Delivery Agent snags $24.8M to supply entertainment e-commerce tools

Delivery Agent, a San Francisco-based provider of technology used to set up online stores — only geared toward the entertainment market and web publishers — has raised $24.85 million in a fourth round of funding, according to PE Hub. The company is backed by Bessemer… Continue Reading

Zoove dials up $5.2M for mobile marketing tricks

Zoove dials up $5.2M for mobile marketing tricks

Mobile marketing company Zoove has raised $5.2 million of an expected $13.2 million round of equity and securities, according to a regulatory filing. It plans to use the money to continue developing technology to deliver advertising messages via email, text and rich media messages.

Based in… Continue Reading

Debit card provider Tempo Payments racks up $2.7M

Tempo Payments, a provider of debit cards and related technologies, has brought in $2.7 million of an anticipated $3 million round of equity. Based in San Mateo, Calif., it last raised $5 million in a third round of investment in 2007 from Cardinal Venture Capital,… Continue Reading

Maxim Integrated acquires Mobilygen for video compression

Surveillance semiconductor company Maxim Integrated Products announced that it will buy private video chip maker Mobilygen for an undisclosed amount. The large public company hopes the acquisition will provide it with the compression technology it needs to make analog security cameras compatible with digital streaming,… Continue Reading

BlueRoads raises $6M for vendor management

BlueRoads, the maker of software to help businesses manage their vendors and resellers, has raised $6 million in a fifth round of venture funding. The round was led by ZenShin Capital Partners, with participation from ArrowPath Venture Capital, Cardinal Venture Capital and El Dorado Ventures.

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Location-based software provider deCarta raises $10.5M

Mapping platform maker deCarta has raised $10.5 million of a planned $21 million in a new third round of funding, according to Private Equity HUB. Backers include Norwest Venture Partners, Mobius Venture Capital and Cardinal Venture Capital.

The San Jose startup has created a platform and… Continue Reading

PlayPhone acquires Pitch Entertainment Group for European mobile expansion

PlayPhone acquires Pitch Entertainment Group for European mobile expansion

Mobile entertainment provider PlayPhone is announcing today that it has acquired Pitch Entertainment Group as part of its global expansion. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.

San Jose, Calif.-based PlayPhone aggregates mobile content and offers it directly to consumers, who can download it onto their mobile phones…. Continue Reading

BlueRoads, provider of online software to manage vendors raises $9M

BlueRoads, a San Mateo, Calif. company that sells online software to large businesses to help manage their resellers and other third-party vendors, has raised $9 million in a third round of funding, according to Tech Confidential.

The funding comes from previous investors ArrowPath Venture Capital, Cardinal… Continue Reading

DeCarta, location-based software provider, raises $15M more

DeCarta, a San Jose, Calif. provider of software for the location-based services industry, has raised $15 million in a “Series C-1″ round of funding.

Norwest Venture Partners led the deal, and was joined by existing backers Mobius Venture Capital and Cardinal Venture Capital. DeCarta has raised… Continue Reading

Data protection company Guardian Edge raises $13.5M

GuardianEdge, a San Francisco company offering data protection software for large businesses, has raised $13.5 million in a second round of funding. The investment was led by Cargill Ventures, and first announced in May.

The company says its software is used to ensure compliance with consumer… Continue Reading

Tempo Payments raises $4.8M for retail debit transactions

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Tempo Payments, a San Mateo, Calif. interoperable retail payment network that clears PIN debit transactions through the ACH payment system, has raised $4.8 million in a continuation of its second round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Wire. Backers include Cardinal… Continue Reading

Business performance software co., Adaptive Planning, raises $7.5M

Adaptive Planning, a Mountain View, Calif. company that sells a collaborative business performance management software, has raised $7.5 million in financing.

Cardinal Venture Capital led the round, which included previous investors ONSET Ventures and Monitor Ventures

The company sells its software to small and midsized companies…. Continue Reading