Stretch raises $15 million for surveillance camera chips
Stretch, provider of fabless semiconductor components, has raised $15 million to continue making chips for surveillance cameras. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company plans to use the funding to expand its customer base around the world. It currently makes three different types of processors to support digital video in the latest security cameras.
The company’s processors run alongside image sensors (which capture pictures) made by Pixim, another chip company that has had success raising money as it targets… Continue Reading
Pixim raises funds for high-quality surveillance camera chips
When you have a lot of customer traction, it isn’t hard to raise more money. Pixim, whose chips are used in hundreds of models of security cameras, has proven that by raising $13 million in a new round of funding from existing investors.
That means the company has raised over $100 million since its launch in 1999. Backers for the maker of image sensors and processors include Mayfield Fund, Ridgewood Capital and Tallwood Venture Capital. The… Continue Reading
Corrected: Pixim raises more money for video surveillance chips
Pixim has been picking away at the market for video surveillance chips for a long time. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company was founded in 1999 to create chips that delivered much better processing power for visual imagery.
VentureBeat has learned that the company has raised more money. (Corrected amount: The company has raised $5.1 million, extending a $15 million round raised in 2007 from current investors: Mayfield Fund in Menlo Park and Tallwood Venture Capital in… Continue Reading
CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel invests in video camera chip company, Pixim
Updated
Pixim, a Mountain View, Calif. company that builds chips for videos cameras that improve color, and reduce blooming and smear in bad lighting conditions, has added more money to its second round of financing.
In-Q-Tel, the venture arm of the U.S. intelligence agencies, participated in the latest financing, the company said in a statement.
Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital and Mayfield Fund have also contributed to this extension of the company’s second round, an extension totaling $15.3… Continue Reading
Roundup: YouTube pays, Truemors, Techdirt, Kokua, Boo.com and more
Here’s the latest action:
YouTube follows through, almost — YouTube tomorrow (Friday) will start sharing advertising revenue with select video content creators, though not with the masses yet. The move to share revenue with users had been signaled in the past. The initial bunch includes Lonelygirl15, LisaNova, HappySlip, renetto, Smosh, and valsartdiary, Newteevee reports. However, no specifics are mentioned.
Yahoo Photos to be phased out — Yahoo will announce the closure of Yahoo Photos tomorrow, which will occur over… Continue Reading
Pixim raises $15M for high-performance chipset for video cameras
Updated
Pixim, a Mountain View, Calif. company that builds chips for videos cameras that improve color, and reduce blooming and smear in bad lighting conditions, has raised $15 million.
The investment comes from Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital, Mayfield Fund and unnamed others.
Pixim’s chipset is called Orca, and the company says it has set a new standard for wide dynamic range.
From a company’s statement:
In recent test results published by Protector Magazine, the leading physical security publication… Continue Reading