Former Adobe CEO, Chizen, joins Voyager Capital

Former Adobe CEO, Chizen, joins Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital has brought Bruce Chizen, former chief executive officer of Adobe Systems, on board as a venture partner. A long-time member of the Menlo Park, Calif. firm’s advisory board, he will be focusing his efforts on digital media and software opportunities.

Chizen is a prestigious… Continue Reading

Fora.tv tacks on $2M to stir public debate with web video

Fora.tv, an online video site that some have called the “C-Span of the Web,” added $2 million more to a $4 million first round of funding announced in May, reports VentureWire. Before this, it received $2 million in seed funding from Adobe Systems, individual investor… Continue Reading

IntroNetworks, lets you know more about employees, customers

IntroNetworks, lets you know more about employees, customers

Santa Barbara-based IntroNetworks has raised $2.7 million in a first round of capital to develop a social-networking service for companies and events.

There are a ton of these business-oriented social networks, from Visible Path, to Five Across and Facebook’s corporate offering — along with blogging… Continue Reading

Bunchball raises $2M for interactive “flash” games

Bunchball raises $2M for interactive “flash” games

Bunchball, a Redwood City start-up that lets people create Flash-based interactive games for multiple players, and then insert them in blogs and other Web sites, has raised around $2 million in in a first round of funding.

Backers included Adobe Systems, which makes the Flash technology… Continue Reading

Adobe acquires Serious Magic to push Flash video

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San Jose’s Adobe Systems said it has acquired Serious Magic, maker of video software and communications tools.

Serious Magic is a privately held Folsom, Calif.-based company which sells products like DV Rack, which Adobe said allows “direct-to-disk” recording and monitoring into the field, and Visual… Continue Reading