SingTel Innov8 leads $15M Round for Sentilla
Sentilla Corp., a maker of software to monitor and automate data center work loads, has raised $15 million in Series C financing. SingTel Innov8 Ventures, the corporate venture arm of the SingTel...
View ArticleValeritas Lands $150M Series C
Valeritas Inc., a Bridgewater, N.J.-based developer of drug delivery systems for the diabetes market, has raised $150 million in Series C financing. The funding will support commercialization of its...
View ArticleAdaptive Planning Adds John Herr as C.E.O.
Mountain View, Calif.-based Adaptive Planning has named John Herr as its new chief executive. The company, which provides on-demand corporate performance management software, is backed by venture firms...
View ArticleCytoPherx Seals $34M
CytoPherx Inc., a developer of anti-inflammatory therapy for acute kidney injury, has raised $34 million in funding from Early Stage Partners, ONSET Ventures and Capital Midwest Fund. The money will be...
View ArticleUptake Medical Secures Funding
Uptake Medical has closed a Series C funding round. The round was led by Singapore-based Crescent Point Group, with existing investors, Maverick Capital, ONSET Ventures, GBS Venture Partners, WRF...
View ArticleAdara Media Raises $12.4M From August, Onset, Morgenthaler, Baseline
Adara Media Inc. said it raised $12.4 million in funding led by August Capital and joined by existing investors ONSET Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures and Baseline Ventures. Adara Media said the money...
View ArticleTeleflex Acquires Hotspur Technologies
Teleflex, a provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has acquired Hotspur Technologies. Hotspur Technologies, based in Mountain View, CA, is a developer of innovative, catheter-based...
View ArticleGridstore Raises $12.5M From GGV, ONSET, Others
Gridstore said it raised $12.5 million in a Series A financing led by GGV Capital and ONSET Ventures. The financing was joined by all existing investors and brings the company’s total venture funding...
View ArticleSecurity Startup Nok Nok Labs Already Knocked on VCs’ Doors
Nok Nok Labs, which develops authentication technology for the cloud, came out of stealth today and launched its product and services. The venture-backed company was founded by CEO Phillip...
View ArticleBAROnova Closes Series C
BAROnova® Secures $27.3M Investment To Fund Clinical Trial For Weight-loss Device BAROnova has closed its Series C financing of $27.3 million, led by investments from Sante Ventures and Boston...
View ArticleGridstore closes $11 million Series B
Gridstore has closed its Series B funding round. The company raised $11 million in an oversubscribed round led by new investor, Acero Capital, and included participation from all of its current...
View ArticleOnset Ventures Raising Fund VI
Onset Ventures is raising upwards of $250 million for its sixth fund, according to a regulatory filing. It already has secured more than $182 million in capital commitments, from limited partners like...
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Gary Snoman Gets the Axe
In a tough economy, nothing is safe from the chopping block. Not even the beloved Gary Snoman. Snoman is the digital creation of Blueprint Ventures, which for the past three years has produced humorous...
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Silicon Valley Couple Getting Hitched, Sans Spatula and Frying Pan
If you’re looking for a novel way to launch your startup, Drue Kataoka and her fiancé Svetlozar Kazanjiev might have you beat. The couple are getting married Saturday, Aug. 29 in front of about 200...
View ArticleVertos Medical Adds $15.5 Million
Vertos Medical Inc., an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based developer of minimally-invasive devices for lumbar spine decompression, has raised $15.5 million in Series D funding. Onset Ventures led the round, and...
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An Annual Tradition: Onset’s Holiday Card
After July 4, not many of us are in the yuletide mood. But each summer, after the fireworks have settled, Shomit Ghose, a partner at Onset Ventures, sits down and writes the firm’s annual holiday card,...
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In Quest to Commercialize New Vision Technology, a Long Wait
Earlier this month, federal regulators approved the first implantable eye telescope for elderly people with an advanced form of macular degeneration, which can cause a blind spot in the center of their...
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Hotspur Proves It’s Possible to Do a Very Low-Cost Medical Device Company
If you blinked a few weeks ago, you might’ve missed a press release by VC-backed Hotspur Technologies. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company, which makes catheters for kidney dialysis and other...
View ArticleCA Technologies to Acquire Venture-Backed Arcot Systems
Publicly traded security company CA Technologies is acquiring venture-backed Arcot Systems in an all-cash transaction for $200 million. Arcot, which makes authentication and fraud prevention software,...
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VCs Are Mildly More Optimistic
The newest Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index is out, and based on a survey of 37 Bay Area VCs, investors are feeling slightly more confident about their industry than they did in the...
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