Scality (fka Bizanga Store), a French developer of object storage software for email and cloud storage applications, has raised $5 million in first-round funding. Credit Agricole Private Equity and Galileo Partners co-led the round, and were joined by individual angels and company management.
3 min read · 08 June 2010
RockYou, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer of social network advertising widgets, has raised $10 million in new funding from existing backer Softbank. The company has now raised a total of $127 million, from Softbank, SK Telecom Ventures, DCM, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
2 min read · 08 June 2010
SiliconBlue Technologies, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of low-power field programmable gate array technology for consumer applications, has raised $15 million in Series C funding. Apex Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers New Enterprise Associates, Crosslink Capital and BlueRun Ventures. The company raised a $24 million Series B round in 2008. $24 million in Series B funding.
3 min read · 08 June 2010
Jerusalem Venture Partners has raised $25 million for an annex to the Israel-focused firm's fourth fund, which originally closed in 2001.
2 min read · 08 June 2010
Reply Inc., a San Ramon, Calif.-based platform to buy and sell online clicks and leads, has raised $15 million in venture debt from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The company is in registration for a $60 million IPO, and has raised nearly $23 million in VC funding from Scale Venture Partners, Outlook Ventures and ATEL Ventures.
2 min read · 08 June 2010
Etouches, a Ridgefield, Conn.-based provider of online event management and registration software, has raised an undisclosed amoung of first-round funding. Greycroft Partners led the deal, and was joined by Connecticut Innovations and Cava Capital.
3 min read · 07 June 2010
OneRoof Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of cyber cafe management software, has raised $3.4 million in Series A funding. No investor information was disclosed.
2 min read · 07 June 2010
Schoology, a cloud-based learning management system and configurable social network for academic institutions, has raised $1.25 million in funding from Meakem Becker Venture Capital. The company is based in New York City.
3 min read · 07 June 2010
OpenPeak Inc., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based provider multimedia touch-screen devices and device management platforms, announced that it has raised $52 million in new private equity and debt funding. Intel Capital came in as a new equity investor, while Horizon Technology Finance and Velocity Financial Group and GE Capital provided debt. The company previously raised over $30 million from firms like RRE Ventures and Castletop Capital.
5 min read · 07 June 2010
George Carmany, a former Bankers Trust and American Express executive, has joined Essex Woodlands Health Ventures as a senior advisor.
3 min read · 07 June 2010
