PORTFOLIO NEWS

2008

November 20, 2008 - Staccato Secures $20M in Financing and Bolsters UWB Market with Merger with Artimi
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November 17, 2008 - Silicon Clocks Appoints MEMS Veteran Didier Lacroix as CEO
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November 12, 2008 - Staccato’s Ripcord2™ Named 2009 International CES Best Enabling Technology
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November 11, 2008 - Forbes: SOA's Dirty Little Secret: Most IT departments aren't ready for SOA expansion (Mashery feature)
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November 10, 2008 - Staccato Unveils Single-Chip Host-Side UWB Solution
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November 7, 2008 - SexyWidgets: How Companies are Monetizing APIs (Mashery feature)
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November 3, 2008 - Amazon Web Services Blog: SOASTA - Load Testing From the Cloud
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October 30, 2008 - EDN: Staccato's Single-Chip UWB IC Targets Handset, Automotive, and Industrial uses
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October 27, 2008 - Rackspace Selects SOASTA for Cloud Hosting Suite
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October 21, 2008 - API's Popping Up All Over (Thanks to Mashery)
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October 20, 2008 - VentureBeat: Samplify Systems, a Rare Semiconductor Start-up
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October 20, 2008 - Samplify Evolves Business Model From IP Developer to Semiconductor Supplier; Now Targets Multi-Billion Dollar Market
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October 20, 2008 - Samplify Systems Announces Availability of World's First 16-channel, 12-bit, 65 Msps A/D Converter With Integrated Real-Time Data Compression
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October 14, 2008 - First New York Times API is Live, and Here's Why It Matters (Mashery feature)
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October 8, 2008 - Capella Plans for Rapid Worldwide Product Distribution with 2 Senior Executive Appointments
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October 3, 2008 - Netflix Opens Up (Mashery feature)
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October 1, 2008 - Skytap Announces ISV Alliance Program for Cloud Computing (SOASTA feature)
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September 25, 2008 - c|net: How Do You Replicate Big Retailers Online? Mashery Has an Answer
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September 24, 2008 - New York Times: The A.P.I. Bug Hits Old Retail and Old Media (Mashery feature)
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September 8, 2008 - Cloud Computing Gathers Steam With $6.4M Round for SOASTA
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September 8, 2008 - GigaOM: SOASTA Raises $6.4M to Test in the Cloud
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September 2 , 2008 - Staccato Introduces World's First All-CMOS 65nm Single-Chip Ultrawideband (UWB) and WiMedia Device for High Volume Wireless Applications
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August 28, 2008 - Why Web 3.0? A Look at Where the Web is Headed (Mashery feature)
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August 13, 2008 - Smalltown(R) Announces Reseller Program for Distribution and Sale of Webcard(TM) Universal Business Listings
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July 18, 2008 - Staccato Communications Expands Into Japan
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July 8, 2008 - Capella Intelligent Subsystems Awarded ISO 9001:2000 Certification
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July 2, 2008 - Samplify Announces Distribution Deal with Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. (TED)
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June 30, 2008 - CBS News: Mashery Raises $2 Million More For Web APIs
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June 30, 2008 - Smalltown Grows Management Team as Service Expands Nationally
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June 29, 2008 - MIT Technology Review: Mashery Named One of "Ten Startups to Watch"
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June 28, 2008 - EDN: Samplify Can Open the Door to Novel Uses of Compression
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June 26, 2008 - Mashery Triples Customer Base in 2008 and Adds Funding to Fuel Growth
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May 30, 2008 - Forbes Magazine: The Oracle of Manitoba (Marketocracy feature)
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May 22, 2008 - Feld Thoughts: No API? You Suck! (Mashery feature)
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May 14, 2008 - InternetNews.com: Small Business Has a New Online Calling Card (Smalltown feature)
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May 13, 2008 - Marketocracy Masters 100 Fund Receives 5-Star rating from Morningstar
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May 13, 2008 - TechCrunch: Smalltown’s WebCards: No Longer Just Hyper-Local
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May 13, 2008 - VentureBeat: Smalltown expands its scope to the Internet community at large with Webcards.com
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May 13, 2008 - Smalltown Launches Webcards.com to Simplify Online Advertising and Marketing for Small Businesses
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May 13, 2008 - Samplify Systems Announces Availability of Compression for Computed Tomography
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May 7, 2008 - Samplify Systems Adds Computed Tomography Expert Carl Crawford to Technical Team
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May 5, 2008 - Staccato Expands Glocal Sales Organization in Preparation for Mass Market UWB Deployment
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April 28, 2008 - Shopping.com Selects Mashery to Support Growing Web 2.0 Developer Community
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April 23, 2008 - ReadWriteWeb: So You're Launching a Platform: After Ubiquitous APIs - What's the Next Frontier? (Mashery feature)
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April 11, 2008 - eWeek Storage Station: Samplify's Data Compression a Blessing for Storage
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April 11, 2008 - Pyxis Technology and Silicon Canvas Set Interoperability Milestone
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April 8, 2008 - EETimes: MEMS Market Could Explode (Silicon Clocks feature)
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March 31, 2008 - ReadWriteWeb: Mashery Continues Rapid Growth with WhitePages.com Mashup
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March 28, 2008 - Smalltown Awarded Best Start-Up Finalist
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March 25, 2008 - Staccato Announces Next Generation Ripcord1 WUSB Development Kit
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March 4, 2008 - Tech Veteran Laura Merling Joins Mashery as VP of Sales and Marketing
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March 4, 2008 - Pyxis Adds EDA Veteran Jim Hogan and KLA-Tencor's Ed Charrier as Advisors to the Board of Directors
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February 23, 2008 - Smalltown Adds Robert Goldberg to Board of Directors
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February 21, 2008 - Ask.com Gets "Compete-ized" (Mashery feature)
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February 12, 2008 - Pyxis Raises $5.25M and Adds KLA-Tencor (KT) Ventures to Team
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February 11, 2008 - EETimes: Pyxis CEO Phil Bishop Video Interview
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February 5, 2008 - George Berberis named Capella COO
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January 30, 2008 - Reuters Picks Mashery for New Calais API Platform
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January 28, 2008 - Capella Closes $15M in Venture Capital Funding
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January 14, 2008 - Samplify Systems Adds Industry Veteran Tim Richardson to Board of Directors
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January 5, 2008 - Notebooks.com: Wireless USB Video of Staccato Communications
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January 2, 2008 - Forbes: Ken Kam (Marketocracy CEO) On Markets & Investing
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2007 and earlier

November 14, 2007 - PEHub: Silicon Clocks Strikes $8 Million
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October 9, 2007 - VentureBeat: Staccato Raises $17.5M for Wireless Design Technology
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September 27, 2007 - Mashery Secures New Funding From Formative Ventures and Accelerator Group to Fuel Customer Growth
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April 3 , 2007 - Samplify Systems Completes $6.5M Funding from Charles River Ventures and Formative Ventures
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March 15, 2007 - Capella Raises $20 Million for Corporate Expansion Leveraging the Success of Its Wavelength Management Subsystems
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October 10, 2006 - Smalltown Announces $3 Million Series A Funding to Launch Build-Out of Local Web
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June 26, 2006 - Pyxis Technology Raises $9.2M in New Funding
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March 1, 2006 - IP Infusion Acquired by Access Corporation
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June 16, 2004 - Zyray Wireless Acquired by Broadcom for $96M
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February 6, 2001 - InnoCOMM Wireless Acquired by National Semiconductor for $130M
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