Ad network Ecast raises funds to the tune of $17M
Ecast Network, a San Francisco-based company that disseminates advertising through digital juke boxes, has brought in $17 million in a round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. It is backed by Crosslink Capital, DCM, El Dorado Ventures, LG Electronics, Foundry Group, Focus… Continue Reading
E-Cast snags $17M for bar and club entertainment
E-Cast Media, a company that provides interactive media in the form of music, videos and games to display monitors located in bars, clubs and other entertainment venues, has brought in $17 million in equity, according to a filing with the SEC.
Based in San Francisco, the… Continue Reading
Coupa catches $7.5M for business procurement software
Coupa Software, maker of software that helps businesses keep track of what they are buying and how much they are spending, has remained buoyant through the economic downturn, now raising $7.5 million in a third round of funding. Based in San Mateo, Calif., the company… Continue Reading
Jigsaw finds profitability by delivering sales contact data as a service
Jigsaw, a company whose 900,000 users have built a database of 14 million business contacts, says it has found a winning business model — by offering access to and services around that database, the company claims to have hit profitability for two consecutive quarters, and… Continue Reading
Coghead shutters, sells assets to SAP
Coghead, a startup that let users create web applications without advanced coding knowledge, has finally sold its intellectual property to shareholder SAP AG after a month of hunting for a buyer. The deal officially closed last week, but no financial terms have been disclosed. According… Continue Reading
Cree settles patent suit with LED co. Bridgelux
Efficient lighting company Cree has settled its patent infringement lawsuit with Sunnyvale, Calif. LED maker Bridgelux after two years of litigation. Not only must Bridgelux pay to license the technology from Cree — technology that increases the efficiency of LED lighting systems — but it… Continue Reading
Strix strings together funds for wi-fi expansion
Strix Systems, a Calabasas, Calif. provider of wi-fi equipment, announced that it raised an undisclosed round of strategic investments to fuel expansion of its mesh-like wireless networks nationwide and overseas. To this end, it has already established a toehold in Africa with six networks of… 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.
The… Continue Reading
BridgeLux, a high-efficiency LED maker, adds on $40M
BridgeLux has secured a hefty $40 million round to use for product development and expansion, despite facing ongoing patent litigation from giant LED maker Cree.
BridgeLux, like Cree, makes the chip that is the light-emitting part of LEDs, which it then sells to other firms. The… Continue Reading
Big Bear Entertainment, animated music video creator, raises $550,000
Big Bear Entertainment raised $550,000 in its first round of funding from El Dorado Ventures and Optix Pty Ltd., according to a regulatory filing.
The Tiburon, California-based company makes video mods — animated music videos — and produced a series for MTV2. The video mods are… Continue Reading
FusionOne raises $6M for mobile content backup services
San Jose-based FusionOne has raised $6 million in a Series A-1 preferred stock round for its mobile content backup services.
The company was founded a decade ago to create applications and services for mobile device users.
It started out with a synchronization technology platform. It allowed users… Continue Reading
Voxify raises $15M for voice recognition systems
Voxify is an Alameda, Calif. company that creates self-servicing systems for call centers based off templates of question-and-response menus that are specific to particular industries.
Automated systems like Voxify’s have gradually become better, and the company’s products can handle relatively complex transactions like making reservations and… Continue Reading
CrossLoop — free desktop sharing
CrossLoop, a company that lets two people easily share their desktops while working in different locations, has raised $3 million in a first round of capital.
We’ve covered CrossLoop before (see our coverage). This is great for giving tutorials, for example. CrossLoop lets you reach virtually… 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
BridgeLux, another clean-light company — but faces lawsuit
BridgeLux, maker of chips for “light emitting diodes” that are environmentally cleaner lighting sources than standard lightbulbs, has raised a $23 million third round of funding, according to VentureWire (subscription required).
It joins the rush of other LED companies, including D.lightdesign (coverage), Quanlight (coverage), Intematix (raised… Continue Reading
Sana raises $12 million for consumer security software
Sana Security, a San Mateo, Ca. seller of software that helps consumers detect and removes things like comptuer viruses and worms, said it has raised $12 million more in venture capital.
Don Listwin, a former Cisco exec, has also taken over as chief executive.
This is the… Continue Reading
Coghead, a Web-based application builder for tech-savvy, raises $8M more
Coghead, a Redwood City, Ca. start-up that lets tech-savvy people create applications from an online service with visually simple forms, a database, and business logic, has raised $8 million in a second round of venture backing.
Here is its statement.
Coghead launched a test version of its… Continue Reading
Blaze DFM, a semiconductor manufacturing software co., raises $10M
Blaze DFM, a Sunnyvale, Calif. maker of software for fabless semiconductor companies to give them greater control over manufacturing design and efficiency, has raised $10 million in venture capital.
It has also completed an acquisition of Aprio, a Santa Clara, Calif. company with operations in Japan… Continue Reading