VCJ Staff

Evercore Hires Senior Software Banker from Citi

Jed Sherwindt has joined Evercore Partners as a senior managing director in the firm’s San Francisco office. He previously was with Citigroup, as managing director and head of its global software I-banking group.

Trillium Therapeutics Raises Third Round

Trillium Therapeutics Inc., a Toronto-based drug company focused on immune-mediated disorders has raised C$12 million in third-round funding. Return backers include VenGrowth Private Equity Partners, BDC Capital and Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund (CMDF).

Mark Johnson Joins Total Technology Ventures

Mark Johnson, former vice chairman of CheckFree Corp., has joined Total Technology Ventures as a partner. TTV is an Atlanta-based firm focused on the financial services industry.

Hollywood Interactive Raises $5 Million

Hollywood Interactive Group Inc., a producer of interactive content, has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by BlueRun Ventures. The company’s first project is MyHollywood.com, a “women’s web destination for celebrity and entertainment news, casual games, fashion and community.”

Tethys Bioscience Buys Lipomics

Tethys Bioscience, an Emeryville, Calif.-based developer of multi-biomarker technology, has acquired Lipomics Technologies, a West Sacramento, Calif.-based developer of metabolite profiling technology. No financial terms were disclosed. Thethys has raised $54 million in total VC funding, from firms like Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Intel Capital and DAG Ventures. Lipomics had raised an undisclosed amount of funding from firms like DFJ Frontier.

ChemGenex Gets PIPEd

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CXSP), an Australia-based oncology drug company, has raised A$12.9 million via a private share placement. It included an A$6.5 million investment by existing shareholders Alta Partners, GBS Venture Partners and Merck Santé.

Bio-Affinity Company Adds €1.5 Million

PCH International Raises $21 Million

Sapphire Energy Adds $50 Million

WEbook.com Raises $5 Million

WEbook.com, a Bethesda, Md.-based online platform for “crowd-sourcing” books, has raised more than $5 million in second-round funding. Vertex Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by return backer Greylock Partners Israel and individual angels.