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 the company, lowering electricity consumption across the average organization by 3-6 percent. The payback time, it says, it 18 months or less.
Although this latest funding is Verdiem’s sixth, it is… Continue Reading
SchemaLogic offers tagging to media and corporations
SchemaLogic, a company that wants to use “tagging” to transform the internal archives at media companies and large businesses, has just raised $12.7 million more to do so.
The company has signed a deal with Associated Press, Corbis and others to let freelance writers and photographers to use tagging for their articles and photos so that the content can be found and stored quickly and more easily targeted by advertising. It also wants to let businesses… Continue Reading
Cleantech: Verdiem raises $8 million from Kleiner Perkins, others, to save PC energy
Verdiem, a growing Seattle company that makes computer networks use less energy, has raised $8.33 million from seven investors including big-name venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
It is one of many companies riding a wave of public commitments by cities, companies, universities and other organizations to make their IT operations more energy efficient. The City of Boston and the City University of New York are two of Verdiem’s clients.
The company has been “toiling… Continue Reading