Hot Start-ups

LiveWire Mobile, a subsidiary of NMS Communications, has acquired privately-owned Groove Mobile, a leading provider of mobile music solutions based in Bedford, Massachusetts, for $14.5 million. The acquisition will enable...

Motorola Ventures has made a strategic investment in INVIDI Technologies, a start-up focused on addressable advertising solutions for the television industry. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The...

WiSpry, a start-up based in Irvine, California, closed an additional $7 million of Series B financing for its programmable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products. This brings the total of the...

WiNetworks, a start-up based in Herzliya, Israel, raised $19M in financing for its development and integration of WiMAX technologies. The company's product line includes an all-outdoor compact base station and...

The T-Mobile Venture Fund has made a strategic investment in Ubiquisys, a supplier of 3G femtocells, joining Google and original investors Accel Partners, Atlas Venture and Advent Venture Partners. Financial...

Sensorlogic, which is developing a new platform targeting machine-to-machine (M2M) market, announced the appointment of Greg Jones as its new vice president of marketing and business development. Previously, Jones served...

Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, NICTA, has spun out its fourth technology company in less than six years of operation, -- Monitoring Division Inc. The...

Proofpoint, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, .closed a $28 million financing round for its unified email security and data loss prevention solutions. Proofpoint offers an email security and DLP...

Arieso, a start-up based in Newbury, UK, secured £5 million in a Series B funding for its software for optimizing the quality of service for mobile cell phone users. By...

Agami Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, closed $45 million in Series C financing for its enterprise-class unified storage systems. Agami's Information Server improves the performance of geographically distributed...

Accedian Networks, a start-up based in Montreal, raised $CAD 7.5 million in second round venture funding for its "Packet Performance Assurance" solutions for telecom, cable and wireless operators. Accedian Networks'...

Yahoo! has acquired Maven Networks, a start-up offering an online video platform, for approximately $160 million. Maven's platform is currently used to manage, distribute and monetize premium online video content...

Exalt Communications, a start-up based in Campbell, California, announced the launch and general availability of its split-mount Exalt EX-s series of licensed wireless backhaul solutions. Exalt, which was founded in...