EMKinetics, a Santa Cruz, Calif. company that uses electric pulses as a therapy to prevent urinary incontinence, has raised a $500,000 first round of funding, according to VentureWire.
The company is using technology that it licensed from TheraNova. The electric …
With organic, locally-produced food items in high demand, it was only a matter of time before an enterprising startup or two took the next logical step: greening the supply chain. Eco-Products, a Boulder, Colo.-based maker of compostable food service supplies, …
ChannelAdvisor, a company that lets online retailers manage product marketing across marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon.com, Overstock.com and a series of shopping comparison sites, has raised an additional $20 million, VentureWire reports. The company has also laid off 70 of …
Roomba technologist moves to new robotic venture — Rodney Brooks, chief technology officer and co-founder at iRobot, is moving on to a new company called Heartland Robots, which will work to “rehumanize and revitalize manufacturing.”
Zombie networks surge ahead — …
Nexterra, a Vancouver, B.C.-based developer of low cost gasification systems, has wrapped up a C$3.8 million ($3.6 million) fourth round of funding, courtesy of Calgary, Alberta-based investor ARC Financial Corp. This raises ARC’s total investment in Nexterra to well over …
Xunlight is on a roll: Only a few weeks after disclosing that it had raised $4.97 million from Ohio’s Third Frontier Projects, the Toledo-based developer of flexible, low cost thin-film silicon modules has secured another $11 million in third round …
BuzzCity, a Singapore-based mobile advertising company, has picked up an additional $10 million for its combination approach of an ad network and social site, myGamma.com
The company is aiming to expand in the United States, but chances are, you’re not …
It may not be as much as the colossal $300 million financing that Nanosolar finally disclosed yesterday — the biggest ever for a solar company — but another thin-film manufacturer, AVA Solar, has broken into the nine-figure funding range today, …
Taking a page from T. Boone Pickens, who made waves when he announced that he was building the world’s largest wind farm in Texas, Continental Wind Partners and CEZ Group have concluded a deal to create Europe’s largest onshore farm, …
Thin-film solar company Nanosolar has been sitting on a big secret for much of this year, it turns out: The company took a $300 million financing this March, and has remained mum ever since, only detailing it on the company’s …
Still on its quest to become the Salesforce.com of project portfolio management (PPM), Seattle startup Daptiv has raised $9 million more to develop and market its platform to large companies.
PPM, for those of you who haven’t spent much time …
Miox, a water purification company based in Albuquerque, N.M., has picked up a $19 million third round of funding to help market its industrial water treatment technology.
Instead of filtering water, Miox zaps it with a combination of electricity and …
An idea that has long been batted around by entrepreneurs and venture capitalists is finally getting its day in (or, more accurately, out of) the sun: pumping air into pressurized air cave systems. Then, the air is let out, and …
Solazyme, a South San Francisco, Calif. company that makes biofuels and other products from algae, has raised $45 million or more toward its latest funding, according to VentureWire.
Early this year, Solazyme entered into a partnership with Chevron to develop …
Conviva, a San Mateo, Calif. company that was formerly called Rinera Networks, has raised a substantial $20 million in new funding. But, as the headline notes, they don’t want to give the details on why they’re able to attract so …
Stealth startup Makani Power, an Alameda, Calif.-based wind energy company, has secured $5 million in second round funding from returning investor Google.org. The 24-member firm, which is playing its plans very close to the vest, has only revealed that it …
With the U.S. economy still in the doldrums, venture firms are increasingly looking abroad to capital-starved developing markets for new growth opportunities — with India and China quickly emerging as the main beneficiaries. Enter Attero, a Noida, India-based e-waste recycler, …
Environmental Operating Solutions, a Bourne, Mass. water company with manufacturing facilities in Oregon and South Carolina, has finished raising a $5 million funding with the closing of a second $2.5 million tranche.
The company makes denitrification chemicals for wastewater treatment …
Part of the growing trend for nearly every electronic device to be able to communicate with others, smart grid and advanced metering startup Trilliant has taken $40 million in its first official venture funding.
Trilliant, like competitors Ambient, Silver Spring …
[Update: Lost in the press blitz about the Google.org investment was the fact that Altarock took $26.25 million in total. Advanced Technology Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and Vulcan Capital all participated.] Here’s a fact: If you go …
