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2006

 

Direct Investment News

 

Proofpoint Deploys Advanced, Machine Learning Technology to Fight Image-Based Spam.
December 11, 2006


Vurv Announces Record Results for Third Quarter.
December 7, 2006


Channel Advisor Achieves Record Day of $10 Million in Gross Merchandise Value.
December 6, 2006


FUJIFILM and Zonare announce OEM Agreement for World’s First Convertible Ultrasound Platform.
November 28, 2006

 

Pharmion and Nippon Shinyaku Announce Licensing Agreement for Vidaza(R) in Japan.
November 21, 2006


Grand Valley State University Deploys Proofpoint to Eliminate Spam and Viruses from Student and Faculty Email Accounts
November 20, 2006


Pharmion Acquires Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals, Gains Rights to Amrubicin for North America and the European Union.
November 15, 2006


Mutual of Omaha Deploys newScale Solutions to Drive IT Process Improvement.
November 14, 2006


Neutral Tandem Announces Major Expansion of Nationwide Tandem Network.
November 13, 2006

 

Neutral Tandem’s Independent Network Strengthens Nation’s Strategy for Homeland Security
November 1, 2006


SkinMedica Announces FDA Approval of Desonate Gel for Atopic Dermatitis
October 23, 2006


Vurv Moves up to 189 on Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500 List
October 19, 2006


Elder Health Introduces New “Bravo” Product Identity.
October 17, 2006


Proofpoint Reports Best Quarterly Revenue in Company History, Posting 77% Year-over-Year Growth
October 16, 2006


Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Selects newScale IT Service Catalog Solution
October 11, 2006


Vurv Announces the Launch of Vurv Express and Vurv Now
October 3, 2006

 

newScale and Swiss Business Partner ITTA Announce New Service Catalogue Courses
October 2, 2006

 

Gilead Sciences to Acquire Myogen, Inc. for $2.5 Billion
October 2, 2006

 

Pharmion Corporation and GPC Biotech Announce Positive Results from the Satraplatin Pivotal Phase 3 Trial and Achievement of the Progression-Free Survival Endpoint
September 25, 2006


Vurv Announces Record Sales in Second Quarter
September 6, 2006

 

Espirit Pharma: Small drug companies exist to get gobbled up
September 1, 2006


ZONARE DOUBLES U.S. INSTALLATIONS OF REVOLUTIONARY ZONE
August 9, 2006


Esprit Pharma Successfully Completes a Series B Financing, Raising in Excess of $90 Million

August 2, 2006

 

BARRX Medical, Inc: Barrx Steps Up in $28M Third Round
July 21, 2006

 

Digital Chocolate: Digital Chocolate Raises $18.03 Million in Third Round
July 18, 2006

BARRX Medical, Inc.: New Device Offers Effective Treatment for Pre-Cancerous Changes of the Esophagus
July 15, 2006

 

Concentric Medical Announces Release of Next Generation Ischemic Stroke Device in Europe
July 13, 2006

 

Myogen: Myogen Announces Extension of Drug Discovery Collaboration

July 11, 2006

 

SkinMedica: SkinMedica Appoints Theodore Ebel Vice President of Corporate Development

July 5, 2006

 

Neutral Tandem: Making Stitches On the Internet Cloth Less Visible
July 2006

 

Neutral Tandem Makes its Mark
June 28, 2006

 

Vurv: SaaS in Human Capital Management: Best of Breeds Take the Lead
June 22, 2006

 

Zonare: ZONARE MEDICAL SYSTEMS EXPANDS OPERATIONS INTO NORDIC COUNTRIES
June 21, 2006

 

Elder Health: David Yalowitz, M.D., M.P.H., Named Vice President and Senior Medical Director of Elder Health
June 16, 2006

 

Pharmion: Pharmion Corporation Announces FDA Acceptance of Vidaza NDA Supplement for IV Administration for Filing and Grants Six Month Review Goal
June 13, 2006

 

Pharmion: Clinical Data on Satraplatin From Two Pharmacokinetics Studies Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 42nd Annual Meeting
June 6, 2006

 

Neutral Tandem Raises $12 Million
June 5, 2006

 

Neutral Tandem: A Company Worth Keeping an Eye ON
June 5, 2006

 

