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• Balderton Capital Appoints New Partner (Balderton Capital Jobs)
• Paglo Launches Its Search Engine for IT
• Ask the VC: Should I be a shareholder representative?
• VMware Buys B-hive for Performance Scans
• European investors help Mayfield’s push into India (Mayfield Fund Jobs)
• PR Secrets for Startups
• CrunchBase Now Integrated With LinkedIn API (Sequoia Capital Jobs)
• UrTurn Pays You To Use Facebook (Facebook Jobs)
• In London, a Glimpse of a Broadband Future
• What Do Slide, 23andMe & Chemdex Share? (Slide Jobs)
• Reveal Imaging wins Olympics counter-terrorism contracts
• Pacific Biosciences acquires single molecule sequencing technology (MDV Jobs)
• What Makes Gaming Social? (Founders Fund Jobs)

Funding News

Chicago’s Crowdspring Launches With $3M From Angels For Graphic Design Marketplace Russian In-game Advertising Firm Enter Media Raises $1M Altierre adds $8M new funding Online auto auction company Openlane gets $25M new funding Providence Invests USD 640 million in Aditya Birla Telecom Flock Closes $15 Million Financing Round, Led by Fidelity Ventures Credit Suisse’s Customized Fund Investment Group Invests in $20 Million SmartSynch Financing Water monitoring technology gets $8M boost in San Francisco, with more funds to come Networking chip firm Arteris raises $7.5 million Quickoffice, raises $3M to help deliver mobile office software – just in time for the upgraded iPhone (Mayfield Fund Jobs) VectorMAX raises $1 million to expand Internet video delivery systems (Vuze Jobs) Big widget company RockYou raises a mere $1M, to tide it over (RockYou Jobs) ZinkoTek gets $2M for recyclable toys United Sample Raises $1.29M Tmobile Goes With Pelago Wireless SocNet In $15M Round (Pelago Jobs) Skyfire Gets $13 Million To Fight Mobile Browser Wars (Skyfire Jobs) Kyriba Corporation Raises $7 Million to Finance its Accelerating Growth. Coface leads Funding Round with Existing Investors GRP and BRED Banque Populaire Knewton raises $2.5 million for education services software SunEdison raises $161 million for solar services and installing Ontela claims $10M for mobile to computer photo transfers Actelis adds on $15M for copper-based broadband service Visible World, a targeted cable advertiser, raises $25M ReVance, topical botox company, raises $8M more Online cooking marketplace Cooking.com stirs up $7.1M

  Company News

• Facebook getting bigger in Spanish-speaking Latin America     (Facebook Jobs)
• BuzzCity is a growing new competitor in the US mobile advertising market   
• WeeWorld launches a cutesy virtual world   (WeeWorld  Jobs)
• TheFunded publishes list of top-rated venture capitalists 
• Alerion Capital Group and Merit Capital Partners Invest in VXI Technology Incorporated (VTI)   
• Zuora Aims To Be Salesforce for Online Billing; Benioff Agrees   (Benchmark capital Jobs)
• Me.dium makes friends with Big Brother  (Me.dium Jobs)
• Rearden Commerce Goes Mobile   (Foundation Capital Jobs)
• Teneros names new CEO   (Teneros Jobs)
• Grid Networks Gets Nod From Comcast   
• Roku Lives to Make Netflix Set-top Boxes   (Foundation Capital Jobs)
• Bebo is AOLed, Randy Falco Memo   (Bebo Jobs)
• Why WetPaint & Other UGC Sites Get Big Money   (WetPaint Jobs)
• ZoomInfo spins off its ad platform into Bizo, a new company   (Zoominfo Jobs)

