Solar startup Solexel has raised $25 million in new capital, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No other details about the funding were available. The company received Series A financing in 2007 and a Series B round in 2008. Its board includes representatives of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Technology Partners [...]

Harvest Power, the Waltham, Mass.-based developer of renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste, mulches and natural fertilizers, has raised $110 million in new funding. True North Venture Partners led the investment with American Refining and Biochemical Inc. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management also participated. The [...]

RingCentral, a provider of cloud business phone systems, has added Neil Williams, chief financial officer of Intuit, to its board of directors. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, RingCentral is backed by Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Cisco, Scale Ventures, and DAG Ventures. PRESS RELEASE RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of cloud business phone systems, today announced [...]

Mobile payments start-up Boku has raised $35 million from investors including New Enterprise Associates, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures, as well as Telefonica SA, Spain’s largest phone company. Formed in 2008, San Francisco-based Boku has raised $75 million so far and operates in 67 countries. PRESS RELEASE BOKU, the [...]

Marin Software, the California-based ad management platform, has raised a $30 million round led by strategic investor Temasek, joined by the arm of another corporation, SAP Ventures. The round, which, according to the company’s statement, was oversubscribed, also included prior backers Benchmark Capital, Crosslink Capital, DAG Ventures, and Triangle Peak Partners. PRESS RELEASE: SAN FRANCISCO, [...]

Polyvore, a fashion community website, has raised $14 million in Series C financing, led by DAG Ventures with participation from new investors Goldman Sachs and Vivi Nevo (NV Investments). Early Polyvore investors Benchmark Capital and Matrix Partners also participated in the funding round. PRESS RELEASE Polyvore, Inc., the web’s largest fashion community site, today announced [...]

3VR, a video intelligence company, has added chief marketing officer Joe Boissy to the company’s leadership team. Boissy joins 3VR from IBM. Based in San Francisco, CA, 3VR is privately held with funding from DAG Ventures, Focus Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Ventures and VantagePoint Ventures. PRESS RELEASE 3VR, the video intelligence [...]

Emeryville, Calif.-based e-commerce and marketing company Lithium Technologies has raised a whopping $53.4 million in new capital. New investor New Enterprise Associates led the round, with participation from new backer SAP Ventures as well as “all existing Lithium investors,” the company said. Lithium previously raised capital from investors including DAG Ventures, Tenaya Capital, Benchmark Capital, Emergence Capital and Shasta Ventures. The Series D round will go towards growth, including bolstering sales and marketing efforts.

SuVolta, a developer of PowerShrink(TM) low-power IC technology that cuts chip power consumption by 50 to 90 percent, has secured $17.6 million in venture funding. New investor Bright Capital participated in the round, joining existing SuVolta investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), August Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Northgate Capital, DAG Ventures and [...]

(Reuters) – Glam Media, the women’s lifestyle online publishing and advertising company, is close to selecting bankers to lead an initial stock offering slated for 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. Investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are in the running to lead Glam Media’s IPO, the people said, following a selection [...]