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6-2-03


Server Firm RackSaver Lands $14M in Series A
SAN DIEGO -- RackSaver, a provider of high-density rack servers, blade servers, and supercomputer clusters, is expected to announce the closing of its Series A round with $14 million. [full story]
http://www.racksaver.com
 
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9-3-03

9-3-03

Dow Jones & Co. Acquires VentureWire Publisher
NEW YORK -- Dow Jones & Co., the publicly traded publisher of business and financial news, said it has acquired Technologic Partners, the events and newsletter firm that publishes VentureWire. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Technologic Partners will be combined with the Newsletters group at Dow Jones Newswires. With the acquisition, Dow Jones Newsletters will publish more than 20 specialized newsletters, including all of the VentureWire publications and Dow Jones Newsletters' flagship Daily Bankruptcy Review. Richard A. Shaffer, founder of Technologic Partners and the former science and technology editor at The Wall Street Journal, will remain editor-in-chief of the VentureWire publications and events and head up new product development at Dow Jones Newsletters. Mr. Shaffer will report to Richard Levine, vice president and executive editor of Dow Jones Newswires. [full story]
http://www.djnewsletters.com
http://www.venturewire.com


Critical Therapeutics Raising $50M Series B, Receives Patent
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- Critical Therapeutics (CTI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on critical care medicine, expects to close a $50-million Series B round at the end of the month, said vice president of operations Trevor Phillips. [full story]
http://www.criticaltherapeutics.com


E-mail Archiving and Management Apps Firm KVS Lands $17M Series B
BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND -- KVS, a content archiving and e-mail management software firm, said it has raised $17 million in Series B financing. [full story]
http://www.kvsinc.com


RuggedCom Bulks Up with $4M Series A
CONCORD, ONTARIO -- RuggedCom, manufacturer of networking equipment for extreme industrial conditions, including Ethernet switches, IP routers, and gateways, said it has raised $4 million in its Series A round. [full story]
http://www.ruggedcom.com


Vocera Talks Up $3.3M Financing, Inks Deal with U.S. Senate
CUPERTINO, CALIF. -- Vocera Communications, a provider of software and hardware devices for wireless voice communication on Wi-Fi networks, said it closed $3.3 million in strategic financing in the second tranche of its fourth round, capping the Series D funding at $11.3 million. The company has also received a purchase order from the U.S. Senate for an initial 75-user deployment, Brent Lang, vice president of marketing, told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.vocera.com


Etrials Raises $2.5M Series A
MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- etrials Worldwide, a provider of software and services for clinical trial data management, said it closed $2.5 million in Series A funding. [full story]
http://www.etrials.com


Mobixell Networks Raises $5 Million in Series B Round
NEW YORK -- Mobixell Networks, a provider of server software for multimedia processing and delivery on wireless networks, said it raised $5 million in its Series B round of financing. [full story]
http://www.mobixell.com


Citadon Raises $15M in Series A Recap Round
SAN FRANCISCO -- Citadon, a provider of project collaboration software for the engineering and construction industry, said it has raised $15 million in financing in its Series A recapitalization round. [full story]
http://www.citadon.com


Xtera Acquires Assets of Defunct Metro-Optix
ALLEN, TEXAS -- Xtera Communications, provider of a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical networking transport system for regional, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul networks, said it has acquired the assets of defunct Santa Clara, Calif.-based Metro-Optix, an optical networking firm that had raised $136 million in funding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. [full story]
http://www.metro-optix.com
http://www.xtera.com
 
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9-8-03

9-8-03

AttachSTOR Grabs Onto $7.5 Million Series B
PHOENIX -- AttachSTOR, a provider of attachment management software, said it has closed its Series B round of funding, its first institutional round, with $7.5 million. [full story]
http://www.attachstor.com


PhatNoise Gets Bigger with $3.5M Series C
LOS ANGELES -- PhatNoise, provider of a digital music player for automobiles, has closed a $3.5-million Series C round of financing, led by Ascend Venture Group, VentureWire has learned. [full story]
http://www.phatnoise.com


Network Monitoring Firm Quallaby Raises $5M Round
LOWELL, MASS. -- Quallaby, provider of carrier-class network monitoring and service-assurance software, raised $5 million in a later-stage round of financing, CFO Raymond DeZenzo told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.quallaby.com


