Santa Monica-based eHow, the question and answer site owned by Demand Media, said this week that it has rolled out a new, mobile application for the Android operating system. According to eHow, the application lets users search for, retrieve, and play videos from the firm's question and answer site. The firm said the new app is available for free.Continue →

Los Angeles-based IVT, the web casting firm run by Greg Pulier, has announced that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding. The firm said that the new funding for the company was led by Syncom Venture Partners, and also included investors Barshop Ventures, Monitor Ventures, and Tudor Ventures. Monitor and Tudor are prior investors in the firm. The firm said the new funding will go to expands its go-to-market efforts....Continue →

Monrovia-based Xencor, a developer of antibody discovery technology, said this morning that it has named Edgardo Baracchini, Ph.D., as Chief Business Officer at the company. Baracchini joins the firm from Metabasis Therapeutics, where he was Senior Vice President of Business Development. Dr. Baracchini also has served at Elitra Pharmaceuticals, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, as well as Isis Pharmaceuticals.Continue →

Redpoint Ventures, said late Monday evening that the firm has closed on Redpoint IV,a $400M, early stage venture capital fund specifically aimed at the social and mobile Internet, cloud computing, and clean technology. The firm highlighted its recent exits of LifeSize, WiChorus, Kazeon, and Irvine's Network in Motion in the announcement. The firm said it now has over $2B in management. Redpoint's efforts in Southern California are headed by Brad Jones....Continue →

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net, which operates a network of businesses focused on domain name monetization and advertising, said today that it has linked with NameMedia, a developer and marketer of premium domain names. According to the firms, Oversee will join NameMedia's Domain Listing service, AfternicDLS.com, in order to expand Oversee.net's sales channels for its domain names. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed....Continue →

Calabasas-based Gumiyo, a developer of mobile marketing applications for auto dealers and others, has released a new Facebook application. According to Gumiyo, the new, free, Facebook application called MyShowroom will allow retail automotive dealers to show their vehicle inventory on their Facebook pages. The firm said the application is part of its mobile marketing platform, which it provides to automotive dealers and others....Continue →

A spinout of San Diego's Fallbrook Technologies, Viryd Technologies, announced today that it has raised $5M in an investment from a Chinese firm. Viryd, which is applying Fallbrook's continuous variable planetary transmissions to the wind turbine and energy market, said today that it raised funding from Ningbo Shentong Auto Decorations Ltd., a Chinese supplier of parts to the auto industry....Continue →

Irvine-based Integrien, a developer of IT analytics annd management software, announced today that former FileNet CEO Lee Roberts is joining the firm's board of directors. Roberts is currently President and CEO of BlueWater Management Consulting, and was formerly General Manager and Vice President of Content Management at IBM, which acquired FileNet in 2006. Roberts headed up FileNet as Chairman and CEO at the time of its acquisition by IBM....Continue →

San Diego-based PatientSafe Solutions, a developer of software and bar code systems used for management of patient and workflow management in hospitals, has reported raised $30M in a new round of funding. The funding was first reported by VentureWire. The new funding was led by TPG Biotechnology Partners....Continue →

Laguna Beach-based OrthAlign, a developer of medical devices for computer assisted surgery, has raised $5.16M in a Series A-2 funding round. Source of the funding was not announced by the firm, however, the firm has previously raised capital from Okapi Venture Capital and Research Corporation Technologies. The new funding brings the company's total raised to just over $12.3M.Continue →

Los Angeles-based video site Hulu reports this afternoon that the firm has received more than one million votes in its Super Bowl commercial rankings on its Hulu Adzone, where the firm has posted all of the ads from Sunday's Super Bowl. The firm--which is announcing a winner on Wednesday for the most popular commercial--said so far, include commercials from Doritos, Google, Mar's, and Motorola....Continue →