Ad network Go Internet Media zeroes in on education market

Go Internet Media, an online advertising network, seeks to differentiate itself by focusing on the education market. Right now, it handles targeted advertising campaigns for 1,000 universities across the U.S., and it just raised $10 million in first-round capital to further increase its sales reach,… Continue Reading

The art of the bootstrap

The art of the bootstrap

[Editor's note: With the economic downturn drying up venture capital in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, more early-stage companies will be forced to bootstrap their way to profitability. But what does that actually mean for the companies who go this route? Javier Rojas, managing director of... Continue Reading

Recommind raises $7.5M for eDiscovery 2.0

Recommind raises $7.5M for eDiscovery 2.0

Recommind, which offers an “eDiscovery” service aimed at law firms, has raised $7.5 million in a first round of venture funding. Despite the slowing economy, chief executive Robert Tennant says his company should stay very busy in the coming months.

That’s because San Francisco-based Recommind provides… Continue Reading

NTRGlobal raises $34M for remote support and collaboration

NTRglobal, a company that offers a range of IT-related products delivered via online subscription, has raised $34 million in funding. The funding was led by new investor Kennet Partners, which was joined by another new investor, Atlas Venture, and existing investors Debaeque and Elaia Partners.

The… Continue Reading

Kapow raises $11.6M more to provide mashup technology

Kapow raises $11.6M more to provide mashup technology

Kapow Technologies, which sells software to companies that lets them assemble their own “mashup” applications by gathering data from around the web, has raised a $11.6 million third round of financing.

Mashup technologies have become increasingly important lately, now that data has proliferated around the Web… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

Featured companies: Aldagen, LDR, Lyten Endoscopy, MachLabs, Permatox, TeleMedicine Clinic, ThromboVision

Spinal-implant maker LDR raises $25M — Austin, Texas-based LDR, a maker of spinal implants, raised $25 million in a third funding round. Investors included Telegraph Hill Partners, Austin Ventures, Rothschild Private Equity and PTV Sciences.

LDR sells… Continue Reading

EProject raises $12M for Web-based collaboration product

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EProject, a Seattle, Wash. company that offers a Web-based collaborative project and portfolio management software, said it has raised a second round of venture financing totaling $12 million.

The round was led by Bay Partners and included previous investor Kennet Partners.

The product is just… Continue Reading