Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has agreed to acquire IronPort Systems Inc., a San Bruno, Calif.-based provider of messaging security appliances, for $830 million in cash and stock. IronPort has raised around $94.4 million in total VC funding since its 2000 inception, from firms like Allegis Capital, Menlo Ventures, Amicus LLC, ChevronTexaco, General Motors, New Enterprise Associates, […]
Variation Biotechnologies Inc., an Ottawa, Canada-based maker of vaccines for infectious diseases, has raised US$35.7 million in Series A funding. Clarus Ventures led the deal, and was joined by Arch Venture Partners, 5AM Ventures and certain seed backers. www.variationbiotech.com
vJive, a Mumbai, India-based broadband out-of-home media & digital signage network, has closed the initial tranche of a $22.6 million venture funding round led by Matrix Partners India. www.vjive.net
Horizon Therapeutics Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based drug developer, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Scale Venture Partners (f.k.a. BA Venture Partners) led the deal, and was joined by fellow return backers Sutter Hill Ventures and Pequot Ventures. The company had raised a $6 million Series A round in late 2005 at a […]
InvenSense Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of motion sensing solutions for mobile and consumer applications, has raised $11 million in Series B funding. Qualcomm Ventures was joined by return backers Artiman Ventures and Partech International. www.invensense.com
Mochila, an online content marketplace, has raised $8 million in new venture capital funding. Charles River Ventures led the deal, and was joined by return backers Mission Ventures, The Greenspun Corp. and Jerry Colonna. www.mochila.com
Next New Networks, a New York-based operator of micro television networks over the Internet, has raised $8 million in Series A funding from Spark Capital. The company is run by co-founder Herb Scannell, former vice chairman of MTV Networks and president of Nickelodeon. www.NextNewNetworks.com
BizCapital, a lender owned by Advantage Capital Partners, has invested $4.5 million for the creation of The Monroe Motor Speedway, which would be the first paved auto racing facility in the New Orleans region. www.biz-capital.com
Phase Bioscience Inc., a Durham, N.C.-based biotherapeutics company, has secured the first tranche of its Series B funding from Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. and return backer Hatteras Venture Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. www.phasebio.com
Stentsys, a Paris, France-based developer of stents for the treatment of blocked coronary artery bifurcations, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Sofinnova Partners. www.stentys.com