Doug on IP Comm » VC http://dougonipcomm.com An independent voice on VoIP, telecom, and IP Communications Mon, 21 May 2012 18:24:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sipera secures $10 million http://dougonipcomm.com/2010/05/20/sipera-secures-10-million/ http://dougonipcomm.com/2010/05/20/sipera-secures-10-million/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 19:48:44 +0000 Doug Mohney http://dougonipcomm.com/2010/05/20/sipera-secures-10-million/ 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 [...]]]>

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 STAR Ventures also participating.

New funding is expected to help the company advance its smartphone UC security solutions and its UC-Sec enterprise UC security product family, as well as increase sales efforts overseas and to support an expanded reseller partner program.  Some money is also expected to go to expanding its relationships with the “Next-generation communications ecosystem,” establishing new OEMs with UC vendors and supporting bundled VoIP and UC solutions from system integrations and communication service providers.

]]> http://dougonipcomm.com/2010/05/20/sipera-secures-10-million/feed/ 0 VC looking for security — those that are left http://dougonipcomm.com/2009/10/29/vc-looking-for-security-those-that-are-left/ http://dougonipcomm.com/2009/10/29/vc-looking-for-security-those-that-are-left/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:02:27 +0000 Doug Mohney http://dougonipcomm.com/?p=560 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 [...]]]>

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 for such initiatives such as online health care and banking.

However, there won’t be massive hordes of firms looking to hand out money to anyone with a PowerPoint and a good idea.  There will be fewer funds (see: Great Recession of 20xx) and the (mostly old-money) survivors are back to fundamentals of business plans, profitability, and investment horizons of 5 to 7 years.

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