Gigya, the social infrastructure provider, has secured $15.3 million from investors including Mayfield Fund, Benchmark Capital, and DAG Ventures and strategic partners Adobe and Advance Publications. It was not specified which firm, if applicable, led the round. PRESS RELEASE: Gigya Raises $15.3 Million Investment after Delivering 3x Growth Leader in social infrastructure secures funding from [...]

Clarizen, the San Mateo, Calif.-based project management software firm, completed a $12 million round led by Vintage Partners. In addition Benchmark Capital, Carmel Ventures, DAG Ventures and Opus Capital joined in the round. PRESS RELEASE: Clarizen Secures $12 Million Series E Growth Financing Investment Will Accelerate the Company’s Global Expansion and Product Development SAN MATEO, [...]

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.