Portfolio Press Releases

August 2011

Get Satisfaction Lands $10M in Series B Financing Led by InterWest Partners

July 2011

Carbylan BioSurgery Announces Positive Clinical Trial Results for Hydros-TA in Patients with Pain from Knee Osteoarthritis

July 2011

Tapjoy Announces $30 Million Series D Financing Round

July 2011

Revenue Performance Management Leader Marketo Opens Technical Support Centre in New European Headquarters

July 2011

CarWoo! Captures Car Dealers Ratings Based on Transactional and Behavior Data Gathered Throughout the Course of a Car Purchase

June 2011

Trius Therapeutics Gains Membership in the Russell 2000® Index

June 2011

Xirrus Named 2011 XChange Public Sector XCellence Award Winner

June 2011

Autonomic Technologies Announces Positive Preliminary Findings For A Novel Device for the Treatment of Severe Headache

June 2011

InVisage Receives Prestigious I3A VISION 2020 Imaging Innovation Gold Award

June 2011

CarWoo!'s Studies Find that Car Buyers in the Office Cost Employers $1,000s

June 2011

TESARO Announces $101 Million Series B Financing for Advancement and Expansion of Oncology Product Portfolio

June 2011

Damballa® FirstAlert Detects Cyber Threats Weeks Before the Malware is Ever Discovered

June 2011

Distribution Central Partners with Xirrus to Deliver High Performance Wireless Networks to the Enterprise

June 2011

Cebix Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial with Drug Candidate Ersatta™

June 2011

Convey Computer Announces Graph 500 Performance

June 2011

Achates Power Expands Technical Team, Increases Momentum to Bring Cleaner, More Fuel-Efficient, Lower-Cost Engines to Market

June 2011

Tapjoy Announces Program to Port Apps to Android, Backed by $5 Million Fund

June 2011

showNets, LLC Solves High Density Wireless Connectivity at Events Using Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays

June 2011

Encore Career Institute Raises $15M Series A Co-Led by InterWest Partners and Granite Ventures

March 2011

Transcept Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2 Study of TO-2061 in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Patients

March 2011

Xirrus Ranked #2 Among All Venture-Backed Companies

March 2011

Integrated Diagnostics Appoints Jay Moyes To Board Of Directors

March 2011

Doximity Launches Secure, Free Platform for Physician Collaboration

March 2011

Lycera Announces Research Collaboration with Merck to Discover, Develop and Commercialize Drugs for Autoimmune Diseases

March 2011

Tapjoy Helps Fuel the Growth of Glu's Gun Bros App on Mobile Platforms

February 2011

Epocrates, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

February 2011

Aria Systems Raises $20 Million to Help Global 2000 Companies Monetize New Recurring Revenue Streams

Ocera Therapeutics Completes First in Human Studies with OCR-002 for the Treatment of Hyperammonemia and Hepatic Encephalopathy

December 2010

Pivot3® HardBank Named 2010 Top Innovation in Security Market

November 2010

Journal of Experimental Medicine Publishes New Dynavax Findings on the Role of TLRS in Cutaneous Lupus

November 2010

CarWoo! Joins CyberMonday — Offers $500 Cash to CyberMonday Car Buyers

November 2010

FDA Approves Movement Disorder Drug From CNS Therapeutics For The Treatment Of Severe Spasticity

November 2010

Marketo Accelerates Growth, Leadership with $25 Million Financing

November 2010

Pivot3® Honored with Government Security News Homeland Security Award for Best Video Storage System

November 2010

Adopt-A-Pet.com and Avaak ?Paws? to Give Thanks Through Nationwide Adoption Contest

November 2010

Isis and Xenon Collaborate to Develop Antisense Drugs Against Hemojuvelin and Hepcidin

October 2010

CarWoo!, New Service to Transform Car Buying, Closes Series A Funding

September 2010

InVisage QuantumFilm Image Sensor Wins Esteemed Wall Street Journal 2010 Technology Innovation Award

September 2010

KAI Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase 1b Study of KAI-4169 for the Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (SHPT)

September 2010

InVisage Solves "Rolling Shutter" Phenomenon, Besting Image Sensor Market Leaders

September 2010

AGTC Receives Second Grant from Food and Drug Administration for Clinical Study of Genetic Respiratory Disease

