News & Updates - Friday, July 29, 2005
Fiserv To Buy BillMatrix for $350M
Investments MORGAN HILL, CA Alien Technology Raises $66M Series H (RFID) RESTON, VA Digital Harbor Raises $11M Series B (Composite Software) MUMBAI, India IndiaTimes Sells 15% Stake To Sequoia & WestBridge For $36M (Online Content) M&A LONDON, UK Cambridge Silicon Radio is buying the software division of UbiNetics for $48M (Bluetooth) DALLAS, TX Fiserv To Buy BillMatrix for $350M (Bill Payment Software) IPO NEW YORK, NY DealerTrack To Sell Up To $172.5M (Car dealer Software) AUSTIN, TX Vincera Withdraws IPO Registration (User Activity Software)... Continue...
Security - Thursday, July 28, 2005
Identrus - Profile
HQ: San Francisco, CA Founded: 1999 Management: CEO Karen Wendel was previously CEO of eFinance, which Indentrus had acquired in 2004. The company has added several other new top managers recently. Investors: Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, Rho Ventures and Zions Bancorporation loaded up Identrus with $20M in Series B in July 2005. The company was founded by ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank), Barclays, Chase Manhattan, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and HypoVereinsbank. Business Model: Identrus provides digital identification for business to business transaction over the Internet. In March 2002, Identrus acquired Digital Signature Trust Company (DST) from Zions Bancorporation (Nasdaq: ZION) and the American Bankers Association. Using public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology from Identrus, those financial firms can confirm for sellers the identity of prospective customers, helping to prevent fraud. Competitors: Entrust, Verisign, RSA Security. Dirt: Given Indentrus' impressive founding members and the length of time it's been in business it's safe to say that the company has been a disappointment. Clearly the new investors think that the newish CEO has a plan. For sure it has a big market opportunity, but it also has formidable competitors.... Continue...
News & Updates - Thursday, July 28, 2005
iRobot Files for $115M IPO& Other Fresh Deals
Investments AUSTIN, TX Heliovolt Raises $8M (Solar Energy) AUSTIN, TX Siemens VC Invests $5M More In General Bandwidth (Networking) MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (VoIP) SAN FRANCISCO, CA PeerMe Raises $1.5MTravelPost.com Raises $1M Seed Round (Online Media) FREMONT, CA ActivCard Buys Protocom For $21M Plus Stock (Security) M&A NEW YORK, NY & SEATTLE, WA Marchex Buys IndustryBrains for $60M (Online Advertising) SANTA CLARA, CA & PALO ALTO, CA Yahoo Buys Verdisoft (Server Setting Software) IPO BURLINGTON, MA iRobot Files for $115M IPO (Robots)... Continue...
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