Adamas scores $40M, Navy funds to tackle the flu
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, one of Mohr Davidow Ventures‘ key life science investments, has raised $40 million in a fourth round of funding to develop antiviral treatments for the flu virus. Based in Emeryville, Calif., the company also just signed a research agreement with the U.S. Navy… Continue Reading
AOptix nabs $12.9M for eye-recognition
AOptix Technologies, developer of iris-recognition technology and the wireless communication systems it requires, has brought in $12.9 million in a fourth round of funding to build new products. The Campbell, Calif. company says it is in the middle of commercializing its first product, called the… Continue Reading
Arresto lands funds to treat cancer and fibrotic disease
Arresto Biosciences, maker of a drug that targets both cancer and fibrotic diseases, just landed an undisclosed third round of funding to push its lead compound closer to clinical trials. The Palo Alto, Calif. company is taking a new approach to the destruction of tumors…. Continue Reading
Consentry nabs $9.4M for tighter network control
Consentry Networks, a Milpitas, Calif. company that gives network administrators more direct control over computing infrastructure and applications, just raised $9.4 million from DAG Ventures, Invesco Private Capital, Northgate Capital, Translink Capital and Vedanta Capital.
The new money will go toward development of its network management… Continue Reading
Cellective raises $5M bridge for cancer diagnostics
Cellective Dx announced that it brought in a $5 million bridge to a $25 million second round of funding. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company will use the money to continue development of cancer diagnostic tools that analyze tumor cells in blood. The method is supposed… Continue Reading
EdeniQ quietly raises $33 million for cellulosic ethanol
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EdeniQ, an Encino, Calif.-based cellulosic ethanol startup, has quietly wrapped up a $33 million round of funding as part of its spinoff from parent company Altra Biofuels. PE Hub reports that Advanced Equities Investments and Draper Fisher Jurvetson were the lead investors; other backers include… Continue Reading
E-commerce company MarketLive raises $20M
MarketLive, a provider of e-commerce retail technology and services, has raised a new $20 million round of financing. Backers include new investors JAFCO Ventures and Northgate Capital, as well as Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Globespan Capital and others.
MarketLive was founded in 1995, and it’s still… Continue Reading