Weekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008
by urbantechCisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio.
This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which [...]
THE WEEKLY MONEY TRAIL-6/20/2008
by urbantechSan Francisco, Mochi Media Makes $10M To Monetize Games
With plans to build out its infrastructure to meet demand from game developers for its ad platform, Mochi Media Inc. has raised a $10 million Series B round of funding.
http://www.mochimedia.com
New York Hanger Network Racks Up $10M More
Hanger Network In-Home Media Inc., which distributes ads, coupons and promotional [...]
Always On Hollywood 08
by urbantechThe Always on Hollywood event went off big as usual. There were tons of VC’s and institutional bankers there courting the business of the young, and the fresh (hot media start ups).
There were quite a few impressive starts up offering their pitches for rooms full of venture capitalist ready to wage their calculated bets on [...]




