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Venture Capital Funding Survey, First Quarter 2012
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING, FIRST QUARTER 2012
This is a listing of many of the Bay Area firms that received venture capital financing between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2012. Most of the data was compiled from a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture CapitalAssociation in conjunction with the Mercury News.
In the case of some investments there may have been other participants in the round who are not credited. Also, the amounts listed may not include all venture funding the company received during the quarter.
*Indicates this is a seed or first-round infusion of money from venture capitalists. These companies may have received money previously from other investors and aren't necessarily startups.
BIOTECHNOLOGY / HEALTHName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
AccessClosure Mountain View Later Stage $2,795,000
New Leaf Venture Partners, Three Arch Partners
Manufactures and distributes vascular closure devices
Afferent Pharmaceuticals San Mateo Early Stage $5,000,000
Domain Associates, Third Rock Ventures, undisclosed firm
Develops medicines to treat chronic pain
AirXpanders Palo Alto Early Stage $10,308,000
GBS Venture Partners, Heron Capital, Prolog Ventures, Vivo Ventures, Western Technology Investment Medical device company
AltheosSouth San Francisco Early Stage $9,999,900
Bay City Capital, Canaan Partners, Novo A/S, undisclosed firm
Biopharmaceutical drug developer
AtheroMed Menlo Park Early Stage $4,479,000
Canaan Partners, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Vertical Group
Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Catalyst BiosciencesSouth San Francisco Later Stage $7,000,000 Undisclosed firm
Therapeutic protease products
EndoGastric Solutions Redwood City Later Stage $10,890,000
Advanced Technology Ventures,Canaan Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Radius Ventures
Gastroesophageal reflux disease surgery equipment
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GeneWeave Biosciences San Jose Early Stage $12,000,000
Claremont Creek Ventures, Decheng Capital, X/Seed Capital Management
Bacterial detection platforms
iRhythm Technologies San Francisco Expansion $12,180,000
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Synergy Life Science Partners
Diagnostic monitoring solutions
iScience Interventional Menlo Park Later Stage $2,759,000
Affinity Capital Management, CHV Capital, De Novo Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development, Prism VentureWorks, Three Arch Partners Microcatheter technologies
Kalidex Pharmaceuticals Menlo Park Startup/Seed $6,499,900
Canaan Partners, Domain Associates, Frazier Healthcare and Technology Ventures, MPM Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, undisclosed firm
Antibiotics for the treatment of serious infections
Linkage Biosciences San Francisco Expansion $1,954,000Greenhouse Capital Partners
Molecular diagnostic products for genetic testing
Moximed International Hayward Expansion $1,770,000
Frazier Healthcare and Technology Ventures, Gilde Healthcare Partners BV, Morgenthaler Ventures, New Enterprise Associates Medical devices
MyoScience Redwood City Early Stage $33,000,100
Accuitive Medical Ventures, De Novo Ventures, Medicis Capital, Nexus Medical Partners, Saratoga Ventures, undisclosed firms
Medical devices for facial rejuvenation
Natera Redwood City Later Stage $20,000,100
Claremont Creek Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital Genetic testing Company
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Pulmonx Redwood City Later Stage $10,000,000
De Novo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Latterell Venture Partners, MedVentureAssociates, Montreux Equity Partners, Odlander, Fredrikson & Co. AB
Medical devices for the treatment of pulmonary disorders
Relievant Medsystems Redwood City Later Stage $30,000,000
Canaan Partners, Emergent Medical Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, ONSET Ventures
Therapeutic solutions to treat lower back pain
S.E.A. Medical Systems* Santa Clara Early Stage $3,000,000 JK&B Capital Medical device company
SequentaSouth San Francisco Early Stage $8,460,000
