REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Brand.net, a San Mateo, CA-based online display and video platform that drives offline sales through online advertising, closed a $14m Series C financing round. The investment was led by Focus Ventures, with participation from existing venture capital partners InterWest Partners and Norwest Venture Partners. In conujnction with the funding, the company also announced the opening […]
Unitrends, a Columbia, SC-based provider of backup appliances, has secured a $3.0m financing from MMV Financial. As stated by Tim Wallick, CFO of the company “this funding will enable Unitrends to accelerate its investments in R&D, marketing, and sales”. Unitrends’ disaster recovery solutions, which are currently deployed to more than 1,500 customers, primarily in the […]
Perfecto Mobile, Ltd., a Petah Tikva, Israel-based provider of a SaaS mobile application testing software, has received a strategic minority investment of undisclosed amount from Vodafone Ventures. The company will use the funds to further develop its Handset Cloud, which allows developers to test, certify and monitor their apps on real handset rather than an […]
Snaptu, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based mobile platform that delivers services that work on every mobile phone, has raised $6m in series B funding round. The investment was led by Carmel Ventures, with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Rina Shainski, General Partner of Carmel Ventures, will join Snaptu’s board. […]
Apptera, a Sunnyvale, CA-based developer of a voice and visual mobile advertising technology, has closed a $10m Series B financing. The round was led by New World Ventures, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, and Walden International. In conjunction with the funding, Matt McCall, Partner at New World, will join the […]
ReputationDefender, Inc., a Redwood City, CA-based online reputation and privacy management company, has secured $15m in Series C funding. The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, with participation from existing investors, Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In January 2010, the company had raised $8.65m in a Series B funding. In conjunction […]
Tatara Systems, an Acton, MA-based developer of convergence products that allows service providers to offer mobile services to their subscribers across available end-user devices including PCs and smartphones, has secured a $7m financing. The round was led by North Bridge Venture Partners, with participation from Highland Capital Partners. FinSMEs 22/06/2010
uSamp, a Los Angeles, CA-based online panel management platform providing survey panelists and technology for use in market research, has completed a $10m Series C financing round. The investment was led by OpenView Venture Partners of Boston. The new capital will allow the company to continue to grow through acquisition, and development of its platform, […]
Lijit Networks, Inc., a Boulder, CO-based provider of search and discovery tools for online publishers, has completed a $6m financing. The round was led by existing shareholder Foundry Group, with participation from other previous investors Boulder Ventures and Colorado Fund I, managed by High Country Venture. This new capital, which brings the total amount the […]
IPTEGO GmbH, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of VoIP solutions, has raised €1m in venture capital funding from XAnge Private Equity. The capital infusion will enable the company to hire new sales professionals and continue to expand into new markets with its flagship software, PALLADION, which helps network operations personnel detect and solve SIP-based network problems. […]
Sidonis, a Bath, UK-based developer and provider of innovative software that helps companies in the telecoms and broadcast, finance and utilities industries manage their networks and services, has secured private equity funding. In conjunction with the funding, Gregor Logan has joined Sidonis’ board as a Non-Executive Director. He brings over 30 years’ experience in the […]
International Sports Tours Ltd., a Cardiff, Wales, UK-based company which operates team sports development programmes with football clubs throughout the UK and Europe, has secured £500,000 follow-on debt and equity investment from Finance Wales. Finance Wales already provided start-up and development capital funding to the business totalling £50,000. The company, which provides schools and youth […]
Incline Therapeutics, Inc., a Redwood City, CA-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of IONSYS™ (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system), has completed a $43m Series A financing. The round was led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures, with participation from 5AM Ventures, Technology Partners, Adams Street Partners, Saints Capital Partners, and Emergent Medical Partners. In conjunction with […]
ATEME, a Paris, France-based company that develops MPEG-4 / H.264 video compression solutions to broadcasters, operators and content owners, closed a €6.5m funding round. Investors include new shareholder A Plus Finance, existing backers and the management of the company. As a provider of MPEG-4/H.264 video compression solutions, ATEME’s technology supports multi format content, deployed across […]
Opscode, Inc., a Seattle, WA-based provider of infrastructure automation for servers, datacenters, desktops, and cloud computing platforms, has closed an $11m Series B round of funding. The round was led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, which led the company’s $2.5m Series A funding. It brings the total amount Opscode has raised […]