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Pivia picks up $11.1 million

Pivia said Wednesday that it received an $11.1 million second round of funding, led by Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, which will receive a seat on the company's board. Previous investors Sutter Hill Ventures, Draper Richards, Argus Capital and individual investor Thomas Layton participated in the round. Cupertino, Calif.-based Pivia develops software and services designed to minimize the effect of heavy traffic to Web site servers and to allow a site to quickly increase its capacity during seasonal peaks in traffic. The company has raised a total of $16.6 million.

Dawn Kawamoto Former Staff writer, CNET News
Dawn Kawamoto covered enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News.
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Pivia said Wednesday that it received an $11.1 million second round of funding, led by Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, which will receive a seat on the company's board. Previous investors Sutter Hill Ventures, Draper Richards, Argus Capital and individual investor Thomas Layton participated in the round. Cupertino, Calif.-based Pivia develops software and services designed to minimize the effect of heavy traffic to Web site servers and to allow a site to quickly increase its capacity during seasonal peaks in traffic. The company has raised a total of $16.6 million.