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CapitalSource Receives $10.225 Million in Loans Funding Arranged by Venture West Funding, Inc.
February 10th, 2011 1 comment
Based in Manhattan Beach, California, Venture West Funding has announced on February 8, 2011, that it has arranged $10.225 million in funding for loans for CapitalSource. Venture West Funding is a mortgage company which primarily operates by providing loans to real estate development projects. CapitalSource is an investment bank which primarily focuses on middle industry businesses throughout the United States. The bank currently provides companies with debt capital in the form of seniority loans within the range of $5 million to $100 million. The funding arrangement was made by Venture West Funding to fund the purchase of two apartment […]
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$80 Million of Investment for Twitter
February 10th, 2011 No comments
The micro blogging and social networking service, Twitter, based in San Francisco, CA which was founded in 2006, announced that it has had an investment of $80 million from Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley venture firm, by purchasing stocks in the private secondary markets. Still, the money does not go directly to the company, due to the fact that Andreessen Horowitz made the purchase through the private secondary markets. This connects early investors and the company employees that are able to sell their privately held shares with the outside investors. This purchase through the secondary markets have attracted a controversy and a regulatory analysis and […]
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Australia’s CM Capital and Haag, Ltd. Lead $2 Million in Venture Capital Funding for DataCastle
February 10th, 2011 No comments
Based in Seattle, Washington, DataCastle is a market leader in laptop security with the advertisement on its website asking potential customers whether their laptop is vulnerable to a WikiLeaks moment. The company announced on February 8, 2011 that it has raised $2 million in venture capital led by Australia’s leading venture capital firms, CM Capital and Haag, Ltd. Other investors who participated in the funding round include some undisclosed private investors who participated in this syndicated funding round. This funding round has come of the heals of DataCastle closing several agreements with several tech companies, which include SeaGate i365, […]
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February 9th, 2011 No comments
Based in Mesa, Arizona, Ulthera, the inventor of the Ulthera System, which is one of the first ultrasound devices approved by the FDA for aesthetic purposes announced on February 8, 2011, that it has completed a $10.5 million series C funding round which was led by NEA. Other investors who participated in the funding round include Apposite Capital, LLP. Ulthera has been the first to develop an ultrasound system that has been approved by the FDA for aesthetic uses, such as skin rejuvenation safely. Since its inception, the company has been developing ultrasound developments for cosmetic surgery. The ultrasound system […]
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Start Up Chango Raises $4.25 Million in Series B
February 7th, 2011 No comments
The Toronto based start up Chango, the first platform designed to enable the search agencies and marketers to extend their search campaigns to the numerous impressions that are available on ad exchanges, announced that it has raised $4.25 million in series B round of funding. The venture capitalist leading the funding for this financing project are Rho Canada, a division of the New York based Rho Capital Partners, with the participation of former investors, iNovia Capital, Metamorphic Ventures, Extreme Venture Partners and the co founder of 24/7 Media, Geoff Judge. The funding will be used in order to bring search targeting for the display […]
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$17.5 Million of Funding for Social Music Start-Up
February 5th, 2011 No comments
Rdio, a San Francisco, CA based social music start-up company, founded in 2008, announced that it has raised $17.5 million financing round from its old investor Janus Friis (Rdio co founder), Atomico and Skype, and also with the participation of a new investor, Mangrove Capital Partners. Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström funded the company through Atomico, their technology investment group. The company’s officials say that the new funding will be used to hire more staff, increase the marketing efforts and the product development, as well as to spread out to new platforms and regions. The Chairman of Warner Bros. Records, Rob Cavallo, became one of […]
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$7 Million of Venture Capital for Smaato
February 3rd, 2011 No comments
Smaato, a Redwood Shores, CA start-up company dealing in the mobile advertising business, has raised $7 million in venture capital round B investment. This round of financing was led by EDBI of Singapore and with the participation of its existing shareholders, which include the private equity company Aeries Capital. The funds will enable Smaato to expand on an international level, particularly to extend the company’s presence in Asia. Ms. Chu Swee Yeok, the Chief Executive Officer of EDBI stated that “Smaato is a leader in the mobile advertising optimization space with its highly innovative advertising optimization platform. As a digital advertising hub, Singapore is an […]
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SAP Ventures Leads $15 Million in Series C Funding Round for Business Service Pioneer, On Deck
February 1st, 2011 No comments
