By Doug Mohney, on May 20th, 2010
UC/VoIP security firm Sipera (www.sipera.com) has raised $10 million in VC money. The money will go to “advance” its enterprise smartphone/VoIP/IM/video security systems.
All total, Sipera has tallied up $48 million in venture investments; new investor S3 Ventures lead the most recent round with prior investors Austin Ventures, Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC), Sequoia Capital, and [...]
By Doug Mohney, on November 13th, 2009
On Twitter, @danyork is crowing about Voxeo securing $9 million in venture funding. The trend is representative of the wider loosening of cash in the telecommunications sector and the investment community for both M&A and investment. On a meta scale, the recession “winter” of 2008-2009 is over, but we should be careful of being complacent.
Orlando, [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 29th, 2009
VC firms — those not cleaned out by the dot.bomb crash of 2000-2001 and the Great Recession — will be looking to invest in security companies in forthcoming funds. What with all the data breeches, stolen credit cards, and cyberwar battles across Eastern Europe over the past three years, better tools and systems are needed [...]