Pinc culls $3.1M for RFID solutions
Pinc Solutions, provider of RFID technology for various applications, has brought in $3.1 million of an expected $5.8 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Berkeley, Calif., the company is financed by Horizon Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.
Chelsio bags $9.3M for Ethenet unified wire offerings
Chelsio Communications, a company that provides 10-gigabite Ethernet unified wires, has brought in $9.3 million of a targeted $16 million round of venture funding, according to a filing with the SEC. The Sunnyvale, Calif. company did not list its most recent investors, but in the… Continue Reading
Gear6 takes $4M for caching technology
Gear6, provider of caching technology that stores data in centralized locations, has brought in $4 million of an anticipated $12.7 million in a first round of stock and promissory notes, according to a regulatory filing with the SEC. While investors in the round weren’t listed,… Continue Reading
SpectraLinear nabs $9.8M for computing timers
SpectraLiner, a company that provides internal clocking devices used in computing and internet communications systems, has raised $9.84 million in third-round funding, according to peHUB. It hasn’t disclosed plans for the new money but currently has six products on the market.
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Discera pulls in funds for MEMS chips
Fabless chip maker Discera brought in a new round of funding exceeding $3.2 million from undisclosed investors. It will use the new money for development of its quartz-based timing products.
Previously, the San Jose, Calif.-based company has raised $35 million from backers including Ardesta, Horizon Ventures,… Continue Reading
Right90 raises $10 million to sell the world on “bottom-up” sales forecasting
Right90, a Foster City, California, company specializing in “bottom-up sales forecasting” software, has raised $10 million in its third round of financing.
According to salesopedia, a handy glossary for sales and marketing terms, bottom-up sales forecasting is “an approach…which takes market conditions rather than the company’s… Continue Reading
Sensys Networks raises $5M for vehicle sensors
Sensys Networks, which makes wireless sensors for vehicle detection and traffic data collection, has raised $5 million in a fourth round of funding. The round was led by Voyager Capital, with participation from existing investors Velocity Interactive, Horizon Ventures and Garrett Gruener.
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Power control company iWatt gets $12.4M
IWatt, a Los Gatos, Calif. company that makes power control products, has taken a fifth round of funding for $12.4 million, led by an unnamed strategic investor.
The products that iWatt makes include AC-DC and DC-AC power supplies, coupled inductors and other power devices, and it… Continue Reading
WhiteHat Security secures $7M
WhiteHat Security, a provider of website security services has raised a fourth round of funding.
Claiming to be the only complete solution for website security, the company’s WhiteHat Sentinel service is a subscription-based service that offers control of site vulnerabilities that are customer-controlled and expert-managed.
This new… Continue Reading
Chelsio Communications raises $25M for 10Gb ethernet
Chelsio is a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that makes unified wire adapters for 10 gigabit ethernet connections.
Its adapters are capable of replacing other technologies like Fibre Channels and Infiniband, according to the company. Chelsio and other vendors including NetEffect and Woven Systems are pushing to see… Continue Reading
Chelsio, a 10-gigabit Ehternet adapter company, looking for more cash
Chelsio Communications, a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that makes 10-gigabit Ethernet adapters for corporate data centers, has received $7 million in commitments for a fifth round in financing, and hopes to raise $6 million more.
VentureWire (subscription required) reported the story this morning.
Some existing investors have participated… Continue Reading
Pinc Solutions, a passive RFID co., raises millions in third round
Pinc Solutions, a so-called “passive” radio frequency identification (RFID) technology company, has raised an undisclosed amount for its third round of funding, according to VentureWire (sub required).
The round, totaling in the “single-digit” millions, was led by Horizon Ventures with participation from Sutter Hill Ventures, which… Continue Reading
Discera, silicon based oscillator co., raises $17.5M
Discera, a San Jose company that has been developing an alternative to existing oscillators — the electronic heart beats in all digital devices — has raised $17.5 million in a third round of financing.
Discera is one of the first companies to start shipping a MEMS… Continue Reading
iWatt, power management integrated circuit co., gets $7M debt
IWatt, a Los Gatos power management integrated circuit company, has received $7 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
The company is backed with about $26 million from venture firms Horizon Ventures, PTI Ventures, Sigma Partners and VantagePoint Venture Partners.