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 50-home pilot test of the firm’s products in preparation for commercial release as early as this summer.
While it didn’t disclose the amount of the round, received from .406 Ventures and… 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 Wall Street turmoil? — Maybe not so bad, some hopefuls in the industry tell PaidContent.
Global Agency Interpublic Group creates new venture arm — It will be called Mediabrands Venture Fund, and follows… 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), has been around for years, and has assumed new relevance as more web-connected services look to grow. Auction site eBay has let developers build auction services using its auction data… 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 of New Hampshire, American Biomass is betting that high fuel prices for traditional heating fuels will inspire consumers to look elsewhere for warmth — in this case, back to the… 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 VentureBeat.
The Company also unveiled today the Veracode SecurityReviewâ„¢ solutions, which allow organizations to discover security flaws in software automatically, without releasing their valuable source code. Veracode SecurityReview is the industry’s… Continue Reading