Fastback Networks raises $15M for juicing the capacity of mobile networks before they collapse

The movement toward "small cell" infrastructure requires wireless data networking tech like Fastback's

Need startup cash? An Oakland VC firm wants to lure you East

San Francisco's East Bay is known for its hippie movement, Berkeley's Telegraph Avenue, and oil refineries -- not so much for venture capital. Claremont Creek Ventures, an East Bay's VC, wants to change this perception.

AdRoll nabs $15M from Foundation, Accel, & Merus to get you clicking more ads

Online ad retargeting startup AdRoll has raised $15 million in its second-round of funding. It plans to expand the company and improving its technology, which allows companies to serve more relevant display ads.

AdRoll has somewhat cracked the code in …

Google Ventures-backed CliQr launches to move your business apps to the cloud

App migration and management startup CliQr Technologies has come out of stealth mode with a goal of helping enterprises move their apps to public and private clouds, the company announced today.

One of the more pressing problems for enterprises that …

CloudOn raises $16M to unleash the power of MS Office on tablets

Clearly I’m not the only one excited by CloudOn and its goal of making tablets more productive with software like Microsoft Office. The company announced today that it has raised $16 million in a second round of funding led by …

If Facebook were an online stock brokerage, it would look like Motif

Take one helping of Facebook: social, status updates, friends, and games. Add any online brokerage: stocks, money, charts, and choices. Mix them together, and you’ve got Motif Investing.

Launching Monday, Motif allows investors to easily build portfolios of companies grouped …

Getting money from Foundation Capital: What VCs think about investing today (video)

There are three things that matter in Silicon Valley: the people, the technology and the money.

Foundation Capital general partners Charles Moldow and Ashmeet Sidana sat down with VentureBeat to talk about their role in bringing those three things together.…

HomeRun acquired by Rearden, gets nice liquidity for daily deals

HomeRun hit one out of the park with its recent exit. The daily deals company was purchased by e-commerce provider Rearden Commerce today, which also announced a $133 million round of funding.

Rearden Commerce purchased the company for at least …

Copious raises $2M to help turn social capital into cash

Social marketplace Copious opened its doors for business Wednesday, helped by $2 million in seed funding.

The site plans to facilitate commercial transactions by letting individual buyers and sellers expose their social capital on Facebook and, later, Twitter, Tumblr and …