Battery Ventures
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Menlo Looks to Raise Up to $800 Million
Yahoo Finance &bull Yesterday
The primary investor of 3Par, Menlo Ventures, is looking to raise $600 million to $800 million for a new fund that would surpass Battery Ventures' and Institutional Venture Partners' $750 million funds raised this year, according to a report by… Full Story »
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3Par investor Menlo Ventures looks to raise up to $800 million
Venture Beat &bull Sep 6, 2010
The primary investor of 3Par, Menlo Ventures, is looking to raise $600 - $800 million for a new fund that would surpass Battery Ventures' and Institutional Venture Partners' $750 million funds raised this year, according to a report by Bloomberg… Full Story »
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Menlo Ventures Looks to Raise $600 Million to $800 Million Fund
Private Equity Hub &bull Sep 6, 2010
Menlo Ventures is looking to raise $600 million to $800 million for its next fund, Bloomberg News said . If it reaches $800 million, the Menlo fund would be the biggest raised in the U.S. this year. It would surpass… Full Story »
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French IT Major Atos Origin Snaps Up Venture Infotek
VC Circle &bull Aug 27, 2010
French information services major Atos Origin has acquired transaction processing firm Venture Infotek Ltd in a 100% cash transaction. The deal is likely to give an exit to AIM-listed Kubera Cross Border Fund, which invested $19.8 million for a 54%… Full Story »
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Email marketer ExactTarget acquires former reseller in bid to expand in Asia Pacific
Venture Beat &bull Aug 24, 2010
Email marketing services provider ExactTarget acquired its reseller mPath Global on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount in a bid to expand its services in Asia and the Pacific. mPath has since been re-launched as ExactTarget Australia. ExactTarget offers marketing and… Full Story »
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ExactTarget Buys Mpath
Private Equity Hub &bull Aug 24, 2010
ExactTarget, an Indianapolis-based maker of email marketing software, has acquired Australian reseller mPath for an undisclosed amount. ExactTarget has raised around $155 million in VC funding, from Technology Crossover Ventures, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Ontagu Newhall and Scale Venture… Full Story »
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Viridity Software Raises $8 million in Series B Funding
Green VC &bull Aug 23, 2010
More Resources:Green NewsGreen AnswersGreen JobsGreen CareersGreen Collar JobsBrowse Green Jobs:Clean energy jobsEnvironmental jobsLEED jobsSolar jobsWeatherization jobsWind power jobsMore green jobs... Viridity Software, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based company that provides software to increase the energy efficiency and productivity of data centers, announced… Full Story »
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Viridity Software stores away $8M to make data centers greener
Venture Beat &bull Aug 20, 2010
Viridity Software, maker of a package, dubbed EnergyCenter, that collects data on server energy consumption and a host of other metrics without using fancy sensors, announced today that it has landed $8 million in a second round of venture capital… Full Story »
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Viridity Software Raises $8M for Server Efficiency
GigaOm &bull Aug 19, 2010
Viridity Software says it can take the sensors out of data center energy management. On Thursday, the Burlington, Mass.-based startup announced it has raised an $8 million second round of funding from Battery Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners to… Full Story »
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Viridity Raises $8 Million
Private Equity Hub &bull Aug 19, 2010
Viridity Inc., an Amesbury, Mass.-based startup focused on the optimization of data center application and equipment deployment, has raised $8 million in Series B funding from return backers Battery Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners. The company previously raised $7… Full Story »
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Viridity Software Announces $8 Million Series B Financing Round
PR Newswire &bull Aug 19, 2010
BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Viridity Software, the leading provider of data center energy resource management (ERM) solutions, today announced that it has raised an additional $8 million in Series B funding from current investors Battery Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners. This follows-on a successful Series A funding round… Full Story »
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Is Hardware Coming Back in Boston? Analog, Lyric, and Local VCs Suggest Yes
X-Conomy &bull Aug 19, 2010
What do you get when you cross an MIT startup, a longtime public tech company, and three of the Boston area's top VC firms? That sounds like a joke, but I'd argue that you get the makings of an interesting trend. The trend is that hardware-the actual machinery that powers our computers, phones, and other devices-is making… Full Story »
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Groupon Makes Leap Into Japan and Russia With Latest Acquisitions
TechCrunch &bull Aug 18, 2010
Our favorite digital coupon group buying site Groupon has cemented its foray into Japan and Russia today with the acquisitions of Japanese and Russian deals sites Qpod and Darberry respectively. Groupon has a tendency to acquire and rebrand its better… Full Story »
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SafetyWeb's Free Online Tracking Helps Police Find Missing Kids
TechCrunch &bull Aug 17, 2010
The SWOT tool allows police to secure the social networking accounts of a missing child and access recent status updates. Basically it tracks recent activity across platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and any other social networking services a missing child… Full Story »
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Online sales startup Runa raises $9.2M
Biz Journals &bull Aug 16, 2010
The Mountain View-based startup collected the money from seven unnamed investors, according to the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company does not have any prior filings with the SEC, nor has it issued any press releases to… Full Story »
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Boston VCs Back Smooth-Stone
X-Conomy &bull Aug 16, 2010
Three Boston-area venture capital firms have led a new $48 million financing round for Smooth-Stone, a chip startup based in Austin, TX. Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, and Highland Capital Partners were joined in the investment deal by ARM, Advanced… Full Story »
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Smooth-Stone Raises $48 Million
Private Equity Hub &bull Aug 16, 2010
Smooth-Stone, an Austin developer of ARM-based server chips, has raised $48 million in first-round funding. Backers include ARM, Advanced Technology Investment Co., Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Texas Instruments. Full Story »
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A Chip Start-Up Aims to Slay Intel
New York Times - DealBook &bull Aug 16, 2010
A group of investors, including companies from the United States, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, has formed in a bid to disrupt one of Intel's most lucrative franchises, The New York Times's Ashlee Vance reported Monday. The companies have put $48 million into Smooth-Stone, a start-up based in Austin, Tex., betting that it can modify low-power smartphone chips to run servers, the computers in corporate data centers. If successful, Smooth-Stone would undermine Intel's server-chip business and offer companies, especially those with vast data centers like Google, Amazon.com, Facebook and Microsoft, enormous energy cost… Full Story »
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A Chip Start-Up Aims to Slay Intel (at New York Times)
Yahoo Finance &bull Aug 16, 2010
A group of investors, including companies from the United States, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, has formed in a bid to disrupt one of Intel's most lucrative franchises, The New York Times's Ashlee Vance reported Monday. The companies have put $48 million into Smooth-Stone, a start-up based in Austin, Tex., betting that it can modify low-power smartphone chips to run servers, the computers in corporate data centers. If successful, Smooth-Stone would undermine Intel's server-chip business and offer companies, especially those with vast data centers like Google, Amazon.com, Facebook and Microsoft, enormous energy cost… Full Story »
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An atom bomb aimed at Intel: Smooth-Stone raises $48M for low-power ARM server chips
Venture Beat &bull Aug 16, 2010
Hoping to outdo Intel in the server chip market, Smooth-Stone has raised $48 million to complete development of its ARM-based server chips which consume small amounts of power. Server chips command the highest prices of any chips, so the market Smooth-Stone is pursuing is worth billions. To date, the market has been dominated… Full Story »
