Electric Imp unveils cloud-based home automation: now you can burn your toast from Tokyo

May 16, 2012 10:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Home automation is a hot category that just got even hotter. And possibly, just a bit easier. Today Electric Imp is announcing the Imp, a cloud-based approach to monitoring and managing everything you own.

The venture-backed startup in Los Altos, …

Chris Sacca raising $25M investment fund, according to SEC filing

April 9, 2012 7:31 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Notable tech venture capitalist Chris Sacca has raised at least $25 million for new investment fund Lowercase Spur, according to a SEC document filed today.

The new fund comes a little over a year after Sacca’s first investment fund, Lowercase …