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Here’s more on those and other midweek venture deals in the Bay Area:
Funding:
• Silver Peak Systems Inc., Santa Clara, $90 million: Technology Crossover Ventures made this late stage investment in this 14-year-old provider of software-defined networking technology. (Read more here.)
• B-Stock Solutions Inc., Belmont, $65 million: Spectrum Equity provided a private-equity round of funding for this online auction platform for returned, excess and other liquidation inventory.
For finance leaders at large retailers and brands, excess and returned inventory can pose a significant drag on working capital and margin performance. With returns projected to cost U.S. retailers $850 billion annually—roughly 17% of total sales—and processing costs ranging…
San Mateo, CA and Chicago, IL, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New data from both Circana and B-Stock reveals the age of smartphones traded-in reached an all-time high during the 2025 upgrade cycle, with most devices being three generations…