News from Our Portfolio

October 2011

Marketo Named Fastest Growing Private Company in Silicon Valley

July 2011

Tapjoy raises another $30 million

June 2011

Nuventix, other startups chosen for GE ecomagination fund

June 2011

Aiding Baby Boomers, Encore Addresses Employment Needs

June 2011

Encore Career Institute to aid Baby Boomers

June 2011

Encore Career Institute raises $15M to educate Baby Boomers

June 2011

Online Education Firm Encore Raises $15 Million; Steve Poizner To Serve As CEO

June 2011

Tesaro Scores Biggest 2011 VC Round with $101M Series B [Subscription required]

June 2011

Damballa's David Holmes discusses company's new intelligence service, FirstAlert, capable of detecting botnets based on DNS query analysis

June 2011

Doximity: A Mobile Facebook for Doctors, but With Real Privacy Protections

June 2011

TOP STORY: Tesaro raises $101M in series B [Subscription required]

June 2011

Tesaro lands $101M B round as it preps for new cancer drug acquisitions

April 2011

Pelican Imaging's "array camera" — a smart-phone camera that offers more than megapixels

April 2011

Raymond James Financial speaks to the advantages of employing Damballa's "Failsafe" to protect against botnets

March 2011

Doximity Secures Major Venture Capital Investment

March 2011

Xirrus, Glaukos, NeuroPace and Pivot3 included among Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies (Click to access both article and interactive graphics)

March 2011

Lycera snags $307M anti-inflammatory discovery deal with Merck

December 2010

DirecTV rolling out targeted ad service, utilizing INVIDI's technology

December 2010

PolyTherics to Apply PEGylation to MacroGenics' DART Antibodies

December 2010

Phil Fernandez, President and CEO of Marketo shares what he thinks will be the key to growth and success in 2011

December 2010

Varolii Study: Retail banking industry struggles to adapt to changing consumer demand and technology

December 2010

Fish 'n' Chips: Fluidigm's genotyping technology finds a niche in the salmon industry

November 2010

Hybrid/Electric cars: only part of the solution. The Achates Diesel engine will also revolutionize transportation

November 2010

CNS gets FDA OK for first drug

November 2010

FDA approves CNS Therapeutics drug to treat movement disorder

November 2010

Marketo: SaaS Provider on a Quest for an IPO

November 2010

Epocrates buys Durham-based Modality for $13.8M

November 2010

Damballa on the latest variant of Zeus botnet

November 2010

Marketo gets $25M in new funding

October 2010

Flurry Study: Social Virtual Goods Sales Overwhelm Advertising Revenues On iOS

October 2010

CarWoo! aims to eliminate haggling for a new car

October 2010

CarWoo unveils a better way to buy a car

October 2010

Cebix is Developing C-Peptide Therapy for Diabetes

September 2010

Epocrates Posts Revenue Growth As It Moves Toward IPO

September 2010

InVisage Technologies Named Among WSJ 2010 Technology Innovation Winners

September 2010

InVisage Technologies Claims Quantum Leap in Countering Photo Distortion

September 2010

Xirrus CEO Speaks About the Role of Small Business in Job Creation

September 2010

Security Firm, Damballa, warns of commercial, on-demand DDoS botnet

September 2010

Trius receives $29.5 million contract to find microbe antibiotics

September 2010

Venturing into LEDs: Nuventix noted among VC investments in lighting

September 2010

The Future Is Now: Brand.net's Online Ad Platform Predicts Future Prices

September 2010

Damballa Locates Chinese Botnet That Sells Point-And-Click Cyberattacks

September 2010

Damballa's senior research analyst offers insight on latest email viruses targeting corporations

September 2010

ReVision files for expansion to eye implant clinical trial

September 2010

Glaukos' iStent implant shows stable results in glaucoma patients at 4 years

September 2010

Xirrus' Wi-Fi Monitor named among Windows 7 essentials

September 2010

SecurityInfoWatch.com explores video surveillance system leveraging Pivot3 Serverless Computing

