BlogHer, the “community for women who blog,” raises $7M more
BlogHer , a content network for "women who blog,” has raised $7 million more in a third round of financing, giving it a treasure chest to keep it through the downturn as it seeks to become profitable next year.
The Redwood City, Calif., company has now raised $15.5 million, according to AllThingsD, which reported on the funding . There are several other players gunning for the women’s content and ad market, including established companies like AOL… Continue Reading
DEMOfall 08: TravelMuse plans to simplify social travel planning
Travel sites are a dime a dozen. You can book trips. You can tell your friends about them. But nobody has done a great job of combining the basics of a travel site with tools that make it easy to plan trips and share information with fellow travelers. TravelMuse says it has the answer.
When you visit the Los Altos, Calif.-based company’s site, you can see a breathtaking photo (licensed for free from one of the… Continue Reading
PSS Systems gets another $18M for legal document software
PSS Systems, which dubs itself as “the standard for legal hold and management software” (basically document policy software), has closed a fourth round of funding
The plan is to use the money to expand PSS Systems’ legal governance product portfolio and its presence in the US and European markets. The company is not yet profitable, but expects to be this year.
PSS Systems’ retention and prevention software packages are used by several large corporations including Citigroup, Merrill… Continue Reading
Online cooking marketplace Cooking.com stirs up $7.1M
Cooking.com, an online marketplace for all things having to do with cooking, has raised $7.1 million from a number of investors, including Starbucks executive Troy Alstead.
Other investors in the Pasadena, Calif. company, include Clearstone Venture Partners, Idealab, Azure Capital and Weldon Oven of San Francisco. It is the company’s fifth round of funding.
Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007
Featured companies: American TeleCare, Gliknik, Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Medsphere Systems, Primera Biosystems
UPDATED: Expanded items on Juvaris, Medsphere, Primera, American TeleCare and Gliknik. Moved Broncus Tech and Aegerion Pharma items to an IPO roundup here.
Vaccine maker Juvaris Bio raises $12M, aims for $30M more — According to VentureWire (subscription required), this Pleasanton, Calif., vaccine maker raised $12 million in its first funding round. That appears to contradict an earlier item from PE Hub that said Juvaris BioTherapeutics had raised… Continue Reading
BroadLight, optical communications co, raises $12M more
Israeli optical communications start-up BroadLight Inc, which also has offices in Mountain View, Calif., has raised $12 million in its fifth round of financing.
Benchmark Capital led the round. Existing shareholders include Motorola Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Delta Ventures, Israel Seed Partners, Star Ventures, Cipio Partners, Broadcom Corporation and Tellabs Inc.
BroadLight has raised $50 million since 2000.