Index Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures Biotechnology company
Singulex Alameda Later Stage $15,336,000
Fisk Ventures, JAFCO Co., OrbiMed Advisors, Prolog Ventures
Biotechnology-based diagnostic products
Sutro BiopharmaSouth San Francisco Later Stage $16,500,000
Alta Partners, SV Life Sciences Advisers, undisclosed firm Protein pharmaceuticals
TheraVida Mountain View Early Stage $1,800,000Sanderling Ventures, undisclosed firm Pharmaceutical company
Virdia Redwood City Early Stage $20,000,100
Burrill & Company, Khosla Ventures, undisclosed firm Biotechnology company
BUSINESS SERVICESName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
Adara Media Mountain View Expansion $12,399,900
August Capital Management, Baseline Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, ONSET Ventures
Provides loyalty programs to customers online
AdRoll San Francisco Expansion $3,999,900Accel Partners, undisclosed firms Online advertising solutions
Bizo San Francisco Expansion $9,999,900
Bessemer Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital, Venrock Associates
Online business-to-business marketing
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Blueprint Labs* Palo Alto Early Stage $1,000,000
Charles River Ventures, Felicis Ventures, SV Angel, undisclosed firms Applications developer
Boku San Francisco Expansion $35,000,000
Andreessen Horowitz,Benchmark Capital, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Telefonica
Payments service for online purchases
BuySight Palo Alto Early Stage $8,000,000
ONSET Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners
Website and applications promotional services
Compass Labs San Jose Expansion $6,000,000
New Enterprise Associates, Presidio STX
Real-time precision targeting services
Eveo Communication Group San Francisco Later Stage $9,162,000Mission Ventures, undisclosed firm
E-marketing strategies and offers digital marketing solutions
Extole San Francisco Expansion $10,000,000
Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures Management, Trident Capital Online marketing company
Integrate San Francisco Early Stage $11,000,000
Comcast Ventures, Foundry Group, Liberty Global Ventures
Performance-marketing technology and solutions
Integrated Plasmonics* Palo Alto Startup/Seed $3,538,000Social+Capital Partnership Products and services
Jumio* Mountain View Early Stage $25,556,000Andreessen Horowitz,undisclosed firm
Online and mobile payment solution
LiveRail San Francisco Expansion $4,000,000Pond Venture Partners
Online video advertising platform
nScaled San Francisco Expansion $6,999,900
Almaz Capital Partners, Doughty Hanson & Co., undisclosed firm Recovery-as-a-Service
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oDesk Redwood City Later Stage $15,000,100
Benchmark Capital, Globespan Capital, Sigma Partners, undisclosed firm Online workplace
PaperG San Francisco Expansion $2,312,000 LaunchCapital Online advertising
Recurly San Francisco Early Stage $3,706,000
BV Capital, Freestyle Capital, Harrison Metal Capital, Polaris Venture Partners
Billing solutions for subscription-based businesses
RetaiLigence Redwood City Early Stage $2,600,000Motorola Solutions Venture Capital
Hyperlocal marketing platform
Skytree* San Jose Early Stage $1,500,000Javelin Venture Partners Data analytics company
Thismoment San Francisco Expansion $500,000 Sierra VenturesProvides social networking and media sharing services
TrialPay Mountain View Expansion $39,999,600
Atomico Ventures, Battery Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, QuestMark Partners, T. Rowe Price Threshold Partnerships, Visa
Transactional advertising solutions
WibiData* San Francisco Startup/Seed $6,974,000
New Enterprise Associates, undisclosed firm
Data management solutions and services
CONSUMER GOODS / SERVICES
Name City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
AllTrails San Francisco Early Stage $990,000 CampVenturesOnline outdoor trail information services
ARIA Retirement Solutions* San Francisco Expansion $4,000,000Polaris Venture Partners
Retirement income solutions
Beatrobo* San Francisco Startup/Seed $600,000
CyberAgent Ventures, KLab Ventures KK, undisclosed firm Online music community
Betabrand.com San Francisco Expansion $189,000O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures Online retail store
