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Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation, a developer of micro-electrical-mechanical optical technology, announced today that it has scored another round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Siimpel said the new round of funding was led by DOCOMO Capital, and also included Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, and its existing venture investors, which includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Siimpel is developing MEMs-based optical systems which are being used to develop mobile cameras; the firm's MEMs technology is being used to reduce the size of optical systems in those cameras.

Carlsbad-based Luxtera appears to have raised $26.75M in another venture round, according to this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. No details on the funding have been disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised three rounds of capital from August Capital, ITU Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Zone Ventures. Tags: interconnect venture capital luxtera caltech The firm, which develops optical interconnects, is a Caltech spinoff. The firm's products currently include a optoelectronic cable which allows for

Arcadia-based Siimpel , a developer of micro-electro-mechanical optical technology, hauled in $8.78M in its November funding, according to figures released in this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. The firm--which disclosed the funding in November, but did not released financial terms of the round--is developing MEM-based optical systems which are targeted at enabling digital cameras in mobile phones and other mobile hardware. Siimpel's MEMs-based products provide autofocus, and very small form factors. The firm is backed by DOCOMO Capital, Qualcomm, Motorola,

Costa Mesa-based Lumexis , a developer of in-flight entertainment and broadband connectivity systems, announced late Monday that it has scored $15M in a private equity funding from Perseus LLC. According to Lumexis, the financing round also included prior investors PAR Capital Management and Zone Ventures, and includes an option for an additional investment of $7.5M. Lumexis Lumexis claims that the firm's new order came because of its cost, weight, and reliability advantages. The core of the firm's systems is the use of fiber optic cabling. ...Tags:

Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, along with investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Scales Venture Partners, and SunAmerica. The firm has raised more than $61M in venture funding since 2003, and last raised a funding round in November of 2008 lead by DOCOMO. Tags: innotek venture camera capital siimpel mem Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek.

Red Herring recently published their list of Top 100 Global Venture Capitalists ostensibly to help people identify the most successful VCs. The handful of Southern California firms to get into the list were GRP Partners (#23), Redpoint Ventures (#39), and Zone Ventures (#100). I’m often asked–by experienced, second-time-around entrepreneurs–who the “tier one” venture funds are, here Leaving argument about how these lists typically are constructed (who knows who, brand awareness, etc. tends to weigh pretty heavily