Crédit Agricole Private Equity has formed investment partnerships with three seed capital organizations: Soridec, a regional fund in France’s Languedoc Roussillon area; BioGeneration Ventures, a Dutch group focused on life sciences; and Objectif Gazelles, an angel group.
2 min read · 29 March 2009
LensX Lasers Inc., an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based maker of cataract surgery lasers, has raised $22.36 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Versant Ventures was joined by return backers InterWest Partners and SV Life Sciences. The LenxX founding team is the sale group that founded IntraLase, a VC-backed company acquired by AMO in 2007 for $808 million.
1 min read · 29 March 2009
TweetDeck, a UK-based maker of free software that helps organize Twitter streams, has raised $300,000 in seed funding led by Betaworks, according to a regulatory filing. Peter Kafka had previously reported on the round, saying that it would come in south of $500,000. www.tweetdeck.com
1 min read · 27 March 2009
Target Partners, a Munich-based venture capital firm, has promoted Olaf Jacobi to the position of partner. He had been a venture partner with Target for the past two years.
2 min read · 27 March 2009
Social Solutions, a Baltimore-based provider of nonprofit performance management software, has acquired Esteam, a provider of financial performance management software and services. No financial terms were disclosed. Social Solutions has raised over $9 million in VC funding from firms like Frontier Capital, WWC Capital Group and IDEA Fund Partners.
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Atritech Inc., a Plymouth, Minn.-based maker of medical devices for the prevention of atrial fibrillation-related strokes, has raised $30 million in Series E funding. Thomas, McNerney & Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Split Rock Partners, Prism VentureWorks, Tullis-Dickerson and Vector Group.
3 min read · 27 March 2009
Lifefactory Inc., a Sausalito, Calif.-based maker of green consumer products like BPA-free baby bottles, has raised $750,000 in seed funding led by Greenhouse Capital Partners.
3 min read · 27 March 2009
