Funding Rounds in December 2008

All 468 funding rounds announced during December 2008, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

468
Rounds announced
$3.3B
Total raised
$9.1M
Avg round
$420.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in December 2008
Series Unknown
113
Series A
82
Seed
75
Series B
45
Grant
29
Angel
19
Private Equity
18
Series D
17
Debt Financing
16
Series C
16
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
51
Green Dot
Green Dot is a financial technology and registered bank holding compan…
Series Unknown $13.0M Sequoia Capital 2008-12-01 Round →
52
Jaspersoft
Jaspersoft provides a business intelligence suite that allows business…
Series Unknown $12.5M Adams Street Partners +4 2008-12-10 Round →
53
Kalobios Pharmaceuticals
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that develops adva…
Series D $12.0M Baxter International 2008-12-22 Round →
54
Humanigen
Humanigen is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing hu…
Series D $12.0M 5AM Ventures +5 2008-12-22 Round →
55
ExaGrid
Tiered Backup Storage with a disk-cache Landing Zone, non-network-faci…
Series D $12.0M Lead Edge Capital +1 2008-12-17 Round →
56
REGiMMUNE
REGiMMUNE is a biotechnology company producing immune-regulatory thera…
Grant $12.0M Japan Science and Technology Agency 2008-12-08 Round →
57
PureWave Networks
PureWave Networks is a developer of advanced, 4G LTE and WiMAX-based s…
Series B $12.0M ATA Ventures +3 2008-12-04 Round →
58
Estech
Estech is a medical device manufacturing and distribution company offe…
Series Unknown $11.2M Saints Capital +2 2008-12-17 Round →
59
NinthDecimal
NinthDecimal is the marketing platform powered by location data that b…
Series B $11.1M Comcast Ventures +1 2008-12-10 Round →
60
Topsy Labs
Topsy, a social analytics company, provides instant answers to critica…
Series B $11.0M BlueRun Ventures +4 2008-12-01 Round →
61
BlueKai
BlueKai is a data management platform that provides third-party data f…
Series B $10.5M Battery Ventures +1 2008-12-15 Round →
62
Fio
Fio is a developer of a point-of-care medical device used to gather da…
Seed $10.3M 2008-12-31 Round →
63
Symwave
Symwave develops analog- and mixed-signal integrated circuits and syst…
Series C $10.2M Kodiak Venture Partners +1 2008-12-04 Round →
64
OPENLANE
OPENLANE is an online auction company for automotive dealers to buy an…
Series Unknown $10.0M Meritech Capital Partners +2 2008-12-31 Round →
65
Provigent
Provigent is a fabless semiconductor company providing SoC solutions f…
Series E $10.0M Lightspeed Venture Partners 2008-12-29 Round →
66
Scribd, Inc.
Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to book…
Series B $10.0M CRV +1 2008-12-19 Round →
67
3TIER
3TIER, a Vaisala company, provides an integrated suite of energy asses…
Series Unknown $10.0M Good Energies 2008-12-18 Round →
68
Availink
Availink is focused on designing chips using semiconductors for digita…
Series C $10.0M New Enterprise Associates +2 2008-12-15 Round →
69
Icera
Icera develops a high performance soft modem technology for mobile bro…
Debt Financing $10.0M MMV Capital Partners +1 2008-12-12 Round →
70
Inveshare
Inveshare is a shareholder material delivery company providing communi…
Series B $10.0M Goldman Sachs +1 2008-12-10 Round →
71
Jaco Solarsi
Jaco Solarsi is a manufacturer and supplier of solar grade silicon fee…
Series A $10.0M HSBC Private Equity (Asia) 2008-12-10 Round →
72
Atria Systems
Atria Systems is a business consultancy that offers IT support, cyber …
Series B $10.0M Venrock +1 2008-12-08 Round →
73
Neocase Software
Neocase Software is a provider of integrated hr and finance service de…
Series D $10.0M IRIS 2008-12-04 Round →
74
JustVisual
JustVisual is a leading visual search and image recognition technology…
Series D $10.0M 2008-12-03 Round →
75
Edan Instruments
EDAN Instruments is a manufacturer and distributor of professional med…
Series A $10.0M Matrix Partners China +2 2008-12-01 Round →
76
Lumigent Technologies
Lumigent Technologies offers automated governance, risk, and complianc…
Series Unknown $10.0M Greylock +1 2008-12-01 Round →
77
ExtendMedia
ExtendMedia provides software-based content management systems that he…
Series Unknown $10.0M Venrock +2 2008-12-01 Round →
78
FooPets
FooPets is a manufacturer and supplier of virtual puppies and kittens.
