Bazaarvoice this morning completed its acquisition of rival PowerReviews in a $168.2 million transaction that creates a powerful social commerce company focused on product reviews. One investor to benefit is Menlo Ventures, which says it logged a 3x return on its investment.

Listed, Texas-based software company Bazaarvoice will spend about $150 million in a deal to acquire PowerReviews, consisting of $31 million and stock and options considerations. PowerReviews is a California-based social commerce company. PowerReviews investors include Menlo Ventures, Four Rivers Group, Woodside Fund, Draper Richards and Tenaya Group. PRESS RELEASE: Bazaarvoice, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to [...]

Vidyo, Inc. said it raised a Series D round of funding in a deal led by QuestMark Partners and joined by Juniper Networks and existing investors Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Star Ventures, and Four Rivers Group. Terms of the investment were not released. Vidyo has raised $97M to date. PRESS RELEASE Juniper Networks’ Junos Innovation [...]

New Relic, which provides application performance management for the cloud and data centers, on Wednesday announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding. The expansion round was led by new investors DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group, with participation from existing investors Allen & Co., Benchmark Capital, Tenaya Capital and Trinity Ventures, New Relic [...]