Quote of the Week

“Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but its the middle that counts the most.” – Unknown Author

Venture Fundings & IPOs

IPOs

Angies List
Indianapolis, IN
Provider of consumer reviews of local professionals and businesses
IPO: $114.3 million
Co-lead underwriters: BofA Merrill Lynch
Nasdaq: ANGI

InvenSense
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of motion sensor chips for Nintendo’s Wii and consumer electronics
IPO: $75 million
Co-lead underwriters: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
NYSE: INVN

Yelp
San Francisco, CA
Provider of online review service for local businesses
IPO Registration: $100 million
Co-lead underwriters: Goldman, Sachs & Co, Citi, and Jefferies & co
Symbol: YELP

Venture Fundings

AdmitPad
Cambridge, MA
Maker of iPad app to help admissions officers review student applications
$3 million
Greylock Partners

Better Place
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of electric car networks to enable mass market adoption of electric cars through a battery switch model
Series C - $200 million
GE, UBS AG, Israel Corp, HSBC Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Ofer Group and Maniv Energy Capital

Braintree
Chicago, IL
Developer of technology that helps online and online commerce companies process credit card payments
$34 million
Accel Partners

Brightroll
San Francisco, CA
Provider of digital video advertising services
$30 million
Trident Capital, True Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners, Comercia Bank

Catalog Spree
Los Altos, CA
Maker of catalog shopping app for the iPad
Series A - $6.1 million
Comcast Ventures, BlackBerry Partners Fund and El Dorado Ventures

CounterTack
Waltham, MA
Maker of in-progress cyber attack intelligence and response technology
Series A - $9.5 million
Fairhaven Capital

CustomMade.com
Cambridge, MA
Provider of online peer-to-peer marketplace connecting shoppers with skilled artisan who create unique luxury custom goods
Series A - $2.1 million
First Round Capital, Google Ventures, Founder Collective, Launch Capital, NextView Ventures, Andrew McCollum, David Tisch

DriveCam
San Diego, CA
Developer of video-based driver safety technology
$85 million
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

Fashionandyou.com
New Delhi, India
Provider of online fashion and lifestyle eCommerce brand
$40 million
Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital India and Nokia Growth Partners

Fundly
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of social networking service for raising money
$8.2 million
Morgenthaler Ventures, Kapor Capital, Correlation Ventures, Seraph Group and Accelerator Ventures

Ginzametrics
Mountain View, CA
Provider f SEO management and analytics dashboard for global enterprises
$1.3 million
500 Startups, Venture 51, Jeff Miller, Ullas Naik, Shogo Kawada and Ryota Matsuzaki

Happiest Minds
Bangalore, India
Provider of IT services
Series A - $45 million
Canaan Partners, Intel Capital and Ashok Soota

HotelTonight
San Francisco, CA
Provider of location based hotel booking app
Series B - $8.6 million
Battery Ventures, Accel Partners and First Round Capital

Impermium
Palo Alto, CA
Maker of social web spam fighting service
Series A - $8 million
Highland Capital Partners, The Social+Capital Partnership and Freestyle Capital

Klip
San Francisco, CA
Maker of iOS app for capturing, sharing, discovering and view mobile videos
Series B - $8 million
Benchmark Capital, Matrix Partners and Alain Rossmann

Rapid7
Boston, MA
Provider of security risk technology
Series C - $50 million
Technology Crossover Ventures and Bain Capital Partners

ServiceMesh
Santa Monica, CA
Maker of enterprise cloud platform
$15 million
Ignition Partners

Spotzot
Santa Clara, CA
Developer of deal targeting platform
Series A - $2.2 million
Cervin Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners and TiE-Silicon Valley Angels

Marketo
San Mateo, CA
Provider of revenue performance management technology
$50 million
Battery Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Mayfield Fund and Storm Ventures

Medivo
New York, NY
Provider of online network for physicians and patients to connect
Series A - $7 million
Safeguard Scientifics

Medley Health
Dublin, CA
Provider of digital marketing and practice management services to physician practices
Series A - $20 million
Cardinal Partners, Technology Partners and Vivo Ventures

Minted
San Francisco, CA
Provider of online design community and eCommerce site
Series B - $5.5 million
Benchmark Capital, IDG Ventures and Menlo Ventures

newBrandAnalytics
Washington, DC
Provider of customer feedback tracking across social media sites for restaurants, hotels and other businesses
Series B - $26 million
New Enterprise Associates, Revolution Ventures, The Entrepreneur’s Fund, Barry Sternlicht, Neil Shah, Quest Hospitality Ventures and Ted Leonsis

New Relic
San Francisco, CA
Provider of application performance management for the cloud and data centers
$15 million
DAG Ventures, Four Rivers Group, Allen & Co, Benchmark Capital, Tenaya Capital and Trinity Ventures

NexGen Storage
Louisville, CO
Provider of shared storage performance quality of service for business critical virtualization
$10 million
Next World Capital, Grotech Ventures and Access Venture Partners

NextNav
Tyson’s Corner, VA
Developer of technology capable of precisely locating objects in buildings and urban areas where GPS signals can’t reach
$19.2 million
Undisclosed investors

SalesVU
Austin, TX
Provider of cloud-based mobile payment application
$600 thousand
Undisclosed investors

Salorix
Santa Clara, CA
Provider of social media marketing and analytics services
Series A - $3.5 million
Inventus Capital and Nexus Ventures Partners

Seniorlink
Boston, MA
Provider of web-based care management services for the elderly
$5 million
Commonwealth Capital Ventures

SymplifyMD
Alpharetta, GA
Provider of technology to manage electronic health records
$4.5 million
Intersouth Partners

TeraDiode
Littleton, MA
Manufacturer of lasers
Series B - $10 million
Argonaut Ventures, Camros Capital and Stata Venture Partners

Thismoment
San Francisco, CA
Provider of digital marketing platform for brands and agencies
Series A - $7.3 million
Sierra Ventures

Trippy
Manhattan Beach, CA
Developer of mobile app that facilitates trip planning
$1.75 million
Sequoia Capital, True Ventures, SV Angel, Rob Solomon, Tim Ferriss, Brian Lee, Gil Ebaz, Brandee Barker, Chase Jarvis, Randi Zuckerberg, Jason Mraz, and Rachel Zoe

Vyatta
Belmont, CA
Maker of networking technology for cloud infrastructures
$12 million
HighBar Partners, JPMorgan, Arrowpath Venture Partners and Citrix Systems

YCharts
Chicago, IL
Maker of tools and services for stock research and analysis
Series B - $3.25 million
Morningstar, Hyde Park Angels and I2A

YuMe
Redwood City, CA
Provider of video advertising technology and services
$12 million
Samsung Ventures and Translink Capital

Zoomingo
Seattle, WA
Provider of mobile shopping discovery solution
$1.3 million
Naya Ventures and Benaroya Capital

ZooZ
Tel Aviv, Israel
Provider of end-to-end payment solution for mobile app developers to integrate digital payment and checkout options into their apps
$1.5 million
Lool Ventures

Zuora
Redwood City, CA
Provider of eCommerce and subscription billing services
Series D - $36 million
Index Ventures, Shasta, Redpoint, Benchmark Capital, Tenaya Capital and Mark Benioff

Executive Moves

ActiveVideo Networks
San Jose, CA
Creator of cloud-based application platform
Named Brian Sereda – Chief Financial Officer, formerly Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer – Virage Logic

BigLever Software
Austin, TX
Provider of systems and software product line engineering framework, tools and services
Named Dr. Paul Clements – Vice President of Customer Success, formerly Senior Member of the Technical Staff – Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Ceragon Networks
Paramus, NJ
Provider of wireless backhaul solutions
Named Aviram Steinhart – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Lumenis

Criteo
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of performance display advertising
Named Frank Weishaupt – Senior Vice President of Sales, formerly Vice President of North American Advertising Marketplaces – Yahoo!

