1.19.12
Jumptap Appoints Bob Hammond Chief Technology Officer
Veteran Ad Network Leader Adds Technical Depth
1.12.12
Valhalla Partners Conducts Successful StorageFest II
Second invitation-only event drew 60 attendees from key players in the storage and next-generation infrastructure industry
1.10.12
Geomagic and Cubify Make 3D-Printing Yourself Easy with Kinect-to-3D
Watch the demo video
1.5.12
Custora raises $850,000 in funding
Customer Retention SaaS Custora helps retailers keep customers and tailor actions based on individual-level insights
12.29.11
Reflections on 2011: Nirvanix’s Management Moves Paid Off
"It has been roughly a year since the new management took over, and their diversification strategy seems to be working." by Terri McClure
12.28.11
Top Storage Companies To Watch In 2012
Valhalla's Nirvanix & SolidFire are in the Top Ten
12.19.11
Legolas Media Launches First Audience ‘Futures’ Marketplace With Horizon Media
By Creating, Forecasting and Buying Specific Target Audience Segments, Legolas Marketplace Users Reduce Waste and Increase Ad Effectiveness
12.12.11
Hyper-Local Ad Targeting Startup PlaceIQ Raises $4.2 Million And Moves To New York City
The start-up raised the money from US Venture Partners, with Valhalla Partners joining existing investors IA Ventures, kbs+p Ventures.
Other coverage:
GigaOm: PlaceIQ Raises $4.2M for Location-aware Targeting Platform
12.5.11
Nirvanix to Deploy Hawaii’s First Enterprise Cloud Storage Service
New Hybrid Cloud Storage Deployment Leads Shift to Consumption-based Data Backup and Archival across the Pacific Rim
11.28.11
KZO Innovations and In-Q-Tel Expand Strategic Partnership to Support the U.S. Intelligence Community
The new agreement will include development of additional advanced enhancements to The KZO Video Suite and expand the reach of its deployment
11.22.11
Flat World Knowledge Named to E-Content’s List of 100 Digital Companies That Matter Most
Flat World Knowledge joins Apple and Facebook among this year’s winners selected for their technology innovations and high quality products that are “shaking up the digital content industry.”
11.21.11
Jumptap MobileSTAT Report Projects iOS Users Adopt Platform Upgrades 3x Faster Than Their Android Counterparts
October Ad Network Report Summarizes Apple 4S Launch Versus Other New Devices
11.15.11
USC Shifts 8 Petabytes of Data to Nirvanix Private Cloud Storage Solution
University Stores the Equivalent of 100 Years of HD Video Content in the Nirvanix Enterprise-Grade Cloud
11.7.11
Flat World Knowledge Wins People’s Choice Award for Most Affordable Provider of College Textbooks
Flat World Knowledge was the No. 1 choice of readers, who were asked where they saved the most money on textbooks
11.04.11
Governor Bob McDonnell today announced appointments to six Virginia boards and commissions
Valhalla Partner Kevin Greene apoointed to Virginia University Research Partnership Board of Directors
11.03.11
Solidfire raises $25M round from existing investors, new angels
Frank Slootman (ex-CEO Data Domain), David Schneider (ex-CTO, Data Domain), Greg Papadopoulos (ex-CTO, Sun)
10.12.11
IBM Global Services Integrates Nirvanix Cloud Storage in SmartCloud Enterprise Service
IBM OEM's Nirvanix's Cloud Storage Network to lead its SmartCloud Enterprise storage offering
10.12.11
IBM OEMs Nirvanix Cloud Storage – And Why Everyone Should Care (by Steve Duplessie)
"In short, IBM went out and acquired Platform Computing and then boom, two days later they announce they are getting into bed with Nirvanix to provide IGS with storage services."
9.12.11
Valhalla Adds 28-year-old Storage Expert To Investing Team
Farah Giga has joined Valhalla Partners as its newest principal - Official Press Release
Other coverage:
NY Times: Meet Valhallas' new Principal Farah Giga
GigaOm: Meet Valhalla Partners' new storage whiz kid
WSJ: Former H-P business development manager Farah Giga joins Valhalla Partners
Washington Post: Valhalla Partners snagged data storage wunderkind Farah Giga away from Silicon Valley
Daily Markets: Valhalla Partners Adds 28-Year-Old Tech Dynamo To Investing Team
Business Insider: Valhalla Adds Storage Hotshot Farah Giga
9.12.11
StatSheet Changes Name To Automated Insights, Scores $4 Million
The company says that a new name will better reflect its broadened focus
9.6.11
WellAWARE and Honeywell HomMed To Integrate Technologies To Improve Quality And Reduce Cost of Home Health Care
The work between WellAWARE and Honeywell HomMed will help care givers meet the increasing demand for home health care services among senior citizens
8.31.11
Data storage startups to watch: Nirvanix Inc.
Valhalla's Nirvanix Makes "Top 10 Storage Start-Ups to Watch" List, by Dave Raffo, Senior News Director/SearchStorage
8.31.11
Become.com Partners with ShopSocially to Enable Social Commerce for Retailers
Partnership will provide instant access to industry leading social commerce platform for over 4,000 retailers in Become.com network
8.23.11
Is Flash Memory The Way To Go For Storage Start-Ups?
