Start-ups

MobileIron, which specializes in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, reported 600% growth in its customer base during 2011, including adding 435 new enterprise customers in the...

BridgeWave Communications, which supplies 4G millimeter wave backhaul solutions, has secured an additional $10.3 million in financing to support accelerating growth in the backhaul for network deployments. The round was...

IBM agreed to acquire Green Hat, a privately-held company developing software quality testing for the cloud, for an undisclosed sum. Green Hat leverages cloud computing to conduct testing on a...

Akamai Technologies has agreed to acquire Cotendo, which specializes in cloud-based acceleration technologies, for approximately $268 million in cash, plus the assumption of outstanding unvested options to purchase Cotendo common...

Jawbone, which has been known for its premium Bluetooth headsets, received a combined $40 million in funding from Deutsche Telekom, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, private investor Yuri Milner, and...

Jawbone, which has been known for its premium Bluetooth headsets, received a combined $40 million in funding from Deutsche Telekom, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, private investor Yuri Milner, and...

BinOptics, a start-up spun out of Cornell University in 2000, closed $13.3 million in new funding for its lasers and monolithically integrated optoelectronic components . The company will use the...

ip.access, a privately-held company based in Cambridge, UK, raised $15 million in new funding from its current investors and from a major new backer. ip.access is the leading supplier of...

SOASTA, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $12 million for its cloud-based performance testing. SOASTA’s CloudTest Platform is designed for testing the performance of web and mobile applications...

Twilio, a start-up based in San Francisco, has raised $17 million in series C funding for its APIs that help application developers add voice and SMS capabilities. Twilio is a...

Twilio, a start-up based in San Francisco, has raised $17 million in series C funding for its APIs that help application developers add voice and SMS capabilities. Twilio is a...

Skorpios Technologies, a start-up based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced a follow-on investment to its Series B round of $19 million. The additional $2 million provided by T-Venture, Deutsche Telekom's...

Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, a start-up specializing in security for Android. Financial terms were not disclosed. Whisper is based in the San Francisco area. Whisper integrates with the underlying...