Envysion
Louisville, CO
Provider of managed video as a service solutions
Named Gregory Hodges – Chief Operating Officer, formerly Chief Operating Officer - Digitalsmiths

Hortonworks
Sunnyvale, CA
Contributor to Apache Hadoop projects
Named Mark Himelstein – Vice President of Engineering, formerly Chief Technology Officer - Quantum

Intermec
Everett, WA
Developer and integrator of products, services and technologies to identify, track and manage supply chain assets and information
Named Yukio Morikubo – Senior Vice President and General Counsel, formerly General Counsel and Corporate Secretary – Drugstore.com

Lithium Technologies
Emeryville, CA
Provider of social customer solutions
Named Jim Drill – Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, formerly Vice President of Americas Sales – BMC Software

Magnify.net
New York, NY
Provider of video curation platform
Named Parmjit Kang – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Chief Financial Officer – Fab.com
Named Brittany Gevanter – Seniro Web Project Manager, formerly Media and Project Manager – Best Effect

Morphlabs
Manhattan Beach, CA
Provider of converged dynamic infrastructure services for the enterprise
Named Lee Thomson – Chief Technology Officer, formerly Chief Technology Officer of Consumer Travel and Transportation – HP

Net@Work
New York, NY
Provider of business technology solutions
Named Seth Ellertson – Director of Client Care and Inside Sales, formerly Sr. Director of Sales – Sage

Nimbic
Mountain View, CA
Provider of 3D full-wave electromagnetic integrity solutions
Named Keith Morton – Vice President of Worldwide Sales, formerly Vice President of Global Accounts – Magma Design Automation

OpTier
New York, NY
Provider of business transaction driven application performance management solutions
Named Mark Thompson – President, formerly General Manager and Managing Director for global sales and Sales Support – CA Technologies

Polycom
Pleasanton, CA
Provider of unified communications solutions
Named Dan Sibille – Vice President of North American Channels, formerly Director of Americas Channels – LifeSize Communications

SpotXchange
Denver, CO
Provider of global marketplace for video ad inventory
Named Matt Von Der Muhll – Publisher Development Director APAC, formerly Solutions Manager and Partnerships - Responsys
Named Dylan Robinson – Director of APAC Agency Sales, formerly Advertising Sales Manager – Tribal Fusion
Named Kylie Partridge – APAC Client Services Director, formerly Sales Campaign Management – Tribal Fusion

ThinkVine
Cincinnati, OH
Provider of marketing optimization software
Named Darcy Hoffmann – Vice President of Customer Success, formerly Vice President of Marketing and Product Development – Merrill Corp

Unirac
Albuquerque, NM
Provider of infrastructure for solar power
Named Peter Lorenzen – Chief Executive Officer, formerly President - Quanta Renewable Energy Services

Violin Memory
Mountain View, CA
Provider of fast, scalable Flash memory arrays
Named Scott Metzger – Vice President of Corporate Development, formerly Vice President of Product Engineering and Operations - Apigee

Virtustream
San Francisco, CA
Provider of cloud solutions
Named Shaw Chuang – Vice President of Engineering, formerly Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Emerging Technologies – PGP Corp

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aruba Networks
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of next-beneration network access solutions for the mobile enterprise
Acquired Avenda Systems
Santa Clara, CA
Developer of network security solutions
Terms were not disclosed

BlueStar Energy
Chicago, IL
Provider of energy efficiency and demand response solutions for businesses
Acquired TruBrite Energy Management
Marysville, CA
Provider of energy-efficient solutions for national business chains
Terms were not disclosed

Kratos Defense
San Diego, CA
Provider of national security technology solutions
Acquired SecureInfo
Reston, VA
Provider of cybersecurity services and solutions
$17.5 million

Quest Software
Aliso Viejo, CA
Provider of solutions for management of databases, applications, Windows, virtualization and more
Acquired VKernel
Andover, MA
Provider of virtualized infrastructure operations management
Terms were not disclosed

RapidBuyr
Maynard, MA
Provider of daily deals site
Acquires BizDeals.com
Los Angeles, CA
Provider of daily deals site
Terms were not disclosed

Salesforce.com
San Francisco, CA
Provider of cloud computing services
Acquired Model Metrics
Chicago, IL
Provider of mobile and social cloud consulting services
Terms were not disclosed

Sega
Tokyo, Japan
Maker of video games
Acquired Three Rings Design
San Francisco, CA
Maker of digital games
Terms were not disclosed

TrustedID
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of credit and identity protection services
Acquired Unsbscribe.com
Santa Monica, CA
Developer of social network security for consumers
Terms were not disclosed

Walt Disney
Burbank, CA
Acquired Bubble Media
New York, NY
Provider of online parenting platform
Terms were not disclosed

Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, CA
Acquired interclick
New York, NY
Developer of data-valuation platform for advertisers
$270 million

Discontinuing the Venator Report

Quote of the Week

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu

Venture Fundings & IPOs

IPOs

Imperva
Redwood Shores, CA
Provider of data protection solutions
IPO: $85.5 million
Co-lead underwriters: J.P. Morgan Securities and Deutsche bank Securities
NYSE: IMPV

Venture Fundings

Back9 Network
Simsbury, CT
Provider of multi-platform golf television network
$2.3 million
Triangle Capital

Beyond The Rack
Montreal, QC
Provider of premier online shopping club
$36 million
Panorama Capital, Export Development Canada, Tandem Expansion Fund, Rho Canada, Inovia Capital, Highland Capital Partners and BDC Capital. Shahan Soghikian

Bitzer Mobile
Sunnyvale, CA
Maker of software platform to extend access to enterprise applications and content on mobile devices as native apps
Series A - $4.75 million
Acero Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures

Cloudera
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services
Series D - $40 million
Ignition Partners, Accel partners, Meritech Capital Partners and In-Q-Tel

Comprehend Systems
Palo Alto, CA
Developer of clinical data visualization and analytics software
$1.2 million
Y Combinator, Start Fund, SV Angel, Yuri Milner, Menlo Ventures Talent Fund, Paul Buchheit, Garry Tan, Quotidian Ventures and Crosslink Capital

GaN Systems
Ottawa, ON
Maker of power conversion semiconductors for cleantech applications
Series A – Undisclosed amount
Chrysaliz Energy Venture Capital and Rockport Capital

Intent Media
New York, NY
Provider of online advertising services
$20 million
Redpoint Ventures and Matrix Partners

Kickanotch Mobile
Prairie Village, KS
maker of mobile applications for broadcasting, publishing, online and offline content providers
Series A - $1.1 million
42 Ventures

Kontagent
San Francisco, CA
Maker of enterprise user analytics technology
Series B - $12 million
Battery Ventures , Maverick Capital and Altos Ventures

Kyruus
Boston, MA
Developer of software to match physicians with health care resources
Series B - $3 million
Undisclosed investors

MADS
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Provider of mobile display and messaging ad servicing technology
$1.4 million
OTM Investments

Mavenlink
Irvine, CA
Developer of cloud-based collaborative workspace
$3.9 million
Undisclosed Investors

Mention Mobile
Los Angeles, CA
Developer of social gaming applications
$250 million
Mark Cuban

MineralTree
Boston, MA
Provider of cloud-based banking and payment platform for small and medium-sized businesses
Series A - $1.5 million
.406 Ventures

Mingly
San Francisco, CA
Developer of web service to bring together email and social networks
$500 thousand
Idealab, Allen Morgan and Alex Karelin

MinoMonsters
San Francisco, CA
Developer of video games
$1 million
Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Yuri Milner, General Catalyst, Ignition Partners, Raymond Tonsing and Alexis Ohanian

