All 116 funding rounds announced during January 1997, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.
| # | Company | Round | Raised | Lead Investor | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Studio Plus Hotels
StudioPLUS hotels are mid-priced, extended stay hotels designed to com…
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Debt Financing | $200.0M | — | 1997-01-02 | Round → |
| 2 |
Warrior Group
Warrior Group is a construction services company that specializes in p…
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Debt Financing | $128.5M | Montagu | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 3 |
H
Harwich International
Harwich International is a multi-purpose freight and passenger port in…
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Private Equity | $127.7M | Montagu | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 4 |
Manoir Industries
Manoir Industries is a company developing alloys for manufacturing of …
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Private Equity | $65.0M | Montagu | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 5 |
Calico Commerce
Calico Commerce develops business software solutions related to e-comm…
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Series Unknown | $36.0M | Mayfield Fund | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 6 |
Warrior Group
Warrior Group is a construction services company that specializes in p…
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Private Equity | $35.7M | Montagu | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 7 |
Lexington Realty Trust
Lexington Realty Trust (Lexington) is a self-managed and self-administ…
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Post Ipo Equity | $25.0M | Almanac Realty Investors | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 8 |
Intrinsity
Intrinsity provides the tools, technologies, and expertise to efficien…
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Series A | $22.0M | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 9 |
Wired Ventures
Wired Ventures, LLC publishes WIRED.com, a digital magazine.
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Series Unknown | $21.5M | — | 1997-01-02 | Round → |
| 10 |
Aspect Medical Systems
Aspect Medical Systems is engaged in developing brain monitoring techn…
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Series Unknown | $17.5M | T. Rowe Price | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 11 |
Mtone Wireless
Mtone Wireless is an advocate of the wireless information service mark…
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Series C | $9.0M | IDG Capital | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 12 |
ComponentSource
ComponentSource was ensure Software Developers were supplied with the …
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Series A | $7.8M | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 13 |
ReNeuron Group
ReNeuron Group is a proprietary stem cell based exosome technologies c…
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Series Unknown | $7.5M | Excalibur Fund Managers | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 14 |
Oramir
Oramir Semiconductor Equipment Ltd. is an Israeli company that develop…
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Series A | $7.5M | Vertex Ventures | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 15 |
InfoGear Technology
InfoGear produces software and ASICs for the low-cost Internet Applian…
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Series A | $6.6M | New Enterprise Associates | 1997-01-10 | Round → |
| 16 |
ArrowPoint Communications
ArrowPoint Communications provides intelligent web content traffic man…
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Series A | $5.5M | Matrix | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 17 |
Good Technology
Good Technology Corporation provides application, systems, and data se…
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Series Unknown | $5.1M | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 18 |
Chery Automobile
Chery Automobile is manufactures and sells cars.
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Series Unknown | $5.1M | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 19 |
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals develops oral therapies to treat cancers and …
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Seed | $5.0M | Excalibur Fund Managers | 1997-01-03 | Round → |
| 20 |
GeoCities
GeoCities is a web hosting service providing web development tools tha…
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Series C | $5.0M | Steel Connect | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 21 |
Bright Tiger Technologies
Bright Tiger Technologies is a Softwarecompany based in Acton, MA.
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Series A | $4.4M | Accel | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 22 |
Endius
Endius provides less traumatic and more effective surgery for the pati…
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Series A | $3.5M | Advanced Technology Ventures | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 23 |
IRIS International
IRIS International facilitates material sourcing for pharmaceutical, h…
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Series A | $3.0M | — | 1997-01-07 | Round → |
| 24 |
Mission Critical Software
Mission Critical Software provides systems administration and operatio…
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Series Unknown | $2.5M | International Capital Partners | 1997-01-28 | Round → |
| 25 |
Cepheid
Cepheid is a diagnostics company that provides molecular systems and t…
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Series A | $2.5M | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 26 |
ALL GREEK VILLAS
All Greek Villas completes tourist's travel experiences by offering lu…
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Private Equity | $1.2M | — | 1997-01-15 | Round → |
| 27 |
Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas restaurant is home to fresh & authentic Mexican, Brazilian…
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Series Unknown | $1.2M | 3i Group | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 28 |
Interleukin Genetics
Interleukin Genetics develops genetic tests for the personalized healt…
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Series Unknown | $700K | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 29 |
5
5Star International Information
5Star International Information offers office network system integrati…
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Seed | $664K | — | 1997-01-02 | Round → |
| 30 |
Utica Boilers
Utica Boilers has long been a leader of technology development and mar…
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Grant | $500K | NYSERDA | 1997-01-13 | Round → |
| 31 |
R
Rochester Instruments Systems
Rochester Instruments Systems
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Grant | $250K | NYSERDA | 1997-01-16 | Round → |
| 32 |
Intermagnetics General
Intermagnetics General provides products to the direct healthcare mark…
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Grant | $166K | NYSERDA | 1997-01-27 | Round → |
| 33 |
WebPromote
Web development, online marketing, and search engine optimization comp…
|
Series A | — | Robert Brevelle | 1997-01-03 | Round → |
| 34 |
Data Sciences International
DSI is a pioneering biomedical research company focused on systems phy…
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Series Unknown | — | Polaris Partners | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 35 |
Do+Able Products
Do+Able Products manufactures and supplies storage products for the ho…
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Private Equity | — | Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 36 |
Douglas Laboratories
Douglas Laboratories researches, develops, and manufactures nutritiona…
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Private Equity | — | TA Associates | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 37 |
Airwork Group
Airwork Group offer a full complement of fixed wing and helicopter ope…
|
Private Equity | — | Direct Capital Private Equity | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 38 |
P
Prize Food Group
Prize Food Group is the market leader in producing own-label frozen re…
|
Private Equity | — | Montagu | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 39 |
Ditech Networks
Ditech Networks provides advanced voice processing tech solutions for …
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Private Equity | — | Summit Partners | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 40 |
United Pet Group
They stand for better health, better play, longer naps and more treats…
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Private Equity | — | TA Associates | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 41 |
N
Novera Software
Novera Software is a developer of Web application integration solution…
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Series Unknown | — | Sigma Prime Ventures | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 42 |
Toughglass
Toughglass produce toughened safety glass for the construction and tra…
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Series Unknown | — | Crescent Capital | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 43 |
Grupo Navidul, S.A.
Navidul is a family company in the processed food and meat sector, bas…
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Private Equity | — | Alia Capital Partners | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 44 |
Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications provides conversational AI innovations that brin…
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Post Ipo Equity | — | Morgenthaler Ventures | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 45 |
Crystal Ink
Crystal Ink specializes in publication design and connecting with fell…
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Pre Seed | — | — | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 46 |
Amplitude
Amplitude is a product intelligence platform that provides digital pro…
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Series Unknown | — | New Enterprise Associates | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 47 |
EFTPOS New Zealand
EFTPOS New Zealand favourite payments solution provider.
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Series Unknown | — | Direct Capital Private Equity | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 48 |
Sonic Innovations
Sonic manufacture quality hearing aids and are all about celebrating t…
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Series Unknown | — | New Enterprise Associates | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 49 |
C
Chartridge Conference Company
Conference and meeting facilities set in rural England, yet only a sho…
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Private Equity | — | 3i Group | 1997-01-01 | Round → |
| 50 |
Bechtle
Bechtle provides strategic IT consultancy services.
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Private Equity | — | BWK | 1997-01-01 | Round → |