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Advanced
Fibre Communications
Petaluma, CA
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Invested: January 1993
Merged with Tellabs
Nasdaq: TLAB
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Advanced Fiber Communications is a next-generation digital
loop carrier. The company's products provide affordable
advanced telecom capabilities to phone companies with
low- to medium-density subscriber concentrations. The
products are sold directly to telephone companies and
are cost-effective for the smaller markets servicing fewer
than 2,000 subscribers.
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Aldus
San Jose, CA |
Invested: January
1984
Acquired by Adobe
Nasdaq: ADBE |
Aldus is a pioneer for desktop publishing for personal
computers. The Company's software allows users to design,
edit and lay out high-quality printed communications such
as newsletters, brochures, manuals and other more complex
technical documents, on a personal computer and send output
to a printer or typesetter. Its market is low-end desktop
publishing.
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Artificial
Muscle, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA |
Invested: February
2004
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Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI)
is an early stage smart materials company that will design
and manufacture new solid-state actuator components for
use in speakers, generators, motors, pumps, valves and
solenoids using a fundamentally new, patented, electro-active
polymer (EAP) technology that will allow engineers to
design smaller, lighter, cheaper, and more efficient products.
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Artemis
Medical
Hayward, CA |
Invested: July 1999
Acquired by Johnson & Johnson
NYSE: JNJ
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Artemis Medical designs and develops
innovative medical devices to improve earlier diagnosis
and treatment of cancer. Its technologies provide physicians
minimally-invasive alternatives to open surgical techniques
used in cancer surgery today. These products will serve
the needs of patients, physicians, and healthcare payers.
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Asthmatx
Mountain View, CA |
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Asthmatx has developed and patented a radiofrequency catheter
and controller for reducing the amount of airway smooth
muscle tissue in the lungs of asthma patients. This procedure
improves the pulmonary function of moderate and severe
asthmatics. Over 13 million adults in the U.S. suffer
from asthma, roughly 10% or 1.3 million have been diagnosed
with severe asthma.
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BioSeek
Burlingame, CA
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Invested: January
2002
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Bioseek is a provider of postgenomic target validation
and drug development. The company addresses the need for
more efficient and predictive drug discovery technologies
and is focused on applying its proprietary technologies
to the identification, validation, and commercialization
of therapeutic targets and pharmaceuticals. Bioseek's
initial customers/partners will be biotechnology
and pharmaceutical companies.
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Capella
San Jose, CA
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Invested: June
2001
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Capella delivers intelligent subsystems for managing traffic
through the intersections of next-generation optical networks.
As the traffic in optical networks evolves toward IP dominated
content driven by the explosion of broadband services,
the ability to route, monitor, protect, and maintain optical
wavelengths dynamically, remotely, and reliably is essential.
Only Capella's WavePath® Wavelength Selective Switch
(WSS) with integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM)
provides this comprehensive functionality enabling carriers
the flexibility and scalability to easily grow their networks
while reducing capital and operational expenses associated
with planning, deployment, provisioning, and maintenance.
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CardioGenesis
Foothill Ranch, CA |
Invested: November
1993
Acquired by Eclipse Surgical
Nasdaq: CGCP.PK |
CardioGenesis is the leader in transmycardioal revascularization.
This novel minimally-invasive laser based technology offers
an option for patients who are not candidates for open
heart bypass surgery or percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty (PTCA) as it does not rely on re-establishing
blood flow through the coronary arteries by conventional
means such as coronary artery bypass surgery CABG) or
PTCA. There are approximately 30,000 patients who could
be candidates for TMR.
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Casabi is creating an innovative communications service
that turns traditional home phones into "smart-phones"
that are Internet-connected. The new features will be
numerous and include integration with phone directory,
peer-to-peer VOIP calling, instant messaging presence,
local search, and ring-tone and screen customization.
Distribution partnerships are in development with Internet
Portals and RBOCs.
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Ciena
Linthicum, MD |
Invested: April
1994
Nasdaq: CIEN
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Ciena is a pioneer in optical dense wavelength
division multiplexing (DWDM) technology used in fiber
optic systems. The Company produces products that alleviate
bandwidth constraints in high traffic fiberoptic routes
which eliminates the need for new fiber installations.
Target customers include interexchange carriers, regional
Bell Operating Companies, regional fiber optic carriers
such as and international public telephone & telegraph
companies.
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Cobalt
Networks
Mountain View, CA |
Invested: September
1997
Acquired by Sun Microsystems
Nasdaq: JAVA |
Cobalt is a pioneer in service appliance technology.