Aerielle Group Raising First Institutional Round
CUPERTINO, CALIF. -- Aerielle Group, a developer of wireless consumer audio products, is raising its first round of institutional financing, targeting $4.5 million from West Coast venture capital firms, CEO Art Cohen told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.aerielle.com


Intuwave Picks Up $4.5M in Third Round
MAIDENHEAD, ENGLAND -- Intuwave, a provider of smartphone software, said it has raised GBP 2.8 million ($4.5 million) in its third round of financing. [full story]
http://www.intuwave.com


Marketing Software Firm GotCompany Gets $6.25M Series C
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- GotCompany, parent company of GotMarketing, a provider of self-serve permission based e-mail marketing software, said it has closed its third institutional round of funding with $6.25 million. [full story]
http://www.gotmarketing.com


Storability Software Lands $7 Million in Series D
SOUTHBOROUGH, MASS. -- Storability Software, a provider of enterprise storage resource management software, said it has raised $7 million in its Series D round of financing. [full story]
http://www.storability.com
 
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9-9-03

9-9-03

Kineto Wireless Launches with $24 Million
MILPITAS, CALIF. -- Kineto Wireless, a provider of hardware and software to service providers that enables mobile voice and data services over both cellular and wireless LANs, has formally announced its launch with $24 million in funding and disclosed its venture capital investors, management team, and first product. The company was founded in 2001. [full story]
http://www.kinetowireless.com


Nantero Raises $10.5 Million Series B
NEW YORK -- Nantero, a developer of a nonvolatile random access memory chip using nanotechnology, has raised $10.5 million in Series B funding. [full story]
http://www.nantero.com


Wave7 Gets $15M More to Bring Ongoing Series C to $30.5M
ALPHARETTA, GA. -- Wave7 Optics, provider of optical access equipment for video, high-speed data, and telephony devices, said it raised $15 million in the second tranche of its ongoing Series C round to bring the round to $30.5 million. [full story]
http://www.wave7optics.com


Therion Biologics Raises $39 Million
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- Therion Biologics, a developer of therapeutic vaccines founded in 1991, said it closed $39 million in later-stage funding. [full story]
http://www.therionbio.com


Odyssey Logistics Hauls Off $24.3M and Acquires Nordstrom Freighting
DANBURY, CONN. -- Odyssey Logistics & Technology, a provider of outsourced transportation and logistics management services, said it closed $24.3 million in its second financing round and completed its acquisition of Nordstrom Freighting, a shipping company also based in Danbury. [full story]
http://www.odysseylogistics.com


Aperon Biosystems Closes $4.6M Series A
PALO ALTO, CALIF. -- Aperon Biosystems, a developer of a biosensor device to manage nitric oxide levels in asthma patients, said it closed a $2-million tranche as part of its Series A round. [full story]
http://www.aperon.com


Genstruct Raises $6.5 Million in Series A
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- Genstruct, a biological mechanism discovery company, said it has raised $6.5 million in Series A financing. [full story]
http://www.genstruct.com


Nano-Optics Firm NanoOpto Sees $7M Series B
SOMERSET, N.J. -- NanoOpto, a provider of nano-optics and nano-manufacturing technology to design and manufacture components for optical networking, is expected to announce the close of $7 million in Series B funding. [full story]
http://www.nanoopto.com


ASIC Design Company QualCore Buys Mixed-Signal IP Firm LEDA
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- QualCore Logic, an IP and digital ASIC design company, said it has acquired LEDA Systems, a Plano, Texas-based provider of analog and mixed-signal silicon IP. Terms of the cash and stock deal were not disclosed [full story]
http://www.ledasystems.com
http://www.qualcorelogic.com
 
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9-15-03

9-15-03

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Yipes Enterprise Services Gets $9.5M More to Cap Series A at $63.5M
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yipes Enterprise Services, a provider of managed, end-to-end Ethernet networking services, will announce today it has raised an additional $9.5 million in Series A financing to close the round at $63.5 million. [full story]
http://www.yipes.com


German Biotech Firm U3 Pharma Raises $14.75 in Round Two
MARTINSRIED, GERMANY -- U3 Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the creation of novel therapeutic products that target key components of cellular signal transduction systems, is expected to announce that it has raised EUR 13.25 million ($14.75 million) in second-round financing. [full story]
http://www.u3pharma.com


Fabric Networks Unravels, Looks for Buyer
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. -- Fabric Networks, provider of switched fabric networking hardware and software, has ceased operations, though a handful of staff remains at the company to pursue M&A opportunities. [full story]
http://www.fabricnetworks.com


