THE URBANTECH

Microsoft VP of .NET architecture says they will announce support for JQUERY in .NET and Silverlight at the PDC show in LA later this month.jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.

One of the biggest upsides say Scott is the size of the library, its a Lightweight Footprint About 15KB in size (Minified and Gzipped).

Stay tune for the live announce from the event later this month, and if you need some RIA work done in Silverlight, Flex, YUI, JSF, or JAX, drop me an email for a quote on your next project.

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Blue Monitor Systems
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Venture capital investment in India more than doubled in the second quarter after a relatively level amount of money moved into start-ups there in the past few quarters. Investors poured $237.6 million across 17 deals in the three months ended June 30, compared with $108 million and 12 deals in the same period a year ago, according to data released recently from VentureSource, a unit of VentureWire publisher Dow Jones & Co.

Since the first quarter of 2007 when venture capitalists flooded India with $436 million spread across 41 deals, investment had held rather steady at an average of $118 million through the first quarter of 2008. The latest second-quarter jump can be partly attributed to a $70 million second-round investment in Laqshya Media, a Mumbai-based provider of out-of-home media advertising services.

Even with this second-quarter pop, investment is still down through the first six months of the year versus 2007 because of last year’s first-quarter abnormality. Investors have put $360.5 million in 35 deals in the first half, compared with $544 million and 46 deals in the year-earlier period. Looking to gain an edge in the growing market for recycling electronic waste, Attero Recycling raised $6.3 million from venture capital firms NEA-Indo US Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Noida, India-based Attero said it would use this money to expand its business and, more specifically, establish a 100,000 sqare foot e-waste recycling facility in Roorkee, India. The company is looking to recycle computers, cellphones, network gear, televisions and other electronic waste in an environmentally friendly way.

Google backs Clean Energy Start Up
Google Inc.’s philanthropic investment arm, Google.org, has invested more than $10 million in funding for research and development of a new type of technology to generate geothermal power. This new technology holds a promise of developing at least 100,000 megawatts within the next 50 years, according to a study released earlier this year by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Google’s $6.25 million investment in AltaRock was part of a larger $26.25 million financing, which included investments from the venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures and Vulcan Capital. Meanwhile, Redwood City, Calif.-based Potter Drilling Inc. raised $4 million from Google.
http://www.altarockenergy.com/

Wordpress acquires Intense Debate
Wordpress announced it has snapped up another TechStar company this year, kudos to the guys at TechStars and Intense debate for such a rapid exit on a 2008 start up.
http://www.intensedebate.com/

Chicago, Mu Sigma Counts Up $30M From FTVentures
Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a provider of outsourced data analytics services to large corporations, has secured $30 million in funding from FTVentures.
http://www.mu-sigma.com

San Diego, Verimatrix Brings Series C Round Above $20M
Verimatrix Inc., which provides content security for Internet protocol television, has added JK&B Capital as a new investor to its Series C funding round.
http://www.verimatrix.com

San Diego, Transaction Wireless Aims To ‘Swipe’ Phones
Mobile commerce and marketing company Transaction Wireless Inc. has raised its first institutional round since its 2006 launch, a $2.25 million Series A from Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures.
http://www.transactionwireless.com

McLean,Newsletter Publisher Bulletin News Posts $5M
Dubilier & Co. has injected e-newsletter publisher Bulletin News LLC with a $5 million round of funding to help accelerate the 18-year-old, profitable company’s revenues.
http://www.bulletinnews.com

Cambridge,Tipjoy’s Jar Full With Series A Funds
Tipjoy Inc. has raised nearly $1 million to become the Internet’s tip jar for digital content.
http://www.tipjoy.com

Smart Grid Co. Trilliant Raises $40M To Expand
As more utilities in the U.S. and around the world wake up to the benefits of energy efficiency, companies like utility networking technology developer Trilliant Inc., which raised $40 million in its second round of funding, are reaping the benefits.
http://www.trilliantnetworks.com

Maple Plain, Proto Labs Mocks Up $52M
Proto Labs Inc., a rapid injection molding and subtractive rapid prototyping manufacturing company, has raised a $52 million round of funding from North Bridge Growth Equity.
http://www.protolabs.com