Phorus
Los Angeles, CA
Provider of wireless home audio products
Series A - $2 million
Undisclosed investors

PunchTab
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of loyalty and giveaway platform for bloggers and businesses
Series A - $4.4 million
Mohr Davidow Ventures

Schematic Labs
San Francisco, CA
Developer of social entertainment applications for mobile devices
$4.75 million
Accel Partners, True Ventures and SoftBank Capital

Scribble Technologies
Toronto, ON
Provider of real-time content publishing and delivery
$4 million
Summerhill Venture Partners and Rogers Ventures

Skimlinks
London, United Kingdom
Maker of an in-text monetization platform for Web publishers
Series B - $4.5 million
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, 500startups, Venrex Investment Management, Sussex Place Ventures, The Accelerator Group, and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

Snipi
Philadelphia, PA
Provider of content collection and organization service
$2.52 million
Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Standing Cloud
Boulder, CO
Provider of cloud application management services
$3 million
Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures

Strangeloop
Vancouver, BC
Provider of web content optimization solutions
Series B - $10 million
Undisclosed investors

Tinkercad
Helsinki, Finland
Provider of 3D printing solutions
$1 million
True Ventures, Eghosa Omoigui, Taher Haveliwala, Jyri Engestrom and Joshua Schachter

Tinubu Square
Paris, France
Provider of cloud technology solutions for the trade credit industry
$15.5 million
Fonds Strategique d’Investissement

Tracelytics
Providence, RI
Provider of application performance management software
Undisclosed amount
Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners and Google Ventures

Urban Airship
Portland, OR
Provider of mobile infrastructure solutions
Series C - $15.1 million
Salesforce.com, Verizon, Foundry Group and True Ventures

WhaleShark Media
Austin, TX
Provider of online coupons and deals
$150 million
J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Institutional Venture Partners

YouMail
Irvine, CA
Provider of cloud-based enhanced telecommunication services
Undisclosed amount
CrunchFund, Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, VantagePoint Capital Partners and Siemer Ventures

Executive Moves

Akami Technologies
Cambridge, MA
Provider of cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device
Named Fredrick Moraillon – Vice President of Marketing for Asia Pacific Japan, formerly Vice President of Marketing for Asia Pacific Japan – Business Objects

Capsilon
San Francisco, CA
Provider of cloud-based document sharing, imaging and collaboration solutions for businesses
Named Sheila Plunkett – Vice President of Sales, formerly Vice President of Sales - Dexma

Certain
San Francisco, CA
Provider of technology solutions for the meetings and events industry
Named Bob Hickey – Vice President of Global Sales, formerly Vice President of Sales for APAC and North America - Atempo

CompassLearning
Austin, TX
Provider of K-12 personalized education software
Named Fred Waugh – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Vice President of Marketing and Vice President of Alliances - Convio
Named Alan Sexter – Vice President of Sales, formerly Regional Vice President of Sales – PLATO Learning

Derycz Scientific
Santa Monica, CA
Distributor of medical and technical articles online
Named Alan Urban – Chief Financial Officer, formerly Vice President of Financie - Inforieve

Engine Yard
San Francisco, CA
Provider of platform-as-a-service
Named Mark Gaydos – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Vice President of Worldwide Marketing – VirtuOz

eWise
Denver, CO
Provider of online and mobile payment solutions
Named Alexandre Gonthier – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Managing Director – Gonthier Venture Partners

FalconStor Software
Melville, NY
Provider of disk-based data protection solutions
Named Bryan Urquhart – Chief Financial officer, formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Intergraph Corp
Named Philippe Bernard – General Manager and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for EMEA, formerly Regional Sales Director for EMEA - Brocade
Named Suresh Nair – Vice President of Sales and Marketing for APAC, formerly Regional Sales Director for Asia Pacific Japan – EMC

Interclick
New York, NY
Provider of data-valuation platform for advertisers
Named Liz Schiff – Senior Vice President of Agency and Industry Relations, formerly Senior Vice President of Sales – Joost

KoolSpan
Bethesda, MD
Provider of mobile security solutions
$5 million
TWJ Capital and Security Growth Partners

Kinaxis
Ottawa, ON
Provider of multi-enterprise planning and “what-if” simulation solutions
Named Aamer Rehman – Vice President of Manufacturing Solutions, formerly Vice President of Industry Strategy and Solutions – JDA Software

Live365
Foster City, CA
Provider of Internet radio and broadcasting
Named Ed Schaffer – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Vice President of Business Operations for MediaWorks – Monster Worldwied

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions
Baltimore, MD
Provider of global cyber situational awareness solutions
Named Rick Gordon – Chief Operating Officer, formerly Managing Director – The Civitas Group

Mimecast
Waltham, MA
Supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365
Named Marcella Mazzucca – Vice President of Strategic Alliances, formerly Senior Director of Worldwied Marketing - Webroot
Named Sean Broderick – Director of Business Development and Channels for North America, formerly Manager of Partner Recruitment and Enablement – Autonomy

Nodeable
San Francisco, CA
Provider of systems intelligence platform for managing and analyzing cloud-based data
Named Matt Asay – Vice President of Business Development, formerly Senior Vice President of Business Development - Strobe

Savi Technology
Alexandria, VA
Provider of operational analytics for organizations
Named Phil Juliano – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Vice President of Global Brand Management and Corporate Communications - Novell

Skire
Menlo Park, CA
Provider of cloud-based solutions for managing capital projects, facilities and real estate
Named Oliver Gachot – Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, formerly Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and General manager of SaaS Division - LiveOps

SocialVolt
Overland Park, KS
Provider of enterprise social media management solutions
Named Joe Cox – Director of Marketing, formerly Interactive Strategist – Muller Bressler Brown

StorageDNA
Irvine, CA
Provider of file-based workflow and archive solutions
Named Jeff Krueger – Vice President of Sales, formerly Director of Strategic Accounts and MAM Solution Sales – Avid Technology

Trade Tech
Bellevue, WA
Supplier of cloud-based solutions for the logistics industry
Named Bill Fehr – Director of Sales for North America, formerly Account Executive – Federal Signal Corp
Named Patrick Clancy – Program Manager, formerly Senior Front-End Web Developer – Credit Suisse

Versant
Redwood City, CA
Provider of specialized data management software
Named Volker John – Managing Director of Development Laboratory, formerly Director of Business Development – nugg.ad

Vocus
Beltsville, MD
Provider of cloud-based marketing and public relations software
Named Jason Jue – Chief Marketing Officer, formerly Vice President of Marketing – Rackspace

Zap Technologies
Tiburon, CA
Provider of full cycle lifecycle test automation solutions for mobile, rich internet, Apple and Unix applications
Named Paul O’Callaghan – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Chief Executive Officer – Perfecto Mobile

Mergers & Acquisitions

Adconion Media Group
London, United Kingdom
Provider of online video advertising services
Acquired smartclip
London, United Kingdom
Provider of digital advertising services
Terms were not disclosed

Amazon
Seattle, WA
Acquired Yap
Charlotte, NC
Provider of voice recognition software
Terms were not disclosed

AVOS Systems
San Mateo, CA
Operator of Delicious.com
Acquired Trunk.ly
Melbourne, Australia
Provider of link-saving service
Terms were not disclosed

Best Buy
Minneapolis, MN
Retailer of electronic goods
Acquired mindSHIFT Technologies
Waltham, MA
Provider of managed services for small and mid-sized businesses
$167 million

Facebook
Palo Alto, CA
Acquired Digital Staircase
San Francisco, CA
Creator of graphic applications and tools
Terms were not disclosed

