08 May 2009
• Gov. Patrick awards $968 million in loans for drinking and waste water
• Q-Cells Joins Solar Peers in Raising Money by Selling Shares
• Transonic Combustion Completes New Round of Venture Funding
• Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Proposed $200.0 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering
• Despite Recession, ExactTarget Raises A Whopping $70 Million For Marketing Software
• Craigslist Competitor OLX Scores $5 Million For Online Classifieds
• Avatar Startup FUHU Raises $6.25 Million, Strikes Deal With Acer To Put Widgets In PCs
• PE, Venture Funds Eye Offbeat Sectors To Ride Out Downturn
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17 April 2009
• World Bank Approves $75 Million for Energy Modernisation in Rural Uganda
• A123 Systems Raises $69M
• Ex-Im Bank Approves US $61M for SolarWorld
• TWSA receives $13.3M for treatment plant
• Luxim Completes $12 Million Series C Funding Round
• FERC approves $10B grid upgrade for wind projects
• Ember Raises $8 Million for ZibBee Smart Grid Technology
• Nuventix Gets $8 Million for LED Cooling Technology
• Collective Media Nabs $20 Million Funding
• SoundCloud Raises €2.5 Million For Professional Music Collaboration Hub
• Goom Radio Raises Venture Capital
• Networking Startup Raises First Venture Round
• ExtraHop Raises $5.1 Million in Series A Funding
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• Rosetta IPO Prices Above Range; First In Nearly A Year
• Bridgepoint Raises $141.8 Million in Second U.S. IPO This Year
• Stimulus Funds Pay For Special Education
• Senate Supports $63 Million Increase for K-12 Education
• PE Appetite for Education Firms Soars
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01 May 2009
• WebEx Founder Backs Chint Solar, Contributes to $50M Round
• Marin Raises $13 Million For Search Engine Optimization Software
• Twitter-based Shopping Service Launches, Raises $4.7 Million In Funding
• House passes K-12 bill that allocates $13.7 billion, keeps funding steady
• Intelliworks Closes Series D Funding Round Led by Existing Investors and MMV Financial
• ‘Green Technology’ Firm Based On MSU Science Lands $21M In Venture Capital
• Associated Content Lands $6 Million for Publishing Platform
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• New $90 million fund will extend SolarCity integration service to new states
• EV Infrastructure Developer ECOtality Gets $300 Million Credit Line From Chinese Partner
• LDK Solar acquires Best Solar’s crystalline module manufacturing plant
• Company Promising Electricity from Heat (and Vice Versa) Gets $2.7 Million
• Adenyo lands $30M to expand mobile marketing platform globally
• Exponential Entertainment raises funding for Hollywood Player casual games
• MySpace co-founder DeWolfe moves into social gaming with MindJolt acquisition
• Playdom eyes a bigger Facebook presence by acquiring Offbeat Games
• Arkayne Inc., Closes Funding Round, Prepares to Launch First Two Products
• ReachLocal Acquires SMB Live, Looks To Build Digital Presence, Reputation Management
• Mobclix Acquires iPhone App Sales Analytics Software Heartbeat
• MOG raises $9.5 million for all-you-can-eat music subscriptions
• eBay acquires a site that sells products from the developing world
• Kaplan IT Learning Acquires Atlantic Link Limited and Atlantic Link, Inc.
