Santa Clara, Calif.-based ViVOtech has held a first closing of its Series D round, bringing the company’s total funding to $96 million. The company’s point-of-sale technology is designed to provide rich mobile commerce solutions for in-store payment, loyalty, marketing, and merchandising. The company’s investors include Alloy Ventures, Citi Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EDBI, First Data [...]

YouSendIt, a provider of extended enterprise collaboration services, has launched a new product line called Workstream. Headquartered in Campbell, CA, YouSendIt is backed by venture capital firms Adams Street Partners, Alloy Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds and Sigma Partners. PRESS RELEASE YouSendIt, Inc., the leading provider of extended enterprise collaboration services, today announced [...]

Cloud-based email security company AGARI, f.k.a. Authentication Metrics Inc., has added $2.5 million in fresh capital from Alloy Ventures, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Greylock Partners. The Series A round will be used to scale its technology, designed to protect brand reputation, eliminate email threats, and prevent the loss of sensitive data, the company says. AGARI is based in Palo Alto, Calif. Alloy Ventures led the round.

Siluria Technologies, the California-based methane conversion company, has landed $20 million in the form of a Series B investment led by the Wellcome Trust, a UK-based foundation. Other investors include Alloy Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Lux Capital, and Presidio Ventures.

Siluria Technologies, a San Francisco-based developer of methane-based alternatives for producing fuels and chemicals normally derived from oil, has raised $20 million in new capital. The Series B round was led by UK-based Wellcome Trust, with participation from Alloy Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Lux Capital, and Presidio Ventures.

NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Genomatica Inc, which makes chemicals from renewable feedstocks, wants to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering to capitalize on burgeoning interest in the green chemistry sector. The San Diego-based company, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, did not [...]

Verinata Health Inc., a company focused on maternal and fetal health, has raised $46.5 million in Series C round, with another $2 million expected by the end of the month. The company, backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Alloy Ventures, will use the funds for continued research and development.

Restoration Robotics, a medical device company focused on hair restoration, has closed a $41 million Series C round led by Clarus Ventures. Sutter Hill Ventures, Alloy Ventures and Interwest Partners also joined in the round, which will be used for commercialization and the launch of its technology. The company is making computer-assisted technology that enables harvesting of hair follicles during hair restoration procedures.

AEGEA Medical Inc., which is developing a minimally invasive treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding, has sealed $13.3 million in new financing led by Covidien Ventures. Existing investors Alloy Ventures and Delphi Ventures also contributed to the round. As a result of the funding, Amy Belt, a director at Covidien Ventures, joins AEGEA’s board. The company is based in Redwood City, Calif.

ViVOtech has raised $24 million in an extension to its Series C financing. New investors EDBI, SingTel Innov8 and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital participated in the round. Current backers Alloy Ventures, Citi Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurveston, DFJ Gotham, First Data Corporation, Miven Ventures, Motorola Mobility, Nokia Growth Partners and NCR also participated. ViVOtech, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of wireless payment software and chips, will use the money to expand its international reach.