The company’s primary focus is on Linux-based appliances
that master a single function such as Web hosing or managing.
The target markets include small and midsized businesses,
departmental intranets, educational organizations, ISPs,
web developers, and remote offices.
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Cooking.com
Santa Monica, CA
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Invested: March
1999
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Cooking.com is the leading online retailer of best-of-brand
cooking-related products and specialty foods. The site
offers around-the-clock accessibility to one of the broadest
product selections of top brand, cooking-related items
on the Web. Additionally, Cooking.com provides thousands
of recipes, cooks' tips and technique videos, Community
Kitchen (an online forum), and feature articles and menus
from renowned chefs, cookbook authors and restaurateurs,
creating a unique destination for people who love to cook
and enjoy gourmet food.
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CryoGen
San Diego, CA |
Invested: October 1995
Acquired by American Medical Systems
NasdaqNM: AMMD
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Cryogen is the developer and provider of a cost-effective
cryotherapy device and system to treat excessive uterine
bleeding. The company's initial product is designed
to reduce or eliminate the symptoms associated with
excessive menstrual bleeding and to provide an alternative
to hysterectomy. This is accomplished by using cryoablation
which freezes and destroys tissue at extremely low temperatures.
The customers include gynecologists, surgery centers,
and hospitals.
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DataBeam
White Plains, NY |
Invested: March
1992
Acquired by IBM
NYSE: IBM |
Databeam is a pioneer in PC videoconferening. The
company is a provider of real-time collaboration and distance
learning software and developers platforms. Customers
include Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies and educational
institutions.
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Digital
Microwave
San Jose, CA |
Invested: February
1984
Nasdaq: STXN |
DMC Stratex Networks (FKA Digtial Microwave) is
a pioneer in wireless high capacity transmission technology.
The company provides cellular network and broadband wireless
access solutions that enable, speed and revolutionize
the delivery of data, voice and video in global communications.
Its customers include service providers in many locations
worldwide with varying interconnection and access requirements.
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DVDPlay
Campbell, CA |
Invested: April 2006
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DVDPlay is a self-service retail company, initially
offering DVD’s for rent from kiosks. The company
is transforming the DVD rental business by offering unprecedented
convenience, rental costs that are less than one third
the industry standard and only the most current titles.
DVDPlay’s proprietary retail kiosks offer retailers
a new source of revenue as well as a compelling reason
for a consumer to visit and return to the store. Total
automation and small retail footprint yield excellent
business economics.
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EndoSonics
Sweden |
Invested: October
1984
Acquired by Jomed
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EndoSonics is an intraluminal ultrasound technology
used for visual imaging in artery functions. Its products
enhance the effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment
of cardiovascular disease by aiding cardiologists in identifying
diseased arteries, selecting proper treatment, positioning
a therapeutic device, treating diseased sites, and assessing
results of treatment.
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EndoTherapeutics
Norwalk, CT |
Invested: October
1984
Acquired by U.S. Surgical/Tyco
NYSE: TYC |
Endo Therapeutics is a producer of in vivo therapeutic
systems and surgical instruments. Included in its product
offerings is the disposable trocar for laparoscopy procedures,
a port of entry device which allows a telescope to be
inserted into the abdomen.
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EndoVasix
Belmont, CA |
Invested: October
1996
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Endovasix is a developer of a proprietary technology used
to treat acute cerebral arterial clots that cause strokes.
Its initial offering is a technology that breaks apart
an acute clot in a more effective fashion than thrombolytic
drugs, and that can be used adjunctively with a wide array
of interventional cardiology and radiology procedures.
The target market includes Vascular Neurologists, Interventional
Radiologists, NeuroRadiologists, and Cardiologists and
Endovascular Surgeons and Neurosurgeons who treat patients
who have experienced an occlusive stroke, coronary artery
disease, or a peripheral stroke.
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Eunoe
(formerly CS Fluids)
Pleasanton, CA |
Invested: October
1998
Acquired by Integra Life Sciences
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Eunoe has developed and is testing a pioneering, device-based
treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The device is a cerebrospinal
fluid shunt that is believed to facilitate the clearance
of neurotoxins that may be significant in the progression
of Alzheimer's disease. The principal market consists
of the 27 million patients worldwide with Alzheimer’s
disease.
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Gluon
Networks
Petaluma, CA |
Invested: May 2002
Acquired by Zhone
Nasdaq: ZHNE
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Gluon is a developer of converged local switching and
management systems for local telecommunications service
providers around the world. The company's product is the
connecting force linking central offices at the edge of
the network with switching and high capacity transmission
facilities in the core network using advanced, interworking
technology. Gluon's initial target customers are rural telcos.