San Jose, DeviceVM Boots Up $15M For Instant Web Access
DeviceVM Inc., a software company whose main product allows access to the Internet before an operating system is fully booted, has secured $15 million in its Series C round.
http://www.devicevm.com

Oberhaching, Germany, EnOcean Laps Up $6.6M For Building Sensors
EnOcean GmbH, a seller of sensor technology for environmentally sustainable buildings, has raised EUR4.5 million ($6.6 million) in new financing.
http://www.enocean.com

Austin, SailPoint Navigates To $6.5M Series C
Identity management and compliance company SailPoint Technologies Inc. has raised a $6.5 million Series C insider round to further its international expansion.
http://www.sailpoint.com

Chicago, Salesforce.com Acquires InStranet For $31.5M
Salesforce.com Inc. acquired venture-backed InStranet Inc., which makes call-center optimization software, for $31.5 million, which includes the assumption of $4.2 million in cash. The deal, which is the San Francisco-based tech company’s largest ever, was completed Aug. 4.
http://www.salesforce.com
http://www.instranet.com

Redwood City,Turn Hooks $15M More For Online Ad Targeting
Impressed with its dual-track approach to targeting online advertising, Focus Ventures has joined Turn Inc.’s earlier investors in a $15 million Series C round.
http://www.turn.com

Burlington,Nuance Acquires SNAPin For $180M In Stock
SNAPin Software Inc., a venture-backed developer of mobile customer-service software, has agreed to be acquired by publicly traded speech-recognition technology company Nuance Communications Inc. for $180 million in stock.
http://www.nuance.com
http://www.snapin.com

Monroeville, Compunetix Pulls Sonexis Assets Into New Subsidiary
The assets and employees of venture-backed Sonexis Inc. will be reconstituted as a new wholly owned subsidiary of Compunetix Inc. under the terms of an acquisition agreement.
http://www.sonexis.com
http://www.compunetix.com

Deerfield Beach, Sportsline Vet Builds Open Sports To Rival Former Business
Mike Levy’s former company, Sportsline.com, raised $44 million in 16 months, went public shortly afterward, and experienced a market capitalization of $2 billion for a brief period in 1999. It was acquired by Viacom Inc. - then the parent company of CBS - in 2004 and is now the flagship sports site of the CBS network.
http://opensports.com

Long Beach, With $1.6M, Adisn Looks To Profitability, New Funding
Advertising network Adisn Inc. has paired technology based on data from the social Web and $1.6 million in venture capital to reach the point of near-profitability.
http://www.adisn.com

Providence, MoFuse Mobile Network Secures Seed Round
MoFuse Inc., which provides bloggers and other content publishers with a platform to quickly publish their content to the mobile Web, said it secured its first round of seed capital.
http://www.mofuse.com

Lake Forest, Wonderware Buys SAT For Mobile Workforce Tech
Wonderware, a business unit of manufacturing company Invensys PLC, has acquired venture-backed SAT Corp. for $52 million in cash.
http://www.sat-corp.com

Google bets big on Backhaul Startup
Google, Liberty Global Inc, and HSBC Principal Investments have each invested about $20 million in O3b Networks, which has so far raised about $65 million, according to Greg Wyler, founder and CEO of O3b Networks
http://wordpress.com/tag/o3b-networks-ltd/

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San Francisco, TrueAnthem Launches with new Music Model and $2M
TrueAnthem Corp. hopes to revolutionize the music industry with a new model based on monetizing music through widgets and in-song ad insertions.
http://trueanthem.com

San Diego, Associated Press Backs Mobile Software Co. Verve Wireless
Global news service Associated Press has made a foray into early-stage investing, leading a $3 million Series B round for mobile publishing company Verve Wireless Inc.
http://vervewireless.com

New York, Mogolus closed $10Million Series from Ganette
Mobile media start up Mobolus closes a series A round of to ramp up its streaming media platform which enables users to create thier own mobile video channel, and stream live through the Mobilus platform. The round was lead by Ganette.
http://www.mogulus.com/

