Virtual Machines, Real Dollars

Posted by Andrew Conry-Murray, Feb 5, 2008 10:42 PM

VMware’s stock price might have tumbled, but that isn’t stopping VC investment in the virtualization space. Two startups raked in millions this week.

VKernel announced it had raised $4.6 million in a Series A investment from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Polaris Ventures. VKernel makes virtual appliances to manage capacity for virtual machines and chargeback to help track the resources used by business units. VKernel works on VMware's ESX platform.

You can check out our product review of VKernel’s chargeback appliance here.

Earlier this week, Virtual Iron, which makes a Xen-based hypervisor, announced an additional $20 million in funding. The company has raised a total of $65 million from Highland Capital Partners, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital and SAP Ventures.

« VKernel Gets a Little VC Love, Too | Main | Study: Cell Phones Don't Cause Brain Cancer »

This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers.

Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service.

Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.