Funds blow in for Mariah’s residential wind turbine
Mariah Power, manufacturer of the relatively compact Windspire energy system, has closed the first half of an undisclosed second round of financing (PDF) that it will use to purchase a $2 million share in a Michigan manufacturing plant. The plant prompted a five-year partnership with MasTech Manufacturing, which has already kicked in $1.4 million toward the facility.
MasTech will also manage mass distribution of the Windspire, a 30-foot-tall propellerless turbine capable of generating 25 percent of… Continue Reading
Multimedia presentation software Freepath raises $1.5 million
Freepath plans to offer a set of basic editing tasks easier, through a desktop application. Although the company is still in private beta (I’m waiting for an invite), I can see how the Freepath could be useful.
It’s designed to help you put together multimedia presentations, and it includes a couple nice little features. For example, you can set a video clip to play from within a specific point of the video, within your Freepoint presentation… Continue Reading
Animated Speech raises $250,000 for language software
Animated Speech, a San Francisco company that sells language learning software for children with speech and language impairments, has raised $250,000 in financing.
Keiretsu Forum, a group of individual “angel” investors, led the round. Sierra Angels and Vegas Valley Angels also participated.
According to the statement:
In this instance Keiretsu Forum made its investment in Animated Speech Corp, due to the company’s powerful speech software and technology, which has been proven to improve the rate of language… Continue Reading