Arcadia Biosciences Inc.
Davis, Calif.
www.arcadiabio.com
Amount/Round: $15M/B
Investors: Exeter Life Sciences (led), CMEA Ventures, BASF Venture Capital America, Saints Capital.
Details: Develops agricultural biotechnology products designed to lessen the impact on the environment and improve human health, such as safflower oil.
Arginetix Inc.
Baltimore
www.arginetix.com
Amount/Round: $2.3M/A
Investors: Quaker BioVentures (co-led), MedImmune Ventures (co-led), Red Abbey Venture Partners, Maryland Health Care Product Development Corp., Acidophil.
Details: Develops small molecule inhibitors of arginase. Geeta Vemuri (from Quaker BioVentures), Philippe Walker (AstraZeneca) and Matt Zuga (Red Abbey) have joined the board.
Promosome
New York
www.promosome.com
Amount/Round: $9.6M/B
Investors: NA
Details: Develops technologies related to the regulation of protein synthesis. The round was oversubscribed by $2.1M.
CLEANTECH
Envia Systems Inc.
Hayward, Calif.
www.enviasystems.com
Amount/Round: $3.2M/A
Investors: Bay Partners, Redpoint Ventures.
Details: Provides energy storage solutions using lithium ion batteries.
CONSUMER INTERNET
Crispy Gamer
New York
www.crispygamer.com
Amount/Round: $8.3M/A
Investors: Constellation Ventures and individual investors.
Details: Provides online marketing and entertainment services for gamers. The company, which says it will not accept advertising from game publishers, was co-founded by Chris Heldman, former head of media entertainment at Google, John Keefer, former editorial director at GameSpy, and Chris Hoerenz, former chief marketing officer at eMusic.
Glassdoor.com
Sausalito, Calif.
www.glassdoor.com
Amount/Round: $6.5M/B
Investors: Sutter Hill Ventures, Benchmark Capital.
Details: Operates as a social networking company focused on employment conditions in the workplace.
Helium
Andover, Mass.
www.helium.com
Amount/Round: $17M/A
Investors: Signature Capital (led), Northport Private Equity.
Details: Operates a how-to reference site. Separately, the company recently laid off 18 staffers, or 30% of its workforce.
Kriyari Inc.
San Jose, Calif.
www.kriyari.com
Amount/Round: $2.3M/A
Investors: Norwest Venture Partners.
Details: Operates online shopping site iStorez.com.
Metaplace
San Diego
www.metaplace.com
Amount/Round: $6.7M/NA
Investors: Charles River Ventures, Crescendo Ventures and individual investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
Details: Develops a platform that allows users to create virtual online worlds. The company has now raised $9.4M in funding.
TuneCore
New York
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Amount/Round: $7M/A
Investors: Opus Capital.
Details: Provides digital distribution of music through online retailers iTunes and Amazon. Gil Cogan, a general partner with Opus, has joined the board.
CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY
Roku
Saratoga, Calif.
www.roku.com
Amount/Round: $5M/C
Investors: Menlo Ventures.
Details: Makes digital media players, such as the Netflix Player.
ECOMMERCE
Zuora
Redwood City, Calif.
www.zuora.com
Amount/Round: $15M/B
Investors: Shasta Ventures, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital and individual investor Mark Benioff (chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com).
Details: Develops on-demand subscription billing and payment services. The company has now raised $21.5M in total funding.
ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
Ray Flame Entertainment Inc.
Cypress, Calif.
lord.webmmo.com
Amount/Round: $800K/A
Investors: InnoBridge Ventures.
Details: Develops multiplayer online games, such as “Lords of Evil.”
INTERNET
AdaptiveBlue
Livingston, N.J.
www.adaptiveblue.com
Amount/Round: $4.5M/B
Investors: RRE Ventures (led), Union Square Ventures.
Details: Develops a plug-in for the Firefox browser.
Pingg
New York
www.pingg.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Details: Provides event management and customizable invitations that can be delivered electronically, in print or shared on social networking sites. The equity investment with Martha Stewart is part of a commercial partnership.
INTERNET ADVERTISING
Martini Media Network
San Francisco
www.martinimedianetwork.com
Amount/Round: $1.5M/A
Investors: Venrock
Details: Operates an online ad network focused on affluent individuals.
MED TECH
Baronova Inc.
Goleta, Calif.
www.baronova.com
Amount/Round: $7.5M/B
Investors: Allergan Inc. (led), Arboretum Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Onset Ventures.
Details: Develops non-invasive devices to treat obesity. The company previously raised $9.6M.
