Avnera, a Beaverton, Ore.-based provider of analog system-on-chip (ASoC) technology for consumer electronics devices, has raised $10 million in new VC funding. Japanese electronics firm Onkyo was joined by return backers Altien Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Best Buy Capital, DAG Ventures, Intel Capital, Panasonic Venture Group, Polycom and Redpoint Ventures. The company has now raised $52 million in total VC funding.
3 min read · 15 January 2010
1 min read · 15 January 2010
IDT (Nasdaq: IDTI) has acquired Mobius Microsystems, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of all-silicon oscillator technology. No pricing terms of the all-cash deal were disclosed. Mobius Microsystems had raised around $19 million in VC funding, from Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures and RPM Ventures.
2 min read · 15 January 2010
Switch Materials Inc., a Vancouver-based developer of energy-saving window materials, has raised C$7.5 million in Series B funding. BDC Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers GrowthWorks, Pangaea Ventures and Ventures West.
2 min read · 14 January 2010
2 min read · 14 January 2010
SocialGO, a Redwood City, Calif.-based maker of a platform for creating social networking sites, has raised $800,000 in VC funding from Gibraltar-based Veddis Ventures.
3 min read · 14 January 2010
EBS Technology GmbH, a German maker of medical devices for the treatment of neurological deficits that result from stroke or brain trauma, has raised €3 million in second-round funding. Earlybird led the round, and was joined by BC Brandenburg Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds.
4 min read · 14 January 2010
1 min read · 14 January 2010
SAIC (NYSE: SAI) has agreed to acquire CloudShield Technologies Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of IP services control and security solutions. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close in the middle of next month. CloudShield has raised over $65 million in VC funding since 2002, from firms like Tektronix Inc., ComVentures, TPG Growth, Foundation Capital and Paladin Capital.
2 min read · 14 January 2010
Life Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: LIFE) has agreed to acquire AcroMetrix, a Benicia, Calif.-based provider of controls and standards for molecular diagnostics tests. No financial terms were disclosed. AcroMetrix has raised a small amount of VC funding from Telegraph Hill Partners.
3 min read · 14 January 2010
