BlogHer, the “community for women who blog,” raises $7M more

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… Continue Reading

DEMOfall 08: TravelMuse plans to simplify social travel planning

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… 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… 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…. Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007

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… 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,… Continue Reading