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Panzura Inks $12M Round Led by Khosla VenturesCloud computing start-up Panzura has added $12 million in venture capital with a Series B round led by Menlo Park, Calif.-based Khosla Ventures. Series A investors Matrix Partners and CTTV Investments, the venture capital arm of Chevron Technology Ventures, also participated in the latest round. San Jose, Calif.-based Panzura develops converged cloud storage and application optimization products, and will use the funding to continue development as well as bolster sales and marketing.
- Week in deals, Aug. 16, 2010
Summary of tech companies and other startups in North America that raised venture financing in the past week
- VC-backed Solyndra withdraws IPO
Solar panel maker plans to raise $175 in notes
- 5 questions with Noubar Afeyan
Noubar Afeyan of Flagship Ventures talks about the honor recently bestowed on portfolio company LS9
- Mr. Afeyan Goes to Washington
Noubar Afeyan, managing partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, was in Washington D.C. yesterday, to pick up an honor on behalf of portfolio company LS9. It's called the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, and LS9 won the "small business" category for its technology to produce hydrocarbon-based biofuels and chemicals. I spent a few minutes on the phone with Afeyan, just after the ceremony wrapped up: peHUB: What, from a business prespective, did this award mean to LS9? Afeyan: Well, the award is recognizing substanstial innovation in making a greener version of chemicals and fuels. From a business standpoint, that's precisely what LS9 has enabled -- allowing our partners to use sugar as the starting raw materials for fuels rather than petroleum.
- IPO Profiles, April 2010
Seven VC-backed companies went public in April: Alimera Sciences, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Codexis, Convio, Global Geophysical Services, SPS Commerce and Tengion
- Exit watch, week of April 19, 2010
News briefs about the exits of VC-backed companies MetaCarta, Bycast and others
- Nokia Buys MetaCarta
Nokia has acquired MetaCarta Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of geographic intelligence solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. MetaCarta has raised over $26 million from Chevron Technology Ventures, Chisholm Private Capital Partners, Hunt Ventures, FA Technology Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Sevin Rosen Funds and Solstice Capital.
- Week in deals, March 8, 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- Konarka Raises $20 Million from Konica Minolta, Signs R&D Deal
Konarka Technologies Inc., a Lowell, Mass.-based developer of flexible solar energy technology called “Power Plastic,” has raised $20 million in strategic funding from Konica Minolta. The two companies also signed an R&D collaboration deal, to jointly develop and distribute organic thin-film photovoltaics. Konarka previously raised around $175 million from 3i Group, Ardesta, Angeleno Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Good Energies, Massachusetts Green Energy Fund, NGEN Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Presidio STX, Siemens Venture Capital, Total Gas & Power and Vanguard Ventures.