Roberto Bonanzinga has joined Balderton Capital as a partner. He previously held senior positions, including CEO, with such companies as Jambaz, Jaiku, Mobango, Piczo, Woome and Pageflakes (Balderton portfolio company). PRESS RELEASELondon, October 24, 2007
HistoRx Inc., a New Haven, Conn.-based developer of tissue-based diagnostics, has raised $6 million in Series B funding. Existing shareholder Brook Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by Navigator Technology Ventures and new backers The Roche Venture Fund, Commons Capital, and Maven Capital. PRESS RELEASEHistoRx, Inc., announced today that it has secured $6.0 […]
JackBe Corp., a Chevy Chase, Md.-based provider of enterprise mashup software, has raised $9.5 million in new VC funding. Harbert Venture Partners and Core Capital Partners co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Intel Capital, Darby Technology Ventures and Blue Chip Venture Company. PRESS RELEASE JackBe, the leading provider of user-driven enterprise mashup […]
Lehman Brothers has promoted David Erickson to global head of equity capital markets, and Christopher Winchenbaugh to global head of debt capital markets. They both will be based in New York. Erickson previously was head of the U.S. equity capital markets business, while Winchenbaugh was co-head of U.S. debt capital markets.
Axentra, an Ottawa-based maker of digital content access software for consumers, has raised US$6 million in Series A funding led by T-Online Venture Fund. PRESS RELEASET-Online Venture Fund today announced an investment in Axentra, makers of the award-winning HipServ Home Server software platform that puts consumers' digital content at their fingertips, both in the home […]
BrightRoll Inc., a San Francisco-based online video advertising network, announced that it has raised $5 million in Series B funding. peHUB previously reported on the deal, based on a regulatory filing. KPG Ventures and Adams Street Partners were joined by return backer True Ventures. www.brightroll.com PRESS RELEASEBrightRoll, Inc., the world's largest video advertising network, […]
LinkStorm, a New York-based developer of an online linking system for the advertising, marketing and ecommerce markets, has raised $4.2 million in Series C funding from individual angels. The company previously had raised around $9 million. PRESS RELEASELinkstorm, based in New York City, has completed raising $4.2 million, allowing the marketing technology company to expand […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Merrill Lynch & Co., the nation's largest brokerage, on Wednesday said the summer's credit crisis triggered a bigger-than-expected $7.9 billion writedown during the third quarter. The New York-based company reported a loss after paying preferred dividends of $2.31 billion, or $2.82 per share, compared to a profit of $3 billion, or […]
Avis Budget Group Inc. (NYSE: CAR) has acquired a 45% common equity interest in Carey International Inc., a global provider of chauffeured ground transportation services. The deal was valued at approximately $60 million in cash, and includes a one-year option for Avis to increase its ownership to 80 percent. Carey is currently majority-owned by a […]
Dipika Chopra has joined Trident Capital as a venture partner. She will be based in New Delhi, and focus on India's domestic consumer services sector. Chopra previously worked in Silicon Valley as president of Clubmom Inc. PRESS RELEASETrident Capital, a national venture capital firm focusing on information technology, today announced that Dipika Chopra has joined […]