Funding News

Behavioral Ad Network JellyCloud Raises $11.5M    Airline WiFi Vendor Row44 Raises $21M    MBC looks to raise $1.4M from membership for cancer research    Mimosa Systems gets $17M new funding   (Mimosa Systems Jobs) NearbyNow gets $11.75M in 3rd round  Mu Dynamics gets $10M in 3rd round   (Benchmark Capital Jobs) ChipVision gets $4.5M in 2nd round    Wetpaint Raises $25 Million and Launches Wetpaint Injected   (Wetpaint Jobs) HubSpot Gets $12 Million To Drive Traffic to Your Site    A $3 Million Round And A New CEO For Outside.in    Molecular Imprints Completes $12.9 Million Financing  Innovative Biosensors, Inc. (IBI) Raises $11.5 Million    Miragen Therapeutics, Inc. Receives $8 M in Venture Capital Financing for Development of MicroRNA-based Therapies   (Atlas Venture Jobs) Software Application Vendor Openbravo Secures $12m in the Largest Ever Round for Open Source ERP    EndoChoice, Inc Closes Series A Financing With River Cities Capital Funds    Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Announces $40M Financing    EnLink Geoenergy raises $30M for geothermal heat pump installations    Mozes Secures $11.5 Million in Series B Financing Led by Consumer-Focused Maveron    CerviLenz Receives JumpStart Investment   (JumpStart Jobs) Novasys Medical Secures $49.5 Million in Series D Financing to Expand Commercialization of Its Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women    OmniGuide(R) Secures $25 Million in Funding to Support Continued Growth and New Market Penetration    ACG Receives 2.5 Million in Venture Financing From Tracer Capital    SilkRoad technology, inc. Completes $54 Million Round Of Equity Financing   (Foundation Capital Jobs) EoPlex Technologies piles on another $4M for advanced cell phone antennas    Publishing software consulting company Really Strategies raises $1.8M    Moblyng Gets $5.7M to Bring Flash to Phones   (MDV Jobs) Arteris gets $7.5M new funding    ANTs Software raises $7.5M    Veotag raises $1.2M for better video tagging and discovery    Widget infrastructure company Clearspring raises $18M    CamSemi raises $8M for energy-efficient semiconductors    Aragon Consulting Group gets $2.5M for software dev services    Principle Power takes $2.3M for clean energy development    Online billing company Aria Systems gets funding from industry vet    eTix Secures Strategic Investment From Southern Capitol Ventures    ImageShack Rumored To Raise Money From Sequoia   (Sequoia Capital Jobs)    Twitter VC Funding Done, Raises $15M    Web browser Flock raises $15 million    Unitrends Secures $9 Million in Series C Funding    Mocana Closes $7M in Series B Funding    Ecore raises $29M from Element Partners for rubber recycling business    Smart grid investments come hot and heavy – SmartSynch gets another $20M for talkative electrical meters

  Startup News

• Dash Opens Up APIs For Its GPS Device to Developers (Dash Navigation Jobs)      
• OpenTable Ranks Restaurants, Guarantees No Fake Reviews   (OpenTable Jobs)
• Wetpaint Emerging As A Leading Social Publishing Platform   (Wetpaint Jobs)
• Metacafe names chief financial officer   (Metacafe Jobs)
• Nimbuzz’s All-in-One Mobile IM & VoIP App 
• RealNetworks to separate games unit   
• Eye-Fi adds two new wireless memory cards to their product line-up   
• Google Confirms Friend Connect 
• NuRide breathes life into outdated carpool model 
• Powerset Is Live   (Powerset Jobs)
• Racepoint secures seven new clients   
• Aliph releases second-generation, sleeker Jawbone headset   (Aliph Jobs)
• Trinity Ventures Names Ajay Chopra General Partner   (Trinity Ventures Jobs)

