consumers save money on purchases, has raised $4.5M. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included SV Angel (Ron Conway), Omar Hamoui (Admob),...

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

DailyBooth Finds $6.0M

San Francisco-based DailyBooth, an online photo and life-blogging web site, has raised $6M in a funding round. The round was led by Ignition Partners, and also included prior investor Sequoia Capital. DailyBooth's web site allows users to s...

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Google, Salesforce, and Sequoia Back Hubspot

Salesforce.com, Sequoia Capital, and Google Ventures have boosted HubSpot, a developer of online marketing and content management software, to the tune of $32M. According to HubSpot, the fourth round of funding for the company brings its to...

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Breezy Scores $750K

Breezy, which operates a service which allows mobile phone users to print or fax documents to any printer or fax machine, said today that it has raised $750,000 from a number of angel investors. Breezy said the funding came from Jeff Clavie...

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Vurve Inks $4.5M

Mountain View-based Vurve, a developer of ad automation software, has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The round was led by Spark Capital, and also included Dave McClure and True Ventures. The firm also said it has a...

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Samplify Systems Gets $11.2M

Santa Clara-based Samplify Systems, a developer of analog front end chips for the industrial, wireless, and scientific markets, announced today that it has raised $11.2M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Integrated Device T...

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Glue Networks Raises $4.5M

Sacramento-based Glue Networks, a provider of enterprise virtual networking services, said Thursday that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Keiretsu Forum, San Joaquin Angels, Sierra Angels, Sacramento Angels, ...

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Friday, March 4, 2011

MyBuys Raises $20M

Redwood City-based MyBuys, a provider of personalization and marketing software for retailers, brands, and agencies, said this morning it has raised $20M in a Series C expansion round. The round was led by Rho Ventures, and also included Li...

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Moblyng Gets Investment From Motorola

Redwood City-based Moblyng, which develops HTML5-based games for mobile devices and social networking sites, has scored funding from Motorola Mobility Ventures. According to Motorola, the equity funding came in conjunction with Moblyng's ex...

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

MBA Polymers Finds $14.6M More

Richmond, California-based MBA Polymers, a manufacturer of recycled plastics, has raised $14.6M in funding, according to one of its investors, Keating Capital. Keating said that the funding was an extension of a Series G convertible preferr...

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Amprius Charges Up With $25M

Menlo Park-based Amprius, a developer of lithium ion battery technology, said today that it has raised $25M in new funding. The funding came from IPV Capital , Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Qian Neng Fund, as well as prior investors...

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Tibion Corp Lands $10.175M

Sunnyvale-based Tibion Corp., a developer of bionic legs for stroke victims, said yesterday that it has raised $10.175M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Three Arch Partners and Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management. As part of ...

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Achronix Semiconductor Gets $40M

San Jose-based Achronix Semiconductor, a developer of field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology, said yesterday that it has raised $40M as part of a first close of a $45M, Series C mezzanine financing round. The firm said the funding ...

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Egnyte Adds $10M

Mountain View-based Egnyte, a provider of cloud file servers, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and also included prior investors Floodgate and Polaris Ventur...

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Guardian Analytics Scores $11M

Los Altos-based Guardian Analytics, a developer of fraud prevention software for financial institutions, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series D funding round. The round came from Split Rock Partners, and also included prior invest...

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

WeatherBill Gets $42M

San Francisco-based WeatherBill, the provider of a technology-driven, weather insurance service aimed at farmers, said late Monday that it has raised $42M in a Series B funding. The round was led by new investors Khosla Ventures and Google ...

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Primadesk Gets Backing Of Citrix

Novato-based Primadesk, a developer of software used to search, manage, and backup personal cloud data, has scored a round of funding from Santa Clara-based Citrix. Financial details of that investment were not announced. Citrix said the fu...

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Clickatell Gets $12M

Redwood City- and Cape Town, South Africa-based Clickatell, a provider of SMS payments and advertising products, has raised $12M in a Series B funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and DAG Ventures. ...

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Monday, February 28, 2011

SocialEyes Debuts Video Chat Service

San Francisco-based SocialEyes, a new startup focused on allowing users to chat with friends and others via video, has debuted at the DEMO conference today. The startup is backed by $5.1M in investment from Ignition Partners and Maynard Web...

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Box.net Gets $48M

Palo Alto-based Box.net said today that it has raised $48M in a new funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech, and Emergence, and also included prior investors DFJ, USVP, and ScaleVP. Box.net provides a cloud-based, document and i...

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Inlogy Finds $1.3M

Los Altos-based Inlogy, a stealth mode enterprise software firm headed by Ashok Rao, has raised $1.325M out of a $1.56M Series A funding round. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Rao is the founder of Midcom Communications, which ...

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Google Backs Power Conversion Firm

Google Ventures is the lead investor on a firm developing energy efficiency and power conversion devices, Transphorm, according to Transphorm today. The firm said it raised $20M in a Series C round, which also included Kleiner Perkins Caufi...

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

BookRenter Raises $40M

San Mateo-based book rental site BookRenter announced this morning that it has raised $40M in funding. The Series C funding came from Adams Capital Management, Comerica Bank, Focus Ventures, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Norwest Venture Part...

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Digital Chocolate Gulps Down $12M

San Mateo-based Digital Chocolate, which develops social games on Facebook, said Tuesday that it has raised $12M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included Sutter Hill Ventures and Bridgescale Partner...

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Jybe Finds Funding

Menlo Park-based Jybe, a stealth mode firm headed by Arnabnil Bhattacharjee, Head of Yahoo! Search Technology, has raised $250,250 in a seed funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the firm have ...

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

RootMusic Ups Funding To $3.13M

Menlo Park-based RootMusic, which develops software for Facebook to allow musicians to promote themselves on the social networking site, has upped its recent Series A funding to $3.13M. According to a regulatory filing by the firm, it added...

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Friday, February 18, 2011

C3Nano Sees $3.2M

Hayward-based C3Nano, a developer of carbon nanotube-based transparent electrode materials being applied to flexible displays, touch screens, solar cells and smart windows, said Thursday that it has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding round....

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

1000memories Gets $2.5M

San Francisco-based 1000 Memories, an online site which allows people to remember deceased loved ones, has raised $2.5M in a funding. The round came from Greylock Partners, and also included Ken Rabois, Ron Conway, and Chris Sacca. The firm...

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

TuneUp Finds $2M More

San Francisco-based TuneUp Media, which publishes plug-in software for iTunes to clean up music descriptions, titles, and cover art, said today that it has added $2M in funding, bringing its Series C round to $6.3M. The round came from IDG ...

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Google's Schmidt Backs Internship Site

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has backed an online site focused on college internships. According to Colorado's Intern Inc., it is backed by Schmidt, who the firm is working with to give an "ultimate internship" to a student as part of a pro...

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Catch.com Grabs $7M

San Francisco-based Catch.com, which develops a mobile application for capturing personal notes on Android phones, said Tuesday that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Excel Venture Management. The firm was founde...

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Getjar Gets $25M

San Mateo-based GetJar, which operates an online app store, said Monday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Tiger Global Management, and also included Accel Partners. The firm said the funds will go towa...

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Soladigm Ups Funding To $40M In Latest Round

Milpitas-based Soladigm, a developer of "smart glass" windows products, said today that it has now raised a total of $40M in its Series D funding round. the firm said it added additional financing to the $30M funding it announced at the end...

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sonoma Orthopedic Products Raises $22M

Santa Rosa-based Sonoma Orthopedic Products, a developer of medical devices for treating fractures, said Monday that it has raised $22M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Ascension Health Ventures, and also included Split Roc...

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Cooliris Sees $9.6M

Palo Alto-based Cooliris, which develops web preview and visual browsing software, has raised $9.6M in a Series C funding. The round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, The Westly Group, and Deutsche Telekom. The new f...

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Rearden Commerce Gains $47M

Foster City-based Rearden Commerce, the developer of corporate spending management software, has raised nearly $47M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Rearden is backed by Foundation Capital, Oak Invest...

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Intel Invests $26M In Six Companies

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of chip giant Intel, said today that it invested approximately $26M across six companies. Intel said it invested in open source mobile software firm Borqs, location-based mapping company CloudMade, ima...

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Vicarious Systems Gets Funding

Union City-based Vicarious Systems, which develops artificial intelligence software for recognizing the contents of images and videos, said earlier this week that it has scored a first round of institutional funding. Size of the deal was no...

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Friday, February 11, 2011

One Kings Lane Raises $23M

San Francisco-based online flash sales firm One Kings Lane raised $23M in a venture funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and including Greylock Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman, TriplePoint Capital, and Marissa Mayer....

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Raptr Adds $15M

Mountain View-based online gaming community Raptr said Thursday that it has added another $15M in funding. The round came from DAG Ventures, Tenaya Capital, and Accel. The firm has previously raised angel funding from Max Levchin and James ...

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Glassdoor Gets $12M

Sausalito-based Glassdoor, which operates an online site which allows employees to find information about employers and salaries, announced today that it has raised $12M in Series C funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and ...

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Andreessen Horowitz Takes $80M Stake In Twitter

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has taken an $80M stake in Twitter, according to reports today, via a secondary market transaction. The acquisitionn comes only a few a few months after a $200M investment in Twitter led by Kleiner P...

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

ConnectAndSell Snags $7.5M

Redwood City-based ConnectAndSell, a developer of virtual sales agent software used to increase the productivity of call centers, announced today that it has raised $7.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partn...

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Inigral Finds $4M

San Francisco-based Inigral, a developer of social networking software for college students, said today tht it has raised $4M in a new, Series B equity financing, including a $2M, program related investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Fou...

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

GoingOn Gets $6.235M

San Francisco-based GoingOn, which is developing online social web software, has raised $6.235M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. GoingOn was founded by Tony Perkins of AlwaysOn and Upside, and is...

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

SharesPost Raising $3.3M

San Bruno-based SharesPost, which operates an online marketplace for buying and selling the stock of private held, venture backed firms, is on track to close $3.3M in a funding round. According to a regulatory filing by the firm, it has rai...

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Meraki Gets $15M More

San Francisco-based Meraki, a developer of managed wireless access points, routers, and software, said today that it has scored an additional $15M in funding. The funding round was led by Sequoia Capital. The firm said the funding will go t...

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

OnLive Gets $40M From HTC

Palo Alto-based OnLive, which develops game streaming services, has scored $40M in an investment from HTC, according to HTC. The investment came along with the acquisition of UK-based mobile firm Saffron Digital by HTC or $48.6M. ...

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Monday, February 7, 2011

IntegenX Raises $15.6M

Pleasanton-based IntegenX, a provider of equipment used for preparing DNA and RNA samples for genetic analysis, said last week that it has raised $15.6M in a round of financing, and acquired GenVault Corporation. The funding round was led b...

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Dasient Gets Funding From Google

Sunnyvale-based Dasient, which develops anti-malware software for websites and advertising networks, said today that it has raised a new round led by Google Ventures. Amount of the new funding was not disclosed. The funding round also inclu...

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Storify Gets $2M

San Francisco-based Storify, a firm which develops software that helps publishers pull tweets, photos, and videos into news stories, said Thursday that it has raised $2M in funding. The funding came from Khosla Ventures. ...

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Hipmunk Finds Funding

San Francisco-based Hipmunk, an online travel booking site, said today that it has raised $4.2M in a funding round. The round was led by Ignition Partners, and also included Rich Barton and Erik Blachford of Expedia, Jim Hornthal of Preview...

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Massive Health Gets $2.25M

San Francisco-based Massive Health, a stealth mode health care firm looking to apply crowdsourcing, game mechanics, and social networking to the healthcare field, has raised $2.25M in a seed funding round. The firm said the funding came fro...

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Rdio Lands $17.5M

San Francisco-based Rdio, the online social music service started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, has raised $17.5M in a funding round, the firm said today. The new round included Mangrove Capital Partners, Atomico, Skyp...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Path Adds $8.65M

San Francisco-based Path, which operates a mobile social network which looks to limit networking to just close friends and family, has raised $8.65M in funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Revision3 Gets Backing Of Mark Cuban

San Francisco-based Revision3, the Internet video network run by Jim Louderback, has scored financial backing from Mark Cuban. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed. Cuban invested in the firm sometime during 2010. Cuban is th...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Elevation's Rajiv Dutta Passes Away

Rajiv Dutta, Managing Director at Elevation Partners, has passed away, after a recurrence of colon cancer. Dutta was previously CFO at eBay, as well as President of Skype and PayPal. Dutta also previously served at KLA-Tencor and Bio-Rad La...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Experience Project Gets Series C Funding

San Francisco-based Experience Project, which operates an online community to share life experiences, said today that it has raised a Series C round of funding. Size of the funding was not disclosed, however, reports place the funding at $2...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

RentJuice Slurps Up $6.2M

San Francisco-based RentJuice, which provides an online service to connect renters with property managers, has raised $6.2M in funding. The funding came from Highland Capital Partners and Tim Draper. Highland's Peter Bell joins the company'...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Seesmic Gets $4M

San Francisco-based Seesmic, the developer of social media monitoring software headed by Loic Le Meur, announced today that it has raised $4M more in a funding round. The investment came from salesforce.com and Softbank. Seesmic's other bac...

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Aria Systems Picks Up $20M

San Mateo- and Philadelphia-based Aria Systems, which provides cloud-based billing and subscription management, announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a series C funding round. The round was led by InterWest Partners, and also in...

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Friday, January 28, 2011

Plum District Harvests $8.5M

San Francisco-based Plum District, which operates an online, daily deals site focused on mothers, said this week that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included ...

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Friday, January 28, 2011

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists More Optimistic in Q4, Says Report

A report released this morning from the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index says that venture capitalists were more confident in the fourth quarter, based on the opinions of professional venture capitalists in the San Francis...

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Storenvy Gets $1.5M

San Francisco-based Storenvy, which develops e-commerce software for independent brands, said Thursday that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Spark Capital and First Round Capital, and also included Kleiner Perkin...

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Envia Gets $17M For Electric Car Batteries

Newark, California-based Envia Systems, a developer developing composite cathode materials for Lithium-ion batteries, has scored $17M in a funding round, according to lead investor General Motors. According to GM, its venture capital arm, G...

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Smaato Snares $7M

Redwood Shores-based Smaato, a provider of mobile advertising, said Wednesday that it has raised $7M in a new funding round. The round was led by Singapore's EDBI, and also included aeris Capital. Smaato said the new funding will go towards...

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Fulcrum BioEnergy Scores $75M

Pleasanton-based Fulcrum BioEnergy, a developer of technology for converting municipal solid waste into biofuels, said yesterday that it has raised $75M in a Series C financing round. Source of the new funding was not announced. The firm sa...

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Crowd Factory Gets $6.5M

San Francisco-based Crowd Factory said today that it has raised $6.5M in a new equity funding round. The round was led by Storm Ventures, and also included prior investors Hummer Winblad, Peninsula Ventures, and angel investors. Ryan Floyd ...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Cirtas Systems Finds $22.5M More

San Jose-based Cirtas Systems, a developer of enterprise focused cloud storage hardware, announced Tuesday that it has raised $22.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Intel Invests In Sulfurcell

Intel is the lead investor in a German developer of CIGS thin-film solar modules, Sulfurcell, Sulfurcell said today. According to Sulfurcell, it has raised $25M in funding for the expansion and market introduction of its thin film photovolt...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Solar Universe Raises $7.0M

Livermore-based Solar Universe, a installer of residential and small business solar power systems, announced today that it has raised $7.0M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by RockPort Capital and its prior investors. Accordin...

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Auditude Raises $11M

Palo Alto-based Auditude, which develops technology to help companies monetize their online video, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series B financing round. The new round was led by Granite Ventures, and also included Silicon Valley...

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Facebook Confirms $1.5 Billion Fundraising

Palo Alto-based Facebook confirmed its $1.5 billion fundraising Friday, saying that the funding valued the firm at approximately $50 billion. Facebook said the funding included an offering by Goldman Sachs to its non-U.S. clients, investing...

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Presto Engineering Gets $6M

San Jose-based Presto Engineering, a provider of services to the semiconductor industry, announced today that it has raised $6M in new funding. The funding was led by CM-CIC Capital Prive, and also included investor Masseran Gestion. Preso ...

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Venture Investments Swing Back

Venture capital investments nationally increased in 2010, for the first time since 2007, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters...

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Friday, January 21, 2011

vChatter Scores $350K In Seed Funds

Menlo Park-based vChatter, an online video chat service, said this week that it has scored $350,000 in seed funding. The funding came from Dave Kennedy, co-founder of OneandOnly.com. vChatter is headed by Will Bunker, also a co-founder at O...

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Qwiki Gets $8M

Palo Alto-based Qwiki, an invite-only, service working on using video, text, images, and more to create an "information experience" for topics, said this week that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Eduardo Saver...

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Security Scoreboard Gains Angel Funds

Mountain View-based Security Scoreboard, which provides security product ratings, said this week that it has received an initial angel investment round. Source and amount of the funding was not announced. As part of the funding, the company...

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Kabam Raises $30M

Redwood City-based Kabam, which develops massively multiplayer, online social games, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Redpoint Ventures and Intel Capital, as well as existing investo...

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

LawPivot Gets Funding From Google

LawPivot, an online provider of crowd-sourced legal advice, said today that it has received an investment from Google Ventures, as well as Silicon Valley and New York angel investors Richard Chen, David Tisch, David Li, Nick Mehta, Don Hutc...

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Five9 Calls Up $8.6M

Pleasanton-based Five9, a developer of software-as-a-service, call center software, reported today that it has raised $8.6M in a new funding round. The round was led by Adams Street Partners and also included prior investors Hummer Winblad ...

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Scientific Conservation Gets $15.65M

San Francisco-based Scientific Conservation, a developer of energy efficiency and commercial building energy optimization systems, said today that it has raised $15.65M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Barry Schuler of DFJ Growth...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Stoke Gathers Up $17M More

Santa Clara-based Stoke, a provider of mobile broadband gateways, said Tuesday that it has raised $17M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included prior investors DAG Ventures, Integral Capital Partne...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Scribd Raises $13M More

San Francisco-based Scribd, which provides an online document sharing site, said today that it has raised a $13M, Series C funding round. The funding was led by MLC Investments and SVB Capital, and also included prior investors Redpoint Ven...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Tilera Takes $45M

San jose-based Tilera, a developer of multicore processors, said today that it has raised $45M in a funding round. The round was led by Artis Capital Management, and also included WestSummit Capital Management, Comerica Bank, Walden Interna...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Vook Gets $5.25M

Alameda-based Vook, the publisher of electronic books headed by Brad Inman, has raised $5.25M in funding, the firm said this morning. The funding came from VantagePoint Venture Partners and Floodgate. Vook said the funding will go towards s...

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Bullpen Capital Aims At Super Angel Funded Firms

A new, Menlo Park-based venture fund kicked off earlier this week, Bullpen Capital, saying it is specifically focused on second rounds of financing for super angel seeded deals. BullPen, which was founded by Paul Martino, Duncan Davidson, a...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Greylock Adds Data Domain's Slootman As Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Wednesday that it has added former Data Domain CEO Frank Slootman as a Partner at the firm. According to Greylock, Slootman will focus on data center infrastructure start-ups, par...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Bricsnet Finds $10m

San Francisco-based Bricsnet, a developer of software used to manage real estate and facilities, said this week that it has raised $10M in capital. The funding came from its controlling shareholder, Torimbia, as well as others. The firm sai...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Baynote Snags $13M

San Jose-based Baynote, which develops personalization software for enterprise web sites, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by SingTel Innov8, the venture capital arm of Asian communications...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Formspring Gets $11.5M

San Francisco-based Formspring,which operates an online service that allows users to share and connect with each other, said today that it has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also inclu...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Strava Gets $3.5M For Mobile Sports Apps

San Francisco-based Strava, which develops web and mobile applications for cyclists and other athletes, said it has received $3.5M in a funding round. The Series A investment was led by Sigma Partners. Strava said it will use the funding fo...

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Confidela Gets $9.25M, Becomes WatchDox

Mountain View-based Confidela, a developer of document control, tracking, and protection software, said today that it has raised $9.25M in funding. The funding came from Shata Ventures, Gemini Israel FUnds, and Check Point and Imperva found...

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Bump Technologies Snags $16M

Mountain View-based Bump Technologies, developer of the mobile application software which allows users to share information by bumping phones, is announcing today that it has closed a $16M Series B funding round. The round was led by Andree...

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Monday, January 10, 2011

VisionCare Ophthalmic Sees $31M More

Saratoga-based VisionCare Opthalmic Technologies, which develops visual prosthetic devices designed to improve vision in patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), said this morning that it has raised another $31M in a ...

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Monday, January 10, 2011

Klout Gains $8.5M

San Francisco-based Klout, which operates a service to measure the influence of people on the web, said today that it has closed a new, $8.5M funding round. The round came was led by Kleiner Perkins and its sFund, and also included Greycrof...

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Monday, January 10, 2011

23andMe Adds To Series C

Mountain View-based 23andMe, the personal genomics firm headed by Anne Wojcicki, said Friday afternoon that it has added approximately $9M to its SEries C funding. The new funding came from MPM Capital and Johnson & Johnson Development Comp...

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Lookout Finds $19.5M

San Francisco-based Lookout Mobile Security, a developer of mobile, cloud-based security software, said over the holidays that it has raised $19.5M in funding. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also included Accel Partners and Khosla...

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

OSIsoft Gains $135M For Process Software

San Leandro-based OSIsoft, a developer of real-time, process and data management software, said Wednesday that it has received $135M in a minority investment from Technology Crossover Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. OSIsoft's...

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Intel Boosts Clickfree

Intel Capital has made an investment in Toronto-based Storage Appliance Corporation, developer of the Clickfree computer backup products. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Clickfree said the investment, combined with a $...

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Tapjoy Scores $21M

San Francisco-based Tapjoy, which develops monetization services for developers of social and mobile games, said today that it has scored $21M in new funding for the company. The new round was led by Rho Ventures, and also included existing...

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

RootMusic Gets $2.3M

Menlo Park-based RootMusic, the developer of software for Facebook which allows musicians to represent themselves on the social networking site, said today that it has raised $2.3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Mohr Davi...

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

ISSI Spins Out Giantec

San Jose-based Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (ISSI), said Tuesday that it has completed the spinoff of subsidiary Giantec Semiconductor. Giantec develops EEPROM and SmartCard products. As part of the spinout, ISSI said that Giantec has ...

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Turn Raises $20M More

Redwood City-based Turn, a provider of digital advertising software and services, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Greenspring Associates, and also included prior investors Norwest ...

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Google Ups Investment In SCVNGR

Google Ventures, the venture investment arm of Google, has upped its funding in Boston-based SCVNGR, a developer of mobile check-in software. According to SCVNGR, it has raised $15M in a funding round led by Balderton Capital, and which als...

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

PneumRx Gets $33M

Mountain View-based PneumRx, a developer of medical devices for treating lung disease, said today that it has raised $33M in working capital commitments. According to the firm, the new funding was led by Forbion Capital Partners and Endeavo...

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Intel Backs Ad Targeting Firm

Intel Capital is the lead investor in advertising targeting firm [x+1], in a new, $10M Series B funding. According to New York-based [x+1], Intel led the investment, which also included Advanced Technology Ventures, Blue Chip Venture Compan...

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Report: Facebook Raises $500M

A report today from the New York Times says that Facebook has raised $500M in a new funding round, from Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies. According to the Times, the round brings the company's total raised to $1.3 billion, and set...

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

deCarta Gains $9.4M More

San Jose-based deCarta, a developer of local search and location services products, said Wednesday that it has raised $9.4M in a Series D funding round. The firm said that all of its existing, major investors participated in the round, but ...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

DevonWay Adds Funding

San Francisco-based DevonWay, a developer of software-as-a-service for the nuclear power industry, announced Tuesday that it has raised a Series C funding round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. DevonWay said the new funding came fr...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

3VR Finds $17M

San Francisco-based 3VR Security, a developer of video search and analytics technology, said Tuesday that it has raised $17M in a new round of funding. The firm said the round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included investments from Kl...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

LS9 Gets $30M More

South San Francisco-based LS9, a developer of biofuels technology, said today that it has raised $30M in a new funding round. The round was led by BlackRock, and also included prior investors Flagship Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed V...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Meebo Ups Latest Funding To $27.5M

Mountain View-based Meebo, which provides an online way to share content and communicate with other users via instant messaging, said Monday that it has raised its Series D funding round to $27.5M. The firm, which initially announced the ro...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

NeoEdge Raises $3M In Debt

San Francisco-based NeoEdge, a developer of advertising services for the casual and social games market, said today that it has raised $3M in growth capital. The funding came from MMV Financial. NeoEdge said it currently serves over 100M vi...

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Pocket Gems Finds $5M For Mobile Social Games

San Francisco-based Pocket Gems, a developer of mobile social games, said this week that it has raised $5M in a financing round. According to the firm, the round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Michael Dearing (eBay), Jeff Flu...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Lavante Score $8M From SAP, Others

San Jose-based Lavante, a developer of software used for auditing of suppliers, said this week that it has raised $8M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by SAP Venturse, and also included ATA Ventures and Venrock. As part of the...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Twitter Raises $200M

Twitter has just raised $200M more for the firm, in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, according to reports. According to AllThingsD, the round valued the firm at $3.7 billion. ...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

DFJ Promotes Raffaelli

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson announced this morning that it has promoted Josh Raffaelli from Principal to Associate. Raffaelli has been at DFJ since 2004, and is focused on energy and services investments. D...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Chip Path Design Systems Snags $3M

Cupertino-based Chip Path Design Systems, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) tools for the semiconductor industry, said today that it has raised $3M in a Series A venture round. The round came from Scientific Ventures, Lanza ...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Zipcar Grabs $21M More

Zipcar, the car sharing service which has San Francisco as one of its primary cities, said today that it has scored $21M in a Series G funding round, from Meritech Capital Partners and Pinnacle Ventures. The firm said the funding will go to...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

RiseSmart Gets $3M More

San Jose-based RiseSmart, a provider of outplacement and recruitment process outsourcing services and software for companies, said today that it has raised $3M in a new equity financing. The round came from current investors Norwest Venture...

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Sungevity Raises $15M More

Oakland-based Sungevity, a provider of residential solar power installations, said today that it has raised another $15M in its Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by existing investors, including Greeener Capital and Fi...

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Clustrix Finds $12M

San Francisco-based Clustrix, a developer of clustered database appliances, announced today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The round came from U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Sequoia Capital and ATA Ventures. According t...

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Soladigm Raises $30M

Milpitas-based Soladigm, a developer of smart window technology, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by DBL Investors and Nano Dimension, and also included GE Energy Financial Services,...

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Pipeline Healthcare Raises $2.5M

San Francisco-based Pipeline Healthcare, a provider of remote order entry and other pharmacy services delivered via phone to North American hospitals and retail pharmacies, said Friday that it had raised $2.5M in a funding round. The fundin...

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Mobixell Gets $10M More

San Jose-based Mobixell Networks said this morning that it has raised $10M in a new funding round. The round was led by Azini Capital, and also included prior investors Escalate Capital, Intel Capital, and smac partners. Mobixell is a devel...

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Monday, December 13, 2010

QuantaLife Gets $17.2M

Pleasanton-based QuantaLife, a developer of PCR equipment for the genetic sequencing market, said Friday that it has raised $17.2M in a Series B financing round. The round came from Paladin Capital Group, Merieux Developpement, and Vital Fi...

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Waze Gets $25M

Palo Alto-based Waze, a provider of crowdsourced traffic and map data, said this week that it has raised $25M in a new round of funding. The round was led by existing investors Blue Run Ventures, Magma, and Vertex, and included new strategi...

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Nimble Storage Gets $16M More

San Jose-based Nimble Storage, a developer of iSCSI storage arrays which combine both flash memory and low cost disk drives, said Wednesday that it has raised $16M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, Lightspeed ...

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Sequenta Raises $13M

San Francisco-based Sequenta, a developer of a molecular diagnostics platform focused on immune system profiling, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Index Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and...

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Flurry Whips Up $15M

San Francisco-based Flurry, which provides mobile application analytics, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson, InterWest, ...

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Panzura Lands $12M Series B

San Jose-based Panzura, a developer of cloud storage and application optimization products, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Matrix Partner...

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Estech Finds $8.5M

San Ramon-based Estech, a developer of a minimally invasive cardiac ablation surgical platform, said today that it has raised $8.5M in a funding round. The funding came from Saints Capital Everest, Telegraph Hill Partners, NBGI Ventures and...

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Zendesk Gets $19M

San Francisco-based Zendesk, a provider of web-based customer support software, said today that it has raised $19M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Matrix Partners, and also included Benchmark Capital and Charles River Vent...

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Taulia Gets $3.2M

San Francisco-based Taulia, a developer of software used for managing invoices and discounting for collections, said today that it has raised $3.2M in a funding round. The round came from Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, and The Angels' F...

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Payvment Raises $6M for Facebook eCommerce

San Francisco-based Payvment, a provider of e-commerce tools for Facebook, said earlier this week that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sierra Ventures and also included Series A investor BlueRun Ventures....

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Appnomic Finds $2.5M

Palo Alto-based Appnomic Systems, a provider of infrastructure performance management services, said today that it has raised $2.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners. The firm said the funding will g...

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Abiquo Snags $10M

Redwood City-based Abiquo, a provider of cloud management software, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Balderton Capital, and also included Nauta Capital and Eurecan. Abiquo said the funding wil...

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Racktivity Gets $8M

Redwood City-based Racktivity, a developer of smart power distribution units (PDUs) for the data center market, announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Partech International, and also included ex...

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Yammer Raises $25M

Yammer, the instant messaging service which essentially is a Twitter for enterprises, has raised $25M in a third round of funding. The funding was led by U.S. Venture Partners, and also included Emergence Capital, Charles River Ventures, an...

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Tasty Labs Raises $3.0M

Los Altos-based Tasty Labs, a stealth mode social software firm headed by Delicious founder Joshua Schacter, has raised $3.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have ben announced. Fu...

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Venture Valuations Stable, Says Report

The valuations of technology and life sciences companies were stable in the third quarter, according to the latest numbers from Fenwick & West LLP's quarterly venture capital survey. According to Fenwick, its study--based on the venture fin...

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Nlyte Gets $12M

Menlo Park-based Nlyte Software, a developer of data center power management tools, has raised $12M in a Series C funding, according to multiple reports. The round was led by NGEN Partners, and also included Balderton Capital, Ruffer LLP, a...

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Plastic Jungle Raises $10M For Gift Card Exchanges

San Jose-based Plastic Jungle, which operates an online marketplace for exchanging unwanted gift cards, announced Thursday that it has raised $10M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Jafco Ventures, and also included Shasta ...

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Altius Education Gets $18.6M For Online College Efforts

San Francisco-based Altius Education, which offers an online associate's degree through Ivy Bridge College, said today that it has raised $18.6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Charles River Ventures, and also included Mav...

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Stipple Sees $2M

San Francisco-based Stipple, a developer of services which allows users to annotate, share, and monetize photos on the web, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & By...

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sutro Biopharma Gets $36.5M

San Francisco-based Sutro Biopharma, a developer of protein therapeutics technology, said today that it has raised $36.5M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Skyline Ventures, and also included Lilly ventures, Amgen Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Meebo Raises $25M

Mountain View-based Meebo has raised $25M in a Series D round of funding for the firm's instant messaging and social content sharing services, bringing the firm's total raised to $60M. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included...

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Marketo Collects $25M More

San Mateo-based Marketo, a developer of software-as-a-service for managing sales leads, said today that it has raised another $25M in funding. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners, with participation from prior investors In...

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Visage Mobile Raises $3.6M

San Francisco-based Visage Mobile, a developer of enterprise management software for smart phones, cell phones, and other mobile workforce products, announced this morning that it has raised $3.6M in a Series C funding round. The round was ...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

YuMe Gets Investment From Intel Capital

Redwood City-based YuMe, a developer of video advertising technology, said Tuesday afternoon that it has received a strategic investment from Intel Capital. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. YuMe said the funding willl go towards ...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Intel Makes $77M In Investments

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel, announced a slew of new fundings today, totaling approximately $77M. According to Intel, it invested in Adaptivity, Althea Systems, Anobit, boo-box, De Novo, IPTEGO, Layar, Lilliputian System...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Yummly Gets $1.85M

Palo Alto-based Yummly said today that it has raised $1.85M in a seed funding, from Harrison Metal Capital, Intel Capital, First Round Capital and angels. As part of the funding, Harrison Metal Capital's Michael Dearing and angel Marcia Hoo...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Verismo Gets $17M From Intel

Mountain View-based Verismo Networks announced today that it has raised $17M in a new funding round, led by Intel Capital. The firm, which develops an Internet television platform which helps OEMs connect internet video, social networking a...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

GE Boosts Energy Firms With Investments

General Electric said today that it, and its venture capital partners, have invested $55M in a number of companies developing products related to the power grid. GE said the investments--part of a $200M "GE ecomagination Challenge" included...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

BlackArrow Gets Investment From Motorola

San Jose-based BlackArrow, a provider of television advertising technology, has scored a strategic investment from Motorola, via Motorola's investment arm, Motorola Ventures. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Motorola sa...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

PayNearMe Raises $16M

Mountain View-based PayNearMe, which operates a service which allows consumers to use cash to pay for online transactions, said today that it has raised $16M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included...

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Retailigence Gets $1.5M

Mountain View-based Retailigence, a developer of application programming interfaces (APIs) providing e-commerce information for the mobile and web application market, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The round was announced last we...

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Monday, November 15, 2010

TokBox Raises $12M

San Francisco-based TokBox, a developer of Web video communications services and APIs, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding round. The round came from DAG Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Sequoia Capital. The f...

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Coraid Pulls In $25M

Redwood City-based Coraid, a developer of Ethernet-based storage products, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included prior investors Allegis Capital an...

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Houzz Gets $2M

Palo Alto-based Houzz, which operates an online community focused on home fashion and remodeling, announced today that it has raised $2M in a funding round. The round came from angel investors Oren Zeev (Audible/Chegg), Donald Katz (Audible...

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Rhythm NewMedia Scores $10M

Mountain View-based Rhythm NewMedia, which operates a mobile advertising network, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by QuestMark Partners, and also included prior investors Lightspeed Ven...

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

RealGravity Raises $3.2M

San Francisco- and Los Angeles-based RealGravity, a startup focused on helping media firms and professional video publishers to syndicate their videos to other web sites, said Wednesday that it has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding round. ...

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

nSolutions Gets Strategic Investment

San Jose-based nSolutions, a developer of software for automation of security and compliance in data centers, reported yesterday that it has received a strategic investment from Japanese software firm SRA, Inc.. Financial terms of the inves...

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Talend Buys Sopera, Gets $34M In financing

Los Altos-based Talend, a developer of open source data management software, said today that it has acquired Sopera, a developer of open source SOA and middleware products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, the firm sa...

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Twilio Calls Up $12M

San Francisco-based Twilio, a developer of cloud-based telephony tools and APIs, has raised $12M in a Series B round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Union Square Ventures, 500 Startups, and the firm's othe...

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Zetta Zooms In On $11.5M

Sunnyvale-based Zetta, a provider of cloud storage services, reported today that it has raised $11.5M in a Series B funding round. The round came from existing investors Foundation Capital and Sigma Partners. Zetta said the new funding will...

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

23andMe Uncovers $22M More

Mountain View-based 23andMe, the personal genetics startup headed by Anne Wojcicki, said today that it has raised $22M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, and also included New Ente...

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Gluster Gains $8.5M

Milpitas-based Gluster, a developer of open source software for scaling out data storage, said this morning that it has raised $8.5M ina Series B funding. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also included Nexus Venture Partners. Gluste...

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Zuora Takes $20M More

Redwood City-based Zuora, which provides software-as-a-service for managing subscription billing, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included prior investors Benc...

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Bright Computing Gets Investment From ING

Bright Computing, a developer of cluster management software for the high performance computing (HPC) market, has scored a round of funding from ING Corporate Investments, the private equity unit of ING. Financial terms of the investment we...

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Gazillion Raises $60M

San Mateo-based Gazillion Entertainment, a publisher of massively multiplayer online games, said today that it has raised $60M in a new investment round. The round came from Temasek Holdings, as well as Oak Investments, Hearst Corporation, ...

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Friday, November 5, 2010

WrightSpeed Gets $5M for Hybrid Electric Technology

San Jose-based Wrightspeed, a firm developing extended-range, hybrid electric drive systems headed by Tesla motors co-founder Ian Wright, said late Thursday that it has received $5M in a Series A funding. Source of the funding was not discl...

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Cisco Boosts Apptio

Networking giant Cisco has made an investment in IT billing and financial management software firm Apptio, Apptio said today. The investment was worth $3.5M, an closes out a Series C funding for Apptio which initially closed at $16.5M. Appt...

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Chronic Health Capital Makes First Investment

A new, Woodside-based venture firm, Chronic Health Capital, has made its first investment, in Arizona-based DiCOM Grid. According to DiCOM Grid, which provides cloud-based medical imaging management software, it was the first investment by ...

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

AeroScout Locates $16M

Redwood City-based AeroScout, a firm that develops enterprise software which uses Wi-Fi and RFID to track assets, said today that it has raised $16M in a new venture financing round. The round was led by Evergreen Venture Partners, and also...

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Tesla Gets $30M From Panasonic

Palo Alto-based electric car maker Tesla Motors and Panasonic said late Wednesday evening that Panasonic has invested $30M in Tesla, in a private placement. According to the two firms, Panasonic paid $21.15 per share for a stake in Tesla, a...

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Neato Robotics Raises $17.6M

Mountain View-based Neato Robotics, the maker of a robotic vacuum cleaner, has raised around $17.6M in new funding, according to regulatory filings by the firm today. According to the filings, the firm raised $3.7M as part of a $14.0M Serie...

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

SurveyMonkey Gets $100M In Debt Financing

Menlo Park-based SurveyMonkey, the provider of web-based surveying software, said today that it has raised $100M in a senior debt financing round. The round was led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Other bank...

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Gene Security Network Snags $12M More

Redwood City-based Gene Security Network, a provider of molecular diagnostics products for single cell testing for chromosome abnormalities and genetic diseases, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding round. The round was ...

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Monday, November 1, 2010

RingCentral Gets $10M In Series C

San Mateo-based RingCentral, a provider of small business phone services via the cloud, said today that it has completed a Series C funding round. The round was led by Cisco. Financial details of the round were not released, however, a rece...

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Vindicia Raises $20M

Belmont, California-based Vindicia, a developer of software-as-a-service tools user to manage subscription billing, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series E financing round. The round was led by FTV Capital, and also included Bertel...

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Vascular Pathways Gets $14M

Los Altos-based Vascular Pathways, a developer of medical devices targeted at peripheral intravenous access, said today that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by CHL Medical Partners, and also included Ascens...

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Friday, October 29, 2010

Google Boosts HomeAway

Mountain View-based Google is taking a stake in online vacation travel marketplace HomeAway, via its venture capital arm, Google Ventures. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed, however, Google is acquiring its equity stake...

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

First Round's Herron Joins Intel Capital

Christine Herron, a venture capitalist at First Round Capital, said Wednesday that she is departing the firm to join Intel Capital. According to Herron, she will drive consumer and Internet deals for Intel in the Bay Area, and deepen Intel'...

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Nellix Acquired By Endologix

Mountain View-based Nellix, a developer of treatments for abdominal aortic aneurysms, has been acquired. According to acquiring firm Endologix, it will pay $15M in stock plus up to $39M in milestone payments for Nellix. As part of the fundi...

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

uCirrus Gets $4M

San Mateo-based uCirrus, a developer of real-time software that takes advantage of multicore processors to process data streams, said this week that it has raised $4M in a new funding round. The round was led by SK Telecom Ventures, and als...

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

AppToU Raises $1.8M in Seed Funding

Palo Alto-based AppToU, a stealth mode startup working in the mobile area, has raised $1.8M out of a $2.0M seed funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. AppToU's site says it is working on "simplified personalized ubiqui...

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Zuberance Lands $8M

San Carlos-based Zuberance, a developer of word-of-mouth marketing software, said this week that it has raised $8M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Emergence Capital Partners and Correla...

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Appcelerator Inks Deal With PayPal, Gets $9M

Mountain View-based Appcelerator, a firm that provides platforms for developing native mobile, desktop, and iPad applications, said today that it has inked a deal with PayPal to offer its mob ile commerce products through PayPal's merchant ...

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Pelican Imaging Sees $10M More

Mountain View-based Pelican Imaging Corporation, a developer of camera phone technology, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Globespan Capital Partners, and also included Granite Ventures, InterWes...

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Cloudera Gets $25M Boost

Palo Alto-based Cloudera, a developer of data management software for Apache Hadoop, has raised $25M in a third round of funding. According to Cloudera, the round was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and also included current investors Acc...

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Panzura Finds $11.0M

San Jose-based Panzura, a developer of cloud storage services, has raised $11.0M out of a $12.0M round. Details on the deal have not been announced. The firm is backed by Matrix Partners. Panzura is headed by Randy Chou, who was formerly at...

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Monday, October 25, 2010

iCiX Raises $6M

San Mateo-based iCiX, a developer of a web-based tool for analyzing supply chain risk and managing suppliers, said Monday that it had raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included St...

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Rapleaf Gets $15M

San Francisco-based Rapleaf, the Internet advertising information firm run by Auren Hoffman, has raised $15M in a funding round, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ cited a source close to the firm, in an expose crit...

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Power Integrations Invests $30M In SemiSouth

San Jose-based power Integrations said today that it has invested $30M in a strategic investment in Starkville, Mississippi-based SemiSouth, a developer of high-voltage, silicon-carbine semiconductors. The firm said the investment will help...

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Friday, October 22, 2010

GigaOm Gets $2.5M More

San Francisco-based GigaOm, the online technology news site run by Om Malik, has raised $2.5M in a new funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. GigaOm is backed by Alloy Ventures and True Ventures. Details on the new...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

KPCB Announces $250M Social Investment Fund, sFund

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announced this morning that it has established a $250M social fund. Focused on investing in entrepreneurs in the social space. As part of the announcement, made at Facebook, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers ...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

CafeBots Emerges From Stealth, With Backing of KPCB

Palo Alto-based CafeBots, a new startup founded by Stanford professor Yoav Shoham, has emerged from stealth, with funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. CafeBots is focused on developing software agents which act on your behalf on F...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Aurora Feint Gets $3M From Intel

Burlingame-based Aurora Feint, the developer of the OpenFeint mobile games platform, has scored $3M in new funding from Intel Capital. OpenFeint is a mobile gaming platform which allows Apple and Android mobile phone users to access social ...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

ShopSocially Gathers $1.1M

Mountain View-based ShopSocially, an online social shopping site focused on allowing friends to recommend and discover new products, has raised $1.1M, the firm said today. The funding was led by Valhalla Partners, and angels Raman Khanna, A...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

HeyStaks Gets $1.4M, Taps Former Yahoo VP For CEO

Irish-based social web search firm HeyStaks Technologies has raised about $1.4M in funding, which will go towards opening up an office in San Francisco and expanding its products and operations, the firm said today. The firm, which develops...

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Kontiki Raises $10.7M

Sunnyvale-based Kontiki, a provider of video delivery services for enterprises, said Wednesday that it has raised $10.7M in a Series B funding round. the round was led by MK Capital, and also included New world Ventures and Cross Creek Capi...

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Investors Line Up Against Prop 23

A number of California venture capital investors have joined an effort opposing Proposition 23, the California ballet initiative which looks to halt the state's clean energy law. In a statement released to the press, a long list of investor...

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

eCert Gets $8M

San Francisco-based eCert, a provider of email trust services for email authentication, has raised $8M in a funding, the firm said today. The funding came from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. According to eCert, it will use the funding ...

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Purdue Targets Silicon Valley

Indiana's Purdue University is looking to tap into Silicon Valley's innovation, hoping to draw some interest in investments and interest in the university and Indiana, saying today that it has opened up a West Coast office in the NASA Ames ...

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Pearl Therapeutics Gets $69M

Redwood City-based Pearl Therapeutics, a developer of biopharmaceuticals for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic respiratory diseases, announced this morning that it has raised $69M in a Series C financin...

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Former Zynga Exec Trader Joins Venture Firm Maveron

Andrew Trader, the former Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Zynga, has joined venture capital Maveron as an entrepreneur-in-residence. According to Seattle-based Maveron, Trader joins the frim's San Francisco offices. Trad...

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Evernote Raises $20M More

Mountain View-based Evernote, a service which allows users to add annotations and take notes on information on web pages or applications, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, ...

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Sharethrough Sees $5M

San Francisco-based Sharethrough, a provider of a video advertising network, announced today that it has raised $5M in a series A funding round. The round was led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Floodgate, and also included angel inves...

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

New Relic Raises $10M

San Francisco-based New Relic, a developer of application performance management software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Tenaya Capital, and also included Allen & Co., Benchamrk Capital...

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Redwood Systems Scores $15M

Fremont-based Redwood Systems, a developer of network-based, lighting, power, and control systems used for energy management, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Index Ventures, and also ...

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Involver Raises $8M

San Francisco-based Involver, a provider of social marketing products, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Western Technology Investment, and Cervin Ventures. Involve...

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

xAD Gets $4M For Local Mobile Advertising

San Francisco-based xAD, which operates a local mobile advertising network, said Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The round came from Emergence Capital Partners. As part of the funding, Jason Green of Emergence Capital j...

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

INgrooves Scores More Funding

San Francisco-based INgrooves, which provides digital distribution, marketing, and promotion services to music, video and book publishers, said Wednesday that it has raised another round of funding. The funding came from Shamrock Capital Gr...

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

CarWoo Gets New Funding, Launches Car Buying Service

Burlingame-based Carwoo, a startup developing an online service to help users buy new cars, said today that it has raised a Series A financing round. The firm said the new round came from Comcast Interactive Capital, Blumberg Capital, Accel...

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Cell Biosciences Acquires Convergent Bioscience, Raises Funding

Santa Clara-based Cell Biosciences announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire Convergent Bioscience Ltd., a Toronto-based developer of protein analysis products, in a deal worth $12M. According to Convergent, the acquisition will ...

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

PlayFirst Gets $9.2M More

San Francisco-based PlayFirst, a developer of social games, said Tuesday that it has raised $9.2M in a new funding round. $5.2M of the round came from its existing investors, including Mayfield Fund, Trinity Partners, DCM and Rustic Canyon ...

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Online Warmongers Gets $5M

San Francisco-based Online Warmongers, a developer of free-to-play, online war games, has received $5M in a funding round, according to Arktos Entertainment Group. Arktos said that the investment will go towards development and distribution...

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Bio Ventures for Global Health Adds Board Members

San Francisco-based BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), a nonprofit focused on developing novel biotechnology-based drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics for the developing world, said it has added Burrill & Company's CEO and Founder, G. Stev...

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Monday, October 11, 2010

TriReme Medical Gains $17M In Series D

Pleasanton-based TriReme Medical, a developer of catheter and stent products, said today that it has raised $17M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Bio*One Capital, and also included current investors Three Arch Partners and ...

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Friday, October 8, 2010

TubeMogul Gets $1M More

Emeryville-based TubeMogul, a provider of online video analytics software used to analyze video advertising, has raised $1M more in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have been announced ...

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Proferi Gets $6.3M From Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Others

Redwood City-based Proferi, a stealth-mode firm developing cloud-based, enterprise performance management software, has raised $6.3M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The round came from Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and...

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Eventbrite Gets $20M More

San Francisco-based Eventbrite, the provider of online services for event organizers, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by DAG Ventures, and also included Tenaya Capital and Sequoia Capital. E...

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Pathwork Diagnostics Scores $30M

Redwood City-based Pathwork Diagnostics, a developer of molecular diagnostics aimed at the oncology market, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Alta Partners, and also included prior invest...

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

WebFilings Looks Up $12.5M

Los Altos-based WebFilings, a maker of XBRL software used by companies to file regulatory reports with the SEC, said Tuesday that it has raised $12.5M in a Series B funding round. Source of the funding was not disclosed. The firm said the n...

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Memoir Systems Gains $5.1M

Sunnyvale-based Memoir Systems, a firm developing technology to help scale memory performance in ASIC designs, has raised $5.1M in a funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Memoir ...

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Omnicell Buys Pandora Data Systems

Mountain View-based Omnicell, a provider of automation and medication management products for the pharmacy and healthcare industry, said today that it has acquired Pandora Data Systems, a developer of analytical software used for regulatory...

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

ThreatMetrix Gets $12.1M

Los Altos-based ThreatMetrix, a developer of fraud prevention tools for e-commerce and financial services firms, said this morning that it has raised $12.1M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Tenaya Capital, and also includ...

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Monday, October 4, 2010

ePlanet Invests In Indian Energy Firm, Auro Mira

Redwood City-based ePlanet Ventures said Monday that it has invested $4.8M in Auro Mira Energy Company Private Limited (AME), based in India. According to ePlanet, the investment came as part of a $21M, second round of funding for AME, whic...

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Monday, October 4, 2010

ClairMail Gets $13.8M

San Rafael-based ClairMail, a developer of mobile banking and payment products, said today that it has raised $13.8M in what it describes as a "late stage" round of funding. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital, and also came from e...

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Friday, October 1, 2010

VantagePoint Backs Phreesia

Silicon Valley venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners has backed a New York-based developer of software for managing the patient check-in process for medical offices, Phreesia. Phreesia said VantagePoint led its $20M, Series D r...

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Crosslink Capital Closes $200M Fund

San Francisco-based Crosslink Capital said this week that it has closed on a $200M venture fund, focused on information technology and energy technology investments. The firm said the fund, Crosslink Ventures VI, is stage independent but wi...

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Silver Peak Systems Gets $4.1M

Santa Clara-based Silver Peak Systems, a developer of wide area network acceleration tools, has raised another $4.1M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the funding was not disclosed. The firm's investors inc...

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

OpenDNS Looks Up $4.5M

San Francisco-based OpenDNS, which provides domain name system lookup services, has raised $4.5M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. OpenDNS has previously raised funding from Sequoia Capital and G...

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

PVT Solar Absorbs $13.7M

Berkeley-based PVT Solar, a developer of solar energy technology which helps existing solar panels generate more energy and also provides hot water as a byproduct, has raised $13.7M in a Series B funding round. According to the firm, the ro...

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Retail Solutions Gets $15.2M

Mountain View-based Retail Solutions, a developer of software-as-a-service used by consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies analyze their sales data, said this week that it has raised $15.2M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by ...

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Ongo Lands $12M From Newspaper Publishers

Cupertino-based Ongo, a startup developing a consumer service for reading and sharing news, has gathered $12M in initial funding from a number of publishers. According to Ongo, the new funding came from Gannett Company, The New York Times C...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

True Ventures Invests In PingPin, Headed By Jaiku's Engestrom

Palo Alto-based True Ventures, along with New York-based Betaworks, have appeared to have just made an investment in Pingpin, a stealth mode developer of mobile applications. The funding came to light via a regulatory filing. The Series A f...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

SenSage Gets $6.25M

San Francisco-based SenSage said Tuesday that it has raised $6.25M in a combination of equity and debt financing. The firm, which develops log management software for the network security market, said $3.5M of the funding was in equity from...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Group Price Raises $305K

Redwood City-based Group Price, which operates an online group buying site for businesses, has raised $305,000 in an equity funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The firm was founded and is headed by Van Jepson, w...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

GEO Semiconductor Gets $2M In Venture Debt, Equity

Santa Clara-based GEO Semiconductor, a developer of semiconductors used for pixel processing for LCD displays and smartphone cameras, said today that it has raised $2M in a combination of venture debt and equity. The venture debt was led by...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Fitbit Gets $9M

San Francisco-based Fitbit, a developer of devices for measuring calories burned, distance travel, and fitness for users, has raised $9M in a funding round, according to investor Foundry Group. According to Foundry, the round also included ...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

NetShelter Snags $15M

San Francisco-based NetShelter Media, a provider of advertising for technology media sites and blogs, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Rho Ventures, and also include...

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Chegg Scores $75M

San Jose-based Chegg, the online college texbook rental site, has raised another $75M in funding, according to multiple reports. The new funding apparently came from Ace Limited. Chegg has previously raised funding from Kleiner Perkins Cauf...

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Cafebots Gains $2.0M

Palo Alto-based Cafebots, a stealth mode firm headed by Yoav Shoham, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, has scored $2.0M, part of a $5.0M fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. As pa...

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Greylock Boots Up $20M Seed Fund

Venture capital firm Greylock Partners today announced that it has started a new, $20M seed fund run by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. According to Hoffman, at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, the fund will go towards small-scale investme...

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Quantenna Communications Raises $21M More

Fremont-based Quantenna Communications announced this morning that it has raised $21M more, in a Series E funding round. The round was led by DAG Ventures, a new investor in the firm, and included prior investors Sequoia Capital, Sigma Part...

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

CytomX Gets $30M

San Francisco-based CytomX Therapeutics, a firm developing antibody technology, announced Thursday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Third Rock Ventures, and also included the Roche Venture Fund. As p...

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Tensilica Gets Investment From Fujitsu

Santa Clara-based Tensilica, a developer of digital signal processing (DSP) and CPU cores for the systems-on-a-chip market, said this week that it has received a strategic investment from Fujitsu Limited. Financial terms of the investment w...

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Rocket Fuel Raises $10M

Redwood Shores-based Rocket Fuel, a developer of advertising targeting technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Nokia Growth Partners, and also included Northgate Capital, Mohr Dav...

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Aster Data Snags $30M

San Carlos-based Aster Data, a developer of data warehousing and analytics products, said Wednesday that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Sequoia Capital, JAFCO Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Ca...

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Jumio, Headed by Jajah's Mattes, Scores $1.36M

Mountain View-based Jumio, an online payment startup headed by Daniel Mattes, former chairman and co-founder of Jajah, has raised $1.36M, part of an ongoing $5.7M fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday. S...

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant Fund OtherInBox

Silicon Valley investors Dave McClure and Naval Ravikant are two of the people funding email firm OtherInBox today, according to reports. OtherInBox, based in Austin, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.5M from Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant, ...

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Nexant Gets $43M For Smart Grid Software

San Francisco-based Nexant, a developer of grid and clean energy management software, has raised $43M in a new funding round, the firm said today. The round came from Oak Investment Partners, Intel Capital, TeleSoft, and Beacon. Nexant deve...

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Aryaka Gains $14M

Milpitas-based Aryaka Networks, a firm developing application acceleration and WAN optimization products, said today that it has raised $14M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Trinity Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Nexus Ven...

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Power Assure Boosted By ABB

Santa Clara-based Power Assure, a developer of software used for power optimization and monitoring for data centers, has raised $1.5M from ABB, the firm said Monday. According to Power Assure, the investment came from ABB's venture capital ...

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Cirtas Gets $10M

San Jose-based Cirtas Systems, a developer of software which connects enterprises into storage clouds, has raised $10M in a Series A, the firm said today. The round came from NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Amazon. According to Cirtas...

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

BranchOut Gets $6.0M

San Francisco-based BranchOut, a developer of career networking applications for Facebook, has raised $6.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. The new funding comes from Accel Partners. BranchOut--form...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Extole Raises $5M

San Francisco-based Extole, a provider of social marketing tools and services, said Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Trident Capital, and also included Redpoint Ventures and Norwest Venture ...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Grid2Home Gets Seeded

Grid2Home, a developer of energy management software whose founders are in Campbell, California, said Wednesday that it has raised a seed round of funding. The funding came from Granite Ventures. No details on the size of that funding was g...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Third Rock Ventures Raises $426M Fund, Sets Up Shop In San Francisco

Boston-based Third Rock Ventures, a venture firm focused on life science companies, said this week that it has closed on Third Rock Fund II, a $426M fund focused on the life science area, and also opened up a San Francisco office. According...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

TuneUp Downloads $4.3M

San Francisco-based TuneUp Media, a developer of a music metadata plug-in for iTunes, said Wednesday that it has raised $4.3M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by IDG Ventures, and also included prior investor KPG Ventures. Tun...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

SpringCM Raises $15M

San Mateo-based SpringCM, a developer of enterprise content management software, said Wednesday that it has raised $15.0M in a financing round. According to SpringCM, the funding will go to further develop and extend its content management ...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Conviva Lands $15M

San Mateo-based Conviva, a provider of online video streaming technology, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by GGV Capital, and also included prior investors Foundation Capital, New Enterprise...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

VantagePoint Launches $100M China Fund

Venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners has launched a new, $100M (RMB680 million) venture fund in China, focused on clean technology and financial services, the company said Tuesday. According to the firm, the new fund, the Tian...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

SandForce Picks Up $25M

Saratoga-based SandForce, a developer of processors for the solid state disk drive market, announced Tuesday that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Cannan Partners, and also included...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Supyo Gets $200K

San Francisco-based Supyo, a new startup whose founders include Napster's Shawn Fanning, has raised $200,000 in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. Details on the firm, or the funding, have not been releas...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Informifi Gets Funding

San Francisco-based Informifi, a developer of tools to manage online content, has raised a Series A funding round, according to the firm. Amount of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Walden Venture Capital, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Thump Games Raises $690K

Palo Alto-based Thump Games, a developer of a social game called Thump Football, which allows sports fans to predict what happens next in live football games, on a play-by-play basis, has raised $690,041 out of a $1.8M, Series A funding rou...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Get Satisfaction Finds $6M

San Francisco-based Get Satisfaction, which develops an online community platform for connecting companies to their customers, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Azure Capital partners, and a...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Joyent Raises $15M More

San Francisco-based Joyent, a developer of cloud computing services, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included Greycroft Partners and Liberty Global. Joyent said it...

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Monday, September 13, 2010

StorSimple Takes $13M

Santa Clara-based StorSimple, a provider of a storage appliance for connecting to cloud storage, has raised $13M in a Series B funding round, according to the firm. The funding came from Mayfield, and also included Ignition Partners, Index ...

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Relypsa Nabs $70M

Santa Clara-based Relypsa, a firm developing non-absorbable polymeric drugs for treating renal impairment, hypertension, diabetes and heart failure, said Monday that it has raised $70M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by OrbiM...

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Fitbit Gets $8.0M

San Francisco-based Fitbit, which develops a device from tracking daily exercise, has raised $7.98M out of an ongoing $9.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm earlier this month. The funding included True Ventures...

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Monday, September 13, 2010

TRIA Beauty Raises $15.6M

Dublin, California-based TRIA Beauty, a developer of light-based skincare products based on lasers, said late last week that it raised $15.6M in a new round of growth financing. According to the firm, the round came from Aisling Capital, De...

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Expensify Raises $5.75M

San Francisco-based Expensify, a developer of software-as-a-service for managing expense reports, said today that it has raised $5.7M in a Series A financing. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included seed investors Hillsven...

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Ooyala Gets $22M From Asian Partners

Mountain View-based Ooyala, a provider of online video hosting, analytics, and advertising said today that has raised $22M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by CID Group, and also included ITOCHU, Sierra Ventures, and Rembrandt...

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Livescribe Raises $39M More

Oakland-based Livescribe, a maker of pen-based computers, said this morning that it has raised $39M in funding, bringing it to approximately $100M raised in venture capital. The firm said the Series C round was led by Crosslink Capital, and...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

4Home Gets Investment From Verizon

Sunnyvale-based 4Home, a developer of software used to connect into home management services for home security, energy management, and other purposes, has scored an investment from Verizon, the firm said Wednesday. 4Home said Verizon Invest...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Coulomb Plugs Into $15M More

Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies, a developer of electric vehicle charging station technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. According to Coulomb, the funds came from new investors Harbor Pacific Cap...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Solaria Brings Series D To $65M

Fremont-based Solaria, a manufacturer of photovoltaic modules for the solar power industry, said Wednesday that it has upped funding in its Series D round to $65M. The firm said the additional funding came from Adams Street Partners, Cycad ...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Kno Gets $46M For Electronic Textbooks

Santa Clara-based Kno, a maker of digital textbook hardware, has raised $46M in a new funding round, the firm announced today. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, and also included debt from Silicon Valley Bank and TriplePoint Capita...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Sofinnova Ventures Adds General Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Sofinnova Ventures announced today that it has added Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D., as a General Partners. Kong joins the company from Intersouth Partners, where he was also a General Partner. According to ...

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Mayfield's Roberts Joins RealNetworks' Board

Janice Roberts, a Managing Director at Menlo Park-based Mayfield Fund, has just joined the board of directors of publicly held RealNetworks. Roberts investments include Aliph, PlayFirst, Quickoffice, and Ubicom. Roberts also has served at 3...

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Inflection Finds $30M

Palo Alto-based Inflection, which runs the websites Archives.com and PeopleSmart.com, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Matrix Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. As part of the inves...

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Institutional Venture Partners Raises $750M Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Institutional Venture Partners announced today that it has closed Institutional Venture Partners XIII, at $750M. According to the firm, the later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund will be foc...

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Monday, August 30, 2010

PageBites Takes $10.3M

Palo Alto-based PageBites, which operated a job search engine and aggregator, has raised $10.3M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. No details on the funding have been announced. PageBites site no...

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Monday, August 30, 2010

EndoGastric Solutions Raises $30M

Redwood City-based EndoGastric Solutions, a developer of treatments for upper gastrointestinal diseases, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), announced this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series F financing round. The fun...

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Cloud Cruiser Nabs Funding Round

San Francisco-based Cloud Cruiser, a stealth mode firm developing cloud management software, said today that it has received a Series A funding round. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. The companys aid that the round was led by W...

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Friday, August 27, 2010

Soft Machines Lands $13.0M

Santa Clara-based Soft Machines, a stealth mode firm in the semiconductor area, has raised $13.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the company or its funding have been announced. Howe...

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Lumenergi Raises $12.7M

Newark-based Lumenergi, a developer of networking energy efficient lighting systems, said Wednesday that it has raised $12.7M in a Series B round of funding. The funding was led by Braemer Energy Ventures, and also included Townsend VC LLC,...

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Atlantis Computing Lands $10M

Mountain View-based Atlantis Computing, a developer of appliances used for managing virtual desktop (VDI) I/O and storage, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Partech International, El Dorado...

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

DriverSide Parks $2M

San Francisco-based DriverSide, which operates an online car information and advice site for consumers, has raised $2M in a third funding round, according to a regulatory filing. According to the filing, the funding is part of an ongoing, $...

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Zimride Raises $1.2M

San Francisco-based Zimride, which operates an online community and service for ride sharing, has raised $1.2M in funding. The funding came from Floodgate, K9 Ventures, Teddy Downey and Keith Rabois. Zimride's service, which is available sc...

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

VSS Monitoring Taps Into $20M

Burlingame-based VSS Monitoring, a developer of distributed network traffic capture products for data centers, said Tuesday that it raised $20M in a first institutional round of funding. The round came from Battery Ventures. According to th...

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Monday, August 23, 2010

GameCrush Raises $705K

San Franciso-based GameCrush, the online service which connects lonely online gamers with attractive female gamers for online, one-on-one videogame sessions, has raised $705.5K in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the fir...

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Inkling Picks Up Funding From Sequoia, Others

San Francisco-based Inkling, a developer of iPad applications for textbook publishing, said last week it has raised funding from Sequoia Capital, Kapor Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Details of the funding were not announc...

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Nimbula Nabs $15M

Menlo Park-based Nimbula, a developer of cloud computing operating systems, has raised another $15M in funding, according to the company. Nimbula said the new round was led by Accel Partners, and also included prior investors Sequoia Capita...

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

USVP Adds Three To Team

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm U.S. Venture Partners reports today that it has added three individuals to its team. The firm said it has added John Hadl as a Venture Partner, on the firm's Consumer Internet and Business Services inve...

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

USVP Adds Three To Team

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm U.S. Venture Partners reports today that it has added three individuals to its team. The firm said it has added John Hadl as a Venture Partner, on the firm's Consumer Internet and Business Services inve...

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

PlaySpan Gets $18M

Santa Clara-based PlaySpan announced today that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Vodafone Ventures and Softbank Bodhi Fund, and also included prior investors Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures, STIC, and others...

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Complete Genomics Gets $39M

Mountain View-based Complete Genomics, a firm developing and commercializing a DNA sequencing platform, said today that it has raised $39M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by Sands Capital, and also included prior investors Es...

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Teleplace Gets New Funding, CEO

Redwood City-based Teleplace, a provider of teamwork and collaboration software for enterprises, said Wednesday that it has closed on an additional round of financing. Size of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. As part of the fundi...

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

CloudCrowd Gathers $5.1M

San Francisco-based CloudCrowd, a provider of an online crowdsourcing service which uses its technology to tap the resources of Internet users to accomplish tasks, said today that it has raised $5.1M in a Series B funding round. The round w...

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Highland Capital Partners Adds Google's Manish Patel

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners announced today that it has added Manish Patel, most recently at Google, as a Principal. Highland said that Patel will be based in the firm's Menlo Park office. Highland said P...

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

SI-BONE Gets $11M

San Jose-based SI-BONE, a medical device firm developing a minimally invasive surgical device to treat the sacroiliac (SI) joint, said late Tuesday that it has raised $11.0M in a financing round. The round came from new investor Skyline Ven...

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Sonatype Raises $10M

Mountain View-based Sonatype, a developer of applications for managing the open source Maven Java project and build management software, has raised $10M in a funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Details of the fundin...

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Sensear Gets $6.3M

Sensear, a developer of noise reducing headsets which has its U.S. offices in San Francisco, said today that it has raised $7.1M Australian, or roughly $6.3M in U.S. dollars, for the firm. The firm said the funding came from its existing sh...

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Felicis Ventures Raises $40M Super Angel Fund

Palo Alto-based Felicis Ventures, the angel investment fund run by Aydin Senkut, said today that it has raised a new, $40M "Super Angel" fund. According to Senkut, the fund will focus on early stage companies with "breakthrough" Internet an...

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Friday, August 13, 2010

WePay Gets $7.5M

Palo Alto-based WePay, a developer of an online payment service aimed at groups, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners, and also included August Capital, its existing...

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

GreenVolts Snags $7.5M

Fremont-based GreenVolts, a developer of concentrating photovoltaic technology, has raised $7.5M of a $11.25M debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the funding have been announced by the f...

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

PURE Storage Raises $18.4M

Mountain View-based PURE Storage, a stealth mode firm whose founders include Veritas founding engineering John Colgrove and former Veritas VP Mike Speiser, has raised $18.4M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm t...

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Report: Better Valuations In Q2

The latest venture capital survey from legal firm Fenwick & West LLP find that valuations were improved in the second quarter. According to Fenwick's Second Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, up rounds exceeded down rounds ...

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Talari Gets $10M

Cupertino-based Talari Networks, a developer of WAN virtualization products, said today that it has raised $10M in a second round of funding. The round was led by Silver Creek Ventures, and also included prior investors menlo Ventures and o...

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Telekenex Gets $5.5M In Debt

San Francisco- and Seattle-based Telekenex, a firm which provides managed internet, SIP trunking, and other IP telephony products, has raised $5.5M in a debt funding round. The round came from Wellington Financial LP. According to Wellingto...

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Nanosys Lands $25M From Samsung, Others

Palo Alto-based Nanosys, a firm developing advanced materials, said today that it has scored $25M in equity from strategic investor Samsung Electronics, along with it existing investors. Nanosys said that Samsung will invest $15M in the fir...

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

HipChat Gets Angel Funding

Mountain View-based HipChat, which operates a private, instant messaging service aimed at the corporate set, said today that it has raised $100,000 in angel investment. The funding came from the Founders Fund TechFellow inaugural 2009 award...

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Monday, August 9, 2010

Solazyme Raises $52M More

South San Francisco-based Solazyme, a developer of renewable, algae-based biofuels technology, announced this morning that it has raised $52M in a Series D funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Braemer Energy Ventures a...

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Friday, August 6, 2010

Neodyne Stitches Up $5.8M

Menlo Park-based Neodyne Biosciences, a stealth mode biotechnology firm developing technology related to plastic surgery and wound care, has raised $5.8M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing. No details on the firm, nor its f...

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Friday, August 6, 2010

Tenaxis Medical Raises $9.56M

Palo Alto-based Tenaxis Medical, a developer of surgical sealants, has raised $9.56M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The funding appears to be part of an ongoing, $16.6M funding round for t...

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Redbeacon Gets $7.4M

San Mateo-based Redbeacon, an online service for booking local appointments and services, said this week that it has raised $7.4M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Mayfield Fund and Venrock. As part of the funding, the firm said ...

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

C2Call Raises $2M

Mountain View-based C2Call, which operates an Internet browser-based, voice calling services, said today it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Draper Investment Company, High-Tech Grunderfonds, and Klaus Wecken,...

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Provade Gets New Funding

San Mateo-based Provade, a developer of software tools for workforce spend management, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a new round of venture funding. The firm said it raised $3M in a round led by Asset Management Company, which a...

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Xactly Lands $12M More

San Jose-based Xactly, a developer of sales performance management software, said Tuesday that it has raised $12M in funding. The funding was led by Bridgescale Partners, and also included Alloy Ventures, Bay Partners, Cheyenne Partners, Gl...

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

YouSendIt Receives $15M

Campbell-based YouSendIt, which operates an online site for helping users send large files over the Internet, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Adams Street Partnres, and also i...

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Axcient Snags $9M More

Mountain View-based Axcient, a developer of data backup and business continuity services, announced today that it has raised $9M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Thomvest Venturs, and also included prior investors Allegis C...

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

MobileIron Gets $16M

Mountain View-based MobileIron, a developer of smartphone management software, announced today that it has raised $16M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by new investor Foundation Capital, and also included prior investors Norw...

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Pancetera Gains First Round of Funding

Santa Clara-based Pancetera, a developer of a virtual appliance for managing storage optimization in virtualized data centers, said today that it has raised a first round of funding. The roun came from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and ON...

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Pelican Imaging Gets In-Q-Tel Investment

Mountain View-based Pelican Imaging, a developer of high resolution, camera technology for the mobile market, said today that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA. Financial terms of the invest...

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Klout Aims At $2.0M

San Francisco-based Klout, a firm which operates an online service which measures social media influence, appears to be in the midst of expanding its Series A funding to $2.0M. According to a regulatory filing, the firm is in the midst of r...

