Aureon Laboratories
New York
www.aureon.com
Amount/Round: $7M/NA
Investors: Atlas Venture, New Leaf Venture Partners and Pfizer Inc.
Details: Develops analytics technology focused on predictive cancer treatment options. The funding is the first call down of an $18M funding round, according to a regulatory filing. The company previously raised about $62M in funding.
Nodality Inc.
South San Francisco
www.nodalityinc.com
Amount/Round: $15.5M/NA
Investors: Pfizer Ventures (co-led), Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (co-led), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maverick Capital and TPG Biotech Partners.
Details: Provides single cell proteomics research. The company has now raised $20M in total funding.
OriGene Technologies Inc.
Rockville, Md.
www.origene.com
Amount/Round: $16M/B
Investors: IDG-Accel, SBI & TH Venture Capital Enterprise, Zero2IPO, Morningside Venture Investments and President International Development Corp.
Details: Provides genome-related biotech services. The company also has operations in China.
CLEANTECH
Calera Corp.
Los Gatos, Calif.
www.calera.com
Amount/Round: $15M/NA
Investors: Peabody Energy.
Details: Develops technology that can convert carbon dioxide into green building materials. Investor Peabody Energy is a large private sector coal company. Calera previously raised VC funding from Khosla Ventures.
Solar Junction Corp.
San Jose, Calif.
www.sj-solar.com
Amount/Round: $13.3M/C
Investors: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, New Enterprise Associates and Advanced Technology Ventures.
Details: Develops triple junction solar cells for the concentrated solar market. The company raised about $12M in 2008 from DFJ and ATV.
SpectraWatt Inc.
Hillsboro, Ore.
www.spectrawatt.com
Amount/Round: $41.4M/debt
Investors: Cogentrix Energy (subsidiary of Goldman Sachs), Intel Capital and PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund.
Details: Develops advanced solar cell technologies. The company was formed in 2008 as an independent spinout from Intel Corp. and received an initial $50M in funding commitments.
UpWind Solutions Inc.
Medford, Ore.
www.upwindsolutions.com
Amount/Round: $28.8M/B
Investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (led) and MissionPoint Capital Partners.
Details: Provides wind asset management services. The company previously raised about $10M in funding from MissionPoint since 2007.
CONSUMER INTERNET
Avvo Inc.
Seattle
www.avvo.com
Amount/Round: $10M/C
Investors: DAG Ventures (led), Benchmark Capital and Ignition Partners.
Details: Provides legal information for consumers online. The company previously raised $12.5M in funding from Benchmark and Ignition.
Babyage Inc.
Hanover Township, Pa.
www.babyage.com
Amount/Round: $15M/recap
Investors: Alumni Capital Network (led) and Brook Venture Partners.
Details: Operates as an online retailer of baby and children’s products. The company previously raised $3.5M from Brook Venture Partners in 2007.
Chomp
San Francisco
www.chomp.com
Amount/Round: $2M/NA
Investors: Bluerun Ventures and individual investors Ron Conway, Brian Pokorny and David Lee.
Details: Provides iPhone app reviews and recommendations.
Jibe Inc.
New York
www.jibe.com
Amount/Round: $875K/seed
Investors: Polaris Venture Partners and individual investors Jason Calacanis, Ken Lerer, Ben Lerer, Josh Kushner and Jared Kushner.
Details: Develops an online career search incorporating social networking, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to show job seekers who they know at companies posting job openings. The website has not yet launched.
KidZui
San Diego
www.kidzui.com
Amount/Round: $4M/NA
Investors: Mission Ventures (led), First Round Capital, Emergence Capital Partners and Maveron LLC.
Details: Develops a filtered Web browser for children and operates a kid-friendly website with age-appropriate content. The company previously raised about $8M, according to Thomson Reuters.
Second Porch
Portland, Ore.
www.secondporch.com
Amount/Round: $1M/A
Investors: Oregon Angel Fund.
Details: Provides vacation home management services with social networks.
ECOMMERCE
Plastic Jungle
Mountain View, Calif.
www.plasticjungle.com
Amount/Round: $7.4M/B
Investors: Redpoint Ventures (led), Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Bay Partners.
