Intrexon Corp.
Blacksburg, Va.
www.intrexon.com
Amount/Round: $25M/C
Investors: New River Management, NewVa Capital Partners and individual investors.
Details: Develops drugs to treat metastatic cancer, cardiac failure and progressive neural disorders. The company has now raised about $53M in funding since 2004.
Revance Therapeutics Inc.
Mountain View, Calif.
www.revance.com
Amount/Round: $8M/C
Investors: Bio*One Capital.
Details: Develops therapeutic dermatology products. The company held a $43.2M first close on the Series C round in December from Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Essex Woodlands Healthcare Ventures, Vivo Ventures, Technology Partners, Shepherd Ventures and Palo Alto Investors.
CHIPS
Multigig Inc.
Scotts Valley, Calif.
www.multigig.com
Amount/Round: $12.5M/B
Investors: CMEA Ventures (led), Sierra Ventures, Hi-Tech Venture Capital.
Details: Develops semiconductors and semiconductor circuit technology.
WideSail Technologies
Montreal
www.widesail.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: MSBi Valorisation.
Details: Develops semiconductor products and IP for high performance error correction. The company, founded last year, was spun out of technology developed at McGill University.
CLEANTECH
BrightSource Energy Inc.
Oakland
www.brightsourceenergy.com
Amount/Round: $115M/C
Investors: Google.org, BP Alternative Energy, StatoilHydro Venture and Black River. Return backers include VantagePoint Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley, DBL Investors, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Chevron Technology Ventures.
Details: Develops utility-scale solar energy projects. The company has now raised more than $160M in total funding since 2006.
Gevo Inc.
Pasadena, Calif.
www.gevo.com
Amount/Round: $17M/C
Investors: Burrill & Co., Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, Khosla Ventures, Virgin Green Fund.
Details: Develops advanced biofuels, such as butanol. The company has now raised more than $30M since the beginning of 2007.
GreenFuel Technologies Corp.
Cambridge, Mass.
www.greenfuelonline.com
Amount/Round: $13.9M/NA
Investors: Access Private Equity, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Polaris Venture Partners.
Details: Develops algae farm technologies for recycling CO2 emissions. Bob Metcalfe, general partner of Polaris Venture Partners, is the company’s interim CEO.
CONSUMER INTERNET
BrightQube Inc.
San Diego
www.brightqube.com
Amount/Round: $650K/A
Investors: San Diego Tech Coast Angels.
Details: Operates a stock photography website.
Experience Project Inc.
San Francisco
www.experienceproject.com
Amount/Round: $3M/NA
Investors: D.E. Shaw, Baseline Ventures, Maples Investments.
Details: Operates an online community for sharing experiences. The company raised about $1M in seed funding from Baseline Ventures and Maples Investments earlier this year.
Palo Alto, Calif.
www.facebook.com
Amount/Round: $100M/debt
Investors: TriplePoint Capital.
Details: Operates a social networking website. The company previously raised about $500M in funding from such investors as Accel Partners, Greylock and Microsoft.
Giant Realm
New York
www.giantrealm.com
Amount/Round: $2M/A
Investors: SoftBank Capital.
Details: Operates a media entertainment website for males age 16 to 34. Last month, the company announced it raised $3.5M in Series A funding from William Morris Agency, Comcast Interactive Capital and Edison Venture Fund.
Serious Business Inc.
San Francisco
www.seriousbusiness.com
Amount/Round: $4M/A
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Details: Develops Facebook applications. Jeremy Liew, partner of Lightspeed, has joined the board.
Social Gaming Network
Palo Alto, Calif.
www.sgn.com
Amount/Round: $15M/A
Investors: Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Columbia Capital, Novak Biddle Venture Partners.
Details: Develops games for social networking sites, such as Facebook.
Tiny Prints Inc.
Mountain View, Calif.
www.tinyprints.com
Amount/Round: $59M/NA
Investors: Summit Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures.
Details: Operates an online retailer of stationary. This is the company’s first outside funding round since it was founded in 2004.
ECOMMERCE
BuySafe Inc.
Arlington, Va.
www.buysafe.com
Amount/Round: $2.7M/D
Investors: Core Capital, Grotech Capital.
Details: Provides security solutions and ecommerce solutions for e-tailers. The funding is the first call down of an expected $5.12M Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. The company previously raised a $13.25M round in early 2005 from Grotech Capital, Core Capital Partners, Hartford Ventures and Thomas Rutherford Inc.
HEALTH & FITNESS
Expresso Fitness
Sunnyvale, Calif.
www.expresso.net
Amount/Round: $12M/C
Investors: Physic Ventures (led), Sierra Ventures, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital.
Details: Develops interactive cardio fitness systems for the health club market. The company has now raised nearly $30M since 2005, including a $9M infusion last year. Andy Donner, director at Physic Ventures, has joined the board.
INTERNET
CitizenHawk Inc.
Aliso Viejo, Calif.
www.citizenhawk.com
Amount/Round: $3M/B
Investors: Maveron.
Details: Develops technology that helps protect brands from cybersquatters.
SlideShare Inc.
San Francisco
www.slideshare.net
Amount/Round: $3M/A
Investors: Venrock and individual investors.
Details: Operates an online platform for sharing PowerPoint and other presentations. David Siminoff, a partner at Venrock, has joined the board.
Sprout
San Francisco
www.sproutbuilder.com
Amount/Round: $5M/B
Investors: Polaris Venture Partners (led), Global Venture Capital and individual investor Mitch Kapor (founder of Lotus Development Corp.).
Details: Develops a Web-based platform for building widgets, mashups, mini-sites, banners and other forms of interactive and distributable media content.
