Funding Rounds in January 1998

All 167 funding rounds announced during January 1998, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

167
Rounds announced
$633.3M
Total raised
$12.4M
Avg round
$120.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in January 1998
Series Unknown
50
Private Equity
40
Seed
26
Series A
24
Undisclosed
5
Pre Seed
4
Non Equity Assistance
3
Post Ipo Equity
3
Grant
3
Series B
2
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Cambridge Technology Enterprises
Cambridge Technology Enterprises is an IT services leader focused on t…
Undisclosed $120.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
2
EastGroup Properties
EastGroup Properties, Inc. (EastGroup) is an equity real estate invest…
Post Ipo Equity $70.0M Almanac Realty Investors 1998-01-01 Round →
3
Wisla Krakow
Wisla Krakow Football Club is a professional soccer team playing at th…
Undisclosed $62.1M Bogus┼éaw Cupia┼é 1998-01-01 Round →
4
Cambridge Technology Group
Cambridge Technology Group is a group of award-winning product develop…
Undisclosed $50.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
5
Metawave
Metawave design and develops smart antena systems to expand and improv…
Undisclosed $49.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
6
USInternetworking
USinternetworking is an applications services provider, manages compan…
Series Unknown $33.0M Massey Burch Capital Corporation +3 1998-01-01 Round →
7
GeoCities
GeoCities is a web hosting service providing web development tools tha…
Series D $25.0M SoftBank Group +1 1998-01-01 Round →
8
MyPoints, Inc.
MyPoints is the pioneer and leader of online shopping rewards.
Series Unknown $25.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
9
Acadia Realty Trust
Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR), is a REIT specializing in the acquisi…
Post Ipo Equity $22.6M Almanac Realty Investors 1998-01-01 Round →
10
Proxim Wireless
Proxim Wireless offers Wi-Fi and point-to-point 4G network technologie…
Series Unknown $22.4M MassVentures +2 1998-01-01 Round →
11
TriStrata
TriStrata develops encryption software that safeguards information and…
Series Unknown $15.0M Benchmark 1998-01-01 Round →
12
A
Aptis Communications
Aptis Communications provides carrier-class remote access equipment an…
Series A $10.5M Bessemer Venture Partners +3 1998-01-19 Round →
13
BlueArc
BlueArc is a provider of high performance unified network storage syst…
Series A $10.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
14
Cereva Networks
A new technology company providing next generation architecture that e…
Series A $8.0M 1998-01-12 Round →
15
Xenogen Corporation
Xenogen Corporation is an integrated system of instruments and equipme…
Series C $8.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
16
eLabor
eLabor is a workforce management company that provides its users with …
Series A $7.5M Brentwood Venture Capital 1998-01-01 Round →
17
Mothernature.com
Mothernature.com is a online retail store and information source for v…
Series A $7.2M Shad Run Investments +3 1998-01-01 Round →
18
Ecobank
Ecobank is a modern pan-African financial institution providing financ…
Private Equity $7.0M Musa Capital 1998-01-01 Round →
19
Kodak
Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and serv…
Series Unknown $6.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
20
Broadview Networks
Broadview Networks provides voice and data communications, and managed…
Series A $6.0M Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners +2 1998-01-29 Round →
21
Digimarc
Digimarc develops solutions for licensing intellectual property and pr…
Series B $5.8M Reuters Venture Capital +5 1998-01-19 Round →
22
Asera
As of January 8, 2003, Asera, Inc. was acquired by SEEC, Inc. Asera, I…
Seed $5.0M 1998-01-05 Round →
23
S
SocialNet.com
SocialNet.com is an online platform that offers dating and social netw…
Series A $5.0M St. Paul Venture Capital +1 1998-01-01 Round →
24
Sonatel
Sonatel is a telecommunications company.
Private Equity $5.0M Musa Capital 1998-01-01 Round →
25
Next Jump
Next Jump develops e-commerce and advertising technologies that revolu…
Series Unknown $5.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
26
NextNine
NextNine is a security management software for industrial and critical…
Seed $4.5M Yozma Group 1998-01-01 Round →
27
Coppercom
A Boca Raton, Fla.-based maker of telecom equipment
Series A $3.6M Kettle Partners +1 1998-01-01 Round →
28
Picolight
Picolight is a manufacturing industry that designs, manufactures, and …
Angel $3.5M Bank of America 1998-01-01 Round →
29
Develogen
A biology-driven drug discovery company developing novel therapies for…
Series A $3.0M Atlas Venture +1 1998-01-18 Round →
30
Shoelace Records
Shoelace Records is a music publishing company that was acquired by UM…
Series A $3.0M 1998-01-03 Round →
31
Fonkoze
Fonkoze operates as a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing fin…
Debt Financing $2.9M 1998-01-09 Round →
32
Vectura
Vectura focuses on the development of pharmaceutical therapies for the…
Seed $2.7M Excalibur Fund Managers +1 1998-01-01 Round →
33
Alibris
Alibris is an online marketplace offering new and used books, music, m…
Series A $2.6M 1998-01-01 Round →
34
Straatum Processware
Straatum Processware provides real-time fault detection and classifica…
Series A $2.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
35
Altitun
Altitun is the provider of the world’s most complete tunable laser pro…
Series A $2.0M 1998-01-01 Round →
36
cSafe
cSafe provides solutions to protect, share, and sell digital images.
Series A $2.0M Israel Seed Partners 1998-01-01 Round →
37
ANDA Networks
ANDA Networks develops carrier-class Ethernet equipment for worldwide …
Seed $2.0M Venrock 1998-01-01 Round →
38
Moai technologies
Moai Technologies provides e-sourcing consulting and technology-enable…
Series A $1.8M Redleaf Group +1 1998-01-27 Round →
39
Inpharmatica
Inpharmatica specialises in the use of predictive informatics in medic…
Seed $1.7M 1998-01-01 Round →
40
Cydoor
Desktop marketing and technology solutions that enables advertisers to…
Seed $1.5M 1998-01-01 Round →
41
LiveBid
LiveBid is a broadcast service for traditional auction houses that all…
Series A $1.5M Madrona +1 1998-01-01 Round →
42
Sift
Sift is an online publisher and strategic website engineer providing c…
Seed $1.2M 1998-01-01 Round →
43
Avanex
Avanex is an optical components company designing and manufacturing op…
Series A $1.0M 1998-01-13 Round →
44
Kids Online America
Kids Online America is private social network designed for kids & fami…
Seed $200K Frank Caufield 1998-01-09 Round →
45
MindEdge
MindEdge is an online learning platform that provides leadership, mana…
Seed $200K 1998-01-01 Round →
46
On The Net Yet
On The Net Yet focuses on the design, implementation, and hosting of i…
Seed $100K 1998-01-01 Round →
47
The Stormfire Group
The Stromfire Group provides marketing and technological solutions to …
Seed $100K 1998-01-01 Round →
48
Ducommun AeroStructures New York
Ducommun AeroStructures New York is a provider of titanium and aluminu…
Grant $73K NYSERDA 1998-01-27 Round →
49
XOS
XOS is a global provider of mission-critical materials-analysis equipm…
Grant $50K NYSERDA 1998-01-01 Round →
50
solarwall
air heating system has one of the fastest energy return-on-investments…
Grant $47K NYSERDA 1998-01-13 Round →