San Francisco, Games Co. Ngmoco’s makes its Third iFund Investment
Game publisher Ngmoco Inc. has raised an undisclosed Series A round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Maples Investments as it prepares to unleash a slew of new games on Apple Inc.’s App Store, where iPhone users shop for new features.
http://www.ngmoco.com

Valencia, H2Scan Senses $4M Series D Funding
H2Scan Corp., a developer of hydrogen sensor systems for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $4 million Series D round.
http://www.h2scan.com

New York, Crowd Fusion nabs $3M To Build A Better Weblog
Brian Alvey has been behind some powerful companies in the history of Web publishing, and he says his new company, Crowd Fusion Inc., has tremendous potential.
http://www.crowdfusion.com

New York, Socialmedian Launches With Angel Backing
Building a social news aggregation site today, you need to be able to ramp quickly and do something different. Socialmedian Inc. has launched in this competitive space with its own take, emphasizing personalization.
http://www.socialmedian.com

San Francisco, Angel Seed Round For Paymo mobile merchant payments
Paymo Inc., a company that enables merchants to let mobile customers pay for goods with their mobile phones, has raised a $5 million seed round of funding.
http://www.paymo.com

Santa Clara, Kickfire is blazin with $20M For MySQL Appliance
With hopes of capitalizing on the increasing popularity of open-source database MySQL, Kickfire Inc. closed a $20 million Series B round.
http://www.kickfire.com

Ottawa, Concentrated Solar Co. Cyrium Glows With $15M Series B
High-efficiency solar cell maker Cyrium Technologies Inc. has raised $15 million in a Series B round, led by Quercus Trust.
http://www.cyriumtechnologies.com

Tel Aviv, Crescendo Networks Lifts $9M Series C Round
Crescendo Networks Ltd., a maker of appliances for accelerating Web applications, has secured $9.5 million in Series C funding.
http://www.crescendonetworks.com

New York, Derivix Lands Series A For Hedge Fund Software
Derivix Corp., a developer of software to analyze real-time options for hedge funds, has raised a Series A round of funding.
http://www.derivix.com

Gatineau, Diablo Investors Double Down With $15M Series B
Diablo Technologies Inc., a maker of memory buffer devices for servers, has raised $15 million in Series B financing.
http://www.diablo-technologies.com

Branchburg, Intel Capital make another Cleantech bet
Intel Capital injected $12.5 million into specialty chemicals and gases maker Voltaix LLC, marking Intel’s fourth investment in clean technology over the last two months.
http://www.intelcapital.com
http://www.voltaix.com

Austin, Syncom Sparks Heatwave Interactive With $7.5M
Game developer Heatwave Interactive Inc. has received a $7.5 million Series A round for the initial funding of “Central Studio,” which will develop new and licensed video game technology.
http://heatwaveinteractive.com

Seattle, Local Marketers Grabs $4.1M For Local Search
Local Marketers was founded by Mitch Brandow when he had a job in advertising working with major global clients. One day he decided to give that up to help his handyman advertise on the Internet, and Local Marketers was born, the company just closed $4.1 million to grow the business.
http://localmarketers.com

St. Louis, Advantage Capital Invests $7.3M In Waste Remedies
Advantage Capital Partners has invested $7.25 million in waste management consulting company Waste Remedies.
http://www.wasteremedies.com

Berkeley, Sensys Moves Traffic Monitoring Tech With Series D
Sensys Networks Inc., a developer of wireless sensors to monitor traffic, has raised a $5 million Series D round.
http://www.sensysnetworks.com

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Blue Monitor Systems
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Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio.

This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which has acquired more venture-backed companies than any other since 2000, Cisco bought nine such start-ups last year alone.

Pure Networks makes software that simplifies the process of setting up and managing a home network. Cisco sees this as an important technology as home networking moves into its next phase, where an increasing number of appliances will be plugged into a home network, said Charles Carmel, vice president of corporate development for Cisco.

