Halt Medical raises $5 million more to treat uterine fibroids
Livermore, Calif.-based Halt Medical tacked an additional $5 million onto a third round of financing — now totaling $17 million — to test a device that can remove uterine fibroids without a hysterectomy. The contribution came from American Capital Strategies, according to VentureWire.
Halt conducted clinical trials in Latin America earlier this year, but expects to kick off a new series of tests in the U.S. by February 2009. Its other investors include William Richter, cofounder… Continue Reading
Halt Medical raises $12M for fibroids device
Halt Medical, a secretive Pleasanton, Calif., company, has raised $12 million in a third funding round as it prepares for human trials of a device designed to remove uterine fibroids without hysterectomy, VentureWire is reporting (subscription required).
Uterine fibroids — also sometimes known as fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas — are noncancerous growths of the uterus. Although generally not threatening to health, these fibroids can sometimes cause complications ranging from pain and heavy menstrual bleeding to backache,… Continue Reading
Coghead, a Web-based application builder for tech-savvy, raises $8M more
Coghead, a Redwood City, Ca. start-up that lets tech-savvy people create applications from an online service with visually simple forms, a database, and business logic, has raised $8 million in a second round of venture backing.
Here is its statement.
Coghead launched a test version of its offering in Oct., and says it has attracted more than 16,000 developers who are creating customized web-based applications for a wide variety of needs, “from managing sales pipelines to tracking… Continue Reading
Internet media site, Geosign, raises huge $160M round to buy up other properities
Geosign, a Guelph, Ontario Internet company, has raised of $160 million in private financing from publicly traded American Capital Strategies mainly to buy up other Web content properities.
The company sent a statement about the investment to VentureBeat this morning.
It is one of the largest investments in a private Internet company we know of. Geosign is an Internet media company focused on creating specific online content that can be targeted by advertisers.
The founders also… Continue Reading
Audio tech co. Tymphany gets $13M
Tymphany, a Cupertino start-up that provides audio transducers and acoustical engineering services, has received a $13 million investment from publicly traded American Capital Strategies.
The funding, reported in the San Jose business journal, came in the form of a convertible preferred equity from ACS, which has offices in Palo Alto.
Tymphany said the investment is being used to provide working capital for the expansion of its China operations and to support further product development and penetration… Continue Reading