DALLAS - Pintail Technologies, a provider of semiconductor test software, has
secured $7 million in venture capital funding, bringing the company's
total funding to date to $11.5 million. Austin Ventures, Agilent Ventures, Duchossois Technology Partners, IVF Ventures and STARTech Early Ventures were among the investors, Pintail said.

The new funding will be used to expand the company's worldwide sales and
support teams and to finance the development of additional test performance
improvement solutions.

Pintail's software is for mixed-signal test time acceleration, reducing field defects  and reviewing test operations.