Google
Mountain View, CA
Acquired Apture
San Francisco, CA
Provider of in-page search technology
Acquired Katango
San Francisco, CA
Provider of online contact management solution
Terms were not disclosed

Intermedia
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of cloud services to small and mid-sized businesses
Merged with ConnectWise
Tampa, FL
Provider of business management solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Lenco Mobile
Santa Barbara, CA
Developer,, owner and operator of advertising platforms for mobile and online marketing sectors
Merged with iLoop Mobile
San Jose, CA
Provider of mobile marketing service
Terms were not disclosed

Monotype Imaging Holdings
Woburn, MA
Provider of font and imaging software
Acquired Bitstream
Marlborough, MA
Provider of font and font rendering software
$50 million

PLATO Learning
Bloomington, MN
Provider of online education solutions for kindergarten through adult learners
Acquired Educational Options
Falls Church, VA
Provider of education technology solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Qualcomm Inc
San Diego, CA
Provider of digital communications technology
Acquired HaloIPT
London, United Kingdom
Provider of wireless charging technology for electric road vehicles
Terms were not disclosed

Rakuten
Tokyo, Japan
Provider of e-commerce, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal & media services
Acquired Kobo
Toronto, ON
Provider of global eReading service
$315 million

ReEnergy Holdings
Albany, NY
Developer of renewable energy projects
Acquired Boralex
Kingsey Falls, QB
Developer and operator of power projects
$90.3 million

Serious Energy
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of energy efficiency solutions
Acquired Agilewaves
Menlo Park, CA
Provider of building energy management technology
Terms were not disclosed

The Active Network
San Diego, CA
Provider of organization-based cloud computing applications
Acquired RTP
Avon, CO
Provider of ski resort enterprise solutions
Terms were not disclosed

TravelClick
New York, NY
Provider of revenue generating solutions for hoteliers
Acquired EZYield
Winter Springs, FL
Provider of distribution management solutions for hotels
Terms were not disclosed

Quote of the Week

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein

Venture Fundings & IPOs

IPOs

Groupon
Chicago, IL
Provider of daily deals site
IPO: $750 million
Co-lead underwriters: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co and Credit Suisse
Nasdaq: GRPN

Venture Fundings

1stdibs
New York, NY
Provider of online luxury marketplace
Undisclosed amount
Benchmark Capital

AfterCollege
San Francisco, CA
Creator of professional talent network for college students and recent graduates
Undisclosed amount
Flywheel Ventures

AGARI
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of cloud-based email security solution
Series A - $2.5 million
Alloy Ventures, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Greylock Partners

Aksel Group
San Francisco, CA
Provider of men’s fashion shopping site
$500 thousand
Inspiration Ventures, 500Startups, Fabrice Grinda, Paul Bragiel and Nicolas Bernadi

Appcelerator
Mountain View, CA
Provider of mobile app development platform
Series C - $15 million
Mayfield Fund, Translink Capital , Red Hat, eBay, Sierra Ventures and Storm Ventures

CallCopy
Columbus, OH
Provider of call recording, performance management and analytics software
$6.5 million
Edison Ventures

CallmyName
Nicosia, Cyprus
Developer of technology to allow name dialing for mobile phones
$6 million
Canaan Partners

CertiVox
San Francisco, CA
Provider of information security solutions
Series A - $2.4 million
Octopus Investments and Pentech Ventures

Coraid
Redwood City, CA
Developer of Ethernet SAN technology
$50 million
Crosslink Capital, Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital, Azure Capital Partners, Silver Lake, Seagate Technology and Kinetic Ventures

Delivery Agent
San Francisco, CA
Provider of multi-channel commerce technology
Series E - $35.5 million
Intel Capital, Liberty Global, Grazia Equity and Bessemer Venture Partners

Digital Folio
Denver, CO
Provider of real-time shopping platform
$1.2 million
Undisclosed investors

Evisors
New York, NY
Provider of on-demand expert advice for entrepreneurs
$650 thousand
Nebula Ventures and New York Angels

Gogobot
San Francisco, CA
Provider of social travel site
$15 million
Redpoint Ventures, Battery Ventures and CrunchFund

Jivox
Redwood City, CA
Provider of interactive video ad platform
Series B - $8.2 million
Foristure Ventures, Opus Capital, Helion Advisors and Diaz Nesamoney

Kaggle
San Francisco, CA
Provider of platform for predictive data modeling competitions
Series A - $11 million
Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures. SV Angel, Yuri Milner’s Start Fund, Stanford Management Company, Max Levchin, Hal Varian and Gil Elbaz

Lot18
New York, NY
Provider of invitation-only online store for rare and hard-to-find wines and artisanal foods
Series C - $30 million
Accel Partners, New Enterprise Associates and First Mark Capital

Masabi
London, United Kingdom
Developer of mobile ticketing technology
Series B - $4 million
M8 Capital

Modo Labs
Cambridge, MA
Provider of open source content delivery solutions for mobile platforms and devices
$4 million
Storm Ventures and New Magellan Ventures

Platfora
San Mateo, CA
Provider of analytics platform to simplify the use of big data and Hadoop
Series B - $7.18 million
Andreessen Horowitz and In-Q-Tel

Powerhouse Dynamics
Newton, MA
Provider of home energy management solutions
Series A - $3 million
SOS Ventures

Quarri Technologies
Austin, TX
Maker of on-demand web information security software
Series B - $3 million
Houston Angel Network and Daylight Partners

Radiate Media
Malvern, PA
Provider of local content management services and cloud-based digital publishing services
$10 million
Level Equity, Greycroft and vSpring Capital

RelayRides
San Francisco, CA
Provider of peer-to-peer car sharing service
Series A - $13 million
GM Ventures, Google Ventures, August Capital, and Shasta Ventures

Rounds
San Francisco, CA
Developer of interactive “live hangout” platform
$3 million
Verizon Investments, Rhodium and Tim Draper

SecondMarket
New York, NY
Provider of online marketplace for alternative investments
Series C - $15 million
The Social + Capital Partnership

ShopSavvy
Dallas, TX
Provider of barcode scanning and product search application
$7 million
Eduardo Saverin, Brad Martin, and James Bailey

Skybox Security
San Jose, CA
Provider of proactive security management solutions
$6 million
Susquehanna Growth Equity

Smule
Palo Alto, CA
Maker of music application
$12 million
Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures and Bessemer Ventures

SolidFire
Boulder, CO
Maker of all-solid state primary storage systems for cloud service providers
Series B - $25 million
New Enterprise Associates, Valhalla Partners, Novak Biddle, Frank Slootman, David Schneider and Greg Papadopoulos

Spil Games
Hilversum, The Netherlands
Provider of online games
Undisclosed amount
North Bridge Growth Equity

STELLAServices
New York, NY
Provider of customer service ratings for online retailers
Series A - $5 million
Battery Ventures, DFJ Gotham Ventures and RRE Ventures

TeamSnap
Boulder, CO
Operator of online services for sports teams and other groups to communicate, manage schedules, share photos, track game statistics and other activities
$910 thousand
eonBusiness and Trinity Ventures

Traffix Systems
Hod Hasharon, Israel
Provider of signaling technology to improve efficiency of 4G networks
$7 million
Bessemer Venture Partners

Ustream
San Francisco, CA
Provider of live video streaming service
$6 million
DCM and Softbank

Winged Media
Santa Monica, CA
Provider of domain technology and monetization solutions
$3 million
Carnegie Innovation Fund

Executive Moves

1stdibs
New York, NY
Provider of online luxury marketplace
Named David Rosenblatt – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Chief Executive Officer – DoubleClick

Applied Systems
University Park, Ill
Provider of software solutions to the insurance industry
Named Ian Hoffman – Chief Marketing Officer, formerly Senior Vice President of Marketing – Intergraph Corp