Lutonix
Minneapolis
www.lutonix.com
Amount/Round: $20M/B
Investors: Versant Ventures (led), Delphi Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners.
Details: Develops drug-coated balloon angioplasty technology for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery stenosis caused by atherosclerosis. Kevin Wasserstein, managing director of Versant Ventures, and John Maroney, managing director of Delphi Ventures, have joined the board.
PixelOptics Inc.
Roanoke, Va.
www.pixeloptics.com
Amount/Round: $30M/C
Investors: Longitude Capital (led), The Carlyle Group, Delphi Ventures, Stark Investments, Life Science Angels.
Details: Develops optics for use in spectacle lenses to treat presbyopia. The company has now raised about $69M since 2006.
Salient Surgical Technologies Inc.
Dover, N.H.
www.tissuelink.com
Amount/Round: $17.9M/F
Investors: Arnerich Massena & Associates (led), Medtronic, RiverVest Venture Partners, Piper Jaffray.
Details: Develops surgical devices for sealing blood vessels and other collagen-based structures. The funding, which is the company’s first new round since canceling an $86.25M IPO in August, brings its total venture capitalization since its 1999 founding to more than $105M.
MEDIA
Access 360 Media
Venice, Calif.
www.access360media.com
Amount/Round: $8M/B
Investors: Mission Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners.
Details: Operates an in-store TV network targeting young adult consumers. The company had previously raised $4.25M.
Blip.tv
New York
www.blip.tv
Amount/Round: NA/B
Investors: Bain Capital Ventures.
Details: Operates as an online TV network that features independent shows on the Web. The company raised an undisclosed Series A round in June 2007 from Bain Capital Ventures and Lauder Partners.
NETWORKING
Darkstrand
Chicago
www.darkstrand.com
Amount/Round: $12M/A
Investors: Undisclosed individual investors.
Details: Provides high-speed connectivity for corporations.
PHARMACEUTICALS
Infacare Pharmaceutical Corp.
Trevose, Pa.
www.infacarepharm.com
Amount/Round: $28M/B
Investors: HealthCare Ventures (led), Longitude Capital, FirstMark Capital, Atlas Venture.
Details: Develops treatments of neonatal diseases. Harold Werner, a partner with HealthCare Ventures, has joined the board.
Mersana Therapeutics Inc.
Cambridge, Mass.
www.mersana.com
Amount/Round: $4M/NA
Investors: Fidelity Biosciences, Harris & Harris Group, PureTech Ventures, ProQuest Investments, Rho Ventures.
Details: Develops oncology agents to enhance the safety of cancer-fighting drugs. The company previously raised about $32M in funding.
Nora Pharmaceuticals Inc.
San Francisco
URL NA
Amount/Round: $25M/A
Investors: Burrill & Co. (led), Prospect Venture Partners, Vivo Ventures.
Details: Develops products for women’s reproductive health.
SEMICONDUCTORS
ZeroG Wireless Inc.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
www.zerogwireless.com
Amount/Round: $17M/B
Investors: Battery Ventures (led), Greylock Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures.
Details: Develops low-power Wi-Fi chips. The company previously raised a $13M first round from Greylock, Morgenthaler and Cisco Systems. Alex Benik, from Battery Ventures, has joined the board.
SOFTWARE
HyperQuality Inc.
Seattle
www.hyperquality.com
Amount/Round: $7.6M/C
Investors: Ignition Partners, Miramar Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners.
Details: Provides contact center quality assurance software and services. The funding is the first close of an expected $12.1M Series C round, according to a regulatory filing. The company has now raised about $25M in funding since 2005.
iContact Corp.
Durham, N.C.
www.icontact.com
Amount/Round: $5M/debt
Investors: North Atlantic Capital.
Details: Provides email and Web-based marketing software for small and mid-sized business. The company previously raised $8.4M in VC funding from Updata Partners and IDEA Fund Partners.
IncentOne
Lyndhurst, N.J.
www.incentone.com
Amount/Round: NA/NA
Investors: Camden Partners.
Details: Develops HR software that provides incentive solutions for health care plans.
VIDEO
VBrick Systems Inc.
Wallingford, Conn.
www.vbrick.com
Amount/Round: $10.4M/F
Investors: Adams Capital Management, Menlo Ventures, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Redshift Ventures, Two River Associates.
Details: Provides live, online networked video solutions. The funding is the first close of an expected $15.7M Series F round, according to a regulatory filing. The company has now raised more than $50M in total funding since 1999.
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