Lux Capital said it has raised a third fund of $245 million, a step up from its second fund of about $100 million. The firm said the new fund was oversubscribed and exceeded its initial $200 million target.

Intellectual Ventures‘ spin-out company, Kymeta, has closed a $12 million funding round to develop and bring to market Intellectual Ventures’ Metamaterials Surface Antenna Technology. The venture is backed by investments from Bill Gates, Liberty Global and Lux Capital. PRESS RELEASE Intellectual Ventures (IV), the leader in the business of invention, announced today that its newest [...]

Kurion, a nuclear and hazardous waste management business has named Ralph DiSibio as chairman of the board. Former chairman, Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Kurion and founding partner and managing director at Lux Capital, will remain a director for the company. PRESS RELEASE Kurion, Inc., an innovator in nuclear and hazardous waste management, announced today that [...]

Jeff Kindler, the former Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, has joined Lux Capital as a venture partner. Kindler will help identify new healthcare investment opportunities and work with Lux portfolio companies. PRESS RELEASE Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm, today announced that former Pfizer Chairman and CEO Jeff Kindler joined the firm as a [...]

Gridco Inc., a smart grid power management startup founded by Naimish Patel, founder of publicly traded Sycamore Networksm has raised $8 million in funding from investors, according to an SEC filing that appeared early yesterday. Patel is listed as president of Gridco. Among those listed as Gridco’s directors are Ric Fulop, a partner at North [...]

Cerulean Pharma, a developer of nanopharmaceuticals, has closed a $15 million Series D financing with participation from new investor, CVF, an affiliate of Henry Crown and Company of Chicago, Illinois, as well as full participation from all other existing investors, including Polaris Venture Partners, Venrock, Lilly Ventures, Lux Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners. Cerulean’s offices [...]

Lux Capital has promoted three, naming Adam Kalish general partner; Shahin Farshchi principal; and Zack Schildhorn vice president and director of operations. Kalish joined the firm in 2005, and worked previously as a director at Everest Capital. Farshchi has worked with Lux Capital since 2006, focusing on investments in energy and technology. Schildhorn has worked with Lux since 2006, focusing on operations and investments within energy, novel materials and technologies at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.

Siluria Technologies, a San Francisco-based developer of methane-based alternatives for producing fuels and chemicals normally derived from oil, has raised $20 million in new capital. The Series B round was led by UK-based Wellcome Trust, with participation from Alloy Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Lux Capital, and Presidio Ventures.

(Reuters) – Green is back in venture capital circles — but call it light green. Having placed big bets on capital-intensive industries like solar and ethanol just as the financial crisis quashed interest in risky new technologies, early-stage investors these days have a limited appetite for startups that need large amounts of cash to bring [...]

Transphorm Inc. has closed a $25 million Series D financing round from Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd., a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management, and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Foundation Capital and Lux Capital. The latest round brings Transphorm’s total funding to $63 million. The company, which launched in February, will use the money to continue development of its compact power conversion technology.