Gigamon, a provider of traffic visibility solutions, has appointed Paul Shinn as general counsel. Shinn will report to chief executive officer, Ted Ho. He will be responsible for the company’s global legal strategy and overall legal matters, including contract negotiations, strategic acquisitions, compliance, securities, and intellectual property matters. He joins Gigamon from Hewlett-Packard Company. Gigamon [...]

Leap Motion, a San Francisco-based motion-control software company has secured a $12.75 million Series A round led by Highland Capital Partners with participation from existing investors. Leap Motion has been operating in stealth mode as OcuSpec since 2010. PRESS RELEASE Leap Motion, a San Francisco-based motion-control software company changing the future of human/computer interaction, today [...]

SessionM said it raised $20 million in Series B funding in a round led by Charles River Ventures and joined by current investors Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company will use the money for new hires and continue expansion of its platform, technology and network footprint. PRESS RELEASE Mobile Engagement [...]

Gigamon, a provider of Traffic Visibility solutions, has hired technology enterprise veteran Duston Williams as chief financial officer. Williams joins Gigamon from SandForce and will be responsible for all aspects of the organization’s financial operations and will help drive the next stage of the company’s development. Gigamon is backed by Highland Capital Partners. PRESS RELEASE [...]

Iddiction, a new start-up from mobile games entrepreneur Andrej Nabergoj, has unveiled its app deals and discovery tool in the App Store. The company is backed by Rick Thompson, founder of Playdom, Comcast Ventures, IDG Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Felicis Ventures, and select angel investors. PRESS RELEASE Iddiction, Inc. today debuts its app deals and [...]

Game Closure, a Mountain View, Calif.-based maker of HTML5-based cross-platform game technology, has raised $12 million. Highland Capital Partners led the Series A round, with Greylock, Benchmark, General Catalyst and Charles River Ventures also participating. Highland’s Andy Miller has joined the company’s board of directors. PRESS RELEASE Game Closure today announced a Series A financing [...]

Highland Capital Partners has added Jeremiah Daly as a principal based in the firm’s Cambridge, Mass. Office. He will focus on identifying and leading later-stage investments in the information technology and digital media sectors. Daly joins from Accel Partners. PRESS RELEASE Highland Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm with a more than twenty year [...]

Aereo, a maker of Internet-based television technology, has raised $20.5 million in Series A financing led by publicly traded IAC. Previous investors including FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, High Line Venture Partners and Highland Capital Partners also contributed to the round, which brings the company’s total funding to $25 million. IAC’s Barry Diller has joined [...]

Highland Capital Partners opened the doors to its summer startup program. The 10-week program offers university-affiliated startups office space and $15,000 in funding. Highland does not take an equity stake. Here is the program’s Web site. WEB POST Summer@HIGHLAND $15K + Cambridge/Menlo Park + Awesome Mentors + No Strings attached Summer@HIGHLAND is a 5-year old [...]

BlueTarp Financial, the financial services firm dedicated to building materials professionals, has named Scott Simpson its new CEO. BlueTarp is based in North Carolina with operations in Maine. The startup is backed by Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Trinity Ventures and Village Ventures.