Wireless media delivery co. Digital Fountain sells to Qualcomm
Digital Fountain, a company specializing in sending media over wireless networks — especially streaming video — just sold to San Deigo goliath Qualcomm. It’s unclear whether the flagging economy played a role, but the Fremont, Calif. company may have been running short on funds. It… Continue Reading
DecisionView lands financing to optimize clinical trials
DecisionView, developer of software applications that streamline the clinical trials process for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced today that it closed a fourth-round of funding earmarked for product development — including additional work on its top offering, the StudyOptimizer.
The San Francisco-based company claims that the… Continue Reading
Fora.tv, the C-Span of the Web, raises $4M
Fora.tv, a video site that some have called the “C-Span of the Web” for its intellectual video archive of conferences and symposiums, has raised a $4 million first round of funding.
The site has relatively little traffic, compared to the big, more general video sites, but… Continue Reading
Bunchball learns from games on Facebook, creates its own for shows like The Office
Bunchball masquerades as a network of casual game widgets that you play within a social network like Facebook — not unlike competitors Zynga and the Social Gaming Network. But it’s really doing much more. It collects data about your behavior when you play, and uses… Continue Reading
TuVox raises $20M for speech recognition and phone menu software
TuVox, a Cupertino, Calif. company that sells speech recognition software for an automated phone-menu technology, said it has raised $20 million in a fourth round of financing.
Glynn Capital Management led the financing, which also including previous investors Norwest Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Granite Ventures, and… Continue Reading
Fora.tv, bringing C-SPAN to the Internet, raises cash
Fora.tv, a San Francisco start-up that wants to bring a C-SPAN-like programming to the Web, has raised about $2 million more in funding from Adobe Ventures and former Kleiner Perkins partner Will Hearst.
The announcement is here.
Content partners include C-SPAN and a host of other groups… Continue Reading