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22 May 2009
• SolarBridge Seeks Up to $15M, Launches Microinverters in 4Q
• VIP E-Com Service Geelbe Raises $1M Round, Eyes Latin-America
• Intel Capital To Invest In 2 Digital Content Companies In Jordan
• Education Online Services Corp Announces $5 Million Financial Aid
• India’s First Education-Focused PE Fund Has Back-To-Basics Tack
• Target Provides More Than $18 Million in Education Stimulus
• Progress Energy Invests $600,000 in K-12 Education in the Carolinas
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29 May 2009
• Geothermal and Solar get more than $460M in stimulus funding
• SAIL-backed cleantech start-ups to secure $3B in Government funds
• Tigo Energy Reaches Key Milestones, Raises $10 M 'B' Round Financing
• Heyzap Closes Seed Funding Round For Its Flash Gaming Widget
• Nelnet Completes Initial Placement Through Straight-A Funding
• Marklogic Raises $12.5M More For Publishing Infrastructure
05 June 2009
• Burrill & Company and Khosla Ventures Invest in HCL CleanTech
• Turbine Air Systems, Inc. Receives Growth Equity Financing
• MasTec Announces Pricing of Convertible Note and Common Stock Offering
• Greylock Partners Invests in Israeli Content and New Media Co
• Best Buy strikes up digital media investment fund with Fuse Capital
• Venture Firms Back ‘Hybrid’ IPOs to Help Startups Sell Shares
• Cliqset Debuts Second Iteration Of Social Identity Platform, Raises $1.5 Million
• my6sense Raises $2M for Digital Intuition, Native iPhone App Imminent
12 June 2009
• Semprius Gets $6.4 Million for Advanced Semiconductor Technology
• Answers Corp. Announces Exercise by Redpoint Ventures of $7 Million Second Tranche Warrant
• Colorado Gets $509M For Education From Part Of Stimulus Plan
• Arizona Gets $681 Million In Stimulus Funding For Education
• Wimba Closes $6 Million in Series C Funding Led by ABS Ventures
• $891M In Stimulus Aid Will Help New Jersey Education Budget
19 June 2009
• BOKU Receives $13M From Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures
• Myers Motors Gets Seed Funding for Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
• The Daily Start-Up: Obama Calls for Regulation of Venture Capital
• ‘Cash-Flow Positive’ Startup Animoto Raises $4.4 Million Funding Round
• I Love Rewards Closes Series B Round with $8.7 Million in Financing
• Zoosk Raises $6 Million in Third Round of Funding Led By Canaan Partners
• AdWhirl Scores $1 Million For Dynamic Ad Platform For The iPhone
• Kleiner Perkins Caulfied & Buyers May Raise iFund’s $100 Million Cap
• Pearson VUE Selected by Citrix as Exclusive Test Delivery Partner
• Carnegie Learning® Math Software for 2009-2010 School Year Enhances Individualized Learning
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26 June 2009
• $15.4 Million In Stimulus Funds To Bolster Clean Energy Programs, Green Collar Jobs
• Tesla Gets $465M Federal Loans For Model S, Powertrain Production
• Smart Awarded £2.5m Funding From Technology Strategy Board To Create Further Electric Car Trials
• Cello Energy: Quiet Khosla-Backed Cellulosic Ethanol Company Emerges
• FuelCell Announces Closing of $24M Registered District Offering
• Glubble Scores $1 Million, Simplifies Photo Sharing With Your Family
• Reductive Labs Secures $2.0 Million Funding Round Led by True Ventures
• LiquidPlanner Finds $1 Million For Project Management Software
• Geodelic Raised $3.5 Million For Location-Aware Recommendations
• Rhode Island Competing for $100M in Federal Education Funding
• 2tor Raises $10 Million To Help Universities Manage Online Degree Programs
03 July 2009
• Indian Cleantech Companies Raised a Total of $131 Million Last Quarter
• Cleantech Group: Solar Startups See Venture Capital Fall in 3Q
• SDCmaterials, Inc. Closes Series B Round With Investment From Volvo
• Solix Biofuels Completes $16.8 Million in Series A Funding
• Suntech Signs $50 Million Convertible Loan Agreement with IFC
• Department of Energy Sets Funding Criteria for Smart Grid Applicants
• SunPower, Wells Fargo Team to Finance $100 Million in Solar Projects
• StyleCaster Closes on $4 Million Series A Funding Led by Internet Entrepreneur Dan Gilbert
• Government releases $4 billion in broadband stimulus funds
• MojoPages Raises $5M in Series A Funding From Austin Ventures
