Miox raises $19M for water treatment
Miox, a water purification company based in Albuquerque, N.M., has picked up a $19 million third round of funding to help market its industrial water treatment technology.
Instead of filtering water, Miox zaps it with a combination of electricity and chemicals, as we previously detailed. The company got its start with the military, moved on to the outdoor industry, and is now also serving businesses like hotels.
The funding was led by new investor DCM, with participation… Continue Reading
Database company TrackVia raises first round
TrackVia, the maker of an online database with a point-and-click interface, has raised an undisclosed first round of venture funding, according to TechCrunch. Backers include Flywheel Ventures and Access Venture Partners, with participation from several angel investors, including Tim Draper.
The company, founded in 2005 and based in Denver, describes it product as “easy as a spreadsheet, powerful as a database.”
Miox reaps the benefits of a global focus on clean water
The convergence of several global trends — rising populations, increased food production and declining water stocks — has helped turn the once dull water sector into a cleantech darling. Startups that specialize in filtration, purification and treatment technologies have popped up in recent years, with more likely to come as worldwide demand for for clean water grows.
Miox, an Albuquerque, New Mexico, company that sells water purification equipment, has greatly benefited from these trends — having… Continue Reading
4Blox, software company for storage, raises cash
4Blox, a San Jose, Calif. software company seeking to improve iSCSI storage area networks (SAN) performance, said it raised a round of private equity funding led by Flywheel Ventures.
The round amount was undisclosed.
In a statement, the company said the following:
4Blox is a start-up venture that develops software products that lower the host CPU communications overhead associated with iSCSI-based storage area networks. The most important hardware resource for efficiently handling increased load in iSCSI processing is… Continue Reading