1. Investments in technology companies March 1-16 By Jaanika Merilo
When Company Fund Investor Activity Site
raised
(MUSD)
March 2012 4s3 Bioscience 20,0 KLP Enterprises. 4s3 is developing http://www.4s3bioscience.com/
therapies for orphan
genetic muscle diseases
by utilizing an antibody-
based targeting system.
March 2012 500friends 4,5 Crosslink Capital Social technologies for http://500friends.com/
e-commerce websites.
March 2012 Aarki NA Walden Venture Capital Mobile software http://www.aarki.com/
technology that enables
advertisers to
contextually target their
offerings.
March 2012 Accipiter System 0,7 NA Developer of variety of http://www.accipitersystems.com/
data communication
systems for custom
military and commercial
applications.
March 2012 Adaptive Lighting 0,1 AIB Seed Capital Fund A developer of LED
lighting systems.
March 2012 Adaptive Planning 22,0 Norwest Venture Cloud-based corporate http://www.adaptiveplanning.com
Partners, Cardinal performance
Venture Capital, management software.
Clairmont Capital,
Monitor Ventures and
ONSET Ventures
March 2012 Adelphic Mobile 2,0 Matrix Partners Software to improve the http://www.adelphic.com/
ability for advertisers to
target users on mobile
devices.
March 2012 Allylix 18,2 BASF Venture Capital, Developer of terpenes at http://www.allylix.com/
Cultivian Ventures. low cost for commercial
applications in a variety
of industries.
March 2012 Amplidata 8,0 Intel Capital, Swisscom. Amplidata has http://www.amplidata.com/
developed storage
technology that it says is
10,000 times more
reliable than current
RAID-based
technologies.
March 2012 Appcelerator 16,0 Mayfield Fund, Creator of a platform http://www.appcelerator.com/
TransLink Capital, Red used by developers to
Hat, eBay, Sierra create iOS and Android
Ventures and Storm apps.
Ventures
March 2012 Appirio 60,0 General Atlantic, Provider of cloud http://www.appirio.com/
Sequoia Capital and applications and
GGV Capital. platforms to businesses
March 2012 Apptio 50,0 T. Rowe Price Group, Software which helps http://www.apptio.com/
Andreessen Horowitz, information-technology
Greylock Partners, departments track and
Madrona Venture manage how much they
Group, and Shasta spend on different
Ventures. products and services.
March 2012 Aragon Pharmaceuticals 42,0 Topspin Partners, Developer of a pipeline http://www.aragonpharmaceuticals.c
Aisling Capital, of new anti-endocrine om/
OrbiMed Advisors,The therapies for the
Column Group. treatment of hormone
resistant cancers.
March 2012 Aurality Technologies 0,3 angel investors Web radio application. www.aurality.com

2. March 2012 BioScale 5,3 NA Developer of protein http://www.bioscale.com/
measurement
technologies to
accelerate drug
discovery and
production.
March 2012 Boku 75,0 New Enterprise Developer of online http://www.boku.com
Associates (NEA), mobile payment
Telefónica Digital, services in 67 countries.
Andreessen Horowitz,
Benchmark Capital,
DAG Ventures, Index
Ventures and Khosla
Ventures.
March 2012 BrandYourself.com 1,2 Zelkova The first do-it-yourself https://brandyourself.com/
Ventures, Barney Pell, platform to help people
former head search control their own search
strategist at Microsoft, results.
and Carl Shramm,
former CEO of
Kauffman Foundation.
March 2012 BrightEdge 12,6 Intel Capital Developer of a search http://www.brightedge.com
engine optimization
platform used by more
than 2,000 brands and
digital agencies to
attract customers.
March 2012 Cebix 8,8 NA Developer of treatments http://www.cebix.com/
(looking for type I diabetic
for 0,2) neuropathy.
March 2012 CellScape 9,3 NA Creater of technology http://www.cellscapecorp.com/
enabling noninvasive,
fetal genetic testing
during the period of 8-
14 weeks of pregnancy.
March 2012 Cerahelix 0,3 NA Developer of DNA- http://www.cerahelix.com/
based way to produce
advanced nanofiltration
membranes for water re-
use & recycling
March 2012 Chegg 25,0 NA Developer of a social http://www.chegg.com/
education platform used
by students for
homework help, course
selection and textbook
rental
March 2012 CodeGuard 1,3 Probably Imlay Security technology https://www.codeguard.com/
Investments company
March 2012 ContactMonkey 0,8 Plazacorp Ventures Lets you easily share http://contactmonkey.com/
your contact details via
a link in your email
signature.
