VCJ Staff

FireApps Raises $7.5 Million

Azure Capital Seeds TravelMuse

TravelMuse Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif.-based travel planning website, has raised $600,000 in Series A funding led by Azure Capital Partners, according to a regulatory filing. www.travelmuse.com

Azuro Expands Series B Round

Azuro Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of EDA tools that reduce the power consumption of digital semiconductor chips, has expanded its Series B round to $14 million, from firms like Balderton Capital, TTP Ventures and Miramar Venture Partners. It had announced a $9 million first close in early 2006. www.azuro.com

ZipZapPlay Raises First Round

Waterfront Media Docks $20 Million

ZafGen Raises $14 Million

ZafGen Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of an obesity therapy based on the vascular targeting of adipose tissue, has raised $14 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Third Rock Ventures was joined by return backer Atlas Venture. The company previously raised around $5.2 million from Atlas and GreatPoint Ventures. www.zafgen.com

Pacira Pharma Raises $85 Million

ChemoCentryx Cancels IPO

ChemoCentryx Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of oral drugs for autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and oncology, has withdrawn registration for a $57.5 million IPO, citing “market conditions.” The company had planned to trade on the Nasdaq, with Credit Suisse serving as lead underwriter. ChemoCentryx recently raised $50 million from existing investor GlaxoSmithKline, at a higher valuation than on its Series D round in March 2007 ($30m round at a $188m post-money). Overall, the company has raised around $155 million from GSK, OrbiMed Advisors, HBM BioVentures, Alta Partners, HealthCap and GIMV. www.chemocentryx.com

Citrix Buys VC-Backed Vapps

nGenera Sells Talisma to Campus Management Corp.

Campus Management Corp., a provider of administrative and academic solutions to enhance institutional performance, has acquired the Talisma CRM business from nGenera Corp., an Austin, Texas-based provider of on-demand enterprise software No financial terms were disclosed. Campus Management is a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners. NGenera has raised over $70 million in VC funding, from firms like Foundation Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Powershift Group. It acquired Talisma earlier this year for an undisclosed amount, from venture firms Oak Investment Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Seapoint Ventures, Cedar Grove Investments, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and Carlyle Venture Partners.