Olive Software appears to have survived a tough rejection by Google last year.
The Santa Clara, Calif. company helps transfer off-line content into a format which Google can search. It converts PDF documents, microfilm and any other files to XML. …
Cool Earth Solar, a Livermore, Calif. company that says it has developed a new solar concentration technology, has raised $750,000 in a seed round of financing, VentureWire reports (sub required).
The company has a good presentation of its technology here.…
RecycleBank, a Philadelphia company that rewards people for recycling at home, said it has raised $13.1 million in a first round of funding.
RRE Ventures and Sigma Partners were the investors in the three-year old company.
Here’s the press release, …
A few weeks from now, the University of California and Stanford University may both institute across-the-board bans on tobacco-industry research funding, a sign of the latest struggle between academic integrity and university buckraking to play out across higher education.
See …
See David Hamilton’s story, over at VentureBeat Life Sciences…
Finding fundable university-based deals won’t happen haphazardly and, generally, won’t be done quickly. But if you’re patient and do it right, you’ll build a company that’s unique, at the cutting edge of technology, and with the potential of fueling truly …
TheFunded, a site where entrepreneurs can rate VCs, has capitulated and is allowing venture capitalists to participate.
Until late yesterday, the site had prohibited venture capitalists from responding. However our post a few days ago about the unfairness of that …
Buzzlogic, a San Francisco company that tell marketers which blogs are the most influential, is now distributing its online product.
It’s looking pretty good. This is unfortunately not a free software. You’ll have to pay about $12,000 a year.
It …
Michael Moritz, most influential venture capitalist — Moritz, a partner at Sequoia Capital and early backer of Yahoo, Google among others, is the only VC to make Time’s list of 100 most influential. “Many people see Mike as a loner. …
Hyperpia, a Fremont, Calif. online gaming company, has raised around $3 million in third round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Wire. BlueRun Ventures led the deal, with John Malloy taking a board seat.…
GTronix, a Fremont, Calif. fabless chip company, has raised $10.25 million in a third round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by Pe Wire. Jafco Ventures was joined by return backer Menlo Ventures.…
OpVista, a Milpitas, Calif. company that lets cable providers boost the transmission of data over optical networks, has raised $15 million more in financing.
This is a bubble-era company. It launched in 2000, and suffered amid the downturn in the …
Fortressware, a Los Altos Hills, Calif. provider of protection against IP and data loss, has secured around $2.5 million of a $3 million first round of financing led by iD Ventures America, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE …
Accel Partners has invested about $1 million into Comeks, a Finnish company building creative design applications for mobile devices, according to VentureWire (sub required).
Founded in late 2006, the company looks to create software that will enable cellphone users to …
It’s hard to believe, but new companies are still emerging to offer you free social networking tools.
Me.com, the latest, is a bit tardy to the game. The San Jose, Calif. Company wants to compete with Ning and others, by …
(Update: VentureBeat has now confirmed this with a source, who says details have to be wrapped up before an announcement is made. There is no exact price yet, because that is one of the things still being negotiated. …
See David Hamilton’s piece here.…
Tumri, an online ad network, today releases a service called Tumri Publisher to give publishers more control over ads displayed on their site.
Tumri Publisher allows users to create custom, branded ads called AdPods based on product category. For example, …
Unheard of mobile service company Mig33 is showing explosive growth — by offering a simple way to text, IM and make cheap voice calls.
The company has gained four million subscribers in less than eighteen months, mostly in South East …
Zimbra, the open-source messaging software company that offers more modern features than Microsoft’s Outlook, has cut a major deal with Comcast, keeping it on an impressive trend of growth.
It benefits Comcast because it lets the cable giant give its …
