Anagran gets $8.6 million for network traffic management

Anagran, a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that builds “flow management” products to help handle traffic on Internet service provider (ISP) and corporate networks, has taken $8.6 million in a fourth funding round.

Fairly often, flow management simply means handling peer to peer (P2P) traffic between users. The… Continue Reading

Innotas, a project portfolio market company, gets $6M boost

Innotas, a project portfolio market company, gets $6M boost

Innotas, a company offering something called project portfolio management (PPM), has raised $6 million more in funding.

PPM is software designed to help groups tackle projects, with an eye toward managing resources and meeting goals. Where Salesforce has become a titan from selling customer relationship management… Continue Reading

Vyatta, the open-source networking co., raises $11M more

Vyatta, a San Mateo, Ca. company that sells open-source networking products including routers, firewalls and virtual private networks, has raised $11 million more in a second round of financing.

The round was led by Comcast Interactive Capital, the company said in a statement.

Also participating in the… Continue Reading

Avidience, a video-for-business-application company, raises $5M

Avidence, a Sunnyvale, Calif. maker of open source software for inserting video in business applications, said it has raised $5 million in first round financing from Red Rock Ventures and ArrowPath Venture Partners.

From the company’s statement:

The Avidence Video Application Server uses open source components… Continue Reading

Nuance shores up voice-recognition lead, buys BeVocal for $140M

Nuance Communications, the speech-recognition technology company, said it has agreed to acquire BeVocal, of Mountain View, Calif., for $140 million.

The deal allows the Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance, which dominates the speech-recognition market, to extend its reach into mobile calls, where BeVocal’s customers include carriers like Cingular,… Continue Reading

TriCipher, an online user authentication company, raises $15M

TriCipher, a Los Gatos, Calif., provider of user authentication security technology to protect against online fraud and identity theft, said it has raised $15 million in a third round of cash and debt financing.

Led by RBC Technology Ventures, the round included existing investors Arrowpath Venture… Continue Reading

Innotas, project management software Co., raises $5M

Innotas, a six year old company selling project management software, has raised $5.5 million in a second round of funding, according to VentureWire (sub required):

Founded as Project Arena in 2000, the Oakland, Calif.-based company raised its first financing from seed investor Cedar Circle LLP. In… Continue Reading

Vyatta, open-source networking Co., raises $7.5M

Vyatta, a San Mateo start-up that sells an open-source router, said it has raised $7.5 million in a first round of financing.

The funding comes from JPMorgan Partners, ComVentures and ArrowPath Venture Partners.

Vyatta says its Open Flexible Router (OFR) is a more flexible and affordable alternative… Continue Reading