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Sumeet Jain Joins Intel Capital From CMEA

Posted on: March 1, 2013 by Mark BosletNo Comments »

Sumeet Jain announced on his blog that he has joined Intel Capital as an investment director to focus on consumer Internet, mobile Web and software investments. He was previously a partner at CMEA Capital, joining the firm in 2008 and sitting on boards at Apriso, Blekko, Intermolecular, Luminate, WorkingPoint and Zarly.

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Buys VC-Backed Intellikine

Posted on: December 21, 2011 by cnolanNo Comments »

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, a listed, Japanese pharmaceutical research company, is buying venture-backed Intellikine Inc. Takeda will pay $190 million in cash, and up to $120 million in additional milestone payments. Intellikine was backed by at least $41 million from venture investors including Abingworth, BiogenIdec, CMEA Capital, Fintech Global Capital, Novartis Venture Funds, Sofinnova Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners.

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Intellikine Adds $4M in Milestone Payments

Posted on: October 31, 2011 by cnolanNo Comments »

Biopharma company Intellikine Inc. has sealed $4 million in new milestone payments as it begins two Phase 1 clinical trials of its drugs. The company, based in La Jolla, Calif., is backed by $41 million from venture investors including Abingworth, BiogenIdec, CMEA Capital, Fintech Global Capital, Novartis Venture Funds, Sofinnova Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners.

Colorado PERA’s 10 Biggest Venture Capital Bets: Slideshow

Posted on: October 17, 2011 by Mark BosletNo Comments »

The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association has been an uneven investor in venture capital. Commitments have risen and fallen over the years without obvious pattern. In 2006, earmarked capital was $105 million, according to a peHUB analysis of its portfolio. A year earlier, it was $67 million. The year before it was $93 million, and [...]

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Blekko Inks $30M

Posted on: September 30, 2011 by cnolanNo Comments »

Search engine company Blekko has raised $30 million in new funding, half of it coming from publicly traded Yandex. Australian investor MLC Private Equity, and existing investors U.S. Venture Partners, CMEA Capital and PivotNorth Capital also contributed to the round. Yandex acquired a minority stake in Blekko, the company said. Blekko was formed in 2007, and launched its search engine last year.

Update: Solyndra Looks Like Big Write-off For Redpoint, RockPort, CMEA, US Venture Partners

Posted on: August 31, 2011 by Mark Boslet1 Comment »

Solar experts have long anticipated a shakeout in the thin film solar industry. Thin film cells, a component of solar panels, offer the potential of low costs. But higher energy conversion efficiencies give competing crystalline silicon cells a market advantage, especially as Chinese firms pump out great volumes supported by inexpensive loans from state banks, lowering [...]

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Ardelyx Raises $30M Series B

Posted on: August 31, 2011 by cnolan1 Comment »

Ardelyx Inc. has raised $30 million in fresh capital from New Enterprise Associates, CMEA Capital and new investor Amgen Ventures. The Series B round will help advance Ardelyx’s pharmaceutical pipeline that includes product candidates to help treat irritable bowel syndrome, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. The company has raised a total of $56 million since it was formed in 2007. Ardelyx is based in Fremont, Calif.

Pixazza Changes Name to Luminate

Posted on: July 27, 2011 by Luisa BeltranNo Comments »

Pixazza said Monday that it’s changing its name to Luminate. Mountain View, Calif.-based Luminate provides a platform for image applications. The company has received funding from August Capital, CMEA Capital, Google Ventures and Shasta Ventures.

Sorbent Therapeutics Soaks Up $36M Series B

Posted on: July 1, 2011 by PEHub AdministratorNo Comments »

Sorbent Therapeutics, the California-based biopharmaceutical company, took $36 million from a group of VCs, the company announced. Investors include Novartis Venture Funds, which led the financing, joining existing investors Sofinnova Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, CMEA Capital and AgeChem. The deal brings Sorbent’s total funding to $53 million.

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Contour Energy Systems Inks Series C

Posted on: June 21, 2011 by cnolanNo Comments »

Contour Energy Systems, a developer of battery systems, has closed an undisclosed amount of Series C financing, the company said Tuesday. Investors in the round include EDB Investments, CMEA Capital, Harris & Harris, Schlumberger and U.S. Venture Partners. The latest infusion will go toward research and development efforts, production capacity expansion and funding working capital growth.