Bubble Motion raises $6M for mobile voice messaging

Bubble Motion, provider of a service that lets users send voice messages directly to others’ mobile phones like text messages, has raised $6 million in equity from undisclosed investors, according to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the… Continue Reading

Panasas expanding market for parallel storage systems

Panasas expanding market for parallel storage systems

Enterprise storage is a market dominated by big companies. But Panasas has found a niche providing parallel storage systems for the biggest supercomputers. The company has raised $25 million in a fifth round of funding, VentureBeat has learned.

The Fremont, Calif.-based company declined to comment on… Continue Reading

Verdiem pulls in $12M for power-saving software

Verdiem, a Seattle, Wash. startup that makes PC software capable of reducing energy consumption across networks of computers, has raised a fresh round of funding as it expands.

Its Surveyor software can reduce the energy consumption of an average computer by about 30 percent, according to… Continue Reading

Bubble Motion gets $14M more for voice texting

Bubble Motion gets $14M more for voice texting

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Bubble Motion, a Silicon Valley company that gives you a way to send text messages (SMS) with your voice instead of text, has raised $14 million in additional funding.

It came from existing investor Sequoia Capital, and new investors Comcast Interactive Capital and NCD Investors.

The company… Continue Reading

ConSentry, raises $21M for a switch to rival Cisco

ConSentry, raises $21M for a switch to rival Cisco

ConSentry, a Silicon Valley startup that says its Internet network switches are more efficient than those of giant incumbent Cisco, has raised a $21 million round of funding.

Switches are components that route traffic from through the wider Internet network.

However, large corporations that buy switches to… Continue Reading

Kovio raises $19.4M for printed electronics

Kovio, a Sunnyvale, Calif. developer of semiconductor products using thin-film technologies, or “printed electronics,” has raised $19.5 million in the first part of a fourth (series D) round of funding, according to a press release.

Pinnacle Ventures led the deal, which included previous investors Bessemer Venture… Continue Reading