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REDWOOD CITY, CA — Postini Inc., the leader in the seamless delivery of email management tools and applications functionality, today announced it has closed a $10 million series C. Led by investor Mobius Venture Capital (formerly SOFTBANK Venture Capital), the funding round also included new investors AltoTech Ventures and Pacifica Fund, as well as existing […]

AUSTIN, TX — Cygnal Integrated Products Inc., a manufacturer of mixed-signal system-on-chip (SoC) microcontrollers, today announced the closure of an over-subscribed $20.5 million funding round, bringing the total equity raised to $36 million since the company’s inception. The round was led by BA Venture Partners (BAVP), a $500 million venture capital partnership, of Foster City, […]

MONTREAL — Maximum Throughput Inc., an emerging leader in the networked storage market, today announced the completion of a $7 million Series A round of funding, bringing the total venture capital raised by the company to $11 million. Participants in the round were new investors GTI Capital, The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture […]

PLANO, TEXAS — LaserComm, an innovator of photonic components and modules and a leader in managing chromatic dispersion in optical networks, today announced it has secured $21 million in fourth-round funding from internal investors, led by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners and Index Ventures. The new capital will allow LaserComm to support its growing customer base, […]

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BOSTON — Advent International, the global private equity investor, today announced that it has raised $1.9 billion for its Global Private Equity IV fund (GPE IV), a sector-focused fund expected to invest 70 percent of its capital in Europe and 30 percent in North America. The new fund brings total capital managed by Advent to […]

SALT LAKE CITY–Wasatch Venture Fund (Wasatch), an affiliate office of Silicon Valley’s Draper Fisher Jurvetson, today announced that Matt Mosman has joined Wasatch as a managing director. Mosman will work out of Wasatch’s Bay Area office, located in San Mateo County and will focus on developing strategic partnerships and follow-on financing for Wasatch’s portfolio companies […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Financial Technology Ventures (FTVentures), a San Francisco-based leading private equity investor in financial technology, announced that it has closed FTV II, a $423 million venture capital and private equity fund. FTV II will enable FTVentures to continue its strategy of investing in companies that develop technologies that are transforming the financial services […]

MENLO PARK, CALIF. And GREENWICH, CONN. — The Wall Street Journal is reporting that The Barksdale Group has decided to shut it doors. Founded in 1999, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm tried, unsuccessfully, to raise a second fund last year. Former Barksdale Partner Peter Currie will join General Atlantic Partners LLC as a partner. Currie […]

BOSTON — Dr. Peter Barrett, a co-founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Celera Genomics, will join Atlas Venture, the leading international venture capital firm investing in life sciences, information technology and communications companies. The firm announced today that Dr. Barrett will join Jean-Francois Formela in Boston to lead its investments in U.S. […]