Based in New York, On Deck is an industry leader in the business services industry by providing one of the first services which connects small businesses on main street to sources of capital, such as business lenders and merchant banks. The company announced on January 31, 2011 that it has just secured $15 million in a series C funding round which was led by SAP Ventures. Other investors who participated in this funding round include the company’s existing investors, PRE Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, and others. Founded in 2006, On Deck is one of the pioneers in linking small businesses […]
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Undisclosed Investors Invest $4 Million in LibreDigital
January 31st, 2011 No comments
Based in Austin, Texas, one of the nation’s largest digital reading materials company, LibreDigital has announced on January 31, 2011, that it has secured $4 million in funding from undisclosed investors to help fund new digital reading material for the digital public. Since 2010, LibreDigital has accumulated a rather impressive portfolio of clients and partners to deliver digital reading material. Some of the clients, who’s deals that LibreDigital has acquired is Apple’s iBookstore, which is one of the largest e-book providers for Apple users. Other clients LibreDigital has acquired since its founding include NOOKcolor and Sony, which offer digital […]
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Opportunity Fund Receives $3 Million Donation from Chase for its GreenForGreen Program
January 31st, 2011 No comments
Based in San Francisco, California, one of area’s largest not-for-profit organization that helps local small businesses, the Opportunity Fund has announced on January 28, 2011, that it has received a $3 million donation from Chase Bank to help small businesses be productive by conserving energy with its newly launched GreenForGreen loan program. The object of the Opportunity Fund’s new GreenForGreen program is to encourage the Bay Area’s business community to be more green and find more efficient ways to conserve energy as they continue to produce. The Opportunity Fund has gained a reputation in the area by helping families establish substantial […]
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Start-up Company Receives $6.5 Million in Funding
January 28th, 2011 1 comment
Crowd Factory, a start-up company founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, CA, is the very first corporation in delivering to the customers’ acquisition solution that monetizes the social activity by connecting to the conversation data. Some of its clients include Universal, The Golf Channel, HBO, Sony, Billboard and McAfee. On the 26th of January, 2011, Crowd Factory announced that it raised $6.5 million in venture funding. This second funding round of the company was led by Storm Ventures, with the participation of Peninsula Ventures, Hummer Winblad and other angel investors that participated to this funding. The money will be used to support the […]
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January 27th, 2011 3 comments
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Prospect Partners is a prominent private equity firm that primarily invests in lower and middle market companies. The firm announced in January 26, 2011, that it has just made its first investment in diabetes medication delivery company, SurePoint Medical, which is based in Lawrence, Kansas from its third fund, which is worth $200 million. The investment that Prospect Partners has made is primarily a management based recapitalization, which will work well for Prospect Partners, since companies in the healthcare industry is the firm’s second speciality. The deal that has closed the funding for third fund that Prospect Partners has created, […]
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January 26th, 2011 4 comments
Based in Bet Shemesh, Israel, Omek Interactive is a company that is developing revolutionary video game technology which allows users to interact with the video games by movements of the human body. On January 26, 2011, Omek Interactive has announced that it has closed an undisclosed amount of financing in a series B funding round from an undisclosed international group of private investors. On the heals of this investment, the company has also announced that it has hired new people to its management team. Omek Interactive develops some of the most state-of-the-art video game technology in the ever evolving video gaming industry. […]
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January 26th, 2011 No comments
Based in Williamsville, New York, 22nd Century Group is a company which is devoted primarily to creating tobacco harm and addiction products. On January 26, 2011, the company has announced that it has secured $4.5 million in financing in a private placement from various accredited investors and has also successfully completed its merger with 22nd Century Limited. 22nd Century Limited is a company that has a similar product line as that of 22nd Century Group, and with the merger of the two companies, the product lines of both companies will be under the brands of 22nd Century Limited. Furthermore, as of […]
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Merus Capital co-founded by a former Google head of mergers to raise $100 million
January 26th, 2011 1 comment
Merus Capital is a venture capital firm that invested its initial $40 million fund in start-up companies in Palo Alto, California and it is looking to raise $100 million more at the start of 2011. The motivation is that many start-ups are looking very promising such as Zynga or the new hit, Groupon. Merus Capital previously invested in early-stage companies, which worked on projects meant to help other huge Internet companies to work better. Sources say that the venture capital firm invested in nearly eight ventures. One of them is Chai Labs which was founded by a former executive of Google and which seems to […]
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Core Capital Partners Lead an Additional $7 Million in Funding Round for Univa
January 25th, 2011 1 comment
