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| Jun 29, 2009 | Cardiac device maker VytronUS raises another $11M | VytronUS, a medical device startup that remains secretive about its product, has raised another $11 million in its first round of funding, according to VentureWire. That new money, from existing investors Delphi Ventures and New Enterprise ... |
| Jun 29, 2009 | SpaceX raising another $60M for private space travel | Space travel company Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, has raised $15 million of a new funding round, according to VentureWire. The round may eventually grow to $60 million. VentureWire first spotted the news in ... |
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| May 7, 2009 | Sadra Medical raises $30M for aortic valve replacement | Sadra Medical, which is developing a procedure to replace the aortic valve (for the less medically-savvy, that’s part of your heart), has raised $30 million in a third round of funding. The Campbell, Calif., company dubs its procedure “perc... |
| Apr 17, 2009 | Calient raises $5M for fiber optic management | Calient Networks, which provides switching equipment to manage fiber optic networks, has raised $5 million in a third round of venture funding (pdf announcement here). TeleSoft Partners, which first invested in the San Jose, Calif. company ... |
| Apr 13, 2009 | Schooner joins the flash memory battle | A startup called Schooner Information Technology emerged from stealth mode today with the announcement of two new products featuring smaller, cheaper, faster servers built using flash memory chips. The Menlo Park, Calif. startup has also ra... |
| Apr 9, 2009 | Style never dies: Luxury clothing maker J. Hilburn raises $4M | J. Hilburn, a company that sells custom men’s clothing, has raised a $4 million first round from Battery Ventures.
The Dallas, Tex. startup may seem like an odd investment for a tech-focused venture firm, and its luxury product line sounds ... |
| Mar 27, 2009 | Ripple TV raises $4M more for in-store television | Ripple TV, which places digital television displays inside stores to deliver targeted advertising, has raised $4 million in new funding.
El Segundo, Calif.-based Ripple is one of a host of companies behind the televisions you see in coffee ... |
| Feb 21, 2009 | Primaeva Medical raises $6M for aging skin | Primaeva Medical, a company developing a radio-frequency device to treat aging skin, has raised $6 million in a third round of funding, according to VentureWire. The company said it has completed crucial tests and will probably raise a four... |
| Feb 9, 2009 | Search analytics startup Enquisite raises $8M | Enquisite, which is rolling out several search analytics tools, has raised $8 million in new funding, according to VentureWire. One of its first products will verify that ads are running where they’re supposed to.
The round, the San Francis... |
| Oct 17, 2008 | T2 Biosystems brings in $10.8M for diagnostics | T2 Biosystems, a company working to develop new diagnostic methods, received $10.8 million in second-round financing from new investors In-Q-Tel (which also helps fund the CIA, incidentally) and Partners Healthcare, and existing investors F... |
| Oct 17, 2008 | CeNeRx takes $15M to fight depression | CeNeRx BioPharma recently raised $15 million in a second round of funding contributed by Aisling Capital, L Capital Partners and Pappas Ventures. The Cary, N.C. company specializes in treatments for central nervous system disorders. It plan... |
| Oct 6, 2008 | Crocus snags $15.8M to develop magnetic memory chips | French semiconductor maker Crocus Technology has raised $15.8 million in second round financing, in addition to $4.1 million from OSEO, France’s public agency for funding innovation.