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Chegg Santa Clara Later Stage $24,982,800
Foundation Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lucas Venture Group, undisclosed firms
Online textbook rental services
Education.com Holdings Redwood City Expansion $3,500,000
Azure Capital Partners, California Technology Ventures
Online educational resources
Elance Mountain View Later Stage $16,000,000
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Stripes Group
Platform for online employment
Fitbit San Francisco Expansion $2,069,200
Felicis Ventures, Foundry Group, SoftTech VC, True Ventures Fitness solution
Henley-Putnam University San Jose Later Stage $1,500,000 Liberty Partners Online degrees
Isolation Network San Francisco Later Stage $5,000,000
Shamrock Capital Advisors, undisclosed firm
Distribution and marketing services for content owners
Jiff* Palo Alto Early Stage $7,500,000Aberdare Ventures, Aeris Capital AG
Social network and digital health applications platform
Kiwi Crate Mountain View Early Stage $5,000,000
500 Startups, Comcast Ventures, Consigliere, Felicis Ventures, First RoundCapital, Mayfield Fund, undisclosed firm
Hands-on activities for kids
Lifefactory Sausalito Expansion $3,081,000
Big Sky Partners, Greenhouse Capital Partners
Infant products and playthings
ModeWalk San Mateo Early Stage $1,800,000
Merus Capital Investment, undisclosed firm
Online marketplace for luxury designers and craftsmen
Moonshoot Palo Alto Expansion $360,000TL Ventures, undisclosed firm
English-language learning services for children
Nest Collective Emeryville Expansion $500,100
Catamount Ventures, Catterton Partners, Prolog Ventures Food products for kids
PixyKids* Menlo Park Early Stage $3,000,000ATA Ventures, undisclosed firm
Interactive and engaging social media platform
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Polyvore Mountain View Expansion $14,000,000
Benchmark Capital, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, Goldman Sachs & Co., Matrix Partners, undisclosed firm Online fashion community
Practice Fusion San Francisco Expansion $2,165,000 Undisclosed firm
Web-based Electronic Medical Record system to physicians
Progress Financial Menlo Park Expansion $18,400,000
Charles River Ventures, Greylock Partners, Madrone Capital Partners, TPGCapital LP
Financial services for Hispanic families
Quake Labs* Palo Alto Startup/Seed $1,000,000 True Ventures Products and services
Redux Berkeley Expansion $960,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, undisclosed firm
Online personalized entertainment
Reloveit* San Francisco Early Stage $1,299,900
Founder Collective, Freestyle Capital, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel, undisclosed firms, Y Combinator
Community-driven marketplace for sharing rides
Revolution Foods Oakland Expansion $12,750,000
DBL Investors, NewSchools Venture Fund, Westly Group
School food products and services
Rocket Lawyer San Francisco Expansion $10,794,000Investor Growth Capital
Online legal services and retail legal software products
schoolFeed San Mateo Startup/Seed $1,750,000
Crosslink Capital, First Round Capital, InterWest Partners, SK Telecom Ventures
Classmate network online company
Scrybe San Francisco Early Stage $1,009,000Adobe Systems, undisclosed firm
Web-based project management tool
SquareTrade San Francisco Later Stage $238,000,000Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures
Extended warranty services for electronics
StyleSeat* San Francisco Early Stage $775,200Founders Fund, undisclosed firms
Online platform for beauty and wellness professionals
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TastemakerX San Francisco Early Stage $1,799,700
AOL Ventures, Alara Capital Partners, Baseline Ventures, True Ventures, undisclosed firms Social game platform
Thumbtack San Francisco Early Stage $4,500,000
Javelin Venture Partners, MHS Capital Management, , undisclosed firm
Marketplace and review site for local services
UniversityNow San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000Novak Biddle Venture Partners Online education services
VivaReal Sebastopol Early Stage $3,699,900 Undisclosed firmOnline real estate marketplace
Wantful* San Francisco Early Stage $5,500,000
