Link_A_Media Devices, a data recovery firm, gets $22M
A group of strategic investors and two venture firms has provided a $22 million second round of funding to Link_A_Media Devices, which develops data recovery techniques for use with both hard-disk drives and solid-state drives.
Link_A_Media, based in Santa Clara, Calif., can raise storage density and raise drive yields during the manufacturing process, according to its release. Its first product is for the mobile peripheral storage market.
The funding round was led by AIG SunAmerica Ventures, with… Continue Reading
Siimpel raises $21.5M for imaging technology for cellphones
Siimpel Corp., an Arcadia, Calif., maker of imaging technology for cellphone cameras, has raised $21.5 million in a fourth round of funding.
SunAmerica Ventures led the round. Other investors include Motorola, Qualcomm and Micron Technology and existing backers Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Scale Venture Partners, Global Catalyst Partners, Portage Venture Partners and Zone Venture Partners.
The company improves imaging for camera technology in cellphones, using MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems), optics, electro-optical design, image sensors, packaging and camera electronics.