Barcelona, Privalia goes after Brazilian Shoppers With $6.3M Series B
European online shopping service Privalia Venta Directa SL has raised $6.3 million in Series B financing as it expands into Brazil’s fast-growing Internet market.
http://www.privalia.com

Coventry, Nexus Scores with $4M For Performance Mgmt. Software
I-solutions Global Ltd., a performance management software developer that operates under the name I-nexus, has raised a $4 million investment round.
http://www.i-solutionsglobal.com

Gurgaon, IYogi Stretches Out With Series B from SAP
Making its first investment in India, SAP Ventures has led a $9.5 million Series B round for iYogi Inc., a provider of remote PC support for consumers and small businesses.
http://www.iyogi.net

Montreal, SiXtron Locks In $2M Equipment Lease
SiXtron Advanced Materials Inc. has secured $2 million for equipment lease financing from Atel Ventures.
http://www.sixtron.com

Carlsbad, Electric-Car Maker Aptera Charges up with $2.75M From Google
Google.org’s Recharge IT program, launched in June 2007 to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, has made its first investments.
http://www.aptera.com

San Diego, Web Analytics Co. Certona Snatches Series A
Certona Corp., the developer of a platform for real-time Web analytics for retailers, raised $7 million Series A
http://www.certona.com

Vancouver, Movie Set Signs On Canadian Backers For Series A Tranche
Movie Set Inc., a Web platform that is one part workflow tool for film producers and one part behind-the-scenes peek for fans, has swelled its total funding to $3.5 million of a targeted $5 million Series A.
http://www.movieset.com

Dallas, Semantra Insiders Give another $3M
Semantra Inc. has tapped its sole investor, CPMG Inc., for a new round of funding.
http://www.semantra.com

Seattle, Insitu Investors fly into clear blue skies with nearly $400M DealDespite a struggling economy and poor exit market, investors in Insitu Inc., a creator of unmanned aircraft, managed to sell the company to partner Boeing Co. for nearly $400 million.
http://www.boeing.com
http://www.insitu.com

New York, Agent Vi closes $9M From 21Ventures
Agent Video Intelligence Inc., a developer of enterprise software for video content analysis, added another $9 million to its funding from 21Ventures.
http://agentvi.com

Sunnyvale, Response Logix Revs Up $8M For Auto Retailers
Online automobile sales company Response Logix Inc. has raised $8 million in Series A
http://www.responselogix.com

Waltham, Vericept Lands ‘Up To’ $8M From Sigma Partners
Vericept Corp., a provider of data loss prevention software, announced that it has secured “up to” $8 million in additional financing.
http://www.vericept.com

Bothell, Halo Source Raises $11.5M
Clean water and antimicrobial technology company Halo Source Inc. raised $11.5 million in a second round of funding for further investment in its Halo Pure drinking water purification business.
http://www.halosource.com/

Redwood City, Amitive Adds $6M and hire new CEO
Supply chain management company Amitive Inc., previously named Mitrix Inc., has added $6 million bringing total funding to $16M, and hired a new CEO
http://www.mitrix.com

New York, 10gen nabs $1.5M For Cloud Computing play
10gen Inc. has raised $1.5 million in Series A financing to make a software stack that is built for cloud computing.
http://www.10gen.com

Beijing, Chinese Video Sharing Site Ku6.com goes for US cash
Chinese video sharing site Ku6.com has raised “several tens of millions of U.S. dollars” in a second round of financing, the company said in a statement.
http://www.ku6.com

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Please consider Blue Monitor for your next project. We offer software development, creative services, managed IT services, and strategy consulting. We are a minority owned company, and we can help you meet you diversity program objectives.

Blue Monitor Creative Services:
http://www.bluemonitor.com/Bluemonitor_Logocolors.pps (Power Point Portfolio)
http://bluemonitor.com/creative_services.html (Basic Pricing for Creative Services)

Some Open Source Apps we support:
http://www.bluemonitor.com/plogger (Photo Gallery App)
http://www.bluemonitor.com/pligg (Open Source News Platform like Digg.com)
http://bluemonitor.com/store/ (Open Source Light Shoppingcart)

Call me for a free consultation on your project today! We have partnered with Microsoft to offer financing options to start ups and small to medium enterprises. Please let me know if you are interested in learning more about our financing options through Microsoft.

