Clustrix, a San Francisco-based developer of clustered databases to help make them manageable and searchable, has raised a $16.5 million Series C round of funding from current investors Sequoia Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, ATA Ventures and individual investor Don Listwin, a former executive of Cisco. The company, which was founded in late 2005 and came out of Y Combinator, has raised now raised $46.5 million to date.

Givit has launched a free app offering the easiest way for users to create personal video highlight reels on iPhone. Backed by ATA Ventures and JK&B Ventures, the company is based in San Diego, CA.

YottaMark Inc. said it raised $24 million in a Series D round led by Westbury Partners and joined by new investor Fairhaven Capital. Existing investors ATA Ventures, Thomvest Ventures and Granite Ventures participated. The company has now raised $53 million. PRESS RELEASE YottaMark Receives $24 Million in Funding for Leading Food Traceability Solution New investment [...]

PixyKids, a social media family and kids platform, has appointed John F. Rizzo, Jive Software’s chief marketing officer, to its board of directors. The announcement follows a recent $3 million funding round which included a $2 million investment by ATA Ventures. The company is also backed by Silicon Valley giants Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins Caufield [...]

Social entertainment company Milyoni has raised $11 million in a Series B round led by Oak Investment Partners. Previous investors ATA Ventures and Thomvest Ventures also participated in the round. The money will be used for further development as well as to open offices in Los Angeles and New York. PRESS RELEASE Milyoni, the leader [...]

Adesto Technologies, a Sunnyvale-based, venture-backed semiconductor company specializing in conductive bridging RAM or CBRAM technology, has raised an undisclosed amount of financing — its third round — led by Altis Semiconductor. The companies current investors, which include Adams Street Partners, ATA Ventures, and Arch Venture Partners, among others, contributed pro-rata in the new round. PRESS RELEASE: [...]

Clustrix, a San Francisco-based Y Combinator alum that makes database appliances, has hired Robin Purhohit as president and CEO. Purhohit comes to the company from HP, where he was a vice president and general manager of HP’s portfolio of IT management, information management, and application security products. Purhohit joined HP when it acquired Mercury Interactive in [...]

Shocking Technologies Inc., a maker of polymer nano-composite for protecting electronic products from electrostatic discharge, has raised $15.2 million from publicly traded Littelfuse Inc., Arch Ventures, ATA Ventures, Balch Hill Capital, Skylake Incuvest, Vista Ventures and other undisclosed investors. The San Jose, Calif.-based company will use the round to expand its capacity and infrastructure.

Zoosk is looking to attract investors in a new round of financing for the fast-growing online dating website.The San Francisco-based company recently hired Deutsche Bank to help it raise $50 million to $75 million, according to two people familiar with the effort. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the financing is private. Zoosk investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, ATA Ventures and Amidzad Partners.

Milyoni said Wednesday that it secured $3 million in Series A financing from returning seed investors ATA Ventures and Thomvest Ventures. The Pleasanton, Calif., company will use the funding to extend its social commerce platforms and applications that companies use to sell both real and digital goods. PRESS RELEASE Leading F-Commerce Provider Milyoni Secures $3 [...]