Funding News

Aruspex gets $4M for employee planning software    Daytrip company Viator raises $7.6M    Mobile service Viigo raises $1.5M    Gevo raises another $17M for synthetic biofuels    Google joins in $115M investment into solar thermal company, BrightSource    Greentech Media Raises $2.75M Series B Capital as Market for Green Technologies Accelerates    Multigig receives $12.5M for router chips    Smalltown extends first round, aims for nationwide expansion    Maveron leads $11.5M round for Mozes    Widget maker Sprout takes $5M second round, targets music community    Expresso Fitness gets $12M new funding    SlideShare, backed by Mark Cuban, Get $3M    B2B Video’s Veodia Raises $8.3M in First Round    FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection   (Sequoia Capital Jobs) Duke Energy invests $100M in rooftop solar projects   (Nanosolar Jobs) Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M    Location-based software provider deCarta raises $10.5M    Media content search company Jinni raises $1M    Search Startup Surf Canyon Raises a Seed Round  CitizenHawk Raises $3 Million To Target Cybersquatters    Gina Bianchini talks about Ning’s rapid growth, $60 M Series D and working with co-founder Marc Andreessen    Biz360’s analytics play snares insiders for $10 million more  (Biz360 Jobs) Facebook raises $100M for more servers   (Facebook Jobs) Revance adds $8M to third round funding    FBI G-Men’s iSekurity Raises $11M To Thwart Identify Thugs    IGLOO Raises Capital to Deliver Web 2.0 Collaborative Platform Built for Corporations    Why Social Gaming Network Got $15M in Funding   (The Founders Fund Jobs) Passenger gets $8M for market research on private social networks    SilkRoad technology raises $54M for talent management  Photo-music video creator Animoto raises round from Amazon    Stealth search company Blekko gets $3M  GreenFuel not giving up, with another $13.9M for algae farms   (Polaris Ventures Jobs) Ubidyne Secures $34 Million (22 Million Euros) in Series B Funding    CoreOptics Announces Closing of $25 Million Funding Round    Talyst Investors Add $20 Million Funding Commitment to Advance the Company’s Leadership in Pharmacy Automation    Novasys Medical raises $49.5 million

  Startup News

• Worktopia matches organizations with meeting space
• ClearCube spins off virtualization software unit      
• Opera Releases Firebug Alternative: Dragonfly 
• Yahoo, Jajah Make Phone Hookup   (Sequoia Capital Jobs)
• EnerNOC acquires energy consulting firm    (EnerNOC Jobs)
• Mascoma, General Motors enter biofuels pact   (Mascoma Jobs)
• Finally, T-Mobile Launches a U.S. 3G Network 
• Silver Spring Networks: The Cisco of Smart Grid?   (Silver Spring Networks Jobs)
• Ruby Gets Some Enterprise-level Support   (Benchmark Capital Jobs)
• Mosso Launches CloudFS Storage Service   

