Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
Issuer | Round Close | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
Ionix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Cambridge, UK Develops analgesic drugs | 7/25/01 | 1 | $11.4 | Apax Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd. |
NxN Software AG Munich, Germany High-end digital production systems | 7/25/01 | 2 | $7.0 | 3i Group; Target Partners; Techno Nord VCm |
Daksh.com New Delhi, India Web-enabled customer care services | 7/25/01 | 2 | $6.0 | Citigroup Inc. |
N-Gene Research Laboratories New York, NY Biopharmaceuticals | 7/25/01 | 1 | $6.0 | Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund |
Fg microtec GmbH Munich , Germany Mobile applications for telecom networks | 7/25/01 | 1 | $2.9 | EquiNet Venture Partners AG; Qventures AG; Triangle Venture Capital Group |
MediaMine Hasselt, Belgium Online press publishing services | 7/25/01 | 1 | $2.2 | NIB Capital Private Equity; P3 Technology Partners |
Metro-Optix Corp. Santa Clara, CA Telecom equipment for optical networks | 7/24/01 | 3 | $50.0 | InterWest Partners; J.P. Morgan Partners; Sevin Rosen Funds; Van Wagoner Capital Management |
CashEdge Milpitas, CA Financial management for consumers | 7/24/01 | 2 | $20.0 | CIBC Capital Partners |
Blue Pumpkin Software Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Workforce management software | 7/24/01 | 6 | $19.2 | Brentwood Venture Capital; CE Unterberg Towbin |
MyFamily.com San Francisco, CA Online community for families | 7/24/01 | 3 | $15.0 | CMGI@Ventures; Wasatch Venture Fund |
Tacit Knowledge Systems Inc. Palo Alto, CA Automated knowledge and exchange systems | 7/24/01 | 2 | $10.0 | Alta Partners; Draper Fisher Jurvetson; RVC Greenhouse Fund |
Sendo, Ltd. Birmingham, UK Mobile phone e-commerce | 7/24/01 | 2 | $10.0 | Microsoft |
Blue Nile Seattle, WA Diamonds and jewelry e-commerce | 7/24/01 | 4 | $7.0 | Bessemer Venture Partners; Integral Capital Partners; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Trinity Ventures |
Hymite ApS Lyngby, Denmark Optical telecommunication components | 7/24/01 | 1 | $5.3 | Dansk Kapitalanlaeg; Olicom AS |
RxCentric Inc. New York, NY Online information and services regarding pharmaceuticals | 7/24/01 | 2 | $5.0 | CHL Medical Partners; Exeter Capital |
Season Ticket Solutions Chicago, Ill. Season ticket management | 7/24/01 | 1 | $5.0 | InvestLinc Financial Services |
ApaTech Ltd London, UK Produces distinctive orthopaedic technologies | 7/24/01 | 1 | $4.3 | 3i Group |
KaVaDo Inc. New York, NY Provides Web-application security products | 7/24/01 | 2 | $3.7 | 3i Group; Neurone Venture Capital |
InvisibleHand Networks Inc. Burlington, MA Allocation of communication bandwidth | 7/24/01 | 2 | $2.5 | Polaris Venture Partners |
PublishersMarket AG Munich, Germany Internet platform for publishing houses | 7/24/01 | 1 | $2.2 | Bertelsmann Capital Ventures; Viscardi Ventures |
MetaTV Sausalito, CA Servers, platforms, and TV portals solutions | 7/24/01 | 3 | $2.0 | Rogers Communications Inc. |
VuePoint Inc. Roslyn Heights, NY Develops e-learning software | 7/24/01 | 2 | $1.0 | Hudson Venture Partners; Wafra Partners; Wheatley Partners |
Velio Communications Milpitas, CA High bandwidth interconnect solutions | 7/23/01 | 3 | $45.0 | Global Catalyst Partners; HarbourVest Partners, LLC. |
Sanctum Inc. Santa Clara, CA eBusiness security software | 7/23/01 | 3 | $30.0 | Dell Ventures; Fidelity Ventures; Gemini Capital Fund Management Ltd |
