May 1, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy
Baird Capital Partners Asia Closes First Investment Austin Ventures Announces Partnership with Jeffrey Dachis to Create Social Enterprise Software and Services Company (Austin Ventures Jobs) Kleiner Perkins reportedly raising a $400M-plus "green growth" fund (KPCB Jobs) We should be talking more about Optisolar - a solar startup with big plans Lightspeed Funding Turns Facebook Application Into "Serious Business" (Facebook Jobs) Maybe The Fight Against Click Fraud Isn’t Hopeless After All (Austin Ventures Jobs) Source: Benchmark Invests In TuneWiki To Bring Song Lyrics To iPhone (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Constant Contact prices offering (Constant Contact Jobs) Xobni’s Secret Project: Merge Outlook With Yahoo Mail Jajah Gives Yahoo Voice, AOL Wants Others to SIP AIM Voice (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Zoho Adds Macros and Pivot Tables to Online Spreadsheets Yelp Lets Businesses Fight Back (Yelp Jobs) Rambus stock up after court ruling (MDV Jobs) AdMob Offers Free Mobile Metrics Package (AdMob Jobs)
SkyFuel raises $17M for solar thermal mirrors TechnoSpin raises $8M for small wind turbines Docstoc raises $3.25M, starts running banner ads Fidelis Security Systems gets $22M for network security RightScale Raises $4.5 Million From Benchmark Capital (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Jobster raises another $7M (Jobster Jobs) InvenSense Secures $19 Million Dollars in Series C Funding Retail Convergence Takes $25 Million Series A Solar tech maker Xunlight shines with $22M series B Nuon Therapeutics raises $27 million ReliOn Secures ‘C’ Round Financing LeadPoint Secures $6 Million From Silicon Valley Bank Ventures Kaazing gets $1M initial funding Obopay adds global investors for cell phone payment system Buzzd gets funding for location-based mobile services (Buzzd Jobs) Enerpulse raises $5M for vehicle fuel efficiency Silverpop, an on-demand marketer, takes $15M Friends For Sale creators raise financing, not for sale Massage chair company Zubio gets funding to help stressed techies relax Media6Degrees raises $2 million for online advertising analytics Akoha to build cause-related social games, raises $1.9 million Twitter secures its new $15-$20M round? Verdiem pulls in $12M for power-saving software (Verdiem Jobs) Key Principal Partners Announces $23.5 Million Investment in AMPAM Parks Mechanical, Inc. Pacific Title & Art Studio Announces Growth Financing SaysMe.TV Closes Series A Investment from Leading Venture Funds Including Intel Capital, Prime Capital and Katalyst Films Brook Venture leads $3.6M investment in PointCare Technologies Stealthy device maker ExploraMed raises $18.5M Intacct raises $15M new funding (Intacct Jobs) PlumChoice nets $2.8M in funding Innovative advertising startup TVeez gets $15M first funding (Tveez Jobs) Wishpot, a gift registry and shopping service, gets $1M AppFolio takes $22M for property management software SkyPilot Networks Closes New Round of Financing Constellation Pharmaceuticals Closes $32 Million in Series A Funding Enterprise 2.0 startup WorkLight secures $12 M Series B Pontiflex Raises $2.5 Million in Series A Funding mBeat Media takes $1.5M round, seeks more Cortera Raises $8 Million in Funding Round Led By CIBC Record Labels Strategically Invest $2.8M in MOG TheStreet Puts Mad Money on Geezeo Colorado’s Smashburger Raises $15M From Quiznos Founder CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals Raises $37 Million in Series C Financing Sales management company Xactly raises $30M