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Zynga Gets $150M From SoftBank, Launches In Japan

San Francisco-based social gaming developer Zynga and investor Softbank announced late last night that the two are in a joint venture, to develop and distribute social games across Japan. Along with the deal, the two said that Softbank has ...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Envivio Sees $15M More

South San Francisco-based Envivio announced Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a new investment round. According to Envivio, the mezzanine investment came from both venture capital and banking sources. The firm did not name the firms in t...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Business Insider Takes $3M Towards World Domination

New York-based Business Insider, the business news and opinion site run by former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget, said Wednesday that it has raised $3M in funding. The firm said the round came from RRE Ventures and its other existing inv...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Soladigm Gets $6M In Debt Funding

Milpitas-based Soladigm, a maker of smart windows, has raised $6M in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. According to the filing, the funding is part of a $7.5M round. No details on the round have b...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Killer Robot Firm Adds Peter Thiel To Board, Boosts Funding

A Palo Alto-based firm developing killer robots for the military, Robotex, has apparently added Peter Thiel to its board, based on a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. According to a filing from Robotex, it has raised $6.1M in funding a...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

CloudMade Captures $12.3M

Menlo Park-based CloudMade, a developer of online tools for open mapping, said Tuesday that it has raised $12.3M in a Series B investment round. The round was led by Greylock Partners, and also included prior investor Sunstone Capital. Clou...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

BlueArc Lands $20M More

San Jose-based BlueArc, a developer of network attached storage products, said today that it has raised $20M more in funding. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital, the venture arm of Investor AB. BlueArc also said that its sixteen e...

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

BuzzLogic Rounds Up $8.8M

San Francisco-based Buzzlogic, a provider of blog advertising products, said today that it has raised $8.8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Adams Capital Management, and also included Ackerly Partners. According to BuzzLog...

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Monday, July 26, 2010

Convoke Systems Collects $5.5M

San Francisco-based Convoke Systems, a developer of software used for debt collection and recovery, said today that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Flybridge Capital partners and QED Investors. Accordin...

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Sling's Krikorian Joins DCM

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM said Wednesday that it has added Jason Krikorian, the co-founder of Sling Media and creator of the Slingbox, as a new General Partner at the firm. DCM announced the addition of Kirkorian along with ...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Flipboard Buys Ellerdale, Launches iPad App With New Funding

Palo Alto-based Flipboard, a new startup founded by Mike McCue, former CEO of Tellme, and Evan Doll, former senior iPhone engineer at Apple, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a funding round, from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, I...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Google Backs Paid Search Marketplace Firm, Trada

Mountain View-based Google, through its venture capital arm, Google Ventures, is backing a firm which operates an online marketplace for paid search agencies and experts. According to Trada, which is based in Colorado, Google Ventures has l...

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Jive Raises $30M More

Enterprise social networking software developer Jive Software, which is based in Palo Alto, said Tuesday evening that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. According to Jive, the round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a...

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Validity Raises $12.6M For Biometrics Sensor

San Jose-based Validity, a developer of biometric fingerprint sensors, said Tuesday that it has raised $12.6M in a Series D funding round. The firm said the round was oversubscribed, and was led by new investor Panorama Capital. The firm al...

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

PlantSense Grabs $2.5M

San Francisco-based PlantSense, a maker of a web-enabled product which helps gardeners determine which plants would work best in their yard, has raised $2.5M as part of an ongoing $4.0M funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing...

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bill.com Scores New Investment

Palo Alto-based Bill.com, a provider of paperless bill management and payment products for the small and medium sized business market, said today that it has scored a new investment. The investment came from Total Technology Ventures (TTV)....

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Founders Fund Closes $250M Fund

San Francisco-based Founders Fund said last night that it has closed its third venture fund, at $250M in commitments. Founders Fund III LP is the firm's largest fund yet, the firm said. The fund said investors in the new fund came from limi...

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Monday, July 19, 2010

LedEngin Gets Series D

Santa Clara-based LedEngin, a developer of solid state lighting components, said Monday that it has raised a Series D round of funding. Size of the round was not disclosed. According to the firm, the round was led by NGP Energy Technology P...

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Pixazza Gets $12M

Mountain View-based Pixazza, a developer of technology which inserts information and advertising into online images, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B financing. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included prior...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Venture Capital Totals Up In Q2, Silicon Valley Hits $2.9B In Deals

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) have released their quarterly venture capital numbers for Q2, reporting that venture deals in the US in the quarter totaled $6.5 billion. Locally, Silicon Valley fir...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Pacific Biosciences Gains $109M

Menlo Park-based Pacific Biosciences, a firm developing technology for the real-time detection of biological events, said Wednesday that it has completed a $109M, Series F financing. The round includes a previously announced $50m investment...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Okta Nabs $10M

San Francisco-based Okta, a developer of cloud-based, identity management software, has raised $10M in a Series A financing, the firm said this week. According to the firm, the round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, in addition to Mike Maple...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

BillFloat Raises $4.5M

San Francisco-based BillFloat, an online service which helps consumers spread out payments for their bills, said Wednesday that it has raised $4.5M in funding. The round was led by First Round Capital, and also included Paypal, Venrock, Bas...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

shopkick Picks Up $15M

Palo Alto-based shopkick, a developer of location-based mobile applications for physical retailers, said Wednesday evening that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Greylock Partners, and partner Reid Hoffman...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Trilliant Takes Big $106M Round For Smart Metering Products

Redwood City-based Trilliant Incorporate, a developer of smart grid management software for the utility market, announced this morning that it has raised a big, $106M round of financing. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital and Vant...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

SolarCity Snags $21.5M

Foster City-based SolarCity, a provider of financing for residential and commercial solar power projects, announced Wednesday that it has raised $21.5M in a new investment round. The round was led by Mayfield Partners, and also included pri...

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Power Assure Gets $11.25M More

Santa Clara-based Power Assure, which develops software for managing data center energy usage, said today that it has raised $11.25M in additional funding. The round came from Good Energies, Point Judith Capital, and Draper Fishre Jurvetson...

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

BARRX Medical Gets $15M

Sunnyvale-based BARRX Medical, a developer of treatments for Barrett's esophagas, a precancerous condition of the esophagus, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners, and...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Trivascular Raises $60M

Santa Rosa-based Trivascular, a developer of medical stent graft systems for treating aortic aneurysms, said this week that it has raised $60M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures, and also included New Enterp...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Ventus Medical Gains $40M

Belmont-based Ventus Medical, a medical device firm developing a treatment for sleep apnea, said this week that it has raised $40M in a Series D funding round. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Ventus also said it has named Peter...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

hi5 Gets $14M More

San Francisco-based social networking site hi5 announced this morning that it has raised a new round of venture funding worth $14.0M. The firm said the second round of funding was led by Crosslink Capital, and brings its total raised to jus...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

MobileIron Raises $16.0M

Sunnyvale-based MobileIron, a developer of software for managing smartphones and other mobile devices for enterprises, has raised $16.0m in a new equity funding round. The funding came to light through a regulatory filing. Source of the new...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Moxsie Gains $3.7M

Palo Alto-based Moxsie, an online retailer of fashion clothing and jewelry, has raised $3.7M as part of a $5.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details have been announced by the company. The funding included...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Mirics Raises $13M More

San Jose-based Mirics, a developer of software-based, broadcast TV reception technology, said today that it has raised $13.0M in funding. The firm said the round came from existing investors Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and Pond ...

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Monday, July 12, 2010

Venture Capitalists Not Finding Funding, Either

Venture capital firms are seeing a slowdown in investments, according to the latest report from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Reuters. According to a report released today, thirty-eight U.S. venture capital fir...

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Friday, July 9, 2010

iPierian Nets $22M

South San Francisco-based iPierian, a firm developing stem cell-based biopharmaceuticals for the drug discovery market, said Thursday that it has raised $22M in a Series B equity funding. The round was led by Google Ventures, and also inclu...

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

DFine Pulls In $36M

San Jose-based DFine, which develops minimally invasive treatments for stabilizing vertebral fractures, said this week that it has raised $36.2M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Split Rock Partners, and also included Orbimed,...

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Coveroo Gains $2.3M

San Francisco-based Coveroo, a manufacturer of customized covers and cases for mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices, said Thursday that it has raised $2.3M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture P...

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Aurora Feint Gets Investment From The9

Burlingame-based Aurora Feint, a developer of mobile games and a mobile social networking platform for game developers, has raised a round of strategic investment from Chinese game operator The9 Limited. Amount of the investment was not ann...

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

eMeter Scores $12.5M

San Mateo-based eMeter, a developer of smart grid management software, said Thursday that it has raised $12.5M in a financing round. The round came from Sequoia Capital and Foundation Capital, prior investors in the firm, along with new inv...

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Calithera Biosciences Raises $40M

South San Francisco-based Calithera Biosciences said today that it has raised $40M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, and also included U.S. Venture Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Delphi Vent...

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Glu Raises $13.5M In PIPE

San Mateo-based mobile games publisher Glu Mobile said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $13.5M in a private placement. According to the firm, the investment came from ten existing stockholders, and ten new investors. The firm said tha...

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Venrock Raises $350M Fund

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Venrock said this week that it has closed on a new, $350M venture capital fund, Venrock VI. The firm said the fund is focused on investments in early stage technology, healthcare and energy companies. Th...

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Maven Research Gets $1M In Seed Funding

San Francisco-based Maven Research, which operates an online marketplace for industry experts, said today that it has completed a $1M seed financing round. The firm said it is enabling "micro-consulting" by experts to venture capital and pr...

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Friday, July 2, 2010

DFJ, Cisco Invest $250K In Ambiq Micro

Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco said Thursday that they are investing $250,000 in startup Ambiq Micro, the winner of the firms' Global Business Plan Competition for university and business shcool students. The firms said that Ambiq is dev...

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

ModCloth.com Finds $19.8M

San Francisco-based ModCloth, an online retailer focused on fashion and decor from independent designers, said late Wednesday that it has raised $19.8M in a series B funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, First Round Capital, an...

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Zenprise Raises $9M

Fremont-based Zenprise announced this morning that it has raised $9M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also includes prior investors Ignition Partners, Bay Partners, Mayfield and Shasta Venture...

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

SunRun Gets $55M More

San Francisco-based SunRun, which provides power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the residential solar market, has raised $55M in a Series C funding round, the firm said this morning. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included A...

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Triggit Pulls In $4.2M

San Francisco-based Triggit, a developer of a real-time advertising bidding platform, announced today that it has raised $4.2M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Spark Capital and Foundry Group. Seth Levine of Foundry Group an...

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Sencha Snags $14M

Palo Alto-based Sencha, which develops software to power mobile software applications, has raised $14M, the firm said today. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and Radar Partners. Sencha's software uses HTML5 and CSS3 to implement mobile...

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

GetJar Raises $11M

San Mateo-based GetJar, which operates an online application store for mobile phones, announced today that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding. The round came from Accel Partners. The firm said the new funding will go toward "continued...

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

DFJ, Cisco Name Finalists In Business Plan Competition

Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco announced the finalists in the two firms' Global Business Plan Competition for University and business school students Wednesday, picking a wide range of teams from the US, UK, Israel, China, Russia, India ...

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

PapayaMobile Harvests $4M

Mobile social networking firm PapayaMobile, which has operations in Menlo Park and Beijing, said Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by DCM. According to PapayaMobile, it is developing an open-A...

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Nimbula Takes On Cloud Computing With Backing of Sequoia, VMware

San Francisco-based Nimbula, a firm started by former ex-Amazon EC2 execs, said today that it has launched a new, cloud computing operating system startup. Nimbula said it is looking to provide a "comprehensive" cloud computing operating sy...

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Scientific Conservation Adds The Westly Group in Round

Berkeley-based Scientific Conservation, a provider of products for the energy efficiency and system optimization market, reported today that it has added investor The Westly Group as part of its Series A funding round. The new investment br...

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Recurve Scores $8M From Lowe's, Others

San Francisco-based Recurve, which provides software and services for the home energy efficiency and auditing business, announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series B financing round. The round came from Lowe's Companies, RockPort Cap...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

NeuroSky Absorbs $11.8M

San Jose-based NeuroSky, a developer of consumer-targeted, brain-computer interfaces, announced Tuesday that it has raised $11.8M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Taicom Capital, and also included W.R. Hambrecht and other p...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

ReputationDefender Raises $15M

Redwood City-based ReputationDefender said earlier today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, who were Se...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Silego Technology Raises $5.75M More

Santa Clara-based Silego Technology, a supplier of clock chips and semiconductors to the notebook and netbook market, has raised $5.75M more as part of a Series C funding round targeted at $6.0M. The funding was disclosed through a regulato...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Brand.net Gets $14M

San Mateo-based Brand.net, which operates an online display and advertising platform, said Tuesday that it has closed on $14M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included InterWest Partners and Norwest...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Playdom Raises $33M More

Mountain View-based Playdom, a developer of social games, said today that it has raised $33M in additional venture capital funding. The firm said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures, and New World Ventures, a...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Rocket Lawyer Gets $7M

San Francisco-based Rocket Lawyer, an online site which connects people with both legal documents and attorneys, said yesterday that it has raised $7M in an equity financing round. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital (IGC). The fir...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Baxano Raises $30M

San jose-based Baxano, a developer of medical devices for treatment of spinal disorders, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the firm has announced. The funding was led by CMEA Capital, and also included Kaiser Permanente ventures, Affin...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Incline Therapeutics Gets $43M

Redwood City-based Incline Therapeutics, a specialty pharmaceuticals firm developing a transdermal, patient-controlled analgesia system for post-surgey patients, has scored $43M in a Series A venture financing. The firm said Monday that the...

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Apptera Raises $10M More

Sunnyvale-based Apptera, a developer of mobile advertising products, has raised $10M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. The firm's investors include Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Walden Inte...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Pacific Biosciences Raises $50M

Menlo Park-based Pacific Biosciences, a developer of DNA sequencing technology, has received $50M in an investment from Gen-Probe, the firms announced Thursday. According to the firm, the investment comes as part of a deal to co-develop new...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

ExploreTrip Gets $423,500

San Mateo-based ExploreTrip, an online site focused on cheap international air fares, has raised $423,500 in what appears to be an angel funding round, according to a regulatory filing Thursday. Details on the funding have not been announce...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Carrier IQ Calls Up $12M More

Mountain View-based Carrier IQ, which provides customer experience metrics to mobile carriers and device manufacturers, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M in a Series D financing round. The round was led by Bridgescale Partners, and inc...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Recurve Raises $8.1M

San Francisco-based Recurve, a provider of home energy efficiency auditing services and software, has raised $8.1M in a new, equity funding round with a target of $9.0M, according to a regulatory filing today by the company. No details on t...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Stion Gets $50M From TSMC

Menlo Park-based Stion, a developer of high-efficiency, thin-film solar photovoltaic modules, has scored $50M in a funding round from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., TSMC said Wednesday. According to TSMC, it is taking a 2...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

KXEN Digs Up $8M

San Francisco-based KXEN, a developer of data mining and predictive analytics software, announced Wednesday that it has closed on $8M in a Series D funding round. The round came from NextStage, and also included prior investors XAnge Capita...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Bill.com Collects $8.5M

Palo Alto-based Bill.com announced today that it has raised $8.5M in a Series C financing round. The firm, which automated bill management and payment for small and midsized businesses, said the funding was led by Jafco Ventures, and also i...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

GageIn Gets Series A

Santa Clara-based GageIn, a firm which says it is developing an online platform for tracking businesses, said today that it has raised a Series A funding round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. GageIn said that Dr. Shao-Qing Sun, CE...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Report: Zynga Gets $147M from Softbank

A report today from the Nikkei English News reports that social games maker Zynga Game Network has received $147M (13.5 billion yen) in an investment from Softbank Corp. No details on the funding have been announced by either of the compani...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Appcelerator Raises $2.0M

Mountain View-based Appcelerator, which creates cross platform software development tools for building desktop and mobile applications, has raised $2.0M in a new funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Source of ...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Khosla, Bill Gates Invest In Nuclear Power Firm

Kholsa Ventures and Microsoft's Bill Gates are among the latest investors in a Washington state based nuclear power technology firm, TerraPower, which its investors said today has raised $35M in a Series B funding round. According to invest...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Trend Micro Buys humyo

Cupertino-based Trend Micro said late Friday that it has acquired humyo, a UK-based firm which provides online storage and data synchronization. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Trend Micro said the buy will expand its...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Thumbtack Pins Down $1.2M

San Francisco-based Thumbtack.com, the local services marketplace firm run by Marco Zappacosta, said this week that it has raised $1.2M in funding. The funding came from angel investors Scott & Cyan Banister (PayPal & Zivity), Joshua Schach...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Robotex Gets $3.6M For Killer Robots

Palo Alto-based Robotex, a firm developing "killer robots" for the military, has raised $3.6M as part of an ongoing $6.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The company, which is run by ex-PayPal softwar...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Crowdcast Raises $6M

San Francisco-based Crowdcast, a developer of enterprise software for social networking, announced Thursday that it has raised $6M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included prior investor Alsop-Lo...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Veracyte Gets $28M

South San Francisco-based Veracyte, a developer of molecular cytology diagnostic products, has raised $28M in a Series B round. The round was led by Domain Associates, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TPG Biotech, and Ver...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Castlight Health Snags $60M

San Francisco-based Castlight Health, which delivers a web-based service to provide employees with information about health care benefits and costs, has raised $60M in a Series C funding. The firm said the round came from Morgan Stanley Inv...

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Blazent Finds $10M More

San Mateo-based Blazent, a developer of software for managing IT outsourcing, reported Thursday that it has raised another $10M in funding. The funding came from HighBAR Ventures, KeyNote Ventures, Walden Venture Capital, and Catamount Vent...

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Quark Pharmaceuticals Raises $10M

Fremont-based Quark Pharmaceuticals, a developer of RNAi-based therapeutic products, announced Thursday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The round came from Japanese firm SBI Holdings Group. As part of the funding, Quark said it ...

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Soonr Scores $4.5M More

Campbell-based Soonr, a developer of mobile software which allows users to back up and access data from their smart phones, announced today that it has raised $4.5M in a new funding round. The round came from existing investors and HighBAR ...

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Host Analytics Raises $15M

Redwood City-based Host Analytics, a developer of software-as-a-service for enterprise performance management, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding. The round was led by New World Capital, and also included Advanced...

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Tigo Energy Raises $10M More

Los Gatos-based Tigo Energy, a developer of photovoltaic, solar power systems, said today that it has raised $10M in additional funding. The funding came from Inventec Appliances Corporation, along with Clal Energy, in addition to existing ...

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

uCirrus Raises $1.66M

San Mateo-based uCirrus, a developer of massively parallel processing technology for real-time saerch, web acceleration, and cloud computing, has raised $1.66M in an ongoing, $4.36M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the fir...

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Progreso Financiero Banks $28M

Mountain View-based Progreso Financiero, which helps low-income and underbanked Hispanic families access financial services, said today that it has raised $28M in a Series D funding round. The round came from Madrone Capital, Greylock Partn...

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Martini Media Network Toasts $6M In Series B

San Francisco-based Martini Media Network, which operates an online advertising network focused on affluent consumers, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Reed Elsevier Ventures, and also incl...

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

TRUSTe Raises $12M

San Francisco-based TRUSTe, which operates a privacy seal program to help certify online privacy and trust policies, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Jafco Ventures, and also included DAG ...

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Monday, June 7, 2010

SiliconBlue Raises $15M

Santa Clara-based SiliconBlue Technologies, a developer of single-chip, low power FPGA devices aimed at the mobile market, said Monday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Apex venture Partners, and also...

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Reply.com Snags $15M In Debt Funding

San Ramon-based Reply.com, a provider of cost-per-click online marketing services, said today that it has raised $15M in a venture debt funding from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. According to Reply.com, the funding will go towards acq...

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Monday, June 7, 2010

SocialText Ups Funding To $6.2M

Palo Alto-based SocialText, the developer of enterprise social networking tools founded by Ross Mayfield, has raised in a new, Series A-1 round by $2.26M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to the filing, the funding br...

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Ozmo Devices Beams In $10.8M

Palo Alto-based Ozmo Devices, a firm developing lower power, Wi-Fi chips used to connect peripherals with personal computers, has raised another $10.8M in a Series D funding. The firm said the funding was led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures, an...

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Monday, June 7, 2010

RockYou Gets $10M More

Redwood City-based RockYou, a developer of online software widgets for social networking sites, said today that it has received another $10M in funding, from SoftBank. The new round of funding brings RockYou's total raised to $127M. RockYou...

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Friday, June 4, 2010

Highland Capital Expands In Silicon Valley

Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners said this week that it has relocated Peter Bell from its Boston offices to Menlo Park. Bell, who is a General Partner at the firm, is focused on technology investments, including investments in...

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Friday, June 4, 2010

GM Gets Into Venture Capital

General Motors said Friday morning that it has entered into the venture capital industry, and created its own $100M transportation venture capital arm called General Motors Ventures, LLC. GM said the new unit will help it to "pursue innovat...

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Enphase Energy Locks Onto $63M

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy, a developer of solar microinverters that are expected to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic panels, said today that has completed a second close of its latest financing round, bring the total raised in the...

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Zeltiq Raises $25M In Series D

Pleasanton-based Zeltiq, a firm developing medical devices for fat reduction, announced yesterday that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Aisling Capital, and also included its prior investors Advanced Tech...

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

BookRenter Gets $10M

San Mateo-based BookRenter, an online textbook rental store, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Storm Ventures and Adams Capital M...

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

DeviceVM Raises $10M

San Jose-baesd DeviceVM, which develops the Splashtop software for shortening personal computer boot times, said Wednesday that it has raised another $10M in a venture round. The round was led by SAP Ventures, and also included prior invest...

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Pandora Raises New Funding

Oakland-based music streaming firm Pandora said today that it has raised a round of funding from GGV Capital and Allen & Company. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The firm has now raised over $56M in funding, not including the lates...

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Transpera Raises $9M More

San Francisco-based Transpera, a provider of mobile advertising and video ads, said today that it has raised another $9M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by BlackBerr Partners, and also included prior investors Flybridge Capit...

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

BlockChalk Gets Seed Funding

Menlo Park-based BlockChalk, which operates a location-based, mobile community service for local neighborhoods, said today that it has raised a round of seed financing. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The funding came from Battery ...

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Mocana Gets Funding From Symantec

San Francisco-based Mocana, a developer of security software for mobile devices, said today that it has closed a strategic round of funding. The Series C round came from Symantec, Southern Cross Venture Partners, and Shasta Ventures. Accord...

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Boku Gets Backing From Andreessen Horowitz

San Francisco-based mobile payments firm Boku has added Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, as backers, the firm said today. Amount of the strategic funding was not disclosed. Boku has previous...

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Alexza Gets $25M In Financing Facility

Mountain View-based Alexza Pharmaceuticals, a publicly held firm focused on treatment of central nervous system conditions, said today it has received a committed equity financing facility worth $25M. The funding comes from Azimuth Opporuni...

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Compass Labs Raises $4.0M

San Jose-based Compass Labs, a stealth-mode, social media advertising targeting firm, has raised $4.0M as part of a $5.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. Source of funding was not disclosed, however,...

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Vinfolio Gets Investment From Steve Case

San Francisco-based Vinfolio, an online marketplace for wine enthusiasts, said today that it has received funding from Revolution LLC, the investment firm of AOL co-founder Steve Case. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed, h...

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Tesla Motors, Toyota In Development Deal

Palo Alto-based electric car firm Tesla Motors and Toyota said Thursday evening that Toyota will invest $50M in Tesla, and will cooperate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support. The dea...

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

BrightSource Energy Banks Another $150M

Oakland-based utility-scale solar thermal power plant developer BrightSource Energy said today that it has raised an additional, $150M in a Series D funding round. According to BrightSource, the funding brings it total funding to more than ...

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Clean Filtration Technologies Raises $3.5M

Redwood City-based Clean Filtration Technologies, a developer of water filtering technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the new funding was led by The Dow Chemical Company. As part of ...

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Payvment Gets $1.5M

San Francisco-based Payvment, a provider of e-commerce software for Facebook, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by BlueRun Ventures, and also included angel investor Dave McClure. Payvment de...

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Breathe Technologies Inhales In $23M More

San Ramon-based Breathe Technologies, a developer of medical devices for trating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea, said Tuesday that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by DAG Ventures, and...

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Chug Gets $1.0M

San Francisco-based Chug, a stealth mode firm which may be working on an online car buying venture, has raised $1.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. Source of the new funding was not apparent, howev...

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Cloud9 Analytics Gets $8M

Redwood City-based Cloud9 Analytics, a provider of software-as-a-service tools for business analytics, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Mayfield Fund, and also included InterWest Partners a...

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Lookout Spies $11M More

San Francisco-based Lookout, a developer of smartphone backup and security tools, announced this morning that it has received $11M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included Khosla Ventures and Trilo...

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Huddle Rounds Up $10M

Huddle, a provider of online project collaboration tools and workspaces, said today that it has closed on $10.2M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Matrix Partners and included prior investors Eden Ventures and Charles McGreg...

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

NorthScale Raises $10M

Mountain View-based NorthScale, a developer of data infrastructure management software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Mayfield, and also included Accel Partners and North Bridge Venture...

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Booyah Raises $20M

Palo Alto-based Booyah, make rof the MyTown mobile application, said Monday that it has raised $20M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Accel Partners, with Accel's Jim Breyer joining the company's board. Kleiner Perkins Caufiel...

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Zend Technologies Takes $9M More

Cupertino-based Zend Technologies, the firm behind the popular PHP development language, said today that it has raised another $9M in venture funding. The round was led by Greylock Partners, and also included prior investors Azure Capital P...

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Grockit Gets $7M

San Francisco-based Grockit, which operates a social network focused on studying and learning, said today that it has raised $7M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Atlas Venture, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capi...

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Sifteo Gets $9M

San Francisco-based Sifteo, a spinout of the MIT Media Lab, said earlier this week that it has raised $9M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Foundry Group and True Ventures. Sifteo has developed a tabletop game based on sensor...

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

iRhythm Technologies Snags $10M

San Francisco-based iRhythm Technologies, which develops a cardiac rhythm monitor, has scored $10M in a funding from St. Jude Medical, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Synergy Life Science Partners, St. Jude and iRhythm announced Thursday. Accord...

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Jelli Gets $7M

San Mateo-based Internet radio station firm Jelli has raised $7M in a Series A round of funding, the firm said today. According to the firm, the funding was led by Battery Ventures and also included First Round Capital. Satya Patel of Batte...

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Project Slice Raises $5.0M

Palo Alto-based Project Slice, a stealth mode firm, has raised $5.0M in a funding round which includes Lightspeed Ventures and DCM-Doll Capital Management, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The reguatory filing lists S...

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Ticketfly Nabs $3M For Ticket Marketing Tools

San Francisco-based Ticketfly announced a few minutes ago that it has closed on $3M of funding for the firm, which helps event promoters to sell their tickets using social marketing. According to the firm, the Series A funding came from Hig...

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Spansion Gets Investment From Silver Lake Sumeru

Menlo Park-based investment group Silver Lake Sumeru said today that it has closed on an investment in Spansion, which said yesterday that it has emerged from Chapter 11. Silver Lake Sumera did not detail the size of its investment, but sai...

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Solaria Collects $45M

Fremont-based Solaria, a developer and manufacturer of photovoltaic modules for the solar industry, announced Tuesday that it has raised $45M in a financing round. The round was led by CMEA Capital and DBL Investors, and also included Sigma...

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Infineta Systems Gets $15M

San Jose-based Infineta Systems, a developer of network acceleration products based on deduplication of data, said Monday that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Alloy Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partn...

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Better Place Closes On $350M In Funding

Palo Alto-based Better Place, which is creating a network of electric charging stations for the electric car industry, has just closed on $350M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The firm, which reported...

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Criteo Snags $7M

Palo Alto-based Criteo, a provider of online advertising retargeting services, said Thursday that it has raised $7M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners. The firm said the funding brings its total raise...

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Curexo Technology Pulls In $13.2M

Fremont-based Curexo Technology, a developer of robotic surgery systems for joint replacement, said Thursday that it has raised $13.2M in funding. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. According to Curexo, the new funding will go tow...

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

IronKey Unlocks $22M

Los Altos-based IronKey, a developer of authentication and encryption software and services, said Wednesday that it has raised $22M in a new funding round led by Bridgescale Partners. The funding also included prior investors Mohr Davidow V...

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Google Boosts Invindi

Television ad targeting firm Invindi Technologies said today that Google has led a $23M, investment round for the firm. The company said that Shishir Mehrotra of Google will join its board as part of the funding. Other investors in the comp...

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Cotendo Gets $12M

Sunnyvale-based Cotendo, a content delivery network (CDN) services provider, said Tuesday that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Tenaya Capital and also included Sequoia Capital and Benchmark Capital. Tom Bana...

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Proferi Gets $2.1M

San Mateo-based Proferi, a stealth mode startup started by former SAP CTO Christian Gheorghe, has raised $2.1M in a venture funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The funding came from Greylock Ventures and Andreessen ...

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Intel Invests In Caring.com, SmartZip Analytics, Others

Santa Clara-based chip giant Intel said today that it has made investments in San Mateo-based Caring.com, an online site focused on information resources for family caregivers and Pleasanton-based SmartZIP Analytics, a provider of investmen...

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Friday, April 30, 2010

EdenIQ Raises $12.4M For Clean Technology Efforts

Visalia-based EdenIQ, a developer of yield-enhancing products for the biofuels industry, said this week that it has raised $12.4M in a Series B funding round. The new funding was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included The Westly ...

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Global Venture Capital Investments Up 13 Percent In Q1

A report released Thursday from Dow Jones VentureSource reported that global venture capital investing is up 13 percent in the first quarter of 2010, as the market for investment rebounded. According to Dow Jones, there was $7 billion inves...

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Viveve Gets $4.0M

Palo Alto-based Viveve, a firm developing non-surgical, vaginal tissue restoration technology for women, has received $4.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. The firm is backed by 5AM Ventures and...

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Klout Gets $1.5M

San Francisco-based Klout, a firm which develops software to measuring social media influence, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from ff Asset Management, Allen Morgan, and Nova Spivack. Klout...

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Zong Takes $15M

Palo Alto-based Zong, an online mobile payment service for online gaming and social networking web sites, said Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a round of funding and has spun out of Echovox. The round was led by Matrix Partners. Zong pro...

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Healthline Looks Up $14M

San Francisco-based Healthline Networks, which operates consumer related health information web sites, announced Tuesday that it has raised $14M in a third roudn of funding. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital. Peacock Equity Fund ...

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Cantaloupe Systems Finds $12.4M

San Francisco-based Cantaloupe Systems, a developer of wireless technology for vending machines, said Tuesday that it raised $12.4M in a funding round. The round came from Foundation Capital and Global Environment Fund. The firm said the fu...

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Marketo Snags $10M More

San Mateo-based Marketo, a developer of marketing automation software for sales teams, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Mayfield Fund, and also included prior investors InterWest Pa...

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Wildfire Raises $4.04M

Palo Alto-based Wildfire Interactive, a developer of social media marketing software, said Monday that it has raised $4.04M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Summit Partners, and also included angels Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senk...

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Monday, April 26, 2010

FreeWheel Raises $16.8M

San Mateo-based FreeWheel, a developer of technology used by media companies to manage their advertising inventory and sales for video ads, said today that it has raised $16.8M in a strategic funding round. The round was led by Steamboat Ve...

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Lifefactory Gets $1.65M

Sausalito-based Lifefactory, a manufacturer of fashion-oreinted, BPA-free, glass baby and adult beverage bottles, said today that it has closed on $1.65M in a Series A funding. The round came from Greenhouse Capital Partners and Big Sky Par...

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Voxify Dials Into $8M More

Alameda-based Voxify, a developer of speech recognition technology for call centers, said yesterday that it has raised another $8M in funding for the firm. The funding came from Sigma Partners, Intel Capital, El Dorado Ventures, and Palomar...

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Zenverge Gets $30M

Cupertino-based Zenverge, a developer of ICs for media transcoding, encoding, and decoding, announced today that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included prior investors DCM, N...

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

LeadForce1 Ropes In $1.6M

Saratoga-based LeadForce1, a developer of online marketing automation software, has raised $1.6M, in a funding related to an undisclosed merger or acquisition, according to a regulatory filing by the company. LeadForce1, which develops soft...

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Code Green Networks Raises $4.0M

Sunnyvale-based Code Green Networks, a developer of data loss prevention software used to prevent loss of sensitive information from companies, has raised $4.0M in an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing yesterday by the c...

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Overtone Tunes Into $7M

San Francisco-based Overtone, a developer of software which monitors social media and other information for consumer brands, announced Monday that it raised $7M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by ABS Ventures and Dolphin Equi...

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Monday, April 19, 2010

SmartZip Gets $4.5M

Pleasanton-based SmartZip, which operates an online service that helps home buyers analyze the investment potential of residential properties, has raised $4.5M in a venture funding round. The round has not been announced by the firm, and wa...

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Synerchip Scores $10.5M

Sunnyvale-based Synerchip Co. Ltd., a developer of video and audio networking semiconductors, said Monday that it has raised $10.5M in a Series C funding round. The firm, which also has operations in Guangzhou, China, said the funding was l...

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Talend Takes $8M

Los Altos-based Talend, a developer of data integration and management software, reported today that it has received $8M in a Series D financing round. The firm said that the round came from existing investors Balderton Capital, AGF Private...

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Monday, April 19, 2010

BlackArrow Gets $20M

San Jose-based BlackArrow, a developer of advertising technology for the cable television industry, announced today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The firm said that NDS Group led the round, which also included prior i...

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Prosper Raises $14.7M

San Francisco-based Prosper.com said Friday that it raised $14.7M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from TomorrowVentures and CompuCredit Holdings, along with existing investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, M...

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

PubMatic Pulls In $7.5M

Palo Alto-based PubMatic, a provider of ad management tools for online publishers, announced today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Helion Venture Partners, an existing investor in the firm, and als...

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

LendingClub Pulls In $24.5M

Redwood City-based LendingClub, a peer-to-peer, microlending startup, announced this morning that it has raised $24.5M in a funding round, led by Foundation Capital. Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and Canaan Partners, all ...

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Datameer Raises $2.5M

San Mateo-based Datameer, a developer of data analytics software based on Apache Hadoop, said today that it has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Redpoint Ventures. As part of the funding, John Walecka of Redpoin...

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

4Home Gains $6.8M

Sunnyvale-based 4Home, a developer of software for monitoring home energy and security systems, said late Tuesday that it has raised $6.8M in a Series B funding round. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. According to the firm, the ...

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

DebtGoal Raises $2M

San Francisco-based DebtGoal, an online site which helps users manage their personal debt, announced today that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The firm said that the round was led by Tugboat Ventures, and also included New C...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

MyLikes Nabs $630K From Ex-Googlers

San Francisco-based MyLikes said Tuesday that it has raised $630,000 in a seed funding round, and added Robert Scoble and Louis Gray as strategic advisors at the firm. MyLikes was founded by Bindu Reddy and Arvind Sundararajan, both former ...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Aurora SFC Systems Picks Up $5.1M

Sunnyvale-based Aurora SFC Systems, a developer of scientific chromatography instruments, has quietly raised $5.1M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, the...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Collarity Finds $2.6M

Palo Alto-based Collarity, a developer of products for content targeting and recommendations, ad targeting, and site analytics, has raised $2.6M in a convertible debt round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

3Crowd Gathers $6.62M

San Mateo-based 3Crowd Technologies, which develops management tools for cloud-based computing, announced today that it raised $6.62M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Canaan Partners and Storm Ventures. Maha Ibrahim of Can...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

ServiceMax Scores $8M

Santa Clara-based ServiceMax, a provider of software applications for field service management, announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included Emergence Capital a...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

ServiceMax Scores $8M

Santa Clara-based ServiceMax, a provider of software applications for field service management, announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included Emergence Capital a...

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Rembrandt Venture Partners Closes $160.5M Fund

Menlo Park-based Rembrandt Venture Partners announced today that it has closed a $160.5M, second fund, Rembrandt Venture Partners' Fund Two. The firm said the new fund will be invested in early-stage companies, and was oversubscribed by $10...

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Friday, April 9, 2010

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Absorbs $1.5M

Menlo Park-based Amplyx Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that the firm has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. According to the firm, the round came from Golden Seeds, a nationwide angel group investing in women-led companies, with ...

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Friday, April 9, 2010

Kontagent Lands $1.25M

San Francisco-based Kontagent, a developer of Facebook social analytics tools, announced today that it has raised $1.25M in funding. The funding included $250K from the Facebook Fund, plus $1M in funding from angel investors Jameson Hsu (Mo...

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Karmasphere Lands $5M

Los Gatos-based Karmasphere, a firm developing Apache Hadoop software for the desktop, said Thursday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and U.S. Venture Partners. Karmasph...

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Chromasun Raises $3M

San Jose-based Chromasun, a developer of rooftop solar collectors for reducing air-conditioning loads, announced this week that it has closed on $3M in its first institutional funding. According to the firm, the round was led by Danish firm...

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Motally Takes $750K More

San Francisco-based Motally, a developer of mobile analytics software, has raised $750,000 as part of an ongoing, $1.0M funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing from the firm. The filing indicates the funding is part of a conv...

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Kaviza Gets Investment From Citrix Systems

Sunnyvale-based Kaviza, a developer of desktop virtualization software, said earlier this week that it has received a strategic investment from Citrix Systems. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Kaviza is a developer of V...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

SkyWatch Energy Takes Funding To $10.5M

Mountain View-based SkyWatch Energy, a stealth mode energy firm backed by Khosla Ventures, has upped its funding to $10.5M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the funding--or the company--have been release...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

ReadyForce Gets $14.0M

Menlo Park-based ReadyForce, a stealth mode firm headed by former LiveOps CEO Bill Trenchard, has raised $14.0M in a Series A-1 round. No details on the funding have been announced, and source of the funding was not disclosed. The funding w...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Achaogen Takes $56M In Series C Round

San Francisco-based Achaogen, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on developing antibiotics, announced today that it has raised $56M in a Series C round. The round was led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures, and included Alta Partners, 5 AM Ventu...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Adina for Life Raises $14M

San Francisco-based Adina for Life, a maker of natural coffee and other beverages, announced Tuesday that it has raised $14M in an equity funding. The funding was led by CIC Partners, along with Sherbrooke Capital, Pacific Community Venture...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Applied Quantum Technology Scores $10M

Santa Clara-based Applied Quantum Technology, a developer of CIGS solar cell technology, announced today that it has raised $10M in a venture funding round. Names of the new investors were not disclosed. According to Appled Quantum Technolo...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Box.net Gets $15M

Palo Alto-based Box.net, which operates an online site for sharing business documents and files, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included prior inves...

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

EcoFactor Nabs $3.5M

San Carlos-based EcoFactor, a developer of residential energy management software, said today that it has raised $3.5M in a new funding round. The round came was led by Rockort Capital Partners, and also included prior investor Claremont Cr...

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Stitcher Connects With $6M

San Francisco-based Stitcher, which operates a customized talk radio service for mobile devices, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series B venture funding round. The round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included New Atlantic V...

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Shocking Technologies Gets $5.2M

San Jose-based Shocking Technologies, a developer of dielectric materials used to protect against electromagnetic static discharge (ESD), announced Monday that it has raised $5.2M in a Series B-1 round. The firm said the new funding brings ...

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Altheos Sees $20M In Series A

South San Francisco-based Altheos announced today that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding. The firm, which is licensing a set of compounds from Japanese firm Asahi Kasei Pharma for the topical treatment of glaucoma, said the funding w...

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

MokaFive Finds $21M

Redwood City-based MokaFive announced Thursday that it has raised $21M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by NGEN Partners, and also included Khosla Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. MokaFive is a developer of software use...

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Report: Record Quarter for IPOs

Dow Jones VentureSource is reporting today that the number of IPOs during Q1 beat the total number of IPOs for all of 2009. According to Dow Jones VentureSource, eight U.S. venture backed companies raised $711M in initial public offerings d...

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

hi5 Gets $23M

San francisco-based hi5, which operates an online social networking and gaming site, has raised around $23M in funding, according to recent regulatory filings by the firm this week. No details have been released by the company. hi5 has prev...

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

InsideView Sees $11.5M More

San Francisco-based InsideView, which provides a product to help sales teams use executive and corporate data to find sales opportunities, said this morning that it has raised $11.5M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Emergence Cap...

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Socialcast Gets $8M

San Francisco-based Socialcast, which develops enterprise activity stream and social newtorking software, announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The new funding came from Menlo Ventures and True Ventures. Accord...

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Integrated Photovoltaics Captures $8.5M

Sunnyvale-based Integrated Photovoltaics, a stealthy developer of photovoltaic products, announced late Friday that it has raised $8.5M in a Series A funding round. The roudn was led by Peninsula Ventures, and also included prior investors ...

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Glacier Bay Gets $15M

Union City-based Glacier Bay, a developer of power management products for the trucking industry, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round came from City Light Capital, as well as The Westly Group and N...

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Enphase Energy Raises $40M

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy, a developer of power inverter products, announced Tuesday that it has raised $40M in a new round of venture funding. The new funding came from Bay Partners, along with orizon Technology Finance, Bridge Bank, T...

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

MuleSoft Pulls In $12M

San Francisco-based MuleSoft, a developer of web middleware, announced Tuesday that it has raised $12M in a third round of funding. The funding was led by SAP Venturs, and also included Bay Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Morgent...

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Daintree Networks Raises $8M

Mountain View-based Daintree Networks has raised $8M in a new round of funding, the firm said late last week. The firm said the funding came from Lend Lease. Daintree is developing wireless products used for managing lighting control system...

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Scientific Conservation Gets $5M

Berkeley-based Scientific Conservation Inc., a developer of energy efficiency and commercial building energy optimization systems, said today that it has raised $5M in a new funding round. The round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. As pa...

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Scripped Gets $250K, Merges With Zhura.com

San Francisco-based Scripped, which develops web-based, screenwriting software, has raised $250,000 in angel funding, and merged with competitor Zhura.com. The firms announced the deal to their users Thursday. According to Scripped, the mer...

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

U-Systems Raises $10M

Sunnyvale-based U-Systems, a developer of automated breast ultrasound systems, announced Thursday afternoon that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The round was led by iD SoftCapital Group, and also included Sycamore Ventures, Lumira C...

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Grid Net Gets Investment From Cisco

San Francisco-based Grid Net, a developer of smart grid software, said Thursday that it has received an equity investment from Cisco. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Grid Net said the funding will go towards product development, ma...

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Capella Photonics Gets $5.0M

San Jose-based Capella Photonics, a developer of optical networking hardware for the metro and long haul communications market, has raised $5.0M in a debt financing round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the f...

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Aerohive Networks Gets $23.5M

Santa Clara-based Aerohive Networks said Monday that the firm has raised $23.5M in a Series C investment round. According to the firm, the funding brings its total raised to $47.5M, and came from new and existing investors. The name of the ...

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Chegg.com Taps Stanger For CFO Position

Santa Clara-based Chegg.com, which operates an online textbook rental service, announced today that it has named Gregory S. Stanger as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Stanger joins the company from Technology Crossover Ventures, where h...

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Nodality Nabs $15.5M

South San Francisco-based Nodality said today that it has raised $15.5M in a new funding round. The round was led by Pfizer Ventures, and also included Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, TPG Biote...

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Nodality Nabs $15.5M

South San Francisco-based Nodality said today that it has raised $15.5M in a new funding round. The round was led by Pfizer Ventures, and also included Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, TPG Biote...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

EvoStor Gets $3.0M In Series A

Campbell-based EvoStor, which develops data storage products specifically designed to support VMware's virtualization products, has raised $3.0M in a Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. According to the...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Dolores Labs Gets $5.0M For Crowdsourcing Software

San Francisco-based Dolores Labs, the developer of CrowdFlower, an online service to help manage crowdsourced tasks through the cloud, has raised $5.0M in a Series A-1 funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Trinity Ventures ...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

People Power Hits $1.2M In Funding

Palo Alto-based People Power, a firm developing energy monitoring services focused on energy efficiency, has now raised $1.2M out of a planned $1.6M fundraising, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. People Power was founded ...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Trazzler Ups Funding To Nearly $1.1M

San Francisco-based Trazzler, an online social travel recommendations site spawned in Twitter's kitchen, has raised nearly $1.1M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The filing indicates the firm took the fund...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Ankeena Networks Gets $16M

Santa Clara-based Ankeena Networks, a developer of caching devices for multimedia content, has raised $15.93M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not announced. Ankeena is backed b...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Plastic Jungle Raises $7.4M

Mountain View-based Plastic Jungle, an online site which allows users to barter gift cards, said this morning that it has raised $7.4M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included prior investors Shasta V...

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

LucidLogix Scores $8M

LucidLogix Technologies, a developer of multi-core, graphic chips used in personal computers, said this week that it has raised $8M in additional funding. The firm, which has sales and marketing headquarters in Santa Clara, with engineering...

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Aurora Biofuels Gets $15M More

Alameda-based Aurora Biofuels, which is developing biofuels processes based on algae, said today that it has raised an additional $15M in a financing round. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, and also included prior investors Gab...

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Playdom Invests In MetroGames

San Francisco-based social gaming firm Playdom said late Tuesday evening that it has invested $5M in Buenos Aires, Argentina-based MetroGames. According to Playdom, MetroGames will will use the funding to expand its pipeline of games, and t...

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

BrightEdge Gains $6.5M

Foster City-based BrightEdge, a developer of search engine optimization (SEO) management software, said today that it has raised $6.5M in additional funding for the firm. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included Altos Ventur...

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

RentJuice Gets $325K

San Francisco-based RentJuice, which develops online tools for managing rental properties, has raised $325,000 in a debt funding round, according to a filing by the firm today. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. ...

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Agile Energy Gets Series A

San Bruno-based Agile Energy, a developer of utility scale, renewable power projects, announced today that it has received a Series A investment. The round came from Good Energy, Inc. Size of the funding round was not disclosed by the compa...

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Monday, March 15, 2010

NGM Biopharmaceuticals Get $51M

South San Francisco-based NGM Biopharmaceuticals said today that it has closed on the first tranche of a $51, Series B round of funding. The round came from The Column Group, Tichenor Ventures, LLC, Prospect Venture Partners, Rho Ventures, ...

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Sequoia Invests In Snaptu

Israeli startup Snaptu, a developer of mobile social networking applications, said today that it has raised a round of funding from Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Amount of the financing was not disclosed. Snaptu's s...

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

MATRIXX Software Scores $9M

Mountain View-based MATRIXX Software, a developer of micro-transaction products for the telecom industry, said Thursday that it has raised $9M in a second round of funding. The round came from Greylock Partners and Tugboat Ventures. David S...

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Lucid Imagination Raises $10M

San Mateo-based Lucid Imagination, which develops commercial solutions around the Apche Lucene and Apache Solr search technology, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Shasta Ventures, alon...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Eureka Genomics Gets $3.7M

Hercules, California-based Eureka Genomics, a firm focused on using advanced bioinformatics analysis of genetic sequencing data to develop drugs, said Wednesday that it has raised $3.7M in a round of funding from private individuals and ang...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Apprion Gets $8M

Mountain View-based Apprion, a developer of wireless application networking products for the process industry, announced today that it has closed on $8M of Series C funding. The round came from PEI Funds, Allegis Capital, Motorola Ventures,...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

RainStor Collects $7.5M

San Francisco-based RainStor, a developer of software for archiving data, announced today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Storm Ventures, Informatica, as well as existing investors Doughty Hanson Techno...

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Scale Computing Raises $9.0M

Scale Computing, which developers clustered storage products, said today that it has raised $9.0M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also icnluded prior investors Blue Chip Venture Company, CID Equity, ...

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

SiBEAM Snags $36.5M

Sunnyvale-based SiBEAM, a developer of millimeter wave semiconductors used for high speed wireless communications, announced today that it has raised $36.5M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also i...

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Mochi Media Creates $10M Fund For Game Developers

San Francisco-based Mochi Media, and parent firm Shanda Games Limited said yesterday that they have created a new $10M fund, the Mochi GAME Developer Fund, which will go to support Flash and social game developers. Mochi and Shanda said the...

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Tilera Gets Investment From Broadcom

San Jose-based Tilera, a developer of RISC-based high performance multicore processors, announced today that it has received a strategic investment from Broadcom. Size of the investment was not announced. Nariman Yousefi, senior vice presid...

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Monday, March 8, 2010

eXo Snags $6M More

San Francisco-based eXo, a developer of Java middleware for cloud computing, announced today that it has raised $6M in funding. The round came from Auriga Partners and XAnge Capital. The firm said that as part of the acquisition, it has nam...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

ShareThis Taps Tim Draper For Board

Mountain View-based ShareThis, an online service which allows people to share videos, pictures, articles, and other information, said earlier this week that it has named Tim Draper, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, to its board of directors. Sha...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

TripIt Gets $7M More

San Francisco-based TripIt, a developer of travel management tools, said today that it has raised $7M in a third round of funding. The firm said that the funding was led by Azure Capital Partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The funding...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Vaxart Gets $12.5M For Oral Vaccines

San Francisco-based Vaxart, a developer of oral vaccines, said today that it has raised $12.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Care Capital. As part of the funding, Richard Markham and Jan Leschly of Care Capital have join...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

MindJolt Acquired By MySpace Founders

San Francisco-based online social gaming site MindJolt has been acquired by three founders of social networking site MySpace. Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro, and Aber Whitcomb, the founders of MySpace, said Wednesday that they have partnered ...

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Cloudmark Takes $23M

San Francisco-based Cloudmark, a developer of messaging security software, said today that it has raised $23M in a new round of funding. The firm said the funding, which it characterized as growth equity, came from Summit Partners and Nokia...

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

GEO Semiconductor Gets Investments From Jupiter Systems

Santa Clara-based Geo Semiconductor, a developer of video processing semiconductors used for 3D, digital cinema, medical, and other displays, said today that it has scored a equity investment from Jupiter Systems, a supplier of processors f...

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Gold Standard Diagnostics Snags Series A

Davis-based Gold Standard Diagnostics, a firm providing tools for the medical research and laboratory diagnostics industry, said Tuesday that it has raised a Series A round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The firm said ...

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

NetBase Gets $9M

Mountain View-based NetBase, a developer of semantic search tools for enterprises, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round. According to the firm, the round came from Altos Ventures and Thomvest Ventures. Netbase said ...

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Pivot3 Nabs $25M

Pivot3, a developer of iSCSI data storage products, said today that it has raised $25M in a funding round. The firm has its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, with other operations in Texas. The funding was led by Focus Ventures, and also ...

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Altor Lands $10M Series B

Redwood Shores-based Altor Networks, a developer of security products for the virtual data center market, said today that it has closed a Series B funding round worth $10M. Altor said the round came from DAG Ventures, Juniper Networks, Acce...

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Audience Collects $15M More

Mountain View-based Audience, a developer of voice processing semiconductors, announced today that it has raised $15M in additional funding in a Series E funding round. The funding brings the company's total raised to $75M. According to Aud...

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Monday, March 1, 2010

CalStar Products Gets $15M

Newark, California-based CalStar Products, a developer of green building materials, including brick and hardscape pavers, said last week that it has raised $15M in an investment rond from Nth Power, along with The Westley Group, Clearpoint ...

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Soompi Nabs $282K For Korean Music Site

San Francisco-based Soompi, an online community focused on Korean pop music, has scored $282,077 in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. Details on the funding were not released by Soompi. The firm is headed by Joyc...

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Loggly Gets $500K

San Francisco-based Loggly, which operates a software-as-a-service log aggregation service for IT managers, has raised $500,000 in a round of funding from True Ventures. The firm had announced the raise in December, without an amount, which...

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Friday, February 26, 2010

MOG Gets $9.5M

Berkeley-based MOG, an online music streaming and blogging site, said this morning that it has raised $9.5M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included new investor Balderton Capital. According to the c...

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Mashery Interfaces With $5.5M More

San Francisco-based Mashery, a developer of application programming interface (API) infrastructure, said Thursday that it has raised $5.5M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Cisco, and also included prior investors Formative ...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

HyTrust Lands $10.5M

Mountain View-based HyTrust, a developer of policy management and access control software for virtualized data centers, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Granite Ventures and Cisco Systems, al...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Quantenna Receives $15M

Fremont-based Quantenna Communications, a developer of 802.11n wireless semiconductors, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round came from current investors Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, So...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Aggregate Knowledge Inks $2.5M Credit Facility

San Mateo-based Aggregate Knowledge, a developer of ad personalization technology, has snagged $2.5M in a credit facility, according to lender Bridge Bank. Bridge said the funding is a combination of term financing and a working capital lin...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Pano Logic Sees $20M

Menlo Park-based Pano Logic, a developer of desktop virtualization software, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Mayfield. The firm said the new funding will go towards both technology and market e...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

KODA Raises $1.5M In Angel Funding

San Francisco-based KODA.us, an online community targeted at helping employers to recruit young professionals, said today that it has raised $1.5M in angel funding. The firm said the new funding will go to help grow its usr base. Names of t...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

VirnetX Gets $12M In PIPE

Scotts Valley-based VirnetX Holding Corporation, a publicly held firm commercializing patents around real-time communications and collaboration, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a private placement. Source of the new funding was...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Adura Technologies Lights Up With $12M

San Francisco-based Adura Technologies reported Tuesday that it has raised $12M in a new round of funding, led by NGEN Partners. The round also included prior investors VantagePoint Venture Partners and Claremont Creek Ventures. According t...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

PeerPong Gets $1.8M

San Francisco-based PeerPong.com, a yet-to-be-launched, stealth mode firm which says it is helping people share "expertise in a new way", has raised $1.8M in a funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Monday. Source of the ne...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Intel Launches $3.5B Effort To Create Jobs

Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini said today in a speech in Washington, D.C., that the firm is launchinga n effort to help increase the amount of jobs for recent college graduates. Otellini said that the Intel-led effort, the Invest in ...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

ngmoco Raises $25M

San Francisco-based iPhone games developer ngmoco said Tuesday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Nor...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Visage Mobile Gets $4.5M

San Francisco-based Visage Mobile, a developer of enterprise wireless management tools, said today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series B round. The round came from Qualcomm Ventures, as well as prior investors Worldview Technology Partners...

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Monday, February 22, 2010

GreenRoad Drives Up To $10M

Redwood Shores-based GreenRoad, a provider of driving safety technology, said today that it has raised $10M in financing. The round came from Generation IM climate Solutions Fund, LP. The firm said the funding will go to support the expansi...

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Vook Lands $2.5M For Publishing Venture

Alameda-based Vook, an electronic publishing startup, said Friday that it has raised $2.5M in seed funding. The round came from Ron Conway, Kenneth Lerer, chairman of the Huffington Post, Maples Investments, Baseline Ventures and Founder Co...

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Moblyng Finds $1.0M More

Redwood City-based Moblyng, a developer of mobile and cross-browser games, has raised $1.0M in what appears to be a convertible round of funding. According to a regulatory filing by the firm, the round consisted of promissory notes converti...

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

VuCast Media Gets $5.5M

Palo Alto-based VuCast Media, a provider of private, wireless broadcasting services, said Wednesday that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding. According to the firm, the round was led by Artiman Ventures, and brings its total raised to...

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

YuMe Gets $25M

Redwood City-based video advertising firm YuMe said today that it has raised $25M in a new round of funding. According to the firm, the round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures and Khosla ...

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Friday, February 12, 2010

VeriFone Ventures Into Chinese Mobile Payments Firm

San Jose-based Verifone Holdings reported yesterday that it has invested $5.0M in a Chinese, mobile payments firm called Trunkbow International Holdings, Ltd.. The firm said that Trunkbow raised approximately $22.5M, giving the firm about a...

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Friday, February 12, 2010

LensVector Adds Foxconn, UMC To Funding Round

Mountain View-based LensVector reported Thursday that it has added Foxconn and UMC as investors in the firm's recent, $30M Series C funding round. The firm also said that Translink Capital and Harbor Pacific have also joined in the funding....

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

One Block Off The Grid Gets $5M

San Francisco-based One Block Off The Grid (1BOG), a group buying service for solar power, said Thursday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round came from New Enterprise Associates. 1BOG helps homeowners team together for gr...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Propel Gets $12M Funding For Biofuels Expansion

Sacramento-based Propel Fuels, a retailer of alternative fuel for motor vehicles, has scored $12M in Series C funding. The funding came from Craton Equity Partners, Nth Power, and @Ventures. Propel Fuels operates a network of eleven alterna...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Encoding.com Gets $1.25M

San Francisco-based Encoding.com, a provider of online video encoding services, said today that it has raised $1.25M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Metamorphic Ventures, and also included angels Patrick Condon, Fred Hamilton,...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

DotNetNuke Raises $8M

San Mateo-based DotNetNuke, which makes web development software for Microsoft's .NET, said Tuesday that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by UV Partners, and also included August Capital and Sierra Ventures. ...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

VMOps Gets $8.8M

Cupertino-based VMOps, a developer of cloud computing management software, has raised $8.8M in a funding round, part of an ongoing $11M Series B fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. Details on the fundin...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

TwoF Nabs $2.1M

San Mateo-based TwoF, a developer of proprietary technology for production of DNA microarrays, has raised $2.1M in an ongoing, $3.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the funding have been ...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

LiveScribe Ups Funding To $13.5M

Oakland-based LiveScribe has upped its Series B funding to $13.5M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. According to the filing, the round is part of an earlier, Series B the firm announced in March of 2009. Source of the new...

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Redpoint Closes $400M, Redpoint IV Fund

Menlo Park-based Redpoint Ventures has closed on a new venture capital fund, Redpoint IV, the firm said Monday evening. The firm said it will use the fund to invest in social and mobile Internet, cloud computing and clean technology compani...

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Monday, February 8, 2010

Flixster Issues $12.5M In Stock

San Francisco-based Flixster, which allows users to rate and review movies, has issued $12.5M in common stock, most likely as part of the purchase price of Rotten Tomatoes, a site that the firm bought in January. According to a recent regul...

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Monday, February 8, 2010

AMEE Gets $5.5M More

AMEE, a developer of software for computing greenhouse gas emissions, said today that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Amadeus Capital Partners, and also included prior investors O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures ...

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Friday, February 5, 2010

GigOptix Gets Venture Debt Round

Palo Alto-based GigOptix has scored a round of venture debt, according to debt financing provider Agility Capital. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. GigOptix develops analog semiconductors, multi-chip modules, and analog and mixed si...

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Friday, February 5, 2010

Avalanche Technology Gets Bessemer, Sequoia Backing Worth $7.5M

Fremont-based Avalanche Technologym, a firm developing what it describes as disruptive low power non-volatile magnetic memory, has raised $7.5M in a funding round which now includes Bessemer Venture Capital and Sequoia. Details on the fundi...

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

LensVector Raises $30M

Mountain View-based LensVector, a developer of chips which provide autofocus capability to mobile devices, has raised $30M in a Series C funding, the firm said today. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and also included Men...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Gigamon Taps Into $22.8M

Milpitas-based Gigamon, a developer of network monitoring and replication devices, said Wednesday that it has raised $22.8M in funding from Highland Capital Partners. The firm said the round is its first institutional funding, and will go t...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Green Plug Raises Series B

San Ramon-based Green Plug, a developer of power charging technology and devices, said today that it has raised a Series B round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. According to the firm, the round was led by Herald Investm...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Yammer Adds $10M

San Francisco-based Yammer, the corporate take-off on the Twitter micro-messaging service, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B round of funding. The company, run by former PayPal founder David Sacks, said SV Angel, Ron Conway, ...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

BrightRoll Gets $10M

San Francisco-based BrightRoll, the operater of an online video advertising network, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The company said the funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also included True Vent...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Glam Media Gets $50M

San Francisco- and New York-based Glam Media, which operates an online network of sites for women, said Tuesday that it has raised approximately $50M in a Series E round of funding. The funding was led by Aeris Capital, and also included Bu...

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Ustream Gets $75M In Funding From Softbank

Mountain View-based live streaming firm Ustream has raised $75M in a Series B funding round from SOFTBANK Japan, the firm said this morning. According to Ustream, the funding also comes along with additional funding commitments from other, ...

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Coulomb Technologies Gets $14M

Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies, a provider of electric vehicle charging stations, said Monday that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Voyager Capital and Rho Ventures. The firm said the funding will go...

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Monday, February 1, 2010

SpiderCloud Wireless Raises $25M

Santa Clara-based SpiderCloud Wireless, a developer of wireless technology, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Opus Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures and existing inve...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Yelp Gets $25M From Elevation

San Francisco-based Yelp reported Wednesday afternoon that Elevation Partners has agreed to make a $25M investment in the firm, in a Series E investment round. In addition to the investment, Yelp said that Elevation will look to increase it...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Juvaris Gets Strategic Funding

Pleasanton-based Juvaris Therapeutics, which is developing adjuvanted vaccines for improving the effectiveness of influenza vaccination, said today that it has had a second close of its Series B funding worth up to $25M. The new funding cam...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

XIHA Life Nabs $1M

Sunnyvale-based XIHA Life, an online social networking site focused on multiple languages and cultures, said today that it has raised $1M in seed funding. The firm said the round came from angel investors and the company's founders. As part...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Quest Discovery Services Gets $3.75M

San Jose-based Quest Discovery Services, a provider of outsourcing of medical and public records acquisition, has received $3.75M in a mezzanine funding round. According to private investment firm Central Valley Fund, the funding went to re...

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Mayfield Adds Moriarty, Chawla As EIRs

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Mayfield Fund said this morning that it has added two executives as EIRs at the firm. According to Mayfield, it has added Sean Moriarty, the former CEO of Ticketmaster, and Rajeev Chawla, former CEO of ...

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Monday, January 25, 2010

CORAID Snags $10M

Redwood City-based CORAID, a developer of RAID storage and storage virtualization devices, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A financing round. The round came from Allegis Capital and Azure Capital Partners. As part of the fund...

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Better Place Takes $350M

Palo Alto-based Better Place, a provider of services to accelerate electric vehicle adoption, said today that it has just raised $350M in a Series B round of funding. According to the firm, the funding will go into research, development, an...

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Friday, January 22, 2010

VC Investments Drop 47 Percent In 2009

Venture investments dropped to the lowest level in more than a decade, according to the latest venture capital numbers released today in the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). T...

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Rixty Raises $1.24M

San Francisco-based Rixty, a provider of a service which allows consumers without credit cards to purchase online entertainment and games, said Thursday that it has raised $1.24M in seed capital. The round was led by Javelin Venture Partner...

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

SolarCity Gets $60M From PG&E For Solar Installations

Pacific Venture Capital, a subsidiary of PG&E, said yesterday that it will provide up to $60M in tax equity financing to homes and businesses, as part of a deal with Foster City-based SolarCity. According to Pacific Venture Capital, the inv...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sauce Labs Nabs $3.1M

San Francisco-based Sauce Labs, a developer of open source, cross-browser software testing applications, said today that it has raised $3.1M in a Series A investment. The round was led by Contrarian Group, the investment management firm of ...

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

BOKU Gets $25M For Mobile Payments

San Francisco-based BOKU, a provider of mobile payment technology, raised $25M in a Series C funding round, the firm said Tuesday. The round was led by DAG Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Kh...

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Vaxart Gets $3.5M

San Francisco-based Vaxart, a developer of oral vaccines, has raised nearly $3.5M out of an ongoing $12.5M funding round, the firm disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm's pipeline ...

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Kapow Gets $1.5M In Convertible Debt Round

Palo Alto-based Kapow Technologies has scored $1.5M in a convertible debt round from six investors, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Kapow is developing enterprise business data m...

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Friday, January 15, 2010

iForem Gets New Funding, Buys EnMoDA

Redwood Shores-based iForem, a provider of digital archiving services, said this week that it has scored a new round of funding, and also acquired encrypted messaging firm EnMoDa. Financial terms of both the funding and acquisition were not...

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

VirtualLogix Gets New Funding

Sunnyvale-based VirtualLogix, a developer of embedded virtualization software for the mobile phone market, said this week that it has raised a new round of funding from Progression Partners, Atlas Venture, Index Ventures, DFJ Esprit, Intel ...

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Foundry Gets $3M For New Medical Device Firm

Menlo Park medical device company incubator The Foundry reported Wednesday that it has received $3M in a Series A financing for its twelfth new company. Name of the new company--refereed to as "Foundry Newco XII"--was not disclosed. Accordi...

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Get Satisfaction Finds $2.3M

San Francisco-based Get Satisfaction, a firm which develops online software which allows companies to provide customer service sites for their customers, has raised $2.3M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm ...

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

PlantSense Gets $1.38M

San Francisco-based PlantSense, a developer of hardware devices for helping gardeners select plants for their yard, has raised another $1.38M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. The funding indicates the funding...

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Bridgelux Raises $50M More, Hires Seagate's Watkins As CEO

Sunnyvale-based Bridgelux, a developer of solid state lighting technology, announced this morning that it has raised $50M in a Series D financing, and named a new CEO. According to the firm, the $50M round was led by VantagePoint Venture Pa...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

SocialGO Gets $800K

Social networking software site SocialGO, which is run by Bright Things plc, said Tuesday that it has received an $800K investment in the site. The round came from Veddis Ventures. According to Bright Things plc, the firm has acquired Get O...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

ReputationDefender Gets $8.65M

Redwood City-based ReputationDefender, a provider of serviecs for managing online reputation and privacy, said Tuesday that it raised $8.65M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Cau...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Reframe It Snags Funding Round

San Francisco-based Reframe It, a developer of social networking tools that allow users to comment on web sites, said today that it has raised a "multi-million" dollar investment. The investment game from the Sacramento Angels, the Sierra A...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Nicira Takes $9.0M In Series B

Palo Alto-based Nicira Networks, a network technology firm headed by Steve Mullaney, has raised $9.0M in a Series B funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm yesterday. The round has a target size of $10.9M. The firm's inv...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dfine Gets $2.83M

San Jose-based Dfine, a developer of medical devices for treating spine fractures, has raised $2.83M out of an ongoing, $3.0M funding raising effort, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. No details on the funding have been a...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

VigLink Gets Seeded

San Francisco-based VigLink, a developer of tools to automatically provide affiliate links in pages for web publishers, has raised a seed round worth $800,000 from First Round Capital, Google Ventures, as well as angel investors Reid Hoffma...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Flurry Gets $7M

San Francisco-based Flurry, a provider of smart phone and mobile analytics services, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Interwest Partners, and also included prior investors Draper Fisher Jur...

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Neuralieve Raises $3.89M

Sunnyvale-based Neuralieve, a developer of a medical device for relieving migraine pain, has raised $3.89M out of an ongoing $7.5M fundraise, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however...

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Nuvosun Gets Funding From Dow Chemical

Palo Alto-based Nuvosun, a manufacturer of thin film, photovoltaic cells, has taken an equity funding from Dow Chemical. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Nuvosun develops copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cells. The fun...

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Discera Gets $11M

San Jose-based Discera, a developer of MEMS clock and timing circuits, said Friday that it has raised $11M in its Series D financing round. The round came from Scale Venture Partners, Horizon Ventures, Ardesta, and new backer Lurie Investme...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Lithium Technologies Raises $18M

Emeryville-based Lithium Technologies, a developer of social community software, announced today that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the funding came from DAG Ventures and Tenaya Capital, along with prior inve...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Innovalight Gets $18M

Santa Clara-based Innovalight, which is developing silicon ink-based printing technology for the photovoltaic solar cell market, said this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series D funding round. According to the company, the round was ...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Nordic Windpower Catches $38M From Khosla

Berkeley-based Nordic Windpower said yesterday that it has raised $38M in a new funding round, led by Khosla Ventures. The firm said the Series C funding also included New Enterprise Associates, Novus Energy Partners, Impax Asset Management...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

NEA Closes $2.5B Fund

Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates said today that it has officially closed on its thirteenth fund, worth nearly $2.5 billion. According to NEA, the new fund brings its total committed capital to more than $11 billion across all...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Intuity Medical Scores $64M

Sunnyvale-based Intuity Medical, a developer of blood glucose monitoring products for diabetes management, announced yesterday that it has raised $64M in a Series D financing round. The round was led by new investors Venrock and Emergent Me...

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Aggregate Knowledge Gets $9M

San Mateo-based Aggregate Knowledge, a developer of advertising personalization technology, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by OVP Venture Partners, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufie...

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

EcoFactor Taps Into $2.4M

Redwood City-based EcoFactor, a provider of residential energy management services, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M in a venture funding. The round was led by Claremont Creek Ventures. According to EcoFactor, it will use the...

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

SiBeam Gets Backing From Best Buy

Sunnyvale-based SiBeam, a developer of wireless communications semiconductors, said today that it has received an equity investment from Best Buy. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. SiBeam develops CMOS chipsets used to t...

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Cyan Optics Nabs $22M More

Petaluma-based Cyan Optics, a developer of optical networking products, has raised $22M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding have been announced by the firm. Cyan has previous...

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Monday, January 4, 2010

PowerReviews Gets $4.9M

San Francisco-based PowerReviews, which provides customer review and rating software for ecommerce firms, has raised $4.93M as part of a $9M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding ha...

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Revance Confirms $25M Fundraising

Newark-based Revance Therapeutics announced today that it has raised $25M in the first close of a $35M, Series D financing round, confirming information first disclosed in a regulatory filing last week. According to Revance, the new funding...

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Whiskey Media Raises $2.5M

Sausalito-based Whiskey Media, a startup headed by CNET co-founder Shelby Bonnie, has raised $2.5M in an investment round, according to a regulatory filing. The firm said the funding is a family and "close friends" round, and will go to lau...

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Quantcast Lands $27.5M More

San Francisco-based Quantcast, a provider of Internet traffic measurement services for web sites, said today that it has raised $27.5M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Cisco, and also included Polaris Venture Partners as ...

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Twilio Gains Another $3.69M

San Francisco-based Twilio, a developer of a cloud-based API for voice applications, has raised another $3.69M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The firm now lists Albert Wegner of Union Square Ventures on its board....

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Monday, December 28, 2009

ReVance Therapeutics Nabs $25.62

Mountain View-based ReVance Therapeutics has raised $25.62M in a Series D funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. ReVance has previously received funding from Bio*One Cap...

