Aperto takes $537K for WiMax networks

WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has brought in $537,000 in equity, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is backed by Alliance Ventures, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, Jafco Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures.

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Aperto Networks takes $165K for WiMax equipment

WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has brought in $165,000 more in equity, according to a filing with the SEC. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company just raised $569,000 in early August, bringing the round’s total to $1.7 million. Previously, it brought in $159 million from backers including… Continue Reading

Aperto nails down $569K for WiMax base stations

WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $569,000 in equity, reports VentureWire. Before now, the Milpitas, Calif., company had raised $159 million from Alliance Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JAFCO Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures. It brought in $170,000 in… Continue Reading

F-Secure buys Steek to bulk up online storage

F-Secure, maker of anti-virus and anti-spyware software for internet security, has acquired Steek,
a provider of online storage and data management applications for
mobile operators. The deal will expand F-Secure’s portfolio of software
offerings, making it a more versatile choice for its customerbase, made
up mostly of mobile operators… Continue Reading

WiMax vendor Aperto adds $170K after raising millions

WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $170,000 in debt financing from undisclosed investors. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is actually one of the wealthiest in the space, having raised $159 million from Alliance Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JAFCO Ventures, JK&B… Continue Reading

Yahoo offloads bargain shopping site Kelkoo

Yahoo offloads bargain shopping site Kelkoo

Yahoo has announced the sale of Kelkoo, its European comparison-shopping site, to English private equity firm Jamplant. While financial details of the deal were not disclosed, Kelkoo founder and former chief executive Pierre Chappaz wrote on his blog that the subsidiary went for less than… Continue Reading

Envivio raises $25M for video compression

Envivio, a South San Francisco, Calif. company that handles video compression for broadcasting companies, has taken a significant $25 million financing.

The platforms that Envivio is aimed at include most of the largest markets — mobile TV, Internet TV and IPTV. The company works with standard… Continue Reading

Aperto Networks, a WiMax equipment maker, gets $20M

Aperto Networks might come across as a new startup, having been in the wireless headlines lately with WiMax product announcements. However, the company is nine years old and has taken a massive $159 million in venture funding since its inception.

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Vantrix, helps publishers deliver video to fragramented mobile market, raises $12M more

Vantrix, a Montreal, Canada company that helps publishers deliver video and other data across multiple handsets via various carriers, said it has raised $12 million in a second round of financing.

An increasing number of companies are focused on the thorny problem of video and audio… Continue Reading

Aperto, a WiMAX base station maker, raises $19M

Aperto Networks, builder of WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, said it has raised $19 million in a fifth round of capital, bringing the company’s total funding so far to a considerable $139 million.

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The latest infusion was led by GunnAllen Venture Partners… Continue Reading

PixSense, offering auto-storage of mobile photos & video, raises $5.4M

PixSense, offering auto-storage of mobile photos & video, raises $5.4M

PixSense, a service that lets you automatically save and store your mobile phone photos — without the pain of syncing with a PC — has just raised $5.4 million in a first round of funding.

The company offers the free photo storage service from its Website…. Continue Reading