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