Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
TolerRX Inc. Cambridge, MA Therapies for immunological tolerance | 10/24/01 | 3 | $17.0 | Healthcare Ventures LLC; Rho Ventures; Skyline Ventures; Vertex Management |
Avaki Charlottesville, VA Grid operating systems | 10/24/01 | 3 | $16.0 | General Catalyst Group LLC; Polaris Venture Partners; Sofinnova Ventures |
Global Locate San Jose, CA GPS technologies for wireless devices and networks | 10/24/01 | 1 | $12.0 | Undisclosed Venture Investor  |
FatWire Corp. Mineola, NY Content management and Web application solutions | 10/24/01 | 2 | $10.0 | EuclidSR Partners ; Newlight Associates; TopSpin Partners; Wheatley Partners |
Cogent Communications Inc. Washington, DC Internet access for commercial business | 10/23/01 | 3 | $62.0 | Broadview Capital Partners; Jerusalem Venture Partners; Oak Investment Partners |
IQNavigator Denver, CO Electronic broker services for the IT industry | 10/23/01 | 3 | $20.0 | Baker Capital Corp.; Hillman Company; Sequel Venture Partners |
Metabasis Therapeutics Inc. San Diego, CA Biopharmaceuticals | 10/23/01 | 2 | $19.2 | InterWest Partners; MPM Capital; Sprout Group |
US Labs Inc. Irvine, CA Anatomic pathology laboratory | 10/23/01 | 12 | $15.0 | ABS Ventures; Accel Partners; Highland Capital Partners |
WildCard Systems Fort Lauderdale, FL Web-based software applications and payment systems | 10/23/01 | 4 | $14.5 | Sutter Hill Ventures  |
KVault Software PLC Reading, UK Software and services for Internet management | 10/23/01 | 2 | $12.8 | Cazenove Private Equity; Lehman Brothers; Mosaic Venture Partners |
CR2 Ltd. Dublin, Ireland Internet banking software | 10/23/01 | 2 | $7.5 | ACT Venture Capital Ltd.; GIMV NV; NIB Capital Private Equity NV |
Exenet Technologies New York, NY Application service provider | 10/23/01 | 3 | $6.5 | Adams Street Partners; CIBC Capital Partners; Telecom Partners |
Privia Inc. New York, NY Enterprise-wide program management | 10/23/01 | 1 | $5.5 | Benchmark Capital; Venture Strategy Partners  |
ALFY Inc. New York, NY Internet and other interactive services for children | 10/23/01 | 3 | $5.0 | CORAL Ventures  |
Artifact Entertainment Mesa, AZ Software for multiplayer entertainment titles | 10/23/01 | 2 | $4.5 | Undisclosed Venture Investor  |
DigitalDeck Corp. Redwood City, CA Provides networking software | 10/23/01 | 1 | $4.5 | T.V.P. Associates  |
Lytek Corp. Phoenix, AZ Lasers for data-communication | 10/23/01 | 2 | $3.8 | Intel Capital; Wasatch Venture Fund  |
Atto Instruments Rockville, MD Advanced analytical microscopy technology | 10/23/01 | 1 | $3.0 | Emerging Technology Partners LLC Â |
RSC Technology AB Stockholm, Sweden Home connectivity and Internet access | 10/23/01 | 1 | $1.7 | Swedish Industrial Development Fund  |
Bradken Waratah, NW Foundry and heavy engineering | 10/22/01 | 1 | $94.4 | Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty Ltd. Â |
Scion Photonics Inc. Milpitas, CA Optical communication components | 10/22/01 | 2 | $33.0 | Integral Capital Partners; Tyco Capital  |
Axxima Pharmaceuticals AG Martinsried, DE Pharmaceuticals for the medical industry | 10/22/01 | 2 | $27.5 | Bear Stearns Health Innoventures; HBM BioVentures AG; Heidelberg Innovation |
Ardana Bioscience Ltd. Edinburgh, UK Commercial research for women’s health | 10/22/01 | 3 | $20.0 | 3i Group PLC; ABN AMRO Corporate Investments; Merlin Biosciences; Mitsubishi Corp. |
Kirusa Inc. Berkeley Heights, NJ Infrastructure company | 10/22/01 | 2 | $1.2 | DB Investor; Innovacom; Silicon Alley Seed Investors |
Emageon Solutions Inc. Birmingham, AL Internet-based technologies for the e-health industry | 10/22/01 | 5 | $10.0 | Aurora Funds Inc.; Delta Capital ManagementParadigm; Venture Partners L.P.; Southeastern Technology Fund |
