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CapitalHunter.com identified that $220 million of venture capital was invested in 25 U.S.-based companies during this week’s reporting period. The average deal size was approximately $8.8 million. The amount of venture capital invested this period decreased by 45% over last week’s $401 million.
What’s Hot: California, Software, and Series C.
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Geographically,9 California companies raised $118.68 million in venture financings. The largest venture financing in California this period went into Danger, Inc. for $37 million. Danger, Inc. is a Palo Alto based company that develops and produces wireless online digital software, hardware and mobile services that provide Internet access, instant messaging, and e-mail capabilities. |
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The software sector raised a little over 64% of the venture capital this period. Fourteen software companies raised over $104.28 million in venture financing. The largest software financing was by Danger, Inc. |
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Companies raising their Series C round of financing led this week’s venture capital activity. Series C companies represented 34% of the total venture capital deployed this period. The largest Series C financing was into Danger, Inc. To learn more about the equity financings of this week please visit www.capitalhunter.com and obtain a free trial subscription to our service – no obligation. |
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The three largest venture deals this period are as follows: |
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Company |
Industry |
Investment |
| 1 |
Danger |
Software |
$37 million |
| 2 |
Cooligy |
Instruments and Controls |
$20 million |
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Safeview |
Software |
$16 million |
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The following eighteen investors funded the above mentioned top three venture capital investments for over $73 million: |
| 1 | Adams Street Partners | | 2 | Battelle Ventures | | 3 | DFJ ePlanet Ventures | | 4 | Diamondhead Ventures | | 5 | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | | 6 | Granite Ventures | | 7 | H.I.G. Ventures | | 8 | Institutional Venture Partners | | 9 | InVision Technologies | | 10 | Mayfield | | 11 | Mobius Venture Capital | | 12 | Mohr Davidow Ventures | | 13 | Novak Biddle Venture Partners | | 14 | Paladin Capital | | 15 | Redpoint Ventures | | 16 | SOFTBANK Capital Partners | | 17 | Stanford University | | 18 | Venture Strategy Partners |
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A total of 57 worldwide equity financings of private and public companies occurred during this reporting period. Each of the 57 equity financings are profiled in a weekly report which include venture financings, private placements, secondary offerings, PIPE’s, and IPO’s. Also available is access to over 30,000 other historic equity financings through theCapitalHunter.com searchable database.
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