Funding News

Parature raises $16M for customer service software    Plusmo raises $4.41M for mobile widgets    Cardiva Medical raises $15.5 million    Software company New Relic raises $3.5 million   (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Game site Kongregate raises $3 million to target ‘ADHD generation’  Iamba gets $7M new funding    Israeli user interface startup receives $20.4M    Brook Venture Partners Leads $3.3 Million Investment in Certica Solutions    Astute Medical Raises $6.2 Million in Series A Financing Round Led by De Novo Ventures  Asoyia Secures Venture Capital Funding    Stealth web company 1Verge Inc raises $25M    ZeeVee raises round, to release web-in-your-TV box this summer    Pontiflex Inc. Secures $2.5 Million in Series A Venture Capital Funding    The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine secured $40 M in venture capital funding.  (Polaris Ventures Jobs) Mascoma gets $61 million   (Mascoma Jobs) Walk For Hunger raises $3.8M  LaserCard Corp. lands $1.6 million for vehicle registration in India    Meebo raises $25 million   (Meebo Jobs) PrimeSense Raises $20M, Offers Immersive 3D Gaming Rigs    Histogen Announces Initial Close of Series A Financing Round    Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Announces $2.4 Million Equity Financing   (JumpStart Jobs) SensorLogic Closes C Round Funding    (Sevin Rosen Funds Jobs) Presentation sharing site SlideShare raises $3 million    Green drink craze? Steaz teas raises $11M for organic and fair trade tea    Biz360 gets more funding, says market research business is still wide open   (Biz360 Jobs) Giant Realm raises another $2 million for male entertainment portal    Intrexon Corporation Secures $25 Million Series C-2 Investment  CHiL Semiconductor Raises $16.7 Million to Expand Sales and Operations Worldwide    CHiL Semiconductor Raises $16.7 Million to Expand Sales and Operations Worldwide    Prudential Capital Partners Invests $25 Million in a One-Stop Financing for Clockwork Home Services, Inc.  InnoCentive Secures $6.5 Million in Series B Funding From Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc.    Albireo Announces Second Closing of Series A Financing    Jazz pharma gets $75M equity financing    REGiMMUNE Raises $8,000,000 in Series B Financing  BioBlend Announces Second-Round Funding by ADM    Univa UD Receives Series B Financing    Apoptos Inc. Raises $28 Million in Series A Financing  Spot Runner Raises $51 Million To Expand To New Markets    TV/Film Recommendation Site Jinni Raises $1M    Marine power gets $7.5M boost from DOE    Thin-film solar startup Sunovia raises $12M to compete with First Solar    Segway ups third funding to $35M – have you bought yours yet?  Ruby on Rails Startup Heroku Gets $3 Million    MarketLive(R) Secures $20 Million in New Capital — Charts Course for Growth and Acceleration of Customer Performance   (MarketLive Jobs) At Rearden Commerce, Addiction is Job One ($100 Million Round Confirmed, Major Deal With JPMorgan Chase)   (Foundation Capital Jobs) Sports and TV Apps For Facebook Maker Watercooler Raises $4M   (Facebook Jobs) Firefly Energy raises $16M for powered-up lead acid batteries    Crossing Automation raises $6 million for wafer-handling tool business    Untangle raises $8 million round to expand overseas for open-source security appliances    Bigfoot Networks raises $8.75 million for gaming hardware business    NineSigma raises $4M for innovation market    Lifestyle drink brand Adina for Life raises $6.6M    Fora.tv, the C-Span of the Web, raises $4M

  Startup News

• Baird Capital Partners Asia Closes First Investment   
• Austin Ventures Announces Partnership with Jeffrey Dachis to Create Social Enterprise Software and Services Company  (Austin Ventures Jobs)   
• Kleiner Perkins reportedly raising a $400M-plus "green growth" fund   (KPCB Jobs)
• We should be talking more about Optisolar – a solar startup with big plans 
• Lightspeed Funding Turns Facebook Application Into "Serious Business"   (Facebook Jobs)
• Maybe The Fight Against Click Fraud Isn’t Hopeless After All   (Austin Ventures Jobs)
• Source: Benchmark Invests In TuneWiki To Bring Song Lyrics To iPhone  (Benchmark Capital Jobs)
• Constant Contact prices offering   (Constant Contact Jobs)
• Xobni’s Secret Project: Merge Outlook With Yahoo Mail   
• Jajah Gives Yahoo Voice, AOL Wants Others to SIP AIM Voice  (Sequoia Capital Jobs)
• Zoho Adds Macros and Pivot Tables to Online Spreadsheets   
• Yelp Lets Businesses Fight Back  (Yelp Jobs)
• Rambus stock up after court ruling  (MDV Jobs)
• AdMob Offers Free Mobile Metrics Package   (AdMob Jobs) 

