Wednesday, August 20, 2008Quantum Fuel Systems Gets $19.1M In PIPEIrvine-based Quantum Fuel Systems Technology, one of the firms behind electric car maker Fisker Automotive, said Wednesday that the firm has raised $19.1 in a registered direct offering from a single, unnamed institutional investor. Name and details of the investor were not released, however the firm said that Merriman Curhan Ford acted as a sole placement agent in the transaction. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies, which is publicly held on the NASDAQ, is the firm behind the powertrain in high (More info...)
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Wonderware Buys Software FirmLake Forest-based Wonderware said Wednesday evening that the firm has acquired SAT Corporation, a developer of software for managing plant operations, maintenance, production tracking, and compliance. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wonderware, which is a business unit of Invensys, said that SAT Corporation's products include IntelaTrac Enterprise Suite, a software platform for enabling workflow, procedural and general task management in plant operations. SAT Corporation will bec (More info...)
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RoyaltyShare Buys Broad Street DigitalSan Diego-based RoyaltyShare, which develops software-as-a-service for managing digital royalties for the music industry, announced today that it has acquired Broad Street Digital Limited, a developer of a digital content licensing management platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. RoyaltyShare said it is buying Broad Street Digital Limited from Arbinet-thexchange, inc., a provider of products for managing the buying and selling of telecommunications capacity. Broad Street dev (More info...)
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Disney Launches Social Network For ParentsNorth Hollywood-based Disney Online has launched a new social networking web site, focused on parents, the firm said today. Disney Family.com said that its new site, part of Family.com, will provide an online social networking site for moms and dads who want to connect with other parents. According to Disney, the site will allow parents to share parenting tips, find other parents with shared hobbies or similarly aged children, post photos and questions, and more. The new Disney Family site is fr (More info...)
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Chumby Links With Facebook, TwitterSan Diego-based Chumby, a firm which makes an Internet-connected, alarm-clock-like device, announced this morning that the company has added support for linking Facebook and Twitter to the firm's product. According to Chumby, it has added integration with both of those social services on the device. The integration allows users of Facebook to access and update status, see the latest photos posted by their friends, and see status updates; the Twitter integration includes showing the latest twitte (More info...)
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Aeroviroment Gets $4.6M DARPA GrantMonrovia, California-based Aerovironment said today that it has received $4.6M in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), for the development of a small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). According to Aerovironment, the new DARPA project will be based on the firm's Wasp UAS, which is a one-pound, battery-powered vehicle the firm has been supplying to the U.S> Air Force and U.S. Marine Corp. Aerovironment said the new project will focus on enabling what are called "howev (More info...)
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Gorilla Nation Signs Tom's HardwareLos Angeles-based Gorilla Nation has signed on another web publisher, the firm said Tuesday. The firm, which provides online advertising representation, said that it has added Tomshardware.com, TomsGuide.com, TomsGames.com, and TheTorqueReport.com, all owned by BestOfMedia Group. The deal covers exclusive rights to Canada and representation of the sites in the U.S. to a "selected" group of advertisers. Tom's Hardware is a major online news and product review site focused on hardware, computers, (More info...)
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