Ventures News

 

2011

 

• Five9 Named to Inc. Magazine's Fifth Annual List of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies - Leader in cloud-based call center software more than doubles revenue
  from marketwatch.com
  
• The Next Billion Dollar Company? (Amyris)
  from Forbes Video
  
  
  
• Study Shows Enphase, an ATEL Portfolio company, Installations Outperforming PVWatts Estimates by 8%
  from mfrtech.com
• Sequencing Kids' Genomes To Learn How Cancer Grows (Complete Genomics)
  from fastcompany.com
• Complete Genomics, an ATEL Portfolio company, to sequence 1500 whole genomes for pre-term birth study
  from Genomes Unzipped
• FierceBiotech's 2011 Fierce 15 - Forma Therapeutics
  from FierceBiotech.com
• 2-1-1 California Selects Five9, an ATEL portfolio company, for Network Call Center Operations
  from StreetInsider
• Trash-to-fuel company Enerkem, an ATEL portfolio company, raises another $30M
  from Venturebeat
• Enerkem President and CEO a Finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year Award by Ernst & Young
  from PRNewswire
• Genentech Scoops Up Tumor-Starving Drug Program From Forma Therapeutics In Rare Deal
  from Xconomy
• Aspen Aerogels, an ATEL portfolio company, files for $115M IPO
  from Mass Hightech
• Aspen Aerogels, an ATEL portfolio company, raises $30 million for advanced insulation
  from Boston Business Journal
• Top 50 Cloud Computing Services Highlighted in New Report
  from Web Host Industry Review
• Microinverter Firm Enphase, an ATEL portfolio company, Files to Go Public
  from Greentechsolar
• ON24, an ATEL portfolio company, Recognized as Best Business Application
  from MarketWire
• Intel aids MiaSolé, an ATEL portfolio company, with CIGS solar thin-film manufacturing
    from Renewable Energy Focus
• Complete Genomics, an ATEL portfolio company, Shipped 600 Genomes in Q1; Plans to Expand to Asia in 2013
    from GenomeWeb
• Boingo Wireless, an ATEL portfolio company, Prices 5.77M Shares at $12-$14
    from StreetInsider.com
• U.S. Venture Funds Raised $7.7 Billion In First Quarter, Highest Influx In A Decade
    from TechCrunch
• The Apple of Solar Energy? Enphase Applies Silicon Valley Smarts to Solar's Neglected Plumbing
    from xconomy | San Francisco
• Forma, After Building Cancer Drug Discovery Engine, Makes First Big Bet on Starving Tumors
    from xconomy | Boston
• The Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies (RecycleBank #4)
    from The Wall Street Journal
• FierceBiotech's 2010 Fierce 15
    from FierceBiotech
• Enerkem was named one of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2011 by Fast Company Magazine
    from Enerkem Press Release
• The Institute for Systems Biology Places a Third Order for Sequencing Services With Complete Genomics, Includes 615 Genomes
    from Complete Genomics
• IPierian, Kyoto University patent deals clear path for drugs using induced pluripotent stem cell technology
    from San Francisco Business Times
• Enerkem awarded loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Agriculture for its Mississippi waste-to-fuel biorefinery
    from Enerkem Press Release

2010

 

• ATEL portfolio companies Amyris and Enerkem named top Bioenergy companies in 2010
    from Biofuels Digest
• We've Acquired Silicon Valley Moms Group and Launched Technorati Women
    from Technorati
• Forma collaborating with Eisai in $20M+ deal
    from Mass High Tech
• ABC Calls on LONGBOARD Marketing to Create Integrated Marketing Campaign with Google & Boingo Wireless
    from i-newswire
• Deeya Energy Selected as 2010 Global Cleantech 100, Asia-Pac Top 10 Company
    from Deeya Energy
• Enerkem Successfully Meets Federal Environmental Assessment Requirements for its Mississippi Waste-to-Ethanol Plant
    from Enerkem
• SolFocus and Vision Electro Mechanical Company to Build the Largest Solar Power Plant of its Kind in Saudi Arabia
    from SolFocus
• Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle
    from BusinessWeek
• Innovalight Chief Awarded For Making Solar Cells (And Industry) More Efficient
    from GreenTech
• SolFocus powers up U.S.-Mexico border with concentrated solar
    from GreenBeat
• Venture Firms Look Beyond Embryonic Stem Cells
    from The Wall Street Journal
• GangaGen: StaphTAME is Ready to Tame Supberbugs
    from Technology Review
• Solar cell maker Calisolar raises $15M to bump up capacity
    from GreenBeat
• iPierian Inc. Closes $22 Million Series B Financing Led By Google Ventures
    from Biospace
• ATEL Ventures portfolio company Neophotonics files S1 to go public.
    from Reuters
• Solaria to Accelerate Growth with $45 Million in Financing
    from Solaria Press Release
• iPierian Awarded Basic Biology Grant by California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to Study Cellular Reprogramming
    from iPierian Press Release
• Bay Area wins $8.7M in stem cell cash
    from San Francisco Business Times
• ATEL Ventures Provides $3 Million Capital Credit Line to Solar Technology Developer, SolFocus
    from ATEL Press Release
• ATEL Ventures Invests $3.5 Million in Semiconductor CMP Pad Technology, NexPlanar
    from ATEL Press Release
• ATEL Ventures portfolio company Reply.com files S1 to go public
    from DigitalBeat

