Start-ups

Fractal Antenna Systems, an antenna and electronics firm based in Waltham, Mass. announced a breakthrough in its development of wideband, high fidelity performance metamaterials. Metamaterials are man-made structures that are...

Visible Measures, a start-up based in Boston, raised $10 million in Series C funding for its independent third-party measurement service for Internet video publishers, advertisers, and viral marketers. Visible Measures...

ChaCha, which offers a free SMS-based mobile search service, wit has closed an equity financing round of $12 million. These investments will provide ChaCha with the additional capital it needs...

ClariPhy Communications, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high speed communications ICs, introduced its 10 Gbps clock and data recovery (CDR) integrated circuit (IC) with maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE)....

Zeugma Systems, a start-up based in Vancouver, has closed approximately $9 million as a part of its Series C funding round. This round brings total funding to date to $50...

Mexens Technology, maker of the Navizon positioning system has been selected by Yahoo! Mobile to be a provider of WiFi and Cellular positioning technology. The companies will provide a highly...

Arbor Photonics, a start-up based in Ann Arbor, Michigan has raised Series A financing from The Wolverine Venture Fund, part of the University of Michigan's Samuel Zell & Robert H....

Ofidium, a start-up based in Melbourne, Australia, secured A$6 million Series A and outlined plans to commercialize its unique optical OFDM technology capable of 100 Gbps transmissions. The venture funding...

BitGravity, a Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider, announced the availability of BG Live HD, an online streaming service for live events in 1080p or 720p resolution. BG Live HD is...

Apparent Networks, a start-up based in Wellesley Hills, Mass., raised an upsized $12 million in Series C funding for its performance management solution for cloud applications. Apparent Networks provides a...

Ocarina Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, closed a $20 million Series B round of financing for its online storage optimization technology. Ocarina's leverages patented content-aware compression and...

Riverbed Technology completed its acquisition of Mazu Networks. Riverbed also announced that it has appointed Mazu CEO Paul Brady to run the Riverbed Application Intelligence Business Unit. Riverbed said the...

Exalt Communications, a start-up based in Campbell, California, has raised $15 million in new funding for its high-performance licensed and license-exempt microwave radio systems for wireless backhaul applications. The company...