Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
Mantas Fairfax, VA Delivers solutions for the financial services industry | 4/17/02 | 2 | $17.5 | Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. |
Plastic Logic, Ltd. Cambridge, ZF Develops plastic circuits for mass applications | 4/17/02 | 3 | $9.1 | Amadeus Capital Partners; Dow Chemical Co.; PolyTechnos Venture Partners GmbH |
Plexxikon, Inc. Berkeley, CA Operates as a biotechnology company | 4/16/02 | 2 | $27.0 | A.M. Pappas & Associates; Advanced Technology Ventures; Alta Partners; CW Group, Inc.; Walden Int’l. |
170 Systems, Inc. Cambridge, MA Provides Web-deployed solutions | 4/16/02 | 1 | $14.0 | Polaris Venture Partners |
Myrio Corporation Kirkland, WA Develops broadband technologies for telecommunications companies | 4/16/02 | 3 | $8.0 | Alexander Hutton Venture Partners; NeoCarta Ventures, Inc; Ridgewood Capital Management, LLC |
Astraeus Ltd Crawley, ZF Operates an airline. | 4/16/02 | 1 | $5.2 | Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity |
Falcon-Vision Kft Budapest, ZF Develop quality & process control solutions using machine vision technology | 4/16/02 | 1 | $2.0 | Baring Private Equity Partners |
Energos ASA Stavanger, ZF Provides energy recycling services | 4/15/02 | 1 | $35.2 | Global Innovation Partners LLC; Norsk Hydro Venturos Ventures AS |
Exemplary Software, Inc. Cupertino, CA Develops business application software | 4/15/02 | 7 | $12.0 | Clearstone Venture Partners; Discovery Ventures; JT Venture Partners, LLC; Lightspeed Venture Partners; Woodside FundPartners |
Megisto Systems, Inc. Germantown, MD Develops carrier-class Mobile Internet infrastructure equipment for network | 4/15/02 | 5 | $5.0 | Saturn Venture Partners, LLC |
NanoMuscle, Inc. Antioch, CA Designs and manufactures advanced motion technologies for consumer devices | 4/15/02 | 4 | $5.0 | CrossBow Ventures; Daimler Chrysler Venture Gmbh; Garage Technology Ventures; Individuals; Silicom Ventures |
Medlyte Diagnostics, Inc. San Diego, CA Provides research on heart disease | 4/15/02 | 5 | $3.5 | Johnson & Johnson Development Corp.; Western States Investment Group |
Hybrigenics SA Paris, ZF Develops biotechnology and bioinformatics products | 4/12/02 | 7 | $14.8 | Alafi Capital Co.; Banexi Ventures Partners; IMH Industrie Management Holding GmbH; La Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild; Life Sciences Partners BV |
MedCenterDirect.com Atlanta, GA Provides web-based inventory management services to health care providers | 4/12/02 | 3 | $5.0 | HEALTHSOUTH Corporation; Warburg Pincus, LLC |
Season Ticket Solutions Wood Dale, IL Provides season ticket management, exchange and group ticket services | 4/12/02 | 2 | $1.0 | Undisclosed Venture Investors |
Herbalife International, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Distributes a wide range of weight management product | 4/11/02 | 1 | $685.0 | Golden Gate; Whitney & Co., LLC |
Fonecta Helsinki, ZF Provides directories for mobile and fixed-line telecoms network operators | 4/11/02 | 2 | $98.4 | 3i Group PLC; Veronis Suhler Stevenson |
Vertis Neuroscience, Inc. Seattle, WA Develops technologies for people suffering pain or neurological impairment | 4/11/02 | 6 | $37.0 | AEA Investors, Inc.; Channel Medical Partners, L.P.; Johnson & Johnson Development Corp.; NMT New Medical Technologies; SEB Invest |
MicroEmissive Displays Ltd Edinburgh, ZF Develops organic light emitting diode microdisplays | 4/11/02 | 2 | $9.0 | 3i Group PLC; Scottish Equity Partners Limited |
Gyros AB Uppsala, ZF Develops a technology platform for minaturizing laboratory processes | 4/11/02 | 3 | $6.0 | Schroder Ventures |
Lancope Alpharetta, GA Provides network threat management solutions | 4/11/02 | 1 | $5.5 | GMG Capital Partners; HIG Capital Management |
Sabeus Photonics Inc. Chatsworth, CA Designs and manufactures high-concept optical devices | 4/11/02 | 4 | $5.0 | Lexington Ventures |
CitiPeople Group Ltd London, ZF Provides recruitment services for the financial service sector. | 4/11/02 | 1 | $4.8 | 3i Group PLC |
RadioScape Ltd London, ZF Develops software systems for digital audio broadcasting | 4/11/02 | 6 | $2.8 | Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., Ltd.; iGlobe Partners Limited |
Tessera Diagnostics, Inc. Seattle, WA Develops diagnostic tests for early prostate cancer detection | 4/11/02 | 1 | $1.5 | Kirlan Venture Capital, Inc. |