• 178.5 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for West Virginia to Save Jobs and Drive Reform
10 July 2009
• Phoebus Energy raises $1m to develop innovative heating system
• SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. Garners $3 Million Investment For Carbon Nanotube Products
• Nordic Windpower catches $16M from the DOE for turbine tech
• Image Licensing Network GumGum Grabs $2.6 Million And Is Growing Fast
• Jolicloud Raises $4.2M From Atomico, Mangrove; Zennström Takes Board Seat
• Nibi Software Group Secures Funding, Adds Executive Expertise
• Wavelink Receives Investment from WestView Capital Partners
17 July 2009
• ATEL Ventures Commits Financing to Cleantech Company, Enerkem
• Aloqa Raises $1.5 Million; Launches Beta Application at MobileBeat Conference
• Viadeo secures $5m more funding, but it still needs a breakout strategy
• Outspark Raises $8.3 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate Global Growth
• Pandora Raises A Huge Round, Post Streaming Rate Agreement
• Rendell Pushes For $418 Million In Extra Education Funding
24 July 2009
• American Superconductor snaps up $12M for smart grid projects
• P2i raises $6.7M to exploit opportunities in nano-coating technology worldwide
• DOE Rolls Out $47M for Smart Grid Demos, Unveils First Smart Grid Status Report
• Tendril Helps Get Stimulus Grants for Smart Energy Pioneers
• Project Fair Bid Raises $4.5 Million For Stealth Auction Platform
• As Ning’s U.S. Audience Flattens, It Raises Another $15 Million
• SlideRocket Raises $5 Million For Online Presentation Platform
• Acquia Finds $8 Million For Development Of Publishing System Drupal
• Leading Chinese Online Advertising Company AdChina Completes Series B Financing
31 July 2009
• Cleantech investing surges 73 percent in Q2 after gloomy Q1
• Grid Net Raises Series C Round to Accelerate 4G Wireless Smart Grid Solution Deployments
• U.S. Department of Energy to invest up to $11.8 million in solar energy grid integration systems
• Coda Automotive gets new investment from Henry Paulson, Piper Jaffray
• FRX Polymers raises $6MM VC money to develop green plastics
• SunRun Closes $18m Equity Investment; Will Expand Affordable Home Solar Power
• Blue Spark Technologies Announces First Closing of $5.0 Million Series B Funding
• Former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe Raising Money For New Venture
• Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud
• U.S. Education Secretary Approves Request for Stimulus Money
07 August 2009
• Online Ad Marketplace TRAFFIQ Scores $10 Million in Series B Funding
• Power Assure Raises $2.5 Million for Data Center Energy Management
• TMO's heat-loving bug helps secure £11 million for cellulosic ethanol technology
• Renewable Ventures Closes $200 Million Fund for Solar Financing
• MediaMath Secures $12.5 Million in Growth Capital Financing
• Continuity Engine Expands Presence with New Round of Funding and Partnership
• WeFi’s Directory Nearly 30 Million WiFi Hotspots Strong, Raises More Funding
• Social Recruiting Start-up KODA.us Completes $3M Round of Angel Funding
• Bill.com Raises $8.5 Million To Streamline Business Bill Payments
• iSyndica Raises $350K in Angel Funding During Its Series A Financing
• Woodruff Arts Center Gets $12M Boost For Education Programs
21 August 2009
• Grid Net Filing Shows $13.8 Million Series C Funding Round
• Pragma secures VC funding to advance its hydrogen fuel cells
• Ubidyne Secures $14.4 Million from Gimv and Current Investors
• WiFi provider Skyblox is first company to raise funding via Twitter
• Scoreloop scores $2.8 million for socializing iPhone games
• E-commerce service provider GSI raises $87.9 million in stock sale
• Polyvore Looks Stylin’ In This New $5.6 Million Round Of Funding
• Edo Interactive culls $8.5M for payment cards with digital rewards
• MyWebGrocer receives $13 million in funds—its first outside investment
• Zendesk, the help desk that sits in the cloud, gets another boost
28 August 2009
• Wegmans Grocery Gets $1 Million Grant for Fuel Cell Technology
• Waste Management takes stake in waste-to-fuel startup Terrabon
• Washington startup secures funding for secret utility-scale solar
• GE Energy to Acquire Offshore Wind Turbine Supplier ScanWind of Norway
• SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG Acquires Aerisyn L.L.C in the USA Capacity of 250 Towers
• Admob buys mobile ad aggregrator AdWhirl — takes out major threat
• Balihoo Raises $7 Million To Help National Brands Market Themselves At The Local Level
• Branchr Advertising Acquires Online Collaboration Software Maker Atomplan
• Live Gamer doubles down on virtual goods with Twofish acquisition
• Smith & Tinker raises $29 million to launch Nanovor web game and toy
• Bridgepoint Education has proposed public offering of Common Stock
• Ashworth College has raised funding from Sterling Partners
04 September 2009
• Indian Energy Raises $15.9 Million, Lists Shares on London's AIM Stock Exchange
• Private equity firm Icos Capital invests in clean water company BiAqua
• Portugal's EDPR Gets $101.9M In Financing For US Wind Park
• CFX Battery Ups Funding to $20M, Seeks to Double Investment
• Battery Startup Seeo Raises $8.6M, With Khosla Back for More
• MySQL founders invest in Swedish mobile tech startup Mobile Sorcery
• Music Video JV Site Vevo Raising Money At $300 Million Valuation
• Vidly changes name from TwitVid.io, pulls in angel funding from Ron Conway
• Angel Investor Chris Sacca To Launch $5 million Early Stage Venture Fund
11 September 2009
• Westly Group Raising Over $100 Million For New Cleantech Fund
• Timken Prices Public Offering of $250 Million Senior Unsecured Notes due 2014
• Cerego Raises $3.4 Million For Smart.fm, Launches Facebook Friend Quiz
• Jobvite takes $8.2M to expand recruiting on social networks
• Riot Games launches hardcore fighting game in China, gets $8M boost
• Automattic acquires spellchecking company After the Deadline
• Ariadne Capital finally puts skin in the game with a £20m fund
• Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. Acquires Leading Private K-12 Online and Distance Learning School
18 September 2009
• Tesla gets $82.5M investment from Fjord Capital Management;
• Chevron, Intervale fund Soane $10M to clean up oil extraction
• Cougar Energy scores A$8M for underground coal gasification
• GreenBytes Gets $8M from Battery Ventures for Data Storage De-Duplication
• Tangent acquires customer insight agency Snowball in £3.2m deal
• Nokia’s NAVTEQ buys Acuity Mobile for location-based advertising
• InXpo raises $9M for virtual events business expansion from Highland Capital Partners
• Avere Systems raises $15M to build cheaper, more powerful enterprise storage
• Grand Canyon Education priced common stock at $16.5 per share for public offering
• Bridgepoint Education files to withdraw registration statement for public offering of common stock
25 September 2009
• Biofuel Company LS9 Closes $25M third round of funding With Chevron Backing
• Serious Materials puts together $60M in a third round of venture funding for green building supplies
• Silver Spring Announces Acquisition of Greenbox Technology
• Rennovia Grabs $12M first round of venture funding led by 5AM Ventures and Versant Ventures
• Intel invests $500K in Canada’s TransGaming to build on-demand games
• TargetCast buys Ripple Networks for out-of-home TV advertising
• Rubicon Project secures $9m VC funding, led by GE/NBC Universal’s Peacock Equity Fund
• Vuclip raises $6M second round of funding for mobile video search and delivery
• Marketo raises third round for marketing automation solutions
• RuggedCom buys WiMax equipment provider WiNetworks for $9 million
• Fwix sorts out $2.75M first round of funding from BlueRun Ventures to aggregate local news
• Rearden Commerce Raises Another $40 Million Series F funding from JPMorgan Chase
• Alice.com Raises $4 Million Series B Funding For Household Goods Shopping Platform
• Altius Education Raises $8 Million Series A Funding to Grow Online Higher Education Programs
• Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced a public offering of 4 million shares
• TA Associates to Acquire Vatterott Educational Centers from Wellspring Capital Management
02 October 2009
• ReneSola Announces Pricing of Follow-on Public Offering of 15,500,000 ADS at $4.75
• SolarCity scores $100 million from U.S. Bancorp to finance solar arrays
• International Power Buys Wind Farm Developer AIM PowerGen Corporation for GBP69M
• Abu Dhabi looks to raise $600M for renewable energy hub, Masdar City
• Booyah rakes in $5M in a second round of funding for online social game based on real life
