Engine Yard’s Rails app support gets another $19M

Engine Yard’s Rails app support gets another $19M

Engine Yard, a company that helps developers deploy and manage web applications built with the Ruby on Rails programming framework (which is popular for fast web development), has raised $19 million in a third venture round.

This brings the San Francisco company’s total funding to $37.5… Continue Reading

Envia nabs $7.1M for automotive lithium-ion batteries

EnVia Systems, a supplier of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and fully electric cars has brought in $7.1 million of a targeted $7.7 million round of equity and securities, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Hayward, Calif., the company did not list its… Continue Reading

FinancialContent acquires social investing site SocialPicks

FinancialContent acquires social investing site SocialPicks

Updated with confirmation

We’re hearing that SocialPicks, a fantasy stock website, has been acquired by financial data and business news company FinancialContent. There’s been no official word from either company, but if you visit the SocialPicks site, at the very top of the page it says… Continue Reading

Zenprise nabs $10M for automated mobile troubleshooting

Zenprise, a company that has automated troubleshooting processes for mobile phone customers, just raised $10 million to grow its sales and marketing operations, as well as its presence in the U.S. and abroad. The Fremont, Calif.-based company says it monitors mobile phone systems and can… Continue Reading

M-Factor raises new funding for profit optimization

M-Factor, which sells web-based software to improve profit and revenue, has raised an undisclosed round of funding led by UV Partners. The San Mateo, Calif. company’s solution looks at marketing investments, trade spending, and portfolio pricing for consumer goods companies and fast-food restaurants.

US Venture Partners,… Continue Reading

Jambool launches virtual goods platform for social network apps

Jambool launches virtual goods platform for social network apps

Competition is heating up in the virtual goods economy on Facebook, because they actually appear to be making significant amounts of money. The latest entrant is Jambool, InsideFacebook reports. A long-time developer shop for Facebook applications, the company has retooled itself to provide virtual goods… Continue Reading

Compensation software co. Xactly buys rival Centive

Xactly, maker of software that measures and tracks employees’ sales performance and compensation, has bought its major competitor, human resources software provider Centive. The stock-based deal gave San Jose, Calif.-based Xactly all of the company’s assets and employees for an undisclosed sum.

Incorporated under the name… Continue Reading

Force10 and Turin merge, pool their capital and clients

Network builder Force10 Networks has merged with Ethernet services provider Turin Networks to create a powerhouse in both spaces, with an impressive list of clients, numbering 1,300 (including eHarmony and Facebook), reports peHUB. More significant than that is the marrying of two significant pots of… Continue Reading

Microsoft social app co. Wallop rebrands as Coveroo

Wallop, the social app startup that broke out of Microsoft in 2006, has changed its name to Coveroo and plans to refocus its efforts on mobile phone accessories. Its first order of business was to buy laser-engraving firm Etchstar, which specializes in customizing laptops and… Continue Reading

OncoMed nabs $93M for stem cell programs

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, a company working to fight cancer using stem cells, added a $93 million tranche to a second round of funding that now totals $154 million. The money will be used to push its lead antibody candidate through phase-two clinical trials.

The Redwood City, Calif…. Continue Reading

Envia raises $3.2M for lithium ion batteries

Envia Systems, a company that provides energy storage services via lithium ion batteries, took $3.2 million in first-round funding from Bay Partners and Redpoint Ventures. The Hayward, Calif.-based firm hopes to integrated its technology into cleantech applications, particularly electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in… Continue Reading

Sonoa lands $10M for cloud hosting

Software provider Sonoa Systems announced that it raked in $10 million in third-round funding to expand its sale and marketing operations. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company hosts computing platforms for businesses. This means they provide storage, security, and traffic management and measurement services for their… Continue Reading

Eventful nabs Ticketmaster partnership, new funding

Eventful nabs Ticketmaster partnership, new funding

Online event-listing portals have been trying for a long time to get a cut of ticket sales. One of them, Eventful, seems to have finally gotten the Grail: a partnership with Ticketmaster, one of the world’s largest ticketing companies.

Under the deal, Eventful will be able… Continue Reading

Applied Identity raises $10M for enterprise IT

Applied Identity, a San Francisco startup that improves enterprise IT security, has raised $10 million of a projected $15.3 million third round, according to Private Equity Hub, citing a regulatory filing. New investor ABS Ventures joined existing backers Bay Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, OVP Ventures… Continue Reading

Daptiv scores more funding for project management software, continuing on growth trajectory

Daptiv scores more funding for project management software, continuing on growth trajectory

Still on its quest to become the Salesforce.com of project portfolio management (PPM), Seattle startup Daptiv has raised $9 million more to develop and market its platform to large companies.

PPM, for those of you who haven’t spent much time in a cubicle, refers to the… Continue Reading

Cloud company Elastra gets $12M from Amazon

Cloud company Elastra gets $12M from Amazon

Elastra, a company that helps manage applications in the Internet cloud, has raised $12 million in new funding.

This is Elastra’s second venture round, and it was led by Bay Partners, with Amazon.com and existing investor Hummer Winblad Venture Partners also participating. Amazon’s backing is particularly… Continue Reading

Corefino raises $13.6M for business accounting and finance

Yet another company focused on helping businesses with their accounting — and specifically with regulatory compliance — has received its first funding, with $13.6 million going to Sunnyvale, Calif. startup Corefino.

The firm joins a set of similar companies to receive funding in the past… Continue Reading

Online gambling is illegal, right? Not quite; the poker is still going on PurePlay

Online gambling is illegal, right? Not quite; the poker is still going on PurePlay

It’s pretty rare that venture capitalists will bet on a company that shows a hint of impropriety. Yet happens occasionally, for companies that don’t push the envelope too far.

In March, for instance, soft-porn site Zivity got $7 million from two prominent firms. The latest is… Continue Reading

Advanced Power Projects, for power plant efficiency, takes first funding

A new startup that promises to make new and existing power plants run more reliably and produce less greenhouse gas emissions has received an undisclosed amount of funding by Bay Partners, Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures.

Advanced Power Projects has a technology called the Simplified Combined… Continue Reading

ParAccel, analytical database company, raises $22M more

ParAccel, a San Diego company that has developed an analytical database that it says provides faster access to business information data, has raised $22 million in a second round of financing, VentureBeat has learned.

Investors include Bay Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures and PacVen Walden Ventures.

Here is… Continue Reading