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Recent Investments From Second Half of 2007

 

Western Technology Investment (WTI) continues to actively invest, making significant debt capital available to venture-backed technology and life science companies. The following is a list of some of the companies in which WTI invested during the second half of 2007:

  Life Sciences Investments
 
 

Bioabsorbable Therapeutics
$2,500,000
Biodegradable, polymer-based stent
Investors: BioStar, Finistere Partners, ITX International, JAIC America, Synergy Partners International

Emphasys Medical
$15,000,000
Therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Investors: ABS Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures, Cargill Ventures, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, NEA, OrbiMed Advisors, Split Rock Partners, Trellis Health Ventures

Evera Medical
$2,750,000
Minimally invasive cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
Investors: Angiotech Pharmaceutical, Saratoga Ventures

 
 

Myoscience
$500,000
Medical devices for dermatology
Investors: Accuitive Medical Ventures, De Novo Ventures, Saratoga Ventures


Nellix
$1,500,000
Endograft for AAA and TAA
Investors: Essex Woodlands, Incubic Ventures

SanBio
$5,000,000
Regenerative therapies for CNS
Investors: Softbank, Mitsubishi, Yasuda

     
 

Softscope Medical Technologies
$1,000,000
Disposable Device That Improves Endoscopic Procedures
nvestors: Accuitive Medical Ventures, Thomas McNerney & Partners

 


  Technology Investments
 
 

Aggregate Knowledge
$3,000,000
Behavior-based online search portal
Investors: DAG Ventures, First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Anchor Intelligence
$2,000,000
Click fraud blocking technology
Investors: Baseline Ventures, JK&B Capital

Asoka USA Corporation
$2,150,000
Powerline networking products
Investors: Storm Ventures, Venrock

 
 

Athena Design Systems
$1,000,000
Electronic design software
Investors: Asset Management, Draper Richards, PhillipCapital, NTT Finance, Woodside Fund

BuzzLogic
$2,500,000
Social media marketing software
Investors: Adams Capital Management, Ackerley Partners, Transcosmos Investments

Canopy Financial
$6,250,000
Technology to connect healthcare and financial services
Investors: Granite Global

 
 

Cloudmark
$4,000,000
Real-time anti-messaging abuse security solutions
Investors: FTVentures, Ignition Partners, Presidio Venture Partners


Coghead
$2,500,000
Web-based business applications
Investors: American Capital Strategies, El Dorado Ventures, SAP Ventures

DemandBase
$750,000
Pay-as-you-go marketing lists and sales leads
Investors: Altos Ventures

 
 

Discera
$4,500,000
MEMS Timing Devices
Investors: Scale Venture Partners, 3i, Ardesta, Partech International, Horizon Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures

Ellacoya Networks
$4,000,000
Broadband Service Control Solutions
nvestors: Atlas Venture, Canaan Partners, Flagship Venture, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Summerhill Venture Partners

Envivio
$6,000,000
MPEG-4 solutions
Investors: Aurora Ventures, Bertelesmann, Credit Lyonnaise Venture Capital, Crescendo Ventures, France Telecom, Harbinger, Innovacom, Intel, NTT, Sigma Design

 
 

Future Point Systems
$1,000,000
Synthesizes Large Amounts Of Disparate Data
Investors: Windspeed Ventures


Genius
$2,500,000
Web analytics software
Investors: Emergence Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Walden International

Guardian Analytics
$2,250,000
Risk management applications
Investors: Foundation Capital

 
 

IT Structures
$500,000
On-demand model for software trials
Investors: Gemini Israel Funds

Kabira Technologies
$5,000,000
Transaction processing software
Investors: 3i, Argo Global Capital, Crosspoint Venture Partners, IBM, Innovacom Ventures, Mitsui, New England Partners, Saints Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds, Star Ventures

Like.com
$3,000,000
Photo search engine
Investors: Leapfrog Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Bay Partners

 
 

LV Sensors
$8,000,000
Wireless MEMS sensors
Investors: Mayfield, Panorama Capital, U.S. Venture Partners

Mashery
$1,000,000
API infrastructure for web services providers
Investors: First Round Capital, Formative Ventures

Ncomputing
$5,000,000
Shared computing solution
Investors: Menlo Ventures, Scale Ventures

 
 

NETBASE
$2,250,000
Business research software
Investors: Altos Ventures, Thomvest International

OpSource
$10,000,000
Enabling Software as a Service
Investors: Artiman Ventures, CrossLink Capital, Intel Capital, Key Venture Partners, Velocity Interactive Group

Plaxo
$1,000,000
Global relationship management software
Investors: Cisco Systems, Globespan Capital Partners, Harbinger Venture Management, Sequoia Capital

 
 

QuantCast
$5,000,000
Internet audience reporting and analysis services
Investors: Revolution Ventures, Founders Fund, Polaris Ventures, and Allen & Company

 

Return Path
$2,000,000
E-mail performance management
Investors: JP Morgan, Mobius Venture Partners, Sutter Hill

RMI Corporation
$5,000,000
Next generation microprocessor solutions
Investors: Advanced Equities Financial Corp., Benchmark Capital, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, Warburg Pincus

 
 

Silicon Optix
$10,000,000
Advanced Digital Processing ICs
Investors: Apax Partners, Acer Ventures, Canaan Partners, Focus Ventures, InterWest Partners, Origin Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, Primaxis Technology Ventures, RBC Capital Partners

ThisNext
$1,000,000
Consumer shopcasting network
Investors: Anthem Venture Partners, Clearstone Venture Partners
Visible World
$2,000,000
Video advertising solutions
Investors: Canyon Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital, Dawntreader Ventures, Edgewater Private Equity, Grey Ventures, RVC Europe, WaterView Advisors, WPP Group, Viacom
     
  Youku
$10,000,000
Leading video sharing site in China
Investors: Sutter Hill, Brookside Capital (Bain Capital), Farallon, Chengwei Ventures
   
 


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