Blue Chip Venture Co. is hoping to raise up to $200 million for its fifth fund later this year, according to VentureWire. The Cincinnati-based firm raised $190 million for its fourth fund in 2001, and recently scored a bid exit when AOL agreed to acquire Third Screen Media for approximately 110 million. www.bcvc.com
Michael Murray has joined the advisory board of Calera Capital, a middle-market private equity firm formerly known as Fremont Partners. Murray most recently was head of corporate and I-banking with Bank of America. www.caleracapital.com
Calyon Credit Agricole CIB of France has beefed up its UK financial sponsors team with several new hires from the Bank of Ireland. They include managing director Grant Gardiner, executive directors Allan Clawson and Nathan Hawkes, director Nick Bellis, assistant director Charles Bowden and associate Lucy Morley.
COTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Shares of RSC Holdings Inc. are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday after the rental equipment provider's initial public offering priced at $22 per share, below the anticipated price range. According to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, RSC Holdings expected the offering […]
Petra Solar, a Green Brook, N.J.-based developer of power electronics for solar energy systems, has raised $14 million in Series A funding. DFJ Element and BlueRun Ventures co-led the deal, and were joined by National Technology Enterprises Company. PRESS RELEASE:Petra Solar (www.petrasolar.com), a developer of power electronics for solar systems, announced today that it has […]
David Castagna has agreed to join Piper Jaffray as a managing director and co-head of tech I-banking, effective in August. He currently is a managing director and head of tech, media and telecom I-banking with Cowen & Company. www.piperjaffray.com
Mojix Inc., a Los Angeles-based developer of digital signal processing products for sensory networks, has raised around $16 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include InnoCal Ventures, Oak Investment Partners and Red rock Ventures. Mojix previously raised $5.5 million over a tranched-out Series A round, with a final post-money […]
Helicos Biosciences Corp., a Cambridge, Mass.-based DNA sequencing company, has reduced its IPO offering range from $13-$15 per share to $10-$11 per share. It still plans to offer 5.4 million common shares, and to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol HLCS. UBS is serving as lead underwriter. The company has raised around $67 million […]
Amedica Corp., a Salt Lake City-based maker of orthopedic implants, has filed for a $74.75 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol AMCA, with Morgan Stanley serving as lead underwriter. Amedica has raised over $44 million in total funding since November 2003, including a $13.2 million Series D round earlier […]
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of therapeutics that modulate an enzyme family called sirtuins, priced 6 million common shares at $10 per share, for an IPO take of approximately $60 million. It had originally filed to sell 5 million shares at between $9 and $11 per share. It will trade on the Nasdaq […]