As of this morning, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has a new, publicly traded company in its portfolio: San Francisco’s RMG Networks, a digital signage media company that has raised $20 million from Kleiner, DAG Ventures, and National Cinemedia since its 2006 founding. The company didn’t stage an IPO; rather, it completed a reverse merger with the blank check company in a maneuver that landed it on the Nasdaq.

YuMe, a provider of digital brand advertising software and services, has acquired Crowd Science, an audience targeting technology company. YuMe is backed by Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Translink Capital and WestSummit Capital.

Convertro has closed a $5 million Series B round of funding. The funding round, which was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and DAG Ventures, will support the ramp up of Convertro’s sales and marketing organizations in New York City, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Cisco Systems said it would acquire privately held Meraki Inc., a San Francisco cloud networking startup with investors including Sequoia Capital, Google and DAG Ventures. Cisco will pay about $1.2 billion in cash and retention-based incentives. Meraki’s offerings will expand Cisco’s product portfolio in the midmarket.

Sausalito, Calif.-based Glassdoor, a five-year-old online career and jobs site, has raised $20 million in venture financing led by DAG Ventures, with participation from existing investors Benchmark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Battery Ventures. This new round brings Glassdoor’s total capital raised to $42.2 million.

Telefonica Digital, a global business division of telecoms giant Telefónica, has acquired the San Francisco-based  video communications platform TokBox for undisclosed terms. Five-year-old TokBox had raised $26 million from investors, including Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and DAG Ventures. PRESS RELEASE: Telefonica Digital today announced its acquisition of TokBox, the leading video communications platform. The acquisition [...]

DisplayLink®, a provider of solutions that simplify the connection between monitors and computing devices, has closed $10.4 million of growth financing. The financing was led by Clydesdale Bank’s Growth Finance team. Existing investors Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital, Cipio Partners, DAG Ventures, and DFJ Esprit also contributed to the equity funding. The Palo Alto-headquartered company will [...]

AOptix, a Campbell, Calif.-based company that makes optical communications and iris biometrics-based software for the government and commercial markets, has closed a $42 million Series E round of funding by existing investors Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northgate Capital and W Capital Partners, along with new investor, True Ventures. The 12-year-old [...]

Who are the clubbiest VCs? Robert Moore, co-founder of data analytics company RJMetrics, took a stab at the question Monday in a blog post.

Four-year-old Harvest Power, a Waltham, Mass.-based company that produces renewable energy and soils, mulches and natural fertilizers raised, has raised a $15 million extension to its $110 million Series C financing. The newest funds come for Tur Partners and Industry Ventures. True North Venture Partners led the initial round, alongside existing investors that include Kleiner Perkins [...]