Monday May 6, 2024

InsideSales.com Raises $4 Million For Big Data Analytics Sales Force Automation Technology

InsideSales.com has raised $4 million from Hummer Winblad in a Series A Round that the company will use to grow its big data analytics sales force automation (SFO) technology. Joining in the round were Josh James, co-founder and former CEO of Omniture. Mark Gorenberg, managing director, Hummer Winblad, said before the funding, the company was profitable […]

Inside Sales Raises $4 Million For Big Data Analytics Sales Force Automation Technology

Inside Sales has raised $4 million from Hummer Winblad in a Series A Round that the company will use to grow its big data analytics sales force automation (SFO) technology. Joining in the round were Josh James, co-founder and former CEO of Omniture. Mark Gorenberg, managing director, Hummer Winblad, said before the funding, the company […]

Stealth Startup Numecent Raises $2 Million Series A For “Cloudpaging” Technology

Numecent, a stealth startup building a patented “cloudpaging” technology, just raised $2 million in Series A funding from undisclosed corporate investors. The $2 million tranche is a part of a larger $10 million funding round, and is in addition to the $7.5 million in seed funding the company has already raised from private investors. Exact […]

Patent Troll Buys ADAPTIX (And Its 4G Technology Patents) For $160M

The 4G wireless technology space is heating up, so expect vultures. Acacia Research Corporation, a massive patent holding group with dozens of subsidiaries in the business of exploiting intellectual property by means of lawsuits and aggressive patent licensing schemes, this morning announced that it has acquired ADAPTIX, a 4G wireless technology company that originally started […]

NoSQL Database Company Neo Technology Raises $10.6 Million

NoSQL database company Neo Technology has raised $10.6 million in Series A funding led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe with Sunstone Capital, Conor Venture Partners and Rod Johnson, the founder and CEO of SpringSource also participating in the round. As the world of data explodes in volume and complexity, many applications and databases need to […]

Broadcom Buys Chipmaking Technology Company Netlogic For $3.7 Billion

Broadcom this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire NetLogic Microsystems, which delivers a range of semiconductor solutions. Under the agreement, NetLogic shareholders will receive $50 per share in a transaction of approximately $3.7 billion, net of cash assumed. Netlogic’s share price closed at $31.91 last Friday. With the acquisition, Broadcom expands its infrastructure […]

Insurance Technology Company Guidewire Software Files For $100M IPO

Joining recent tech companies MobiTV, Angie’s List, Brightcove, and Jive; Guidewire Software, a company that develops technologies for the insurance industry, has filed its S-1. The company aims to raise as much as $100 million in a public offering under the symbol “GWRE.” Founded in 2001, Guidewire Software provides technology software to the property, casualty, […]

Citrix Backs Mobile Cloud Technology Startup

Citrix this morning announced an investment in mobile technology company Core Mobile Networks, marking the third funding commitment for the company’s Startup Accelerator, its Silicon Valley-based seed investment initiative which debuted in December 2010. Core Mobile Networks correlates information from enterprise IT systems with content in the cloud, and delivers it to mobile devices such […]

Cloud Technology Startup Cotendo Raises $17 Million From Citrix, Juniper, VCs

Cotendo, which specializes in cloud-based acceleration technologies, this morning announced that it has raised $17 million in funding from strategic partners Citrix and Juniper Networks (through its Junos Innovation Fund) and previous backers Sequoia, Benchmark and Tenaya Capital. The company says the proceeds will be used to support its growth (particularly in Asia-Pacific and Latin […]

SanDisk Acquires Flash Disk Maker Pliant Technology For $327M Plus Earn-out

Flash memory storage solutions provider SanDisk has acquired Pliant Technology, a developer of enterprise solid state drives, the company announced this morning. Under the terms of the agreement, SanDisk will pay approximately $327 million in cash and provide certain equity-based incentives. Pliant Technology offers SSDs that integrate into enterprise information systems. The company has approximately […]