Funding roundup - week ending 10/17/08

Webaroo, Eventful, and Sonoa Systems are among companies that raised funds

Financial trends and news by Meliza Solan Surdi
October 19, 2008 | Comments (1)
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It's that time again for the weekly roundup of companies in the mobile, video, digital media, social network, and advertising sectors that raised money this past week.

                    

Webaroo raised $11 million from Charles River Ventures and Helion Venture Partners, according to PE Hub. The India-based company is a mobile software provider for consumers around the world.

 

                                     

Eventful Inc. raised $10 million from Telefonica, Bay Partners, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, according to a press release. The San Diego, California-based startup is a developer of a service for discovering and promoting local events.

 
                

Sonoa Systems Inc. raised  $10 million from Third Point Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners and SAP Ventures, according to a press release. The Santa Clara, California-based software company provides management for hosted computing environments.

 

                                     

BillShrink raised $8 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, according to Venture Beat. The Menlo Park, California-based startup advises users on ways to reduce their bills. 

 

SkyBitz Inc. secured $8 million from Orix Venture Finance, according to a press release. The Sterling, Virginia-based company is a provider of asset tracking services providing real-time information to customers.

          

Blurb. Inc. nabbed $5 million from Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture,            according to peHub. The San Francisco-based startup is a developer of free downloadable software that provides users with the option to lay out and print their own book.

 

 

              

 

 Twofish Inc.raised $4.5 million from TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon, and Venrock Capital according to a press release. The Palo Alto-based start up creates a “digital resources planning solution,” sort of like enterprise resource planning  for virtual worlds

  

                                    

MirriAd raised $2 million from London Seed Capital, Oxford Technology Management, South East Growth Fund, and Seraphim Capital according to a press release.  The London-based company specializes in integrating brands into video content on TV and the Web.

 

 


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Nick Ballantyne
Nick Ballantyne, on October 19, 2008

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