VBrick snags $10.4 for streaming video
Vbrick Systems is a relatively old member of the online video scene. For a decade it’s provided technology to websites for video hosting. As the field has evolved, so has the company, which just raised $10.4 million and plans to launch new hardware and software for streaming and pay-per-view video. The contribution went toward a $15.7 million sixth round of funding that remains open.
The Wallingford, Conn.-based company also hopes to bring in money by embedding… Continue Reading
Microsoft acquires DATAllegro data warehouse appliance company
Microsoft has acquired data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro in an attempt to strengthen its presence in the enterprise business intelligence market.
DATAllegro specializes in large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliances with anywhere from 1 terabyte of data to hundreds of terabytes. Microsoft said the addition of DATAllegro means that its SQL Server product will now scale to large-scale data warehouses. Microsoft said it would retain most of DATAllegro’s team in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Terms of the deal were… Continue Reading
Buzzlogic helps place ads on influential blogs, raises cash
Buzzlogic, the San Francisco company that tries to help marketers and others gauge which blogs are the most influential for specific topics, has raised an extra $2.5 million in financing to help it promote its new advertising product.
The company launched its blog analysis product in May (our coverage), but earlier this month additionally launched a way to target advertising against those influential blogs. You type in a topic into Buzzlogic’s dashboard, and it provides you… Continue Reading
LiquidPiston raises $1.75M for new internal combustion engine
LiquidPiston, a Cambridge, Mass. company developing a new internal combustion engine (ICE) said it has raised a $1.75 million first round of capital from Adams Capital Management.
See the company’s statement here.
Earlier this year, the company announced a $70,000 Phase I grant from the Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The company is led by immigrant physicist Nikolay and his son Alexander Shkolnik, a graduate student in MIT’s engineering school.
It will use the financing… Continue Reading
Luminescent, lithography- enhancement company, raises $9M more
Luminescent Technologies, a Palo Alto, Calif provider of lithography-enhancement products for the chip industry, said it has raised $9 million in a new financing round.
Here is the statement
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The round was led by Adams Capital Management and included existing investor Sevin Rosen Funds.
With the new financing in place, Luminescent CEO David Fried has stepped down, and is being replaced by Moris Kori, who previously was EVP of Products.
BuzzLogic raises $9.6M to help you sort through blog clutter
BuzzLogic, the San Francisco company that helps you find out which blogs are influential, has raised $9.6 million in a first round of venture capital.
It was led by Adams Capital Management, Ackerley Partners and Transcosmos Investments & Business Development.
We wrote about BuzzLogic when it launched in September after raising a seed round of $1.5 million.
The company seeks to define which blogs are shaping conversations online. It uses four criteria to measure a blog:
•overall traffic and… Continue Reading