September 2010

Neuronetics Uses Magnetism to Lift Depression

September 2010

World Economic Forum Names Neuronetics a 2011 Tech Pioneer

September 2010

MacroGenics' Clinical trials aim to find help for West Nile victims

August 2010

Damballa's Ollmann, VP of Research, Discusses How to Combat Botnets

August 2010

Last Day to Get Epocrates Essentials for Free for Medical Students

August 2010

SciAm Explores rTMS as Treatment for Depression, Highlighting Neuronetics' NeuroStar Technology

August 2010

Nuventix Helping to Flip the Lighting Industry to LEDs

August 2010

Flurry's AppCircle Rewards lets developers pay you for app downloads

August 2010

Alcon completes LenSx purchase for $744 million, receives FTC clearance

August 2010

Avista Capital Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Agree to Acquire INC Research

August 2010

SaaS/Closed Loop Customer Targeting: Interview With President and CEO of Marketo [PDF]

August 2010

Deals of the Week's Summer Vacation

August 2010

Integrated Diagnostics Secures $10M for Clinical Feasibility Studies for Lung Cancer, AD Biomarkers
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August 2010

Amplimmune Signs Big Deal with GSK
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August 2010

'Visionary' Amplimmune Bid Draws GSK to Early Alliance
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August 2010

Amplimmune inches closer to potential exit with GlaxoSmithKline deal

July 2010

Integrated Diagnostics, Leroy Hood's Latest Startup, Pockets $10M After Hitting Early Goals

July 2010

Integrated Diagnostics Raises $10M to Further Develop MDx Tests
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July 2010

Offerpal to help Yahoo's developers make money on apps

July 2010

On Demand Therapeutix Pushes Limitations of In-Eye Drug Delivery

June 2010

Pivot3 Named Among Most Notable Startups in IT Landscape

June 2010

Brand.net raises $14 million for brand-only ad platform

June 2010

Brand.net raises $14M in 3rd round

June 2010

Hair loss treatment firm Follica grows funds with $7.5M

June 2010

Follica, the Biotech With Potential Drug Against Baldness, Nabs $7.5M Venture Financing

May 2010

ReVision Optics, Inc. Raises $35 Million in Funding

May 2010

Invidi Nets Experian Investment

May 2010

Experian Invests In Targeted-Ad Firm Invidi

May 2010

ReVision Optics, Inc. Raises $35 Million in Funding

May 2010

Cloud9 Analystics CEO Speaks to the Problems with Business Intelligence

May 2010

Cloud9 Analytics lands $8M for business tracking software

May 2010

ReVision Optics Raises $35 Million in Funding

May 2010

Google Joins InterWest as an Investor in Invidi

May 2010

Google Joins InterWest as an Investor in Invidi

May 2010

Offerpal Media launches a virtual money war with Facebook

April 2010

SucessFactors Acquires CubeTree

April 2010

Lycera adds $11M to first funding round

April 2010

Spiration raises cash to fund emphysema clinical trials

April 2010

Marketo raises $10M in fourth VC round

March 2010

Marketo and Cloud9 Named Among OnDemand 100

March 2010

Avaak Raises $10M to Expand Market for Wireless Video Monitor

March 2010

Qualcomm leads $10M round for Vue personal video network gear

March 2010

Avaak Raises $10 Million For Video Monitoring Systems

March 2010

InVisage aims to remake camera sensor market

March 2010

DEMO: InVisage's QuantumFilm enables gorgeous camera phone pictures

March 2010

Ocera Tests Drug to Treat Little-Known Condition

March 2010

Pivot3 Raises $25m

December 2009

Xirrus Raises $20 Million in Venture Round

November 2009

Ocera Therapeutics, Pursuing New Drug for Liver, Hopes to Help People Stay Mentally Sharp

