Round-type breakdown
Investment types in October 2008
Series Unknown
116
Series A
89
Series B
67
Seed
56
Grant
34
Series C
27
Angel
24
Private Equity
15
Debt Financing
15
Post Ipo Equity
9
| # | Company | Round | Raised | Lead Investor | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vegro
Vegro is a store that provides sales, rental and lending facilities of…
|
Private Equity | $295.3M | Cobepa | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 2 |
Amherst Holdings
Amherst Holdings is a financial services company that specializes in u…
|
Series Unknown | $225.0M | Stone Point Capital | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 3 |
X-Rite
X-Rite is the global leader in color science and technology.
|
Private Equity | $155.0M | One Equity Partners | 2008-10-28 | Round → |
| 4 |
Ambow Education
Ambow Education provides personalized learning and career enhancement …
|
Series C | $103.0M | Avenue Capital Group | 2008-10-21 | Round → |
| 5 |
Loma Linda University Children's Health
Loma Linda University Children's Health is dedicated to keeping childr…
|
Grant | $98.0M | — | 2008-10-20 | Round → |
| 6 |
Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks offers Smart Energy Platform™, enabling utiliti…
|
Series Unknown | $75.0M | Kleiner Perkins | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 7 |
Redington
Redington operates a website that provides information regarding inves…
|
Private Equity | $65.0M | Cisco | 2008-10-12 | Round → |
| 8 |
MAKO Surgical
MAKO Surgical is a medical device company specializing in robotic- arm…
|
Post Ipo Equity | $60.0M | Montreux Equity Partners | 2008-10-31 | Round → |
| 9 |
e-Rewards
e-Rewards is a permission-based digital data collector and reporter.
|
Private Equity | $60.0M | TA Associates | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 10 |
Biolex Therapeutics
Biolex Therapeutics developed therapeutic proteins and monoclonal anti…
|
Series D | $60.0M | Clarus Ventures | 2008-10-06 | Round → |
| 11 |
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment provides microfabrication service…
|
Series C | $58.0M | Redpoint | 2008-10-22 | Round → |
| 12 |
Achronix Semiconductor
Achronix offers high-density and high-performance application-targeted…
|
Series B | $52.0M | Argonaut Partners | 2008-10-15 | Round → |
| 13 |
ChemoCentryx
ChemoCentryx is a biopharmaceutical company that develops medications …
|
Series E | $50.0M | Glaxo Group | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 14 |
Zbird
Zbird is a professional Chinese brand that operates in the online diam…
|
Series B | $50.0M | Capital Today | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 15 |
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is an entrepreneurial pharmaceutical company,…
|
Series G | $50.0M | — | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 16 |
Novast
Novast is focused on the research, development and manufacture of valu…
|
Series B | $50.0M | Qiming Venture Partners | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 17 |
SoloPower
SoloPower is a producer of thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules th…
|
Series C | $48.2M | Crosslink Capital | 2008-10-22 | Round → |
| 18 |
Echo360
Echo360 combines all of the video capabilities into a single, smart so…
|
Series Unknown | $46.5M | SoftBank Group | 2008-10-30 | Round → |
| 19 |
Norwesco
Norwesco, Inc. is North America's leading manufacturer of proprietary …
|
Series Unknown | $40.6M | Norwest Mezzanine Partners | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 20 |
Novariant
Novariant provides GPS and machine control solutions that maximize pro…
|
Series D | $40.0M | Investor Growth Capital Limited | 2008-10-31 | Round → |
| 21 |
CancerVax
CancerVax is a biotechnology company focused on the research, developm…
|
Post Ipo Equity | $40.0M | Merlin Nexus | 2008-10-03 | Round → |
| 22 |
Alien Technology
Alien Technology supplies RFID technologies and products for apparel, …
|
Series Unknown | $38.0M | New Enterprise Associates | 2008-10-06 | Round → |
| 23 |
Ice Energy
Ice Energy is focused on developing utility-scale distributed energy r…
|
Series B | $33.0M | Energy Capital Partners | 2008-10-28 | Round → |
| 24 |
PixelOptics
PixelOptics is a composite lens company developing electronic-focusing…
|
Series C | $30.0M | Stark Investments | 2008-10-23 | Round → |
| 25 |
B
Beijing Taishi Xinguang Technology
Beijing Taishi Xinguang Technology is a technical innovation company e…
|
Series Unknown | $30.0M | Northern Light Venture Capital | 2008-10-23 | Round → |
| 26 |
SolarCity
SolarCity provides solar energy services to homeowners, businesses, go…
|
Series D | $29.9M | First Solar | 2008-10-30 | Round → |
| 27 |
InfaCare Pharmaceutical
InfaCare Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical company that develops phar…
|
Series B | $28.0M | HealthCare Ventures | 2008-10-28 | Round → |
| 28 |
Oragroup SA
Oragroup SA provides personal and business banking services.
