Aileron Therapeutics
Cambridge, Mass.
www.aileronrx.com
Amount/Round: $10M/C
Investors: Apple Tree Partners, Novartis Venture.
Details: Develops cell-permeable peptide technology to help treat cancer.
Anaphore Inc.
San Diego
www.anaphoreinc.com
Amount/Round: $8M/NA
Investors: 5AM Ventures, Versant Ventures.
Details: Develops protein therapeutics. The company was formed recently via the acquisition of Danish biotech company Borean Pharma ApS.
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.
New York
www.stemline.com
Amount/Round: $12.5M/A
Investors: Pequot Capital Management.
Details: Develops oncology compounds directed to cancer stem cell targets.
CLEANTECH
Evolutionary Genomics
Louisville, Colo.
www.evolgen.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: Altira Group.
Details: Develops new strains of biofuel feedstocks. Peter Edwards, partner at Altira, has joined the board.
6N Silicon Inc.
Mississauga, Ontario
www.6nsilicon.com
Amount/Round: $20M/B
Investors: Good Energies (led), Ventures West Management, Yaletown Venture Partners.
Details: Develops a manufacturing process to improve low-grade silicon for use in solar photovoltaics.
COMMUNICATIONS
Redfern Integrated Optics Inc.
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.rio-inc.com
Amount/Round: $7.5M/NA
Investors: Southern Cross Venture Partners, Tallwood Venture Capital, Jolimont Capital.
Details: Makes optical transmitters for the fiber optic sensing and communication markets. The company previously raised about $32M.
CONSUMER INTERNET
BuddyTV Corp.
Seattle
www.buddytv.com
Amount/Round: $6M/B
Investors: Madrona Venture Group.
Details: Operates a social network for television fans.
OLX Inc.
Sands Point Larchmont, N.Y.
www.olx.com
Amount/Round: $13.5M/B
Investors: General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund, DN Capital.
Details: Operates an on-line classified and auction service focused on markets outside the United States. The company previously raised $9M in a Series A round in September from undisclosed investors.
Uber Inc.
Beverly Hills, Calif.
www.uber.com
Amount/Round: $5.5M/B
Investors: Universal Music Group, Sterling Stamos Co-Investors Fund.
Details: Operates a social networking startup. The company was co-founded by former Friendster CEO and NBC executive Scott Sassa. The funding is the first call down of a $7.6M Series B round, according to a regulatory filing.
ECOMMERCE
FrontStream Payments Inc.
Brentwood, Tenn.
www.frontstreampayments.com
Amount/Round: $16M/A
Investors: SSM Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners, Wakefield Group, Southpoint Capital and company management.
Details: Provides payment processing services.
ENERGY
Hyperion Power Generation Inc.
Santa Fe, N.M.
www.hyperionpowergeneration.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: Altira Group.
Details: Manufactures nuclear hydride reactors.
GPS
Dash Navigation Inc.
Mountain View, Calif.
www.dash.net
Amount/Round: $30M/C
Investors: Crescendo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Skymoon Ventures, ZenShin Capital Partners.
Details: Provides Internet-connected GPS devices for automobiles. The funding is the first call down of a $35M Series C round, according to a regulatory filing. The company has now raised more than $70M since 2005.
Rosum Corp.
Mountain View, Calif.
www.rosum.com
Amount/Round: $15M/B
Investors: TruePosition Inc. (subsidiary of Liberty Media), Charles River Ventures, Allegis Capital, Steamboat Ventures, KTB Ventures.
Details: Develops mobile positioning technology using broadcast television signals. The company has now raised more than $34M since 2003.
INTERNET
CoreXchange
Dallas
www.corexchange.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: Red Barn Investments.
Details: Provides Internet bandwidth solutions and network infrastructure availability services. The company also secured a credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank.
Cuill
Menlo Park, Calif.
www.cuill.com
Amount/Round: $25M/B
Investors: Madrone Capital Partners.
Details: Develops search technology. The company previously raised an $8M Series A round from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners.
StarCite Inc.
Philadelphia
www.starcite.com
Amount/Round: $15M/NA
Investors: Internet Capital Group, TPG Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners.
Details: Provides Internet solutions for meeting planning and events management. The company had previously raised about $36M.
LIGHTING
QD Vision Inc.
Watertown, Mass.
www.qdvision.com
Amount/Round: $9M/C
Investors: Highland Capital Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, In-Q-Tel, OSI Ventures.
Details: Operates as a nanotech product company focused on the display and lighting markets. The funding is the first call down of a $16M round.
MARKETING
iBloks
San Francisco
www.ibloks.com
Amount/Round: $2M/C
Investors: Maveron.
Details: Develops technology that allows users to create customized online ads. The company, launched in August 2005, previously raised $3.5M in funding.
Visible World Corp.
New York
www.visibleworld.com
Amount/Round: $25M/C
Investors: Adams Street Partners, AllianceBernstein, Comcast Interactive Capital, Dawntreader Ventures, Grey Ventures, Leucadia National, Marketing Services Risk Surety, Time Warner and Viacom
Details: Provides customized television advertising. The company has now raised $61M since 2000.
