Greystripe, a San Francisco-based distributor of ad-supported mobile games and applications, has raised $5.5 million in Series C funding. Incubic Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by fellow return backers Monitor Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. The company has now raised a total of $15.5 million. www.greystripe.com
1 min read · 12 March 2009
GlobeRanger Inc., a Richardson, Texas–based provider of enterprise RFID edge solutions, has raised $8.3 million in Series C funding. Undisclosed new investors were joined by return backers Sevin Rosen Funds and CenterPoint Ventures. The company previously raised around $37 million.
3 min read · 12 March 2009
Quadriserv Inc., operator of a centrally-cleared marketplace for securities lending transactions, has raised $34 million in new VC funding. International Securities Exchange led the round, and was joined by Interactive Brokers Group, SunGard and return backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Renaissance Technologies and Round Table Investment Management. The company had previously raised around $17 million.
5 min read · 12 March 2009
DriverSide, a San Francisco-based operator of a website for automobile owners, has raised $5.3 million in Series B funding. Allegis Capital led the round, and was joined by return backer Catamount Ventures and the company’s founders.
4 min read · 12 March 2009
Kendall Cooper has joined Mayfield Fund as chief financial officer. He previously served in the same role with Dominion Ventures.
2 min read · 12 March 2009
Blade Games Inc., a provider of game development systems and outsourcing services, has raised $4 million in first-round funding led by California Technology Ventures. The company was formed earlier this year via the merger of Digini Inc. and Vyk Games. Digini had raised a small amount of funding from California Technology Ventures, while Vyk had raised capital from China Seed Ventures.
3 min read · 11 March 2009
NorSun, a Norwegian maker of monocrystalline silicon ingots and wafers, has raised around $72.33 million in new venture capital funding. Good Energies led the round, and was joined by Scatec AS and Norsk Hydro ASA. NorSun also secured a $94 million, five-year bank loan from DnB NOR and Nordea Bank Norway AS.
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1 min read · 11 March 2009
GridPoint Inc., an Arlington, Va.-based smart-grid company, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Craton Equity Partners. The company previously raised around $220 million from backers like Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates, Susquehanna Private Equity, Perella Weinberg Partners and Robeco.
2 min read · 11 March 2009