Forerunner Ventures, Greylock Partners, Harrison Metal Capital, Polaris Venture Partners Online gift-giving service
Wheelz* Palo Alto Early Stage $13,700,000Fontinalis Partners, undisclosed firm
Automotive sales and leasing services
Wordlock Santa Clara Expansion $300,000
Angels' Forum & the Halo Fund, Kohlberg Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners
Locks that use word combinations
Yammer San Francisco Expansion $85,000,400
Capricorn Investment Group, Charles River Ventures, CrunchFund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Emergence Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Social+Capital Partnership, U.S. Venture Partners, undisclosed firm
Social networking services for enterprise
HARDWARE / INSTRUMENTS
Name City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
Ardica Technologies San Francisco Later Stage $1,875,000 Undisclosed firm Engineering company
Defixo* Menlo Park Startup/Seed $200,000Band of Angels, undisclosed firm Tablet products
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ENOVIX Fremont Expansion $13,117,000DCM, Sofinnova Ventures Lithium-ion batteries
Livescribe Oakland Expansion $3,300,000
Aeris Capital AG, DBL Investors, Keating Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, TransLink Capital, VantagePoint Capital Partners
Paper-based multimedia pen-top applications
Lumenergi Newark Expansion $6,200,000
Braemar Energy Ventures, Low Carbon Accelerator, Noventi
Provides network-controlled lighting management solutions
Maskless Lithography San Jose Later Stage $2,812,000
U.S. Venture Partners, undisclosed firm
Lithography products manufacturer
MoBeam San Francisco Expansion $1,500,000
DFJ Athena, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Samsung Venture Investment, Yet2.com Patented technology
Sentons Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $75,000
New Enterprise Associates, Northern Light Venture Capital
Multitouch interface technology
NETWORKING / TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Name City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
AliphCom San Francisco Later Stage $24,318,000Andreessen Horowitz,Khosla Ventures
Noise cancellation technology
AOptix Technologies Campbell Later Stage $42,050,900
Clearstone Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, True Ventures,undisclosed firm
Adaptive optics technology
BridgeWave Communications Santa Clara Later Stage $9,746,000
Cipio Partners, Core Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Morgan Creek Capital Management
4G backhaul and gigabit wireless connectivity solutions
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Conviva San Mateo Expansion $15,000,100
Foundation Capital, GGV Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Time Warner Investments
Video distribution via Internet
EnvivioSouth San Francisco Later Stage $1,500,000
Atlantic Bridge, Crescendo Venture Management
Multi-screen Video-Over-Internet Protocol delivery
Flotype* Berkeley Early Stage $1,400,000
Andreessen Horowitz,Ignition Partners, undisclosed firms, Y Combinator
Enterprise technology for real-time messaging
PubNub San Francisco Early Stage $1,500,000Relay Ventures, undisclosed firm
Cloud-hosted messaging service
Ruckus Wireless Sunnyvale Later Stage $21,699,700
Firelake Capital Management, Investor Growth Capital AB, Meritech Capital Partners, Mobile Internet Capital, Motorola Mobility Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8 Pte, Sutter Hill Ventures, T-Venture Holding, TELUS Ventures, WK Technology Fund
Technologies and products for the home media network market
WorldMate Palo Alto Later Stage $505,000Relay Ventures, undisclosed firm
Mobile travel-related services
ENERGY / INDUSTRIALName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
C3Nano Hayward Early Stage $6,700,000
GSR Ventures, Phoenix Venture Partners
Transparent electrode materials
Cambrios Technologies Sunnyvale Later Stage $5,000,000Samsung Venture Investment
Electronic materials for the display industry
EnerVault Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $7,000,000
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Oceanshore Ventures, TEL Venture Capital, undisclosed firms Energy storage solutions
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Fin Quiver* Fremont Expansion $1,000,000Band of Angels, undisclosed firm Snap lock fasteners
