Greystripe raises $5.5M for mobile ads

Greystripe, maker of a software platform for developing ad-supported games for mobile phones, announced that it brought in $5.5 million in third-round funding from Incubic Venture Capital, Steamboat Ventures and Monitor Ventures.

The San Francisco, Calif. company has formed partnerships with several game developers in order… Continue Reading

GigaFin Networks, struggles, tries new direction: firewalls

GigaFin Networks, a struggling Cupertino, Calif, company, has raised a $10 million in more capital, to restart the company in a new direction. It is giving up making chips and has developed a new kind of firewall instead.

See the company’s original announcement here about its… Continue Reading

Greystripe raises $8.9M for mobile games wrapped with ads

San Francisco’s Greystripe, a provider of a technology that can insert ads on the fly into mobile games, making it easier for game developers to monetize their creations, has raised $8.9 million in a second round of financing.

The round was led by Steamboat Ventures, a… Continue Reading

SpectraGenics draws at least $20M for laser hair removal

SpectraGenics, a Pleasanton, Calif., developer of laser hair-removal devices for home use, raised at least $20 million in a fourth round of funding, VentureWire reports (subscription required). The round was led by De Novo Ventures and Technology Partners; other investors included Aphelion Capital, Incubic Venture… Continue Reading