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Kasenna Acquired By Espial Sunnyvale-based Kasenna has been acquired by Ontario-based Espial Group, Espial said earlier this week. According to Espial, it will acquire Kasenna for 4,722,244 shares of its common stock, worth approximately $6.6M. Kasenna was a developer of IPTV technology. The firm was venture backed by Alloy Ventures, CIR Ventures, Cypress Semiconductor
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Intel Capital, SGI, Sun Microsystems, The Entrepreneurs Fund and US Venture Partners....READ MORE >> posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008
Taleo Completes Vurv Buy Dublin, California-based Taleo Corporation said late Tuesday that it has compeleted its acquisition of Vurv Technology, Inc. The deal, which was originally announced in May, was worth $128.8M in cash and stock. Vurv was venture backed by QuestMark Partners and Tudor Ventures and based in Jacksonville, Florida. Taleo is a developer of software-as-a-service for talent management.
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Cisco Targets Russian Startups With New VC Fund San Jose-based Cisco said Wednesday that it has anchored the investment in a new venture capital fund, focused on Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Cisco said that it has invested in Almaz Capital Partners and its first fund, Almaz Capital Russia Fund I, L.P., which will focus on small and medium-sized companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors in the region. The new fund, will be called the Almaz Capital / Cisco Fund I....READ MORE >> posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
First Round Capital Adds Principals Venture capital firm First Round Capital has added two new principals to the firm's San Francisco office, the firm's managing partner, Josh Kopelman announced Tuesday on his blog. According to Kopelman, First Round has added Christine Herron and Kent Goldman to the office. Herron's experience includes a stint at Geocapital partners, and experience at a number of startups. Goldman joins the firm from Yahoo, where he was on the firm's Corporate Development team.READ MORE >> posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Focus Enhancements Buys Wireless Audio IP Campbell-based Focus Enhancements said today that it has entered into an agreement to buy certain intellectual property rights for a wireless audio product chipset from AudioMojo, which is owned by Hallo Development Co. Focus Enhancements is a developer of ultrawideband wireless technology. AudioMojo's chipset is a prototype wireless audio product....READ MORE >> posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
VMware Completes B-hive Networks Acquisition Palo Alto-based VMware said late Tuesday evening that it has completed its acquisition of B-hive Networks. VMware had said that it would acquire B-hive, a developer of application performance management software, on May 28th. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. VMware said that B-hive's R&D facility in Herzliya, Israel will become the core of a new development center in Israel....READ MORE >> posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Cypress Shops Silicon Light Machines to Japanese Firm Cypress Semiconductor Corp., a manufacturer of mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced Tuesday that it has sold its Silicon Light Machines subsidiary to Japanese semiconductor equipment supplier Dainippon Screen. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Silicon Light Machines, which Cypress acquired in August 2000, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dainippon Screen....READ MORE >> posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Apprion Gets Investment From Motorola Moffett Field-based Apprion has scored a strategic investment from Motorola, from its Motorola Ventures venture capital arm, Motorola said Tuesday. Amount of the investment was not disclosed, however Apprion said it has now raised over $23.5M from its investors. Apprion is a provider of systems for the industrial plant market, providing wireless applications and hardware....READ MORE >> posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 (More)
No VC Backed IPOs In Q2 Dow Jones VentureSource released figures Tuesday, saying that there were no initial public offerings from venture backed companies in Q2, the worst quarter since 2003. Dow Jones said that we are in the midst of the second-longest IPO drought since it started tracking the venture capital industry in 1992. Among tidbits from the report: 10 companies withdrew their IPO registration this quarter, overall liquidity is down 47 percent from the same period last year, and M&A activity only totaled $4....READ MORE >> posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Google Crawls Flash Mountain View-based Google said Monday afternoon that the firm has begun indexing text content in Flash. Flash, the multimedia software from Adobe, is used heavily on web sites for adding animation and graphics. Google said it has integrated Adobe's Flash Player technology to improve its Flash indexing; the firm said the addition will help web designers to improve the visibility of their published Flash content, as well as better search results and snippets....READ MORE >> posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Celera Splits From Applera Alameda-based Celera Corporation said Tuesday that it has completed its split from Applera Corporation, and began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market as CRA this morning. Applera has changed its name to Applied Biosystems, as part of an ongoing, $6.7B merger with Invitrogen Corp.READ MORE >> posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Agiliance Raises $10M San Jose-based Agiliance, a developer of IT governance and compliance software, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Castile Ventures, and included prior investors Walden International, Intel Capital and Red Rock Ventures. Agiliance said that Nina Saberi of Castile Ventures joins the company's board as part of the funding round.READ MORE >> posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 (More)
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