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 had raised a total of $45 million over several rounds of funding since its inception in 1999, most recently pulling in $5 million in a fifth pass in 2004. Past… 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 StudyOptimizer is the first web-based application for clinical trial enrollment, a cumbersome process that can sometimes stall drugs and devices for months, if not indefinitely. In facilitating the recruitment of… 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 its serious approach — and presumably educated audience — is likely what attracted the investors, who include William Randolph Hearst III, Adobe Ventures and others. Hearst and Adobe were investors… 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 that data to build games and virtual worlds for the web sites of TV shows and movies, such as this one for The Office.
These games are supposed to give media… 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 Adobe Ventures.
TuVox said it has scored several new customers over past six months, including AMC Theatres, American Airlines and BCD Travel, among others.
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 from World Affairs Councils to the Cato Institute and Cambridge University.