Tag: Motorola Solutions Venture Capital
MicroPower gets $5.7m investment
July 29, 2013Martha Entwistle
SAN DIEGO—Wireless surveillance provider MicroPower Technologies announced today that it has a new $5.7 million round of equity financing, which it will use for R&D and to expand into more vertical markets.“A number of [undisclosed] existing investors, contributed to this round of funding,” Aaron Tankersley, MicroPower Technologies CEO, told Security Systems News. He added, “This funding round shows the commitment of MicroPower and its investors to this industry.”MicroPower...
PSIM providers raises $15.6 million
July 29, 2013Martha Entwistle
PSIM provider VIDSys announced last week that it's raised $15.65 million in one equity financing.
The investment was lead by NewSpring Capital. Previous investors Atlanta Equity, Flybridge Capital Partners, JVax Investment Group and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital also participated in the round.
I have a call into VIDSys and hope to speak to someone tomorrow about what the company plans to do with the new funds.
NewSpring Capital, is based in Radnor, Pa. It invested through its technology and...
Motorola makes $6.5m investment in BriefCam
March 13, 2013Martha Entwistle
Video synopsis provider BriefCam has a brand new $6.5 million investment led by Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, the investment arm of Motorola Solutions.
I spoke to Droro Irani, CEO and president of BriefCam today who told me this is a Round 3 investment for Briefcam, but that Motorola is a new investor and new strategic partner for BriefCam.
Irani is excited about the investment and the fact that Motorola joined “forces with us on the business side.” Motorola signed a worldwide...
MicroPower Technologies gets $6.5m from Motorola
January 11, 2012Martha Entwistle
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and SAN DIEGO—Jonathan Siann, founder and CEO of solar-powered, wireless surveillance provider MicroPower Technologies, says his company's mission “is to change the economics of camera deployment,” and he now has $6.5 million in capital to achieve that goal.“When we say wireless, we mean wireless,” Siann told Security Systems News. “There is zero cabling.”San Diego-based MicroPower will use the new funding for “promotion, marketing...
Motorola Solutions Venture Capital looks to invest in security
March 24, 2011Martha Entwistle
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Solutions Venture Capital announced last week that it's interested in investing in “five or six more start-up companies,” and physical security companies are definitely under consideration, Reese Schroeder, managing director of Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, told Security Systems News.
“We think we'll do a half a dozen investments this year,” he said. MSVC is typically a Series B investor. “Our typical initial investment is in the...