Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
Paconsa Murcia, Spain Fruit & vegetables distributer | 4/30/2003 | 1 | $49.9 | Suala Capital Advisors |
Sorrent Inc. Foster City, CA Convergent interactive entertainment content and technology | 4/30/2003 | 2 | $5.5 | Globespan Capital ManagementLLC; Sienna Ventures; New Enterprise Associates |
Moonlight Systems Inc. San Mateo, CA Open Source Linux applications company | 4/30/2003 | 3 | $5.0 | BA Venture Partners; Bay Partners |
Magink Display Technologies Inc. New York Low power, variable resolution, full color digital ink | 4/30/2003 | 1 | $5.0 | Japan Asia Investment Co. Ltd.; Marubeni Corp. |
Satori Group Inc. Conshohocken, PA Business performance management software | 4/30/2003 | 1 | $4.0 | Edison Venture Fund; Zon Capital Partners |
TForte Design Systems San Jose, CA Electronic design automation software for chips | 4/29/2003 | 9 | $8.6 | 3i; U.S. Venture Partners |
Exavio Inc. San Jose, CA Early-stage communications company | 4/29/2003 | 2 | $7.2 | ComVentures; Crystal Internet Venture Fund L.P. |
WholeSecurity Inc. Austin, TX Security software to protect users | 4/29/2003 | 2 | $3.8 | New Enterprise Associates; Venrock Associates; Trellis Partners |
Real Time Radiography Jerusalem Proprietry technology for x-ray imaging | 4/29/2003 | 2 | $2.2 | Denali Ventures LLC; Reico Ventures Ltd. |
Intrinsity Inc. Austin, TX Semiconductor technology | 4/28/2003 | 3 | $35.0 | Undisclosed Investor |
Cytokinetics Inc. San Francisco Drug research and the building of cellular bioinformatics tools | 4/28/2003 | 6 | $21.5 | Alta Partners; GSK Ventures; Mayfield Fund; CSFB Private Equity; HBM BioVentures AG |
Staccato Communications Inc. San Diego Connectivity products for high-speed devices on the UWB spectrum | 4/28/2003 | 2 | $7.5 | Allegis Capital; Charles River Ventures; Bay Partners |
Masor Robotics Ltd. Nesher, Israel Robots for medical applications | 4/28/2003 | 2 | $4.0 | Alice Ventures; DOR Ventures |
QuickArrow Inc. Austin, TX Web-based business automation applications for service providers | 4/28/2003 | 5 | $2.6 | Undisclosed Investor |
TelePacific Communications Inc. Los Angeles Local and long distance voice, data, & multimedia Internet access | 4/25/2003 | 7 | $30.0 | Investcorp |
AePONA Ltd. Belfast, UK Software solutions & services for the telecommunications industry | 4/25/2003 | 1 | $12.7 | Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd.; Trinity Venture Capital; Invest Northern Ireland |
genOway SA Lyon, France Genetic research services | 4/25/2003 | 2 | $3.6 | Dassault Developpement; Rhone-Alpes Creation |
Information Outfitters Inc. Louisville, KY Special-interest publishing company that delivers newsletters | 4/25/2003 | 1 | $1.4 | Chrysalis Ventures |
Nanosys Inc. Palo Alto, CA Technology to analyze chemicals and DNA | 4/24/2003 | 3 | $30.0 | ARCH Venture Partners; Chiao Tung Bank; CW Group Inc.; China Development Industrial Bank |
Scali AS Oppsal, Norway Technical computer systems for end users | 4/24/2003 | 3 | $5.7 | Four Seasons Venture Capital AS; SND Invest AS; Intel Capital |
Bistro Toronto, QU Enterprise restaurant management system for multi-unit operations | 4/24/2003 | 1 | $5.0 | Undisclosed Investor |
Colibria AS Oslo, Norway Develops mobile telecommunications products | 4/24/2003 | 3 | $3.9 | Four Seasons Venture Capital; SND Invest AS; Northzone Ventures |
Eyebright Passfield Liphook, LA Day surgery facilities to both public and private health sectors | 4/24/2003 | 2 | $0.8 | Bridges Community Ventures Ltd. |
Grupo Indal Madrid Lighting systems | 4/23/2003 | 1 | $13.2 | Axis Particpationes Empresariales SGECR SA; Diana Capital Inversion |
Mangrove Systems Wallingford, CT Next generation networking platforms | 4/23/2003 | 3 | $10.4 | Bessemer Venture Partners; Highland Capital Partners; Columbia Capital Group; Silicon Alley Venture Partners |
