Start-ups

FutureSoft, a developer of communications and embedded software solutions, announced strategic investments from IL&FS Investment Managers Limited (IIML) and Intel Capital. FutureSoft plans to scale up its IP business targeting...

Top Layer Networks, a start-up based in Westboro, Massachusetts, announced a new family of ASIC-based access control security switches for wired and wireless networks. Top Layer's Secure Controller switches force...

Vivato, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $44.5 million in third round funding for its Wi-Fi switches. The new funding was led by Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), joined by...

Cradle Technologies, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, completed an oversubscribed $21.5 million round of venture funding to support its development of programmable Soft-Silicon solutions for digital convergence. Cradle's...

SOFTBANK has invested US$13 million in Bellwave, a Korean manufacturer, acquiring a 17% stake in the company. Bellwave specializes in GSM mobile phones and CDMA wireless data modules. The company...

BigBand Networks, a start-up based in Redwood City, California raised $15 million in fourth round funding to support its broadband multimedia platform. BigBand's platform, which has been shipping for six...

Siemens Mobile Acceleration has made an equity investment in Realeyes3D, a start-up based in Paris, France that specializes in advanced image processing software for mobile communication devices. The Realeyes technology...

Spatial Wireless, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, announced the closing of $27 million in additional equity financing for its core softswitch for mobile networks. Spatial Wireless has developed a...

StarGen, a start-up based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, received $15 million in third round venture funding for its advanced serial switched interconnect technology. To date, StarGen has shipped tens of thousands...

Sarvega, a start-up based near Chicago, Illinois, attracted $10 million of Series B funding for its XML appliances. Sarvega's solutions are designed to decouple complex XML processing tasks from the...

IPeria, a start-up headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, announced a new round of funding to support its IP messaging software. IPeria's ActivEdge Enhanced Communication System provides voicemail, auto-attendant, and other network-based...

SnowShore Networks announced that its N20 and A1 media servers were selected for deployment in a leading Japanese carrier network (name not disclosed). BellNet, a systems integrator for several of...

Pannaway Technologies announced availability of its PBG Personal Branch Gateway, an on-premise device that integrates a router, an Internet modem, and firewall together with Voice over IP services, enabling guaranteed...