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Hansen Medical
Mountain View, CA |
Invested: November
2005
Nasdaq: HNSN |
Hansen has developed a robotic catheter control system
for precise catheter navigation and control within the
chambers of the heart. The first application of the Hansen
robotic system will be to enable the RF ablation of atrial
fibrillation (AF) arrhythmias in the left atrium. There
are 2.2 million US patients suffering from AF with an
annual incidence of 160K patients. Drug therapy is inadequate,
open surgical procedures have high morbidity rates, and
unguided catheter ablation lacks efficacy. Hansen’s
robotic technology provides precise guidance and control
of the RF ablation catheter thereby enabling more effective
and less time consuming AF procedures. Hansen’s robotic
system will be applied to other cardiac procedures in
the future.
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HemoSense
Milpitas, CA |
Invested: November
1997
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HemoSense develops portable, handheld analyzers that test
the clotting time of whole blood via Prothrombin Time
(PT) measurement. These analyzers consist of a low-cost
meter and disposable test strips that can be used at home
as well as in a physician’s office or clinic setting.
They offer a convenient and cost-efficient self-testing
solution for patients taking anti-coagulants. The company
will target physicians’ offices and anticoagulation
clinics.
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Indigo
Medical
Palo Alto, CA |
Invested: October
1991
Acquired by Johnson & Johnson
NYSE: JNJ |
Indigo Medical is a producer of devices for the urology
market. The devices are minimally or non-invasive and
allow Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia treatment to take place
in a private office setting as opposed to a hospital or
an ambulatory surgical center, thereby reducing the costs
of treatment.
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Kodiak
Technologies
Houston, TX
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Invested: June
1999
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Kodiak Technologies is a developer and distributor
of innovative and technologically advanced shipping containers
used in the delivery of temperature sensitive products.
The company offers a turnkey solution including a full-service
logistics management service and a web-enabled information
system that allows for 24x7 ordering, shipment tracking
and temperature monitoring. The products are used in commercial,
industrial, and medical markets.
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Konarka Technologies
Lowell, MA
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Invested: June
2004
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Konarka builds products that convert light to energy
- anywhere. Konarka is the leading developer of polymer
photovoltaic products that provide a source of renewable
power in a variety of form factors for commercial, industrial,
government and consumer applications. Konarka's photovoltaic
technology is focused on delivering lightweight, flexible,
scalable and manufacturable products. Konarka has a broad
portfolio of patents, technology licenses and an accomplished
technical team.
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LightSpeed
Sterling, VA
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Invested: March
1996
Acquired by Cisco
Nasdaq: CSCO |
Lightspeed is an innovator in voice signaling transmission
technology. Its products facilitate interoperability of
existing and emerging networks. The target market includes
long haul telecommunications carriers whose networks must
interface with those of other carriers, particularly those
in other countries.
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Luminous
Networks
Cupertino, CA
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Invested: April
1999
Acquired by Scientific Atlanta and Adtran
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Luminous Networks™ is an optical networking
company, shipping the industry's first carrier-class optical
Ethernet solutions for Metropolitan Area Networks. Its
products offer more efficient and cost-effective platforms
in solving the last mile bandwidth bottlenecks by dramatically
reducing deployment and operational costs. Its primary
customers include telecommunications carriers and cable
service providers.
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Macromedia
San Francisco, CA
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Invested: March
1992
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Macromedia is a leader in Internet media technology.
The company's products include authoring tools to enable
creative and learning professionals to combine text, images,
2D and 3D graphics, animation, sound, and video into a
variety of interactive multimedia applications. The Company's
customers, from developers to enterprises, use Macromedia
solutions to help build compelling and effective Websites
and eBusiness applications.
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Mems
Optical
Huntsville, AL
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Invested: May
2001
Acquired by Jenoptik
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MEMS Optical is a leading foundry that manufactures
Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and proprietary
“gray scale” micro-optics. The company’s
unique confluence of design technologies and manufacturing
innovation offers key advantages in the fabrication and
distribution of diffractive optics. MemsOptical’s
market base is very diverse including leading manufacturers
in the fields of fiberoptic communications, storage and
biochips.
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Mycogen
Indianapolis, IN
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Invested: January
1983
Acquired by Dow Chemical
NYSE: DOW |
Mycogen develops biopesticide products using biotechnology
and genetic engineering techniques. The company's products
are based on microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria
which have specific toxic activity against target weeds
and insects and are not harmful to closely related plant
species or beneficial insects. The company targets chemical
and agricultural industries.
