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.
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.
EMC gobbles discovery software co. Kazeon
Kazeon Systems, maker of software used to scour and retrieve buried network information for law firms, has been bought by IT giant EMC to beef up its data-search capabilities, and not just in the legal space. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Kazeon had raised $10 million in venture funding from Menlo Ventures, JK&B Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.
It is EMC’s second acquisition this week, preceded by the purchase of FastScale Technology, provider of… 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.
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
Kazeon captures $10M for advanced search and discovery
Kazeon Systems, a company that specializes in software used for electronic investigations and discovery of buried network information, just brought in $10 million in sixth-round funding from JK&B Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, reports peHub. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the firm had previously banked $65 million in capital since its inception in 2003.
Among the processes it streamlines, Kazeon focuses on information management for advanced security and privacy, record-keeping and compliance… Continue Reading
Verimatrix raises $20M for TV content security
Verimatrix, a company that develops software and equipment to keep cable television from being illicitly intercepted by non-paying customers, has raised a third round of funding.
The company did not disclose the amount in a press release, but several sources, including Xchange, are reporting that it was $20 million.
Aside from traditional cable broadcasting, Verimatrix also works with IPTV, digital video broadcasting (DVB), and mobile delivery. It also provides forensic watermarking that resides in the video stream… Continue Reading
Investors find Chumby endearing as well with new $12.5 million round
Personal electronic devices with Internet connections are all the rage these days. A small, part touch-screen, part stuffed animal called Chumby is hands down the most endearing of these.
Chumby’s parent company, Chumby Industries, announced today a new round of financing to expand the reach of its cute device. Interestingly, the company is also looking to expand beyond the Chumby into other devices that use screen interaction such as digital picture frames and possibly even LCD… Continue Reading
Nanochip raises $14M for ultra high-capacity memory chips
Nanochip is busy setting itself up as a potential competitor to flash memory, with a promise of removable, durable memory chips that can hold hundreds of gigabytes of data each.
The Fremont, Calif. company’s silicon chips use microelectro-mechanical sytems (MEMS) to control the read/write heads on its chips, which will in turn modify phase-change media. The system offers high density and lower pricing than flash memory for chips.
First prototypes of 100 gigabyte chips are expected from… Continue Reading
VMIX, another video software company, raises cash
VMIX, a company that once sought to be YouTube, but which changed direction to provide software to large web properties to share video, has raised $16.5 million in funding.
VMIX joins a host of companies doing much the same thing, including Brightcove, Reality Digital, Vsocial and VideoEgg, to name a few. These all serve third-party sites with video technology.
The San Diego VMIX offers a video player and a content management system that includes social networking features…. Continue Reading
FraudWall raises $3.25M more for anti-clickfraud
FraudWall Technologies, a Palo Alto, Calif. anti-clickfraud startup, has raised $3.25 million of a planned $4.5 million second round of funding led by JK&B Capital, according to regulatory filings cited by PE Wire.
The company was founded and seeded by Jim Pitkow and Ron Conway, with Sherpalo Ventures and Baseline Venture, which we first wrote about here.
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 transmission across today’s fragmented mobile landscape — characterized by hundreds of different phones and protocols.
Competitors include Quickplay and Dynetic.
Vantrix says it has customers like AT&T, Orange, and ABC News. It… Continue Reading
FaceTime, provider of messaging control software, raises $15.6M
FaceTime Communications, a Foster City, Calif. provider of software that provides security control over communications within businesses, said it has raised $15.6 million in financing.
Here’s the statement,
The investment was led by the Credit Suisse NEXT II Fund, and included existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures, JK&B Capital and Scale Venture Partners.
The company’s product offers control over things like peer-to-peer, instant messaging and voice-over Internet protocol applications. Research firm IDC named FaceTime the market share leader among… Continue Reading
Splunk, search engine for IT data, raises $25M
Splunk, a San Francisco company that offers a search engine for IT data across corporate networks, has raised $25 million in a third round of funding.
Company IT professionals benefit from the search engine, because it scours technical data across a business operatings, from hardware to software, letting them track logs, messages and other data.
It comes at a time when competitors are entering this area, including Network Chemistry, which two months ago said it was throwing… Continue Reading
Intacct, financial management software co, restarts with $14M
Intacct Corp, a San Jose online financial management software company, has raised $14 million in another round of capital to restart itself financially.
Here’s the announcement.
The round was led by new investors Sigma Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. They were joined by prior investor Emergence Capital Partners. Other previous investors, such as Hummer Winblad, were essentially washed out. Mike Braun, the company’s chief executive, took over several months ago.
Intacct provides software to manage a business’… Continue Reading
NCircle, a corporate network security company, buys Cambia, and raises $5M
NCircle, a San Francisco network security appliance company, has acquired Cambia Security, of Alpharetta, Ga, a provider of compliance management equipment.
See announcement here.
NCircle has also raised $5 million more in capital, according to VentureWire:
The all-stock transaction will give shareholders of Cambia a 15% stake in nCircle, making JK&B Capital, Cambia’s largest shareholder, one of nCircle’s four largest shareholders, according to Abe Kleinfeld, president and chief executive of nCircle, who declined to provide the value of… Continue Reading
Nanochip raises $4.8M more for Flash memory chips
Nanochip, a Fremont, Ca. maker of Flash memory chips used in storage devices such as USB flash drives, has raised a $4.8 million in an appendage to the company’s third round of funding started last year.
It’s products are known as NAND chips (see more here for definition). VentureWire reported the news this morning (sub required).
Both Intel Capital and JK&B Capital, which particated in the third round last year, participated this time. Nanochip said it plans… 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.
Here is the announcement:
The latest infusion was led by GunnAllen Venture Partners and included participation existing investors including JK&B Capital, Canaan Partners, Alliance Ventures, Innovacom, JAFCO, Labrador Ventures, and Tyco.
Scalent raises $15M for data center virtualization
Scalent Systems, a Palo Alto company offering a data center virtualization software, said it has raised $15 million in a third round of funding.
This round was led by new investor Credit Suisse and includes participation by all existing investors, Hummer Winblad, JK&B Capital, and Pequot Capital, the company said in a statement sent to VentureBeat last week.
From its statement:
Scalent Systems is the first company to virtualize the entire environment of existing virtual and… Continue Reading
Airplay gets $14M to merge TV football and mobile games
AirPlay, a San Francisco start-up that is taking live broadcasts of professional football games, and allowing cellphone users to see the broadcasts on their phone and play interactive games at the same time, said it has raised $14 million.
The investment is a second round from a combination of strategic investors and venture funds: Qualcomm, Motorola, and venture funds JK&B Capital, ONSET Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, all participated in the financing. It was led by JK&B…. Continue Reading