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AMICAS

AMICAS is a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions over the Internet.

Acquired by VitalWorks (VWKS)
0-in Design Automation

0-In Design develops and supports functional verification products.

Acquired by Mentor Graphics (MENT)
3Crowd

3Crowd is building a content delivery model that will help fuel the next wave of Internet growth by making Internet delivery more cost effective.

Private  |  San Mateo, CA
Acme Packet

AcmePacket makes VOIP equipment for carriers and was one of the top 10 performing IPOs of 2006.

Public (APKT)  |  Burlington, MA
Active Network

Active Network hosts the world’s largest directory of sports and recreational activities and is the leading online community for amateur sports enthusiasts.

Public (ACTV)  |  San Diego, CA
Adlyfe

Adlyfe Inc. develops innovative diagnostic technologies that can detect fatal brain diseases in the blood before symptoms occur.

Private  |  Rockville, MD
AdvancePCS

AdvancePCS grew to become the nation’s largest independent provider of health improvement services.

Public. Acquired by CVS/Caremark (CVS)
Advanced BioHealing

Advanced BioHealing (ABH) is delivering the promise of regenerative medicine today.

Acquired by Shire (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY)
Aldea Pharmaceuticals

Aldea is developing novel enzyme activators to enhance the removal of toxic aldehydes, including those associated with the common flushing response to alcohol in persons of East Asian descent.

Private  |  Palo Alto, CA
AllBusiness

AllBusiness.com is an online media and commerce company that presents practical solutions to real-world business questions.

Public. Acquired by NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi)
Alsius

Alsius is the worldwide leader in core body temperature regulation technology.

Public (ALUS)  |  Irvine, CA
AlterEgo Networks

AlterEgo Networks helps companies accelerate productivity by enabling Internet content adaption and delivery for wireless devices.

Acquired by Macromedia (MACR)
Altheos

Altheos is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of promising novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of glaucoma.

Private  |  South San Francisco, CA
Amicus Therapeutics

Amicus is pioneering next-generation oral therapies for the management of human genetic diseases.

Public (FOLD)  |  Cranbury, NJ
ANADIGICS

ANADIGICS is enabling wireless OEMs to build more capabilities into each new generation of products with industry-leading power amplifiers for wireless and broadband applications.

Public (ANAD)  |  Warren, NJ
Aperto Networks

Aperto Networks is the leader in the most challenging segment of the WiMAX equipment market: carrier-class infrastructure.

Private  |  Milpitas, CA
Apieron, Inc.

Apieron is developing a noninvasive monitor to measure exhaled nitric oxide for managing inflammation and controlling the underlying disease of asthma.

Acquired by Aerocrine
Apriva

Apriva is the leading wireless provider of secure and reliable Point of Sale (POS) applications.

Private  |  Scottsdale, AZ
Arbor Networks

Arbor Networks acquired Ellacoya, delivering on its mission to deliver secure service control solutions for global networks.  Its customers include over 70 percent of the world’s ISPs and many of the largest enterprise networks in use today.

Private  |  Chelmsford, MA
Argon Networks

Argon developed a high-speed routing switch for the next-generation multi-service Internet.

Acquired by Siemens (SI)
Associated Content

Associated Content is the Web’s leading open content publishing platform.  With over 1 million unique pieces of content and 250,000 contributors and growing, AC’s proprietary publishing and content management system enables consumers, media partners and professionals to distribute and be compensated for content.

Acquired by Yahoo!  |  New York, NY
Axial Exchange, Inc.

Axial Exchange is the open source solution to sharing health care information.

Private  |  Raleigh, NC
Bharat Matrimony

Bharat Matrimony is the world’s largest consumer Internet site for matrimonial services.

Private  |  Chennai, India
BiPar Sciences, Inc.

BiPar is developing a potential new class of tumor-selective drugs designed to meet the unmet needs of cancer patients.

