Stretch raises $15 million for surveillance camera chips

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… Continue Reading

Pixim raises funds for high-quality surveillance camera chips

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… Continue Reading

Corrected: Pixim raises more money for video surveillance chips

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… Continue Reading

CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel invests in video camera chip company, Pixim

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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… Continue Reading

Roundup: YouTube pays, Truemors, Techdirt, Kokua, Boo.com and more

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,… Continue Reading

Pixim raises $15M for high-performance chipset for video cameras

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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… Continue Reading