September 2010

Brand.net Launches MFP on Demand™ with Digitas

September 2010

New University of Lisbon Upgrades to a Robust and Reliable Xirrus 802.11n Network

September 2010

Fluidigm Introduces World's First Reusable Bio-Chip for SNP Genotyping

September 2010

AGTC Receives Grant from Food and Drug Administration for Clinical Study of Genetic Retinal Disease

September 2010

Xirrus Ranks Second to Cisco Systems in Independent Enterprise Access Point Market Share Per Dell'Oro Group

September 2010

Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Present at Rodman & Renshaw and Stifel Nicolaus Investor Conferences in September 2010

September 2010

Trius Therapeutics ICAAC 2010 Poster Sessions

August 2010

NIAID Grant to Fund Dynavax Research on Hepatitis B Vaccination and Individual Variations in Human Responsiveness

August 2010

Wi-Fi Leader Xirrus Becomes the Latest Sponsor of 4GWE Conference in Los Angeles

August 2010

Trius Therapeutics Initiates Phase 3 Program Of Oral Torezolid Phosphate For The Treatment Of ABSSSI

August 2010

PrimeraDx Names Matthew F. McManus, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer

August 2010

Wi-Fi Leader Xirrus Becomes the Latest Sponsor of 4GWE Conference in Los Angeles

August 2010

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

August 2010

GlaxoSmithKline and Amplimmune Form Global Strategic Collaboration

July 2010

Rod McGeary Joins the MarketTools® Board of Directors

July 2010

Pelican Imaging Secures Strategic Investment from IQT

July 2010

Integrated Diagnostics Secures $10 Million Second Tranche of Series A Financing

July 2010

Offerpal Media Launches New Cross-Platform User Acquisition and Re-engagement Channel for Social Game Developers

July 2010

Offerpal Media to Deliver Monetization Services for Social Game Developers on the Yahoo! Application Platform

July 2010

LenSx Lasers, Inc. Announces Acquisition by Alcon Labs, Inc.

July 2010

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Announces New HCV Synergy Data

June 2010

Avaak, Inc. Named Winner of Red Herring 100 North America Award

June 2010

AGTC and Icagen Announce Technology Transfer Agreement

June 2010

Avaak's VueZone Mobile App Coming to Blackberry and Android Handsets

June 2010

Brand.net Raises $14 Million to Accelerate Transition of TV and Print Brand Budgets Online

June 2010

Single Digits Solves High Density Conference Center and Meeting Room Challenges Using Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays

June 2010

Offerpal Media Helps Game Developers Triple Offer-Based Revenue With In-Game Promotional Campaigns

June 2010

Vue™ Personal Video Network Now at Micro Center

June 2010

Award-Winning Vue™ Personal Video Network Now Available at Costco.com

June 2010

GameDuell, Snail Games USA, OMGPOP and The9 Choose Offerpal Media for Virtual Currency Monetization

May 2010

Offerpal Media's New Consumer Website Tops Half a Million Users in First Month

May 2010

Alvine Pharmaceuticals Announces Equity Investment by Abbott Biotech Ventures Inc.

May 2010

ReVision Optics Secures $35 Million in Capital Funding as US Clinical Trials Begin

May 2010

Convey Computer Announces Record-Breaking Smith-Waterman Acceleration of 172x

May 2010

Spiration Announces Positive Results of European Study Evaluating Safety and Effectiveness of Bronchial Valve Treatment for Severe Emphysema

May 2010

Cloud9 Analytics Raises $8 Million in Venture Funding

May 2010

INVIDI Technologies Completes $23+ Million "D" Financing Round

May 2010

ODTx Reveals Breakthrough Drug Delivery Device and Joint Venture with MicroCHIPS

May 2010

Ocera Therapeutics Demonstrates Proof of Principle for the Use of AST-120 in the Treatment of Non-Constipating Irritable Bowel Syndrome

May 2010

Data Presented by Ocera Therapeutics at DDW Demonstrates that Neurocognitive Impairment is Highly Prevalent in Ambulatory Cirrhotic Patients