The company plans to use the round for continued developm... |
| Oct 3, 2008 | Zimbio raises $6.8M for online magazines | Zimbio, a Redwood City, Calif.-based creator of online magazines, has raised $6.8 million in a first round of funding, according to VentureWire. Zimbio allows users to create “wikizines,” which the company says are interactive magazines. Th... |
| Oct 1, 2008 | Osprey raises $11M for protein therapeutics | Osprey Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. has raised $11 million in a first round of funding, according to VentureWire. The San Francisco company’s protein therapeutics treatment targets kidney disease. Burrill & Co. led the round, with participati... |
| Oct 1, 2008 | Oracle acquires application management startup ClearApp | Oracle Corp. announced in September that it has acquired ClearApp, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based maker of application performance management software for an undisclosed amount. ClearApp previously raised more than $20 million in venture ba... |
| Oct 1, 2008 | Online payments company Noca launches | Noca, a Palo Alto, Calif. startup founded by former Visa employees, recently launched an online payment system that should allow merchants pay lower fees, according to VentureWire. Most credit card companies, as well as payment systems like... |
| Sep 30, 2008 | HealthiNation brings in $7.5M to produce online health videos | HealthiNation, a New York-based company that produces videos for television and the web addressing all aspects of personal health, has raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding, VentureWire reports. Contributions came from MK Capital... |
| Sep 29, 2008 | Regent Education takes $2.5M to develop financial aid tech | Regent Education Inc., a developer of financial aid management software, took in $8.25 million in a second funding round, VentureWire reports. Chrysalis Ventures led the round with a $2.75 million contribution, while previous investor Ediso... |
| Sep 29, 2008 | Biopharm company Jennerex nabs $8.3M | Jennerex, a biopharmaceutical treatment developer focused on cancer, brought in $8.3 million earlier this month from various investors, including Calvin Stiller and Korea-based Green Cross Corp. The company has raised about $18 million so f... |
| Sep 15, 2008 | Wiggio makes collaboration easier for college students | A startup called Wiggio just launched a new collaboration tool for college students. I’m no longer a college student myself (thank God), so I haven’t given Wiggio a try, but it sounds useful.
One would think, of course, that the college col... |
| Sep 12, 2008 | SAP invests in Indian software company Newgen | SAP Ventures, the venture arm of business software corporation SAP, has made an investment of undisclosed size in Newgen Software Technologies, according to VentureWire. New Delhi, India-based Newgen offers software to manage business proce... |
| Sep 12, 2008 | Electronics warranty company SquareTrade raises $4M in debt financing | SquareTrade, a company that offers extended warranties for consumer electronics and appliances, has raised another $4 million in debt financing, according to VentureWire.
The San Francisco company says its warranties cost, on average, 40 pe... |
| Sep 9, 2008 | Proteolix raises $79M for cancer treatment | Proteolix, which is developing drugs to treat cancer by disrupting key cell functions, has raised $79 million in a third round of funding, according to VentureWire. That’s the third largest biotech funding this year.
Nomura Phase4 Ventures,... |
| Sep 5, 2008 | E-Commerce marketing co. ChannelAdvisor raises cash, trims staff | ChannelAdvisor, a company that lets online retailers manage product marketing across marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon.com, Overstock.com and a series of shopping comparison sites, has raised an additional $20 million, VentureWire reports. ... |
| Sep 2, 2008 | Spinal device developer Baxano raises $20M | Baxano, a startup in stealth mode that’s developing a spinal medical device, has raised $20 million in a second round of funding, according to VentureWire. The round was led by new backer Kearny Venture Partners, with participation from exi... |
| Sep 2, 2008 | Claremont Creek raises $115M for Fund II | Claremont Creek Ventures, which invests in early-stage information technology and life science companies, has raised almost $115 million towards its second fund, according to VentureWire (citing a regulatory filing). It’s not clear how much... |
| Aug 29, 2008 | Storage chip company Aristos Logic sells for $41M | Data storage company Adaptec has agreed to acquire Aristos Logic Corp for $41 million in cash, less than half the $91 million that Aristos has raised in venture backing since 2000, according to VentureWire.