Chip Firm eSilicon Closes $21M Series E
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- Though eSilicon plans to take in $50 million in revenues this year, the chip provider nevertheless remains cautious. The firm is expected to announce the close of $21 million in Series E funding that is earmarked to support the startup's operations until it is fully self-sustaining. [full story]
http://www.esilicon.com


CoVi Technologies Spots $16M in Series A Funding
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- CoVi Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of high-resolution, video surveillance systems, is expected to announce it has raised $16 million in Series A funding. [full story]
http://www.coviinc.com


DVD Subscription Service Video Island Receives $3.4M Series A
LONDON -- Video Island, a British DVD subscription service, said that it raised GBP 2.1 million ($3.367 million) in Series A financing, the company's second financing round. [full story]
http://www.videoisland.com


Net Communications Apps Firm iSoft Raises $3.75M in Series A
DALLAS -- iSoft, a business-to-business Internet communications company that provides software for managing transactions securely and reliably over the Internet, said it has raised $3.75 million in its Series A round. [full story]
http://www.isoft.com


Spam Defense Firm Postini Picks Up $10M in Series D
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. -- Postini, a provider of Web-based e-mail security and management technology for the enterprise, said it has closed a $10-million Series D round of funding. [full story]
http://www.postini.com
 
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9-16-03

9-16-03

RFID Apps Developer OATSystems Picks Up $11.5M Series A
WATERTOWN, MASS. -- OATSystems, a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) software, said it raised $11.5 million in Series A financing. [full story]
http://www.oatsystems.com


Pumatech Acquires Synchrologic for $60M in Stock
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Publicly held Pumatech, a provider of synchronization software and services, acquired Synchrologic, an Atlanta-based provider of synchronization server software for managing mobile devices, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $60 million. [full story]
http://www.synchrologic.com
http://www.pumatech.com


Unicorn Solutions Seals Series B with $6M
NEW YORK -- Unicorn Solutions, a provider of data-infrastructure technology, said it has closed a Series B financing round totaling $6 million. [full story]
http://www.unicorn.com


Network Security Firm Lumeta Locks Up $3.5M More in Series B
SOMERSET, N.J. -- Lumeta, a provider of network management and security software, said it raised an additional $3.5 million in its Series B financing to cap the round at $11.5 million. [full story]
http://www.lumeta.com


Abridean Closes $4 Million in Series B
CHICAGO -- Abridean, a developer of user management and provisioning software and services to manage employee access to enterprise software applications, resources, and devices, said it raised $4 million in Series B financing. [full story]
http://www.abridean.com


Vignette to Acquire Intraspect Software for $20M in Cash and Stock
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Vignette, a publicly held provider of content management software, said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brisbane, Calif.-based Intraspect Software, a provider of collaboration software for business processes. [full story]
http://www.intraspect.com
http://www.vignette.com
 
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9-17-03

9-17-03

TrenStar Shines with $34M First Round Financing
DENVER -- TrenStar, provider of asset management, logistics services, and RFID/container tracking technology for supply chain operations, said it has raised $34 million in its first round of financing. [full story]
http://www.trenstar.com


Agilent Spins Out Holographic Grating Unit as Headwall Photonics
FITCHBURG, MASS. -- Agilent Technologies, a publicly traded diversified technology company focused on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences, and healthcare industries, has spun out its holographic grating operation as an independent, privately held company known as Headwall Photonics in a management buyout that includes IP, equipment, facilities, and cash valued at $8 million, Headwall COO David Bannon told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.agilent.com
http://www.headwallphotonics.com


Optical Chips Firm Phyworks Sees $13.3M in Second Round
BRISTOL, ENGLAND -- Phyworks, a fabless semiconductor company that develops chips for optical modules, said it has raised $13.3 million in its second round of funding. [full story]
http://www.phyworks-ic.com


Chemotherapies Firm AmpliMed Raises $5.3M in Series A So Far
TUCSON, ARIZ. -- AmpliMed, a pharmaceutical company that develops cancer chemotherapies, said it raised $5.3 million in an ongoing Series A round. [full story]
http://www.amplimed.com


Computer Security Provider IS3 Locks Up $9.1M in Series B
CUPERTINO, CALIF. -- IS3 (IS Cubed), a computer security provider specializing in the financial services industry, said it raised $9.1 million in Series B financing. [full story]
http://www.iscubed.com


