Catamount finalizes $80M early-stage fund
San Francisco-based venture firm Catamount Ventures announced that it closed its fourth fund at $80 million, according to VentureWire. It plans to use the smaller fund to back early-stage companies in the IT and cleantech sectors.
The fund had initially raised $74.15 million in February, but… Continue Reading
Real Time Genomics launches with $3M for data analysis software
Real Time Genomics launches today with $3 million of an anticipated $4 million first round of funding from Catamount Ventures. Based in San Francisco, the company is an American subsidiary of New Zealand-headquartered software maker NetValue, which produces a data aggregation and query program called… Continue Reading
DriverSide raises $5.3 million for car advice site
DriverSide has raised $5.3 million in a second round of funding for its site that gives advice to car owners.
The idea behind the site is to help drivers get the most out of their cars — a message that the company says works well in… Continue Reading
Driverside revs up with first funding, steering toward mass market
Driverside, a consumer-focused website that aspires to be the one-stop destination for information on cars, has raised its first funding. The investment is for less than $5 million from Catamount Ventures.
Along with RepairPal, another recently-launched competitor, Driverside is aiming for a big win. Realizing that… Continue Reading
Investors flock to Flock with a new $15 million round
Social web browser Flock has garnered a lot of hype since its release in 2005. It’s also won a lot of fans. Both likely played a role in its new $15 million fourth round of funding announced today. The round was led by Fidelity Ventures,… Continue Reading
Verdiem pulls in $12M for power-saving software
Verdiem, a Seattle, Wash. startup that makes PC software capable of reducing energy consumption across networks of computers, has raised a fresh round of funding as it expands.
Its Surveyor software can reduce the energy consumption of an average computer by about 30 percent, according to… Continue Reading
Price-setting company SignalDemand gets $20M
SignalDemand, a startup that delivers software-as-a-service to help manufacturers set their prices, has raised a hefty $20 million second round of funding.
Chief executive Michael Neal says the money will go toward international expansion and to continue SignalDemand’s “march across verticals.” The company focuses on “disassembly”… Continue Reading
Keibi, for busting porn on social networks
As social networks grow around the globe and across demographics, so to will the amount of user-generated pornographic images on those networks.
Keibi has a solution: It is launching power tools for porn-spotting and removal. It wants to help social networks enforce the decency standards they… Continue Reading
Cleantech: Verdiem raises $8 million from Kleiner Perkins, others, to save PC energy
Verdiem, a growing Seattle company that makes computer networks use less energy, has raised $8.33 million from seven investors including big-name venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
It is one of many companies riding a wave of public commitments by cities, companies, universities and… Continue Reading
Keibi to harness user-generated content, after seeing chaos at Piczo
Keibi is a new San Francisco company that wants to help social networking sites mange the massive, chaotic flood of user-generated information they get.
Pierre Grenier, who worked briefly at fast-growing San Francisco social network Piczo, saw the pain it and other companies had dealing with… Continue Reading
Catamount raises $82M fund, will dabble in clean tech
Catamount Ventures, an early-stage venture firm, has raised a $82 million third fund, and said that it plans to expand into clean technology, it told VentueWire (sub required).
Social network Piczo raises $11 million more, shows momentum
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Piczo, the social networking company that tries to distinguish itself as the safer place for teens, has raised $11 million in a third round of funding, it tells VentureBeat.
Piczo is one of handful of sites gunning for “second place” behind MySpace, the overwhelming leader with… Continue Reading