Scoreboard 03/28/05

Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals

&nbspIssuer RoundClose Round # Amount(M) LeadInvestors
Integrated HealthcareSystems Inc. Kent, Wash. Pharmacy technology company. www.ihsystems.net Biotech A $9M AIG Horizon Partners Fund.
Pintail Technologies Plano, Texas Provides semiconductor test improvement services. www.pintail.com Chips B $7M Austin Ventures, Duchossois Technology Partners, IVF Ventures, StarTech Early Ventures.
Provigent Inc. Los Altos, Calif. Develops system-on-a-chip products that for broadband wireless transmissions. www.provigent.com Chips C $2M Sequoia Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, Magnum Communications Fund, Ascend Technology Ventures, Delta Ventures, Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi.
TelASIC Communications Inc. El Segundo, Calif. Fabless semiconductor company. www.telasic.com Chips D $26M ComVentures (led), Mission Ventures, The IPO Group, Agilent Technologies, Redpoint Ventures.
Nominum Inc. Redwood City, Calif. Provides Data communications systems management. The company has raised about $45M since its 2000 inception, including a $10M Series C deal in early 2003 at a PMV of about $32M. www.nominum.com Comm. E $16M Bessemer Venture Partners, Morthenthaler Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, Presidio Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank.
Contact Networks Corp. Boston Provides social networking and enterprise search services. The company was founded in 2001. Investors include founders and management of search technology companies TripAdvisor.com Inc. (acquired by Interactive Corp.) and Direct Hit Technologies Inc. (acquired by AskJeeves). www.contactnetworks.com Internet A $1.6M Individual investors.
Topix.net Palo Alto, Calif. Searches online news content. Funding details were not dislcosed, but each investor acquired 25% of the company. Topix.net launched in January 2004. www.topix.net Internet A NA Knight Ridder Inc., Gannett Co., Tribune Co.
SpinalMotion Inc. Mountain View, Calif. Develops medical devices to treat patients with degenerative disc disease and related conditions. www.spinal-motion.com Med Tech B $20M Three Arch Partners, Thomas Weisel Healthcare Venture Partners.
NanoOpto Corp. Somerset, N.J. Develops nano-fabrication technologies for optical component manufacturing. The company has raised more than $42M since its 2000 inception. www.nanoopto.com Nano Tech C $12M First Analysis (led), Morgenthaler Ventures, DFJ Gotham Ventures, DFJ New England Ventures, Harris & Harris Group, U.S. Trust.
CloakWare Inc. Vienna, Va. Provides anti-piracy services. www.cloakware.com Security B $10M Globespan Capital Partners (led), Covington Capital, Intel Capital, TD Capital Technology Ventures.
Encentuate Inc. Foster City, Calif. Provides enterprise access security. www.encentuate.com Security B $16M August Capital (led), VSP Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners, individual investor Peng Ong (company founder and CEO).
Teneros Inc. Mountain View, Calif. Provides continuity appliance. The company had raised $7M in a Series A deal in July. www.teneros.com Security B $18M Star Ventures (led), New Enterprise Associates, Sevin Rosen Funds.
Procuri Inc. Atlanta Provides procurement software. In other company news, the company announced that it has acquired Contract Management Solutions Inc. of Winter Park, Fla., for an undisclosed amount. www.procuri.com Software B $13M Insight Venture Partners (led), Advent International.
OuterBay Technologies Inc. Cupertino, Calif. Provides information lifecycle management services. The company has raised $40M in VC funding since its 1999 inception, including an $8M Series B deal in 2003 at a PMV of about $50M. www.outerbay.com Storage C $12M aFocus Ventures (led), BA Venture Partners, LeapFrog Ventures, Mayfield, Redpoint Ventures.
Transparency Software Inc. Menlo Park, Calif. Provides database monitoring services. The company maintains an R&D facility in Israel. www.transparencysoftware.com Storage A $6M Pitango Venture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners.
E Ink Corp. Cambridge, Mass. Develops electronic ink display products. Details of the funding were not disclosed. Previously, the company had raised nearly $100M since its 1997 inception, including a $38M infusion in early 2000 at a PMV of about $146M. www.eink.com Tech A NA Intel Capital.
Octagon ResearchSolutions Inc. Wayne, Pa. Provides R&D process management services for the pharmaceutical industry. www.octagonresearch.com Tech B $3M Edison Venture Fund, Milestone Venture Partners.
Phoseon Technology Inc. Beaverton, Ore. Makes high-powered light sources and light- powered equipment for industrial processes. The company raised its Series A in early 2003 from a handful of senior executives in the semiconductor and equipment industries. www.phoseon.com Tech B $6.4M Fluke Venture Partners (co-led), SmartForest Ventures (co-led), PacRim Ventures, Capybara Ventures, Moritex.
4Info Inc. San Mateo, Calif. Provides search services for mobile phones. Tim Connors, general partner of USVP, has joined the board. www.4info.net Wireless A $8M U.S. Venture Partners (led), Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Dilithium Networks Petaluma, Calif. Provides wireless multimedia services. www.dilithiumnetworks.com Wireless C $18M U.S. Venture Partners (led), Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd. (subsidiary of Singapore’s Infocom Development Authority), Motorola Ventures, Jafco, Deutsche Bank Capital Partners, CM Capital.