VC: Networking, data management, security

VENTURE CAPITAL

COMPANY

AMOUNT/ROUND

LEAD INVESTORS

DESCRIPTION

Meru Networks
Sunnyvale, CA

$25M
third round

Lehman Brothers

Meru makes wireless networking tools.

FirstRain
Foster City, CA

$18.7M
first round

undisclosed

FirstRain makes hosted business intelligence software.

Reconnex
Mountain View, CA

$16M
third round

August Capital

Reconnex makes network management software.

Silverback Systems
Campbell, CA

$16M
second round

Network Appliance

Silverback makes Ethernet acceleration technology.

Authentium
West Palm Beach, FL

$15M
first round

Westbury, Safeguard Scientifics

Authentium makes security software.

Cape Clear Software
Waltham, MA

$15M
fourth round

InterWest Partners

Cape Clear makes service architecture tools.

MFormation
Edison, NJ

$15M
fourth round

Alex Brown, Battery, Carmel, Intel, North Bridge

MFormation makes mobile interfaces for business software.

Application Security
New York, NY

$10M
third round

Paladin Capital

Application Security makes network security tools.

Contactual
San Mateo, CA

$9M
first round

Leapfrog Ventures

Contactual makes hosted call center software.

RealOps
Herndon, VA

$8M
second round

Palomar, Valhalla

RealOps makes network management software.

Anchiva Systems
Santa Clara, CA

$7M
first round

AsiaVest Partners

Anchiva makes security appliances.

FireEye
Menlo Park, CA

$6.45M
first round

Norwest, Sequoia

FireEye makes network access control gear.

NeoAccel
San Jose, CA

$4M
first round

Baring

NeoAccel makes security appliances.

Hexago
Sainte-Foy, Quebec

$3.5M
first round

Solidarity Fund QFL, BDC, Innovatech Québec

Hexago makes technology for IPv6 transitions.

Virtual Iron Software
Acton, MA

$3M
third round

SAP Ventures

Virtual Iron makes open-source server virtualization software.

SOASTA
Mountain View, CA

$2.25M
first round

Canaan Partners

SOASTA makes XML and Web services coding tools.