Arista Networks
Santa Clara, CA
Provider of cloud networking services
Named Steffan Tomlinson – Chief Financial Officer, formerly Chief Financial Officer – Aruba Networks

Calypso Technology
San Francisco, CA
Provider of integrated trading, risk and processing platform
Named Denise Pierre – Senior Vice President of Human Resources, formerly Vice President of Human Resources – Veraz Networks

CNL Software
Indianapolis, IN
Provider of physical security information management solutions
Named Ramon Grado – Director of International Sales, formerly Managing Director of EMEA India and Latin America - IQinVision

Coalfire
Louisville, CO
Provider of independent IT audit and risk assessment services
Named Mike Weber – Managing Director of Coalfire Labs, formerly Director of Security Services - Critigen

Echelon Corp
San Jose, CA
Provider of open-standard energy control networking solutions
Named Bill Slakey – Executive Vice president and Chief Financial Officer, formerly Chief Financial Officer – LiveOps

EDGAR Online
Rockville, MD
Provider of XBRL software, services and data
Named Gregory Carter – Chief Technology Officer, formerly Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice president of Product Development – Metastorm

F5 Networks
Seattle, WA
Provider of application delivery networking
Named Manny Rivelo – Vice President of Security and Strategic Solutions, formerly Senior Vice President of Engineering Operations and Systems – Cisco Systems

Front Porch Digital
Louisville, CO
Provider of media content migration, management and marketing solutions
Named Fabien Donato – Solutions Architect for EMEA, formerly General Manager of Dalet Spain and Sales Area Manager for Southern Europe – Dalet Digital Media Systems
Named Ronald Khoo – Solutions Architect for APAC, formerly General Manager – VSYS

Gryphon Networks
Norwood, MA
Provider of on-demand contact governance solutions and consumer preferences management
Named David Young – Vice President of Client Services, formerly Client Services Group Leader – Acxiom Corp

HP
Palo Alto, CA
Named John Hinshaw – Chief Information Officer, formerly Vice President and General Manger – Boeing Information Solutions

IntApp
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of software and services to law firms
Named Jill Nelson – Director of Product Marketing, formerly Director of Product Management – LexisNexis

Infinity
Staten Island, NY
Operator of data centers
Named Simon Blackburn – Operations Director, formerly Service Director – THUS

Kerio Technologies
San Jose, CA
Provider of Internet security solutions
Named Kim Kelley – Director of Marketing, formerly Director of Marketing – OpSource

MemberSuite
Washington, DC
Provider of SaaS for on-demand association management software
Named Kay Cavender – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Marketing Director – TSYS

PDF Solutions
San Jose, CA
Provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the integrated circuit manufacturing process life cycle
Named Gregory Walker – Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Innopath Software

Pivot3
Austin, TX
Provider of unified storage and compute appliances
Named Rich Bravman – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Marketing Officer – NCR Corp

SumTotal Systems
Gainesville, FL
Provider of strategic human capital management solutions
Named Mark Johnson – Chief Financial Officer, formerly Vice President & Business Unit Chief Financial Officer – BMC Software

Symantec Corp
Mountain View, CA
Provider of cyber security, identity management, data protection and privacy solutions
Named Rajnish Gupta – Regional Director of North and East India, formerly General Manager and Head SI India – MindTree

Trustwave
Chicago, IL
Provider of security and compliance solutions
Named Leo Cole – Chief Marketing Officer, formerly Vice President of Marketing – Guidance Software

Verdasys
Waltham, MA
Provider of enterprise information protection solutions
Named Marcus Brown – Vice President of Corporate Business Development, formerly Managing Director of Business Development – Aternity

VoltBD
Billerica, MA
Provider of high-throughput relational database systems
Named Sam Berg – Vice President of Field Operations, formerly Vice President of Sales - Nexaweb
Named John Piekos – Vice President of Engineering, formerly Director of OpenEdge Database Division – Progress Software

YouSendIt
Campbell, CA
Provider of business content collaboration services
Named Sean Jacobsohn – Vice President of Worldwide Alliances, formerly Vice President of Channel Management – Cornerstone OnDemand

Mergers & Acquisitions

Adobe Systems
San Jose, CA
Provider of business and mobile software and services
Acquired Auditude
Palo Alto, CA
Maker of video ad management and monetization technology
Terms were not disclosed

Blue Marble Geographics
Gardiner, ME
Provider of geographic information systems software
Acquired Global Mapper Software
Parker, CO
Provider of geographic information systems software
Terms were not disclosed

Check Point Software
Redwood City, CA
Provider of firewalls and other IT security solutions
Acquired Dynasec
Yoqneam Illit, Israel
Provider of governance, risk management and compliance solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Clearspring Technologies
McLean, VA
Provider of digital content distribution and tracking solutions
Acquired XGraph
New York, NY
Provider of Internet audience analysis solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Databank IMX
Beltsville, MD
Provider of outsourced imaging and information solutions
Acquired Information Access Systems
Orlando, FL
Provider of systems integration and enterprise content management solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Infusionsoft
Gilbert, AZ
Provider of sales and marketing software for small businesses
Acquired CustomerHub
Mesa, AZ
Provider use membership and customer portal platform for small business who market and sell content online
Terms were not disclosed

Magic Software Enterprises
Yehuda, Israel
Provider of mobile and cloud-enabled application and business integration platforms
Acquired BluePhoenix Solutions
Cary, NC
Provider of IT modernization solutions
$17 million

Zoosk
San Francisco, CA
Provider of online dating site
Acquired Woo Media
Los Angeles, CA
Provider of interactive video platform
Terms were not disclosed

Urban Airship
Portland, OR
Maker of mobile customer engagement platform
Acquired SimpleGeo
San Francisco, CA
Provider of real-time services platform
Terms were not disclosed

Zillow
Seattle, WA
Provider of real estate information marketplace
Acquired Diverse Solutions
Irvine, CA
Provider of marketing and website solutions to real estate agents
$7.8 million

“For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.” – Zig Ziglar

Venture Fundings

4INFO
San Mateo, CA
Provider of mobile advertising and media solutions
$14 million
Vulcan Capital, Mitsui Global Investment, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gannett, Mezzanine Capital and U.S. Venture Partners

Adesto Technologies
Sunnyvale, CA
Maker of conductive bridging RAM technology
Series C – Undisclosed amount
Altis Semiconductor, Adams Street Partners, ATA Ventures, and Arch Venture Partners

BlueCava
Irvine, CA
Developer of device identification technology
$9.5 million
S3 Ventures, Mark Cuban and Tim Headington

Brammo
Ashland, OR
Developer of electric vehicle technology and manufacturer of two-wheel electric vehicles
Series B - $28 million
Polaris Industries, Alpine Energy and NorthPort Investments

Bridgelux
Livermore, CA
Developer and manufacturer of LED lighting products
$15 million
VantagePoint Capital Partners, DCM, El Dorado Ventures, Novus Energy Partners, IFA,Chrysalix, Harris & Harris Group, Craton Equity Partners, Jebsen Asset Management and Passport Capital

Calient Technologies
Santa Barbra, CA
Developer of photonic switching systems
$19.4 million
Undisclosed investors

CashStar
Portland, ME
Provider of digital gifting solutions
$12 million
FTV Capital, Steven Boal and Passport Capital

Chartboost
San Francisco, CA
Creator of direct-deal advertising marketplace for game publishers
Series A - $3 million
TransLink Capital, SK Telecom Ventures and XG Venture

Chromatin
Chicago, IL
Supplier of renewable biomass feedstocks for energy producers
Series D - $10 million
BP Ventures, Unilever Technology Ventures, Quantitative Investment Holdings, the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund and Illinois Ventures

Codecademy
New York, NY
Provider of site teaching people how to become computer programmers
Series A - $2.5 million
Union Square Ventures, O’Reilly, SV Angel, Yuri Milner, Social+Capital Partnership, Thrive Capital, CrunchFund, Collaborative Fund, Founder Collective, Joshua Schacter, Vivi Nevo, Naval Ravikant and Sam Altman

ConnectEDU Inc
Hoboken, NJ
Provider of web-based college and career access tools
$10 million
Allen & C0.