Details: Operates an online gift card marketplace. The company previously raised $4.8M in funding. Allen Beasley, partner of Redpoint, has joined the board.
Transactis
Charlotte, N.C.
www.transactis.com
Amount/Round: $2.5M/NA
Investors: Metamorphic Ventures.
Details: Develops secure electronic billing solutions. The
based provider of electronic bill presentation and payment solutions.
INTERNET
Smartling
New York
www.smartling.com
Amount/Round: $4M/A
Investors: Venrock (led), First Round Capital, U.S. Venture Partners and individual investors.
Details: Provides real-time language translation services of online sites.
LIGHTING
TerraLUX Inc.
Boulder, Colo.
www.terraluxcorp.com
Amount/Round: $5.6M/A
Investors: Emerald Technology Ventures (led) and Access Venture Partners.
Details: Develops LED solid-state lighting products.
MEDIA
Ankeena Networks Inc.
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.ankeena.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: NA
Details: Develops new media technology to distribute and store online video. The company has now raised $16M in total funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund and Trinity Ventures.
Panvidea Inc.
New York
www.panvidea.com
Amount/Round: $2M/A
Investors: DFJ Gotham Ventures (led), Contour Venture Partners, eValue, NYCSeed and Wider Wake Network.
Details: Provides on-demand video preparation and distribution solutions for media companies. The company previously raised $1M in seed funding from Greycroft Partners.
NETWORKING
Nistica Inc.
Bridgewater, N.J.
www.nistica.com
Amount/Round: $6.5M/C
Investors: Battelle Ventures (led), Novitas Capital, Technology Venture Partners, Fujikura and NTT Electronics Corp.
Details: Makes optical modules for the delivery of high-bandwidth applications. The company previously raised about $17M in funding since 2005.
PEG Bandwidth
Dallas
www.pegbandwidth.com
Amount/Round: $15M/NA
Investors: Associated Partners.
Details: Develops customized, fiber-based backhaul networks.
SECURITY
Avaak
San Diego
www.avaak.com
Amount/Round: $10M/B
Investors: Qualcomm (led), Trinity Ventures, InterWest Partners and Leapfrog Ventures
Details: Develops low-power wireless video networking technology for a range of applications, including security. The company previously raised $7M in funding.
SEMICONDUCTORS
Voltaix
Branchburg, N.J.
www.voltaix.com
Amount/Round: $10M/NA
Investors: MissionPoint Capital Partners.
Details: Makes chemicals, such as silicon, germanium and boron chemistry, for the solar cell and semiconductor industries. The company previously raised $12.5M from Intel Corp.
SOFTWARE
Abiquo
Redwood City, Calif.
www.abiquo.com
Amount/Round: $5M/NA
Investors: Nauta Capital, Caja Navarra, Kreos Capital and grants and soft loans from The State of Catalonia and the federal government.
Details: Develops open-source cloud-computing platform. The company previously was operating in semi-stealth mode from its founding location in Barcelona, Spain, before relocating to Silicon Valley.
Evident Software
Newark, N.J.
www.evidentsoftware.com
Amount/Round: $NA/B
Investors: Next Stage Capital and Emerald Stage Capital.
Details: Develops usage-based billing for enterprise and Internet customers. The company, f.k.a. Apogee Networks Inc., has now raised about $65M in total funding since 1998.
Lingotek Inc.
Salt Lake City
www.lingotek.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: In-Q-Tel.
Details: Develops collaborative translation technology. The strategic deal also includes an agreement in which In-Q-Tel will license additional enterprise versions of Lingotek’s Web-based product. The company had previously raised at least $5M from In-Q-Tel, Canopy Ventures, Flywheel Ventures and individual investors.
STORAGE
EvoStor Inc.
Campbell, Calif.
www.evostor.com
Amount/Round: $3M/B
Investors: Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Starfish Technology Fund and Southern Cross Group.
Details: Develops storage software services. The company previously raised $5M in funding.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Aerohive Networks Inc.
Santa Clara, Calif.
www.aerohive.com
Amount/Round: $23.5M/C
Investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northern Light Venture Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Details: Develops mission-critical networks optimized for voice over wireless LAN applications. The company previously raised $24M in funding, including a $4M round of funding in 2006 from Lightspeed and Northern Light.
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