Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
Opthos Inc. San Carlos, CA Optical networking equipment for cities and colleges | 11/15/01 | 4 | $17.1 | Advanced Technology Ventures; Crosslink Capital; Sprout Group; Venture Law Group |
Lefthand Networks Boulder, CO Network-unified storage solutions | 11/15/01 | 2 | $5.5 | Boulder Ventures; Ironside Ventures; New World Venture Advisors |
Movaris Campbell, CA Infrastructure software | 11/14/01 | 2 | $7.0 | Redpoint Ventures |
NetLogic Microsystems Inc. Mountain View, CA Data plane solutions | 11/14/01 | 3 | $3.0 | Sevin Rosen Funds; US Trust Private Equity |
Visto Corp. Mountain View, CA Software for secure access to enterprise data | 11/13/01 | 11 | $29.7 | Allegis Capital; Bessemer Venture Partners; General Electric Co.; New Enterprise Associates |
Eontec Ltd. Dublin, Ireland Multi-channel banking software for the Internet | 11/13/01 | 2 | $25.0 | ICC Venture Capital; Warburg Pincus LLC |
Voxeo Corp. Scotts Valley, CA Telephone-accessible applications and services | 11/13/01 | 3 | $20.0 | Crosspoint Venture Partners; Mayfield Fund |
Jerini AG Berlin, Germany Technologies for synthesizing proteins and peptides | 11/13/01 | 2 | $17.6 | 3i Group PLC; IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH; PolyTechnos Venture Partners GmbH |
Precision Therapeutics Pittsburgh, PA Measures the effectiveness of chemotherapy | 11/13/01 | 5 | $17.5 | Birchmere Ventures Inc.; Draper Triangle Ventures LP; Stephens Group Inc.; Techno Venture Management |
HAHT Commerce Inc. Raleigh, NC Web applications, services, and platforms | 11/13/01 | 9 | $17.0 | Aurora Funds Inc.; BA Venture Partners; CIBC Capital Partners; Granite Ventures LLC |
Volubill Grenoble, France IP-based mobile phone billing | 11/13/01 | 1 | $9.8 | Global Finance SA; Sofinnova Partners; Telesystem-Argo Broadband Capital LLC |
Fluidigm Corp. San Francisco, CA Platform technology for microfluidics | 11/12/01 | 2 | $34.0 | EuclidSR Partners; GE Equity; InterWest Partners; Lehman Brothers; US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures |
OraMetrix Inc. Dallas, TX Technology solutions for orthodontic care | 11/12/01 | 4 | $25.0 | Brentwood Venture Capital; CORAL Ventures; CenterPoint Venture Partners; Rho Ventures |
VBrick Systems Inc. Wallingford, CT Video networking products | 11/12/01 | 4 | $22.0 | Adams Capital Management; Claflin Capital; Gateway Associates LP; Menlo Ventures |
SatMetrix Systems Mountain View, CA Customer satisfaction feedback | 11/12/01 | 4 | $8.0 | Stanford University; Sutter Hill Ventures |
Biz360 San Mateo, CA Internet-based public relations | 11/12/01 | 2 | $6.2 | Foundation Capital; Geneva Venture Partners; Granite Ventures LLC |
e-Numerate Solutions Inc. McLean, VA Numerical comparison technology | 11/12/01 | 2 | $6.0 | The Carlyle Group |
Critical Path Inc. San Francisco, CA Internet messaging infrastructure solutions | 11/9/01 | 3 | $95.0 | General Atlantic Partners LLC; Hutchison Whampoa |
Auxilium Norristown, PA Pharmaceuticals company | 11/9/01 | 1 | $28.0 | CE Unterberg Towbin; Lehman Brothers; Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund |
Elumin Ltd. Ferndown, UK Light-emitting technology | 11/9/01 | 2 | $8.0 | Advent Venture Partners |
GeoLogistics Corp. Golden, CO Logistics management and solutions | 11/8/01 | 1 | $67.5 | Questor Management Co. |
White Rock Networks Inc. Dallas, TX Optical telecommunications equipment | 11/8/01 | 4 | $20.0 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp.; Dali, Hook Partners; Fremont Ventures; Investor AB |
Surgient Networks Inc. Austin, TX Scalable content delivery technology | 11/8/01 | 3 | $18.0 | Sternhill Partners |
Ambit Biosciences Corp. San Diego, CA Drug targets for human diseases | 11/8/01 | 1 | $10.0 | Avalon Ventures; Forward Ventures; Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund |
