Data integration company SnapLogic raises another $2.3M
SnapLogic, a startup that helps companies pull in business data, has raised $2.3 million in its first round of institutional funding. It also announced that Gaurav Dhillon, the San Mateo company’s co-founder and chairman, is SnapLogic’s new chief executive.
The company charges subscription fees for its DataFlow technology, and says it can access data from “almost any [software-as-a-service], cloud, or Web computing application,” including sales tools like Salesforce.com and SugarCRM, as well as microblogging service Twitter,… Continue Reading
Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud
Egnyte, a startup that allows small and medium businesses to store and collaborate on their files online, has raised $6 million in new funding.
Amid the many web-based storage and collaboration options out there, Egnyte has a clear focus — it’s trying to replace the traditional file server for relatively small companies with a solution that takes advantage of the web. Features include automatically saving multiple versions of a file, a system that lets administrators control… Continue Reading
CoTweet raises $1.1M to help companies figure out Twitter
People make a lot of comments, questions and complaints on microblogging service Twitter about companies — if you’re well-known, I imagine it becomes hard to manage pretty quickly. That’s where a startup called CoTweet comes in, helping companies manage their customer relations on Twitter. The San Francisco company just opened the beta test of its service publicly, and also announced $1.1 million in a first round of funding.
Of course, it’s possible for a company to… Continue Reading
Ex-Googler founds Dasient for internet security, finds seed dollars
Neil Daswani, a former Google security product manager, has launched his own stealthy internet security company called Dasient. And the San Jose, Calif. company just announced $1.34 million of an expected $1.87 million in seed funding from Maples Investments, according to VentureWire. Prospective users can sign up for its private beta on Dasient’s web site — that’s all the information it currently makes available.
Daswani previously worked at DoCoMo USA Labs and directed wireless technology at… Continue Reading
Ocarina-creator Smule raises $3.9M to make iPhones musical
Smule, which makes interactive music applications for the iPhone, has raised $3.9 million in a second round of funding.
The Menlo Park, Calif. company made a splash last year with its Ocarina app, which turns your iPhone into a musical instrument and allows you to share and listen to Ocarina music from around the world. Ocarina was one of the best-selling paid apps in Apple’s App Store and showed up on virtually every year-end top 10… Continue Reading
Egnyte brings business files into the cloud
Egnyte is a new startup that wants to help small and medium-sized businesses move their file management into the Internet cloud. After being self-funded for two years, the Mountain View, Calif. company has just raised a first venture round of undisclosed size.
At its most basic level, Egnyte is an affordable way to store data. There are, of course, tons of online storage services out there — Dropbox, for example, is a group storage site that… Continue Reading
ReputationDefender raises $2.6M to protect your good name
ReputationDefender, a company that helps people manage their reputations and privacy online, has raised around $2.6 million in a first round of institutional funding.
There are a number of businesses providing identity theft protection, such as Lifelock, TrustedID and Debix, but ReputationDefender is a bit different — it doesn’t focus on protecting your finances, and instead gives you control over the information about you that’s available online. Its earliest and best-known product, MyReputation, provides a monthly… Continue Reading
Maples Investment funds Hyper9’s virtualization management
Hyper9, a startup that makes software to manage virtual environments, has received an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Maples Investments. Although the size of the investment is unknown, Maples normally invests between $150,000 and $500,000, according to VentureWire.
In June, the Austin, Texas startup announced a search engine to find data in virtual environments. The product is in testing mode, and Hyper9 has plans to launch in September. The company raised $7.2 million last year.
Ngmoco raises Kleiner Perkins funding for iPhone games, puts Bing Gordon on board
iPhone games publisher Ngmoco has raised a first round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon, the former chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, will join the San Francisco company’s board. The amount was not diclosed.
It isn’t too hard to connect the dots here. Neil Young (pictured left), a longtime EA veteran, recently quit to found Ngmoco (whose name means next-generation mobile company) to make iPhone games. In… Continue Reading
Sendori, monetizing domain names
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Sendori, a Silicon Valley based company that lets you bid for traffic from other Web sites, has raised an undisclosed first round of venture capital.
The site operates in an industry that has so far been quite shady, and it’s an improvement over some past practices. The funding news was first reported by Venturewire and SiliconTap (subscriptions required).
Here’s how it works. I might own Gamespot.com, but I’d also like to draw traffic from other sites, such… Continue Reading
Another online video investment: Mesmo.tv raises funding
Mesmo.tv, another site that wants to help you and your friends discover interesting videos, has raised $900,000.
The San Francisco company, which launched in July, lets you collect videos on its site from around the web. Then you can vote on videos and share videos with friends. This way, the company can figure out what type of videos you like so it can recommend new, related videos to you (our coverage).
It has also developed a successful… Continue Reading