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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Dilithium lands $10.9M for wireless multimedia systems

Dilithium Networks, provider of converged video services for wireless internet and mobile applications, has brought in $10.9 million of an $18.1 million round of equity and securities, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Petaluma, Calif., the company is backed by CM Capital… Continue Reading

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

RedSeal takes $12M for security software

RedSeal Systems, developer of cybersecurity software that estimates and manages risk, has raised $12 million in a third round of venture funding led by OVP Venture Partners. Based in San Mateo, Calif., it is also backed by Venrock, Jafco Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Leapfrog… Continue Reading

GroundWork lays claim to $5M for IT operations management software

GroundWork Open Source, a provider of open source systems and network management software, announced today that it raised $5 million in a fourth round of venture funding. The San Francisco-based company plans to use the money for further product development.

The round was led by Canaan… Continue Reading

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

RedSeal closes in on $12M for to manage security risks

RedSeal, a maker of software that keeps track of security risks for businesses, is just $200,000 shy of a $12 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. The San Mateo, Calif. company is backed by Jafco Ventures, Leapfrog Ventures, Sutter Hill… Continue Reading

Vuclip raises $6M for mobile video search and delivery

Vuclip, a service that allows users to search for and call up videos on their mobile phones, has brought in $6 million in a second round of funding. Once it locates the video you want, it makes it play on a wide range of platforms… Continue Reading

Hara lands $14M to track environmental ‘metabolisms’

Hara lands $14M to track environmental ‘metabolisms’

Hara, maker of environmental and energy management software, has raised $14 million in a second round of funding only three months after its launch. Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the company is unique in its ability to track not only energy consumption or… 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

Semiconductor co. GTronix raises $5.5M

Fremont, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor maker GTronix has brought in $5.5 million of an anticipated $7 million round of equity, reports VentureWire. The company previously raised $23 million from Jafco Ventures and Menlo Ventures.

GTronix makes chips for acoustic, speech and image processing, among other applications.

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Dilithium ropes $8M for wireless multmedia systems

Dilithium Networks, provider of converged video services for wireless internet and mobile applications, has opened a round of funding targeted at $8 million. It last raised $18 million in 2005, bringing in $33 million total over three rounds from CM Capital Investments, Deutsche Bank, Infocomm… 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

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

Ocarina Networks lands $20M for content compression

Ocarina Networks lands $20M for content compression

Ocarina Networks, maker of software that compresses content to reduce online storage demands, announced today that it has brought in $20 million in a second round of funding to beef up its sales force, refine its technology and forge more partnerships with storage providers like… Continue Reading

Singulex lands $19M for diagnostic systems

Singulex, an Alameda, Calif.-based biotech firm, just raised $19 million in fifth-round funding to commercialize technology that uses protein biomarkers to diagnose cardiovascular and other disorders. Already in clinical trials, its system gauges changes in biomarker levels in the bloodstream to give doctors information on… Continue Reading

SocialVibe raises $8M to turn online profiles into charity money makers

SocialVibe is a Los Angeles-based company that lets social network users raise money for their favorite causes by posting badges that advertise certain brands to their online profiles. It just brought in $8 million in second-round funding to forge more partnerships with advertisers and nonprofits… Continue Reading

Aster Data raises $12M for cheap warehousing

Aster Data raises $12M for cheap warehousing

Aster Data Systems, which stores data for social networking site MySpace (and others), has raised $12 million in a second round of venture funding.

The Redwood City, Calif. startup offers “frontline data warehousing,” which basically means storage of all of a company’s data for business analysis…. Continue Reading

Meebo partners with Hearst Magazines Digital Media, teen girls rejoice and chat

Meebo partners with Hearst Magazines Digital Media, teen girls rejoice and chat

Meebo, the company that powers social interaction through instant messaging and group chat on its own and partner sites, has partnered with Hearst Magazines Digital Media, a unit of Hearst Magazines. Seventeen.com and Popularmechanics.com are two of the digital media properties that are integrating Meebo’s… Continue Reading

Palo Alto Networks pulls in new funds to ride out recession

Palo Alto Networks pulls in new funds to ride out recession

Bracing for the downturn, Palo Alto Networks has added $10 million to the third round of financing it announced in August.

Lane Bess, chief executive of the enterprise firewall and security firm, raised $27 million just a few months ago but felt it was prudent to… Continue Reading