The Foothill Ranch, Calif, compan... |
| Aug 29, 2008 | Urology device startup Percutaneous Systems raises $6.3M | Percutaneous Systems has raised $6.3 million of a planned $7 million fourth round, according to VentureWire citing a regulatory filing. The funding comes from existing investors Compass Group, Montreux Equity Partners and Shea Ventures, as ... |
| Aug 20, 2008 | Identity management startup SailPoint Technologies raises $6.5M | SailPoint Technologies, a company that helps corporations manage issues around identity, user access and regulatory compliance, has raised $6.5 million in a third round of funding. All of the company’s existing investors, including Austin V... |
| Aug 15, 2008 | Ex-Googlers’ firm Merus Capital raising $125M fund | Merus Capital, a venture firm founded by former Google and Microsoft executives, is raising $125 million for its debut fund, and has raised $10 million so far, according to an SEC regulatory filing cited by VentureWire. The firm focuses on ... |
| Aug 15, 2008 | Pulmonx raises $3M to create emphysema treatment devices | Pulmonx, a company developing devices to treat emphysema, has raised $3 million in convertible promissory notes, according to VentureWire. The investors in this round are not known.
The Palo Alto, Calif. was founded in 1998, and its technol... |
| Aug 14, 2008 | Anthera Pharmaceuticals raises $19M for anti-inflammatory drugs | Anthera Pharmaceuticals has raised $19 million in a second round of funding led by Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund and HBM BioCapital. Existing investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Pappas Ventures and Mitsubishi ... |
| Aug 13, 2008 | Austin Ventures near closing tenth fund, to hit $900 million target | Austin Ventures invests in both on early-stage technology ventures in Texas as well as technology, financial and information-service companies across the country. The firm is nearly done raising its tenth fund at its target $900 million, Ve... |
| Aug 11, 2008 | Solus Biosystems raises $800K for protein analysis | Solus Biosystems, a startup that’s developing a tool for protein analysis, has raised $805,000 in a first full round of funding, according to VentureWire. The money comes from individual investors, says chairman Denis Colema.
The Palo Alto,... |
| Aug 11, 2008 | Voyage Medical raises $22M for heart treatment | Voyage Medical, which is developing new treatment for a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, has raised $22 million in a second round of financing. New investor Three Arch Partners led the round, with participation from Kleiner Perki... |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Maples Investment funds Hyper9’s virtualization management | Hyper9, a startup that makes software to manage virtual environments, has received an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Maples Investments. Although the size of the investment is unknown, Maples normally invests between $150,000 ... |
| Aug 5, 2008 | Stealth startup Chronix Biomedical raises $2.27M | San Jose, Calif.-based Chronix is working on means to detect and monitor chronic diseases. It has raised a small $2.27 million second round from Pentagram Partners LP, PrairieGold Venture Partners and individual investors, VentureWire repor... |
| Aug 4, 2008 | InterKrin raises $18.5M for continued work on diabetes drug | Palo Alto, Calif.-based InterKrin is developing an anti-diabetes drug. It has raised an $18.5 million in a not-yet-closed third round of funding, according to VentureWire. The round was led by Amgen and Skyline Ventures and joined by existi... |
| Jul 31, 2008 | Database appliance company Kickfire raises $20M | Kickfire, the maker of a database appliance that’s completely compatible with MySQL, has raised $20 million in a second round of funding. Pinnacle Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors Accel Partners, Greylock P... |
| Jul 31, 2008 | Nokia adds $150M to venture arm for Asian growth | Mobile giant Nokia has added $150 million to its venture division Nokia Growth Partners, with the goal of opening offices in China and India, as well as expanding investments in the United States and Europe.
This announcement more than doub... |
| Jul 29, 2008 | Guidester rebrands as Searchandise, raises $7.5M | Guidester, a search merchandising company, has rebranded itself as Searchandise Commerce and raised a $7.5 million third round of funding, according to VentureWire. The company also has a new home-base, moving its headquarters from New York... |
| Jul 29, 2008 | Healthcare analytics company MedeFinance raises $50M | MedeFinance, a provider of analytics tools and services to hospitals and health plans, has raised $50 million in a third round of financing. The round was led by Bain Capital, and is a huge increase from the company’s previous two rounds, w... |
| Jul 28, 2008 | Dayak raises $1M for recruiting marketplace | Dayak, a site that connects employers with recruiters, has raised $1 million in additional funding, according to VentureWire. That’s in addition to the $1.15 million that Dayak previously raised for its first round. New investors NextStage ... |
| Jul 27, 2008 | Sierra Surgical raises $14.5M for female sterilization | Sierra Surgical, a medical device company in stealth mode, has raised $14.5 million in a second round of funding, according to VentureWire. Existing investors Alta Partners and De Novo Ventures providing the financing.
