EnergyHub ropes first round for home energy management dashboards
EnergyHub, creator of electronic dashboards that let people track and reduce how much energy they are using in real time, closed its first round of funding today, gaining a certain degree of legitimacy in an increasingly crowded field of competitors. The money will fund a… Continue Reading
Roundup: Crisis speculation, another marketing-firm VC, and more
How will the current crisis on Wall Street affect Silicon Valley? – “I don’t think it will have much of an impact on Silicon Valley as an operating entity,” banker Bill Hambrecht tells Om Malik. Watch the video for more.
Meanwhile, how will online advertising be affected by… Continue Reading
Data-sharing service provider Mashery raises $2M, as more companies look to share data
Mashery, to put it simply, helps companies to more easily share their data with outside developers. By making this data more accessible, a company can let other developers use their own creativity to put the information to work.
This technology, called application programming interfaces (or APIs),… Continue Reading
Back to the basics — American Biomass funded for wood-fueled home heating
Skyrocketing prices for crude oil, natural gas and their associated products are having interesting side-affects on cleantech. Alongside a high level of excitement for investments like algal biofuel, some non-standard deals are appearing, including one for a company called American Biomass.
Based in the chilly state… Continue Reading
Veracode raises $19.5M for online security software
Veracode, of Burlington, Mass. company that offers on-demand security analysis software, has launched, and says it has raised $19.5 million in venture capital funding.
Investors are .406 Ventures, Atlas Venture and Polaris Venture Partners, as well as strategic investors Symantec and Macrovision, the company told… Continue Reading