Acquired by Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN) (NYSE: SNY)
Blip

Blip is revolutionizing media by making independent show production sustainable, scalable and profitable.

Private  |  New York, NY
Blurb

Blurb is changing the face of publishing by letting anyone easily create and sell bookstore-quality books.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
Broadband Services

Services for broadband network implementation.

Private  |  Highlands Ranch, CO
Business Layers

Business Layers was the first company to define and address the eProvisioning market, and the first to define a provisioning standard.

Acquired by Netegrity (NETE)
BiddingForGood, Inc.

BiddingForGood is the leader in online auction fundraising for nonprofit organizations.

Private  |  Cambridge, MA

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DIGITAL MEDIA

February 14, 2012
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February 13, 2012
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February 10, 2012
Top cosmetic brands shine online (Naaptol News)

February 8, 2012
AOL Offers Best Practices for Live Streaming (LiveU News)

February 8, 2012
Announcing the 2012 OnMedia 100 Top Private Companies (Peer39, Tremor & Zuberance News)

COMM + MOBILITY

February 9, 2012
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January 26, 2012
Virtual Reality, Data Analytics and Big Crowds Reign at NRF (PrimeSense)

January 23, 2012
Locking down Linux.conf.au (Xirrus News)

December 22, 2011
Xirrus CEO Comments on Evolving Enterprise WLAN Space  

December 19, 2011
Vision Objects Showcasing with N-trig for Press Conference at 2012 International CES

ENTERPRISE

February 21, 2012
7 Emerging Cloud Computing Vendors Providing Performance & Optimization Services (SOASTA)

February 8, 2012
Zuberance Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnMedia Top 100 Winner

February 8, 2012
Announcing the 2012 OnMedia 100 Top Private Companies (Peer39, Tremor & Zuberance News)

February 7, 2012
Content Marketing Institute, ON24 Announce Virtual Communication Excellence Award Winners

February 1, 2012
SOASTA Partners With OpTier to Help Bridge the Gaps in the Application Delivery Chain

CLEAN TECH

January 3, 2012
Enpirion Announces Manufacturing Partnership Agreement for Silicon Magnetics with China’s Leading IC Assembly and Packaging Manufacturer

November 15, 2011
Enpirion's Newest DC-DC Converter Advances the Company's Leadership Position in Power Management for Solid State Drives (SSD)

May 10, 2011
Avant Technology Selects Enpirion PowerSoC DC-DC Converters for Avant’s Embedded Solid State Drives

December 24, 2010
Enstorage - Private Companies Pursue Renewable Energy Storage Challenge

June 7, 2010
Enpirion Introduces New PowerSoC Family of DC-DC Converters for DDR2/DDR3 Memory Termination Supply (VTT) Applications

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

February 13, 2012
Altheos initiates phase IIa trial of ROCK inhibitor compounds, ATS907  

February 9, 2012
Altheos grabs $12.5M more, launches glaucoma trial

February 6, 2012
Transplant antiviral strong in phase 2; Chimerix plans phase 3 start this year

January 30, 2012
Point, Click, Shoot-Connect! The Michael J. Fox Foundation Connects Parkinson’s Patients With Researchers (Civitas)

January 23, 2012
Dermira: Success is skin deep (BioCentury)

MEDICAL DEVICES

January 25, 2012
Students study entrepreneurship, business in Silicon Valley (Zoosk & EndoGastric Solutions)

November 2, 2011
Lessons from a $750M exit: Advanced BioHealing VP discusses sale to Shire

November 1, 2011
Relievant enrolls first patient in SMART nerve ablation trial

August 29, 2011
FDA OKs Spine Wave device

August 23, 2011
Envisioning a Future Without Reading Glasses (ReVision Optics News)

DIAGNOSTICS

November 30, 2011
Data Sciences International Appoints New CEO to Lead Market Expansion Plans

September 10, 2009
Cylex, Inc. Appoints Brad L. Stewart as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board