Ispiri Raises $3.2M Series A , Launches Digital Content Mgmt. Product
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. -- Ispiri, a software, services, and appliance company that provides digital content protection and management, is expected to announce raising $3.2 million in Series A funding and the launch of its digital content management product. [full story]
http://www.mirra.com


OpTier Closes $8.6M First Round
NEW YORK -- OpTier, a provider of auto-adaptive application performance management software, said it closed an $8.6 million first round of funding. [full story]
http://www.optier.com


After Buying ViAir in June, Visto Acquires Jarna
REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF. -- Visto, a provider of personal and corporate messaging applications, is expected to announce today that it has acquired the IP and technology assets of Jarna, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of software for wireless messaging. Financial terms of the deal, Visto's second acquisition since June, were not disclosed. [full story]
http://www.visto.com
http://www.jarna.com


MegaPath Acquires TManage in a Stock Swap
PLEASANTON, CALIF. -- MegaPath Networks, a provider of broadband access and managed IP networks services for businesses, said it has acquired TManage in a stock-for-stock transaction. TManage specializes in providing managed access, VPN, and security services. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. [full story]
http://www.tmanage.com
http://www.megapath.net
 
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9-18-03

Originally posted by acdwcom
what is your "source" so we can get the emails?
acdwcom:
Source: www.VentureWire.com
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Here's today's news:
9-18-03



Fabless Chips Firm RFco Tunes In $16.5M in Series A
LOS GATOS, CALIF. -- RFco, a fabless semiconductor company developing RF ICs for the wireless market, is expected to announce it has raised $16.5 million in its Series A round. [full story]
http://www.rfcosemi.com


Cancer Biopharm Reata Discovery Raises $5.2M Series A
DALLAS -- Reata Discovery, a biopharmaceutical company that develops drugs for cancer and neurodegenerative disease, said it completed a series of exclusive patent licenses from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in addition to closing $5.2 million in Series A financing. [full story]
http://www.reatadiscovery.com


Avista Labs Fuels Up with $5M More in Series A
SPOKANE, WASH. -- Avista Labs, a provider of fuel cell products for backup power, said it has secured an additional $5 million from Enterprise Partners Venture Capital (EPVC). Avista Labs was formed in July as a private offshoot of the Avista Corp., a public energy company involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of energy [full story]
http://www.avistalabs.com


EPac Closes $12.8M Series B
SAN LEANDRO, CALIF. -- EPac Technologies, a developer of digital printing automation technology, said it closed an oversubscribed $12.8 million Series B round. [full story]
http://www.epac.com


Technologic Names Top Ten at Datacenter Ventures
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. -- Technologic Partners, the publisher of VentureWire, announced the winners of its Investors' Choice award at the conclusion of its two-day Datacenter Ventures private equity conference held this week in Redwood City, Calif. The event startups working in storage, security, and systems and server management products. The Investors' Choice award goes to the ten privately held companies presenting at the conference judged most likely to succeed. The winners, in alphabetical order, are: Azul, a Mountain View, Calif.-based early stage stealth mode startup focused on specialized data center infrastructure products (www.azulsystems.com); Centrata, a Redwood, Calif.-based provider of XML-based software to manage computing infrastructure with a central focus on the services to be delivered from it (www.centrata.com); CreekPath Systems, a Longmont, Colo. -based developer of storage operating support systems for large enterprises and service providers (www.creekpath.com); Decru, a Redwood City, Calif.-based a provider of security storage appliances (www.decru.com); [full story]


Luidia Spins Off from Electronics for Imaging and Receives Funding
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. -- Luidia, a manufacturer of products to digitize analog workplace information, said that it spun off of Electronics for Imaging (EFI), a publicly held provider of software and hardware imaging applications for network printing, and received its first round of financing. [full story]
http://www.luidia.com


AppIQ Acquires XStormTech
BURLINGTON, MASS. -- AppIQ, a provider of enterprise software that enables storage infrastructure to be managed as a utility, said it acquired XStormTech, a developer of advanced storage research management (SRM) software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. [full story]
http://www.appiq.com
http://www.xstormtech.com


Air2Lan Appoints MeshNetworks CEO Richard Licursi to Advisory Board
JACKSON, MISS. -- Air2Lan, a provider of broadband Internet access with a focus on wireless local area networks, Wi-Fi roaming services, and additional Internet services to small and medium-sized businesses, said it has appointed to its advisory board Richard Licursi, president and chief executive officer at start-up MeshNetworks, a Maitland, Fla.-based developer of ad hoc peer-to-peer wireless networking technology [full story]
http://www.meshnetworks.com
http://www.air2lan.com


Mitsubishi Adds $10M to Burrill's Life Science Capital Fund
SAN FRANCISCO -- Burrill & Company, a life sciences merchant bank, said that it raised $10 million from Mitsubishi for its Life Sciences Capital fund. [full story]
http://www.mitsubishi.co.jp
http://www.burrillandco.com
 
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Thank you, Wanda.