• Firetide raises $8.6M in a fifth round of venture funding to provide wireless mesh networks
• Delivery Agent snags $24.8M in a fourth round of funding to supply entertainment e-commerce tools
• eBureau Secures $10 Million in Series C Funding Led by Tenaya Capital
• OnLive raises big round from AT&T and others for on-demand gaming
• NeoEdge raises $4M for in-game video ads from game-focused VC firm
• Alibaba.com Buys 85% Stake in Internet-Service Provider China Civilink (Cayman) for US$63.8M
• EnticeLabs Raises $2 Million From First Advantage and Omniture Founders
• Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. Acquires the Rhoades School
• China Education Alliance Prices Its 3.16 Mln Public Offering at $5.50 Per Share
• Credit Suisse private equity fund Buying 25% of Santillana
• Lincoln Educational Services priced public equity offering of 4M shares at $20.25 per share
09 October 2009
• Venture Capital, $150B Government Investment Boost CleanTech
• Infinis Energy GBP91 million takeover offer For Novera Rejected
• Verenium Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
• Renewable Energy Generation Sheds Canadian Wind Developer AIM PowerGen for $110 Million Cash
• DailyMotion raises $22.1 million for French user-generated video site
• Amie Street raises $3.9 million in a second round of funding for online music store
• Burst Moves Into Giant Realm for $2.1 million in cash and stock
• Engine Yard Raises $19 Million In Series C For Ruby-On-Rails Hosting
• Box.net Acquires Increo Solutions To Expand Document Collaboration And Sharing
• ThreatMetrix brings in $6.1M in a round of equity to fend off online fraud
• Loomia snags $1.5M in debt and rights to recommend news, products
• Noah Education announced an investment of $1 million in Franklin Electronic Publishers
• Education Management announced further amendment of tender offer for the company's outstanding notes
• Brooklyn College Receives Nearly $2 Million in Stimulus Grants
16 October 2009
• Siemens Snaps Up Solel for $418M, Eyes Solar Thermal Expansion
• Sempra Unit Buys Hawaii Wind Farm From Royal Dutch Shell Unit
• SolarEdge garners $23 million in funding led by GE Energy Financial Services
• U.S. Department of Energy Earmarks $5 Million for ComEd Smart Grid Solar Pilot
• Siemens Financial Services Provides US $178M Credit Facility to Windy Point Partners
• Western Chinese Province To Invest US$2.2 bln In Solar Power
• Korea Electric to Invest 1.3 Trillion Won in Carbon Capture
• Morgan Solar Raises $4.7M in first-round funding, Opens Pilot Line for CPV
• Good Data raises $2.5M in new funding for business intelligence
• Sigma Designs buys home-networking chip maker CopperGate for $160M
• GroundWork lays claim to $5M funding led by Canaan Partners for IT operations management software
• Transactiv Secures $1.2 Million In Series A Venture Funding
• GOOD Scores Series A round of funding Funding, Strategic Partnerships To Help Improve The World
• Ooyala gets $10M in a third round of venture funding for online video
• The McGraw-Hill Companies signs agreement to sell BusinessWeek to Bloomberg
23 October 2009
• Maine Gets $8 Million to Develop and Test Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platforms
• Canadian Solar Announces Closing of Follow-on Offering of Common Shares
• Stoke clings to dream of seamless WiFi-to-cellular roaming, raises $5M more
• Equinix Acquires Switch & Data Facilities for $689 Million
• Unity Technologies raises $5.5M from Sequoia Capital for 3-D game technology
• REvolution Computing Announces $9 Million in New Funding and Names Norman H. Nie CEO
• Scout Labs scores $4M in funding for brand-management tools
• Advantage Capital Invests in St. Louis-Based Computime, Inc
• Stealth Startup Palaran Raises $1 Million From True Ventures
• Internet marketing firm HubSpot closes fresh funding round
• Kosmix Acquires Cruxlux, The Online Version Of ‘Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon’
30 October 2009
• Green Retrofit Financier Renewable Funding Snaps Up $12.2M
• New Japanese Prime Minister Offering Indonesia $400 Million in Climate Change Funding
• Fisker Automotive to Buy U.S. Assembly Plant to Build Affordable Plug-in Hybrid Cars
• comScore Acquires Latin American Web Measurement Company Certifica.
