Recently Announced Venture Capital Deals
| Issuer | Category | Round # | Amount (M) | Lead Investors |
| Questra Corp. Redwood City, Calif. Provides enterprise software and services. Has raised $37M since 2000, including a $19M infusion in late 2002, at a PMV of about $30M. | C | $4.0 | Menlo Ventures, Trident Capital, undisclosed venture investor. | |
| Acologix Inc. Emeryville, Calif. | Biotech | B | $40.0 | Nomura Securities Co. (led), Nomura Research and Advisory Co., Softbank Investment Co., SMBC Capital Co., Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., JAIC America, AquaRIMCO. |
| Capnia Inc. Los Gatos, Calif. Develops therapeutic products based on a medical gas delivery platform. Has previously raised just under $5M. | Biotech | B | $12.0 | Teknoinvest (led), BioAsia, Asset Management, Novel Bioventures. |
| Genetics Squared LLC Ann Arbor, Mich. Biotech company. | Biotech | A | $1.0 | CrystalPoint Partners, unnamed private investor. |
| Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cambridge, Mass.- Researches protein networks and the interactions that mediate cellular pathways | Biotech | C | $28.0 | Sorenson Development Inc. (led), Unilever Technology Ventures , GTC Biotherapeutics, Wharton Biotechnology Partners, MS Seed Capital. |
| Microbia Inc. Cambridge, Mass. Drug developer focuses on gastrointestinal disorders. Company has raised $105M since its inception in 1998. | Biotech | D | $40.0 | Paperboy Ventures (led), Invus, Bio*One Capital, Singapore Economic Development Board, Alton Ltd., Linkagene. |
| Aegis Semiconductor Inc. Woburn, Mass. Develops embedded components for monitoring optical networks. The company has raised $27M since its 2000 inception, including a $16M infusion in 2001 from Alta Partners and Ironside Ventures, among others. | Chips | C | $10.0 | St. Paul Venture Capital, Alta Partners, YankeeTek Ventures, Technology Venture Partners, Stata Venture Partners, Megunticook Management. |
| Stretch Inc. Mountain View, Calif. Develops next generation technology to simplify semiconductor design. Deal was unannounced. | Chips | B | $36.0 | Menlo Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, Oak Investments. |
| InnoDesk Inc. Beachwood, Ohio Makes products for the office and home, such as highlighters and a recently released handheld battery operated stapler. | Consumer | B | $2.0 | GMG Capital Partners. |
| Microsulis Corp. Waltham, Mass. Provides medical research. No investor details on the private equity funding were disclosed, except that the first $25M came from a pair of VC firms. | Health Care | A | $45.0 | NA |
| Point of CareWare Kirkland, Wash. Develops monitoring software for post acute care and long-term communities. Has raised $8.3M since 1998, including a $4M infusion in 2001, at a PMV of $11M. | Health Care | D | $1.5 | Encompass Ventures Management Co., Kirlan Venture Capital. |
| Trilogy Health Services LLC Louisville, Ky. Operates senior health care centers in the Midwest. The company was founded in 1997. | Health Care | A | $26.0 | Frontenac Co. (led), Blue Chip Venture Co., Salix Ventures, company management. |
| Broadbus Technologies Inc. Boxborough, Mass. Provides video-on-demand server systems. Company previously announced a $25M first close on the deal, from investors Star Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Infineon Ventures and Wolf Ventures. Company has raised more than $35M since 2002. | Internet | B | $1.0 | Comcast Interactive Corp. |
| Lockdown Networks Seattle Develops security management applications for wireless networks. | Security | A | $4.0 | Ignition Partners. |
| DivX Networks Inc. San Diego Provides video compression technology. Company has raised more than $28M since 2000, including an early-stage infusion of $5.6M in late 2000, at a PMV of $25. The latest infision comes with a pre-money valuation of $100M. | Software | C | $7.0 | Zone Ventures (led), WI Harper Group, Draper Atlantic, Wasatch Venture Fund, Springboard-Harper, Tim Draper, Cardinal Venture Capital, Ali Corp., Cyberlink International Technology Corp. |
| iTRACS Corp. Chicago Provides IT infrastructure management software and hardware. Company has raised $35.5M in VC funding since its 1995 inception. | Software | B | $16.0 | Mercantile Capital Group (led), Paragon Ranch, Empire Capital, JI Ventures, Kenilworth Asset Management. |
| Pure Networks Seattle Provides home networking software and services. Deal was expected to be announced Monday. | Software | A | $7.0 | Mayfield, Ignition Partners, individual investors. |
| Webify Solutions Inc. Austin, Texas Develops enterprise software. | Software | B | $7.0 | Viventures (co-led), Dali Hook Partners (co-led), Eyes of Texas Partners, The Entrepreneur’s Fund. |
| Artificial Muscle Inc. Menlo Park, Calif. Develops a family of new actuators, motors, sensors, pumps, and generators for use in a variety of industrial, medical and consumer applications. An additional $5M in funding will follow later this year, assuming that the company meets certain milestones. | Tech | A | $2.5 | Vanguard Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, NGEN Partners. |
| INVIDI Technologies Edmonton, Canada Develops technologies that can target delivery of TV content and ads. | Tech | A | $12.0 | Menlo Ventures (led), EnerTech Capital, Development Bank of Canada. |
| WideRay Corp. San Francisco, CA Provides targeted, on-demand, on-location Goguen joins the board. | Wireless | B | $4.0 | Sequoia Capital. |
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