Jamie Thingelstad has joined venture capital firm Split Rock Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He is the former vice president and chief technology officer of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network and, before that, was CTO of MarketWatch.
3 min read · 28 July 2009
FRX Polymers, a Chelmsford, Mass.-based maker of "environmentally-friendly" flame retardant plastics, has raised $6 million in new VC funding. Backers include Israel Cleantech Ventures and Capricorn Venture Partners.
3 min read · 28 July 2009
SunRun, a San Francisco-based provider of residential solar electricity, has raised $18 million in Series B funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by return backer Foundation Capital. The company previously raised $12 million from Foundation and individual angels like Parker Weil (Merrill Lynch) and Greg Avis (Summit Partners).
5 min read · 28 July 2009
Blekko, a stealth search engine operator, has raised $11.5 million in third-round funding, according to TechCrunch. Backers include U.S. Venture Partners and CMEA Capital. The firm previously raised around $6 million. www.blekko.com
1 min read · 27 July 2009
Mixamo Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of an online service for customizing and creating character animation, has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Granite Ventures and Keynote Ventures.
3 min read · 27 July 2009
TradeHelm Inc., a provider of algorithmic trading platforms, has raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital from Susquehanna Growth Equity. TradeHelm has offices in Chicago, Tulsa and Buenos Aires.
3 min read · 27 July 2009
Paradigm Spine LLC, a New York-based developer of non-fusion spinal implant solutions, has raised $6.5 million in new VC funding co-led by Praefinium Group and Trevi Health Ventures. The company also secured a $15 million venture debt facility from Fifth Third Bank.
3 min read · 27 July 2009
Egnyte, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of on-demand file server solutions, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Polaris Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by seed backer Maples Investments.
3 min read · 27 July 2009
Nokia has agreed to acquire the assets of German mobile software provider Cellity AG. No financial terms were disclosed. Cellity had raised VC funding from Mangrove Capital Partners and Neuhaus Partners.
2 min read · 27 July 2009
1 min read · 27 July 2009
