Cisco Systems buys Columbia-based Sourcefire for $2.7B in cash [Startup Roundup]

Who’s Getting Funded?

Theranostics Health, based in Rockville, has raised $1.05 million in debt, according to SEC filings. The biotech company provides “protein-based discovery and translational research services to drug development companies,” according to its website.
Riskive, as we mentioned in last week’s Startup Roundup and in another story Tuesday, has raised $2.2 million in equity, with help from investors locally and from Philadelphia and D.C.
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) has invested $1.1 million in 14 startups since September 2012, as Technically Baltimore reported Tuesday.

who’s making moves?

Cisco Systems announced its acquisition of Columbia-based cybersecurity firm Sourcefire for $2.7 billion in cash, reported the Baltimore Business Journal. Sourcefire, founded in 2001, completed its IPO in 2007. In 2012, it reported a profit of $5 million. According to the BBJ, no layoffs are expected at Sourcefire.

Venture for America, the national nonprofit that places recent college graduates in two-year commitments with startups in eight cities across the U.S., recruited seven fellows to work at Baltimore city startups starting next month.