March 2012 D2S 12,6 NA Developer of software http://www.design2silicon.com/
that enables "direct
write e-beam
lithography for
production of system-on-
a-chip integrated
circuits."
March 2012 Drama Feaver 4,5 MK Capital, YouTube’s Site where North http://www.dramafever.com/
co-founder Steve Chen, American audiences can
Benjamin Ling ex watch TV from around
YouTube’s director of the world.
partnerships, tubhub
founder Jeff Fluhr,
GraphEffect president
Stephano Kim, Wikets
CEO Andy Park, and
Capital IQ co-founders
Randy Winn and Steve
Turner.

3. March 2012 Drawn to Scale 0,9 IA Ventures Provider of real-time
Big Data Platform-as-a-
Service.
March 2012 EBT Molecular Imaging 0,5 Intersouth Partners Developer of self- http://www.advancedbiomarker.com
shielded micro /
cyclotron that produces
PET Biomarkers and
Radioisotopes at a much
smaller size than
conventional PET
cyclotrons.
March 2012 Eden Park 3,1 NA Developing and http://www.edenpark.com/
commercializing
technologies around
microplasma displays.
March 2012 eEvent 0,3 TechColumbus honors guests as event www.eevent.com
ambassadors to share,
recommend & invite
others to events,
March 2012 Exinda 12,0 Greenspring Associates Supplies network http://www1.exinda.com/
and OpenView Venture performance
Partners optimization and
monitoring systems to a
variety of industries.
March 2012 Fontana Disctribution NA Acquired by Ingrooves provider of digital http://www.ingrooves.com/
distribution, marketing
and technology services
to the independent
music community
March 2012 Halt Medical 11,7 NA A medical device http://www.americancapital.com
company focused on
women's health.
March 2012 Hello Health 10,0 NA Creator of Patient http://hellohealth.com/physicians/
Management Platform
that helps physicians
increase efficiencies and
build stronger patient
relationships.
March 2012 HemaQuest 13,0 Aberdare Investors, De biotechnology company http://www.hemaquest.com/
Pharmaceuticals Novo Ventures, focused on developing
Forward Ventures, small molecule
Latterell venture therapeutics to treat
Partnes, Lilly ventures. hemoglobin disorders.
March 2012 HipChat NA Acquired by Atlassian. Developer of www.hipchat.com
collaboration software
for product teams.
March 2012 InBed.me 1,2 angel investors and VCs An Airbnb for hostel http://inbed.me/
Hoppers intends to push
social integration and
mobile services
March 2012 Industry Dive 0,4 D.C.-based angel Business-to-business www.industrydive.com
investors led by Cal online media company.
Simmons
March 2012 InfiMed 15,0 Acquired by Varian Maker of medical http://infimed.com/
Medical System devices and software for
treating cancer and
other medical
conditions.
March 2012 InGamer Fantasy NA angel investors Producer of so- called http://www.ingamer.com/
"real-time second screen
gaming" for sports
publishers-
March 2012 Intermatix 16,2 Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Developer of phosphors http://www.intematix.com
Crosslink Capital and phosphor
components used in
LED lighting.
March 2012 ITADSecurity 0,3 NA Developer of http://www.itadsecurity.com/
technology that it says
"reduces the number of
data breaches associated
with physical data-
bearing devices."

4. March 2012 Jiff 7,5 Aeris Capital, Aberdare Healthcare social https://www.jiff.com/
Ventures network and digital
health apps platform.
March 2012 Koding 2,0 RTP Ventures and Developer community http://www.koding.com
Greycroft Partners & cloud development
environment where
developers come
together and code in the
browser.
March 2012 LIFT Retail Marketing NA Acquired by VeriFone Developer of electronic http://www.liftrmt.com
Technology payment systems.
March 2012 Loopt 43,4 Acquired by Green Dot. Developer of an app
that maps a user's
friends and offers
nearby deals and
reviews.
March 2012 LUMEnergi 6,2 Braemar Energy Provider of network- http://www.lumenergi.com/
Ventures, Noventi controlled lighting
Ventures, Guernsey, energy management
Low Carbon technology.
Accelerator.
March 2012 Mevio 10,0 ORIX Venture Finance Creator of technology http://www.mevio.com/
that hosts networks of
personality-driven
episodic entertainment
online.