An inside look from VentureWire at high-tech start-ups and their investors mentions Valhalla's SolidFire
8.18.11
Three Pillar Global And App47 Announce Partnership
Valhalla's App47 delivers a powerful command center without compromising the security of enterprise data
8.17.11
Jumptap Delivers A Mobile First, Deploying Off-line Data At Scale To Create Audience Insights And Targeting For Mobile Advertisers
Jumptap reinforces its position as the Leader in Targeted Mobile Advertising
8.1.11
Senior Living Leader Delivers New Standard of Care With Cutting Edge Sleep Quality Technology From WellAWARE
Valhalla's WellAWARE Systems announced a new partnership with Spring Hills Senior Communities
7.19.11
Domain Holdings raised $2.9 million in funding lead by Valhalla Partners
In addition, the Company launches revamped domain development platform
7.18.11
Jumptap Auto Research Shows Mobile Devices Growing 15 Times Faster Than Online
Mobile Auto Study, Based on comScore Data, is First in a Series from Jumptap
7.1.11
ShopSocially Wins LinkShare Award
Valhalla's ShopSocially named "Technology Genius" at the ninth annual Golden Link Awards
6.29.11
App47 Officially Debuts New Application Lifecycle Management Solution for the Mobile Enterprise
App47 Offers Industry's Only Enterprise-Grade Mobile Application Deployment, Management and Analysis Solution
6.28.11
Valhalla General Partner Kiran Hebbar Sees Limited List Of Buyers Amid Large Supply Of Sellers In Ad Tech
Kiran Hebbar shares his thoughts on Supply and Demand in an AdExchanger interview
6.27.11
Nirvanix Hires Google's Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure
Paul Froutan will serve as Nirvanix Chief Technology Officer
6.20.11
SEPATON Honored as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup
Valhalla portfolio company SEPATON won the Red Herring Top 100 award recognizing the leading private companies in North America
6.14.11
SafeNet Inc. Appoints Chris Fedde as President and Chief Executive Officer
Long-time President and COO Assumes Newly Consolidated Top Executive Position
6.13.11
Avail-TVN Launches AnyView™ Managed Multi-Screen Video Solution
Trials of the service will begin in U.S. markets in July
6.9.11
Active Storage Names Don Shimizu VP Operations
Shimizu brings more than 20 years of experience driving startup and high-growth tech-related businesses
6.8.11
InMobi Selects EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server to Deliver Mobile Ad Impressions
Postgres Plus Advanced Server gives InMobi mass scalability
6.8.11
App47 Emerges From Stealth Mode To Deliver Enterprise Mobile Application Management Tools
App47 received $1 million in first-round funding from Valhalla Partners in January 2011
5.24.11
WellAWARE Systems Recognized for Positive Impact on Long-Term Health of Aging Population
Valhalla portfolio company WellAWARE Systems recipient of 2011 Smart Choice Award
5.17.11
Valhalla Portfolio Company Active Storage Names Steve Rizzone Chief Executive Officer
Steve Rizzone partners with Founder Alex Grossman to manage Company's tremendous growth
5.8.11
Education, Mobile Will Get Closer Look At Capital Connection
Valhalla General Partner Charles Curran interviewed by the Washington Post
5.5.11
Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Closes $25 Million Funding Round
Valhalla Partners Increases Investment in Jumptap
5.5.11
Valhalla Partners Sponsors DC Tech Meetup #4
The June 11, 2011 event will be focused on BIG DATA and BIG DEMOs by local startups
5.2.11
Valhalla Partners Promotes Kevin Greene to Partner
Greene has over thirteen years of operating, banking and investment experience with enterprise software, healthcare and media companies
4.22.11
Valhalla General Partner Art Marks named one of Tech Titans 2011
Washingtonian names Art Marks as one of 100 leaders of Washington's tech world
4.15.11
Emergent, an award-winning small business and IT solutions provider, announced a partnership with KZO Innovations
Emergent and KZO Innovations to Bring Enhanced Video and Collaboration Solutions to the Public Sector
4.14.11
Valhalla and Journalism 2.0
Thoughts from the Valhalla Partners Research group
4.13.11
SEPATON Honored on Lead411's "Hottest Companies in Boston" List of Fastest Growing Technology Companies
Valhalla portfolio company SEPATON has been named one of the hottest technology companies in Boston and surrounding areas
4.11.11
New Roles at Valhalla Partners Build Strength in Digital Media, eCommerce
Kiran Hebbar promoted to General Partner; Gene Riechers transitions out of active role
4.8.11
Social Product Recommendation Site ShopSocially Is Debuting Its “Social Connect” Product For Online Retailers
Social Connect turns shoppers into brand ambassadors generating significant incremental traffic and new customers via friend recommendations
4.7.11
Random House, Inc. Invests in Flat World Knowledge
Flatworld Knowledge textbooks have been adopted by more than 1600 professors at more than 900 colleges in 44 countries
4.5.11
Nirvanix Accelerates the Shift to the Cloud with Riverbed Storage Acceleration Solution
Valhalla portfolio company Nirvanix concludes important partnership with Riverbed
3.31.11
TidalTV Raises $30M For Online Video Ad Optimization Technology
Financing is led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Comcast Interactive Capital and Valhalla Partners
3.29.11
WellAWARE Wins Virginia Healthcare Innovation Award
Valhalla portfolio company WellAWARE Systems was awarded the Virginia Healthcare Innovator of the Year Award for Healthcare Information Technology
3.29.11
Peregrine Selects WellAWARE to Offer New Standard of Care
Peregrine Health Management Company will utilize WellAWARE to enhance the focus of delivering proactive and preventative care to its senior living residents
3.24.11
Legolas Media Secures $5M In Venture Capital Funding
Legolas Media, a next generation audience marketplace, announces its $5 million Series B round of venture capital funding led by Valhalla Partners
3.16.11
StatSheet Launches StatSmack For College Basketball
"The StatSmack application arms you with statistical data that will empirically show that your favorite team is better than any other team on the planet"
3.14.11
Clipik Crowdsources Your Video Editing Needs
Clipik, a San Francisco-based startup, uses crowdsourcing to produce professionally edited videos
3.2.11
Flat World Knowledge Wins 2011 Textbook Excellence Award
Flat World's new Organizational Behavior textbook is the first “open textbook” to ever receive this award
2.25.11
March May Be Madness For Start-Up StatSheet
StatSheet gives sports fans free access to in-depth analysis on every Division I college basketball program in the country
2.15.11
David Beats Goliath in the Battle in the Clouds
Nirvanix Winning Storage Cloud Customers against EMC and Amazon - by leading European industry analyst Josh Krischer
2.7.11
Obama Speech Calls Out Geomagic
Abbreviated version of President's speech features Geomagic
2.2.11
SolidFire Raises $11 Million For ‘Next-Gen' Cloud Storage Platform
This Series A funding was led by New Enterprise Associates with current investors Valhalla Partners and Novak Biddle Venture Partners also participating.
1.31.11
White House Launches “Startup America” Initiative
Geomagic's Chairman, President, and CEO Ping Fu speaks at the launch of President Obama's "Startup America" Initiative
1.31.11
Active Storage Announces High-Performance Metadata Controller Appliance for Xsan
The First Enterprise-Class Alternative Designed Specifically for Xsan
1.31.11
Parature Names former Salesforce.com Senior Sales Executive Mike Minelli to Chief Revenue Officer
Twenty-Year SaaS Industry Veteran Joins Company to Lead Parature's Growth and Expansion Plans
1.25.11
The Nirvanix Storage Cloud – Who Knew?
"If you shut the market down today, it's hard to show how anyone would beat Nirvanix." - By Steve Duplessie
1.25.11
WellAWARE Systems entering into a co-marketing agreement with Philips Lifeline
The companies will collaborate to deliver their unique monitoring solutions into the home for the benefit of resident seniors
1.24.11
Sepaton Unveils Next-Gen Private Cloud Operating System
The new 64-bit operating system, S2100-ES2, combined with Intel's new Westmere processor, runs the updated appliance at twice the speeds of its predecessor
1.20.11
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Bessemer Venture Partners Invest $15 Million in Flat World Knowledge
Also joining the round is returning investor Valhalla Partners
1.6.11
Rivermine Acquired By Emptoris For Leading Telecom Expense Management Solution
With the acquisition, Emptoris expands its award-winning solution suite, adds a portfolio of new Global 1000 companies to its customer base, and increases its footprint with key strategic partners.