Myogen: Myogen Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Darusentan in Patients with Resistant Hypertension
June 5, 2006

 

Pharmion: Clinical Data on Oncology HDAC Inhibitor MGCD0103 Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 42nd Annual Meeting
June 5, 2006

 

SkinMedica: SkinMedica Looks to the Future
June 1, 2006

 

Elder Health: Elder Health Promotes Jason Feuerman to Executive Vice President of Health Care Delivery [pdf]
May 31, 2006

 

Concentric Medical: Geography Matters for Stroke Patient
May 31, 2006

 

newScale: newScale YES! Provides Real-Time Education and Consulting Services for newScale Customers and Partners
May 22, 2006

 

ProofPoint: Performance Analysis Support System (PASS) selected as Finalist in the category for Best New Product or Service in The 2006 American Business AwardsSM
May 15, 2006

 

Concentric: CONCENTRIC MEDICAL AND THE SITS NETWORK ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO INITIATE CLINICAL STUDY ON MERCI® RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
May 15, 2006

 

Myogen Reports Results for the Integrated Analysis of ARIES-1 and ARIES-2 Pivotal Trials of Ambrisentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Significant Improvements Observed for All Primary and Secondary Endpoints
May 3, 2006

 

Concentric Medical: Strokes in children: A medical dilemma
May 3, 2006

newScale Enhances IT-Business Relationship Management With Release of newScale AlignmentCenter 2006
May 2, 2006


newScale and Benelux Business Partner Motifact Win First Joint Customer
April 26, 2006

ZONARE MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND EPIC BRAND COMMUNICATIONS CAPTURE BEST OF SHOW AT DxMA AWARDS
April 20, 2006

SkinMedica Closes $11 Million Round of Financing
April 11, 2006

Pharmion: Pharmion Corporation Announces Submission of Vidaza NDA Supplement for IV Administration
March 30, 2006


Espirit Pharma Secures $50 Million Credit Facility, Further Positioning Itself to Build Upon Currnet Growth Momentum [pdf]
March 30, 2006


TargetRX: Business Week: Rep of a (Drug) Salesman [pdf]
March 27, 2006


Zonare: ZONE SONOGRAPHY™ TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES FOUNDATION FOR SIGNIFICANT ULTRASOUND UPGRADES FROM ZONARE
March 24, 2006


Proofpoint Closes $20 Million Financing Round

March 23, 2006


TARGETRX: TARGETRX UNVEILS FIRST INDUSTRY ANALYSIS LINKING PHARMACEUTICAL SALES FORCE EFFECTIVENESS WITH PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING [pdf]
March 20, 2006

 

TARGETRX UNVEILS FIRST INDUSTRY ANALYSIS LINKING PHARMACEUTICAL SALES FORCE EFFECTIVENESS WITH PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING [pdf]
March 20, 2006


Elder Health Inc. Names Jeffrey M. Folick New CEO [pdf]
March 17, 2006


Myogen: Ambrisentan Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for PAH Development
March 9, 2006


Vurv Technology, Formerly Recruitmax, Signs KPMG in South Africa; Demand For Best-of-Breed HR Technology Continues Surging in EMEA
March 8, 2006


TargetRx: Business Week Article: Rep of a (Drug) Salesman
March 2006


Concentric Medical: 69.4% OF ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS HAD BLOOD FLOW RESTORED IN MULTICENTER TRIAL [pdf]
February 17, 2006


newScale: Surveys Confirm Rapid Adoption of IT Service Catalog Solutions
February 13, 2006


Zonare: ZONARE Medical Systems To Present at JP Morgan Healthcare Conference and Company Annouces Completion of $30 Million Series F Financing
January 9, 2006

 

Fund Investment News

 

NEA Funds Realtime Worlds’ Expansion
December 8, 2006


NEA Invests in Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals
December 6, 2006


Accel Invests in BitTorrent
December 1, 2006


TA Associates Completes Investment in Steve and Barry’s
November 29, 2006

Sirius Gets Equity Investment from Thoma Cressey
November 13, 2006


Lightspeed Venture Partners Expands Team with New Senior Associates
November 6, 2006


Insight Backs skinnyCorp to Aid in Growth of Threadless.com, the Highly Trafficked Apparel Design Community
November 3, 2006

Thoma Cressey Strikes Again: Buys iTera to Merge with Vision Solutions
November 3, 2006

Former Abbott President/COO Dr. Jeffrey Leiden Joins Clarus Ventures as Partner
November 1, 2006


TA Associates Completes €153 Million Leveraged Buyout of eDreams
October 29, 2006


Alta Partners Raises $500M for Eighth Fund
October 9, 2006

 

Thoma Cressey Acquires Software Co. for $63M
September 26, 2006


NEA Invests in PortAuthority Technologies
September 25, 2006.

