First Dell, now BMC: Which legacy IT company will go private next?

May. 6, 2013 - 6:51 AM PDT May. 6, 2013 - 6:51 AM PDT

Who is willing to bet that Dell and BMC taking themselves private is the end of a trend? Right, me neither. Read more »

BloomReach nets $25M to turn big data into marketing gold

Oct. 18, 2012 - 12:04 PM PDT Oct. 18, 2012 - 12:04 PM PDT

Bloomreach co-founders Ashutosh Garg and Raj De Datta.

BloomReach, which offers a big data parsing service that etailers can use to juice their web sites, netted $25 million in new funding which it will use to boost both sales and marketing and research and development efforts. Read more »

Gadget warranty provider SquareTrade lands $238M from Bain Capital

By Colleen Taylor

Jan. 24, 2012 - 5:08 PM PDT Jan. 24, 2012 - 5:08 PM PDT

SquareTrade, a San Francisco-based company that provides warranties for gadgets like the iPhone, landed a $238 million investment from Bain Capital. The new investment is being made jointly by Bain’s private equity and venture capital affiliates. Further financial details about the deal have not been disclosed. Read more »

Tokbox Changes Its CEO, Again

By Om Malik

May. 4, 2009 - 9:35 PM PDT May. 4, 2009 - 9:35 PM PDT

[qi:090] Tokbox, a San Francisco-based start-up that offers browser-based video chat, has lost its CEO, Nick Triantos. He has been replaced by Ian Small. We had heard about this change, and Tokbox confirmed it to me. Small’s bio hasn’t been added to Tokbox’s web site just […] Read more »

Blip.tv Raises Secound Round of Funding

By Chris Albrecht

Oct. 21, 2008 - 8:00 AM PDT Oct. 21, 2008 - 8:00 AM PDT

Online web show distributor blip.tv has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Bain Capital in its second institutional round. Read more »

What's There to TokBox?

By Om Malik

Aug. 7, 2008 - 11:53 AM PDT Aug. 7, 2008 - 11:53 AM PDT

Bain Capital must be psychic. Apparently they’ve looked into the future and seen that TokBox, a San Francisco-based startup, will either grow into a large company or find a buyer for what is essentially a Flash-based, in-browser video chat service that’s gotten marginal traction. Sure, the […] Read more »

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