ProThera Biologics Inc.
East Providence, R.I.
www.protherabiologics.com
Amount/Round: $500K/seed
Investors: The Slater Technology Fund.
Details: Develops inter-alpha inhibitor proteins to treat inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis, cancer and anthrax intoxication.
Tolera Therapeutics Inc.
Cleveland
www.tolera.com
Amount/Round: $8M/A
Investors: Triathlon Medical Ventures (led), Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund, Hopen Therapeutics Inc.
Details: Develops immunotherapeutics for the transplantation, oncology and autoimmune disease markets. The company was spun out of The Cleveland Clinic in January 2007. Suzette Dutch of Triathlon Medical Ventures has joined the board.
Vaccsys Inc.
Seattle
www.vaccsys.com
Amount/Round: $9M/A
Investors: Alta Partners, The Column Group, Versant Ventures.
Details: Develops vaccines. The funding is the first call down of an $18M Series A round, according to a regulatory filing.
CHIPS
Wi-Chi Inc.
Tualatin, Ore.
www.wi-chi.com
Amount/Round: $7M/A
Investors: New Enterprise Associates.
Details: Develops mixed-signal fabless semiconductors. Forest Baskett and Rohini Chakravarthy of NEA have joined the board.
CLEANTECH
Lehigh Technologies Inc.
Naples, Fla.
www.lehightechnologies.com
Amount/Round: $34M/B
Investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Florida Gulfshore Capital.
Details: Provides rubber recycling services to manufacture such products as tires, automotive parts and other consumer goods. The company raised an $18M round led by Natural Gas Partners early last year. PE Week had previously reported the funding, but without a dollar amount and the full investor information.
SunRun
San Francisco
www.sunrunhome.com
Amount/Round: $12M/A
Investors: Foundation Capital (led) and individual investors Parker Weil (from Merrill Lynch) and Greg Avis (from Summit Partners).
Details: Provides residential solar electricity.
CONSUMER INTERNET
BlogTalkRadio
New York
www.blogtalkradio.com
Amount/Round: $4.6M/A
Investors: The Kraft Group (led) and individual investors, including former hedge fund manager Scott Sipprelle.
Details: Operates an online talk radio broadcasting network. The Kraft Group is headed by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft,
Chegg.com
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.chegg.com
Amount/Round: $5M/B
Investors: Gabriel Venture Partners and individual investor Mike Maples.
Details: Provides an online marketplace for college students to rent textbooks. The company has raised more than $8M in funding since January 2007.
Moxsie Inc.
Palo Alto, Calif.
www.moxsie.com
Amount/Round: $1M/A
Investors: Alloy Ventures.
Details: Operates a social network focused on fashion. The company is run by Hrishi Kamat, a former executive with Kanisa and Netscape/AOL.
OwnerIQ
Boston
www.owneriq.net
Amount/Round: $6M/B
Investors: Egan-Managed Capital (led), Atlas Venture, CommonAngels, Massachusetts Technology Development Corp.
Details: Operates a network of consumer self-support websites for common household product categories.
SodaHead Inc.
Los Angeles
www.sodahead.com
Amount/Round: $8.4M/B
Investors: Mission Ventures (led), Mohr Davidow Ventures
Details: Operates an online opinion community website. The company previously raised $4.3M from Mohr Davidow Ventures, Tech Coast Angels and angel investor Ron Conway in late 2006. The startup was co-founded by former MySpace executives Jason Feffer and Michael Glazer.
ECOMMERCE
TxVia Inc.
New York
www.txvia.com
Amount/Round: $8.5M/B
Investors: Espírito Santo Ventures (led), Village Ventures, High Peaks Venture Partners.
Details: Provides prepaid card processing technology and services. The company also formally changed its name from TxCore.
ENERGY
DynaPump Inc.
Northridge, Calif.
www.dynapumpinc.com
Amount/Round: $6M/C
Investors: Element Partners, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures.
Details: Makes surface mounted artificial lift systems for the oil and gas industry. The funding is the first close of an $8M Series C extension, according to a regulatory filing. The company raised $12M from investors in June 2007.
HEALTH CARE
Advanced ICU Care
St. Louis
www.icumedicine.com
Amount/Round: $5M/B
Investors: Versant Ventures.
