Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
Redfern Photonics Ltd. Sydney, Australia Optical communications products producer | 5/31/01 | 2 | $54.0 | DB Capital Partners; GE Equity; Citicorp Equity Capital; Ericsson Deutsche Technology Fund; Temasek Capital |
PHS MEMS Saint Agreve, France Micro electro-mechanical systems | 5/31/01 | 1 | $26.6 | AXA Private Equity Europe; Sofinanova; ETF Group; Finovelec; PLS Venture Capital Partners |
InSonus Medical Inc. Newark, CA Hearing devices | 5/31/01 | 2 | $7.0 | Essex Woodlands Health Ventures; US Bancorp/Piper Jaffray Ventures |
HubX Waltham, MA Technology services to hospitality industry | 5/31/01 | 1 | $2.0 | Boston Capital Ventures; Claflin Capital Management |
Quake Technologies Inc. Ottawa, Canada Fabless semiconductors | 5/30/01 | 2 | $30.0 | Bowman Capital; Emerging Alliance Fund; Mitsubishi; Mohr, Davidow Ventures |
Trendium Inc. Sunrise, CA Software developer | 5/30/01 | 2 | $25.0 | Mellon Ventures; Vertex Management; Crossbow Ventures |
OmniSonics Medical Technologies Inc. Wilmington, MA Medical devices for surgery | 5/30/01 | 2 | $21.0 | Prism Venture Partners |
Industrial Cooling Systems Ltd. New Milton, UK Industrial cooling systems | 5/30/01 | 1 | $11.7 | Lloyds TSB Development Capital |
StarCite Inc. Philadelphia, PA Internet solutions for meeting plans | 5/30/01 | 2 | $10.0 | American Express; Internet Capital Group; Mellon Ventures; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide |
Waveset Technologies Inc. Austin, TX E-business security management | 5/30/01 | 2 | $10.0 | Lightspeed Venture Partners; Austin Ventures; Origin Partners; Silverton Partners; AV Labs |
Arexis AB Molndal, Sweden Pharmaceutical drugs discovery | 5/30/01 | 1 | $5.0 | 3i Group; InnovationsKapital; SEB Foretagsinvest; Swedish Industrial Development Fund |
Encelle Inc. Greenville, NC Implantable medical devices | 5/30/01 | 4 | $3.0 | Child Health Investment; Cordova Ventures; Intersouth Partners; Eno River Capital; Hibernia Capital Partners |
Xtime San Mateo, CA Automation services for businesses | 5/30/01 | 2 | $2.6 | Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Fenwick & West; Innovacom; Rosewood Capital; Venrock Associates |
Spotwave Wireless Ottawa, Canada Voice and wireless data services | 5/30/01 | 1 | $1.9 | Primaxis Technology Ventures |
Metastorm Inc. Severna Park, MD E-business infrastructure components | 5/29/01 | 3 | $20.0 | 3i Group; Ironside Ventures; UBS Capital |
Surebridge Inc. Lexington, MA Application services for managed businesses | 5/29/01 | 2 | $15.0 | Axxon Capital; Compaq Computer; Spectrum Equity; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Providence Equity Partners |
CPlane Inc. Los Altos, CA Multiple communications services | 5/29/01 | 5 | $3.0 | Sun Microsystems Inc. |
vSimplify Stamford, CT Intranet-based benefits | 5/29/01 | 2 | $2.8 | Connecticut Innovations; Priveq Partners |
RealTime Media Inc. Wynnewood, PA Direct marketing solutions | 5/29/01 | 2 | $2.2 | NewSpring Ventures |
Neurotech SA Evry, UK Gene therapy | 5/28/01 | 3 | $30.1 | 3i Group; ABN-AMRO; CDC Innovation Partners; Apax Partners & Cie; Atlas Venture |
Esterel Technologies SA Guyancourt, France Software for verification of embedded systems | 5/28/01 | 1 | $10.6 | ACE Management; CDC Innovation Partners; Galileo Partners; Intel |
Actimize HaAyin, Israel Business intelligent software | 5/28/01 | 1 | $4.0 | Carmel Ventures |
Hanbit Sematech Bucheon, Korea Semiconductor equipment | 5/28/01 | 1 | $3.8 | Korea Technology Investment; Serome Ventures |
Barcelona Design Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Online service for analog circuit design | 5/25/01 | 5 | $10.1 | Crosslink Capital; Sequoia Capital |
MEMSIC Inc. Andover, MA Micromachined integrated circuits | 5/25/01 | 3 | $8.2 | Celtic House International; InveStar Capital; Ironside Ventures; Still River Fund |
