Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
RadioScape Ltd London, UK Develops software systems for digital audio broadcasting | 4/11/02 | 6 | $2.8 | Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., Ltd.; iGlobe Partners Limited |
esmertec AG Dubendorf, Switzerland Supplies embedded Java virtual machines and real-time operating systems | 4/10/02 | 2 | $3.1 | Earlybird Venture Capital; Partners Group; Sofinnova Partners |
AEterna Laboratories Inc. Quebec, Canada Operates a biopharmaceutical company | 4/9/02 | 1 | $37.5 | SGF Sante |
Lava Trading Inc. New York, NY Provides equity trading solutions | 4/9/02 | 1 | $30.0 | Schroder Finance Partners; TA Associates, Inc.; Undisclosed Corporate Investor |
Pathfire Roswell, GA Develops online networks for distributing advertising content | 4/9/02 | 9 | $27.0 | AT&T Consumer Products; Bank of America Sbic; CNN News Group; Halpern, Denny & Co.;Institutional Venture Partners |
Lumentis AB Hagersten, Sweden Develops fibre-optic city telecommunications network solutions | 4/9/02 | 2 | $19.0 | DB Investor (Deutsche Bank) |
CB Technologies, Inc. Exton, PA Provides companies with the service of software development and consulting | 4/9/02 | 2 | $12.5 | Adams Street Partners, LLC; BancBoston Capital/BancBoston Ventures; Camden Partners, Inc.; GE Equity; JPM Partners |
Jareva Technologies, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Provides computing services based on its proprietary technology | 4/9/02 | 5 | $11.0 | Crest Communications Holdings LLC; Dot Edu Ventures; Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; JK&B Capital; JumpStartUp Venture Fund |
Automated Power Exchange, Inc. Santa Clara, CA Operates online power exchanges that link electricity buyers and sellers | 4/9/02 | 4 | $10.0 | Kyushu Venture Capital, Ltd. |
NETSEC Herndon, VA Provides managed security services | 4/9/02 | 1 | $7.5 | ArrowPath Venture Capital; Mobius Venture Capital |
Ophthonix, Inc. San Diego, CA Operates an ophthamalic equipment company located in San Diego | 4/9/02 | 1 | $7.5 | Enterprise Partners; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Picsel Technologies Ltd Glasgow, Scotland Develops multimedia that allows files to be viewed by outside devices | 4/9/02 | 2 | $6.0 | BancBoston Capital/BancBoston Ventures SOFTBANK Corp.; Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., |
Advanced Radio Cells, Inc. (AKA: ARCi) Campbell, CA Develops broadband wireless Internet delivery systems over wireless modems | 4/9/02 | 2 | $1.5 | China Technology Ventures; SBV Venture Partners |
Empirix, Inc. North Waltham, MA Provides performance testing and monitoring solutions | 4/8/02 | 2 | $29.0 | Lehman Brothers; Matrix Partners |
Point Biomedical Corporation San Carlos, CA Develops and manufactures imaging agents and drug delivery systems | 4/8/02 | 5 | $23.3 | GE Equity; INVESCO Private Capital; Oakwood Medical Investors; Smith Kline Beecham Corp. |
Accucard London, UK Operates as a credit card issuer company in the UK and Europe | 4/8/02 | 5 | $17.2 | Carlyle Group, L.P., The; Lloyds TSB Development Capital; Net Partners |
Tissue Link Medical Exeter, NH Develops, manufactures, markets & sells products in surgical devices field | 4/8/02 | 4 | $14.5 | Crown Advisors International, Ltd.; Frantzen/-Voelker Investments; Rahn Group; RiverVest Venture Partners; Synergy Partners |
Xpedion Design Systems Inc. Santa Clara, CA Provides electronic design automation solutions | 4/8/02 | 5 | $12.5 | Menlo Ventures; TeleSoft Partners; Viventures Partners |
Agari Mediaware McLean, VA Provides tools and services for the design of media management systems | 4/8/02 | 3 | $10.0 | Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. |
City Screen Ltd London, UK Operates art-house cinemas across the UK. | 4/8/02 | 1 | $8.6 | Arts Alliance Advisors |
AnnuityNet.com Inc. Leesburg, VA Provides a marketplace for direct-sold annuities over the Internet | 4/8/02 | 2 | $7.5 | Conning Capital Partners; FBR CoMotion Venture Capital; GE Equity;Phoenix Partners, The; Undisclosed Corporate Investor |
Platypus Technology West Lebanon, NH Develops and markets RAM-based solid state drives | 4/8/02 | 3 | $7.0 | Carlyle Group, L.P., The; ECentury Capital Partners LP; JAFCO Investment (Asia) Limited; Mitsubishi Corporation; Technology Venture Partners, LP |
CareX Strasbourg, France Develops functional genomics and drug discovery for metabolic disorders | 4/8/02 | 1 | $5.2 | GIMV NV; Sofinnova Partners |
interNetwork AG Wiesbaden, Germany Develops load testing software for the monitoring of network components | 4/8/02 | 1 | $4.4 | Earlybird Venture Capital; Target Partners GmbH |
Iteration Software, Inc. Mountain View, CA Delivers real-time reporting and information delivery solutions | 4/8/02 | 1 | $4.0 | Canaan Partners; Crosspoint Venture Partners |
Faust Pharmaceuticals Gif-sur-Yvette, France Develops drugs for the treatment of central nervous system disorders | 4/8/02 | 1 | $2.6 | Auriga Partners; Sofinnova Partners |
Kaidara Paris, France Supplies software tools that rely on data mining and case-based reasoning | 4/7/02 | 2 | $7.1 | ACE Management; CDC Innovation Partners; Galileo Partners; La Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild |
Peak 10 Charlotte, NC Provides Internet infrastructure and data centers | 4/6/02 | 2 | $9.2 | Frontier Capital, LLC; Seaport Capital |
Realeum, Inc. Alexandria, VA Provides market-leading services and technology to the real estate industry | 4/5/02 | 2 | $14.5 | ABP Acquisition Corp.; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.;Carlyle Group, L.P., The; Cohen & Steers Captial Management Inc.; Massey Burch Capital Corp. |
Apriso Corporation Long Beach, CA Provides integrated plant floor and warehouse solutions for ERP systems | 4/5/02 | 5 | $14.0 | Brentwood Venture Capital; CMEA Ventures; Dresdner Kleinwort Capital; LogiSpring |
iForce Ltd Surrey, UK Provides e-commerce logistics and support services | 4/5/02 | 3 | $7.2 | Lynx New Media Ventures |
BB’s Coffee & Muffins Holdings Ltd Paris, France Operates food outlets supplying such things as muffins and baguettes | 4/5/02 | 1 | $6.0 | Sand Aire Private Equity Ltd |
Jackie Skelly Fitness Dublin, Ireland Owns and operates fitness centres and gyms | 4/5/02 | 2 | $1.3 | ICC Venture Capital; NCB Ventures Limited |
Airtel Movil, SA Alcobendes, Spain Operates mobile telephone company. | 4/4/02 | 3 | $575.0 | Vodafone Ventures |
Am-Beo Galway, Ireland Provides rating, billing and partner reconciliation software for Internet | 4/4/02 | 3 | $2.6 | ACT Venture Capital Ltd; Enterprise Ireland |
Prediction Dynamics Ltd Dublin, Ireland Operates a risk managment software company | 4/4/02 | 2 | $1.8 | ACT Venture Capital Ltd; Enterprise Ireland |
Hypnotizer Paris, France Develops interactive video software | 4/4/02 | 2 | $0.9 | SPEF Banques Populaires |