Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, Mass.-based drug startup focused on inflammatory and metabolic diseases, has raised $39.6 million in Series A funding. Backers include SV Life Sciences, Clarus Ventures, MedImmune Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures.
6 min read · 21 April 2010
Amonix, a Seal Beach, Calif.-based maker of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, has raised $129.4 million in Series B funding. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers led the round, and was joined by Adams Street Partners, Angeleno Group, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Vedanta Capital, New Silk Route The Westly Group. Return backer MissionPoint Capital Partners also participated.
5 min read · 21 April 2010
HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals, a Newton, Mass.-based developer of small-molecule therapeutics to treat serious blood disorders, has raised $12 million in Series B funding. Aberdare Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers De Novo Ventures, Forward Ventures and Lilly Ventures. HemaQuest previously raised $20 million.
2 min read · 21 April 2010
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has agreed to acquire Jigsaw, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of crowd-sourced business contact information. The deal is valued at $142 million in cash, plus the possibility of around another $14 million in earn-outs. Jigsaw has raised just over $20 million in VC funding, from Austin Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.
6 min read · 21 April 2010
RentWiki.com, an Atlanta-based provider of user-generated rental property information and search services, has secured a "multimillion dollar investment" from Antares Capital Corp.
2 min read · 21 April 2010
Red Spider Ltd., a UK-based provider of remote open close technology for the global oil and gas market, has raised £7.5 million in growth equity funding from Energy Ventures and Simmons Parallel Energy Fund.
3 min read · 21 April 2010
1 min read · 21 April 2010
Gemin X Pharmaceuticals Inc., an oncology drug developer with offices in both Malvern, Pa. and Montreal, has raised $16 million in Series D funding. The deal also includes an investor option to invest an additional $4 million. Return backers Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund and Sanderling Venture Partners co-led the round. The company has now raised over $100 million, from Caxton, Sanderling, H.I.G. Ventures, CDP/Vantage Point, ProQuest, Merlin BioMed Group, HBM Partners, Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, SoftBank Life Science, Business Development Bank of Canada, Solidarity Fund QFL and Pinnacle Bioventures.
3 min read · 21 April 2010
Zerista, a Denver-based developer of mobile social software, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Kickstart Venture Fund and undisclosed angel investors.
1 min read · 21 April 2010
Qualtré Inc., a Marlborough, Mass.-based developer of solid-state motion sensors for consumer electronics applications, has raised $8 million in Series B funding from Matrix Partners and Pilot House Ventures. The company previously raised $5 million.
3 min read · 21 April 2010
