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Accel Partners expands London office with seasoned investor Sonali De Rycker joining firm 04/01/2008
  Accel Partners, one of the leading global venture capital firms, today announced that Sonali De Rycker will be joining the firm’s London office as Partner. Sonali has over eight years of investment experience in early stage technology companies with Atlas Venture in London. Prior to Atlas Venture, Sonali was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Accel, Venrock, William Morris Agency & ATT Form Consortium to Fund Start-up Companies in Southern California 03/03/2008
  Accel, Venrock, William Morris Agency and AT&T Form Consortium to Fund and Support Start-up Companies in Southern California ; Leading Silicon Valley Venture Capital Firms, Hollywood Entertainment Company, and Global Communications Company Seek to Drive Innovation in Web Applications, Digital Media
Accel Partners Adds Dick Williams as CEO-in-Residence 12/12/2007
Accel Partners Closes $520 million Accel X Fund 11/12/2007
Accel Partners Adds Venture Partner In Sik Rhee 08/03/2007
  Serial Entrepreneur strengthens Accel’s depth in Software and Data Center Infrastructure
Accel leads investment into Parature, the leader in SaaS-based customer support 05/07/2008
Altor Networks Secures $6 Million Financing Round from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital 04/22/2008
  Altor Networks Secures $6 Million Financing Round from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital; Virtual Network Security Innovator Lands New Financing Round to Expand Product Development, Marketing and Sales to Support Company Growth
IBM acquires Diligent Technologies 04/18/2008
RGB Networks Continues Expansion with New $20 Million Round of Funding 04/14/2008
Kickfire Announces First High-Performance Appliance for MySQL 04/14/2008
Coremetrics Secures $60 Million in Financing Led by 3i 04/04/2008
  Coremetrics Secures $60 Million in Financing Led by 3i; Digital Marketing Optimization Leader to Tap Capital to Continue Record Sales Growth and Accelerate Marketing Programs
Xoopit Launches Private Beta of First Application for Webmail 03/31/2008
  Xoopit Launches Private Beta of First Application for Webmail to Help People Discover, Organize and Share Rich Media in the Inbox; Also Announces $5 Million Series A led by Accel Partners and Foundation Capital
Genius.com Selected as Start-Up Company of the Year 03/27/2008
  Silicon Valley-Based Economic Development Association Recognizes Genius for Outstanding Innovation and Business Growth
Car Advisory Network raises $6.5 million in Series A Funding 03/17/2008
Microsoft plans to acquire Rapt 03/14/2008
Record Growth, Marquee Customers and Major Funding Marks Stellar Year for Genius.com 02/28/2008
  Sales 2.0 Pioneer Signs Global Giant BT, Extends User Base Past 30,000 and Adds $19 Million in Series C Funding
Online ad networks draw funding 02/26/2008
YuMe and Google to Serve InVideo Overlay Ads 02/20/2008
  YuMe and Google to Serve InVideo Overlay Ads; AdSense for Video Beta Further Expands YuMe's Suite of Ad Products Supported and Optimized By Its Adaptive Campaign Engine (ACE)
Glam Media Strikes Partnership with Premiere.com 02/20/2008
Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. 02/12/2008
  Will Expand Yahoo!'s Video Capabilities; Important Step in Enhancing Yahoo!'s Solutions for Publishers and Advertisers - Making Video Easier to Buy
Etsy Lands $27M 01/31/2008
Adaptec Selects ConSentry Intelligent Switches as 01/28/2008
  ConSentry’s Next-Generation Switching Architecture Delivers Operational Efficiency, Reduced Cost, Network Control and Visibility
Glam Media Introduces the First Internet Primetime Placement and Vertical Targeting Brand Engagement Advertising Platform- Glam Evolution 01/24/2008
Accel Partners Joins Group of Investors to Back United Mobile; International Mobile Phone Company Raises $15 Million 01/23/2008
Hyperic Names Dick Williams as Chairman of the Board 01/22/2008
  Positions Company for Significant Expansion
Glam Media Selected by AlwaysOn as OnMedia Top 100 Winner 01/22/2008
AdMob Overall Winner of OnMedia 100 Top Companies 01/21/2008
Openads Closes $15.5 Million Series B Funding Led by Accel Partners 01/16/2008
Mu Security Analyzer busts vulnerabilities with the greatest of ease 12/13/2007
  Mu-4000 fuzzer shines with wizard-driven test configuration, intelligent workflow, excellent vulnerability profiling, and auto-generated zero-day exploits
Mu Security Grows Advisory Board Expertise in Critical Infrastructure and Enterprise Security Architectures 12/04/2007
  Addition of Byres Security CTO Eric Byres and Neohapsis CTO Greg Shipley Complements Existing Board’s Military, Web Application and Software Development Experience
Industry innovators 2007: Mu Security Mu 4000 12/01/2007
Gigle Semiconductor Secures $20 Million in Second Round Funding 11/27/2007
ForeScout Networks, Developing Network Access Control Solutions, Extends D Round with Further $5 Million 11/20/2007
Mu Security and NSP Complete Service Provider TCO and ROI Study 11/15/2007
  The study, conducted during the past nine months, features four case studies of leading global providers using the Mu-4000 appliance to uncover the often hidden metrics of revenue loss due to customer churn, network robustness issues and downtime.