MED TECH
NeoTract Inc.
Mountain View, Calif.
URL NA
Amount/Round: $7.4M/A
Investors: New Enterprise Associates.
Details: Medical device company focused on urological and gynecological disorders. The company previously raised about $14M.
Pathway Medical Technologies Inc.
Kirkland, Wash.
www.pathwaymedical.com
Amount/Round: $25M/C
Investors: HLM Venture Partners, Latterell Venture Partners, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Forbion Capital Partners, Giza Venture Capital.
Details: Develops medical devices intended for the treatment of arterial disease. The company has raised more than $80M since 1999.
SOFTWARE
Agentek
Alpharetta, Ga.
www.agentek.com
Amount/Round: $8M/NA
Investors: Edison Venture Fund.
Details: Develops mobile field force software solutions. This is the first institutional round of funding for the company, which was founded in 1995.
Central Desktop
Pasadena, Calif.
www.centraldesktop.com
Amount/Round: $7M/A
Investors: OpenView Venture Partners.
Details: Develops business collaboration software platforms. The funding is the first institutional round for the company, which was founded in 2005.
Gridstone Research
San Mateo, Calif.
www.gridstoneresearch.com
Amount/Round: $10M/B
Investors: Helion Venture Partners (led), Charles River Ventures, Maverick Capital.
Details: Develops analytics software for investment managers.
SignalDemand
San Francisco
www.signaldemand.com
Amount/Round: $20M/D
Investors: InterWest Partners (led), Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Catamount Ventures.
Details: Develops on-demand price and margin optimization software. The company has now raised about $41M since late 2004. Bruce Cleveland, a partner at InterWest Partners, has joined the board.
SpringCM
San Mateo, Calif.
www.springcm.com
Amount/Round: $10M/B
Investors: North Bridge Venture Partners (led), Foundation Capital.
Details: Develops on-demand document management and workflow solutions. The company also secured a $4M credit facility from Comerica Bank. The company raised an $8M Series A round in 2006 that was led by Foundation Capital. Jeffrey Beir, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, has joined the board.
WaveMaker Software
San Francisco
www.wavemaker.com.
Amount/Round: $4.5M/NA
Investors: Hummer Winblad Technology Partners, Worldview Technology Partners, Sippl Investments.
Details: Develops open-source visual tools for Web development. Roger Sippl, founder of Informix, has joined the board. The company, f.k.a. ActivGrid, has now raised about $17M since 2004.
STORAGE
Link A Media Devices Corp.
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.link-a-media.com
Amount/Round: $22M/B
Investors: AIG SunAmerica Ventures (led), KeyNote Ventures, NEC Electronics, Micron Technology, Seagate Technology.
Details: Provides data recovery and transport technologies for storage devices.
Nirvanix
San Diego
www.nirvanix.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: European Founders Fund.
Details: Provides storage for media files, such as consumer video, audio, photographs and documents. The company previously raised about $29M from Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Windward Ventures and Mission Ventures.
ONStor Inc.
Campbell, Calif.
www.onstor.com
Amount/Round: $15M/F
Investors: Foundation Capital, Velocity Interactive Group, Mayfield, Worldview Technology Partners.
Details: Develops storage networking technology. The funding is the first call down of a $25M Series F round, according to a regulatory filing. The company has now raised about $140M since 2001.
Storwize
San Jose, Calif.
www.storewiz.com
Amount/Round: $19M/C
Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital.
Details: Provides online data compression solutions that add storage space on network storage environments.
VIDEO
Qik
San Mateo, Calif.
www.qik.com
Amount/Round: $3M/B
Investors: Individual investors Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Arjun Gupta (Telesoft Partners) and George Garrick (Jingle Networks).
Details: Provides video broadcasting services for mobile devices.
RGB Networks
Sunnyvale, Calif.
www.rgbnetworks.com
Amount/Round: $20M/D
Investors: Institutional Venture Partners (led), Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Focus Ventures.
Details: Provides video processing and delivery technology. The funding was at a PMV of $200M. The company previously raised more than $32M, including a $20M Series C round in June 2006 at a PMV of $110M.
UStream.TV
Los Altos, Calif.
www.ustream.tv
Amount/Round: $11.1M/A
Investors: DCM (led), Band of Angels.
Details: Provides an interactive video broadcast platform. The company raised $300K in seed funding last year from Labrador Ventures.
VOIP
Jaxtr Inc.
Palo Alto, Calif.
www.jaxtr.com
Amount/Round: $6.4M/B
Investors: Lehman Brothers Venture Partners.
Details: Provides free VoIP services for users on social networks. The company had previously raised $10M in two funding rounds from August Capital, Draper Richards, Mayfield Fund, The Founders Fund and individual investors Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman.
Move Networks Inc.
American Fork, Utah
www.movenetworks.com
Amount/Round: $46M/C
Investors: Benchmark Capital (led), Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Media, Televisa, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures.
Details: Provides video-over-IP solutions.
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