ScanSafe, a San Mateo, Calif. company that offers a Web-based product to protect businesses from spyware and other security threats, said it has raised $15 million in a second round of funding led by Scale Venture Partners, formerly BA Venture …
Biodiesel company Imperium Renewables, of Seattle, said it has raised $113 million in equity financing and is wrapping up a $101 million line of credit, continuing the massive injection of capital into the alternative fuel sector.
The financing of Imperium, …
Venture capital backed companies are being valued at the highest level since 2000, according to the latest survey by Dow Jones VentureOne.
Venture capital firms, awash with capital from investors, are bidding up prices when they compete to invest in …
Jitterbug, a Del Mar, Calif. company that targets elderly users (aged 55+) of cell-phones, offering phones with big buttons and simple, clear screens, has raised $5 million from Nauta Capital, a Spanish venture capital firm.
The phones are co-designed with …
Carrier IQ, a Mountain View start-up that tracks data collected from a mobile phone user’s experience, has raised $4 million more dollars, from Spanish venture capital firm, Nauta Capital.
The company, launched by WebTV co-founder Bruce Leak, is now run …
Why not let Internet junkies do your marketing for you?
Brickfish, a San Diego company, lets you do that by tapping into the creative energies of Internet users — getting them to work for free, essentially, to generate marketing ideas …
Mozes, the Palo Alto company that lets you text-message music bands for information like concert details, venue changes and promotions, had raised $5 million in a first round of venture capital funding.
Mozes’ mission is straightforward, but difficult to carry …
A raft of new online games are emerging, allowing you to play straight from your browser.
The quality generally remains weak — because of limits on interactivity posed by your broadband connection.
King.com, a European company with $43 million in …
Avidence, a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that wants to provide digital video software to businesses, has raised around $5 million in a first round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. Investors include ArrowPath Ventures and Red …
Sanarus Medical, a Pleasanton, Calif. company that makes a device to treat breast tumors, has raised $15 million in fifth round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week.
Investors included Easton Capital Partners, Alta Partners, Forward …
ChipX, a Santa Clara, Calif. provider of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) products, said it has agreed to buy the ASIC assets of Oki Semiconductor Company, a division of Oki America Inc..
See announcement here.
ChipX and Oki Semiconductor said they’d …
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Altra, the ethanol maker based in Los Angeles, has raised an additional $63 million for its second round of funding, making the total $183 million, according to VentureWire.
Here is our previous coverage of the company, which has raised money …
The nation’s two satellite radio services, Sirius and XM, said they plan to emerge — probably the only avenue for these companies to survive, after having accumulated $6 billion in losses.
The big question is whether this will raise antitrust …
Joost and BitTorrent, two start-ups focused on bringing video to your home using cheap peer-to-peer communication networks, are making progress.
Joost, the company launched by the co-founders of popular Internet phone company Skype, announced a deal with Viacom to bring …
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AdaptiveBlue, a Livingston N.J. company, gives you a browser plug-in that allows you to research and organize more easily from sites within Firefox.
The company said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Union Square Ventures in New …
Mutual funds are surprisingly dysfunctional, and yet you rely on them for your retirement.
Marketocracy, a six-year-old start-up in San Mateo, may have just brought some sanity to the process.
First, some context: U.S. investors have $4 trillion wrapped up …
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Defense Department’s Grand Challenge moves downtown — The great annual race of robotic cars, until this year held in the desert, is moving downtown. The DARPA-sponsored event awards the winner $2 million. Unmanned …
New Enterprise Associates, the large venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley and the East Coast, said it has expanded its operations in India.
NEA will make up to $200 million in investments into mid- to late-stage investments through …