The only information ... |
| Jul 27, 2008 | Morgenthaler closes on $263M for new fund | Morgenthaler Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif. firm focused on life sciences and information technology, has raised $263 million for a new venture fund, its ninth, according to VentureWire. The firm is targeting of $400 million.
Morgenthaler’s... |
| Jul 23, 2008 | More funding for document collaboration: DocVerse raises $1.3M | There already plenty of ways to share and edit documents online, but a startup called DocVerse may be preparing a better solution. The stealthy San Francisco company recently raised $1.3 million from Baseline Ventures, Michael Dearing and u... |
| Jul 17, 2008 | Korea-to-US online game importer OGPlanet now profitable, gets funding | The sale of virtual goods drives revenue for many game companies in Asia, but that trend is still getting off the ground in the United States. OGPlanet is licensing popular games in Korea and modifying them for the U.S. market, betting that... |
| Jul 16, 2008 | NexTier Networks, which uses semantics for data leak prevention technology, raising $3M plus | NexTier Networks, a company providing “data leak prevention” technology to help companies comply with their securitiy policies, said it is raising a round of capital.
The Santa Clara, Calif. company issued a press release saying it has buil... |
| Jul 14, 2008 | Web CMS company Clickability raises $4M debt round | Clickability, a company that builds and hosts web-based content management software, has raised a $4 million debt round from SaaS Capital Inc, according to VentureWire.
The company counts a number of large media companies as clients, and mo... |
| Jul 11, 2008 | Deep Fork Ventures closes $500M fund | Deep Fork Ventures, a firm whose partners are linked by wine, has raised $500 million for a new fund, according to VentureWire.
Impressively, the three partners — Aubrey McClendon, Andre de Baubigny and and Timothy Komada — provided all of ... |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Venture capital: Still white, still male, but getting better (maybe) | Even though well-educated women and minorities have been entering the workforce for years, the venture capital industry is still dominated by white men. But there are a few signs that things are changing.
In a new study from the National Ve... |
| Jul 1, 2008 | Dry times in venture-land: IPOs drop to zero in Q2 | If you’re wondering why we haven’t been covering much IPO news recently, it’s because there hasn’t been any — there were literally zero venture-backed IPOs in the second quarter of 2008.
This is the first quarter since 1978 that has gone by... |
| Jun 30, 2008 | Horsley Bridge closes $1.76B fund of funds | Horsley Bridge Partners, a San Francisco firm that invests in venture capital and other private equity firms, has closed its ninth “fund of funds” with a total of $1.76 billion, according to VentureWire.
Horsley Bridge is best known for its... |
| Jun 24, 2008 | Alvine Pharmaceuticals raises $26 million for disease research | San Carlos, Calif. company Alvine Pharmaceuticals recently added $5 million to its first venture round, bringing total funding to $26 million, according to VentureWire.
Alvine’s research focuses on treatment for autoimmune and gastrointesti... |
| Jun 20, 2008 | Vaccsys raises $9 million for vaccine research | Vaccsys, a company that does vaccine research, has raised $9 million of a planned $18 million round from Alta Partners, Versant Venture Capital and The Column Group.
Vaccsys’s web site is here, although it’s still under construction.
Update... |
| Jun 16, 2008 | Gene expression diagnostic company XDx raises $35.4M more | XDx, the startup behind a test measuring gene activity in the blood, is raising an additional $35.4 million in its fifth round of funding, according to VentureWire.
The Brisbane, Calif. company filed for an IPO of up to $86.3 million back i... |
| Jun 16, 2008 | Lucid Commerce raises $2.5M for business intelligence | Lucid Commerce, a Seattle startup that provides business data for direct-response marketers, has raised a $2.5 million first round of venture capital, according to VentureWire. OVP Venture Partners led the round, and Adconion Media Group ch... |
| Jun 10, 2008 | Design automation company Nangate seeking $10M | Nangate, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of electronic design automation software, is looking to raise $10 million in a third round of venture funding, according to VentureWire.
