Week 11/13/2006 through 11/26/2006

Prepared by Capital Hunter analysts:

Digital and online media companies were the big winners these past two weeks, accounting for over a quarter of all venture capital raised. HomeAway big the biggest winner, taking in over $160 million ($100 million equity, $60 million debt) in new capital in order to further consolidate Web 2.0 travel companies. ProtoStar, an operator of geostationary satellites for direct-to-home satellite television, raised $50 million in Series C funding in order to further develop their product line. The IPO market continued to do well, with fourteen companies going public over the two weeks since our last newsletter, including two offerings in excess of one billion dollars. For more information of these companies I encourage you to use the links below, which will take you to Yahoo! Finance where you can find a lot of information about the company that interests you. Without further ado, here are the public markets fourteen newest companies:

AmTrust Financial Services NASDAQ:AFSI priced at $191.88 million and is a multinational specialty property and casualty insurance company.

Emergent Biosolutions NYSE:EBS priced at $62.5 million and is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of immunobiotics.

Constellation Energy Partners NYSE:CEP priced at $94.5 million and is a limited liability company that acquires coalbed methane reserves.

KBR NYSE:KBR priced at $473.3 million and is a engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors.

Hertz Global Holdings NYSE:HTZ priced at $1.32 billion and is a provider of car rental services.

Hansen Medical NASDAQ:HNSN priced at $75 million and is a developer of medical robotics designed for accurate positioning, manipulation and stable control of catheters and catheter-based technologies.

Allot Communications NASDAQ:ALLT priced at $78 million and is a designer and developer of broadband service optimization solutions using advanced deep packet inspection technology.

Venoco NYSE:VQ priced at $212.5 million and is an independent energy company primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation and development of oil and natural gas properties.

NYMEX Holdings NYSE:NMX priced at $383.5 million and is a commodities-based futures exchange and clearinghouse.

First Solar NASDAQ:FSLR priced at $400 million and is a designer of thin-film solar modules.

Willdan Group NASDAQ:WLDN priced at $29 million and is a provider of engineering services to public agencies.

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings NYSE:SPR priced at $1.43 billion and is an independent non-OEM designer of aerostructures.

Aercap Holdings NYSE:AER priced at $600 million and is an integrated global aviation company with a leading market position in aircraft and engine leasing, trading and parts sales.

NACG Holdings NYSE:NOA priced at $200 million and is a resource services provider to major oil and natural gas and other natural resource companies.

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CapitalHunter.com was able to verify that $756 million of venture capital was invested in 56 U.S.-based companies during the past two weeks. The average deal size was approximately 13.5 million. The amount of venture capital invested this period increased by 143% compared last periods $311 million.

California was the largest recipient of venture capital funding this week. Twenty-seven California companies raised $352.3 million in new equity financing, which accounted for 47% of the total venture capital invested this reporting period. The largest venture investment in California was placed into the earlier mentioned ProtoStar.

The media & entertainment sector raised the most venture capital this reporting period, with eight companies raising $141.7 million in venture financing. Media & entertainment companies accounted for over 19% of the venture capital this period. The largest venture investment in the media & entertainment sector was placed into the earlier mentioned HomeAway.

Start-ups raising their second stages of funding represented the largest share of the funding pie, as 44% of all money invested this period went into such companies. The largest Series B funding was also placed into HomeAway.

The three largest venture deals this period are as follows:

The following seventeen companies and other unnamed investors funded the above mentioned top three venture capital investments for $185 million:

A total of 81 equity financings of private and public companies occurred during this reporting period. Each of the 81 equity financings are profiled in a weekly (in this case biweekly) report which include venture financings, private placements, secondary offerings, PIPE’s, and IPO’s.

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