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Facebook getting bigger in Spanish-speaking Latin America (Facebook Jobs) BuzzCity is a growing new competitor in the US mobile advertising market WeeWorld launches a cutesy virtual world (WeeWorld Jobs) TheFunded publishes list of top-rated venture capitalists Alerion Capital Group and Merit Capital Partners Invest in VXI Technology Incorporated (VTI) Zuora Aims To Be Salesforce for Online Billing; Benioff Agrees (Benchmark capital Jobs) Me.dium makes friends with Big Brother (Me.dium Jobs) Rearden Commerce Goes Mobile (Foundation Capital Jobs) Teneros names new CEO (Teneros Jobs) Grid Networks Gets Nod From Comcast Roku Lives to Make Netflix Set-top Boxes (Foundation Capital Jobs) Bebo is AOLed, Randy Falco Memo (Bebo Jobs) Why WetPaint & Other UGC Sites Get Big Money (WetPaint Jobs) ZoomInfo spins off its ad platform into Bizo, a new company (Zoominfo Jobs)
Behavioral Ad Network JellyCloud Raises $11.5M Airline WiFi Vendor Row44 Raises $21M MBC looks to raise $1.4M from membership for cancer research Mimosa Systems gets $17M new funding (Mimosa Systems Jobs) NearbyNow gets $11.75M in 3rd round Mu Dynamics gets $10M in 3rd round (Benchmark Capital Jobs) ChipVision gets $4.5M in 2nd round Wetpaint Raises $25 Million and Launches Wetpaint Injected (Wetpaint Jobs) HubSpot Gets $12 Million To Drive Traffic to Your Site A $3 Million Round And A New CEO For Outside.in Molecular Imprints Completes $12.9 Million Financing Innovative Biosensors, Inc. (IBI) Raises $11.5 Million Miragen Therapeutics, Inc. Receives $8 M in Venture Capital Financing for Development of MicroRNA-based Therapies (Atlas Venture Jobs) Software Application Vendor Openbravo Secures $12m in the Largest Ever Round for Open Source ERP EndoChoice, Inc Closes Series A Financing With River Cities Capital Funds Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Announces $40M Financing EnLink Geoenergy raises $30M for geothermal heat pump installations Mozes Secures $11.5 Million in Series B Financing Led by Consumer-Focused Maveron CerviLenz Receives JumpStart Investment (JumpStart Jobs) Novasys Medical Secures $49.5 Million in Series D Financing to Expand Commercialization of Its Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women OmniGuide(R) Secures $25 Million in Funding to Support Continued Growth and New Market Penetration ACG Receives 2.5 Million in Venture Financing From Tracer Capital SilkRoad technology, inc. Completes $54 Million Round Of Equity Financing (Foundation Capital Jobs) EoPlex Technologies piles on another $4M for advanced cell phone antennas Publishing software consulting company Really Strategies raises $1.8M Moblyng Gets $5.7M to Bring Flash to Phones (MDV Jobs) Arteris gets $7.5M new funding ANTs Software raises $7.5M Veotag raises $1.2M for better video tagging and discovery Widget infrastructure company Clearspring raises $18M CamSemi raises $8M for energy-efficient semiconductors Aragon Consulting Group gets $2.5M for software dev services Principle Power takes $2.3M for clean energy development Online billing company Aria Systems gets funding from industry vet eTix Secures Strategic Investment From Southern Capitol Ventures ImageShack Rumored To Raise Money From Sequoia (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Twitter VC Funding Done, Raises $15M Web browser Flock raises $15 million Unitrends Secures $9 Million in Series C Funding Mocana Closes $7M in Series B Funding Ecore raises $29M from Element Partners for rubber recycling business Smart grid investments come hot and heavy – SmartSynch gets another $20M for talkative electrical meters
May 15, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