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Myelos
Corporation
San Diego, CA
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Invested: May
1995
Acquired by Savient Pharmaceuticals
NasdaqNM: SVNT
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Myelos has developed peptide-based therapeutics
for nervous system disorders. These small peptides are
far more cost-effective to manufacture than full-length
recombinant proteins and may be engineered as mimetics
to enhance drug efficacy, stability and bioavailability.
The target market are physicians treating patients with
pain syndromes and a broad range of peripheral neuropathies,
including those associated with diabetes, chemotherapy,
and nerve injury.
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Network
Appliance
Sunnyvale, CA
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Invested: September
1993
Nasdaq: NTAP |
Network Appliance is a pioneer in network-attached
storage. Its software is optimized for file server performance,
reliability, and manageability and offers substantially
better performance than it's competitors. Customers include
technology companies, universities, financial institutions,
and government agencies.
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Novalux
Sunnyvale, CA
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Invested: May
1998
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Novalux has pioneered a breakthrough in ultra-high
power lasers for photonic systems called the NECSEL (Novalux
Extended Cavity Surface Emitting Laser). This new technology
enables elegant, scalable, active laser platforms and
solutions for achieving greater information bandwidth
across long-haul, metro and local access communications
systems. The company's target customers include erbium-doped
amplifier manufacturers and transmission systems designers
as well as customers in the medical, display, industrial,
and lighting markets.
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Peptimmune
Cambridge, MA
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Invested: March 2003
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Peptimmune is a biotechnology company which develops
specific immunotherapies for the treatment of autoimmune
and allergic diseases. The company is using its knowledge
of the molecular details of immune cell regulation to
create a new generation of potentially safer and more
effective drugs for immune disorders.
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PhDx
Albuquerque, NM
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Invested: June
1994
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PhDx is a provider of applications services to
healthcare enterprises via the Internet. Its ASP model
offers customers demonstrable improvements in patient
care by creating efficiencies within an organization,
sharing real-time outcomes reports across the continuum
of healthcare, measuring the effectiveness of their patient
programs or medical products, and data analysis for predictive
modeling. Target customers are medical products and pharmaceutical
companies, and their customers, which include integrated
delivery systems, physician groups, and managed care organizations.
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Phormax
Sunnyvale, CA
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Invested: December
2000
Acquired by Alara
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Phormax develops high-performance, cost-effective,
computed radiography imaging systems. These products enable
ease of access to images and improve communications between
providers, resulting in improved efficiencies, faster
access to diagnoses, fewer lost films, and improved patient
care. Target customers include hospitals, outpatient imaging
centers, surgery centers, and rehabilitation centers,
private physician offices, clinics, and the military.
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Polychromix
Woburn, MA
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Invested: August
2001
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Polychromix develops telecommunications components
based on microdevice technology. These products deliver
fast, programmable solutions addressing key requirements
of dense-wavelength optical networks. Customers are in
the optical telecommunications markets.
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Presto
Mountain View, CA
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Invested: November
2006
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Presto was founded in 2004 to help families and
friends stay connected by making it easier to share digital
content. Led by a world-class team of consumer product
and technology veterans from AOL, Intuit, Ofoto/Kodak,
Palm, Procter & Gamble, TiVo, WebTV/Microsoft and
Yahoo!, Presto is redefining digital delivery through
a unique service that automatically prints the digital
content you want to enjoy, without a computer or Internet
connection. Publishing partners for Presto's first product,
the Presto Service and HP Printing Mailbox, include Dow
Jones & Company, Meredith Corporation and Tribune
Media Services. The company, based in Mountain View, Calif.,
received venture funding from Clearstone Venture Partners,
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Vanguard Ventures.
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Pyramid
Technology
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Invested: December
1982
Acquired by Siemens
NYSE: SI |
Pyramid Technology Corporation is a pioneer in
the Unix minicomputer market. Its products include high-end,
large-scale enterprise servers that deliver mainframe-class
performance and reliability, availability and serviceability
(RAS) for the open enterprise client/server environment.
The products can also access two UNIX environments, allowing
for the development of the software program in one system
and testing it for compatibility in another.
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Radiance Technologies
Los Altos, CA
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Invested: March
2002
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Radiance Technologies is an enterprise software
company enabling the reliable, efficient, and secure delivery
of digital packages over IP networks. The Radiance
"True Delivery" solution enables enterprises
to deliver larger, higher quality content over existing
network infrastructure at least cost. Target customers
include global enterprises.
