Week 05/23/2005 through 05/29/2005

Prepared by: Dante Fichera, CPA

This reporting period companies based in California operating in the Software industry and that have raised their Series B round of financing led the pack in the amount of venture financing raised. Also, there was four IPOs this reporting period.

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CapitalHunter.com was able to verify that $427 million of venture capital was invested in 32 U.S.-based companies during this week’s reporting period. The average deal size was approximately 13.34 million. The amount of venture capital invested this period increased by 93% compared to last periods $221 million.

Geographically, 14 California companies raised $259.6 million in venture financings which represents 60% of the total venture capital invested this reporting period. The largest private venture financing in California this period was into Good Technology. Good Technology raised $65 million and is a Santa Clara provider of wireless enterprise e-mail and data systems that includes software, services, and handhelds for mobile workers.

The software sector raised 27% of the venture capital this period. Eight software companies raised $115.1 million in venture financing. The largest private venture financing in the software sector this period was into Good Technology.

Companies raising their Series B round of financing led this week’s venture capital activity. Series B financings represented 38% of the total venture capital deployed this period. The largest private venture financing in Series B stage financing this period was into Phenomix Corporation, a San Diego based drug discovery and development company with a portfolio of therapeutic programs underway in immune disease and metabolic syndrome. Eleven companies raised $161.6 million in their Series B round.

The three largest venture deals this period are as follows:

The following eighteen and other unnamed investors funded the above mentioned top three venture capital investments for $137.1 Million:

A total of 74 equity financings of private and public companies occurred during this reporting period. Each of the 74 equity financings are profiled in a weekly report which include venture financings, private placements, secondary offerings, PIPE’s, and IPO’s.

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