Monday, October 23, 2006Interview with Tooey Courtemanche, Founder of ProCoreOur interview today is with Tooey Courtemanche, CEO of Santa Barbara-based Procore Technologies (www.pro-core.com), which is developing software-as-a-service tools for the construction industry. We talked with Tooey about the firm, his stellar set of angel investors, and the interesting story on how the company grew out of his own efforts to build a house.
Ben Kuo: What is ProCore's software is used for and who uses it?
Tooey Courtemanche: Procore provides a construction project management (More info...)
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U.S. Venture Capitalists Invest $6.36B In Q3Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne are reporting today that there was $6.36B invested in 611 venture capital deals in the third quarter, with a slight increase in both the number of deals and amount of investment versus a year ago. The firms said that overall deal count increased 2% from Q3 of 2005, and capital investments were up 5%. Total investments this year now stand at $19.46B in 1,851 deals. The Bay Area continued to lead in deals, but Southern California had a 16 percent increase in (More info...)
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VitalStream Streams LA KingsIrvine-based VitalStream Holdings, a content delivery network provider, said today that it will power the Los Angeles Kings online video portal. VitalStream said that the firm and its partners VirtuPoint will broadcast LA Kings live events, press conferences, interviews, and other content. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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eEye Unveils Upgraded Pro, User Security ToolsAliso Viejo-based eEye Digital Security has rolled out two upgraded, endpoint security software suites today, saying that it is shipping a new version of the firm's Blink Professional and Blink Personal software. eEye said that the new version of Blink Professional adds new security features including dynamic policy control, policy-based hardware access control to devices such as USB keys and iPods; and execution control of software. The firm also upgraded its Blink Personal free version of its (More info...)
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MOSIS Adds Tanner EDA Software KitMarina Del Rey-based MOSIS, a provider of prototyping and small volume VLSI circuit production, said today that it has reached an agreement with Monrovia-based Tanner EDA to provide foundry design kits free of charge to its customers. The kits will provide the ability for engineers to move their designs between different process technologies. MOSIS said that the kids will be available for TSMC, AMS, AMIS, and IBM processes down to 0.13 micron. MOSIS said that it estimates that Tanner EDA tools h (More info...)
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Iomega Taps Verisign, Jupiter For Managed SecuritySan Diego-based Iomega, the storage provider that is making its move into managed services, said today that it is tapping Versign and Juniper Networks for its managed Internet security service. Iomega said it has developed a fully managed Internet security solution using Juniper and VeriSign products. The SMB-focused managed security service are using Juniper's firewall, IPSec VPN, threat management, and SSL VPN products, along with VeriSign's two-factor authentication. The move is part of Iomeg (More info...)
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AWR Expands In JapanEl Segundo-based Applied Wave Research, a developer of high frequency electronic design automation software, announced this morning that it has opened a dedicated office in Japan. AWR said that the new sales, marketing, and support center will supports its Japanese EDA customers. The new office wil lbe headed by Michiyoshi Endo. Venture-backed AWR is supported by CMEA Ventures, Dow Employee Pension Plan, Intel Capital, Southern Ute Growth Fund and Synopsys.
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