12.15.10
Flat World Knowledge Named to EContent Magazine's 2010 List of Top 100 Digital Companies
Flat World Knowledge joins other companies, such as Amazon, Apple, Google and Twitter, who were selected for their “innovation, customer focus, and responsiveness to the changing digital content landscape.”
12.13.10
Valhalla Partners Selected as a Top 100 VC Firm by AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn's editors unveil the top 100 venture capital firms
12.1.10
Jumptap Enters TechSnology Alliance With cyber communications inc.
cci will provide ad targeting services by combining Jumptap's advanced technology and platform for smart devices along with cci's existing technology to create a break-through advertising opportunity
11.29.10
SEPATON to Showcase Massively Scalable Data Protection Platform at Gartner Data Center Conference
Grid scalable, award-winning platform leverages automation and economies of scale enabling enterprises to control costs by protecting, deduplicating, restoring, and replicating petabytes of data in a single system
11.12.10
A startup in North Carolina, StatSheet, today is launching a remarkable network of 345 sports sites, one dedicated to each Division 1 college basketball team in the U.S.
Valhalla Seed Company StatSheet developed a statistic that projects how likely a team is to improve or decline compared to last season
11.10.10
Nirvanix Appoints Scott Genereux as CEO and Closes a $10M B Round
Former QLogic, Hitachi Executive to Expand Nirvanix Cloud Storage Adoption Across a Multitude of Market Sectors
11.10.10
Cloud Storage: Two Days, Three Startups, $30 Million
Cloud storage startups have received lots of investor love this week - in the past two days, three cloud storage companies raised a total of $30 million
10.21.10
Valhalla Partners Makes Third Seed Investment in 2010
$1.1M Series A investment in ShopSocially bets on large potential market for collaborative ecommerce
10.21.10
ShopSocially Receives $1.1 Million Series A Financing for Social Shopping
Valhalla Partners led a $1.0 million Series A round in ShopSocially, which represents the company's first venture-led financing.
9.27.10
Mobile Ad Leader Jumptap Names George Bell CEO
Seasoned CEO, Venture Capitalist Appointed to Lead Jumptap's Expansion
9.17.10
More Than 25 Customers Purchase Parature for Facebook™ in Its First 30 Days of General Availability
Industry's First and Only Customer Service Application for Directly Engaging with Customers via Facebook Enabling Them to Receive Fast Issue Resolution through Community and Personalized Support
9.7.10
Symantec announces Nirvanix, which specialises in the enterprise market, to be its first partner
Symantec presents its NetBackup 5000, a deduplication appliance that can result in a 10-50 times reduction in storage and 99% reduction in bandwidth consumption
9.1.10
EnterpriseDB Lands $7.5M To Get Its Open Database To Asia
For its latest funding EnterpriseDB Inc., a maker of open source databases, has paired up with new investors that can help its international business catch up with its downloads
8.24.10
GetWellNetwork, Inc., makes the 2010 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing, private companies in America
The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 through 2009
8.5.10
StatSheet Secures First Round of Venture Capital Funding Led by Valhalla Partners
Durham-based StatSheet, a first-in-class sports media company delivering online data visualization and automated publishing capabilities, has secured 1.3 million in its first round of venture capital funding
8.4.10
Next Big Thing: Four Companies to Watch
Geomagic picked by CNBC.com as one of 4 companies to watch
8.2.10
Web.com Announces Completion of Register.com Acquisition
Web.com acquired privately-held Register.com for $135 million
8.1.10
$200 Textbook vs. Free. You Do the Math.
Two founders of Sun Microsystems have created two nonprofits to bring open-source textbooks to kindergarten through high school classes
7.26.10
EnterpriseDB Adds Former JBoss and SpringSource Executive Rob Bearden to its Board of Directors
Industry veteran brings expertise in elevating successful open source and enterprise software companies
7.12.10
SafeNet Files Registration Statement with SEC for Proposed Initial Public Offering
SafeNet Holding Corporation is the parent company of SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in information security.
7.1.10
Will HTML5 Be The Demise Of Apps?
Valhalla's Saj Cherian shares his thoughts at the Mobile Marketing and Media 2010 conference in NYC
6.24.10
Record Grant of $8.1M to Good Samaritan Intended For 'Living' Project
The funds are to be used to deploy WellAWARE systems in approximately 800 senior citizen homes
6.22.10
New Cloud Services from Swisscom
Secure Storage service is powered by a managed storage node solution from Nirvanix
6.21.10
New Netezza Migrator Product Simplifies Migration from Oracle Data Warehouses
The product uses EnterpriseDB technology to reduce risk and cost of warehouse migrations
6.17.10
Web.com Announces Agreement to Acquire Register.com
Creating One Of The Largest Online Marketing And Web Services Companies Serving Small Businesses
6.15.10
Verizon To Tie Cloud Storage With Computing
Company Will launch storage facilities at Verizon data centers around the world, orovided by cloud storage provider Nirvanix
6.10.10
Quick Hit Scores NFL License For Online Football Games
First Deal Of Its Kind Since 2004, Providing A New Option For Gamers Who Want To Play An Official NFL Game Online
5.26.10
Geomagic's CEO Ping Fu named one of 100 Most Creative People in Business
Fast Company's Selections Reflect the Breadth of New Ideas and New Pursuits at Play in the Business Landscape
5.26.10
Virtual AFEI Platform Launched to Extend On-Demand Interactive Conference Collaboration Capability to National Security and Defense Communities
Valhalla's Seed Company KZO Announces a KZO-powered platform for Customers in the Defense, Homeland Security and Intelligence Community
5.6.10
Parature Announces Parature for Facebook (TM)
Parature Unveils the First Facebook Application for Multi-Channel Customer Service; Rosetta Stone among Beta Customers
4.23.10
Apple and Google sending competition straight to voicemail
Valhalla General Partner Charles Curran Shares his Opinion on Mobile Market
4.6.10
Arrow Electronics Acquires Converge and Verical, Inc.