November 2009

Big Pharma Willing to Pay for Biotech Innovation

November 2009

Enterprise software maker CubeTree grows with $8M

November 2009

CubeTree picks up $8 million

October 2009

Offerpal hits more than 160 million consumers with special offers

October 2009

Venture Capital Flows to Biotech as Public Financing Takes a Breather

October 2009

Blood Test Offers More Accurate Picture of Health

October 2009

Damballa locks up about $8.2M of $9M round for botnet security tech

October 2009

Lee Hood's New Company Snags $30M to Spot Cancer and Alzheimer's in Early Days

September 2009

PrimeraDx Gathers $20M Series C For Molecular Diagnostics

September 2009

Marketo raises third round for marketing automation solutions

September 2009

Primera closes $20 million venture round

September 2009

Alvine closes $21.5M 1st round extension

September 2009

Primera pulls in $1.15M in debt funding

September 2009

Neuronetics, maker of device that treats depression with magnetic pulses, raises $30M

August 2009

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals adds to board

August 2009

Stanford Spinout Eiger Biopharma Licenses Hep Drug Targets from School

August 2009

Eiger licenses Stanford hepatitis technology

August 2009

Transcept Forms New Purdue Deal For Sleep Drug Sales

July 2009

One out of three doctors choose Epocrates Rx for the iPhone

July 2009

Goldman Sachs vet joins online ad network

July 2009

Vendavo's Price Optimization Software Helps Seagate Boost Profits

July 2009

New funds puff up Cloud9 for business intelligence software

June 2009

BioMimetic Therapeutics president and CEO discusses how the sale of $8 million of stock to InterWest Partners will impact the company

June 2009

Geo Semiconductor Announces Launch of Operations

May 2009

Follica names new president and CEO

May 2009

Autonomic snags $20M to treat headaches

May 2009

AGTC raises $11.8M from VCs to help gene therapy programs

April 2009

Spinoff Lycera raises millions; Auto-immune disease drugs being developed

April 2009

Epocrates says 10% of U.S. doctors use its iPhone app

April 2009

BioMimetic Therapeutics plans to raise $25 million

March 2009

LensX Lasers nabs $22M for eye surgery lasers

March 2009

DEMO: Avaak lets you deploy Vue webcams anywhere you want

February 2009

Startup Eiger biopharm raises $7.1M in 1st round

February 2009

Exalt Clears $15 Million in Funding

February 2009

Offerpal Media Raises $15 Million to Peddle In-Game Ads

February 2009

Harris: Rolling out 'the Internet of things'

February 2009

Dell gets the finger from Pivot3

February 2009

Vendavo finds profits in downturn

February 2009

Busting bots: Defending against botnets

January 2009

Morgenthaler And NEA Fund Moximed

January 2009

SpectraLinear gets $10M in funding

January 2009

Saints Joins Spiration's Investors

January 2009

NewCo News Satori Names New CEO, Hauls in $22M for Alzheimer's Candidates

January 2009

InterWest funds Exalt to meet rising backhauling demand

September 2008

InterWest's Michael Sweeney discusses $22.5 Million in Financing for Microfabrica

September 2008

Microfabrica raises $22.5 million in Series B

September 2008

Microfarad closes $22.5M

September 2008

Transcept Merging with Novacea

September 2008

Wireless News

Brand.net Secures $10 Million in Funding

August 2008

Brand.net raises funds from InterWest Partners and Norwest Venture Partners

August 2008

Brand.net Wins $10 Million in Series B Funding

August 2008

Brand.net gets $10M in 2nd round

August 2008

Brand.net Raises $10 Million

August 2008

Brand.net, Another Online Ad Network, Raises $10 Million

August 2008

Ex-Yahoo execs take on brand ad network, raise funds

August 2008

Follica Raises $11M in a Series B Round

August 2008

Damballa comments on cyberattack on Georgia

August 2008

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Deploys Pivot3 High-Definition Storage For State-Of-The-Art IP Video Surveillance Installation