The company previously raised $15 million from Sunstone Ca... |
| Jun 1, 2008 | Roundup: YouTube making money now? Managers leaving Bebo, and more | As YouTube grows, some estimate it’s making up to $200 million this year — The revenue number comes from a couple estimates reviewed by Erick Schonfeld at Techcrunch, where he looks at how the site’s increasing dominance (see comScore graph... |
| May 16, 2008 | Paylocity gets venture payroll of $10M | Paylocity, a startup that provides payroll and human services software, has raised $10 million at a valuation of more than $60 million, according to VentureWire.
The Arlington Heights, Ill.-based company has been boostrapped since it was fo... |
| May 16, 2008 | Roundup: Facebook’s latest profile changes, Jangl sells, Kindle matters, and more | More on Facebook profile changes: The feed wall — The new profile is slated for launch later this year. The latest new feature the company is previewing: A “feed” portion of the new design, where you can easily add content from within a sta... |
| May 12, 2008 | Daytrip company Viator raises $7.6M | Viator, a travel website that specializes in daytime tours, has raised $6.7 million in a third round of funding, according to VentureWire.
The San Francisco startup was founded in 1995 and makes money by purchasing tours at bulk rates than ... |
| May 12, 2008 | Aruspex gets $4M for employee planning software | Software maker Aruspex has raised $4 million in a first round of funding, according to VentureWire. The six-year-old startup, based on San Francisco and Melbourne, creates software that helps companies plan for and hire new employees.
The s... |
| May 9, 2008 | Roundup: Tidbits on Jangl’s demise, Virgin considers Helio hookup, VCs looking overseas, and more | updated
The back-story on Jangl’s slow death — Yesterday, we reported on Jangl’s asset sale process. A tipster tells us that Seattle-based WhitePages had offered to buy Internet phone company Jangl for $20 million, but then kept the company... |
| May 5, 2008 | ZeeVee raises round, to release web-in-your-TV box this summer | Companies as large as Apple are trying to let you stream online video content to your TV, but a startup named ZeeVee is coming out with what could be a popular alternative. It is building a box that essentially lets you plug your computer i... |
| Apr 25, 2008 | Massage chair company Zubio gets funding to help stressed techies relax | The weekend’s here at last, and thank goodness — I’m totally beat and stressed from a week of blogging and running around at Web 2.0. If you’re feeling the same way, now might be a good time to enjoy a massage at Zubio in downtown San Franc... |
| Apr 11, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Friday, April 11, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Stent maker IDev Tech raises $25M (VentureWire)
Xytis gets $15M for brain-injury drugs (VentureWire)
Diagnostic maker Iris Biotech plans to go public, launch breast-cancer test (Edgar)
RiverVest Venture Partners raises $7... |
| Apr 10, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Thursday, April 10, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
HealthExtras buys venture-backed PBM HospiScript for $100M (release)
Urological device-maker NeoTract adds $7.4M (VentureWire)
RNAi-drug startup Intradigm seeks $35M (VentureWire)
Israel’s Arbel Medical raises $3.5M for t... |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Stemline Therapeutics, cancer stem-cell startup, gets $13M (release)
Eye-disease biotech Potentia Pharma raises $12M (release)
Sample-prep toolmaker Arcxis aims for $8M to $10M (VentureWire)
Synvascular names Drew Hoffman... |
| Apr 7, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Monday, April 7, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Quark Pharma gets $27M for RNAi drugs (release)
TargetRx takes in $9.6M for physician-prescribing data (release)
D-Pharm raises more than $3M for fat-like drugs (release)
Vortex Medical raises $2.3M for medical devices (V... |
| Apr 3, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Thursday, April 3, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Mirna Thera spins out of Asuragen with $3M (release)
Stroke-therapy startup CoAxia raises $12M (release)
Stealthy device maker Synvascular gets $6.5M (peHUB)
AndroScience seeks $3.5M for anti-testosterone drugs (VentureWi... |
