CiRBA Inc. said it raised $15 million in a third round of institutional funding led by Tandem Expansion Fund and joined by existing investors Sigma Partners and Edgestone Capital Partners. The company will use the money to expand. PRESS RELEASE CiRBA SECURES $15 MILLION TO FUEL GROWTH Record revenues achieved in 2011 as enterprise customers [...]

YouSendIt, a provider of extended enterprise collaboration services, has launched a new product line called Workstream. Headquartered in Campbell, CA, YouSendIt is backed by venture capital firms Adams Street Partners, Alloy Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds and Sigma Partners. PRESS RELEASE YouSendIt, Inc., the leading provider of extended enterprise collaboration services, today announced [...]

SugarSync, whose free service allows you to sync your data across computers, mobile phones and other devices, has raised $15 million in Series D financing. New investor Coral Group led the round, with existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sigma Partners, Hatteras Venture Partners and Hercules participating. The company has raised a total of $50 million [...]

Mogl, a San Diego-based customer loyalty platform company, has raised $10 million, led by Sigma Partners, with participation from Austin Ventures and Avalon Ventures. The company has raised $12.4 million altogether, and launched in April of last year. PRESS RELEASE: SAN DIEGO, Jan 31, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — MOGL ( www.MOGL.com ), the award-winning customer [...]

Leyden Energy, a manufacturer of advanced lithium-imide batteries, has partnered with Powermat Technologies, a provider of wireless charging technology for smartphones and other consumer electronics. Leyden Energy’s is backed by New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Ventures, Sigma Partners and Walden International. PRESS RELEASE Leyden Energy, Inc., the leading manufacturer of advanced lithium-imide (Li-imide(TM)) batteries, today announced [...]

GainSpan(R) Corporation, a developer of ultra-low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions, has raised $18 million in Series C funding. Hatteras Funds, based in New York and North Carolina, and Mobile Internet Capital, based in Japan, joined the round with existing investors Opus Capital, In-Q-Tel, Intel Capital, New Venture Partners, Sigma Partners and Camp Ventures. GainSpan will [...]

GlassHouse Technologies, a provider of cloud, virtualization, security and data center managed services, has pulled plans for an initial public offering, the company announced Tuesday. GlassHouse, which has raised money from investors including Sigma Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners, GrandBanks Capital, Globespan Capital Partners and Paladin Capital Group, cited volatile market conditions as the reason for nixing its IPO plans.

Telefonica has signed a strategic partnership with Quantenna Communications, a provider of ultra-reliable Wi-Fi networking for whole home entertainment. The partnership sees Telefonica making a strategic equity investment in Quantenna via Telefonica Ventures, a division of Telefonica Digital, with offices in Silicon Valley, London, Madrid and Israel. Quantenna has already received VC backing from leading [...]

Interactions Corporation, provider of natural, conversational automated systems for customer care, has appointed David Parkinson has chief operating officer. Parkinson, who brings more than 25 years of executive experience, will be responsible for end-to-end client relationships, which includes professional services, sales, and client relations. Interactions Corporation is backed by Sigma Partners, North Hill Ventures, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners and Updata Partners.

Waste Management, the Texas-based sanitation and recycling company, has made a strategic investment in Recycle Rewards, and its subsidiary, Recyclebank, which tethers discounts to green “action” by consumers. With the investment, from which terms were not specified, Waste Management joins existing Recyclebank investors RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, The Westly Group, Generation Investment Management, Top Tier Capital Partners, Physic Ventures and Craton Equity Partners.