Endosense, a Geneva, Switzerland-based med-tech company focused on improving the efficacy, safety and reproducibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has raised $36 million in Series B funding. Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners led the round, and was joined by Neomed, GIMV, VI Partners, Sectoral Asset Management, Ysios Capital Partners and Initiative Capital Romandie.
4 min read · 01 September 2009
Icos Capital, a Dutch growth capital firm, has invested an undisclosed amount in BiAqua, a developer of bio-based solutions for water contamination issues. BiAqua is a spinout of the Delft University of Technology.
4 min read · 01 September 2009
2 min read · 01 September 2009
Silicon Mitus Inc., a Seoul, South Korea-based fabless maker of power management ICs, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series B funding. ePlanet Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backer Walden International.
2 min read · 01 September 2009
Medsphere Systems Corp., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based provider of open-source healthcare enterprise solutions like electronic health records, has raised $12 million in combined private equity and debt financing. Backers include Azure Capital Partners, Epic Ventures, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and Western Technology Investment.
3 min read · 01 September 2009
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has acquired FastScale Technologies Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of data center software platforms. No financial terms were disclosed. FastScale had raised $11.5 million in VC funding, from firms like ATA Ventures, Leapfrog Ventures and Hunt Ventures.
4 min read · 31 August 2009
Queplix Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of physical-to-cloud migration for legacy enterprise applications, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding from Javelin Venture Partners.
4 min read · 31 August 2009
Alta Partners has promoted Robert Alexander to the position of director. He joined the San Francisco-based VC firm in 2005 as a principal.
2 min read · 31 August 2009
WoodPellets.com, a Goffstown, N.H.-based distributor and online retailer of wood pellets and biomass fuels for residential heating, has raised $11 million in Series B funding. Monitor Clipper Partners led the round, and was joined by return backer .406 Ventures. The company previously raised a $4 million Series A round, when it was known as American Biomass Corp.
4 min read · 31 August 2009
Calix, a Petaluma, Calif.-based communications equipment supplier focused on bradband service delivery, has raised $50 million in new VC funding and $50 million in new debt financing. The debt came from Silicon Valley Bank, while the equity came from "existing investors." Calix had previously raised over $220 million in VC funding, from firms like Credit Suisse, Foundation Capital, Kinetic Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, TeleSoft Partners, Azure Capital Partners, Contrarian Capital Management and Integral Capital Partners.
5 min read · 31 August 2009