|
Private Equity | $28.0M | Emerging Capital Partners | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 29 |
S*BIO
S*BIO focused on the discovery and clinical development of targeted dr…
|
Series Unknown | $26.0M | Adamant Biomedical Investments AG | 2008-10-20 | Round → |
| 30 |
Radiance
Radiance develops the technology to facilitate the movement of digital…
|
Series Unknown | $26.0M | Chevron Technology Ventures | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 31 |
SuperSonic Imagine
SuperSonic Imagine develops and manufactures ultrasound medical imagin…
|
Series B | $25.7M | Andera Partners | 2008-10-23 | Round → |
| 32 |
MacroGenics
MacroGenics is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapeutics t…
|
Series D | $25.0M | Nextech Venture | 2008-10-23 | Round → |
| 33 |
One97 Communications
One97 Communications is a mobile payments services company that delive…
|
Series Unknown | $25.0M | Silicon Valley Bank | 2008-10-23 | Round → |
| 34 |
Cobalt Technologies
Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed fo…
|
Series C | $25.0M | EQT Life Sciences | 2008-10-20 | Round → |
| 35 |
SiliconBlue Technologies
SiliconBlue manufactures ultra-low power, programmable logic devices f…
|
Series B | $24.0M | New Enterprise Associates | 2008-10-22 | Round → |
| 36 |
Nexeon Medsystems
Nexeon is a bioelectronics company developing and manufacturing medica…
|
Series A | $24.0M | — | 2008-10-08 | Round → |
| 37 |
V
Vuppalamritha Magnetic Components
Vuppalamritha Magnetic Components is a provider of a broad range of te…
|
Series Unknown | $23.6M | Eight Roads Ventures | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 38 |
Industrial Origami
Industrial Origami offers patented metal folding designs and technolog…
|
Series Unknown | $23.2M | ETF Partners | 2008-10-07 | Round → |
| 39 |
Amwell
Amwell is a telehealth platform that provides its patients with more a…
|
Series B | $23.1M | — | 2008-10-30 | Round → |
| 40 |
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create…
|
Series D | $22.7M | Goldman Sachs | 2008-10-22 | Round → |
| 41 |
Everyday Health Group
Everyday Health is a recognized leader in patient and provider educati…
|
Series F | $22.5M | TCV | 2008-10-31 | Round → |
| 42 |
UniverCell
UniverCell is a mobile retail store in India that allows people create…
|
Private Equity | $22.3M | Peepul Capital LLC | 2008-10-03 | Round → |
| 43 |
Predictive Biosciences
Predictive Biosciences is a molecular diagnostics company developing d…
|
Series B | $21.8M | Kaiser Permanente Ventures | 2008-10-16 | Round → |
| 44 |
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restrict…
|
Series A | $21.6M | Northzone | 2008-10-01 | Round → |
| 45 |
Dexterra
Dexterra provides mobile platforms and apps that enable organizations …
|
Series F | $21.5M | New Enterprise Associates | 2008-10-02 | Round → |
| 46 |
Respicardia
Respicardia develops implantable therapies to improve respiratory and …
|
Series B | $21.0M | Polaris Partners | 2008-10-17 | Round → |
| 47 |
BitWine
BitWine operates a psychic and spiritual network offering users with t…
|
Series Unknown | $21.0M | Patriot Capital Funding | 2008-10-05 | Round → |
| 48 |
The Cloud
The Cloud is a provider of public access Wi-Fi hotspots.
|
Series Unknown | $20.6M | GP Bullhound | 2008-10-08 | Round → |
| 49 |
Alnara Pharmaceuticals
Alnara Pharmaceuticals develops and commercializes orally-delivered pr…
|
Series A | $20.0M | Third Rock Ventures | 2008-10-30 | Round → |
| 50 |
Verinata Health
Verinata Health develops technologies to maintain and enhance maternal…
|
Series C | $20.0M | Sutter Hill Ventures | 2008-10-30 | Round → |