$15 Million Sale Represents the First Successful Exit for Valhalla Partners II
3.23.10
Targeting, Transactions: Two Missing Pieces in the Mobile Ecosystem
Mobile Marketer's Mickey Alam Khan Interviews Valhalla Principal Saj Cherian at the International CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference
2.19.10
Investment Trends: Rich Capital Flow in IT and Media
Valhalla Partner Kiran Hebbar Discusses Latest Investment Trends
2.16.10
TidalTV Raising More Capital, Comcast Invests
TidalTV, looking to expand further into addressable TV advertising, has raised an additional $16 million-plus in venture capital
2.1.10
Nirvanix and CommVault Help Companies Struggling to Manage Data Growth
CommVault Simpana Software now includes integrated Nirvanix cloud storage
1.26.10
Flat World Knowledge Adds New CTO and COO to Leadership Team
E-Business Veterans Bring Proven Track Records to Fast-Growing Open Textbook Publisher
1.15.10
CEO of Geomagic shares knowledge at White House
Ping Fu of Geomagic shares knowledge at White House President Obama invites CEOs of 50 innovative companies to share knowledge and insight on modernizing government
12.15.09
Rivermine Acquires MBG Expense Management
Combined Company Manages $6 Billion in Annual Telecom Spend Globally
12.7.09
WellAWARE Systems Raises $7.5 Million in Growth Capital
Valhalla Partners and .406 Ventures Invest in the Leader of Wellness Monitoring Solutions for Senior Care Providers
11.27.09
Parature CFO Named Washington Business Journal CFO of the Year
Robert Aldrich Recognized for Outstanding Performance as a Financial Professional in the Business Services Category
11.17.09
Active Storage Completes Series A Investment Round
Active Storage, Inc. completed its Series A funding round lead by Intel Capital with top-tier venture capital firms Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners
10.27.09
EnterpriseDB Announces Strategic Investment by Red Hat
Companies will work together to increase enterprise adoption of open source IT infrastructure
9.17.09
KZO Innovations Secures Strategic Partnership and Technology Development Agreement with In-Q-Tel to Support the U.S. Intelligence Community
KZO's Platform delivers a powerful interactive multimedia environment enabling perpetual knowledge exchange and communication
9.9.09
SEPATON Receives Frost & Sullivan's North American Technology Innovation Award for Data Deduplication Software
DeltaStor software recognized for significant innovation and competitive advantage
6.19.09
First Growth Venture Network Seeding Start-Ups through Mentoring Program
A consortium of leading venture-related players has formed First Growth Venture Network, a mentoring program for high potential seed and early stage start-up tech companies in and around New York City
5.18.09
TVN Entertainment and Avail Media Merge
Combined company provides the foundation for next generation Digital Media Services
5.4.09
The BD Event: Doing Deals in a Depression
Leading CEOs, Venture Capitalists and Corporate Dealmakers Provide Guidance on Doing Deals in a Depression Panel at The BD Event
4.29.09
BlueStripe one of "10 Start-ups to watch in 2009"
BlueStripe is among top 10 companies offering interesting twists on everything from managing application performance across a virtual infrastructure to adopting public Web 2.0 technologies for use in the enterprise
4.21.09
Nirvanix Hires Three Industry Veterans as Enterprise Cloud Storage Business Expands
Director of Consulting, Director of Solutions Services, Solutions Architect bring decades of experience to enterprise-focused storage strategy
4.20.09
BlueStripe, Dataupia, and Nirvanix among the "InformationWeek Startup 50: Business Technology Companies To Watch"
The InformationWeek Startup 50: Business Technology Companies To Watch
4.20.09
Valhalla Partners Leads Investment in BlueStripe Software
Research Triangle Park-based company is empowering the management of business critical applications in the dynamic data center
4.15.09
Nirvanix Receives Additional $5 Million for Cloud Storage Business Expansion
Series A investors return for round expansion to fund additional growth of cloud storage services to enterprise customers
4.6.09
SEPATON Secures $15.5 Million Funding Round
Investment validates enterprise-class, market-leading data protection solution provider
3.25.09
SafeNet and Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. Now Under Common Management
SafeNet and Aladdin creating a global leader for Software Rights Management (SRM) and Authentication solutions
2.1.09
College & Startups - making the most of your university years
Scott Frederick advises college enterpreneurs on starting a business
11.17.08
Valhalla Partners Announces Completion of Sale of LeftHand Networks to HP
$360M Sale Is Third Successful Recent Exit for Valhalla Partners
11.16.08
Hooks Johnston comments on Valhalla seed investments
"...Johnston touted his recent partnership with Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology to invest $400,000 in MiserWare"
10.29.08
Valhalla leads $8M investment in Geomagic
North Carolina-based company a leader in digital 3-D shape sampling software
10.27.08
Charles Curran comments on acquisition scenarios for Sun Microsystems on FT.com website:
"Financial buyers may be more keen than strategics to acquire Sun or one of its divisions," speculated Charles Curran, a general partner at venture capital firm Valhalla Partners. Curran focuses on storage technologies, also an area of focus for Sun.
10.27.08
Gene Riechers comments on venture investing environment for Washington Post:
"There's been a lot of great companies created by early investments during economic downturns," Riechers said. "What today's environment is like is not a predictor of what it will look like in one or two years when these companies come to market."
10.24.08
Valhalla welcomes Kevin Greene to investing team
Ten-year industry veteran will strengthen investing team depth and breadth
10.04.08
Valhalla leads seed round investment in Green IT startup MiserWare
Blacksburg, VA-based company will commercialize Virginia Tech research
10.1.08
LeftHand agrees to purchase by HP for $360M cash
Deal expected to close in first fiscal quarter of 2009
8.26.08
JumpTap Secures Over $26 Million in Series D Funding
Round led by Alliance Bernstein L.P.
7.9.08
Valhalla Partners welcomes two new professionals to the team
Valhalla Partners adds Principal and Research Analyst to growing team
7.1.08
Valhalla sponsors cutting edge event for under-30 CEOs
"First-ever" Under-30 CEO Summit this past April in Park City created in partnership with FORTUNE magazine
3.10.08
For Valhalla Partners, "I" in IPTV Means "Invest"
VC Firm injects D.C.-area online-video start-ups Avail, KZO Innovations and TidalTV with growth capital
2.4.08
Valhalla Partners Strengthens Senior Team, Promotes Kiran Hebbar, Hires Danielle Brogan
Moves Highlight Company Momentum, Ongoing Investment in Future
12.5.07
Valhalla Partners Funds Technology Ventures in Metro Washington, D.C.