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Curse Scores $6M

San Francisco-based Curse, a developer of massively multiplayer, online games, has raised $6M, according to multiple reports. The funding in the round came from Ventech, SoftTech VC, and AGF Private Equity....

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Kakai Opens Up $7.5M

Santa Clara-based Kakai, an electronic book startup headed by Chegg.com's Osman Rashid, has raised $7.5M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm last week. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Kakai is still ...

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Monday, December 28, 2009

23andMe Ups Series B To $27.78M

23andMe, the personalized genetics firm headed by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has upped its Series B funding to $27.78M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. The firm had previously raised $1...

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Lookout Gets $5.5M

San Francisco-based Lookout, a firm developing security software for mobile phones, has raised $5.5M in a funding from Khosla Ventures, Trilogy Partnership and angel investors including Phil Paul, founder of Paul Capital Partners, Chris Sac...

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Tioga Energy Gets $20M

San Mateo-based Tioga Energy, a provider of renewable energy services, said late Friday that the firm had raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from MEMC Electronic Materials, NGEN Partners, Nth Power, and Draper Fisher ...

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Optony Gets $6M

Santa Clara-based Optony, a developer of thin film, solar technology, said Friday morning that it has raised $6M in funding. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. ACcording to Optony, it will use the funding to accelerate technology ...

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Inertia Beverage Gains $14M

Napa-based Inertia Beverage Group, a provider of e-commerce and logistics software for the wine industry, said Thursday that it has raised $14M in funding. The funding came from existing investors Allegis Capital and Sid R. Bass Associates,...

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

RepairPal Gets $4M

Emeryville-based RepairPal, an online site focused on auto repair and maintenance information, said late Wednesday evening that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Tugboat Ventures, as well as individual inve...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Smule Tunes Into $8M

Palo Alto-based mobile music applications developer SonicMule said Wednesday that the firm has raised $8M in additional financing for the firm, in a venture round led by Shasta Ventures. SonicMule said that prior investors Bessemer Venture ...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Afferent Pharmaceuticals Raises $23M

Palo Alto-based Afferent Pharmaceuticals, a developer of chronic pain treatments, has raised $23M in a Series A financing round, the firm said today. The round was led by Third Rock Ventures and Pappas Ventures, and also included Domain Ass...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

kaChing Rings Up $7.5M

Palo Alto-based kaChing, an online marketplace for financial information and investors, said today that it has raised $7.5M in its first institutional round. The round was led by DAG Ventures. The company said that the funding will go towar...

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Zynga Raises Huge, $180M Round

San Francisco-based social gaming firm Zynga said this morning that it has raised $180M in funding, from Russian firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST). Zynga said that DST will purchase $180M of its securities, providing liquidity for its emp...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

AlikeList Finds $5M For Local Business Guide

Sunnyvale-based AlikeList, a new startup focused on helping people find and review local businesses, said this morning that it has landed $5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Syncom Venture Partners. Syncom's Tony Thomas and...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Asetek Grabs $8M

San Jose-based Asetek, a developer of liquid computing cooling systems for computers, announced this morning that the firm has raised $8M in a venture financing round. The firm did not disclose the source of the funding, but did say that Sa...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Silver Spring Networks Gets $100M For Smart Grid Products

Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networks announced this morning that it has closed on a $100M, preferred equity funding round. Silver Springs, which develops smart grid products for the electric utility market, said the funding included ex...

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Clarizen Gets $8M

San Mateo-based Clarizen, a developer of project management software-as-a-service, announced Monday that it has raised $8M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and Carmel Ventures. The firm sa...

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Suvolta Scores $3M

Los Gatos-based Suvolta, a stealth-mode firm in the semiconductor space, has raised $3.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Thursday. According to the filing, the firm's board includes Bill Joy of Kleiner Perk...

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Rocket Fuel Lands $3M

Redwood Shores-based Rocket Fuel, a company developing advertising targeting technology, said Friday that it has raised $3M in a new venture funding round. The round came from existing investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. According to the compan...

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Friday, December 11, 2009

CloudShare Gets $10M

Palo Alto-based CloudShare, a developer of software which allows companies to deploy demos and training environments into the cloud, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round came from Sequoia Capital, Gemini Capit...

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Monterey Devices Gets $2.5M

Soquel-based Monterey Devices, a stealth mode developer of a drug delivery system, has raised $2.5M out of a $7.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The firm lists a representative of MOntage Capital, a ...

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Cloud Engines Gets $3.0M

San Francisco-based Cloud Engines, the developer of the Pogoplug, a device which plugs into any external hard drive and makes those files available on the Internet, has raised $3.0M out of an ongoing, $4.0M funding round, according to a reg...

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Pageonce Nabs $6.5M

Palo Alto-based Pageonce, a developer of mobile personal finance and travel applications, has raised $6.5M in a new round of venture funding, the firm said this morning. The round was led by Pitango Venture Capital. Eitan Bek of Pitango joi...

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

DisplayLink Lands $8M

Palo Alto-base dDisplayLink, a developer of semiconductors and software for transmitting graphics over USB, Wireless USB, and Ethernet connections, said today that it has landed $8M in venture capital and named a new CEO. The Series C fundi...

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Kaazing Finds $730K

Mountain View-based Kaazing, in what appears to be the first investment in an ongoing, $3.0M fundraising round, has raised $730,000. The funding disclose came via a regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the round have been released b...

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Monday, December 7, 2009

Arteris Raises $9.7M

San Jose-based Arteris, a developer of systems-on-a-chip interconnect IP, has raised $9.7M in what the firm says is a strategic round. Arteris said it raised the funding from Qualcomm Incorporate and ARM, new investors in the firm, along wi...

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

SiTune Sees Series B

San Jose-based SiTune, a developer of mixed signal, CMOS radio frequency (RF) circuits, said Thursday that it has secured a Series B round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The round came from current investor Greenlane I...

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Zoosk Hooks Up With $30M

San Francisco-based Zoosk, which operates an online dating service linked with social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and Hi5, announced today that it has raised $30M in a Series D round of funding. The funding was led by Bes...

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

NBS Gets $8.2M In Credit Facility

Santa Clara-based NBS, a electronic manufacturing service provider offering design engineering, manufacturing, and test and verification services to the PCB market, has received $8.2M in a credit facility. The funding was announced by lende...

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Palantir Technologies Nabs $34.9M

Palo Alto-based Palantir Technologies, a developer of analysis and visualization software for the financial and intelligence/defense markets, has raised $34.9M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

HipLogic Gets $7M

Fremont-based HipLogic, a developer of mobile application development software, said Wednesday that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by new investor Bay Partners, and also included Benchmark Cap...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Aravo Lands $27M

San Francisco-based Aravo, a developer of software for collaboration between buyers and suppliers, said Wednesday that it has raised $27M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Cisco, and also included Charles Schwab/Big Sky Part...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Branders.com Brings On $5M

San Mateo-based Branders.com, an online seller of promotional items, has pulled in another $5M in venture funding. The round came from Menlo Ventures, DCM, Venture Strategy Partners, and Altos Ventures, all existing investors in the company...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

StockTwits Scores $3M More

Oakland-based StockTwits, a micro blogging and messaging site focused on financial news and the stock market, has raised $3M in a Series B round, the firm said today. The round was led b Foundry Group, and also included True Ventures. Brad ...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Bessemer Taps Mint.com Designer

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has snagged the lead designer at Mint.com, Jason Putorti, as a "Designer-in-Residence", the firm said today. According to Bessemer, Putorti will help Bessemer's portfolio compa...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Bizo Gets $6M Funding

San Francisco-based Bizo, which operates an online, B2B display advertising network, said this morning that it has raised $6M in a funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Venrock, Vulcan, and Ascent....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Ansca Mobile Gets $1M

Palo Alto-based Ansca Mobile, a developer of iPhone development software, said Tuesday that the firm has received $1M in a funding round. The funding came from Merus Capital. According to the company, the new funding will go to expand the c...

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

gWallet Ups Funding to $12.5M

San Francisco-based gWallet said Tuesday afternoon that it has closed its first institutional funding round. The round was led by Adams Street Partners and Trinity Ventures. The firm said the funding brings the company's total raised to $12...

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Genius.com Discovers $7M More

San Mateo-based Genius.com, a provider of software-as-a-service for marketing and sales automation, has raised another $7M for the firm, the company said today. According to Genius.com, the new "growth round" and was led by new investor Dee...

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

SOASTA Scores $10M

Mountain View-based SOASTA, a developer of testing tools for the SOA market, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by UV Partners, and also included prior investors Canaan Partners, Formative...

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Aquantia Gets $44M More

Milpitas-based Aquantia, a developer of 10GBASE-T PHY semiconductors, announced today that it has gained a $44M committment for its Series D financing. According to Aquantia, it has received $35M of that funding, with ability to raise up to...

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Monday, November 30, 2009

FlightCaster Takes $1.3M

San Francisco-based FlightCaster, a developer of a flight forecasting service and API, said last week that it has raised $1.3M in a Series A investment. The round came from Tandem Entrepreneurs and Sherpalo Ventures....

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Monday, November 30, 2009

EndoGastric Solutions Gets $21.5M

Redwood City-based EndoGastric Solutions, a developer of medical devices for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), has raised $21.5M in a Series E funding round. The funding came from current investors. The company said that the ...

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Monday, November 30, 2009

Yottamark Raises $8.0M

Redwood City-based Yottamark, a developer of technology for detecting counterfeiting and fraud, has raised $8.0M in a funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Details on the funding have not yet been released by t...

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Monday, November 30, 2009

SupportSpace Gains $10M

South San Francisco-based SupportSpace, a provider of remote technology support software-as-a-service, said over the weekend that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital Partners, and also included B...

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Life360 Lands $750,0000

San Francisco-based Life360, an online service which helps families manage their credit, track family members, and more to help prepare for potential disasters, has raised $750,000 in a funding, the firm said Tuesday. The funding came from ...

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

BookRenter Gets $6M

Campbell-based BookRenter.com, an online site for renting textbooks, said this week that it has raised $6M in a Series A financing round. The round came from Storm Ventures and Adams Capital Management. The firm said the new funding will go...

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Asana Gains $9M

Asana, a startup developing software tools and headed by former Facebook employees Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein, has raised $9M in venture funding, the firm said Tuesday. The round came from Benchmark Capital and Andreessen-Horowi...

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Milo.com Snags $4M For Local Shopping Site

Palo Alto-based Milo.com, an online shopping site focused on local shopping, announced today that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by True Ventures, as well as a slate of angel investors. Milo's site allows users...

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Bizo Finds $6M

San Francisco-based Bizo, an online advertising targeting firm, has raised $6.0M in an equity fundraising, according to a filing by the firm today. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Bizo has previously raised funding from Venrock Ass...

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Trivascular Snags $30M

Santa Rosa-based TriVascular, a developer of stent graft treatments for abdominal and thoracic aortic disease, said this week that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the funding came from New Enterprise Associates...

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Chegg Gets $57M

Santa Clara-based Chegg.com, an online provider of textbook rentals, has raised $57M in a Series D funding round, the firm said Thursday. The round was led by Insight Venture Partners. In addition to the equity funding, the firm said it has...

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sequans Gains New Funding

4G semiconductor firm Sequans, a developer of LTE chips which is based in Paris but has U.S. operations in Cupertino, said Thursday that it has raised a new round of capital for the firm. Amount of the funding was not disclosed, however, th...

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Immunet Lands $2M

Palo Alto-based Immunet, a developer of cloud-based, antivirus software, reported yesterday that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Altos Ventures, and also included TechOperators. Immunet claimed the round ...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

1020 Placecast Finds $5M

San Francisco-based 1020 Placecast, which operates an online, location-based marketing system, said Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The round included Quatrex Capital, ONSET Ventures, and Voyager Capital. The f...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

FireEye Gets In-Q-Tel Funding

Milpitas-based FireEye, a developer of malware protection tools, said Wednesday that it has received an investment from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. FireEye said the investment came ...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Maveron Ventures Opens San Francisco Office

Maveron Ventures, the venture capital firm of Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks, has established an outpost in San Francisco, the firm said today. According to Maveron, it has opened up an office in San Francisco head...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Superfeedr Gets Seeded

Superfeedr, which develops feed fetching infrastructure software, has raised a seed funding round, the firm said Tuesday. The round came from Betaworks and Mark Cuban....

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Joyent Gets $4M

Sausalito-based Joyent, a developer of web-based collaboration software, has scored $4M in a funding round, including investment from Intel Capital. The funding was disclosed Tuesday afternoon by Intel Capital, although the value of the fun...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Intel Capital Invests In Seven Firms

Intel Capital, Intel's venture capital arm, has invested $25M across seven new investment, Intel announced Tuesday afternoon. According to Intel, it invested in Joyent, Active Storage, Crucialtec, Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., ...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Zynga Harvests $15.187M

San Francisco-based social gaming developer Zynga has raised another $15.187M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. The Series B-1 preferred stock round came from its existing investors, which includes Kleiner Pe...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Powervation Gets New Funding

Mountain View-based Powervation, a developer of systems-on-a-chip for energy control and management, said Monday that it has secured new funding from Braemer Energy Ventures. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Braemer Principal Jiong ...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Outright Raises $5.5M

Campbell-based online accounting software firm Outright has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The funding included Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures, Soft Tech VC, and First Round Capital. Ravi Mohan of Shasta Ventures and Rob Hayes of First ...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Bigfoot Networks Raises $8M

Redwood City-based Bigfoot Networks, which makes networking cards specifically targeted at the computer gaming industry, said it has raised $8M in a Series B investment round today. The round came from North Bridge Venture Partners, Palomar...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

QuorumLabs Gets $5.3M

Fremont-based QuorumLabs has raised $5.3M for the firm's business continuity software, the company announced. The funding was led by Themis Computer, and also included unnamed insiders involved with Sandpiper Networks, Tekelec, Ixia, and Or...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Rockyou Raises $50M

San Mateo-based RockYou, a developer of social applications, has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding came from Softbank. RockYou has also previously raised funding from SK Telecom, DCM, Sequoia, and Lightspeed, none of whom particip...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Nuvosun Gets Bridge Loan

Palo Alto-based Nuvosun, a manufacturer of thin-film, photovoltaic cells, has scored a debt facility, in the form of a secured subordinated amortizing bridge loan, according to funder Agility Capital. Amount of the funding was not disclosed...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Chelsio Connects With $17M

Sunnyvale-based Chelsio Communications, a developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors and adapters, announced this moring that it has raised another $17M in funding. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates, INVESCO Private Capit...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Evernote Jots Down $10M In Series B

Mountain View-based Evernote, which develops software which allows users to "take notes" on any web page and elsewhere, announced today that it has raised a $10M, Series B funding round. The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, and also ...

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Kidlandia Gets $725K

San Francisco-based Kidlandia, which produces interactive, custom maps for kids, along with associated print products, has raised $725,000 out of a $1.0M funding round, according to a filing by the firm this week. Josh Felser, former co-fou...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Playdom Scores $43M, Buys Two Firms

Mountain View-based Playdom, a developer of social games, said earlier this week that it raised $43M in a Series A investment round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Vent...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Aurora Feint Deal Worth $3.6M

Burlingame-based Aurora Feint, a developer of social gaming software for the iPhone, has raised $3.6M in a Series 2 investment, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The company had disclosed a strategic investment from Japanese mob...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Caring.com Finds $10M

San Mateo-based Caring.com, an online site focused on providing information on elder care, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B financing. The round was led by new investor Shata Ventures, and also included DCM and Split Rock Pa...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Microchip Biotechnologies Gains $18.1M

Pleasanton-based Microchip Biotechnologies, a developer of scientific equipment for sample processing in the life sciences and applied sciences area, announced today that it has raised $18.1M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Do...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Report: Valuations Up In Q3

The latest venture capital survey from Fenwick & West finds that valuations increased in Q3, according to a study of financing for 103 technology and life sciences companies headquartered in the greater Silicon Valley/San Francisco Area. Fe...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Stretch Raises $10M

Sunnyvale-based Stretch, a developer of software configurable processors, announced today that it has raised $10M in what it said was a mezzanine funding round. The round was co-led by Worldview Technology Partners, Oak Investment Partners,...

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Prosper Gets More Funding

San Diego-based Prosper, which operates a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, said Tuesday night that it has received a new investment, from QED Investors. Nigel W. Morris, co-founder of Capital One and head of QED Investors, has joined the f...

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Sandforce Gets $21M

Santa Clara-based Sandforce, a developer of processors used to develop solid state disks (SSDs), said Tuesday that it has raised $21M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by TransLink Capital, and also included UMC Capital, LSI Co...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Labcyte Gets $5.5M In Venture Debt

Sunnyvale-based Labcyte, a developer of liquid handling equipment and lab instrumentation, has raised $5.5M in a venture debt funding. According to funding firm Hercules Technology Growth Capital, it provided the $5.5M as a credit facility ...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

RPO Nabs $19.3M

San Jose-based RPO, a developer of optical touch technology used in cell phones, cameras, and other consumer electronics, said today that it has raised $19.3M in a supplemental Series C funding round. The round came from existing investors,...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

People Power Raises Series A

Palo Alto-based People Power Company, a developer of residential energy efficiency monitoring and control systems, said Monday that it has closed a Series A fudging. The funding came from New Cycle Capital, Seraph Group, and other angel inv...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Eventbrite Confirms Fundraising

San Francisco-based Eventbrite has confirmed it has raised a Series C funding round, bringing the firm's funding to $8M. The funding had been disclosed in a regulatory filing last Wednesday. Eventbrite said that the funding came from Sequoi...

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Metabolex Nabs $8.6M More

Hayward-babsed Metabolex, a developer of biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of metabolic diseases, said this week that it has raised $8.6M in additoinal financing. The inside round came from Alta Partners, Venrock, Versant Ventures, Bay C...

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Thing Labs Gets $2.0M

San Francisco-based Thing Labs, a developer of web-based software for creating and sharing content, has upped its funding to $2.0M in a funding round which includes Polaris Venture Partners, according to a regulatory filing from the firm t...

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Spinal Modulation Gets $27.4M

Menlo Park-based Spinal Modulation, a developer of medical devices for treating back pain, said Thursday that it has raised $27.4M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, DeNovo Ventures, ...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Eventbrite Finds $6.46M

San Francisco-based Eventbrite, an online event and ticket management web site, has raised $6.46M, according to a regulatory filing today by the firm . According to reports, the funding comes from Sequoia Capital. The filing indicates the f...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

CubeTree Raises $8M

Redwood City-based CubeTree, a developer of enterprise social networking and collaboration software, said today that it has raised $8m in a Series B funding. The round was led by InterWest Partners, an also included Trinity Ventures. Bruce ...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

liveBooks Gets $5M

San Francisco-based liveBooks, an online site focused on photographers, said today that it has raised $5M in funding. The company said the round came from un-named, strategic and private investors. liveBOoks operates an online site for phot...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Cambrios Raises $14.5M

Sunnyvale-based Cambrios Technologies, a developer of advanced materials used for producing transparent conductive films, said Tuesday that it has raised $14.5M in a Series D financing round. According to the firm, the first close on the fu...

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Omidyar Backs Anti-Corruption Nonprofit With $2.4M

The Omidyar Network has invested $2.4M in a grant to Global Integrity, a non-profit which tracks government corruption and governance, Global Integrity said Tuesday. Stacy Donohue, part of Omidyar Network, will join Global Integrity's board...

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

EmSense Finds $9M

San Francisco-based EmSense, a firm developing physiological and brainwave measurement technology, said Tuesday that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Technology Partners, and also included prior investor t...

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Cisco, EMC, VMware Tie In Major Virtualization Deal

Cisco, EMC, and VMware said today that they have created a new effort to accelerate virtualization and private cloud infrastructure, including a joint venture to provide support for private cloud efforts. According to the three, the effort-...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Greylock Closes $575M Fund, Hires Reid Hoffman

Venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday that it has closed Greylock XIII, a $575M, venture capital fund, and also hired on LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman as an investing partners. According to Greylock, the new fund will go to investmen...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Link_A_Media Gets $18M More

Santa Clara-based Link_A_Media, a developer of systems-on-a-chip technology for the data storage industry, announced today that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also inclu...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Bling Nation Grabs $20M

Palo Alto-based Bling Nation, which operates a mobile payments service, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Balderton Capital, and also included prior investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. Bl...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Aurora Feint Gets Strategic Investment

Burlingame-based Aurora Feint, which develops social gaming software for the iPhone, said Friday that it has received a strategic, multi-million dollar investment in the firm. According to Aurora Feint, the investment came from Japanese mob...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Intelleflex Gets Team From Maxim, Investment

Santa Clara-based Intelleflex, a provider of RFID products, said today that it has inked a deal with Maxim Integrated Products, to transfer a Maxim engineering team and IP in return for an equity position in the firm. Intelleflex said the t...

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Renewable Funding Gets $12.2M

Oakland-based Renewable Funding, which provides financing programs for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs, has raised $12.2M in a Series A funding, the firm said this week. The round was led by NGEN Partners and Draper Fisher Ju...

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Mytrus Raises $1.0M

Mill Valley-based Mytrus, a stealth mode firm which says it is "bringing clinical trials directly to participants," has raised $1.0M in a funding round, according to regulatory filings. No details on the funding have been released by the co...

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Nodality Gains $3.5M

South San Francisco-based Nodality has raised $3.5M out of an ongoing, $10M fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The firm is developing personal diagnostics technology, specifically focused on detectin...

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Data Robotics Raises $10M

Santa Clara-based Data Robotics, a maker of data storage products, has raised $10M in a Series E funding round, the firm said Thursday. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Greylock Partners, New Enterprise Associates, RRE...

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Cleantech VC Sees Uptick

A new analysis of Q3 2009 venture capital investments released today by Ernst & Young, find that clean technology investments jumped 46% quarter-to-quarter, to a total of $965M in 50 financing round. According to the analysis--using data fr...

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

SnapLogic Snags $2.3M

San Mateo-nbased SnapLogic, a developer of data integration software for connecting business data, said this morning that it has raised $2.3M in a Series A financing round. The round came from Andreessen Horowitz, Maples Investment, Google ...

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dilithium Networks Scores $10.9M

Petaluma-based Dilithium Networks, a developer of hardware for video transcoding, streaming media servers, and more, has raised $10.9M in a Series E2 funding round. The funding was revealed earlier this week via a regulatory filing. No deta...

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Godengo Raises $2.16M

Emeryville-based Godengo, a developer of software for magazine publishers to publish their content online alongside advertising, has raised $2.1M in a round of funding. The funding came to light through a regulatory filing Tuesday. No detai...

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Vdopia Confirms $4M Fundraising

Palo Alto-based Vdpoia, a developer of video advertising products for the Apple iPhone, announced this morning that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round from Nexus Venture Partners. The funding had been uncovered earlier this month...

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Netpulse Gets $3.1M

San Francisco-based Netpulse, a developer of interactive entertainment products targeted at fitness equipment and gyms, said today that it has raised $3.1M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Javelin Venture Partners, and also inclu...

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Monday, October 26, 2009

ResponseLogix Raises $5.6M

Sunnyvale-based ResponseLogix, a developer of lead management software for the automotive industry, said Monday that it has raised $5.6M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital Partners, and also included prior inv...

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Monday, October 26, 2009

IngBoo Scores $800K

Sunnyvale-based IngBoo, a firm developing an online service for organizing web information, announced today that it has raised $800,000 in seed funding. The funding came from Amidzad partners, Horizon Ventures, and Sunbridge Partners. Elis ...

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Monday, October 26, 2009

PacketMotion Nabs $5M More

San Jose-based PacketMotion reports this morning that it has closed on $5M more in a Series C funding round. The new funding was led by Reservoir Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Intel Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and ...

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Watercooler Slurps Up $5.5M

Mountain View-based Watercooler, a developer of social games on Facebook, said today that the firm has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round. The round came from strategic investor Betfair, an online site focused on betting. Watercooler ...

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ensphere Solutions Gets $4M

Santa Clara-based Ensphere Solutions, a developer of semiconductors used for optical interfaces, said Thursday that it has raised $4M in funding. The funding came from Ideavelopers, an Egyptian investor. Ensphere's design center is based in...

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Benchmark Adds Wolfe As EIR

Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital said Wednesday that Michael Wolfe has rejoined the firm as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Wolfe, who has previously served as an EIR at the firm, was most recently Chief Technology Officer at Symantec's Enterp...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

RedSeal Raises $12M

San Matoe-based RedSeal Systems announced today that it has raised $12M in a funding round, led by OVP Venture partners. The firm said that existing investors Venrock, Jafco Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Leapfrog Ventures also partici...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

RiseSmart Gets $4.6M More

San Jose-based RiseSmart, a provider of Web-based job search services, said today that it has raised an additional $4.6M in a Series A financing. The firm said the round included $2.8M from Storm Ventures, and $1.8M from Norwest Venture Par...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Canesta Sees $16M

Sunnyvale-based Canesta, a developer of CMOS camera chips, announced this morning that it has raised $16M in new funding. The round came from Carlyle Growth Partners, Hotung Venture Group, Venrock, as well as new strategic investors Quanta ...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Insync Software Gets $4.7M

San Jose-based InSync Software, a provider of software for the RFID and supply chain tracking business, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $4.7M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Intel Capital and Rustic...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Aviir Gets $1.0M

Palo Alto-based Aviir, a firm developing diagnostic tests enabling accurate diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular disease based on research out of Stanford, has raised $1.0M in a combination of equity and debt, along with warrants. The ...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

REvolution Computing Raises $9M

REvolution Computing, a developer of software for an open source, statistical computing language called "R", said today that it has raised $9M in a funding, and named Norman Nie as CEO. The funding came from North Bridge Venture Partners an...

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Accel Expands In India

Accel Partners said late Monday that it has hired Neeraj Bharadwaj as a Managing Director at the firm's Indian operations. Bharadwaj joins the company from Apax Partners India, where he was Managing Director and Country Head. Accel said tha...

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Monday, October 19, 2009

New Enterprise Associates Hits $2.45B In Committments

The latest venture capital fund from New Enterprise Associates, New Enterprise Associates 13 LP, has reached 2.457 billion in commitments, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. The amount is up from $2.15B committed to the f...

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Venture Deals Total $5.1B, Bay Area Investments Fall, Says Dow Jones

Venture capital activity in the San Francisco Bay Area fell 33% in Q3, according to a report released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, investments in the San Francisco Bay Area totaled only $2.2 billion,...

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Tilera Gets $10M

San Jose-based Tilera, a developer of multicore processors, said late Thursday evening that Quanta Computers has invested $10M in the firm. According to Tilera, the investment came after Quanta selected its 64-core processors for its cloud ...

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Box.net Raises $2M More

Palo Alto-based Box.net, a developer of online, subscription file sharing services, has raised $2.0M more in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The $2.0M is an extension of an earlier, April funding worth $...

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

UPEK Snags $6.1M

Emeryville-based b>UPEK, a developer of biometrics devices and software, has raised $6.1M, part of an ongoing, $12.7M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The filing indicates that 13 investors have been in...

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Vdopia Raises $4.7M

San Jose-based Vdopia, an online advertising service focused on video and mobile ads for India, has raised $4.7M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. No details on the funding have been announced by ...

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Spigit Captures $10M

Pleasanton-based Spigit, a developer of social collaboration software for the enterprise, announced today that it has raised $10M in an equity funding round. The round came from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Spigit said the new fundin...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ecast Gets $17M More

San Francisco-based Ecast, a developer of broadband-enabled, touch screen jukeboxes, has raised $17M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Tuesday. No details of the funding were announced by the company. The fi...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

GroundWork Open Source Nets $5M

San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, a developer of commercial open source and network management software, said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series D venture funding. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included pr...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

ViVu Raises $3M

Sunnyvale-based ViVu, a new startup focused on video communication and conferencing services, said Tuesday that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding was led by Inventus Capital Partners, and also included...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ooyala Raises $10M More

Mountain View-based Ooyala, a developer of a video hosting application and platform, said last night that it raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Sierra ...

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Friday, October 9, 2009

IntelePeer Gets $4M In Equipment Financing

San Francisco-based IntelePeer, a provider of hosted, rich media communications services, has received $4M in an equipment financing. The funding came from ATEL Ventures. According to ATEL, the funding will go towards purchase and deploymen...

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Twitter Series E Worth $100M

A regulatory filing today confirms that Twitter has raised $100,000,006 in its latest funding round, a Series E funding of preferred stock by the firm. According to the filing, filed Thursday, the firm has received $98.2M of that funding so...

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Teracent Ups Funding By $550,000

San Mateo-based Teracent, a developer of online advertising technology, has raised $550,000 in what appears to be a convertible debt round or bridge funding. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. The firm's board inclu...

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Engine Yard Raises $19M

San Francisco-based Engine Yard, a developer of Ruby on Rails development tools, said today that it has raised $19M in a Series C funding round. The round included new investors DAG Ventures, Bay Partners, and Presidio Ventures, along with ...

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Personal Web Solutions Takes $1.2M

Palo Alto-based Personal Web Solutions, a developer of web TV browser software, has raised $1.2M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing. The regulatory filing indicates the firm's target is $1.8M in the round. No details on th...

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Direct Flow Medical Gets $40M

Santa Rosa-based Direct Flow Medical, a developer of aortic tissue value prothesis, has scored $40M in a venture funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have been announced by the company. The ...

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Monday, October 5, 2009

QSecure Gathers $10M More

Los Altos-based QSecure, a developer of powered card technology for financial institutions, said today that it has received $10M more in a Series D funding round. The round came from its existing investors, Worldview Technology Partners, Al...

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Monday, October 5, 2009

Causata Gains $4.5M

San Francisco-based Causata, a developer of software for optimizing sales channels, said today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A round. The round came from Aceel Partners. Causata is headed by former TouchClarity founder Paul Phillips....

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Amyris Biotechnologies Gets $41.75M

Emeryville-based Amyris Biotechnologies, a developer of renewable chemical and biodiesel processes, said Thursday that it has raised $41.75M in a Series C funding round. The round came from GrupoCornelioBrennand of Brazil and Naxos UK, alon...

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Kai-Fu Lee Boosts WI Harper Involvement

San Francisco-based venture capital firm WI Harper Group said this morning that Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, most recently president of Google China, has become Chairman of the firm's advisory board, and will help the firm with trends, strategy and inve...

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Google Ventures Into Adimab

Mountain View-based Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Google, has led an investment in Adimab, a New Hampshire firm focused on human antibody discovery. According to Adimab, Google was joined by Polaris Ventures, SV Life Sciences,...

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Delivery Agent Raises $25M

San Francisco-based Delivery Agent, a firm which provides online shopping technology for entertainment properties, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Focus Ventures, and...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Loomia Gets $1.5M In Debt Round

San Francisco-based Loomia, a developer of content and video discovery software for web publishers, has scored $1.5M in debt. The deal also includes warrants. No details on the source of the debt funding have been released by the company. T...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

OnLive Gains Series C

San Francisco-based OnLive, a developer of cloud gaming services, is reporting this morning that it has raised a Series C funding round. Size of the new funding was not disclosed. The funding came from AT&T Media Holdings, Lauder Partners, ...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Booyah Downloads $5M

Palo Alto-based Booyah, a maker of iPhone and iTouch games, has raised $5M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. No details on the funding have been announced. The firm has previously raised capita...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Firetide Gains $8.59M

Los Gatos-based Firetide, which develops wirelesss mesh networking hardware for municipal and enterprise networks, has raised $8.59M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. No details on the funding have been relea...

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

TargetCast Networks Gets $6.5M

San Ramon-based TargetCast Networks, an operator of a out-of-home, digital TV advertising network, said today it has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Claremont Creek Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Accordi...

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

NEOEDGE Raises $4.0M

Mountain View-based NEOEDGE, which is developing advertising services to the casual games market, said today that it has raised $4.0M in a Series A funding round. According to the firm, the financing was co-led by VanEdge Capital and Jeffer...

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Twitter Confirms Funding Round

Twitter confirmed Friday morning that it has closed a "significant" round of funding, saying that the round came from Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, Institutional Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Benchmark Capital. Amount of th...

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Fluther Gets $600K

San Francisco-based Fluther, an online, user-generated questions and answers site, has raised $600,000 in a funding round. The round came from Ron Conway, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Naval Ravikant, Biz Stone, Dave McClure,and Leonard Sp...

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

LS9 Raises $25M More

South San Francisco-based LS9, a developer of a fermentation process for producing biofuels and other chemicals, announced Thursday that it has raised $25M in a round of new funding. The round came from CTTV Investments LLC, Chevron Technol...

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Report: Twitter Closing On $100M Investment

A report from the WSJ says today that Twitter is near a deal to raised $100M, from an investor group that includes Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, and others. According to the report, the funding includes as many as seven investors...

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Pandora Gets $10M In Credit Facility

Oakland-based music streaming firm Pandora Media has gained a $10M, line of credit from Bridge Bank, Bridge said this morning. According to Bridge Bank, the line of credit will go towards working capital for Pandora's continued growth, and ...

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Altius Education Gets $8M

San Francisco-based Altius Education, a firm that helps universities launch online, fully accredited colleges, said this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Maveron LLC and Spark Capital, and als...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Marketo Gets Series C

San Mateo-based Marketo, a provider of marketing automation products, announced this morning that it has closed a Series C funding round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The round came from Mayfield Fund, with Mayfield's Robin Vasa...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sungevity Raises $6M

Berkeley-based Sungevity, which operates a web site that helps find residential solar leads, disclosed today that the firm has raised $6M in additional funding. The round was led by Greener Capital. Along with the funding, the firm also sai...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Serious Materials Gains $60M

Sunnyvale-based Serious Materials, a developer of green building materials, announced today that it has raised $60M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Mesirow Financial, and also included new investors Enertech Capital, Che...

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Jennerex Closes $5.5M Series C

San Francisco-based Jennerex, a developer of oncolytic virus therapeutics, said late last week that it has closed its second tranche of Series C funding. The firm said the round close dout at $5,611,475, above the firm's target of $5M. The ...

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Juvaris BioTherapeutics Finds $25M

Burlingame-based Juvaris BioTherapeutics announced Thursday that the firm had a first close on a $25M, Series B financing round. The new funding was led by SV Life Sciences and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The firm did not say what the...

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Fwix Funding Round Worth $2.75M

San Francisco-based Fwix said Thursday that its Series A funding--which was announced on August 31st, without an amount--was worth $2.75M. The round came from B lueRun Ventures. Fwix operates a real-time, local news site which combines blog...

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

NextBio Nabs $8M

Cupertino-based NextBio, which is developing an online platform for sharing information between life science researchers, said today that it has closed an $8M, Series C venture funding round. The round was led by Newbury Ventures, and also ...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

NextG Networks Raises Funding

San Jose-based NextG Networks, a developer of distributed antenna systems for wireless carriers, said Wednesday that it has secured an equity investment from a group of investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners. Amount of the investment wa...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Zoove Gets $13M

Palo Alto-based Zoove, a provider of mobile direct marketing services, said Tuesday that it has had a first close on a $13M, Series C funding round. According to the firm, the funding cames from Highland Capital Partners, Worldview Technolo...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Ruckus Wireless Gets $10.8M

Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless, a developer of Wi-Fi network systems, has raised nearly $10.8M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Details on the funding have not been released by the company. Ruckus is venture back...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Alvine Pharmaceuticals Gains $21.5M

San Carlos-based Alvine Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing treatments for celiac disease, announced Tuesday that it has raised $21.5M in a Series A extension funding round. The funding was led by Panorama Capital, and als...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tesla Motors Raises $82.5M

San Carlos-based Tesla Motors has raised $82.5M in a equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. No details on the funding have been disclosed by the firm, however, funding in the round came from Daimler, Fjo...

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Ikanos Snags CTO From Tallwood

Fremont-based Ikanos Communications, a publicly held provider of semiconductors, including VSDL2/ADSL and network processing chips, said Monday that it has hired on Debajyoti "Debu" Pal as its Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Offi...

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Monday, September 14, 2009

QSecure Raises $5.25M

Los Altos-based QSecure has raised $5.25M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. According to the filing, the round opened on August 25th, and included 5 investors, with a target amount of $10.25M. No details on the fundin...

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Ozmo Devices Gets $7.5M

Palo Alto-based Ozmo Devices said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C investment round. The round came from Granite Ventures, Intel Capital, and Tallwood Venture Capital. All are prior investors in the firm. Ozmo Devices develops c...

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Factery.net Gets $1.2M

Palo Alto-based Factery.net, a real-time search engine, has raised $1.2M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Thursday. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Factery offers real-time search of Twitter and news...

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

GainSpan Gets Funding From In-Q-Tel

Los Gatos-based GainSpan, a spinout of Intel, said today that it has scored a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. According to GainSpan, the strategic investment and te...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

BLADE Network Technologies Scores Series B

Santa Clara-based BLADE Network Technologies, a developer of data center networking products, said today that it has raised a Series B funding round from NEC Corporation, Juniper Networks, an another, unnamed "technology industry leader." T...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Evernote Gains $2M

Mountain View-based Evernote, a developer of web-based, note-taking services, said Wednesday that the firm has raised an additional $2M in funding from DOCOMO Capital. The firm said the funding is on top of earlier funding from Troika Dialo...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Cell Biosciences Buys Alpha Innotech, Raises $19M

Santa Clara-based Cell Biosciences said late Tuesday that it has acquired Alpha Innotech Corp in a deal worth approximately $17.9M in cash. San Leandro-based Alpha Innotech develops digital imaging systems for genomic and proteomic research...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Jobvite Gets $8.25M

San Francisco-based Jobvite, which develops job recruitment software-as-a-service, said today that it has raised $8.25M in a Series B funding. The round was led by ATA VEntures and also included Series A investor CEMA Capital. Jobvite said ...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Yardbarker Raises $1.51M

San Francisco-based YardBarker, a sports blogging and news site, has raised $1.51M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. Details on the funding have not been released. The funding is an expansion of fun...

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Hara Hails $14M

Redwood City-based Hara, a developer of environmental and energy management software, said today that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding, bring the company's total raised to $20M. The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included...

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Mashlogic Gets $2.5M

Menlo Park-based MashLogic, a developer of browser extensions for enhancing web pages, has raised $2.5M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this morning. No details on the funding were announced, however, New ...

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Nor1 Ups Funding To $8M

Sunnyvale-based Nor1, a developer of products for the travel industry, has now boosted its total funding to $8.0M, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. Source of the funding was not disclosed. The filing indicates the f...

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Ooma Dials Up $18.3M

Palo Alto-based Ooma, which develops Voice-over-IP hardware for consumers, has raised $18.3M in a fourth round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to reports, the funding was led by Worldview Partners, and al...

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

DeepDyve Brings Up $375K

Sunnyvale-based DeepDyve, a developer of search technology, has raised $375,000 in debt, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. According to the filing, the debt also included warrants. Source of the new funding was not d...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Advanced Cell Diagnostics Gets $5.4M

Hayward-based Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD), a developer of cell- and tissue-based diagnostic tests for personalized medicine, announced late Wednesday that the firm has completed a second close on a $5.4M, Series A funding. The financing...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Glacier Bay Lands $10M

Union City-based Glacier Bay, which develops intelligent power management systems, said late Wednesday that the firm has raised $10M in an investment round. The round was led by the Westly Group, and also included New Enterprise Associates ...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

SkyFire Labs Gets $5M

Mountain View-based Skyfire, a developer of Internet browsers for mobile phones, has raised $5M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm yesterdasy. Details on the funding were not released by the firm. SkyFire has...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Vinfolio Raises $4.5M

San Francisco-based Vinfolio, an online site selling wine, said Tuesday that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Panorama Capital. Shahan Soghikian of Panorama joins the firm's board along with the funding. ...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Greystripe Gets $2M More

San Francisco-based Greystripe, a provider of mobile advertising, announced today that it has raised $2M more in its Series C funding round. The new funding came from GE and NBC Universal through their Peacock Equity Fund. The firm said the...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Fluidigm Raises $10.7M

South San Francisco-based Fluidigm, a developer of integrated fluidic circuits for the life sciences industry, has raised $10.67M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The round is part of a ongoing, $14M f...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

eIQ Energy Gets $10M, Unveils Firm

San Jose-based eIQ Energy, a developer of technology for the solar power industry, unveiled the firm today and also said it has raised $10M in funding. According to eIQ, it has raised $10M in funding through July of 2009, from NGEN Partners...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Athena Feminine Technologies Raises $2M

Emeryville-based Athena Feminine Technologies, which is developing treatments for female incontinence, announced today that the firm has raised $2M in a Series A investment round. The round came from vSpring Capital. The firm said that the ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Coupa Software Gets $7.5M

San Mateo-based Coupa Software, a developer of software-as-a-service for electronic procurement, said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by El Dorado Ventures, and also included prior investors Blu...

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Khosla Raises $1B In New Funds

Khosla Ventures, the venture capital firm headed by Vinod Khosla, said this morning that it has raised more than $1 billion in new capital in two new funds. According to Khosla, its new funds are Khosla Ventures III, worth $750M, and Khosla...

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Fwix Gets Series A

San Francisco-based Fwix, a new publishing venture which combines local news content with user-contributed stories, said this morning that it has raised a Series A round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The round came f...

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Queplix Raises $1.5M

San Francisco-based Queplix, a developer of software for migrating software applications to cloud computing infrastructure, announced this morning that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A investment. The round came from Javelin Venture Partne...

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Calix Gains $100M

Petaluma-based Calix, a developer of communications equipment for the broadband market, said today that it has raised $100M in financing. The firm said $50M of the funding was equity, from its existing investors, and the other $50M was debt...

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Friday, August 28, 2009

MOG Lands $5M

Berkeley-based MOG, which operates an online community focused on music and music blogging, said late Thursday that it has raised $5M in a funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Simon Equity Partners and Scott...

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Shasta Names StumbleUpon's Michael Buhr As EIR

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Shasta Ventures reports today that it has added Michael Buhr as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the firm. According to Shasta, Buhr will evaluate prospective investments in the area of online discovery ...

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Ikanos Communications Completes Buy Of Conexant's Broadband Access Line

Fremont-based Ikanos Communications said Monday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Conexant's Broadband Access product line. The acquisition was originally announced in April. The deal was worth $54M, and was funded via $42M...

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Barosense Raises $27.4M

Redwood City-based Barosense, a developer of obesity treatments, has nabbed $27.4M as part of an ongoing $30.5M Series D round. No details on the funding have been announce, however, the firm is backed by Delphi Ventures, Frazier Healthcare...

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Complete Genomics Raises $45M

Mountain View-based Complete Genomics said today that it has raised $45M in a Series D financing round. The round was led by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and OrbiMed Advisors, with existing investors Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, ...

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Amyris Biotechnologies Gets $24.75M

Emeryville-based Amyris Biotechnologies has scored $24.75M out of a $62M, Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm yesterday. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. The firm is backed by...

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Expresso Fitness Gets $6M

Sunnyvale-based Expresso Fitness, which develops internet-connected, cardio fitness systems, said earlier this week that it has raised $6M in a Series D financing round. The round came from Sierra Ventures, Physic Ventures, and Enterprise P...

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Mobile Iron Raises $11M In Series B

Sunnyvale-based Mobile Iron, a developer of device management software, has raised nearly $11M in a Series B funding round. The firm is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures, and Big Basin Partners LP. Accordi...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Wanova Gets $13M For Desktop Virtualization

San Jose-based Wanova, a developer of desktop virtualization software, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Greylock Partners, Carmel Ventures, and Opus Capital. Wanova said it has created a ne...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

3VR Security Raises $12M

San Francisco-based 3VR Security, a provider of digital video surveillance products, confirmed today that it has raised $12M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with Menlo's Sonia Hoel Perkins joining the firm'...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Polyvore Raises $5.6M

Mountain View-baesd Polyvore, which operates an online, user-generated fashion site, said late Tuesday that the firm has raised $5.6M in a Series B financing round. The round came from Matrix Partners, Benchmark Capital, and Harrison Metal ...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Teachscape Gains $16M

San Francisco-based Teachscape, a developer of professional development programs for the educational industry, said last week that it has raised $16M in a Series C investment round. The round was led by ABS Capital Partners, with Phil Cloug...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

IBM Boosts VC In Brazil

IBM is looking to boost venture capital activity in Brazil, with a new partnership with an agency in that country, the firm said Tuesday. IBM said it is linking with FINEP -- the Brazilian Innovation Finance Agency, the Brazilian Private Eq...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

PaymentOne Gets $7M

San Jose-based PaymentOne, which provides online payment services for ecommerce sites, announced today that it has raised $7M in a combination of equity and debt. The funding was led by AER Investments LLC. PaymentOne said the new funding w...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Analogix Finds $10M

Santa Clara-based Analogix Semiconductor, which develops HDMI transmitter semiconductors, Displayport chips, and other related analog and mixed signal, multimedia products, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B-3 venture capital ...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

3VR Security Gets $11.4M

San Francisco-based 3VR Security., which develops IP-based video surveillance products, disclosed through a regulatory filing Friday that it has raised $11.4M out of a $12.1M funding round. 3VR is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Force10 Scores $30M

San Jose-based Force10 Networks, a developer of Ethernet switches and related hardware, has raised $30M in a equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm yesterday. Force10 has not disclosed details of the funding. F...

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

MobileIron Raises $11M

Sunnyvale-based MobileIron, a developer of smart phone software, has raised nearly $11M in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Monday. According to the filing, the round closed on July 31st. Source of the fundin...

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Crescendo Networks Adds $5M, Moves To Menlo Park

Crescendo Networks, a developer of web application delivery acceleration products, announced Thursday that it has raised $5M in funding, and related its headquarters to Menlo Park. The funding was led by Trilogy Equity Partners, and also in...

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Jennerex Raises $5M

San Francisco-based Jennerex, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing oncolytic virus therapeutics targeted at treatment of liver, colon, and lung cancer, said this week that it has raised $5.1M in a funding round as part of a private placemen...

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Shocking Technologies Gets $10M

San Jose-based Shocking Technologies, a developer of dielectric materials used for electrostatic discharged protection (ESD) on cell phones, semiconductors, LEDs, and other electronics, has raised $10M in a second round of funding. The fund...

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

FanSnap Raises $5M

Palo Alto-based FanSnap, a live event ticket search engine, announced late Wednesday that the firm has raised $5M in a new funding. The round came from Highland Capital Partners, with Richard de Silva of Highland taking a place on its board...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Meru Boosts Funding To $87.5M

Sunnyvale-based Meru Networks, a developer of enterprise wireless networking products, has raised the size of the firm's Series E funding round to $87.5M, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. According to the filing, the fir...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Mint Raises $14M

Mountain View-based personal finance service Mint.com has raised $14M in a new equity round of funding, the firm said late Wednesday. The funding was first disclosed through a regulatory filing by the firm. According to Mint.com, the Series...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Pacific Biosciences Gets $68M

Menlo Park-based Pacific Biosciences, a developer of DNA sequencing technology, reported Wednesday that it has raised $68M in funding. The funding included investments from Monsanto and the Wellcome Trust, as well as Sutter Hill Ventures an...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Xora, Gearworks Merge, Gain $8.5M

Mountain View-based Xora and Minnesota-based Gearworks, both firms which develop mobile business applications, said today they have merged. The two said that they will operate under Xora's name, focused on the location-based mobile business...

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

RichRelevance Raises $3.5M More

San Francisco-based RichRelevance, a developer of personalization technology for ecommerce sites, has now raised $12.5M in its Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. According to the filing, the fund...

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Simply Hired Lands $4.6M

Mountain View-based Simply Hired, which aggregates job listings and allows users to search for positions, announced this morning that it has raised $4.6M in funding from IDG Ventures and Foundation Capital. The firm described the round as "...

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Monday, August 10, 2009

Amalfi Semiconductor Raises $24M

Los Gatos-based Amalfi Semiconductor, which develops CMOS radio and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced today that it has raised $24M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and also included DCM, Globespan Ca...

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Friday, August 7, 2009

Practice Fusion Gets Investment From Salesforce.com

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, a developer of web-based applications for patient health record tracking, disclosed this week that the firm has raised a round of funding from Salesforce.com. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. ...

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

XDx Adds $14.4M

Brisbane-based XDx, a firm working on molecular diagnostics, reported Wednesday that it has raised $14.4M in a Series G financing round. The round was led by Bristol-Myers Squibb, along with prior investors Burrill Venture Capital; Duff, Ac...

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Panaya Raises $5M

Menlo Park-based Panaya, which develops software-as-a-service for automating SAP upgrades, reported Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Tamares, and also included Benchmark Capital. Panaya said t...

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Bill.com Gains $8.5M

Palo Alto-based Bill.com, which operates an online service for bill management and payment management for small and mid-sized businesses, said today that it has raised $8.5M in a venture financing round. The round was led by August Capital,...

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Monday, August 3, 2009

Crossing Automation Acquires Asyst Assets With Venture Backing

Mountain View-based Crossing Automation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire several pieces of Asyst Technologies' business out of bankruptcy. The firm was supported by investment bankers Tallwood Ventu...

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Friday, July 31, 2009

iLoop Raises $2M

San Jose-based iLoop has scored $2M in an ongoing, $4M funding round. The round was disclosed in a regulatory filing file on Thursday. iLoop is a provider of mobile marketing and mobile applications....

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Intel Capital Sets Sight On Cleantech

Intel Capital is setting its sights on the clean technology market, saying Wednesday that the firm has invested a total of $10M in five clean technology related firms. Intel said it invested in CPower, a provider of demand response and ener...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Power Assure Gains $2.5M

Santa Clara-based Power Assure announced Wednesday afternoon that the firm has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and individual investors. Power Assure develops business automation softwar...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Intel Backs CPower

Intel Capital is backing energy management provider CPower with a strategic round of funding, CPower said Wednesday. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. According to CPower, it received the investment as part of Intel's Open Energy Ini...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Powervation Scores $10M

Palo Alto-based Powervation, which develops integrated circuits used for power conversion, announced Wednesday that it has raised $10M in additional funding. The funding came from SEP, Intel Capital, Venture Tech Alliance and Fourth Level V...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Astoria Software Gets Funding

San Francisco-based Astoria Software, a developer of content and XML management software, said late last week that it has raised an investment round. The funding came from existing investors, including Goldman Sachs, Prism VentureWorks, Blu...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

BookFresh Gets $500K

San Mateo-based BookFresh, a startup which offers online appointment scheduling tools for small businesses, said today that it has raised $500K in seed funding from prolific angel investor Ron Conway and others. The firm has also received p...

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Space Pencil Gets $2.9M

Emeryville-based Space Pencil, a stealth startup headed by Hiten Shah, founder of Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics, has raised nearly $2.9M in a venture funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Monday. No details on the fundin...

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Mixamo Gets $4M For Character Animation Service

San Francisco-based Mixamo, which is providing an online service for customizing and creating animated characters for the game industry, said Monday that it has raised $4M in funding from Granite Ventures and Keynote Ventures. The firm said...

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Santur Takes $13M

Fremont-based Santur, a developer of tunable photonic devices, announced today that it has raised $13M in a funding round. The firm said the funding came from existing investors, including Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, VantagePoint Ventu...

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Quantenna Adds Swisscom To Series C

Fremont-based Quantenna Communications, which is developing semiconductors focused on wireless high definition video networking, said today that it has added Swisscom to its Series C funding round. The firm said the new funding brings the c...

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Egnyte Gets $6M

Mountain View-based Egnyte, a provider of storage-as-a-service for small and mid-sized businesses, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Polaris Venture Partners and seed investor Maples Investme...

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Friday, July 24, 2009

GTronix Raises $5.5M

Fremont-based GTronix, a developer of chips for sensor processing, has raised $5.5M out of an ongoing, $7M Series D fundraising effort, according to regulatory filings from the firm this week. The firm is backed by Jafco Ventures and Menlo...

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Kontera Clicks Into $15.5M

San Francisco-based online advertising provider Kontera said today that it has raised $15.5M in a new round of financing. According to the firm, the new round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Tenaya Capital and Carmel Ventures....

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Bubble Motion Receives $6M

Menlo Park-based Bubble Motion, a startup developing voice messaging products, said Wednesday that it has raised $6M in a funding. The funding came from Palomar Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Comcast Interactive Capital. Bubble Motion opera...

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

RPX Snags Series B

San Francisco-based RPX Corporation, which offers a defensive patent licensing service, announced today that the firm has raised a Series B round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. According to RPX, the funding was led by ...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Signostics Sees $4M More

Signostics, which also has operations in Australia and an office in Palo Alto, said late Tuesday that it has raised $4M for the firm's personal ultrasound devices. The firm said the funding round came from Brandon Capital Partners, Playford...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

iControl Nets $23M In Series C

Palo Alto-based iControl Networks, which develops broadband home management and security products, disclosed today that it has completed a $23M, Series C investment round. According to regulatory filings, the round actually closed back on J...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

eMeter Gets $32M

San Mateo-based eMeter, a developer of energy grid management software, said this morning that it has raised $32M in a financing round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included prior investor Foundation Capital. eMeter develo...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Rembrandt Venture Partners Adds General Partner

Menlo Park-based Rembrandt Venture Partners has snagged a venture partner from Accel Partners, the firm said Tuesday, and appointed him General Partner at the firm. The early stage venture firm said that Rhee was most recently a Venture Par...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Novasys Medical Raises $18.95M

Newark-based Novasys Medical, which develops a treatment for female stress urinary incontinence, reported today that it has raised $18.95M in a second tranche of its Series D funding round. The funding came from Versant Ventures, ThreeArch ...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

SlideRocket Gets $5M

San Francisco-based SlideRocket reports this morning that it has received $5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Azure Capital Partners, and also included Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. As part of the funding, the firm said...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

$3.7 billion in Venture Capital in Q2, Says Report

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have weighed in on the quarterly venture capital investment activity, saying this morning that there was $3.7 billion invested in 612 deals in Q2 of 2009. The MoneyTree Rep...

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Oraya Therapeutics Raises $42M

Newark-based Oraya Therapeutics has raised $42M in a Series C funding round, the firm disclosed today. Oraya said the round was led by Scale Venture Partners and Domain Associates; the investors also include Essex Woodlands Health Ventures ...

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Venture Investments Total $5.27B For Quarter

A report released by Dow Jones VentureSource over the weekend reports that there was $5.27 billion invested in 595 deals across the U.S. during Q2. The results were down significantly from the $8.33 billion invested across 726 deals in Q2 o...

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Friday, July 17, 2009

Home-Account Gets Investment

San Francisco-based Home-Account, which operates an online service to help homeowners find mortgages, disclosed this week that it has raised a new round of funding from a pair of venture firms. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Home-...

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Truviso Nabs $3M, Hires Executive Team

Foster City-based Truviso, which develops software for business analytics, said this morning that the firm has raised an additional $3M in funding from the company's existing investors, which include ONSET Ventures, Diamondhead Ventures, an...

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Aloqa Raises $1.5M

Palo Alto-based Aloqa, a developer of context-aware mobile applications for Android, said this morning it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. Aloqua said the funding came from Wellington Partners as well as unnamed angels. The fir...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Limerick BioPharma Gains $15M

South San Francisco-based Limerick BioPharma reported today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by OVP Venture Partners, and also included prior investors ARCH Venture Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds and Altit...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

AMIMON Snags $10M

AMIMON, a developer of wireless chipsets used for delivering HD video to HDTVs and other home electronics with U.S. headquarters in Santa Clara, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Stata Ve...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Kovio Gets $20M In Series E Funding

Milpitas-based Kovio reports today that the firm has raised $20M in a Series E funding round. According to the firm, the round came from its current investors, which include Bessemer Venture Partners, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures, Flag...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Nexage Finds $4M, But Leaves For Boston

Fremont-based Nexage, which develops mobile advertising technology, disclosed this morning that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round, but also said it would be relocating its headquarters to Boston as part of the funding. According...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Outspark Raises $8.3M

San Francisco-based Outspark, a developer of casual online games, announced this morning that it has raised $8.3M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Syncom Venture Partners, and also included SBI Investment and Mille Plateu...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Aptana Gets $7.8M

San Mateo-based Aptana, a developer of open source, web application monitoring and deployment tools, said today that the firm has raised $7.8M in a funding round. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, and also included prior inve...

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Monday, July 13, 2009

StrongMail Systems Raises $7.6M

Redwood City-based StrongMail Systems has raised $7.6M in an equity fundraising, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. According to the filing, the deal came in conju...

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Vindicia Raises $7.5M

Redwood City-based Vindicia, which develops software used for manage subscription billing, said is announcing this week that it has raised $7.5M in a Series D funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by ONSET Ventures, and al...

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Monday, July 13, 2009

VC Fundraising Drops to $1.7B

Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association reported this morning that venture capital fundraising dropped to only $1.7 billion in the second quarter of 2009, the smallest number of funds raising money in a single quarter s...

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Presidio Pharmaceuticals Adds $27M

San Francisco-based Presidio Pharmaceuticals said Thursday afternoon that it has raised another $27M for the firm. The company, which is focused on developing treatments for viral infections, including HIV-1 and HCV, said the round included...

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

CoTweet Gets $1.1M

San Francisco-based Twitter tools firm CoTweet reported this morning that the firm has raised $1.1M in a venture funding round. The round came from Baseline Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Maples Investments and Free...

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

PlanarMag Gets Series B

West Sacramento-based PlanarMag, a manufacturer of electromagnetic components for the computer, data networking, and telecom industry, disclosed late Wednesday that it had raised a Series B financing for the firm. Amount of the funding was ...

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

SolFocus Collects $30.6M

Mountain View-based SolFocus, a developer of solar concentrators, said today that it has close its Series C funding round at $77.6M. This tranche of the Series C was worth $30.6M, and comes on top of a first close of its Series C investment...

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

iZumi Bio, Pierian Merge, Gain Investment

South San Francisco-bsaed iZumi Bio and Boston-based Pierian, two biotech firms focused on stem cell based therapeutics, said today that they have merged to form a new company, iPierian, and also raised funding worth $11.5M. The two said th...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Relievant Medsystems Raises $20M

Redwood City-based Relievant Medsystems reports today that it has raised $20M in a private equity financing round. According to Relievant, the round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, and also included Canaan Partners, ONSET Ventures, and Em...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

SolFocus Gains Funding From Private Equity Firm

Mountain View-based SolFocus has scored more funding, according to private equity firm Hawyood Dorland Energy Capital, LLC. According to Haywood, the investment round was made by the firm indirectly through Advanced Equities, Inc. Details o...

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Monday, July 6, 2009

Hyperion Therapeutics Raises $60M

South San Francisco-based Hyperion Therapeutics, which is developing pharmaceuticals for the gastroenterology and hepatology areas, announced today that it has raised $60M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Bay City Capital...

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Monday, July 6, 2009

Andreessen, Horowitz Close $300M Venture Fund

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz announced this morning that the two have formed a new, $300M venture capital firm. According to the two--who have been active investors in at least 45 technology startups--the new fund will focus on Silicon ...

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

5AM Ventures III Reaches $159.25M

Menlo Park-based 5AM Ventures, a venture investor in the life sciences industry, has now hit $159.25M in its fundraising for 5AM Ventures III, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. Details on limited partners in the fund hav...

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

SpineGuard Gets $4M

San Francisco- and Paris-based SpineGuard, which is developing medical devices for back surgery, said this morning that it has raised $4M in a funding round from Delta Partners. According to the firm, the investment brings its Series A fund...

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Bling Nation Raises $8M For Mobile Payments

Palo Alto-based Bling Nation, a developer of mobile payment technology, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. Lead investor in the round was Lightspeed Venture Partners,, Meck, Ltd., and CampVentures. Bling Nation d...

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Green Technology Investments Up In Q2

One area of the venture market is saw a bump in activity, according to publisher Greentech Media: the green technology investment space. According to Greentech Media, investments in the space hit $1.2 billion in Q2, up significantly from th...

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Six Year Low In Exits, Says Report

A report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource finds that Q2 of this year was among the worst ever for exits for venture capital-backed firms. According to the report, there was a 57% drop in exits this year, compared with last year, wi...

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Opus Capital Snags iPhone VP As General Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Opus Capital reports today that it has snagged Bob Borchers, the former Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apple's iPhone, as a general partner. Opus said that Borchers will focus on inv...

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

High Gear Media Snags $5.5M

Palo Alto-based High Gear Media, an owner of a network of 38 automotive websites, said today that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by DAG Ventures, and also included prior investors Accel Partners and Greyl...

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Monday, June 29, 2009

ParAccel Gains $22M

Cupertino-based ParAccel, whic is developing massively parallel database software for the data warehousing market, said this morning that it has raised $22M in a Series C venture round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included...

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Virsto Software Gains $7M

Mountain View-based Virsto Software, a developer of storage specifically designed for the virtual server market, said Thursday that the firm has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by August Capital, and also included ...

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Nokeena Networks Raises $6.5M

Santa Clara-based Nokeena Networks, a developer of software for delivering high definition video over the Internet, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a venture funding round. The new round was led by Mayfield Fund. According to Nokeena...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Tensilica Gets Strategic Investment

Santa Clara-based Tensilica disclosed Monday that the firm has received a strategic investment from DOCOMO Capital. Financial terms of the funding were not announced. DOCOMO Capital is the venture capital arm of Japanese wireless carrier NT...

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Tumri Takes $15M

Mountain View-based Tumri, a developer of display advertising products, said Monday that it has raised over $15M in a new round of funding. The firm said the funding included $10M in equity, as well as $5M in debt. The equity portion came f...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Google Invests $2.6M In 23andMe

Mountain View-based Google disclosed Thursday in a regulatory filing that the firm has invested $2.6M in 23andMe, the genetic analysis firm headed by Sergey Brin's wife, Anne Wojcicki. According to Google, the investment came in 23andMe's S...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

SS8 Gains New Funding

Milpitas-based SS8 Networks reported late last week that the firm has raised a "significant" round of funding for the firm. Exact amount of that funding was not disclosed. The funding came from existing investors, which include W Capital Pa...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Armorize Technologies Gains Series B

Santa Clara-based Armorize Technologies, a developer of web application security tools, said Tuesday that it has raised a Series B financing round. Size of the funding was not disclosed. According to the company, the round came from Ambient...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Zoosk Raises $6M For Social Dating

San Francisco-based Zoosk, an online dating site, announced this morning that the firm has raised $6M in a third round of funding. The new round was led by Canaan Partners, an existing investor in the firm. Zoosk operates an online dating s...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

BOKU Gets $13M, Buys Two Firms

San Francisco-based BOKU announced this morning that the firm has raised $13M in a venture capital round. The round was led by Benchmark, and also included Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures. BOKU said it is developing a new payment service...

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Monday, June 15, 2009

Lucid Imagination Gets Boost From In-Q-Tel

San Mateo-based Lucid Imagination, which is developing commercial open source software for full text search, said Monday that it has scored a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the Central Intelligence Agency. Financi...

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Alios Biopharma Raises $32M

South San Francisco-based Alios BioPharma disclosed this morning that the firm has raised $32M in a Series A, preferred stock financing for the firm's biotechnology efforts. According to the firm, the round came from new investor SR One, th...

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

U.S. Venture Capital Industry Should Shrink, Says Study

In a study released Wednesday by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, concludes that the U.S. venture capital industry needs to shrink, in order to revive the fortunes of the industry. The study, "Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Ind...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Silicon Clocks Raises $10.3M

Fremont-based Silicon Clocks, a developer of mixed-signal ICs for electronic timing, disclosed today that it has completed a $10.3M funding round. The Series C funding came from prior investors, including Tallwood Venture Capital, Charles ...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Motally Gains Funding From BlueRun, Ron Conway

San Francisco-based Motally, a developer of mobile analytics software, said Monday that the firm has scored a Series A funding round, from BlueRun Ventures and prolific angel investor Ron Conway. Financial terms of the funding were not disc...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Vyatta Gets $10M

Belmont-based Vyatta, a developer of open source routers, firewalls, and VPNs, disclosed today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Citrix Sytsems, and also included prior investors Comcast Interactive C...

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Yardbarker Digs Up 634K

San Francisco-based Yardbarker, an online social news site focused on sports, has raised 634,453 in a convertible round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm last week. The firm is backed by Baseline Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvet...

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Picaboo Gains $1.0M

Menlo Park-based Picaboo, a provider of custom photo books, has raised $1.0M in a combination of equity and warrants, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Details on the funding have not been released by the company. Picaboo...

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Monday, June 8, 2009

SolaZyme Gains $57M

South San Francisco-based Solazyme, which is developing biotechnology to produce fuel using algae, said Monday that the firm has raised $57M in a Series C funding round. The financing came from Braemar Energy Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Pa...

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Intel Invests $43M In Japanese WiMax Provider

Santa Clara-based Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel, said over the weekend that the firm has invested $43M in UQ Communications, a provider of WiMAX mobile services in Japan. according to Intel, UQ Communications is deploying ...

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Xsigo Systems Gain Funding

San Jose-based Xsigo Systems disclosed Wednesday that the firm has raised a new, undisclosed amount of funding from its investors. According to the firm, which is developing data center I/O virtualization technology, the round came from Kle...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Apieron Lands Series D

Menlo Park-based Apieron revealed Monday that the firm has received commitments from Alliance Technology Ventures, Canaan Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Onset Ventures--all existing investors in the firm--for a Series D round. Fundin...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Versartis Raises $11M

Redwood City-based Versartis, a new joint venture between Amunix Inc. and Index Ventures, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series A financing round. The round came from index Ventures. According to the company, it was created to expl...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Versartis Raises $11M

Redwood City-based Versartis, a new joint venture between Amunix Inc. and Index Ventures, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series A financing round. The round came from index Ventures. According to the company, it was created to expl...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

MyBuys Gains $7M

Redwood City-based MyBuys, which provides personalized product recommendation software to online retailers, reported today that it has raised another $7M in venture funding. According to the firm, the new funding came from Lightspeed Ventur...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Endoscopic Technologies Raises $8M

San Ramon-based Endoscopic Technologies, a developer of cardiac surgery devices, announced today that the firm has raised $8M in a n equity financing raise. According to the firm, the funding was led by NBGI Ventures, and also included Sai...

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Sugar Pours In $16M

San Francisco-based publisher Sugar Inc. said Monday afternoon that the firm has completed a $16M, Series C funding round from Sequoia Capital, and will launch a new, Los Angeles-based unit focused on online video, television, film, videoga...

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Monday, June 1, 2009

MashLogic Gets $500K

Menlo Park-based MashLogic has raised $500,000 in a round from several high profile angels, the firm said Monday. According to the firm, the round came from Scott Kurnit, Reid Hoffman, Gil Penchina and Jeff Clavier, along with Bessemer Vent...

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Hara Takes On Energy Efficiency With Kleiner Backing

Menlo Park-based Hara unveiled its efforts to provide energy monitoring and efficiency efforts this morning. The startup said it received previously undisclosed funding last year from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. No details on that fu...

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Greenroad Garners $15M

Redwood Shores-based Greenroad, which provides a service to commercial fleets and consumers to help improve driving behavior, said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a new funding. The round was led by DAG Ventures, and also included Bench...

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Velocity Interactive Teams With Best Buy On Digital Media Fund

Velocity Interactive Group, the venture capital firm headed by Ross Levinsohn, disclosed today that it has raised a new, digital media fund which has Best Buy as its sole limited partner. Size of the new digital media fund was not disclosed...

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Heyzap Gets Seed Funding Round

San Francisco-based Heyzap, a firm which creates widgets for embedding Flash games in web sites, has scored a seed round of funding from Union Square Ventures. According to Union Square, Heyzap's technology makes it "super easy" for publish...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Sonitus Medical Gets Strategic Investment From In-Q-Tel

San Mateo-based Sonitus Medical, developer of a novel hearing device, announced Tuesday that it has procured a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel. The specific amount of the investment was not disclosed. Sonitus said it has also signed a te...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Tigo Energy Gets $10M

Los Gatos-based Tigo Energy, a developer of technology for increasing the efficiency of photovoltaic power systems, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $10M in a second round of funding. The company said that the Series B funding was ...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Facebook Gets $200M From Eastern European Investor

Palo Alto-based Facebook announced a few minutes ago that it has received a $200M investment, from Digital Sky Technologies, an investors in Eastern European and Russian internet businesses. According to Facebook, the investment in its pref...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

UltraCell Charges Up With $3.8M

Livermore-based UltraCell, which produces fuel cells targeted at mobile power applications, disclosed today that it has raised another $3.8M for the firm in funding. The company said that the new funding came from existing investors BASF Ve...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

LogLogic Gains $8.8M

San Jose-based LogLogic, a developer of IT security and activity management software, disclosed this morning that it has raised an additional $8.8M in its Series D funding round. According to the firm, the additional investment was led by F...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Plastic Jungle Gets $4.8M

Clovis, California-based Platic Jungle, which operates a web site for selling, buying, and exchanging gifts cards, said this morning that it has raised $4.8M in a Series A funding. The firm--which is based near Fresno--said the round was le...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Mark Logic Raises $12.5M

San Carlos-based Mark Logic, a developer of XML content servers, said today that it has raised $12.5M in a financing round. The firm said the round was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included participation from Tenaya Capital. The funding...

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

BlogHer Gains $7M

Redwood City-based women's blogging site BlogHer has raised $7M in an investment round, according to Peacock Equity, the investment fund of GE Capital and NBC Universal. According to Peacock Equity, it joined two other investors--Venrock an...

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Host Analytics Gets Series B

Redwood City-based Host Analytics, a developer of performance management software, said today that it has raised Series B financing round. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, the firm called the funding an "up-round" of...

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Clovis Oncology Gets $145M

Clovis Oncology, a new biotech startup focused on commercializing anti-cancer agents, disclosed today that it has raised $145M for the firm. The firm, which has offices in San Francisco but is based in Boulder, Colorado, said the funding ca...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Axcient Adds $2M More To Series A

Mountain View-based Axcient, a developer of data protection software and services, said Wednesday that it has added $2M to its previously announced Series A round of funding. The firm said the new funding came from Thomvest Ventures, and br...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Unity Semiconductor Gets $22M

Sunnyvale-based Unity Semiconductor, a developer of semiconductor technology aimed at the solid state data storage market, announced Tuesday that it has raised $22M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the financing came from August C...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Greylock Ditches Boston HQ, Moves To Silicon Valley

Venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Tuesday that the firm is shifting its headquarters from the Boston area to Silicon Valley, and has leased a new office on Sand Hill Rd. According to Greylock, it will relocate its administrative a...

