Consentry nabs $9.4M for tighter network control

Consentry Networks, a Milpitas, Calif. company that gives network administrators more direct control over computing infrastructure and applications, just raised $9.4 million from DAG Ventures, Invesco Private Capital, Northgate Capital, Translink Capital and Vedanta Capital.

The new money will go toward development of its network management… Continue Reading

Melodis matches $7 million with its music discovery service

Melodis matches $7 million with its music discovery service

Ever hear a catchy tune but not know the name of the song or the artist? Midomi, a web site and mobile service, lets you play a recorded song or sing a snippet of it yourself, and then it matches that information to its library… Continue Reading

Eye-Fi raises round for wireless photo uploading cards

Eye-Fi raises round for wireless photo uploading cards

Uploading photos to web sharing sites — as fast as you can take pictures — is kind of a new obssession for the digerati. Eye-Fi is riding that wave with memory cards that have built-in Wi-Fi antennae that can upload photos to photo-sharing sites.

The Mountain… Continue Reading

DeCarta raises another $20M for its location-based platform

DeCarta raises another $20M for its location-based platform

DeCarta, the creator of a popular platform for managing location-based (LBS) data, has raised $20 million in additional funding. That includes financing from the Hotung Group and TransLink Capital, as well as existing investor Norwest Venture Partners and a previously announced $6 million from the… Continue Reading

ConSentry, raises $21M for a switch to rival Cisco

ConSentry, raises $21M for a switch to rival Cisco

ConSentry, a Silicon Valley startup that says its Internet network switches are more efficient than those of giant incumbent Cisco, has raised a $21 million round of funding.

Switches are components that route traffic from through the wider Internet network.

However, large corporations that buy switches to… Continue Reading