April 2010

Marketo Raises $10 Million in Series D Funding

March 2010

Integrated Diagnostics Appoints Dr. Albert Luderer to Serve as CEO

March 2010

Offerpal Media Acquires Leading Mobile Monetization Provider Tapjoy

March 2010

Avaak, Inc. Secures $10 Million in Series B Funding

March 2010

InVisage Unveils QuantumFilm Image Sensors

March 2010

Pivot3® Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

January 2010

Flurry Raises $7 Million Series B to Accelerate Mobile Analytics Firm's Rapid Growth

December 2009

Offerpal Media Launches New Rewards Program for Gamers to Earn Virtual Currency by Shopping Online

December 2009

Xirrus Secures $20 Million in Additional Investment

November 2009

Offerpal Media Publishes Advertising Policies for Virtual Currency Offers, Develops Tools and Processes to Ensure Compliance

November 2009

Damballa Announces Plans for Company-Wide Growth and Charges Ahead with New Chief Executive Officer, Val Rahmani

November 2009

Convey Computer Corporation Honored with HPCwire Editors' Choice Award: Top Five Vendors to Watch

November 2009

Leading Scientific Innovators - Stanford University, Berkeley Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Select Convey Computer Corporation's Hybrid-Core Systems

November 2009

Convey Computer Corporation Unveils New Financial Analytics Personality

November 2009

Convey Computer Corporation Signs HMK Supercomputing GmbH as Master Reseller

November 2009

Vue Personal Video Network Receives 'Popular Science' 2009 Best of What's New Award

November 2009

Trius Therapeutics Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

November 2009

Offerpal Media Names George Garrick CEO

November 2009

Ocera Therapeutics Presents Clinical Data Demonstrating AST-120 Relieves Pruritus in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis at the 60th Annual AASLD Meeting

November 2009

UCL Liver Failure Group Present Two Studies on a Novel Treatment Option (OCR-002) for Complications of Hyperammonemia in Liver Failure at the 60th Annual AASLD Meeting

October 2009

Offerpal Media Marks Two-Year Anniversary with 160 Million Users and 730 Billion Virtual Points Issued

October 2009

Integrated Diagnostics Launches with Pre-eminent Team and Investors

September 2009

Offerpal Media Introduces Offerpal SURVEYS, Enabling Game Developers to Monetize Through Online Survey Offers

September 2009

PrimeraDx, Closes $20M Series C

September 2009

Alvine Pharmaceuticals Raises $21.5 Million Series A Extension

September 2009

Vue™ Personal Video Network Now Shipping

September 2009

QuatRx announces positive results of second pivotal phase 3 clinical STUDY for Ophena™ (Ospemifene tablets) in treatment of postmenopausal vaginal atrophy

September 2009

LenSx® Femtosecond Laser Receives 510(k) Clearance for Anterior Capsulotomy

August 2009

Neuronetics, Inc. Raises $30 Million in Series D Financing

August 2009

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Appoints Paul Truex to Board of Directors

August 2009

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of CLEAN-1 HCV Phase 1b Trial

August 2009

Anesiva, Inc. and Arcion Therapeutics Announce Merger Agreement

August 2009

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford University

August 2009

CMS Approves New Technology Add-On Payment for Spiration® IBV Valve System

July 2009

Convey Computer™ Secures $24 Million Series B Financing for Greener, High Performance Computers

July 2009

Spiration Announces the Participation of Several New Sites in U.S. Pivotal Trial of Minimally Invasive Treatment for Severe Emphysema

July 2009

Brand.net Adds Former Goldman Sachs Technology Banker Cindy Panchula as Vice President of Finance

July 2009

Offerpal Media Surpasses 100 Million User Accounts

July 2009

Avaak Praised for Innovation Efforts; Named to Elite 'AlwaysOn Global Top 250' List

June 2009

SpectraLinear Introduces ReadyClock™ Family of Clock Generators with Spread Spectrum Clock (SSC) for EMI Reduction

June 2009

Vue™ Personal Video Network Wins a '2009 Caregiver Friendly® Award' from Today's Caregiver Magazine

June 2009

Sidense OTP Memory IP Enables SpectraLinear Non-Volatile Programmable PC Clock Family

May 2009

Spiration Presents Results of Two Analyses of Methods for Evaluating Effectiveness of Bronchial Valve Treatment for Severe Emphysema

May 2009

Follica Appoints Drug Development and Dermatology Veteran, William D. Ju, as Chief Executive Officer

