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

Richrelevance, latest personalized recommendation company, raises $4.2M

Richrelevance, latest personalized recommendation company, raises $4.2M

Richrelevance, a new San Francisco company offering personalized recommendations for online shopping businesses, has raised $4.2 million in a second round of financing.

The company joins a host of other companies — including Amazon, Aggregrate Knowledge and Wunderloop (see our coverage ) — that track what decisions you make while shopping online. Like these other companies, it then peers into its archives to find other users who have made similar decisions to you, so that it… Continue Reading