VentureLoop Insider Startup News: 4/17/08

                                     

Startup News

Fewer venture capital firms are raising money       8 Tips For Landing The Perfect Startup Job    Is Sequoia Capital expanding into hedge funds?   (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Powerset: Don't call us a search engine   (Powerset Jobs) Indeed Now Lets You Search for Jobs by Salary    Nokia develops navigating system based on image recognition, landmarks  Sequoia re-ups in Imeem   (Imeem Jobs) Social network Hi5's developer platform is more successful (and spammier?) than MySpace's [updated]   (Hi5 Jobs) FON draws Sistema as strategic investor for international WiFi play   (FON Jobs) Facebook Makes Elitist IM Launch   (Facebook Jobs) RecycleBank uses wireless tech to spur recycling   (KPCB Jobs)

 

                                                

                 

                          

Funding News

RecycleBank Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding from Top Venture Capital Firms   (KPCB Jobs) OLX Raises $13.5 Million to Become Largest International Classified Site on the Web  (Founders Fund Jobs) Rosum raises $15 million for mobile GPS alternatives  Cuill Secures $25M More For Next Generation Search  MyriadHealth Secures $1.5 Million    Aileron Therapeutics raises $10M for expansion and development of research facility    Move Networks Backed by Industry Leaders in $46 Million Series C Funding Round    (Move Networks Jobs) RGB Networks Continues Expansion with New $20 Million Round of Funding    eMeter Juices Up $12 Million   (eMeter Jobs) Wireless startup Fon raises $9.5M    BuddyTV Raises $6 Million From Madrona Venture Group    Heritage Announces $10 Million Financing    Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc. Secures $24.5 Million Financing    SignalDemand gets $20M to expand pricing software   (SignalDemand Jobs) Federated Media takes $50M round    Gridstone raises $10M for providing corporate data to financial analysts    Realtime Worlds Pulls $50M Investment    WaveMaker Software raises $4.5M for web development tools   (WaveMaker Jobs) Xytis gets $7.5M to work on central nervous system disorders   (Atlas Venture Funds Jobs) Central Desktop raises $7M to grow in crowded collaboration market    Anaphore, Inc Receives $8M Financing    StarCite Secures $15 Million of Funding To Meet Rising Demand For Meeting Management Solutions    Neoprobe Receives $3 Million in Clinical Funding    Facebook Ad Network BuddyMedia Raised $6.5M   (BuddyMedia Jobs) Free 411 service Jingle raises $13M    Angie's List collects $35M to expand services    Silver Spring Networks joins rush, with $17.4M for smart grid tech  (Silver Spring Networks Jobs) Mainstream Energy, a local solar installer, gets $40M from Norwegian firm    Digital music store operator PassAlong raising $30M equity round    Cheap Calls! Truphone Raises £16.5 million In Series B   (Truphone Jobs) TripIt raises $5.1 million    mKhoj Rings in $7.1 Million in Series A funding from KPCB and Sherpalo   (KPCB Jobs) Lonelygirl15 and KateModern Creators Raise $5 million, Form EQAL    QD Vision Raises $9 Million in Venture Capital Financing