May 2009

Lombardi Announces Teamworks 7 Business Process Management (BPM) Suite

May 2009

Lombardi's Spring '09 Blueprint Release Puts BPM On Every Desktop

May 2009

Lombardi Expands BPM Solutions to Help Drive Process Improvement Success

May 2009

Announcing Lombardi University: A Comprehensive BPM Talent Development Program

May 2009

BioMimetic Therapeutics Reports 2009 First Quarter Earnings Results

May 2009

Medical University of South Carolina Automates Grants Allocation Process with Lombardi Business Process Management Software

April 2009

Aviva Selects Lombardi as Strategic Business Process Management (BPM) Software Provider

April 2009

AGTC Raises $11,800,000 VC Financing

April 2009

Ocera Therapeutics Presents Data on AST-120 in Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy at the European Association for the Study of Liver Disease Annual Meeting

April 2009

Lycera Closes $36 Million Series A Financing

April 2009

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Announces an $8 Million Private Placement

March 2009

SpectraLinear Inc. Announces World's First Non-Volatile Programmable PC Clock Family

March 2009

10-K: ANESIVA, INC

September 2008

Microfabrica Secures $22.5 Million Funding to Grow Its Medical Device Business

September 2008

Transcept Merging with Novacea

August 2008

Brand.net Secures $10 Million in Series B Funding

August 2008

B2B Marketing Firm Marketo Adds Record 14 New Customers In July

August 2008

Lead Management Company Marketo Raises Series B Funding

August 2008

Follica Announces $11M in New Financing and Expanded Team

July 2008

Lombardi Momentum Continues with Strong Growth in First Half of 2008

July 2008

CVRx®, Inc. Closes $84 Million Financing

July 2008

Damballa's Failsafe Solution Provides Next Generation of Targeted Threat Identification and Protection

July 2008

NexPlanar Secures $14.5 Million to Commercialize Next Generation Semiconductor CMP Pad Technology

June 2008

Xenon Receives BIOTECanada Gold Leaf Award

June 2008

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Presents Results From Ophena™ (Ospemifene Tablets) Phase 3 Study Related to Treatment of Symptoms of Vulvovaginal Atrophy

June 2008

NEC, PSI, Solid Quality Mentors Team to Deliver New Mainframe-Class Capabilities For SQL Server Data Center

June 2008

Intermezzo® 3.5 Mg Achieves Greater Early Bioavailability Than Ambien® 10 Mg Despite 65% Lower Dose

May 2008

Business Services Finland, a part of TeliaSonera, Selects Lombardi Business Process Management (BPM) Solution

May 2008

Pivot3 and ACG-Security, LLC Announce Joint U.S. Army Customer Win

May 2008

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of Further Data from Ophena™ (Ospemifene) Phase 3 Study for Treatment of Symptoms of Vulvovaginal Atrophy

May 2008

KAI Pharmaceuticals Advances Third Product Candidate into Clinical Studies KAI-1678 is First-in-Class Compound to Enter Clinical Testing for the Treatment of Pain

May 2008

Olympus Medical Systems Corp. and Spiration, Inc. Sign Agreement to Market and Distribute Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Device in 43 European Countries

April 2008

Damballa Discovers "Kraken" BotArmy — Twice as Big as Storm; Evades Over 80% of Installed Antivirus Software

March 2008

ARCA Discovery Changes Name to ARCA biopharma to Reflect Focus on Drug Commercialization

March 2008

UT Southwestern Medical Center Uses the Fluidigm TOPAZ System to Determine the Structure of the PCSK9/EGF-A Complex

March 2008

Spiration, Inc. Raises $18.5 Million Equity Financing; Proceeds to Support Commercialization in Europe and Completion of Clinical Trial in U.S.

