Start-ups

TokBox, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $10 million in series B venture funding for its web-based video communication service that offers consumers free video calling. TokBox, which launched...

Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in Amobee Media Systems, a start-up developing advertising solutions for mobile operators. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The Amobee Media...

Eye-Fi, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, secured $11 million in Series B funding for its wireless memory cards for digital cameras. Eye-Fi was founded in the summer of...

Crescendo Networks, a start-up based in Israel, secured $9.5 million in third round funding for its web application acceleration solutions. Crescendo Networks features a multi-tier application architecture that improves the...

Celeno Communications, a start-up based in Israel, raised $16 million in Series C funding for its semiconductors for multimedia WiFi home networking applications. Celeno's high-performance, standards-based WiFi System on a...

Microsoft agreed to acquire DATAllegro, a supplier of data warehouse appliances, for an undisclosed sum. DATAllegro has specialized in large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliance installations that boast some of the...

Cisco agreed to acquire Pure Networks, a Seattle-based start-up specializing in home networking-management software, for approximately $120 million. Pure Networks' home networking-management solution allows users to easily set up and...

Rohati Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, has secured $12 million in a second round of funding for its high-performance network-based entitlement control (NBEC) solution. Rohati aims to simplify...

SOMA Networks, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured an additional $51 million of equity financing in an over-subscribed round. Investors include Daiwa Securities Group Inc.; Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal...

A10 Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California with offices in Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan, secured $23 million in Series C funding for its Web Application Delivery solutions....

OpenCloud Limited, a start-up based in Cambridge, UK, closed $10 million in second round funding for its work in real-time application servers for next-generation telecommunications services. OpenCloud's :"Rhino" is a...

Xeround, a start-up based in Bellevue, Washington, closed $16 million in Series B funding for its development of a distributed data grid with virtualization capabilities. The company has R&D operations...

ConSentry Networks named Joe Golden as its new CEO and a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining ConSentry, Golden was a general partner and co-founder of Accel...