Fanfare, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of testing solutions for companies developing high-tech equipment, has raised $12 million in Series C funding at a $54 million post-money valuation. Focus Ventures led the deal, and was joined by return backers Matrix Partners and Redpoint Vetures. Fanfare previously had raised around $13.2 million in VC funding since […]
Avail Media Inc., a Reston, Va.-based provider of IPTV and other media services to broadband operators, has raised $17 million in Series B funding. Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital co-led the deal, and were joined by return backers like Pioneer Investors and the Benaroya Companies. VentureWire pegs the post-money valuation in excess of […]
Arch Rock Corp., a San Francisco-based developer of wireless sensing and control products, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. New Enterprise Associates led the deal, and was joined by fellow return backers Intel Capital and Shasta Ventures. Arch Rock had raised a $5 million Series A round in late 2005. www.archrock.com
MySupermarket Ltd., a London-based price comparison website for groceries, has raised $6 million in venture funding from Greylock and Pitango Venture Capital. www.mysupermarket.co.uk
Quanlight Inc., a San Diego-based LED startup, has raised $3 million in Series B funding from Blackbird Ventures, (SHW)2 Enterprises and individual angels www.quanlight.com
Kyte.tv, a San Francisco-based provider of interactive television technology, has raised an undisclosed amount of second-round funding co-led by Swisscom and Holtzbrinck Ventures. The deal also includes European angels Klaus Hommels, Oliver Jung, and Peter Schupbach. Kyte.tv previously had raised funding from Atomico, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Ron Conway. www.kyte.tv
PlantCML, a Temecula, Calif.
Winchester Electronics Corp., a Wallingford, Conn.
Verizon Business has agreed to acquire CyberTrust Inc., a Herndon, Va.-based IT security company that was formed via the 2004 merger of TruSecure Corp. and Betrusted Holdings. No financial terms were disclosed. One Equity Partners is CyberTrust's largest shareholder, while others include JPMorgan Partners, Greylock, J&W Seligman, Saints Ventures, SI Ventures, WaldenVC, Walden International, Rustic […]
Arsenal Capital has retained JPMorgan to help it sell specialty chemical company Vertellus Specialties Inc., according to LBO Wire. Arsenal formed Indianapolis-based Vertellus last July via the merger of Reilly Industries and Rutherford Chemicals, and has since recovered around 890% of its equity investment via a dividend recapitalization. www.vertellus.com