Top VC Deals

Here are last week's biggest U.S. venture capital deals in technology

Company	Investor(s)	Sector	Total Value (in Millions)
Viddy	Unidentified buyer	Applications software	30
SingleHop	American Chartered Bank, Battery Ventures	E-services	27.5
Amalfi Semiconductor	Battery Ventures, Doll Capital Management, Globespan Capital Partners	Electronic components	20
ParAccel	Investor Group	Data processing	20
Liazon	Bessemer Venture Partners, Fidelity Biosciences	B2B	18.2
TutorGroup	Ignition Partners	Internet content	15
ScienceLogic	Intel Capital, New Enterprise Associates	Data processing	15
BrightTag	Baird Venture Partners, EPIC Ventures, New World Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, TomorrowVentures, i2a Ventures	Internet application software	15
Terascala	Ascent Venture Partners, unidentified buyer	Data processing	14
Moat	Mayfield Fund, private investor	Advertising services	12
Source: Bloomberg

Top VC Deals News

SAP Will More Than Double Investments in Venture-Capital Funds
Updated 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
SAP AG’s venture-capital group said it’s more than doubling investments in early-stage funds as it seeks increased access to emerging business-software companies.
IBM to Offer Up ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Watson to Software Developers

International Business Machines Corp. will offer its Watson technology, which beat humans in “Jeopardy!,” as a building block for startup companies making business software.
Washington Female CEOs Earn $600,000 Less Than Male Lobby Peers
Updated 7 minutes ago
Women led eight of Washington’s 50 most politically active trade lobby groups and earned about $600,000 less than their male counterparts, according to salary data compiled by Bloomberg.
CMEA Loses Bid to Force Arbitration of Harassment Claims

CMEA Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that helped finance CNano Technology Ltd. and Ambrx Inc., lost a bid to force three former executive assistants to move their harassment claims to arbitration.
Twitter’s Costolo Sees Opportunity in Wearable Technology
Updated 3 hours, 17 minutes ago
Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo said the online service for 140-character messages is increasingly being used to track personal health with wearable computing gadgets such as Nike Inc.’s fitness devices.
LanzaTech Plans to Raise $80 Million for Waste Gas-to-Biofuel

LanzaTech NZ Ltd., a closely held developer of transport fuels and chemicals from waste gases, plans to start raising $60 million to $80 million from venture capital and strategic investors this year to develop technology.
Manatt, Jones Day, Howrey, Ropes & Gray: Business of Law

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP introduced Manatt Digital Media, an entity combining legal, consulting and investment services for digital-media, entertainment and advertising clients. It will be led by Los Angles partner T. Hale Boggs.
Hipsters Flocking to Silicon Roundabout as Bankers Fade

Coffee houses hold a special place in London’s history. During the late 17th century, they were the birthplace of Lloyd’s of London and the London Stock Exchange -- two institutions that helped make the square-mile City of London a global financial capital.
The New Sexy (at Least to VCs): Mobile Business Apps

Talk about low tech.
Robin Hood Scene: Google’s Schmidt Joins $80 Million Gala

Just before 10 last night, NBC News anchor Brian Williams said the total amount raised at the Robin Hood Foundation benefit was “$72,559,253 and counting.”