Dash Opens Up APIs For Its GPS Device to Developers (Dash Navigation Jobs) OpenTable Ranks Restaurants, Guarantees No Fake Reviews (OpenTable Jobs) Wetpaint Emerging As A Leading Social Publishing Platform (Wetpaint Jobs) Metacafe names chief financial officer (Metacafe Jobs) Nimbuzz’s All-in-One Mobile IM & VoIP App RealNetworks to separate games unit Eye-Fi adds two new wireless memory cards to their product line-up Google Confirms Friend Connect NuRide breathes life into outdated carpool model Powerset Is Live (Powerset Jobs) Racepoint secures seven new clients Aliph releases second-generation, sleeker Jawbone headset (Aliph Jobs) Trinity Ventures Names Ajay Chopra General Partner (Trinity Ventures Jobs)
Aruspex gets $4M for employee planning software Daytrip company Viator raises $7.6M Mobile service Viigo raises $1.5M Gevo raises another $17M for synthetic biofuels Google joins in $115M investment into solar thermal company, BrightSource Greentech Media Raises $2.75M Series B Capital as Market for Green Technologies Accelerates Multigig receives $12.5M for router chips Smalltown extends first round, aims for nationwide expansion Maveron leads $11.5M round for Mozes Widget maker Sprout takes $5M second round, targets music community Expresso Fitness gets $12M new funding SlideShare, backed by Mark Cuban, Get $3M B2B Video’s Veodia Raises $8.3M in First Round FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Duke Energy invests $100M in rooftop solar projects (Nanosolar Jobs) Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M Location-based software provider deCarta raises $10.5M Media content search company Jinni raises $1M Search Startup Surf Canyon Raises a Seed Round CitizenHawk Raises $3 Million To Target Cybersquatters Gina Bianchini talks about Ning’s rapid growth, $60 M Series D and working with co-founder Marc Andreessen Biz360’s analytics play snares insiders for $10 million more (Biz360 Jobs) Facebook raises $100M for more servers (Facebook Jobs) Revance adds $8M to third round funding FBI G-Men’s iSekurity Raises $11M To Thwart Identify Thugs IGLOO Raises Capital to Deliver Web 2.0 Collaborative Platform Built for Corporations Why Social Gaming Network Got $15M in Funding (The Founders Fund Jobs) Passenger gets $8M for market research on private social networks SilkRoad technology raises $54M for talent management Photo-music video creator Animoto raises round from Amazon Stealth search company Blekko gets $3M GreenFuel not giving up, with another $13.9M for algae farms (Polaris Ventures Jobs) Ubidyne Secures $34 Million (22 Million Euros) in Series B Funding CoreOptics Announces Closing of $25 Million Funding Round Talyst Investors Add $20 Million Funding Commitment to Advance the Company’s Leadership in Pharmacy Automation Novasys Medical raises $49.5 million
May 8, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
Worktopia matches organizations with meeting space ClearCube spins off virtualization software unit Opera Releases Firebug Alternative: Dragonfly Yahoo, Jajah Make Phone Hookup (Sequoia Capital Jobs) EnerNOC acquires energy consulting firm (EnerNOC Jobs) Mascoma, General Motors enter biofuels pact (Mascoma Jobs) Finally, T-Mobile Launches a U.S. 3G Network Silver Spring Networks: The Cisco of Smart Grid? (Silver Spring Networks Jobs) Ruby Gets Some Enterprise-level Support (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Mosso Launches CloudFS Storage Service
Parature raises $16M for customer service software Plusmo raises $4.41M for mobile widgets Cardiva Medical raises $15.5 million Software company New Relic raises $3.5 million (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Game site Kongregate raises $3 million to target ‘ADHD generation’ Iamba gets $7M new funding Israeli user interface startup receives $20.4M Brook Venture Partners Leads $3.3 Million Investment in Certica Solutions Astute Medical Raises $6.2 Million in Series A Financing Round Led by De Novo Ventures Asoyia Secures Venture Capital Funding Stealth web company 1Verge Inc raises $25M ZeeVee raises round, to release web-in-your-TV box this summer Pontiflex Inc. Secures $2.5 Million in Series A Venture Capital Funding The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine secured $40 M in venture capital funding. (Polaris