10gen...
If you didn’t think Big Data is big with venture capital, then consider the $6.5 million that three-year-old startup 10Gen collected recently from Sequoia Capital, ...
heroku...
Salesforce.com has just announced that it is acquiring Heroku, which provides a Ruby application platform-as-a-service, for approximately $212 million in cash. Oh yes!! What a huge exit by ...
ngmoco sold!...
Japan-based DeNA, a mobile gaming company, yesterday announced a deal to acquire ngmoco, aKleiner Perkins-backed San Francisco-based mobile gaming startup, for up to $400 million in cash and ...
vivox...
Vivox Inc., a Framingham, Mass.-based provider of VoIP services for online games and virtual worlds, has raised $2 million from Peacock Equity. The company previously ...
foursquare...
Highly-hyped location-based startup Foursquare just closed on a $20 million round of funding at a $95 million pre-money valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with ...
pudding media...
According to Calcalist,Pudding Media, an Israeli mobile advertising startup, faces imminent shut down. Pudding Media let go 25 employees this morning and announced it will cease its operations in ...
bit9- D...
Security software company Bit9 Inc. has taken in $10.1 million in a fourth round of funding, according to federal documents. The Cambridge-based firm has now ...
boku...
BOKU Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of a payment service for those making purchases of digital and virtual goods with their mobile phones, has raised ...
lookout...
Lookout, a San Francisco-based provider of smartphone security solutions, has raised $11 million in Series B funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined ...
booyah...
Booyah, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of a social game based onlocation-based achievements, has raised $20 million in new VC funding. Accel Partners led the ...
adready...
AdReady, a Seattle-based provider of software solutions for digital display advertising, has raised $5.3 million in Series B funding. Return backers include Madrona Venture Group, ...
swipely...
Swipely, a Providence, R.I.-based "online service that gives users an easy way to turn their purchases into conversations," has raised $7.5 million in Series A ...
think global...
Think Global, a Norwegian electric car maker, has raised $40 million in new VC funding. Return backers RockPort Capital Partners and Ener1 Inc. co-led the ...
sendgrid...
SendGrid Inc., a cloud-based service that delivers transactional emails on behalf of companies, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. Foundry Group led the ...
gdgt...
GDGT, an online discussion forum for gadet enthusiasts, has raised $3.2 million in VC funding, according to the WSJ Digits blog. Spark Capital and True ...
secondmarket-series ...
SecondMarket, Inc. received Series B funding of $15M. Investors: Li Ka-shing Foundation, Temasek Holdings Founded in 2004, New York-based SecondMarket is the largest marketplace for illiquid assets, ...
kwedit...
Kwedit Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of a payment platform for virtual goods and social games, has raised $3.3 million in new VC funding, ...
posterous...
Posterous, a San Francisco-based blog publishing platform, has raised $4.4 million in Series A funding. Redpoint Ventures and Trinity Ventures co-led the round, and was ...
mashery-series c...
Investors: Cisco Systems, First Round Capital, 406 Ventures, Formative Ventures Mashery is designed to make it cheaper and easier for companies to build and control channels ...
spotify – seed...
Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or ...
vook – seed...
Vook, an Alameda, Calif.-based digital publisher whose platform combines text with videoand social media, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. Backers include Ron Conway, ...
yume – series ...
YuMe, a Redwood City, California startup that makes video advertising technology, announced today that it has inked a $25 million fourth round of funding led ...
moonshoot...
Moonshoot, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of an online gaming experience for teaching English to children, has raised $6.6 million in VC funding from Alsop ...
brightroll – s...
BrightRoll—which bills itself as the largest online video ad network—has raised $10 million in a third round of funding. In its announcement, the company also ...
vivox – #c...
Vivox, a Framingham, MA-based provider of voice services for online games, virtual worlds and social networks, has received $6.8 million in its third round of ...
blippy – serie...
People love Blippy. Well, they love to talk about Blippy. And complain about it. And argue that it’s the end of privacy as we know ...
mochi media – ...
Mochi Media, a Flash game advertising network and payments platform funded by Accel Partners and Shasta Ventures, has been acquired by Shanda Games for $60 ...
flurry – serie...
Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile data analytics company, has raised $7 million in Series B funding. InterWest Partners led the round, and was joined by ...
metaplace – cl...
On Jan. 1, some 70,000 virtual worlds will vanish from the Internet. That’s because Metaplace, the company that made the open platform for the virtual ...
swype – series...
Swype, a Seattle-based developer of text input technology, has raised $5.6 million in Series B funding. Nokia Growth Partners and Samsung Ventures were joined by ...
