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Alternative Energy - Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Wind Turbine Maker Wind Power Raises $37M More After Buying Northern Power.

Thumb I guess we should not be surprised that there is a global shortage for wind turbines. GE says they have a $12M backlog on wind turbine orders. So startups that can deliver would seem to be in a happy place. Barre, VT-based Wind Power Holdings has raised $37M in Series A funding co-led by RockPort Capital Partners and Allen & Company. In August, the holding company bought Northern Power Systems. View - site...... Full Story

Wireless - Monday, September 29, 2008

Wireless Tracking Service Skydeck Raises $3M

Thumb San Mateo's Skydeck has raised $3M in its first round from Saban Capital. It had raised $1M from angels. The company has a simple elevator pitch whereby users can track their cell-phone and landline calls similar to how they track their email. Skyde... Full Story

Enterprise Software - Friday, September 26, 2008

Globalizing Your Portfolio With Lionbridge

Thumb While the staff at tech:stocker has mixed political views, one common idea unites us right now: we need a bailout and we needed it yesterday. We actually needed this bailout two weeks ago but our government is certainly not a proactive one, especial... Full Story

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Study Buddy SocNet Cramster Raises $3M

Friday September 26, 2008

We know a number of people who have turned to Internet education and find it very natural and appealing. A clear shortcoming is that the tools for online education are still fairly crude. So we buy into the idea of a startup that is investing in a s... Full Story

Multimedia Chip Maker NeoMagic Goes Dark

Friday September 26, 2008

Once a hot startup that was listed on Wall Street, Santa Clara's NeoMagic has shut down. The firm says its stopped its efforts to raise additional capital. Its final 52 employees will be let go. The firm no longer meets the Nasdaq minimum of $2.5M o... Full Story

Green Home Developer Sustainable Spaces Raises $6M First Round

Friday September 26, 2008

We grasp the concept behind Sustainable Spaces. The alarm:clock wife is always asking questions that we have no answers to: why does our energy bill go up and down with neither rhyme nor reason? Should we unplug the 2nd fridge in the garage to save ... Full Story

Sidestep Orbitz For Many Reasons

Thursday September 25, 2008

We had to turn of the television. The staff at tech:stocker has watched enough silliness from our politicians to last us for the rest of the year. Asking Secretary Treasury Henry Paulson to respond "point-to-point" about a blog that questioned his p... Full Story

GridPoint Buys V2Green After $120M Round

Thursday September 25, 2008

Arlington, VA's GridPoint has raised a monster $120M in fifth-round funding. Gridpoint has now raised around $220M in total VC funding. It used some of the funds to buy V2Green, a Seattle-based developer of plug-in electric vehicle grid integration ... Full Story

Parlez Vous's Rosetta Stone Files For $115M IPO As Wall Street Goes To Pot

Thursday September 25, 2008

How do you say "Are you High" in several languages? We can't understand why on Earth the folks who run Rosetta Stone decided that this is the perfect time to float an IPO. You have likely seen commercials on TV for Rosetta Stone, which sells a suite... Full Story

Seattle Stealth Startup PressPlane Raises $1.7M

Wednesday September 24, 2008

It's always fun to try to figure out what a stealth mode startup is up to when they are playing the game of keeping it a secret. What they tell us is: "Unfortunately, I can’t say exactly what we are working on but I can say it is another “buy an... Full Story