Funding News

SkyFuel raises $17M for solar thermal mirrors    TechnoSpin raises $8M for small wind turbines   Docstoc raises $3.25M, starts running banner ads    Fidelis Security Systems gets $22M for network security    RightScale Raises $4.5 Million From Benchmark Capital   (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Jobster raises another $7M   (Jobster Jobs) InvenSense Secures $19 Million Dollars in Series C Funding    Retail Convergence Takes $25 Million Series A    Solar tech maker Xunlight shines with $22M series B    Nuon Therapeutics raises $27 million    ReliOn Secures ‘C’ Round Financing    LeadPoint Secures $6 Million From Silicon Valley Bank Ventures    Kaazing gets $1M initial funding    Obopay adds global investors for cell phone payment system    Buzzd gets funding for location-based mobile services   (Buzzd Jobs) Enerpulse raises $5M for vehicle fuel efficiency    Silverpop, an on-demand marketer, takes $15M    Friends For Sale creators raise financing, not for sale  Massage chair company Zubio gets funding to help stressed techies relax    Media6Degrees raises $2 million for online advertising analytics    Akoha to build cause-related social games, raises $1.9 million    Twitter secures its new $15-$20M round?    Verdiem pulls in $12M for power-saving software   (Verdiem Jobs) Key Principal Partners Announces $23.5 Million Investment in AMPAM Parks Mechanical, Inc.    Pacific Title & Art Studio Announces Growth Financing    SaysMe.TV Closes Series A Investment from Leading Venture Funds Including Intel Capital, Prime Capital and Katalyst Films    Brook Venture leads $3.6M investment in PointCare Technologies    Stealthy device maker ExploraMed raises $18.5M    Intacct raises $15M new funding  (Intacct Jobs) PlumChoice nets $2.8M in funding    Innovative advertising startup TVeez gets $15M first funding   (Tveez Jobs) Wishpot, a gift registry and shopping service, gets $1M    AppFolio takes $22M for property management software    SkyPilot Networks Closes New Round of Financing    Constellation Pharmaceuticals Closes $32 Million in Series A Funding    Enterprise 2.0 startup WorkLight secures $12 M Series B    Pontiflex Raises $2.5 Million in Series A Funding    mBeat Media takes $1.5M round, seeks more  Cortera Raises $8 Million in Funding Round Led By CIBC    Record Labels Strategically Invest $2.8M in MOG  TheStreet Puts Mad Money on Geezeo    Colorado’s Smashburger Raises $15M From Quiznos Founder     CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals Raises $37 Million in Series C Financing  Sales management company Xactly raises $30M

  Startup News

• Kleiner Perkins To Bring Tiny Norwegian Electric Car Think To US    (KPCB Jobs)
• Yahoo! faces key week in duel with Microsoft   
• Motorola takes a stake in VirtualLogix  (Atlas Venture Jobs)
• Hi5’s developer platform growing, worth a closer look   (Hi5 Jobs)
• eSolar Announces Breakthrough Pre-Fabricated Solar Power Plants   
• TwittEarth Makes Twitter A Global Experience   
• Etelos Lets Your Web Apps Run Offline   
• Photobucket Plays Catch Up To Flickr, Public API Released   
• Truphone, TripIt, Social Solutions and more   (Truphone Jobs)
• Medivation touts positive results of Alzheimer’s drug 
• MySpace Opens Ad Window to Marketers   
• Zipcar grows headquarters   (Zipcar Jobs)
• OStatic Gets oDesked 

