At the end of a two-day conference celebrating all that is venture capital, a quartet of limited partners offered some pointed criticism on what the industry – and the bulk of its practitioners – are doing wrong.

Atlantis Computing said it raised $20 million in a Series D round of funding led by Adams Street Partners and joined by existing investors Cisco Systems, El Dorado Ventures and Partech International. The company said it has now raised a total of $35 million in funding.

An official in the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission said last month that the agency has its eye on several industry practices that could disadvantage investors, such as the charging of deal fees and the cherry-picking of deals.

Naurex Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on psychiatry and neurology, raised $38 million in Series B financing led by new investor Baxter Ventures. New investor Savitr Capital also participated in the financing, along with existing investors Adams Street Partners, Latterell Venture Partners, Genesys Capital, PathoCapital, Druid Bioventures, and Northwestern University, the company announced. Corporate investors Lundbeck, Takeda Ventures and Shire also contributed to the round. Naurex is based in Evanston, Illinois.

The SEC fined VC Matt Crisp $50,000 and banned him from investing for one year in a settlement over his failure to disclose to Adams Street his involvement in AV Partners.

MyHealthTeams said it raised $1.75 million in seed funding in a round led by Adams Street Partners and joined by 500 Startups and angel investors. MyHealthTeams will use the money to expand staff and promote its apps. It announced the launch of the MyAutismTeam app. PRESS RELEASE MyHealthTeams Announces $1.75 Million in Seed Funding; Launches [...]

Accretive Solutions, a national consulting and executive search firm, has acquired Chicago-based Adams Harris. Both companies focus their services on the finance, accounting and IT sectors. Adams Street Partners has backed the deal. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Accretive Solutions, a national consulting and executive search firm, today announced that it [...]

Looking for an exciting opportunity in the private equity secondaries market based in a top fund manager’s Chicago office with the opportunity to relocate to Asia after two years? Look no further than this week’s job posting from a global fund manager looking for a senior associate to join its secondary investment team.

Donuts, the Washington state-based domain name registry company, is packing on a whopping $100 million in funding from VCs including Austin Ventures, Adams Street Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, TL Ventures and Generation Partners. Stahurricane (CEO Paul Stahura’s investment fund) is also participating in the investment. The company is naming former ICANN CFO Kevin Wilson to [...]

Adams Street Partners led a $12 million fundraising through equity financing in Five9 Inc, the cloud-based contact center software firm. Partech International and Hummer Winblad Venture Capital also participated in the investment. To date, Five9, based in Calif., has raised $49 million. PRESS RELEASE: SAN RAMON, Calif., Apr 19, 2012 — Five9 Inc., the leading [...]