Mark Boslet
Fresco Microchip Inc. said Tuesday it raised Series C funding of $9 million. The Ontario Venture Capital Fund joined existing investors Celtic House Venture Partners and Ventures West in the round. The Toronto company develops RF, mixed signal and digital signal processing chips. PRESS RELEASE Fresco Microchip Raises $9 Million Series C Round Ontario Venture […]
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System recently updated the online posting of its venture holdings, and there are several interesting takeaways worth reporting. First, it should be noted that CalPERS, the nation’s largest public pension fund, owns stakes in about 217 venture capital funds, nine percent of its private equity portfolio. Like many pension managers, […]
McNally Capital and Black Coral Capital said a consortium of 11 wealthy U.S. families, including the families behind their respective operations, have formed the Cleantech Syndicate to invest in cleantech startups and projects. The families expect that 17 professional investors will invest $1.4 billion of their private capital over the next five years. Other than […]
Hitlantis said Monday it closed an over-subscribed angel investment of $1.5 million from investors including senior Nokia executives, JSH Capital Oy, Hasan & Partners, PM Ruukki Oy, Notion Oy, Rock Island Investment Oy, and T&T Enterprises Oy. The money will enable the Finnish music Web site to quicken development and expand into new market. PRESS RELEASE […]
Enphase Energy, the micro-inverter startup that filed for a $100 million IPO on June 15, said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday that it raised $14 million of new money. The Petaluma, Calif., company plans to sell another $37.5 in equity for a round of $51.5 million, the filing says. Below is a […]
Shazam said Wednesday it raised $32 million in new funding in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investor DN Capital participated. The investment will be used to support the company’s continued growth and the development of Shazam’s app for mobile commerce as it expands into television with […]
Cloud9 IDE said Tuesday it raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding from Accel Partners and Atlassian Software. Here is a blog post from the online platform for Javascript developers. BLOG POST Cloud( IDE Gets $5.5 Million Funding From Accel And Atlassian Today we are happily announcing that we have raised $5.5 million in […]
BestVendor said Tuesday it closed last week on seed funding of $600,000 from Lerer Ventures, SoftBank Capital
, Ron Conway’s SV Angel and angel Peter Thiel, formerly of PayPal. According to BestVendor CEO Jeff Giesea, the company will hire front-end developers and designers. BestVendor is based in New York City. BLOG POST Closing seed round, welcoming […]
SolarBridge Technologies said it secured $19 million in Series C funding, bring total capital raised by the microinverter maker to more than $46 million. Existing and new investors participated. Rho Ventures, Battery Ventures and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund contributed to earlier rounds. PRESS RELEASE AUSTIN, Texas (June 20, 2011) – SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge), the […]
Proterra Inc. said on Monday it raised $30 million to accelerate the commercialization of its fast-charge electric transit buses and battery charging system. The investment is led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and joined by GM Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Vision Ridge Partners and 88 Green Ventures, LLC. PRESS RELEASE Proterra Paves Way […]