| Apr 2, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
ProGenTech takes in $21M for DNA purification systems (release)
Diabetes-drug maker Phenomix raises $18M while seeking IPO (Edgar)
Genome-tool maker BioTrove gets $23M in preparation for IPO (Edgar)
Sweden’s DermaGen pull... |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Thursday, March 27, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Breathe Tech raises $15M for respiratory disease (release)
Protein-drug maker Pieris takes in €25M (release)
Apthera takes in $2.1M toward cancer vaccine (VentureWire)
Breathe Tech raises $15M for respiratory disease — Br... |
| Mar 26, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
OptiMedica takes in $16M for eye-treatment lasers (release)
Genome analyzer BioNanomatrix raises $5M (release)
Heart diagnostic startup Aviir gets another $1.5M (VBLS exclusive)
Pharmaca, integrative-pharmacy chain, draws... |
| Mar 25, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Antibody-discovery startup Adimab raises new funding (release)
Lung-device maker Spiration gets $19M (release)
Sample-prep startup Protein Discovery pulls in $10M (release)
Inogen takes in $13M for portable oxygen device ... |
| Mar 24, 2008 | Babystyle, the baby retailer, files for bankruptcy — victim of misguided investors? | updated
Babystyle, the Los Angeles retailer of baby and maternity products, has filed for bankruptcy after raising more than $146 million from investors.
Two years ago we were pointing to the worrying burn rate of the company, which also go... |
| Mar 24, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Monday, March 24, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Trius Therapeutics raises $30M for new antibiotics (release)
Genomas gets $1.2M grant for genomic side-effect tests (release)
Provasculon receives $500K, enters Biogen Idec incubator (VentureWire)
Animal diagnostics firm ... |
| Mar 20, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Thursday, March 20, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Vantia Thera spins out of Ferring, raises £19M (PDF release)
Third Eye gets $150K for intracranial-pressure monitor (release)
Diabetes tester Oculir closes doors, returns capital (VentureWire)
Catalyst Health Ventures rai... |
| Mar 19, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | Paris-based Stentys takes $18M for “bifurcated” stents — Stentys, a Paris-based medical device maker, raised $18 million in a second funding round. The company is developing “bifurcated” stents intended to prop open clogged arteries at bloo... |
| Mar 18, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Luminous Medical raises $24M for automated glucose monitoring (release)
Alimera Sciences gets $30M for eye-disease drug (release)
Vaccine maker LigoCyte draws $28M (release)
Heartbeat tracker CardioNet trims IPO, aims for... |
| Mar 17, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Monday, March 17, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Defibrillator maker Cameron Health takes in $14M (VBLS exclusive)
Miramar Labs gets $20M for “aesthetic” devices (VBLS exclusive)
Nellix raises $6.5M for aneurysm grafts (VBLS exclusive)
Vessel-clog remover Chestnut Medic... |
| Mar 14, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Friday, March 14, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES
Cantimer takes in $2M for dehydration diagnostics (VentureWire)
Recodagen launches, takes aim at cancer (release)
Juniper Diagnostics spins out of ChemSensing (VentureWire)
Cantimer takes in $2M for dehydration diagnostics... |
| Mar 13, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Thursday, March 13, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Aperio Tech raises $20M for digital pathology (release)
TissueLink changes name, files for $86M IPO (Edgar)
Specialty pharma Cydex files to raise $50M in IPO (Edgar)
Hydra Biosciences takes in $34M for pain drugs (Venture... |
| Mar 12, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
EyeGate Pharma takes in $15M for eye-drug delivery (release)
Pronostics raises £3M for autoimmune diagnostics (VentureWire)
TPG Biotech funds development of Japanese growth hormone, EPO (release)
