DealBook (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Sequoia Capital apparently wants to be in pictures, as it plans to invest $30 million in Chinese movie distributor Poly Bana ahead of that company's initial public offering.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Firewall company Palo Alto Networks raised $27 million in its third round of venture funding. Lehman Brothers Venture Partners led the round, while Globespan Capital Partners, Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital also gave money. The Sunnyvale company hired Lane Bess as CEO last month, replacing Dave Stevens, who left the company. Bess worked previously at Trend Micro and also at NCR Corp. and AT&T....
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Palo Alto Networks is announcing today it has raised $27 million in a third round of funding for its firewall appliance business. Lehman Brothers Venture Partners led the round while other investors included Globespan Capital Partners, Greylock Partners, and Sequoia Capital. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company will use the money to expand its sales, marketing and customer [...]
SMS Text News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Mobile ad company has announced its landed new investment from the likes of Motorola and Cisco, along with more cash from previous investments Telefonica, Vodafone, Accel Partners, Globespan, and Sequoia Capital. No official word on how much the round is, but it’s thought to be in the region of $22 million. The company, which sells [...]
NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Free online video chat service TokBox has raised a $10 million Series B round of financing led by Bain Capital. Sequoia Capital, which provided $4 million for the startup’s Series A funding, also participated in this second round. TokBox has worked to expand its reach over the past year, developing its video chat service for web-based [...]
Cnet (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Bain Capital Ventures leads the round for the start-up, which has already raised money from Sequoia Capital.
Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Amobee Media systems is through with its another round of Financing. Cisco and Motorola has join the existing investors Telefonica, Vodafone, Accel Globespan and Sequoia Capital who even participated in the round. Amobee helps in managing advertising inventory at mobile operators. Amobee has already been positioned in the markets like Vodafone and Telefonica. Wireless Mobile Telecom [...]
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
TokBox is a “live video calling” service. TokBox and Skype have similar functionality, except TokBox can be embedded on social network profiles, blogs, and personal websites. TokBox has a “Push to Talk” button that appears on the social network applications. TokBox has raised $10 million in Series B from Bain Capital and Sequoia Capital. TokBox’s [...]
Signal to Noise (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — August 7, 2008 – TokBox, a first-of-its-kind web-based video communication service that offers consumers free and effortless video calling, today announced the closing of a $10 million Series B financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Sequoia Capital, which led the Series A investment in TokBox, also invested in the new [...]
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
PopularMedia , a developer of social media marketing tools, has raised an $8 million third round led by DAG ventures, along with past backers Sequoia Capital and Steamboat, reports VentureWire, via VentureBeat . The company raised $4.25 million last year, though its totals haven't been publicly announced. Offerings include tools to make content go viral, or to let any site offer the ability for users...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Investors — including top Valley VC firm Sequoia Capital — plan to kill FunnyOrDie spinoff BlueCollarOrDie, recently relaunched as Kung Fu Todd. Veteran TV producer and investor Larry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Software as services (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Big-hitting VC firm Sequoia Capital has invested in SaaS pureplay integrator Appirio, making a bet that bringing cloud applications to the enterprise will prove to be a disruptive opportunity.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Appirio Inc. on Monday announced a second round of funding with $5.6 million. (GOOG)
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
SAN MATEO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Appirio (www.appirio.com), the leader in delivering products and professional services that help businesses accelerate their adoption of on-demand solutions, today announced it has secured Series B financing of $5.6 million. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, the investment firm behind Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, and PayPal. This round of financing follows a Series A...
Venture Beat (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Appirio, a online software startup that connects offerings from Salesforce.com and Google, has raised a $5.6 million second round of funding led by Sequoia Capital. The startup has close ties to Salesforce.com — the customer relationship management (CRM) company led Appirio’s $1.1 million first round, Appirio’s most popular products are sold on the Salesforce.com [...]
