EULatviaStart Upventure capital

The European Investment Fund Board selected Imprimatur Capital Baltics as second financial intermediary under the JEREMIE initiative’s call for expressions of interest in Latvia. Imprimatur Capital Baltics will establish and manage new seed and start-up capital funds with a planned total capital of €20.4m (€14.7m public and €5.7m private) focused on investing in micro, small […]

USA

DH Capital, LLC, an investment banking firm serving companies in the Communications and Internet Infrastructure sectors, announced the closing of up to $20m in senior notes for SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. from a private investment group. Peter Hopper, President of DH Capital, which served as exclusive financial advisor to SoftLayer on the transaction, said: “We are […]

USAventure capital

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., a a Carnegie Mellon University spin off company developing surgical instruments for use in orthopaedic and neurosurgery procedures, closed a $2.4m private equity Series A round of financing. The round was led by private investors including the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse and Innovation Works and consisted of both new investments and […]

USAventure capital

Pyxis Technology, Inc., a Austin, TX.-based company that delivers software solutions for the physical design and routing of custom and system-on-chip (SoC) integrated circuits (ICs), received the second tranche of cash from its latest $3m funding round. The financing is provided by investors Austin Ventures, CMEA Ventures, Formative Ventures and KT Venture Group. Commenting on […]

UKventure capital

Alcester, UK-based Quanta Fluid Solutions Ltd., a developer of home haemodialysis systems, completed a £9m Series A equity financing. The round was co-led by NBGI Ventures Seroba Kernel and Wellington Partners with the participation from BrainsToVentures, a network of entrepreneurial private investors predominantly based in German-speaking Europe. Quanta is developing SelfCare+, an innovative home haemodialysis […]

Canada

PAKIT Inc., a clean technology company that has developed a patented, industry-changing disruptive technology, completed a $5m financing with Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. The investment will enable the Vancouver, Canada-based company to expand its production capacity to meet equipment orders in the pipeline. Commenting on the financing, Brian Birmingham, PAKIT’s President and CEO, said: “The […]

Franceventure capital

CYTOO SA., a provider of technologies and products for high content cell analysis, closed its second funding round of $4.7m (approximately €3.2m) led by new investor Auriga Partners. Jacques Lewiner, co-founder and president of the supervisory board at CYTOO, also participate in the investment. The Grenoble, France-based company will use the funds to grow internationally, […]

Start UpUSAventure capital

OnLive, Inc. closed its Series C funding round led by AT&T Media Holdings, Inc., Lauder Partners, Warner Bros., Autodesk, and Maverick Capital. In addition to investors, OnLive had previously announced support from nine top video game publishers and continues to close new deals with both publishers and other strategic partners as it ramps to the […]

USAventure capital

Provo, UT.-based EnticeLabs, the technology designer to empower HR departments to recruit top talent, closed its $2m strategic round of investment led by First Advantage with participation from all initial founders and investors. This funds will be used to accelerate system development, accommodate higher-than-anticipated sales, and build out the infrastructure warranted by the rapidly expanding […]

IsraelStart Upventure capital

ActiViews Ltd., a medical device start-up, raised $5M in an investment round led by 7 Health Ventures with the participation of previous investors Ofer HiTech and Evergreen Venture Partners. The proceeds will be used to set up a sales network in Europe and to obtain marketing approval in the USA. Founded in 2007, the company, […]

Private EquityUSA

Craton Equity Partners, a Southern California clean technology fund, has made a $20m investment commitment to Liquid Environmental Solutions (LES), a non-hazardous liquid waste collection and treatment company in the United States. Founded in 2002 and with offices in Dallas and San Diego, LES provides its commercial and industrial customers with an effective way to […]

USA

FASgen, Inc., a drug development company, was awarded a new $1.4m SBIR Phase II NIH grant for continued research for obesity. The Baltimore, Maryland-based company, which was founded in 2000, has for some time had extensive research into the effects of inhibition of the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway on the regulation of appetite and weight […]

USAventure capital

ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Inc., developers of a platform technology to standardize hyperthermic perfusion, completed its $2.75M Series A financing round led by Originate Ventures. The funds will be used to promote the commercialization of ThermalTherapeutic Systems proprietary new technology. The company had received initial start-up funding by the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, and successful rounds of […]

USAventure capital

TargetCast Networks, a developer and provider of out-of-home digital TV advertising, received $6.5m in its second formal round of venture capital funding from Claremont Creek Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Having the company raised $6.3m in a Series A investment led by Claremont Creek Ventures in September 2007, the total TargetCast Networks has raised to […]