Brilliant Telecom dials up $7.6M to sync wireless carriers

Brilliant Telecom, a company that designs, develops and distributes network timing solutions for telecommunications equipment, has brought in $7.6 million in convertible debt from Onset Ventures, NovAtel, Asset Management, Draper Associates, Draper Richards, Xilinx and a handful of individual investors, reports Dow Jones VentureWire. Based… Continue Reading

Ahead of deployment, Brilliant Telecom adds to its round

Sometimes a funding is all about timing. In Brilliant Telecommunications‘ case, everything it does is about timing. The Campbell, Calif.-based company makes timing devices for the telecom industry.

Gearing up for its deployment of wireless products with a European carrier, the company has added $4.9 million… Continue Reading

Cognition Technologies gets $2.7M to improve semantic search

Cognition Technologies gets $2.7M to improve semantic search

Semantic technologies have gotten a lot of attention as the potential next leap forward in search, and Microsoft’s acquisition of semantic startup Powerset for more than $100 million didn’t hurt either.

Now a semantic search company called Cognition Technologies has raised an additional $2.7 million… Continue Reading

EcoSmart Technologies raises $5M for natural pesticides

EcoSmart Technologies wants to dispense with manufactured chemical compounds, and look to nature for ways to discourage unwanted insects. The Alpharetta, GA company has raised $5 million more to help commercialize its insecticides, according to a filing acquired by VentureBeat.

EcoSmart makes a line of pesticides… Continue Reading

Funding roundup: Announcements that got away

Funding roundup: Announcements that got away

Although I try to stay on top of events in the life sciences, announcements do sometimes manage to slip through the cracks. Some days, in fact, I end up triaging. Because the roots of this site — not to mention many of its readers —… Continue Reading

Brilliant, a network server technology co., raises $7.1M

Brilliant Telecommunications, a Campbell, Calif. developer of “Network Timing Protocol” (NTP) server technology, said it has secured $7.1 million in a first round of funding led by ONSET Ventures.

Also investing were Asset Management, Draper Associates, Draper Richards, and Intellect Capital Ventures. Susan Mason, ONSET… Continue Reading