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HOUSTON — DataCert Inc., a leading provider of e-Business services, announced today the successful completion of its Series B funding. DataCert raised $5 million from strategic and venture investors as well as individuals in the technology industry. UPS, Palmetto Partners, Ltd., Kestrel Document Services, Ltd. and individual investors participated in the funding. ATLANTA — Pirelli […]

CHICAGO — William Blair Capital Partners (“WBCP”) recently held a final closing of more than $400 million on William Blair Capital Partners VII (“WBCP VII”), exceeding that of its predecessor partnership raised in 1998 by nearly 50%. WBCP invests across the full spectrum of private equity situations — venture capital and later stage investments, including […]

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA — The managers of The Berkshires Capital Investors, a venture capital firm based here with $21MM under management, and Village Ventures, Inc. will collaborate to establish an early-stage venture capital fund to invest in companies in the Capital Region of New York state. BCI fund managers Russ Howard and Brad Svrluga said they […]

IRVINE, CA — Micro Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: MTIX) announced today that it has received a $56 million financing commitment from Micro Investment LLC, a limited liability company managed by Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P. This financing will support Micro Therapeutics’ (MTI) ongoing clinical, marketing and new product development programs, principally for the company’s innovative Onyx(TM) […]

SUNNYVALE, CA — Barcelona Design Inc., the premier supplier of mixed-signal IP for SoC (System-on-a-Chip) design, announced today that it has signed an investment agreement with Sequoia Capital and has received an investment of $11 million in its second round of equity financing. Sequoia Capital led the round joined by earlier investors Crosslink Capital and […]

CALGARY, ALBERTA — Megawheels Inc., the global leader in technology-driven, Web-to-print publishing solutions for the newspaper advertising sector, today announced that it has completed its previously announced $5 million financing. Total funds raised in this financing equal $5,015,000. Led by the U.S. venture capital group Venture Investment Management Company LLC (VIMAC) of Boston, Massachusetts, the […]

LONDON — EON Communications, a new broadband communications company, today announces that it has secured

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NEW YORK — INVESCO Private Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm, is pleased to announce the closing of the EuroMedia Venture Fund, a $150 million strategic fund focused on early- and expansion- stage venture investments in the information technology, communications, broadband infrastructure, and global commerce industries. The Fund is part of INVESCO Private Capital’s […]

DENVER — TViFusion Inc. a new media company formed to provide outsourced services (including affiliate sales, advertising sales, technology services and distribution) to start-up and early stage digital television channels, announced today that it has secured a $10 million funding commitment from Warburg Pincus. SOUTHBOROUGH, MA — SANgate Systems today announced that it has raised […]