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Monday, May 18, 2009

VoxPop.TV Gains $1.5M

San Francisco-based VoxPop.TV, which develops pop culture focused casual games, said Monday evening that it has raised $1.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Hearst Interactive Media, and also included prior investor True V...

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Enphase Energy Confirms $22.5M Raise

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy has confirmed an earlier disclosed funding round worth $22.5M. The maker of solar microinverters said that the new funding round was led by Madrone Capital Partners, and also included Bay Partners, Third Point ...

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Friday, May 15, 2009

Founders Fund Raises Dedicated SpaceX Fund

San Francisco-based Founder Fund, the venture capital firm of Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and other PayPal co-founders, has raised $3.4M in a fund called the Founders Fund SpaceX Fund, LP. The fund was disclosed in a regulatory filing by the f...

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Aha Mobile Gets $3M

Palo Alto-based Aha Mobile reports this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Venrock. According to Aha, it is developing iPhone application which will help drivers connect to information about the...

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Cloud Engines Gains Funding

San Francisco-based Cloud Engines, developer of the Pogoplug, a device which allows users to share any storage device with the Internet, said today that it has scored a new round of venture funding. Amount of the financing was not disclosed...

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Monday, May 11, 2009

TimeBridge Raises $5M

San Francisco-based TimeBridge, a developer of personal scheduling software, announced this morning that it has closed on $5M in Series B funding. The new funding was led by Mayfield Fund and Norwest Venture Partners. Both Mayfield and Norw...

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Sadra Medical Raises $30M

Campbell-based Sadra Medical said Thursday that the firm has raised $30M in a new investment round for the firm's aortic valve replacement systems. According to the firm, the round was led by Accuitive Medical Ventures, and included prior i...

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Enphase Energy Gains $22.6M

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy has raised $22.6M in an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this morning. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Enphase develops micro invertors and solar energy management s...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

International VC Drops, Too

Dow Jones VentureSource is reporting today that international markets are also seeing a steep dropoff in venture capital investment, with investments of 50 percent less capital than in the first quarter of 2008. According to Dow Jones, $1.8...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

SVTC Technologies Gets $34M

San Jose-based SVTC Technologies, a provider of development and commercialization services for the semiconductor industry, said Wednesday that the firm has raised $34M in a funding round from existing investors Oak Hill Capital Partners and...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Autonomic Technologies Gains $20M

Menlo Park-based Autonomic Technologies, a stealth mode developer of implantable medical devices for treating severe headaches, has raised $20M in a Series B funding, according to lead investor Interwest Partners. Details on the funding hav...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Interwest Discloses First Investments Out Of Fund X

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Interwest Partners said today that it has made the first four investments from its tenth fund, InterWest X. According to InterWest, it led a $15M Series B financing for Exalt Communications, and co-led ...

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Deeya Energy Pulls In $30M

Fremont-based Deeya Energy said Tuesday that the firm has raised $30M, in a Series C funding round. Deeya--which develops load-shifting, energy storage technology--said the round was led by Technology Partners, and also included BlueRun Ven...

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

DealBase.com Finds $1M

San Mateo-based DealBase.com said this morning that it has raised $1M in a Series A funding round. The round came from angel investors, including Russ Siegelman, Bob Zipp, and Josh Hannah. The firm operates a web site that shows hotel and t...

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Skyline Solar Gains $24.6M

Mountain View-based Skyline Solar said today that the firm has launched out of stealth mode, and raised $24.6M in a Series A funding. According to Skyline, it is developing solar arrays focused on the commercial, industrial, government and ...

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Dune Networks Gains $8.3M More

Sunnyvale-based Dune Networks, a developer of networking hardware, disclosed Monday that the firm has raised $8.3M, in a round led by Evergreen Venture Partners. According to Dune, Evergreen joins its existing Series B investors USVP, Pitan...

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Friday, May 1, 2009

23andMe Gains $11M

Mountain View-based 23andMe, the personal genomics startup headed by Anne Wojcicki, has raised $11M of a $24.26M funding round, silicontap.com has learned. According to a regulatory filing, 23andMe raised the equity on April 16th. Details o...

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

FreeWheel Raises $12M

San Mateo-based FreeWheel, a developer of a platform for managing online video advertising, announced Thursday that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Battery ventures....

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Booyah Gets $4.5M iFund Investment

Palo Alto-based Booyah, a new game firm founded by a number of gaming industry veterans, announced today that the firm has raised $4.5M in a Series A financing. The funding came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, from the firm's iFund. ...

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Scalent Gains $12M

Palo Alto-based Scalent Systems, a developer of enterprise virtualization, cloud computing, and monitoring software, has raised $12M in an ongoing, $16.24M funding round, according to a regulatory filing form the firm. According to the firm...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Workday Gains $75M

Pleasanton-based Workday, a provider of human resources and financial software for enterprises, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $75M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included ...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Quantenna Communications Receives $13.85M

Fremont-based Quantenna Communications, a developer of wireless chipsets focused on the home networking market, said today that it has raised $13.85M in a Series C funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Southern Cross Ve...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

New Enterprise Associates Ups Fund To $2.1 Billion

Menlo Park-based New Enterprise Associates has now raised $2.15 billion in its latest fund, New Enterprise Associates 13, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. According to the filing, the fund has now gained commitments for ...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Marin Software Nets $13M in Series C Funding

Marin Software, a publisher of paid search management applications for advertisers and agencies, announced today that it has closed a third round of venture financing worth $13 million. The San Francisco-based firm credited DAG Ventures wit...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Appscio Gets Investment From In-Q-Tel

Freedom, California-based Appscio, a developer of open source video and audio analytics tools, said today that the firm has become a portfolio firm of the CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel. According to Appscio, it is in a strategic partn...

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Charles River Ventures Taps Stanford Prof As Advisor

A New England venture capital firm, Charles River Ventures, is looking to the west coast for the firm's latest advisor, saying Monday that it has tapped Computer Science and Electrical Engineer--and Principal Engineer at Google--Sebastian T...

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

ScanR Gets $6.2M

Palo Alto-based ScanR has scored $6.2M in a funding tranche, part of an ongoing $8.95M round, according to a regulatory filing recently filed by the firm. According to the filing, the round included such investors as True Ventures and Thomv...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

USVP Hires EIR

U.S. Venture Partners reported Tuesday that former Tessera Technologies CEO Bruce McWilliams has come aboard as an executive in residence. The Menlo Park-based venture capital firm described McWilliams as a semiconductor industry veteran wi...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Ikanos Buys Product Line From Conexant, Gains Investment

Fremont-based Ikanos Communications, a manufacturer of broadband semiconductors, said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire a line of broadband access products from Conexant Systems. Ikanos said it would pay $54M for the bus...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Ausra Lands $25.5M

Mountain View-based Ausra, a developer of solar thermal energy systems, said late Tuesday evening that it has landed another $25.5M in equity funding. According to the firm, the funding came from Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Beceem Gains $20M

Santa Clara-based Beceem Communications, which develops WiMax chipsets, said today that it has raised $20M in a strategic financing round. According to the firm, the round came from Motorola, along with existing investors Global Catalyst Pa...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Morgenthaler Hires Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Morgenthaler said Tuesday that it has hired on Bridget Rauvola as Investor Relations Partner. According to Morgenthaler, Rauvola joins from Frazier Healthcare Ventures, and will replace current Investor...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

AuditSolutions Raises $5M, Becomes Lavante

San Jose-based AuditSolutions, a developer of vendor auditing tools for accounts payable departments, disclosed yesterday that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. the new funding came from existing investors Venrock and ATA Ventu...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

iScience Sees $20.5M

Menlo Park-based iScience Interventional, a developer of microcatheter technology used in treating glaucoma, Age-related Macular Degeneration, and other diseases, said Tuesday that it has raised $20.5M in a Series F funding. The round was l...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Stoke Gains $15M

Santa Clara-based Stoke, a manufacturer of fixed mobile broadband gateways, said this morning that it has raised another $15M in a Series D funding round. According to the firm, the new round came from Net One Systems Co. Ltd, along with ex...

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Meru Networks Finds $30M

Sunnyvale-based Meru Networks disclosed today that the firm has raised $30M in a new funding round. Meru said that the round was led by Vision Capital Advisors, and also included prior investors Clearstone Venture Partners, NeoCarta Venture...

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Luxim Lights Up With $12M

Sunnyvale-based LUXIM, a developer of solid-state, plasma lighting systems, said last week that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding round. The round came from its existing investors, which include Sequoia Capital. Sequoia's Michael Mor...

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Silicon Valley Firms Raise $1.16 Billion In Venture Capital

The latest venture capital numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA finds that Silicon Valley firms raised $1,159.6M in 173 deals for the quarter, as overall nationwide venture capital dropped to a twelve year low. The report found that the...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Ravenflow Raises $6M

Emeryville-based Ravenflow, a developer of software for business requirements definition, said Tuesday that it has raised $6M in a new funding round. The round came from its existing investors, Alloy Ventures, Palomar Ventures, and the Roda...

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

FastScale Gets $5.5M

Santa Clara-based FastScale, a developer of virtualization and data center management software, announced Tuesday that the firm has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by ATA Ventures. Prior investors Leapfrog Ventur...

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Venture Capital Fundraising Slows

Forty venture capital firms raised $4.3 billion in capital in the first quarter, as only 40 venture capital funds closed funding during the quarter, according to the latest numbers released today by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture ...

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Cooliris Lands $15M

Palo Alto-based Cooliris, a developer of visual navigation tools for Internet sites, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. According to the firm, the round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, ...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Cell Biosciences Gets $10M

Palo Alto-based Cell Biosciences, a developer of instrumentation systems for the life science industry, announced Thursday that the firm has raised $10M in a Series C round. The round was led by the Wellcome Trust, and also included prior i...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

SocialText Gains $4.5M

Palo Alto-based SocialText, a developer of enterprise social networking tools, has now raised $4.5M out of $5.0M of an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing. Source or details of the funding were not disclosed. SocialText h...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

JiWire Raises $11M

San Francisco-based JiWire, a provider of mobile advertising services, said this morning that it has raised $11M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Panorama Capital, and also included Comcast Interactive Capital and DFJ Frontie...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Limbo Merges With Brightkite, Gets Funding

Burlingame-based Limbo and mobile social media firm Brightkite announced this morning that the two companies have merged, and scored $9M in funding. According to the two firms, they will operate under the Brightkite name, and will be headqu...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

WRS Materials Buys Semiconductor Firm, Gains Funding

San Jose-based WRS Materials, a supplier of silicon wafers, said this morning that it has acquired Vancouver, Washington-based Isonics Semiconductor Group. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. WRS said that in conjunction...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Aerovance Gets $38M

Berkeley-based Aerovance, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on treatments for respiratory and inflammatory diseases, said Tuesday that it has raised $38M in an equity financing round. According to the firm, the round was led by ProQuest Inv...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Untangle Ties Up $11M

San Mateo-based Untangle, a developer of open source, security gateway and web filtering products, has scored $11M out of a $12M venture capital round. According to a regulatory filing from the firm, the funding tranche came on March 27th. ...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

ReputationDefender Adds Funding

Redwood City-based ReputationDefender, which provides services to help people manage their Internet reputation, is in the midst of raising $5.4M in funding, and has so far raised $3.0M of that funding, according to a regulatory filing. Acco...

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Glam Media Gains More Funding, Extends Into Japan

San Francisco-based Glam Media, a publisher of online content, said Monday that the firm has raised $10M in new funding from Mizuho Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Mizuho Bank. According to Glam, the new funding came in conjunc...

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Cemaphore Gets $1.2M

San Mateo-based Cemaphore Systems has raised $1.2M in a combination of equity and debt, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Cemaphore is a developer of email replication software for backing up Microsoft Exchange and other email s...

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Encover Gains $3.6M In Series E

Mountain View-based Encover, a developer of software used by electronics manufacturers, distributors, and the channel to manage their services contracts, has raised $3.6M in a Series E funding round. According to a regulatory filing from th...

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

D2S Gets $9M

Direct2Silicon (D2S), a maker of semiconductor design and production software, announced Wednesday that it has wrapped up a second round of venture financing in excess of $9 million. The San Jose, Calif.-based firm credited existing investo...

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Shipwire Raises $5M

Sunnyvale-based Shipwire, which operates an online logistics and warehousing service, disclosed today in a regulatory filing that the firm has raised $5M in a new equity round of funding. Details of the funding were not released, however, t...

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Venture Backed IPOs Still Frozen

The freeze in the IPO market for U.S., venture backed companies continued in Q1, according to numbers released by Dow Jones VentureSource today. According to Dow Jones, total merger and acquisition activity only totaled $3.2 billion in the ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

M/C Venture Partners Elevates Kim, Ingraham to VP

Venture capital firm M/C Venture Partners reported Tuesday that it has promoted David Ingraham and Edmund Kim to vice presidents. Both individuals had previously served as senior associates, M/C Venture noted. In their new roles, M/C Ventur...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

VantagePoint Adds Green Experts

San Bruno-based venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners said Tuesday that the firm has added two new partners focused on clean technology. The firm said that it has added Brad Mattson and Mark Platshon to the firm. Mattson was fo...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Google Launches Venture Capital Fund

Mountain View-based Google said late Monday that the firm has launched a new venture capital fund, Google Ventures, which the firm said will look to find and develop "exceptional" start-ups. The firm said the new VC fund will look at invest...

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Monday, March 30, 2009

LoopNet Gains $50M In PIPE

San Francisco-based LoopNet, which operates an online marketplace for commercial real estate, said today that the publicly held firm has inked a deal to receive $50M in a private equity investments. According to LoopNet, Calera Capital, alo...

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Livescribe Gets $18.6M In Two Rounds

Oakland-based Livescribe, maker of a digital pen which captures handwriting, said this morning that it has raised $18.6M in two rounds of funding. The firm announced that it closed a $7.5M, Series B funding by Aeris Capital, which followed ...

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Lifefactory Gains $750K

Sausalito-based Lifefactory, a manufacturer of BPA-free baby bottles and other products, said Thursday that the company has raised $750,000 in an initial round of seed funding for the firm. According to Lifefactory, the funding was led by G...

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals Finds $17M

Menlo Park-based Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals, which is developing small molecule drugs for treating neurodegenerative diseases, said this morning that it has raised $17M in a Series A financing round. According to the firm, the funding came f...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

New Leaf Paper Raises $5M

San Francisco-based New Leaf Paper, a manufacturer of environmentally responsible paper, said Wednesday morning that the firm has completed a $5M, private equity investment round led by Pacific Community Ventures, with participation by Plai...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Audience Gathers $15M More

Mountain View-based Audience, a developer of voice processors for the handset market, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding. The new funding came from existin investors, which include New Enterprise Associates, Tal...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Pixazza Gets $5.75M

Mountain View-based Pixazza has unveiled a new online advertising service tied into linking photographs and other images on web sites to related products, and raised $5.75M. According to Pixazza, the firm's Series A financing round came fro...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Obopay Gets Investment From Nokia

Redwood City-based Obopay, which is developing payment services based on mobile phones, said today that it has scored an investment from mobile phone developer Nokia. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Teppo Paavola, VP and head of...

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Xobni Ups Series B To $10M

San Francisco-based Xobni, a developer of Microsoft Outlook plug-ins for email analytics, announced today that the firm has expanded its Series B funding round to $10M, and added BlackBerry Partners Fund as an investor. The expansion adds $...

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Redpoint Snags Cleantech Expert, Zimbra Founder

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures announced Tuesday that the firm has hired on Zimbra founder Satish Dharmaraj, and energy expert Dr. Nety Krishna to the firm. According to Redpoint, Dharmaraj--who was CEO and founder ...

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Ngmoco Scores $10M

San Francisco-based ngmoco, a publisher of iPhone and iPod touch games, said Monday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Kleiner ...

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Industry Ventures Raises $265M Fund

San Francisco-based Industry Ventures, which acquires secondary venture portfolios, said Monday that it has closed on a $265M fund, Industry Ventures Fund V., L.P. The firm said that the fund will be used to acquire positions in high-quali...

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Friday, March 20, 2009

AOptix Gets $12.9M

Campbell-based AOptix Technologies, a developer of biometric, iris recognition systems and wireless communications products, said late Thursday night that it has raised $12.9M in a financing round. According to AOptix, the round was led by ...

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Facebook's Hughes Joins General Catalyst

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has hung his hat at General Catalyst Partners, a Massachusetts-based private equity and venture capital firm, the company said this week. According to General Catalyst, Hughes has joined the firm as an Entre...

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Numerate Raises $5.5M

San Bruno-based Numerate, a biotech firm developing small molecule therapeutics, said Wednesday that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding. The company said that Foundation Capital led the round, which also included Lanza techVentures. ...

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Lending Club Gains $12M

Sunnyvale-based LendingClub.com, which operates a personal lending service which allows people to lend money to others, said this morning it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Morgenthaler Ventur...

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Apture Gains $4.1M

San Mateo-based Apture, which is developing tools to help publishers and bloggers add multimedia to their web pages, announced today that it has raised $4.1M in a Series A financing. The round was led by Clearstone Venture Partners, and als...

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Cloudera Takes $5M

Burlingame-based Cloudera, which is commercializing the software behind Apache open source project Hadoop, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included a larg...

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Monday, March 16, 2009

PubMatic Gets Series B

Palo Alto-based PubMatic, which develops advertising optimization software for publishers, disclosed this morning that it has raised a Series B financing round from its existing investors. Amount of the funding was not announced. The firm s...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Stanford Professor Links With Seattle Venture Firm

Irving L. Weissman, M.D., an expert on stem cells, and Director of the Stanford Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, has linked with a venture capital firm based in Seattle. According to OVP Venture Partners, Weissman joins ...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Arcxis Biotechnologies Gets Investment From In-Q-Tel

Pleasanton-based Arcxis Biotechnologies, which develops biomedical devices for extracting, isolating, and purifying RNA and DNA, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has scored an investment from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CI...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Transera Gains $17M

Sunnyvale-based Transera Communications, a developer of call center software, announced Thursday that the firm has raised $17M in a venture funding round. The round came from Accel Partners, Apax Partners, Lighthouse Capital Partners, and S...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Mayfield Fund Hires CFO

Menlo Park-based venture firm Mayfield Fund announced today that the firm has appointed Kendall Cooper as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Mayfield said that Cooper joins Mayfield from Dominion Ventures, where he was also CFO and a Manag...

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

DriverSide.com Steers In $5.3M

San Francisco-based DriverSide.com, which operates an online automotive information site, announced this morning that it has raised $5.3M in a Series B funding round. Allegis Capital led the round, which also included participation by the f...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Codexis Gets Boost From Shell

Redwood City-based Codexis, a developer of biofuels technology, has scored additional equity investment from partner Royal Dutch Shell plc, the firms said Tuesday. Amount of the equity stake was not disclosed. The firm s said that the inves...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Greystripe Gains $5.5M

San Francisco-based mobile advertising firm Greystripe announced Wednesday that the firm has raised $5.5M in a Series C funding round. The firm said that the round was led by current investor Incubic Venture Capital, with additional investm...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Cotendo Gains $7M

San Carlos-based Cotendo, which operates a content delivery network (CDN), said Wednesday that the firm has raised $7M in a Series B financing. The round came from Sequoia Capital and Benchmark Capital. According to the firm, the funding wi...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

4DS Gets Equity Investment

Fremont-based 4DS. a developer of non-voltaile semiconductor memory, said Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of equity financing. According to 4DS, the funding came from Poly Plant Project, Inc., a provider of advanced process...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Validity Sensors Finds $10M More

San Jose-based Validity Sensors, which is developing biometric sensors, said this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series C financing round. According to the firm, the round came from its existing investors, including TeleSoft Partners,...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

SuperSecret Scores $10M

San Francisco-based SuperSecret, which is developing online social gaming software for kids, disclosed this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. SuperSecret said the funding was led by Opus Capital. SuperSecret said it is ...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Auditude Gets $10.5M

Palo Alto-based Auditude, which is developing fingerprinting technology used to insert advertising into video streams, said this morning that it has raised $10.5M in funding. The new funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included G...

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Lexy Gains $1.25M

San Francisco-based Lexy, which is developing mobile services for broadcasting audio news and entertainment, has raised $1.25M in an investment round. The round came from KPG Ventures. According to KPG, Lexy offers publishers a tool to publ...

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

KPG Ventures Funds Four Firms

San Francisco-based venture capital firm KPG Ventures, announced this morning that the firm has made four new investments. According to KPG, it has invested in new funding rounds for Lexy, Wowd, and National Payment Card Association, as wel...

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Monday, March 9, 2009

Element Partners Closes $486M Fund

Menlo Park- and Philadelphia-based Element Partners, a private equity firm focused on the clean technology market, announced Monday that the firm has held a final close on Element Partners II LP, a $486M fund focused on energy, water, mater...

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Monday, March 9, 2009

SynapSense Gains $7M

Folsom-based SynapSense, which develops wireless data center monitoring equipment, disclosed today that it has raised $7M in addition investments in the firm. According to the firm, the round included Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, alon...

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Twilio Dials In Funding

San Francisco-based and Seattle-based Twilio announced an initial funding this week, from The Founders Fund and Mitch Kapor. Financial details of the funding were not released. Twilio is developing a cloud-based, API for developing telephon...

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

SendMe Receives $12M

San Francisco-based SendMe announced Thursday that the firm has raised $12M in a Series D funding. The firm said the round was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also included existing investors True Ventures, Amicus Capital, Spark Capital,...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Venrock Raises $194M Healthcare Fund

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Venrock said Wednesday that it has formed a new, $194M venture fund focused on healthcare growth investments. The firm said the new fund, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, will invest in publicly-hel...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Conveneer Gets $4.5M

Palo Alto-based Conveneer, a developer of mobile phone technology, said Wednesday that the firm has raised $4.5M in funding. The round was led by Industrifonden, and also included Broken Arrow Venture Capital. According to the company, the ...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Intermolecular Snags Sequoia EIR

San Jose-based Intermolecular, a firm developing technology for the semiconductor and solar photovoltaics market, has snagged Sequoia Capital entrepreneur-in-residence Craig Hunter, the firm said this week. Intermolecular said Hunter will b...

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Monday, March 2, 2009

Zenprise Snags $10M

Fremont-based Zenprise announced Monday that the firm has raised $10M in a round of funding. According to the firm, the round as led by Ignition Partners, and also included prior investors Bay Partners, Mayfield, and Shata Ventures. The fir...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Appirio Raises $10M in Series C Funding

San Mateo-based Appirio Inc., a firm that helps companies to implement software-as-a-service products such as Salesforce.com and Google Enterprise, announced Wednesday that a third round of venture financing has yielded $10 million. The rou...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Ocarina Networks Gets $20M

San Jose-based Ocarina Networks, a developer of content- and object-based storage and dedeuplication software, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included Kle...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Aster Data Systems Snags $5M More

San Carlos-based Aster Data Systems, a developer of a database targeted at the data warehousing market, said this morning that it has added $5M in the firm's Series B funding round. Aster said the new funding came from Institutinoal Venture...

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Eiger BioPharma Gets $7.1M

Palo Alto-based Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc. announced Tuesday that its first round of venture financing has yielded $7.1 million. The firm credited InterWest Partners and Vivo Ventures with leading the Series A effort. Both investors hel...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Jasper Design Automation Takes $7M

Mountain View-based Jasper Design Automation, a maker of EDA software used for design automation in semiconductor design, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by ZenShin Capital, and also i...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

SynthaSite Nabs $20M

San Francisco-based Synthasite, which develops Web 2.0 software to make it easy to create web sites, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Reinet Fund S.C.A., based in Luxembour...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Bizanga Gains $8M

San Mateo- and Paris-based Bizanga, a developer of email security and messaging software, announced Tuesday that the firm has raised $8M in a funding round. The round was led by Credit Agricole Private Equity, and also included Galileo Part...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Exalt Communicatons Beams In $15M

Campbell-based Exalt Communications, a developer of wireless backhaul equipment, disclosed this morning that the firm has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. According to Exalt, the new round was led by Interwest Partners, and also inc...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

OpSource Snags $10M

Santa Clara-based OpSource, a developer of software-as-a-service web applications, announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series E investment round. The funding was led by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, along with ...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Offerpal Gets $15M

Fremont-based Offerpal Media, which operates a social media and widget software firm, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by D.E. Shaw Ventures, and also included InterWest Partners and North...

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Monday, February 16, 2009

ViVOtech Gains $8.6M

Santa Clara-based ViVOtech, which develops technology for contactless payment systems, said Sunday that the firm has raised another $8.6M in an extension of the firm's Series C funding round. According to the firm, the round came from exist...

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Twitter Raises New Funding

Micro messaging service Twitter said today that the firm has raised a new round of funding, worth a reported $35M. According to Twitter, the funding closed Thursday night, and included Benchmark, Institutional Venture Partners, and other p...

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Smule Finds $3.9M

Menlo Park-based SonicMule (Smule), which develops applications for the Apple iPhone, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $3.9M in a new financing round. the round was led by Granite Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partn...

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Alios BioPharma Gains $8.4M

South San Francisco-based Alios BioPharma, which is developing small-molecule and protein-based therapeutics, said Thursday that it has raise $8.4M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding is the first tranche in a commitment ...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

AlertEnterprise Gains $8M

Fremont-based AlertEnterprise, a developer of enterprise security tools focused on both physical access control and IT systems, said Wednesday that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Opus Capital. Ken Elefant...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

ZoomSystems Snags $20M

San Francisco-based ZoomSystems, a developer of automated systems used to deliver products in retail shops, announced today that it has raised $20M in a Series E financing round. The round came from Sierra Ventures, Goldman Sachs Group, Neo...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

PivotLink Raises $10M

San Francisco-based PivotLink, a developer of business intelligence software, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by StarVest Partners, and also included Trident Capital and Emergence Capital ...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Oodle Takes $5.6M

San Mateo-based Oodle said this morning that it has gained $5.6M in another round of funding. The round came from the firm's existing investors, Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures and JAFCO Ventures. Oodle operates an online classifieds m...

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Livescribe Raises $10.175M

Oakland-based Livescribe announced Monday that the firm has raised $10.175M in a financing round, for the firm's "smart pen" product. Livescribe said that the internal round was led by Lionhart Investments Ltd. and Vantage Point Venture Par...

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

M-Factor Boosts Funding

San Mateo-based M-Factor, a provider of revenue optimization software for the consumer goods and quick server restaurant market, said Thursday that it has closed what it described as a "significant" round of new funding for the firm. The ro...

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

ALLVIA Gets $5M

Sunnyvale-based ALLVIA, a developer of vertical chip interconnection technology, said Wednesday afternoon that the firm has raised $5M in a round of funding. According to the firm, the new funding brings the total invested in the company to...

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Linkage Biosciences Gains $2M

San Francisco-based Linkage Biosciences disclosed Wednesday that the firm has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Greenhouse Capital Partners and James R. Fisher, who is a managing member of Fisher Capital Corp. II ...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Wavesat Expands Funding

Sunnyvale-based Wavesat, a manufacturer of broadband semiconductors for the wireless industry, is reporting today that it has raised around $9.5M in funding ($11.7M CAD) for the firm. The funding came from existing investors BDR Capital, BD...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Pano Logic Adds $6M In Series B

Menlo Park-based Pano Logic, which develops virtual desktop computing software, has added $6M in a Series B extension, the firm said Tuesday. Pano Logic said the round was led by Foundation Capital and Goldman Sachs, and brings the firm's t...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

iWidgets Gets $4.1M

San Francisco-based iWidgets, a developer of web widgets, said Tuesday that the firm has raised $4.1M in a Series A venture funding round. The round was led by Opus Capital, and also included University Venture Fund. iWidgets allows develop...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Matrix Partners Adds General Partner

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Matrix Partners has added on a new General Partner at the firm, Josh Hannah, the firm said Tuesday. Hannah, who was co-founder and CEO of Flutter.com, will focus on companies in the Internet, software,...

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Friday, January 30, 2009

SocialMedia Networks Gains $6M

San Francisco-based SocialMedia Networks, a social media advertising network, said Friday that it raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by IDG Ventures SF, and also included Charles River Ventures. SocialMedia's ad netwo...

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Arcxis Biotechnologies Gains Series B

Pleasanton-based Arcxis Biotechnologies, which is developing biomedical devices, said Friday that the firm has completed the first close of a Series B funding round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Arcxis said that Claremont Creek ...

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Cantimer Gets $1M

Menlo Park-based Cantimer, which is developing senors for measuring human hydration from saliva, said Thursday that it has scored $1M in an equity investment. The funding came from Advanced Instruments Inc., and was part of a deal to collab...

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Omnitura Therapeutics Gets $24M

Redwood Shores-based Omnitura, a biopharmaceutcals firm marketing multivalent drugs for the treatment of cancer, said Thursday that the firm has raised $24M in a private placement. The firm did not disclose investors, but said that the fina...

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

AdMob Adds $12.5M

San Mateo-based AdMob said this morning that the firm has raised $12.5M in a Series C extension round, from Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund and Northgate Capital. AdMob, which operates a mobile advertising marketplace, said the new fund...

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

VirtuOz Raises $11.4M

Redwood City-based VirtuOz annnounced Thursday that the firm has raised $11.4M in a Series B funding. The round was led by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, and also included prior investor Galileo Partners and Inventures Group. VirtuOz develops "...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

TriCipher Gets $12M

Los Gatos-based TriCipher, which develops software as a service for identity and authentication management, announced yesterday that it has raised $12M in a venture funding round. The firm did not disclose participants in its third round of...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Norwest Invests $4.2M In Bangalore's Appnomic

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Norwest Partners has invested $4.2M in a Bangalore firm providing remote IT management, Appnomic Systems. According to Appnomic and Norwest, the Bangalore-based firm will use the funding to expand into t...

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Carrier IQ Snags $20M

Mountain View-based Carrier IQ said Tuesday that the firm has raised $20M in new funding, for the firm's software for measuring mobile phone service quality. According to Carrier IQ, the funding came from Intel Capital and Presidio Ventures...

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Talari Networks Gains $6.2M

San Jose-based Talari Networks, which is developing enterprise WAN equipment, said Tuesday that it has raised $6.2M in a venture financing round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included other, undisclosed private investors. A...

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Coulomb Technologies Gets $3.75M

Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies, a developer of vehicle charging infrastructure for plug-in vehicles, announced Monday that it has raised $3.75M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Estag Capital AG. Coulomb said the funding wi...

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Monday, January 26, 2009

SpectraLinear Gains $10M

Santa Clara-based SpectraLinear said Monday that the firm has raised $10M in a Series C financing round. The firm, which develops timing ICs, said the funding was led by Horizon Ventures, and included prior investors InterWest Partners, Nor...

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Lucid Imagination Gets $6M For Open source

San Mateo-based Lucid Imagination, a developer of open source search software, said this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series A funding. The round came from Granite Ventures and Walden International. Lucid Imagination says it is focus...

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Talend Rounds Up $12M

Los Altos-based Talend, which develops open source data integration software, announced this morning that the firm has snagged $12M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Balderton Capital, and also included existing investors AG...

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Friday, January 23, 2009

Venture Capital Drops In Q4

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008--the first yearly declin...

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

IMVU Gets $10M

Palo Alto-based IMVU is reporting this morning that it has closed on $10M in a Series D funding round for the 3D virtual world. IMVU said that the round was led by Best Buy Capital, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures, Alleg...

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

4INFO Gains $20M

San Mateo-based 4INFO, a provider of SMS publishing and advertising services, announced Thursday morning that it has raised $20M in equity and debt funding. The firm said that Peacock Equity and Gannett led the funding, and also included US...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

OneSeason.com Catches $3.5M

San Francisco-based OneSeason.com, an online sports game company, said Wednesday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Charles River Ventures. According to the firm, the fudning round will give it resour...

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Venture Capital Fundraising Drops

Venture capital fundraising activity dropped significantly in Q4, according to a report released Monday by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The report, which tracks the fundraising activity of venture cap...

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Silicon Valley Gets More Of Venture Funding Pie

Silicon Valley is grabbing more of the venture capital funding pie, further cementing its lead in the nation, with $11.2 billion in 848 deals in 2008, the region's highest venture total since 2001. According to numbers from Dow Jones Vent...

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Sharpcast Naps $10M

San Mateo-based Sharpcast reported today that it has just received $10M in a Series AA financing round for its online data backup service. The firm said the round came from Sigma Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Selby Ventures. The fir...

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Maveron Hires San Francisco EIR

Maveron LLC, the venture capital firm based in Seattle headed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz, said it has tapped Will Hunsiger as an EIR. Hunsiger--who is based in San Francisco--will focus on consumer digital media, gaming, Internet ...

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

InsideView Raises $6.5M

San Francisco-based InsideView said Thursday that the firm has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding round, for the firm's sales intelligence tools. The firm said the funding was led by its current investors, Emergence Capital partners and Rem...

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

ConSentry Gets $9.4M, New Executive Team

Milpitas-based ConSentry Networks, a developer of network security hardware, said Wednesday that the firm has raised an additional $9.4M in venture funding, and swapped in a new management team. According to the firm, the round was led by A...

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Meez Merges, Gets Funding

San Francisco-based Meez, an online social networking and avatar site, said Wednesday that it has merged with Pulse Entertainment, Inc., a provider of avatar messaging services. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. Meez also sa...

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Singulex Gains $19M

Alameda-based Singulex said this week that it has raised $19M in a venture financing round, led by JAFCO Co., Ltd. The firm said that the round also included prior investors Orbimed Advisors and Fisk Ventures. Hironori Hozoji of JAFCO Life ...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Ubicom Gathers $7M

Sunnyvale-based Ubicom, which develops 32-bit processors and software for embedded systems, said Tuesday afternoon that the firm has raised $7M in a Series 5 financing round. The funding came from its existing investors, which include Augus...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

BiPar Sciences Raises $20M In Debt, Equity

Brisbane, California-based BiPar Sciences, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on treatments for breast cancer, said Tuesday morning that it has raised $20M in a combination of equity and venture debt. The firm said the funding came from its ...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Aster Data Takes $12M

Redwood City-based Aster Data Systems, which develops data warehousing tools, announced today that it has raised $12M in a funding round led by JAFCO Ventures. Prior investors Sequoia Capital, Cambrian Ventures, and First Round Capital also...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Go Internet Media Raises $10M

Santa Clara-based Go Internet Media said this morning that it has raised $10M in funding for the firm's Internet advertising network. The firm said the funding came was led by private equity firm Kennet. Javier Rojas and Gustavo Alberelli o...

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Goodmail Systems Bolsters Funding Round By $4M

Mountain View-based Goodmail Systems said today that the firm has added $4M in funding from Omidyar Network, in a second close to the firm's recent funding round. The firm said the funding brings the company's total raised in its funding to...

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Cadence Grabs Lip-Bu Tan As CEO

San Jose-based Cadence Design Systems said last week that it has named Lip-Bu Tan as the firm's President and CEO. Tan is chairman of venture capital firm Walden International, and has been on Cadence's board since 2004. According to Cadenc...

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Acclarent Gets $26M

Menlo Park-based Acclarent, which develops medical devices for treating ear, nose, and throat conditions, said today that it has raised $26M in a financing round. The round came from Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, along with exi...

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Friday, January 9, 2009

SolFocus Collects $47.5M

Mountain View-based SolFocus, a developer of concentrating photovoltaic systems, has raised $47.5M in a Series C funding round, the firm said today. The company said that the round was led by Apex Venture Partners, and also included follow ...

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

EverNote Takes $4.5M

Sunnyvale-based EverNote, which provides an Web 2.0-style, online service to allow users to capture personal notes and to-do lists on the web and cell phones, said Thursday that it has raised $4.5M in a funding round. The funding came from ...

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Concentric Medical Gets $15M

Mountain View-based Concentric Medical announced Thursday that the firm has raised $15M in a new round of funding. The round was led by new Enterprise Associates, and also included other existing and new investors. Concentric Medical develo...

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Gene Security Network Decodes $6M

Redwood City-based Gene Security Network, which develops molecular diagnostics technology to enhance genetic testing, said Wednesday that it has closed on a $6M Series B funding round. The new funding came from current investors Claremont C...

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

One True Media Gets $9M For SpotMixer

Redwood City-based One True Media has closed on $9M in a Series B venture financing, the firm said today, saying that the funding was led by new investor DAG Ventures. The funding also included strategic investor NTT Finance, as well as mor...

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Intradigm Closes $21.4M Round

Palo Alto-based Intradigm said today that it has closed on the final tranche of its Series B financing, bringing the round to a total of $21.4M. The firm said the latest investment was worth $2.9M, and was led by Astellas Venture Management...

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Anacor Pharmaceuticals Takes $50M More

Palo Alto-based Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a developer of small molecule drugs focused on treating fungal, bacterial, and inflammatory diseases, said Tuesday that it has scored another $50M in a preferred stock financing. The funding came from...

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Sentilla Scores $7.5M

Redwood City-based Sentilla said Tuesday that it has raised $7.5M in a Series B funding round. The firm, which develops energy management systems for commercial and industrial facilities, said the funding was led by ONSET Ventures and Clare...

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Green Investments Total $2.5B In Q4

Online media firm Greentech Media, which follows the renewable energy and clean technology industries, is reporting today that venture capital investment in the green technology area exceeded $2.5 billion in Q4 of last year, bringing the ye...

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Clarus Ventures Names Partners

South San Francisco- and Cambridge-based venture capital firm Clarus Ventures, LLC, said this morning that it has named two new partners. The firm said that it has promoted Emmett Cunningham to Partner and Scott Requadt as Transactional Par...

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Friday, January 2, 2009

Venture-Backed Liquidity Reaches 5 Year Low

U.S., venture-backed companies are seeing their lowest liquidity in five years, according to a report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource. Dow Jones found that there was only $24.1 billion in IPOs and M&A in 2008, making 2008 the wors...

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Monday, December 22, 2008

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Raises $12M

South San Francisco-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals disclosed Monday that the biotech firm has raised $12M in a second close of its Series D venture funding. According to the firm, the additional capital came from Baxter International Inc. T...

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Monday, December 22, 2008

Provigent Raises $10M

Santa Clara-based Provigent, which develops systems-on-a-chip for the broadband wireless market, announced Monday that it has raised $10M in a fifth round of funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with the entire round. P...

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Friday, December 19, 2008

ONStor Gets Additional Funding

Campbell-absed ONstor, a developer of clustered NAS hardware, said late Friday that it has gained another round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. ONStor said the funding came from Mayfield Fund, Foundation Capital, and Sa...

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Friday, December 19, 2008

Scribd Raises $9M

San Francisco-based Scribd, which operates an online document sharing web site, has raised $9M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Charles River Ventures, and also included prior investors Redpoint Ventures and Kinsey Hills Gr...

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

FTVentures Renames Itself FTV Capital

San Francisco- and New York-based venture capital and growth equity investor FTVentures has renamed itself, saying Thursday that it has become FTV Capital. According to the firm, the new brand better reflects its investing strategy. FTV sai...

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

GoFish Closes $22.5M PIPE

San Francisco-based GoFish said Thursday afternoon that it has closed its $22.5M equity funding round, which came from a trio of venture capital firms, and paid off the company's remaining debt. According to the firm, it sold convertible st...

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

SV Life Sciences Names Venture Partner

San Francisco- and Boston-based venture firm SV Life Sciences said Thursday that it has named a new Venture Partner at the firm. The venture capital firm, which makes investments in biotechnology & pharmaceuticals, medical devices & instrum...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Pixim Gains $13M

Mountain View-based Pixim, which develops image sensors and processors, said Wednesday that it has raised $13M in an additional venture capital round. The round came from Mayfield Fund, Ridgewood Capital, and Tallwood Venture Capital, all e...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Chegg.com Raises $25M

Santa Clara-based Chegg.com, an online provider of textbook rentals, announced today that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Foundation Capital, along with existing investor...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Tagged Takes $5M In Debt

San Francisco-based Tagged, a social networking and discovery site, said today that it has raised $5M in a venture debt round. The funding came from Horizon Technology Finance and Leader Ventures. Tagged said the funding will go to accelera...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

JackBe Lands $5M

Chevy Chase, Maryland-based JackBe, a provider of enterprise mashup software, said Tuesday that it has closed on $5M in funding. The firm--which maintains its R&D and engineering operations in Fremont--said the funding came from Harbert Ven...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Aravo Gets $7M

San Francisco-based software-as-a-service provider Aravo Solutions said Tuesday that it has raised $7M in a Series D funding round. According to the firm, the funding was led by Charles Schwab/Big Sky Partners, and also included individuals...

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Monday, December 15, 2008

ARCH Promotes Two

ARCH Venture Partners announced Monday that it has promoted Kristina Burow and Paul Thurk to Partners at the firm. The venture capital firm invests in early-stage technology companies in the life, physical, and information sciences areas. B...

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Tela Innovations Scores $5.5M

San Jose-based Tela Innovations, which develops design-for-manufacturing (DFM) software for the semiconductor industry, said this morning that it has raised $5.5M in a new round of financing. The round came from Cadence Design Systems, KT V...

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Accel Partners Closes A Billion In Two Funds

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Accel Partners said Thursday that it has closed two new funds, worth nearly a billion dollars in investment capital. The firm said it closed Accel Growth Fund at $480M, and Accel London III at $525M. Acc...

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Shasta Staffs Up

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Shasta Ventures has hired on a new EIR and associate, the firm said earlier this week. Shasta said it has named Kartik Raghavan as Entrepreneur in Residence, and Sean Flynn as Senior Associate at the fi...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Anvato Adds $2M

Mountain View-based Anvato, which develops technology used to identify copyright violations in online video content, said Wednesday that it has raised $2M, part of a $4M Series A funding round the firm is working on. According to the firm, ...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Jaspersoft Grabs $12.5M More, Adds Red Hat

San Francisco-based Jaspersoft, a developer of open source, reporting software for the business intelligence market, said this morning that it has raised $12.5M in a round of growth equity funding. According to the firm, the new capital cam...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Saints Capital Buys Portfolio From Rustic Canyon Partners

San Francisco-based Saints Capital said Tuesday that it has purchased the interest a broad swath of portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based Rustic Canyon Partners. According to Saints Capital, it has formed Saints Rustic Canyon L.P. to acquire...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Roost Locates $8M

San Francisco-based Roost, an online search engine focused on real estate, said Tuesday that it has raised $8M in a new funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and included prior investors General Catalyst Partners, The Cross C...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Bivio Networks Raises $15.8M

Pleasanton-based Bivio Networks said Tuesday that it has raised $15.8M in a funding round. The round was led by Silver Creek Ventures, and also included ITOCHU Corporation, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC), and Cross Technology Pa...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

RiseSmart Snags $3M For Jobs Site

Sunnyvale-based RiseSmart, which operates an online job site and corporate outplacement service, said today that the firm has raised $3M in a Series A financing round. The round came from Norwest Venture Partners. RiseSmart said that the fi...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Kosmix Gets $20M

Mountain View-based Kosmix said today that it has raised $20M in a new financing round. The round was led by Time Warner, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Dag Ventures. Former Motorola Chair...

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Appcelerator Gains $4.1M For Rich Internet Software

Mountain View-based Appcelerator said today that it has raised $4.1M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Storm Ventures. Appcelerator is developing web software which allows for the easy creation of rich Web applications. Accor...

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Monday, December 8, 2008

SV Life Sciences Hires Three

San Francisco- and Boston-based venture capital firm SV Life Sciences said Monday that it has hired three new Venture Partners at the firm. According to the firm, it has hired Sarah Bodary, Ph.D., and Gary Velasquez to its San Francisco off...

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Monday, December 8, 2008

DFJ's Draper Launches Blog

Draper Fisher Jurvetson's Tim Draper has launched a new blog site, The Riskmaster, focused on venture capital, entrepreneurship, and other topics. Draper is the founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The title "The Riskmaster" comes from a spo...

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Expresso Fitness Gains $14M

Sunnyvale-based Expresso Fitness, a developer of interactive fitness systems, announced this morning that it has raised $14M in a combination of debt and equity. According to Expresso, the deal included a $7M working capital line from Silic...

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

PureWave Networks Captures $12M

Mountain View-based PureWave Networks, which is developing 4G wireless base stations, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the funding came from ATA Ventures and Leapfrog Ventures,...

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Broncus Technologies Lands $38M

Mountain View-based Broncus Technologies, which is developing medical devices for treating emphysema, said Thursday that it has raised $38M in a Series G Funding. The round was led by Ares Life Sciences AG, which invested $25M in the firm. ...

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

SV Life Sciences Promotes Guyer

San Francisco- and Boston-based SV Life Sciences, a venture capital firm focused on the biotechnology and healthcare market, said Tuesday that it has promoted David R. Guyer, M.D., to Partner. Guyer has been at the firm since 2006 as a Vent...

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Kearny Ventures Hires CFO

San Francisco-based Kearny Venture Partners said Monday that it has hired Andrew Jensen as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Kearny said that Jensen will oversee investor relations, legal, finance, information technology and human resourc...

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Monday, December 1, 2008

SiBEAM Scores Strategics

Sunnyvale-based SiBEAM, a developer of millimeter wave wireless chipsets, announced this morning that it has scored a strategic investment from Panasonic and Samsung. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. According to SiBEAM, t...

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

PlaySpan Gets $16.8M

Santa Clara-based PlaySpan, a developer of digital commerce tools for the online gaming market, said this morning that it has raised $16.8M in a Series B investment round. The round came from Easton Capital Group, Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT ...

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Monday, November 24, 2008

FanSnap Catches $5.5M

Palo Alto-based FanSnap, an online ticket search engine for live events, said Monday that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The round came from General Catalyst Partners. According to FanSnap, the new funding comes in addition to an e...

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Zuberance Scores $4M

Palo Alto-based Zuberance which develops software-as-a-service for attracting customers, said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The round came from Emergence Capital Partners. According to Zuberance, the funding will go to...

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Friday, November 21, 2008

Goodmail Systems Receives $20M

Mountain View-based Goodmail Systems said Friday that it has raised $20M in a financing round. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Softbank Capital. Goodmail Systems is a prov...

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Real Girls Media Scores Strategic Funding

San Francisco-based Real Girls Media, an online content provider focused on women, has scored a strategic investment from Meredith Corporation. Meredith announced the deal Wednesday. Financial terms of the minority investment were not discl...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Arete Therapeutics Lands $16.7M

Hayward-based Arete Therapeutics, which is a biotechnology firm focused on soluble epoxide hydrolase (s-EH) inhibitors, has added $16.7M in a Series A tranche financing. According to Arete, the tranche was led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Raydiance Gets $20M

Petaluma-based Raydiance, a developer of ultrashort pulse lasers, announced today that it has raised $20M in funding. Raydiance said the Series D funding was led by Greenstreet Partners, and also included prior investor Draper Fisher Jurvet...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Finjan Secures $22M

San Jose-based Finjan, a developer of web security gateways, announced today that it has raised $22M in a new investment round. The new round was led by HarbourVest Partners, and also included participation from Benchmark Capital, Israel Se...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Apptera Gains $10.5M

San Bruno-based Apptera, a provider of voice advertising services for the mobile market, said today that it has raised $10.5M in funding. The round came from its existing investors, which include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures,...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Quantance Scores $12M In Series B

San Mateo-based Quantance, a developer of semiconductors for the wireless market, said today it has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The new funding round came from TD Fund, DOCOMO Capital, Granite Ventures, and InterWest Partners. TD Fun...

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Friday, November 14, 2008

cFares Adds $7.6M

Redwood City-based cFares said late Thursday that the firm has raised $7.6M in an additional Series A equity financing. According to the firm, the new round came from Claremont Creek Ventures and Garage Technology Ventures. Both of those fi...

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Morgenthaler Raises $400M Fund

Menlo Park-based Morgenthaler Ventures said earlier this week that it has closed a $400M fund, Morgenthaler Venture Partners IX. According to the firm, the new fund brings its total under management to $2.6 billion. Morgenthaler said the ne...

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

KPG Launches Second Fund

San Francisco-based KPG Ventures, which invests in seed-stage, consumer Internet companies, said this week that it has launched its second fund, KPG II. Size of the new fund was not disclosed, nor did the firm detail LPs or whether the fund...

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

New Relic Takes $6.0M For Rails Development

San Francisco-based New Relic, a developer of Ruby on Rails development software, announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. According to New Relic, the round was led by Trinity Ventures, and also included prior inv...

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Planet Metrics Gets $2.3M For Carbon Modeling

Burlingame-based Planet Metrics, which develops software for modeling and visualizing carbon emissions, said today that it has scored $2.3M in a Series A funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and unnamed angel investors. The firm said its wi...

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

IntelePeer Raises $18M

San Mateo-based IntelePeer said this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. According to Intelepeer, the new round was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners, and also included prior investors. The new funding will go to...

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Keystream Emerges From Stealth, Discloses Funding

Mountain View-based Keystream, a developer of video ad insertion technology, said Monday that it has emerged from stealth mode. According to the firm, it is developing Web video insertion technology which automatically and unobtrusively pla...

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Friday, November 7, 2008

CarbonFlow Scores Funding For Carbon Offset Trading

San Francisco-based CarbonFlow, which develops software for managing carbon trading markets, has scored new funding from @Ventures, @Ventures said Friday morning. Amount of the new investment was not disclosed. According to @Ventures, it in...

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Friday, November 7, 2008

iSkoot Raises $19M

San Francisco-based iSkoot, which runs a service that connects Skype to mobile handsets, has raised $19M in a Series C funding round, the firm said this morning. The round was led by Vision Opportunity Master Fund, and also included Charles...

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

WiChorus Raises $18M

San Jose-based WiChorus, a developer of products for the WiMAX network, said Tuesday that it has raised $18M in a Series C funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Pinnacle Ventures, and also included Redpoint Ventures, Ma...

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Vista Equity Partners Closes $1.3B Software Fund

San Francisco-based Vista Equity Partners said Tuesday that it has closed Vista Equity Partners Fund II, a $1.3 billion software investment fund. According to Vista Equity Partners, limited partners in the fund came from pension funds, corp...

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

OncoMed Gets $94M

Redwood City-based OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, which is developing antibudy therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, said Tuesday that it has raise $93M in a final tranche of its Series B financing round. According to the firm, the round brin...

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Maxplore Gets $2M For SaaS

Santa Clara-based Maxplore, a developer of supply chain and field service management applications, has scored $2M in an investment from Emergence Capital, the firm said Monday. Maxplore also was named winner of Salesforce.com's Force.com $1...

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Palo Alto Networks Adds $10M

Sunnyvale-based Palo Alto Networks, which develops network firewalls, has scored $10M in additional venture funding, just four months after an initial Series C funding round in August. According to Palo Alto Networks, the new investment, le...

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Monday, November 3, 2008

RockYou Raises $17M

Redwood City-based social applications creator RockYou said Monday that it has raised an additional $17M in investment, from SoftBank and SK Telecom Ventures. According to the firm, the strategic investment brings it total raised to $67M. T...

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Tesla Gets $40M In Debt

San Carlos-based Tesla Motors, the troubled electric car maker headed by Elon Musk, said early Monday morning that it has received $40M in a convertible debt round. According to the firm, the financing came from "almost all" of its current ...

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Impeva Labs Finds $10M

Mountain View-based Impeva Labs is reporting this morning that the firm has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round included funding from NTT Leasing, which was a Series A investor in the firm. Impeva Labs develops ...

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Novariant Raises $40M

Fremont-based Novariant, a developer of GPS-based equipment for steering agricultural equipment, said late Friday that it has raised $40M in a Series D funding round. According to the firm, Investor Growth Capital led the funding, with part...

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Syncplicity Raises $2.35M

San Francisco-based Syncplicity said this morning that it has raised $2.35M in a new funding round, from True Ventures and other private investors. According to the firm, the round will go to accelerate enhancements and functionality on the...

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Allopartis Biotechnologies Gains Funding

San Francisco-based Allopartis Biotechnologies, which is developing biofuel technology, raised a Series A funding, according to investor CalCEF Angel Fund. X/Seed Capital Management also participated in the round. No other details of the fu...

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

HID Laboratories Gets Series A Investment

HID Laboratories, a Menlo Park-based developer of intelligent lighting products, has scored a Series A investment, according to lead investor CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund I. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. American R...

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

SolarCity Raises $30M

Foster City-based SolarCity has scored $30M in a funding round, from First Solar Inc. and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the firm said Wednesday. According to First Solar and Solarcity, the investment included $25M from First Solar, and is a part...

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

DFine Raises $30M

San Jose-based DFine, a developer of medical devices for treating vertebral compression fractures, said Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a Series D investment. The new round was led by BBT Fund LP and Highland Capital Management and also ...

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Intel Makes Three Chinese Investments

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel, said this week that it has made three investments in China. According to the firm, it has invested $20M in Trony Solar Holdings Co, a provider of thin film solar energy products; invested in ...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Arcadia Biosciences Raises $15M

Davis-based Arcadia Biosciences, a firm which is developing biotechnology driven agricultural products, said Tuesday that the firm has raised $15M in financing. According to the firm, the new funding was led by Exeter Life Sciences, along w...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

RockPort Capital Partners Names General Partner

Boston-based RockPort Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the cleantech industry, said Tuesday that it has added Victor Westerlind as a General Partner in the firm's Menlo Park office. RockPort said that Westerlind joins the...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

WideOrbit Adds $10M

San Francisco-based WideOrbit announced Tuesday that it has raised $10M in an expansion funding, led by Mayfield Fund. WideOrbit, which develops billing software for the television, broadcast, and cable industry, said other investors in the...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Roku Gets New Funding

Saratoga-based Roku, Inc., maker of a hardware device to play Netflix movies on your TV via the Internet, said Tuesday that it has raised a Series C financing round from Menlo Ventures. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. According ...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Zuora Adds $15M

San Francisco-based Zuora, a provider of software-as-a-service for managing subscription billing and payment, said Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures and Lehman Brothers Venture...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Glassdoor.com Scores $6.5M

Sausalito-based Glassdoor.com, an online site focused on careers and the workplace, said this morning that it has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sutter Hill Venturse, and also included prior investor Benchmar...

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Monday, October 27, 2008

ZeroG Wireless Adds $17M

Sunnyvale-based ZeroG Wireless, which is developing low power Wi-Fi semiconductors, said today that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, and included prior investors Morgenthaler Ventures an...

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Emergence Capital Partners Names Venture Partner

San Mateobased Emergence Capital Partners announced Thursday that it has named Richard Yanowitch as a venture partner at the firm. Yanowitch is founder of The Entrepreneurs Group, and recently was venture partner at Accel Partners. Yanowitc...

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

LinkedIn Ties Into $22.7M

Mountain View-based business social networking web site LinkedIn said today that it has raised $22.7M in a new venture funding round. The round came from Goldman Sachs, The McGraw-Hill Companies, SAP Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Silicon Hive Finds $7M

Silicon Hive, a developer of processor cores for the systems-on-a-chip market, said Wednesday that it has raised $7M in a new round of venture funding led by Intel Capital. Prior investors New Venture Partners and TVM Capital also participa...

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

SiliconBlue Gets $24M For FPGAs

Sunnyvale-based SiliconBlue said today that it has raised $24M in a Series B funding round. The firm, which is developing ultra-low powered FPGAs specifically for use in mobile phones and other mobile products, said the round was led by New...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

AdMob Raises $15.7M

San Mateo-based AdMob said Tuesday evening that the firm has raised $15.7M for the firm's mobile advertising marketplace. According to the company, the Series C funding was led by Sequoia Capital's Growth Fund, and also included Accel Partn...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Intransa Gains $15M For IP Storage

San Jose-based Intransa, a provider of external IP storage products, said today that it has raised $15M in new funding. Rho Ventures led the funding round. Entrepia Ventures, Guggenheim Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and US Venture Partne...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Highland Capital Promotes Salehizadeh, Adds Advisor

Menlo Park- and Lexington, Mass.-based Highland Capital Partners said Tuesday that it has promoted Dr. Bijan Salehizadeh to General Partner, and hired on an advisor, Dr. Elazer Edelman. According to Highland Capital Partners, Salehizadeh is...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Brightstorm Snags $6M

San Francisco-based Brightstorm, which is launching an online web site focused on video-based learning, said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A venture financing. The round came from KTB. Brightstorm said it is launching a new onlin...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Sensorin Gets Funding Round

Burlingame-based Sensorin, which is developing scientific equipment for pH measurement, said today that it has closed a second round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The firm said the funding came from a group of individ...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Replay Solutions Adds $2M More

Redwood City-based Replay Solutions said today that it has added $2M more in the firm's Series B funding round, from UV Partners, raising the round amount to $13M. Replay Solutions, which develops software testing products, said UV Partners...

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Cobalt Biofuels Raises $25M In Series C

Mountain View-based Cobalt Biofuels said Monday that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The firm, which is developing biofuels for use as a fuel or as a fuel additive, said that the round was co-led by LSP and Pinnacle Ventures...

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Om Records Gets Investment

San Francisco-based Om Records, a firm which holds a catalog of music copyrights, said Monday that it has scored an additional investment from LRG Capital Group. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Om Records said the fund...

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Venture Capital Investments Drop For Quarter

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Assocation (NVCA) announced Q3 2008 venture capital totals over the weekend, finding that there was $7.1 billion invested in 907 deals in the third quarter of 2008. The totals, based o...

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

BioImagene Adds Siemens As Investor

Cupertino-based BioImagene, a developer of digital pathology products, said Thursday that it has added Siemens Venture Capital as a new investor in the firm. BioImagene said that the funding follows the recently close of a $26M Series D fin...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Proteus Biomedical Raises $32M

Redwood City-based Proteus Biomedical announced Wednesday that the company has raised $32M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Medtronic and Itochu, along with existing investors St. Jude Medical, Adams Street Partners, The C...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Sonoa Systems Gets $10M

Santa Clara-based Sonoa Systems, a provider of software for managing web services and SOA, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Third Point Ventures, and included Norwest Venture...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Achronix Scores $52M For FPGA Efforts

San Jose-based Achronix Semiconductor said this morning that it has received a first close on a $52M Series B financing round. According to Achronix Semiconductor, it has received $43M of a $52M round, led by Argonaught Private Equity. Exis...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Innovalight Scores $5M

Menlo Park-based Innovalight has scored $5M in a financing round, according to Leader Ventures a provider of debt and equity financing. Leader said that Innovalight has received $5M in financing from Leader Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank,...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

JS-Kit Raises $3.6M

Burlingame-based JS-Kit, a developer of widget software for comments, polls, ratings, and product reviews announced today that it has raised $3.6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Altos VEntures, and also included TEF3 (The...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Billshrink Raises $8M

Redwood City-based Billshrink said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B venture round. The firm, which operates a service to help consumers switch cell phone service, credit cards, and other services to the best plans, said the round ...

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Monday, October 13, 2008

VC Fundraising Drops In Q3

Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association reported Monday that venture capital fundraising dropped in Q3, to $8.1 billion raised during the quarter. The numbers were a 29% drop from last year in terms of numbers, and a 6%...

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Monday, October 13, 2008

VC Fundraising Drops In Q3

Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association reported Monday that venture capital fundraising dropped in Q3, to $8.1 billion raised during the quarter. The numbers were a 29% drop from last year in terms of numbers, and a 6%...

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Monday, October 13, 2008

Twofish Raises $4.5M

Palo Alto-based Twofish said Friday that it has raised $4.5M in a second round of funding, from Triplepoint Capital, Rustic Canyon, and Venrock. The firm said it will use the funding to build out its product, Twofish Elements, which the fir...

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Friday, October 10, 2008

FitBit Raises $2M

San Francisco-based Fitbit said Friday that it has raised $2M in a round of funding. The company, which is developing a consumer-focused service that combines a health and wellness monitoring with Web information, said the round was led by ...

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Friday, October 10, 2008

Equity Administration Solutions Gets $3.5M

Pleasanton-based Equity Administration Solutions, which develops stock option accounting software, said late Thursday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series C funding. The firm said the financing was led by Winter Advisors, a Silicon Valley-b...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Recommind Finds Funding

San Francisco-based Recommind, a provider of enterprise search and email tools, said this week that it has raised its first institutional funding. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. According to Recommind, the funding was led by Ke...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Trilibis Mobile Raises $5.7M

San Mateo-based Trilibis Mobile said Wednesday that it has raised $5.7M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Altos Ventures, and also included ATA Ventures and unnamed individual investors. Trilibis is a publisher of applications for...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

GangaGen Gets $1.8M

Palo Alto-based GangaGen, a developer of products for the treatment of bacterial infections, has scored $1.8M in financing from ATEL Ventures, ATEL said Tuesday. According to ATEL Ventures, the funding will go to support the growth of Ganga...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Kineto Wireless Takes $15.5M

Milpitas-based Kineto Wireless, which develops fixed-mobile convergence software for the mobile communications market, said Tuesday that it has raised $15.5M. The round included a strategic investment from Motorola. Kineto Wireless said tha...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Nimsoft Scores $12M

Redwood City-based Nimsoft, which develops systems management software, announced Tuesday that the firm has raised $12M in funding. The new round was led by Goldman Sachs, and also included JMI equity and Northzone Ventures. David Campbell ...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

MELODIS Gets $7M

San Jose-based MELODIS, which develops technology to help users find music by singing, humming, playing, a tune into their mobile phone, said Tuesday that the firm has raised $7M in a Series B round. The round was led by TransLink Capital, ...

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Monday, October 6, 2008

Alien Technology Beams In $38M

Morgan Hills-based Alien Technology, a developer of RFID products and services, said Monday that it has raised $38M in a new funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by existing investors Advanced Equities, New Enterprise Ass...

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Monday, October 6, 2008

BlackArrow Pulls In $20M More

San Mateo-based BlackArrow said Monday that it has raised $20M more for the firm's technology for video ad management. The round came from its existing investors, which include Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, Mayf...

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Monday, October 6, 2008

Industrial Origami Gets $17M

San Francisco-based Industrial Origami, a provider of technology for more efficiently manufacturing sheet metal-based products, has scored $17M in a financing round. According to Brown Rudnick, a law firm representing investor Environmental...

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Monday, October 6, 2008

GigaOm Raises $4.5M

San Francisco-based technology blog site GigaOm has raised $4.5M in an additional round of funding, the site said Monday morning. According to GigaOm, the investment came from Alloy Ventures, and also included prio investor True Ventures. G...

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Claremont Creek Ventures Closes $175M Fund

Oakland-based Claremont Creek Ventures announced Thursday that it has closed Claremont Creek Ventures II, a $175M second fund, bringing the firm's total dollars under management to $300M. Limited Partners in the firm include Harvard Managem...

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Venrock Snags eMusic's Pakman

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Venrock said today that it has added David Pakman as a Partner at the firm. Pakman will be based in new York, and will focus on digital media investments in the New York Area. Pakman was most recently CE...

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Intradigm Gets $18.5M In Series B

Palo Alto-based Intradigm Corporation, which is developing systemic RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, said Thursday that it has raised $18.5M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Lilly Ventures, and included new investors Roche...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Ausra Scores $60.6M

Palo Alto-based Austra, a developer of utility-scale solar thermal energy systems, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $60.6M in funding. The new round of funding was led by KERN Partners. Other investors in the funding included Gen...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Metaforic Gains $2M For Security Software

Metaforic, a firm developing anti-tampering software for the software security market, said Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a funding round. The round came from Pentech Ventures and the Scottish Co-Investment Fund. According to Metafori...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Gigya Gets $11M In Third Round

Palo Alto-based Gigya said Wednesday that it has raised $11M in a Series C funding round. According to Gigya, the round was led by DAG Ventures. Gigya said the funding will go towards both new and existing products and features. Gigya devel...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

NEA Promotes Four

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates said Tuesday that it has made a number of promotions. According to the firm, it has named Harry Weller as General Partner at the firm, Rohini Chakravarthy and Jon Sakoda as Par...

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Solar Power Partners Gets $160M

Mill Valley-based Solar Power Partners said Monday that it has raised $100M in equity and debt financing, and expects to close an additional $60M in funding in 2008 for the firm's solar energy facilities. According to the firm, the new fund...

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

APT Pharmaceuticals Raises $32M

Burlingame-based APT Pharmaceuticals, which is developing treatments for serious lung diseases, said Tuesday that it has raised $32.3M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Three Arch Partners, and also included new investors InterWes...

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Zvents Raises $24M

San Mateo-based Zvents announced this morning that the firm has raised $24M in new funding for the online event listings site. According to the firm, the funding came from Nokia Growth Partners, NAVTEQ, and AT&T. Existing investors Vantage ...

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Skydeck Raises Series A Funding

San Mateo-based Skydeck said today that the firm has closed a Series A round of financing, bringing the company's total raised to $4M. The new funding came from Saban Ventures, an investor focused on the media, entertainment and communicati...

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Turin Networks Gets Strategic Investment

Petaluma-based Turin Networks, a developer of equipment for the Carrier Ethernet market, said Thursday that the firm has scored a strategic investment from Dubai-based Millenium Private Equity. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed...

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Darwin Ventures Staffs Up

San Francisco-based private equity firm Darwin Ventures said Thursday that it has appointed two new partners and a principal to the firm. According to Drawin, it has added Robert A. Young and Ken Hausman as Partners, and Sunil Kurkure as Pr...

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Asetek Lands $16M, Expands In San Jose

Denmark-based Asetek, a developer of liquid cooling and thermal management technology for PCs, said Wednesday that the firm has raised $16M in a Series B funding round, and expanded its sales and marketing efforts in San Jose. According to ...

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Digg Uncovers $28.7M

San Francisco-based social news site Digg said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $28.7M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners, and also included prior investors Greylock Partners, Omidyar Network, ...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

InMage Pulls In $15M For Storage Software

Santa Clara-based InMage Systems said Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a third round of funding, for the firm's disaster recover and continuous data protection software. According to InMage, the round was led by Intel Capital, and also in...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

KaloBios Gets $20m for Clinical Trials

South San Francisco-based KaloBios said today that it has raised $20M in a first close of its Series D venture financing round. The firm, which is developing treatments for cystic fibroses, autoimmune diseases, tumors, and cancer said the f...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Adap.tv Gains $13M

San Mateo-based Adap.tv, a provider of software for managing online video content, announced Tuesday that the firm has raised $13M, in a Series B venture funding round. The round was led by Spark Capital, and also included prior investors R...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Intel Capital Takes Stake In Telligent

Santa Clara-based Intel Capital said Tuesday that the firm has taken a stake in Telligent Systems, a maker of enterprise social networking software. According to Intel, it has agreed to take a $20M stake in Dallas-based Telligent, whose sof...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Right90 Gets $10M In Series C

Foster City-based Right90, a developer of software-as-a-service for sales management, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Horizon Venturse, and included prior investors InterWest Partners, ...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

NVP Expands In Israel

Palo Alto-based venture firm Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) said today that the firm has hired on a new partner in Israel. According to the firm, Dror Nahumi has joined the company as part of a expansion of its global strategy. Nahumi has p...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Aricent Rounds Up Funding

Palo Alto-based Aricent, which provides technology outsourcing for the telecom industry, said Tuesday that the firm has received new funding from KKR and Bahrain-based The Family Office. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. Ar...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Trion World Network Scores $70M

Redwood City-based Trion World Network, which publishes online games, announced today that it has raised $70M in a Series C funding. According to the firm, the round was led by Act II Capital, and included prior investors DCM, Trinity Ventu...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

ooma Raises $16M

Palo Alto-based ooma said this morning that it has scored $16M in a third round of funding. The round came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Worldview Technology Partners, The Founders Fund Management LLC, WI Harper Group, the Telecommunication...

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Monday, September 22, 2008

3Leaf Takes $35M

Santa Clara-based 3Leaf Systems announced Monday that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. The round came from LSI Corporation, and also included its prior investors Alloy Ventures, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, Intel Capi...

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Greenvolts Charges Up With $30M

San Francisco-based GreenVolts, a developer of solar concentrator technology, announced Monday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The round came from Oak Investment Partners. According to the firm, the funding will go to build o...

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Aconex Takes $85M

Aconex, a provider of web-based software for managing construction and engineering products, said this morning that it has raised $85M from Francisco Partners. The firm, which has offices in San Francisco but is based in Australia, said the...

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Raises Series A Funding

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, a drug development firm developing small molecule drugs, has raised a Series A funding round, worth roughly $700K. The funding came from the Tech Coast Angels and life Science Angels. According to the Tech Coast Ange...

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Sofinnova Ventures Names EIR

San Francisco-based Sofinnova Ventures, an early stage venture firm investing in both life sciences and information technology, said late Thursday that it has named Dr. Lars Ekman as a Executive-in-Residence at the firm. According to firm, ...

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

UpTake Raises $10M For Travel Site

Palo Alto-based UpTake said this morning that the firm has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Trinity Ventures and Shasta Ventures, along with other unnamed investors. The round brings the company's total raise to $14M....

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

ArKal Medical Raises $17.5M

Fremont-based ArKal Medical said today that the firm has raised $17.5M in a Series B financing round. The firm, which is developing a continuous glucose monitoring system for managing diabetes, said the round was led by Thomas Mcnerney & Pa...

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

LeaveWallStreetJoinAStartup.com Targets Wall Street Job Seekers

High profile venture capitalist Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital launched a new web site today, LeaveWallStreetJoinAStartup.com, which is focused on helping venture-backed startups recruit former Wall Street employees. According to Kope...

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Monday, September 15, 2008

CrossLoop Gets $6M

Campbell-based CrossLopp, a provider of desktop sharing software, said this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Venrock, and also included El Dorado Ventures. Richard Moran and Andre Haddad, both...

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Anagran Scoops Up $8.6M

Sunnyvale-based Anagran, a developer of network traffic management hardware, said Monday that it has raised $8.6M in a Series D funding round. According to Anagran, the round came from existing investors at the firm, including Advanced Tech...

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Envivio Scores $25M

South San Francisco-based Envivio said this morning that it has closed on $25M in new funding. According to the firm, the round was led by Harbourvest, Atlantic Bridge, and Samsung Ventures. The round also included prior investors, includin...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Jennerex Raises $8.3M

San Francisco-based Jennerex, a biopharmaceuticals firm developing therapeutics aimed at treating cancer, said Tuesday that it has raised $8.3M in a Series B funding. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Jennerex said it would use the f...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Guard ID Systems Locks In $11M

San Mateo-based Guard ID Systems, which develops online identity theft prevention services and software, said Wednesday that it has raised $11M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Prism VentureWorks, and also included Intersection...

