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APRIL 1, 2013

San Diego-based Proximal Data , which develops serve-side caching software for accelerating I/O access to virtualized machines, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series B round of funding. The funding came from Divergent Ventures, along with existing investors Avalon Ventures. The firm is led by Rory Bolt.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

San Diego-based Proximal Data , a developer of storage caching software aimed at use with virtualized systems, has been acquired by Samsung Electronics , Samsung said today. Proximal Data was venture backed by Divergent Ventures and Avalon Ventures, and had only announced around $5M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

San Diego-based server side caching software developer Proximal Data has inked a deal with LSI Corporation , where LSI will integrate its server-side caching technology with a PCIe flash application acceleration product. LSI''s product is used to accelerate the performance of VMware applications, via flash storage caching.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby , the developer of a Linux-based, programmable device which connects to Internet information, has linked with QNX Software Sytsems Co. , Chumby is headed by Derrick Oien, and backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of systems for tracking assets and patients in hospitals, has raised $13.3M The firm said the round was led by Cardinal partners, and also included Venrock and prior investor Avalon Ventures. The firm offers its services as software-as-a-service to the healthcare industry.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

San Diego-based Chumby, which makes Internet-connected devices, has rolled out a new reference design that incorporates the firm's software to create Internet-connected digital photo frames. The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

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