REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
ErGo Media Capital, an entertainment and media investment firm headed by former Cinetic Media co-founder Matt Littin, has launched in New York. The company will provide venture capital and private equity funding to companies in the film, video game, music, television and new media spaces at stages ranging from startup to growth to expansion, providing […]
CFX Battery Inc., an Azusa, CA-based developer of rechargeable batteries, has raised $14.2m in Series B funding. Participants in the round includes investors CMEA Capital, Harris & Harris, Schlumberger and US Venture Partners. According to a press release, this investment brings the total amount the company has raised to date to $29.4m. The funds will […]
High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Mountain Super Angel and Beteiligungsmanagement Thueringen have sold VisuMotion GmbH, a Jena, Germany-based supplier of universal 3D-display infrastructure, to 3D International Sd. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One of the major shareholders of the buyer is the Malaysian Venture Capital firm MAVCAP, a wholly government owned investment company. The take-over will enable VisuMotion to […]
Aggregate Knowledge, a San Mateo, CA-based provider of solutions enabling agencies and advertisers to control their campaigns, has received a $2.5m line of credit from Bridge Bank, National Association, a professional business bank subsidiary of Bridge Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: BBNK). The financing, which follows the closing of a Series C financing round of $9m in […]
Domainex, a Cambridge, UK-based biotechnology company, has secured an undisclosed sum from Longbow, The Capital Fund, Bury Fitzwilliam-Lay & Partners LLP, and Takeda Research Investment, Inc. (TRI). The capital infusion will enable the company to develop its Combinatorial Domain Hunting (CDH) technology, and to advance its internal pipeline of oncology targets. In particular, the company […]
Smilebox Inc., a Redmond, Wash.-based global photo service company, has received $2m in follow-on funding to its Series B round in December 2007. The funding will be used to drive the company’s expansion into the European market. Building on its strong distribution growth and established business model in North America, Smilebox will offer a fully […]
Yoyi Media, a China-based provider of precision targeted online advertising and marketing solutions for advertisers and media publishers, completed its Series A financing round. The round was led by venture capital firms Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners. The financing will enable the company to accelerate its business strategy and further enhance its advertising and brand […]
Pano Logic, a Menlo Park, California-based developer of an integrated virtualisation-based software and hardware solution, has secured $20m in a Series C round of financing. The round was led by venture capital firm Mayfield Fund. The company is also backed by leading investment firms Foundation Capital, and Goldman Sachs. The funds will be used to […]
MicroTransponder, Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based medical device company which is developing a wireless neurostimulation platform for the treatment of chronic pain and other neurological indications, has raised $7m in a Series B round of funding. In addition, the company has been awarded a $2.6m NINDS SBIR FastTrack U44 grant, which is a milestone-driven cooperative agreement […]
Castle Access, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based provider of enterprise data centers that support cloud computing, software-as-a-service applications, and mission-critical IT infrastructure, has secured a “multi-million dollar” strategic equity financing. The capital infusion will enable the company to fuel data center services and infrastructure expansion as well as to deepen its customer support resources, and […]
Newport Media, Inc., a Lake Forest, CA-based fabless semiconductor company supplying products to the mobile broadcast media industry, completed its $15m Series D financing. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures with participation from previous investors Benchmark Capital, Venrock, Global Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners and DAG. The new capital will be used to finance […]
Quantenna Communications, Inc., a Fremont, CA-based fabless semiconductor company developing chipsets for wireless networks and devices, has raised $15m Series D round of financing. Participants in the round include existing investors Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross, Swisscom, and Venrock Associates. The cash infusion will enable the company to accelerate production so it […]
HyTrust, Inc., a Mountain View, California-based provider of a centralized, single-point-of-control for virtual infrastructure access, policy management, security configuration, and compliance, has secured $10.5m in Series B financing. Participants in the round include new investors Granite Ventures and Cisco Systems as well as existing investors Trident Capital and Epic Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, […]
KODA.us, a San Francisco, CA and New Orleans, LA-based online community for employers to recruit young professionals, has received an additional $1.5m infusion in private angel funding. The new capital will be used for operations and product development in order to enhance the seeker experience and to make the community more interactive. Commenting on the […]
SecondMarket, the New York-based secondary market for illiquid assets, has raised US$15m in Series B financing. The investment was made by the Li Ka Shing Foundation, a charitable foundation founded by world-renowned entrepreneur Li Ka-shing, and Dunearn Investments (Mauritius) Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based investment company Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd. LKSF and Temasek […]