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.

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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… 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… 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.

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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… Continue Reading