HydroNovation Santa Cruz Early Stage $3,050,000
3M New Ventures, Clean Pacific Ventures Water treatment company
MiaSole Santa Clara Later Stage $54,999,900
Firelake Capital Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, VantagePoint Capital Partners
Copper indium gallium diselenide solar cells
Nanosolar San Jose Later Stage $20,000,100
Aeris Capital AG, Mohr Davidow Ventures, OnPoint Technologies
Thin film solar cells and panels
Pasteurization Technology Group* San Leandro Expansion $1,000,000 EIC Ventures
Renewable energy through wastewater disinfection process
People Power Company Palo Alto Early Stage $989,000
Greener Capital Partners, New Cycle Capital
Energy monitoring and control solutions
Purfresh Fremont Later Stage $4,000,000
Chrysalix Venture Capital, Foundation Capital
Clean solutions for the global food supply chain
Solar Junction San Jose Expansion $19,200,000
Advanced Technology Ventures,Draper Fisher Jurvetson, New Enterprise Associates, undisclosed firm
Solar cells and receivers
SolarCity San Mateo Expansion $66,000,000
DBL Investors, J. F. Shea Co., Silver Lake, undisclosed firm, Valor Equity Partners
Solar power system installation services
Solexant San Jose Expansion $30,000
Acero Capital, DBL Investors, Trident Capital Solar cells
Sungevity Oakland Expansion $11,991,000
Brightpath Capital Partners, Firelake Capital Management, Greener Capital Partners Solar panel installer
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Vigilent* El Cerrito Later Stage $6,700,000Accel Partners, undisclosed firm
Intelligent energy management systems
Zero Motorcycles Scotts Valley Expansion $2,200,000Invus Group, undisclosed firm Electric motorcycles
SEMICONDUCTORSName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
Akros Silicon Sunnyvale Later Stage $2,000,000 U.S. Venture PartnersEnergy management semiconductor devices
BridgeLux Livermore Later Stage $40,925,000DCM, VantagePoint Capital Partners
LED lighting technologies and solutions
D2S San Jose Expansion $12,663,000
Benchmark Capital, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich
Software for electronic products
Invuity San Francisco Expansion $2,000,000
InterWest Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Visualization technology for the invasive surgery
Magnum Semiconductors Milpitas Later Stage $2,000,000August Capital Management
Silicon, modules, software and Internet protocol
R2 Semiconductor Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $10,058,100
Morgenthaler Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners Semiconductor chips
Senova Systems* Sunnyvale Early Stage $6,699,900
Harris & Harris Group, Phoenix Venture Partners, undisclosed firm Solid state ph sensor
Stretch Sunnyvale Later Stage $5,068,000
Oak Investment Partners, Worldview Technology Partners
Software-configurable processors
Violin Memory Mountain View Expansion $32,346,000
Highland Capital Partners, Juniper Networks, SAP Ventures, Toshiba
Scalable flash memory array for data center storage
SOFTWAREName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
500Friends* San Francisco Early Stage $5,986,000Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital
Social technologies for e-commerce Websites
955 Dreams* Mountain View Early Stage $3,250,000
500 Startups, CrunchFund, Felicis Ventures, Kapor Capital, m8 Capital Mobile publishing company
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Adaptive Planning Mountain View Later Stage $22,127,000
Cardinal Venture Capital, Clairmont Capital, Monitor Venture Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, ONSET Ventures
Business management solutions
AlienVault Campbell Expansion $8,000,000
Adara Venture Partners, Trident Capital, undisclosed firm
Security information and event management (SEIM) solutions
Anaplan* San Francisco Expansion $11,408,100
Granite Ventures, Shasta Ventures Management, undisclosed firm
Cloud-based modeling platform
Appirio San Mateo Expansion $60,000,000
GGV Capital, GeneralAtlantic, Sequoia Capital
Software-as-a-Service solutions
Attachments.me San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000 Foundry Group Email software
Averail* Menlo Park Early Stage $6,000,000Foundation Capital, Storm Ventures Mobile applications