CrowdOptic
San Francisco, CA
Maker of an analytics platform that detects were crowds are focused in real time based on the fans’ use of their smart phones
$500 thousand
Undisclosed investors

Gagein
Alviso, CA
Provider of social business content platform
$1.5 million
Shaoqing Sun

Jive Software
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of enterprise collaboration solutions
Series C - $40 million
Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers

Kanbox
Beijing, China
Provider of cloud storage and sharing service in China
Series B - $20 million
DCM and SIG China

Moment Systems
Beijing, China
Provider of third-party digital marketing measurement solutions
Series B - $20 million
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, China Broadband Capital, Redpoint Ventures and WPP Digital

MyEdu
Austin, TX
Provider of online tools to help students obtain college degrees
$10 Million
The University of Texas System

NeuString
Dubai, India
Supplier of predictive analytics software for mobile communications
Series B – Undisclosed amount
Intel Capital

Nutanix
San Jose, CA
Seller of appliance for datacenter virtualization and storage
Series B - $25 million
Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital

OpenSky.com
New York, NY
Provider of online shopping solution
$30 million
Providence Equity Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Canaan Partners and The Raine Group

OptiMine Software
St. Paul, MN
Developer of keyword bid optimization software for large paid-search advertising programs
Series B - $3.6 million
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Patersons
Raleigh,NC
Maker of cloud-based payroll delivery platform
$6.45 million
Rho Ventures

PlayJam
London, United Kingdom
Developer of TV games platform
Series A - $5 million
GameStop Digital Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Endeavour Ventures, London Venture Partners

Pose
Santa Monica, CA
Maker of mobile social platform for fashion and shopping
Series A - $3 million
GRP Partners, True Ventures and Mousse Partners

Prysm
San Jose, CA
Developer of laser phosphor digital displays
$100 million
Artiman Ventures and Partech International

Quaresso Software Technologies
Austin, TX
Developer of Internet security software
$2.7 million
Undisclosed investors

RelayRides
San Francisco, CA
Provider of neighbor-to-neighbor carsharing marketplace
Series A - $13 million
General Motors Ventures, Google Ventures, August Capital and Shasta Ventures

Sencha
Redwood City, CA
Maker of HTML5 tools
Series B - $15 million
Jafco Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Radar Partners

Seva Search
Potomac, MD
Developer of hyperlocal search engine designed to connect consumers to businesses over the phone
Series A - $1.3 million
Fortify, Ed Mathias and Tim Sykes

Shoefitr
Pittsburg, PA
Developer of a tool for helping shoe shoppers find the right fit
$1.2 million
Vital Financial, BlueTree Allied Angels and Innovation Works

Sociable Labs
San Mateo, CA
Provider of on-site social commerce solutions
Series B - $7 million
Battery Ventures  and Javelin Venture Partenrs

SolarEdge Technologies
Hod Hasharon, Israel
Provider of end-to-end solar power optimization and PV monitoring technology
$37 million
Norwest Venture Partners, Opus Capital, Walden International, Genesis Partners, Vertex Venture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and GE

Subtext
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of digital reading solutions
$3 million
Google Ventures, Mayfield Fund, New Enterprise Associates and Omidyar Network

ThinkGrid
London, United Kingdom
Provider of IT services on demand from the cloud such as Hosted Virtual Desktop and Software as a Service
Undisclosed amount
Runa Capital

Workday
Pleasanton, CA
Maker of enterprise human resources, payroll and financial management SaaS
Series F - $85 million
T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Janus Capital Group Inc. and Bezos Expeditions

Zaarly
San Francisco, CA
Provider of mobile commerce solution
Series A - $14.1 million
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers‘ iFund, Sands Capital Ventures, CMEA, Venture51, Crunchfund, Marc Ecko, and Artists and Instigators

ZeaChem
Lakewood, CO
Developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals
Series C - $19 million
Birchmere Ventures, Firelake Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, PrairieGold Venture Partners and Spring Ventures

Executive Moves

Akamai Technologies
Cambridge, MA
Provider of cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences
Named Kumud Kalia – Chief Information Officer, formerly Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of Customer Operations – Direct Energy
Named Rick M. McConnell – Executive Vice President of Products and Development, formerly Vice President and General Manager of Unified Communications - Cisco

Arasan Chip Systems
San Jose, CA
Provider of Total IP Solutions for mobile storage and connectivity applications
Named Andrew Haines – Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, formerly Vice President of Marketing - Synopsys

BridgeHead Software
Woburn, MA
Provider of healthcare backup, recovery and archiving solutions
Named Jim Beagle – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services – CarbonFlow Corp

Centrify Corp
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of security and compliance solutions
Named Timothy Steinkopf – Chief Financial Officer, formerly Chief Financial Officer and Secretary – Purfesh

Commtouch
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of cloud-based Internet security services
Named Shlomi Yani – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Vice President of Corporate Development Strategy - SafeNet

ePrize
Pleasant Ridge, MI
Provider of customer engagement solutions
Named Kim Smith – Senior Vice President of Business Development, formerly Vice President of Sales and Business Development – Viewpoints Network

INXPO
Chicago, IL
Provider of a technology platform for virtual events and virtual business environments
Named Scott Kellner – Chief Marketing Officer, formerly Chief Marketing Officer – 6Connex

Liquidware Labs
Atlanta, GA
Provider of desktop transformation solutions
Named Barry Flanagan – Senior Director of Strategic Alliances and Systems Integrator Sales Strategy, formerly Director of Global Microsoft Alliance Sales Strategy – Citrix Systems

MIPS Technologies
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications
Named William Slater – Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, formerly Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Saba Software

NetProspex
Waltham, MA
Provider of verified business-to-business sales and marketing contact information
Named Maribeth Ross – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Director of Solutions Marketing – Iron Mountain

Online Banking Solutions
Atlanta, GA
Provider of ebanking solutions
Named Mike Balin – Director of Product Consulting, formerly Senior Director of Strategic Marketing and Sustainability Programs – Open Text

OnPath Technologies
Marlton, NJ
Provider of scalable connectivity and monitoring solutions for high performance networks
Named Gene Litt – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Vice President of Product Management and Strategy – Shunra

ParAccel
Campbell, CA
Provider of analytic platform
Named Rich Ghiossi – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Marketing and Strategy Consultant – Jericho Consulting
Named Alok Srivastava – Vice President of Engineering, formerly Vice President of Engineering - Delphix

PlumChoice
Billerica, MA
Provider of remote technical services
Named James S. Williams III – Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, formerly Worldwide Vice President of Sales – TopLayer Security

Polycom
Pleasanton, CA
Provider of standards-based unified communications
Named David Ruggiero – President of North America, formerly Area Vice President - Cisco

SearchForce
San Mateo, CA
Provider of SEM and bid optimization technology
Named Paul McGhee – Vice President of Sales, formerly Founding Partner – Sales Scale Partners

Sony Computer Entertainment America’s
Foster City, CA
Maker of video game console and video games
Named Guy Longworth – Senior Vice President of Marketing, Promotions and Brand Development, formerly Founder – Annapurna One

Spectra Logic
Boulder, CO
Provider of data storage solutions
Named Jon Benson – Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Markets, formerly Senior Vice President – Sun MicroSystems
Named David Trachy – Senior Director of Emerging Storage System Technologies, formerly Director of Flash Based Storage System – Sun MicroSystems