I find these posts to be very interesting/helpful.

Much appreciated.

SlashRoot
 
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9-22-03

Originally posted by SlashRoot.Com
Thank you, Wanda.

I find these posts to be very interesting/helpful.

Much appreciated.

SlashRoot
Your welcome Slash! Glad too see they are read..
Enjoy!

Today's new money news: 9-22-03

Aruba Lands $20 Million in Second Round
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- WLAN infrastructure provider Aruba Wireless Networks has raised $20-million in a Series B round of financing. The company is expected Monday to announce the new funds, which closed last month. [full story]
http://www.arubanetworks.com


Spam Blocker Corvigo Filters Out $5.5M in First Round
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Corvigo, which produces spam-filtering hardware, said it raised $5.5 million in its first round of financing. [full story]
http://www.corvigo.com


Biopharma Ambrx Spins out of Scripps Institute with $12.5M Series A
SAN DIEGO -- Ambrx, a biopharmaceutical startup focused on protein therapeutics, is expected to announce that it has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round. Ambrx was founded in April to commercialize drug development technology developed by company chairman Peter Schultz, a professor of chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute, as well as institute director at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation. [full story]
http://www.ambrx.com


Wireless Chip Tech Firm PropheSi Raises $8.3M in Series A, Names CEO
AUSTIN, Texas -- PropheSi Technologies, developer of semiconductor components for wireless power amplifiers, is expected to announce it has raised $8.3 million in Series A funding and has named Graham Haddock as president and CEO. [full story]
http://www.prophesitech.com


Customer Contact Company Nuasis Adds $17M to Series B
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nuasis, a provider of enterprise services for customer contact management, said it added $17 million to its series B financing, bringing the total for the round to over $40 million. [full story]
http://www.nuasis.com


Fyre Storm Heats Up with $15M Second Round
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Fyre Storm, a fabless semiconductor firm developing chips for power management in wireless devices, is expected to announce it has raised $15 million in its second round of financing. [full story]
http://www.fstorm.com


Interconnection Firm Telx Raises $12M in First Round
NEW YORK -- Telx, operator of a carrier-neutral interconnection facility in New York, is expected to announce it has raised $12 million in its first round of financing. The company has also become cash-flow positive. [full story]
http://www.telx.com


Lifecycle Apps Firm Aras Raises $4.2M Series B
LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Aras, a provider of enterprise product lifecycle management software, said it secured $4.2 million in Series B funding. [full story]
http://www.aras-corp.com


RadioFrame Tunes In $12M Series D Round
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- RadioFrame Networks, a provider of in-building wireless infrastructure that extends cellular coverage and provides for WLAN environments, is expected to announce it closed $12 million in its Series D round of financing two weeks ago. [full story]
http://www.radioframenetworks.com


TruSecure Buys Cogentric
HERNDON, Va. -- TruSecure, a provider of risk management products and services, is expected to announce today its acquisition of the Portsmouth, N.H.-based risk management software developer Cogentric. [full story]
http://www.trusecure.com
http://www.cogentric.com
 
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9-23-04

9-23-04

ParAllele BioScience Gets $22.5M Series B Financing Round
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- ParAllele BioScience, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based developer of genotyping tools that enable thousands of targets to be screened in a single tube assay, said it has raised $22.5 million in Series B financing. [full story]
http://www.p-gene.com


Forum Systems Caps Series B with $17.5M
SALT LAKE CITY -- Forum Systems, a Salt Lake City-based provider of XML Web services security, is expected to announce today that it has raised $17.5 million in a Series B round of financing. [full story]
http://www.forumsys.com


Athenix Biotechnology Raising $10M Series B
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Athenix Biotechnology, a Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based company focused on gene discovery for plant biotechnology, expects to close the second tranche of its planned $10-million Series B round in October, VentureWire has learned. [full story]
http://www.athenixcorp.com