Ayla Networks* Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $5,500,000Undisclosed firm, Voyager Capital Cloud connectivity solutions
Breaktime Studios* San Francisco Early Stage $11,538,000Azure Capital Partners
Social games for online and mobile platforms
BrightEdge Technologies San Mateo Expansion $12,600,000
Altos Ventures, Battery Ventures, Illuminate Ventures, Intel Capital
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Management
CardSpring Palo Alto Early Stage $10,000,000
Accel Partners, Felicis Ventures, Greylock Partners, Morado Venture Management, SV Angel, Webb Investment Network
Application programming interface for the payment network
Certify Data Systems San Jose Later Stage $3,359,000Ziegler Alternative Investments Data exchange solutions
Devicescape Software San Bruno Later Stage $2,970,000
JAFCO Co., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Wifi offload company
drchrono Mountain View Early Stage $2,799,900 Undisclosed firmsElectronic health records platform
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DudaMobile* Palo Alto Early Stage $6,000,000Pitango Venture Capital Mobile-friendly websites
Education Elements Palo Alto Early Stage $6,000,000
Harmony Partners, NewSchools Venture Fund, Tugboat Ventures, undisclosed firms
Blended learning solutions for schools
Electric Cloud Sunnyvale Later Stage $598,000Rembrandt Venture Partners
Infrastructure development process tools
Employ Insight* San Francisco Early Stage $1,050,000
Founder Collective, LaunchCapital, undisclosed firm
Technology platform developer
Enome* Mountain View Early Stage $250,000NewSchools Venture Fund
Platform for teachers, parents and students
Ensenda San Francisco Later Stage $1,800,900
Alloy Ventures, Bay Partners, QuestMark Partners
Carrier management and logistics services
Free Stream Media* San Francisco Early Stage $7,837,000
August Capital Management, undisclosed firm
Builds next-generation television experiences
Glooko* Palo Alto Early Stage $3,500,000
Social+Capital Partnership, undisclosed firm Applications developer
GridIron Systems Sunnyvale Expansion $13,000,000
Foundation Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Trinity Ventures Plug-and-play systems
HeartFlow Redwood City Expansion $10,000,000
Capricorn Investment Group, U.S. Venture Partners
Software for cardiovascular applications
Inertia Beverage Group Napa Later Stage $3,500,100
Allegis Capital, Private Equity Investors, Sid R. Bass Associates
Direct sales and technology solutions to the wine industry
InsideView San Francisco Expansion $62,000Rembrandt Venture Partners
Software-as-a-service company
Jasper Wireless Mountain View Later Stage $20,000,000Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital
Machine-to-machine mobile operator
Kineto Wireless Milpitas Later Stage $3,003,000
Seapoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Venrock Associates
Broadband access networks to mobile operators
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Lucid Imagination Redwood City Expansion $6,000,000
Granite Ventures, Shasta Ventures Management, Walden
Search solution development platforms
Machine Zone Palo Alto Expansion $8,000,000 Menlo Ventures Mobile games
Marin Software San Francisco Expansion $30,000,000
Benchmark Capital, Crosslink Capital, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, SAP Ventures, Temasek Holdings Pte, Triangle Peak Partners
Search management applications
Milyoni Pleasanton Expansion $11,000,100
ATA Ventures, Oakstone Venture Partners, Thomvest Ventures
Social networking applications for retailers
MuleSoft San Francisco Later Stage $15,000,000
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures
Integration platform for cloud and enterprise
Nearbuy Systems Menlo Park Early Stage $1,532,000Metamorphic Ventures
Indoor micro-location solutions
NetBase Solutions Mountain View Later Stage $3,100,000Altos Ventures, Thomvest Ventures
Online search-based research tools
Nexenta Systems Santa Clara Expansion $21,000,000
Javelin Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Razor's Edge Management, Sierra Ventures, TransLink Capital Storage software solutions
Nimbic Mountain View Early Stage $444,000
Austral Capital, Madrona Venture Group
3D electromagnetic solutions