 

Senior Medical Device Executive is added to Frazier Healthcare’s Affiliate Team
September 19, 2006

VENROCK ASSOCIATES HIRES TWO VENTURE PARTNERS AND PROMOTES ROBERTS AND ASCHER
September 14, 2006


Oak Investment Partners and Catterton Partners Complete Acquisition of Cheddar's Restaurant Holdings Inc.
August 28, 2006

 

Doll Capital Management Raises $500M for Early Stage Fund
August 2, 2006

 

ESBATech Closes CHF 50M ($ 41M) Series B Venture Financing
August 2, 2006

 

NEA: NEA Invests $18 Million in SolFocus Series A Funding
July 25, 2006

 

Jake Nunn Joines NEA as a Partner
July 18. 2006


Northbridge Venture Parntes: BlueShift Technologies Secures Series B Investment from Intel Capital
July 10, 2006

Split Rock Partners: xTech Acquires The Credit Index
Jun 27, 2006

 

NEA: NEA Invests in Echo Global Logistics
June 26, 2006  

 

Lightspeed Venture Partners : Lightspeed Venture Partners Attracts Seasoned Israeli Partner
June 26, 2006

 

Polaris Venture Partners: JibJab Media Closes First Round Funding With Polaris Venture Partners
June 23, 2006

NEA: NEA Leads Series B Investment in Luminary Micro
June 19, 2006


Polaris Ventures: Ember Receives $12 Million in New Financing
June 16, 2006


Lightspeed Venture Partners : Lightspeed Opens in Shanghai

June 16, 2006

Boulder Ventures : Rally Secures $8 Million In Series B Financing From Mobius Venture Capital, Boulder Ventures and Vista Ventures
June 14, 2006


Boulder Ventures: ProStor Systems Completes Series B Financing
June 14, 2006


TA Associates: Intersections Inc. to Acquire Direct Marketer of Consumer Insurance Products
June 12, 2006


NEA:New Enterprise Associates Invests $24.5 Million in CoGenesys
June 12, 2006

Lightspeed Venture Partners: China Venture Capital Investor Joins Lightspeed Venture Partners
June 12, 2006


Summit Partners: IGEFI receives investment from Summit Partners

June 9, 2006


Aurora Funds Privia® Bid Lifecycle Software "Earns Its Stripes" With Five Of The Largest Defense Contractors In The World
June 7, 2006


Boulder Ventures: COGENT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES SALE OF $93 MILLION OF COMMON STOCK
June 6, 2006


Northbridge Venture Partners: Covergence Secures $15 Milion in Series C Funding
June 5, 2006

 

Lightspeed Venture Partners: Next generation Internet cos will come from Israel
May 31, 2006


MC Ventures: Level 3 Completes ICG Acquisition
May 31, 2006

 

Summit Partners: Global Cash Access Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering of Common Stock
May 26, 2006

 

Boulder Ventures: Rally and Salesforce Announce First-Ever Enterprise Application Built on Salesforce.com's New OEM, On-Demand Platform
May 24, 2006

 

NEA: Motricity Partners with VoiceAge Networks for Multimedia Content Adaptation; Motricity's Fuel 5 Enhanced with Optimized Content Transcoding Capabilities Powered by SPOTxde(R) Server
May 24, 2006

 

NEA: Patrick Kerins joins NEA as a General Partner
May 22, 2006

TA Associates: Completes Acquisition of eSecLending from Old Mutual
May 22, 2006

Oak Investment Partners: WFI Government Services Awarded $2 Million Subcontract for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Support
May 19, 2006

Split Rock Partners: Xtent CUSTOM I Trial Shows Zero Restenosis, Favorable Late Loss Results at Eight Months
May 16, 2006

NorthBridge Venture Partners: SupplyScape Raises $8M In Series B Financing
May 12, 2006


