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Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Border Media Partners LLC, a Houston, Texas-based broadcasting company, has received $15 million in equity and mezzanine debt financing from the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and Darby-BBVA Latin America Private Equity Fund. The new capital will help in Border’s recent acquisition […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. CryoCor Inc., a San Diego-based company focused on cryoablation techniques to treat cardiac fibrillations and arrhythmias, has raised $27.5 million in Series C funding. The financing is structured with an immediate payout of $15.3 million and another $12.2 million next June. William […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. iRobot Corp., a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of robotic technology, has raised $13 million in new venture funding. Trident Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backers Acer Technology Ventures, Fenway Partners and First Albany Cos. The company has now raised […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. CiraNova Inc., a Campbell, Calif.-based provider of electronic design automation (EDA), has raised $9 million in Series B funding. U.S. Venture Partners led the deal, and was joined by return backer Alloy Ventures. As part of the financing, Winston Fu of USVP […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Acoustic Technologies Inc., a Mesa, Ariz.-based communications software provider, has raised $13.8 million in third round venture funding. Signature Capital led the oversubscribed deal. Cadent Holdings Inc., a New York-based provider of dental and orthodontic technologies, has raised $5.3 million in Series […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. The U.S. Army is following the CIA’s lead in forming its own venture capital fund. The new $25 million effort will be called the Venture Capital Initiative, and will invest in companies focused on  building lighter and more efficient power sources for troop […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Ropes & Gray has combined forces with Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt & Maynard, a New York-based law firm focused on private equity. The pairing, effective as of earlier this week, substantially increases Ropes & Gray’s New York office and adds significant depth to […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Nanosys Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of nanotechnology-enabled systems, has raised $30 million in an ongoing round of Series B funding. New investors included CDIB BioScience Ventures, Chiao Tung Bank, China Development Industrial Bank, Harris & Harris, Lux Capital, Quanta Computer […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. ChipWrights Inc., a Newton, Mass.-based provider of digital signal processing technologies for digital imaging applications, has raised $18.2 million in third round funding at a post-money valuation of just over $33 million. Rock Maple Ventures led the round alongside fellow new investors […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. ARCH Venture Partners recently held an initial close on its sixth seed-stage fund, with $75 million in dry commitments from four returning investors. The Seattle-based firm’s overall marketing plan is to close on between $250 million and $350 million by year-end. PE […]