Week April 2nd, 2004 through April 8th, 2004

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Over $557 million of venture capital was invested in 36 U.S.-based companies during this reporting period. The average deal size was approximately $15.5 million. The amount of venture capital invested this period is up 21% from last week's $462 million.

Geographically, 16 California companies raised $224.3 million in venture financings. The largest venture financing in California this period was by Favrille, Inc. for $44 million. Favrille, Inc. is located in San Diego, CA and is involved in the research, development and commercialization of targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases of the immune system.

The Software sector raised 26% of the venture capital this period. 16 Software companies raised $142.7 million in venture financings. The largest venture financing in the Software sector this period was by 180Solutions, Inc. for $40 million. 180Solutions, Inc. which is a software company headquartered in Bellevue, WA and is a provider of Internet search marketing solutions and provides search assistant software that delivers consumers to highly targeted websites on behalf of advertisers when they are searching the Internet for products or services.

A first time for the year, companies raising their Series A rounds of funding represented 32% of the total venture capital deployed this period. The largest Series A financing was by 180Solutions, Inc. To learn more about this deal and many others please visit www.capitalhunter.com and obtain a free trial subscription to our service.

The three largest venture deals this period are as follows:

The following twentythree investors funded the above mentioned top three venture capital investments in excess of $171 million:

A total of 60 equity financings of private and public companies occurred during this reporting period. Each of the 60 equity financings are profiled in a weekly report as well as over 30,000 other historic equity financings that you can obtain as a subscriber. Our profiles are of angel financings, venture financings, PIPE, public secondary and initial public equity offerings. If you are interested in obtaining detailed information about any of these or of the over 30,000 historic financings in our database please go to www.capitalhunter.com and get immediate access for free for a two week trial period. A subscription is only $19.95 per month.

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