Private Equity
BlueCat Networks, a Toronto-based provider of provider of enterprise-class IP address management platforms, has raised US$11 million from Bridgescale Partners.
3 min read · 02 November 2009
PDC Biotech GmbH, a Vienna, Austria-based women's health drug startup whose first product focuses on preterm labor and primary dysmenorrhea, has raised over €4 million in Series A funding. MIG Verwaltungs AG and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners co-led the round.
2 min read · 02 November 2009
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Houston-based drug startup focused on prostate cancer, has raised $4.5 million in Series A and convertible note financing. The company has now raised a total of $8.5 million, including $1.45 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.
2 min read · 02 November 2009
Intelleflex Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of extended capability RFID solutions, has held an $8 million first close on a Series A recap round. New Venture Partners was joined by return backers Arcapita Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures and The Woodside Fund. Intelleflex previously raised around $50 million in VC funding since 2004.
2 min read · 02 November 2009
Pulmatrix, a Lexington, Mass.-based developer of drug therapies for infectious and progressive respiratory diseases, has raised $30.2 million in Series B funding. Arch Venture Partners and Novartis Bioventures Fund co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Polaris Venture Partners and 5AM Ventures. The company previously raised $14.5 million. In other Pulmatrix news, the company recently received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
7 min read · 02 November 2009
Beijing Goldenway Bio-Tech Co Ltd., a developer of microorganism technology that converts kitchen waste into microbial protein feed, has raised $11.7 million in VC funding from Tsing Capital.
4 min read · 02 November 2009
Aurora Feint Inc., a Burlingame, Calif.-based social gaming platform for the iPhone, has sold a 20% equity stake to Japanese social network operator DeNA. No financial terms were disclosed.
4 min read · 01 November 2009
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1 min read · 01 November 2009
1 min read · 01 November 2009