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Skygo
Redwood City, CA
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Invested: August
2000
Acquired by Enpocket
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SkyGo has developed the first platform to deliver
targeted advertising, mobile commerce, and other applications
such as contests to wireless Web-enabled phones. Its turnkey
marketing technology enables companies to create, deliver,
and track wireless marketing campaigns. The customers
for SkyGo include wireless carriers, ad agencies, and
advertisers.
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Sontra
Medical
Cambridge, MA
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Invested: September
1998
NasdaqSC: SONT.PK
Acquired by Echo Therapeutics |
Sontra Medical, Inc. is medical device company
developing ultrasound-powered methods for transdermal
drug delivery of large molecules and diagnostics. The
system is being designed to provide a convenient and painless
method of enhancing transport of molecules through human
skin. Initial areas of application are transdermal delivery
of large molecules for such applications as diabetes,
hormone therapy, pain controls, etc., non-evasive testing
of blood analytes such as glucose for diabetes control
is also possible. insulin for patients with diabetes.
The worldwide market is comprised of approximately 125
million individuals.
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Sylantro
Systems
Campbell, CA
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Invested: September
1998
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Sylantro Systems is a software company providing
a next-generation application softswitch to enable "hosted
PBX & IP Centrex services". This software product
suite allows service providers to sell high value, next-generation
telephony services that integrate the traditional phone
with the Internet and desktop PC. These telephony services
will be sold by the carriers to small and large enterprises
to replace today’s PBX and Centrex services.
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TissueLink
Medical
Dover, NH
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Invested: August
1999
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TissueLink Medical is a developer and distributor
of innovative medical devices that are transforming current
surgical procedures. The company’s technology eliminates
the need for multiple technologies with the potential
to reduce operating room and patient recovery time by
enabling precise coagulation and cutting, with no excess
damage to tissue. These devices will be used in general
and thoracic surgical procedures.
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Tut
Systems
Pleasanton, CA
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Invested: July
1993
Acquired by Motorola
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Tut Systems is a developer of xDSL products that
deliver plug-and-play Internet access for the local loop,
enterprise, and home environments. The company's products
leverage underutilized copper-wiring infrastructure by
delivering high-speed data on unconditioned pairs promoting
analog and digital signal processing and noise reduction.
Customers include many Fortune 500 companies, local exchange
carriers, and OEM partners.
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Vesalius
Ventures
Houston, TX
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Invested: June
2002
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Vesalius Ventures is a telemedicine accelerator formed by former NASA astronaut and physician Bernard Harris. During its three-year charter, Vesalius will identify business opportunities from throughout the fields of telemedicine, medical informatics, and technology for the purpose of delivering health care. Vesalius will arrange initial financing and provide start-up management talent to nurture young portfolio companies and bring them to market faster... "Accelerating the future of Medicine".
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Vocera
Communications
Cupertino, CA
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Invested: October
2000
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Vocera Communications is creating a breakthrough wireless
communication application using 802.11 networks. Its products
enhance customer service, productivity, and teamwork throughout
organizations by enabling instant communication between
people. Initial markets include hospitals, large corporations,
and retailers.
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Vormetric
(formerly Sotera Networks)
San Jose, CA
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Invested: July
2001
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Vormetric is developing innovative solutions for
the protection of corporate information on high-speed
storage networks. The company's patent-pending, wire-speed
encryption architecture protects stored data without interfering
with data management or imposing any performance penalty.
The company's products allow corporations to build Secure
Storage Networks, a new class of storage network designed
to meet the growing need for information protection.
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WebCriteria
Portland, OR
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Invested: December
2000
Acquired by Coremetrics
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WebCriteria provides hosted software applications that
help companies understand how to change their websites
to improve customer success and business results. The
company helps website business owners make more informed
decisions regarding their website design investments by
providing objective, measured insight into what customers
are doing on their sites, and how their site design is
impacting visitor success. Target markets include Fortune
500 companies, Global 2000 companies and the interactive
design agencies that service them.
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Xeotron
Houston, TX
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Invested: May
2001
Acquired by Invitrogen
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Xeotron is a developer and manufacturer of platform independent,
high-performance biochips. The company's advanced chips
set new standards because they are free of the problems
of expense, time, and versatility experienced by users
of chips made by other companies. Customers include biology
and pharmaceutical research institutions and corporations.
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ZipRealty
Emeryville, CA
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Invested: July
1999
Nasdaq: ZIPR |
ZipRealty is the first and leading online brokerage that
allows people to manage and perform the home buying and
selling process over the Internet. The company provides
customers with the necessary tools to complete the transaction
by using an intuitive, user-friendly, step-by-step process,
and offers significant commission discounts over traditional
brick and mortar brokerages. The customer base includes
buyers and sellers of residential real estate.
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