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Rosetta Genomics Ltd., an Israel-based drug company focused on microRNAs, has amdned its IPO terms to 3.75 million ordinary shares being offered at between $7.50 and $8.50 per share. It previously filed to sell 3 million shares at between $11 and $13 per share. It still plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol […]
Radius Ventures of New York is raising $200 million for its third fund, according to a regulatory filing. It already has secured around $46.84 million. www.radiusventures.com
Cylene Pharmaceuticals Inc., a San Diego-based oncology drug discovery and development company, has raised $44 million in Series C funding. HBM BioVentures and Lilly Ventures co-led the deal, and were joined by Sanderling Ventures, Novartis BioVenture Fund, BioVentures Investors, Research Corp. Technologies, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners and Celgene Corporation. www.cylenepharma.com
Wikio, a Luxembourg-based operator of personalized Web information pages, has raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the deal, and was joined by Gemini Israel Funds.
Ripple, an El Segundo, Calif.-based developer, distributor and programmer of out-of-home digital networks, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Trinity Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurveston.
BridgePoint Medical Inc., a Minneapolis-based developer of a device for crossing coronary and peripheral chronic total occlusions, has raised $10 million in second-round funding. Foundation Medical Partners led the deal, and was joined by return backers Michael Berman, New Enterprise Associates and Polaris Venture Partners.
RRE Ventures of New York has closed its fourth fund with $300 million in capital commitments. Limited partners include the State of Michigan Retirement Systems, CSIM Private Equity and GKM. Its third fund closed in 2001 with $225 million. www.rre.com
HyperQuality Inc., a Seattle-based provider of contact center quality assurance solutions, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Ignition Partners led the deal, and was joined by return backers Miramar Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon and Divergent Ventures. www.hyperquality.com
Mobile Content Networks Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of mobile search solutions, has raised around $10 million in Series B funding. Meritage Funds led the deal, and was joined by Dentsu.com, Netage Capital Partners, UniqueLab, Suneight, Intellect Capital Ventures and Angel Forum. www.mcn-inc.com
Clarabridge, a Reston, Va.-based maker of text-mining software, has raised $7.2 million in Series B funding. InterSouth Partners led the deal, and was joined by return backer Boulder Ventures. The company spun out of Claraview in January 2006. www.clarabridge.com
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