Pixim raises funds for high-quality surveillance camera chips
When you have a lot of customer traction, it isn’t hard to raise more money. Pixim, whose chips are used in hundreds of models of security cameras, has proven that by raising $13 million in a new round of funding from existing investors.
That means the… Continue Reading
$40M rains on Novariant to grow agricultural GPS systems
Novariant, developer of GPS and other location-based systems used to drive agricultural equipment hands-free, took in $40 million in a fourth round of funding led by Investor Growth Capital. The Fremont, Calif.-based company will use the new money to scale operations.
Its flagship AutoFarm line of… Continue Reading
Atempo raises $22M more for data backup, recovery and archiving
Atempo, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that provides data backup, recovery and archiving services to businesses, has raised $22 million in a second round of funding.
Here’s the announcement.
The company’s software works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, and iSeries operating systems and so has been attractive… Continue Reading
CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel invests in video camera chip company, Pixim
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Pixim, a Mountain View, Calif. company that builds chips for videos cameras that improve color, and reduce blooming and smear in bad lighting conditions, has added more money to its second round of financing.
In-Q-Tel, the venture arm of the U.S. intelligence agencies, participated in the… Continue Reading
Sun buys mobile phone Java operating system co., SavaJe
Sun Microsystems has acquired Chelmsford, Mass.’ SavaJe, an open standards Java mobile phone operating system, for an undisclosed amount.
See story here.
The amount was undisclosed.
The company raised more than $80 million across several rounds of financing since 1999, when it started as a spin-out from Lucent… Continue Reading
Pixim raises $15M for high-performance chipset for video cameras
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Pixim, a Mountain View, Calif. company that builds chips for videos cameras that improve color, and reduce blooming and smear in bad lighting conditions, has raised $15 million.
The investment comes from Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital, Mayfield Fund and unnamed others.
Pixim’s chipset is called… Continue Reading