Kind regards,

Toby Morning
Blue Monitor Systems
Snr Project Manager
323-333-0043
Skype: digiplatessoftware
http://www.bluemonitor.com
“Business Support Specialist”

Seattle, Comcast’s ThePlatform goes social with Chirp
Social media start-up Chirp Interactive Inc. has sold some of its assets to Comcast Corp.’s thePlatform just six months after a seed funding. Financial terms were not disclosed, but we can only assume with Comcast deep pockets, and social media on fire, the investors should be singing like birds!
http://www.chirp.com

Hillsboro, NexPlanar Nabs $14.5M For Semiconductor Polishing
NexPlanar Corp., a maker of polishing pads for semiconductor wafers, has secured $14.5 million in Series C financing.
http://www.nexplanar.com

San Jose, Virtual World Gaia Goes For $11M in REAL MONEY
Virtual world start-up Gaia Interactive Inc. has added an $11 million Series C round of funding after announcing in January a $12 million second round proving virtual worlds are still on VC’s radar.
http://www.gaiaonline.com

Paris Monte Cristo Games Scores with $7M in funding
Monte Cristo Games said it has received EUR4.5 million ($7 million) from Arts Alliance, 360 degrees Capital Partners and Innoven Partenaires.
http://www.citiesxl.com

Alpharetta, OpenSpan Expands Globally With 13 Million in Series C
To spur general growth and international expansion, OpenSpan Inc., a developer of software to integrate applications, has raised a $13 million Series C financing round.
http://www.openspan.com

San Francisco, Clickability has clicked yes to $3.5M Debt Round
Clickability Inc., a Web content management company, has taken in $3.5 million in debt financing from SaaS Capital Inc., a specialty finance company exclusively serving software-as-a-service companies. http://www.clickability.com
http://www.saas-capital.com

Boston, Sand raise oney for Tiny Wireless Components
Seeking to build ultra-small components for wireless devices, Sand 9 Inc. has raised an $8 million Series A round from several leading venture firms.
http://www.sand9.com

Cambridge, Think Magic tunes investors in with 9.5 Million
ThingMagic, which develops radio frequency identification technology, has raised a $9.5 million Series B round from three previous backers and one new investor. The Series B, which brings the company’s total venture funding to just over $30 million, was provided by insiders Tudor Ventures, Exxel Group and Morningside Technology Ventures, along with newcomer .406 Ventures.
http://www.thingmagic.com

San Jose, A10 Networks raises $23M for Server Load Balancer
A10 Networks Inc., a maker of Web application delivery equipment, has secured $23 million in its Series C round.
http://www.a10networks.com

New York, Airline-backed Sojern Takes Off With $16M
As the airline industry struggles to keep up with skyrocketing fuel costs, one start-up offers a new source of revenue.
http://www.sojern.com

Portsmouth, NitroSecurity Raises Cash And Buys RippleTech
Having withdraws its initial public offering in May, NitroSecurity Inc., a provider of network security monitoring and analysis software, has acquired RippleTech Inc. and raised fresh capital.
http://www.rippletech.com
http://www.nitrosecurity.com

San Francisco, Bezos Plays Games With SGN
Bezos Expeditions has made another bet on a popular social media company, this time on Social Gaming Network Inc.
http://www.socialgn.com

Palo Alto, ATV Leads Investments In Two Cleantech Cos.
Advanced Technology Ventures will today announce investments in two cleantech companies: Wakonda Technologies Inc., a developer of solar photovoltaic products, and Nuventix Inc., an electronic cooling device maker.
http://www.atvcapital.com
http://www.nuventix.com
http://wakondatech.com

El Dorado Hills, Laru Picks Up Series A Cash From Velocity
Laru Corp., a provider of risk and compliance management software for financial institutions, said regional investor Velocity Venture Capital has increased its undisclosed Series A investment in the company.
http://www.larucorp.com

San Francisco, Twitter Acquires Summize For Search Tech
Twitter Inc., the popular micro-blogging service, has acquired search-technology company Summize Inc.
http://twitter.com

Mountain View, Become Inc raises $8 Million
Shopping comparison service Become Inc. has raised $8 million in Series D funding from European Founders Fund as it expands into the European market.
http://become.com

