IntelePeer raises $18M for telephony-Web platform
IntelePeer a Silicon Valley company that offers technology to make calls from within Web applications to phones or other devices, has raised $18 million in a third round of venture capital funding led by VantagePoint Venture Partners.
IntelePeer is somewhat like Ribbit, another Silicon Valley company we’ve written about that lets developers insert phone software into any Web application — and which was so popular that it was snapped up shortly after launch by BT for… Continue Reading
Design automation company Nangate seeking $10M
Nangate, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of electronic design automation software, is looking to raise $10 million in a third round of venture funding, according to VentureWire.
The company previously raised $15 million from Sunstone Capital, NorthCap Partners and Seed Capital Partners. Its revenue was about $500,000 for the first quarter of 2008.
Nangate says its software improves design speed, design area and power consumption.
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 and new technologies such as RSS allow people to pipe it directly to their computers, versus having to go get it themselves. A research analyst covering the retail sector, for… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Friday, Oct. 5, 2007
Featured companies: Gilde Healthcare Partners, Konanda Pharma Partners, Healthvision, OrbiMed, Quovadx, Serentis, Surface, Visiopharm
Danish microscopy company Visiopharm gets funding — Copenhagen’s Visiopharm, a developer of image-analysis hardware and software for microscopy, raised an undisclosed sum from Northcap Partners. The company was founded in 2001.
Konanda Pharma Partners to raise $300M life-science fund — The new New York-based venture-capital fund tells VentureWire (subscription required) that it is looking to put together a $300 million fund to invest in… Continue Reading