‘Venture Capital’ Archives
onFocus Healthcare Secures $3 Million in Series B Financing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 14, 2010) – onFocus Healthcare, Inc. (www.onfocushealthcare.com), the leading provider of web-based enterprise performance management solutions for the healthcare services marketplace, today announced it has secured $3 million in Series B financing led by Clayton Associates’ FCA Venture Partners IV. Limestone Fund, [...]
Atlanta based Suniva receives $141M loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Eneregy
Suniva, a spin-off of Georgia Tech’s Center for Excellence in Photovoltaics and one of the more interesting solar cell makers developing higher and higher conversion efficiencies, announced that a $141 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. This adds to the more than $375 million they have raised through the private [...]
Alabama – Find Out What Many Already Know!
I would like to bring to everyone’s attention a series of articles and videos from Anderson Cooper's 360 Blog. These postings from the week of March 17th are very positive and really paint a great image of Alabama and what is going on within the region economically. Aside from the stereotyping done in one of the article’s titles, "Is that [...]
Technology could produce unique data for the NFL
The NFL has been testing an emerging technology for tracking players' movements, which could result in a computer chip inside footballs so viewers could see every down measured virtually, the NFL confirmed to ESPN.com on Thursday. Four companies were allowed to install cameras in a handful of NFL stadiums this season -- concluding with the Pro [...]
Bid for Novell Could Jump-Start Tech M&A
Barron's: WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE TECH DEALS? A widespread prediction heading into 2010 was that tech was set for major consolidation. Many of the pieces seemed to be in place. Corporate tech spending appeared ready to rebound from a nasty 2009. Thanks in part to widespread cost-cutting, earnings were prepared for healthy improvement, even with [...]
Cloudmark® Secures $23 Million In Growth Equity Funding From Summit Partners And Nokia Growth Partners
Messaging Security Leader Closes Funding to Acquire Acclaimed Message Processor Company San Francisco, Calif., and Boston, Mass.—March 3, 2010—Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced it has secured $23 million in a round of funding led by new investor Summit Partners and joined by Nokia [...]
Juniper Networks Launches Venture Fund to Spark Innovation for “The New Network”
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - February 23, 2010) - Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) today announced the Junos® Innovation Fund, a new corporate venture capital initiative that will invest in groundbreaking companies focused on improving the experience and economics of networking. The $50 million fund expands Juniper's efforts to create and [...]
Al Gore Joins Richard Branson in Backing GreenRoad
What do a trucker, an Israeli entrepreneur, Al Gore and Richard Branson all have in common? Proof that the real goldmines are old, neglected industries. The name of that proof is GreenRoad. While so many entrepreneurs bang their heads against a Web and social media advertising brick wall, GreenRoad has applied common technology to an industry [...]
RightSide Capital Announces New Seed Fund; Will Make 100-200 Investments Per Year
RSCM - Entrepreneurs looking for funding won’t have to go the traditional route of begging for a meeting and then having a second meeting and then waiting 3 months for traction until finally closing a deal. Instead, they will fill out an application – similar to applying to College – and receive a response in 2 weeks.
EveryScape Raises Another $6 Million
Waltham Massachusetts: EveryScape, a start up which has built out an impressive set of 3D images for 20 cities, raised an additional $6 million in funding.
Clean Green Guy – A Market for Green Funding
Looking to start a green business and need some capital,a green job, or information about green business opportunities, then Clean Green Guy may be the place to look!
Backupify Raises 900K Round From VCs and Angels
Backupify, a startup based in Louisville, Kentucky that backs up all your data on services like Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, WordPress, Blogger, and YouTube. Louisville, USA 4949 Old Brownsboro Road Suite 260 Louisville, KY, 40222 USA
Some Acquisition News…
FileFront, Gaming Today, the FileFront Forums, and the Network Sites have been acquired by Break Media. Ubroadcast Close To Acquiring Video CMS Company iVu Media. Read more.... Zynga, creaters of the hit FARMVILLE, FISHVILLE, and a number of other games, Buys Social Gaming Startup Serious Business, a social games developer for the [...]
Thinking big, being part of a team pay off for entrepreneur Alexander Muse
Dallas TX: Unconventional describes Alexander Muse. He thinks big and – for the most part – it has paid off. He helped start a half-dozen technology companies in Dallas – with creative names such as MotorSport Ranch and Big in Japan – since the late 1990s. He sold three of them for tens of millions of dollars; he still runs the [...]
CNET Co-Founder Starts AppFund for iPad Developers
CNET and E Online co-founder Kevin Wendle and MusicNation co-founder Daniel Klaus have started AppFund to fund developers that create applications for Apple’s iPad. The AppFund will invest between $5,000 and $500,000 per application.