Syncplicity
Menlo Park, CA
Provider of cloud-based file management, sync , mobile access, collaboration and backup solutions
Named Karen White – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Head of Worldwide Corporate and Business Development - SolarWinds
Named Jeff Schultz – Chief Marketing Officer, formerly Vice President of Sales and Marketinig – Bill.com
Named Brenda Swiney – Vice President of Finance, formerly Vice President of Finance – Good Technology

Virtustream
Bethesda, MD
Provider of cloud solutions
Named Karl Deacon – Managing Director for EMEA, formerly Vice President of Strategy and Global Chief Technology Officer of Infrastructure Services – Capgemini
Named Jeff Miller – Chief Sales Officer, formerly Vice President of Americas Sales for SpringSource - VMware

WSO2
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of enterprise middleware solutions
Named Chris Haddad – Vice President of Technology Evangelism, formerly Managing Vice President of Application Platform and Data Management – Gartner

ZipCourt
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of online dispute resolution service
Named Chris Kyriacou – Vice President of Judicial Affairs, formerly Litigation Counsel – Apple

Mergers & Acquisitions

Acquired Sales Corp
San Jose, CA
Provider of big data management and complex event processing analytics
Acquired Defense & Security Technology Group
Herndon, VA
Provider of enterprise performance improvement services
Terms were not disclosed

Analytix On Demand
Irvine, CA
Provider of SaaS business intelligence solutions for healthcare
Acquired Integrated Revenue Management
Carlsbad, CA
Provider of healthcare consulting and education services
Terms were not disclosed

Appcelerator
Mountain View, CA
Developer of mobile platform for rapidly developing native and mobile web apps using open web technologies
Acquired Particle Code
Palo Alto, CA
Developer of mobile gaming and HTML5 development platform
Terms were not disclosed

Citrix Systems
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Provider of cloud computing, networking and virtualization solutions
Acquired AppDNA
London, United Kingdom
Provider of application migration and management solutions
Terms were not disclosed

CoStar Group
Washington, DC
Provider of real estate information, analytic and marketing services
Acquired Virtual Premise
Atlanta, GA
Provider of SaaS-based real estate information management solutions
Terms were not disclosed

EarthSearch Communications
Atlanta, GA
Provider of GPS and RFID integration solutions
Acquired Rogue Paper
San Francisco, CA
Developer of mobile applications
Terms were not disclosed

IBM
Armonk, NY
Acquired Q1 Labs
Waltham, MA
Provider of advanced analytics to detect and flag suspicious and abnormal events
Terms were not disclosed

Irdeto
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Provider of software security and media technology
Acquired BayTSP
Santa Clara, CA
Provider of search, discovery and anti-piracy solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Just-Eat Canada
Toronto, ON
Provider of online food ordering service
Acquired GrubCanada
Toronto, ON
Provider of online food ordering service
Terms were not disclosed

Location Labs
Emeryville, CA
Provider of mobile and location-based security software
Acquired Wirkle
Santa Clara, CA
Developer of mobile products
Terms were not disclosed

LSI Corp
Milpitas, CA
Designer of semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters and mobile networks
Acquired SandForce
Milpitas, CA
Maker of flash storage processors
$322 million

ManTech International
Fairfax, VA
Provider of technologies and solutions for mission-critical security programs for the intelligence community
Acquired Worldwide Information Network Systems
Seabrook, MD
Provider of IT solutions
$90 million

Oracle
Redwood Shores, CA
Provider of business hardware and software solutions
Acquired RightNow Technologies
Bozeman, MT
Provider of customer resource management solutions
Terms were not disclosed

PCTEL
Bloomingdale, Ill
Provider of antenna and scanning receiver solutions
Acquired Envision Wireless
Melbourne, FL
Provider of RF engineering services
$1.4 million

Quest Software
Aliso Viejo, CA
Provider of IT management solutions
Acquired ChangeBASE
London, United Kingdom
Provider of automated application analysis, remediation and conversation for target platforms
Terms were not disclosed

Sony Creative Software
Middleton, WI
Provider of media production technology solutions
Acquired Netblender
Alexandria, VA
Developer of Blue-ray disc creation tools
Terms were not disclosed

YCD Multimedia
New York, NY
Provider of smart digital media experiences to the businesses
Acquired C-nario
Tel Aviv, Israel
Maker of high-end digital signage
Terms were not disclosed

Zywave
Milwaukee, WI
Provider of SaaS-enabled business management applications
Acquired Emerging Information Systems
Winnipeg, MB
Provider of needs analysis and financial planning software tools
Terms were not disclosed

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - Sir John Lubbock

Venture Fundings & IPOs

IPOs

Groupon
Chicago, IL
Provider of daily deals site
IPO Registration: $540 million
Co-lead underwriters: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co and Credit Suisse
Nasdaq: GRPN

Venture Fundings

BillGuard
New York, NY
Developer of online technology for determining erroneous credit card charges
Series B - $10 million
Khosla Ventures. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Bessemer Venture Partners and IA Ventures

BlueStacks
Campbell, CA
Developer of technology to enable Android applications to run on Windows machines
$14 million
AMD and Citrix Systems

Clickable
New York, NY
Provider of online advertising solutions
$12 million
American Express, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, FirstMark Capital, Jon Miller and Peter Thiel

CouponCabin.com
Chicago, IL
Provider of online coupons
$54 million
JMI Equity

Craftsvilla.com
Mumbai, India
Retailer of Indian handcrafted products online
Undisclosed amount
Nexus Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners

Crowdpark
San Francisco, CA
Developer of social betting games
$6 million
Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital

Deezer
Paris, France
Provider of online music streaming service
$18 million
DInvest Partners, Dotcorp Asset Management and CM-CIC Capital Prive

Dropbox
San Francisco, CA
Provider of online storage site
Series B - $250 million
Benchmark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, RIT Capital Partners, and Valiant Capital Partner

EcoSense Lighting
New York, NY
Developer of LED lighting solutions
Series B - $13 million
Bain Capital Ventures

Enflick
Waterloo, ON
Creator of free text message application
$1 million
Freestyle Capital and Menlo Talent Fund

GenoLogics
Victoria, BC
Maker of laboratory information management software
$8 million
Illumina

GramercyOne
New York, NY
Maker of cloud-based business and marketing software
Series A - $14.5 million
Revolution Ventures, Grotech Ventures, TDF, and Jubilee Investments

Grockit
San Francisco, CA
Developer of social learning platform
Series D - $7 million
Atlas Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Integral Capital Partners

GroSocial
Orem, UT
Developer of social media marketing software for small-to-medium businesses
$450 thousand
Kickstart Seed Fund, Monarch Ventures and Rock & Hammer Ventures

Hadapt
New Haven, CT
Developer of analytics software for large structured and unstructured data
$9.5 million
Bessemer Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners

Happy Elements
Beijing, China
Developer of social games
Series B - $30 million
Legend Capital and DCM

Inspirato
Denver, CO
Provider of online service to rent high-end luxury homes
$17.5 million
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Access Venture Partners and Mark Teixeira

iZettle
Stockholm, Sweden
Developer of technology to allow users to take credit card payments from chip enabled credit or debit cards
Series A - $11.2 million
Index Ventures, Creandum and Charles Dunstone

Liftopia
San Francisco, CA
Retailer of lift tickets and mountain resort activities online
$1.3 million
First Round Capital, Dave Morin, Chris Sacca, Erik Blachford and Sam Shank

Livefyre
San Francisco, CA
Provider of social commenting and real-time applications
Series B - $4.5 million
Greycroft Partners, Cue Ball, HillsVen Group, and ff Venture Capital

