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VC-Backed IPO Pipeline Fills UpFallbrook Technologies today filed for a $50 million IPO, although I can't for the life of me figure out why. The company has decreasing revenue, increasing losses and is looking to raise the type of equity infusion that its existing VC backers should be able to provide. If it weren't for Vringo, this would be in contention for the year's "WTF IPO?!?!" prize. All of that is a way of leading into our monthly look at VC-backed companies that are in registration to go public on U.S. exchanges. There are of 37 them, representing more than $4.25 billion in targeted raise. This includes 11 additions since our last list, and two removals (Ironwood Pharma and Quinstreet, which both priced). Get them all after the jump...
- Week in deals, Feb. 8, 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- TheFunded's Version of the Midas List
TheFunded, where entrepreneurs are invited to rate venture firms and individual VCs, has just published a list of top-ranked VCs. Smart move, given the vacuum left by Forbes' decision to kill its Midas List. TheFunded's effort is entirely subjective, of course, but that's the whole point. No matter their performance as investors, this is a list of the people most respected by startup CEOs, which can mean just to future performance as a stellar track record. The following is culled from the 17,834 VCs that TheFunded lists, and the 13,287 CEOs or founding members who have taken the time to write up 22,049 ratings and reviews, here are the 50 most popular VCs, in descending order of top ranking:
- Flexion Therapeutics Raises $9 Million
Flexion Therapeutics, a Woburn, Mass.-based drug development startup, has raised $9 million in new Series A funding from Pfizer's venture capital group. This brings the round total to $42 million, including a previously-announced first close from Versant Ventures, 5AM Ventures and Sofinnova Ventures.
- peHUB Wire: Friday, January 29, 2010
The Teamsters Don't Know What They're Talking About
- peHUB Wire: Friday, January 29, 2010
The Teamsters Don't Know What They're Talking About
- Week in deals, Jan. 11, 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- The VC-Backed IPO Pipeline
There has been lots made /59667/vc-backed-ipos-up-ma-down-in-2009/ of the past year's anemic VC-backed IPO market, but let's leave the past behind and look at what could be coming up over the liquidity horizon. Our records indicate that there are 28 VC-backed companies currently in registration to price IPOs on U.S. exchanges, representing more than $3.75 billion in targeted raise. More than half of the registrations occured last quarter, but there's one from 2008 and even a pair from 2007. Also worth noting that for all the talk of 2010 being the year of the social network-related IPO (Facebook? LinkedIn? Zynga?), no such company is currently in registration. Closest we get are a pair of online marketing/advertising companies. Get the full lot of them after the jump...
- Intuity Medical Raises $64 Million
Intuity Medical Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of blood glucose monitors, has raised $64 million in Series D funding. Venrock and Emergent Medical Partners were joined by return backers Investor Growth Capital, Thomas, McNerney and Partners, U.S. Venture Partners and Versant Ventures. The company previously raised around $28 million.