Based in Lisle, Illinois, Univa is a company which is in the data center optimization industry, and has announced on January 25, 2011, that it has secured another $7 million with Core Capital Partners leading the funding round. Other investors who participated in this funding round include another new investor, Hatteras Funds. The company’s existing investors also include River Cities Capital Funds, ARCH Venture Capital, New World Ventures, and Appian Ventures. Not only is Univa a data center optimization company, but it is also an industry leader in this growing niche in the tech industry. Univa is also a leader […]
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German Venture Capital Exceeds its Reputation
According to the latest data provided from a group of venture capital firms in Munich, Germany, German venture capital seems to be exceeding the expectations from other investment communities worldwide. The data further shows that German venture capital firms have generated more venture capital and have been investing more than their US counterparts. Some of this data has been provided by EarlyBird Capital, one of Germany’s leading and largest venture capital firms. According to Private Equity Analyser, which is a Munich-based online data provider that benchmarks the investments from Germany from year to year, German venture capital and private equity firms seem to be doing very well […]January 25th, 2011 No comments
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HENQ Invest Leads $1.5 Million in Series B Funding for CWR Mobility
January 24th, 2011 3 comments
Based in Nijmegen, Holland, CWR Mobility announced on January 19, 2011, that it has just secured $1.5 million in series B funding with HENQ Invest leading this funding round. CWR Mobility is one of the world’s leaders in providing mobil solutions for Microsoft’s Dynamics program. The funding round was lead by one of the company’s new investors, HENQ Invest, along with PPM Oost Nederland. This funding round also included the company’s previous investor, TIIN Capital, B. V. CWR Mobility is a company that produces some of the state-of-the-art mobility software for smartphones and other mobile devices. Along with work […]
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Investment for Entertainment Company
January 21st, 2011 No comments
Kabam, formerly known under the name of Watercooler, based in Redwood City, CA, announced earlier this day that it received a $30 million in series C funding. This round was led by Redpoint Ventures and Intel Capital from Menlo Park and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) from Santa Clara. Another participant was the Menlo Park based venture capital company Canaan Partners which incubated Kabam in its offices at seed stage. Kevidn Chou, Chief Executive Officer of Kabam declares that “Kabam has pursued a distinctly different strategy than other social game companies. Rather than target ‘casual’ players, we are focused on creating a new segment of games that […]
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Growth Equity Firm, JMI Equity Invests $200 Million in Adknowledge
January 12th, 2011 No comments
Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Adknowledge is a market leader in long tail advertising has announced that it has raised a whopping $200 million in growth equity from JMI Equity, which is a growth equity firm that primarily invests in high growth software companies. In addition to that, Adknowledge raised some additional debt capital from Bank of America, one of the largest banks and business lenders in the United States. Adknowledge has been leading the market place in long tail advertising by launching www.bidsystem.com, which is designed for advertisers who looking to advertise on a pay-per-click system that may not necessarily be from […]
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Longitude Capital Invests $20 Million in Series A Funding Round for Civitas Therapeutics
January 12th, 2011 No comments
Based in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Civitas Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company which develops novel therapies for pulmonary diseases and Parkinson’s disease. On January 10, 2011, the company has announced that it has closed $20 million in series A funding from founding investor, Longitude Capital leading the funding round. Other investors include Canaan Partners, who co-led the funding round with Longitude Capital. Proceeds of the funding are to go to develop novel treatments for Parkinson’s disease by a pulmonary delivery system. Parkinson’s patients will be inhaling a powder which delivers powerful medications to counter balance the devastating affects that Parkinson’s disease can […]
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Investment of $10 Million for Clean Electric Transportation Company
January 10th, 2011 No comments
ECOtality, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECTY), a San Francisco based company and leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies company, has just announced that it raised $10 million in equity funds from ABB, Inc., leader in automation and power tech, enabling utility and industry clients to develop and improve the performance and in the same time to minimize the environmental impact. Both companies entered into a manufacturing agreement of North America, establishing a mutual and tactical association between them. Jonathan Read, Chief Executive Officer at ECOtality declared that “We are pleased to announce that we will be working with ABB, Inc. to further expand the possibilities […]
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Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC Invests $1 Million in Provectus Pharmaceuticals
December 30th, 2010 6 comments