OVIA
San Francisco, CA
Provider of video recruitment platform
Undisclosed amount
DCM

Qwilt
Redwood Shores, CA
Provider of online video-infrastructure products
$24 million
Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Crescent Point Group

Shopify
Ottawa, ON
Maker of eCommerce platform
Series B - $15 million
Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures and Georgian Partners

Sidense
Ottawa, ON
Developer of programmable memory IP cores
Series C - $5.6 million
Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund, Tech Capital Partners, VentureLink and Vertex Venture Capital

SideTour
New York, NY
Provider of daily deals site
$1.5 million
Foundry Group and RRE Ventures

Siklu
Petach Tikva, Israel
Provider of wireless backhaul solutions
Series B - $19 million
Amiti Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, DFJ-Tamir Fishman Ventures, Evergreen Venture Partners and Argonaut Private Equity

TagMan
New York, NY
Maker of tag management system
Series B - $5 million
Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital

Tidemark
Redwood City, CA
Provider of cloud-based analytics
Undisclosed amount
Greylock Parters, Andreessen Horowitz, and Dave Duffield

Viki
San Francisco, CA
Provider of online video, TV Series, movies, premium content translated into 150 languages
Series B - $20 million
SK Planet, BBC Worldwide, Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures and Neoteny Labs

Visual.ly
San Francisco, CA
Provider of Infographics and data visualizations
$2 million
Crosslink Capital, SoftTech, 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, Giza Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Mark Goines and Josh James

Waze
Palo Alto, CA
Provider of social traffic and navigation solutions
$30 million
Horizon Ventures Hong Kong, KPCB’s Digital Growth Fund and iFund

Zoove
Palo Alto, CA
Operator of an exclusive registry of vanity StarStar numbers that let brands easily connect with people
$5 million
Rogers Communications

Executive Moves

Advanced Micro Devices
Sunnyvale, CA
Designer and manufacturer of semiconductor technologies
Named Mark Papermaster – Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, formerly Vice President of Silicon Engineering – Cisco Systems

Aggregate Knowledge
San Mateo, CA
Provider of campaign and audience analytics SaaS for advertisers
Named Douglas Grounds – Vice President of Customer Success, formerly Vice President of Global Solutions Consulting – Adobe Systems

Clustrix
San Francisco, CA
Developer of database appliances
Named Robin Purohit – President and Chief Executive Officer, formerly Vice President and General Manager - HP

Exide Technologies
Milton, GA
Provider of energy storage technologies
Named Paul Hirt – President of American Region, formerly Chief Executive Officer – Sigma Electric Manufacturing

Infusionsoft
Gilbert, AZ
Provider of sales and marketing automation software
Named Hal Halladay – Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, formerly Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer – Smi.sh

Interactions Corporation
Franklin, MA
Provider of automated systems for customer care
Named David Parkinson – Chief Operating Officer, formerly Executive Vice President of America’s - Trustwave

LiqTech International
Gentofte, Denmark
Provider of gas and liquid purification solutions
Named Tim Rogers – Director of International Sales and Marketing, formerly Managing Director – Clean Diesel International

Magnetic
New York, NY
Provider of search retargeting solutions
Named James Green – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Chief Executive Officer – Giant Realm

Mindjet
San Francisco, CA
Provider of enterprise collaboration solutions
Named Jascha Kaykas-Wolff – Chief Marketing Officer, formerly Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Success - Involver

Mobile Messenger
Boston, MA
Provider of technology and solutions for mobile payments and mobile marketing
Named Todd Kokoszka – Chief Technology Officer, formerly Area Vice President of Engineering – Sybase 365

Mobiquity
Boston, MA
Provider of enterprise-class mobile solutions
Named Bob Egan – Vice President of Client Services, formerly Managing Director and Founder – The Sepharim Group
Named Ty Rollin – Chief Architect, formerly Chief Technology Officer – My-Take
Named Lori Cohen – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Strategic Marketing Consultant – Mavens & Moguls

Ooyala
Mountain View, CA
Provider of online video technology and services
Named Caitlin Spaan – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Head of Marketing – VUDU

RealD
Beverly Hills, CA
Licensor of 3D technologies
Named Leo Brannon – Executive Vice President of Global Operations, formerly President and Chief Executive Officer - ColorLink

Salesforce.com
San Francisco, CA
Provider of enterprise cloud computing solutions
Named Burke Norton – Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, formerly Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary – Expedia

Send Word Now
New York, NY
Provider of on-demand alerting, response and incident management services
Named Ann Chamberlin – Senior Vice President of Sales, formerly Senior Sales Director – Everbridge

ShorTel
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of IP phone systems
Named Adrian Hipkiss – Managing Director EMEA, formerly Senior Director of Unified Communications - Vodafone

Statuit Technologies
Norwell, MA
Provider of software solutions for the professional investment market
Named Matthew Rollo – Operations Manager, formerly Valuations Consultant – State Street
Named Sarah Ashworth – Vice President of Client Relations, formerly Client Services – Lee Munder Capital Group

TapJoy
San Francisco, CA
Provider of mobile advertising network
Named Jim Jones – Vice President and General Manager of Sales, formerly America’s Regional Vice President – Yahoo!

ThinkVine
Cincinnati, OH
Provider of marketing optimization software
Named Mark Battaglia – Chief Executive Officer, formerly Venture Partner – MK Capital

Vyatta
Belmont, CA
Provider of software-based networking for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures
Named Jon Arnold – Managing Director of EMEA, formerly Sales Director of Northern Europe – Riverbed Technologies

Webroot
Broomfield, CO
Provider of Internet security service
Named Jacques Erasmus – Chief Information Security Officer, formerly Consultant – Sun Microsystems

Wine.com
San Francisco, CA
Retailer of wine online
Named Kenton D. Chow – Chief Financial Officer, formerly Chief Financial Officer – Nominum

Zetta
Sunnyvale, CA
Provider of cloud-based backup and data protection servies
Named Gary Servounts – Vice President of Marketing, formerly Vice President of Marketing – Panda Security

Mergers & Acquisitions

All Covered
Foster City, CA
Provider of managed IT services to small and medium sized businesses
Acquired ColdCypress
Bridgeville, PA
Provider of managed IT outsourcing solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Datalink
Chanhassen, MN
Provider of IT data center infrastructure solutions
Acquired Midwave
Minneapolis, MN
Provider of IT services and solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Cisco
San Jose, CA
Provider of networking technology solutions
Acquired BNI Video
Boxborough, MA
Developer of technology for video service providers
$99 million

Coraid
Redwood City, CA
Developer of Ethernet storage network solutions
Acquire Yunteq
Palo Alto, CA
Developer of cloud orchestration software
Terms were not disclosed

HTC Corp
Bellevue, WA
Maker of smartphones
Acquired Inquisitive Minds
Mountain View, CA
Developer of child-friendly browser Zoodles
$13 million

Infor
Alpharetta, GA
Provider of business application software
Acquired ENXSuite
San Francisco, CA
Provider of cloud-based energy performance management platform
Terms were not disclosed

Nextag
San Mateo, CA
Provider of shopping site
Acquired Thingbuzz
San Francisco, CA
Provider of real-time social shopping platform tracking converstions about products in the social media sphere
Terms were not disclosed

Oracle
Redwood Shores, CA
Provider of business hardware and software solutions
Acquired Endeca Technologies
Cambridge, MA
Provider of unstructured data management, web commerce and business intelligence solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Polycom
Pleasanton, CA
Provider of unified communications solutions
Acquired ViVu
San Francisco, CA
Provider of HD video collaboration software solutions
Terms were not disclosed

Sajan
River Falls, WI
Provider of language services and chat translation management software
Acquired New-Global Group
New York, NY
Provider of multilingual communication services and technologies
Terms were not disclosed