August 2008

Pivot3 Announces "Serverless Computing"

August 2008

Follica fights baldness with new $11 million round

August 2008

The Daily Deal reports on Marketo and Follica news

July 2008

CVRx raises $84M in 5th round of financing

July 2008

Intel invests in CMP pad startup

May 2008

KAI, BMS Join Forces in $227M Heart Drug Deal

May 2008

Bristol-Myers to develop KAI heart-attack drug

April 2008

Nuventix's SynJet device solves major problem with overheating LED technology

March 2008

Damballa research identifies surge in cyber crime

March 2008

Invidi Technologies transforming TV advertising industry

March 2008

Spiration Raises $18.5 Million More From Its Investors

March 2008

Trius raises $30M in Series B Financing

March 2008

Trius raises $30M in Series B Financing

March 2008

NeuroPace treats epilepsy with electrodes

March 2008

Damballa comments on botnet problem

March 2008

InterWest's Bruce Cleveland, discusses Marketo's on-demand marketing applications

March 2008

Insomnia-drug maker, Transcept Pharmaceuticals, raises $40 million

March 2008

Motorola invests in Invidi Technologies

March 2008

Ehrlich discusses Follica, and hair loss investments

February 2008

Damballa traces roots of the infamous Storm worm back to a computer worm

February 2008

Damballa tracks new botnet infecting thousands of hosts nationwide

February 2008

Pivot3 acquires $24 million in latest round of funding

February 2008

Nash discusses Pivot3 Inc.'s latest round of venture capital funding

January 2008

Nash discusses Pivot3 Inc.'s latest round of venture capital funding

January 2008

Achates Power is developing a fuel-efficient, light, clean diesel engine

January 2008

Campbell of InterWest pursues pain reliever as founder and CEO of Arcion

January 2008

Arcion Therapeutics has raised $8.8 million in a Series A round of financing, led by CMEA Ventures and InterWest Partners

January 2008

Austin's Nuventix raises $8.5 million

January 2008

InterWest leads $5.5 Million First Round for Follica; Ehrlich Joins Board

December 2007

Nilesen Inks Multi-Year Pact With INVIDI

December 2007

WPP funds Invidi

December 2007

WPP leads $25 mln round of financing for Invidi Tech

October 2007

2007
Top Mobile Application Awards

Spring/Summer 2007

IDC Report Highlights
10 Emerging Wireless
Entertainment Companies

Spring/Summer 2007

Small-cap Summer Blockbusters
BioMimetic Therapeutics
most Impressive IPO

June 2007

Strategy of a chip start-up

June 2007

QuatRx featured in
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January 2007

Vision-Correction Rivals to Unite - AMO, IntraLase Together Will Focus On 'All-Laser Lasik'

January 2007

AMO's IntraLase Acquisition Applauded By Analysts

January 2007

Bladeless surgery seen as way to boost Lasik appeal - Advanced Medical Optics plans to buy IntraLase and set a new, all-laser standard.

January 2007

Advanced Medical Optics to Buy IntraLase Vision Laser Maker for $808 Million Cash

January 2007

Advanced Medical to buy IntraLase for $808 mln

January 2007

AMO Buying IntraLase for $808M

January 2007

Laser-surgery firms merge - Santa Ana's Advanced Medical Optics is buying Irvine's IntraLase for $808 million in cash.

October 2006

China's AMEC Raises $35M: Chip equipment developer may fill a gap in China's plan to develop homegrown semi industry.

October 2006

Alvine Pharmaceuticals Closes a $21 Million Series A Financing

August 2006

Emulex to buy Sierra Logic, expects charge

August 2006

Emulex Picks Up Sierra Logic

August 2006

Emulex Agrees to Acquire Sierra Logic

June 2006

Biomimetic in Business Week

March 2006

A clearer future for eyewear: A fusion of technologies results in ultrafine diagnosis and correction

July 2005

Midsize Companies Beginning to Mature