Start-ups

Loggly, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $11.5 million in funding for its cloud-based, enterprise-class log management service. Loggly's cloud-based log management solution crunches through huge volumes of log...

Elastifile, a start-up based in San Jose, announced a strategic investment by Cisco. Financial terms were not disclosed. Other investors in the company include Battery Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners....

VMware agreed to acquire Arkin Net, a start-up offering software-defined data center security and operations tools. Financial terms were not disclosed. Arkin, which is based in Santa Clara, California, brings...

Fortinet agreed to acquire AccelOps, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, that specializes in network security monitoring and analytics solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. AccelOps’s virtual appliance software...

Embotics, a start-up based in Ottawa, raised $12.1 million for its multi-cloud management software for public and private cloud environments. The Embotics vCommander integrates into private, public or hybrid infrastructure...

Midokura announced $20.4 million in Series B funding for its software network virtualization solutions. Midokura Enterprise MidoNet (MEM)  technology offers an intelligent, software-based network abstraction layer between the hosts and...

Skyport Systems, a start-up offering secure infrastructure solutions, has appointed Kelly Seelig to the position of chief marketing officer (CMO). Previously, Seelig served as vice president of marketing and communications...

Qadium, a start-up based in San Francisco, announced $20 million in Series A funding for developing its platform for indexing every device on the public Internet. Qadium, which was seeded...

Christie Pitts, Venture Development Manager at Verizon Ventures, highlights some of hot tech areas with adjacencies to Verizon's core businesses. Think drones, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and 5G. Verizon Ventures...

BBG Ventures, a seed fund with backing from Verizon and AOL, invests in tech start-ups with at least one female founder. Susan Lyne, Founder and President of BBG Ventures, a...

Innovium, a pre-launch start-up based in San Jose, announced that it has raised over $50 million in funding across two oversubscribed rounds. Innovium is developing networking infrastructure products for next-generation...

Viptela, a start-up based in San Jose, announced $75 million in Series C funding for its Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) platform. The company cites deployments by more than 25 Fortune 500...

eero, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $50 million for its home WiFi system. ero uses multiple 802.11ac access points placed throughout the home to provide strong coverage in...