Details: Provides remote ICU services to community hospitals. Versant Managing Director Barbara Lubash has joined the board.
MARKETING
AdMeld Inc.
New York
www.admeld.com
Amount/Round: $5M/A
Investors: Foundry Group, Spark Capital.
Details: Provides advertising solutions for online publishers. The company’s founding team was previously with JumpTV. The company raised $500K from Spark Capital in November 2007.
United Sample
Encino, Calif.
www.UnitedSample.com
Amount/Round: $1.3M/A
Investors: DFJ Frontier, Webtigo.
Details: Provides market research services. The company was co-founded by Matthew Dusig and Gregg Lavin, the co-founders of goZing.com, which offered similar marketing services.
NANOTECH
Aspen Aerogels
Northborough, Mass.
www.aerogel.com
Amount/Round: $37M/D
Investors: Arcapita Ventures (led), Lehman Brothers Venture Partners Reservoir Capital Group, RockPort Capital Partners.
Details: Develops products based on aerogel nanotechnologies that have applications in the commercial and military sectors. The company had previously raised more than $61M.
SECURITY
Security Innovation
Wilmington, Mass.
www.securityinnovation.com
Amount/Round: $7.1M/A
Investors: Brook Venture Partners.
Details: Develops IT risk management services.
WhiteHat Security
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.whitehatsec.com
Amount/Round: $7M/D
Investors: Horizon Ventures (led), Altos Ventures, Garage Technology Ventures, Startup Capital Ventures.
Details: Provides website security services. The company has raised nearly $12M in funding since 2002. Board members include Bill Reichert, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures.
SOFTWARE
Firm58
Chicago
www.firm58.com
Amount/Round: $8.5M/B
Investors: North Bridge Venture Partners, New World Ventures.
Details: Develops post-trade management software for the financial services sector. The company had previously raised a $3.7M Series A round.
Optaros Inc.
Boston
www.optaros.com
Amount/Round: $12M/C
Investors: .406 Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, Charles River Ventures, General Catalyst Partners.
Details: Provides enterprise software systems integration services. The company has raised about $32M in funding since 2005.
rPath
Raleigh, N.C.
www.rpath.com
Amount/Round: $10M/C
Investors: General Catalyst, North Bridge Venture Partners, Wakefield Group.
Details: Provides a platform for creating and maintaining software applications. The company has now raised more than $25M in venture funding since 2005.
Simparel
New York
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Amount/Round: $4M/A
Investors: L Capital Partners.
Details: Develops software as a service for the fashion industry.
SpringSource
San Mateo, Calif.
www.springsource.com
Amount/Round: $15M/B
Investors: Accel Partners (led), Benchmark Capital.
Details: Develops open source enterprise software. The company raised nearly $10M in June 2007.
TELECOM
GreatCall Inc.
Del Mar, Calif.
www.jitterbug.com
Amount/Round: $38M/C
Investors: Court Square Ventures (led), Nauta Capital, Charles River Ventures, Steelpoint Capital Partners, Sumitomo Corp.
Details: Develops the Jitterbug mobile phones for baby boomers and seniors. The company previously raised more than $40M. Jim Murray, a general partner at Court Square Ventures, has joined the board.
VIDEO
Seesmic Inc.
San Francisco
www.seesmic.com
Amount/Round: $6M/B
Investors: Omidyar Network (co-led),Wellington Partners (co-led ), Atomico and individual investors Mike Arrington, Dave Winer, Martin Varsavsky, Ron Conway, Steve Garfield, Mark Pincus, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Pulver and Steve Case.
Details: Provides online video chat solutions. The company previously raised a $6M Series A round.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
BridgeWave Communications Inc.
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.bridgewave.com
Amount/Round: $10M/NA
Investors: Core Capital Partners (co-led), Intel Capital (co-led).
Details: Develops wireless access technologies for broadband networks. The company has now raised more than $70M since 1999.
SeeSaw Networks Inc.
San Francisco
www.seesawnetworks.com
Amount/Round: $3.3M/B
Investors: Sutter Hill Ventures.
Details: Provides digital media services for mobile phone users to access social networking sites. The company has now raised $13.3M from Sutter Hill Ventures.
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