Mobile app Co., iLoop Mobile, acquires two Danish companies

San Jose’s iLoop Mobile has acquired two Danish companies, InAphone A/S and SSG ApS.

InAphone A/S produces applications to store and deliver mobile content, and SSG ApS develops nad publishes mobile content.

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Biggest alternative energy VC deal, for Cilion, confirmed

Biggest alternative energy VC deal, for Cilion, confirmed

(Update: More investor info and other detais below)

When we launched Thursday morning, our first story was a scoop about ethanol company Cilion raising the largest venture round ever — $200 million — for an alternative energy company.

Of course, the story got buried when our site went down. We confirmed the story yesterday attorneys from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, who handled the transaction for Cilion: Denis Segota and Matthew Bartus.

In May, the central California… Continue Reading

Holy smokes: Cilion grabs $200M, largest ever alternative energy VC deal?

Holy smokes: Cilion grabs $200M, largest ever alternative energy VC deal?

We are still pinning this story down, but we’re hearing that Cilion, the California ethanol comany formed by well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla (pictured here), has just raised $200 million.

This may be the largest ever alternative energy deal by venture capitalists. It is also significant because the company is so young; it was formed barely three months ago.

But with everyone from Bill Gates to Virgin Airways chief Richard Branson and California’s two… Continue Reading