VentureLoop Insider Startup News: 5/1/08

                                     

Startup News

Baird Capital Partners Asia Closes First Investment    Austin Ventures Announces Partnership with Jeffrey Dachis to Create Social Enterprise Software and Services Company  (Austin Ventures Jobs)    Kleiner Perkins reportedly raising a $400M-plus "green growth" fund   (KPCB Jobs) We should be talking more about Optisolar - a solar startup with big plans  Lightspeed Funding Turns Facebook Application Into "Serious Business"   (Facebook Jobs) Maybe The Fight Against Click Fraud Isn't Hopeless After All   (Austin Ventures Jobs) Source: Benchmark Invests In TuneWiki To Bring Song Lyrics To iPhone  (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Constant Contact prices offering   (Constant Contact Jobs) Xobni's Secret Project: Merge Outlook With Yahoo Mail    Jajah Gives Yahoo Voice, AOL Wants Others to SIP AIM Voice  (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Zoho Adds Macros and Pivot Tables to Online Spreadsheets    Yelp Lets Businesses Fight Back  (Yelp Jobs) Rambus stock up after court ruling  (MDV Jobs) AdMob Offers Free Mobile Metrics Package   (AdMob Jobs)

 

                                                

                 

                          

Funding News

SkyFuel raises $17M for solar thermal mirrors    TechnoSpin raises $8M for small wind turbines   Docstoc raises $3.25M, starts running banner ads    Fidelis Security Systems gets $22M for network security    RightScale Raises $4.5 Million From Benchmark Capital   (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Jobster raises another $7M   (Jobster Jobs) InvenSense Secures $19 Million Dollars in Series C Funding    Retail Convergence Takes $25 Million Series A    Solar tech maker Xunlight shines with $22M series B    Nuon Therapeutics raises $27 million    ReliOn Secures 'C' Round Financing    LeadPoint Secures $6 Million From Silicon Valley Bank Ventures    Kaazing gets $1M initial funding    Obopay adds global investors for cell phone payment system    Buzzd gets funding for location-based mobile services   (Buzzd Jobs) Enerpulse raises $5M for vehicle fuel efficiency    Silverpop, an on-demand marketer, takes $15M    Friends For Sale creators raise financing, not for sale  Massage chair company Zubio gets funding to help stressed techies relax    Media6Degrees raises $2 million for online advertising analytics    Akoha to build cause-related social games, raises $1.9 million    Twitter secures its new $15-$20M round?    Verdiem pulls in $12M for power-saving software   (Verdiem Jobs) Key Principal Partners Announces $23.5 Million Investment in AMPAM Parks Mechanical, Inc.    Pacific Title & Art Studio Announces Growth Financing    SaysMe.TV Closes Series A Investment from Leading Venture Funds Including Intel Capital, Prime Capital and Katalyst Films    Brook Venture leads $3.6M investment in PointCare Technologies    Stealthy device maker ExploraMed raises $18.5M    Intacct raises $15M new funding  (Intacct Jobs) PlumChoice nets $2.8M in funding    Innovative advertising startup TVeez gets $15M first funding   (Tveez Jobs) Wishpot, a gift registry and shopping service, gets $1M    AppFolio takes $22M for property management software    SkyPilot Networks Closes New Round of Financing    Constellation Pharmaceuticals Closes $32 Million in Series A Funding    Enterprise 2.0 startup WorkLight secures $12 M Series B    Pontiflex Raises $2.5 Million in Series A Funding    mBeat Media takes $1.5M round, seeks more  Cortera Raises $8 Million in Funding Round Led By CIBC    Record Labels Strategically Invest $2.8M in MOG  TheStreet Puts Mad Money on Geezeo    Colorado's Smashburger Raises $15M From Quiznos Founder     CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals Raises $37 Million in Series C Financing  Sales management company Xactly raises $30M