• Aurora Feint raises funding from big Japanese mobile portal operator
• Vdopia raises $4M Series A for high-clickthrough App Store ads
• Watercooler Inc. Announces $5.5 Million Series B Funding Led by Strategic Corporate Investor Betfair
• Unity Technologies Announces Investment From Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley Luminaries
• Netpulse Raises $3.1 Million For Fitness Entertainment Technology
• Online ad network AudienceScience secures $20 million in venture funding
• Sequoia Capital Invests In Bump Technologies, The iPhone-Tapping Data Swap App
• Alibaba.com spins off Ali-Institute as an individual company
07 November 2009
• ECOtality Raises $15 Million in Equity for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Technology
• New Cycle Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Invest $12.2 Million in PACE Solar Renewable Funding
• Global Corporates Looking to Invest Heavily in Cleantech - Ernst & Young
• First Solar Buys Ausra Solar Project; PG&E Power Purchase Deal Is Off
• Schiff Announces $40 Million in Federal Grants for Energy-Efficiency Smart Grids
• Renewable Funding takes $12.2M to urge conversion to solar
• CubeTree Secures $8 Million in Series B Financing Led by InterWest Partners
• Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital
• Indicee Raises $6 Million For Cloud-Based Business Intelligence Reporting Tool
• Credit Karma Raises $2.5 Million To Take The Mystery Out Of Credit Scores
• EmSense, the company that reads your brain’s reactions to ads, gets boost
• Altruik Secures $4.7 Million in Series A Round of Financing
• Greylock Partners recruits LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, raises $575M fund
• Bling Nation gets another $20M funding for its pay-by-cellphone system
14 November 2009
• China Solar Power Buys ThinSilicon, Enters Amorphous Silicon Fray
• Invicta Capital plans £300m fund to invest in Scottish biomass power plants
• Kodiak Venture Partners Leads $5-million Inside, Up Round Investment in AppNexus
• Apprenda Closes $5 Million Investment Led by New Enterprise Associates
• Archipelago Learning sets IPO share price between $15 and $17
21 November 2009
• China Sovereign Fund Buys $710 Million Stake in GCL-Poly Energy
• LDK Solar Sells 15% Ownership Stake in Its 15,000 MT Polysilicon Plant
• Business intelligence company Manthan Systems raises second round
• Placecast lands $5M more for location-triggered mobile advertisements
• Outright raises $5.5M to help small businesses with their finances
• Adknowledge Continues Shopping Spree, Acquires SocialMedia.com’s Ad Network
• Like.com Acquires Street Style Fashion Community Weardrobe
• American Express targets web and mobile payments with $300 million deal
• Zynga raises more venture capital for social gaming expansion
• Evernote Secures $10 Million in Series B Financing Led by Morgenthaler Ventures
• Second Century Ventures Makes Strategic Investment in DocuSign
• Zenph Sound Innovations, Inc. Announces $10.7 Million Funding, New CEO and Board Members
• Archipelago Learning 6.25M-Share IPO Priced At $16.50 Each
• Chegg.com Secures $112 Million to Fund Explosive Growth in Online Textbook Rentals
28 November 2009
• Draper Fisher to Raise $400 Million for Startups in India, U.S.
• L.A. gets $60-million stimulus grant for 'smart grid' electric power system
• Fast-growing sync service Dropbox reveals $6M of new-ish funding
• Facebook co-founder’s Asana raises $9M from Benchmark, Andreessen-Horowitz
• Clearwire takes on $920M more to build out wireless networks
• Adconion Media Group buys Joost assets, ending a long saga
• EVO Media Group raises $1.5M to help you build a moneymaking website
• FlightCaster Takes Off With $1.3 Million In Funding And A New API
• Idaho competes for $75 million in federal grant for public schools
04 December 2009
• ExactTarget Raises $75 Million More, Up To $145 Million In Venture Capital
• Bizo Announces $6 Million of Funding Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
• StockTwits gets $3M more for stock-related comments on Twitter
• Korean Ad Firm Cheil Worldwide to Acquire Boston's Barbarian Group
• gWallet raises $12.5M for more ethical virtual currency/offers system
• Aquantia Announces $44M Financing as It Begins Its Next Leap in 10G Ethernet Connectivity Solutions
• IBM Set To Acquire Cisco-backed Database Security Startup Guardium For $225 Million
• Broadcom buys Dune Networks for $178M to make insanely fast networking chips
• Education Realty Trust Closes $48 Million Expansion of Fannie Mae Credit Facility
11 December 2009
• EnerNoc Buys Its Way Into Building Management: Expect More Mergers
• Next Generation Texting Company GOGII Raises $8.2 Million in New Financing
• Pageonce Announces One Million U.S. Registered Smartphone Users and $10M in Funding
• Cloud Engines Raises $3 Million For Global Expansion Of Pogoplug
• Gowalla Raises $8.4 Million in a Venture Capital Round Led by Greylock Partners
• PlumChoice Raises $10 Million in Bank Financing with Silicon Valley Bank
• Coveo Announces Completion of $8.2 Million Series B Financing
• Service-now.com Gets $41M Infusion; CEO, CFO Take $37M Off Table
• Augmented reality startup Tonchidot raises $4 million, will use virtual goods for revenue
• Video Professor to Leverage “Strong Brand Equity” To Raise $10 Million
• Voyager Learning Company and Cambium Learning completes merger
18 December 2009
• Earth Capital Partners completes first round for renewable energy mega-fund
• Silver Spring becomes the smart grid’s golden goose with new $100M
• SunRun snags $90M more from Bancorp to expedite residential solar
• United Technologies to Buy 49.5% Stake in Clipper Windpower
• Pertamina Geothermal Receives $1b In Loans to Develop 3 Power Plants
• Affiliate marketing platform Skimlinks secures $1.5M Series A funding
• Google In Discussions To Acquire Yelp For A Half Billion Dollars Or More
• Artfact Raises $13 Million of Growth Capital From Commonwealth and Ascent
• Foursquare rival Rummble acquires Wi-Fi finder Total Hotspots
• AlikeList raises $5M to help local businesses get discovered
• Clarizen gives companies real-time glimpses into project pipelines, raises $8 million
• Widevine raises $15M for delivering web video to consumer gear
• Netformx dials up $12M to automate telecom network designs
• GoWalla Worth Nearly $30 Million After Financing. Time To Make Your Move, Facebook.
