Internet
ShareThis
ShareThis of San Francisco has received $15 million in funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson of Menlo Park, Calif. ShareThis makes technology designed to simplify social media services by consolidating address books. The company's sharing technology enables sharing and viral distribution of content across social networks, affiliate groups, news sites, blogs, photo sites and communities. Launched in November 2007, ShareThis plans to use the capital for the roll-out of new services, to increase the number of social media services across which it allows consumers to share content and extend the media platforms content can be distributed across. The company raised a $6 million Series A round in 2007 from Blue Chip Venture Company, Illinois Ventures, DFJ Mercury, Queen City Angels and RPM Ventures.
Semiconductors
eAsic
Chip designer eAsic Corp. has secured a $48 million fourth round led by Advanced Equities Inc. The Santa Clara, Calif., startup also received funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, Crescendo Ventures and Evergreen Venture Partners. The company recently moved away from selling chipset building blocks to operating as a more traditional fabless chip vendor. EAsic will sell application-specific integrated circuits, which are typically used for a given customer. -- Paul Bonanos
Software
Aperio
Aperio Technologies, Inc., a Vista, Calif., maker of digital pathology technology for the healthcare and life sciences industry, has completed a $20 million Series C financing. HLM Venture Partners of San Francisco led the round, joined by existing investors Galen Partners of Stamford, Conn., and Advanced Technology Ventures of Palo Alto, Calif., and new investors Acadia Woods Partners and BlackRock Alternative Advisors, both of New York. Martin R. Felsenthal, a partner at HLM Venture Partners, has joined the Aperio board of directors. The company develops systems and services for digital pathology. Its slide scanning systems and digital pathology software are designed to improve the efficiency and quality of services for pathologists. Aperio will use the capital to accelerate clinical market development, expand sales and operations and develop new products associated with its digital pathology system.
Zuora
Zuora, Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., has received a $6.5 million Series A funding led by Benchmark Capital of Menlo Park, Calif. Also participating were founders from Salesforce.com and WebEx. Benchmark Capital general partner Peter Fenton will join the company's board. The company has created an on-demand platform designed to simplify the way online subscription services are purchased, billed, and provisioned. Zuora plans to use the funds to deploy its platform, for product development, and to expand sales and marketing. Targeted at retailers, the company's platform replaces manual processes and billing systems with a hosted technology that conducts customer transactions for online subscription service providers. -- George White
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