Aquantia raises $25 million for highest-speed Ethernet chips
As video bogs down the Internet, it never hurts to beef up the infrastructure for moving packets around. That’s what semiconductor design firm Aquantia is doing with its chips, and it explains why the company has been able to raise $25 million in a new round of venture funding.
Aquantia’s chips can process 10-gigabit Ethernet signals. That’s important because corporate data centers are getting overloaded. The newest servers have multiple processors, or cores, in a single… Continue Reading
Satiety pulls in $30M for obesity device
Satiety, a Palo Alto, Calif., device maker focused on obesity, raised $30 million in a fourth round of funding. Skyline Ventures led the round, joined by HLM Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures, Venrock, Three Arch Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures and Thomas Fogarty.
Satiety is developing a minimally invasive device for stomach-reduction surgery consisting of a stapling tool that can be passed down the throat into the stomach. The company was founded in 2001.