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IPhone App Review Site Chomp Raises $2M

alarmClock  less than a day ago

San Francisco-based Chomp has raised $2M from Bluerun Ventures, Ron Conway, Brian Pokorny and David Lee.

IPhone Apps By Crowdsourcing's Labotec Angel Funded

alarmClock  3 days ago

Miami-based Labotec has landed a round of funding from Kima Ventures, although the amount was undisclosed.

China Sunergy Acquires Two Companies And A New CEO

alarmClock  3 days ago

2010 is setting up to be a year of consolidation and change within the solar industry as several manufacturers expect to double their revenues while others predict more modest gains.

HomeAway Vacation Home Rival Second Porch Raises $1M

alarmClock  3 days ago

Second Porch, out of Portland, OR has raised $1M in Series A funding led by the Oregon Angel Fund. Second Porch competes with Home Away in the vacation home rental and home exchange markets.

SunPower Lands Solar Power Plant In California

alarmClock  3 days ago

The Golden State is being good to San Jose-based SunPower Corp. (SPWRA, SPWRB:NASDAQ) as they announced today that they will be designing and building a 1 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Yolo County, California.

Fast Food Kiosk's EMN8 Raises $14.4M

alarmClock  4 days ago

San Diego-based EMN8 has raised $14.4M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing. EMN8 is backed by GRP Partners, Sid R.

Latest Vote Solar Equinox Eclipses Last Year’s Event

alarmClock  4 days ago

Not often does The Alarm:Clock cover parties as the staff here experienced the dot.com era and haven’t attended any event in the past 5 years that remotely brings back memories of the good times associated with fundraising for a cause or an organization.

Playdom Invests $5M In Argentine Social Developer MetroGames

alarmClock  4 days ago

Social gaming's Playdom, which has raised $43M in funding, has invested in an Argentine rival, MetroGames.

Suntech Wins Contract For Taiwan’s Largest Solar Power Plant

alarmClock  4 days ago

Seeking to double its 2009 sales this year, Suntech Power (STP:NYSE) took a step closer to that ambitious goal today by announcing they will be supplying the solar panels for Taiwan’s largest solar power plant.

Italian Electrical Plant Powered By Evergreen Solar Now Online

alarmClock  4 days ago

With the Evergreen Solar (ESLR:NASDAQ) looking for a boost after declining revenues and its Sorvello deal, the company announced today that the 5 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Apulia, Italy is now online.

SEO Platform BrightEdge Raises $6.5M

alarmClock  5 days ago

Foster City-based BrightEdge has raised $6.5M in Series B funding. Battery Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers Altos Ventures and Illuminate Ventures.

Financial Engines IPO Worth The Wait

alarmClock  5 days ago

Financial Engines shares jumped more than 30% on their first day of trading Tuesday after the provider of retirement research and advice priced an initial public offering above the expected range.

Open Source eCommerce's Magento Raises $22.5M

alarmClock  6 days ago

LA's Magento Commerce (aka Varien) has raised $22.5M in an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing.

Free Mobile App Maker Snaptu Funded By Sequoia

alarmClock  6 days ago

Snaptu (f.k.a. Moblica) has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Sequoia Capital. The concept is to partner with online service providers, media companies and content owners to enable rapid deployment of any online service as a full-featured mobile application, we extend our partners' reach to every Internet-enabled mobile device.

PG&E Taps EnerNOC For Energy Efficiency Solution

alarmClock  6 days ago

Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG:NYSE) may be facing a tough battle in California to hold onto its customers but is still working to improve its business.

No Wind Behind Broadwind Energy's Q4 Revenues, Earnings

alarmClock  Mar 12 10

Delivering Q4 2009 and full-year profits that hardly show a company with the wind at their back, Broadwind Energy (BWEN:NASDAQ) delivered results today that will certainly leave doubts in the minds of investors.

Dutch Sensor Maker Sensata Floats Up On IPO

alarmClock  Mar 12 10

Sensata Technologies' shares were up as much as 5.6% on its IPO day. The stock closed up 2.78% at $18.

Transaction Software's Matrixx Raises $9M To Speed Telecom Billing

alarmClock  Mar 12 10

Mountain View-based MATRIXX Software has raised $9M from Greylock Partners and Tugboat Ventures. The company sells software to telecoms that they say dramatically speeds up the time it takes to charge customers for sales of content.

LivingSocial Group Buying Raises $25M For City Expansion

alarmClock  Mar 11 10

LivingSocial.com out of Washington, D.C. has raised $25M in Series B led by U.S. Venture Partners with return backers Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution LLC.

SunEdison Gets Green Light For Solar Plant In Italy

alarmClock  Mar 11 10

As solar companies from around talk about growing sales in Italy, SunEdison (WFR:NYSE) announced today that it will soon begin construction on the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Italy because they have received final approval from the Italian government.



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