Scientific Learning Corp. Oakland, CA Games for language-learning-impaired children | 11/8/01 | 4 | $5.0 | Warburg Pincus |
Xenome Ltd. Brisbane, QL Pharmaceutical products | 11/8/01 | 3 | $2.3 | Challenger International; Medica Holdings Ltd. |
Rinat Neuroscience Palo Alto, CA Medicines to treat neurological diseases | 11/7/01 | 1 | $17.5 | Essex Woodlands Health Ventures |
PeakStone Inc. Sunnyvale, CA E-commerce services | 11/7/01 | 4 | $10.7 | Advanced Technology Ventures; Bay Partners; J.P. Morgan Partners |
eSilicon Corp. Santa Clara, CA Vertical service provider for semiconductor design | 11/7/01 | 4 | $4.0 | Crosspoint Venture Partners; Texas Pacific Group |
Silicon Optix Inc. San Jose, CA Fabless semiconductors | 11/7/01 | 2 | $3.4 | Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc; . Royal Bank Private Equity |
Gilian Technologies Ltd. Redwood City, CA Web security firm | 11/7/01 | 2 | $2.5 | Intel Capital |
Braes Group Ltd. London, UK Animal feed and natural food ingredients | 11/6/01 | 4 | $36.5 | 3i Group PLC |
Sphera Optical Networks Edison, NJ Optical gateway networks | 11/6/01 | 4 | $25.0 | Mayfield Fund; Oak Investment Partners; Pequot Capital Management Inc. |
EpiCor Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Treatment of artial arrhythmia | 11/6/01 | 3 | $20.0 | CORAL Ventures; InterWest Partners; Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. |
Xign Corp. Pleasanton, CA Internet-based payment technologies | 11/6/01 | 2 | $20.0 | Charles River Ventures; Financial Technology Ventures; Matrix Partners |
Rhetorical Systems Edinburgh, UK Text-to-speech synthesis technology | 11/6/01 | 2 | $6.3 | Artemis Ventures; Capital for Companies; Classic Fund Management Ltd. |
Neoteris Sunnyvale, CA Internal network resources access | 11/6/01 | 1 | $5.0 | Barksdale Group |
Indus League Clothing Bangalore, India Garments company | 11/6/01 | 2 | $3.1 | ICICI Venture Funds Mgt .Co. Ltd. |
Cedron BV Driebergen, Neth. Business product management solutions | 11/6/01 | 2 | $2.6 | Deutsche Venture Capital; Innotech Ltd. |
Zambeel Inc. Fremont, CA Storage systems | 11/5/01 | 4 | $52.6 | Amerindo Investment Advisors Inc.; Armada Partners; Aurora Funds Inc.; Integral Capital Partners |
Telephia Inc. San Francisco, CA Network and marketing data for wireless carriers | 11/5/01 | 5 | $40.0 | AEA Investors Inc.; Cedar Grove Investments; Megunticook Management |
Ellacoya Networks Inc. Merrimack, NH Networking equipment | 11/5/01 | 5 | $25.0 | Bessemer Venture Partners; Centennial Ventures; Lightspeed Venture Partners |
ABRA Auto Body & Glass Elk River, MN Vehicle repair | 11/5/01 | 1 | $25.0 | National City Equity Partners Inc.; William Blair Capital Partners |
Inovion Corp. San Jose, CA Technologies for implanting ions into semiconductors | 11/5/01 | 8 | $22.0 | BA Venture Partners ; KT Venture Group; Needham & Company Inc. |
Bang Networks Inc. San Francisco, CA Real-time network services | 11/5/01 | 2 | $14.0 | Atlas Venture; Sequoia Capital |
AGEA Corp. Austin, TX Automatic notification software | 11/5/01 | 1 | $12.2 | Alignment Capital Partners; Milestone Capital Inc.; Sun Microsystems Inc. |
Alvesta Sunnyvale, CA Short reach and high bandwidth telecom | 11/5/01 | 2 | $12.0 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp.; Enterprise Partners; Intel Capital |
PostX Corp. Cupertino, CA Software for secure Internet and e-mail communications | 11/5/01 | 8 | $11.0 | Alloy Ventures; Mayfield Fund; Sunrise Ventures LLC |
TGN Biotech Inc. Sainte-Foy, QU Recombinant proteins | 11/5/01 | 1 | $1.7 | Innovatech Sud Du Quebec |
SS8 Networks Inc. San Jose, CA Signaling solutions for the Internet | 11/2/01 | 3 | $62.0 | Onset Ventures; Warburg Pincus LLC; Woodside Fund |