Venture Capital Firm Backs Avail Media, BDMetrics and Verical with $14 Million
11.13.06
Valhalla Partners Raises $260 Million Fund
Valhalla Partners II, L.P. Targets Technology Entrepreneurs Who Want to Innovate, Challenge, and Fundamentally Change the Dynamics of New and Existing Markets
Jumptap Appoints Bob Hammond Chief Technology Officer
Veteran Ad Network Leader Adds Technical Depth
1.12.12
Valhalla Partners Conducts Successful StorageFest II
Second invitation-only event drew 60 attendees from key players in the storage and next-generation infrastructure industry
1.10.12
Geomagic and Cubify Make 3D-Printing Yourself Easy with Kinect-to-3D
Watch the demo video
1.5.12
Custora raises $850,000 in funding
Customer Retention SaaS Custora helps retailers keep customers and tailor actions based on individual-level insights
12.29.11
Reflections on 2011: Nirvanix’s Management Moves Paid Off
"It has been roughly a year since the new management took over, and their diversification strategy seems to be working." by Terri McClure
12.28.11
Top Storage Companies To Watch In 2012
Valhalla's Nirvanix & SolidFire are in the Top Ten
12.19.11
Legolas Media Launches First Audience ‘Futures’ Marketplace With Horizon Media
By Creating, Forecasting and Buying Specific Target Audience Segments, Legolas Marketplace Users Reduce Waste and Increase Ad Effectiveness
12.12.11
Hyper-Local Ad Targeting Startup PlaceIQ Raises $4.2 Million And Moves To New York City
The start-up raised the money from US Venture Partners, with Valhalla Partners joining existing investors IA Ventures, kbs+p Ventures.
Other coverage:
GigaOm: PlaceIQ Raises $4.2M for Location-aware Targeting Platform
12.5.11
Nirvanix to Deploy Hawaii’s First Enterprise Cloud Storage Service
New Hybrid Cloud Storage Deployment Leads Shift to Consumption-based Data Backup and Archival across the Pacific Rim
11.28.11
KZO Innovations and In-Q-Tel Expand Strategic Partnership to Support the U.S. Intelligence Community
The new agreement will include development of additional advanced enhancements to The KZO Video Suite and expand the reach of its deployment
11.22.11
Flat World Knowledge Named to E-Content’s List of 100 Digital Companies That Matter Most
Flat World Knowledge joins Apple and Facebook among this year’s winners selected for their technology innovations and high quality products that are “shaking up the digital content industry.”
11.21.11
Jumptap MobileSTAT Report Projects iOS Users Adopt Platform Upgrades 3x Faster Than Their Android Counterparts
October Ad Network Report Summarizes Apple 4S Launch Versus Other New Devices
11.15.11
USC Shifts 8 Petabytes of Data to Nirvanix Private Cloud Storage Solution
University Stores the Equivalent of 100 Years of HD Video Content in the Nirvanix Enterprise-Grade Cloud
11.7.11
Flat World Knowledge Wins People’s Choice Award for Most Affordable Provider of College Textbooks
Flat World Knowledge was the No. 1 choice of readers, who were asked where they saved the most money on textbooks
11.04.11
Governor Bob McDonnell today announced appointments to six Virginia boards and commissions
Valhalla Partner Kevin Greene apoointed to Virginia University Research Partnership Board of Directors
11.03.11
Solidfire raises $25M round from existing investors, new angels
Frank Slootman (ex-CEO Data Domain), David Schneider (ex-CTO, Data Domain), Greg Papadopoulos (ex-CTO, Sun)
10.12.11
IBM Global Services Integrates Nirvanix Cloud Storage in SmartCloud Enterprise Service
IBM OEM's Nirvanix's Cloud Storage Network to lead its SmartCloud Enterprise storage offering
10.12.11
IBM OEMs Nirvanix Cloud Storage – And Why Everyone Should Care (by Steve Duplessie)
"In short, IBM went out and acquired Platform Computing and then boom, two days later they announce they are getting into bed with Nirvanix to provide IGS with storage services."
9.12.11
Valhalla Adds 28-year-old Storage Expert To Investing Team
Farah Giga has joined Valhalla Partners as its newest principal - Official Press Release
Other coverage:
NY Times: Meet Valhallas' new Principal Farah Giga
GigaOm: Meet Valhalla Partners' new storage whiz kid
WSJ: Former H-P business development manager Farah Giga joins Valhalla Partners
Washington Post: Valhalla Partners snagged data storage wunderkind Farah Giga away from Silicon Valley
Daily Markets: Valhalla Partners Adds 28-Year-Old Tech Dynamo To Investing Team
Business Insider: Valhalla Adds Storage Hotshot Farah Giga
9.12.11
StatSheet Changes Name To Automated Insights, Scores $4 Million
The company says that a new name will better reflect its broadened focus
9.6.11
WellAWARE and Honeywell HomMed To Integrate Technologies To Improve Quality And Reduce Cost of Home Health Care
The work between WellAWARE and Honeywell HomMed will help care givers meet the increasing demand for home health care services among senior citizens
8.31.11
Data storage startups to watch: Nirvanix Inc.
Valhalla's Nirvanix Makes "Top 10 Storage Start-Ups to Watch" List, by Dave Raffo, Senior News Director/SearchStorage
8.31.11
Become.com Partners with ShopSocially to Enable Social Commerce for Retailers
Partnership will provide instant access to industry leading social commerce platform for over 4,000 retailers in Become.com network
8.23.11
Is Flash Memory The Way To Go For Storage Start-Ups?