San Francisco, Hudson Fund Invest in Solar Start Up Recurrent
Hudson Clean Energy Partners, a clean technology-focused private equity fund, has made its first investment in the U.S. with a $75 million commitment to venture-backed solar energy project developer and financier Recurrent Energy Inc.
http://www.recurrentenergy.com
http://www.hudsoncep.com

Redwood City, BlogHer Serves Ads With NBC, Scores $5M
BlogHer Inc., a network of 2,200 women’s blogs, has secured a $5 million Series B round of funding and announced a new partnership to syndicate content to NBC-owned online properties iVillage, Oxygen.com and BravoTV.com.
http://www.blogher.com

Provo, Translation Co. Lingotek Taps In-Q-Tel With Series B
As part of a Series B investment round, translation company Lingotek Inc. has added In-Q-Tel to its roster of investors to gain access to government agencies.
http://www.lingotek.com

El Segundo, OGPlanet Nabs DFJ Cash To Remake Korean Online Games
When designing graphically rich online games, some companies believe it’s better not to reinvent the wheel. That often means importing from Asia.
http://www.ogplanet.com

Ruby managed services start up raises $15 million
Engine Yard, a provider of Ruby On Rails Web application deployment and hosting, has raised $15 million in Series B funding, just six months after raising a previous round.
http://engineyard.com/

Austin, Austin Logistics raises funds and Replaces CEO
Austin Logistics Inc., provider of collections and service center analytic software, has ushered in a new chief executive while announcing a Series C inside round of funding.
http://www.austinlogistics.com

New York, Silicon Alley Media Boosts Editorial Team With Series A
Online publisher Silicon Alley Media has secured an undisclosed Series A round of funding.
http://alleycorp.com

Cambridge, GenArts Funded For Special Effects Technology
GenArts Inc. Chief Executive Katherine Hays has an interesting idea for a highlight reel for the provider of visual effects software.
http://genarts.com

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Blue Monitor Creative Services:
http://www.bluemonitor.com/Bluemonitor_Logocolors.pps (Power Point Portfolio)
http://bluemonitor.com/creative_services.html (Basic Pricing)

Some Open Source Apps we support:http://www.bluemonitor.com/plogger (Photo Gallery App)
http://www.bluemonitor.com/pligg (Open Source News Platform like Digg.com)
http://bluemonitor.com/store/ (Open Source Light Shoppingcart)

Call me for a free consultation on your project today! We have partnered with Microsoft to offer financing options to start ups and small to medium enterprises. Please let me know if you are interested in learning more about our financing options through Microsoft.

Kind regards,

Toby Morning
Blue Monitor Systems
Snr Project Manager
323-333-0043
Skype: digiplatessoftware
http://www.bluemonitor.com
“Business Support Specialist”

San Francisco, VC seed DRM Software Co. ByteShield
ByteShield Inc., a provider of copyright protection software, has secured a round of seed financing. Showing that VC’s still think there is a market for DRM technologies.
http://www.byteshield.net

Bellevue, Investors Brings Alerts.com Back To Life
A few years ago, investors poured more than $18 million into Alerts.com, a developer of software that alerted users when content changed on high-traffic Web sites.
http://www.alerts.com

Cupertino, Zend Sends investors a request For $7M
Zend Technologies Ltd., a developer of software for PHP applications, has raised up to $7 million in debt from TriplePoint Capital.
http://www.zend.com

Los Angeles, Shopflick bags $7M To Set Up Video Shops
Shopflick Inc., which has successfully shopped itself to venture capitalists for a $7 million Series A, sees itself as the QVC of the MySpace demographic.
http://www.shopflick.com

Cambridge, OpenCloud Accumulates $10M New Debt And Equity
OpenCloud Ltd., a supplier of real-time application servers to help the telecommunications industry develop and deploy services, has announced a $10 million debt-and-equity second round of funding.
http://www.opencloud.com

Texas City, Virgin Cleantech Funds Acquire DuraTherm
Masdar Clean Tech Fund and Virgin Green Fund announced the buy-out of DuraTherm Inc., a petroleum and metal recycling business based in Texas City, Texas. The transaction, structured as an asset acquisition, was supported by debt from HSH Nordbank AG and completed at an undisclosed valuation.
http://www.virgingreenfund.com
http://www.masdarctf.com
http://www.duratherm-intl.com

