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Playdom Raises $43 Million in Series A FundingFirst Outside Financing Round to Fuel Playdom’s Explosive Growth Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced today that it has closed $43 million of financial investments as part of its Series A financing. The investment, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), along with Playdom chairman Rick Thompson, Lightspeed Venture Partners and...
Eventbrite Closes Series C Round of Funding From Sequoia CapitalEventbrite announced that it has closed a Series C round of funding from Sequoia Capital, with partner Roelof Botha (previous backer of YouTube) joining as director. This brings the company’s total funding to over $8 million. Previous investors include Bebo co-founders Michael & Xochi Birch, Jeff Clavier, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, former...
Metabolex Closes $8.6 Million Financing RoundMetabolex, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary new medicines for the treatment of metabolic diseases, today announced it had closed an additional $8.6 million in financing. Participating investors in this insider financing include: Alta Partners, Venrock, Versant Ventures, Bay City Capital, VantagePoint...
OMGILI Obtains Seed FundingOmgili Ltd. (www.omgili.com), an Israeli-based web search and research startup, announced today that it has obtained seed funding. The investors are Israeli-based venture capitalists Pitango Venture Capital. Omgili is a web-based information services company. The company’s search and research services are based on advanced and proprietary discussion...
AudienceScience Secures $20M in Venture Funding From Existing Investors to Fuel Domestic and International GrowthOnline advertising leader AudienceScience has closed $20 million in venture capital funding from Silicon Valley firms Mohr, Davidow Ventures; Mayfield Fund; Meritech Capital Partners; and Integral Capital Partners. The new capital will be directed against initiatives to accelerate growth, including important employee additions, research and development...
Top Venture Capital Firms in Security Space Invest $12 Million in RedSeal SystemsRedSeal Systems, Inc. (www.redseal.net), the leading vendor of security posture management software, today announced that the security industry’s foremost venture capital firms have backed RedSeal with a $12 million investment. In addition, security executive Mark Ashida, managing director at OVP Venture Partners and former general manager of...
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The Quercus Trust Acquires the Assets of Applied Solar, Inc.Applied Solar, Inc. (debtor-in-possession) (OTC Bulletin Board: APSO) (”we” or the “Company”) announced today that it has closed the previously-announced sale of its assets and...
Glamis Resources Ltd. Closes Previously Announced Private Company AcquisitionGlamis Resources Ltd. (”Glamis”) (TSX VENTURE:GLM.A) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Connaught Energy Ltd. (”Connaught”), as detailed in its press...
