RazorGator gobbles $188K to resell event tickets
RazorGator, a web-based platform for reselling your tickets to sporting or entertainment events, has raised $188,000 in rights, according to a filing with the SEC. The Los Angeles-based company is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Hercules Technology Growth Capital and Oak Investment Partners.
RazorGator raises $10M in debt for sold-out event ticketing
RazorGator, an online ticket vendor specializing in tickets to sold-out sporting and entertainment events, just brought in $10 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The Los Angeles-based company says it will use the money to aggressively scale up its operation.
The company already… Continue Reading
Optiscan adds $5M tranche for glucose monitor
Optiscan Biomedical, developer of a less-invasive human glucose monitor for hospitals, received an additional $5 million in a second round of funding that now totals $53 million. The boost came from Wexford Capital, reports VentureWire.
The Hayward, Calif.-based company plans to use its new resources to… Continue Reading
Blurb raises $5M for self-publishing software
Blurb. Inc., developer of free downloadable software that lets anyone lay out and print their very own book, announced today that it nabbed $5 million in third-round funding to continue building its feature BookSmart tool, according to peHub. Backers in this round included Canaan Partners… Continue Reading
Small funding, for a social network: Hi5 raises $15 million in venture debt
Hi5, the social network that’s popular in Latin America and other parts of the world, has raised $15 million in venture debt from Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
This is a small amount compared to larger rival Facebook’s $240 million strategic investment from Microsoft last fall, although… Continue Reading
Shocking Technologies raises $4M venture debt for surge protection
Shocking Technologies is a San Jose, Calif. company that has developed a dielectric material that can be printed onto circuit boards and semiconductors to protect them from electrostatic discharges.
Electronic devices have historically been vulnerable to unexpected electrical discharges. The company says its thin polymer could… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Featured companies: BioVex, Cavadis, Innovention, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Phase Bioscience, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Xencor
UPDATED: Expanded Paratek and Xencor items.
Paratek Pharma raises $40M for new antibiotics — Boston’s Paratek Pharmaceuticals, a biotech working on new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections, raised a first tranche of a $40 million eighth… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007
(UPDATED at 6:30am PT on Friday: See below.)
Featured companies: DNA2.0, Globus Medical, Inotek Pharmaceuticals, Operon Biotechnologies, PleuraFlow
Globus Medical raises $110M for spinal implants — Globus Medical, an Audubon, Pa., developer of spinal implants, raised $110 million in a fifth financing round. Investors included Clarus Ventures, AIG SunAmerica… Continue Reading
Ultrasound clot-buster Ekos raises $10M in debt
Ekos, a Bothell, Wash., maker of ultrasound-enhanced drug-delivery systems, raised $10 million in debt capital from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The financing will support the sales and marketing of drug-delivery catheters that feature an ultrasound system designed to help drugs break up blood clots more… Continue Reading
QuatRx Pharma draws $44M after pulling IPO
Ann Arbor, Mich., specialty pharmaceutical company QuatRx Pharmaceuticals raised $44 million in a fifth funding round following the withdrawal of its initial offering last July. Like the much better-known Jazz Pharmaceuticals, QuatRx acquires drugs from other companies in order to push them through clinical development,… Continue Reading
Intelliden raises $10M more for corporate network configuration
Intelliden, a Menlo Park, Calif. company that allows businesses to configure their corporate networks, said it has received $10 million in a fifth round of funding.
It has now raised a total of $69 million in venture backing.
Matrix Partners led the round, and was joined by… Continue Reading
Neosil raises $10M in debt for hair-growth product
Neosil, an Emeryville, Calif., company focused on dermatology products, raised a $10 million in venture debt from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The debt funding follows the company’s $32 million first-round venture financing in 2004, which involved MPM Capital and Burrill & Co.
Neosil is developing a… Continue Reading
Tectura, Microsoft software provider, raises $22M in debt
Tectura, a Redwood City, Calif. company that provides Microsoft software products to mid-sized and large-sized companies, has raised $22 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
See statement here.
Tectura provides things like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications built on… Continue Reading
Insomnia drug company, TransOral, raises $40M more
TransOral Pharmaceuticals, a Pt. Richmond, Calif. developer of a drug that treats insomnia, has raised $40 million in a fourth round of funding.
See the company’s announcement here.
The investor syndicate was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and included follow-on investments by New Leaf Venture… Continue Reading
Online book publisher Blurb raises $2.5M in debt
San Francisco online book publishing service Blurb.com has raised $2.5 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
Blurb is backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Canaan Partners and other others.
Chip design co., Atrenta raises $16M more
Atrenta, a San Jose start-up that offers chip design analysis software using standard SpyGlass technology, has raised $16 million in venture capital.
Investor Growth Capital led this fourth round of financing for Atrenta, while Samsung Ventures, Hercules Technology Growth Capital also became new investors. Existing… Continue Reading