Open-source software maker Open-Xchange closes $9 million round

Open-Xchange, builder of open-source collaboration and email software platforms, raked in $9 million in second-round funding from eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners, BayBG, and BayTech Venture Capital — all three based in Germany.

The Tarrytown, N.Y. company provides software for document, calendar and address-book sharing that can be… Continue Reading

ChipVision Design, for low-power electronic design automation, gets $4.5M

ChipVision Design Systems, a startup based in Oldenburg, Germany and San Jose, Calif., makes software that helps semiconductor designers create lower-powered chips for the consumer and communications applications.

The company was founded in 2002 based on research done at the University of Oldenburg, and simultaneously established… Continue Reading