Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
GCT Semiconductor San Jose, CA Develops and markets innovative integrated circuit solutions | 12/4/2002 | 3 | $38.0 | 3V Source One Venture Funds; Pequot Capital Management Inc.; Hermes Private Equity Management Ltd. |
2Wire Inc. San Jose, CA Broadband products | 12/4/2002 | 5 | $27.5 | Doll Capital Mgmt; INVESCO Private Capital; Pilgrim Baxter; Granite Ventures LLC ; Oak Investment Partners |
Optinel Systems Inc. Elkridge, MD Optical networking for the cable television industry | 12/4/2002 | 5 | $19.6 | Birchmere Ventures Inc.; Court Square Ventures LLC; Four Seasons Venture Capital AS; New Vantage Group |
OneCopy Inc. Nashua, NH Designs software for linking scan functionality of digital copiers | 12/4/2002 | 2 | $15.8 | Canon Inc. |
VetCentric Inc. Annapolis, MD E-commerce infrastructure for the veterinary industry | 12/4/2002 | 7 | $14.5 | Asset Management Co. Venture Capital; Sherbrooke Capital Partners; Aurora Ventures; Three Arch Partners |
US Labs Inc. Irvine, CA Diagnostic information for the screening and treatment of cancer | 12/4/2002 | 13 | $13.0 | ABS Capital Partners; Highland Capital Partners |
SkinMedica Carlsbad, CA Provides dermatology products | 12/4/2002 | 1 | $9.0 | Domain Associates; Windamere Venture Partners LLC |
InPhase Technologies Inc. Longmont, CO High capacity holographic storage technology | 12/4/2002 | 3 | $6.3 | New Venture Partners LLC; Newton Technology Partners |
TriVirix International Inc. Chapel Hill, NC Electronic instruments for the medical industry | 12/3/2002 | 9 | $25.0 | Frontier Capital LLC; MDS Health Ventures Inc.; Grotech Capital Group; Morgan Stanley Venture Partners |
Renal Solutions Inc. Pittsburgh Dialysis products and services for renal failure patients | 12/3/2002 | 1 | $14.7 | Birchmere Ventures Inc.; Draper Triangle Ventures LP; Blue Chip Venture Co. |
Integrated Development Enterprise Inc. Concord, MA Enterprise software | 12/3/2002 | 7 | $13.2 | Dominion Ventures Inc.; Flagship Ventures; Tudor Ventures; HarbourVest Partners LLC |
Fractus S.A. Barcelona, Spain Multiband antenna technology | 12/3/2002 | 2 | $8.3 | 3i Group PLC; Apax Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd. |
ISOPur Fluid Technologies Inc. Cheshire, CT Fluid purification solutions | 12/3/2002 | 1 | $8.0 | FA Technology Ventures; Siemens Venture Capital GmbH |
Pinpoint Networks Inc. Cary, NC Customized search solutions for portals | 12/3/2002 | 6 | $6.0 | Intel Capital; New Enterprise Associates |
Dexterra Bothell, WA Enterprise software | 12/3/2002 | 1 | $6.0 | Sigma Partners |
Roving Software Inc. North Waltham, MA Direct marketing e-mail software | 12/3/2002 | 4 | $4.5 | Commonwealth Capital Ventures; Longworth Venture Partners; Hudson Venture Partners; Morgan Stanley Venture Partners |
MadeToOrder.com Santa Clara, CA Business-to-business online source for logo merchandise | 12/3/2002 | 7 | $4.0 | Alloy Ventures; Band of Angels; Charter Venture Capital; Alpine Technology Ventures; Crescent Capital Investments Inc. |
FreeBalance Ottawa Applications for governments to deliver information over the Web | 12/3/2002 | 5 | $3.0 | Innovatech Grand Montreal; TechnoCap Inc. |
Amedis Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Cambridge, UK Applies radical technologies to improve the impact of drugs | 12/3/2002 | 3 | $3.0 | Avlar BioVentures Ltd.; TTP Venture Managers; Merlin Biosciences Ltd. |
Tarari Inc. San Diego Content processig hardware and software for network security | 12/3/2002 | 2 | $2.0 | Miramar Venture Partners; XML Fund |
BuildLinks Inc. Raleigh, NC Web-based collaboration software tools | 12/3/2002 | 1 | $2.0 | Southeast Interactive Technology Funds; ideaEdge Ventures LLC |
Buzz-VC Ltd. Tirat Hacarmel, Israel Manufactures hardware and software for surveillance systems | 12/3/2002 | 1 | $0.8 | Undisclosed |
Liberata Plc. Beaconsfield, UK Business process outsourcing services | 12/2/2002 | 1 | $93.4 | General Atlantic Partners LLC |
Renovo Ltd. Manchester, UK Scar-prevention treatments | 12/2/2002 | 5 | $32.7 | Atlas Venture; JPMorgan Partners; Care Capital LLC; Odlander Fredrikson & Co. |