Clarus Ventures: Aerovance Secures $60 Million in Financing
May 6, 2006

Oak Investment Partners News: GCI Continues Global Expansion; Secures $30 Million Equity Funding From Oak Investment Partners
May 4, 2006


Domain Associates: IOMAI CORP. TRIAL SHOWS DRY VACCINE PATCH IS EFFECTIVE
May 1, 2006


Insight Venture Partners: INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS & FRANCISCO PARTNERS LEAD RECAPITALIZATION OF PRIMAVERA SYSTEMS
April 26, 2006

 

Oak Investment Partners: Endwave Completes Financing with Oak Investment Partners
April 25, 2005

Oak Investment Partners: Burst Media Announces Pricing of its Initial Public Offering
April 21, 2006


Oak Investment Partners: Amdocs Agrees to Acquire Qpass
April 18, 2006

Domain Associates: Domain Associates portfolio company, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., announced the initial public offering
April 12, 2006

Boulder Ventures portfolio company, ARCA Discovery, listed on the "Fierce 15" list of the top biotech companies of 2006
April 11, 2006


Abingworth portfolio company, Entelos, Raises $20 Million on IPO
April 7, 2006

TA Associates Announces $200 Million Buyout of Global 360, Inc.
April 3, 2006


Polaris Venture Partners Closes $1 Billion Diversified Fund
March 6, 2006

The Mutual Fund Store chooses Summit Partners
February 27, 2006

TCV places high of Forbes’ Midas List [pdf]
February 13, 2006


The Midas List –ranking of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life sciences

January 26, 2006


Lightspeed Ventures Raises $475M Fund
January 9, 2006

 

 

2005    
News Release DEC 6 2005 Clarus Ventures, a Life Sciences Venture Capital Firm, Announces Closing of $500 MM First Fund
Frazier Health Care DEC 2005 Senior Pharma Advisor Added to Frazier Healthcare's Investment Team
Technology Crossover Ventures NOV 21 2005 Technology Crossover Ventures Announces $1.4 Billion Venture Fund
News Release SEP 12 2005 TargetRx CEO Michael Luby to Drive Industry Dialogue at Pharmaceutical Marketing Congress [pdf]
News Release SEP 9 2005 Replidyne Raises $62.5M; Health Care Remains Top Dog For VCs [pdf]
News Release SEP 1 2005 Biolex Therapeutics Raises $36 Million in Venture Financing [pdf]
News Release AUG 29 2005 Atlas Venture: Looking to make some green by investing green [pdf]
News Release AUG 18 2005 Vurv sales soar 140 percent in record second quarter [pdf]
News Release AUG 18 2005 Zonare: First Customer Downloads New Release of Imaging, Networking and Calculations Features via Internet [pdf]
News Release AUG 11 2005 TA Associates Announces New Additions To Boston Office [pdf]
News Release AUG 11 2005 Zonare: New Zone SonographyTM Technology to be Used in Diagnosis and Treatment of infertility [pdf]
News Release AUG 8 2005 Vurv: Australia's leading staffing firm to use recruitmax [pdf]
News Release JUL 29 2005 Vurv honored for strong growth; garners coveted hr technology award [pdf]
News Release JUL 27 2005 NEA's 21 Venture Deals Lead Q2 Surge [pdf]
IDG JUL 19 2005 ACCEL TO LAUNCH A NEW VENTURE CAPITAL FUND FOR CHINA
News Release JUL 5 2005 Zonare has received the top marketing award from the Medical Marketing Association [pdf]
News Release JUN 27 2005 Summit Partners Announces Closing of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds, Totaling $3.3 Billion [pdf]
News Release MAY 15 2005 Frazier Healthcare Closes a $475 Million Venture Capital Fund [pdf]
News Release MAY 10 2005 Abingworth opens East Coast offi ce and appoints Dr Roy Lobb [pdf]
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal MAY 5 2005 Split Rock Partners close first VC fund
News Release MAY 4 2005 TargetRx Announces $15 Million in Funding [pdf]
News Release MAY 4 2005 National Venture Capital Association Honors Recipients of Lifetime Achievement, Outstanding Service and Philanthropy Awards [pdf]
News Release MAY 1 2005 Frazier Healthcare Closes a $475 Million Venture Capital Fund
Esprit Pharma MAR 30 2005 Secures $50 Million Credit Facility
News Release MAR 29 2005 newScale Secures $15 Million in Series C Funding [pdf]
News Release MAR 1 2005 Valeant Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition Of Xcel Pharmaceuticals [pdf]
News Release FEB 25 2005 Intarcia therapeutics announces its phase 3 clinical trial for advanced breast cancer [pdf]
News Release FEB 14 2005 The Midas List 2005 [pdf]
News Release FEB 3 2005 Venture Wire Highlights Recent Successful Exits by Domain [pdf]
News Release JAN 18 2005 RewardsPlus Receives $10.8 Million in New Financing [pdf]
News Release JAN 4 2005
Boulder Ventures Sharpens Focus on Life Sciences Market [pdf]
     
