Start-ups

Verimatrix, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $8 million for its digital content protection system. Verimatrix develops Pay TV content protection and access control systems, which include a user-specific...

Chelsio Communications, a start-up offering 10-Gigabit Ethernet server adapters and protocol acceleration technology, announced the first close of a private venture funding round, raising a total of $12 million and...

Reef Point Systems, a start-up based in Burlington, Mass., raised $21 million of new financing for its security solutions for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) networks. Reef Point offers a massively-scaleable Multiservice...

BridgeCo, a developer of digital home networking products, raised $23 million in series D venture financing. The company recently opened a new headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of El...

Ember, a start-up based in Boston with R&D in Cambridge, England, closed an additional $12 million in funding for its ZigBee networking solutions. Ember is seeking to promote 802.15.4/ZigBee technology...

Qpixel Technology International, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, raised $25 million in second round funding for its low-power digital video and audio encoder/decoder solutions. Qpixel's low latency, high quality...

Raza Microelectronics (RMI), a start-up specializing in high-performance silicon for networking platforms, will acquire AMD's MIPS-based "Alchemy" processor product line. At the same time, AMD will become an investor in...

Cisco Systems agreed to acquire privately-held Metreos Corp of Austin, Texas, and Audium Corp of New York in two separate deals. Both of these companies offer application creation/integration environments which...

ANDA Networks, a late stage venture backed supplier of carrier-class Ethernet solutions, raised an additional $10.5 million round of equity funding. ANDA said its worldwide shipments have more than doubled...

Overture Networks, a start-up based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, raised $7.5 million in third round funding for its converged packet access platforms. Overture Networks provides high-speed networking platforms...

Yipes Enterprise Services raised $17.5 million in fourth round funding, including a $9 million line of credit from SVB Silicon Valley Bank and additional Series D funding of $8.5 million...

SkyCross, a start-up developing advanced wireless antennas, announced an investment from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation, as part of their latest round of financing led by...

Zeugma Systems (pronounced "zoogma"), a start-up based in Vancouver, British Columbia, raised US$13.5 million in venture financing for its work developing a telecommunications system for next generation, high speed broadband...