Am-Beo Galway, UK Rating, billing and partner reconciliation software | 12/2/2002 | 4 | $12.5 | ACT Venture Capital Ltd.; Intel Capital; Advent Venture Partners |
CBYON Inc. Mountain View, CA Surgical navigation systems and software | 12/2/2002 | 7 | $8.6 | Alloy Ventures; Charter Venture Capital; Mitsui & Co.; Asset Management Co. Venture Capital |
Similarity Systems Dublin, UK Data quality management software | 12/2/2002 | 2 | $2.0 | AIB Group; HotOrigin; Delta Partners; ION Equity Ltd. |
Edeal Toronto Online auctions for businesses and consumers | 12/2/2002 | 2 | $1.3 | J.L. Albright Venture Partners |
Plastic Logic Ltd. Cambridge, UK Plastic circuits for mass applications | 11/26/2002 | 4 | $3.8 | Bank America Capital Investors; Yasuda Enterprise Development Co. |
Communications Ltd. Limerick, Ireland Real-time multimedia streaming software | 11/26/2002 | 2 | $1.2 | ICC Venture Capital |
Sygate Technologies Inc. Fremont, CA Networking and security technologies | 11/25/2002 | 2 | $17.5 | CIR Ventures; Trident Capital; MVC Capital; Trinity Ventures |
Lambda Technologies Inc. Morrisville, NC Capital equipment and process development | 11/25/2002 | 6 | $9.3 | Intersouth Partners |
Branders Promotional Products Inc. Foster City, CA Promotional solutions for the retail industry over the Internet | 11/25/2002 | 5 | $5.0 | Altos Ventures; Doll Capital Management; Discovery Ventures; Menlo Ventures |
Talkway Communications Fremont, CA Operates as a video service provider | 11/25/2002 | 6 | $3.0 | Asset Management Company Venture Capital |
PerformanceRetail Inc. Austin, TX Performance management services to the convenience store industry | 11/25/2002 | 4 | $5.0 | Lighthouse Capital Partners |
OpTun Ltd. Haifa, Israel Optical switching components | 11/24/2002 | 3 | $9.5 | Benchmark Capital; Infineon Ventures GmbH; Delta Ventures |
Active Reasoning Inc. Palo Alto, CA Resource management software | 11/22/2002 | 2 | $2.3 | ComVentures |
FastMobile Inc. Schaumburg, IL Instant communication services for mobile consumers | 11/22/2002 | 1 | $4.0 | BlueStar Ventures LP; Leo Capital Holdings LLC |
Infiniti Solutions Pte Ltd. Singapore Semiconductor test and assembly services | 11/21/2002 | 1 | $36.0 | 3i Group PLC; EDB Investments Pte Ltd. |
Songbird Hearing Inc. Cranbury, NJ Disposable hearing aids | 11/21/2002 | 7 | $20.0 | BA Venture Partners; Perennial Ventures; Investor AB; Prism Venture Partners |
Acorn Cardiovascular Inc. Saint Paul, MN Devices for the treatment of congestive heart failure | 11/21/2002 | 5 | $20.0 | Bessemer Venture Partners; Spray Venture Partners; CSFB Private Equity; NEA; Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. |
Altea Therapeutics Tucker, GA Noninvasive methods for drug delivery through the skin | 11/21/2002 | 1 | $17.0 | Domain Associates L.L.C; vSpring Capital; Venrock Associates |
Colibrys SA Neuchatel, Switzerland Industrial MEMS products | 11/21/2002 | 2 | $10.0 | Banexi Ventures Partners; Intel Capital; Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Private Equity |
Nanosphere Inc. Northbrook, IL Systems for detecting bio-molecules such as nucleic acids | 11/21/2002 | 1 | $10.0 | Lurie Investment Fund |
ESBATech AG Zurich, Switzerland Functional genomic technologies for identification of target genes | 11/21/2002 | 3 | $2.7 | Venture Incubator AG |
GlobalSpec.com Inc. Troy, NY Standardized parametric search and specification system online | 11/21/2002 | 6 | $2.0 | Warburg Pincus LLC |
Elliptic Semiconductor Kanata, ON Wireless Local Area Network semiconductor products | 11/21/2002 | 1 | $0.5 | Venture Coaches |
Gestion Arnold Gauthier Inc. St. Anaclet, QU Transportation services | 11/21/2002 | 1 | $0.2 | Investissement Desjardins |
GeneCraft Inc. Seattle Biopharmaceuticals | 11/20/2002 | 1 | $13.6 | ARCH Venture Partners; ATP Capital; Frazier & Co. |
NextGig Inc. San Diego Database network equipment | 11/20/2002 | 2 | $10.0 | ComVentures; El Dorado Ventures; Doll Capital Management |
Solena Group Washington Operates renewable clean energy plants | 11/20/2002 | 1 | $10.0 | Hydro-Quebec CapiTech Inc.; OPG Ventures Inc |
Encover Inc. Mountain View, CA Service Sales Automation software | 11/20/2002 | 2 | $6.0 | Imlay Investments; Sigma Partners |