RiseSmart lands $4.6M for online job search services

RiseSmart, a job search site geared toward employees who make over $100,000 a year, has raised $4.6 million in a first round of funding from Storm Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. It has now raised about $9 million in funding, including the participation of several… Continue Reading

Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M

Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M

MobileIron, a company that helps corporate IT departments manage employee smartphones, originally caught my eye because it had the backing of some impressive venture firms — Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Storm Ventures. Now the Sunnyvale, Calif. company has raised an $11 million second… Continue Reading

MobileIron gives enterprise IT more control over employee smartphones

MobileIron gives enterprise IT more control over employee smartphones

Smartphones continue to proliferate in large, “enterprise”-size companies, but those phones aren’t well-integrated into enterprise IT, says Bob Tinker, chief executive of a startup called MobileIron. He thinks MobileIron (which boasts several impressive venture backers) is going to change that.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., company is launching… Continue Reading

SandForce emerges from stealth with new flash chip line

SandForce, maker of flash memory processors, has left stealth mode to release its first line of products tailored to enterprise applications like data centers and personal computers. The Saratoga, Calif. company says its SF-1000 model is more reliable and allows for more data retention than… Continue Reading

Transera raises $17M for on-demand call center technology

Transera, provider of software that lets its clients set up cost-effective call centers with agents (in-house or outsourced) all over the world, announced that it brought in $17 million in a fourth round of funding from Accel Partners, Apax Partners, Lighthouse Capital Partners and Storm… Continue Reading

Bivio nets $15.8M for flexible networking systems

Networking systems developer Bivio Networks just took in $15.8 million in a round led by Silver Creek Ventures and including new Japanese investors Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation and Cross Technology Partners, as well as existing backers InterWest Partners, Storm Ventures, Venrock and Goldman Sachs. The Pleasanton,… Continue Reading

Appcelerator launches open source platform for desktop apps

Appcelerator launches open source platform for desktop apps

Appcelerator, a Mountain View, Calif. startup that that builds open source tools to ease the development of web applications, is now offering a platform called Titanium for creating hybrid web/desktop applications for your computer and mobile phone. The company also announced a first venture round… Continue Reading

Kineto Wireless raises $15.5M for mobile base station technology

Kineto Wireless Inc., developer of software that lets mobile phones work on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks, brought in $15.5 million in fourth-round funding to advance the technology of wireless base stations — known as femtocells — which would expand home broadband coverage.

The new 3G… Continue Reading

3Leaf Systems raises $35 million round for enterprise virtualization technology

3Leaf Systems raises $35 million round for enterprise virtualization technology

Virtualization technology is still buzzing with activity, as its adoption by large companies remains one of the biggest trends in the economy right now.

Virtualization grabbed headlines 13 months ago, when VMware raised nearly $1 billion in an initial public offering. Now virtualization chip maker 3Leaf… Continue Reading

IDF: Intel gets behind start-up MetaRAM’s server memory solution

IDF: Intel gets behind start-up MetaRAM’s server memory solution

Silicon Valley start-up MetaRAM is announcing its second-generation chip set today with backing from Intel. MetaRAM’s technology can quadruple the memory capacity in a server, cutting the server costs as much as 90 percent. The Intel endorsement is a big win for a little San… Continue Reading

DeviceVM’s ‘instant on’ software gets another $15M

DeviceVM’s ‘instant on’ software gets another $15M

DeviceVM, a company that allows you to use your computer while it’s booting up, has raised another $15 million in funding.

The San Jose, Calif. company’s software is called Splashtop, and it comes preinstalled on PCs and motherboards. When those PCs are turned on, or when… Continue Reading

Qumu raises $10.7M for enterprise video

Qumu, which provides the infrastructure for the use of video communication in a corporate environment, has raised $10.7 million in a third round of funding. The round was led by Advanted Technology Ventures.

The Emeryville, Calif. startup’s enables live and on-demand webcasts, recorded video conferences, employee… Continue Reading

Ad optimizer YieldBuild raises $6 million — this area is getting competitive

Ad optimizer YieldBuild raises $6 million — this area is getting competitive

YieldBuild offers software that lets a web publisher optimize text advertisement placement and formatting, so the ads will receive the maximum number of click-throughs. In other words, it helps publishers make more money.

Optimizing text ads without this type of software typically involves a lot of… Continue Reading

Mobile coupon company Cellfire raises $12m

Mobile phone coupon company Cellfire has raised $12 million in a third round of funding.

The round includes a new investor, Silver Creek Ventures, and existing ones, including Menlo Ventures and Storm Ventures.

People who sign up for Cellfire’s service automatically receive coupons on their cell phones…. Continue Reading

Ad Infuse takes on $12M more, builds market share in mobile advertising

Ad Infuse takes on $12M more, builds market share in mobile advertising

This may well be the year that the leaders in the mobile advertising space emerge, and startup Ad Infuse has taken on another $12 million to try to ensure its place at the table.

As we reported in an October story, Ad Infuse is distinguished by… Continue Reading

Inovys, structural testing for semiconductors, acquired by Verigy

Inovys, a Pleasanton, Calif. company that makes software and hardware for structural testing of semiconductors, was founded in 1999.

The company picked up nearly $40 million in funding over the years, from venture investors including Storm Ventures, CMEA Ventures, Palomar Ventures, Techfarm, HIG Ventures and Hotung… Continue Reading

Adomo raises round to unify messaging at big businesses

Adomo raises round to unify messaging at big businesses

For years, companies like Cisco, and all the little piranha start-ups nibbling at Cisco, have sought to make communications simpler for companies and their employees.

Adomo, of Cupertino, Calif., is the latest Silicon Valley start-up attempting to give employees a way to bring together voice and… Continue Reading

Qwaq, offering a 3D virtual workplace

Qwaq, offering a 3D virtual workplace

Qwaq, a Silicon Valley company seeking to let company work groups collaborate in a 3D online virtual environment, has just raised $7 million in financing.

Virtual collaboration might sound fanciful, but increasingly experts are saying this is where the office environment is headed. Well-known venture capitalist… Continue Reading

Ad Infuse, for highly targeted mobile advertising

Ad Infuse, for highly targeted mobile advertising

Ad Infuse is ready to serve you targeted ads on your cellphone — and may surprise you with how much it knows.

The company can pinpoint a user’s age, gender, income level, and location, among other things. Advertisers pay handsomely for such information, sometimes more than… Continue Reading

Asoka USA raises $7M for to turn electrical outlets into broadband connections

Asoka USA, a Foster City, Calif. maker of equipment that turns home electrical outlets into Internet broadband network endpoints, has raised a $7 million in a first round of capital.

The company says it has $6 million in revenue last year, but it must be losing… Continue Reading