Reputation.com, the six-year-old Redwood City, Calif.-based company that focuses on reputation management and digital privacy, has acquired Reputation 24/7, a U.K.-based online reputation management company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
2 min read · 29 January 2013
A new, Boston-based analytics software company, the Internet Time Machine Project, has raised $1 million in funding. The sources of the round were not disclosed. The Internet Time Machine Project focuses on the investment markets.
2 min read · 29 January 2013
The situation certainly isn’t as grim as in 2010, when venture capital firms in Israel raised zero dollars, but 2012 didn't produce much to cheer about, suggests a new report out of the Israel Venture Capital (IVC) Research Center.
2 min read · 28 January 2013
There are plenty of people who aspire to be entrepreneurs but who lack the know-how, the network, or the risk profile to succeed in that ambition. Serial entrepreneurs Ryan Koonce and Robert Afshar think they’ve struck on a business model that can benefit some of those people, while also minting money for themselves.
3 min read · 28 January 2013
New York-based AppNexus has a lot to crow about, given how quickly it has grown over the last five years. The question is: What happens now?
4 min read · 25 January 2013
ReliOn, a Spokane, Wash.-based maker of fuel cells, has received a strategic investment from the publicly traded power generation company Cummins Inc. The amount of the funding was not disclosed, but ReliOn, founded in 1995, has raised roughly $30 million over the years, including from Oak Investment Partners and Chrysalix Energy.
2 min read · 25 January 2013
Hamilton Lane, the Bala Cynwyd, Penn.-based private equity asset management firm, has hired Paul Waller as a partner in its London office. Waller recently retired from 3i after 35 years.
2 min read · 25 January 2013
KnowRe, a year-old online education company with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has received $1.4 million in funding from SoftBank Ventures Korea. KnowRe is a member of the first class of SparkLaps, a startup accelerator designed to support Korean entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their business outside of Korea.
3 min read · 25 January 2013
It's easy to argue that Linkedin’s valuation has grown too rich. Indeed, to keep the love coming from Wall Street, many insiders think the company needs to sew up a big deal, and fast.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Gearbox Holdings, an Indianapolis-based producer of transmission, wet-wheel braking and steering components, has brought aboard David Coolidge as CEO. Coolidge was previously an EVP at Bosch Group. Gearbox is owned by Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
