Accept Software takes $15.4M for product planning tools
Accept Software, maker of product planning and marketing software, has raised $17 million of a targeted $18 million second round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. The Fremont, Calif. is backed by Jefferson Partners, Entrepreneurs Fund and StarVest Partners.
Accept offers a portfolio of tools for product design and release, including ways to capture ideas from brainstorm sessions, set action items and track progress toward stated goals. When a company has finished product,… Continue Reading
Host Analytics gets funds for financial management software
Host Analytics, a Redwood City, Calif.-based maker of financial performance management software, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding to expand its product portfolio and to strengthen its marketing efforts. Advanced Technology Partners, Trident Capital and StarVest Partners participated in the round.
The company says it already has 8,000 paying customers. Its current products are designed to help executives streamline their budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes. They also help companies measure employee performance.
Business intelligence company PivotLink raises $10M
PivotLink, which delivers business intelligence via online subscription, has raised $10 million in a third round of financing. The San Francisco company says its sales bookings increased 100 percent in 2008 and that it has more than 6,000 business users. It has raised a total of $25 million.
The new round was led by StarVest Partners, with participation from existing backers Trident Capital and Emergence Capital Partners.
Passenger gets $8M for market research on private social networks
Although Passenger calls itself an “on-demand customer collaboration” company, it’s probably simpler and more accurate to call it what it is: A market research firm operating through private, white-label social networks.
Putting consumers in a controlled online environment, where they can nevertheless interact with each other, gives marketers and product analysts from companies like Coca-Cola and Disney, both Passenger clients, insight into what people think of their products.
Using online social networking tools is gaining credibility as… Continue Reading
Passenger: Social network software for companies to get customer feedback
Passenger, a Los Angeles company that provides social networking software to companies so that they can privately solicit customer input on products and ideas, has raised another $8.3 million in financing.
Walt Disney-backed Steamboat Ventures has joined Shelter Capital Partners and StarVest Partners in the financing. Passenger has previously raised $5.2 million.
The company launched in February, and joins a bunch of other companies offering software allowing people to consult in groups.
Passenger includes a message board, a… Continue Reading
PerQuest, online payroll service, raises $17.3M
PerQuest, an Oakland, Calif.. provider of online payroll service to smaller employers, has raised around $17.3 million in a second round funding. Backers include StarVest Partners, Spring Mountain Capital, Vermillion Capital and Baroda, according to PE Wire.