September 2nd, 2010
 FORT MYERS, FL – CallMiner, a company selling speech analytics software, has closed on its $4 million round from from Boston-based Sigma Partners, Durham, NC-based Intersouth Partners, and Florida-based Inflexion Partners, and an undisclosed strategic partner. It plans to use the funds for expansion. Other Investors in the company include Village Ventures, Williamstown, MA; and ...
September 1st, 2010
 By Allan Maurer If you’re still working on your business social media strategy, you’re not alone. “Everyone is figuring this out,” says Alexandra Nicholson, manager, Social Media Strategist for USA TODAY’s Digital Marketing team. “Don’t be afraid to talk to peers,” she suggests. USA Today recently announced it was shifting resources to place more emphasis ...
September 2nd, 2010
 WASHINGTON, DC – DC-based EverFi, which develops media education platforms, has chalked up an $11 million funding led by New Enterprise Associates. TomorrowVentures and Michael Chasen, CEO of Blackboard and other individual investors paritcipated. Founded in 2008, the company teaches life skills such as financial literacy and student loan management using digital games, messaging, social ...
September 2nd, 2010
 WINSTON-SALEM, NC – As fat summer tomatoes dangle in profusion from vines in gardens and farms across the country, researchers at Wake Forest University are looking for a way to make future harvests hold up better against drought or lack of nutrients. But the tomatoes these researchers study, with names like Never Ripe and Green ...
September 2nd, 2010
 TAMPA, FL – Perrsystent Technology Corp., a company that sells an automated PC recovery system, has raised $2.83 million in a mixed securities offering, according to a regulatory filing. The company raised $2.86 million in December last year from three investors. The company disclosed the funding in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
September 2nd, 2010
 CHARLOTTE, NC – Welsh Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a private equity firm, and Peak 10′s executive management have acquired a majority stake in the company. Financial details were not disclosed. Selling shareholders include majority owner Seaport Capital, a New York-based private equity firm and McCarthy Capital, an Omaha, Neb.-based private equity fund. Peak 10’s existing ...
September 1st, 2010
 CHARLOTTE, NC – A group of Charlotte-area technology executives and entrepreneurs have launched a new organization called The Charlotte Regional Technology Executive Council (CRTEC). The organization will be dedicated to the continuous education for its members, and the economic development of technology companies in the Charlotte region. The council resources are primarily volunteers comprised of ...
September 1st, 2010
 Internet companies drew 36 percent of the dealflow of the 30 most active venture capital firms from 2009 to 2010 and 26 percent of their dollars, according to CB Insights. And of those dollars, 40 percent went to four Internet sub sectors in the last four months: social, advertising, gaming and discount e-commerce firms. Anyone ...
September 1st, 2010
 Here’s good news on the economic front: hiring is expected to pick up in the final months of 2010, according to the new Robert Half International Professional Employment Report. A net 6 percent of executives surveyed say they expect to hire, up 3 points from the previous quarter. Even though that’s not as big an ...
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