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Nusym Technology Raises $8M

Los Gatos-based Nusym Technology, which is developing functional verification software for the semiconductor industry, said today that it has raised $8M in a new Series B financing. According to Nusym, the round was led by Voyager Capital, ...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Battery Ventures Promotes Four

Venture capital and private equity firm Battery Ventures said Tuesday that it has promoted four of the people on its investment team. The firm, which has offices in both Menlo Park and Waltham, Mass., said that it has promoted Jesse Feldman...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Enphase Energy Finds $15M

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy, a manufacturer and developer of solar micro-inverters, announced Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The new funding was led by Rockport Capital Partners, and included Third Point Ventures ...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Accel-KKR Raises $600M Fund

Private equity firm Accel-KKR said today that it has closed a $600M third fund, Accel-KKR Capital Partners II, LP. The firm said the fund was originally targeted at $450M, but was "significantly oversubscribed." The new fund brings the comp...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

SOASTA Raises $6.4M

Mountain View-based SOASTA, a developer of cloud computing test products, said Monday that it has raised $6.4M in a Series B funding round. SOASTA said the round was led by new investor Formative Venturse, and also included prior investors ...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Pie Digital Gets Funding

San Francisco-based Pie Digital has scored a round of funding to develop software to simplify the installation, maintenance and expansion of home computing equipment and networks. Financial terms of the funding were not announced, however, ...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Adura Gets Bridge Funding

Menlo Park Adura Systems, which is developing technology focused on plug-in hybrid vehicles, announced Monday morning that it has snagged a round of funding from New frontier Renewable Energy LLC, an existing investor. Amount of the bridge ...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Proteolix Takes $79M In Third Round

South San Francisco-based Proteolix said Monday that it has raised $79M in a Series C funding round. The firm, which is developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, said the round was led by Nomura Phas...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

BitGravity Gets Funding From India's Tata

Burlingame-based content delivery network (CDN) provider BitGravity has raised $11.5M in an investment from India's Tata Communications, the firm said today. BitGravity said that Tata Communications, a strategic partner to the firm, investe...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Sportgenic Scores $10M Series B

San Francisco-based Sportgenic, an online advertising network focused on sports enthusiasts, said Monday that the firm has closed on a $10M, Series B financing round. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and also included Alsop Louie...

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Friday, September 5, 2008

SemantiNet Raises $3.4M, Opens Shop In San Francisco

Tel Aviv, Israel-based SemantiNet said Thursday that the firm has raised $3.4M in a Series A round, and opened up a San Francisco sales and marketing office. The firm said that it has developed software for discovering new information as pa...

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Pathwork Diagnostics Raises $20M

Sunnyvale-based Pathwork Diagnostics said Thursday that the firm has raised $20M in a financing round. The round was led by Abingworth, and also included prior investors Prospect Venture Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Novus Ventures, Ve...

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

True Ventures Taps Blogger Malik As Venture Partner

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm True Venture has added a new venture partner, blogger Om Malik, according to Malik in a blog post Thursday evening. Malik, who runs GigaOm, Earth2Tech, and other technology vertical blogs, said the move ...

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Aicent Gets Funding From Intel

San Jose-based Aicent said this week that it has scored an investment from Intel Capital. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Aicent operates a wireless mobile roaming exchange used by mobile carriers to provide wireless connectivit...

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Osprey Pharmaceutials Scores $11M

San Francisco-based Osprey Pharmaceuticals, which is developing novel protein therapeutics focused on treating inflammatory diseases, said Wednesday that it has raised $11M in a first round of venture capital. The funding was led by Burrill...

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Data Robotics Gets $15M

Santa Clara-based Data Robotics, which develops automated data storage products, said Monday that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by new investor Greylock Partners, and also included New Enterprise Associat...

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

SpeedDate.com Picks Up $6M

San Mateo-based SpeedDate.com, an online speed dating service, said Thursday that the firm has raised $6M in a Series B funding. The round came from Menlo Ventures. SpeedDate.com operates an online speed dating service, which allows users t...

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Webcarzz Gets $4M For Online Game

San Francisco-based Webcarzz, a developer of multiplayer online games, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has scored $4M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Meakem Becker Venture Capital. According to Webcarzz, it will use...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Nanosolar Raises $300M

San Jose-based utility-scale solar technology firm NanoSolar said today that the firm has raised $300M in a strategic equity financing. According to nanoSolar, the funding came from Riverstone Holdings, EDF Renewables, and AES Solar, the fu...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Brand.net Raises $10M

San Mateo-based Brand.net, an online advertising network focused on brands, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included prior investor InterWest partners...

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Conviva Adds $20M

San Mateo-based Conviva announced Monday that the firm has raised $20M in a Series B investment, for the firm's video distribution platform. The firm said the funding was led by UV Partners. Prior investors New Enterprise Associates and Fou...

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Demandbase Gets $8M

San Francisco-based Demandbase, which develops a service for finding and managing B2B sales prospects and leads, said today that the firm has raised $8M in a venture funding round. The round was led by Sigma Partners, and also included prio...

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Turn Raises $15M

Redwood City-based Turn Inc., a provider of online advertising technology, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding. Turn said that the round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Tride...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Google Invests $10M For Geothermal Research

Google.org, Google's nonprofit arm, said Tuesday that it has invested $10M in investments and grants targeted at geothermal energy. According to Google, the investments included $6.25M in AltaRock Energy, $4M in Potter Drilling, and a $489,...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

BioImagene Gets $26M In Series D Funding

Cupertino-based BioImagene, a developer of digital pathology products used in cancer diagnostics and for preclinical research, said Tuesday that the firm has raised $26M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Burrill & Company. O...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Canopy Financial Adds $8M

San Francisco-based Canopy Financial, a firm developing healthcare banking technology, said this week that the firm has raised $8M in an additional round of financing for the firm. The round came from Foundation Capital. Canjopy said the fu...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

HourTown Gets $1M

Palo Alto-based HourTown, an online scheduling and marketing firm focused on small businesses, said Tuesday that it has raised $1M in a funding round. The round came from Baseline Ventures, Hatch Ventures, and NBC Universal, along with un-n...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

DeviceVM Raises $15M

San Jose-based DeviceVM said today that it has added $15M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by New Enterprise Associates. Other investors in the round included Storm Ventures, DFJ Dragon, and individuals Tim Drape...

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Palo Alto Networks Pulls In $27M

Sunnyvale-based Palo Alto Networks, a developer of firewall hardware, said today that it has raised $27M in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Globespan Capi...

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Marrone Organic Innovations Harvests $10M

Davis, California-based Marrone Organic Innovations, a developer of environmentally friendly, weed, plant disease and pest management products, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round for the company. Marrone, which announced the fundin...

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Maveron Hires In San Francisco

Venture capital firm Maveron LLC, the venture firm founded by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, of Starbucks, said today that it has expanded its team and hired on a partner based in San Francisco. Maveron said that it has added Amy J. Errett...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

EmSense Gets Funding

San Francisco-based EmSense, which develops brainwave measurement technology for studying how audiences respond to media messaging, has raised a funding round from the Foundry Group. The funding occurred in late July. Amount of the funding ...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Anthera Pharmaceuticals Raises $19M

San Mateo-based Anthera Pharmaceuticals announced Wednesday that the firm has raised $19M in an equity financing for the firm's anti-inflammatory drugs. The funding came from Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund and HBM BioCapital, which led...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

LiveRail Takes $500K

San Francisco-based LiveRail, a provider of technology for Internet video advertising, said Tuesday that the firm has raised $500,000 in a venture round from Pond Ventures. The firm said the funding comes in conjunction with the release of ...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Marketbright Raises Funding

San Bruno-based Marketbright, which is developing software-as-a-service tools for marketing automation, has raised a Series A round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. According to the firm, the round was led by Greycroft P...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

ThermaSource Raises $41.5M

Santa Rosa-based ThermaSource LLC, a provider of drilling, engineering and consulting services to the renewable geothermal energy sector, said this moring that it has raised $41.5M in a private equity financing. The funding came from Rivers...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Marketo Finds $8M More

San Mateo-based Marketo, a provider of lead management software, has raised $8M in its Series B funding round, the firm said Tuesday morning. The new funding was led by Storm Ventures, and also includes prior investor InterWest Partners. Ma...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

ScanCafe Raises $4M

San Francisco-based ScanCafe announced today that it has raised $4M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sigma Partners. ScanCafe operates a photo scanning and restoration service. According to ScanCafe, the round also included...

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Monday, August 11, 2008

ELDR Media Gets $1.25M

Berkeley-based ELDR Media, a media publisher focused on the elderly, has scored $1.25M in a seed round, according to angel group the Keiretsu Forum. Other investors were not disclosed. The Keiretsu Forum announced the funding last week, say...

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Simbol Mining Gets $6.7M

Simbol Mining, a company which is looking to produce lithium metals for the battery industry, said today that it has raised $6.7M in a funding round led by MDV Mohr Davidow Venturew and Firelake Capital. The firm said it is focused on the p...

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Friday, August 8, 2008

Warner Music Invests In Imeem, Lala

Palo Alto-based startups Imeem and Lala.com have both scored funding from Warner Music Group, the firm has disclosed in its latest 10Q filing with the SEC. According to the SEC filing, Warner Music Group invested $20M in Lala.com, an online...

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Friday, August 8, 2008

AspenAir Finds $500K

Martinez, California-based AspenAir, a manufacturer of electronic air filtration products, has raised $500K in a convertible note from the Keiretsu Forum. The Keiretsu Forum, an angel investment group, said late Thursday that it made the in...

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Amobee Gets Funding From Motorola, Cisco

Redwood City-based Amobee Media Systems, which develops advertising technology for the mobile market, said Wednesday that it has scored strategic investments from Motorola and Cisco Systems. Amount of the investments were not disclosed. Acc...

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

SliceX Raises $15M

San Jose-based SliceX said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a funding round for the firm's high performance, analog mixed signal products. The firm said the round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Global Catalyst Partners a...

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

TokBox Raises $10M

San Francisco-based TokBox said today that it has closed on $10M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures. Prior investor Sequoia Capital also participated. TokBox said the funding will go to build out its e...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

BitGravity Gets Funding, Adds Sling Media Founder To Board

Burlingame-based BitGravity said Wednesday that it has added Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media, to its board of directors. Krikorian joins the board as part of an investment round, which was worth $2.5M. Other investors in ...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

SkyGrid Raises $11M

San Francisco-based SkyGrid, a provider of a personalized news filtering services, said today that it has closed on $11M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by RRE Ventures, and also included investment management firm BlackRock. Pri...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Eye-Fi Sees $11M

Mountain View-based Eye-Fi, which develops wireless memory cards for digital cameras, said today that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by TransLink Capital, and also included LMS Capital, Opus Capital, and S...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Education.com Gets $9.75M

Redwood City-based Education.com is announcing this morning that it has raised $9.75M in funding in a Series B funding. The round was led by California Technology Ventures, and also includes Azure Capital Partners and TeleSoft Partners. Edu...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

ELASTRA Raises $12M For Cloud Computing Software

San Francisco-based ELASTRA, a developer of cloud computing software, announced this morning that it has closed on $12M in Series B financing. The round was led by Bay Partners, and also included Amazon.com and Hummer Winblad Venture Parner...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Friendster Gets $20M, New CEO

San Francisco-based Friendster said today that it has raised $20M in new funding, and also appointed a new CEO. The new funding was led by IDG Ventures, along with existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, DAG ...

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Friday, August 1, 2008

Entone Pulls In $14.5M

San Mateo-based Entone, a provider of IPTV products, said Friday that it has raised $14.5M in a venture capital round. The Series B funding was led by Coral Capital Management, and also included prior investors Menlo Ventures and Scale Vent...

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Versant Ventures Closes $500M Fund

Menlo Park-based Versant Ventures said Thursday that it has closed a $500M venture capital fund focused on the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices area. The early stage venture capital firm said that the close of Versant Ven...

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Paymo Pockets $5M

San Francisco-based Paymo said Thursday that it has raised $5M in seed financing for the firm's global micro-payments service. The funding came from unnamed angel investors based in both the U.S. and Europe. Paymo said it is creating a micr...

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Cyrium Technologies Takes $15M For Photovoltaics Technology

Sunnyvale- and Ottawa, Canada-based Cyrium Technologies, which develops high efficiency, multi-junctional solar cells, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The round came from The Quercus Trust, and also included ...

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Nokia Growth Partners Gets $150M More

Menlo Park-based private equity and venture capital firm Nokia Growth Partners, the venture capital arm of wireless firm Nokia, said today that the fund has landed additional commitments worth $150M from Nokia. The new capital will increase...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Kickfire Takes $20M For Database Acceleration

Santa Clara-based Kickfire, which develops an open-source appliance for the MySQL database market, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures, and also included prior investors Accel P...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Crescendo Networks Adds $9.5M

Menlo Park- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based Crescendo Networks, a provider of web application optimization software, has raised $9.5M in venture funding, the firm announced today. According to the firm, the round included The Challenge Fund - Et...

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Monday, July 28, 2008

EBR Systems Gets $35M In Third Round

Sunnyvale-based EBR Systems, a developer of medical devices for the treatment of heart failure, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding. The roudn closed on June 12th. According to the firm, the round was led by ...

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Monday, July 28, 2008

CelLynx Goes Public In Reverse Merger, Gains $2M In Funding

El Dorado Hills-based CelLynx, a developer of cell phone signal amplification technology, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $2M in equity financing, and completed a reverse merger with Norpac technologies, which is publicly held on t...

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Monday, July 28, 2008

MedeFinance Gets $50M From Bain For Healthcare Analytics

Emeryville-based MedeFinance, a provider of web-based software for monitoring healthcare organizations, said Monday that it has raised $50M in funding. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, along with other undisclosed existing inve...

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Monday, July 28, 2008

deCarta Locates $20M More

San Jose-based deCarta, a provider of location based services software, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C-1 round of financing. According to deCarta, the majority of the funding round came from two, unnamed large strategic in...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

UVaCide Raises $6M

Chico-based UVaCide, a provider of laser-based medical products, said Friday that it has secured a $6M round of funding from Nexus Capital partners. UVaCide is currently developing light-based products used to treat toenail fungus. The fir...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Sensys Networks Raises $5M

Berkeley-based Sensys Networks announced Friday that the firm has raised a new round of funding worth $5M. The firm, which is developing wireless sensors for the transportation industry, said the round was led by Voyager Capital, and also i...

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

trueAnthem Gets $2M In Angel Funding

San Francisco-based trueAnthem announced today that the firm has completed an angel round of funding, raising $2M. The firm says it is developing a music label focused on monetization through social networks. The firm did not disclose inves...

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Zynga Raises $29M

Online social gaming service Zynga announced today that the firm has raised $29M in an investment round, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners. Prior investors in the firm, including Union Square Venture...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Mitrix Becomes Amitive, Raises $6M

Redwood City-based Mitrix said Tuesday that it has renamed the company as Amitive, and raised $6M in a Series A extension. The funding came from CMEA Ventures and Logispring, both existing investors in the firm. The round comes on top of $1...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

ResponseLogix Gets $8M

San Francisco-based ReponseLogix said Tuesday that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding, for the firm's tools for managing automotive Internet sales. The round was led by GRP Partners and Shasta Ventures, and also included A.H. Belo Corp...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

GreenRoad Technologies Adds $17.5M

Redwood Shores-based GreenRoad Technologies, a provider of driver safety technology, said Monday that it has raised $17.5M in a Series C funding. The round came from Amadeus Capital Partners, Virgin Green Fund, Benchmark Capital, and Balder...

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Qumu Raises $10.7M

Emeryville-based Qumu said today that it has raised $10.7M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Advanced Technology Ventures, and also included SAP Ventures, Storm Ventures, Garage Technology Ventures, Halo Opportunity Fund, an...

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Rohati Systems Takes $12M

Sunnyvale-based Rohati Systems said Monday that it has secured $12M in a second round of funding. The funding came from Series A investors Foundation Capital and Matrix Partners. Rohati Systems is a developer of access control products. Roh...

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Bay Area Deals Total $2.95B For Q2

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released its quarterly venture capital survey Saturday, reporting that there was $2.95B in 306 deals invested in Silicon Valley for the second quarter of the year. The Mone...

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Friday, July 18, 2008

SOMA Networks Gets $51M

San Francisco-based SOMA Networks said Friday that it has raised $51M in additional equity financing, for the firm's mobile WiMax products and professional serviecs. The funding came from Daiwa Securities Group Inc.; Daiwa Securities SMBC P...

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Vertos Medical Raises $12M

San Jose-based Vertos Medical said Thursday that it has raised $12M in a Series C financing. CHL Medical Partners and Foundation Medical Partners led the funding round, with participation by Aweida Venture Partners and DFJ Mercury. Vertos M...

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

TRUSTe Scores Funding Round

San Francisco-based TRUSTe, a firm focused on online privacy, said earlier this week that it has raised a first round of funding from Accel Partners. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. TRUSTe said the funding will enable it ...

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Become.com Adds $8M From EFF

Mountain View-based Become.com said this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series D funding, from European Founder's Fund. According to Become, the deal brings the company's total raised to $37.2M. Become.com said it has been profitable s...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

XORPsource Raises Venture Round

Menlo Park-based XORPsource, a firm working on open source, open-platform routing software, has quietly raised a round of venture funding from ONSET Ventures. Financial terms or details of the funding have not been announced for the funding...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Recurrent Energy Raises $75M

San Francisco-based solar power developer Recurrent Energy said today that it has raised $75M in funding from Hudson Clean Energy Partners, to fund expansion of the firm's business. Recurrent Energy develops, owns, and operates solar power ...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A10 Networks Connects With $23M More

San Jose-based A10 Networks, a provider of web application security products, said Monday that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Mitsui & Co Ltd. Existing investors Triton Ventures, H&Q/Asian Pacific, Harbinger ...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

ON24 Adds $8M

San Francisco-based webcasting firm ON24 said Tuesday that it has raised $8M in a combination equity and expansion capital financing. According to the firm, the funding came from U.S. Venture Partners, Canaan partners, and Rho Ventures, wit...

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

YouSendIt Receives $14M

Campbell-based YouSendIt, which operates an online service that allows users to send and receive large files, has scored $14M in a Series C round of financing, the firm said today. The round came from new investor Emergence Capital, and als...

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Bessemer Creates India Advisory Group

Venture capital fund Bessemer Venture Partners has created a new advisory group for its Indian arm, the firm said last week. The venture firm said that it has tapped Sridar Iyengar, former CEO of KPMG India; Rama Bijapurkar, author of Winni...

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Monday, July 14, 2008

ByteShield Gets Seed Round

San Francisco-based ByteShield, a developer of security products for the computer games market, said last week that it has raised a seed funding round from Gylling Invest AB and other angel investors. Financial terms of the deal were not di...

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Social Gaming Network Adds Bezos As Investor

Palo Alto-based Social Gaming Network said this morning that it has added Bezos Expeditions, the investment arm of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, as an investor. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Social Gaming Network develops...

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Pacific Biosciences Gets $100M

Menlo Park-based Pacific Biosciences has raised $100M in a Series E funding, the firm said today. The firm, which develops a real-time, DNA sequencing platform, said the round was co-led by Deerfield Capital Management and Intel Capital. Ne...

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Engine Yard Scores $15M

San Francisco-based Engine Yard, which develops a Ruby on Rails deployment platform, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The new round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and included participation from ...

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Trulia Adds $15M

San Francisco-based Trulia said Thursday that it has raised an additional $15M in funding. The funding round was led by Deep Fork Capital LLC, and also included prior investors Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners and Fayez Sarofim and Co. Truli...

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Zend Grabs $7M

Cupertino-based software maker Zend Technologies, the firm behind the popular PHP development language, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a new funding round from TriplePoint Capital. Zend said it will use the funding to take adva...

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Portola Pharmaceuticals Lands $60M

South San Francisco-based Portola Pharmaceuticals said yesterday that it has raised $60M in a preferred stock financing. The firm, which is focused on developing therapeutics for cardiovascular and inflammatory disease, said the funding ca...

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

DriverSide Raises First Funding Round

San Francisco-based DriverSide, an online web site focused on automobile ownership, said this morning that it has raised a first round of funding led by Catamount Ventures. DriverSide also said it has added two new board members to the firm...

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

MEVIO Grabs $15M

San Francisco-based MEVIO said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Crosslnk Capital and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and DAG Ventures. MEVIO--wihc...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Corefino Gets $13.6M For Accounting Software

Sunnyvale-based Corefino announced Tuesday that it has raised $13.6M in a first round of funding, led by Opus Capital Ventures and Bay Partners. Corefino develops software as a service for accounting and financial management. According to C...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Longitude Capital Closes $325M Fund

Menlo Park-based Longitude Capital has closed a $325M, life sciences fund, Longitude Venture Partners L.P., the firm said Tuesday. According to Longitude Capital, the firm's target was $250M. The firm is a spinout from Pequot Capital, and i...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

iWatt Raises $12.4M

Los Gatos-based iWatt, a developer of power ICs and other related products, said this morning that it has raised $12.4M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by an unnamed strategic investor. Existing investors VantagePoint Venture...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Mobixell Networks Gets $6M

Cupertino-based Mobixell Networks said today that it has raised $6M in funding round from the company's existing investors, Apax Capital, Intel Capital, and smac partners. According to Mobixell, the new round of funding will provide it with...

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Accel's Golden Becomes CEO Of ConSentry

Milpitas-based ConSentry Networks said this morning that Joe Golden, most recently General Partner and co-founder of Accel Partners London, has joined the firm as CEO and member of its board of directors. Consentry has also previously serve...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Cisco Targets Russian Startups With New VC Fund

San Jose-based Cisco said Wednesday that it has anchored the investment in a new venture capital fund, focused on Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Cisco said that it has invested in Almaz Capital Partners and its first fun...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

First Round Capital Adds Principals

Venture capital firm First Round Capital has added two new principals to the firm's San Francisco office, the firm's managing partner, Josh Kopelman announced Tuesday on his blog. According to Kopelman, First Round has added Christine Herro...

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Apprion Gets Investment From Motorola

Moffett Field-based Apprion has scored a strategic investment from Motorola, from its Motorola Ventures venture capital arm, Motorola said Tuesday. Amount of the investment was not disclosed, however Apprion said it has now raised over $23....

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

No VC Backed IPOs In Q2

Dow Jones VentureSource released figures Tuesday, saying that there were no initial public offerings from venture backed companies in Q2, the worst quarter since 2003. Dow Jones said that we are in the midst of the second-longest IPO drough...

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Agiliance Raises $10M

San Jose-based Agiliance, a developer of IT governance and compliance software, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Castile Ventures, and included prior investors Walden International, Inte...

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

ForeScouts Finds $8M Funding

Cupertino-based ForeScout Technologies, which develops network access control (NAC) security software, said today that it has raised $8M in an internal round from its venture capital backers. Forescout said that Accel Partners, Amadeus Capi...

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Agito Networks Raises $13M

Sunnyvale-based Agito Networks said today that it has closed a Series B funding round, worth approximately $13M. The round was led by Castile Ventures, and also included ITX International Holdings Inc. and prior investor Battery Ventures. A...

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Lithium Technologies Takes $12M

Emeryville-based Lithium Technologies said today that the firm has raised $12M, in a Series B funding round. The round came from Benchmark Capital, along with prior investors Emergence Capital and Shasta Ventures. Lithium Technologies devel...

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Friday, June 27, 2008

aniBoom Gets $10M In Second Round

San Francisco-absed aniBoom said Friday that it has raised $10M in a second round of funding. The new funding was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures; existing investors Evergreen Venture Partners also partic...

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Miyowa Takes $8M For Mobile Applications, Sets Up Shop In Cupertino

Miyowa, a Paris-based firm with U.S. operations based out of Cupertino, said today that it has raised $8M in a second round of funding. Funding came from Techfund and Credit Agricole Private Equity. Miyowa develops rich media mobile applica...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

BLUEROADS Nabs $6M

San Mateo-based BLUEROADS, which develops software used for managing channel sales and channel partners, said today that it has raised $6M in addition financing. According to the firm, the Series E funding was led by Zenshin Capital. Other ...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

SpringSource Grabs $15M

San Mateo-based SpringSource, which develops Java software for the enterprise market, said Tuesday that it has closed a $15M, Series B round of funding. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included prior investor Benchmark Capital...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Bridgewave Raises $10M

Santa Clara-based BridgeWave Communications said today that it has raised $10M, in a Series 4 funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital and Core Capital, and also included the firm's prior venture capital backers. BridgeWave said th...

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Twitter Gets Funding, Adds To Board

San Francisco-based instant messaging firm Twitter said today in a blog post that the firm has raised a round of venture funding, which includes Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, the investment arm of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Union Sq...

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Monday, June 23, 2008

WhiteHat Security Rounds Up $7M In Fourth Funding

Santa Clara-based WhiteHat Security, a provider of web site security software, said today that it has rounded up $7M in its Series D round of funding. The round was led by Horizon Ventures, and included prior investors Altos Ventures, Garag...

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Parascale Raises $11.37M

Cupertino-based cloud storage software firm Parascale said Monday that it has raised $11.37M in a Series A financing round. The round was led by Charles River Ventures and Menlo Ventures. Parascale is developing storage software which uses ...

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Seesmic Raises $6M In Series B Funding

San Francisco-based Seesmic said Friday morning that the firm has raised $6M in a Series B financing. The round came from Omidyar Network, the investing arm of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, and also included Wellington Partners. Seesmic said...

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Facebook's Cohler Joins Benchmark Capital

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Benchmark Capital said late Thursday that Matt Cohler, a senior executive at Facebook, has joined the firm as General Partner. Cohler is currently Vice President of Product Management at Facebook, and w...

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Mochi Media Lands $10M

San Francisco-based Mochi Media said Thursday that it has raised $10M in its Series B round of funding. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included prior investor Accel Partners. Mochi said the funding will go to grow and scale ...

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Unidym Gets $4M In Funding

Menlo Park-based Unidym, a manufacturer of carbon nanotubes, has received a $4M investment in a Series C investment from two firms, according to parent Arrowhead Research Corporation. According to Arrowhead, Unidym has received $2.0M in a s...

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

iWidgets Rolls Out Widget Publishing Software, Gets Seed Backing

San Francisco-based iWidgets, a venture backed firm with seed funding from Opus Capital, said this week that it has launched a public beta of he firm's services. According to the firm, it provides the ability to rapidly produce, publish, an...

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

RateItAll Gets Seed Funding

San Francisco-based RateItAll, a provider of an online service that allows users to rate and get opinions on any topic, said Wednesdya that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Silicon Valley angel investors and seed funds. I...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

LinkedIn Raises $53M

Mountain View-based business social networking web site LinkedIn said Tuesday that it has raised $53M in a new venture capital round. The round came from Bain Capital, and also included prior investors Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, an...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

ShotSpotter Gains $7.5M In Series D Funding

Mountain view-based ShotSpotter said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series D funding round. ShotSpotter said the round was led by The Westly Group, and also included Norwest Venture Partners, Broidy Capital Management, Band of Angels, ...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Funambol Grabs $12.5M

Redwood City-based Funambol, a provider of open source-based, mobile messaging software, said this morning that it has raised a $12.5M Series B funding round. The round was led by Nexit Ventures, and also included both new investor Castile ...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Accel, Greylock Appoint Yahoo's Weiner As EIR

Venture capital firms Accel Partners and Greylock Partners said late Monday that they have appointed Jeff Weiner, as Executive in Residence at both of the firms. Weiner was most recently Executive Vice President of Yahoo's Network Division....

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Verticals onDemand Raises $4M

Pleasanton-based Verticals onDemand, a provider of software-as-a-service tools for the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry, said today that it has raised $4M in a new funding round. The round came from Emergence Capital Partners. Acc...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

ImageSpan Gets $11M In Series B

Sausalito-based ImageSpan, a provider of digital content licensing infrastructure, said today that it has raised $11M in a second round of funding. The round was led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), and also included prior i...

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Intel Spins Off Solar Firm

Santa Clara-based Intel said Monday that it has spun off assets of the firm, to form a new solar manufacturing firm called SpectraWatt. Intel said the new company is being funded to the tune of $50M by its Intel Capital venture capital arm,...

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Monday, June 16, 2008

PSS Systems Gets $18M

Mountain View-based PSS Systems said Monday that it has raised $18M in an equity financing round. The round was led by FTVentures, and included prior investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Azure Capital, Granite Ventures, and Cipio Partners...

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Jivox Raises $10.7M

San Mateo-based Jivox, a provider of online self-service video advertising technology, said today that it has raised $10.7M in a venture capital round led by Opus Capital. Other investors in the round also included Helion Venture Partners a...

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Monday, June 16, 2008

PlantSense Harvests $3.5M

San Francisco-based PlantSense announced this morning that the firm has raised $3.5M in a Series A venture funding round. PlantSense is developing Internet-enabled gardening tools, which allows gardeners to connect a device via USB to the I...

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Zoosk Gets $4.1M

San Francisco-based Zoosk said Thursday that it has raised $4.1M in a second round of funding. According to Zoosk, the round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included first round investor ATA Ventures. The firm said the funding round wi...

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

ECO2 Plastics Raises $6.5M In PIPE

San Francisco-based ECO2 Plastics, an over the counter-traded firm focused on PET plastic recycling, said Wednesday that the firm hsa raised $6.5M in funding from venture capital firm Trident Capital. The deal also included investments from...

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Itero Biopharmaceuticals Raises $21M

San Mateo-based Itero Biopharmaceuticals, a developer of novel therapeutic proteins and antibodies, said Wednesday that it has raised $21M in a Series A venture funding. The funding came in conjunction with a partnership with Indian firm Bi...

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

5th Finger Scores $7M

San Francisco-based 5th Finger said Wednesday that it has raised $7M in a venture funding round from Starfish Ventures. 5th Finger said it would use the funding to grow its mobile marketing services in the U.S. 5th Finger provides mobile ma...

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

FunnyOrDie Gets HBO Investment

FunnyOrDie, the Palo Alto-based Internet video startup headed by comedian Will Ferrell, has reportedly received an investment from HBO, according to industry publication Variety. Variety did not disclose terms of the investment, but said th...

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Aurora Biofuels Raises $20M

Alameda-based Aurora Biofuels said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a second round. The round came from Oak Investment Partners, and also included Gabriel Venture Partners and Noventi. Aurora said the funding would go to expand its field ...

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

SenSage Gets $15M

San Francisco-based SenSage said today that it has raised $15M in a new funding round. The funding was led by FTVentures, and included new investor Sand Hill Capital, along with prior investors Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners and Mitsui Ve...

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

deCarta Gets Strategic Investment

San Jose-based deCarta, a developer of software and related services for the Location Based Services industry, said this morning that it has received $6M in investments from T-Mobile Venture Fund. According to deCarta, the strategic investm...

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Monday, June 9, 2008

RoamWare Gets T-Mobile Backing

San Jose-based Roamware, which develops mobile roaming and media products, said today that T-Mobile Venture Fund has made a strategic investment in the firm. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Roamware's software is used by mobile ...

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Monday, June 9, 2008

Innotas Gets $6M

San Francisco-based Innotas, a provider of software-as-a-service for project management, announced today that it has completed a Series C venture financing worth $6M. Investors in the round included ArrowPath Venture Partners, Velocity Inte...

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Monday, June 9, 2008

RockYou Raises $35M

San Mateo-based RockYou said today that it has raised $35M in a Series C round of investment. The firm, which develops web widget software and other social applications, said the funding will allow it to grow its team, increase its offering...

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Friday, June 6, 2008

RockPort Capital Partners Raises $450 For Cleantech Fund

Rockport Capital Partners said this week that it has raised $450M for a third venture capital fund focused on clean technology. The firm said that RockPort Fund III will invest in the development of technology and products in emerging clean...

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Sinexus Scores $20M

Palo Alto-based Sinexus said Thursday that it has raised $20M in a Series B financing. The round was led by PTV Sciences, and included existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and US Venture Partners. Sinexus is developing medica...

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Foxmarks Gets VC Round

San Francisco-based Foxmarks, which is developing social bookmarking and social web surfing software, has quietly raised a round of venture capital from Redpoint Ventures, silicontap.com has learned. The spokesperson of the firm confirmed a...

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

NileGuide Raises $8M

San Francisco-based NileGuide said today that it has raised $8M for the firm's site, focused on online travel planning. The round was led by Austin Ventures, and also included Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Draper Richards, and KPG Ventu...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Yodlee Gets $35M

Redwood City-based Yodlee, a developer of personal finance and bill payment software, announced Wednesday that it has raised $35M in a financing round led by Bank of America. The firm said that the round also included existing investors War...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Fundability Targets VC, Private Equity Groups With Software

Folsom-based startup Fundability has released a new software-as-a-service offering which the firm says is targeted at venture capital firms and private equity investment groups. The firm said its new InvestorFundability is a private-label w...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Yield Software Harvests $6M

San Mateo-based Yield Software announced Wednesday that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding. The firm, which develops software for optimizing pay-per-click advertising and landing pages, said the round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

oDesk Gets $15M

Menlo Park-based oDesk said this morning that it has added $15M in a Series C venture financing. The firm, which operates a marketplace for finding programmers and other technical talent, said the round was led by DAG Ventures. Prior invest...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Intel Funds Eight Startups

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel, said Tuesday that it has made eight investments, worth a total of $60M. The investments included Vriti Infocom, Internet Mall, Accertify, TOA Technologies, Grid Net, HealthiNation, Vostu, and...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Ekahau Locates $10M For Wi-Fi Software

Saratoga-based Ekahau, a developer of wireless network management software, has raised $10M in a round of funding, the firm's lead investor, Nexit Ventures, said today. Nexit Ventures said that Ekahau--which also has major operations in Fin...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Tigo Energy Raises $6M

Los Gatos-based Tigo Energy said today that it has raised $6M for its technology for improving efficiency in commercial and residential solar installations. Tigo said the round came from Matrix Partners and OVP Venture Partners, who co-led ...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Lumos Labs Takes $3M For Brain Games

San Francisco-based Lumos Labs said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round for its brain training games. The funding came from Pequot Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and existing investors, including Michael Dearing. Lumos Labs...

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Zannel Raises $10M

San Francisco-based Zannel said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round came from Alloy Ventures and existing investors U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. Zannel operates an instant messaging service focused ...

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Friday, May 30, 2008

DFJ Gives $250K To Business Plan Competition Winner

Menlo Park-basd Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and affiliated fund DFJ Frontier and Zone Ventures, said Friday that it has invested $250,000 in a startup called NeuroVigil, the winner of the annual DFJ Venture Challenge. NeuroVigil is focused on ...

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Grockit Raises $8M

San Francisco-based Grockit, which is developing online learning services based on massively multiplayer games, said Friday that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Integral Capital Partners, and also included prio...

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Surf Canyon Gets Seed

Oakland-based Surf Canyon said Wednesday that it has raised $600,000 in an initial round of seed financing. The firm is developing browser plug in software which helps people refine their Internet searches on Google, Yahoo, and MSN Live. Th...

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Skyfire Labs Pulls Up $13M

Mountain View-based Skyfire Labs said Wednesday that it has raised $13M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures. Skyfire Labs is a developer of a mobile...

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

OPENLANE Rounds Up $25M

Menlo Park-based OPENLANE said today that it has raised $25M in a venture funding round for the firm's online auction services. OPENLANE, which auctions off wholesale vehicles to automotive dealers, said the funding was led by Meritech Capi...

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Altierre Adds $8M

San Jose-based Altierre Corp. said this morning that it has raised $8M in additional funding in a second close of its Series C round. The new funding came from existing investors D.E. Shaw Group and Labrador Ventures, and brings the round t...

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Flock Finds $15M

Redwood City-based Flock said today that it has completed a $15M, Series D round of venture funding. The funding was led by Fidelity Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures, and Shasta Ventures. Flock said ...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

VantagePoint Bolsters Cleantech Group With CIA's Woolsey

San Bruno-based VantagePoint Venture Partners said Wednesday that it has expanded its clean technology practice group with two new hires. According to the firm, it has added R. James Woolsey as Venture Partners, and David Edwards as Partner...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Mocana Adds $7M

San Francisco-based Mocana, a provider of security software for network devices, said today that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding. The round came from new investor Southern Cross Venture Partners, as well as existing investors Shasta...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Fliptrack Becomes Moblyng, Raises $5.7M

Menlo Park-based Fliptrack said today that it has become Moblyng, and raised $5.7M in funding. The funding came rom MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures and Deep Fork Capital, and will go towards Moblyng's social media services. The firm's software al...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Arteris Raises $7.5M For SoC Interconnects

San Jose-based Arteris, which is developing interconnect technology for systems-on-a-chip architectures, said this morning that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C investment. The firm said the round included DoCoMo Capital, Crescendo, Synops...

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Leader Ventures Bolsters Team

Menlo Park-based venture debt and venture investment firm Leader Ventures said Tuesday that it has added Renee Baker as a Managing Director at the firm. Baker joins the firm from TriplePoint Capital, and also has served at Dominion Capital ...

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Mimosa Takes $17M For Email Archiving

Santa Clara-based Mimosa Systems said today that it has raised a $17M round of mezzanine financing. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included current investors August Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners, JAFCO Ventures and May...

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Jellycloud Floats In $11.5M

Redwood City-based JellyCloud, which operates an advertising network that uses behavioral targeting and web analytics to target Internet ads, said Monday that it has raised $11.5M in a venture round. The funding came from U.S. Venture Partn...

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Monday, May 19, 2008

NearbyNow Adds $11.75M

Los Altos-based NearbyNow said Monday that it has raised $11.75M in an investment round led by Norwest Venture Partners. NearbyNow operates an online service that allows users to search local stores for consumer products. The firm said the ...

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Intel Ties With Microcredit Firm In JV

Intel said today that it has created a new joint business venture with Grameen Trust, a provider of microcredit to the developing world. According to Intel, it will create a new business venture dedicated to social and economic development,...

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Mu Dynamics Finds $10M

Sunnyvale-based Mu Dynamics announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a third round of funding. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, and DAG Ventures. Mu Dynamics-...

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Monday, May 19, 2008

EoPlex Raises $8M

Redwood City-based EoPlex Technologies said last week that it has raised $4M in venture funding, to build out a full scale production plant for its cell phone antennas. The firm said the round was led by ATA Ventures, and included current i...

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Aragon Consulting Raises $2.5M Series A

San Francisco-based Aragon Consulting Group said late Thursday that it has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding from Tracer Capital. ACG is an IT consulting and offshore software development company which helps companies develops software pro...

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Friday, May 16, 2008

ChipVision Sees $4.5M

ChipVision Design Systems, which develops electronic design automation (EDA) software for low-power chip design, said today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series B investment. The round came from target Partners and BayTech Venture Capital. ...

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Novasys Medical Gets $49.5M For Incontinence Treatment

Newark, California-based Novasys Medical, which is developing treatments for incontinence in women, said it has raised $49.5M in a Series D funding. The new funding round was led by Versant Ventures, and also included new investors Three Ar...

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Mozes Gets $11.5M

Palo Alto-based Mozes announced Thursday that the firm has raised $11.5M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Maveron, and also included prior investors North Bridge Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners. The funding brings t...

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

CoreOptics Raises $25M

CoreOptics, a designer of 10/40/100 Gbps optical networking products, said today that it has closed on $25M in a new funding round from its existing investors. The firm, which has offices in San Jose, in addition to locations in Nuremberg, ...

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

BrightSource Energy Collects $115M

Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, a developer of utility-scale solar energy projects, said today that it has raised $115M in additional Series C funding. The funding came from VantagePoint Venture Partners, Google.org, BP Alternative Energ...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Emergence Capital Adds Stiefler As Venture Partner

San Mateo-based Emergence Capital Partners said Tuesday that it has named Jeffrey Stiefler as a venture partner at the firm. Stiefler was most recently chairman and CEO of Digital Insight, which he sold to Intuit for $1.4B. Stiefler has als...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sprout Grows $5M

San Francisco-based Sprout said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding, for the firm's Web-based, widget authoring platform. The funding was led by Polaris Venture Partners, and also included Global Venture Capital and Lotus f...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Social Gaming Network Grabs $15M

Palo Alto-based Social Gaming Network, a publisher of games for Facebook and other social networking web sites, said Tuesday morning that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Col...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Expresso Fitness Gets $12M

Sunnyvale-based Expresso Fitness, a developer of web-enabled, cardio fitness systems for athletic and health clubs, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series C-2 round of funding. The investment was led by Physic Ventures, and also inc...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Veodia Finds $8.3M

San Mateo-based Veodia said Monday that it has raised $8.3M in a Series A funding. The round came from Clearstone Venture Partners, the D.E. Shaw group, and angels led by Steven Berger. Veodia said the funding will go towards product develo...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Airship Ventures Floats In $8M For Tourist Blimp

Moffett Field-based Airship Ventures said last week that it has raised $8M in a Series A preferred stock financing from six individuals. The angel funding was led by Esther Dyson. Airship Ventures said it is looking to bring Zeppelin airshi...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Revance Takes $8M In Third Round

Mountain View-based Revance Therapeutics, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for the aesthetic medicine area, said Monday that it has raised an additional $8M In its Series C financing. According to the firm, the expansion was led by Bi...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

FireEye Gets $14.5M For Botnet Security

Milpitas-based FireEye has raised $14.5M in a third round of funding, the company said this morning. The round was led by DAG Ventures, and also included Juniper Networks, JAFCO Ventures, SVB Capital, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Sequ...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Lightspeed Closes $800M Fund

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners said today that it has closed LightSpeed Venture Partners VIII, an $800M venture capital fund. The new fund will focus on seed and early stage companies in the information te...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Multigig Raises $12.5M For Timing Chips

Scotts Valley-based Multigig said today that it has raised $12.5M in a Series B funding round. The round came from CMEA Ventures, Sierra Ventures, and Hi-Tech Venture Capital. According to the firm, Faysal Sohail of CMEA, Ben Yu of Sierra, ...

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Friday, May 9, 2008

ACT Biotech Gets $12M For Cancer Drugs

NGN Capital, a healthcare venture investor firm, said earlier this week that it has funded ACT Biotech, a new company focused on developing and commercializing targeted oral cancer drugs. San Francisco-based ACT Biotech is a spinout of Baye...

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Friday, May 9, 2008

El Dorado Ventures Adds Hinck

Menlo Park-based El Dorado Ventures said Thursday that it has added Jeff Hinck as a General Partner at the firm. According to El Dorado, Hinck will seek new investment opportunities for the company in early-stage information technology comp...

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Friday, May 9, 2008

Cleantech Investments Grow 18 Percent In Q1

A report released yesterday by Ernst & Young, based on data from Dow Jones VentureOne, reports that clean technology investments continued to see robust growth in Q1. According to data released Thursday, investments in the cleantech space g...

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Heroku Gets $3M For Rails Software

San Francisco-based Heroku announced Thursday that the firm has raised $3M in venture funding from Redpoint Ventures and other undisclosed investors. According to the firm, it will use the funding to beef up its current offerings, expand in...

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

SlideShare Raises $3M

San Francisco-based SlideShare said this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Venrock, which has added general partner David Siminoff to the firm's board of directors. SlideShare said the funding will g...

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Biz360 Raises $10M

San Mateo-based Biz360 said this morning that it has raised $10M in a round of venture financing. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also included prior investors Granite Ventures and Scale Venture Partners. Biz360 develops busine...

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Sequoia’s Gandhi to Join Accel Partners

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners reported Wednesday that it has named Sameer Gandhi as a partner in its Palo Alto, Calif., office. For Accel, Gandhi will help develop companies in the consumer Internet and software sectors...

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Scale Venture Partners Adds Managing Director

Foster City-based venture firm Scale Venture Partners said today that it has added Rob Theis as a Managing Director. Theis joins the firm from DCM - Doll Capital Management, where he has served as General Partner for the last eight years. A...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

PurePlay Wins $15M In Series C

San Francisco-based PurePlay, which operates an online poker web site, said Tuesday that the firm has raised $15M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Bay Partners. PurePlay's investors also include Ron Conway, James Joaquin,...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Cardiva Medical Raises $15.5M

Mountain View-based Cardiva Medical said Monday that it has raised $15.5M in a private equity financing. The funding was lead by PTV Sciences, and also included prior investors Galen Partners, Sycamore Ventures, Amkey Ventures, Lexli Invest...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Synopsys Invests In Software Firm

Mountain View-based Synopsys said this morning that it has made an investment in Prover Technology AB, a supplier of software used for signaling design automation. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Prover's software is u...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Rearden Commerce Raises $100M

Foster City-based Rearden Commerce, a developer of a service for managing business service spend, said this morning that it has raised $100M from JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Express, Oak Investment Partners, and Foundation Capital. Accor...

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Monday, May 5, 2008

iamba Networks Snags $7M For Optical Networking Products

Cupertino-based iamba Networks, which develops Gigabit Passive Optical Networking (CPON) systems, said this morning that it has raised another $7M in funding. The funding came from existing investors Pitango Venture Capital, Cedar Fund, Giz...

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Monday, May 5, 2008

MarketLive Raises $20M

Foster City-based MarketLive announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a new round of venture funding. The provider of software for e-commerce web sites said that the round came from JAFCO Ventures and Northgate Capital, along with ...

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Kleiner Launches Two Funds, Targets Cleantech

Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said today that it has formed a new $700M fund to invest in green technology, IT, and life sciences ventures, KPCB XIII. The firm also said it has created a new $500M investment vehicle, the...

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

New Relic Raises $3.5M

Menlo Park-based New Relic, a developer of software for monitoring Ruby on Rails performance, said today that it has raised $3.5M in a first round of funding. The funding came from Benchmark Capital. New Relic said that Peter Fenton of Benc...

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Kongregate Gathers $3M

San Francisco-based Kongregate, a web site focused on independent casual games, said very late Wednesday that it has raised $3M from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, through his firm Bezos Expeditions. According to the firm, the inves...

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Meebo Raises $25M

Mountain View-based Meebo said late Wednesday that it has raised $25M in an investment round led by JAFCO Ventures. Time Warner Investments, KTB Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated. Meebo is a porivder o...

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Xactly Raises $30M

San Jose-based Xactly said Wednesday that it has raised $30M in additional funding. The funding came from Glynn Capital Management and Cheyenne Partners, along with existing investors. According to Xactly, the deal included both equity and ...

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

SkyPilot Adds $3.4M

Santa Clara-based SkyPilot Networks said Tuesday afternoon that it has closed a new round of venture financing worth $3.4M. According to the company, the round came from existing investors, including August Capital and Mobius Ventures. SkyP...

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Monday, April 28, 2008

InvenSense Pulls In $19M

Sunnyvale-based InvenSense said today that it has raised $19M in a Series C funding round. The firm, which develops motion sensors for the portable consumer electronics market, said the round was led by Sierra Ventures. Other investors in t...

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Monday, April 28, 2008

Nuon Therapeutics Raises $27M

San Mateo-based Nuon Therapeutics said this morning that it has completed a $27M, Series B financing. The funding was led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures and Domain Associates, and also included prior investors GBS Venture Partners of Austra...

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Cambrios Technologies Lands $3M In Equipment Financing

Mountain View-based Cambrios Technologies, a developer of nano-engineered materials, has landed a $3M equipment lease financing, according to San Francisco-based ATEL Ventures. According to ATEL the financing will help Cambrios find commerc...

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Obopay Raises $20M

Redwood City-based Obopay said late Thursday that it has closed on $20M of its fourth round of venture funding, and added two new board members. The firm, which provides mobile phone payment services, said that the investment came from Essa...

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Audience Inks $15M

Mountain View-based Audience, a developer of voice processing technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding. The round came from NEA, Tallwood Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, and VentureTech Alliance. Audience sa...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Tiny Prints Raises Venture Round

Mountain View-based Tiny Prints said today that it has raised a round of funding from Summit Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. Tiny Prints is an online retailer of personalized st...

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Altor Networks Gets $6M

Redwood City-based Altor Networks said Tuesday that it has raised $6M in a venture funding round, from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital. Altor, which develops security products for the virtualization market, said the funding would used...

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Kleiner, Rockport Launch Electric Vehicle Joint Venture

Norwegian electric car producer Th!nk, and venture capital investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and RockPort Capital Partners said Monday that they have established a joint venture to create electric cars for the North American market...

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Monday, April 21, 2008

VirtualLogix Gets Investment From Motorola

Motorola, Inc. said Monday that its venture capital arm, Motorola Ventures, has made an equity investment in Sunnyvale-based VirtualLogix. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Virtualogix is a developer of virtualization software...

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Google.org Boosts eSolar

Google.org, Google's nonprofit arm, has made an investment into eSolar, a Pasadena, California-firm developing utility scale photovoltaic technology. eSolar said that the investment came as part of a $130M investment in the company in a ven...

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Venture Capital Totals Drop In Q1

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) reported Q1 venture capital totals over the weekend, reporting that nationwide, venture capital investments totaled $7.1B over 922 deals. The quarterly venture...

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Friday, April 18, 2008

SiRF Loses CEO, Names Tallwood's Banatao As Interim CEO

San Jose-based SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. said late Thursday that its President and CEO, Michael Canning, has resigned. No reason for the departure was given. As a result, SiRF said that it has appointed Diosdado P. Banatao, a founder o...

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

SandForce Gets Series B Funding

Cupertino-based SandForce, a company developing systems-on-a-chip for improving storage I/O performance, has quietly raised a Series B round of funding, silicontap.com has learned. Details of the funding and timing have not been released, h...

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

TripIt Lands $5.1M

San Francisco-based TripIt, an online travel web site, said this morning that it has raised $5.1M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Sabre Holdings, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. TripIt said the ...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

WaveMaker Raises $4.5M

WaveMaker, which develops open source tools for web application development, said Tuesday evening that it has raised $4.5M in funding. The funding came from Hummer Winblad, Worldview Technology Partners, and Sippl Investments. The firm said...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

SignalDemand Adds On $20M

San Francisco-based SignalDemand, which develops price and margin optimization software, said Wednesday morning that it has raised $20M in a new investment round. The round was led by Interwest Partners, and also included prior investors Hu...

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Cuill Takes $25M

Menlo Park-based Cuill said Tuesday that it has raised $25M in a Series B investment. The stealth, search engine startup said the funding was led by Madrone Capital Partners. Cuill has previously raised $8M in a round of funding from Tugboa...

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Rosum Locates $15M

Mountain View-based Rosum Corporation said Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a new funding. The firm, which uses broadcast TV signals and GPS to provide location and position information, said funding came from Charles River Ventures, Alle...

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

FTVentures Raises $512M Fund

San Francisco- and New York-based FTVentures, a venture capital investment firm, said today that it has closed a $512M fund, FTV III. FTVentures said the new fund will be invested in software and business services companies. The new fund br...

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Federated Media Scores $50M

Sausalito-based Federated Media Publish confirmed today that it has received a $50M investment, from Oak Investment Partners. FM Publishing, which is run by John Batelle, sells online advertising for online blog sites and publishers. Accord...

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Redfern Integrated Optics Raises $7.5M

Santa Clara-based Redfern Integrated Optics, which develops and manufactures optical transmitters for the optical networking market, said this morning that it has raised $7.5M in additional funding fo the firm. The round was led by Southern...

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Monday, April 14, 2008

RGB Networks Raises $20M More

Sunnyvale-based RGB Networks, which develops video processing hardware, said Monday that it has raised an additional $20M in funding. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, Com...

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Ustream Raises $11.1M

Los Altos-based Ustream.TV has raised $11.1M in a Series A funding, the firm announced this morning. The round came from DCM, Labrador Ventures, and The Band of Angels. Ustream said the funding will allow the company to accelerate product d...

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Glam Gets $20M In Venture Debt

Glam Media, a publisher of lifestyle blogs and other web sites, has raised $20M in venture debt from Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Hercules reported Wednesday afternoon. Hercules said that Glam Media--which has offices in both New Yor...

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Gridstone Gets $10M

San Mateo-based Gridstone Research disclosed this morning that it has closed a Series B round of investment worth $10M. The startup, which is developing software for financial analysts, said the funding was led by Helion Venture Partners an...

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Qik Snaps Up $3M

San Mateo-based Qik, a provider of mobile live video streaming services, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $3M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com; Arjun Gupta, Founder and...

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Storwize Takes $19M For Data Compression

San Jose-based Storwize has raised $19M in a funding round for its data storage compression products, the company reported Wednesday. The firm said the Series C funding round came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Lehman Brothers Venture Part...

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Coupa Counts $6M

Foster City-based Coupa Software, a developer of electronic procurement software, has raised $6M in a new funding round, the firm said Wednesday. The Series B funding round came from Battery Ventures, along with Series A investor BlueRun Ve...

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

SpringCM Raises $14M

San Mateo-based document management software firm SpringCM said Wednesday that the firm has raised $14M, in a combination of equity and debt. The firm said that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round led by North Bridge Venture Part...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Richrelevance Raises $4.2M

richrelevance, a San Francisco-based firm developing personalized recommendations software for online stores, said Tuesday that it has raised $4.2M in a Series B venture cpaital round. The round came from Greylock Partners and Tugboat Ventu...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Vator.tv Gets Investment

San Francisco-based Vator.tv, an online web site run by journalist Bambi Francisco, has raised additional capital from Venture Farm, and early stage investment firm. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. According to Venture Farm, the...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Marketcetera Gets $4M

San Francisco-based Marketcetera, which develops open source software for automated stock trading, said Tuesday morning that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures and Jack Selby, managing direct...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Bridgelux Finds $40M For Solid State Lighting

Sunnyvale-based Bridgelux, a provider of solid state lighting, announced the close of a $40M funding round today. The company said that the Series D round was led by VentureTech Alliance, and also included DCM, El Dorado Ventures, VantagePo...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Intel Capital Announces $500M China Fund

Intel's venture capital arm, Intel Capital, said this morning that it has created a second China investment fund, Intel Capital China Technology Fund II. According to Intel Capital, the new fund will focus on wireless broadband, technology,...

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Monday, April 7, 2008

eMeter Connects With $12M For Utility Software

Redwood City-based eMeter said Monday night that it has raised $12.5M in a funding round, led by Siemens Corporation. The round also included Foundation Capital and DBL Investors. eMeter develops software used for electric, gas, and water u...

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Monday, April 7, 2008

SpikeSource Raises $10M More

Redwood City-based SpikeSource, a provider of software for managing open source projects, said late last week that it has raised $10M in an additional round of funding. The funding came from Intel Capital, along with Perkins Caufield & Byer...

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Foundation Capital Closes $750M Fund, Sharpens Cleantech Focus

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Foundation Capital said Monday that it has closed on a $750M venture capital fund, Foundation Capital VI, and also expanded its clean technology focus. Foundation said the new fund will allocate $250M t...

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Monday, April 7, 2008

SiBEAM Secures $40M in Series C Funds

Semiconductor manufacturer SiBEAM Inc. announced Monday that it has closed its third round of venture financing after raising some $40 million. New Enterprise Associates led the effort, SiBEAM said, with help from previous contributors Foun...

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Imperva Raises $20M

Foster City-based Imperva said this morning that it has raised a $20M, Series D funding round for the firm's risk management software. Imperva said the funding was led by Meritech Capital Partners, and also included prior investors Accel Pa...

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Friday, April 4, 2008

Coremetrics Raises $60M

San Mateo-based web analytics software provider Coremetrics said this morning that it has raised $60M in a Series E funding. The round came from 3i, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, FTVentures, and Highland Capital Partners...

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

CMEA Promotes Kim In Energy Practice

San Francisco-based venture capital firm CMEA Ventures announced Thursday that James Kim has been promoted to Senior Partner in the firm's Energy & Material practice. Kim, who has been at CMEA since 2007, has previously served at GE Commerc...

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Yardbarker Barks Up $6M

Emeryville-based Yardbarker said Thursday that it has scored $6M in a Series B round of funding. The firm, which operates an online sports community and advertising network, said that the round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Other inve...

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Equilibrium Raises $3.5M

Sausalito-based Equilibrium, a developer of software for automating media production and delivery, said Thursday that it has raised $3.5M in a financing round. The funding came from Celartem, the parent company of Extensis, a maker of font ...

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Aperto Adds $20M

Milpitas-based Aperto Networks said earlier this week that it has raised $20M in a new financing round. The round was led by Quicksilver Ventures, and also included Gunn Allen Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, Canaan Partners, Alliance Ventur...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Nanosolar Takes $50M In Photovoltaic Deal

Palo Alto-based NanoSolar has gained $50M in a strategic investment from EDF Energies Nouvelles, a French-based green electricity producer, EDF said Tuesday. The funding came as part of a photovoltaic panel supply agreement with Nanosolar, ...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

iControl Gains $15.5M

Palo Alto-based iControl Networks, which develops web-based, home security products, said today that it has closed on $15.5M in Series B funding. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included Intel and Charles Riv...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Loomia Scores $5M From NBC, Others

San Francisco-based Loomia, which creates social recommendation applications, said today it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Asset Management Company, and also included Peacock Equity and Telefonica Capital. Peacoc...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Attributor Raises $12M

Redwood City-based Attributor said Wednesday that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding. The round was led by JAFCO Ventures and also included previous investor Sigma Partners. Attributor develops software used for content tracking; the ...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

VC Backed Exits Drop

San Francisco-based Dow Jones VentureSource said today that U.S. venture backed firms are seeing their lowest liquidity levels since 2005. According to the firm, liquidity generated through mergers and acquisitions and IPOs has dropped to $...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Cogent Wireless Raises Seed Round

Milpitas-based Cogent Wireless SOlutions has raised a seed round of funding, plus $510,000 in debt, according to angel investment group Keiretsu Forum. The Keiretsu Forum said that its members from three Northern California chapters partici...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

ScaleMP Raises $8M

Cupertino-based ScaleMP said Tuesday that it has raised $8M in a new venture funding round. The round came from exiting investors Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, TL Ventures, and ABS Ventures. ScaleMP said it is developing sof...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Xoopit Gets $5M

San Francisco-based Xoopit, a firm developing services that allow users to manage pictures, videos, and documents in their email, said Monday that the firm has raised $5M in a Series A investment. The funding came from Accel Partners and Fo...

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Provigent Raises $20M

Santa Clara-based Provigent said Monday that it has upped its fourth round of funding to $20M. The firm said that additional capital came from Stata Venture Partners, an existing investor in the firm. Stata had earlier invested $1M in Provi...

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Vindicia Takes $5.6M In Third Round

San Mateo-based Vindicia said Monday morning that it has raised $5.6M in a Series C funding round. The round was co-led by Leader Ventures and DCM. Vindicia develops ecommerce software used for payment management and billing. According to t...

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Monday, March 31, 2008

MediaXstream Raises $10M

San Jose-based MediaXstream said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A investment. The firm said it is developing a carrier-neutral, high quality transport and managed network service for the production and broadcast industry. The rou...

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Reality Digital Adds $6.3M In Funding

San Francisco-based Reality Digital announced this morning that it has added $6.3M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Openview Venture Partners. Reality Digital develops software for managing user generated video, social netwo...

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Breathe Technologies Takes In $15M

Fremont-based Breathe Technologies said earlier this week that it has raised $15M in a second round of funding. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included existing investors Synergy Partners International, Delp...

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Norwest Venture Partners Opens India Office

Palo Alto-based Norwest Venture Partners said Thursday that it has hired on Mohan Kumar as Executive Director of the firm's India operations, and opened up a new Bangalore office. NVP said that Kumar will focus on technology investments in ...

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

CMEA Raises $400M Fund

San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures said today that it has closed on its seventh fund, CMEA Venture VII, L.P., at $400M. The new venture capital fund will focus on energy & materials, information technology, and life sciences, and brings the ...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Gear6 Raises $10M

Mountain View-based Gear6, a developer of products for accelerating data storage, said Wednesday that it has raised $10M in a funding round. The round came from Horizon Ventures, and also included prior investors U.S. Venture Partners and I...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Bubble Motion Gets $14M

Mountain View-based Bubble Motion, which develops a SMS messaging service based on voice messaging, said Wednesday that it has raised $14M in an additional round of funding. The round came from Sequoia Capital US and Sequoia Capital India, ...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Granite Global Ventures Ups Fund To $600M, Staffs Up In China

Menlo Park-based Granite Global Ventures said this morning that it has upped its Granite Global Ventures III fund to $600M, and also added two new venture partners in China. The venture capital firm said that GGV III has increased to $600M ...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Become.com Raises $17.5M

Mountain View-based Become.com, an online comparison shopping web site, said Tuesady that it has raised $17.5M from TPG Growth. TPG Growth will add operating partner Taek Kwon to Become.com's board of directors along with the funding. Becom...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Ciranova Scores $5.25M

Santa Clara-based Ciranova said Monday that it has raised $5.25 in a round of funding. The firm, which develops EDA software tools used for analog and custom integrated circuit design, said the funding came from Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, a...

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Avenda Systems Gets $5M

San Jose-based Avenda Systems said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The round came from OVP Venture Partners. Avenda Systems develops network policy management software, used to managing enterprise networks. ...

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

CleanFish Raises Series A For Sustainable Seafood

San Francisco-based CleanFish, a brand marketing sustainably harvested seafood, has raised a Series A funding round, the firm announced recently. The round came from TBL Capital and Mindful Capital, along with individual investors. Amount o...

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Retrevo Fetches $8M

Sunnyvale-based Retrevo said today that the firm has raised $8M in funding in a second round, led by Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners, for the firm's electronics matching service. The company, which pulls information about consum...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Advanced Power Projects Gets Series A Investment

Fremont-based Advanced Power Projects, which is developing technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in power plants, said Tuesday that it has raised a Series A funding. The round included Bay Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Redpoint ...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Disqus Raises Venture Round

San Francisco-based blog commenting firm Disqus has raised a $500,000 seed funding round from Union Square Ventures and angel investors Naval Ravikant, Knights Bridge Capital Partners, and Aydin Senkut, according to Union Square VC Fred Wil...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

VoluMedia Gets $3.5M

Mountain View-based VoluMedia has scored $3.5M in a venture financing from Leader Ventures, Leader said this morning. VoluMedia provides metrics and reporting for video and audio advertising. According to VoluMedia, the additional funding w...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

SendMe Sees $15M

San Francisco-based SendMe Mobile said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by GranBanks Capital, and included prior investors True Ventures and Spark Capital. SendMe said the round will go tow...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Web 2.0 Investments May Be Peaking

Dow Jones VentureSource reports that Web 2.0 investment rose in 2007, but speculates that the investment levels in the industry may be peaking, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dow Jones said that according to the firm, $1.34B wa...

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Oorja Protonics Emerges From Stealth

Fremont-based Oorja Protonics, a venture funded developer of fuel cells, said today that it has emerged from stealth mode. The firm is venture backed by Sequoia Capital and DAG Ventures. Oorja said that it has developed a direct methanol fu...

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Gizmoz Gets $6.5M

San Francisco-based Gizmoz said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by DoCoMo Capital, along with ngi capital, another Japanese venture capital firm. Existing investors Benchmark Capital and Colum...

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Friday, March 14, 2008

FTVentures Names Byunn Head Of Software

San Francisco-based venture capital firm FTVentures said Thursday evening that it has Partner Eric Byunn to Head of Software at the firm. Byunn has been at FTVentures since 2002. Byunn currently serves on the boards of Coremetrics, SourceC...

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

eASIC Gets $48M

Santa Clara-based eASIC, a firm which develops technology for zero mask-charge ASICs, said Thursday that it has raised $48M. The round was led by Advanced Equities Incorporated, and also included Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield an...

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

ShareThis Raises $15M

ShareThis, a Dublin, Ohio-based company with offices in San Francisco, said Thursday that it has raised $15M in a venture capital round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Other investors in the round were not disclosed. ShareThis, which was fo...

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Five9 Calls Up $12M

Five9, a provider of virtual call center services, said Thursday that it has raised $12M in equity funding from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Partech International, and Mosaic Venture Partners. The firm, which allows companies to build c...

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Zuora Takes $6.5M

Redwood City-based Zuora is reporting that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round, led by Benchmark Capital. The firm, which is developing a service to manage online subscriptions for software-as-a-service companies, also said foun...

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Liftopia Gets Series A

San Francisco-based Liftopia said Wednesday that the firm has raised a Series A round of funding from the Sand Hill Angels, along with Erik Blachford, former CEO of Expedia and the North Bay Angels. Details of the funding were not disclosed...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Globespan Names Leff Venture Partner

Globespan Capital Partners said Tuesday that it has named Dr. Daniel V. Leff as a Venture Partner at the firm. The venture capital firm said that Leff will serve in Globespan's Palo Alto office. Leff was most recently Harris & Harris Group ...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Cisco Invests In GridNetworks

Cisco Systems has made an investment in HD video streaming firm GridNetworks, GridNetworks said today. Seattle-based GridNetworks did not disclose terms of the strategic investment, but said the investment was part of the firm's recently Se...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Gigya Gets $9.5M

Palo Alto-based widget provider Gigya said today that it has completed a $9.5M, Series B round of funding. The round was led by Mayfield Fund, and also included Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital. Gigya said the funding will go to en...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Jivox Pulls In $2.7M

San Mateo-based Jivox said today that it has raised $2.7M in a seed funding round for the firm's video advertising platform. The firm said the funding was led by Opus Capital, and also included unnamed individual investors plus the firm's f...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Fuego Nation Gets $1.5M For Social Networking

San Francisco-based Fuego Nation, which bills itself a "social networking 2.0" company, said Monday that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round from undisclosed private investors. Fuego Nation said the deal was syndicated by Robert...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Zivity Lures In $7M

San Francisco-based Zivity, which operates an online adult web site focused on models, said Monday that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The round came from BlueRun Ventures and Founders Fund. John Malloy of BlueRun and Luke N...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Kyte Raises $21.1M Series B

Kyte, a San Francisco-based provider of mobile and online video content publishing services, announced Monday that it has concluded its second round of venture financing after securing some $21.1 million. Steamboat Ventures, The Walt Disney...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Altierre Finds $22M

San Jose-based Altierre said Monday that it has completed a $22M, Series C funding round led by The Galleon Group. Altierre provides systems used for dynamic pricing for retailers. Prior investors ATA Ventures, D.E. Shaw Group, Dupont Capit...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

LogLogic Gets Investment From SAP

San Jose-based LogLogic, a developer of software for manging application logs, said today that it has added SAP Ventures to its list of investors in its Series D round. LogLocis said the round now totals $15M, including an earlier investmen...

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

KPCB Launches $100M iPhone Fund

Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said Thursday that it has launched a new venture capital fund specifically targeted at Apple iPhone applications. According to KPCB, its new iFund will invest in companies developing applica...

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Kapow Scores $11.6M From Steamboat, Morgan Stanley

Palo Alto-based Kapow Technologies has raised $11.6M in a new, Series C funding round, the firm said today. According to the firm, new investors in the company included Steamboat Ventures and Morgan Stanley's Strategic Investments Group. Ke...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Laszlo Systems Lands $6.6M

San Mateo-based Laszlo Systems said Wednesday that it has raised $6.6M in a Series C funding round. The round came from existing investors WI Harper Group, General Catalyst Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, and ot...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Venture Valuations Up In Q4, Says Survey

Fenwick & West LLP, a Bay area law firm focused on the high technology and life sciences area, released results of its Fourth Quarter 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Venture Capital Survey today, saying that valuations in venture financings inc...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Mint.com Gets $12M

Mountain View-based Mint, an online site focused on helping people manage their finances, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included prior investors Shasta Ven...

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

RingCentral Calls Up $12M

Redwood City-based RingCentral said this morning that the firm has raised $12M in a Series B funding, in a round led by DAG Ventures. Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures also participated. RingCentral operates an online, virtual PBX system ...

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Monday, March 3, 2008

Tzero Garners $18M in Series C Funds

Tzero Technologies, a fabless semiconductor manufacturer of ultra wideband CMOS chipsets, announced Monday that it has concluded its third funding round after securing $18 million. Tzero credited new investor the CID Group with leading the ...

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Monday, March 3, 2008

YieldBuild Harvests $6M

San Francisco-based YieldBuild said Monday morning that it has completed a $6M, Series B round of funding from Storm Ventures and existing investor Hummer Winblad. YieldBuild is a provider of advertising format and placement optimization so...

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Monday, March 3, 2008

Accel, Venrock Venture To Southern California

Venture capital firms Accel and Venrock, along with talent agency William Morris Agency and AT&T, said Monday morning that the firms have agreed to create a joint venture to invest in Southern California, "Web 3.0" firms. According to the c...

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Arriva Pharmaceuticals Adds $6M

Alameda- and Amsterdam-based Arriva Pharmaceuticals said Thursday that the firm has raised $6M in a funding round. The funding came from Nordic Biotech II K/S and MPM BioVentures. The round brings the company's total raised to $81M. Arriva ...

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Purfresh Closes $25M Round

Livermore-based Purfresh said Thursday that the firm has closed a $25M, Series C funding round for the firm's products for cleaning and disinfecting food and water. The firm said the final closing came with a $5M investment from Perella Wei...

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Helpstream Raises $8.6M

Mountain View-based Healthstream, a provider of software as a service for customer service, said today that it has closed on a $8.6M round of funding. The round was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, and also included prior investor Foundation C...

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

WideOrbit Finds New Funding

WideOrbit, which develops software for managing advertising sales, said this morning that it has received new funding from Khosla Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Hearst Ventures. Financial terms fo the investment were not disclosed. Heart...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Tela Innovations Raises Series B

San Jose-based Tela Innovations said Wednesday that it has closed a Series B funding round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Tela said that the funding came from Intel Capital, and also included new investors AsiaTech and existing i...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Akimbo Gets New Funding

San Mateo-based Akimbo, a provider of video-on-demand software for content providers, said today that it has secured a new funding round from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Zone Ventures. Amount and terms o...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Proofpoint Pulls In $28M

Sunnyvale-based Proofpoint, which develops email security and data loss software, said this morning that it has raised $28M in financing for the company. The round was led by new investor DAG Ventures, and also included prior invevstors Ben...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

SellPoint Adds $7M

Pleasanton-based SellPoint, which develops video product tours for online retailers, said this morning that it has raised $7M in financing from Granite Ventures and Menlo Ventures. The firm said the funding will go to fund expansion of the ...

