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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)
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)

News

DIGITAL MEDIA

May 14, 2012
Socialcam, Zoosk, Viddy, Pinterest, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU

May 9, 2012
Start-up Viewbix is Turning Online Video Viewers Into Action Takers

May 8, 2012
Interactive Video Platform Viewbix Raises $2 Million In Series A Funding

May 8, 2012
Video Application Company Viewbix Raises $2M

May 8, 2012
Viewbix Raises $2M To Bring Interactive Videos To SMBs

COMM + MOBILITY

May 8, 2012
Xirrus Helps Organizations Deal With BYOD and the Influx of Tablets and Smartphones With Expansion of High-Performance Wireless Portfolio

May 7, 2012
Cortina Announces Industry's First Industrial Temperature Quad 10G EDC With 1588

April 24, 2012
Xirrus Continues to Solidify Leadership Position in Schools Relying on Wireless Solutions to Optimize Online Learning Applications

April 13, 2012
Matrimony Day: Celebrate the magic of marriage (Bharat Matrimony)

March 28, 2012
Xirrus Shows Saatchi Gallery the Art of Wi-Fi

ENTERPRISE

May 11, 2012
Tom Lounibos, SOASTA CEO, speaks with Gary Radnich KRON4

May 8, 2012
ON24, Forrester and King Fish 'Lead' the Way to Revenue

April 18, 2012
The Daily Start-Up: Skybox In Orbit With $70M For Satellites

April 18, 2012
Skybox Imaging Raises $70M To Launch Two High-Res Imaging Microsatellites

April 17, 2012
Satellite imagery and Hadoop mean $70M for Skybox

CLEAN TECH

February 29, 2012
Enpirion Unveils Numerous DC-DC PowerSoC Powered Customer Designs Live at Embedded World 2012

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

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

May 16, 2012
Elevation boasts 'gold standard' IIb data for COPD therapy

April 2, 2012
VaxInnate Names Wayne Pisano as its New CEO

March 22, 2012
Durata Therapeutics, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

March 15, 2012
Hagan bill could speed approval process for drugs (Chimerix News)

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

MEDICAL DEVICES

March 28, 2012
Relievant Medsystems Announces $30 Million Series D Financing for Advancement of Worldwide Clinical Development Programs

March 23, 2012
Video testimonial of Dr. Simoni's Patients on TIF.avi (EndoGastric Solutions)

March 22, 2012
ReVision Optics poised to fill growing presbyopia treatment niche

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

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