Wetpaint
Seattle
www.wetpaint.com
Amount/Round: $25M/C
Investors: DAG Ventures (led), Accel Partners, Trinity Ventures, Frazier Technology Ventures.
Details: Makes “social publishing platform” that lets people easily add their own content to websites, including audio, video and text. The company has now raised $40M in total funding.
MED TECH
Celleration Inc.
Eden Prairie, Minn.
www.celleration.com
Amount/Round: $25M/D
Investors: Venture Investors, Upper Lake Growth Capital, Baird Venture Partners, Aavin Equity Advisors, Triathlon Medical Ventures, New Science Ventures.
Details: Makes non-contact ultrasound devices for wound care and other medical applications. The company has now raised more than $55M since 2002.
MindFrame Inc.
Lake Forrest, Calif.
www.mindframeinc.com
Amount/Round: $6M/A
Investors: SV Life Sciences, Intersect Partners.
Details: Develops mechanical devices for treating strokes. The company had previously raised $1M in seed funding.
OrthoHelix Surgical Devices
Akron, Ohio
www.orthohelix.com
Amount/Round: $7.3M/C
Investors: River Cities Capital Funds, Mutual Capital Partners.
Details: Develops medical devices for use in hand and foot reconstructive surgery.
SomaLogic Inc.
Boulder, Colo.
www.somalogic.com
Amount/Round: $35M/A
Investors: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Stronghold Capital, ProQuest Investments, Profundix, MorrGold, Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Details: Develops proteomics systems for medical diagnostics.
Veran Medical Technologies
St. Louis
www.veranmedical.com
Amount/Round: $4.8M/A
Investors: Prolog Ventures (led), Advantage Capital Partners and undisclosed individual investors.
Details: Develops image-guided medical devices for minimally invasive delivery of oncology therapies. The company also relocated its headquarters from Nashville.
MEDIA
Greentech Media Inc.
Cambridge, Mass.
www.greentechmedia.com
Amount/Round: $2.75M/B
Investors: EGORA Holding (co-led), The Massachusetts Green Energy Fund (co-led), King Hill Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northport Private Equity.
Details: Operates an online media company covering the cleantech industry.
SECURITY
FireEye Inc.
Milpitas, Calif.
www.fireeye.com
Amount/Round: $14.5M/C
Investors: DAG Ventures (led), Juniper Networks, JAFCO Ventures, SVB Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital.
Details: Provides network security systems. The company has now raised $34.5M in total VC funding since 2005.
iMove
Portland, Ore.
www.imoveinc.com
Amount/Round: $4.3M/B
Investors: Oxantium Ventures.
Details: Develops video surveillance equipment. The company had previously raised about $16.5M since 2002 from such firms as The Grosvenor Funds, SmartForest Ventures and In-Q-Tel.
iSekurity
Washington, D.C.
www.isekurity.com
Amount/Round: $11M/A
Investors: Equity 11 Ltd.
Details: Provides identity theft protection and detection solutions.
SOFTWARE
Biz360 Inc.
San Mateo, Calif.
www.biz360.com
Amount/Round: $10M/B
Investors: Foundation Capital (led), Granite Ventures, Scale Venture Partners.
Details: Develops media and market intelligence software. The company has now raised nearly $50M in total VC funding, including a late 2006 venture recap from Foundation Capital and Scale Venture Partners.
deCarta Inc.
San Jose, Calif.
www.decarta.com
Amount/Round: $10.5M/C
Investors: Norwest Venture Partners, Mobius Venture Capital, Cardinal Venture Capital.
Details: Develops software for the location-based services industry. The funding is the first tranche of an expected $21M Series C round. The company has raised about $43M since 2003.
Passenger
Los Angeles
www.thinkpassenger.com
Amount/Round: $8M/C
Investors: StarVest Partners (led), Steamboat Ventures, Shelter Capital Partner.
Details: Develops on-demand customer collaboration solutions. The company, f.k.a. ThinkPassenger, has now raised $20.5M in total VC funding. Larry Bettino, general partner of StarVest Partners, has joined the board.
SilkRoad Technology Inc.
Winston-Salem, N.C.
www.silkroad.com
Amount/Round: $54M/NA
Investors: Foundation Capital (led), Azure Capital Partners, SilkRoad Equity and individual investors.
Details: Develops SaaS technology for talent management solutions. Cameron Lester, general partner at Azure Capital Partners, and Warren Weiss, general partner at Foundation Capital, have joined the board.
VIDEO
Fora.tv
San Francisco
www.fora.tv
Amount/Round: $2M/A
Investors: Adobe Systems and individual investors, including Will Hearst, an affiliated partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Details: Operates a video sharing site. Will Hearst invested $2M in seed funding in the company last October.
Veodia Inc.
San Mateo, Calif.
www.veodia.com
Amount/Round: $8.3M/A
Investors: Clearstone Venture Partners, D.E. Shaw and individual investors, including Steven Berger (chairmain of iParadigms).
Details: Operates a live broadcasting and publishing platform.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Mozes Inc.
Palo Alto, Calif.
www.mozes.com
Amount/Round: $11.5M/B
Investors: Maveron, Norwest Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners.
Details: Provides a mobile service that allows users to create and share content. The company has now raised more than $22M in funding since late 2006.
Ubidyne
Tempe, Ariz.
www.ubidyne.com
Amount/Round: $34M/B
Investors: Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures (led), BayTech Venture Capital, Accel Partners, TVM Capital.
Details: Develops digital radio technology for the wireless industry. The company also has offices in Germany.
Viigo
Toronto
www.viigo.com
Amount/Round: $1.5M/A
Investors: RBC Venture Partners.
Details: Provides mobile content applications for smartphones. The funding brings the Series A round to about $8M.
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