Rave Wireless snags $7M to up campus safety

Rave Wireless, developer of mobile applications tailored to university campuses, raked in $7 million in a fourth round of funding to continue work on software to heighten student security. Bain Capital Ventures, Sigma Partners and RRE Ventures contributed to the round.

The Framingham, Mass.-based company already… Continue Reading

Virtualization startup InstallFree raises $8.5M

InstallFree, a company whose virtualization products allow users to access their Windows applications remotely, has raised $8.5 million in a second round of funding. The round was led by Ignition Partners and Trilogy Equity Partners.

The Bellevue, Wash,-based startup raised $1.7 million last November, and launched… Continue Reading

Pelago raises $15 million to expand Whrrl both in the U.S. and abroad

Pelago raises $15 million to expand Whrrl both in the U.S. and abroad

Social networks built around location are a hot item, and getting hotter.

It’s one thing to have a group of contacts which you can update with words from a mobile device (think the micro-messaging service Twitter). It’s another to be able to quickly update your exact… Continue Reading

SMS games company, Frengo, gets high-powered backing

SMS games company, Frengo, gets high-powered backing

Mobile social gaming startup Frengo launched last month, offering a bunch of games that you play via SMS or the Web on your mobile phone.

It offers fantasy sports leagues such as Fantasy Football, betting games about winners of sporting events like “College Hoops Pick ‘Em”,… Continue Reading

Google’s reign of terror over Valley workforce coming to end?

Google’s reign of terror over Valley workforce coming to end?

For two years, Google has brutalized its competition and other start-ups by grabbing the best talent with two sexy pieces of bait: the stock option, and its fun brand.

However, the first piece of bait, the stock option, has become decidely less sexy — and… Continue Reading

VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

Check out the fresh $100,000+ jobs at the VentureBeat JobBoard.

Here are some of the listings just posted:

–Diversion Media is looking for a product developer;
–Wellsphere is a stealth San Francisco start-up that says it is developing a community-based Internet application to help people lead healthy, happier… Continue Reading

VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

If your New Year’s resolution will be to make more money, it’s not too late to apply to some of the fresh $100,000+ jobs at the VentureBeat JobBoard.

We’re getting feedback that JobBoard is working better than other boards (see comment). Here are some of the… Continue Reading

Update on VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

Update on VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

Since launching our $100,000 plus VentureBeat JobBoard, the job market continues to get tighter. Silicon Valley has a 4.1 percent unemployment rate, the lowest since the boom. Employers are having a tough time finding qualified applicants, so we’re trying to help.

Here are some of the… Continue Reading

Medio raises $30 million for mobile search — to battle Google, Jumptap, others

Medio raises $30 million for mobile search — to battle Google, Jumptap, others

Medio, a Seattle start-up that gives you search results tailored for your mobile phone, has raised $30 million in a second round of funding to keep up with the mobile search Jones’.

Founder Brian Lent worked side-by-side with the Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin…. Continue Reading

Update on VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

Update on VentureBeat’s high-end jobs

Since launching our $100,000 plus VentureBeat JobBoard, entrepreneurs continue to tell us they’re getting highly qualified applicants via VentureBeat. We’re glad it’s working. We’ll try to bolster this shortly by promoting the JobBoard even more.

Here are some of the more recent job listings:

–Software engineers wanted… Continue Reading

Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs

Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs

We’ve just launched the VentureBeat JobBoard.

You might say, oh, yet another job board?!

The VentureBeat JobBoard is different because it is the only start-up oriented job board focused exclusively on high-end jobs — those paying $100,000 and up.

It’s relevant because the job market… Continue Reading