Bangalore, Indian Ad Network Ozone Media Packs Up First Round
Ozone Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has secured a Series A round of funding from IDG Ventures India for its India-based online ad network.
http://www.ozonemedia.co.in

Loughborough, Intelligent Energy Powers Up $13.6M
Intelligent Energy Ltd. has raised $13.6 million in venture funding to further develop its fuel cell products as it moves toward commercialization.
http://www.intelligent-energy.com

Germantown, Eka Systems Racks Up $18.5M
Improved management of energy infrastructure is a major concern as renewable energy comes online, and Eka Systems Inc., a manufacturer of advanced metering for electric, gas and water utilities, has raised $18.5 million in its latest round of funding to capitalize on the opportunity.
http://www.ekasystems.com

Agoura Hills, Cyber-Rain get “Funky” with Series A For Water Management Tech
With water management a growing issue on the West Coast and legislation expected in several California cities on water-use issues, water management technology developer Cyber-Rain Inc. has raised $1.5 million in Series A financing.
http://www.funkventures.com
http://www.cyber-rain.com

Sunnyvale, Innovalight Secures $5M Equipment Lease Financing
Innovalight Inc., which is developing portable solar power systems using nanotechnology, has secured $5 million in equipment lease financing from Atel Ventures.
http://www.innovalight.com

Lexington, Web Jeweler Paragon Lake Blings Out With $5.4M
Diamonds, it seems, may also be a venture capitalist’s best friend. Highland Capital Partners and Canaan Partners have decided to get friendly with Paragon Lake Inc., a Web-based supplier of customized jewelry.
http://www.paragonlake.com

Bellevue, DepotPoint Seals Series C
Spurred by the mortgage crisis, DepotPoint Inc. has raised $7 million to speed sales and marketing of its recently released foreclosure tracking Web site.
http://www.depotpoint.com

San Diego, Plimus Adds $18M For E-Commerce Infrastructure
Plimus Inc., a provider of infrastructure tools for e-commerce, has raised an $18 million first round of funding for continued product improvement as well as sales and marketing efforts of its products and services.
http://www.plimus.com

Bellevue, Xeround Circles Up $16M Series B
Xeround Inc., a developer of software for communications service providers, has secured $16 million in its Series B round as IP communications networks grow around the globe.
http://www.xeround.com

Exton, IPipeline Grabs $18M Growth Round
Thirteen years after its founding, iPipeline Inc., a provider of software-as-a-service to the insurance industry, has secured $18 million in Series A financing for its strategic growth plan.
http://www.ipipeline.com

Jersey City, IP Network provider DataPipe Collects $75M From Goldman
DataPipe Inc., a provider of managed IT services, has secured $75 million in equity and debt financing led by Goldman Sachs & Co
http://www.datapipe.com

Boston, Spire Attracts $9M For Site Focused On “Ballers Only”
Spire Company Associates Inc. has raised a $9 million Series A round of funding for a Web site it bills as “an exclusive online community,” aimed at providing product and service recommendations to affluent individuals.
http://spire.com

San Francisco, Mevio Tunes In with $15M For Online Shows
Online video start-up Mevio Inc., formerly known as PodShow, has raised $15 million in Series C funding led by Crosslink Capital.
http://www.mevio.com

New York, Buzzfeed Collects $3.5M For Juicy News
Contagious Media LLC, which owns Buzzfeed.com, a site that tracks hot online trends, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding
http://www.buzzfeed.com

New York, FeedRoom Munches On $12M Series F
FeedRoom Inc., a provider of broadband video technology to corporations, government agencies and media companies, has taken in $12 million in its Series F round as the company moves closer to its exit strategy.
http://www.feedroom.com

New York BountyJobs Collects $12M Booty For Headhunting Service
Bounty connect employers to headhunters, BountyJobs Inc. The start up has raised a $12 million Series B round of funding.
http://www.bountyjobs.com

