SiBeam Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of semiconductor systems solutions for wireless communications platforms, has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Best Buy Capital. The company previously raised over $80 million, from Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates, U.S. Venture Partners, Panasonic and Samsung.
3 min read · 05 January 2010
Quantcast, a San Francisco-based provider of online audience analytics, has raised $27.5 million in Series C funding. Cisco Systems and return backer Polaris Venture Partners co-led the round, and were joined by existing shareholders Founders Fund and Revolution Ventures. The company previously raised over $25 million. peHUB reported in July that QuantCast was looking to raise around $50 million at a $300 million pre-money valuation.
3 min read · 05 January 2010
1 min read · 04 January 2010
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has agreed to acquire Archer Technologies, an Overland Park, Kansas-based provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Bain Capital Ventures is a minority shareholder in Archer Technologies.
5 min read · 04 January 2010
Amcom Software Inc., an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based provider of unified communications solutions, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from Norwest Equity Partners and Split Rock Partners.
3 min read · 04 January 2010
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based RNA interference company, has signed a research collaboration and license agreement with Japan's Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd. (TSE: 4151). The deal includes a $4 million up-front cash payment, plus up to $120 million in milestone payments. It also includes an option to expand the scope of the collaboration by adding approximately up to 10 targets under similar terms. Dicerna has raised over $21 million in VC funding from Abingworth Management, Oxford Bioscience Partners and Skyline Ventures.
4 min read · 04 January 2010
EcoFactor, a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of residential energy management solutions, has raised $2.4 million in new VC funding led by Claremont Creek Ventures.
3 min read · 04 January 2010
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1 min read · 31 December 2009
Energy Recovery Inc. (Nasdaq: ERII) has acquired Pump Engineering LLC, a New Boston, Mich.-based provider of centrifugal turbine energy-saving technology for seawater and brackish desalination applications. The deal is valued at approximately $26.7 million, including $20 million in cash and one million shares of Energy Recovery common stock. Pump Engineering raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding earlier this year from Plymouth Venture Partners.
2 min read · 30 December 2009