An inside look from VentureWire at high-tech start-ups and their investors mentions Valhalla's SolidFire
8.18.11
Three Pillar Global And App47 Announce Partnership
Valhalla's App47 delivers a powerful command center without compromising the security of enterprise data
8.17.11
Jumptap Delivers A Mobile First, Deploying Off-line Data At Scale To Create Audience Insights And Targeting For Mobile Advertisers
Jumptap reinforces its position as the Leader in Targeted Mobile Advertising
8.1.11
Senior Living Leader Delivers New Standard of Care With Cutting Edge Sleep Quality Technology From WellAWARE
Valhalla's WellAWARE Systems announced a new partnership with Spring Hills Senior Communities
7.19.11
Domain Holdings raised $2.9 million in funding lead by Valhalla Partners
In addition, the Company launches revamped domain development platform
7.18.11
Jumptap Auto Research Shows Mobile Devices Growing 15 Times Faster Than Online
Mobile Auto Study, Based on comScore Data, is First in a Series from Jumptap
7.1.11
ShopSocially Wins LinkShare Award
Valhalla's ShopSocially named "Technology Genius" at the ninth annual Golden Link Awards
6.29.11
App47 Officially Debuts New Application Lifecycle Management Solution for the Mobile Enterprise
App47 Offers Industry's Only Enterprise-Grade Mobile Application Deployment, Management and Analysis Solution
6.28.11
Valhalla General Partner Kiran Hebbar Sees Limited List Of Buyers Amid Large Supply Of Sellers In Ad Tech
Kiran Hebbar shares his thoughts on Supply and Demand in an AdExchanger interview
6.27.11
Nirvanix Hires Google's Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure
Paul Froutan will serve as Nirvanix Chief Technology Officer
6.20.11
SEPATON Honored as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup
Valhalla portfolio company SEPATON won the Red Herring Top 100 award recognizing the leading private companies in North America
6.14.11
SafeNet Inc. Appoints Chris Fedde as President and Chief Executive Officer
Long-time President and COO Assumes Newly Consolidated Top Executive Position
6.13.11
Avail-TVN Launches AnyView™ Managed Multi-Screen Video Solution
Trials of the service will begin in U.S. markets in July
6.9.11
Active Storage Names Don Shimizu VP Operations
Shimizu brings more than 20 years of experience driving startup and high-growth tech-related businesses
6.8.11
InMobi Selects EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server to Deliver Mobile Ad Impressions
Postgres Plus Advanced Server gives InMobi mass scalability
6.8.11
App47 Emerges From Stealth Mode To Deliver Enterprise Mobile Application Management Tools
App47 received $1 million in first-round funding from Valhalla Partners in January 2011
5.24.11
WellAWARE Systems Recognized for Positive Impact on Long-Term Health of Aging Population
Valhalla portfolio company WellAWARE Systems recipient of 2011 Smart Choice Award
5.17.11
Valhalla Portfolio Company Active Storage Names Steve Rizzone Chief Executive Officer
Steve Rizzone partners with Founder Alex Grossman to manage Company's tremendous growth
5.8.11
Education, Mobile Will Get Closer Look At Capital Connection
Valhalla General Partner Charles Curran interviewed by the Washington Post
5.5.11
Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Closes $25 Million Funding Round
Valhalla Partners Increases Investment in Jumptap
5.5.11
Valhalla Partners Sponsors DC Tech Meetup #4
The June 11, 2011 event will be focused on BIG DATA and BIG DEMOs by local startups
5.2.11
Valhalla Partners Promotes Kevin Greene to Partner
Greene has over thirteen years of operating, banking and investment experience with enterprise software, healthcare and media companies
4.22.11
Valhalla General Partner Art Marks named one of Tech Titans 2011
Washingtonian names Art Marks as one of 100 leaders of Washington's tech world
4.15.11
Emergent, an award-winning small business and IT solutions provider, announced a partnership with KZO Innovations
Emergent and KZO Innovations to Bring Enhanced Video and Collaboration Solutions to the Public Sector
4.14.11
Valhalla and Journalism 2.0
Thoughts from the Valhalla Partners Research group
4.13.11
SEPATON Honored on Lead411's "Hottest Companies in Boston" List of Fastest Growing Technology Companies
Valhalla portfolio company SEPATON has been named one of the hottest technology companies in Boston and surrounding areas
4.11.11
New Roles at Valhalla Partners Build Strength in Digital Media, eCommerce
Kiran Hebbar promoted to General Partner; Gene Riechers transitions out of active role
4.8.11
Social Product Recommendation Site ShopSocially Is Debuting Its “Social Connect” Product For Online Retailers
Social Connect turns shoppers into brand ambassadors generating significant incremental traffic and new customers via friend recommendations
4.7.11
Random House, Inc. Invests in Flat World Knowledge
Flatworld Knowledge textbooks have been adopted by more than 1600 professors at more than 900 colleges in 44 countries
4.5.11
Nirvanix Accelerates the Shift to the Cloud with Riverbed Storage Acceleration Solution
Valhalla portfolio company Nirvanix concludes important partnership with Riverbed
3.31.11
TidalTV Raises $30M For Online Video Ad Optimization Technology
Financing is led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Comcast Interactive Capital and Valhalla Partners
3.29.11
WellAWARE Wins Virginia Healthcare Innovation Award
Valhalla portfolio company WellAWARE Systems was awarded the Virginia Healthcare Innovator of the Year Award for Healthcare Information Technology
3.29.11
Peregrine Selects WellAWARE to Offer New Standard of Care
Peregrine Health Management Company will utilize WellAWARE to enhance the focus of delivering proactive and preventative care to its senior living residents
3.24.11
Legolas Media Secures $5M In Venture Capital Funding
Legolas Media, a next generation audience marketplace, announces its $5 million Series B round of venture capital funding led by Valhalla Partners
3.16.11
StatSheet Launches StatSmack For College Basketball
"The StatSmack application arms you with statistical data that will empirically show that your favorite team is better than any other team on the planet"
3.14.11
Clipik Crowdsources Your Video Editing Needs
Clipik, a San Francisco-based startup, uses crowdsourcing to produce professionally edited videos
3.2.11
Flat World Knowledge Wins 2011 Textbook Excellence Award
Flat World's new Organizational Behavior textbook is the first “open textbook” to ever receive this award
2.25.11
March May Be Madness For Start-Up StatSheet
StatSheet gives sports fans free access to in-depth analysis on every Division I college basketball program in the country
2.15.11
David Beats Goliath in the Battle in the Clouds
Nirvanix Winning Storage Cloud Customers against EMC and Amazon - by leading European industry analyst Josh Krischer
2.7.11
Obama Speech Calls Out Geomagic
Abbreviated version of President's speech features Geomagic
2.2.11
SolidFire Raises $11 Million For ‘Next-Gen' Cloud Storage Platform
This Series A funding was led by New Enterprise Associates with current investors Valhalla Partners and Novak Biddle Venture Partners also participating.
1.31.11
White House Launches “Startup America” Initiative
Geomagic's Chairman, President, and CEO Ping Fu speaks at the launch of President Obama's "Startup America" Initiative
1.31.11
Active Storage Announces High-Performance Metadata Controller Appliance for Xsan
The First Enterprise-Class Alternative Designed Specifically for Xsan
1.31.11
Parature Names former Salesforce.com Senior Sales Executive Mike Minelli to Chief Revenue Officer
Twenty-Year SaaS Industry Veteran Joins Company to Lead Parature's Growth and Expansion Plans
1.25.11
The Nirvanix Storage Cloud – Who Knew?
"If you shut the market down today, it's hard to show how anyone would beat Nirvanix." - By Steve Duplessie
1.25.11
WellAWARE Systems entering into a co-marketing agreement with Philips Lifeline
The companies will collaborate to deliver their unique monitoring solutions into the home for the benefit of resident seniors
1.24.11
Sepaton Unveils Next-Gen Private Cloud Operating System
The new 64-bit operating system, S2100-ES2, combined with Intel's new Westmere processor, runs the updated appliance at twice the speeds of its predecessor
1.20.11
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Bessemer Venture Partners Invest $15 Million in Flat World Knowledge
Also joining the round is returning investor Valhalla Partners
1.6.11
Rivermine Acquired By Emptoris For Leading Telecom Expense Management Solution
With the acquisition, Emptoris expands its award-winning solution suite, adds a portfolio of new Global 1000 companies to its customer base, and increases its footprint with key strategic partners.