Based in Knoxville Tennessee, Provectus Pharmaceuticals is a company that is developing oncological and dermatological biopharmaceuticals. On December 23, 2010, Provectus has announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement with Chicago-based Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC. for a $1 million investment at a premium to the current markets. Lincoln Park has also committed to invest $30 million in equity capital in this promising pharmaceutical company. As part of the agreement, Lincoln Park Capital has also purchased one million shares in the company. Each share purchased is worth $1.00 and the company and is also committed to purchase another […]
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Trinity Ventures, NEA, Stanford, and Anthem Ventures Invest $10 Million in BeachMint
December 28th, 2010 1 comment
Based in Santa Monica, California, BeachMint is a social commerce company which was recently created by one of the cofounders of MySpace, Josh Berman, who is a veteran entrepreneur in the tech industry. On December 27, 2010, BeachMint announced that it has closed a funding amount of $10 million from three major investors, Trinity Ventures, Stanford, NEA, and Anthem Ventures. BeachMint is also known under the name of JewelMint and has been a website which is oriented to jewelry and has been endorsed by such well known stars, such as Cher and Kate Bosworth and displays jewelry by them. How BeachMint […]
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Venture Capitalists Invest in Lookout Mobile Security
December 27th, 2010 No comments
The San Francisco based company, Lookout Mobile Security raised last week $19.5 million in Series C financing round. The round was led by the Switzerland based venture capitalist new investor, Index Ventures, with the participation of the Palo Alto based investor Accel Partners and Menlo Park based venture capital firm Khosla Ventures. The Index Ventures’ Partner, Mike Volpi has joined the Board of Directors of Lookout Mobile Security. He says that “Smartphones are the next computer for billions of consumers and it’s clear that, just as in the PC world, consumers and their phones need protection. Lookout Mobile Security’s unique blend of a qualified executive […]
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Venture Capital for Database Security Company, Sentrigo
December 22nd, 2010 No comments
With the end of the year and the holidays coming one might think that even companies have taken some time off. This hypothesis is far from the real thing though. Recently, there have been many companies that have raised a lot of money from investors to prepare for the years to come. Sentrigo, a database security company, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, is not exception to the rule. This Tuesday the company’s officials announced that they have raised $6 million in series C funding. The founding round was led by the Sunnyvale based investor, Juniper Networks Inc. with the participation of the Menlo Park venture capital […]
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Custom Bra Start-Up Raises Money from Angel Investors
December 20th, 2010 No comments
Zyrra Custom Bras is a start-up company based in Boston, Massachusetts that deals with manufacturing custom bras for women, panties and selling related accessories. The company is selling its bras and matching panties through direct sales, meaning through specialists that sell to women through parties and other group events. This model is not new though, being used by other companies that have women as target. The company aims at taking a frustrating and time consuming task, which is the bra shopping and transform it into a fun, pleasant and even exciting event. The fit specialists gather 10 of the women’s measurements (instead of the traditional […]
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Venture Investment for Chip Path Design Systems
December 17th, 2010 No comments
Chip Path Design Systems is a start up company which is privately held and funded. It started its activity last month, in November and it is dedicated to join the electronic design automation and the semiconductor IP. Its headquarters are in South San Francisco, Copertino, California. George Janac, the CEO and chairman of the Chip Path Design Systems, says that “What I am excited most about is the ability to bring Design Planning into the Architectural and Semiconductor IP age. We can provide a new set of designer benefits, cost reductions and the next revolution in design tools.” The company’s goal is to revolutionize the […]
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Investment companies Offer Money for Fashion Website Company
The teen fashion website Fashion Playtes, launched a year ago, in November 2009, based in Salem, Massachusetts, offers its users (ages from 5 to 12 years old) the possibility to custom and design a unique and personal collection of clothes and to then be able to purchase them at very affordable prices. The clothes can then be shipped directly to the girls’ doorstep in over 200 countries all over the world for a small price of $6. The girls can have her personalized wardrobe at home in about 3 weeks after the purchase. Recently, the company has announced that it raised $4 million in series A funding round. The fund was […]December 15th, 2010 5 comments
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Venture Capital Funds for Gay Men Social Network Firm
December 13th, 2010 No comments
Fabulis, a social Network for gay men, now Fab.com, is a start up company that is designed to help the gay men discover other people, activities and places all over the world. The company’s founder is Jason Goldbert, who also founded Social Median and Jobster. Recently, the company launched the fabulis 2.0, which is an upgraded version of the website and the iPhone application. This version is called “a major relaunch as a full featured interactive social network.” This feature is having a good designed mixture of Twitter, Facebook, Groupon, Foursquare and Yammer, but with a target to the gay men. The serial entrepreneur and Fabulis’ […]
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