Aperto bags $240K more for Wimax equipment
WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $240,000 more in equity, according to a filing with the SEC. It just raised $537,000 at the end of October. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is backed by Alliance Ventures, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Quicksilver Ventures, Tyco Ventures, Innovacom and Jafco Ventures. It has now raised more than $160 million to date.
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.
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 Investments, Deutsche Bank, Infocomm Investments, Jafco Ventures, Motorola Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners. The company has now raised close to $44 million in capital to date, including $8 million bagged… 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 Ventures and Mayfield Fund. It has now raised $21.6 million to date, including $3 million secured in June.
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 Ventures. It has now raised over $43 million to date.
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 Partners, and included existing backers Mayfield Fund, Jafco Ventures and SAP Ventures. It last raised financing in February 2007, bringing in $12.5 million.
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 Alliance Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JAFCO Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures.
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 Ventures and Venrock. It last brought in $17.1 million in a second round of venture funding in 2007.
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 and devices, regardless of encoding, in 20 seconds or less.
Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is backed by Jafco Ventures and New Enterprise Associates. It raised $8 million in a… Continue Reading
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 carbon output, but what it dubs “organizational metabolism.” It looks at all the resources that go into its clients’ supply chains — including water — how they are used, and… 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 debt financing in June, and $20 million before that in April 2008.
Aperto makes WiMax base stations and network equipment for residential and commercial deployments.
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.
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 Investments, JAFCO Ventures, Motorola Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners.
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 Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures, reports VentureWire.
Aperto makes WiMax base stations and network equipment for purposes ranging from residential-size deployments to full scale commercial. It also makes a base… 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 of funding in the past from August Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners, Dot Edu Ventures, Focus Ventures, JAFCO Ventures and Mayfield Fund.
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 Hewlett-Packard and BlueArc.
The San Jose, Calif. company claims its technology can compress data by up to 90 percent. Essentially, it can shrink 10 terabytes of data to between 1 and… 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 the progression and potential management of disease. Singulex has already forged partnerships with several pharmaceutical companies using the system to measure the effects of various drugs during clinical trials.
The recent… 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 and to continue developing its product.
The concept is pretty simple. Users who register on the site first choose from a list of charitable organizations ranging from PETA to Stand Up… Continue Reading
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. Aster dubbed its system nCluster because the data is spread across clusters of cheap servers. The company says nCluster offers three key innovations compared to competitors like Teradata, Netazza and… Continue Reading
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 chat and instant messaging services to drive users to the sites and create active, passionate communities.
The key reason Hearst entered the deal is to increase engagement on its sites, according… Continue Reading