Data Robotics takes $10M for data storage

Data Robotics, maker of data storage equipment for small businesses, has brought in $10 million in a fifth round of funding. The Santa Clara, Calif. company is backed by Focus Ventures, Greylock Partners, New Enterprise Associates, RRE Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.

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

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

Fanfare Group takes in $7M for equipment-testing software

Fanfare Group, maker of software used to test companies’ networking equipment, has raised $7 million of an expected $9.6 million round of equity. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the company previously raised $12 million in a 2007 third round of funding from Focus Ventures, Matrix… 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

Marin Software raises $13M to help brands manage paid search campaigns

Marin Software, which offers software to advertisers and agencies to manage ad campaigns across search engines, has raised $13 million in a third round of funding.

The software, delivered online (SaaS), manages these paid search ad campaigns across sites such as Google, Yahoo and MSN. VentureWire… Continue Reading

Microsoft acquires DATAllegro data warehouse appliance company

Microsoft acquires DATAllegro data warehouse appliance company

Microsoft has acquired data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro in an attempt to strengthen its presence in the enterprise business intelligence market.

DATAllegro specializes in large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliances with anywhere from 1 terabyte of data to hundreds of terabytes. Microsoft said the addition of DATAllegro… Continue Reading

Panasas expanding market for parallel storage systems

Panasas expanding market for parallel storage systems

Enterprise storage is a market dominated by big companies. But Panasas has found a niche providing parallel storage systems for the biggest supercomputers. The company has raised $25 million in a fifth round of funding, VentureBeat has learned.

The Fremont, Calif.-based company declined to comment on… Continue Reading

Mu Dynamics raises $10M to reduce network downtime

Mu Dynamics has raised $10 million and given itself a new name as part of its efforts to locate and fix network vulnerabilities.

The Sunnyvale, Calif. startup was previously called Mu Security, but as of today has renamed itself to emphasize its broader focus. Mu and… Continue Reading

Planning for IPO, Mimosa raises another $17M for electronic archiving

Planning for IPO, Mimosa raises another $17M for electronic archiving

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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

RGB Networks raises $20 milllion for video processing chips

RGB Networks raises $20 milllion for video processing chips

RGB Networks raised $20 million in a fourth round of funding for continued expansion of its video processing chip business.

Institutional Venture Partners led the round. Also participating were existing investors Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Focus Ventures, according to… Continue Reading

Log management company LogLogic raises $13.5M

LogLogic, which helps companies collect and report on IT log data, has raised $13.5 million in a fourth round of funding.

The funding was led by Focus Ventures and also included Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Invesco Private Capital It brings LogLogic’s total… Continue Reading

Dell buys EqualLogic for $1.4B, biggest cash purchase of private tech company

Dell buys EqualLogic for $1.4B, biggest cash purchase of private tech company

Dell just announced the planned acquisition of EqualLogic, a supplier of data storage for large companies, for about $1.4 billion in cash.

The deal is the largest ever cash purchase of a private venture backed technology company, according to data from VentureSource. See table below.

This could… Continue Reading

Videoegg, a video ad network, raises $15 million

Videoegg, a video ad network, raises $15 million

Videoegg, a video advertising network, has raised $15 million from Focus Ventures and returning investors.

The San Francisco company offers Web sites technology to help them publish videos, and ways to run advertising within those videos.

It has been in the news recently, and competes with several… Continue Reading

Fanfare, high-tech device testing software co., raises $12M more

Fanfare, a provider of high-tech device testing software, said it has raised $12 million
in funding.

Focus Ventures, of Palo Alto, Calif., led the round. The company said it signed contracts with six new customers in the first quarter of 2007. It says it serves all sorts… Continue Reading

Pure Digital raises $40M, its camcorders share with YouTube

Pure Digital raises $40M, its camcorders share with YouTube

Pure Digital, the San Francisco maker of low-cost camcorders, releases tomorrow (Tuesday) a new line of devices that let you upload video directly to YouTube.

Called Flip Video camcorders, they are the first that easily let you upload directly to YouTube. We reviewed Pure Digital in… Continue Reading

Black Duck raises $12 million for open source IP protection

Black Duck, the Waltham, Mass. company that tracks how companies use software in order to protect open source code and intellectual property rights for software makers, has raised $12 million more in a third round funding.

The round was led by Focus Ventures, a Silicon Valley… Continue Reading