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
Barosense bags $27M for obesity treatment
Barosense, maker of a device to treat obesity without invasive surgery, has brought in $27 million of a targeted $30 million fourth round of funding that it plans to use to commercialize its product, reports PE Hub. It kicked off the round in March, and… Continue Reading
Trilliant buys SkyPilot to extend its smart grid reach
Trilliant, provider of devices and networks that allow smart meters to beam energy data directly to utilities, has extended its reach with the acquisition of SkyPilot Networks, provider of mesh broadband coverage. No financial terms have been disclosed. Both companies had previously raised a substantial… Continue Reading
LogLogic scores $8M for data management services
LogLogic, the San Jose, Calif. company that manages data for information technology departments, says it brought in $8.8 million in a fourth round of funding to take better advantage of its recent acquisition, Exaprotect, a similar company base in Europe. It says it will use… Continue Reading
Barosense looks to raise $30M to market obesity device
Barosense, creator of a minimally-invasive device that can treat obesity, has announced its intent to raise $30 million in a fourth round of funding to commercialize its product. Already many of its existing investors have pledged to provide half that amount, including Delphi Ventures, Frazier… Continue Reading
Digital storage provider Omneon calls off IPO
Omneon, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of digital content storage and data processing services for media companies, announced that it has canceled its $115 million filing to go public due to poor market conditions. Its application had been in the hopper since December 2006.
The company has… Continue Reading
Consentry nabs $9.4M for tighter network control
Consentry Networks, a Milpitas, Calif. company that gives network administrators more direct control over computing infrastructure and applications, just raised $9.4 million from DAG Ventures, Invesco Private Capital, Northgate Capital, Translink Capital and Vedanta Capital.
The new money will go toward development of its network management… Continue Reading
AT&T acquires Wayport for $275M — now has 80,000 hot spots
AT&T has acquired Wayport, a company that built out about 8,000 WiFi hot spots including in places like McDonald’s, for $275 million in cash. The move is another signal that AT&T intends to become a WiFi access point giant — the company now boasts 80,000… Continue Reading
Novasys Medical takes $49.5M for women’s medical device
Novasys Medical is a Newark, Calif. medical company that makes a device for a specific condition affecting some women, called female stress urinary incontinence.
The device Novasys makes is the only real alternative to surgery for women with the problem, according to an interview with the… 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
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
ConSentry, raises $21M for a switch to rival Cisco
ConSentry, a Silicon Valley startup that says its Internet network switches are more efficient than those of giant incumbent Cisco, has raised a $21 million round of funding.
Switches are components that route traffic from through the wider Internet network.
However, large corporations that buy switches to… Continue Reading
Sequoia keeps it in the family with Cast Iron
Cast Iron Systems, a Mountain View, Calif. company that sells “application integration appliances,” has raised $16 million in a fifth round of capital.
The funding is notable because it continues a surprising trend of co-investing between Sequoia Capital — one of the most respected, but secretive… Continue Reading
Masimo: A patient-sensor specialist with a quarter-billion dollar IPO
(UPDATED: See below.)
Masimo, an Irvine, Calif., maker of non-invasive patient-monitoring products, expects to raise nearly a quarter-billion dollars in an IPO. (The company’s latest filing statement is here.) That IPO take is almost $100 billion higher than Masimo first proposed when it filed the offering on… Continue Reading
AccountNow, another company lending to “underbanked,” raises $12.75M
AccountNow, a San Ramon, Calif. company company that offers prepaid Visa and Mastercard debit-cards and other services to people who have had trouble meeting their needs through banking, has raised a $12.75 million third round of capital.
It comes at a time when a series of… 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
Centrify, security software co., raises $15M more
Centrify, a Mountain View security company focused on integrating non-Microsoft platforms with Microsoft Active Directory management services, has raised $15 million in a third round of capital, reports PE Week.
This follows $22 million already raised.
Sigma led the round, and was joined by Mayfield Fund, Accel… Continue Reading
Omneon Video Networks files for $115M IPO
Omneon Video Networks, a Sunnyvale provider of networked media storage and servers for media production and broadcast, has filed for a $115 million initial public offering.
Given the excitement over video, this is an excellent time for it to seek an IPO. See its filing… Continue Reading