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

FriendFeed Raises $5M

Mountain View-based FriendFeed said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding and launched its site. The funding came from Benchmark Capital along with Friendfeed co-founders Paul Buchheit and Sanjeev Singh. The firm operates an on...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Sub-One Scores $24M in Series C

Pleasanton-based Sub-One Technology has raised $24M in a Series C round, the firm announced recently. The firm said the funding was led by Nomura International, and also included GE Energy Financial Services, Chevron Technology Ventures and...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Fundability Launches Deal Marketplace

Fremont-based Start-Up TV Network said Mon day that it has launched Fundability.com, a new web site and company brand focused on connecting startups and investors. The firm, which is venture backed by Velocity Venture Capital, said that its...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Radar Networks Raises $13M in Series B Funds

San Francisco-based Web-analytics developer Radar Networks announced Monday that it has concluded its second round of venture funding after securing some $13 million. Radar credited Velocity Interactive Group of Palo Alto, Calif., with lead...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Glam Media Pulls In $85M

Brisbane, California- and New York-based online women's publisher Glam Media said today that it has raised $84.6M in a combination of debt and equity. Glam, which publishes a network of websites focused on women, said the funding was led by...

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Highland Capital Boosts Ranks

Menlo Park- and Lexington, Mass-based venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners said this morning that it has hired on John Palfrey as a Venture Executive at the firm. Palfrey is a Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a...

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

SimplyShe Gains Debt Funding

San Francisco-based SimplyShe, a firm that develops consumer products for the women's, children's and pet apparel market, has scored a debt round worth $600,000. The funding came from Agility Capital, a provider of venture debt financing. A...

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Teranetics Gets $25M For 10GBASE-T Chips

Santa Clara-based Teranetics said this morning that the firm has added another $25M in financing for the firm's high performance, 10GBASE-T Ethernet PHY. The funding came from strategic partner LSI Corporation, along with all of the firm's ...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

TrialPay Closes $12.7M Series B

San Jose-based TrialPay, which provides technology that allows consumers to "try and buy" software titles, said today that it has raised $12.7M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Index Ventures, and also included Atomico, a...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

5AM Ventures Expands Team

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm 5AM Ventures said today that it has added a new venture partner and promoted two of its senior associates. 5AM, which invests in early stage life science companies, said Richard Ulevitch, PhD, has been ...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Foundation Promotes Sidana To General Partner

Menlo Park-based Foundation Capital is announcing today that it has promoted Ashmeet Sidana to General Partner. Sidana has previously served at VMware, and has been at Foundation Capital as a venture partner since 2005. Sidana also served a...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Tesla Adds $40M In Bridge Funding

San Carlos-based electric car startup Tesla Motors said Tuesday afternoon that the firm has completed a $40M, bridge funding round from Valor Equity Partners and Elon Musk. According to Tesla, the firm will use the funding for continued dev...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Bleacher Report Lands First Funding

San Francisco-based Bleacher Report said Tuesday that it has raised a first round of funding from Hillsven Capital, a partnership of Bobby Lent and Boris Putanec, former co-founders of Ariba Inc, along with other investors. The firm is deve...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Peanut Labs Cracks Open $3.2M

San Francisco-based Peanut Labs, which provides market research and survey technology for marketers, said this morning that it has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding. The round came from Leapfrog Ventures and BV Capital. The firm said the f...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

doubleTwist Gets Funding From Index, Northzone

San Francisco- and Oslo-based DoubleTwist, a new company focused on mobile media sharing, said today that it has raised a Series A funding from Index Ventures and Northzone Ventures. The firm's founders include Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon), ...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Ravenflow Scores $5M

Emeryville-based Ravenflow, which develops software for requirements definition for projects, said today it has raised $5M in a new round of funding. The round came from Alloy Ventures, Palomar Ventures, and the Roda Group. All three are pr...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Coverity Finds $22M

San Francisco-based Coverity, which develops software used for finding code defects, said today that it has raised a first round of outside funding worth $22M. The funding came from Foundation Capital and Benchmark Capital. According to Cov...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Ubicom Raises $18M

Sunnyvale-based Ubicom, which develops software for the communications and hardware market, said today that it has raised a fourth round of funding worth $18M. The funding was led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and Samsung Venture Inve...

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Friday, February 15, 2008

Aquantia Adds $26M

Milpitas-based Aquantia, which develops 10GBASE-T semiconductors, said Friday late morning that it has raised $26M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures, and also included prior investors Lightspeed Venture Par...

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Friday, February 15, 2008

agami Systems Raises $45M

Sunnyvale-based agami Systems reported Friday that the firm has raised $45M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Advanced Equities, and also included New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner Perkins, APEX Venture Partners, Alta Par...

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Sparkplay Locates $4.25M

Mill Valley-based Sparkplay Media said Wednesday that the firm has raised $4.25M in a financing round for its massively multiplayer, 3D games platform. The funding came from Redpoint Ventures and Prism VentureWorks. Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoi...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Seesmic Raises $6M

San Francisco-based Seesmic, a startup looking to bring video through email, instant messaging, and SMS, is announcing tomorrow that the firm has raised $6M in funding from Atomico and a number of angel investors. Other investors in the fir...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

ViVOtech Gets Funding From Citi

Santa Clara-based ViVOtech, which develops contactless payment systems, said Tuesday that it has received an equity investment from Citi. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ViVOtech has previously received funding from Motorola...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Voxify Adds $15M

Alameda-based Voxify, which is developing speech recognition technology, said today that the firm has raised an additional $15M in venture funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included prior investors El Dorado Ventures, Pa...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Rocketon Raises $5M

San Francisco-based Rocketon, a company developing a massively multiplayer, online virtual world, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from D.E. Shaw. According to Rocketon, the funding brings the ...

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Monday, February 11, 2008

VentureBeat Raises $320K

Fremont-based VentureBeat, an online blog web site covering venture capital and high tech news, said today that the firm has raised $320K in a seed funding round. According to Matt Marshall, the site's founder, the round came from Georges H...

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Monday, February 11, 2008

HRJ Capital Raises $273M Fund

San Francisco-based HRJ Capital said Monday that it has raised $273M in a fifth venture capital fund. According to the firm, HRJ Capital VC V includes investments by endowments, foundations, corporate plans, family offices, investment advis...

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Teachscape Raises $3M in Venture Financing

San Francisco-based Teachscape Inc., a provider of K-12 educator-training programs, announced Friday that it has raised $3 million in venture capital, in a combination of debt and equity. Teachscape credited MMV Financial Inc. of Toronto wi...

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Monday, February 11, 2008

PolyRemedy Adds $25M In Second Round

Mountain View-based PolyRemedy said today that the firm has closed on $25M in a Series B investment, for the firm's robotic systems and nanomaterials-based wound dressings. The round was co-led by Advanced Technology Ventures and IDG Ventur...

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Sequans Secures $28M

Paris-based SEQUANS, a provider of fixed and mobile WiMax chips, said today that it has raised an additional $28M in a combination of equity and convertible debt. Funding came from Swisscom and Reliance Technology Ventures LImited; the inve...

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Friday, February 8, 2008

Sofinnova Names EIR

Menlo Park-based Sofinnova Ventures said Thursday afternoon that it has added David Hytha as an executive-in-residence at the firm. Hytha has served at T-Mobile, Silicon Wave, LGC Wireless, Motorola, and AT&T in a number of executive positi...

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

NeuroFocus Wires Into Nielsen

Berkeley-based NeuroFocus, a firm which is using electroencephalography and brain monitoring to measure advertising and marketing messages, received an investment Thursday from The Neilsen Company. Amount of the investment was not disclosed...

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Cellfire Gets $12M

San Jose-based Cellfire said Thursday that it has raised $12M in a third round of funding, led by new investor Silver Creek Ventures. Existing investors Menlo Ventures and Storm Ventures also participated. Cellfire said the funding will go ...

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

SugarCRM Pours On $20M

Cupertino-based SugarCRM said today that it has completed a $20M expansion funding for the firm. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Walden International. According to the company, t...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

LogLogic Raises $13.5M

San Jose-based LogLogic said Wednesday that the firm has raised $13.5M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Invesco Priv...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

PacketExchange Nets $12M

PacketExchange, a firm providing wide area Internet exchange services which has headquarters in the UK but US offices in San Francisco, said Wednesday that it has closed on $12M in a Series B funding. The round was led by existing investors...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Numobiq Finds $4.5 First Round

Pleasanton-based Numobiq, which develops software for mobile handsets, said today that it has raised $4.5M in a Series A round of funding. The round came from Benchmark Capital. Numobiq said it is developing a software platform for turning ...

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Canaan Closes $650M Fund

Menlo Park-based Canaan Partners said today that it has closed on a $650M venture capital fund, Canaan VIII. According to Canaan, the fund brings the company's total under management to $3B. Canaan will focus the new fund on both the techno...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Enkata Pulls In $8M

San Mateo-based Enkata Technologies said this morning that it has raised $8M in additional financing for the firm. The firm, which provides hosted talent management software, said the funding came from Sigma Partners and Apex Ventures. Enka...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

PEAK Surgical Raises $21M

Palo Alto-based PEAK Surgical, a developer of tissue dissection systems for the surgery market, said yesterday that it has raised $21M in a Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Signet Healthcare Partners. The firm's existing ...

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Genius.com Adds $19M In Additional Funding

San Mateo-based Genius.com, a provider of software for providing information on web visitors to marketers and sales people, said today it has raised $19M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Accel Partners, and also included prior in...

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Clickability Adds $8M

San Francisco-based Clickability, which develops hosted web content management systems, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Shasta Ventures, and also included Convergence Partners. Shasta's Rav...

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Teneros Raises $40M

Mountain View-based Teneros, which develops appliances used for ensuring availability for Microsoft Exchange, said today that it has raised $40M in a late stage funding round. The round brings the company's total raised to $84.5M. The fundi...

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Widgetbox Gets $8M

San Francisco-based Widgetbox announced Thursday that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding. The round came from Sequoia Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, NCD Investors, and private investor Michael Dearing. Widgetbox said the fu...

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

GreenRoad Technologies Raises $14.5M

Redwood City-based GreenRoad Technologies, a provider of driver safety technology, said today that it has raised $14.5M in a venture investment from Virgin Green Fund and Benchmark Capital, along with Balderton Capital. GreenRoad said the f...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Terracotta Gets $10M

San Francisco-based Terracotta, which develops enterprise Java infrastructure software, has raised $10M in new venture funding. The firm announced the funding this morning, saying that DAG Ventures, and existing investors Accel Partners, Be...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Southern Cross Opens Palo Alto Office

Southern Cross Venture Partners, a Sydney, Australia-based venture capital firm, said Tuesday that it has opened up a Palo Alto office. According to Southern Cross, the Silicon Valley office will be led by Managing Director and co-founder J...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Crosslink Closes $400M Fifth Fund

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Crosslink Capital said this morning that it has closed its fifth fund, Crossover Fund V, L.P., at $400M. According to Crosslink, the new venture fund brings the company's total capital under manageme...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Northern Light Raises $350M China Fund

Menlo Park- and Beijing-based Northern Light Venture Capital, which is focused on investments in China, said today that it has raised a $350M venture capital fund, Northern Light Venture Fund II. The fund is targeting investments in technol...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

hi5 Networks Gets $15M In Debt

San Francisco-based hi5 Networks has raised $15M in debt financing from venture lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Hercules said Tuesday. According to HTGC, the financing came in December and will go towards equipment financing. hi5...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Enphase Energy Gets $6.5M For Solar Energy Systems

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy said Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M in funding for its micro-inverters for the solar energy market. The firm said the financing was led by Third Point Ventures. Enphase develops high-efficinecy, micro-inerter...

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Capella Gets $15M In New Funding

San Jose-based Capella Intelligent Subsystems, which develops optical switching multiplexers, said today that it has raised $15M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Lucas Venture Group, and also included prior investors Levensoh...

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Unisfair Raises $10M

Menlo Park-based Unisfair said today that it has received $10M in a Series B funding, in a round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Existing investor Sequoia Capital also participated. Unisfair said the funding will go towards product develop...

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Marquiss Raises $1.3M For Wind Turbines

Folsom-based Marquiss Wind Power said Thursday that it has closed a $1.3M, first financing round for its wind turbine technology. The Series A funding round came from Velocity Venture Capital, and also included Strategis Early Ventures. Mar...

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Adchemy Cooks Up $19M

Redwood City-based Adchemy said Thursday that it has raised $19M in a new funding round, led by Mayfield Fund. Additional investors in the round included Hellman & Friedman and August Capital. Adchemy is a developer of software for online c...

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

IMMI Gets $25M From WPP

San Mateo-based Integrated Media Measurement Inc (IMMI), a provider of data to media companies and advertisers, said Thursday that it has closed on $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Kantar Media Research, the media res...

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Advanced Technology Ventures Hires Three

Palo Alto- and Waltham, Mass-based venture capital firm Advanced Technology Ventures said Wednesday that it has hired on three new Senior Associates for the firm. The firm said it has added Thomas "Tom" Caputo, Ken Ebbitt and Dharmesh Thakk...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Intel Capital Funds REvolution Computing

Santa Clara-based Intel Capital said Wednesday afternoon that it has invested in REvolution Computing, a developer of parallel computing software for computation statistics. Intel Capital said it participated in the Series A financing of RE...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Ad Infuse Raises $12M

San Francisco-based Ad Infuse, a provider of mobile advertising products, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M in a new round of funding. The round was led by SoftBank Capital, and also included existing investors ComVentures and Storm Ve...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Box.net Picks Up $6M

Palo Alto-based Box.net, a provider of online storage services, said Wednesday that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, and also included prior investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Box.net...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

American River Appoints Nunez CFO

Roseville-based early stage venture capital firm American River Ventures said Wednesday morning that it has appointed F. Ray Nunez as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Nunez joins the firm from law firm McDonough Holland & Allen PC. Nunez...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Fat Spaniel Raises $18M

San Jose-based Fat Spaniel Technologies, which provides systems for monitoring and reporting on renewable energy, said this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series B financing. The funding round came from Ignition Partners, which led th...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Siperian Finds $25M More

San Mateo-based Siperian, a developer of data management software, said Tuesday that it has raised $25M in a Series E funding. The firm said that the round was led by Investor Growth Capital, and also included all of its existing investors....

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Intel Injects $10M In Endeca

Santa Clara-based Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of Intel, said today that it has invested $10M in Cambridge, Mass.-babsed Endeca. Endeca is a provider of software for the business intelligence market. Intel said that the...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

SmartTurn Raises $5M For 3PL Systems

Oakland-based SmartTurn, which develops systems for inventory and warehouse management, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Emergence Capital Partners. SmartTurn...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Automattic Raises $29.5M

San Francisco-based Automattic, the parent company behind the popular Wordpress blogging software and Wordpress.com blog hosting site, said last night that it has raised $29.5M in a venture capital round. The round came from the firm's exis...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Adaptive Planning Rounds Up $10M

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning, a provider of business performance management software delivered as a service, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a fourth round of funding. The firm said the round was led by RBC Venture Partners...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

MixerCast Gets $6M

San Mateo-based MixerCast said Tuesday that it has raised $6M in a round of funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included ONSET Ventures and Velocity Interactive Group. mixerCast develops online social media marketing tools...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Quantcast Measures Up $20M In Series B Funding

San Francisco-based Quantcast announced Tuesday that it has closed a Series B round of funding worth $20M. The round comes from Founders Fund and Polaris Venture Partners. Quantcast provides a service used to quantify web traffic for online...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

DeviceVM Raises $1M

San Jose-based DeviceVM, a developer of a rapid start technology ("Splashtop") for launching operating systems, said today that it has received $1M in an investment from Merus Capital. Merus is a new venture capital firm founded by Salman U...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

VC Investments Highest Since 2001

Dow Jones VentureSource reported today that venture capital investments in 2007 rose to $29.9B, the highest levels since 2001. According to Dow Jones, there was an 8% increase in the capital invested last year, with 2,648 deals for the year...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Goldspot Media Gets $3M

Sunnyvale-based Goldspot Media, a company which is developing dynamic ad-insertion products for the mobile broadcast TV market, said today that it has closed on $3M of Series A funding. The round came from Exa Ventures. GoldSpot is developi...

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Emergence Capital, Salesforce.com Create Venture Competition

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com and venture capital firm Emergence Capital Partners said today that the two have partnered to create a new venture competition targeted at entrepreneurs using Salesforce's Force.com platform. According to ...

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Anagran Closes $12M Series C Funding

Redwood City-based Anagran, a firm developing technology for managing IP network congestion, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding. The firm said the funding came from its existing investors. Anagran did not announce spec...

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Conduit Channels In $8M

Redwood Shores-based Conduit, a developer of toolbars of online web sites, said late Wednesday that it has raised $8M in a Series B round of funding from Benchmark Capital. Conduit said the funding will go towards expanding adoption of its ...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Metaweb Technologies Nets $42.5M

San Francisco-based Metaweb Technologies said Tuesday that it has received $42.5M as part of a Series B investment. metaweb, which develops software infrastructure for sharing data on the web, said the round was led by Goldman Sachs, and al...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Zynga Gets Funding

San Francisco-based Zynga Game Networks, an online gaming firm which develops games for social networking web sites, has raised an undisclosed round of funding, according to the firm's backers. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures announced...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Silver Peak Gets $21M For WAN Acceleration

Santa Clara-based Silver Peak Systems has raised $21M in a Series D round, the firm said Tuesday. Silver Peak, which develops wide area network (WAN) acceleration appliances, said the funding came from Artis Capital Management, Benchmark Ca...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

NanoGram Raises $32M In Third Round

Milpitas-based NanoGram, a developer of processing technology for the nanotechnology industry, said today that it has closed a third round of equity worth $32M. The funding came from ATA Ventures, Bay Partners, Harris & Harris, Institutiona...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Centric Software Gets $14.3M

San Jose-based Centric Software, a developer of software for the apparel and other consumer industries, said today it has raised $14.3M in a Series B round. The financing was led by Oak Investment Partners, and also included Masthead Ventur...

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Monday, January 14, 2008

Velocity Venture Capital Raises $15M Fund, Targets Sacramento

Folsom-based Velocity Venture Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in companies in the Sacramento area, said Monday that it has closed a $15M second fund. The firm also said it is preparing to raise a third fund with a targe...

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Monday, January 14, 2008

NComputing Lands $28M

Redwood City-based NComputing, a provider of desktop virtualization software and hardware, said Monday that it has raised $28M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, along with Scale Venture Partners and Korean f...

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Monday, January 14, 2008

M/C Venture Partners Promotes Partners

Boston and San Francisco-based venture capital firm M/C Venture Partners said today that it has promoted Gillis S. Cashman and Brian M. clark to General Partner, and Robert Savignol to Partner. The firm focuses on investments in the communi...

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Monday, January 14, 2008

Kadoink Raises $7M In First Round

San Francisco-based Kadoink, which provides web-based telephone services for social media sites, said today that it has closed on $7M of series A funding. The round came from Sutter Hill Ventures. Andy Sheehan of Sutter Hill has joined the ...

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Monday, January 14, 2008

Freepath Lands $1.5M For Digital Content Sharing Software

Folsom-based Freepath said today that it has closed on $1.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Velocity Venture Capital, which led the round, along with individual members of Strategis Early Ventures, Sacramento Angels, and...

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Friday, January 11, 2008

Engine Yard Steams In With $3.5M

San Francisco-based Engine Yard said today that it has closed on $3.5M of funding in a Series A investment for its Ruby on Rails application deployment and support tools. The funding came from Benchmark Capital. According to Engine Yard, th...

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Friday, January 11, 2008

ViOptix Gets $12.2M In Series D Funding

Fremont-based ViOptix, a firm developing medical devices for measuring tissue oximetry levels, said Thursday that it has raised $12.2M in a Series D round. The funding came from Channel Medical Partners, Lincoln Funds International, Canadia...

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Shocking Technologies Gets $4M In Venture Debt

San Jose-based Shocking Technologies, a firm which is developing voltage switchable dielectric materials, has raised $4M in a venture debt round, according to Hercules Technology Growth Capital. HTGC, which provided the funding, said that t...

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Outspark Fires Up $11M In Series B Funding

San Francisco-based Outspark, a publisher and operator of online games, said Thursday that it has raised $11B in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Tencent Holdings, a Chinese operator of Internet portal and instant messaging servic...

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Canopy Financial Raises $15M

San Francisco- and Chicago-based Canopy Financial, a firm developing technology for connecting healthcare and financial services, said today that it has raised $15M in a venture funding round. The round was led by Granite Global Ventures. C...

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Tethys Bioscience Gets Series C Funding

Emeryville-based Tethys Bioscience said today that it has raised a Series C funding round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. The firm did not disclose specific amount of the investment, but said that the ne...

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Quaris Raises $7.1M

San Mateo-based Quaris, a developer of software-as-a-service for business intelligence, said Wednesday that it has closed on a Series A round of funding worth $7.1M. The round came from Foundation Capital and Partech International. Quaris s...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

ForSight VISION3 Sees $6M

Menlo Park-based ForSight Labs said Monday that it has raised $6M for ForSight VISION3, a spinout of the company funded by Morgenthaler Ventures, Split Rock Partners, and Versant Ventures. ForSight VISION3 is developing opthalmic products. ...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

CyberHeart Garners $9M In Series A

Menlo Park-based CyberHeart said this morning that it has raised $9M in a Series A financing. The round was co-led by Emergent Medical Ventures and Taiwan-based Unied Investments. Venture Select GmbH and Mitsubishi Corporation also particip...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

PubMatic Pulls In $7M

Palo Alto-based PubMatic has pulled in $7M in venture funding, the firm said Tuesday. The round came from Nexus India Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Helion Ventures. PubMatic develops ad optimization software for web publishers. The c...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Benvenue Medical Finds $15M

Mountain View-based Benvenue Medical, which develops minimally invasive medical devices for spinal repair, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Three Arch Partners, and also included prior investo...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

STEP Labs Raises $6.5M

San Jose-based STEP Labs, a provider of technology for the noise cancellation market, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding. The round came from Gabriel Venture partners, along with Individuals' Venture Fund, Garage Tech...

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

SoonR Raises $9.5M

Campbell-based SoonR, a provider of a service which connects desktop computers with mobile devices, said today that it has closed a $9.5M Series B funding round, led by Cisco. SoonR said that the new funding will help the firm expand its mo...

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Monday, January 7, 2008

Validity Sensors Raises $20M

San Jose-based Validity Sensors said Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also include Telesoft Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, and Venture Tech Alliance. Validity Sensors said that ...

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Monday, January 7, 2008

Deeya Energy Raises $15M, Appoints Mahadevan CEO

Fremont-based Deeya Energy, a company developing energy storage systems, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates, and also included BlueRun ventures, Draper Fisher Jurv...

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Monday, January 7, 2008

Aragon Surgical Raises $25M

Palo Alto-based Aragon Surgical said today that it has raised $25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Bay City Capital, and also included Integral Capital Partners, and original investors Delphi Ventures, and ONSET Ventures. ...

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Friday, January 4, 2008

Pudding Raises $8M

San Jose-based Pudding Media, which is developing a service which provides advertising on phone calls, said Friday that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Opus Capital and BRM Capital. According to Pudding,...

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Friday, January 4, 2008

Stoke Gets Investment

Santa Clara-based Stoke, a maker of broadband gateways, has received an investment from Reliance Technology Ventures Limited, Reliance said Thursday. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Reliance Technology Ventures is the venture ca...

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Friday, January 4, 2008

Meraki Raises $20M, Rolls Out San Francisco WiFi Network

San Franciso-based Meraki said Friday morning that the firm has raised $20M in a Series B venture funding, and rolled out a new free WiFi access network in San Francisco. The firm said the funding came from Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, No...

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

USVP Adds Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based U.S. Venture Partners announced Thursday that it has added a new Venture Partner to the venture firm. USVP said that Laurence Lasky, Ph.D. has joined the firm and will be responsible for investing in healthcare technologies...

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Montreux Closes $250M Life Sciences Fund

Menlo Park-based Montreux Equity Partners said Thursday that the venture capital firm has closed $250M Montreux Equity Partners IV, L.P. The firm said the fund, which is focused on therapeutic-oriented life sciences companies, received supp...

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Merlin Securities Gets $20M From Sequoia

San Francisco and New York-based Merlin Securities, a provider of brokerage services for hedge funds, said Thursday that it has raised $20M in expansion round funding from Sequoia Capital. Merlin Securities provides broker dealer services t...

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Chelsio Grabs $25M

Sunnyvale-based Chelsio Communications, a developer of 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapters, said today that it has raised an additional $25M in a Series E funding round. The round was led by new investor, Investor Growth Capital, and also included...

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

QSecure Receives $5M Series C Funding

QSecure Inc., a provider of payment card authentication services and software, announced recently that it has raised a third round of preferred stock venture financing after raising $5 million. The Los Altos, Calif.-based company credited e...

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Kyte Gets $15M Investment

San Francisco-based Kyte (aka Decentral.TV) said Thursday morning that it has raised $15M in a second round of funding. The round came from Telefonica, along with Nokia Growth Partners, DoCoMo capital,Swisscom, Holtzbrinck Ventures, and Dra...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

GainSpan Amps Up $20M Investment

Sunnyvale-based GainSpan said this morning that it has completed a $20M, Series B funding round for its Wi-Fi sensor network technology. According to the firm, the round was led by Opus Capital, and also included participation from prior in...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

PlayFirst Finds $16.5M

San Francisco-based PlayFirst, a publisher of online casual games, announced today that it has raised $16.5M in a Series C financing. The funding was led by DCM, and also included Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures, and Rustic Canyon Partners....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Vuze Scores $20M

Palo Alto-based Vuze, the online, peer-to-peer video distribution service which was formerly known as Azureus, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, with participa...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Ustream.TV Raises Angel Funding

Los Altos-based Ustream.TV said Tuesday morning that it has raised additional funding from Western Technology Investors, the Band of Angels, and other angel investors. Amount of the investment as not disclosed. As part of the funding, the c...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Kango Raises $4M

Palo Alto-based Kango, a new online travel search and discovery web site, said today it has raised $4M in a Series A venture round from Shasta Ventures. The company said that it is looking to create more satisfying vacation experiences for ...

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Monday, December 17, 2007

Anesiva Gets $45M

South San Francisco-based Anesiva, a publicly held biopharmaceutical firm focused on development and commercialization of novel therapeutic treatments for pain management, said last week that it has raised $45M in a stock offering. The fund...

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Monday, December 17, 2007

Ribbit Unveils Telephony Products

Mountain View-based Ribbit said today that it has emerged from stealth mode, revealing that it has scored investments from Alsop-Louie Partners, Allegis Capital, and KPG Ventures for its platform for providing telephony products to Web comp...

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Emergence Capital Adds EIR

San Mateo-based venture capital firm Emergence Capital Partners said today that it has added Matt Holleran as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Holleran joins the firm from Salesforce.com, where he was in charge of its AppExchange partner progr...

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Jobvite Raises $7.2M For Recruiting Software

San Francisco-based Jobvite said this morning that it has raised $7.2M in a Series A funding, from CMEA Ventures. Jobvite is developing a Web 2.0, recruiting application for managing recruiting and hiring. According to Jobvite, Jim Watson a...

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Unidym Gets $10.4M

Menlo Park-based Unidym, a company developing products based on carbon nanotubes, has raised $10.4M in funding. The round included Tokyo Electron Ventures, Battelle Memorial Institute, and Arrowhead. The firm is a subsidiary of Arrowhead. U...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Intelleflex Gets Investment From Motorola

Santa Clara-based Intelleflex, a company which develops RFID technology for the logistics and yard management industry, said today that it has received an investment from Motorola as part of a Series C funding round. Amount of the investmen...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Accel Appoints CEO-in-Residence

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Accel Partners said today that it has added Dick Williams as CEO-in-Residence. Accel said that williams has worked at three of the firm's portfolio companies, including Illustra Information Technology, Q...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Kosmix Raises $10M

Mountain View-based Kosmix, a firm which is developing vertical information sites, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in an investment round led by DAG Ventures. Other investors included Accel and Lightspeed. Kosmix operates righthealth.c...

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Mobius Microsystems Snags $10.22M For Timing Chips

Sunnyvale-based Mobius Microsystems said late Monday morning that it has closed a Series B round of funding, worth $10.22M. The round came from Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures, and RPM Ventures, all of them current investors in the firm....

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Fundamental Applied Biology Adds $21M In Series B

Menlo Park-based Funamental Applied Biology said today that it has completed a $21M, Series B funding. The round came from SV Life Sciences and Alta Partners. Fundamental Applied Biology said the financing will be used to produce drugs and ...

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Friday, December 7, 2007

Highland Capital Promotes Two To General Partner

Highland Capital, which has offices in Menlo Park as well as Lexington, Mass., said Friday that it has promoted Peter Bell and Richard de Silva to General Partners of the firm. Bell was most recently a Venture Partner at the firm, and serve...

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Friday, December 7, 2007

VantagePoint Adds New Partners

San Bruno-based venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners said Thursday that it has added a number of new members to its investment team. The firm said that Tom Bevilacqua and Bill Harding have been named Managing Directors and co-...

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Music Intelligence Solutions Pulls In $7M

San Francisco-based Music Intelligence Solutions, a firm developing music discovery and related technology, said Thursday that it has raised $7M in an angel funding round. Names of the angels were not given, however the firm said they had t...

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Gene Security Network Raises $4M

Portola Valley-based Gene Security Network said Wednesday that it has closed on $4M in a Series A financing. The round came from Claremont Creek Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Huntington Reproductive Center, and Google VP Marissa Meyer. GSN sai...

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

GestureTek Gets Investment

Sunnyvale-based GestureTek, a developer of computer vision recognition technology, said Wednesday that it has received a strategic investment in the firm from Telefonica S.A. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Gest...

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

CMEA Adds Pasternack As Venture Partner

San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures said today that it has added Bruce Pasternack as a venture partner. Pasternack has served at Booz Allen Hamilton, and was most recently president and CEO of Special Olympics Inc. Pasternack has also served ...

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Pelikan Lands On $69M

Palo Alto-based Pelikan Technologies, which is developing handheld glucose monitoring devices, said today that it has closed a $69M, Series F funding round. The firm also said it has added $20M in debt financing. The equity round came from ...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

CrossLoop Raises $3M

Pacific Grove-based Crossloop, a company develop desktop sharing software, said Tuesday that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round came from El Dorado Ventures. CrossLoop said that Tom Peterson, General Partner at El Dora...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

TuVox Calls In $20M

Cupertino-based TuVox, a company that provides technology for improving customer service calls, said Tuesday that it has closed on $20M in financing. According to the firm, the new funding came from Glynn Capital Management, and also includ...

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Monday, December 3, 2007

Decipher Decodes Investment

Fresno-based Decipher, a provider of online survey services, has scored a round of equity investment, according to private equity fund DCA Capital Partners. DCA Capital did not disclose details of the funding. Decipher's services are used f...

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Monday, December 3, 2007

Consorte Media Gets $7M

San Francisco-based Consorte Media said today that it has received $7M, in a Series B round from Sutter Hill Ventures and Mayfield Fund. The firm which provides an online ad network focused on the Hispanic market, said Sutter Hill Ventures ...

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Monday, December 3, 2007

Alloptic Raises $24M

Livermore-based Alloptic, a developer of optical networking equipment, said this morning that it has raised $24M in a funding round. The firm said the round came from its current investors, Arcapita Ventures and Ritchie Capital Management. ...

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Monday, December 3, 2007

AdBrite Gets $23M In Series C

san Francisco-based AdBrite said Friday that it has raised $23M in a Series C round. The company, which allows web sites to sell their advertising online, said the round came from Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, and Mitsui Ventures. Peter Se...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Platform Solutions Raises $37M

Sunnyvale-based Platform Solutions, a developer of mainframe computing systems, said Tuesday that it has raised $37M in a Series C round of funding. The funding came from Blueprint Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, InterWest Partners...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Enigma Semiconductor Adds On $5.6M

Santa Clara-based Enigma Semiconductor, a firm developing packet-based switching chips for the networking market, said last night that it has raised an additional $5.6M in its Series B round. The funding came from its current investors, Inn...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

SpinalMotion Gets $14M Loan

Mountain View-based SpinalMotion has secured a $14M loan, from GE Healthcare Financial Services, the firm said Tuesday morning. The firm said the venture debt round will be used to fund its product expansion and additional clinical evaluati...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Evalve Pumps In $60M

Menlo Park-based medical device firm Evalve said Tuesday that it has raised $60M in a Series D financing. The firm said that the funding came from BBT Fund LP, which led the round, along with earlier investors Delphi Ventures, New Enterpris...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Quantenna Gains $12.7M

Sunnyvale-based Quantenna Communications announced today that it has raised over $12.7M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sigma Partners, and also included new investor Grazia Equity, and prior investors Sequoia Capital and ...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Qwaq Rounds Up $7M In Series A

Palo Alto-based Qwaq, a company developing 3D visualization and virtual interaction software for the enterprise, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a first institutional round of funding. The round was co-led by Alloy Ventures and ...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Gigle Semiconductor Raises $20M

Redwood City-based Gigle Semiconductor said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), along with Accel Partners and Pond Ventures. Gigle said that the funding will be used...

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Carbylan Gets $20M In Series B

Palo Alto-based Carbylan BioSurgery said Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series B round of financing. The round was led by Vivo Ventures, and also included prior investors Alta Partners and InterWest Partners. Albert Cha of Vivo Venture...

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Synthasite Raises $5M, Eyes California

Synthasite, a Cape Town, South Africa-based Internet startup, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $5M, and is looking to relocate certain functions of the firm to California. The firm said the investment came from Compagnie Financiere ...

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

SolFocus Raises $63.6M

Mountain View-based SolFocus said today that the firm has raised $63.6M in two rounds, split between the firm's European and U.S. operations. The firm, which is developing photovoltaic concentrators for the solar industry, said that $52M of...

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Vaxart Raises $3.3M In Series A For Flu Vaccine

San Francisco-based Vaxart said Thursday that it has completed a $3.3M Series A financing. According to the firm, the round came from Quantum Technology Partners and Life Science Angels, which led the round, and also included Bay Partners a...

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Zosano Pharma Raises $45M

Fremont-based Zosano Pharma said Thursday that it has raised $45M, in the second close of a $90M initial venture capital round. The firm, which is developing drug delivery products, said that New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Nomura Phase4 V...

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Scale Venture Partners Adds Associate

Foster City-based Scale Venture Partners said Thursday that it has hired Karam Mehandru as an Associate at the firm, focused on technology. Mehadru joins from Synopsys, where he was a Sales Account Manager. According to Scale, Mehandru will...

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Blowtorch Raises $50M

San Francisco- and Los Angeles-based Blowtorch Entertainment announced this morning that it has scored $50M in a rond of venture capital funding, to create a new combined media firm. The funding came from Ignition Partners. The company said...

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Power Analog Electronics Raises $6M

Santa Clara-based Power Analog Electronics announced today that it has raised a $6M, Series B round of funding. The firm said the investment was led by Hotung Investment Holdings and H&Q Asia Pacific; CVM Capital, VentureTech Alliance, and ...

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

GigaOm Raises $1M, Says Report

Technology and business blog site GigaOm has raised $1M in a venture funding round from True Ventures, according to a report from Beet.TV. According to Beet.TV, other unnamed angels also participated in the second round of funding. GigaOm h...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Silicon Clocks Dials In $8M

Fremont-based Silicon Clocks, a company which develops timing semiconductors for the electronics market, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $8M in a funding. The round came from Lux Capital, and also included Charles River Ventures...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Skyline Ventures Closes $350M Fund

Palo Alto-based healthcare and life sciences investor Skyline Ventures said Wednesday that it has closed a $350M venture capital fund, Skyline V. The firm said that fundraising began in June, and close in late October. Skyline also said it ...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

NorthStar Raises $18M For Wealth Management Software

San Francisco-based NorthStar Systems International said Tuesday that it has raised $18M in an investment round. Investors in the firm include Ropart Asset Management Funds, TL Ventures, and Trinad Capital. Northstar Systems is a developer ...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Zecco Adds $25M

Burlingame, California-based Zecco Holdings, a provider of online free stock trading services, said this morning that it has raised $25M in new funding from its current and new investors. Specific investors in the round were not disclosed, ...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Billeo Boosts Coffers By $7M

Santa Clara-based Billeo said today it has added $7M in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by ATA Ventures, and also included prior investors Altos Ventures, Claremont Creek, and Pacifica Fund. Billeo is a provider of online bil...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Fatdoor Gets $5.5M

Palo Alto-based Fatdoor, an online service which is focused on local communities, said this morning it has raised $5.5M in a venture funding round. The round came from Norwest Venture Partners, and also included KeyNote Ventures. The firm a...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

GrubHub Eats Up $1.1M, Branches Out Into San Francisco

GrubHub, an online food delivery site, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $1.1M in a Series A funding and expanded its services into San Francisco. The round came from Origin Ventures, and also included other individual investors. Gr...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Gydget Grabs Funding

San Francisco-based Gydget said Tuesday afternoon that it has closed a Series A round of funding for its social marketing platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. The funding came from SunBridge Partenrs, along with angel investors. Gy...

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Monday, November 12, 2007

Verican Gets $300K

Verican, a San Francisco-based firm that provides local content to newspapers, has raised $300K in angel funding, according to angel group the Keiretsu Forum. According to the Keiretsu Forum, its members in the San Francisco and East Bay ch...

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Monday, November 12, 2007

DisplayLink Raises $24M

Palo Alto-based DisplayLink, a firm which develops semiconductors for connecting computers and displays using USB, has raised $24M in a Series C round, the firm said Monday. The round came from DAG Ventures, and also included Atlas Venture,...

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Monday, November 12, 2007

BlueRun Ventures Adds To China Operations

Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures said today that it has added William Qu and Mike Ding to the firm as Investment Directors. Qu and Ding will make investments in China for the firm, with a focus on new media, wireless, and consumer services...

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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Invuity Raises $8.2M

San Francisco-based Invuity recently said it has secured $8.2M in a Series B financing, for the firm's illumination technology for minimally invasive surgery. The firm, which was previously known as Spotlight Surgical, said the funding came...

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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Portaero Quietly Gets Funding For COPD Treatment

Menlo Park-based Portaero, a stealth medical devices firm, has quietly raised a round of funding from Versant Ventures, silicontap has learned. The funding has not been announced. According to Versant Ventures, Portaero is developing a devi...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

DCM Names Bonner General Counsel

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM said Wednesday that it has named Matthew C. Bonner as the firm's general counsel. DCM said that Bonner will be responsible for the firm's legal matters in the newly created position. Bonner joins th...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

MerchantCircle Raises $10M

Los Altos-based MerchantCircle, a provider of web sites for local business owners, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round came from Rustic Canyon Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures, and new inv...

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

VeriSilicon Pulls In $20M In Series D

Santa Clara- and Shanghai-based VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd., which develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) IC designs, said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a Series D funding. The round came from China Investment Fund (CIF), VantagePoint Vent...

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Innovative Silicon Gets $25M

Santa Clara-based Innovative Silicon said Monday afternoon that it has raised $25M in a Series C round of investment. The firm said that the round came from Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Austin Ventures, Auriga Partners, Highland Cap...

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

TCV Closes $3 Billion Dollar Fund

Palo Alto-based Technology Crossover Ventures said Tuesday that it has closed on a $3 billion dollar fund, TCV VII. The new venture fund is double TCV's prior fund, TCV VI, which was worth $1.4 billion. According to TCV, the new fund brings...

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Monday, November 5, 2007

SocialText Scores $9.5M

Palo Alto-based SocialText said Monday that the firm has raised $9.5M in a Series C funding, in a round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Omidyar Network and SAP ventures also participated in the funding. SocialText also said that it has name...

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Friday, November 2, 2007

Serious Materials Gains $50M

Sunnyvale-based Serious Materials said Thursday that it has raised $50M for its efforts to develop green building materials. The firm said it raised the new investment from New Enterprise Associates, Foundation Capital, and Rustic Canyon Pa...

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

ePlanet Invests In Indian Medical Firm

Redwood City-based ePlanet Ventures said Thursday evening that it has invested in Trivitron, an Indian medical technology firm. ePlanet said it made the investment as part of a $11M round that also included HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Limite...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

SezWho Raises $1M

Los Altos-based SezWho, an online web site running a service for collaborative reviews and reputation tracking, said today that it has raised $1M in a venture round from KPG Ventures. The firm said it is looking to provide online communitie...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Shasta Ventures Closes $250M Fund

Menlo Park-based Shasta Ventures said Wednesday morning that it has closed a second fund worth $250M. The firm, which invests in early stage technology companies, said that Shasta Ventures II, L.P. was funded by returning investors from the...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Shasta Ventures Closes $250M Fund

Menlo Park-based Shasta Ventures said Wednesday morning that it has closed a second fund worth $250M. The firm, which invests in early stage technology companies, said that Shasta Ventures II, L.P. was funded by returning investors from the...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

BDNA Garners $20M

Mountain View-based BDNA, a provider of software for auditing and managing software inventories, has raised $20M in a fourth round of funding. The firm said that the round came from Rising Tide, along with existing investors. The firm said ...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

FORA.tv Gets Seed Round

San Francisco-based FORA.tv said Tuesday that it has closed a seed round of financing from Adobe Systems. Financial terms of the round were not disclosed, however FORA.tv said that venture capitalist Will Hearst has also invested in the fir...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

GreenVolts Powers Up With $10M

San Francisco-based GreenVolts said Tuesday morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The company, which is developing solar concentrators and develops utility-scale photovoltaic installations, said the funding was led by Green...

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Monday, October 29, 2007

TeleSoft Invests in Nexant

Venture capital firm TeleSoft Partners said Monday that it has acquired a majority interest in Energy Software & Consulting I and II, the largest preferred shareholder in San Francisco-based Nexant, an energy sector software, engineering, a...

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Relypsa Gets $33M, Spins Out of Amgen-Ilypsa

Santa Clara-based Relypsa, a biopharmaceutical firm discovering and developing novel polymeric drugs, said Monday that it has closed on $33M in a Series A funding. The round was led by 5AM Ventures and New Leaf Venture Partners, and also in...

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Better Place Raises $200M For Electric Cars

An unnamed, Palo Alto-based startup operating under the working name "Better Place" has raised $200M in funding for developing an electric car technology, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The firm, which is headed by former...

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Shipwire Raises $4M

Sunnyvale-based Shipwire said today that it has raised $4M in a Series A funding from Meakem Becker Venture Capital. The firm said that it has added David Becker and Glen Meakem to the firm's board as part of the funding. Shipwire operates ...

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

EchoSign Rounds Up $6M

Palo Alto-based EchoSign, a provider of an online web-based signature service, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has raised $6M in a Series B funding. EchoSign said that the round was led by Emergence Capital, and also included prior in...

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Direct Flow Medical Adds $27M

Santa Rosa-based Direct Flow Medical has raised $27M in a Series B funding, the firm said earlier in the week. Direct Flow said that the round was co-led by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Foundation Medical Partners, and also...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

mFoundry Adds $15M

San Francisco-based mFoundry, which provides mobile banking and payment software, said Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C round. The round was led by Motorola Ventures, and also included PayPal, NCR Corporation, and two undiscl...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Microsoft Buys Facebook Stake

Redmond, Washington-based software giant Microsoft said today that it has invested $240M in Palo Alto-based online social networking web site Facebook, at a valuation of $15 billion for the firm. Microsoft said that it will become the exclu...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

BrightRoll Pulls In $5M

San Francisco-based BrightRoll, a provider of Internet video advertising, said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding. The round came from Adams Street Capital, KPG Ventures, and TRUE Ventures. BrightRoll said the funding brin...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

TasteBook Gets Investment From CondeNet

Berkeley, California-based TasteBook, an online service that allows users to create personalized books from web content, has raised a round of investment from CondeNet. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. TasteBook was co-...

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

JackBe Adds $9.5M

JackBe, a provider of mashup software which is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland but maintains its R&D operations in Fremont, California, said today it has closed on $9.5M in a Series C venture funding round. The funding came from Harbert Vent...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Optichron Raises $12M

Fremont-based Optichron said yesterday that it has raised $12M in equity funding, from US Venture Partners, TL Ventures, Battery Ventures, and VentureTech Alliance. Optichron develops signal linearization technology used for signal processi...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Rapport Pulls In $18.5M

Redwood City-based Rapport said today that it has added $18.5M in venture funding to the firm, with a Series C funding. The round came from Centurion Holdings. Rapport said the funding will be used to expand the firm's growth in the governm...

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Levanta Lands $8M For Linux

San Mateo-based Levanta said today that it has closed on $8M in a funding round. Levanta, which develops Linux data center automation software, said that the funding came from vSpring Capital, Walden International, and Levensohn Venture Par...

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Monday, October 22, 2007

Bay Area Firms Score $2.58B In Venture Capital For Q2

San Francisco Bay Area firms raised $2.484B in venture capital, in 287 deals during Q3 of 2007, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report, based on data from Thompson Financial. The...

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Friday, October 19, 2007

Bessemer Expands India Team

Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners said earlier this week that it has added Devesh Garg as Managing Director at the firm's Indian operations. Garg joins the firm in Mumbai, where it previously had a team of nine. Bessemer curren...

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Revionics Gets $7M

Sacramento-based Revionics, which develops price optimization software for retailers, said yesterday that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round from Sierra Ventures. The new round brings the company's total raised to over $10M. Revi...

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

TriReme Medical Grabs $15.5M

Pleasanton-based TriReme Medical, a firm which is developing stents and stent delivery systems for treating vascular lesions, said earlier this week that it has completed a $15.5M Series C financing round. The round was led by Three Arch Pa...

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

SynapSense Adds On To Series B

Folsom-based SynapSense, a company which is developing wireless instrumentation products for reducing energy costs in data centers, said today that it has added Sequoia Capital in its Series B funding. The company said the second close brin...

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

SocialMedia Networks Links Into $3.5M

Mill Valley-based SocialMedia Networks said yesterday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A venture round. The investment was led by Charles River Ventures, and also included Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and investor Jeff Clavier of...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

PacketTrap Gets $5M For Network Management Tools

San Francisco-based PacketTrap said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The investment came from August Capital, along with angel investors. PacketTrap said it would use the funding to develop a suite of network manage...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Bricsnet Lands $13M

San Francisco-based Bricsnet, a provider of technology for the real estate management market, said today that it has received $13M in an investment. investors in the round included Torimbia SL, Stonefund NV, Paladin SA, and TBC SA. Bricsne...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

WeatherBill Raises $12.5M

San Francisco-based WeatherBill said today that it has closed on a Series A round worth $12.5M. The firm, which allows companies to manage weather risk, said that the funding was led by New Enterprise Associates and Index Ventures, and also...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Mint Scores $4.7M

Online financial planning web site Mint has raised $4.7M in a venture capital round, the firm announced Tuesday. The San Francisco-based firm said that the Series A funding was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included investments from Firs...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

YuMe Gets $9M For Video Ad Network

Fremont-based YuMe, a company developing an online video advertising network, has raised $9M in a venture funding round. The Series B funding came from Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, BV Capital, and DAG Ventures. DAG is a new investor in ...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Winery Exchange Gets $5M

Novato-based winery Exchange, a company which creates and develops beer and wine brands, has raised $5M in a funding round from D.E. Shaw Group. D.E. Shaw Group said that it invested in Winery Exchange because of its strong management and d...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

TubeMogul Gets Seeded

Berkeley-based TubeMogul, a company developing online video analytics tools, said Monday that it has received seed funding from NetService Ventures Group. Financial details of the seed round were not disclosed. TubeMogul said the funds will...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Firetide Scoops Up $14.4M

Los Gatos-based wireless mesh networking developer Firetide said today that it has raised $14.4M in a Series D financing. The firm said the round was led by Coral Capital Management, and also included existing investors in the firm. Firetid...

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Monday, October 15, 2007

TokBox Gets $4M From Sequoia

San Francisco-based TokBox said today that it has closed on $4M in funding from Sequoia Capital and angels. The firm said that it is developing a consumer-focused, video communications service. TokBox allows people to set up one-click video...

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Monday, October 15, 2007

Zipidee Gets Funding, Launches Digital Marketplace

San Francisco-based Zipidee said today that it has raised a Series A round of funding, and launched a beta of its marketplace for digital goods. The firm said that it will provide storefronts and tools for content owners to publish videos, ...

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Monday, October 15, 2007

JAFCO Closes $150M Fund

Palo Alto-based JAFCO Ventures said this morning that it has closed a $150M fund, the firm's third, JAFCO Technology Partners (JTP) III. The new funding brings the company's total capital managed to $350M. The firm said that the fund will c...

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Friday, October 12, 2007

Wowkast Raises Angel Funding

Stealth San Francisco startup Wowkast has disclosed the angel investors in the firm, although the company is not giving out details of what it is working on. According to the firm's web site, it is developing a "new multimedia-empowered way...

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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Innovalight Raises $28M For Solar Cells

Santa Clara-based Innovalight announced Thursday that the firm has raised $28M in a new round of venture capital. The Series C funding was led by Convexa Capital, and also included new investor Scatec AS. Prior investors Apax Partners, ARCH...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

DeviceVM Adds $10M

San Jose-based DeviceVM, a firm which develops software which enables faster powerup of computers, said Wednesday afternoon that it has added $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by DFJ Dragon, and also included Sumitomo's ve...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

New Leaf Closes $450M Fund

New Leaf Venture Partners said today that it has closed on a $450M venture capital fund focused on healthcare technologies. The firm, which has offices in both Menlo Park and New YOrk, said that New Leaf Ventures II included existing invest...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

FraudSciences Pulls In $11M

Palo Alto-based FraudSciences said today that it has raised $11M in a Series B venture capital round. The investment was led by Redpoint Ventures, with prior investor BRM Capital also participating. FraudSciences is developing online credit...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Reflex Photonics Raises $3M

Redwood City-based Reflex Photonics, which developing connectivity solutions for the semiconductor packaging industry, said today that it has closed a $3M Series A funding round. the funding came from FIER Succes and existing investor MSBi ...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Catalyst Mobile Finds $10M

Emeryville-based Catalyst Mobile, a provider of mobile music and entertainment services, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The company said the funding round was led by Sofinnova Ventures, and also included DCM. Ca...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

AngioScore Inks $30M Round

Fremont, California-based AngioScore said today that it has completed $30M in a Series E funding round. The funding came from Telegraph Hill Partners, which led the round, along with prior investors Psilos Group Management, QuestMark Partne...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

LS9 Lands $15M For Biofuels

San Carlos-based LS9, which is developing biofuel products, said this morning that it has secured $15M in a Series B funding. LS9 said that the second round of funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and that Flagship Ventures and K...

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Monday, October 8, 2007

Consentry Adds $21M

Milpitas-based Consentry Networks said today that it has raised an additional $21M in funding, led by Teachers' Private Capital. Other investors in the round inlcuded Translink Capital, NCD Investors, and existing investors Sequoia Capital,...

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Monday, October 8, 2007

MyBuys Adds $10M In Series B

Redwood City-based online shopping recommendation technology firm MyBuys said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The new round was led by Palomar Ventures, and also included prior investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. MyBu...

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Monday, October 8, 2007

Podaddies Gets Angel Round

San Francisco-based Podaddies, which is developing online advertising tracking technology, said today that it has closed on $1M in angel funding. The round came from The Band of Angels and The Angels Forum, along with other angel investors....

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Friday, October 5, 2007

APT Pharmaceuticals Adds On $22M

Burlingame, California-based APT Pharmaceuticals said Thursday that it has raised an additional $22M in funding, in a Series A-2 round. The new funding came from Versant Ventures and Great Point Partners, along with existing investors Vivo ...

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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Asoka Raises $7M

Foster City-based Asoka USA, a provider of powerline communications products, which uses power lines to provide Internet connectivity in hotels, apartments, office buildings, and other commercial properties, said Thursday that it has raised...

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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Wikinvest Gets $2.5M For Investment Site

San Francisco-based Wikinvest said Monday that it has raised $2.5M in a round from DCM and angel investors. Wikinvest operates an online web site which allows users to provide their own, wiki-style contributions on investments ideas and com...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Reply.com Gets $4.5M

San Ramon-based Reply.com reported today that it has raised $4.5M in a financing round from ATEL Ventures. Reply.com provides marketing services focused on the real estate and automotive industries. The firm provides consumers with decision...

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Monday, October 1, 2007

ONSET Adds Khanna, Lane As Managing Directors

Menlo Park-based ONSET Ventures said Monday that it has added Raman Khanna and David Lane as Manging Director of the firm's ONSET V fund. Khanna and Lane both join from Diamondhead Ventures, where they were founding partners. ONSET said tha...

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Guardian Analytics Raises $4.5M

Los Altos-based Guardian Analytics has scored another $4.5M in funding, the firm announced today. The Series B financing came from Foundation Capiatl, which was the sole investor in the round. Guardian Analytics said the funding brings the ...

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Monday, October 1, 2007

LedEngin Lands $11M

Santa Clara-based LedEngin, which is developing high power, Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), said today it has raised $11M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Partech International, and also included prior investor WK Technology Fund a...

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Salesforce.com Partners With VCs For SaaS Investments

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com and two venture capitalists, Bay Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, said today that they are launching a new funding program for companies building application on Salesforce.com's Force.com platform. ...

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Corium Scores $25.1M, Merges With StrataGent

Menlo Park-based transdermal drug delivery technology firm Corium International said Wednesday that it has raised $25.1M in a Series C financing. The round was led by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, and also included Quantum Technology Par...

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Mashery Gets Investment

San Francisco-based Mashery said today that it has raised a round of funding from Formative Ventures, The Accelerator Group, and First Round Capital. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Mashery develops software which makes it easie...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Apprion Raises $12M

Moffett Field-based Apprion announced Tuesday that it has closed on $12M of Series B funding. The round was led by Anvil Investment Associates, and also included Chevron's CTTV Investments. Apprion also said that current investors Advanced ...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Equity Administration Solutions Raises $2.2M

Pleasanton-based Equity Administration Solutions, a firm which develops stock option accounting software, has raised $2.2M in a Series C equity financing round, the firm said Tuesday morning. The investment was led by an individual, Gordon ...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

NebuAd Gets Series B Funding

Redwood City-based NebuAd said this morning that it has raised a Series B round of investment, bringing the company's total raised to over $30M. Exact amount of the Series B round was not disclosed. The round came from Menlo Ventures and Si...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Woven Systems Adds $20M

Santa Clara-based Woven Systems, a developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, said today that it has raised an additional $20M in capital as part of a Series B investment round. the funding was led by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, and also inc...

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Monday, September 24, 2007

RingCentral Dials Up $12M

Redwood City-based RingCentral announced this morning that it has raised $12M in a funding round from Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures. No further details on the round were released. RingCentral, which operates a service which allows sma...

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Friday, September 21, 2007

Caring.com Enters Beta, Raises $6M

Palo Alto-based Caring.com said Friday that it has made a beta of its web site avilable, and raised $6M in a Series A funding from DCM and Split Rock Partners. Caring.com offers online "how to" guides and information on healthcare providers...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Keibi Launches With $5M From Catamount, Hunt

San Francisco-based Keibi Technologies, a provider of software for managing user-generated content, said Wednesday that it has launched the company. The firm said that it was founded in late 2006, and has received over $5M in funding from C...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Solazyme Lands $5M In Debt

South San Francisco-based Solazyme has raised $5M in a debt financing from BlueCrest Capital Finance, the firms said Wednesday. Solazyme is developing biotechnology for manufacturing algae-derived biofuels and health/wellness products. ...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Amyris Biotechnologies Raises $70M

Emeryville-based Amyris Biotechnologies announced Wednesday morning that the firm has closed on the first tranche of a $70M Series B funding. The round was led by Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures, and also included Khosla Ventures, Kleiner...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

PlaySpan Gets $6.5M In First Round

Santa Clara-based PlaySpan, which is developing publisher-sponsored, in-game e-commerce services, said Wednesday that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. Easton Capital led the round, which also included Menlo Ventures, TSIC Internat...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Intalio Adds Funding From Partech

Palo Alto-based Intalio said today that it has closed a new round of funding, led by Partech International. Other investors in the round included 3i, Cargill Ventures, Sippl MacDonald Ventures, Woodside Fund, and the XML Fund. Financial te...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

SoftTech's Jeff Clavier Raises VC Fund

Menlo Park-based SoftTech, an early stage venture capital fund, said today at the TechCrunch40 conference that the firm has raised a $12M seed-stage fund. The fund, SofTechVC II, L.P., is headed by angel investor Jeff Clavier. According to ...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Blueroads Snags $9M For Lead Referrals

San Mateo-based Blueroads has snagged $9M in a Series C funding. Blueroads did not disclose investors in the round, but has previously received funding from ArrowPath Venture Capital, Cardinal Venture Capital, El Dorado Ventures and The Hal...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Ecrio Raises $24M

Cupertino, California-based Ecrio said today that it has completed a $24M Series C venture capital round. Ecrio develops communications and e-commerce software for mobile phones. The round came from CSK, JAIC, and Nomura Securities, along w...

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Web 2.0 Investments In Bay Area Flatten

Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young are reporting today that Web 2.0 investments in the San Francisco Bay Area have flattened, as activity has shifted to other areas and overseas. The two released a report saying that U.S. investment wer...

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Monday, September 17, 2007

NEA Injects $100M In Oanda

Menlo Park-based New Enterprise Associates said today that it has invested $100M in OANDA Corporation, a provider of foreign currency exchange trading over the Internet. Krishna "Kittu" Koluri of NEA joins OANDA's board of directors as part...

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Monday, September 17, 2007

CloudShield Lands $15M, Inks Strategic Partnership With Tektronix

Sunnyvale-based Cloudshield, which develops network management products and hardware, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a funding round from Tektronix, along with its existing investors ComVentures, TPG Growth, Foundation Ca...

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Monday, September 17, 2007

WiChorus Adds $15M From Mayfield, Others

San Jose-based WiChorus, which is developing WiMax and other 4G wireless products, announced this morning that it has secured an $15M in a new venture capital round. The round was led by Mayfield Fund, and also included prior investors Redp...

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Teknovus Raises $28M

Petaluma-based Teknovus said this morning that it has received an additional $28M in an equity financing. The new funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, which led the round, along with new investors Galleon Crossover Fund, Vision Ve...

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Google Completes Postini Buy

Mountain View-based Google announced last night that Postini has officially become a wholly owned subsidiary of the firm. The deal was originally announced July 9th, and was worth $625M. Postini's email and web filtering operations will ope...

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Azul Systems Scores $40M

Mountain View-based Azul Systems said yesterday that it has completed $40M in venture funding, in a round that included Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, ComVentures, Credit Suisse, JVax Investment Group, Meritech Capital Partners, Redpoint ...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Nascentric Gains $7.2M

Nascentric, a developer of Fast-SPICE electronic design automation (EDA) tools, said today that it has raised $7.2M in venture funding. The funding, which is a Series C round, came from Intel Capital, Austin Ventures, Silverton Partners, an...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Scale Promotes Lynch

Foster City-based Scale Venture Partners said today that it has promoted Nancy Lynch to Principal. The venture capital company, which was formerly known as BA Venture Partners, said that Lynch has been at the firm since July 2006, when she ...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Venrock Expands Team

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Venrock said today that it has added Steve Goldby as a Partner, and Ken Song as a Vice President at the firm. Venrock said that Golby will focus on energy and healthcare companies for the firm. Golby wa...

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

PowerReviews Raises $15M

Millbrae-based PowerReviews said today that it has secured $15M in additonal funding for the online customer review service. The firm said that the funding was led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, and also included current investors Men...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

BiTMICRO Gets $9.3M

Fremont, California-based BiTMICRO Networks, a provider of solid state disk technology for the storage industry, said Monday that the firm has raised $9.3M in a Series F round of funding. The storage provider, which develops disk storage te...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Broadlight Digs Up $12M

Mountain View-based Broadlight, a provider of semiconductors and software for the GPON market, said Tuesday that it has raised $12M in a Series E financing led by Benchmark Capital. Other investors in the round include Azure Capital Partne...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

4Blox Gains Funding For iSCSI Software

San Jose-based 4Blox Inc., a company developing iSCSI acceleration software, said today that it has landed a round of private equity funding from Flywheel Ventures. Financial terms were not disclosed. 4Blox develops products used to acceler...

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Splunk Lands $25M

San Francisco-based Splunk, a provider of software used for searching IT logs and data, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series C round of funding. Ignition Partners led the funding, which also included August Capital, JK&B Capital, ...

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Synapsense Raises $10M

Folsom, California-based SynapSense said Monday that it has closed on $10M in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Emerald Technolgoy Ventures, and also includes prior investors American River Ventures, Nth Power and DFJ Frontie...

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Matisse Networks Wires In $45M

Mountain View-based Matisse Networks, a provider of optical switching hardware, said today that it has raised $45M in a Series C funding round. The round came from Merrill Lynch PCG, which invested $35M, along with Menlo Ventures, Monitor V...

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Globespan Closes $380M Fund

Venture capital firm Globespan Capital Partners announced today that it has closed its fifth fund, Globespan Capital Partners V, L.P., at $380M. The venture capital firm, which has operations in Palo Alto, Boston, and Tokyo, said that the c...

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Monday, September 10, 2007

FaceTime Raises $15.6M

Foster City-based FaceTime Communications, a provider of network management software for instant messaging software, announced this morning that it has raised $15.6M in a new round of funding. The round was led by Credit Suisse NEXT II Fund...

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Pearl Therapeutics Raises $15.5M

Redwood City-based Pearl Therapeutics, a company developing treatments for respiratory disorders, said Thursday that it has raised $15.5M in a first round of venture capital funding. Funding came from New Leaf Ventures and Clarus Ventures, ...

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Tioga Energy Adds $4M

San Mateo-based Tioga Energy, a firm providing renewable energy services, said today that it has raised $4M in additional Series A funding. The additional capital came from Nth Power, which joins NGEN Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and R...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

UltraShape Gets $15.1M

Palo Alto and Yokneam, Israel-bsed UltraShape, a company designing aesthetic medicine products for body contouring, said today that it has raised $15.1M in a funding round. The funding came from Meritech Capital Partners, Israel Seed Partne...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Hyperion Therapeutics Gets $40M

South San Francisco-based Hyperion Therapeutics said today that it has added $40M in a Series B funding round. The firm said that the round came from Sofinnova Ventures, which led the round, along with Highland Capital Partners, NEA, and WR...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

NetBooks Lands $9M For Small Business Software

Rohnert Park-based NetBooks said today that it has closed on $6.9M in a Series A funding, for the firm's web-based business management software. The round came from CMEA Ventures and Integral Capital, along with others. The financing came a...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Atempo Raises $22M In Series B

Palo Alto-based Atempo said today that it has raised $22M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included Steelpoint Capital Partners and Ridgewood Capital. Atempo develops data protection and archiving products...

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

SolFocus Gets $52M In New Funding

Mountain View-based SolFocus, a provider of solar energy systems, said this morning that it has raised $52M in a venture round. The company, which develops photovoltaic concentrators, trackers, and other technology for the solar energy mark...

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Kovio Raises $19.5M

Sunnyvale-based Kovio said today that it has raised $19.5M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures, DEA Capital, Flagship Venture...

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

FlowCardia Garners $30M

Sunnyvale-based FlowCardia has raised $30M in a Series C round for its medical devices, the firm said Thursday. The funding round was led by Gilde Healthcare partners, and also included Life Sciences Partners, Hambrecht & Quist Capital Mana...

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Benchmark Names Tolia, Leary As EIRs

Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital announced today that it has added Nirav Tolia and Sarah Leary as Entrepreneurs in Residence at the venture capital firm. Tolia was co-foudner and CEO of Epinions, and also served as COO of Shopping.com; ...

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Presidio Pharmaceuticals Gets $26M

San Francisco-based Presidio Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has raised $26M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Panorama Capital, and also included Baker Brothers Investments, Bay City Capital, Ventures West Capital, Ne...

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

USVP Promotes Lewis

Menlo Park-based U.S. Venture Partners said this morning that it has promoted Rick Lewis to Principal at the venture capital firm. Lewis has been at USVP since 2004, and has previuosly served at Autodesk and Walt Disney Imagineering, among ...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

D2C Games Raises $6M

San Mateo-based D2C Games said today that it has raised $6M in a Series A financing round. The round included Rubicon Venture Partners and 755 Capital Partners. According to D2C, the firm will use the funding to further its publishing effor...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Jaxtr Raises $10M

Menlo Park-based Jaxtr said today that it has raised $10M in a venture financing round led by August Capital. Other investors in the round included Mayfield Fund, Draper Richards, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Mangrove Capital. jaxtr, which...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Bluepulse Raises $6M

San Mateo-based BluePulse said Tuesday morning that it has raised $6M in funding from VantagePoint Venture Partners, and established a Silicon Valley headquarters. The firm develops mobile social networking applications and widgets. Bluepul...

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Federated Media Raises $4.5M

Sausalito-based Federated Media, the online advertising sales firm headed by John Batelle, has quietly raised $4.5M in a Series B funding, according to PEHub.com. Citing regulatory filings, PEHub.com said that Federated Media's returning in...

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

TradeBeam Scores $29M

San Mateo-based TradeBeam Holdings said today that it has closed $29M in a Series C funding round. The investment came from Camden Partners Strategic Fund III and Torch Hill Investment Partners, along with existing investors The Carlyle Gro...

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Lending Club Raises $10.26M

Sunnyvale-based Lending Club announced Thursday that the firm has raised $10.26M in a Series A financing. The funding round was led by Canaan Partners and Norwest Venture Partners. Lending Club operates a personal lending service based on F...

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

AccountNow Adds CFSI As Investor

San Ramon-based AccountNow, which markets prepaid MasterCard and Visa cards, said this morning that it has added the Center for Financial Service Innovation's Catalyst Fund as an investor in its third round of funding. The CFSI Catalyst Fun...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Telegent Systems Adds $20M

Sunnyvale-based Telegent Systems said Tuesday that it has raised $30M in a third round of funding, from Northern Light Venture Capital and its existing investors. Telegent, which makes single-chip, CMOS semiconductors targeted at the mobile...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Norwest Venture Partners Hires Venture Partner

Palo Alto-based Norwest Venture Partners said this morning that it has added Joshua Goldman as a Venture Partner at the venture capital firm. Goldman was most recently CEO of Akimbo Systems, and was also Enterpreneur-in-Residence at Sprout ...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Metacafe Raises $30M

Palo Alto-based online, user-generated video site Metacafe said today that it has raised $30M in a Series C financing. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners and DAG Ventures, with participation by the firm's existing investors, Acc...

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Clearwell Adds $17M To Coffers

Santa Clara-based Clearwell Systems, a developer of software for the e-discovery market, said today that it has raised $17M in a third round of funding. The round came from Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital. A...

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Building B Finds $7.5M

Belmont, California-based Building B said today that it has raised $17.5M in a financing round from Morgenthaler Ventures, Omni Capital, Index Ventures, and other investors. The firm said that it is looking to develop a "breakthrough" video...

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Monday, August 20, 2007

BlueRun Funds Chinese Test Equipment Firm

Guangdong, China-based 3i Systems, a provider of automated optical inspection systems used for the TFT-LCD manufacturing process, said today that Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures has provided the firm with $6.5M in a second round. Accordin...

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Monday, August 20, 2007

AlarmPoint Systems Finds $7.5M

Pleasanton-based AlarmPoint Systems said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding. The firm, which provides event notification services for IT management, said that the funding included $4.5M in equity from JMI Equity, along wit...

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Kongregate Scores $5M For Games Site

San Francisco-based Kongregate said this morning that it has raised $5M in a venture funding round, for its online games site. The round was led by Greylock Partners. Kongregate operates an online web site focused on web games, including co...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Elastra Raises $2.5M

San Francisco-based Elastra has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the company has announced. Elastra is developing relational database technology based on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) services ...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Doppelganger Gets $11M

San Francisco-bsaed Doppelganger said yesterday that it has raised $11M in new funding for the firm's virtual world entertainment products. The funding came from ComVentures, which led the round, and also included existing investors Draper ...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

LucidEra Gets $15.6M

San Mateo-based LucidEra said Tuesday that it has raised $15.6M in a Series B funding. The firm said that the deal was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included Benchmark Capital and Matrix Partners. The funding will go towards the firm's...

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Kontera Lands $10.3M

San Francisco-based Kontera said Monday afternoon that it has secured $10.3M in a second round of funding, from Carmel Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Lehman Brothers. Kontera, which provides an advertising service which uses keyword links i...

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Monday, August 13, 2007

PacketMotion Raises $7.5M

San Jose-based PacketMotion said over the weekend that the firm has raised $7.5M in a third round of funding, from Intel Capital, ONSET Ventures, and MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. PacketMotion is a provider of enterprise security and complianc...

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Thursday, August 9, 2007

JasperSoft Raises $12M

San Francisco-based JasperSoft, which develops open source business intelligence software, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series D funding. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, and included SAP Ventures, DCM, Morganthaler...

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Thursday, August 9, 2007

Parade Technologies Lands $14.5M

Sunnyvale-based Parade Technologies, Ltd, which develops digital video interface semiconductors, said yesterday that it has raised $14.5M in a Series B investment. The round was led by AsiaVest Partners, and also included Intel Capital and ...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

JS-Kit Raises $1.2M

Burlingame-based JS-Kit, an online provider of community services software, said Wednesday morning that it has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round. The round came from The Entrepreneurs' Fund. JS-Kit develops online web services including ...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

ITM Software Lands $4M

Santa Clara-based ITM Software, a provider of IT management software, said Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a venture capital round. The round was led by Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital, and also incuded Ascend Venture Group,...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

BridgeLux Brings In $23M

Sunnyvale-based BridgeLux has added $23M in a Series C round, the firm said yesterday. The new round of funding was led by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, a new investor in the firm. Additional investors in the round include VantagePoint ...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

ViVOtech Closes Out Series C At $22.5M

Santa Clara-based ViVOtech, which is developing contactless payment systems for mobile phones, said today that it has closed out its Series C round of funding at $22.5M. The firm has added NCR and Miven Venture Partners as an investor in th...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

TeeBeeDee Raises $4.8M For Social Network

San Francisco-based TeeBeeDee said today that it has raised $4.8M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Shasta Ventures, which led the round, along with Monitor Ventures. TeeBeeDee is developing an online social networking web site f...