Metapa Raises $3.7M Series B Round, Acquires Didera
LOS ANGELES -- Metapa, a Los Angeles-based company that provides enterprise infrastructure software focused on the application data routing market, is expected to announce it has raised $3.7 million in its Series B round of funding and has acquired Fairfax, Va.-based Didera, a data clustering technology company, in an all-stock deal. [full story]
http://www.didera.com
http://www.metapa.net


Propagate Networks Raises $3.75M in Series B
ACTON, Mass. -- Propagate Networks, an Acton, Mass.-based provider of software used to optimize 802.11 wireless local area network equipment, said it raised $3.75 in Series B financing. [full story]
http://www.propagatenet.com


Hatteras Networks Makes Staff Cuts
DURHAM, N.C. -- Hatteras Networks, the Durham, N.C.-based developer of last-mile Ethernet access hardware and software platforms, said it has laid off a portion of its staff in order to offset low sales returns. CEO Kevin Sheehan would not disclose the number of cut positions or the number of remaining employees. [full story]
http://www.hatteras.com


Voyence to Acquire Ponte Communications
RICHARDSON, Texas -- Richardson, Texas-based Voyence, a provider of software that enables enterprises to plan, configure and manage networks, said it is acquiring Mountain View, Calif.-based Ponte Communications, a provider of software that enables companies and managed service providers to control network security policy across a range of devices. [full story]
http://www.ponte.com
http://www.voyence.com
 
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9-26-03

9-26-03

With pleasure I post this info.. it's like a daily calandar count down for me in respect too *3 wks too go* till baby Cox is born! yae!

Enjoy!

Nucleonics Gets $2.7M Loan Towards Major Series B Round
MALVERN, Pa. -- Nucleonics, a Malvern, Pa.-based startup focused on the development of novel RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapies, has received $2.7 million in a convertible bridge loan, chief executive officer Robert Towarnicki told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.nucleonicsinc.com


TeleSym Secures $12.5 Million Second Round
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- TeleSym, a Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of wireless voice telephony software, has secured $12.5 million in an oversubscribed second round of financing. [full story]
http://www.telesym.com


With Fund IX to Close Next Year, Sevin Rosen Promotes Two
DALLAS -- Sevin Rosen Funds, a Dallas-based early-stage, technology venture capital firm, has promoted Nick Sturiale to general partner and Ram Velidi to partner, as the firm looks ahead to the close of Fund IX next year, John Jaggers, general partner, told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.srfunds.com


Luminous Networks Lands $25M Series E Round
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Luminous Networks, a Cupertino, Calif.-based provider of packet-based optical networking equipment for carriers that supports voice, data, and video services, said it has raised $25 million in its Series E round. Network equipment firm Ciena, an investor in the round, also finalized a reseller agreement with Luminous in a separate deal. [full story]
http://www.luminous.com


Iris Financial Engineering Raises $11M Series A, Names Top Management
LONDON -- Iris Financial Engineering Holdings, a provider of component-based financial software for investment banks, said it raised $11 million in Series A financing from Apax Partners. Iris also said it named Michael Laven CEO and Robin Phillips CFO. [full story]
http://www.irisfinancial.com


Sensicore Raises $4.5M More to Cap Series B at $11M
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Sensicore, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based developer of a lab-on-a-chip, multi-sensor device for water testing and monitoring, said it has raised an additional $4.5 million to close its Series B round of funding at $11 million. [full story]
http://www.sensicore.com


Wireless Antenna Firm ArrayComm Promotes Sam Endy to Pres & CEO
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Several months after shifting its business plans, ArrayComm, a San Jose, Calif.-based designer of wireless telecommunications systems based on proprietary adaptive antenna technology, said it promoted chief operating officer Sam Endy to president and CEO. [full story]
http://www.arraycomm.com
 
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10-3-03

10-3-03

Belgian Stem Cell Firm TiGenix Grows with $14M Round One
LEUVEN, Belgium -- TiGenix, a Leuven, Belgium-based stem cell therapy startup focused on the repair of musculoskeletal tissues, said it has raised EUR 12 million ($14 million) for its first venture round. [full story]
http://www.tigenix.com


TelASIC Raises $35M Series C, Looks for New CEO
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- After helping to raise $35 million in Series C funding, CEO Tony Giraudo resigned from El Segundo, Calif.-based TelASIC, a fabless semiconductor startup developing RF, analog, mixed signal, and digital chips for wireless base stations, VentureWire has learned. The round of venture financing closed on Tuesday, according to John LaValle, who serves as TelASIC's chief financial officer and raised the funding along with Mr. Giraudo. [full story]
http://www.telasic.com


