Overtone raises $2.5 million to look at brand resonance

Overtone, a San Francisco-based company that keeps tabs on brand recognition and penetration, as well as customer experiences, for companies, has brought in $2.5 million of an expected $5.3 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. Formerly called Island Data, the… Continue Reading

Medical device maker Emphasys on the auction block

Emphasys Medical, maker of a valve that diverts air to only the healthy parts of lungs in emphysema patients, has put itself up for sale after the Food and Drug Administration rejected its lead product in December. This is the second relatively recent defeat for… Continue Reading

Active Network acquires online campsite booker ReserveAmerica

Active Network acquires online campsite booker ReserveAmerica

The Active Network, a network of sites targeting athletic and active-lifestyle users, announced today that it’s buying ReserveAmerica, an online service for booking campground space across the U.S., for an undisclosed amount.

It was formerly a subsidiary of IAC, a conglomerate of interactive web-based businesses (including… Continue Reading

Applied Identity raises $10M for enterprise IT

Applied Identity, a San Francisco startup that improves enterprise IT security, has raised $10 million of a projected $15.3 million third round, according to Private Equity Hub, citing a regulatory filing. New investor ABS Ventures joined existing backers Bay Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, OVP Ventures… Continue Reading

Hanger Network gets $10M boost for coat hanger campaigning

Few are aware of the looming issue of coat hanger pollution. Yet there they are, lying in heaps, projecting up from overburdened landfills, their anonymous, identical tops crooked into a single a questioning pose: Why? Why so much hanger waste?

Coming to the rescue is Hanger… Continue Reading

ScaleMP debuts aggregate virtualization with $8M funding

A new sort of virtualization is appearing in companies like ScaleMP, which turns the conventional notion of splitting one server into multiple virtual systems on its head.

ScaleMP instead aggregates together multiple low-end systems to create a more powerful one. The technique can help with systems… Continue Reading

Active Network raises $65M for sports community site

The Active Network, a San Diego, Calif.  sports community site, has raised $65 million in a fifth round of financing, according to PE Hub.

Canaan Partners led the deal, and was joined by fellow return backers like ESPN, ABS Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Comdisco and… Continue Reading

CVRx, developer of hypertension-treatment devices, draws in $65M

CVRx, a Minneapolis-based developer of an implantable device for the control of high blood pressure, raised $65 million in a fourth round of funding that will support a “pivotal” clinical trial of the device. The round was led by Johnson & Johnson Development, and also… Continue Reading