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Movea, a developer of motion processing and data fusion technologies, added a new round of funding, bagging 6.5 million Euros ($7.95 million) from Intel Capital, iSource and GIMV. Movea is based in Grenoble, France. PRESS RELEASE Movea (www.movea.com), a leader in motion processing and data fusion technologies, today announced it has secured a new round […]

Veros Systems, a developer of technology to monitor the reliability and energy efficiency of electrically powered rotating machines, has added a third tranche of a $1.5 million investment from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. Veros Systems is based in College Station, Texas   PRESS RELEASE Veros Systems today announced that it has been awarded the […]

The measure, passed by Congress in March, is designed to grease the IPO onramp for small companies. Three months after it was signed into law, signs of its impact, both expected and unexpected, are visible.

TribeHR, maker of a social HR platform, has raised $2.5 million in a new round led by Relay Ventures. Matrix Partners also participated. The infusion will go toward development of new social and mobile products, as well as to support go-to-market strategies for TribeHR’s cloud-based HR management platform, the company said. TribeHR has offices in […]

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LONDON Borrows Outlines 3i’s Crash Diet Underperforming British private equity giant 3i is to shed a third of its staff, close six offices and cease new investments in Spain and Asia as it tries to save £40 million ($62 million) by March 2013. New CEO Simon Borrows said the cuts were necessary to bring 3i’s […]