Janrain, which provides a social log-in management platform for developers that allows for easy signup through Facebook and other social media services, has raised $33 million. The round included contributions from new…
Israeli Tech Companies Raise $1.92 B in 2012
Though there was an increase in number of Israeli startups that managed to raise money last year, there was less money raised. Last year, 575 Israeli high tech companies raised $1.92 billion…
Konsonant Rewrites How Movie Soundtracks Are Arranged
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Providing a one-stop shop for music soundtracks for TV and film producers, konsonant/ is rewriting the rules for how soundtracks are produced. The company’s database features music…
2012 in Review – IPO Market Manages Slight Momentum
Despite the cynicism of the public market following the Facebook debacle, the IPO market actually managed marginal improvements for 2012, though its success was severely hampered by Facebook and similar market disappointments…
RingRevenue Dials Up $3.25M to Expand Its Call Marketing Automation
by Matt Gallagher, Red Herring RingRevenue, a provider of call marketing automation solutions that uses analytics to identify which callers offer the most promising leads, recently landed $3.25 million in funding in a…
Costanoa Venture Capital Unveils $100M Fund for Cloud and Big Data
Costanoa Venture Capital, the latest engagement from storied Sutter Hill Ventures investor Greg Sands, announced its recently raised $100 million fund together with its first 10 investments. The fund will focus on…
2012 Top 100 Global Winners Announced
After surveying more than a thousand of the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia, Red Herring announced the winners of the prestigious Red Herring Global Top 100 award for…
Red Herring Announces Top 100 Global Short List
The Red Herring editorial team selected the Finalists for the 2012 Red Herring 100 Global Award. This group of companies is the short list for the Top 100 award. They are the most innovative…
RainStor Nabs $12M for Compressed Databases
RainStor, the provider of a specialized database that enables wide scalability through extreme compression techniques, has raised $12 million in a Series C round led by Credit Suisse and Rogers Venture Partners.…
Braintree Raises $35M to Take On Paypal
Striving to provide a developer friendly platform for mobile payments, Braintree has raised $35 million in Series B financing to give Paypal a run for its money. The funding was led by…