IPhone dining guide Ness nabs $15M to expand beyond restaurants

The Silicon Valley makers of iPhone application Ness, a scientifically tuned search engine for discovering what to eat, have received a five-star, $15 million review from investors.

Video-sharing sensation Viddy rockets toward 30M users, banks $30M

Smoking-hot mobile video-sharing startup Viddy has closed a $30 million financing round and is fast-approaching 30 million registered users.

If you’ve taken a two-month hiatus from the Internet, then you’ve most certainly missed Viddy’s overnight comeuppance. The one-year-old company makes …

Soluto raises $10.5 million for anti-frustration crusade

Soluto, winner of TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2010, has raised $10.5 million in a second round funding from Index Ventures. The company’s software specializes in the tangibly intangible: anti-frustration.

The free software detects the nerve pumping in your forehead by …

How to secure the next round of funding

(Editor’s note: Phil Fernandez is founder and CEO of Marketo. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)

Approaching the venture capital community with the hopes of getting funding can be daunting.  However, understanding where you are in the cycle can help …