Aloqa raises $1.5M for location-based mobile content
Aloqa, a mobile search company that sends you information about events, friends and other data based on your location, launched its first product today at MobileBeat: an app for Android-based devices.
The company also announced $1.5 million in first-round funding from Wellington Partners and angel investors,… Continue Reading
Data management software maker Q-layer sells out to Sun
Q-layer, a young provider of software to manage virtual data centers, has sold out to Sun Microsystems, collecting a healthy return for its investors Wellington Partners, Partech International and Big Bang Ventures. Last year was the first its products were on the market, and they… Continue Reading
Adconion acquires KTV Digital to form video syndication branch
Ad network Adconion Media Group has bought production studio and video syndicator KTV Digital Media for an undisclosed amount to form its own video distribution branch, RedLever. The new entity will create branded videos for advertisers and agencies that will run across Adconion’s constellation of… Continue Reading
Amiando makes event pages viral and modular
It might not seem like there’s much room for cool ideas when it comes to selling tickets, but the executives of a startup called Amiando disagree. They’re rolling out some smart new features that should make it easier to promote events.
Like competitors Eventbrite and RegOnline,… Continue Reading
Germany’s GameDuell raises round for skill-based games
German skill-games site GameDuell has raised $17 million in a second round of funding from Wellington Partners.
The Berlin-based company has more than 10 million registered members and claims to be the No. 1 game community in Germany. It plans to use the money for an… Continue Reading
LinkedIn co-founder Eric Ly joins Wellington Partners
Eric Ly, a co-founder of professional networking site LinkedIn, has signed on to be a venture partner at Wellington Partners. Ly says he’ll be helping the London- and Munich-based firm with its plans to expand into the United States, and into Silicon Valley in particular.
That’s… Continue Reading
Seesmic raises another $6M for video comments
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Seesmic, a startup that lets users post short video comments and snippets, has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. The new round was led by Omidyar Network, the firm created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, and Wellington Partners.
The San Francisco company has… Continue Reading
Event ticketing companies Amiando and Eventbrite get European backing
The online event-planning market is mature. Various event web sites have gotten bought, gone out of business, or gone nowhere in the last several years.
However, two companies, Amiando and EventBrite, allow you to sell tickets to events online, and they’ve emerged with a business model: They… Continue Reading
OreCon, another wave-power startup, dives in
Vast amounts of power are locked away in the movements of the ocean, but because of technical challenges, the number of startups that have attempted to harness wave power thus far is relatively small when compared to wind or solar.
OreCon is the latest, with plans… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 29, 2007
Featured companies: Azaya Therapeutics, Global Care Solutions, Oxford Immunotec, RealSelf.com, Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Tactile Systems Technology, WellGen, Zeltiq Aesthetics
UPDATED: Expanded items on Oxford Immunotec, Zeltiq, Tactile Systems, RealSelf.com and Global Care.
Oxford Immunotec pulls in $40M for TB tests — Oxford Immunotec, a U.K. biotech focused on new diagnostic… Continue Reading
Zopa raises $12.9M more to expand online lending marketplace
Zopa, an online marketplace where people meet to lend and borrow money for a fee, said it has raised $12.9 million to help it expand in the U.S, where if faces competition from Prosper.
The company said it appointed a new chief executive, Douglas H. Dolton,… Continue Reading
Q-Layer, a datacenter company, raises $9M
Q-Layer, a Belgium-based seller of corporate datacenters as a service — where you pay for usage as you go — said it has raised a €7 million ($9 million) second round of capital from Wellington Partners, Partech International and Big Bang Ventures.
This follows a… Continue Reading
Game search engine Wazap raises $7.9M, to launch in U.S.
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Wazap is a search engine company focused exclusively on games, and is growing quickly — as you may expect, given the popularity of games.
It’s another of those ideas that seems so obvious in hindsight, you’re left wondering why it hasn’t been done before. It… Continue Reading
Industrial Origami, sheet materials manufacturer, raises $4.14M
Industrial Origami, a San Francisco developer of a new method for designing and manufacturing with sheet materials, has raised $4.14 million of a possible $6.06 million second round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. Backers include Wellington Partners and AdInvest… Continue Reading