2004    
Intarcia Therapeutics DEC 01 2004 Intarcia Closes $50M Private Financing [pdf]
ElderHealth NOV 01 2004 Elder Health receives major equity investment [pdf]
AltAssets SEP 20 2004 Institutional Investor Profile: Rupert Montagu, Co-Founder and General Partner, Montagu Newhall [pdf]
San Francisco Business Times SEP 17 2004 Interwest Venture firm nets $600M for new fund
Oak Investment AUG 3 2004 Oak raise $1.5 billion fund
Zonare JUL 12 2004 Next-Generation Ultrasound Company Raises Additional $34 Million [pdf]
San Francisco Chronicle FEB 19 2004 NEA Raise $1 billion fund
Investor Weekly FEB 01 2004 Montagu Newhall takes Positive View on Local VC [pdf]
Investor Weekly JAN 19 2004 Australian Venture Capitalist Profile: Ashton Newhall, Principal and Co-founder, Montagu Newhall [pdf]
Venrock Associates JAN 13 2004 Venrock Raises $550 Million in New Partnerships [pdf]
The Venture Capital Analyst JAN 6 2004 Domain Raises Sixth Venture Fund

 

 

2003

 

 

 

 
The Times-Union NOV 13 2003 Recruitmax Lands Venture Capital [pdf]
News Release NOV 12 2003 Recruitmax Secures $17.2 Million in Funding; Series A Financing Round Led by QuestMark and Tudor 11.12.2003
News Release JUL 31 2003 Abingworth announces $350 million biotech fund
VCJ JUL 2003 Montagu Newhall readies its second fund [pdf]
Private Equity Week JUN 2003 Montagu Newhall Readies For Fund II [pdf]
North Bridge
Venture Partners
JUN 09 2003 Lumigent Technologies Secures Venture Funding Led by North Bridge and Greylock [pdf]
News Release MAY 28 2003 Proxima Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance For Expanded Size Offering Of Mammosite Device [pdf]
Private Equity Week MAY 12 2003 Montagu Newhall readies for Fund II [pdf]
News Release APR 22 2003 The Aurora Funds Closes Fourth Fund With Total of $85 Million, Exceeding $75 Million Target
IPE MAR 2003 Getting Under the Surface [pdf]
Red Herring FEB 2003 Biomedical Devices Sector Analysis [pdf]
News Release JAN 21 2003 Proxima Therapeutics Announces First Brain Cancer Patient Treated in Europe with Gliasite Radiation Therapy System [pdf]

 

 

2002

 

 

 

 
News Release AUG 16 2002 Proxima Therapeutics, Inc. Completes $14 Million Financing [pdf]
Washington Techway APR 15 2002 The Young Lions 2002 [pdf]
VCJ MAR 2002 It Runs in the Family [pdf]
Press Release FEB 07 2002 Montagu Newhall Associates Raises $52+ Million International Venture Capital Fund of Funds [pdf]

 

 

2001

 

 

 

 
Asset Alternatives OCT 2001 Institutions with Fresh Allocations to Feed Capital-Hungry Gps [pdf]
News Release SEP 24 2001 Attacks put recovery on hold, but for how long? [pdf]
News Release SEP 10 2001 Ashton Newhall, Montagu Newhall Associates [pdf]
American City
Business Journals
AUG 31 2001 Newhalls invest $18 Million in biopharmaceuticals [pdf]
Internet News APR 26 2001 Atlas Raises $950 Million Fund