San Francisco-based MessageMe, which develops iOS and Android instant messaging apps, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Greylock Partners, with the investment led by John Lilly....Continue →
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- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
MessageMe Gets $10M For Mobile Messaging Apps

- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
ConsultingMD Finds $10M For Medical Advice Service

Palo Alto-based ConsultingMD, which is developing an online service to connect patients with second opinions from medical experts, has raised $10M in a funding round. The round came from Venrock. The company said it will use the funds to further develop its service....Continue →
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Adaptive Planning Gets $45M

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning, a developer of cloud-based, business analytics software, said today that it has raised $45M in a funding round....Continue →
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Gamgee Snags $2M For Mobile Healthcare
Palo Alto-based Gamgee, a stealth mode, mobile healthcare company, has raised $2M in a funding round from Khosla Ventures. Gamgee is led by Bob Quinn. The firm said it is developing a platform that takes patient handouts and makets it available to sick people via a mobile device....Continue →
- Monday, May 20, 2013
Newsle Nabs $1.65M For Social News Software

San Francisco-based news discovery software developer Newsle has raised $1.65M in a funding round. The funding came from Advance Publications Inc., Maveron, DFJ,Transmedia Capital, Launny Steffens, and pRockwell Schnabel....Continue →
- Monday, May 20, 2013
Ubiquiti Networks Files For Secondary Offering

San Jose-based Ubiquity Networks, which develops wireless networking equipment, has filed for a secondary offering, the firm said in a filing Friday. Ubiquiti said it will 7,700,000 shares of its stock in the secondary IPO, but will not be selling any shares itself in the offering....Continue →
- Monday, May 20, 2013
Zyme Solutions Finds New Funding

Redwood Shores-based Zyme Solutions said this morning that it has raised a new equity funding round, to help scale the company's software platforms. The firm said the funding came from Susquehanna Growth Equity....Continue →
- Monday, May 20, 2013
Yahoo Buys Tumblr

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo! has officially announced that it is buying photo blogging site Tumblr, in a deal worth approximately $1.1 billion in cash....Continue →
- Monday, May 20, 2013
Guidewire Software Buys Millbrook

Foster City-based insurance software developer Guidewire said last week that it has acquired Millbrook, a provider of business intelligence and data products for the property and casualty insurance business. Financial details of the acquisition wer enot announced....Continue →
- Monday, May 20, 2013
Aruba Networks Buys Meridian Apps

Sunnyvale-based Aruba Networks has acquired Meridian Apps, a developer of Wi-fi based, indoor location services technology. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed....Continue →
- Friday, May 17, 2013
Vend Gets $8M For POS Software

San Francisco-based Vend, a developer of point-of-sale software which runs on tablet PCs, has raised $8M more in funding, the firm said this week. The investment came from Craig Winkler (MYOB), Paul Bassett and Matt Rockman (Seek.com.au), the Milford Active Growth Fund, and Point Nine Capital....Continue →
- Friday, May 17, 2013
Yahoo Eyes Tumblr

Yahoo is hoping to get its cool back by buying popular photo-blogging site Tumblr, according to a report late Thursday. According to the report from AllThingsD, Tumblr is currently valued at around $1 billion. AllThingsD cited "sources close to the situation"....Continue →
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- About.me Buys Wefollow
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- ShareThis Raises $23M, Buys Socialize
- Discoverly Seeded With $750,000
- Rabbit Hops Up With $3.3M For Video Chat
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- Green Plug Raises Series C
- Synopsys Completes SpringSoft Buy
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- ConsultingMD Finds $10M For Medical Advice Service
- Proteus Digital Health Lands $62.5M
- Conceptus Acquired By Bayer
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- Cleave Biosciences Adds $10M In Series A
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