Agenis Software Receives $11.75 Million in Third Round
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Agentis Software, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based business operations software provider, said it raised $11.75 million in its third round of financing. [full story]
http://www.agentissoftware.com


Favrille Caps Third Round With $10.6M
SAN DIEGO -- Favrille, a San Diego-based biotechnology firm focused on the development of therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has closed its third round of financing of with $10.6 million, VentureWire has learned. [full story]
http://www.favrille.com


Canadian AgBio Firm Medicago Reaps $17.4M in Series B
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec -- Medicago, a Quebec City-based biotech firm that develops alfalfa-based systems for the production of complex biopharmaceuticals, said it has raised CAD 24 million ($17.4 million) in Series B financing. The company also said it has hired Andy Sheldon as new president and CEO. [full story]
http://www.medicago.com


Captus Networks Takes $12.4 Million in Fourth Round
WOODLAND, Calif. -- Captus Networks, a Woodland, Calif.-based provider of intrusion prevention network security appliances, said it has raised $12.4 million in its fourth round of financing. [full story]
http://www.captusnetworks.com


Cardiac Monitoring Firm PDSHeart Gets $5M Infusion in Series A
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- PDSHeart, a West Palm Beach, Fla.-based provider of cardiac event monitoring services, said it closed a $5-million Series A round. [full story]
http://www.pdsheart.com


Programmable Analog Chip Firm Anadigm Caps $15M Series C
CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Anadigm, a Campbell, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor company developing field programmable analog arrays and associated design software, said it has closed $15 million in Series C funding. [full story]
http://www.anadigm.com


Securify Names Ex-Inktomi Chief David Peterschmidt Pres, CEO, Co-Chair
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Securify, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company that provides policy-based network security management, said it has named David Peterschmidt as president, CEO, and co-chairman. [full story]
http://www.securify.com
 
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10-6-03

10-6-03

Bone Repair Device Firm Osteobiologics Secures $9.2 M Series C
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- In order to move from pure R&D to commercialization, San Antonio, Texas-based OsteoBiologics (OBI), a developer of bone and cartilage repair medical devices, has closed a $9.2-million Series C round financing. [full story]
http://www.obi.com


Advanced Life Sciences Raising $30M Series A
WOODRIDGE, Ill. -- Advanced Life Sciences (ALS), a Woodridge, Ill.-based developer of therapeutic compounds to fight infection, inflammation, and cancer, is raising a $30-million Series A round that should close by the end of the year, VentureWire has learned. [full story]
http://www.advancedlifesciences.com


Compete Completes $13 Million in Third Round
BOSTON -- Compete, a Boston-based provider of online customer behavior analysis services, said it raised $13 million in an oversubscribed third round of financing. [full story]
http://www.compete.com


VC Fundraising Holds Tight at $1.2 Billion in Q3
NEW YORK -- Venture Capital fundraising held steady in the third quarter, with VCs closing eight new funds with overall committed capital of $1.2 billion, based on announced closings reported by VentureWire. Those numbers are almost identical with the second quarter, when 12 firms closed funds worth $1.2 billion and up considerably from the same year-ago quarter when nine venture capital firms closed funds totaling $615 million. Limited partners showed continued confidence in life science investing, as five of the new funds will be devoted all or in part to opportunities in biotechnology, medical devices, and eHealth. [full story]


Vocalocity Talks About Raising Up to $5M Series B
ATLANTA -- Vocalocity, an Atlanta-based provider of voice XML (VXML) and speech application language tag (SALT) platform software for OEM and channel partners, is in the beginning stages of raising its Series B round for up to $5 million, co-founder and CEO Mike Dickerson told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.vocalocity.net


Shenick Software Systems Raises $2.9M First Round
DUBLIN -- Shenick Software Systems, a Dublin-based developer of test systems that enable communications equipment vendors, service providers, integrators, and large enterprises to roll out new services and applications, said it has raised EUR 2.5 million ($2.9 million) in its first round of financing. [full story]
http://www.shenick.com


Broadband Company Pedestal Networks Launches First Product
FREEMONT, Calif. -- Pedestal Networks, a Fremont, Calif.-based universal broadband company, has launched its first product, the Universal Broadband Server (UBS). [full story]
http://www.pedestalnetworks.com
 
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10-13-03

10-13-03

Today's news is worth the read!