Pasadena, Perfect Market Reveals $15.6M In Financing
Perfect Market Inc., a company aiming to help publishers get more advertising dollars from archived articles, has announced $15.6 million worth of fund-raising.
http://www.perfectmarket.com

Geneva, Index Ventures Backs Two Cos. From Growth Fund
Index Ventures has made two new plays from its growth equity fund: a $35 million investment in online media company Bestofmedia Group SA, and a EUR17 million ($27 million) financing round for Milestone Systems A/S, a global developer of open platform IP video management software for surveillance systems.
http://www.indexventures.com
http://milestonesys.com
http://www.bestofmedia.com

Berlin, Intel Leads $130M Round In Solar Co. Sulfurcell
Intel Capital goes deep with its commitment to clean technology by leading a $130 million round of financing for Berlin-based thin-film solar technology developer Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH
http://www.intelcapital.com
http://www.sulfurcell.de

Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Navic Networks

REDMOND— Microsoft Corp. announced the acquisition of Navic Networks, a leading provider of television advertising solutions. Navic’s technologies include sophisticated campaign management tools that use relevant data to optimize the delivery and placement of targeted interactive television media and through Admira provide a unified ad network for targeting audiences across television advertising inventory. With the addition of Navic solutions, Microsoft’s comprehensive advertising platform will be able to facilitate enhanced digital advertising across online and offline environments.

“Television media represents the largest percentage of advertisers and agencies’ media budget today,” said Brian McAndrews, senior vice president of the Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group at Microsoft. “Together, Navic and Microsoft will deliver addressable television advertising solutions to help our partners better manage media spend by increasing advertiser reach and ROI, and maximizing publisher yield on television advertising.”

With this acquisition, Navic Networks becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft and will join Microsoft’s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions (APS) Group, the group responsible for Microsoft’s comprehensive advertising platform that spans all digital media including television and video advertising. The APS Group includes Atlas, a pioneer of Video-On-Demand advertising solutions.

http://www.navic.com
http://www.microsoft.com

Online Gaming vet raises $17.3 to increase it’s unique business model

Online gaming company GameDuell has raised $17.3 million in Series B funding to expand internationally with its unusual gaming revenue model. Wellington Partners provided the new funding. GameDuell received an undisclosed amount of Series A funding in 2004 from Holtzbrinck Ventures and Burda Digital Ventures.

While many online gaming companies generate revenue through advertising, subscriptions or, increasingly, virtual goods, GameDuell has a different approach: contests.

http://www.gameduell.com

This is a BIG day for Second Life, and for virtual worlds in general. IBM and Linden Lab of San Francisco have announced that research teams from the two companies successfully “tele-ported” avatars from the Second Life Preview Grid into a virtual world running on an Open Sim server.

Just As the name suggests, the Open Grid Protocol used in the project enables interoperability between virtual worlds. With this experiment, we’ve taken a first step toward not just interconnecting Second Life with other virtual worlds, but other virtual worlds with one another.

It is not clear yet if users will be allowed to “tele-port” virtual goods from one world to another yet, but I am sure virtual lawyers are already exploring the possibilities.

http://www.secondlife.com/
http://www.research.ibm.com/

Start Up ZeeTV is not just another media box, or set top box maker. The start-up company just announced a box that will allow users to broadcast high-def web video and other computer content to any HDTV in the house.

The box hooks to the monitor output of your computer, broadcasts to an HD channel called Zv, and then streams via the cable wiring in your home. It’s like adding a new channel to your cable lineup. The company says this technique opens up a whole new category of content delivery, dubbed “localcasting.”

To put it simply, the ZVBox allows you to connect your desktop pc to evey TV in the house by creating its own channel (RF) that is picked up by the tuner which is built in your TV set already.

Here a little info to help you get a clear picture:

-PC’s content transported over VGA which is then sent through your coaxial cabling to every Tv in your home

-VGA pass-through ensures your PC monitor continues to operate normally

-Audio (Including Dolby Digital 5.1) is inputted via USB

-No equipment is needed at the TV end for reception; all signals are recieved from the TV’s QAM-capable internal tuner

The ZvBox is now available exclusively at Amazon.com. It began shipping on June 30.

http://www.zeevee.com