• ZumoDrive Lands $1.5 Million For Cloud Storage And Syncing Application
• Microsoft buys Opalis to strengthen cloud management capabilities
• The American Academy Raises $5.9 Million From Austin Ventures
25 December 2009
• LDK Solar Announces Closing of Follow-on Public Offering of 16.52 Million American Depositary Shares
• OM Group to Acquire Advanced Battery Manufacturer EaglePicher Technologies, LLC for $171.9 Million
• Bluefly gets a $15 million lift from equity investor Rho Ventures
• Chegg Founder Raises Another $7.5 Million For Stealth Startup Kakai
• Globalstar buys up Axonn assets to add satellite tracking technology
• Curse Raises $6 Million As It Looks To Become The Ultimate Gaming Resource
• Flurry and Pinch Media to create mobile analytics powerhouse
• Lookout Launches: Visionaries See Mobile Security Opportunity
• Backed By Google Ventures, EnglishCentral Raises $3.5 Million For Video Language Learning
• Etsy Buys Retail Product Ad Platform Adtuitive, Gains Five New Programmers
31 December 2009
• Motech to purchase GE Energy's Delaware Solar Module Assembly Operation
• Biofuel maker Codexis stuns cleantech market, files for $100M IPO
• PowerReviews gobbles $4.9M to gather intel for online retailers
• Kakai secures $7.5M for stealthy consumer electronics device
• Center’d lands $1.9M to help you find local events, activities
• Interactive Trip Sharing Service EveryTrail Locates $1 Million In Funding
• Jingle Networks Rings In The New Year With A $6.75 Million Funding To Go After Geo Ads
• Webvanta raises funds to help designers build complex websites
• GP Strategies Announces $20.0 Million Equity Investment by Sagard Capital Partners, L.P.
07 January 2010
• HaloSource Raises $10 Million to Drive Its HaloPure® Drinking Water Purification Business
• Morgan Solar adds another $3.5 million to first-round financing, and from Canadian VCs
• Jive Acquires Filtrbox, Adds Real-Time Analytics Capabilities
• Aggregate still shifting from e-commerce recs to ad analytics with $9M
• Stylesight Raises $5 Million For Fashion Trend Forecasting Tools
• Remote Tech Support Company iYogi Gets A $15 Million Boost From DFJ, Others
• Research Consolidation: Gartner Acquires Burton Group For $56M In Cash
• Rally Software Grabs $16 Million For Agile Software Development Tools
• Quantcast Raises $27.5 Million Series C Round From Cisco And Prior Investors
• LivingSocial grabs $5 million more to expand group-shopping deals
• viaLanguage Acquires e-Learning Company Planet Productions
• Intel commits $200 million to education, some destined for Arizona
22 January 2010
• 2009 venture investments lowest since 1997, cleantech fell 52 percent
• PG&E Corp to Provide $60M in Financing for Solar Installations
• Fisker Automotive Secures Additional Funding for Plug-in Hybrids
• First Solar Acquires Edison Mission Group Development Pipeline
• Social Media Identity Startup KnowEm Acquires FriendsCall.Me
• Opera Buys Mobile Ad Startup AdMarvel For $8M In Cash Plus A $15M Earnout
• BuyWithMe lands $5.5M to lower prices by coordinating bulk purchasing
• Start-up offering 'Microsoft-free' virtual desktops gets $4 million in funding
• Russian online shopping club KupiVIP.ru scores $20 million in funding
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is to acquire Acorn Education
29 January 2010
• Nissan bags $1.4B from DOE — could shake up the charging station game
• U.S. Sen. Harkin: Harkin announces over $4.3 million for new biofuels research at ISU
• Novozymes gets $28.4 million tax credit to advance biofuels production, create green jobs
• Ciris Energy Closes Round of Financing from GE, Braemar Energy Ventures and Rho Ventures
• ClearEdge raises $11M to make fuel cells common home appliances
