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- Personal Finance Site SaveUp Inks $2M
San Francisco-based SaveUp has raised $2 million in seed financing to help Americans save more money. The company is developing a national rewards program for personal savings, where users win promotions and prizes by paying down their debts and bulking up their savings. BlueRun Ventures and True Ventures are backing the company. SaveUp is currently gearing up for a private beta test of its service.
- Opinionaided Wraps Up $4.3M
Start-up Opinionaided has closed on $4.3 million from SoftBank Capital, BlueRun Ventures, General Catalyst and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as from angel investors, including DreamIt Ventures’ Mark Wachen and Jonah Goodhart of Point Ventures Group. Opinionaided is a free question-and-answer app, downloadable on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, which gives advice and opinions in real-time. With the Series A round, the company also announced the formation of a board, which includes investors Jay Jamison, a venture partner at BlueRun Ventures; and Joe Medved, a partner at SoftBank Capital. Softbank and BlueRun were the lead investors on the Series A round.
- Varolii Raises $8M, Names New Directors
Varolii Corp., the interactive messaging company, has raised $8 million from investors including BlueRun Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners and InterWest Partners. The company also announced that Seattle veteran software executives, Lee Roberts and William Bryant, are joining its board of directors.
- SiliconBlue Technologies Inks $18M Series D
SiliconBlue Technologies has closed on $18 million in Series D financing. Atlantic Bridge, a Dublin and London-based private equity firm, led the financing. Existing shareholders BlueRun Ventures, Crosslink Capital, NEA and Apex Venture Partners all participated in the round. Brian Long, a partner at Atlantic Bridge, will join the company’s board. SiliconBlue develops custom mobile device technology for handheld applications. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
- Pixim Strikes a Deal with Advasense
Pixim, the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup providing technology for security cameras, will buy Advasense Technologies. Investors in Pixim include Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital, Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow. Advasense Technologies investors include Genesis Partners, Giza Venture Capital, CIDC Consultants, BlueRun Ventures and VentureTech Alliance. Specifics on the transaction were not publicized.