Discera pulls in funds for MEMS chips
Fabless chip maker Discera brought in a new round of funding exceeding $3.2 million from undisclosed investors. It will use the new money for development of its quartz-based timing products.
Previously, the San Jose, Calif.-based company has raised $35 million from backers including Ardesta, Horizon… Continue Reading
Life-science briefing: Monday, March 31, 2008
TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Boston Scientific spinout TriVascular2 takes in $65M (release)
Inhaled-drug startup Transave raises $35M (release)
Triage Wireless gets $20M for vital-signs monitors (release)
Tryton Medical receives $14M for “bifurcation” stents (release)
Synthetic bio startup Codon Devices adds $11M (release)
Tracon Pharma takes in $4.5M… Continue Reading
Validity raises $20M for fingerprint scanners
Validity Sensors, based in San Jose, Calif., develops technology for fingerprint sensors used in laptops and other devices.
The company works with partners like Cogent Systems and Synaptics to develop and commercialize its products, which it began selling earlier this quarter.
Crosslink Capital led another… Continue Reading
Validity Sensors raises $20M more for fingerprint sensors
Validity Sensors, San Jose start-up the builds advanced fingerprint sensors, has raised $20 million in its latest round of venture capital, in what appears to be a formal financial restart of the company.
The round included a “substantial investment” from Qualcomm Ventures, according to the… Continue Reading