ON Networks Closes $12 Million Series B Funding Round 11/14/2007
  Accel Partners Leads Round That Includes Austin Ventures and AT&T
GetJar Closes Series A Investment From Accel Partners 11/13/2007
  GetJar Closes Series A Investment From Accel Partners to Expand Further Into Worldwide Mobile Markets
Lifetime Networks Partners with Glam Media to Develop New Vertical Media Network 11/12/2007
  Lifetime Networks Partners With Glam Media to Develop New Vertical Media Network; Network Will Build on Momentum of #1 TV and Online Brands For Women
Tracking IPS catch rates; Joel Snyder examines 13 Unified Threat Management (UTM) products using Mu-4000 11/12/2007
  Mu-4000 baselines Network World Group Test analyzing 13 intrusion-prevention/UTM firewalls in two scenarios: protecting clients (such as Web browser) and protecting servers (such as Web and e-mail servers) Network
Investing with Impact; A bold Venture 11/11/2007
  Business Investing with impact ; A bold venture: The bottom line for these capitalists isn't the traditional bottom line. Yes, they want to earn money for investors, but they also select businesses that are creating jobs in disadvantaged communities.
Systems Management Vendor Hyperic Completes Record Quarter 10/11/2007
Cisco NAC out, ConSentry Switch-based NAC in 10/11/2007
  Fayetteville State University drops Cisco's NAC gear in favor of ConSentry equipment
Varonis Completes Q3 Crossing 100th Customer Milestone 10/09/2007
  Varonis Completes Q3 Crossing 100th Customer Milestone; Growing Adoption of Award-winning Solutions Demonstrates Broad Market Need for Data Governance
Consentry Extends Customer Momentum, Increases Funding Reserves 10/08/2007
  Company Adds $21 Million to Coffers as Customer Base Grows 25 Percent Quarter-over-Quarter in 2007; Basil Alwan Joins ConSentry Board of Directors
YuMe Delivers Advertising Platform for Windows Media Center Internet TV Beta Launch 09/27/2007
Global Grind Launches the Premier Online Destination for the Global Hip-Hop community; Accel Partners and Hip Hop Leader and Entrepreneur Russell Simmons Provide Funding 09/26/2007
WeeWorld Opens Its Rapidly Growing Community to Brand Advertisers 09/25/2007
WiChorus Announces Interoperability Testing of Its Intelligent ASN Gateway with Redline’s RedMAX 4c Mobile WiMAX Base Station 09/24/2007
Hyperic Partners with JasperSoft to Provide Advanced Reporting for IT Management 09/24/2007
Pretty in Pink; Samir Arora’s Glam Media Has Assembled the Largest Audience of Women on the Web 09/17/2007
Facebook to Offer Grants For Software Developers 09/17/2007
Azul Systems Closes $40M Financing 09/13/2007
Why Facebook Went West 09/09/2007
Ralf Hirt Joins Glam as VP, International 09/07/2007
ConSentry Named as One of the Hottest Security Offerings 09/06/2007
Metacafe Fuels Up With $30M 08/27/2007
Xelerated Appoints New CEO 08/23/2007
Metacafe Raises $30 Million in Series C Financing 08/21/2007
Facebook Grows Up 08/20/2007
  At 19, Mark Zuckerberg came up with a new way for college kids to connect--and started an online revolution. Now 23, he's trying to build out his business without losing its cool.
YuMe Unveils New Suite of Ad Products 08/20/2007
Citrix to Buy XenSource for $500M 08/16/2007
Citrix to Enter Server and Desktop Virtualization Markets with Acquisition of XenSource 08/15/2007
AdMob Launches Mobile Advertising Unit for Apple iPhone 08/14/2007
AdMob Now Serving Over 1 Billion Mobile Advertisements Per Month 08/08/2007
F5 purchases Acopia for $210M 08/07/2007
F5 Networks to Acquire Acopia Networks 08/06/2007
  Accel Has Been an Investor Since Series A Financing
Prosper and SBI Holdings to Establish Prosper in Japan and Other Asian Countries 08/06/2007