Jolife AB Lund, Sweden Markets cardiac arrest product systems | 4/23/2003 | 1 | $3.6 | CapMan Capital Management Oy; InnovationsKapital |
DepoMed Menlo Park, CA Oral delivery technologies | 4/22/2003 | 3 | $20.0 | Easton Hunt Capital Partners L.P.; MDS Health Ventures ; HBM BioVentures AG; W.R. Hambrecht & Co. LLC |
St. Francis Medical Technologies Inc. Menlo Park, CA Titanium implants for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis | 4/22/2003 | 3 | $15.0 | Essex Woodlands Health Ventures; U.S. Venture Partners; Versant Ventures |
Dilithium Networks Larkspur, CA Audio and video communications solutions | 4/22/2003 | 5 | $10.0 | Coates Myer & Co. Pty Ltd.; JAFCO Co. Ltd.; DB Investor; Ericsson Venture Partners |
Interactive Video Technologies Inc. New York Interactive software for eCommerce companies | 4/22/2003 | 3 | $8.0 | Cisco Systems Inc.; Tudor Ventures |
AirFlow Networks Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Enterprise class 802.11 hardware | 4/22/2003 | 2 | $8.0 | Bay Partners |
Maptuit Corp. Burlington, MA Address matching, route generation, map rendering, and directions | 4/22/2003 | 3 | $2.0 | Flagship Ventures |
Acusphere Inc. Watertown, MA Echocardiography agents and drug delivery systems | 4/21/2003 | 11 | $19.0 | Audax Group; BancBoston Ventures; CalPERS; BA Venture Partners; Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. |
Demantra Ltd. Cambridge, MA Demand management solutions | 4/21/2003 | 2 | $16.0 | Advent International Corp.; Intel Capital; Cargill Ventures; Formula Ventures Ltd.; Challenge Fund |
NeoScale Systems Inc. Milpitas, CA Storage security solutions | 4/21/2003 | 2 | $12.0 | Bay Partners; Sevin Rosen Funds; Lightspeed Venture Partners |
Sheer Networks Inc. Framingham, MA Broadband network operations | 4/21/2003 | 3 | $11.0 | Castletop Capital; Jerusalem Venture Partners; JK&B Capital; Nortel Networks Corp. |
BaRRx Sunnyvale, CA Treatment for Barrett’s esophagus | 4/21/2003 | 1 | $6.8 | Alloy Ventures; Delphi Ventures; Charter Venture Capital |
CoreStreet Ltd. Somerville, MA Security software | 4/21/2003 | 1 | $4.0 | POD Holding |
Helicomm Inc. Carlsbad, CA Reliable wireless data networking solutions | 4/21/2003 | 2 | $2.5 | Aspen Ventures |
InnerWireless Inc. Richardson, TX In-building wireless technology, systems and services company | 4/21/2003 | 5 | $1.0 | Genesis Campus |
Arzoon Inc. San Mateo, CA Logistics resource management software solutions | 4/17/2003 | 6 | $1.9 | InnoCal Venture Capital; Venrock Associates; Red Rock Ventures |
The NCC Group Manchester, UK Consulting and system engineering | 4/16/2003 | 2 | $48.0 | Barclays Private Equity Ltd |
Pixim Inc. Mountain View, CA Digital pixel imaging technology | 4/16/2003 | 4 | $22.0 | China Development Industrial Bank; Mohr Davidow Ventures; Mayfield Fund; Newbury Ventures; Synopsys Inc. |
ESP Pharma Inc. Edison, NJ Specialty pharmaceutical company | 4/16/2003 | 2 | $20.0 | Apax Partners Inc.; New Enterprise Associates; Domain Associates L.L.C.; Thoma Cressey Equity Partners |
Shazam Entertainment Ltd. London Song identification service via mobile phones | 4/16/2003 | 2 | $6.5 | Akara Ltd.; Lynx New Media Ventures |
Ipsum Networks Inc. Philadelphia Network management solutions software | 4/16/2003 | 3 | $6.0 | Rho Ventures; Sevin Rosen Funds |
FilesX Inc. Southborough, MA Improvement of data access speed | 4/15/2003 | 2 | $7.5 | Benchmark Capital; Index Ventures Management SA; Genesis Partners |
AuthenTec Inc. Melbourne, FL Silicon solutions for the biometric and security markets | 4/15/2003 | 5 | $2.9 | Firsthand Capital Management; Newlight Associates |
Gamigo AG Rheine, Germany Online shop for selling of computer games and accessories | 4/15/2003 | 2 | $2.2 | T-Venture |