Start-ups

Verimatrix, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $8 million for its digital content protection system. Verimatrix develops Pay TV content protection and access control systems, which include a user-specific...

OpVista, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, secured $28 million in funding for intelligent optical networking equipment featuring cost-effective reconfigurability, capacity and 10G upgrades capabilities. The company said the new...

Chelsio Communications, a start-up offering 10-Gigabit Ethernet server adapters and protocol acceleration technology, announced the first close of a private venture funding round, raising a total of $12 million and...

Reef Point Systems, a start-up based in Burlington, Mass., raised $21 million of new financing for its security solutions for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) networks. Reef Point offers a massively-scaleable Multiservice...

BridgeCo, a developer of digital home networking products, raised $23 million in series D venture financing. The company recently opened a new headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of El...

Ember, a start-up based in Boston with R&D in Cambridge, England, closed an additional $12 million in funding for its ZigBee networking solutions. Ember is seeking to promote 802.15.4/ZigBee technology...

Qpixel Technology International, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, raised $25 million in second round funding for its low-power digital video and audio encoder/decoder solutions. Qpixel's low latency, high quality...

Raza Microelectronics (RMI), a start-up specializing in high-performance silicon for networking platforms, will acquire AMD's MIPS-based "Alchemy" processor product line. At the same time, AMD will become an investor in...

Cisco Systems agreed to acquire privately-held Metreos Corp of Austin, Texas, and Audium Corp of New York in two separate deals. Both of these companies offer application creation/integration environments which...

ANDA Networks, a late stage venture backed supplier of carrier-class Ethernet solutions, raised an additional $10.5 million round of equity funding. ANDA said its worldwide shipments have more than doubled...

Overture Networks, a start-up based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, raised $7.5 million in third round funding for its converged packet access platforms. Overture Networks provides high-speed networking platforms...

Yipes Enterprise Services raised $17.5 million in fourth round funding, including a $9 million line of credit from SVB Silicon Valley Bank and additional Series D funding of $8.5 million...

SkyCross, a start-up developing advanced wireless antennas, announced an investment from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation, as part of their latest round of financing led by...