YouTube Raises $8 Million for Consumer Video Uploads
YouTube, a consumer media company that lets people upload and share short video clips, received $8 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital. This contributes to the initial $3.5...
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Atrica Raises $28.2 Million for Carrier Ethernet
Atrica raised $28.2 million in a new round of new financing to support its carrier Ethernet platforms. The company is currently engaged with 30+ carriers worldwide. Atrica's Carrier Ethernet portfolio...
Rave Wireless Raises $12 Million for GPS-enhanced Mobile Applications
Rave Wireless, a start-up based in New York, closed $12 million in Series B funding for its GPS-enhanced mobile applications for college and university communities. The company business model is...
Panasonic Acquires Tropian for Polar Modulation in Wireless Transmitters
Panasonic Corporation of North America will acquire the assets of Tropian, a start-up developing polar modulation techniques for use in wireless transmitter applications. Tropian's technique, when applied to the transmitter...
Intel Establishes $50 Million Venture Capital Fund for Brazil
Intel has created a US$50 million venture capital fund to promote technology growth in Brazil. Since 1999, Intel Capital has already invested over US$35 million in 13 companies. In 2005,...
FiberZone Raises $8 Million for Fiber Mgt. Tools
FiberZone Networks, a start-up based in Bethesda, Maryland, raised $8 million in second round funding for its automated, physical fiber management tools. Beta trials of the system are planned for...
Groove Mobile Raises $8.5 Million for Mobile Music
Groove Mobile, a start-up based in Andover, Mass., raised $8.5 million for its mobile music e-commerce platform. Groove Mobile is powering the new Sprint Music Store as well as mobile...
Napatech Secures $5 Million for Programmable Adapters
Napatech, a start-up based in Copenhagen, raised $5 million in new funding for its programmable network adapters. Napatech's product portfolio includes a 1 Gbps and a 10 Gbps platform that...
Sipera Raises $13.2 Million for VoIP Security
Sipera Systems, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, secured $13.2M in series B round funding for its security solutions for VoIP, mobile and multimedia communications. The round was led by...
New Global Telecom Raises $11 million for VoIP Expansion
New Global Telecom (NGT), a provider of hosted VoIP services, raised announced the completion of a $10.75 million Series A Preferred Stock financing round to fund continued expansion. The company...
Cisco to Acquire SyPixx Networks for IP Video Surveillance
Cisco Systems will acquire privately-held SyPixx Networks, a developer of network-centric video surveillance software and hardware, for approximately $51 million in cash and options. SyPixx enables existing analog video surveillance...
AllPeers Raises Funding for Firefox P2P "Drag-and-Share" Functionality
AllPeers Ltd, a software start-up based in Oxford, England, raised series A funding for its peer-to-peer multimedia application for the Firefox browser. Serving as an extension to Firefox, AllPeers uses...
Novera Secures $7.4 Million for Optical Access
Novera Optics, a start-up based in Santa Clara and Daejeon, South Korea, raised $7.4 million in new funding for its fiber optic access solutions for global markets. Last year Novera...
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