One Block Off the Grid, a San Francisco-based solar energy group discount company and consumer advocate, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates.
3 min read · 11 February 2010
Sony Corp. has acquired iCyt Mission Technology, a Champaign, Ill.-based of high-performance cell sorters for use in disease research and agricultural biotechnology applications. No financial terms were disclosed. iCyt had raised over $8 million in VC funding from Open Prairie Ventures, Illinois Ventures and Fox Paine.
2 min read · 10 February 2010
Encoding.com, a San Francisco-based provider of online video encoding services, has raised $1.25 million in Series A funding. Metamorphic Ventures led the round, and was joined by angels Patrick Condon, Fred Hamilton, Zelkova Ventures, Dave Morgan and Allen Morgan.
3 min read · 10 February 2010
Glide Pharma, a UK-based developer of solid-dose drug injectors, has raised £2.7 million in fourth-round funding. Backers include Hygea VCT and Oxford Technology VCTs. The company has now raised around £10 million in total VC funding.
3 min read · 10 February 2010
Intamac Systems, a UK-based provider of networked and connected home services, has raised £2 million in VC funding. Seraphim Capital led the round, and was joined by Chandos Fund.
4 min read · 10 February 2010
David Lam, a managing director with VC firm WI Harper Group, has been named president of the Asia America MultiTecnology Association (AAMA), a Silicon Valley business network.
4 min read · 10 February 2010
1 min read · 10 February 2010
DotNetNuke, a Seattle-based developer of an open-source application framework for the Microsoft tech platform, has raised $8 million in Series B funding. UV Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers August Capital and Sierra Ventures. The company previously raised $6 million.
5 min read · 09 February 2010
CytoSolv Inc., a wound healing startup initially focused on diabetic ulcers, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from The Slater Technology Fund.
3 min read · 09 February 2010
Exar Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAR) has agreed to acquire Neterion, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter solutions optimized for virtualized data centers. The deal is valued at between $10 million and $11 million. Neterion has raised around $65 million in VC funding, from Menlo Ventures, VenGrowth, BDC and JAFCO Ventures.
3 min read · 09 February 2010