3M, the maker of products from Post-it Notes to electronic road signs, has acquired Soquel’s Credence for an undisclosed sum.
Credence, which has about 12 employees, provides “instruments and monitoring equipment for electrostatic discharge control and electromagnetic emissions during design …
Photo hosting and sharing site Shutterfly wants to raise as much as $100 million with its planned initial public offering, the Redwood City company said in a filing yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This is more than the …
FreeWebs, which provides blog-creation software and hosting, has raised $11 million in a first round of venture capital from two East Coast venture firms, according to VentureWire.
The cash gives FreeWebs serious funding to do battle against other major blogging …
Clearwire Corporation, the Kirkland, Wash. company that is building out a WiMax network that offers stronger, wider broadband wireless access, today announced yesterday it has gotten additional equity investment of $100 million, and debt financing of $125 million.
The investment …
China investments into start-ups are booming, and a lot of the money is flowing there from Silicon Valley firms.
A couple of years ago, lots of people began speculating whether there might be a Chinese investment bubble in the works. …
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Obopay, of Redwood City, has pulled in $7 million in strategic Series B funding from wireless industry heavyweight Qualcomm Inc. to help it expand the potential market for its mobile payment technology.
Realini said that by receiving investment from Qualcomm, …
Laszlo Systems, the original developer of OpenLaszlo, an open source platform for building and deploying advanced Ajax applications, said today it has raised $8 million in a third round of funding.
New investor WI Harper Group led the round, joining …
Sybase, a provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, said yesterday it will acquire Mobile 365, a leading mobile messaging and content delivery company, in an all cash $425M transaction.
It is just the latest deal to reflect the explosion …
Flextronics, the giant Singapore company that offers electronics design services, and has major offices in San Jose, has completed the sale of its software development and solutions business to KKR and Sequoia Capital, the company said today.
Under the previously …
Optical networking equipment developer NeoPhotonics Inc., of San Jose, is continuing a recent buying spree with the acquisition of BeamExpress Inc, its third acquisition in as many months.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based BeamExpress develops transceiver modules for high speed networks. The company, …
Aruba , the Sunnyvale local area network wireless company, is about to go public. Back in April, the company did a CEO change in order to prepare for the move. Now, the new CEO, Dominic Orr, is making the rounds, …
Ad Infuse Inc., a developer of technology designed to make advertising a bigger part of the mobile phone experience, has emerged from stealth mode with nearly $6 million in backing from Storm Ventures and ComVentures, VentureWire has learned.
San Francisco-based …
Broncus Technologies Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of an investigational bronchoscopic procedure for the treatment of emphysema, has raised $29.5 million in Series F funding. Abingworth Management, Japan Asia Investment Co., and Saratoga Ventures were joined by return backers …
International Data Group Inc. is continuing its global venture-capital push with the launch of a new India fund, while also taking a deeper look at Korea and Eastern Europe.
The Boston-based technology media publisher houses a network of venture capital …
Efficient Frontier, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of paid search engine marketing solutions, has raised $6 million in Series C funding, according to a regulatory filing. Mitsui & Co. was joined by return backers Redpoint Ventures and Cambrian Ventures. (Source: …
Rosedale Medical Inc., a Cupertino, Calif.-based developer of glucose monitoring system for diabetics, has raised $20 million in Series C funding, according to a regulatory filing. U.S. Venture Partners and Investor Growth Capital were joined by return backers Pequot Ventures, …
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Mountain View, has raised $33.12 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Adams Street Partners was joined by return backers like Latterell Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and The Vertical Group. …
Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley's top venture capital firm, has quietly added another partner, Chris Olsen .
Royal Philips Electronics announced Thursday it has agreed to sell an 80.1 percent stake in its semiconductor unit to a private equity consortium for 6.4 billion euros, or about $8.2 billion.
