PacketMotion raises $5M for network management

PacketMotion, a San Jose, Calif. provider of enterprise network monitoring and compliance technology, has raised $5 million in a third round of funding to build the sales and marketing operations for its PacketSentry Manager and Probe, a program that helps mid to large-sized companies comply… Continue Reading

Vertos raises $15.5M to decompress spines

Vertos Medical, maker of a non-invasive device for decompressing lumbar spine discs, has brought in $15.5 million in a fourth round of funding from Onset Ventures, CHL Medical Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Aweida Venture Partners and DFJ Mercury. Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the company… Continue Reading

HotSpur launches dialysis technology with new $2.75M

HotSpur Technologies, developer of technology for less invasive dialysis, has brought in $2.75 million to bring its two lead products to market. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the company is backed by Onset Ventures, Bio-Star Private Equity Fund, Finistere Partners, Saratoga Ventures, Three Arch Partners… Continue Reading

Brilliant Telecom dials up $7.6M to sync wireless carriers

Brilliant Telecom, a company that designs, develops and distributes network timing solutions for telecommunications equipment, has brought in $7.6 million in convertible debt from Onset Ventures, NovAtel, Asset Management, Draper Associates, Draper Richards, Xilinx and a handful of individual investors, reports Dow Jones VentureWire. Based… Continue Reading

Permuto launches platform to track performance of display ads

Permuto, an online marketing company seeking to optimize display advertising for its client brands, has launched a new platform that measures the performance of this type of ad with the same precision that most search engine text-ads are evaluated. Called, ShopperConnect, the platform is targeted… Continue Reading

Data analytics provider Truviso takes $3M bridge, preps for third round of capital

Truviso, maker of data analytics software, has raised a $3 million bridge round of funding in hopes of getting itself in shape to raise a third round of capital next year. The financing came from Diamondhead Ventures, Onset Ventures and UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the… Continue Reading

Vindicia raises $7.5M more for online billing

Vindicia raises $7.5M more for online billing

Vindicia, which provides companies with online software to help manage web billing and payments, has raised $7.5 million in a fourth round of venture funding.

The Redwood City, Calif., startup is one of several companies (Zuora and Aria Systems are the other ones we’ve covered) trying… Continue Reading

Relievant Medsystems raises $20M to treat lower back pain

Relievant Medsystems, maker of minimally invasive procedures used to treat chronic lower back pain, has brought in $20 million in private equity from Morgenthaler Ventures, Canaan Partners, Emergent Medical Partners and ONSET Ventures.

Based in Redwood City, Calif., the company has conducted a small pilot study… Continue Reading

Apieron inhales funds for asthma monitor

Apieron, maker of a device that monitors asthmatic conditions, has brought in an undisclosed sum in a fourth round of financing from existing investors Alliance Technology Ventures, Canaan Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Onset Ventures. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., the company says its lead… Continue Reading

Sadra Medical raises $30M for aortic valve replacement

Sadra Medical, which is developing a procedure to replace the aortic valve (for the less medically-savvy, that’s part of your heart), has raised $30 million in a third round of funding. The Campbell, Calif., company dubs its procedure “percutaneous aortic valve replacement,” and it involves… Continue Reading

Obopay scores $70M from Nokia for mobile payments

Obopay scores $70M from Nokia for mobile payments

Obopay, provider of a mobile service that lets people transfer money to one another through text messages, just received an investment from Nokia, estimated at $70 million. [Update: It turns out that not all of this money came from Nokia, as most people reported. There… Continue Reading

Netseer nabs $8.1M for ad targeting beyond keywords

Netseer, a company that targets ads based on intuitive relationships between keywords, has brought in an $8.1 million tranche of an expected $14.1 million round of funding from Mission Ventures and ONSET Ventures, according to VentureWire. The Los Angeles company hasn’t disclosed its plans for… Continue Reading

Sentilla powers up with $7.5M for energy management

Sentilla powers up with $7.5M for energy management

Sentilla, a company that offers hardware and software for facilities to manage their energy use more efficiently, just brought in $7.5 million in second-round funding to continue product development and expand worldwide.

For now, the Redwood City, Calif. firm gives commercial and industrial companies several ways… Continue Reading

Stealthy Permuto nabs $6M for web promotions

Permuto, a Palo Alto, Calif. company so secretive that it hardly gives any indication of its business on its website, has brought in $6 million in first-round funding to promote websites and applications for free. The primary appeal of the company so far seems to… Continue Reading

BAROnova pulls in funds for weight-loss tech

Medical technology company BAROnova announced today that it brought in $7.5 million in a second round of funding led by pharmaceutical firm Allergan. It plans to use the money to continue developing a weight loss device called the TransPyloric Shuttle.

Basically, the shuttle is installed at… Continue Reading

Apieron seeks $25M under new leadership

Apieron Inc. plans to score $25 million in its currently open fourth-round of funding to advance development and build up sales of an asthma monitoring device.

This round is the first of Holly McGarraugh’s brand new tenure as president and chief executive officer. She joined the… Continue Reading

1020 Placecast serves location-based ads on Eventful

1020 Placecast serves location-based ads on Eventful

When I got a chance to meet with events web site Eventful back in July to look at their iPhone application, the company informed me it was working on some interesting ways to incorporate advertisements. Today, it revealed those plans: It’s the first cross-platform partner… Continue Reading

Ahead of deployment, Brilliant Telecom adds to its round

Sometimes a funding is all about timing. In Brilliant Telecommunications‘ case, everything it does is about timing. The Campbell, Calif.-based company makes timing devices for the telecom industry.

Gearing up for its deployment of wireless products with a European carrier, the company has added $4.9 million… Continue Reading

Arcot Systems pulls down $23 million for digital authentication

As more people handle tasks that require personal verification online, digital signatures are increasingly important.

Arcot Systems, which does digital-based signatures has raised a second round of funding. The money will no doubt be used to expand its operations in digital authentication.

The $23 million round was… Continue Reading

Novasys Medical takes $49.5M for women’s medical device

Novasys Medical is a Newark, Calif. medical company that makes a device for a specific condition affecting some women, called female stress urinary incontinence.

The device Novasys makes is the only real alternative to surgery for women with the problem, according to an interview with the… Continue Reading