Deal Highlights US
Name: Solera Networks Sector: Network Forensic Solutions CEO: Steven Shillingford
Investors: Allegis Capital, Canopy Group, Trident Capital Deal Value: $15 million
Solera Networks is a Utah-based network forensics organisation whose software provides high speed forensics solutions to organisations in order to monitor happenings across its data networks. When confronted with a data attack, it allows a firm to identify where the attack is coming from and try to prevent the network from being compromised further. This Series C funding round takes the investments in Solera to approximately $30.9million.
Name: Flipboard Sector: Mobile Applications CEO: Mike McCue
Investors: Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Deal Value: $10.5 million
Touted by many as the iPad’s killer app, Flipboard is essentially a content aggregator deriving its content from the updates of connections on the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Lending itself to a tablet devices form factor, the content is then flipped through in the same way as a conventional magazine. However this magazine is “edited” by one’s friends and colleagues providing the all important social element. Many commentators suggest that tablet PCs will herald the end of the print medium and Flipboard may be viewed as a final nail in that coffin.
Name: Zynga Sector: Online Gaming CEO: Mark Pinkus
Investors: Andreesen Horowitz, Google, Institutional Venture Partners, Softbank Japan,
Tiger Global Management Deal Value: $150 million
A firm that needs no introduction, Zynga has announced a further $150million investment to bring Zynga’s total funding to a rumoured $519million. This round of investment, from Japanese internet firm Softbank, will seemingly aid the move into the gigantic Japanese games market and help Zynga hit its projected revenue of $1billion by 2011.
Name: Chegg Sector: eCommerce CEO: Dan Rosensweig
Investors: Foundation Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pinnacle Ventures, Primera Capital, TriplePoint Capital
Deal Value: $75 million
Chegg, a well thought out combination of chicken and egg, offers online textbook rental to students in over 6,400 universities across North America. Textbook rental is a capital intensive market and the new investment, from Hong Kong investment firm Ace Limited, will help to scale up the warehouses, inventory, logistics and shipping that are vital to the business. Chegg launched in 2007 and has most recently acquired start-up CourseRank which aims to assist students in choosing the right university course for them.
Name: GetSatisfaction Sector: Online Customer Services/SaaS CEO: Wendy Lea
Investors: O’Reilly Alphatech Ventures, First Round Capital, SoftTech VC, Kapor Capital, Freestyle Capital, Chatham Group
Deal Value: $6 million
GetSatisfaction is an online community builder that takes online social support to the next stage. Founded in 2007 there are already 40,000 companies utilising Get Satisfaction to improve customer support, build better products and increase customer loyalty. Customers can answer one another’s questions and issues about a particular product or brand which allows crowdsourcing and thus provides the company with timely and relevant information. The latest Series A financing takes total investment to $10million.
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