Portfolio Press Releases

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

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

January 2008

Cloud9 Analytics Adds Jakobsen and DeRodeff as Senior VPs

January 2008

Arcion Therapeutics

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

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

January 2007

Advanced Medical Optics to Acquire Intralase Corp.

January 2007

Ophthonix Receives 14th Patent

December 2006

Ophthonix completes Series D financing at $35.1 million

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

MacuSight Initiates First Phase 1 Study Of Novel Ophthalmic Drug Candidate

September 2006

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

August 2006

Mobio Bolsters Executive Team With Mobile Industry Heavy Hitters

August 2006

Emulex Corporation to Acquire Sierra Logic, Inc.

July 2006

Gear6 Secures $10 Million To Accelerate Storage And Deliver Real Time Performance

July 2006

Staccato Communications to Deliver Certified Wireless USB based Reference Designs with Cypress (PDF)

June 2006

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

April 2006

Ophthonix introduces iZon Progressive Lenses

April 2006

Cape Clear Software Secures $15 Million in Series D Funding InterWest Partners Leads Round; Funding to Support ESB Provider's Growth and Global Expansion

January 2006

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

January 2006

RedShift Secures $12 Million In First-Round Financing

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

November 2005

Devax Closes on $32 Million of Series D Financing

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

July 2005

Red Herring selects Silicon Optix as One of the Top Ten Private Chip Companies to Watch

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

May 2005

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

April 2005

Diatos Named Among the 2005 Red Herring 100 Europe; Biotech Recognized as One of Most Promising Private European & Israeli Startups

Applied Spine Technologies Completes $15 Million Series B Round of Financing

January 2005

Venturi Wireless Secures $10 Million in Series C Financing Led by InterWest Partners

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

September 2004

Silicon Optix Closes on $40 Million of Series C Financing

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