FormFactor has completed the acquisition of MicroProbe. Headquartered in California, MicroProbe is a provider of advanced SOC wafer test solutions. The company’s backers include Flywheel Ventures, Intel Capital and Gemini Investors.

TrackVia said it raised $7.1 million in a fundraising round led by Longworth Venture Partners and Fairhaven Capital, and joined by Access Venture Partners, Flywheel Ventures, Draper Associates and Allen & Company. The funds will go to expand sales, marketing and engineering operations at the applications development services company.

FormFactor is to acquire MicroProbe for $100 million in cash and $16.8 million in stock, subject to customary adjustments. Headquartered in California, MicroProbe is a provider of advanced SOC wafer test solutions. The company’s backers include Flywheel Ventures, Intel Capital and Gemini Investors. PRESS RELEASE FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) today announced that it has signed [...]

Flywheel Ventures has invested in Cinnafilm. Financial terms weren’t announced. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Cinnafilm provides video optimization solutions for television, film, and multimedia. PRESS RELEASE Cinnafilm, Inc., a leader in file-based image processing technology, announced that Flywheel Ventures has recently completed an equity investment in Cinnafilm. As broadcasters and media providers realize video quality and processing [...]

Missoula, Montana-based online security company TerraEchos has raised $1.55 million in seed financing led by Flywheel Ventures. S&K Technologies and GCS Research also contributed to the round. PRESS RELEASE TerraEchos announced today that the company has closed on $1.55 million in series seed financing, led by Flywheel Ventures. The funding also included participation from strategic [...]

Tribogenics has raised $2.5 million from Flywheel Ventures and undisclosed angel investors. The company said it will use the financing to commercialize its X-ray technology. Founded in 2009, Tribogenics is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Flywheel Ventures has put an undisclosed amount into AfterCollege, the creator of a professional talent network for college students and recent graduates. No terms of the round were released. AfterCollege says that its service is used by more than 3 million students and recent grads.

Flywheel Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm in Albuquerque, N.M., has hired David Jargiello, who joins the firm as general counsel and venture partner. Jargiello has long been a Silicon Valley attorney, helping form Venture Law Group with Craig Johnson in 1993, as well as Johnson’s Virtual Law Partners, founded in 2008. Jargiello [...]

Lillian Montoya-Rael has joined Flywheel Ventures as an entrepreneur-in-residence. She previously launched LMR Consulting, while also working as a wealth management advisor with Citi Smith Barney.

Flywheel Ventures is seeking $35 million for its second venture capital fund, according to a regulatory filing. The Sante Fe-based firm invests in seed and early-stage information technology and physical sciences companies in the Southwest/Rockies region. Recent backings include Lingotek, a Salt Lake City-based developer of collaborative translation technology. In January, the firm gained an [...]