March 2008

Trius Raises $30 Million in Series B Financing; Kleiner Perkins Makes First Investment in Antibacterial Therapeutics From its Biodefense and Pandemic Fund

March 2008

Open-Silicon Inc. Secures $10 Million in Growth Financing

March 2008

USGI Medical Announces First US Clinical Use of EndoSurgical Operating System; EOS System Marks Breakthrough for Incisionless Surgery in the GI Tract

March 2008

Pivot3 Demonstrates High-Definition Video Storage Solution at National Conference on Juvenile Justice

March 2008

Chumash Casino Resort Manages Megapixel Video Surveillance Data with Pivot3 High-Definition Storage

February 2008

M. Scott Harris, M.D., Joins Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., as Chief Medical Officer

February 2008

City of Milwaukee Deploys Wi4Net Citywide Surveillance Network with Pivot3 Storage System

February 2008

Ocera Therapeutics Closes $35.5 Million Series C Financing

January 2008

Cloud9 Analytics Adds Jakobsen and DeRodeff as Senior VPs

January 2008

Phase 1 Studies Show Promise of QuatRx's Novel Compound, Sobetirome, for Lowering LDL Cholesterol Levels

January 2008

Arcion Therapeutics Raises $8.8 Million 'A' Round; Oronsky and Campbell Join Board

January 2008

Primera Biosystems Raises $21 Million in Series B Private Round; Kjellson Joins Board

January 2008

Aspreva's Plan of Arrangement with Galenica Completed

January 2008

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 3 Results for Study of Ophena™ (Ospemifene) to Treat Postmenopausal Vaginal Syndrome

December 2007

Nielsen and Invidi Technologies in Agreement to Advance Measurement of Targeted TV Ads

September 2007

Merck & Co., Inc. Announces Completion of NovaCardia, Inc. Acquisition

January 2007

Advanced Medical Optics to Acquire Intralase Corp.

November 2006

Fluidigm Launches BioMark™ System To Shake Up Billion Dollar Market For Real-Time qPCR Assays (PDF)

October 2006

Cypress Spins Out PC Clock Business to Spectra Linear Inc.

October 2006

Emulex Completes Acquisition of Sierra Logic, Inc.

October 2006

Gilead Sciences to Acquire Myogen, Inc. for $2.5 Billion (PDF)

September 2006

Alvine Pharmaceuticals Closes a $21 Million Series A Financing

September 2006

NovaCardia Raises $48 Million in Series
David G. Lowe, Ph.D. and Nina Kjellson join NovaCardia's Board of Directors

August 2006

Emulex Corporation to Acquire Sierra Logic, Inc.

June 2006

Corgentech Changes Name To Anesiva To Reflect Focus On Robust Pipeline Of Pain Therapeutics

April 2006

Cape Clear Software Secures $15 Million in Series D Funding InterWest Partners Leads Round

January 2006

Medicare Part D Drug Plan Information Available Through Epocrates Mobile and Web Products

December 2005

PAR3 Acquires Envoyworldwide, Extends Leadership In Enterprise Customer Communications Market

November 2005

AkaRx Inc Launches as Spin-Off from Astellas; Announces $11.1M Series A Raise

October 2005

TransOral Pharmaceuticals Completes Oversubscribed Series C Private Equity Financing

September 2005

Aspreva and Roche conclude Special Protocol Assessment and reach agreement with FDA

August 2005

Michael Hunkapiller To Serve On Fluidigm Board Of Directors

August 2005

Long-Time ABI Executive Joins Fluidigm Corporation As Executive Vice President Of R&D: Bob Jones rounds out Company's management team

June 2005

Optena Secures $3.1 Million In Series A Funding:
Hires New CEO and Uses New Funding to Expand Depth and Breadth of Business

May 2005

Fluidigm Corporation Named a Red Herring 100 Company: Award recognizes 100 private companies in North America that drive the technology industry's future

January 2005

Nereus Pharmaceuticals Closes First Tranche of $42.6 Million Financing: Company Appoints Three New Directors

November 2004

BioMimetic Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of Series C Round of Financing Raising $25.7 Million

November 2004

Voyence Announces Additional $12 Million in Financing

October 2004

IntraLase Corp. Announces Initial Public Offering of 6,636,314 Shares

October 2004

NetIQ Founders Launch Symphoniq Corporation

September 2004

KAI Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase I/II Clinical Trial for Treatment of Reperfusion Injury

July 2004

Voyence Selected By The Chicago Stock Exchange For Network Configuration Management

June 2004

St. Jude Medical Completes Acquisition of Epicor Medical, Inc.

January 2004

Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Completes First-Round Private Equity Financing, Raising US $57 Million

January 2004

Sarvega Secures Investment from Blueprint Ventures and Intel Capital

January 2004

Spiration Successfully Closes $26.9 Million Series E Financing