Pertino* Cupertino Early Stage $9,113,000
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners
Cloud networking software company
Pinger San Jose Expansion $7,500,000 T-Venture Holding
Instant voice messaging services to mobile phone users
PlayPhone San Jose Later Stage $67,247,200
Cardinal Venture Capital, Coral Group, Menlo Ventures, Scale Venture Partners
Mobile entertainment content provider
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SCI Solutions Los Gatos Later Stage $1,013,000New Enterprise Associates
Online application service provider
Scientific Conservation San Francisco Expansion $8,000,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Westly Group Energy efficiency software
SenSage Redwood City Later Stage $179,000 Canaan PartnersData management, storage and analysis platform
Sharpcast San Mateo Expansion $15,000,000
Coral Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Hatteras Venture Partners, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Sigma Partners
Multimedia software platform
Sifteo San Francisco Early Stage $3,000,000Foundry Group, True Ventures Downloadable games
Skyfire Labs Mountain View Expansion $7,270,000
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, Verizon Ventures
Mobile web browser technology
SmartRecruiters* San Francisco Early Stage $5,000,000Mayfield Fund, undisclosed firm
Free social recruiting platform
sneakpeeq San Francisco Early Stage $2,670,000
Bain Capital Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, undisclosed firm
Social commerce game software
Soasta Mountain View Expansion $964,000 Canaan PartnersCloud-based testing solutions
Spigit Pleasanton Expansion $7,200,000Undisclosed firm, Warburg Pincus
Social productivity networking tool used by companies
Stitch Labs* San Francisco Early Stage $1,102,000True Ventures, undisclosed firm
Web-based software for designers
Stormpath* San Mateo Early Stage $1,500,000
Flybridge Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, undisclosed firm
Identity access control service
Sumo Logic Mountain View Early Stage $15,000,000
Greylock Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, undisclosed firm
Information technology and security management services
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Switchfly San Francisco Later Stage $15,000,000
Azure Capital Partners, Canaan Partners, StarVest Partners
Software company offering travel products
Tello Palo Alto Early Stage $1,299,900
Bullpen Capital, True Ventures, undisclosed firm
Software-as-a-service and mobile application company
ThreatMetrix San Jose Expansion $18,000,000
August Capital Management, Coates Myer & Co., Tenaya Capital, U.S. Venture Partners
Fraud control device solutions
Trapit Palo Alto Early Stage $425,000Horizon Ventures, SRI
Internet information discovery services
Trigger* San Francisco Early Stage $1,000,000
500 Startups, SV Angel, undisclosed firms, venture51 Capital Fund Mobile applications
Trion Worlds Redwood City Expansion $85,104,000
Bertelsmann Capital, Teachers' Private Capital
Gaming software and original entertainment
ViVOtech Santa Clara Later Stage $4,772,000
Alloy Ventures, Citicorp Venture Capital, Draper FisherJurvetson, EDB Investments, First Data, Motorola Mobility Ventures, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, SingTel Innov8, undisclosed firms
Wireless payment software and chips solutions
WatchDox Technologies Mountain View Expansion $9,000,000
Blackstone Group, Gemini Israel Funds, Shasta Ventures Management, undisclosed firm
Document control, tracking and protection services
WeFi Menlo Park Expansion $9,999,900
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, undisclosed firm Open Wi-Fi networks
XDN San Mateo Early Stage $669,000 Canaan PartnersManagement tools for cloud-based service
Yoink Games Redwood City Early Stage $1,496,000Rembrandt Venture Partners Gaming software
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Yummly Palo Alto Early Stage $5,999,700
First Round Capital, Harrison Metal Capital, Intel Capital, Physic Ventures, undisclosed firms, Unilever Ventures
Food-oriented social networking site
Zenprise Redwood City Later Stage $130,000Rembrandt Venture Partners
Mobile device management software provider
$2,079,741,100
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