Mimosa gulps $1.6M to archive data
Mimosa Systems, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that provides software for data archiving, has brought in $1.6 million in debt, rights and securities, according to a filing with the SEC. It is backed by August Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners, Dot Edu Ventures, Focus Ventures, Jafco… Continue Reading
Nokeena Networks renames itself Ankeena Networks
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nokeena Networks, a company that serves online video content at large scales and television quality, has changed its name to Ankeena Networks to avoid a trademark dispute, reports the San Jose Business Journal. No other details were provided except that the new… Continue Reading
EMC gobbles discovery software co. Kazeon
Kazeon Systems, maker of software used to scour and retrieve buried network information for law firms, has been bought by IT giant EMC to beef up its data-search capabilities, and not just in the legal space. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Kazeon had raised $10… Continue Reading
Meru Networks lands $87 million for virtual wireless service
Meru Networks, provider of a virtual wireless service that departs from typical hub-based services, has raised an additional $57 million to expand its fifth round of funding to $87 million (it closed $30 million from Vision Capital earlier this year), reports PE Hub. The recent… Continue Reading
Mimosa raises $3M for data archiving
Mimosa Systems, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that provides software for data archiving, has brought in $3 million in debt, rights and securities, according to VentureWire. While the investors in the round were not disclosed, the company has received $17 million in a fourth round… Continue Reading
Kazeon captures $10M for advanced search and discovery
Kazeon Systems, a company that specializes in software used for electronic investigations and discovery of buried network information, just brought in $10 million in sixth-round funding from JK&B Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, reports peHub. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the… Continue Reading
Meru snags $30M for virtual wireless service
Meru Networks, provider of a virtual wireless service that departs from typical hub-based service, has raised $30 million in a fifth round of funding. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company says it is able to deliver wireless solutions that are easier for businesses to adopt… Continue Reading
Rubicon Project raises more money, says ad optimization business is looking up
For many young companies in the advertising industry these days, the recent economic downturn is ugly.
But the Rubicon Project, a company that helps take ads from ad networks and place them on publishers’ web sites, says it grew revenue by 150 percent in the first… Continue Reading
AOptix nabs $12.9M for eye-recognition
AOptix Technologies, developer of iris-recognition technology and the wireless communication systems it requires, has brought in $12.9 million in a fourth round of funding to build new products. The Campbell, Calif. company says it is in the middle of commercializing its first product, called the… Continue Reading
Apture raises $4.1M for richer news browsing
Apture, a company that helps publishers integrate multimedia content into their browsing experience, has only been getting better since I last covered it in June, having added new features addressing many of my reservations. And now the San Mateo, Calif. startup has raised $4.1 million… Continue Reading
Soonr raises $3M to give mobile access to home computers
Soonr, maker of software that lets people access content on their home computers from their cell phones, just raised $3 million in third-round funding from Cisco Systems, Clearstone Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Sand Hill Capital, reports VentureWire. Last month, it announced the launch of… Continue Reading
$40M rains on Novariant to grow agricultural GPS systems
Novariant, developer of GPS and other location-based systems used to drive agricultural equipment hands-free, took in $40 million in a fourth round of funding led by Investor Growth Capital. The Fremont, Calif.-based company will use the new money to scale operations.
Its flagship AutoFarm line of… Continue Reading
Games2win to be entertainment powerhouse; firm outwits pirates, launches game search engine
If I told you that a game company you’ve never heard of will be a top ten entertainment company in 2009, you’d probably laugh. But that’s the ambition of Alok Kejriwal, chief executive of Games2win, and his cofounder and chief technology officer, Mahesh Khambadkone.
It sure… Continue Reading
Remaining objective when fear is in the air
[Editor's Note: Taking a break from the doom and gloom of the economic downturn, venture capitalist William Quigley offers a more optimistic assessment of the current situation.]
It is hard to believe that just 8 years ago, venture capitalists were facing what we all thought would… Continue Reading
Nokeena Networks raises $8.7M for faster streaming video
A stealthy content accelerator called Nokeena Networks has raised $8.7 million in a first round of funding, with an aim to sell a hardware appliance that will better process and transmit video across networks.
The company is specifically directing its efforts toward high-quality video, according to… Continue Reading
Six Degrees Games raises $7M for sports virtual world
Virtual world creator Six Degrees Games has taken $7 million to develop a world for six to 14 year old children with a sports theme. The funding is the company’s first.
Six Degrees hasn’t given many specific details on the game, called Action AllStars, but the… 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
Planning for IPO, Mimosa raises another $17M for electronic archiving
Corrected
Mimosa Systems, a startup that helps companies archive emails and other files, has raised a $17 million fourth round of funding. Mimosa calls the latest financing a “mezzanine round,” meaning it should be the last round before an IPO.
The kind of comprehensive archiving that Mimosa… Continue Reading
Hi-def video company Veodia raises $8.3M
Veodia, which helps businesses create high-quality video content, has raised $8.3 million in a first round of funding.
I last spoke to Veodia chief executive Guillaume Cohen in March when he announced that in addition to Quicktime, Veodia would also support Flash content. At the time,… Continue Reading
Social shopping site ThisNext draws $5M
[update 2/5: The company said it will "in the next couple weeks" close an unspecified venture debt funding, Chief Executive Gordon Gould told VentureWire. ]
Social shopping has proven to be a popular concept lately, with a number of companies offering varying ways for shoppers to… Continue Reading