• Private Sample Sale Site Beyond The Rack Raises $2 Million
• The Receivables Exchange Closes $17 Million Series C Financing from Bain Capital Ventures
• SolarWinds dishes out $42M for Tek-Tools storage and virtualization products
• AllVoices Raises $3 Million For Citizen Journalism Site; Takes CNN’s iReport Head-On
• Mobile Tech Developer Motricity Files For $250 Million IPO
• Beezag Raises $2.5 Million, Force-Feeds Video Ads In Exchange For Cash
• Educomp To Acquire Online Education Startup StudyPlaces for $1.5M
05 February 2010
• Biofuel leader LS9 buys demo plant to churn out renewable diesel
• $14 Million for Car Chargers; Hara Nabs Intuit; Algae Pilot Plants and More
• Enterprise Twitter-clone Yammer secures $10 million more in funding
• SpiderCloud Wireless Raises $25 Million, Total Funding Now $40 Million
• Fynanz Scores $6.5 Million For Peer-To-Peer Student Lending Platform
• Tora gobbles $36.4 million to provide electronic trading platform for Asian markets
12 February 2010
• 1Bog receives $5 million in private funding to bring solar power to american households
• Going Green: Cleantech VC Funding Narrows Focus to Energy Efficiency
• ADB Approves $135 million Loan For Cleaner Coal-fired Power Plant In China
• Ze-gen Pulls in $17.6M for Waste to Power, Raises Funding Target
• $20 Million for Biofuel Stations, Veolia Plunges into Ice, and Hot Garbage
• Petra Solar receives $15 million investment from Craton Equity Partners
• AMEE secures $5.5m to go global with realtime carbon monitoring
• FundingUniverse Buys TwitJump To Help Startups Leverage Twitter
• Disney and Google to buy into China’s largest bus media firm, Bus Online
• Pursway grabs $6m to help find companies social influencers
• Redpoint Ventures raises $400M fund for investments in social, mobile, and more
• Social Music Player TuneWiki Raises $7M From Motorola Ventures, Others
• Job network Doostang hangs tough with the competition, lands $1.25M
• 2tor Raised $20 Million Series B funding led by Capital Partners
19 February 2010
• Chrysalix Energy Increases Latest Clean-Tech Fund to More Than $100 Million
• Regen absorbs $1.6M to roll out solar-powered lights, stereos and more
• EnerVault lands $3.5M to make cheap, grid-scale batteries a reality
• Social Music Player TuneWiki Gets An Infusion From NTT Docomo
• Refinery29 Raises Seed Funding For Hyperlocal Fashion News Site
• Dazzboard secures $1.5 million to grow its Web-based competitor to iTunes
26 February 2010
• New York State Approves $35 Million Financing for Biomass Plant in Business Park
• Rent The Runway Raises $15 Million For The Netflix For Couture
• LBi and Bigmouthmedia to merge in supposed $150 million deal
• Quantenna raises $15M to make Wi-Fi faster and more reliable
• SproutBaby acquires blogging network EcoMom for online baby product empire
• Strategic Design Network acquires social game payment company Payout Hub
• Citrix adds IT search to its roster with Paglo acquisition
• CA Continues Shopping Spree; Acquires 3Tera To Boost Presence In The Cloud
• Korea’s Danal to buy controlling stake in its mobile payment spin-off
• SecondMarket raises $15M from Asian investors as its business becomes more global
• ErGo Media Capital to pour money into media, game and entertainment startups
• Alibris buys a software developer that specializes in online marketplaces
• Mobile ad network Millennial Media acquires analytics firm TapMetrics
• Wal-Mart Enters Digital Downloading of Movies With Purchase of Vudu
• Open Text Buys Up Content Analysis Startup Nstein Technologies For $34 Million
• Iron Mountain Buys Up Email Archiving Company Mimosa Systems For $112 Million
• MyEdu lands $5.5M more to help you graduate college while saving money