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Monday, August 6, 2007

VCs Invest $7.1B In Q2, Silicon Valley Sees $2.5B In Investments

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have released their quarterly venture capital report, finding that there was $7.1B in venture capital investment in Q2 of 2007, across 977 deals. The level was the highest ...

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Monday, August 6, 2007

LiteScape Raises $14M

Redwood Shores-based LiteScape Technologies said today that it has raised $14M in a Series B investment. The funding came from Vedanta Capital, and also included T-Systems Venture Fund, the corporate venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom....

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Friday, August 3, 2007

Accel Adds Rhee As Venture Partner

Palo Alto-based Accel Partners said this afternoon that it has appointed In Sik Rhee as a Venture Partner in the firm's Palo Alto office. Rhee was most recently co-founder of Opsware/Loudcloud, and also co-founded Kiva Software. Accel said ...

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Aravo Solutions Lands $10M

San Francisco-based Aravo Solutions said yesterday that it has raised $10M in a Series C round of funding. Aravo is a developer of software used to manage supplier information in ERP and other products. Funding came from the Charles Schwab ...

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

EzRez Software Raises $15M

San Francisco-based EzRez Software said today that it has raised $15M in a second round of funding. The funding came from Canaan Partners, which led the round, along with Azure Capital Partners and existing investors. EzRez said the funding...

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Minekey Digs Up $3M

Sunnyvale-based Minekey said today that it has raised $3M in a Series A round of funding. The round came from NEA IndoUS Ventures. Minekey is developing online content discovery and recommendation widgets, which provide personalized article...

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Hammerhead Systems Gets $18M

Mountain View-based Hammerhead Systems, a provider of MPLS communications switches, said Wendesday that the firm has raised $18M in a Series D round. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also included Mayfield Fund, Enterprise Par...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Venture Capital Fundraising Lower In Q2

Dow Jones VentureOne is reporting this morning that U.S. venture capital fundraising plunged in Q2, dropping 62% versus the same time last year. The firm, which analyzes venture capital dealflow and fundraising, said that $3.23B was raised ...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

ONStor Raises $27M

Campbell, California-based ONstor, which develops clustered network attached storage (NAS) devices, said this morning that it has closed on $27M in a mezzanine funding. The venture capital funding came from Sand Hill Capital, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Qlusters Raises $10.36M

Palo Alto-based software provider Qlusters said Tuesday morning that it has raised $10.36M in a Series C funding. The funding for the firm came from Network Appliance, along with its existing investors, Israel Seed Partners, Benchmark Capit...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Technology Partners Raises $300M For Cleantech, Life Sciences

Palo Alto-based Technology Partners said today that it has formed a new $300M fund targeted at investments in cleantech and life sciences. The venture capital firm said that its Fund VIII will be split between the two areas, with a focus on...

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Aerohive Networks Gets $20M

Santa Clara-based Aerohive Networks, a developer of wireless LAN access points for the enterprise WLAN market, said this morning that it has received $20M in a Series B investment. Aerohive said that the round came from Kleiner Perkins Cauf...

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Monday, July 30, 2007

BridgeWave Adds $7.8M

Santa Clara-based BridgeWave Communications, a provider of wireless Gigabit Ethernet hardware, said this morning that it has secured $7.8M in a Series 3 funding round. The round came from its existing investors, and also included SDL Ventur...

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Monday, July 30, 2007

DecisionView Sees $7M

San Francisco-based DecisionView, a provider of business performance optimization software for the life science industry, said Monday that it has closed on $7M of venture capital funding. The Series C funding was led by firstVentury, and al...

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Cnano Technology Raises $6M

Menlo Park-based Cnanot Technology Limited said today that it has raised $6M in a venture funding round. The capital came from CMEA Ventures and Pangaea Ventures, along with WI Harper. Canano is developing carbon nanotube technology, and in...

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Twitter Scores Funding From Union Square, Others

San Francisco-based Twitter has scored a round of funding, the firm said Thursday, from Union Square Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and angel investors Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Ron Conway, and Naval Ravikant. Amount of the funding ...

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Curse Pulls In $5M

Online gaming portal Curse, which is focused on massively multiplayer online games, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The San Francisco-based firm said that the round came from AGF Private Equity, and angel investors....

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Bay Microsystems Raises $16M For Global Expansion

San Jose-based Bay Microsystems said today that it has closed on $16M in new financing. The round came from Quicksilver Ventures and W Capital, and also included prior investors Selby Venture Partners, Needham Capital, Pacifica Fund, Glenbr...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

MotionDSP Gets Investment From In-Q-Tel

San Mateo-based MotionDSP, a company that develops digital video technology, said Tuesday that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm. MotionDSP develops a video forensics tool that is used to im...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Plato Networks Raises $20M

Santa Clara-based Plato Networks, a company developing communications ICs, said Monday that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Granite Ventures, and also included STIC International and Crosslink Capital. Plato N...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

deCarta Locates $15M

San Jose-based deCarta, which provides services for the location-based services industry, said this moring that it has raised $15M in a Series C-1 expansion round. Funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, an existing investor in the fir...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

cFares Finds Funding

cFares, an online travel web site focused on searching for airline tickets, said today that it has completed a Series A funding. The round was led by Claremont Creek Ventures, and also included Garage Technology Ventures. cFares said that t...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

VaST Gets $12M

Sunnyvale-based VaST Systems, a provider of simulation products for modeling hardware products, said Tuesday that it has closed on $12M in a Series D funding round. The new round of funding came from ZenShin Capital, along with prior invest...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Respectance Adds $1.5M

San Francisco-based Respectance, an online web site focused on remembering loved ones, said today it has added $1.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Solid Ventures and Big Bang Ventures. According to the firm, it is forma...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

hi5 Nets $20M

San Francisco-based hi5, an online social networking web site, said today that it has raised $20M in a venture capital funding from MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. hi5 said that it will use the funding to expand its services and grow into new ma...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Nuon Therapeutics Gains $5M

San Francisco-based Nuon Therapeutics said last last week that it has raised $5M in a Series A financing. The company received the round from GBS Venture Partners, based in Australia. The firm said that it is focused on novel therapies for ...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

KaloBios Raises $20M

Palo Alto-based Kalobios Pharmaceuticals said Monday that the firm has raised $20M in a Series C venture round. The firm, which is developing therapeutic antibodies, said that the round was led by Lehman Brothers. Other investors include pr...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Cloud9 Analytics Raises $5M

San Mateo-based Cloud9 Analytics, a developer of analytics software for Salesforce.com, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round came from InterWest Partners, which led the round, along with Leapfrog Ventures. Clou...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Bay Area Gets $2.5 Billion In Venture Deals

The quarterly venture capital report released by Ernst & Young and VentureOne this morning, found that there was $2.5 billion invested in the San Francisco Bay area in the second quarter. The report found that the Bay Area had 208 venture c...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

SolutionSet Gets Investment

Palo Alto-based SolutionSet, a digital marketing services agency, said earlier this week that it has received an investment from Fog City Capital. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. SolutionSet provides digital marketing ...

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Ujogo Raises Funding For Poker Site

San Francisco-based Ujogo, an online site focused on poker and other online games, said Thursday that it raised a Series A round. Amount of the funding and investors were not disclosed. The firm also said that it has acquired Gaming Everywh...

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Kleiner Perkins Funds Oil Biotech Firm

Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers has quietly funded a Houston, Texas-based firm developing biotechnology for increasing production from mature oil wells. The firm, GloriOil, is commercializing technology from New Delh...

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Bessemer Venture Partners Closes $1B Fund

Bessemer Venture Partners said today that it has closed a $1 billion fund, Bessemer Venture Partners VII. The firm said that the oversubscribed fund will focus on innovative, high growth companies, and have $350M dedicated to investments in...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

NextHop Adds $4M

Mountain View-based NextHop Technologies, a provider of Wi-Fi network protocol software, announced Tuesday that it has raised $4.0M in a Series D funding. Funding came from New Enterprise Associates, Duchossois Technology Partners, Labrador...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Satiety Raises $30M

Palo Alto-based Satiety has raised $30M in a Series D funding, the firm said yesterday, in a new round of financing led by Skyline Ventures. The firm, which is developing treatments for obesity, said that other investors in the round includ...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Star Analytics Lands $3.5M

Palo Alto-based Star Analytics, a provider of enterprise software targeted at financial reporting and business analysis, said Tuesday that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A round. The round was co-led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and ...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Mark Logic Raises $15M

San Mateo-based Mark Logic Corporation, a firm developing XML content processing software, said this week that it has raised $15M in a third round of financing. The round was led by the company's existing investors, Sequoia Capital and Lehm...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Connectbeam Raises $3.5M

Redwood City-based Connectbeam has raised $3.5M in a Series A venture round, the firm said today in its blog. The round was led by Gabriel Venture Partners, which the firm said was syndicated with Startup Capital Ventures. Jim Long of Gabri...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Healthline Gets $21M For Medical Search

San Francisco-based Healthline Networks, a provider of online health information services, said Monday that it has raised $21M in a Series B funding. The round came from GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund, Aetna Ventures, LLC, Kaiser Pe...

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Monday, July 16, 2007

Talend Pulls In $3.5M

Palo Alto-based Talend, a provider of open source data integration software, announced today that it has raised $3.5M in a Series B funding. The round included funding from AGF Private Equity and Galileo Partners. Talend said that the fundi...

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Friday, July 13, 2007

SoloPower Raises $30M For Thin Film Solar

Milpitas-based SoloPower, a developer of thin-film solar photovoltaic cells and modules, said Thursday that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The deal was led by Convexa Capital, and also included Scatec AS, Spencer Energy AS, Cross...

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

moka5 Gains Funding, CEO

Redwood City-based moka5, a firm developing products for the virtual computing market, said last night that it has raised $15M in a Series B round, and hired a new CEO. Highland Capital Partners led the funding round, which also included ex...

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

TheFind Locates $15M

Mountain View-based TheFind.com, an online shopping discovery search engine, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series C financing round. The round was led by Bain Capital, and included existing investors Redpoint Ventures and Lig...

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Obopay Gets $29M In Series C

Redwood City-based Obopay said today that it has closed $29M in a third round of funding. The round was led by Richmond Global Cellular, and also included its existing investors Qualcomm and Redpoint Ventures. The company also added Allianc...

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

adap.tv Lands $10M

San Mateo-based adap.tv, a provider of a video advertising platform for matching publishers and advertisers, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A round. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also includes Gemini Israel F...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

NoiseFree Gets Angel Round

San Jose-based Noise Free, a provider of voice software, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.4M in seed funding. The round came from ISB Ventures. Noise Free is developing patents and technology around noise cancellation, targeted at voice-b...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Presidio Reinsurance Lands $50M In Equity From FTVentures

San Francisco-based Presidio Reinsurance Group, a firm that provides reinsurance for the major medical market, has landed $50M in an equity commitment from FTVentures. The investment is the Presidio's first institutional investment. Presidi...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

VirtualLogix Lands $16M

Sunnyvale-based VirtualLogix, a company developing real-time virtualization software for the embedded software market, said today that it has raised $16M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Esprit Capital partners, which led th...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Serus Gets $8M

Mountain View-based Serus said Tuesday that it has closed $8M in a Series C funding. Serus, which develops software for managing supply chains, said that the round brings the company's total raise to $13.8M. The funding round was led by OVP...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

MetaRAM Gets $12.2M Series B

San Jose-based MetaRAM, a stealth semiconductor firm developing chips for memory subsystems, has raised $12.2M in a Series B round from Storm Ventures, silicontap.com has learned. No details of the funding have been released or confirmed by...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Altos Adds Accolo To Portfolio

Venture capital firm Altos Venture Capital has quietly added recruiting outsourcing firm Accolo to its portfolio. Details of the funding have not been announced by the company. Accolo provides outsourcing of recruiting and related processes...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Ning Nets $44M

Palo Alto-based social networking software developer Ning said today in its blog that it has raised $44M in an investment from Legg Mason and other investors. The firm said that the investment was the first outside investment in Ning. The i...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

InMage Adds $10M

Santa Clara-based InMage Systems, a developer of storage software used for business continuity and disaster recovery, said Monday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round came from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and also i...

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Tira Wireless Adds $5M

San Mateo-based Tira Wireless, a developer of a platform for managing mobile content, said today that it has raised $5M in Series D financing. The funding came from its existing investors, including Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Brights...

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Trion World Network Lands $30M

Redwood City-based Trion World Network, a firm developing online games and entertainment, said today that it has raised $30M in funding. The investment came from Rustic Canyon Partners, as well as Time Warner, GE/NBC Universal’s Peacock ...

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Administrative Systems Scores $1.65M

Fresno-based Administrative Systems, a developer of web-based software for employee benefits,has raised $1.65M from The Central Valley Fund. According to Central Valley Fund, the mezzanine investment in Administrative Sytsems will go toward...

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Monday, July 9, 2007

U4EA Gets $16M For Expansion

Fremont-based U4EA said today that it has raised $16M in a funding round, to expand the firm's hosted VoIP services to the PBX segment. The funding came from IIU Nominees Limited, Bluehone Investors LLP, and Singer & Friedlander. The compan...

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Battery Closes $750M Fund, Appoints General Partners

Battery Ventures, which maintains offices in both Waltham, Mass. and Menlo Park, California, said today that it has closed a $750M venture capital fund, BV VIII. The fund is the firm's eighth, and brings the total committed capital in its f...

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Right90 Adds $12M

Foster City-based Right90 has raised $12M in a Series B funding, the firm announced last week, in a round led by InterWest Partners. Other investors in the firm included Shasta Ventures and US Venture Partners, who led the company's Series ...

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Monday, July 2, 2007

Paracor Medical Raises $44.35M

Sunnyvale-based Paracor Medical has raised a $44.35M Series D round, the firm said late last week. The round was led by Aberdare Ventures, a new investor in the firm, and also included Montagu Newhall Associates, Delphi Ventures, Pequot Ven...

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Monday, July 2, 2007

Loyalty Lab Lands $7M

San Francisco-based Loyalty Lab has raised $7M in a new round of venture capital, the firm said late last week. The firm said that the round was led by Open View Venture Partners. Loyalty Lab develops customer management software used for c...

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Monday, July 2, 2007

newScale Lands $11M

Foster City-based newScale, a provider of software for the IT services management market, said today that it has closed on $11M of funding. The funding came from new investor Wasatch Cross Creek Capital, along with existing investors Chess ...

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

AccountNow Adds $12.75M

San Ramon-based AccountNow, a marketer of prepaid MasterCard and Visa cards, said Thursday afternoon that it has closed on $12.75M of third round venture funding. AccountNow said that the round was led by Trident Capital, and all current in...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Intacct Raises $14M For SaaS

San Jose-based Intacct, a provider of on-demand financial applications, said Wednesday that the firm has closed $14M in new equity financing. the new round of funding came from new investors Sigma Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures, along wi...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Blade Computing Group Taps VCs

Blade.org, a blade computing industry group, said today that it has formed a new advisory board made up venture capitalists. The group, which focuses on promoting the blade computing industry, said that the board includes Acrl Everett of Ac...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Neopolitan Networks Scoops Up $3.17M

Palo Alto-based Neopolitan Networks announced today that it has secured $3.17M in a venture capital round. The company said that the Series A financing was co-led by Topspin Partners and OakStone Ventures, and will go towards launching the ...

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

U-Systems Finds $16.5M

San Jose-based U-Syustems, a developer of automated ultrasound systems used for mammograms, said today that it has received $16.5M in a funding round. Investors in the round include Siemens Venture Capital, which led the round, along with S...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Stion Scores $15M

Mnelo Park-based Stion, a company developing high-efficiency, thin-film solar photovoltaic modules, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series B financing. The round was led by Lighspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners. T...

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Scale Venture Partners Taps Denten As CFO

Foster City-based Scale Venture Partners said today that it has hired Mary Denten as Chief Financial Officer for the firm. The venture capital firm said that Denten joins the company from Global Catalyst Partners, and will be responsible fo...

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Monday, June 25, 2007

MicuRx Raises $10M

Union City-based MicuRx Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that it has completed a Series A funding worth $10M. the round was led by Morningside Group. MicuRx is developing anti-infective drugs, targeted at the problem of antibiotic resistanc...

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Palo Alto Networks Raises $18M

San Jose-based Palo Alto Networks, a developer of firewall security products, said this morning that it has secured $18M in a Series B financing. The funding came from Globespan Capital Partners, along with current investors Greylock Partne...

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Friday, June 22, 2007

Emergence Capital Partners Closes $200M Fund

San Mateo-based Emergence Capital Partners said Thursday that it has closed a $200M, second venture fund. The firm said that the fund target was $175M, but was oversubscribed more than twofold. Investors in the fund include all of its prior...

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Arteris Raises $8.1M, Moves HQ To San Jose

Arteris, a developer of network-on-chip technology for on-chip communications, said this week that it has raised $8.1M in funding. The funding came from Synopsys, along with Crescendo, TVM Capital, and Ventech. The firm said that along with...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Wesabe Closes $4M

Berkeley-based Wesabe, a startup developing online personal finance software, said Wednesday that it has closed a $4M Series A round of funding from Union Square Ventures. O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, the seed investor in the firm, also par...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

PGP Gets $27.3M

Palo Alto-based PGP Corporation, the developer of the popular PGP encryption algorithm and related technology, said today it has closed $27.3M in a Series C funding round. Investors in this round include Intel Capital, D.E. Shaw Group, alon...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Prosper Lands $20M

San Francisco-based Prosper, the personal lending site focused on allowing people to loan money to other users, said today that it has closed on $20M in a Series C round. The funding was led by DAG VEntures and Meritech Capital Partners, an...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

4INFO Dials Up $10M

Palo Alto-based 4INFO, a provider of mobile search services for the mobile phone market, said today that it has completed a $10M, Series D round of investment. The round was led by Gannett Co., Inc., and also included prior investors U.S. V...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Visage Mobile Raises $10M

San Francisco-based Visage Mobile, a developer of subscriber management systems for the wireless service market, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series E round. The funding round came from UMC Capital, and also included prior invest...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Silicon Valley Solar Raises $10.2M

Santa Clara-based Silicon Valley Solar, a firm developing solar concentrators, said Monday that it raised $10.2M in a Series A funding. The round came from Bessemer Venture Partners. Silicon Valley Solar said that the firm also completed th...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

PixSense Gets Investment From Qualcomm

Santa Clara-based PixSense, a firm developing video compression technology for cell phones, said today that it has received a round of strategic funding led by QUALCOMM Ventures. The firm said the round will be used to grow its corporate pr...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

LiveVox Dials Up $7.1M In Funding

San Francisco-based LiveVox, a company that provides hosted voice portals for the first party billing, third party collections, and healthcare billing industries, said Tuesday that it raised $7.1M in a Series E funding. The round came from ...

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Monday, June 18, 2007

BroadLogic Scores $17M

San Jose-based BroadLogic Network Technologies, a provider of silicon focused on broadband networking, said today that it has raised $17M in a strategic round of financing. The round came from Comcast Interactive Capital, which led the roun...

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Friday, June 15, 2007

Tapatap Raises $2.5M

San Mateo-based Tapatap, an online community focused on mobile and web contests, said Thursday that it has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding. The round came from gabriel Venture Partners, and comes in conjunction with the beta launch of th...

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Luminescent Raises $9M

Palo Alto-based Luminescent Technologies, a firm that develops lithography enhancement products for the semiconductor industry, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $9M in a new round of financing. The round came from Adams Capital M...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Pixim Gets Investment From In-Q-Tel

Mountain View-based Pixim, a firm developing image capture silicon and software for increasing the dynamic range of capture for security cameras, has raised a Series B-1 round, the firm said Wednesday morning. Pixim said that the round incl...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Advanced Technology Ventures Adds Associates

Palo Alto-based Advanced Technology Ventures said today that it has expanded its team in the area of cleantech and communications, with the addition of two new Senior Associates in its Massachusetts office. The firm said that it has added A...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

OpSource Adds $15M

Santa Clara-based OpSource, a provider of software-as-a-service tools, said Tuesday that it has closed $15M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, and also included participation from Artiman Ventures. Accor...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

DVC Labs Gets $4.8M

San Jose-based DVC Labs, a company developing technology to improve web browsing on mobile devices, said today that it has raised $4.8M in a Series A round. The round was co-led by Trinity Ventures and Matrix Partners. DVC said the funding ...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Telltale Adds $6M

San Rafael-based Telltale, a firm that develops interactive entertainment and online animation, has scored $6M in a Series B funding. Telltale said today that the round came from Granite Ventures, which led the round, and also included IDG ...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Nokia Invests In Kyte.tv

San Francisco-basd kyte.tv, an online service that combines user generate content, social networks, and mobile phones, said today that Nokia Growth partners has invested in the firm. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. The company s...

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

ROXRO PHARMA Gets $42.7M

Menlo Park-based ROXRO PHARMA, a pharmaceuticals firm developing pain treatments, said today that it has raised $42.7M in a second financing round. The round was led by Prospect Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures; Thomas Weisel Healt...

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Eye-Fi Sees $5.5M

Mountain View-based Eye-Fi, a firm developing wireless-enabled services for digital photography sharing, said this morning that it has secured $5.5M in a Series A venture capital round. The round was led by Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures....

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

Benchmark Spins Out Europe Business

Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital have spun out the firm's European business, Benchmark Capital Europe. The firm said Thursday that it has created a separate European business, renamed as Balderton Capital. The newly independent venture gr...

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

Singulex Raises $19.1M

Hayward, California-based Singulex said Thursday that it has raised $19.1M in a financing round led by OrbiMed Advisors, along with its existing investors Fisk Ventures, Prolog Ventures and Advantage Capital. Singulex is developing a commer...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Dreamerz Counts $10M In Funding

San Francisco-based Dreamerz Foods has raised $10M in a Series B round for the firm's natural foods targeted at healthy sleep and stress reduction. The funding came from Physic Ventures, Dean Foods Company and Fonterra Co-operative Group Lt...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Artificial Muscle Gets $20M

Menlo Park-based Artificial Muscle announced that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The funding came from AllianceBernstein L.P., and also included existing investors Arch Venture Partners, NGEN Partners, and Vanguard Ventures. Othe...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

ZeroG Wireless Lands First Round

Sunnyvale-based ZeroG Wireless, a company developing low power RF ICs for the wireless industry, said Tuesday that it has raised over $13M from Cisco, Grelock Partners, and Morgenthaler in a first round of funding. ZeroG is developing low p...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

NextBio Finds $7M For Life Sciences Search

Cupertino-based NextBio said today that it has raised $7M in Series B financing for the firm's life sciences search engine. The Series B funding was led by Newbury Ventures, and also included unspecified existing investors. Bruce Bauer of N...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Storewiz Raises $9M

Storewiz, a firm developing data storage compression appliances, said Tuesday that the company has raised $9M in venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital. The firm said that the Series B funding will go towards meeting demand and expand...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Mayfield Opens Mumbai Office

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Mayfield has expanded its team in India, saying Tuesday that it has established an office in Mumbai, and added two new members to its investment team. The fund said that Nikhil Khattau and Vikram Godse ...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Hyperic Adds $6M

San Francisco-based open source systems software firm Hyperic has closed a $6M Series B round, the company announced Tuesday. The round was led by Benchmark Capital and Accel Partners. The two are previous investors in the company, and last...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Tioga Energy Raises $10M For Solar Electricity Services

Sunnyvale-based Tioga Energy has raised $10M in a initial venture capital round, the firm announced Tuesday, from NGEN Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Rockport Capital Fund, and Kirlan Ventures. Tioga is a solar electricity provider focu...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

ShotSpotter Raises $12M

Santa Clara-based ShotSpotter, a company developing systems that triangulate the location of gunshots for law enforcement and the military, announced that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Levensohn Venture Part...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

InsideView Lands $7.4M

San Bruno-based InsideView, a firm developing sales intelligence software, said today that it has secured $7.4M in a Series A round. The funding came from Emergence Capital Partners, which led the deal, as well as Greenhouse Capital Partner...

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

DFJ Gives $250K To University Startup

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, along with its affiliates, DFJ Frontier and Zone Ventures, said Monday that it has awarded $250,000 to the winner of the firm's third annual college venture challenge. The event, which was held in Menlo Park last we...

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Monday, June 4, 2007

Tumri Adds $10M

Mountain View-based Tumri has added $10M to the firm's coffers, in a Series B funding round. The company said today that the new funding came from Lehman Brothers Venture partners, which led the round, and also included Shasta Ventures and ...

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Monday, June 4, 2007

Stretch Snags $12M

Sunnyvale-based Stretch Inc. has snagged $12M in a Series B funding, the company announced today. The funding round was led by Worldview Technology Partners, Oak Investment Partners, and Menlo Ventures. Stretch is developing software config...

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Gizmoz Finds $6.3M

Menlo Park-based Gizmoz, which operates an online service which allows users to create an animated, talking character for their web pages, has raised $6.3M in a Series A investment. The funding came from Benchmark Capital and Columbia Capit...

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Multiverse Raises $4.175M

Mountain View-based The Multiverse Network, a firm that is developing a network of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) and 3D virtual worlds, said today that it has raised $4.175M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Sterling ...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

LimeLife Adds $3.9M

Menlo Park-based LimeLife, a mobile publisher focused on content for women, has raised $3.9M in a venture capital round. The investment came from Core Capital Partners. LimeLife recently launched a mobile recipe service featuring Rachael Ra...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Xoomsys Gets $8M

Cupertino-based Xoomsys, a company developing distributed processing software used for semiconductor design, said today it has raised $8M in a second round of funding. The funding came from DAG Ventures, and also included prior investors Be...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Talima Therapeutics Raises $19M

Santa Clara-based Talima Therapeutics has raised $19M in a Series B round, the firm said Tuesday morning. The round was led by US Venture Partners and Latterell Venture Partners. Prior investors De Novo Ventures and Palo Alto Healthcare als...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

AOptix Scores $15M

Campbell, California-based AOptix Technologies has scored $15M in a financing round, led by DAG Ventures. The firm said Tuesday that the round also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Clearstone, 3i, and Lehman Brothers. AOptix Techn...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Gemini Mobile Lands New Funding Round

San Mateo-based Gemini Mobile Technologies has scored another $5M in a financing round, from a suite of Japanese investors. The firm said that the new round of financing came from ACCESS CO. LTD, Aplix Corporation, and Nomura Securities. Th...

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Survey: Valuations Up In Q1

A new survey comparing valuation and terms of venture funding in Silicon Valley, finds that there was a 75% increase in valuations in the first quarter of this year. The survey, conducted by local law firm Fenwick & West LLP, compared valua...

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Magnum Semiconductor Raises $27M

Milpitas, California-based Magnum Semiconductor said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $27M in a venture funding round led by Investor Growth Capital. The new round also included investments from WK Technology Fund, KTB Ventures, and Go...

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Trulia Scores $10M From Sequoia

San Francisco-based Trulia announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The real estate company said that the funding will go towards its general operations, expand its team, and towards marketing and sales ef...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Arete Therapeutics Raises $35M

Hayward, California-based Arete Therapeutics has raised $35M in an extension of a Series A financing, the company announced Wednesday morning. The round was led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures and Alta Partners, and also included prior inves...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Greystripe Gets $8.9M In Series B

San Francisco-based Greystripe announced today that it has raised $8.9M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Steamboat Ventures, and also included prior investors Monitor Ventures and Incubic Venture Capital. Greystripe is a distribu...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Google Puts $3.9M In 23andMe

Google disclosed in a filing with the SEC today that it has invested in 23andMe, a Bay Area biotech firm developing new ways to help consumers to understand their genome. Google said that it invested $3.9M in the company, as a result of a S...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

MuleSource Adds $12.5M

San Francisco-based MuleSource said this morning that it has added $12.5M in a second venture capital round. The firm said the funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners. MuleSource develops integration software for open source infrastru...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

SnapLogic Lands $2.5M

San Mateo-based SnapLogic, a company developing open source data integration software, announced this morning that it has raised $2.5M in an initial funding. The financing came from Dhillon Capital, and will be used to develop the company's...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Zmanda Raises $8M

San Francisco-based Zmanda, a firm developing open source backup and recovery software, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B round. The round was led by Helion Venture Partners, and also included prior investors BlueRun Ventures ...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

SunLink Scores Series B

Larkspur, California-based SunLink, a firm developing highly engineered solar mounting systems for the commercial solar power market, said today it has raised a Series B round of funding. Details of the funding were not released. The round ...

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Monday, May 21, 2007

MBA Polymers Finds $20M

Richmond, California-based MBA Polymers has received $20M in a new funding round, the firm announced Monday. The round was led by Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and Benchmark Capital. MBA Polymers develops processes to allow for recycli...

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Intelliden Finds $10M

Intelliden, a software firm developing enterprise networking management products, said today that it has raised $10M in a financing round. The round came from Matrix Partners, which led the financing, and also included existing investors 3i...

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Evergrid Gets $10M

Fremont-based Evergrid, a firm developing software targeted at the enterprise data center, said this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included prior investor Acartha Grou...

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Salesforce.com Announces Venture Initiative

Santa Clara-based Salesforce.com announced this morning that it has launched a new effort to target entrepreneurs and venture firms. The company said that its new AppExchange Venture Network will focus on helping entrepreneurs and venture f...

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Fabrik Raises $24.9M

San Mateo-based Fabrik has scored $24.9M in a Series D funding, the firm said today, in a new round of funding from 3i and ComVentures. Fabrik said that Jim McLean of 3i will join the firm's board of directors as part of the funding, and th...

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Friday, May 18, 2007

Venrock Adds Beisel, Levtov To Firm

Menlo Park-based Venrock said Thursday that it has added David Beisel and Ilya Levtov to the firm. The two will join the company as Vice Presidents, focused on the company's media initiative. Beisel will be based in Cambridge, and Levtov wi...

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Therative Closes Series C Funding

San Francisco-based Therative, which develops a medical device for treating acne, has scored a Series C funding round. The new round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included existing investors Foundation Capital, RWI Ventures...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Intel Invests In Tela Innovations

Intel Capital has quietly invested in San Jose-based Tela Innovations, a stealth startup in the semiconductor EDA space, silicontap.com has learned. The investment closed last week. Tela Innovations is headed by Scott Becker....

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Oracle Invests In Sophoi

Oracle has invested in Sophoi, a developer of enterprise intellectual property management software, the firm said Wednesday afternoon. Redwood Shores-based Oracle said that the deal came in the form of a strategic minority investment. Sopho...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

RockYou Gets Second Round

San Mateo-based Rock You, a provider of web widgets, said today that it has raised a second round of funding from Partech International. Prior investors Sequoia Capital and Lighspeed Ventures also participated in the round. Rock You said th...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

T2 Venture Capital Launches Venture Fund

T2 Venture Capital announced today that it has launched a new venture capital fund focused on startups spinning out of government and academia. The new fund, T2 Venture Partners L.L.C., is a spinout of Larta Institute, a nonprofit group whi...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Arch Rock Raises $10M

San Francisco-based Arch Rock has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The firm said that the funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Shasta Ventures and Intel Capital. The funding will go towards development of the fi...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Fanfare Lands $12M

Mountain View-based Fanfare has raised $12M in a funding round, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Fanfare, which provides software products for accelerating hardware device testing, said that the round was led by Focus Ventures. Fanfare's product...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

kyte.tv Adds Strategic Investors

San Francisco-based kyte.tv has added two new strategic investors, the firm announced today. kyte.tv said that Swisscom and Holtzbrinck Ventures have invested in the company's user-generated content and social networking service. The invest...

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Monday, May 14, 2007

Benchmark Funds Power Challenge

Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital said today that it has invested $8M in online sports publisher Power Challenge. London and Stockholm-based Power Challenge provides online, sport-based multiplayer games. According to Benchmark the investm...

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Monday, May 14, 2007

GTronix Raises $10M

Fremont-based GTronix announced today that it has secured $10M in a venture capital round. The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included existing investor Menlo Ventures. GTronix is a developer of analog circuits used for sensor pr...

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Friday, May 11, 2007

Tesla Motors Hauls In $45M

San Carlos-based Tesla Motors has raised $45M in a Series D investment round, the company said Friday. The developer of a high performance electric car said that the round was led by Technology Partners and Elon Musk. Other investors in the...

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Bioabsorbable Therapeutics Scores Series B

Menlo Park-based Bioabsorable Therapeutics announced today that the firm has raised $9M in a Series B round. The investment came from Finistere Ventures and ITX International Equity. The firm is developing a biodegradable polymer used for c...

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Interface21 Gets $10M From Benchmark

San Francisco-based Interface21 has scored $10M in a venture capital round from Benchmark Capital, the firm said Thursday afternoon. Interface21 said that the Series A financing will be used for product development and expanded marketing, s...

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Mixercast Launches Media Network, Gets Funding

San Mateo-based MixerCast has emerged from stealth mode, disclosing in a launch Tuesday that the firm has received first round funding from Comventures. MixerCast said that it will provide Web 2.0 technology that will allow users to combine...

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Intel Capital Discloses Six New Investments

Intel Capital said today that it has made six new investments in firms across the world, worth a total of $31M. Intel said it invested in 51.com (China), Aternity (Israel), Ceedo (Israel), Jajah (California), Phoenix Microlectronics (China)...

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

PlayPhone Garners $18.75M

San Jose-based PlayPhone has landed $18.75M in a Series C round, the company said Thursday. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, and also includes existing investors Cardinal Venture Partners and Menlo ventures. PlayPhone is a devel...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Conformia Gets Strategic Investment From SAP

Sunnyvale-based Conformia has received a strategic investment from SAP AG, SAP said today, out of SAP's $125M SAP NetWeaver fund. Conformia develops product and process lifecycle management software for life sciences and other manufacturing...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

JAJAH Raises $20M

Mountain View-based JAJAH has scored $20M in a Series C round, the firm said today, in a round led by Intel Capital. JAJAH said that the deal also includes a business agreement with Intel to provide JAJAH access to the company's dealers, OE...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

DCM Adds CashView To Portfolio

Palo Alto-based CashView, a pre-launch startup focused on helping small businesses manage their finances, accounting, and receivables, has recently raised venture capital from DCM, silicontap has learned. CashView has not yet announced the ...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Xelerated Pulls In $23M

Xelerated, a Santa Clara-based firm developing network processing products, said today that it has closed $23M in a financing round. The funding was led by Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, and also included existing investors Atlas Vent...

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Monday, May 7, 2007

Portola Pharmaceuticals Gets $70M In Series C

South San Francisco-based Portola Pharmaceuticals has raised $70M in a Series C funding, the firm said Monday. The round included new investors Brookside Capital, AllianceBernstein LP, Teachers' Private Capital, Goldman Sachs, T. Rowe Price...

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Monday, May 7, 2007

OpVista Sees $15M

Milpitas, California-based OpVista announced today that it has secured $15M in additional funding for the firm's optical networking products. OpVista said that the funding was an internal round from ComVentures, along with other existing in...

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Monday, May 7, 2007

mig33 Lands $10M

Burlingame-based mig33, a firm developing mobile Internet communities, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series A round. The funding was led by Accel Partners and Redpoint Ventures, and also included investments from Technology Ventur...

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Monday, May 7, 2007

Vivo Ventures Closes $275M Life Science Venture Fund

Palo Alto-based Vivo Ventures has closed a $275M life sciences venture fund, Vivo Ventures Fund VI, L.P., the firm said this morning. The fund continues to follow the same general approach as the firm's prior funds, and is focused on compan...

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Friday, May 4, 2007

Frengo Scores $5.7M

Redwood City-based Frengo, a firm developing social networking products for the mobile market, has raised $5.7M in a Series A funding, the firm told silicontap. The funding came from The Trilogy Partnership, and also includes prior investor...

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Friday, May 4, 2007

Provigent Adds $1M To Series D

Santa Clara-based Provigent, a developer of system-on-a-chip (SoC) products, said Thursday that it has added $1M to the firm's fourth round of funding. The additional capital came from Stata Venture Partners. Ray State, who was founder and ...

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Thursday, May 3, 2007

RedSeal Gets $17.1M

San Mateo-based RedSeal Systems has secured $17.1M in Series B funding, the firm said Thursday, in a round led by Venrock Associates and JAFCO Ventures. Existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures and Leapfrog Ventures also participated in the ...

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Thursday, May 3, 2007

ViVOtech Lands Series C

Santa Clara-baseed ViVOtech, a developer of wireless connectivity terminals used for consumer payments, has raised a Series C funding led by First Data Corp. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. FTPartners advised ViVOtech on the dea...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Itiva Streams In $7M

Palo Alto-based Itiva Networks has landed $7M in a financing round, the firm said Wednesday. Itiva, which is developing a video content delivery network focused on high definition video, said that the round will help it meet surging custome...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Skyline Ventures Adds Director, Opens Boston Office

Palo Alto-based Skyline Ventures, a $450M venture fund focused on medical devices and life sciences, said Tuesday that it has added Stephen J. Hoffman as a Managing Director, and will open up a satellite office in Boston. Hoffman was most r...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Aprius Lands $11M

Sunnyvale-based Aprius, a startup developing high speed computer interconnects, has raised $11M in a Series A investment, the firm said this week. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and NEA. Aprius said that it is working in ...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Delivery Agent Raises $18.5M

San Francisco-based Delivery Agent, a firm developing technology for connecting content and entertainment with shopping and e-commerce, said today that it has raised $18.5M in a third round of funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture ...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Marrone Organic Innovations Digs UP $3.75M

Davis, California-based Marrone Organic Innovations, a firm that is developing weed and pest management products based on natural products, has raised $3.75M in a Series A round, the firm announced this morning. The funding came from Clean ...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Pure Digital Scores $40M

San Francisco-based Pure Digital Technologies, a manufacturer of pocket-sized camcorders, announced Tuesday morning that it has received $40M in funding. The funding was co-led by AllianceBernstein L.P. and Morgan Stanley Principal Investme...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Sonopia Dials Up $12.7M

Menlo Park-based Sonopia, which allows anyone to create their own branded wireless service, said today that it has secured $12.7M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Cardinal Venture Capital, and also included Sevin Rosen Funds and ...

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Monday, April 30, 2007

3Leaf Finds $20M

Santa Clara-based 3Leaf Systems, a company developing virtualization products for the enterprise data center market, said today that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included existing in...

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Monday, April 30, 2007

Braccia Joins Accel

Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Accel Partners announced Monday that it has added Andrew Braccia to the firm's Palo Alto office. Braccia is the former VP of Consumer Web Search at Yahoo. Andrew will help Accel identify investment oppor...

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Friday, April 27, 2007

Nth Power Looks To Michigan

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Nth Power is in a deal to tap a Michigan for investment opportunities, according to NextEnergy, a Michigan non-profit alternative energy accelerator. NextEnergy said Thursday that will identify and c...

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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Stolle Joins MDV-Mohr Davidow

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures has added Bryan Stolle to the firm, the company said Thursday. Stolle was a co-founder of Agile Software, and also served on its board and CEO through April of 2006. Stolle wil...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Ponte Solutions Raises $7.5M

Mountain View-based Ponte Solutions said Wednesday morning that it has raised $7.5M in a Series B funding round. The firm, which develops semiconductor process manufacturing software, said the funding was led by Mayfield Fund, and also incl...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Venrock Raises $600M For Venrock V

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Venrock announced today that it has formed a new fund $600M fund, Venrock V. The fund will invest in technology, healthcare, media, and energy. The new fund brings the company's total funds under manage...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Limbo 41414 Beams In $8M

Menlo Park-based Limbo 41414, a firm which operates mobile and online contests, has received $8M in a Series C financing led by New Enterprise Associates. NEA said that it led the round with a $6M investment, and that Peter Sonsini of NEA w...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Vocera Lands Venture Round

Cupertino-based Vocera, a firm developing a system that allows workers to communicate wirelessly with a wearable badge, has received an investment from Motorola. Motorola said today that it has made an undisclosed equity investment in the f...

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Solidcore Raises $10M

Palo Alto-based Solidcore Systems has raised $10M in a Series D financing, the firm disclosed this morning. The financing round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included existing investors Matrix Partners, Menlo Ventures and Sevin Rosen ...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

NearbyNow Gets $5M

Los Altos-based NearbyNow has closed on an additional $5M from the firm's existing investors, the company said Monday. The round came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Draper Richards, and will be used for application support, market expansi...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

CastTV Scores $3.1M

San Francisco-based CastTV, which is developing online video search services, said today that it has raised $3.1M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, and ...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

YouSendIt Lands $10M

Mountain View-based YouSendIt said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Sigma Partners, Alloy Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. YouSendIt provides an online service for sending large files, time se...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

eMeter Gets Funding Round

Redwood City-based eMeter said today that it has closed on a financing round from Foundation Capital. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. eMeter, which develops software for energy management and metering, said that Warren Weiss of ...

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Podbridge Finds $8.5M

Mountain View-based Podbridge announced last this morning that it has closed $8.5M in a new venture capital round. The firm, which provides video and audio podcasting advertising services, said that the round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures...

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Xactly Gets $15M

San Jose-based Xactly announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series C financing led by Alloy Ventures. The firm, which develops hosted software-as-a-service products for sales compensation and sales performance management, said...

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Venture Capital Investments Hit $6.96B In First Quarter

Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young are reporting this morning that U.S. venture capital investments reached $6.96 billion in the first quarter of 2007. According to the firms' quarterly venture capital report, there were 584 venture cap...

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Monday, April 23, 2007

AmberPoint Scores $9M From SAP

Oakland-based AmberPoint, a developer of software for the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) market, announced today that it has received $9M in funding from SAP Ventures. The round also included investments from the firm's existing invest...

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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Reliant Technologies Raises $15M

Mountain View-based Reliant Technologies announced this morning that it has closed on $15M in funding from Delphi Ventures, along with Three Arch Partners and Meritech Capital Partners. Reliant is developing aesthetic laser medicine and sur...

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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Pandora Networks Raises $6.0M

Emeryville-based Pandora Networks has raised $6.0M in a funding round, the firm said Wednesday. The funding came from D.E. Shaw Group. Pandora is a provider of unified communications services to small and medium businesses. The funding will...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Cordys Raises $80M, Opens San Jose HQ

Cordys, a Netherlands-based firm that develops business process management software, announced Tuesady that it has raised Euro 60M ($80M US) in an equity round from Argonaut Private Equity. The funding will go towards expansion of the compa...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Avega Systems Gets $7M

Sunnyvale-based Avega Systems has raised $7M in a Series B funding, the company said today. Avega Systems, which maintains headquarters in Sunnyvale but runs its operations out of Sydney, Australia, said that the funding came from Cisco Sys...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Lithium Technologies Lands $9M

Emeryville-based Lithium Technologies, a provider of hosted software for creating online communities, forums, and social networking sites, said today that it has raised $9M in Series A funding. The funding was led by Shasta Ventures and Eme...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Adify Scores $19M In Second Round

San Bruno-based Adify reported today that it has secured $19M in a Series B funding, led by US Venture Partners. Other investors in this round include Venrock Associates, GE Media, Communications and Entertainment, NBC Universal, and Time W...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Centrify Inks $15M

Mountain View-based Centrify has raised $15M in a Series C funding, the company announced Tuesday morning. The round was led by Sigma Partners, and also included current investors Mayfield Fund, Accel Partners and INVESCO Private Capital. C...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Shocking Technologies Raises $7M

San Jose-based Shocking Technologies has raised $7M in a Series A investment, the firm said today. The investment came from ARCH Venture Partners and ATA Ventures. The investment will be used to accelerate deployment of its products. Shocki...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

New Leaf Names Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based New Leaf Venture Partners has named Milton B. McColl, M.D. as a Venture Partner, the firm said today. McColl joins the firm from Boston Scientific, where he was President of the company's Neurovascular division. McColl will...

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Monday, April 16, 2007

VC Fundraising Slows In Q1

Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) reported Monday morning that venture capital activity has slowed in the first quarter. According to the groups, fifty six venture capital funds raised $4.9B in Q1 of 2007...

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Monday, April 16, 2007

CMEA Ventures Adds Partner

San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures has added Saad Khan as new partner, the firm said Monday. Khan joins the firm from Garage Technology Ventures, where he led the firm's advisory services group. Khan will focus on CMEA's software investments...

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Monday, April 16, 2007

VideoEgg Lands Investment From WPP

San Francisco-based VideoEgg, a provider of an online video ad network, said Monday that it has received a strategic investment from WPP. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. VideoEgg provides an ad network focused on user generated ...

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Cybernet-SlashSupport Gets $25M

San Jose-based Cybernet-SlashSupport, a provider of outsourced technology operations management services, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a funding round from Goldman Sachs. Cybernet-SlashSupport provides outsourcing of IT prof...

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Monday, April 16, 2007

DiObex Raises $24M In Series B

San Francisco-bsaed DiObex has raised $24M in a Series B funding, the firm said this morning. The round was led by Inventages Venture Capital, and included new investors Mitsui Ventures and Pac-Link BioVentures. Prior investors Domain Assoc...

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Right Hemisphere Gets Investment From SAP

Fremont-based Right Hemisphere, which develops software for 2D and 3D product collaboration, announced today that it has received an equity investment from SAP Ventures. Munich Venture Partners also participated in the round. Financial term...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

World Golf Tour Scores Funding

San Francisco-based World Golf Tour, a provider of an online golf focused game, said Tuesday that it has secured a first round of funding from Battery Ventures. Financial details were not released. Roger Lee of Battery has joined the firm's...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Altierre Finds $17M

San Jose-based Altierre has raised $17M in a Series B round, the company said today. The round was led by D.E. Shaw Group, and also included DuPont Capital Management, ATA Ventures, Kinetic Ventures, and Labarador Ventures. Altierre is a pr...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Aggregate Knowledge Raises $20M

San Mateo-based Aggregate Knowledge has raised $20M in a new venture round, the firm said today, from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and DAG Ventures. The Series B round brings the company's total raise to $25M. Aggregate Knowledge operat...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

NEA, Foundation Back Rinera

San Mateo-based Rinera Networks has raised a Series A round worth $9M, for the firm's video distribution technology, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from NEA and Foundation Capital. Rinera is developing technology for distributin...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Light Crafts Finds Funding

Palo Alto-based Light Crafts, which develops photo editing software, said Monday that it has closed a new funding round. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, however VentureWire reports that the firm raised $1.3M from angel investors. Ligh...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Quantum Secure Lands $4M

San Jose-based Quantum Secure has raised $4M in a Series A funding, the company said late last week, from Dunrath Capital, Crestline Investments, and seed investor NexGen Capital Ventures. The firm, which is developing enterprise security p...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Telsima Raises $50M

Santa Clara-based Telsima has raised $50M in new funding, the firm said today. The funding came from NewPath Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, CMEA Ventures, JAFCO Asia, and other strategic investors. Telsima is developing WiMax broadban...

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Monday, April 9, 2007

SingleFeed Gets Series A

Palo Alto-based Comparison Ventures, which operates SingleFeed, a service which allows merchants to submit their products to shopping comparison and search engines, has closed a Series A funding, the firm said late last week. Amount of the ...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Extreme DA Raises $7.38M

Palo Alto-based Extreme DA said Wednesday that the firm has raised $7.38M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and also included IT-Farm Corporation and Lanza techVentures. Extreme DA provides a timing analy...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Xoft Gets $33.2M In Series D

Fremont-based Xoft, a firm developing a proprietary cancer treatment platform focused on radiation therapy, said Wednesday afternoon that the company has raised $33.2M in a Series D round of funding. The company said that all of its current...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

CardioVasc Acquires Acta Vascular Systems, Gets Funding

Menlo Park-based firms CardioVasc and Acta Vascular Systems announced today that the two have merged into a new firm, called Nfocus Neuromedical. CardioVasc acquired Acta Vascular in a merger transaction, which also included a venture capit...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Reply! Gets $6M

Reply! has raised a Series B funding worth $6M, the firm announced this morning, in a round that included Outlook Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and board member Debi Coleman, former CFO of Apple Computer. Reply! provides online, life-st...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Mimosa Raises $17M

Santa Clara-based Mimosa Systems said today that it has raised $17M in a Series C financing. The round was led by Mayfield Fund, along with existing investors Clearstone Venture Partners, August Capital and JAFCO Ventures. Mimosa develops c...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Silicon Navigator Gets Investment From Intel

Cupertino EDA firm Silicon Navigator said Monday that it has received an investment from Intel Capital, which it will use to enhance its products. Silicon Navigator is a provider of electronic design automation software based on open source...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Baynote Rolls In $10.75M

Baynote, a Cupertino-based firm developing software for businesses, said today that it has secured $10.75M in Series B funding. The funding came from Steamboat Ventures, which led the round, and also included prior investors Hummer Winblad ...

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Samplify Systems Gets $6.5M

Menlo Park-based Samplify, a provider of real-time compression technology, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Charles River Ventures and Formative Ventures. Samplify said it will use the funding...

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Inertia Beverage Group Raises $8M

Napa, California-based Inertia Beverage Group, a provider of web-based, sales and marketing tools for wineries, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding. The firm said that the funding came from Allegis capital and...

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Intransa Scores $2.7M

San Jose-based IP storage firm Intransa has raised $2.7M, the company said today, from Entrepia Ventures. The funding comes on top of a fourth quarter investment from Guggenheim Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and US Venture Partners. Acco...

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Charles River Closes Fund At $285M

Menlo Park-based Charles River Ventures said today that it has closed its thirteenth fund at $285M. Charles River Partnership XIII, LP will focus on investing in software & services, media & entertainment, communications & technology, and d...

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Sana Security Scores $12M, Appoints CEO

San Mateo-based Sana Security announced today that it has closed $12M in funding to fuel the firm's expansion, and also appointed a new CEO. Sana said it appointed Don Listwin as CEO of the firm, where he will focus on company financing, st...

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Report: IPOs Raise $1.2B in Q1 2007

U.S. venture backed companies raised $1.2B in initial public offerings last quarter, according to Dow Jones VentureOne. Thirteen IPOs raised $1.2B, double the $599.2M raised a year ago, according to the Quarterly Liquidity Report. According...

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Coapt Systems Raises $22.6M

Palo Alto-based Coapt Systems has raised $22.6M in a Series E funding, led by Global Life Science Ventures and Easton Capital. The round also included Alta Partners, Asset Management Company, Canaan Partners, Boston Millennia Partners, and ...

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

LitePoint Gets Funding From Sequoia

Sunnyvale-based LitePoint Corporation said today that it has completed a round of funding from Sequoia Capital. Terms of the funding were not disclosed. LitePoint is a provider of wireless test products, used by designers and manufacturers ...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

MAP Pharmaceuticals Raises $50M

Mountain View-based MAP Pharmaceuticals has riased $50M in its Series D round, the company said today. MAP is developing treatments for respiratory and CNS diseases. Investors in the firm were D.E. Shaw group, and previous investors Perseus...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Teracent Gets $3.8M From NEA

Foster City-based Teracent has raised a $3.8M Series A investment from New Enterprise Associates, the company said today. Teracent operates an online consumer product advertising network, which is currently in beta. As part of the funding, ...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

FastScale Gets $6.5M

Sunnyvale-based FastScale Technology has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The round was led by ATA Ventures, and also included Leapfrog Ventures and Hunt Ventures. FastScale is developing software virtualiz...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Coghead Rolls In $8M

Redwood City-based Coghead, which develops Web 2.0 tools that are used to create business applications, announced today that it has raised $8M in a second round funding. The funding was led by American Capital Strategies, and also included ...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Streamcore Raises $7M

Streamcore, a provider of products for the application performance and network optimization space, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $7M in Series B funding. The funding came from Auriga Partners and also included Convergent Capital...

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Imbee Scores $2.5M

Emeryville-based Imbee, an online social networking web site for kids, has quietly raised $2.5M in a Series A funding from Steamboat Ventures, reports CNET's Digital Kids blog. According to CNET, Industrious Kids, the parent company behind ...

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Discera Finds $17.5M in Series C

San Jose-based Discera, a maker of MEMs based oscillators, has raised $17.5M in a Series C funding round the firm said today. The funding round came from Scale Venture Partners, and also included previous investors 3i, Partech International...

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Canaan Adds Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based venture firm Canaan Partners announced today that it has added a new venture partner to the firm. Dan Ciporin, former chairman and CEO of Shopping.com, has joined Canaan in the firm's Westport, Connecticut office. Canaan sa...

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Verticals onDemand Closes Series A

Pleasanton-based Verticals onDemand, a provider of CRM solutions based on the saleforce.com Apex platform, is announcing Monday that it has closed a Series A funding from private investors. Amount of the deal and investors were not disclose...

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Friday, March 23, 2007

OutSpark Gets Funding From Altos, Doll

San Francisco-based OutSpark has added Altos Ventures and Doll Capital Management as investors, silicontap.com has learned. OutSpark, is currently working in the casual game development space, includes Han Kim of Altos Ventures on its board...

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Pulse Mobile Scores $7M In Series B

San Francisco-based Pulse Mobile announced today that it has received $7M in a Series B funding for its user-generated mobile messaging and entertainment services. The funding came from Anthem Venture Partners, Draper Associates, Shea Ventu...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Teracent Gets Funding

Foster City-based Teracent has quietly received venture funding for the firm's Internet advertising network, according to a regulatory filing. According to a report from Private Equity Week, the firm raised $5M in a Series A round from NEA,...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Artimi Gets $5M From Khosla Ventures

Santa Clara-based Artimi, a semiconductor firm developing wireless USB and Bluetooth semiconductors, announced today that it has received $5M in an investment from Khosla Ventures. The funding brings Artimi's venture funding total to $50M. ...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

AKQA Closes Investment From General Atlantic

San Francisco-based AKQA, a digital marketing agency, said today that General Atlantic has completed its investment in the firm. Terms were not disclosed. AKQA provides digital marketing services to brands that include Coca-Cola, Nike, McDo...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Oodle Raises $11M

San Mateo-based Oodle announced today that it has raised $11M in a venture round led by JAFCO Ventures. Previous investors Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures also participated. Oodle develops an online classifieds search service. Accor...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Study: $850M Invested by VCs on Web 2.0 In 2006

Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne are reporting today that global venture capital investments in Web 2.0 companies totaled $844.4M in 2006, twice as many dollars invested in the space in 2005, and with nearly twice as many deals. Accor...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Intarcia Therapeutics Finds $50M

Emeryville-based Intarcia Therapeutics raised $50M in a Series BB round, the firm said yesterday. The funding will go towards development of the firm's lead therapeutic candidates for the treatment of hepatitis C and type 2 diabetes. The ro...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Avidence Raises $5.0M

Sunnyvale-based Avidence, a provider of digital video software based on open source, said Monday that it has raised $5.0M in a first round of funding. The Series A investment came from Red Rock Ventures and ArrowPath Venture Partners. Avide...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Benchmark Capital Adds General Partner

Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital has added a new General Partner, the firm said today, hiring former JAMDAT Mobile CEO Mitch Lasky to the position. Laskly led JAMDAT's IPO in 2004 and sale to Electronic Arts in 2005 has also served as an ...

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Jacent Technologies Lands $6.7M

Santa Clara-based Jacent Technologies said today that it has raised $6.7M in a funding round, led by GIV Venture Partners. The round also included existing investors Alignment Capital, Azure Capital Partners, and Wand Partners. Jacent Techn...

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Zopa Gets $12.9M, Launches US Operations

London-based Zopa, which operates an online microlending marketplace, said today in San Francisco that it has secured $12.9M in a Series C investment, appointed a new CEO, and launched US operations. The firm's Series C funding was an inter...

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Friday, March 16, 2007

Epiphany Biosciences Discovers $36M

San Francisco-based Epiphany Biosciences has scored $36M in a Series A funding round, the firm said this week. Epiphany Biosciences said that it has a therapeutic focus on discovering and developing anti-infective agents. The firm's funding...

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Friday, March 16, 2007

Sanarus Medical Raises $15M

Pleasanton-based Sanarus Medical, a developer of minimally invasive devices for the diagnosis and treatment of breast tumors, has closed $15M in a financing round, the firm said Thursday. The Series E funding was led by Easton Capital Partn...

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Friday, March 16, 2007

Expresso Fitness Runs Into $9.3M

A supplier of Interactive cardio fitness systems, Expresso Fitness, has raised $9.3M in a Series C funding, the firm said this week. Sunnyvale-based Expresso Fitness said that the round was led by new investor Sierra Ventures, and also incl...

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Capella Finds $20M In Debt, Equity

San Jose-based Capella said this morning that it has completed $20M in equity and debt financing. The funding round was co-led by Levensohn Venture Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners, and also included participation by Formative Ventures a...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Coupa Software Raises Series A

Foster City-based Coupa Software announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a Series A round of funding from BlueRun Ventures. Jonathan Ebinger and Vineet Buch of BlueRun have both joined the board of directors of the firm as part of th...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Casabi Raises $10M

Campbell-based Casabi announced Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The round came from Canaan Partners, Mayfield Fund, and Vanguard Ventures. Mayfield and Vanguard were prior investors in the company. Casabi is developin...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Eurekster Adds $5.5M

San Francisco-based Eurekster has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding, the firm announced this morning. The round was led by Technology Venture Partners (TVP) of Australia and Transcosmos Investments of Japan. The firm said the funding will ...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

AMIMON Gets Investment From Motorola

Santa Clara-based AMIMON, a developer of semiconductors for the wireless transmission of high definition video, has received a strategic investment from Motorola. Motorola said this morning that Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capi...

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

QuikCycle Gets $8.9M

Santa Clara-based QuikCycle announced today that it has raised $8.9M in funding from Crescendo Ventures. The firm was formerly known as Lumenare Networks. QuikCycle provides lab automation and test management software. The firm said that th...

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Monday, March 12, 2007

LS9 Gets Series A Funding

San Carlos-based LS9, a company developing synthetic biology products for proprietary biofuels and industrial chemicals, announced today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The firm said that the funding came from Flagship Venture...

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Monday, March 12, 2007

ZONARE Scores $15M In Funding Round

Mountain View-based ZONARE Medical Systems said today that it is closing an additional round of equity funding, worth approximately $15M. The firm said that the Series G funding was led by Frazier Healthcare, 3i, Mosaix Ventures and CB Heal...

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Blaze DFM Closes $10M Series B

Sunnyvale-based Blaze DFM, a firm that develops software for semiconductor design, said today that it has closed $10M in Series B funding. The funding came from El Dorado Ventures, Mobius Ventures Capital, as well as LightSpeed Venture Part...

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Friday, March 9, 2007

Altos Ventures Invests In Lohika

Altos Ventures has made an investment in San Bruno-based Lohika, a firm that provides software development services for technology companies, silicontap.com has learned. The investment has not been announced by the company, however, Altos V...

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Friday, March 9, 2007

Adaptive Planning Gets $7.5M

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning has raised $7.5M in financing, the firm said this morning. The round came from Cardinal Venture Capital, and also included prior investors ONSET Ventures and Monitor Ventures. The funding will go toward...

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Friday, March 9, 2007

Tapatap Raises Funding

San Mateo-based Tapatap, which is developing applications for mobile phones, has raised a Series A round of funding from Gabriel Ventures, according to a regulatory funding. Private Equity week pegs the round at $2.5M. Tapatap's mobile appl...

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Friday, March 9, 2007

Cypress Completes Silicon Valley Technology Center Sale

Cypress Semiconductor said today that it has completed its sale of its Silicon Valley Technology Center, which was sold to Oak Hill Capital Partners and Tallwood Venture Capital. Silicon Valley Technology Center is now an independent compan...

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Napatech Raises $7.5M

Mountain View and Copenhagen, Denmark-based Napatech, a developer of programmable high-speed Ethernet network adapters, said this week that it has raised $7.5M. The investment came from Ferd Venture and Northzone Ventures. Napatech's adapt...

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Wirama Raises $1M

San Francisco-based Wirama said this week that the firm has raised $1M in venture funding. Wirama said in a release that investors in the firm included Silicon Valley veterans, Dr. Steven McCanne and Jerry M. Kennelly. Kennelly will join Wi...

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Gemini Mobile Raises $20M

San Mateo-based Gemini Mobile Technologies said this morning that it has raised $20M in a venture capital round from Goldman Sachs. Other investors in the round included Mitsubishi-UFJ, Mizuho, and Tokyo Marine. Gemini Mobile develops wirel...

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Tamago Gets Angel Round

San Francisco-based Tamago said Wednesday that the firm has received a round of angel funding. Amount of the funding and names of investors in the firm was not disclosed. The round is the company's first. Tamago develops an e-commerce syste...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Xradia Raises Series D Round

Concord, California-based Xradia said this afternoon that it has raised $7.0M in a Series D funding round from Harris & Harris Group and others. The firm said that a strategic investor and prior round investor also were involved, but did no...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Provigent Finds $16M In Fourth Round

Santa Clara-based Provigent said today that it has raised $16M in a venture capital round. The fourth round of funding for the firm came from Globespan Capital Partners, along with existing investors Sequoia Capital, Pitango Venture Capital...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Pixim Raises $15M

Mountain View-based Pixim, a developer of chipsets for digital video capture, announced today that it has raised $15M in additional funding. The funding came from Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital, Mayfield Fund, and other investo...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Emotiv Emerges From Stealth

San Francisco-based Emotiv, a firm developing brain computer interaction interfaces, emerged from stealth mode Tuesday night. The firm said that it has created computer interface technology that can detect and process human thoughts and non...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

TransOral Pharmaceuticals Raises $40M

Pt. Richmond-based TransOral Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that it has raised $40M in a Series D funding. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates, which led the round, and also included New Leaf Venture Partners, Montreux Equity Part...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

RingCube Finds $12M

Mountain View-based RingCube Technologies, a provider of technology used to transport documents and files on a portable USB storage device, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The funding came from MDV-Mohr Davi...

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Meru Networks Gets $27.6M

Sunnyvale-based Meru Networks has raised $27.6M in a Series D funding, the firm said today. The round was led by D.E. Shaw, and also included Lehman Brothers, Clearstone Venture Partners, NeoCarta Ventures, BlueStream Ventures, Evercore Ven...

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Monday, March 5, 2007

Fliqz Lands $2.5M

Emeryville-based Fliqz announced Monday that it has received $2.5M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Mohr Davidow Ventures, and will be used to accelerate the firm's development of additional premium tools and services, along...

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Monday, March 5, 2007

PneumRx Raises $27M

Mountain View-based PneumRx said Monday afternoon that it has raised $27M in a Series B funding, for the firm's medical devices used to diagnose and treat lung cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The funding was led by Adams S...

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Monday, March 5, 2007

CMEA Ventures Adds Partner

San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on life sciences, high tech, energy, and materials, said today that it has joined James Kim as a Partner at the company. Kim was most recently a VP with the technology ventur...

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Friday, March 2, 2007

AeroScout Raises $21M

San Mateo-based AeroScout said Friday that it has raised $21M in a Series C funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also included Greylock Partners, Star Ventures, Pitango, Cisco Systems, and Intel Capital. AeroScout is a provider...

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Friday, March 2, 2007

Akros Silicon Raises $10.1M

Folsom-based Akros Silicon, a provider of power-over-Internet semiconductors, announced today that the firm has raised $10.1M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Levensohn Venture Partners, and also included existing investors Bay P...

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Friday, March 2, 2007

Venrock Adds Partner

Menlo Park-based Venrock said Thursday that it has added Richard A. Moran a partner. Moran will focus on the firm's internet-based technology investments. Moran has served as a business consultant, author, and business evangelist. He has pr...

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Thursday, March 1, 2007

Wesabe Raises $700,000

Berkeley-based Wesabe, a personal finance web site offering online personal finance tools, announced today that it has raised $700,000 in an angel round. The round was led by O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and also includes angel investors Ma...

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

O'Reilly Launches AlphaTech Ventures, Makes Investments

San Francisco-based O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures said today that it has launched a new venture capital fund, headed by Tim O'Reilly. The firm said that it has invested in Instructables, Chumby, and Wesabe, and raised $51M in capital for the ...

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Quantcast Gets Investment

San Francisco-based Quantcast, which is developing web traffic measurement and rating systems, has quietly raised a round of venture capital from The Founders Fund and Revolution Ventures, silicontap.com has learned. No details of the fundi...

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Kineto Wireless Gets $10M Round of Funding

Milpitas-based Kineto Wireless has received a $10M investment, the firm said today. The round was led by Interdigital Communications Corporation, which contributed $5M in the round, and also included prior investors Sutter Hill Ventures, Ve...

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Monday, February 26, 2007

BiPar Sciences Finds $35M

Brisbane-based BiPar Sciences announced Monday that it has raised $35M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Domain Associates. Existing investors Vulcan Capital, Canaan Partners, PolyTechnos Venture-Partners, Asset Management Company...

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Monday, February 26, 2007

ViDeOnline Communications Raises $12M From Intel

Redwood City-based ViDeOnline Communications announced today that it has raised $12M from Intel Capital, for the firm's digital media aggregation service for broadband and digital TV. ViDeOnline provides it services to companies in Asia. Vi...

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Achievo Gets $24M In Series B

San Ramon-based Achievo Corporation said today it has raised $24M in a Series B funding. Sourcing of the funding was not disclosed, however the firm said the funding came from institutional and private investors. Achieve provides offshore o...

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Aquest Gets $20M

Sunnyvale-based Aquest, a provider of semiconductor automation products, has raised $20M in a Series B funding. Aquest said that the funding came from Menlo Ventures, Walden International, and Global Catalyst Partners. The firm said it will...

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Monday, February 26, 2007

CipherMax Raises $10M

San Jose-based CipherMax, a provider of storage security products, said today that it has raised $10M in a new funding. The firm said that the new funding came from U.S. Venture Partners, VEnrock Associates, and Scale Venture Partners, and ...

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Wirama Gets Series A

Oakland-based Wirama, a stealth startup in the wireless RFID space, has raised a Series A funding round, silicontap.com has learned. No details of the funding have been released, however, according to a posting on Craigslist Monday, Wirama ...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

PBwiki Raises $2M

San Bruno-based PBwiki, which develops wiki hosting software, said today in its corporate blog that it has raised $2M from Mohr Davidow. The company said it will invest the funding primarily in engineering. ...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Mozes Gets $5M In Funding

Palo Alto-based Mozes announced today that it has raised $5M from Norwest Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. The funding will go towards awareness and market expansion of the firm's products. Mozes operates a service that a...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Sequans Gets Investment From Alcatel-Lucent

Cupertino-based SEQUANS Communications has received an investment from Alcatel-Lucent, according to Alcatel. The round is an extension of a round of fudning first announced in July of last year. Financial terms of the investment were not di...

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Saints Capital Hires Senior Associate

San Francisco-based Saints Capital said Tuesday that it has named Brian DiLaura as a senior associate. DiLaura will focus on direct secondary investments in the buyout and growth capital segments of the market. DiLaura was most recently pre...

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

ScanSafe Raises $15M in Series B Funding

San Mateo-based ScanSafe, a provider of web security services delivered as an online service, said today it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners (formerly BA Venture Partners). Other investors i...

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

ScanSafe Raises $15M in Series B Funding

San Mateo-based ScanSafe, a provider of web security services delivered as an online service, said today it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners (formerly BA Venture Partners). Other investors i...

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Monday, February 19, 2007

NEA Expands India Operations

New Enterprise Associates said Monday that it is expanding its operations in India. The Indian operations are led by Ben Mathias, Vice President, and will focus on investing up to $200M in mid- to late-stage investments within India. NEA sa...

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Friday, February 16, 2007

ImageSpan Raises Series A

Sausalito-based ImageSpan has raised a Series A investment from Alan Patricof's Greycroft Partners, Ron Conway's Angel Investors LP, and Village Ventures, the firm said Thursday. ImageSpan is developing automation software for licensing of ...

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Clean Energy Systems Raises $13M

Rancho Cordova, California-based Clean Energy Systems has raised $13M in an equity investment, the firm said yesterday. The funding came from Paxton Corporation and Quadrise Canada Company. Clean Energy Systems is a provider of zero-emissio...

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Visto Raises $35M

Redwood City-based Visto Corporation said today that it has raised an additional $35M in funding from Altitude Capital Partners. The funds will be used by Visto to extend its product portfolio and protect its intellectual property. Vista is...

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Reactrix Raises $45M Series D

Redwood City-based Reactrix Systems has raised $45M in a Series D funding round, the firm said Thursday. The funding included new investors D.E. Shaw Group and Menlo Ventures, along with existing investors Mobius Venture Capital, Thomas Wei...

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

MINO Wireless Receives $7M

Sunnyvale-based MINO Wireless, a company developing mobile VoIP products, said Wednesday afternoon that it has received $7M in a funding from Canaan Partners. MINO Wireless is developing software that allows mobile phone users to make inter...

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Microbridge Gets $5M

Microbridge, a manufacturer of electronic calibration products, said this week that it has raised $5M in an extension of its Series B funding. Funding came from Zon Capital Partners, BDC Venture Capital, Fonds de Solidarite des Travailleurs...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Trellis Bioscience Raises $10M

South San Francisco-based Trellis Bioscience has raised $10M in a Series B funding, the firm said Tuesday. The round of funding came from Novartis Bioventures Ltd., which led the round. Other investors included Pac-Link Bio Venture Investme...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Bridge Pharmaceuticals Raises $35M

San Francisco-based Bridge Pharmaceuticals has raised $35M in a Series B round, the firm said today. The funding came from existing investors along with Granite Gobal Ventures. Helen Wong of Granite Global has joined the firm's board of dir...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

LiveOps Raises $28M

Palo Alto-based LiveOps, which develops distributed contact centers for companies, has raised $28M in a Series C funding. The venture round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included prior investors CMEA Ventures and Menlo Ventures. Th...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Norwest Hires Principal

Palo Alto-based Norwest Venture Partners announced this morning that it has hired Sergio Monsalve as a principal at the firm. Monsalve is a former VP of marketing at Photobucket.com, and director and general manager at eBay. Monsalve has al...

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Dash Navigation Lands $25M

Mountain View-based Dash Navigation has scored $25M in a Series B funding, the firm said today, in a round led by Crescendo Ventures. Other investors in the firm include Artis Capital, ZenShin Capital Partners, and Gold Hill Capital, along ...

