Hot Start-ups

Mocana, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $25 million in Series D funding to scale the company's Mobile and Device Security Platform, a software and network services solution for...

AOptix Technologies, a start-up based in Campbell, California, secured $42 million in a Series E round of funding for its advanced iris recognition systems and ultra-high bandwidth wireless optical communication...

Kymeta, a start-up based in Redmond, Washington, has closed a $12 million funding round to develop and bring to market Metamaterials Surface Antenna Technology (MSA-T). The company was incubated by...

Discera announced the production availability of its DSC3001 PureSilicon oscillator for mobile, video, and audio applications. The device is available in frequencies up to 150 MHz and temperature ranges up...

sqrrl, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., announced funding from Atlas Venture and Matrix Partners for its work in security, scalability, and adaptability for�Big Data. The company's core engineering team...

Colt Technology Services has acquired ThinkGrid, a start-up offering tools for enabling cloud services with turnkey management, for an undisclosed sum. ThinkGrid's three key component offering consists of a state...

Motorola Solutions has made a strategic investment in Fixmo, a start-up offering mobile security, compliance and risk management solutions for the public and private sectors. Financial terms were not disclosed....

SiTime, which offers MEMS-based silicon timing solutions that replace legacy quartz products, announced a strategic partnership with Vectron International and Knowles Electronics. The partnership brings a cash investment by Vectron...

VMware agreed to acquire Nicira, a start-up focused on software-defined networking (SDN) for approximately $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million of assumed unvested equity awards. The goal of...

On the first day of trading, shares in Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) rose 26.5% to close at $53.13. This gives the company a market cap of $1.09 billion. President...

Palo Alto Networks announced the initial public offering of 6,200,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $42.00 per share. Goldman, Sachs & Co., and...

Quantance, a venture‐backed semiconductor startup based in Silicon Valley, has begun sampling its third‐generation chip to several major players in the LTE supply chain, including baseband/transceiver chipset providers and handset...

Quantance, a venture‐backed semiconductor startup based in Silicon Valley, has begun sampling its third‐generation chip to several major players in the LTE supply chain, including baseband/transceiver chipset providers and handset...