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, 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 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… 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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Cisco acquires email startup PostPath for $215M
Networking giant Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire an email startup called PostPath for $215 million.
To explain the acquisition, Cisco touts PostPath’s security, scalability and compatibility with other email solutions — the Linux-based email service’s interoperability with Microsoft Exchange has been a selling point… Continue Reading
Microsoft acquires DATAllegro data warehouse appliance company
Microsoft has acquired data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro in an attempt to strengthen its presence in the enterprise business intelligence market.
DATAllegro specializes in large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliances with anywhere from 1 terabyte of data to hundreds of terabytes. Microsoft said the addition of… Continue Reading
Planning for IPO, Mimosa raises another $17M for electronic archiving
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Mimosa Systems, a startup that helps companies archive emails and other files, has raised a $17 million fourth round of funding. Mimosa calls the latest financing a “mezzanine round,” meaning it should be the last round before an IPO.
The kind of comprehensive archiving… Continue Reading
FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection
FireEye has raised $14.5 million in a third round of funding to continue its efforts to protect consumers and businesses from “botnets”, which are networks of infected and remotely controlled computers.
Ashar Aziz, the company’s founder and chief executive, says FireEye complements traditional antivirus and… Continue Reading
E-commerce company MarketLive raises $20M
MarketLive, a provider of e-commerce retail technology and services, has raised a new $20 million round of financing. Backers include new investors JAFCO Ventures and Northgate Capital, as well as Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Globespan Capital and others.
MarketLive was founded in 1995, and it’s… 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. It makes WiMax base stations… Continue Reading
Voltage raises $12M more for encryption technology
Voltage Security, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that offers encryption technology to large companies to protect their data, said it has raised $ 12 million fourth round of financing.
Trident Capital led the round with participation from existing investors including Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Morgenthaler… Continue Reading
JAFCO Ventures raises $150M fund
JAFCO Ventures, a Palo Alto venture capital firm with ties to an established venture firm in Japan called JAFCO, said it has raised $150 million to invest in technology companies.
General partner Joe Horowitz said the firm invests in the communications, components, digital media, Internet,… Continue Reading
41st Parameter raises $10.07M more for anti-fraud software
41st Parameter, a Scottsdale, Arizona company that helps retail companies prevent online fraud, said it has raised $10.07 million in a third round of funding.
The financing was led by JAFCO Ventures, with participation from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Norwest Venture Partners.
The… Continue Reading
GTronix, fabless chip company, raises $10.25M more
GTronix, a Fremont, Calif. fabless chip company, has raised $10.25 million in a third round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by Pe Wire. Jafco Ventures was joined by return backer Menlo Ventures.
Solidcore raises $10M for tracking changes across IT systems
Solidcore Systems, a Palo Alto, Calif. provider of technology that tracks and controls changes across a company’s IT systems, has raised $10 million in a fourth round of venture capital financing.
The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and included existing backers Matrix Partners, Menlo… Continue Reading