Funding News

Nurien Software Secures $15M in Series A Funding    IDev Technologies, Inc. Closes $25 Million Financing    Red Bend Software Receives $10 Million in Funding to Meet Growing Market Demand for Mobile Software Management    Warburg Pincus Closes $15 Billion Global Private Equity Fund    Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals Raises $25 Million in Series B Financing   (Atlas Venture Jobs) TeachStreet Closes Series A Round of $2.25 Million    Cambria Pharmaceuticals Announces $5.4 Million Series A Financing    MobiTV gets $5 million equipment loan from Leader Ventures    Altor Networks raises $6 million  (Foundation Capital Jobs) Virtual club operator Stable Media raising $2M round    Buddy Media launches another "social media" ad network, raises $6.5M  (Buddy Media Jobs) Collective Intellect raises $6.6M to report on social media    Storage company ONStor pulls IPO plan, raises $25M  (Onstor Jobs) Social network creator Ning raises $60M at $500M valuation    Nuon Therapeutics gets $15M second round    Dirtt Environmental, a green builder, raises $25M    Obopay takes $20M for mobile payment software    Emphasis Search raises $1M to help you find the right doctor    BrainCells Inc. Expands Series B Financing to $50 Million    TripIt Receives $5.1 Million Investment    VisEn Medical Raises $5.0 Million in Expanded Series B Financing    Travel Ad Network Closes Series A Institutional Round of Financing    The Guild Takes $2.5 Million Series C    GamerDNA Gets $3M From Flybridge    Osteologix Completes $5.3 Million Private Placement Financing    GoFish Corporation Completes $1.5 Million Private Placement Financing    UK Mobile VoIP Operator Truphone Raises $32.7M   (Truphone Jobs) Health Plan One Takes $6.5 Million Series A    Audience Closes $15 Million Round of Funding  Argos Therapeutics Secures $35.2 Million Series C Financing    Benchmark invests $4.5M in cloud computing company   (Benchmark Capital Jobs) Capnia, a CO2-through-nose treatment company, raises $16.3M    Stromedix Raises $25 Million Series B for Fibrosis Programs, Begins Clinical Trial   (Atlas Veture Jobs) MediaScrape Takes $3.2 Million    Ambient gets $3M in funding    MediaBank Secures $30 Million in Funding from Leading Venture Capital Firm    Adhezion Biomedical Completes Series A Financing  Play Hard Sports Officially Launches and Secures $5 Million in Venture Funding    HealthEdge Receives $13 Million Investment Commitment to Fund Significant Growth    Rearden Commerce Raises $100 Million For Enterprise Services (Or, "Mashups For Adults")  (Foundation Capital Jobs) Exari Announces New Funding    Finance site Geezeo raises $1.2M from TheStreet.com

  Startup News

• Fewer venture capital firms are raising money      
• 8 Tips For Landing The Perfect Startup Job   
• Is Sequoia Capital expanding into hedge funds?   (Sequoia Capital Jobs)
• Powerset: Don’t call us a search engine   (Powerset Jobs)
• Indeed Now Lets You Search for Jobs by Salary   
• Nokia develops navigating system based on image recognition, landmarks 
• Sequoia re-ups in Imeem   (Imeem Jobs)
• Social network Hi5’s developer platform is more successful (and spammier?) than MySpace’s [updated]   (Hi5 Jobs)
• FON draws Sistema as strategic investor for international WiFi play   (FON Jobs)
• Facebook Makes Elitist IM Launch   (Facebook Jobs)
• RecycleBank uses wireless tech to spur recycling   (KPCB Jobs)

