SnapVolumes, Inc. said it raised $2.3 million in a seed round from TiE Angels of Silicon Valley, former Brocade CTO Kumar Malavalli, SAP exec Sanjog Gad, and Infoblox CEO Rob Thomas. Executives from Symantec, EMC, Citrix, and TIBCO also participated in the round.
5 min read · 07 November 2012
Among the best performers in the NYSLRS is a fund managed by Fairview Capital Partners
2 min read · 05 November 2012
Confidence over business conditions in Silicon Valley’s venture capital community rebounded slightly in the third quarter despite worries about stubbornly high private-company valuations, according to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index.
1 min read · 01 November 2012
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. said Dayna Grayson joined the firm as partner. She will work with NEA’s East Coast technology team and focus on early-stage enterprise and consumer Internet investments. Grayson was previously at North Bridge Venture Partners in Boston where she made seed and early-stage consumer Internet and software-as-a-service investments.
3 min read · 01 November 2012
Albert Waxman says there’s no great different to health care reform in an Obama vs. Romney presidency
3 min read · 01 November 2012
The nation’s largest corporate investor continues to shift capital overseas with a new focus on Brazil and more caution in China
7 min read · 01 November 2012
Big Switch Networks said it raised $25 million of Series B funding in a deal led by Redpoint Ventures and joined by Goldman Sachs and existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others. Big Switch Networks closed a $14 million Series A funding in March of 2011 and has raised $39 million to date. It will use the funding to expand engineering, sales and marketing teams.
2 min read · 31 October 2012
HowDo said it raised seed funding in a deal led by Wellington Partners and joined by Horizon Ventures, which manages the private venture investments of Li Ka-shing, and angel Peter Read. No financial details were disclosed. The company is developing an instructional app for skills sharing.
5 min read · 31 October 2012
AdverCar said it raised $2 million in a seed round led by Canaan Partners and joined by 1-800-Flowers, Branford Castle Private Equity, New Orleans Startup Fund, TiE Angels Boston and Jit Saxena. AdverCar is developing an auto advertising service.
2 min read · 31 October 2012
Reflexion Health, Inc. has raised $4.25 million from the West Health Investment Fund. Reflexion Health also said it licensed the Microsoft Kinect for Windows-based physical therapy software developed at the West Health Institute.
3 min read · 30 October 2012