Funding Rounds in December 1997

All 24 funding rounds announced during December 1997, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

24
Rounds announced
$30.4M
Total raised
$3.0M
Avg round
$9.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in December 1997
Series A
7
Series Unknown
7
Seed
3
Series B
2
Debt Financing
1
Grant
1
Private Equity
1
Angel
1
Series C
1
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Genteric
Gene-based drug delivery company
Series A $9.0M Alta Partners +2 1997-12-01 Round →
2
Endius
Endius provides less traumatic and more effective surgery for the pati…
Series B $6.0M Polaris Partners +2 1997-12-17 Round →
3
Vascular Solutions
Vascular Solutions is a medical device company that develops clinical …
Series B $5.0M Stephens Group +2 1997-12-20 Round →
4
Visual Mining
Visual Mining provides business intelligence and business performance …
Series A $4.0M 1997-12-19 Round →
5
Oblix
Oblix develops identity-based security and provides web access managem…
Series A $3.0M Kleiner Perkins 1997-12-01 Round →
6
nDSP Corporation
Personalized marketing firm
Angel $1.2M 1997-12-01 Round →
7
Shipu
Shipu is focused on the development of digital photogrammetry systems.
Series A $1.2M IDG Capital 1997-12-01 Round →
8
Snickelways Interactive
Snickelways Interactive is an internet company.
Series A $600K New Media Investment Group 1997-12-01 Round →
9
R
R. Brooks Associates
Company provides secondary steam generator inspection and recovery sol…
Grant $250K NYSERDA 1997-12-09 Round →
10
Terralink Systems
Terralink Systems is the nation's premier provider of software product…
Series Unknown $200K Coastal Enterprises +1 1997-12-01 Round →
11
Engage
A social dating service designed to quickly and easily discover matche…
Series Unknown Foundation Capital 1997-12-31 Round →
12
The Rainforest Company
The Rainforest Company ╤Çr╨╛v╤ûd╨╡s natural food products to change th…
Debt Financing Advantage Capital 1997-12-31 Round →
13
NitroMed
NitroMed is an emerging pharmaceutical company with substantial expert…
Series C 1997-12-31 Round →
14
Onyvax
Onyvax develops cancer therapies that harness the selective power of t…
Series Unknown 3i Group +2 1997-12-18 Round →
15
G
Genetic Anomalies
Genetic Anomalies developed a digital rights property trading system.
Series Unknown SOSV 1997-12-05 Round →
16
1800wedding.com
1800wedding.com the premier wedding referral service that matches a br…
Series Unknown TCA Venture Group 1997-12-01 Round →
17
Western Nonwovens
Western Nonwovens is a national producer of nonwoven textiles for the …
Private Equity Aurora Capital Partners 1997-12-01 Round →
18
Chameleon Systems
Chameleon Systems designs, markets and sells programmable system-on-a-…
Seed Convergence Partners 1997-12-01 Round →
19
Arpida AG
Arpida AG is a biopharmaceutical company that focused on the discovery…
Seed New Medical Technologies 1997-12-01 Round →
20
Yellowbrix
Yellowbrix is the Business-to-business infrastructure provider.
Series A Soros Fund Management +1 1997-12-01 Round →
21
MicroDisplay
MicroDisplay is a privately-held, integrated design manufacturer of se…
Series A 1997-12-01 Round →
22
Vectron International
Vectron International provides semiconductor and system solutions.
Series Unknown TCA Venture Group 1997-12-01 Round →
23
Biocote
Biocote has successfully integrated antimicrobial technology into a br…
Series Unknown Oxford Technology Management 1997-12-01 Round →
24
NexPrise
E-commerce solutions to the highly fragmented life sciences industry.
Seed Bay City Capital 1997-12-01 Round →