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The Herndon-based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) on Wednesday named Julia Taxin to its CIT GAP Funds investment advisory board, a panel of private sector experts who guide investment decisions for CIT in Virginia tech companies.
Demand Media® (NYSE: DMD), a leading digital media and domain services company, today announced the opening of what will be its largest international office in Dublin, Ireland.
Aegis Mobility, the leading provider of software to help prevent work place distracted driving, announced today that its FleetSafer®application, which promotes responsible driving, is now available on Kyocera DuraCore, DuraXT, DuraMax and DuraPlus phones with Sprint®Direct Connect®.
Basho is open-soucing Riak CS, its storage software that integrates with Amazon Web Services. Riak CS will be available under an Apache 2 license.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the Chevy Chase-based venture capital firm, said on Tuesday it has increased its investment in Silicon Valley's MapR Technologies, developer of an Apache Hadoop data analytics platform.
YaSabe, a Herndon-based provider of local and mobile search services for U.S. Hispanics, said on Monday it has raised $2.7 million in seed funding, which the company will use to bolster product development and marketing, as well as to forge new business partnerships.
New Enterprise Associates has launched NEA Studio, a 12-week program program in New York for designers who create mobile and web startups.
Square 1 Bank, a bank that focuses on entrepreneurs and the venture capital community, has named Michael Madden as senior vice president and managing director in its Boston office.
Troop ID has raised $2.1 million from investors including David Tisch and Mark McLaughlin, TechCrunch reports.
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