Funding News

RecycleBank Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding from Top Venture Capital Firms   (KPCB Jobs) OLX Raises $13.5 Million to Become Largest International Classified Site on the Web  (Founders Fund Jobs) Rosum raises $15 million for mobile GPS alternatives  Cuill Secures $25M More For Next Generation Search  MyriadHealth Secures $1.5 Million    Aileron Therapeutics raises $10M for expansion and development of research facility    Move Networks Backed by Industry Leaders in $46 Million Series C Funding Round    (Move Networks Jobs) RGB Networks Continues Expansion with New $20 Million Round of Funding    eMeter Juices Up $12 Million   (eMeter Jobs) Wireless startup Fon raises $9.5M    BuddyTV Raises $6 Million From Madrona Venture Group    Heritage Announces $10 Million Financing    Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc. Secures $24.5 Million Financing    SignalDemand gets $20M to expand pricing software   (SignalDemand Jobs) Federated Media takes $50M round    Gridstone raises $10M for providing corporate data to financial analysts    Realtime Worlds Pulls $50M Investment    WaveMaker Software raises $4.5M for web development tools   (WaveMaker Jobs) Xytis gets $7.5M to work on central nervous system disorders   (Atlas Venture Funds Jobs) Central Desktop raises $7M to grow in crowded collaboration market    Anaphore, Inc Receives $8M Financing    StarCite Secures $15 Million of Funding To Meet Rising Demand For Meeting Management Solutions    Neoprobe Receives $3 Million in Clinical Funding    Facebook Ad Network BuddyMedia Raised $6.5M   (BuddyMedia Jobs) Free 411 service Jingle raises $13M    Angie’s List collects $35M to expand services    Silver Spring Networks joins rush, with $17.4M for smart grid tech  (Silver Spring Networks Jobs) Mainstream Energy, a local solar installer, gets $40M from Norwegian firm    Digital music store operator PassAlong raising $30M equity round    Cheap Calls! Truphone Raises £16.5 million In Series B   (Truphone Jobs) TripIt raises $5.1 million    mKhoj Rings in $7.1 Million in Series A funding from KPCB and Sherpalo   (KPCB Jobs) Lonelygirl15 and KateModern Creators Raise $5 million, Form EQAL    QD Vision Raises $9 Million in Venture Capital Financing

  Startup News

• A heart-device startup braves the IPO waters      
• Powerset Will Launch In Coming Weeks   (Powerset Jobs)
• IBM and Linden Lab to create enterprise-safe virtual worlds   (Linden Lab Jobs)
• Q&A with Seth Goldstein, on social networking ads making more money   
• Stealth startup Topspin reels in Yahoo! exec   
• Zillow Hosts Mortgage Open House   (Zillow Jobs)
• Imeem Scoops Up Snocap   (Imeem Jobs)
• Yahoo rejects Microsoft again, but says it’s open to talks   
• Facebook Makes Elitist IM Launch   (Facebook Jobs)
• Widget mashup service Mixmonsta wins Vator.tv/Demand Media competition 
• Flickr Video Launches – A Unique Experience   
• Collaborative software company Jive acquires Jotlet, gets better project management   (Jive Software Jobs)
• Navigenics opens DNA ’store’   (MDV Jobs)
• Meebo Can’t Get Their Price, Goes For Fundraising Instead Of Sale   (Meebo Jobs)

Funding News

Stent maker CardioMind starts trial, gets $22M   (Morgenthaler Jobs) Emerald Technology Ventures Together With Yellowstone Capital Partners Lead USD 5.6 Million Series B Financing in Senscient    Serent Capital Completes Institutional Fundraising on Oversubscribed $250 Million Fund Focused on Profitable Growth Companies    Mobius Venture Capital Invests in ePartners    IControl, a home security service, raises $15.5 million from Kleiner Perkins   (KPCB Jobs) Family network site Sampa raises $1M    Aperto Networks, a WiMax equipment maker, gets $20M    Rumor: Ad network Federated Media raises $50M from Oak Hill Capital Partners, at $200M valuation    MarketTools, marketing company, raises $23M amid competition   (Velocity Interactive Group Jobs) Attributor gets $12M in 3rd round   (Attributor Jobs) Kleer gets $28M in 2nd round    Aperto Networks gets $20M new funding    Reality Digital raises $6.3 million    Home security company iControl raises $15.5 million   (KPCB Jobs) Yardbarker raises $6 million    Coremetrics raises $60 million    Vivus raises $30M for clinical trials    For Loomia, A Timely $5M Investment    MDwerks, Inc. Raises $6.8 Million Through a Private Placement  SiBEAM gets $40M in 3rd round  (SIBEAM Jobs) Foundation Capital earmarks part of new $750M fund for cleantech   (Foundation Capital Jobs) Imprivata closes $15M funding round    SpikeSource gets $10M new funding   (Spike Source Jobs) Greenline Industries raises $20 million    Imperva raises $20 million    Storwize Secures $19 million in New Funding Round    (Storwize Jobs) ScaleMP debuts aggregate virtualization with $8M funding  (ScaleMP Jobs) Tideway Secures $27 Million in Series C Funding    eMeter Announces $12 Million Funding  (eMeter Jobs) Rumor: Has Vudu just raised more than $40M?  (Vudu Jobs) Search engine marketing company Kenshoo raises round from Arts Alliance  (Kenshoo Jobs) Paid search management company Marin Software raises $7.25M   (Marin Software Jobs) SpringCM raises $10 million   (SpringCM Jobs)