Immucor acquires gene- an... |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Life-science briefing: Friday, March 7, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Allegro pulls in $4M for lung-cancer molecular diagnostics (release)
Ocular bandage developer I-Therapeutix raises $6M (Mass High Tech)
NanoBio gets last of $30M for skin-infection drugs (release)
Cayenne Medical raises $... |
| Mar 5, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Precision Thera merger with “blank check” Oracle Healthcare collapses (release)
Sleep Solutions takes in $21M for sleep-apnea diagnostics (release)
Trevena takes in $24M for drugs targeting G-proteins (release)
“Specialty... |
| Mar 3, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Monday, March 3 ,2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
InfraReDx takes $17M for arterial-plaque detection (VentureWire)
Cancer-drug developer Serenex sells out to Pfizer for undisclosed sum (release)
Life-sciences fund Longitude Capital raises $95M (VentureWire)
Hospital cons... |
| Feb 29, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 | Arriva Pharma recaps with $6M for respiratory anti-inflammatory drugs — Arriva Pharmaceuticals, an Alameda, Calif., drug developer focused on inflammatory respiratory disease, raised $6 million in a convertible-stock funding that recapitali... |
| Feb 28, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 | RNAi developer PhaseRx gets $4M of a pledged $19M — Investor interest in RNA interference, an ancient cellular mechanism for silencing dangerous genes, continues apace. PhaseRx, a Seattle biotech, has raised $4 million of a pledged $19 mill... |
| Feb 27, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 | InSound Medical raises $11M for “invisible” hearing aids — This item is a standalone post here.
Corventis takes in $20M for heart-failure therapy — San Jose, Calif.-based Corventis, a startup working on ways to monitor the vital signs of he... |
| Feb 26, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Adnavance pulls in C$3.7M for molecular diagnostics, names new CEO (release)
“Personalized medicine” co. Proprius sells to Cypress Bio for up to $75M (release)
Vaccinex raises $25M in wake of GSK deal for antibody drugs (... |
| Feb 25, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Microsoft launches $3M fund to support online health-improvement tools (release)
Clarus Ventures raises $660M life-sciences fund (release)
Iverson Genetics raises $1.1M for blood-clotting tests, seeks $9.3M more (VentureW... |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Roundup: Yahoo sued for rejecting Microsoft, iPhone delays and more | Here’s the latest action:
1. Yahoo sued for saying no to Microsoft
2. iPhone SDK may be running late
3. IBM launches climate change video game
4. Researchers find way to steal encrypted data
5. Identity theft company LifeLock gets sued
6. A... |
| Feb 21, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Compact ultrasound maker Zonare Medical raises $30M (VentureWire)
TherOx raises $30M for hypersaturated-oxygen devices (peHUB)
Accumetrics, antiplatelet-drug diagnostic maker, raises $29M (release)
Population Genetics tak... |
| Feb 20, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
San Diego’s Ocera raises $36M for gastrointestinal treatments (release)
Antibody-drug maker Affimed pulls in €20M (release)
GraftCath, venous catheter developer, gets $12M (VentureWire)
Ranier Tech takes in £8M for spinal... |
| Feb 19, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES
Sonoma Ortho names Glen Coleman as CEO, preps launch of bone implant (VentureWire)
TechniScan draws $13M for ultrasound CT scanners (release)
OrbiMed plans $150M Asian life-science fund (VentureWire)
Accelerated Tech pulls... |
| Feb 15, 2008 | Life sciences briefing: Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 | TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Q Thera takes in $15M for neural stem-cell treatments (release)
Stroke clotbuster Concentric Medical withdraws IPO (IPOhome)
Avera recaps with $9M to relaunch human tests of GI drug (VentureWire)
Tissue repairer Nerites r... |
| Feb 14, 2008 | Levitation option still valid for Wile E. Coyote | Fresh from the Department of Whistling Past the Graveyard in today’s VentureWire:
Back in the real world, seven life-science IPOs have gone down in flames so far this year. An eighth startup, robotic-surgery maker MAKO Surgical, just slashe... |