InfoTalk Corp. Ltd. Kowloon, Hong Kong Speech and language products | 5/24/01 | 2 | $12.0 | Accenture Technology Ventures; HSBC Private Equity; Walden International Investment Group; imGO |
Point Therapeutics Inc. Boston, MA Synthetic pharmaceuticals | 5/24/01 | 5 | $5.4 | Kaufmann Fund |
NetByTel Boca Raton, FL Voice commerce applications | 5/23/01 | 3 | $18.1 | Accenture Technology Ventures; Noro-Moseley Partners; Lazard Technology Partners |
Atreus Systems Corp. Santa Clara, CA ISP delivery solutions | 5/23/01 | 2 | $17.0 | Blueprint Ventures; SOFTBANK Venture Capital; Skypoint Capital Corp. |
BUYandHOLD Securities Corp. New York, NY Investing information Web site | 5/23/01 | 4 | $10.0 | APV Technology Partners; Dominion Ventures Inc.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Thomas H. Lee Putnam |
Open Solutions Inc. Glastonbury, CT Client-server based application software | 5/23/01 | 12 | $8.8 | Axiom Venture Partners; Connecticut Innovations Inc.; Crystal Internet Venture Fund; Menlo Ventures |
promoOrder Austin, TX E-commerce software for promotions | 5/23/01 | 2 | $6.0 | Polaris Venture Partners |
Be Here Corp. Cupertino, CA Panoramic still-image camera lens systems | 5/23/01 | 4 | $5.0 | Eastman Kodak Co.; Enterprise Partners; Intel Corp.; Royal Philips Electronics; Snider Capital |
ScholarOne Charlottesville, VA Web-based content management | 5/23/01 | 1 | $3.7 | Philadelphia Ventures; Village Ventures |
Bridium Norcross, GA Marketing claims software | 5/23/01 | 2 | $3.5 | CyberStarts |
Compoze Software Inc. Conshohocken, PA Server-side enterprise software | 5/23/01 | 1 | $1.2 | bHive; SeaCap Ventures; Robin Hood Ventures |
Celetron Inc. Simi Valley, CA Electronic and optical manufacturing | 5/22/01 | 1 | $48.0 | Alta Partners; Baring Private Equity Partners; Golden Gate Capital; New Enterprise Associates |
NetContinuum Inc. Santa Clara, CA Internet data center infrastructure | 5/22/01 | 2 | $26.0 | Adams Street Partners; Menlo Ventures; NIF Ventures USA Inc; Siemens Venture Capital |
Mifund.com Inc. San Francisco, CA B-to-b e-commerce financial services | 5/22/01 | 4 | $21.0 | AXA Investment Managers; Walden International; Crystal Internet Venture Fund; Partech International |
Guardent Inc. Waltham, MA Security and privacy programs | 5/22/01 | 2 | $20.0 | Charles River Ventures; Citigroup Inc.; Mercury Interactive; New Enterprise Associates; Sequoia Capital |
NuVasive San Diego, CA Spinal surgery technique | 5/22/01 | 7 | $26.3 | A.M. Pappas & Associates; Domain Associates; Sofinnova; Enterprise Partners; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Skire Inc. Menlo Park, CA B-to-b e-commerce solutions | 5/22/01 | 2 | $17.0 | Acacia Venture Partners; Asset Management Co.; Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; Walden International |
Cambridge Broadband Ltd. Cambridge, UK Technology for broadband wireless networks | 5/22/01 | 2 | $15.0 | Amadeus Capital Partners; Techno Venture Management; Gilde Investment Management; Pino Venture Partners |
Antrim Design Systems Inc. Scotts Valley, CA Electronic data automation software | 5/22/01 | 4 | $11.0 | Brentwood Venture Capital; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Intel Corp.; Mitsubishi Corp.; Matsushita Electric Corp. |
Danger Palo Alto, CA Wireless online digital hardware and software | 5/22/01 | 1 | $11.0 | SOFTBANK Venture Capital |
Inventel Systemes Paris, France Bluetooth and DECT technologies | 5/22/01 | 1 | $5.3 | Banexi Ventures Partners; Innovacom |
Zinio Systems Inc. San Francisco, CA Content delivery systems | 5/22/01 | 1 | $5.0 | New Enterprise Associates; Odyssey Capital Group |
Bijitec Pte Ltd. Singapore Mobile application software | 5/22/01 | 1 | $1.1 | inCube |
ViAir Inc. Seattle, WA Wireless Internet technologies and services | 5/21/01 | 2 | $15.0 | 3i Group; Barksdale Group; Mercury Interactive; Spectrum Equity Investors |