Recycle Bank Part of the Top 10 Clean-Tech Companies from The Wall Street Journal

2009

 

• Fast-growing Forma nabs $25.5M Series B
    from Fierce Biotech
• Forma Therapeutics, Novartis team on cancer drugs
    from Mass High Tech Business News
• Five Technologies Set to Change The Decade
    from Forbes

2008

 

• Report: VCs on track to raise more funds than last year, bucking economic trends
    from Mass High Tech
• ATEL Ventures Invests $1.8 Million of financing in GangaGen, Inc.
  from ATEL Press Release
• Silent Killers: Fantastic Phages?
    from CBS News
• Clinical Data deals a potential $66M for Adenosine
    from The Journal of New England Technology
• 'Second Life' enters the world of mobile phones
    from Download.com
• iReport: 'Naughty Auties' battle autism with virtual interaction
    from CNN/Health

2007

 

• Alba Therapeutics Corporation and Shire plc Enter Into $325 Million ex-US, ex-Japan Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize AT-1001
    from Alba Therapeutics
• Adenosine Therapeutics goes the route more and more biotech’s do, a big pharma deal
    from TechJournal South
• A boost for biotech
    from Baltimore Business Journal
• Rubicon Technology, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
    from Rubicon Technology, Inc.
• Al Gore's next act: Planet-saving VC
    from CNNMoney.com
• CNN enters the virtual world of Second Life
    from CNN
• Boingo buys Sprint's 7 airport hotspots
    from FierceWireless
• 'CSI: New York' killer will get a Second Life sentence
    from San Francisco Chronicle
• EchoStar Announces Agreement to Acquire Sling Media, Inc.
    from slingmedia.com
• ARYx Therapeutics Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering
    from aryx.com
• Sling Media, DirecTV to Enable Place-Shifting of NFL Games
    from digitalmediawire.com
• Second Life: Why Millions Are Living Virtual Lives Online
    from Newsweek International
• Venture Capital Investments Rise in 1Q
    from San Francisco Chronicle
• Alveolus, Inc. Launches AERO(™) Hybrid Tracheobronchial Stent System in U.S.
    from Alveolus, Inc.
• Second Life: It's Not a Game
    from CNNMoney.com
• Vodafone to Expand its Second Life
    from silicon.com

 

2006

 

• Cedar Point Launches Subsidiary across the Pond
    from Mass High Tech
• LR Awards Cedar Point
    from Light Reading's Cable Digital News
• Motorola Buys Wireless Email Firm
    from The Wall Street Journal
• Get a Life and Leave the Real You at Home in Virtual Online World
    from San Francisco Chronicle
• Private Equity Fund Raising Reaches $177.89 Billion, Breaks Year 2000 Record, According to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst
    from Yahoo! Finance
• Danger, Inc. Named Rising Star in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Program
    from Danger, Inc.
• Boingo Named Fastest Growing Tech Company in Los Angeles — among Top Ten in North America — for Second Straight Year  from Boingo
• Inc. Magazine Names Convio Among Fastest Growing U.S. Private Companies
    from Convio
• Living a Second Life
    from The Economist
• OpenPages Positioned as Fastest-growing Private Software Company on 2006 Inc. 500 List
    from OpenPages.com
• Now, Virtual Fashion
    from The Wall Street Journal
• Living in the Virtual World
    from CBS News Video
• U.S. Venture-Capital Investing Is on the Rise  from The Wall Street Journal
• Cedar Point Helps Bring VoIP to Trinidad
    from Mass High Tech
• Aspen Aerogels™ Opens Edmonton Laboratory, Targets $1B Insulation Market in the Athabasca Oil Sands
    from Aspen News
• Boingo Targets Airports for WiFi
    from The Deal.com
• Key Challenger in Smart-Phone Battle
    from San Francisco Chronicle
• Going Safely into the Night - S.F. Startup Offers Hip Virtual Place for Teens to Gather
    from San Francisco Chronicle
• VC Investors Warm Up to Tech Again
    from San Francisco Chronicle
• OpenPages Ranks 29th on Annual Inc. 500 List with Three-Year Sales Growth of 1,876%
    from OpenPages.com
• Technorati among 50 Best Web Sites
    from Chicago Tribune
• Dow Agrosciences Extends Research Collaboration with Locus Pharmaceuticals
    from Locus Pharmaceuticals
• Locus Pharmaceuticals Announces Research Agreement with Eli Lilly and Company
    from Locus Pharmaceuticals

 

2005

 

• Cold Feet Now a Thing of the Past Thanks to Nanotechnology
    from Aspen Aerogels
• Aspen Aerogels makes Fortune's 25 Breakout Companies  from Fortune
• Nextel Launches National Hot-Spot Service
    from InformationWeek.com
• Boingo Takes to the Air
    from CNET News.com
• Cedar Point Communications' SAFARI C³ Named "Product of the Year" Finalist by MTC
    from Cedar Point Communications
• Cedar Point Communications' SAFARI C³ Selected for Voice Deployment with Bresnan Communications' Grand Junction System
    from Cedar Point Communications

 

2004

 

• Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering at $17.50 Per Share
    from Arbinet-thexchange, Inc.
• Boingo Wireless and Tropos Networks Partner to Bring Roaming Services to Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Networks
    from Yahoo! Finance