Series A $9.9M SoftBank Group 2008-12-17 Round →
79
GlassHouse Technologies
GlassHouse offers data center consulting and managed services guiding …
Series Unknown $9.8M Cisco 2008-12-04 Round →
80
Taptu
Taptu, a social and media technology company, offers My Taptu, a socia…
Series B $9.8M 3i Group 2008-12-18 Round →
81
LucidMedia
LucidMedia is an online contextual advertising platform and meta-netwo…
Series C $8.8M Redleaf Group +1 2008-12-04 Round →
82
CELLutions Biosystems
CELLutions Biosystems is a Biotechnology company.
Series B $8.8M SV Health Investors +3 2008-12-16 Round →
83
Nimble Storage
Nimble Storage is the leader in predictive cloud infrastructure which …
Series A $8.8M Sequoia Capital 2008-12-21 Round →
84
Beijing Jingyuntong Technology
Jingyuntong Technology is a Chinese high-tech enterprise focused on th…
Series Unknown $8.7M 2008-12-01 Round →
85
Sell My Timeshare NOW
SellMyTimeShareNOW is an online marketplace for rentals, timeshares, a…
Series Unknown $8.5M Edison Partners 2008-12-16 Round →
86
Diagnoplex
Diagnoplex develops non-invasive colorectal cancer screening tests and…
Series A $8.3M Novartis Venture Fund +1 2008-12-13 Round →
87
Nimble Storage
Nimble Storage is the leader in predictive cloud infrastructure which …
Series B $8.3M 2008-12-24 Round →
88
Clear2Pay
Clear2Pay is a payments technology company providing payment and payme…
Series Unknown $8.3M Gimv +3 2008-12-16 Round →
89
Spectrum Bridge
Spectrum Bridge provides cloud-based software and services for wireles…
Series B $8.1M Armilar Venture Partners +3 2008-12-02 Round →
90
JAZD Markets
JAZD Markets, a MaaS-based platform, provides B2B directory placement,…
Series A $8.0M 2008-12-22 Round →
91
ZikBit
ZikBit, a semiconductor company, develops technology for DRAM flash me…
Series Unknown $8.0M Evergreen Venture Partners +2 2008-12-15 Round →
92
Semprus BioSciences
Semprus BioSciences is a venture-backed biomedical company developing …
Series A $8.0M 5AM Ventures +1 2008-12-14 Round →
93
Roost
Roost by VerticalResponse helps local professionals get more business …
Series B $8.0M Shasta Ventures +3 2008-12-09 Round →
94
Revenue Cycle Solutions
Revenue Cycle Solutions provides solutions to healthcare finance and r…
Series Unknown $8.0M Capital Resource Partners 2008-12-01 Round →
95
Keap
Keap provides business automation and CRM software for small businesse…
Series B $7.9M vSpring Capital +1 2008-12-19 Round →
96
Aviir
Aviir provides cardio metabolic tests and services for the prevention …
Series Unknown $7.8M New Leaf Venture Partners +2 2008-12-02 Round →
97
Destiny Pharma
Destiny Pharma Ltd., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company
Series Unknown $7.1M Longbow Capital 2008-12-03 Round →
98
Smart Destinations
Smart Destinations is a provider of an unlimited amount of admission a…
Series C $7.0M NewSpring +1 2008-12-23 Round →
99
Aravo Solutions
Aravo Solutions provides on-demand, SaaS-based supplier information ma…
Series D $7.0M Big Sky Partners +1 2008-12-16 Round →
100
Viridity Software
Viridity Software is an energy management company enabling businesses …
Series A $7.0M Battery Ventures +1 2008-12-01 Round →