Week 08/15/2005 through 08/21/2005

Prepared by Capital Hunter analysts

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. Here are the four IPOs that listed on American stock exchanges this period:

Rockwood Holdings priced at $408.1 million on the New York Stock Exchange and is a Princeton, New Jersey based developer, manufacturer and marketer of technologically advanced, high value-added specialty chemicals and advanced materials.

William Partners LP priced at $107.5 million on the New York Stock Exchange and is an Tulsa, Oklahoma based partnership formed to own, operate and acquire a diversified portfolio of complementary energy assets.

Bronco Drilling Company priced at $86.7 million on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange and is a Oklahoma City based provider of land contract drilling services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies.

Kona Grill priced at $27.5 million on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange and is a Scottsdale, Arizona based upscale casual restaurant chain.

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CapitalHunter.com was able to verify that $294 million of venture capital was invested in 26 U.S.-based companies during this week’s reporting period. The average deal size was approximately 11.31 million. The amount of venture capital invested this period decreased by 37% compared to last periods $465 million.

Geographically, 13 California companies raised $134.28 million in new equity financing which represents 45% of the total venture capital invested this reporting period. The largest private venture financing in California this period was into NetDevices. NetDevices raised $25 million and is a Sunnyvale, California based developer of services gateway products for enterprise branch networks

The software sector raised 27% of the venture capital this period. Seven software companies raised $77.8 million in venture financing. The largest private venture financing in the software sector this period was into CaseStack. CaseStack raised $20 million and is a Santa Monica, California based provider of logistics and outsourcing services to mid-sized consumer packaged goods companies that sell products to retailers, distributors and other manufacturers.

Companies raising their Series B round of financing led this week’s venture capital activity. Series B financings represented 51% of the total venture capital deployed this period. The largest private venture financing in Series B stage financing this period was into NetDevices.

The three largest venture deals this period are as follows:

The following eleven and other unnamed investors funded the above mentioned top three venture capital investments for $70 million:

A total of 73 equity financings of private and public companies occurred during this reporting period. Each of the 73 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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