March 2012 MiaSole 55,0 Probably Kleiner Manufacturer of thin- http://www.miasole.com
Perkins Caulfield & film photovoltaic solar
Byers, VantagePoint panels.
Capital Partners,
Firelake Capital
Management
March 2012 Michelson Diagnostics 0,6 Octopus Investments, Developer of an OCT http://www.michelsondiagnostics.co
Catapult Venture scanner targeted at m/
Managers, Londoon treatment of non-
Business Angels melanoma skin cancer-
March 2012 Mobile Transactions 3,2 eBay founder Pierre leverages mobile http://www.mtzl.net
International Omidyar, ACCION technology and an agent
International network to enable
financial transactions
across the Zambian
economy
March 2012 NewsiT.net 0,5 Sandra D. Kresch, Crowdsourced news www.NewsiT.net
president of PSD platform.
International and
managing director of
Golden Seeds, and P.
Chrisman Iribe, CFO of
Scaleform Corporation
and former president
and COO of PG&E.
March 2012 NextPrinciples 1,0 executives and angels A cloud-based social http://nextprinciples.com/
CRM company.
March 2012 Open Mile 3,0 NXT Capital Developer of software http://openmile.com/
aimed at shippers and
carriers to help them
communicate and
collect market
intelligence.
March 2012 Oxtex 0,2 LBA angels an early stage medical http://www.oxtex.com/
device specialist that
manufactures
anisotropic self-inflating
tissue expanders
March 2012 PixyKids 3,0 ATA Ventures and An interactive and http://pixykids.com/
angel investors immersive social media
platform for kids aged 6-
12.
March 2012 PlayMob 0,5 MIDVEN, Nesta Develops technology http://www.theplaymob.com/
allowing charities to
fundraise through in-
game micropayments.

5. March 2012 Plyfe 1,0 Intel Capital Creator of service that http://www.plyfe.me/
enables users to
compete in games with
leaderboards to earn
points that can be
redeemed for prizes.
March 2012 ShoutOmatic NA Long Island Angel A startup that enables http://shoutomatic.com/
Network Facebookers &
Twitterers to “Shout” to
their friends & fans.
March 2012 Skill Kindle NA i3 Consulting Online content http://www.skillkindle.com/
marketplace for students
and teachers.
March 2012 Spotflux 1,0 Mass A free application that http://www.spotflux.com
lets consumers connect
to the Internet with
privacy protection.
March 2012 StayZilla.com NA Indian Angel Network Ahotel booking site StayZilla.com
which offers value-stays
in any district across
India.
March 2012 StyleSeat 0,8 A-Grade and actress Catalogue for wellness http://www.styleseat.com/
Sophia Bush and hair specialists.
March 2012 Switchfly 15,0 StarVest Partners, Azure Developer of web-based http://www.switchfly.com
Capital Partners, travel, loyalty and
Canaan Partners payment software.
March 2012 Synbody Biotechnology 0,8 angel investors Developing Synbody http://www.synbodybio.com/
technology for human
therapeutics and
diagnostics
March 2012 Zivame NA IDG Ventures & Indo- Bangalorean online http://www.zivame.com/
US Venture Partners lingerie store.
March 2012 Tap.me 3,2 Hyde Park Venture Startup whose www.tap.me
Partners technology platform lets
brands advertise within
mobile games.
March 2012 The Currency Cloud 4,0 Atlas Ventures Maker of an FX http://www.thecurrencycloud.com/
payments automation
platform.
March 2012 Tracky 1,0 NA a social collaboration https://tracky.com/
platform that bridges the
gap between your
personal & professional
circles
March 2012 WatchDox 9,0 Blackstone. Shlomo View-based developer http://www.watchdox.com
Kramer, Gemini Israel of tools designed to
Funds, Shasta Ventures access and protect
documents on any
device.
March 2012 Weddingful 0,5 Business Development Online wedding www.weddingful.com
Bank of Canada packages startup.
March 2012 Western Digital 4800,0 Acquired by Hitachi Data and media storage http://www.westerndigital.com
products maker.
March 2012 Yammer 85,0 DFJ Growth, Meritech Provider of social http://www.tessera.com
Capital Partners, networks to companies
Capricorn Investment designed to allow
Group, Khosla Ventures employees to more
and CrunchFund, easily collaborate.
Charles River Ventures,
Emergence Capital,
Founders Fund,
Social+Capital
Partnership and U.S.
Venture Partners and
angels Bill Lee, Max
Levchin and Ronnie
Lott