San Francisco-based Home-Account Inc., which operates an online mortgage finding service, has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding from Rembrandt Ventures and Freedom Financial Network. It previously had been seeded by Charles River Ventures’ QuickStart program as well as angels like Marc Benioff, Ron Conway, Mark Pincus, Jeff Clavier, Arjun Gupta, and Gigi Brisson. We like the financial model give that it is not reliant on the online ad market. The basic fee is $49.95. If the homeowner qualifies for a mortgage Home-Account provides automated counseling and suggests the lowest available rates and terms. Full story...
Foster City-based lead generation giant QuinStreet has filed for a $250M IPO. The company saw $260M in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 (an uptick of 35% over the prior year), with net income of around $17.
GEMASOLAR 2006 SAU, flagship project of Torresol Energy Investment SA, brightened up with the announcement by the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Masanobu Fukuoka would have been proud of this. This is indeed an "one-straw revolution" towards a greener planet.
Online textbook rental company Chegg.com it raised $57M in a fourth round of funding. Santa Clara-based Chegg.
Mountain View-based MyFit has raised $1M in funding from New Enterprise Associates. We are not crazy about the name as it sounds like a fitness company.
Showing strong improvement across the board from the previous quarter, Suntech Power’s (STP:NYSE) Q3 2009 earnings release suggests that solar industry is poised for a recovery.
LA-based Digiboo has been funding by Revelations Entertainment, the production firm owned by celebrity Morgan Freeman.
When Facebook ad networks Lookery, Cubics, Adonomics and Social Media got an early start with their Facebook ad networks and raised funding, they surely thought they were in the sweet spot for riches.
In a landmark €66M ($98M) deal, Poland-based Enterprise Investors, a private equity firm, has fully bought out Profi Rom Food Group, one of the largest supermarket chains in Romania and a management buy-in team has closed the transaction.
ShoeDazzle.com, a Los Angeles-based online high-end shoe rental site that features reality show and adult film star Kim Kardashian, has raised $7M.