Egenera Inc. Marlborough, MA Internet infrastructure | 7/23/01 | 2 | $30.0 | Austin Ventures; CSFB Private Equity; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Kodiak Venture Partners |
Ellis Fairbank Holdings Ltd. Leeds, UK Executive recruiting | 7/23/01 | 1 | $27.0 | Lloyds TSB Development Capital |
SmartPipes Redwood City, CA Universal graphic interface system | 7/23/01 | 2 | $20.0 | Anschutz Investment Company; Dell Ventures |
Works Austin, TX Procurement applications for midsize businesses | 7/23/01 | 4 | $15.0 | Adams Capital Management Inc.; Kemper VenturesManagement; Trellis Partners |
Photonic Materials Ltd. Bellshill, UK Crystals for use in communications systems | 7/23/01 | 2 | $11.4 | 3i Group; Intel Corp.; Royal Bank Private Equity; Scottish Equity Partners Limited |
Nanogate GmbH Saarbrucken, Germany Manufactures surface materials | 7/23/01 | 1 | $8.1 | 3i Group; EquiNet Venture Partners |
InfoImage Inc. Phoenix, AZ Custom self-service Web applications | 7/23/01 | 3 | $5.0 | Boston Millennia Partners; Geocapital Partners; Tudor Investment Corporation; meVC.com |
Wireless SpA Rimini, Italy Develops software for travel agencies | 7/23/01 | 2 | $2.6 | Undisclosed Venture Investor |
Itsmobile Dublin, Ireland Ticketing, vending, parking and billing | 7/23/01 | 1 | $2.2 | Commercial Capital |
MetriGenix Gaithersburg, MD Multigene screening technology | 7/20/01 | 1 | $15.0 | Burrill & Company; GE Equity; Infineon Ventures; Oxford Bioscience Partners |
ConnectMed.com Sao Paulo, Brazil Medical and dentistry e-commerce | 7/20/01 | 2 | $12.0 | GP Investimentos; J.P. Morgan Partners |
PlanetOut Partners San Francisco, CA On-line services geared to the gay community | 7/20/01 | 5 | $4.2 | AOL Time Warner Investments; Mayfield Fund |
MorphInk Corp. Santa Clara, CA Animation compression technologies | 7/20/01 | 1 | $3.0 | Euroventures Benelux Team B.V.; Quantum Fund |
LapLink Inc. Bothell, WA Linkware and high-speed file transfer products | 7/20/01 | 6 | $2.0 | Silicon Valley Bank |
ViaWest Internet Services Inc. Denver, CO Web hosting and e-commerce services | 7/20/01 | 2 | $2.0 | Societe Generale |
Aarstiderne Barrit, Denmark Supplies organic foods over the Internet | 7/20/01 | 1 | $2.6 | Triodos International Fund Management BV |
Capella Photonics San Jose, CA Subsystems and components for optical networks | 7/19/01 | 1 | $15.0 | BCE Capital; Bay Partners; Vanguard |
Morphochem AG Munich, Germany Develops compounds for the pharmaceutical industry | 7/19/01 | 3 | $13.1 | Alta Berkeley Venture Partners; Alta Partners; Life Sciences Partners; Merlin Biosciences |
SuNyx Surface Nanotechnologies Cologne, Germany Dirt and water repellant microsurfaces | 7/19/01 | 1 | $8.5 | VENTIZZ Capital Partners AG; Technologie-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH |
MyPrimeTime Inc. San Francisco, CA Portal for baby boomer generation | 7/19/01 | 3 | $3.0 | Blue Chip Venture Company; Hummer Winblad |
Video Domain Holon, Israel Digital video and audio solutions | 7/19/01 | 1 | $3.0 | Shore Capital Group |
Open Business Exchange Ltd London, UK Software to eliminate paper invoices | 7/19/01 | 1 | $3.0 | iGabriel.net |
SenTec AG Therwill, Switzerland Non-invasive medical sensors | 7/19/01 | 1 | $2.3 | Swiss Tech Invest AG |
Palinet SpA Rome, Italy Manufactures telecommunication masts | 7/19/01 | 1 | $2.3 | Pino Venture Partners |
Avian Communications Marlborough, MA IP packet voice and data solutions | 7/18/01 | 2 | $22.0 | Argo Global Capital; Clarity Capital; Nokia Venture Partners; St. Paul Venture Capital |