  Startup News

• A heart-device startup braves the IPO waters      
• Powerset Will Launch In Coming Weeks   (Powerset Jobs)
• IBM and Linden Lab to create enterprise-safe virtual worlds   (Linden Lab Jobs)
• Q&A with Seth Goldstein, on social networking ads making more money   
• Stealth startup Topspin reels in Yahoo! exec   
• Zillow Hosts Mortgage Open House   (Zillow Jobs)
• Imeem Scoops Up Snocap   (Imeem Jobs)
• Yahoo rejects Microsoft again, but says it’s open to talks   
• Facebook Makes Elitist IM Launch   (Facebook Jobs)
• Widget mashup service Mixmonsta wins Vator.tv/Demand Media competition 
• Flickr Video Launches – A Unique Experience   
• Collaborative software company Jive acquires Jotlet, gets better project management   (Jive Software Jobs)
• Navigenics opens DNA ’store’   (MDV Jobs)
• Meebo Can’t Get Their Price, Goes For Fundraising Instead Of Sale   (Meebo Jobs)

Funding News

Stent maker CardioMind starts trial, gets $22M   (Morgenthaler Jobs) Emerald Technology Ventures Together With Yellowstone Capital Partners Lead USD 5.6 Million Series B Financing in Senscient    Serent Capital Completes Institutional Fundraising on Oversubscribed $250 Million Fund Focused on Profitable Growth Companies    Mobius Venture Capital Invests in ePartners    IControl, a home security service, raises $15.5 million from Kleiner Perkins   (KPCB Jobs) Family network site Sampa raises $1M    Aperto Networks, a WiMax equipment maker, gets $20M    Rumor: Ad network Federated Media raises $50M from Oak Hill Capital Partners, at $200M valuation    MarketTools, marketing company, raises $23M amid competition   (Velocity Interactive Group Jobs) Attributor gets $12M in 3rd round   (Attributor Jobs) Kleer gets $28M in 2nd round    Aperto Networks gets $20M new funding    Reality Digital raises $6.3 million    Home security company iControl raises $15.5 million   (KPCB Jobs) Yardbarker raises $6 million    Coremetrics raises $60 million    Vivus raises $30M for clinical trials    For Loomia, A Timely $5M Investment    MDwerks, Inc. Raises $6.8 Million Through a Private Placement  SiBEAM gets $40M in 3rd round  (SIBEAM Jobs) Foundation Capital earmarks part of new $750M fund for cleantech   (Foundation Capital Jobs) Imprivata closes $15M funding round    SpikeSource gets $10M new funding   (Spike Source Jobs) Greenline Industries raises $20 million    Imperva raises $20 million    Storwize Secures $19 million in New Funding Round    (Storwize Jobs) ScaleMP debuts aggregate virtualization with $8M funding  (ScaleMP Jobs) Tideway Secures $27 Million in Series C Funding    eMeter Announces $12 Million Funding  (eMeter Jobs) Rumor: Has Vudu just raised more than $40M?  (Vudu Jobs) Search engine marketing company Kenshoo raises round from Arts Alliance  (Kenshoo Jobs) Paid search management company Marin Software raises $7.25M   (Marin Software Jobs) SpringCM raises $10 million   (SpringCM Jobs)