Ventures Jobs) Mascoma gets $61 million (Mascoma Jobs) Walk For Hunger raises $3.8M LaserCard Corp. lands $1.6 million for vehicle registration in India Meebo raises $25 million (Meebo Jobs) PrimeSense Raises $20M, Offers Immersive 3D Gaming Rigs Histogen Announces Initial Close of Series A Financing Round Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Announces $2.4 Million Equity Financing (JumpStart Jobs) SensorLogic Closes C Round Funding (Sevin Rosen Funds Jobs) Presentation sharing site SlideShare raises $3 million Green drink craze? Steaz teas raises $11M for organic and fair trade tea Biz360 gets more funding, says market research business is still wide open (Biz360 Jobs) Giant Realm raises another $2 million for male entertainment portal Intrexon Corporation Secures $25 Million Series C-2 Investment CHiL Semiconductor Raises $16.7 Million to Expand Sales and Operations Worldwide CHiL Semiconductor Raises $16.7 Million to Expand Sales and Operations Worldwide Prudential Capital Partners Invests $25 Million in a One-Stop Financing for Clockwork Home Services, Inc. InnoCentive Secures $6.5 Million in Series B Funding From Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. Albireo Announces Second Closing of Series A Financing Jazz pharma gets $75M equity financing REGiMMUNE Raises $8,000,000 in Series B Financing BioBlend Announces Second-Round Funding by ADM Univa UD Receives Series B Financing Apoptos Inc. Raises $28 Million in Series A Financing Spot Runner Raises $51 Million To Expand To New Markets TV/Film Recommendation Site Jinni Raises $1M Marine power gets $7.5M boost from DOE Thin-film solar startup Sunovia raises $12M to compete with First Solar Segway ups third funding to $35M – have you bought yours yet? Ruby on Rails Startup Heroku Gets $3 Million MarketLive(R) Secures $20 Million in New Capital — Charts Course for Growth and Acceleration of Customer Performance (MarketLive Jobs) At Rearden Commerce, Addiction is Job One ($100 Million Round Confirmed, Major Deal With JPMorgan Chase) (Foundation Capital Jobs) Sports and TV Apps For Facebook Maker Watercooler Raises $4M (Facebook Jobs) Firefly Energy raises $16M for powered-up lead acid batteries Crossing Automation raises $6 million for wafer-handling tool business Untangle raises $8 million round to expand overseas for open-source security appliances Bigfoot Networks raises $8.75 million for gaming hardware business NineSigma raises $4M for innovation market Lifestyle drink brand Adina for Life raises $6.6M Fora.tv, the C-Span of the Web, raises $4M
May 1, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
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
April 24, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
Kleiner Perkins To Bring Tiny Norwegian Electric Car Think To US (KPCB Jobs) Yahoo! faces key week in duel with Microsoft Motorola takes a stake in VirtualLogix (Atlas Venture Jobs) Hi5’s developer platform growing, worth a closer look (Hi5 Jobs) eSolar Announces Breakthrough Pre-Fabricated Solar Power Plants TwittEarth Makes Twitter A Global Experience Etelos Lets Your Web Apps Run Offline Photobucket Plays Catch Up To Flickr, Public API Released Truphone, TripIt, Social Solutions and more (Truphone Jobs) Medivation touts positive results of Alzheimer’s drug MySpace Opens Ad Window to Marketers Zipcar grows headquarters (Zipcar Jobs) OStatic Gets oDesked
Nurien Software Secures $15M in Series A Funding IDev Technologies, Inc. Closes $25 Million Financing Red Bend Software Receives $10 Million in Funding to Meet Growing Market Demand for Mobile Software Management Warburg Pincus Closes $15 Billion Global Private Equity Fund Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals Raises $25 Million in Series B Financing (Atlas Venture Jobs) TeachStreet Closes Series A Round of $2.25 Million Cambria Pharmaceuticals Announces $5.4 Million Series A Financing MobiTV gets $5 million equipment loan from Leader Ventures Altor Networks raises $6 million (Foundation Capital Jobs) Virtual club operator Stable Media raising $2M round Buddy Media launches another "social media" ad network, raises $6.5M (Buddy Media Jobs) Collective Intellect raises $6.6M to report on social media Storage company ONStor pulls IPO plan, raises $25M (Onstor Jobs) Social network creator Ning raises $60M at $500M valuation Nuon Therapeutics gets $15M second round Dirtt Environmental, a green builder, raises $25M Obopay takes $20M for mobile payment software Emphasis Search raises $1M to help you find the right doctor BrainCells Inc. Expands Series B Financing to $50 Million TripIt Receives $5.1 Million Investment VisEn Medical Raises $5.0 Million in Expanded Series B Financing Travel Ad Network Closes Series A Institutional Round of Financing The Guild Takes $2.5 Million Series C GamerDNA Gets $3M From Flybridge Osteologix Completes $5.3 Million Private Placement Financing GoFish Corporation Completes $1.5 Million Private Placement Financing UK Mobile VoIP Operator Truphone Raises $32.7M (Truphone Jobs) Health Plan One Takes $6.5 Million Series A Audience Closes $15 Million Round of Funding Argos Therapeutics Secures $35.2 Million Series C Financing Benchmark invests $4.5M in cloud computing company (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Capnia, a CO2-through-nose treatment company, raises $16.3M Stromedix Raises $25 Million Series B for Fibrosis Programs, Begins Clinical Trial (Atlas Veture Jobs) MediaScrape Takes $3.2 Million Ambient gets $3M in funding MediaBank Secures $30 Million in Funding from Leading Venture Capital Firm Adhezion Biomedical Completes Series A Financing Play Hard Sports Officially Launches and Secures $5 Million in Venture Funding HealthEdge Receives $13 Million Investment Commitment to Fund Significant Growth Rearden Commerce Raises $100 Million For Enterprise Services (Or, "Mashups For Adults") (Foundation Capital Jobs) Exari Announces New Funding Finance site Geezeo raises $1.2M from TheStreet.com
April 17, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
Fewer venture capital firms are raising money 8 Tips For Landing The Perfect Startup Job Is Sequoia Capital expanding into hedge funds? (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Powerset: Don’t call us a search engine (Powerset Jobs) Indeed Now Lets You Search for Jobs by Salary Nokia develops navigating system based on image recognition, landmarks Sequoia re-ups in Imeem (Imeem Jobs) Social network Hi5’s developer platform is more successful (and spammier?) than MySpace’s [updated] (Hi5 Jobs) FON draws Sistema as strategic investor for international WiFi play (FON Jobs) Facebook Makes Elitist IM Launch (Facebook Jobs) RecycleBank uses wireless tech to spur recycling (KPCB Jobs)
RecycleBank Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding from Top Venture Capital Firms (KPCB Jobs) OLX Raises $13.5 Million to Become Largest International Classified Site on the Web (Founders Fund Jobs) Rosum raises $15 million for mobile GPS alternatives Cuill Secures $25M More For Next Generation Search MyriadHealth Secures $1.5 Million Aileron Therapeutics raises $10M for expansion and development of research facility Move Networks Backed by Industry Leaders in $46 Million Series C Funding Round (Move Networks Jobs) RGB Networks Continues Expansion with New $20 Million Round of Funding eMeter Juices Up $12 Million (eMeter Jobs) Wireless startup Fon raises $9.5M BuddyTV Raises $6 Million From Madrona Venture Group Heritage Announces $10 Million Financing Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc. Secures $24.5 Million Financing SignalDemand gets $20M to expand pricing software (SignalDemand Jobs) Federated Media takes $50M round Gridstone raises $10M for providing corporate data to financial analysts Realtime Worlds Pulls $50M Investment WaveMaker Software raises $4.5M for web development tools (WaveMaker Jobs) Xytis gets $7.5M to work on central nervous system disorders (Atlas Venture Funds Jobs) Central Desktop raises $7M to grow in crowded collaboration market Anaphore, Inc Receives $8M Financing StarCite Secures $15 Million of Funding To Meet Rising Demand For Meeting Management Solutions Neoprobe Receives $3 Million in Clinical Funding Facebook Ad Network BuddyMedia Raised $6.5M (BuddyMedia Jobs) Free 411 service Jingle raises $13M Angie’s List collects $35M to expand services Silver Spring Networks joins rush, with $17.4M for smart grid tech (Silver Spring Networks Jobs) Mainstream Energy, a local solar installer, gets $40M from Norwegian firm Digital music store operator PassAlong raising $30M equity round Cheap Calls! Truphone Raises £16.5 million In Series B (Truphone Jobs) TripIt raises $5.1 million mKhoj Rings in $7.1 Million in Series A funding from KPCB and Sherpalo (KPCB Jobs) Lonelygirl15 and KateModern Creators Raise $5 million, Form EQAL QD Vision Raises $9 Million in Venture Capital Financing
April 10, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
A heart-device startup braves the IPO waters Powerset Will Launch In Coming Weeks (Powerset Jobs) IBM and Linden Lab to create enterprise-safe virtual worlds (Linden Lab Jobs) Q&A with Seth Goldstein, on social networking ads making more money Stealth startup Topspin reels in Yahoo! exec Zillow Hosts Mortgage Open House (Zillow Jobs) Imeem Scoops Up Snocap (Imeem Jobs) Yahoo rejects Microsoft again, but says it’s open to talks Facebook Makes Elitist IM Launch (Facebook Jobs) Widget mashup service Mixmonsta wins Vator.tv/Demand Media competition Flickr Video Launches – A Unique Experience Collaborative software company Jive acquires Jotlet, gets better project management (Jive Software Jobs) Navigenics opens DNA ’store’ (MDV Jobs) Meebo Can’t Get Their Price, Goes For Fundraising Instead Of Sale (Meebo Jobs)
Stent maker CardioMind starts trial, gets $22M (Morgenthaler Jobs) Emerald Technology Ventures Together With Yellowstone Capital Partners Lead USD 5.6 Million Series B Financing in Senscient Serent Capital Completes Institutional Fundraising on Oversubscribed $250 Million Fund Focused on Profitable Growth Companies Mobius Venture Capital Invests in ePartners IControl, a home security service, raises $15.5 million from Kleiner Perkins (KPCB Jobs) Family network site Sampa raises $1M Aperto Networks, a WiMax equipment maker, gets $20M Rumor: Ad network Federated Media raises $50M from Oak Hill Capital Partners, at $200M valuation MarketTools, marketing company, raises $23M amid competition (Velocity Interactive Group Jobs) Attributor gets $12M in 3rd round (Attributor Jobs) Kleer gets $28M in 2nd round Aperto Networks gets $20M new funding Reality Digital raises $6.3 million Home security company iControl raises $15.5 million (KPCB Jobs) Yardbarker raises $6 million Coremetrics raises $60 million Vivus raises $30M for clinical trials For Loomia, A Timely $5M Investment MDwerks, Inc. Raises $6.8 Million Through a Private Placement SiBEAM gets $40M in 3rd round (SIBEAM Jobs) Foundation Capital earmarks part of new $750M fund for cleantech (Foundation Capital Jobs) Imprivata closes $15M funding round SpikeSource gets $10M new funding (Spike Source Jobs) Greenline Industries raises $20 million Imperva raises $20 million Storwize Secures $19 million in New Funding Round (Storwize Jobs) ScaleMP debuts aggregate virtualization with $8M funding (ScaleMP Jobs) Tideway Secures $27 Million in Series C Funding eMeter Announces $12 Million Funding (eMeter Jobs) Rumor: Has Vudu just raised more than $40M? (Vudu Jobs) Search engine marketing company Kenshoo raises round from Arts Alliance (Kenshoo Jobs) Paid search management company Marin Software raises $7.25M (Marin Software Jobs) SpringCM raises $10 million (SpringCM Jobs)
April 10, 2008 in 2. VentureLoop Insider | Tags: capital, career, careers, economy, facebook, internet, invest, investment, job, jobs, recession, silicon, siliconvalley, software, startup, startups, technology, valley, venture, venturecapital, widget | by Jeremy McCarthy | Leave a comment
