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Gilat Satellite Buying Raysat Antenna for $25 Million
Private Equity Hub &bull Today
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has agreed to acquire Raysat Antenna Systems, a Vienna, Va.-based. The deal is valued at around $25 million in cash, and is expected to close within the next six months. Raysat has raised around… Full Story »
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Zillow launches on Android, as its iPhone app hits 1M downloads
Venture Beat &bull Today
Real estate site Zillow is following the success of its iPhone application today with a shiny new version for Android that will provide users with housing price data and more right on their phones. Making the case for its mobile… Full Story »
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Scale Computing Raises $9 Million
Private Equity Hub &bull Mar 9, 2010
Scale Computing, an Indianapolis-based provider of end-to-end midmarket clustered storage solutions, has raised $9 million in Series B funding. Benchmark Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers Blue Chip Venture Co., CID Equity and Spring Mill Venture… Full Story »
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Equity Blueprints Blog
equityblueprints.com via @EquityBlueprint &bull Mar 9, 2010This blog addresses the 3 most fundamental things required to attract angel investment into your business. They are critically important as Angel Investors often look for these three key basics when assessing applications for funding. Dont rely on a generic or template driven business plan. The submission you need to make to an angel investor must be tailored specifically for an investment audience with a range of information that business plans do not address. Investors often see submissions that contain profit and value estimates based… Full Story »
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Scale Computing raises $9M in second round led by Benchmark
Venture Beat &bull Mar 9, 2010
Scale Computing, which sells storage solutions to small and medium businesses, raised $9 million in a second round led by Benchmark Capital. Scale's earlier investors, including Blue Chip Venture Company, CID Equity and Spring Mill Venture Partners also participated in… Full Story »
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DEMO Spring 2010: spotlight on cloud tech
Venture Beat &bull Mar 8, 2010
DEMO Spring 2010 is the premier launchpad event for innovative technology, and will take place March 21-23 at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert. As the event grows closer, we'll unveil information about the key themes and panelists featured in… Full Story »
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Tabula startup tries to go where many have failed in programmable chips
Venture Beat &bull Mar 2, 2010
A Silicon Valley chip startup has raised more than $100 million over the past seven years, and now it's finally talking about a new design for chips that can change their functions on the fly. Tabula has what it calls a "groundbreaking architecture" where its chips can dynamically… Full Story »
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DEMO: Come see the big trends (and speakers: Dharmaraj, Fenton, Wong and Chien)
Venture Beat &bull Feb 26, 2010
We're shaking things up a bit at the upcoming DEMO conference in Palm Springs, Calif., on March 22-23. The incoming class of demonstrators next month will show, for example, that there's a huge migration of innovation to mobile and other device forms (yes, think iPad; yes, we'll have several early glimpses of new innovation around the iPad at DEMO!). We've seen film and video content… Full Story »
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Newport Media Raises $15M More
Socal Tech &bull Feb 24, 2010
Lake Forest-based Newport Media, which develops semiconductors for the mobile TV market, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital, Venrock,… Full Story »
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Newport Media Closes $15 Million Series D Financing (Business Wire)
Yahoo Finance &bull Feb 24, 2010
LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newport Media, an innovative fabless semiconductor company supplying products to the mobile broadcast media industry, today announced the successful completion of its Series D financing, having raised $15 million. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures with… Full Story »
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Bitesize Monday: BitBand, TuneWiki and GreenRoad
VC Cafe &bull Feb 23, 2010
TuneWiki continues its fundraising success. Only a week after theon the $7 millionseries B led by Motorola Ventures, last week Japans NTT Docomo has announced an undisclosed round in the company led by NTT Docomo Capital, the giants US based… Full Story »
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Wal-Mart to buy video streaming service Vudu
Venture Beat &bull Feb 22, 2010
Its time to add another huge player to the video streaming business. The New York Times is reporting that Wal-Mart has agreed to purchase Vudu a startup that has been struggling to make a dent in the video streaming marketplace… Full Story »
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Polyvore names Singh Cassidy CEO
Biz Journals &bull Feb 22, 2010
Polyvore is backed by venture capital firms Benchmark Capital, which has an office in Menlo Park, and Matrix Partners, which has an office in Palo Alto. All rights reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted,… Full Story »
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Polyvore Names Ex-Google Latin America And Asia-Pacific Chief CEO
Paid Content &bull Feb 22, 2010
A very high-profile hire for fashion site Polyvore. The startup, which lets users mix and match products from any online store and then share their creations with others, has added Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, who formerly led Googles operations in Asia-Pacific and Latin America, as CEO. Singh Cassidy had left Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in April in order to become CEO-in-residence at Accel Partners, saying that she was ready to take the next step and run or grow my own company. Polyvorewhich was founded by several former Yahoo (NSDQ:… Full Story »
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Report: Wal-Mart Buying Vudu
Private Equity Hub &bull Feb 22, 2010
Wal-Mart has agreed to acquire Vudu, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of software for on-demand movie access via HD TVs and Blu-Ray players, according to The NY Times. No financial terms were disclosed. Vudu has raised around $21 million in… Full Story »
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Wal-Mart Buying Digital Home Video Service Vudu: Report
Paid Content &bull Feb 22, 2010
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is about to make a semi-major move into digital home: it is buying online/embedded movie service Vudu, says NYT. The news of the talks was first reported by Mediamemo last month. Vudu launched three years ago as… Full Story »
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Back Seat Driver's GreenRoad Technologies Raises $10M From Al Gore
Alarm Clock &bull Feb 22, 2010
Redwood Shores-based GreenRoad Technologies (fka Diagnostics Drive) has raised $10M from Generation Investment Management (Al Gore's VC firm). It previously raised around $32.5M from Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus Capital Partners and Balderton Capital. GreenRoad provides drivers… Full Story »
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GreenRoad Adds $10 Million
Private Equity Hub &bull Feb 22, 2010
GreenRoad, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based provider of driving behavior services, has raised $10 millionin new VC funding from Generation Investment Management. It previously raised around $32.5 million from Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus Capital Partners and Balderton… Full Story »
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CollabNet Buys Danube
Private Equity Hub &bull Feb 22, 2010
CollabNet, a Brisbane, Calif.-based developer of cloud-based software lifecycle management tools, has acquired Danube, provider of Scrum project management solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. CollabNet has raised around $67 million in VC funding, including from Benchmark Capital and Norwest… Full Story »
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CollabNet acquires Danube for worldwide Scrum development
Venture Beat &bull Feb 22, 2010
CollabNet is expanding its cloud-based software development tools today with the acquisition of Danube, a company that sells software for Scrum project management. Scrum is a method for managing development that breaks a project down into multi-week sprints. Its particularly… Full Story »