ValueClick to Acquire Commission Junction for $58M in Cash
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- ValueClick, a Westlake Village, Calif.-based publicly held provider of Internet advertising technology, said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Commission Junction, a marketing technology and services company based in Santa Barbara, Calif., for $58 million in cash. Commission Junction has raised $48 million to date. [full story]
http://www.cj.com
http://www.befree.com
http://www.valueclick.com


Nazomi to Close $10M to $15M Series D Round in Three Months
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Just a year away from breaking even, Nazomi Communications is looking for one more round of funding to make sure the firm can capture a bigger market. The firm plans to close $10 million to $15 million in a third round of funding in the next three months. [full story]
http://www.nazomi.com


NanoCoolers Lands $8.5M in Ongoing Series B
AUSTIN, Texas -- NanoCoolers, a start-up developing a cooling system for CPUs, has raised $8.5 million in an ongoing Series B round, said senior vice president of marketing and business development Bob Mayer. [full story]
http://www.nanocoolers.com
**COOL HOST** don't you own Cooling.net? These folks at nanocoolers may want your domain??


After Seed Round, Airframe Plans Take Off with $5M Series A
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -- On the heels of adding $500,000 to its seed round, Airframe Business Software, a provider of business infrastructure software online, expects to close a $5-million-to-$6-million Series A round by the end of this year, CEO Bob Witty told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.myairframe.com


Marketing Apps Firm Knotice Closes First Round
AKRON, Ohio -- Knotice, an Akron, Ohio-based provider of marketing software for the broadband industry, said it closed an undisclosed amount of Series A financing from new investor HVO Partners. [full story]
http://www.knotice.com


Pay By Touch Secures $10M Series A, Names Management Team
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pay By Touch, a San Francisco-based provider of tokenless biometric authentication at the point of sale, closed a $10-million Series A round and plans to close an additional $20 million in two to four weeks, CEO Craig Ramsey told VentureWire. [full story]
http://www.paybytouch.com


Sandbridge Raises $4M More, Licenses Tech from Barcelona Design
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- After raising another $4 million in Series B funding this summer, Sandbridge Technologies is planning to ship products in the first quarter of next year. The White Plains, N.Y.-based firm also recently announced that it licensed analog synthesis technology for creating phase locked loop (PLL) circuits from Barcelona Design, a provider of software and services for designing system-on-a-chip products in Newark, Calif. [full story]
http://www.barcelonadesign.com
http://www.sandbridgetech.com


Flytxt Raises $3.3 Million Round Two
LONDON -- Flytxt, a London-based developer of mobile marketing campaigns for sporting events, films, and magazines, said it closed a second round of GBP 2 million ($3.3 million). [full story]
http://www.flytxt.com
 
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10-14-03

10-14-03

Corgentech Lands $45M in Series D and Partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Corgentech, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based biotechnology company developing molecular and genetic-based therapeutics, said it raised $45 million in Series D financing provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb. [full story]
http://www.bms.com
http://www.corgentech.com


Anti-Spam Firm Proofpoint Lands $9M Series B
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Proofpoint, a Cupertino, Calif.-based provider of anti-spam and virus protection software for large enterprises, is expected to announce today it has closed its Series B round of funding with $9 million. [full story]
http://www.proofpoint.com


Elixir Pharma Stirs Up $19M Add-On Funds to Cap Series B with $40.5M
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Elixir Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, Mass.-based drug discovery and development company focused on the genetics of longevity, said it has raised $19 million in additional Series B financing to cap the round with a total of $40.5 million. [full story]
http://www.elixirpharm.com


Optic Transport Systems Firm OpVista Sees $10M in Series C
IRVINE, Calif. -- OpVista, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of optical transport systems for the cable industry for the convergence of video, voice, and data services, said it has raised $10 million in its Series C round of financing. President and CEO Gary Trimm said this financing should take the company to profitability. [full story]
http://www.opvista.com


Sylantro Raises $15M Series D Round
CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Sylantro Systems, a Campbell, Calif.-based provider of IP Centrex and hosted communications applications, said it has raised $15 million in its Series D round. [full story]
http://www.sylantro.com


High Tower Software Stands Tall with $6M Series C
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- High Tower Software, an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based provider of real-time data collection and analysis software for security information and financial portfolio management, said it has closed its Series C round of funding with $6 million. [full story]
http://www.hightowersoftware.com
 
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