HyperRoll, developer of software for data aggregation and financial reporting, says it will sell off its intellectual and technology assets to Oracle. Based in Mountain View, HyperRoll was backed by Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners. The deal continues Redwood Shores-based …
HX Diagnostics, maker of quick-acting diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, brought in $4.7 million in equity and securities, according to a filing with the SEC. The company has previously been backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.…
Lunch.com founder J.R. Johnson has already made his money. Now he wants his social network to foster critical thinking. “I don’t want to have people just say ‘I’m for universal health care,’ he told me on the phone this morning. …
It’s official: cleantech is the darling of the rebounding investment market. Not only has the sector maintained the momentum it picked up in the second fiscal quarter of this year, it has emerged as the No. 1 sector in U.S. …
Android sales are growing at Nokia’s expense, according to the latest report from AdMob, one of the largest mobile ad networks.
“The HTC Magic (my Touch) is a Top 10 smartphone in both North America and Western Europe,” says AdMob’s …
Anyone looking at Twitter or news aggregation sites recently knows there’s been a crazy amount of buzz about Google Wave, the new communication and collaboration service that Google is letting 100,000 people preview today. For example, it’s been one of …
It’s been a year since Sequoia Capital’s “R.I.P. Good Times” presentation to the firm’s portfolio companies. One of Sequoia’s more high-profile startups at the time was Imeem, a site that claimed to be the first to allow free, legal music …
Sony’s PSPgo — the latest version of its PlayStation Portable — is going on sale tonight at midnight in stores across the country. More than 200 games will be available for digital download into the device.
We caught up with …
Facebook is simplifying how outside companies can integrate its Connect service today, in an effort to boost the company’s impact far beyond the borders of its social networking site.
It’s launching a Facebook Connect Wizard that compresses the process into …
There are already lots of teachers using simple website builder Weebly to create class sites, says chief executive David Rusenko. But the San Francisco startup wants to expand its classroom presence with a new version called Weebly for Education.
The …
After social sharing site FriendFeed slows innovation as its founders ease their way into new jobs at acquirer Facebook, where will its savvy users go?
Cliqset wants to be the destination. The Jacksonville, Florida-based startup has turned itself into a …
Huddle is a London startup trying to make its mark in the crowded collaboration market by offering the most comprehensive tools around — co-founder Andy McLoughlin says customers should be able find everything needed to work together at the Huddle …
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Scott Olson is president of MindLink Marketing. He contributed this column to VentureBeat.)
Every good marketing professional knows when it comes to Internet marketing; success depends upon high quality, original content. It’s critical to any number …
Offerpal Media announced a new way to monetize video games by allowing users to earn virtual currency in games in exchange for filling out online surveys.
The Offerpal SURVEYS platform is available for game developers and social media publishers to …
When Facebook began expanding internationally, instead of paying professionals to translate its site into other languages, it turned to its users. They quickly made it available in 65 languages.
Now Facebook’s turning around and offering that technology to other sites. …
CMEA Capital has decided against raising a new $500 million fund to back late and growth-stage cleantech companies, Dow Jones VentureWire reported earlier today. The news is interesting for two reasons: 1) It suggests a shift in strategy for CMEA, …
Soon, wind turbines could grace San Franciscan landmarks from Treasure Island to Ocean Beach — or at least they should, according to a new report released today by the City’s urban wind power task force, a group commissioned by mayor …
OnLive is announcing today it has raised a third round of funding from AT&T Media Holdings, Lauder Partners and its existing partners as it moves toward the launch of its video games on demand service, which will let you play …
PowerSecure International, provider of equipment and services to help utilities update their infrastructure, achieve greater efficiency and prevent power disruptions, announced today that it landed $12 million in new contracts with multiple electric utilities.
The North Carolina-based company says that …
Swedish start-up Twingly is launching channels tomorrow that find the most socially relevant news around any topic.
Twingly’s channels are a more sophisticated kind of real-time search or meme tracker that will pull up recently published items on a topic …