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Nokia Adds $100M In Fund of Funds

Menlo Park-based Nokia Growth Partners, the private equity and venture capital arm of Nokia, said today that it has provided an additional $100M for investments into the firm's Fund of Funds program. The new capital will go toward emergy te...

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Promptu Adds $5.6M

Menlo Park-based Promptu, a provider of voice-powered search and navigation for the mobile market, said today it has raised an additional $5.6M in funding. The round came from its existing investors, including Steelpoint Capital, Lauder Par...

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

EoPlex Technologies Raises $8M

Redwood City-based EoPlex Technologies announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series C funding. EoPlex said that the investment was led by ATA Ventures, and also included investments from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Labrador Ventures, and...

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

SideStep Raises $15M

Santa Clara-based SideStep said today that it has raised $15M in a Series C round, led by Norwest Venture Partners. The firm said that other participants in the round included Trident Capital, Leader Ventures, and Saints Capital. The fundin...

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Beceem Raises $40M

Santa Clara-based Beceem Communications said today that it has raised over $40M in a Series D round of funding. The round was led by Teachers' Private Capital, and included NEC Corporation, along with Global Catalyst Partners, Intel Capital...

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Greenplum Gets $19M

San Mateo-based Greenplum, which develops an open source database used for business intelligence and data warehousing, said today that it has raised $19M in equity and debt. The investment includes $15M in equity from lead Sierra Ventures, ...

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

GroundWork Open Source Raises $12.5M

San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source is announcing today that it has raised $12.5M in a Series C investment. The round came from new investors JAFCO Ventures and SAP Ventures, along with existing investors Canaan Partners and Mayfield...

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Accel Adds Partner

Palo Alto-based Accel announced Monday afternoon that it has added Richard Wong as a Partner at the firm's Palo Alto office. Wong was most recently SVP/GM of Products at Openwave, and also served as Chief Marketing Officer and EVP/GM of Va...

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Monday, February 5, 2007

AKQA Gets Investment From General Atlantic

San Francisco-based AKQA, a interactive marketing agency, said Friday that it has added General Atlantic as an investor, in a round of venture investment. Size of the investment was not disclosed. AKQA provides interactive marketing for suc...

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Monday, February 5, 2007

TriCiper Raises $15M

San Mateo-based TriCipher said today that it has completed a $15M Series C round of funding. The round was led by RBC Technology Ventures, and also included existing investors Arrowpath Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Trident Capital, Wasa...

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Meraki Networks Finds $5M

Mountain View-based Meraki Networks announced today that it has raised $5M in a Series A investment, led by Sequoia Capital. Meraki is developing low-cost, wireless mesh technology to create wireless Internet networks. The firm's product i...

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Desi Hits Finds Series A

San Francisco-based Desi Hits, an online entertainment web portal focused on South Asian and Indian music and culture, has raised a Series A round of venture capital funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trident Capital. Amount of the fu...

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Brilliant Telecommunications Extends Series A

Campbell, California-based Brilliant Telecommunications has extended the firm's Series A funding, saying that it has closed its Series A round at $7.1M. The funding was led by ONSET Ventures, and also include Asset Management, Draper Associ...

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

HydroPoint Raises $19M

Petaluma-based HydroPoint Data Systems, which develops water management systems under the name WeatherTRAK, has raised $19M in a Series C round. The funding was led by RockPort Capital Partners, and also included Chrysalix Energy Venture Ca...

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Intel Funds ClickandBuy

Santa Clara-based Intel Capital has funded a Switzerland-based firm, FIRSTGATE Holdings AG, which owns the digital payment service ClickandBuy. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Other backers of ClickandBuy are Deutsche Telekom AG an...

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Vizu Gets $2.9M For Web Polling

San Francisco-based Vizu Corporation announced this morning that it has raised $2.9M in a venture round from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and other investors, for its web-based opinion polling and market research service. Vizu operates Vizu Answ...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Zing Gets $13M

Mountain View-based ZING Systems has raised $13M in a funding round from IDG Ventures Boston. The investment also included participation by Redpoint Ventures, and Camp Ventures. ZING develops wireless audio products for the consumer electro...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Motorola Invests in DARTdevices

Mountain View-based DARTdevices has received an investment from Motorola, according to the firms. The terms of the Series A investment were not disclosed. DARTdevices is developing software that lets consumers access content on mobile phone...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

ServiceSource Raises $66M

San Francisco-based ServiceSource, which provides outsourcing services of support and maintenance for hardware, software and healthcare firms, said today it has raised $66M from General Atlantic. ServiceSource has previously received fundin...

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Silver Peak Raises $17M

Santa Clara-based Silver Peak Systems, which delivers equipment for Wide Area Networking (WAN) acceleration, said today that it has raised $17M in a Series C round. The round was led by Artis Capital Management, and included prior investors...

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Athena Design Systems Finds $4M

Santa Clara-based Athena Design Systems has raised $4M in a Series B round, the firm announced today. The company, which is developing semiconductor design tools for physical design, said that the funding included new investors PhillipCapit...

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Monday, January 29, 2007

LinkedIn Raises $12.8M

Palo Alto-based LinkedIn has raised $12.8M in a venture capital round, according to blog site TechCrunch. LinkedIn operates a business focused social networking site. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners and European Founders Fun...

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Monday, January 29, 2007

BridgeScale Names Venture Partner

Menlo Park-based Bridgescale, a new venture capital fund that is focused on expansion stage technology investments, said this morning that it has added James Joaquin as Venture Partner. Joaquin has previously served as CEO of Ofoto, and was...

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Mayfield Raises $200M Fund Focused On China

Menlo Park-based Mayfield Fund announced this morning that it has closed on a $200M fund dedicated on investments in China. The firm said that the fund was formed in a partnership with GSR Ventures, a fund focused on China. GSR Ventures II ...

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

USVP, First Round Make Bet On High School Students

Venture capitalists are putting their bets on youth, with the latest investment by US Venture Partners and First Round Capital. New Hope, Pennsylvania-based myYearbook.com said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $4.1M in venture capital ...

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Gynesonics Raises $16.5M

Redwood City-based Gynesonics, which is developing a minimally invasive medical device to treat uterine fibroid tumors, said today it has raised $16.5M in Series B financing. The round was led by Advanced Technology Ventures, and also inclu...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Loadstar Sensors Raises $7M

Mountain View-based Loadstar Sensors has raised $7M in a Series B funding, the firm announced Tuesday. The round was led by AIG SunAmerica Ventures, along with Dali Hook Partners and Needham Capital Partners. Loadstar is a designer and manu...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Kiptronic Receives $4M

San Francisco-based Kiptronic formally announced the firm's $4M Series A today. Kiptronic said the round was led by Blueprint Ventures and Prism VenturWorks, along with existing angel investors. The firm provides dynamic ad insertion into v...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Silicon Valley VC Deals Total $2.1B

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have released their Q4 2006 numbers, reporting Silicon Valley had $2.1B in 260 deals in the quarter, by far leading the nation in the number and amount of venture related d...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Achronix Raises $25.4M

San Jose-based Achronix Semiconductor said today that it has raised $25.4M in a Series A financing. The deal was led by New Sciences Ventures and Battery Ventures. Other investors included Entrepia Ventures and Easton Capital Investment Gro...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Mobile Content Networks Raises Series B

Mountain View-based Mobile Content Networks, which is developing mobile search solutions, said yesterday afternoon that it has closed a Series B funding round. Among of the funding was not disclosed. MCN said that the round was led by Merit...

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Monday, January 22, 2007

Wize Gets Nod From Mayfield, Bessemer

Wize.com, an online web site focused on user reviews of products, said today that it has raised $4M in funding from Mayfield Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners. Wize is based in San Mateo but also maintains offices in Minneapolis, MN. Wize ...

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Monday, January 22, 2007

KSR Lands $9M For Managed Risk Services

San Mateo-based KSR announced today that it has raised $9M from Paladin Capital Group and Trident Capital. The firm provides managed risk services. Paladin led the round. KSR's managed risk services are used by corporations and by the gover...

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Monday, January 22, 2007

Stoke Raises $20M Series C

Santa Clara-based Stoke has raised $20M in a Series C financing, the firm announced today. Stoke develops an integrated hardware and software product for delivering multimedia over fixed and wireless broadband. The funding was led by DAG Ve...

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Monday, January 22, 2007

Actelis Scores $22M

Fremont-based Actelis Networks has raised $22M in a venture capital round, the firm announced today. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and also included prior investors ATA Ventures, Global Catalyst Partners, Dupont Capital, The C...

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Monday, January 22, 2007

U.S. Venture Investments Hits Five Year High

Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne released their quarterly and annual venture capital investment numbers today, saying that U.S. Venture Capital investing his a five year high in 2006, reaching $25.75B in investments. According to the ...

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Friday, January 12, 2007

SARcode Gets Series A

SARcode, a San Francisco-based biotechnology firm developing small molecule drugs for treating inflammatory disease, has raised a Series A round. The funding came as part of a licensing deal with South San Francisco-based Sunesis Pharmaceut...

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

InteKrin Scores $23M

Palo Alto-based InteKrin Therapeutics has raised $23M in a venture financing round, the firm said today. The round was led by Sofinnova Ventures and also included Orbimed Advisors and Vivo Ventures. Prior investors Asset Management and Sear...

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Soasta Closes $2M Second Round

Mountain View-based Soasta said Wednesday that it has secured $2M in a second round of funding. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included other investors. Soasta is developing visual software tools for the testing and certific...

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Agito Networks Funded By Battery Ventures

Agito Networks, a stealth startup working on products in the mobile networking space, has quietly been funded by Battery Ventures, silicontap.com has learned. The firm, which was started by two ex-Cisco employees, received funding earlier i...

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Rohati Systems Gets Funding From Foundation, Matrix

silicontap.com has learned that San Jose-based Rohati Systems, a stealth startup developing products for the data center, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Foundation Capital and Matrix Partners. The firm's board includes S...

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Blurb Gets Debt Financing

Palo Alto-based Blurb has received $2.5M in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital, according to Hercules. Blurb is backed by Anthem Venture Partners and Canaan Partners, and operates a self-publishing service that allows pe...

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Fluidigm Scores $37M

South San Francisco-based Fluidigm, which develops fluidic circuits for life science, said Monday that it has raised $37M in a Series E round. Investors included Wasatch Advisors, Cross Creek Capital, and other undisclosed investors. Fluidi...

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Discretix Raises $20M

San Mateo-based Discretix has raised $20M in a third round of funding, the firm said yesterday at CES. The new round of capital came from existing investors, including Sequoia Capital. The round brings the firm's total investment to $29.8M....

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Monday, January 8, 2007

Altos Finds $1.5M

Santa Clara-based Altos Design Automation has raised $1.5M in a Series A round of funding, the firm said today. The round was led by Vista Ventures. Jim Hogan of Vista joins the Altos board of directors in conjunction with the funding. Alto...

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Monday, January 8, 2007

Ketera Raises $14M

Santa Clara-based Ketera has raised $14M in a new round of funding, the firm said this morning. The over-subscribed, mezzanine round of fudning was led by Duff Ackerman and Goodrich (DAG) Ventures, and also included Teachers' Private Capita...

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Friday, January 5, 2007

Retrevo Raises $3.2M In Series B

Sunnyvale-based Retrevo has raised $3.2M in a Series B funding, the firm said this morning, in a round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Existing investor Alloy Ventures also participated. Matthew D. Howard of NVP has joined the firm's board...

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Thursday, January 4, 2007

Gentiae Clinical Research Raises $16M

San Bruno-based Gentiae Clinical Research has raised $16M in new funding, the firm said Wednesday. Gentiae said the funding was led by Bay City Capital, and also included investments from new investors CIBC Capital Partners and Merlin Biome...

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

InvenSense Gets $11M

Santa Clara-based InvenSense has raised $11M in a Series B funding, in a round that included QUALCOMM Ventures, Artiman Ventures, and Partech International. InvenSense is a provider of motion sensors for the mobile and consumer application...

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Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Silicon Valley Hits $1.6B In Deals For Q4 2006

Silicon Valley's venture capital deal flow totaled roughly $1.66B in deals for Q4 of 2006, with the total year's venture capital deals totaling nearly $7.2B, according to an analysis made by silicontap.com of announced and otherwise disclos...

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Forte Scores $5.4M For Design Synthesis Tool

San Jose-based Forte Design Systems said today that it has raised an additional $5.4M in a Series D funding for its semiconductor design tools. The funding came from Saints Capital, along with prior investors 3i and Infinity Capital. Forte ...

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Spock Raises $7M

Menlo Park-based Spock Networks said today that it has received $7M in a Series A investment. The firm, which is developing a search engine focused on people, said the round came from Clearstone Venture Partners and Opus Capital Ventures. S...

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Aruba Networks Looks To Raise $100M In IPO

Sunnyvale-based Aruba Networks is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market, according to a filing by the company made last week. Aruba, a maker of enterprise software for connecting mobile users, is looking to trad...

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Double Fusion Pulls In $26M

San Francisco-based Double Fusion said today that it has raised $26M in a funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Double Fusion is a provider of an in-game advertising network. The round also included existing investors, Accel Partne...

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Solid Information Raises $4M EU

Cupertino-based Solid Information Technology, a provider of database systems, said Monday morning that it has secured $4M euro in additional financing. The financing came from existing investors Apax Partners and CapMan. Solid Information S...

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Attributor Closes Series B Funding

Redwood City-based Attributor, which is developing publishing technology for text, images, and video, said today that it has completed a Series B funding. The funding raises the company's total funding to more than $10M. The round was led b...

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Monday, December 18, 2006

PixSense Lands $5.4M

Santa Clara-based PixSense has raised $5.4M in a Series A funding, the firm annoucned today. The round was led by ATA Ventures and Innovacom, and will be used for accelerating the firm's product development. PixSense develops software used ...

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Friday, December 15, 2006

SEVEN Raises $42M

Redwood City-based SEVEN has raised $42M in a funding round, the firm said Thursday, from undisclosed new investors, as well as existing investors. SEVEN is a provider of mobile email software. SEVEN is backed by Amadeus Capital Partners, G...

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Friday, December 15, 2006

Steelwedge Gets Venture Investment

Pleasanton-based Steelwedge Software has received a round of venture capital from Omnia Ventures, along with Sigma Partners. Steelwedge is a provider of sales planning and performance management software. Amount of the investment was not di...

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Cisco Makes $50M Investment In China Communications

San Jose-based Cisco said yesterday afternoon that it has made a $50M strategic investment in China Communications Services Corporate Limited (CCS), a Beijing-based telecommunications provider. Cisco said that it will jointly work with CCS ...

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Mercado Gets $11.5M

Pleasanton-based Mercado Software announced today that it has raised $11.5M in funding from two new investors. The investments came from The Challenge Fund and the Consensus Group, along with existing investors Pitango Venture Capital, Euca...

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Novazone Raises $7M

Livermore-based Novazone said Wednesday that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding. The funding game from Chrysalix Energy, and also included prior investors Foundation Capital and Grauer Capital. Novazone is developing disinfection techn...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Artimi Raises $26.5M

Santa Clara-based Artimi has raised $26.5M in financing, in a Series B funding, the firm announced today. the investments came from existing investors Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Index Ventures. Other investors in the roun...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Aggregate Knowledge Gets $5M

Menlo Park-based Aggregate Knowledge has raised $5M from Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, according to Kleiner. Aggregate Knowledge is developing services for retail and media sites to enable consumers to find related items. According to...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Report: Global VC Investments To Hit $32B In 2006

Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young are reporting today that venture capital investors are on track to invest more than $32 billion in 2006, the most capital invested in the sector since 2001. The analysis, conducted by the two companies...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Metavize Raises $10.5M, Becomes Untangle

San Mateo-based Untangle said today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding, and renamed itself. The firm, which was formerly Metavize, said the round of fudning came from CMEA Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners. Untangle is focuse...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Accelergy Raises Series B

Palo Alto-based Accelergy, an R&D group developing high throughput discovery systems for advanced catalytic materials, said today that it has raised a Series B financing. Funding in the firm was led by Goldman Sachs, and also included Sequo...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

CIGNEX Gets Expansion Capital

Santa Clara-based CIGNEX Technologies, a company developing open source enterprise content management (ECM) software, said today it has closed a round of funding. The funding came from Apar Investments, Basil International Investments, and ...

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Friday, December 8, 2006

NeoVista Scores $41M

Fremont-based NeoVista, a medical devices firm focused on opthalmic devices for treating wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), said Thursday that it has closed a third round of venture funding worth $41M. The invesetment was led by ne...

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Atrua Gets $9M

Campbell-based Atrua has raised $9M in a fourth round of funding, the firm said today. The round came was led by BlueRun Ventures and Hua Hong Group of China, and also included Ericsson Venture Partners, Neocarta Ventures and Osprey Venture...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Common Sense Media Gets $4.25M Commitment From Omidyar

San Francisco-based Common Sense Media said today that it has received a commitment for $4.25M from the Omidyar Network, over the next three years. Common Sense Media operates a web site, Commonsense.com, which provides media and entertainm...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Redfern Integrated Optics Raises $7M

Santa Clara-based Redfern Integrated Optics has raised $7M in funding, the firm said Tuesday. The funding came from TMT Ventures, Tallwood Venture Capital and Jolimont Capital. Redfern is a developer of low-cost, high-performance optical tr...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Cisco Expands In India

San Jose-based Cisco said today that it has opened up a new globalization center in India, as part of the firm's $1.1B investment in the country. The new Cisco Globalization Center East calls for Wim Elfrink, currently Senior Vice President...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Wikia Gets Investment From Amazon

San Mateo-based Wikia, which is developing a wiki web site on a broad range of topics, said today that it has received a strategic investment from Amazon.com. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Amazon.com was the sole investor in t...

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

MontaVista Gets $21M

Santa Clara-based MontaVista Software has raised $21M in funding, the firm said Monday. The round was led by Siemens Venture Capital, and included NEC, Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, Aplix, and others. MontaVista is a developer of emb...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Goodmail Gets $12M

Mountain View-based Goodmail Systems said today that it has raised $12M in a venture capital funding round led by SoftBank Capital. Existing investors DCM and Emergence Capital Partners also participated in the investment. Eric Hippeau of S...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Mobile Complete Gets Investment From Motorola

San Mateo-based Mobile Complete has received an equity investment from Motorola Ventures, according to Motorola. The investment was part of a Series B financing, which also included Innovacom VC. Mobile Complete is a provider of development...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Ample Medical Gets Investment From AGA Medical, Aberdare

Foster City-based Ample Medical Corporation has received an investment from Aberdare Ventures and AGA Medical. The deal was announced early last month. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. The investment came as part of a joint devel...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Replay Solutions Raises Series A

Redwood City, California-based Replay Solutions has raised a Series A venture capital round, led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Partech International. Mark Gorenberg of Hummer Winblad and Nicolas El Blaze of Partech have joins the f...

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Monday, December 4, 2006

Azureus Raises $12M For P2P Network

Palo Alto-based Azureus, which develops peer to peer applications for the distribution of files across the Internet, has raised $12M in a Series B round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Greycroft Partners, and indi...

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Monday, December 4, 2006

NBI Development Gets $5.5M

San Francisco-based NBI Development, a medical devices company, said today that it has raised $5.5M in a first round of funding. NBI said that the seed round was co-led by Three Arch Partners and Bay City Capital, and also included MPM Capi...

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Friday, December 1, 2006

Motorola Invests in Sequans

Paris, France-based SEQUANS Communications, which maintains its U.S. headquarters in Cupertino, said Friday that it has received a strategic investment from Motorola Ventures. The investment is an extension of the firm's latest round of fun...

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Friday, December 1, 2006

BitTorrent Raises $20M

San Francisco-based BitTorrent announced Thursday evening that it has closed a $20M Series B round of financing for its peer-to-peer digital content delivery platforms. The investment was led by new investor Accel Partners, and included exi...

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Friday, December 1, 2006

3i Adds Partner To Menlo Park Office

Venture capital firm 3i said Thursday that it has added a new partner to the firm's Menlo Park office. Jim McLean has joined the firm to head 3i's US information technology practice. McLean was most recently at ComVentures, and has also ser...

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Thursday, November 30, 2006

NextHop Scores $4.8M

Mountain View-based NextHop Technologies has inked a $4.8M Series C funding, the firm said today. The funding came from existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Duchossois Technology Partners, Labrador Ventures, and Parker Price Ventur...

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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Danger Gets Investment From Sharp

Palo Alto-based Danger, a provider of mobile Internet software and services, has received a strategic investment round from Sharp Corporation, the firm reported today. The amount of the funding was not disclosed. Danger said it will use the...

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Symyx Spins Off Sensor Firm

Santa Clara-based Symyx Technologies, a research firm developing research for the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, and electronics industry, said today that it has spun off a new, independent company to develop commercial applications base...

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Aesthetics Sciences Raises $6M

Palo Alto-based Aesthetics Sciences has raised $6M in Series A funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Domain Associates and New Leaf Venture Partners. The Series A closed last week with $3.2M in funding. Aesthetics Sciences is ...

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Sonoa Systems Gets Series B

Santa Clara-based Sonoa Systems has raised a Series B round of funding, according to a regulatory filing. Investors in the firm now include Bay Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Juniper Networks, SAP Ventures, and Net One Systems. Bay Par...

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Cell Biosciences Gets Funding

Palo Alto-based Cell Biosciences has received a round of venture funding for its protein biomarker analysis systems, Silicontap has learned. Cell's technology is used for rapid analysis of cellular components. The firm is backed by Latterel...

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Intradigm Raises $16M For RNA Interference Technology

Palo Alto-based Intradigm has raised $16M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The round closed over five months ago, in May of this year, and was lead by Alta Partners and Frazier Healthcare Ventures. Other investors included Emergi...

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Monday, November 20, 2006

Intematix Raises $16.5M

Fremont-based Intematix, a company developing solid state lighting and display phosphors, said today that it has raised $16.5M in a Series C round of funding. The funding was led by Crosslink Capital and Samsung Ventures. Additional investo...

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Friday, November 17, 2006

Report: Immigrants Key to U.S. Competitiveness

A study by National Foundation of American Policy and Content First was released earlier this week, shows that immigrants founded 1 of every 4 public venture-backed U.S. company since 1990. According to the "American Made: The Impact of Imm...

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

W5 Networks Adds To Series B

Fremont-based W5 Networks said Thursday that it has added additional funding in the firm's Series B round. The additional funding came from SunBridge Partners. Amount of the additional funding was not disclosed. W5 announced a $12M Series B...

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Health Hero Network Gets $16M

Redwood City-based Health Hero Network said today it has raised $16M in an oversubscribed Series B funding. The investment came from Psilos Group and included new investors California Technology Ventures, Integral Capital Partners and Bosto...

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Consorte Media Adds Mayfield As Investor

San Francisco-based Consorte Media, an online media and advertising network targeted at Hispanic communities, has added Mayfield as an investor in a recent, undisclosed venture round, Silicontap.com has learned. Consorte, which is headed by...

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

SeeSaw Sees $10M

San Francisco-based SeeSaw Networks has raised $10M in funding, the firm reported today, in a venture capital round led by Sutter Hill Ventures. The Series A funding will go towards SeeSaw's advertising campaign web site SeeSawAds.com. Sutt...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Technical Communities Raises VC Round

San Bruno-based Technical Communities said today that it has raised a Series D convertible preferred round of funding. Financial terms were not disclosed. Funding came from Crosspoint Venture Partners, Netmarket Partners, New Enterprise Ass...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Attune Raises $14M

Santa Clara-based Atunne Systems said today that it has received $14M in a new venture capital round, led by RWI Ventures. Other investors in the round included GF Private Equity Group, Alloy Ventures, QTV Capital, Rock Creek Capital, and S...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Intransa Pulls In New Funding

San Jose-based Intransa, a storage firm that provides IP-based storage systems, said Monday that it has received a major new investment round from Guggenheim Venture Partners, as well as Menlo Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners. Amount of t...

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Monday, November 13, 2006

ClairMail Gets $12M

Novato-based ClairMail said today it has raised $12M in a Series B financing, led by JAFCO Ventures. Previous investors Norwest Venture Partners and Outlook Ventures also participated. Clairmail is a provider of mobile applications for inte...

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Monday, November 13, 2006

A10 Finds $9M In Series B

San Jose-based A10 Networks announced this morning that it has closed a $9M Series B funding. New investors in this round include Enspire Capital, H&Q/Asian Pacific and Miven Ventures. Existing investors participating include Triton Venture...

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Friday, November 10, 2006

Replay Solutions Gets Capital From Hummer Winblad, Partech

Foster City-based Replay Solutions, a company developing software debugging tools for testing software applications, has raised an undisclosed venture capital round from Hummer Winblad and Partech International, silicontap.com has learned. ...

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Thursday, November 9, 2006

Report: VCs Becoming Friendlier To Early Stage Firms

Dow Jones & Company and VentureOne are reporting today that venture capital deal terms are becoming more company friendly than they were four years ago. The firm, which just published the results in the VentureOne Deal Terms Report, said th...

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Wednesday, November 8, 2006

TimeBridge Discloses VC Funding

San Francisco-based TimeBrige, a Web 2.0 company developing an online personal scheduling manager, disclosed the firm's prior funding by Mayfield and Norwest Venture Partners yeterday at the Web 2.0 conference. The firm, which was funded in...

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Agiliance Adds Intel To Series B Round

Mountain View-based Agiliance has added Intel to is Series B round, the firm reported this afternoon. Intel joins prior investors Walden International and Red Rock Ventures to the round. Agiliance develops risk and compliance management pr...

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Evergrid Gets $6M

Fremont-based Evergrid, a stealth startup in the virtualization software space, has raised $6M in a Series B round, according to industry publication Byte and Switch. Evergrid is developing application virtualization software for clustered ...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

BrightRoll Gets Series A

San Francisco-based PostRoller has renamed itself to BrightRoll, and announced it has closed a Series A financing. Amount of the funding was not announced. Investors include True Ventures, along with angel investors Jon Callaghan, Jeff Clav...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

Powerset Raises $12.5M

San Francisco-based Powerset, which is developing a natural language search engine, said Monday that it has closed on $12.5M in a Series A investment. The round was led by Foundation Capital and the Founders Fund, along with angel investors...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

SAP Invests In Vendavo

Palo Alto-based Vendavo announce today that it has received an equity investment from SAP Ventures. The firm said the investment will be used to fund the firm's product development efforts. SAP is a reseller of Vendavo's price management so...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

Topix Nets $15M

Palo Alto-based Topix.net has received another $15M in funding, the firm said today. Investors included Gannett Co., The McClatchy Company, and Tribune Company. The new investment will be used to expand the firm's news service. Topix.net fi...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

My Payment Network Gets Investment

Corte Madera-based My Payment Network, said this morning that it has received an investment from Arc Capital Development. My Payment Network provides online payment services to schools, businesses and associations. The size of the investmen...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

Foundation Names Charles Moldow GP

Menlo Park-based Foundation Capital has named Charles Moldow as a general partner, the firm said this morning. Moldow joined Foundation as a venture partner in 2005, has has served at Tellme Networks and @Home Network. Moldow currently work...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

Lightspeed Adds Associates

Menlo Park-based Lightspeed Venture Partners announced a new team of senior associates, saying Monday that it has added Patrick Chiang, Andrew Chung, and John Vrionis to its team. Chiang joins from Aliph; Chung from Bain Capital and TL Ven...

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Monday, November 6, 2006

Lightspeed Adds Associates

Menlo Park-based Lightspeed Venture Partners announced a new team of senior associates, saying Monday that it has added Patrick Chiang, Andrew Chung, and John Vrionis to its team. Chiang joins from Aliph; Chung from Bain Capital and TL Ven...

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Friday, November 3, 2006

Ugenie Gets $5M

Menlo Park-based Ugenie, an online shopping comparison engine, said Thursday that it has received a venture capital round. The round was worth $5M, and came from BlueRun Ventures and Sierra Ventures. Ugenie said the funds would be used for ...

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Friday, November 3, 2006

Private Equity Funds Raise $177.89B

Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst is reporting that so far this year, U.S. private equity firms have raised $177.89 billion in private equity funds. The amount raised breaks the previous record, set in 2000. Dow Jones said that it includes b...

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Friday, November 3, 2006

NeoCarta Adds Newman As Venture Partner

San Francisco-based NeoCarta Ventures said today that it has added Barry A. Newman as a Venture Partner. Newman joins NeoCarta from Bear Stearns, where he was Senior Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the Technology Group. Newman has al...

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Thursday, November 2, 2006

QSecure Gets $10M In Series B

Los Altos-based QSecure has raised $10M in a Series B, according to the firm. QSecure said that the round was led by UMC Capital, and also included prior investors Allegis Capital, and Worldview Technology Partners. Frank Lee of UMC will j...

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Thursday, November 2, 2006

MobiTV Beams In $30M

Emeryville-based MobiTV, a mobile and broadband television and music service, said today that it has received an additional $30M in a second close of the firm's Series C funding. Adobe Systems Incorporated and Hearst Corporation have both m...

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Leader Ventures Adds Managing Director

Menlo Park-based venture debt and equity firm Leader Ventures said today it has added Doug Koo as a Managing Director. Koo was most recently CFO of Blaze Entertainment. Leader is a new venture debt and equity firm who principals were most r...

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006

KnowNow Raises $13M

Sunnyvale-based KnowNow has raised $13M in new funding, the firm said this morning. The round was led by RSS Investors, and included new investor Presidio Ventures. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Levensohn Venture Part...

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Xilinx Opens $75M Venture Fund

Xilinx, a provider of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), announced today that it has opened up a new, $75M venture capital fund focused on the Asia Pacific. Xilinx said its new corporate venture capital fund, the Asia Pacific Technolog...

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Avantis Closes $12M Series B

Sunnyvale-based Avantis Medical Systems has raised $12M in a funding for its medical devices for detecting colon cancer. Avantis said that the round was led by Montreux Equity Partners, and will be used to fund development and commercializa...

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Google Buys JotSpot

Google has purchased venture-funded wiki company JotSpot, the firm disclosed today on both Google and JotSpot's blogs. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Joe Kraus, Jotspot's CEO, said that joining Google will allow the firm to pl...

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Ekahau Gets $16M

Saratoga-based Ekahau has raised additional funding, the firm said this morning. Ekahau said it received $16M in funding this year, including a $12M Series B funding and $4M in venture loans and government funding. Ekahau said that the fund...

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Monday, October 30, 2006

TalkPlus Inks $5.5M

San Mateo-based TalkPlus has raised $5.5M in venture capital from Menlo Ventures, the firm said today. TalkPlus said it is developing "Voice 2.0" calling services that work with existing mobiles phones, and that it will launch its services ...

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Monday, October 30, 2006

Rhythm NewMedia Closes $18M Series B

Mountain View-based Rhythm NewMedia, a provider of mobile advertising software, said today that it has raised $18M in a Series B financing. Funding came from Carlyle Venture Partners, along with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partner...

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Monday, October 30, 2006

Narus Gets $30M

Mountain View-based Narus, a provider of software for managing IP-based traffic, said today that it has received $30M in expansion financing. The funding included $20M in equity and $10M in a revolving line of credit. Funding was led by Ame...

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Ciranova Inks $4M

Santa Clara-based Ciranova, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, has closed a $4M round of venture capital. The Series C round was led by AsiaTech Management. The firm develops toolsets for managing analog semiconductor ...

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Zoom Systems Lands $35M

San Francisco-based Zoom Systems has scored $35M in a Series D funding. The firm said that the round came from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Sierra Ventures, and Motorola Ventures, along with participation from NeoCarta Ventures. Motorola Ventures ...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Skyrider Scores $12M

Mountain View-based Skyrider, a peer-to-peer software maker, said today that it has raised $12M in a Series C funding. Funding was led by ComVentures, and also included prior investors Sequoia Capital and Charles River Venture Partners....

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Silicon Valley VC Deals Total Nearly $2B In Q3

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association has released its Money Tree venture capital results for Q3 of 2006, showing that there was $6.2 billion invested in 797 deals, down by 8 percent from Q2, but the best thir...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

OB10 Raises $13.6M

San Francisco-based OB10, which operates an online e-invoicing system, said today it has raised $13.6M in new capital. The funding came from FF&P Private Equity, which provided $9.3M of the new round, along with other existing investors. OB...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Atheros Buys Attansic

Santa Clara-based Atheros said Monday that it is acquiring Attansic Technology COmpany, a Taiwanese semiconductor firm that develops Fast and Gigabit Ethernet integrated circuits. The deal is worth $71.5M, comprised of $46.5M in cash and $2...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

Moteiv Gets Investment

Silicontap.com has learned that San Francisco-based Moteiv, a company developing wireless sensor network operating system software, has received an unannounced round of venture capital funding. Among the firm's investors are SmartForest Ven...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

Box.net Lands $1.5M From DFJ

Palo Alto-based Box.net announced today that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Box.net provides online, web-based file storage and sharing services. The investment was led by DFJ's Josh Stein. Box.net a...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

Sadra Medical Raises $19M

Campbell, California-based Sadra Medical has raised $19M in a Series B funding, the firm said today. Funding came from Oakwood Medical Investors and Boston Scientific, along with existing investors Pequot Ventures, Onset Ventures and SV Lif...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

Neocase Raises $6.5M

Neocase Software announced today that it has raised $6.5M in a second round of funding. The round was led by Iris Capital, and also included Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC) and Supporter Group. Neocase Software is a provider of cus...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

U.S. Venture Capitalists Invest $6.36B In Q3

Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne are reporting today that there was $6.36B invested in 611 venture capital deals in the third quarter, with a slight increase in both the number of deals and amount of investment versus a year ago. The ...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

Veraz Networks Files For IPO

San Jose-based voice-over-IP software provider Veraz Networks has filed for an IPO, the firm said this morning. Veraz said in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raised up to $115M in an IPO on the Nasdaq as VRAZ. The IPO is being und...

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Monday, October 23, 2006

Jingle Gets $30M

Menlo Park-based Jingle Networks has raised $30M in a Series C financing, the firm announced this morning. The funding was led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Hearst Corporation. Prior investors Comcast Interactive Capital, First Round Capital,...

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Atrenta Raises $16M

San Jose-base Atrenta has raised $16M in a Series D round of funding, the firm announced today. The funding was led by Investor Growth Capital, and also included new investors Samsung Ventures and Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. Ex...

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

KeyEye Gets $16M, Appoints CEO

Sacramento-based KeyEye Communications has landed a $16M Series B1 financing, and appointed a new CEO. The firm said today that it has appointed Chuck Fox as president and CEO, and closed the round of funding from American River Ventures, M...

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Sub-One Gets $7M

Pleasanton-based Sub-One Technology announced this morning that it has raised $7M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Advanced Technology Ventures, and also included prior investors Chevron Technology Ventures and ITI Energy...

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

NComputing Raises $8M

Orange, California-based NComputing said today that it has closed a $8M Series A investment from BA Venture Partners, for the firm's shared PC computing products. NComputing said today that the firm, which provides a product that allows use...

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

NComputing Raises $8M

Orange, California-based NComputing said today that it has closed a $8M Series A investment from BA Venture Partners, for the firm's shared PC computing products. NComputing said today that the firm, which provides a product that allows use...

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Vinfolio Raises $1.6M

San Francisco-based Vinfolio has raised $1.6M in a round from individual investors, the firm said this week. The investors included Jean Michel Valette, former Chairman at Robert Mondavi Winery, and Colin Lind, Managing Partner at Blum Capi...

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Garnett & Helfrich Capital Buys Celunite

Garnett & Helfrich Capital, a venture buyout firm, today acquired Celunite, a Menlo Park-based company that operates development centers in Pune and Hyderabad, India. Celunite develops mobile platform and services at its Indian research and...

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Validity Sensors Raises $20M

San Jose-based Validity Sensors, a firm that is developing durable fingerprint sensors for the biometrics market, has raised $20M. The funding was led by TeleSoft Partners, and included participation by Qualcomm Ventures. Other investors in...

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Monday, October 16, 2006

Private Equity Fundraising Slows

Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association reported Monday that private equity fundraising in the third quarter slowed, with both venture capital and buyout firms reducing the amount of funding raised. The groups report ...

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Monday, October 16, 2006

Granite Global Closes $400M Venture Fund

Menlo Park-absed Granite Global Ventures has closed a $400M venture fund, Granite Global Ventures III. The firm said that the fund was oversubscribed, and that the firm now managed $800M. Granite said that the new fund will be invested in t...

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Monday, October 16, 2006

Fat Spaniel Scores $7M

San Jose-based Fat Spaniel Technologies has raised $7M in a Series A funding. Funding came from DFJ Element, along with Chrysalix Energy. Fat Spaniel is developing data communications and monitoring services for the energy industry, focused...

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Monday, October 16, 2006

ComVentures Invests In HIP Digital

Vancouver-based HIP Digital Media has received an undisclosed round of funding, according to Palo Alto-based venture capital firm ComVentures. ComVentures disclosed the funding in a press release on its new partner, Keyur Patel, who led the...

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

DeviceVM Gets $10M

San Jose-based DeviceVM, a stealth startup developing products in the area of virtualization, has raised $10M. The firm raised $10M in an unannounced Series A from Storm Ventures, DFJ DragonFund China, Tim Draper, AsusTek Computer, iD Innov...

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Greystripe Finds Funding

San Francisco-based Greystripe has raised a round of funding, saying this afternoon that it has raised a Series A round of funding from Monitor Ventures, Incubic Venture Capital, and W.S. Investments. Greystripe is developing a mobile in-ga...

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Amyris Raises $20M From Khosla

Emeryville-based Amyris Biotechnologies, a company which is using synthetic biology for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and biofuels, said this morning that it has scored $20M in a Series A round of funding from Khosla Ventures and others. Khos...

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Tzero Raises Strategic Round From Miven

Sunnyvale-based Tzero Technologies, a company developing ultra wideband (UWB) wireless technology, announced this morning that it has received a strategic round of investment from Miven Venture Partners. Miven is the venture firm headed by ...

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Tacere Scores Seed Financing

San Jose-based Tacere Therapeutics has received an undisclosed amount of seed financing, the firm said today. The funding came from Hokkaido Venture Capital. Tacere is developing treatments for serious infectious disease, and is initially f...

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Bessemer Expands India Team

Bessemer Venture Partners has expanded its Indian private equity team, saying this morning that it has added Anil Sarin as Director of Public Equities. Sarin joins the firm's Mumbai-based office. Sarin was most recently co-head of equities ...

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Achaogen Raises $26M

South San Francisco-based Achaogen has raised $26M in a Series B round of funding. Domain Associates led the round, which also included prior investors 5AM Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Venrock Associates, and Versant Ventures. The firm ...

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

DFJ Adds Managing Director

Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has named a new Managing Director. The company said that it has added Don Wood to lead the firm's global expannsion of network funds. Wood was most recently at Vanguard Ventures,...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Agiliance Closes $6.5M Series B

Mountain View-based Agiliance has landed $6.5M in a Series B round, the firm said today. The investment came from Walden International and also included Red Rock Ventures. Agiliance is developing security and compliance software targeted at...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Revcube Gets $14M

San Francisco-based Revcube has received $14M in a Series C funding, the firm said Monday. Funding was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Generation Partners and Transcosmos. Revcube is developing softwa...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Smalltown Raises $3M For Local Web

San Mateo-based Smalltown, a company developing a user-generated content site targeted at local communities, has received $3M in a Series A funding. The financing came from Formative Ventures. Smalltown said the funding would go towards bui...

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Monday, October 9, 2006

AirPlay Gets $14M

San Francisco-based AirPlay said today that it has raised $14M in a Series B investment round. The investment was led by JK&B Capital, and also included Motorola Ventures, QUALCOMM, Redpoint Ventures and ONSET. Ali Shadman of JK&B Capital h...

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Monday, October 9, 2006

Ruckus Gets $16M In Strategic Round

Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless has landed $16M in a strategic funding, the firm announced today. The investment came from Motorola Ventures, which led the round, along with T-Online Venture Fund, Firelake Capital Management, and others. Ex...

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Friday, October 6, 2006

Avolent Raises $9M

San Francisco-based Avolent has raised $9M in a funding round from RBC Technology Ventures, the firm said Thursday afternoon. Prior investors Columbia Capital, Constellation Ventures (Bear Stearns), and Rho Ventures also participated. Avole...

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Thursday, October 5, 2006

Chip Estimate Gets $3.5M

Cupertino-based Chip Estimate, a firm that provides EDA tools used for chip planning, said that it has raised $3.5M in an expansion financing. The round was led by ITU Ventures. According to Chip Estimate, the firm has now raised $5.5M. Chi...

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Thursday, October 5, 2006

Yelp Receives $10M From Benchmark

San Francisco-based Yelp has received $10M in a funding round from Benchmark Capital, the firm said today. Along with the second round of funding, Benchmark's Peter Fenton will be joining the firm's board of directors. Yelp provides local, ...

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Woodside Fund Names Venture Partner

Redwood Shores-based venture capital firm Woodside Fund said this week that it has added Mark Hoover as a venture partner. Hoover was most recently co-founder and president of Acuitive, a consulting firm that works with early stage technolo...

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Zannel Scores $6M

Menlo Park-based Zannel has raised $6M in a Series A funding, the firm said today. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. Zannel did not disclose what the firm was working on, but the firm's team include a number o...

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Tymphany Raises $13M

Cupertino-based Tymphany has raised $13M in funding from American Capital Strategies, the firm announced today. Current investor VantagePoint Venture Partner also participated. The investment is a convertible preferred equity round, and wil...

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Hercules Raises $124.4M For SBIC

Palo Alto-based Hercules Technology Growth Capital has raised $124.4M for its SBIC program, the firm said today. Hercules, which provides venture debt and equity, said that it raised the $124.4M for its Hercules Technology II fund from the ...

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Novare Surgical Gets $16M

Cupertino-based Novare Surgical Sytsems, a developer of instruments for minimally invasive surgery, has received $16M in Series D financing. The firm said the funding will be used to commercialize the company's RealHand instruments. The fun...

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Packet Design Raises $7.5M in Series C

Palo Alto-based Packet Design, which develops route analytics software for managing large IP networks, said today it has raised $7.5M in a third round of venture funding. The investment came from Advanced Technology Ventures, Allegis Capita...

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Friday, September 29, 2006

PodShow Raises $15M

San Francisco-based PodShow has publicly confirmed a widely reported $15M investment in the firm, announcing today that it has received a second round of funding from DAG Ventures, along with original investors Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia and ...

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Athenagen Raises $50M

South San Francisco-based biopharmaceutical firm Athenagen has raised $50M in a Series B funding, the firm said Thursday. The funding was co-led by Sanderling Ventures and Clarus Ventures. Index Ventuers, Charter Life Sciences, and Astelles...

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Sofinnova Adds Venture Partner

San Francisco-based Sofinnova Ventures has added a new Venture Partner, Brian Wilcove. Sofinnova said this week that Wilcove will focus on the sectors of networking and communications. Wilcove joins Sofinnova from TelSoft Partners. He was a...

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

InsideView Gets Angel Funding

San Bruno-based InsideView, a provider of sales intelligence services, has received a round of angel funding. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. The round was led by JDM Capital, an associated fund of Greenhouse Capital Partner...

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

BoardVantage Gets $5.5M

Bay Partners and Foundation Capital have invested in Boardvantage, a Menlo Park-based startup developing an online service for managing board of directors work. The company's service manages documents, communications, and collaboration for ...

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

VideoEgg Scores $12M

San Francisco-based VideoEgg, a provider of web-based video publishing software, has scored $12M in a Series C funding. Funding was led by new investor Maveron, and also included previous investors August Capital and First Round Capital. Vi...

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

oDesk Raises $8M

Palo Alto-based oDesk has raised $8M in a Series B investment, the firm said Wednewsday. The round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included prior investors. Kevin Harvey of oDesk will join the firm's board. oDesk operates a marketpal...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

VCs Unveil Clean Technology Winners

The California Clean Tech Open, the VC-organized "clean technology" competition has announced the five winners of the group's competition to jump start a green business. The group, which is backed by angel investors and VC firms Advanced Te...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Visto Finds $51M

Redwood City-based Visto has raised $51M in a funding round, the firm said this morning, in an investment led by Oak Investment Partners and DFJ Growth Fund. Other investors in the funding included Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Meritech Capital ...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

ARIO Raises $8M

San Jose-based ARIO, a provider of storage targeted at midsize companies, said last night that it has raised $8M in additional venture funding. The new round was led by Clearstone Venture Partners and Partech International, and also include...

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

NeoGuide Gets $25M

Los Gatos-based NeoGuide has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The firm said today that it received the funding from Advent Venture Partners, which led the round, along with existing investors Versant Ventures, Utah Ventures, 3i, Kai...

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Leader Ventures Raises $300M Fund

Menlo Park-based Leader Ventures said this morning that it has raised $300M in a new fund to invest in debt and equity in private and public companies. The firm said it invests in venture-backed companies at all stages in the information te...

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

GuardID Receives $5M From Trinity

San Mateo-based GuardID Systems has received $5M in a first round of funding from Trinity Ventures, the firm reported today. GuardID is developing anti-phishing security products for protecting consumers against online identity theft and on...

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Monday, September 25, 2006

PortAuthority Raises $18M

Palo Alto-based PortAuthority Technologies has closed a $18M round of venture capital. Funding came from New Enterprise Associates, and also included participation by prior investors Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and Lexington Venture...

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Ecast Gets $20M

San Francisco-based Ecast has received $20M in a new funding round, the firm said today. Ecast develops a network of broadband and touch-screen enabled jukeboxes. The funding came from Focus Ventures, and included participation by Mobius Ve...

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Friday, September 22, 2006

Alloy Ventures Invests in Crux Biomedical

Palo Alto-based Alloy Ventures has made an investment in Crux Biomedical, a stealth biotech firm based in Portola Valley, silicontap.com has learned. Alloy is represented on the board of Crux by Doug Kelly, a General Partner at Alloy. ...

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Web 2.0 Investments Hit $262.3M In First Half

Dow Jones VentureOne is reporting this morning that investments in U.S. Web 2.0 companies has hit $262.3M in the first half of 2006. The publisher of venture capital data said that 49 Web 2.0 companies were funded in the first half of 2006,...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Red Planet Capital Raises $75M From NASA For Emerging Technology Investments

San Mateo-based Red Planet Capital and NASA said Wednesday afternoon that the two have joined in a partnership to help NASA gain access to new technology through venture capital investments. Red Planet Capital, which is a nonprofit, will op...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Canesta Raises $5M From Honda

Sunnyvale-based Canesta is reporting this morning that it has received more than $5M in strategic investments from Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Canesta is developing automotive safety applications based on 3D chip technology for sensing distances. ...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Soonr Scores $6M

Campbell-based SoonR, which provides remote access to PC and Macs from mobile phones, said today it has completed a $6M Series A funding. Funding was led by Clearstone Ventures, and included participation by Intel Capital and other investor...

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Monday, September 18, 2006

MyNewPlace Finds $12M in Series B

San Francisco-based online apartment marketplace MyNewPlace has raised $12M ina Series B funding. The firm said that the investment was led by Sutter Hill Ventures and Split Rock Partners. The round also included prior investors. MyNewPlace...

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Monday, September 18, 2006

OpSource Gets $20M

Santa Clara-based OpSource has received $20M in a Series C funding round, the firm announced today. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included participation by prior investors ComVentures, Artiman Ventures, and Key Venture Partne...

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Friday, September 15, 2006

SolarCity Gets $10M

Foster City-based SolarCity, a provider of solar power solutions, has received $10M in a funding round from Paypal founder Elon Musk. The firm said it will use the investment to fund expansion in operations, research and development, as wel...

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Friday, September 15, 2006

Pay Up For Venture Capitalists

It's good to be a VC this year, according to a new analysis by Dow Jones, in a new study which shows that the total take home pay for venture capitalists averaged $816,000 this year, a 45% increase over total compensation last year. The stu...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Anthera Pharmaceuticals Raises $36M

San Francisco-based Anthera Pharmaceuticals has raised $36M, the firm announced today. The funding round was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners and Sofinnova Ventures, and also included Pappas Ventures, Mitsubishi International Corporati...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Trusted Data Receives $12M

Mountain View-based Trusted Data, a startup develop storage systems, has raised $12M in an unannounced venture capital round. The round came from Sutter Hill Ventures, which led the round, along with Greylock Partners and RRE Ventures, exis...

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Bivio Raises $8.5M

Pleasanton-based Bivio Networks has raised $8.5M. The round was led by Silver Creek Ventures, and included InterWest Partners, Storm Ventures, Venrock Associates, and Goldman Sachs. Bivio Netowrks develops high speed appliances used for dee...

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Bivio Raises $8.5M

Pleasanton-based Bivio Networks has raised $8.5M. The round was led by Silver Creek Ventures, and included InterWest Partners, Storm Ventures, Venrock Associates, and Goldman Sachs. Bivio Netowrks develops high speed appliances used for dee...

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Expresso Fitness Gets $4M

Sunnyvale-based Expresso Fitness, a developer of interactive software for cardio fitness systems, has received $4M in a venture investment. The funding came from Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. The investment brings the company's total...

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Monday, September 11, 2006

Cortina Systems Completes Intel Optical Buy, Gets Investment

Santa Clara-based Cortina Systems and Intel said today that Intel has completed its sales of Intel's optical networking component business to Cortina, and that it has received a round of investment in conjunction with the acquisition. The t...

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Thursday, September 7, 2006

Digital Home Product Firm Niveus Media Gets Funding

Milpitas-based Niveus Media, a firm that develops digital home media centers, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Intel Capital. The firm said that it will use the funding to expand its product line, technology, and marketing...

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Thursday, September 7, 2006

Promptu Finds $11.6M

Menlo Park-based location based services and voice-powered search and navigation firm Promptu has raised $11.6M, the firm reported today. Funding was led by Steelpoint Capital Partners, and also included Lauder Partners and other investors....

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Thursday, September 7, 2006

AdMob Scores Funding From Sequoia

Menlo Park-based AdMob, an online mobile advertising network, said this morning that it has received a Series A investment from Sequoia Capital. The new company will use the funding to support its growth, sales and marketing, and accelerate...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Liquid Engines Raises $5.5M

Sunnyvale-based Liquid Engines has raised $5.5M in Series C funding. The round included existing investors The Carlyle Group, Advanced Technology Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Catamount Ventures. The firm said that the funding will ...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Sennari Gets $10M

Cupertino-based Sennari has closed a $10M venture capital round, the firm announced Wednesday. The Series C funding was led by Mayfield, and included prior investors UV Partners, Novak Biddle, and Blacksmith Capital. Sennari develops applic...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Benchmark Adds Wurtman As General Partner

Menlo Park-based Benchmark Capital said today that it has added Elie Wurtman as General Partner at the firm's Israel offices. Wurtman was most recently CEO of JVP Studios, an Israeli venture capital firm. Wurtman also has served as CEO and ...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Trovix Finds $13M

Mountain View-based Trovix has raised $13M in a round of venture funding led by Granite Ventures. The firm, which provides search technology for recruiters, said that the Series B funding also included prior investors U.S. Venture Partners ...

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Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Laszlo Gets $8M

San Mateo-based Laszlo Systems has received $8M in a Series C funding, the firm said today. The new round was led by WI Harper Group, and included existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partne...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Kilopass Receives $7.75M in Third Round Of Funding

Sunnyvale-based Kilopass has received $7.75M in a third round of funding, the company said today. Funding came from Pitango Venture Capital, which led the round, along with U.S. Venture Partners, BlueRun Ventures, and iGlobe Partners. USVP,...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Obopay Gets $7M Funding

Redwood City-based Obopay has received $7M in a strategic investment round from Qualcomm and other investors. Obopay said today that Qualcomm, Redpoint Ventures, ONSET Ventures, and Richmond Management all participated in its new round of f...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Exeros Finds $12M

Santa Clara-based Exeros, a provider of data mapping and automated data relationship discovery software, has raised $12M, the firm said this morning. Funding for the Series B round came from AllianceBernstein Holding LP, and also included o...

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Thursday, August 31, 2006

Broncus Raises $29.5M

Mountain View-based Broncus Technologies has closed a $29.5M round of venture funding. The Series F round included Abingworth, Biomedical Sciences Investment Fund, Bio-Star, HBM BioCapital, HBM BioVentures, Japan Asia Investment Co (JAIC), ...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

TrueDemand Finds $8M

Los Gatos-based TrueDemand Software has closed an $8M round of funding. The funding was led by CMEA Ventures, and included Mayfield and Bay Partners, the firm's original investors. TrueDemand said that the funding will be used to fuel ongoi...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Azaire Raises $21M

Santa Clara-based Azaire Networks announced this morning that it has raised $21M in new, Series C financing. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital, a new investor in the firm, and also included its existing investors Convergence Part...

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Helmi Raises $2.5M

Mountain View-based Helmi Technologies, a provider of an Ajax-based development platform for building rich Internet applications, said today that it has raised $2.5M in funding. The round came from Conor Venture Partners, an early-stage ven...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

PlayPhone Gets $9.1M From Menlo Ventures

San Jose-based PlayPhone, a provider of mobile content distribution products, said that it has raised $9.1M from Menlo Ventures in a Series B funding. Current investor Cardinal Venture Partners also participated. PlayPhone provides a servic...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Trapeze Finds $30M

Pleasanton-based Trapeze Networks has raised $30M, the firm said today. The Series D funding included strategic investments from Juniper Networks and other network vendors. Other investors included Oak Investment Partners, Accel Partners, R...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Dash Raises Funding

Mountain View-based Dash Navigation, a new firm developing automotive navigation and location-based services, launched today, saying that it has received funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. The firm is develop...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Zogenix Raises $60M

Zogenix has raised $60M in a Series A financing, the firm announced this morning. The company received funding from Clarus Ventures and Domain Associates, along with additional investors BA Venture Partners, Thomas, McNerney & Partners, and...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Zend Raises $20M D

Cupertino-based Zend, developer of the popular open source PHP development language, has raised $20M. Zend said Monday that it has raised the Series D funding from Greylock Partners, which led the round, along with Azure Capital Partners, I...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Groxis Gets $4M

San Francisco-based Groxis, a provider of software for search visualization in the enterprise market, has raised $4M in a Series B round. Funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and new investor Jackson Boulevard Capital Mangaement. Grox...

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Friday, August 25, 2006

Rubicor Gets $20M From Safeguard Scientifics

Redwood City-based Rubicor Medical, a company developing breast biopsy devices, has received $20M in funding from Safeguard Scientifics. The $30M Series C funding also included participation by ITX International Equity, along with the found...

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Arcxis Gets $2.25M In Funding

Pleasanton-based Arcxis Biotechnologies, a biomedical device firm developing products for rapid diagnostics, pathogen handling, and sample preparation, has raised $2.25M in Series A funding. The funding came from Claremont Creek Ventures. A...

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Codexis Finds $37M

Redwood City-based Codexis has raised a Series D round, saying this week that it has raised $37M in a round led by Bio*One Capital Pte Ltd of Singapore. Prior investors CMEA Ventures, Pequot Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and Maxygen...

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

IPLocks Adds $4.4M To Series D

San Jose-based IPLocks has added $4.4M in funding to its Series D, in a round for its database security and compliance products. The firm said that the additional funding came from institutional and individual investors, as a result of over...

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

ChemoCentryx Gets $17.7M, Lands $1.5B Deal With GlaxoSmithKline

Mountain View-based ChemoCentryx said today that it has raised a $17.7M Series C financing, and landed a $1.5B deal with GlaxoSmithKline. ChemoCentryx said today that it is in a strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline that includes $63.5M i...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Maverick Angels Expands Into Silicon Valley

Maverick Angels, a Southern California-based angel investment group, is expanding into Silicon Valley. The group said this week that it will focus on an "entrepreneurial approach" to angel investing. The group is headed by John Dilts, who w...

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

VC Valuations Up For Quarter

Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West is reporting today that its analysis of venture financings in the second quarter of 2006 shows an increase in up rounds versus down rounds, and a strong positive trend in venture valuations. The firm s...

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

SiBEAM Gets $21M

Sunnyvale-based SiBEAM has received $21M in a Series B funding, the firm said today. The round was led by Foundation Capital, and included follow-on investments from New Enterprise Associates and U.S. Venture Partners. SiBeam develops high ...

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Monday, August 21, 2006

GCT Semiconductors Gets Series E Funding

San Jose-based GCT Semiconductor, which is developing ICs for the wireless industry, has received a new round of funding worth $5M. The firm said it received the Series E round of funding from DoCoMo Capital and JAIC America. GCT said that ...

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Blurb Raises $12M

San Francisco-based Blurb has raised $12M in a Series B round, the firm said this week. The round was led by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners, along with additional individual investors. Blurb operates a service that allows anyon...

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Questra Gets $12.5M

Redwood City-based Questra has raised $12.5M in funding, the firm said today. Funding came from Trident Capital and Menlo Ventures, as well as strategic investor SAP, which invested from its Global SAP NetWeaver Fund. Questra develops softw...

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Monday, August 14, 2006

AMIMON Raises $14M

Santa Clara-based AMIMON has raised $14M in a Series B funding, the firm said today. AMIMON is developing wireless video modem chipsets for the transmission of HDTV video streams. The funding came from Stata Venture Partners, and included A...

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Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Enterprise Partners Adds EIR From PayPal to Look At Bay Area Deals

San Diego-based Enterprise Partners has appointed a new Entrepreneur-in-Residence, saying that it has added John Leenane, who was most recently at PayPal. Leenane is based in San Jose, and will expand the firm's presence in the Bay Area. E...

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Friday, August 4, 2006

Skyrider Raises Series A

Mountain View-based Skyrider, a developer of peer-to-peer networking software, said Thursday that it has raised a Series A venture round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The round included funding from Charles River Ventures and Se...

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Tuesday, August 1, 2006

DiVitas Raises $15M

Mountain View-based DiVitas Networks, a provider of enterprise networking technology, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The company said Tuesday that it received the round from Menlo Ventures, along with existing investor Clearstone Ve...

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Friday, July 28, 2006

SEQUANS Raises $24M

SEQUANS, a Paris-based firm which maintains its offices in Cupertino, announced this week that it has raised $24M in equity financing. The round was led by Kennet Venture Partners, and included prior investors Add Partners, Caps Decisif, T-...

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Intelleflex Gets $15.5M in Oversubscribed Round

San Jose-based Intelleflex, a provider of RFID chips, has raised $15.5M in a Series B venture funding round. The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, and included previous investors Woodside Fund, Alloy Ventures, and Selby Venture Partne...

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Accept Software Raises $4.25M

Fremont-based Accept Software, a provider of enterprise product planning software, has landed $4.25M. Accept said this morning that the round was led by Jefferson Partenrs. In conjunction with the deal, Ian Locke of Jefferson, and Ken Gardn...

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Khosla Invests In GarageBand.com

San Francisco-based GarageBand.com has received $2.5M in a venture investment led by Khosla Ventures, the firm said today. The round included financing from strategic investors Bob Pittman, co-founder of MTV and former head of AOL; Herbert ...

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Planitax Gets $5M

Emeryville-based Planitax, a provider of hosted, software-as-a-service tools for corporate tax departments, has received a Series C funding. Planitax said today that the round was led by existing investor Mobius Venture Capital, and also in...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Zannel Gets Investment

San Francisco-based Zannel, a stealth "multimodal social entertainment network" startup, has received venture capital funding. The funding was revealed Tuesday by Palomar Ventures, a Santa Monica-based venture capital firm, in its appointme...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

First-time Funding In Startups Hits High

The National Venture Capital Association / PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report was released today, confirming yesterday's Ernst & Young LLP and VentureOne venture capital results. According to the NVCA, the survey found $6.3 billion in ...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

SolFocus Finds $25M

Palo Alto-based SolFocus, a company in the area of solar concentrators, has received $25M in funding. SolFocus said the funding was part of a $32M Series A equity financing led by New Enterprise Associates. The round also includes participa...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Tello Raises $10M

San Mateo-based Tello, a provider of hosted communications and collaboration services, has raised $10M. Tello said today that it raised the Series B venture round from BCE Capital. Previous investors Eagle River, Evercore Partners, Rho Vent...

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Monday, July 24, 2006

U.S. Venture Capital Investments Hit $6.7B in Q2, Bay Area Leads

Ernst & Young LLP and VentureOne are reporting today that venture capital investments hit $6.7 billion in the latest quarter, the highest quarterly investment level since 2001. The firms said in their quarterly venture capital report that t...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Foundation Capital Promotes Redelfs

Menlo Park-based Foundation Capital has promoted Rich Redelfs to General Partner. Redelfs has been a venture partner and EIR at Foundtaion for the last three years. Prior to Foundation, he was President and CEO of Atheros Communications. Re...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Limbo 41414 Gets Funding For Mobile Content

Burlingame-based Limbo 41414, a mobile entertainment community and content firm, has scored a second round from Azure Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Limbo 41414 said today that the Series B funding brings its total funding to $9M. Lim...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Maxpreps Raises $7M Series B

Cameron Park-based MaxPreps, an online service that provides detailed high school sports information, has landed a Series B round worth $7M. The round was led by Dolphin Equity Partners, and included participation from BEV Capital and DFJ F...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

VoiceObjects Raises $10.8M

San Mateo-based VoiceObjects has closed a $10.8M round of venture capital financing, the firm said today. Funding came from existing investors, including Telesoft Partners, Wellington Partners, SAP Ventures, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture a...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Newnham Gets $13.25M

Palo Alto-based Newnham has raised $13.25M in a Series B, the firm said today. The funding came from Espirit Capital Partners, along with existing investors Atlas Venture and Benchmark Capital. This round brings the company's total funding ...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Trinity Promotes Nakache To General Partner

Menlo Park-based Trinity Ventures, an investor in early stage information technology companies, has promoted Patricia Nakache to General Partner and Jim Tybur to Principal. The venture firm has backed such companies as Blue Nile, Crescendo ...

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Greylock Targets Israel

Greylock Partners said today that the fund is opening up a new, $150M fund focused on investments in Israeli early-stage companies. The fund said that Greylock Israel will be managed by Moshe Mor, Erez Ofer, and Yoram Snir. Both Mor and Sni...

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Feedster Raises Funding

San Francisco-based Feedster has raised another round of funding, saying today that it has also named a new president. Funding came from existing investors Selby Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, Mitsui & Co., and Midas Capital, and also i...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

SkyPilot Lands $21M

Santa Clara-based SkyPilot Networks has raised $21M in a round of venture funding. SkyPilot said that funding came from August Capital, as well as existing investors Mobius Venture Capital, INVESCO Private Capital, Palo Alto Investors, Nexi...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

MobiTV Gets $70M From Oak

MobiTV, an Emeryville-based firm providing television and digital radio services for cellular, Wi-Fi, and other broadband devices, has inked $70M in a round of funding. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners. MoviTV provides a subscri...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Gear6 Raises $10M For Storage Acceleration

Menlo Park-based Gear6, a provider of equipment for accelerating storage, said today that it has raised $10M in a round of venture funding. Funding came from InterWest Partners, and also included participation by prior investor U.S. Venture...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Engage.com Inks Venture Funding

San Francisco-based Engage.com, an online dating web site, has closed a first round of venture funding. Funding was led by Founders Fund and Revolution Ventures. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Engage is looking to use friends a...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Opsware Buys Storage Management Software Firm

Santa Clara-based Opsware, a provider of enterprise IT automation software, has acquired Boulder, Colorado-based Creekpath, the firm said this morning. Opsware will pay approximately $10M in cash, plus additional earnout worth up to $5M in ...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Cellfire Gets $10M

San Jose-based Cellfire has raised a new Series B round of funding from Menlo Ventures, the company said today. Cellfire said that it will use the new financing to drive its growth in the mobile marketing arena. Cellfire provides a mobile c...

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Monday, July 10, 2006

ConSentry Finds $20M

Milpitas, California-based ConSentry Networks, a company that develops LAN security software, has raised $20M. ConSentry said today that the funding came from existing investors Accel Partners, INVESCO Private Capital, and Sequoia Capital. ...

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Monday, July 10, 2006

NEA Closes $2.5B Fund

Menlo Park-based New Enterprise Associates has closed a $2.5B venture capital fund, the company said today. NEA said that funding for NEA 12 included its existing limited partners, and will continue the same focus as its recent NEA 10 and N...

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Monday, July 10, 2006

G2 Microsystems Gets $14M in Series B

Campbell-based G2 Microsystems, a company that develops ICs for asset tracking and telemetry, has raised a $14M Series B round. G2 said today that the funding came from previous investor Siemens Venture Capital, and also included Deutsche B...

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Monday, July 10, 2006

CacheLogic Finds $20M

Santa Clara-based CacheLogic has raised another round of funding, saying today that it has raiased $20M in a Series C round led by Amadeus Capital Partners. Previous investor 3i, Pentech Ventures, and the Cambridge Gateway Fund also partici...

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Thursday, July 6, 2006

InSilica Raises $18M

Santa Clara-based InSilica, a provider of ASIC and system-on-a-chip designs using Indian semiconductor design teams, has raised $18M. Funding came from Intel Capital, Flextronics, Crossbow Ventures, Dow Ventures, and NewPath Ventures. InSil...

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Thursday, July 6, 2006

VeriSilicon Raises $14.8M, Buys LSI Unit

Santa Clara-based VeriSilicon Holdings, an ASIC design foundry that operates ASIC design operations in China, has raised $14.8M in a Series C venture capital round from Austin Ventures and Sierra Ventures. The company said that the funding ...

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Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Kontera Raises $7M

San Francisco-based Kontera has raised $7M in a round of venture capital funding, the firm reported today. Kontera, which provides context-sensitive advertising for web sites, said that the funding came from Sequoia Capital and Lehman Broth...

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

iBloks Adds $3M

San Francisco-based iBloks has received $3M from Maveron, in a Series B funding. iBloks said today that the funding will be used to further develop the company's application. iBloks is a consumer application that allows users to personalize...

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

EPAC Scores $40M More

San Leandro-based EPAC, a company developing digital printing automation technology, has scored $40M in a Series C round. The company raised the funding from Investor Growth Capital, and existing investors Menlo Ventures and others. The com...

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

ShutterFly Files For IPO

Redwood City-based ShutterFly filed for an IPO this morning, saying that it is looking to raise up to $92M in an IPO on the Nasdaq. ShutterFly, which provides an online photo service that allows people to upload, print, and share their phot...

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

DFJ Element Raises $284M For Clean Technology Fund

Menlo Park-based DFJ Element, a venture capital fund focused on clean technology, said today that it has raised $284M for its fund. The fund was formed by Element Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. DFJ Element said that Lehman Br...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

DVDPlay Raises $20M

DVDPlay, a Los Gatos-based company developing standalone DVD rental kiosks, has raised $20M in a Series A venture round from El Dorado Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Palo Alto Venture Partners, and Vanguard Venture Partners. The firm...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

SANRAD Garners $10M For iSCSI Storage Systems

San Mateo-based SANRAD has scored $10M for its iSCSI storage systems, saying that it has received a venture capital round from Foundation Capital. SANRAD will use the funding to expand sales, marketing and support, as well as product develo...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Cranite Finds $11.5M

Cranite, a provider of network security services, has raised another round of venture capital from Warburg Pincus and existing investors. Existing investors include JK&B Capital, Diamondhead Ventures, BV Capital, Selby Ventures, Industry Ve...

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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Sabrix Gets $13M

San Ramon-based Sabrix has received $13M in a Series D round, the company said today. The round was led by new investor GKM Ventures, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and VSP Capital. Sabrix is deve...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2006

SoonR Gets Investment From Clearstone

Campbell-based SoonR has received an investment round from Clearstone Ventures, according to PE Week. The firm, is developing services that allow you to access your PC from an mobile phone, and has been described as "GoToMyPC" for your cell...

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Tuesday, June 6, 2006

BlueArc Digs Up $29M In Funding

San Jose-based BlueArc has found another round of funding in the amount of $29M. This investment brings to over $200M the amount that BlueArc has received from investors since its inception. Morgenthaler Ventures led the round accompanied...

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Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Market6 Raises $5.5M

Market6 has received $5.5M to further develop its in-stock monitoring service for consumer goods companies and retailers. The Series A funding was entirely financed by Sevin Rosen Funds. ...

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Tuesday, June 6, 2006

FyreStorm Finds $25M

Sunnyvale, CA based FyreStorm has secured $25M in a Series C financing move. The investment was led by Worldview Technology Partners. All of the previous investors also participated in the round including ComVentures, Texas Pacific Group ...

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Monday, June 5, 2006

RBN Gets Funding

San Francisco-based RBN, a developer of optical transport platforms, said today that it has received a Series B investment from Jolimont Ventures. Existing investor Allen and Buckeridge also participated. According to RBN, the funds will b...

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Monday, June 5, 2006

Viator Receives $4M

San Francisco based Viator has received $4M dollars in funding from Carlyle Venture Partners and Sydney-based Technology Venture Partners. These funds follow the $6M which was received in November of 2005. Viator operates a web site that ...

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Friday, June 2, 2006

Yipes Gets $17.5M

San Francisco-based Yipes Enterprise Services has received $17.5M in a fourth round of funding. The investment includes $9M in a line of credit from SVB Silicon Valley Bank. The remainder of the funding came from existing investors Crosslin...

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Thursday, June 1, 2006

Proteolix Nets $45M

Proteolix, a San Francisco based biotech company, has raised $45M in a second round of funding. This brings their total amount received to $63M. Delphi Ventures led the round along with previous investors U.S. Venture Partners, Advanced T...

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Thursday, June 1, 2006

Krugle receives $6.1M

Menlo Park based Krugle, Inc. has secured an additional $6.1M of funding led by Rustic Canyon Partners. Also participating in this Series B round were investors Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital, and Omidyar Network; each of ...

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Thursday, June 1, 2006

Quellan Gets Investment

Santa Clara-based Quellan has received a new, strategic investment the company said today. The funding came from VentureTech Alliance, whose majority limited partner is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Terms were not discl...

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Double Fusion gets $10M in funding

Double Fusion, a San Francisco based in-game advertising firm, received $10M in funding today. This series of capital investment was led by Accel Partners and JVP with Jerusalem Capital also participating. These funds will be used by Doub...

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