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Solazyme Announces Series D Financing Round of More Than $50 Million

[8.09.10, ] Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil production company and leader in algal biotechnology, announced that it has raised $52 million in its Series D financing round. [More >>]

Playdom Investor Jeremy Liew On Why Disney Stepped Up

[7.28.10, Wall Street Journal Online] Walt Disney Co.’s $563 million deal to acquire two-year-old Playdom Inc. was the latest big exit in the hot social-gaming space. [More >>]

GameStop Buying Social Gamer Kongregate

[7.27.10, paidcontent.org] Retail chain GameStop is acquiring Kongregate, the San Francisco, CA-based game community, as the company looks for ways to expand its online presence. [More >>]

Disney to buy Playdom for at least $563.2 mil

[7.27.10, The Hollywood Reporter] The Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal to acquire social gaming firm Playdom Inc. for $563.2 million. [More >>]

Stion Raises $70M Round Led by TSMC to Expand to 100MW

[6.17.10, Mercury News] Stion manufactures high-efficiency thin-film solar modules and will commence the expansion to 100MW of capacity in San Jose. [More >>]

AppDynamics Raises $11M

[5.03.10, ] AppDynamics raises Series B to expand sales, marketing, and R&D [More >>]

Fusion-io Raises $45M in Series C

[4.19.10, FusionIO] Fusion-io raises $45 million to accelerate growth and development of next-generation flash storage technologies [More >>]

LS9’s UltraClean Diesel Receives EPA Registration

[4.13.10, LS9] LS9's diesel replacement product offers an 85% reduction in carbon footprint. [More >>]

Solazyme and Unilever Partner for Personal Care Products

[3.09.10, Press Release] Solazyme's algal oils will be used as a renewable source of natural oils for Unilever's consumer products. [More >>]

Broadcom Completes Acquisition of Teknovus

[3.08.10, Broadcom press release] Broadcom Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Teknovus, a leading supplier of Ethernet Passive Optical Network chipsets & software. [More >>]