DailyMotion — the European YouTube — grabs $25M
DailyMotion, the online video company in Europe that resembles YouTube, announced that it brought in a $25 million round of capital led by French Sovereign Fund, a firm nearly half-owned by the French government, and designed to take minority stakes in promising French companies.
Based in… Continue Reading
Intalio raises $1.5M for business management software
Intalio, developer of open-source software for businesses to manage workflow, has brought in $1.5 million in equity and debt, according to a filing with the SEC. The Palo Alto, Calif. company has now raised more than $42 million to date from investors Partech International, Cargill… Continue Reading
Goom channels $16M for user-generated online radio
Online radio stations have been taking a hit lately, with record companies cracking down on streaming copyrighted material. But Goom Radio, a new internet radio startup, has decided to take its chances, relying largely on user-defined playlists — much like its peer Pandora Radio. And… Continue Reading
Data management software maker Q-layer sells out to Sun
Q-layer, a young provider of software to manage virtual data centers, has sold out to Sun Microsystems, collecting a healthy return for its investors Wellington Partners, Partech International and Big Bang Ventures. Last year was the first its products were on the market, and they… Continue Reading
Jaspersoft raises $12.5M for open source business intelligence
Jaspersoft, a provider of open-source business intelligence software, has raised $12.5 million in new funding. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, with participation from leading open-source company Red Hat and Jaspersoft’s previous investors Scale Venture Partners, SAP Ventures, DCM, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Partech… Continue Reading
DecisionView lands financing to optimize clinical trials
DecisionView, developer of software applications that streamline the clinical trials process for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced today that it closed a fourth-round of funding earmarked for product development — including additional work on its top offering, the StudyOptimizer.
The San Francisco-based company claims that the… Continue Reading
Replay Solutions wins $2M to bust software errors
Replay Solutions, developer of software that detects errors in other applications running on your computer, pulled in an extra $2 million today in what is now a $13 million second round of financing. The bump came from UV Partners, which joined previous investors Hummer Winblad,… Continue Reading
Tyco acquires Vue Technology for $43M
Tyco International subsidiary Sensormatic Electronics Corporation announced today that it bought Vue Technology, Inc., a developer of RFID software, for $43 million.
Sensormatic is known for technology used to prevent inventory loss and improve supply chain efficiency. The acquisition of Lake Forest, Calif.-based Vue is expected… Continue Reading
Oracle acquires application management startup ClearApp
Oracle Corp. announced in September that it has acquired ClearApp, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based maker of application performance management software for an undisclosed amount. ClearApp previously raised more than $20 million in venture backing from 3i Group, Partech International and Sierra Ventures, according to VentureWire.
RockYou between a funding rock and an acquisition
RockYou, the fast-growing online widget company — that lets you post images and slideshows in social networks and other web sites — has apparently hit a major juncture in its decision to raise funding or not. And I’m wondering if it may have decided to… Continue Reading
Five9 takes $12M for on-demand call centers
Instead of maintaining permanent call centers, some companies prefer to outsource their work to outside companies like Five9, which offers a “virtual call center” that allows companies to tap into its services whenever necessary.
There’s plenty of competition in this area, including Transera, which upped its… Continue Reading
Quaris raises $7.1M for business intelligence apps
Quaris offers analytical software for business intelligence, with a front-end designed to be accessible to any worker who needs to use it. It caters to both large and small businesses.
The company has various competitors, including both giants like Microsoft and other startups like LogiXML, OnDemandIQ… Continue Reading
Goojet wins gold at Le Web — with mobile organizer
Goojet, a company that offers a mobile “organizer,” a place to store notes and other things so that you can access them while on the go, has won the start-up competition at the conference Le Web 3 in Paris, France.
The company combines your mobile and… Continue Reading
LedEngin raises $11M for light-emitting diode components
[This story originally ran on Monday, Oct. 1, 2007]
LedEngin, a Santa Clara, Calif. company making components for cleaner and more efficient lighting technology called LEDs, has raised $11 million in a third round of financing.
The round was led by Partech International, and included previous investors… Continue Reading
Intalio, business process management co., raises cash
Intalio, a Palo Alto, Calif., open source “business process management systems” company, said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding.
From a statement:
“Intalio went from 12 customers to over 200 in the past 18 months,” said Ismael Ghalimi, co-founder and CEO at Intalio. “On a… Continue Reading
Video site Dailymotion raises $34M to grab lead in Europe
Dailymotion, a Paris, France-based video-sharing site that’s a distant competitor to YouTube, has raised $34 million in funding, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The site, like many others, lets you share personal videos privately with friends or publicly with anyone. Like its competitors, people can… Continue Reading
InQ, provider of outsourced online chat for retailers, raises $5M
InQ, a Los Angeles, Calif. company that provides online chat customer service for companies’ web sites, said it has raised another $5 million in a fourth round of capital.
We wrote about this company here, explaining how it pops up a chat screen on Web sites… Continue Reading
JasperSoft, open source biz intelligence co., raises $12M more
JasperSoft, a San Francisco provider of open source software for “business intelligence,” said it has raised $12 million in its fourth round of funding.
Scale Venture Partners led the round and was joined by new investor SAP Ventures. Existing investors DCM,
Morganthaler Ventures and Partech International… Continue Reading
TVtrip.com, offers detailed hotel search, raises $4.8 million
TVtrip.com, a website providing detailed information about hotels, has raised €3.5 million ($4.8 million) in a first round of financing.
The site caters only to European hotels for now. It offers a search engine for hotels; then, for each listing, if offers videos of rooms, ratings,… Continue Reading