12.15.10
Flat World Knowledge Named to EContent Magazine's 2010 List of Top 100 Digital Companies
Flat World Knowledge joins other companies, such as Amazon, Apple, Google and Twitter, who were selected for their “innovation, customer focus, and responsiveness to the changing digital content landscape.”
12.13.10
Valhalla Partners Selected as a Top 100 VC Firm by AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn's editors unveil the top 100 venture capital firms
12.1.10
Jumptap Enters TechSnology Alliance With cyber communications inc.
cci will provide ad targeting services by combining Jumptap's advanced technology and platform for smart devices along with cci's existing technology to create a break-through advertising opportunity
11.29.10
SEPATON to Showcase Massively Scalable Data Protection Platform at Gartner Data Center Conference
Grid scalable, award-winning platform leverages automation and economies of scale enabling enterprises to control costs by protecting, deduplicating, restoring, and replicating petabytes of data in a single system
11.12.10
A startup in North Carolina, StatSheet, today is launching a remarkable network of 345 sports sites, one dedicated to each Division 1 college basketball team in the U.S.
Valhalla Seed Company StatSheet developed a statistic that projects how likely a team is to improve or decline compared to last season
11.10.10
Nirvanix Appoints Scott Genereux as CEO and Closes a $10M B Round
Former QLogic, Hitachi Executive to Expand Nirvanix Cloud Storage Adoption Across a Multitude of Market Sectors
11.10.10
Cloud Storage: Two Days, Three Startups, $30 Million
Cloud storage startups have received lots of investor love this week - in the past two days, three cloud storage companies raised a total of $30 million
10.21.10
Valhalla Partners Makes Third Seed Investment in 2010
$1.1M Series A investment in ShopSocially bets on large potential market for collaborative ecommerce
10.21.10
ShopSocially Receives $1.1 Million Series A Financing for Social Shopping
Valhalla Partners led a $1.0 million Series A round in ShopSocially, which represents the company's first venture-led financing.
9.27.10
Mobile Ad Leader Jumptap Names George Bell CEO
Seasoned CEO, Venture Capitalist Appointed to Lead Jumptap's Expansion
9.17.10
More Than 25 Customers Purchase Parature for Facebook™ in Its First 30 Days of General Availability
Industry's First and Only Customer Service Application for Directly Engaging with Customers via Facebook Enabling Them to Receive Fast Issue Resolution through Community and Personalized Support
9.7.10
Symantec announces Nirvanix, which specialises in the enterprise market, to be its first partner
Symantec presents its NetBackup 5000, a deduplication appliance that can result in a 10-50 times reduction in storage and 99% reduction in bandwidth consumption
9.1.10
EnterpriseDB Lands $7.5M To Get Its Open Database To Asia
For its latest funding EnterpriseDB Inc., a maker of open source databases, has paired up with new investors that can help its international business catch up with its downloads
8.24.10
GetWellNetwork, Inc., makes the 2010 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing, private companies in America
The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 through 2009
8.5.10
StatSheet Secures First Round of Venture Capital Funding Led by Valhalla Partners
Durham-based StatSheet, a first-in-class sports media company delivering online data visualization and automated publishing capabilities, has secured 1.3 million in its first round of venture capital funding
8.4.10
Next Big Thing: Four Companies to Watch
Geomagic picked by CNBC.com as one of 4 companies to watch
8.2.10
Web.com Announces Completion of Register.com Acquisition
Web.com acquired privately-held Register.com for $135 million
8.1.10
$200 Textbook vs. Free. You Do the Math.
Two founders of Sun Microsystems have created two nonprofits to bring open-source textbooks to kindergarten through high school classes
7.26.10
EnterpriseDB Adds Former JBoss and SpringSource Executive Rob Bearden to its Board of Directors
Industry veteran brings expertise in elevating successful open source and enterprise software companies
7.12.10
SafeNet Files Registration Statement with SEC for Proposed Initial Public Offering
SafeNet Holding Corporation is the parent company of SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in information security.
7.1.10
Will HTML5 Be The Demise Of Apps?
Valhalla's Saj Cherian shares his thoughts at the Mobile Marketing and Media 2010 conference in NYC
6.24.10
Record Grant of $8.1M to Good Samaritan Intended For 'Living' Project
The funds are to be used to deploy WellAWARE systems in approximately 800 senior citizen homes
6.22.10
New Cloud Services from Swisscom
Secure Storage service is powered by a managed storage node solution from Nirvanix
6.21.10
New Netezza Migrator Product Simplifies Migration from Oracle Data Warehouses
The product uses EnterpriseDB technology to reduce risk and cost of warehouse migrations
6.17.10
Web.com Announces Agreement to Acquire Register.com
Creating One Of The Largest Online Marketing And Web Services Companies Serving Small Businesses
6.15.10
Verizon To Tie Cloud Storage With Computing
Company Will launch storage facilities at Verizon data centers around the world, orovided by cloud storage provider Nirvanix
6.10.10
Quick Hit Scores NFL License For Online Football Games
First Deal Of Its Kind Since 2004, Providing A New Option For Gamers Who Want To Play An Official NFL Game Online
5.26.10
Geomagic's CEO Ping Fu named one of 100 Most Creative People in Business
Fast Company's Selections Reflect the Breadth of New Ideas and New Pursuits at Play in the Business Landscape
5.26.10
Virtual AFEI Platform Launched to Extend On-Demand Interactive Conference Collaboration Capability to National Security and Defense Communities
Valhalla's Seed Company KZO Announces a KZO-powered platform for Customers in the Defense, Homeland Security and Intelligence Community
5.6.10
Parature Announces Parature for Facebook (TM)
Parature Unveils the First Facebook Application for Multi-Channel Customer Service; Rosetta Stone among Beta Customers
4.23.10
Apple and Google sending competition straight to voicemail
Valhalla General Partner Charles Curran Shares his Opinion on Mobile Market
4.6.10
Arrow Electronics Acquires Converge and Verical, Inc.