ElekSen Ltd. Iver Heath, UK Microelectronics | 10/22/01 | 2 | $8.5 | 3i Group PLC; Frontier Capital LLC; MVI Sverige AB; Siemens Venture Capital GmbH |
Vesta Technologies Sao Paolo, Brazil Infrastructure solutions for e-commerce | 10/22/01 | 1 | $6.4 | BancBoston Capital/BancBoston Ventures  |
Intellispace Inc. New York, NY Broadband Internet access | 10/22/01 | 4 | $5.0 | Halpern, Denny & Co. Â |
U3 Pharma AG Martinsried, DE Therapies for cancer treatment | 10/22/01 | 1 | $4.5 | Alta Partners; BioM AG; Medicis AG |
NEC Eluminant Technologies Inc. Chantilly, VA Systems for the passive optical network | 10/19/01 | 1 | $26.0 | Itochu Corp. Â |
UIEvolution Inc. Bellevue, WA Software tools for wireless computer games | 10/19/01 | 1 | $7.7 | Ignition Corp.; Nissho Iwai Corp. Â |
InterScope Technologies Inc. Pittsburgh, PA IT consulting, design, and implementation | 10/19/01 | 3 | $3.2 | Birchmere Ventures Inc.; Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds  |
Smarthaven Amsterdam, Neth. Internet-based knowledge management | 10/19/01 | 3 | $1.3 | NIB Capital Private Equity NV Â |
Sphera Corp. Warren, MA Software to automate Web-hosting services | 10/18/01 | 2 | $15.0 | CSK Venture Capital Co.; Gemini Capital Fund; J.P. Morgan Capital Corp.; Jerusalem Venture Partners |
NersIntranode Sevigne, France French Internet application service provider | 10/18/01 | 2 | $6.3 | Gemplus SCA; Innovacom; SPEF Banques Populaires |
Esmertec AG Dubendorf, Switzerland Java virtual machines and real-time operating systems | 10/18/01 | 1 | $6.1 | Earlybird Venture Capital; Partners Group  |
Demos Paris, France Professional training and e-learning | 10/18/01 | 1 | $4.2 | Initiative & Finance Gestion; Natexis Investment Corp.; PAI Management |
Brivo Systems Inc. Arlington, VA Digital networks that link remote assets and products | 10/18/01 | 2 | $2.0 | Duchossois TECnology Partners LLC Â |
National Credit Group Inc. Plainview, NY Internet business credit reporting services | 10/18/01 | 1 | $2.0 | B2B-Hive LLC Â |
Bedstat Atlanta, GA Web-based patient placement for hospitals | 10/18/01 | 2 | $0.8 | NextStart Capital  |
Digital Fountain Inc. Fremont, CA Content delivery systems | 10/17/01 | 4 | $20.0 | Adobe Systems Inc; British Telecom; Cisco Systems; Granite Ventures LLC; Macrovision Corp. |
Iridigm Display Corp. San Francisco, CA Flat panel displays for mobile devices | 10/17/01 | 1 | $13.0 | DynaFund Ventures; Ideo Ventures; Intel Capital; Technology Associates Management Corp. |
deNovis Inc. Lexington, MA Financial transaction platform for the medical industry | 10/15/01 | 3 | $43.8 | 3i Capital Corp.; Advanced Technology Ventures; Audax Group; Bain Capital |
Danger Inc. Palo Alto, CA Wireless Internet solutions | 10/15/01 | 4 | $36.0 | Diamondhead Ventures L.P.; Orange Ventures; Redpoint Ventures; SOFTBANK Venture Capital |
Coriolis Networks Inc. Boxborough, MA Metro optical products | 10/15/01 | 3 | $32.0 | Bessemer Venture Partners; Columbia Capital; EnerTech Capital; New Enterprise Associates |
Wightlink Ltd. Portsmouth, UK Ferry services | 10/15/01 | 2 | $30.4 | RBS Mezzanine Ltd. Â |
Celoxica Abingdon, UK Digital programming language applications | 10/15/01 | 2 | $30.0 | Advent Venture Partners; Cazenove Private Equity; Intel Capital; Quester Capital Management Ltd. |
Moneybox Corp. Ltd. London, UK Manuf_ctures, installs and maintains ATMs | 10/15/01 | 2 | $20.6 | Apax Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd.; Sand Aire Private Equity Ltd. |
Virtela Communications Inc. Greenwood Village, CO Enhanced IP service provider | 10/15/01 | 3 | $18.0 | Juniper Networks; New Enterprise Associates; Norwest Venture Partners; Palomar Ventures |
iUniverse.com Inc. Campbell, CA Digital publishing infrastructure technology | 10/15/01 | 2 | $18.0 | Warburg Pincus LLC Â |