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Palladium Interactive

Palladium Interactive develops and distributes interactive multimedia software.

Acquired by Mattel (MAT)
Pavad Medical

Pavad develops medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea.

Private  |  Fremont, CA
Peer39

Peer39 provides innovative semantic advertising solutions.

Private  |  New York, NY
Peninsula Pharmaceuticals

Peninsula Pharmaceuticals is developing new antibiotic medications to treat life-threatening infections.

Acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Phylogix

Phylogix is an early-stage pharmaceutical company developing chemoprotectant compounds.

Private  |  Waltham, MA
PicksPal

PicksPal is the fastest-growing sports and entertainment destination on the Internet.

Acquired by Liberty Media
Plixi

Plixi is a real-time media sharing platform for the social web.

Acquired by Lockerz
Pozen

Pozen is a pharmaceutical company developing therapeutic advancements for treatment of acute migraine.

Public (POZN)
Praecis Pharmaceuticals

Praecis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on Peptide-based therapeutics that have the potential to address unmet medical needs or improve existing therapies.

Public. Acquired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Premier Laboratory Services

Premier Laboratory Services provides clinical testing laboratories.

Acquired by Unilab Corporation (ULAB)
PrimeSense

PrimeSense technology allows digital devices to perceive the world in 3D and derive an understanding of the world based on sight, just the way humans do.

Private  |  Tel-Aviv, Israel
Priority Call Management

Priority Call Management provides intelligent telephony applications.

Acquired by LHS Group (LHSG)  |  Wilmington, MA
Productivity Solutions

Productivity Solutions develops automated self-service checkout solutions.

Acquired by IBM (IBM)
Qbiquity

Qbiquity is an online marketing service that assists marketers in acquiring and retaining customers via personal relationship marketing.

Acquired by Collabrys
RamRe

RAMRe is focused on providing financial guaranty reinsurance to third parties.

Public (RAMR)
Recourse Technologies

Recourse Technologies is the leading provider of the threat management solutions that detect, analyze and respond to service attacks.

Acquired by Symantec (SYMC)
Relievant Medsystems

Relievant develops medical devices to address chronic back pain.

Private  |  Redwood City, CA
Renaissance Wireless

Renaissance Wireless integrates all cell phone radio frequency functions into a single chip.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
ReVision Optics

ReVision Optics (RVO) is improving eyesight though the development of a new technology aimed at the correction of presbyopia.

Private  |  Lake Forest, CA
Revivant

Revivant develops and markets proprietary technology to treat cardiac arrest.

Acquired by Zoll (ZOLL)
RightPoint Software

RightPoint Software produces enterprise applications for delivering real-time, one-to-one marketing campaigns via interactive customer touch points.

Acquired by E.piphany (EPNY)

News

DIGITAL MEDIA

February 2, 2012
Interview: Zoosk Co-Founder Alex Mehr Talks Facebook

February 2, 2012
Women Consider The Super Bowl A 'Dream Date,' Claims Dating Site Zoosk.com

January 30, 2012
Balancing Act: Context and Sensitive Content (Peer39 News)

January 27, 2012
Top social media apps for the iPad 2 unveiled at Macworld (Blurb & Zoosk)

January 27, 2012
Giving You Greater Access To News As It Happens (LiveU News)

COMM + MOBILITY

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

December 14, 2011
Cortina Systems CS4322 Passes 10GBASE-KR Interoperability

ENTERPRISE

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

January 31, 2012
iYogi Insights Research - Windows 8 Launch Will Accelerate Shipments of Tablets

January 31, 2012
Echopass to Sponsor 2012 Remote Worker Summit

January 25, 2012
Al-Futtaim and iYogi Launch Remote Tech Support Services in Middle East

January 25, 2012
BofA, Rivals Look to Get In on Groupon's Game (Cardlytics in WSJ)

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

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

January 16, 2012
The Expanding Vaccine Market (Liquidia News)

January 6, 2012
Civitas Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Clinical Study of CVT-301, an Inhaled L-dopa for Parkinson's Disease

January 6, 2012
Civitas Charts Positive Data on Inhaled Parkinson’s Drug

January 4, 2012
Elevation Pharma raises $30M

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