$15 Million Sale Represents the First Successful Exit for Valhalla Partners II
3.23.10
Targeting, Transactions: Two Missing Pieces in the Mobile Ecosystem
Mobile Marketer's Mickey Alam Khan Interviews Valhalla Principal Saj Cherian at the International CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference
2.19.10
Investment Trends: Rich Capital Flow in IT and Media
Valhalla Partner Kiran Hebbar Discusses Latest Investment Trends
2.16.10
TidalTV Raising More Capital, Comcast Invests
TidalTV, looking to expand further into addressable TV advertising, has raised an additional $16 million-plus in venture capital
2.1.10
Nirvanix and CommVault Help Companies Struggling to Manage Data Growth
CommVault Simpana Software now includes integrated Nirvanix cloud storage
1.26.10
Flat World Knowledge Adds New CTO and COO to Leadership Team
E-Business Veterans Bring Proven Track Records to Fast-Growing Open Textbook Publisher
1.15.10
CEO of Geomagic shares knowledge at White House
Ping Fu of Geomagic shares knowledge at White House President Obama invites CEOs of 50 innovative companies to share knowledge and insight on modernizing government
12.15.09
Rivermine Acquires MBG Expense Management
Combined Company Manages $6 Billion in Annual Telecom Spend Globally
12.7.09
WellAWARE Systems Raises $7.5 Million in Growth Capital
Valhalla Partners and .406 Ventures Invest in the Leader of Wellness Monitoring Solutions for Senior Care Providers
11.27.09
Parature CFO Named Washington Business Journal CFO of the Year
Robert Aldrich Recognized for Outstanding Performance as a Financial Professional in the Business Services Category
11.17.09
Active Storage Completes Series A Investment Round
Active Storage, Inc. completed its Series A funding round lead by Intel Capital with top-tier venture capital firms Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners
10.27.09
EnterpriseDB Announces Strategic Investment by Red Hat
Companies will work together to increase enterprise adoption of open source IT infrastructure
9.17.09
KZO Innovations Secures Strategic Partnership and Technology Development Agreement with In-Q-Tel to Support the U.S. Intelligence Community
KZO's Platform delivers a powerful interactive multimedia environment enabling perpetual knowledge exchange and communication
9.9.09
SEPATON Receives Frost & Sullivan's North American Technology Innovation Award for Data Deduplication Software
DeltaStor software recognized for significant innovation and competitive advantage
6.19.09
First Growth Venture Network Seeding Start-Ups through Mentoring Program
A consortium of leading venture-related players has formed First Growth Venture Network, a mentoring program for high potential seed and early stage start-up tech companies in and around New York City
5.18.09
TVN Entertainment and Avail Media Merge
Combined company provides the foundation for next generation Digital Media Services
5.4.09
The BD Event: Doing Deals in a Depression
Leading CEOs, Venture Capitalists and Corporate Dealmakers Provide Guidance on Doing Deals in a Depression Panel at The BD Event
4.29.09
BlueStripe one of "10 Start-ups to watch in 2009"
BlueStripe is among top 10 companies offering interesting twists on everything from managing application performance across a virtual infrastructure to adopting public Web 2.0 technologies for use in the enterprise
4.21.09
Nirvanix Hires Three Industry Veterans as Enterprise Cloud Storage Business Expands
Director of Consulting, Director of Solutions Services, Solutions Architect bring decades of experience to enterprise-focused storage strategy
4.20.09
BlueStripe, Dataupia, and Nirvanix among the "InformationWeek Startup 50: Business Technology Companies To Watch"
The InformationWeek Startup 50: Business Technology Companies To Watch
4.20.09
Valhalla Partners Leads Investment in BlueStripe Software
Research Triangle Park-based company is empowering the management of business critical applications in the dynamic data center
4.15.09
Nirvanix Receives Additional $5 Million for Cloud Storage Business Expansion
Series A investors return for round expansion to fund additional growth of cloud storage services to enterprise customers
4.6.09
SEPATON Secures $15.5 Million Funding Round
Investment validates enterprise-class, market-leading data protection solution provider
3.25.09
SafeNet and Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. Now Under Common Management
SafeNet and Aladdin creating a global leader for Software Rights Management (SRM) and Authentication solutions
2.1.09
College & Startups - making the most of your university years
Scott Frederick advises college enterpreneurs on starting a business
11.17.08
Valhalla Partners Announces Completion of Sale of LeftHand Networks to HP
$360M Sale Is Third Successful Recent Exit for Valhalla Partners
11.16.08
Hooks Johnston comments on Valhalla seed investments
"...Johnston touted his recent partnership with Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology to invest $400,000 in MiserWare"
10.29.08
Valhalla leads $8M investment in Geomagic
North Carolina-based company a leader in digital 3-D shape sampling software
10.27.08
Charles Curran comments on acquisition scenarios for Sun Microsystems on FT.com website:
"Financial buyers may be more keen than strategics to acquire Sun or one of its divisions," speculated Charles Curran, a general partner at venture capital firm Valhalla Partners. Curran focuses on storage technologies, also an area of focus for Sun.
10.27.08
Gene Riechers comments on venture investing environment for Washington Post:
"There's been a lot of great companies created by early investments during economic downturns," Riechers said. "What today's environment is like is not a predictor of what it will look like in one or two years when these companies come to market."
10.24.08
Valhalla welcomes Kevin Greene to investing team
Ten-year industry veteran will strengthen investing team depth and breadth
10.04.08
Valhalla leads seed round investment in Green IT startup MiserWare
Blacksburg, VA-based company will commercialize Virginia Tech research
10.1.08
LeftHand agrees to purchase by HP for $360M cash
Deal expected to close in first fiscal quarter of 2009
8.26.08
JumpTap Secures Over $26 Million in Series D Funding
Round led by Alliance Bernstein L.P.
7.9.08
Valhalla Partners welcomes two new professionals to the team
Valhalla Partners adds Principal and Research Analyst to growing team
7.1.08
Valhalla sponsors cutting edge event for under-30 CEOs
"First-ever" Under-30 CEO Summit this past April in Park City created in partnership with FORTUNE magazine
3.10.08
For Valhalla Partners, "I" in IPTV Means "Invest"
VC Firm injects D.C.-area online-video start-ups Avail, KZO Innovations and TidalTV with growth capital
2.4.08
Valhalla Partners Strengthens Senior Team, Promotes Kiran Hebbar, Hires Danielle Brogan
Moves Highlight Company Momentum, Ongoing Investment in Future
12.5.07
Valhalla Partners Funds Technology Ventures in Metro Washington, D.C.
Venture Capital Firm Backs Avail Media, BDMetrics and Verical with $14 Million
11.13.06
Valhalla Partners Raises $260 Million Fund
Valhalla Partners II, L.P. Targets Technology Entrepreneurs Who Want to Innovate, Challenge, and Fundamentally Change the Dynamics of New and Existing Markets