Mark Boslet

The Rubicon Project said it has acquired mobile advertising platform Mobsmith. No terms were disclosed. It is the fourth ad technology acquisition the company has completed in the past three years. PRESS RELEASE Rubicon Project Acquires Mobile Advertising Platform, Mobsmith Offers complete real-time trading platform for mobile and display advertising LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2012 […]

Vidyo, Inc. said it raised a Series D round of funding in a deal led by QuestMark Partners and joined by Juniper Networks and existing investors Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Star Ventures, and Four Rivers Group. Terms of the investment were not released. Vidyo has raised $97M to date. PRESS RELEASE Juniper Networks’ Junos Innovation […]

Solar startup Solexel has raised $25 million in new capital, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No other details about the funding were available. The company received Series A financing in 2007 and a Series B round in 2008. Its board includes representatives of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Technology Partners […]

Carnegie Speech said it raised Series B funding of $3.4 million. No other details were available. The Pittsburgh company, a spin out of Carnegie Mellon University, is developing language learning technology and says it has seen 85% first quarter growth. PRESS RELEASE CARNEGIE SPEECH ANNOUNCES RAPID Q1 2012 GROWTH The intelligent language learning company filed […]

Gen110 said it received an investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. No terms were disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Gen110 Announces Kleiner Perkins Investment Silicon Valley pillar backs distributed energy company as a new breed of electricity provider San Francisco, Calif., May 17, 2012 – Gen110, the leading distributed energy company, today announced it has received […]

Mass Relevance said it raised a $3.3 million Series A round of funding led by Austin Ventures and including new investor Battery Ventures. Existing investors Floodgate Fund, Allegro Venture Partners and Metamorphic Ventures participated. The Austin, Texas, company will use the new money to expand in the media, entertainment, consumer brands and retailing industries. PRESS […]

BagThat Trading Limited said it raised £2 million ($3.2 million) in a round led by Oxford Capital. The investment will fund the further development and marketing. PRESS RELEASE Oxford Capital leads £2 million funding round for BagThat New online store captures social network buying power to deliver unbelievable deals on branded goods BagThat Trading Limited, a […]

Qualtrics said it raised $70 million from Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital in a deal the firms described as their largest-ever joint investment. Qualtrics of Provo, Utah, said it would use the money to hire 250 employees in the next year, more than doubling the size of the company. PRESS RELEASE Qualtrics Raises $70 Million […]

Coupa Software said it raised $22 million in a Series E round led by Crosslink Capital and joined by Battery Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company said its new valuation is a significant multiple over previous rounds. PRESS RELEASE Coupa Software Raises $22 Million in Series E Funding Round […]

Online market place Etsy said it raised $40 million in new capital in a deal led by Index Ventures and joined by existing investors Union Square Ventures, Accel Partners and Burda. The news was released in a blog post, which noted that $525 million changed hands on the Etsy market place last year. Here is […]