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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.

Acquired by DG (DGIT)
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

May 22, 2013
Zoosk Reports Record Revenue in Q1 2013

May 17, 2013
Going Solo (Loylty Rewardz

May 16, 2013
ZOOSK CEO KISS AND TELL

May 16, 2013
Kabam on CNBC News

May 15, 2013
adverCar Drivers are What Gladwell Calls 'Mavens' - the Information Specialists

COMM + MOBILITY

May 17, 2013
Small Telecom 'Disruptors' Defying the Odds (LiveU News)

May 7, 2013
Xirrus Delivers on the Promise of Enterprise Mobility With New Products That Unite the Wired and Wireless Network, Offering Fast Deployment and Consistent Application Performance

April 19, 2013
Xirrus Wireless Networks are Becoming Crucial for Sports Stadiums

March 7, 2013
Leading Spanish Media including El Pais Turns to LIVE Audiovisual for LiveU's Video-over-Cellular Solutions

February 26, 2013
N-trig Launches DuoSense® Pen2 Family for Smartphones, Tablets and Ultrabooks

ENTERPRISE

May 2, 2013
iYogi launches cloud CRM service for remote PC support

April 30, 2013
ShopKeep POS Wins Technology Innovation of the Year Award from Electronic Transactions Association

April 30, 2013
Announcing the 2013 OnDemand 100 Top Private Companies (Soasta)

April 10, 2013
“Comp” crowdsourcer CompStak secures $4.5M in new funding

April 9, 2013
Plots & Ploys: Hole-Sale Real Estate (CompStak)

CLEAN TECH

May 14, 2013
Altera to Deliver Breakthrough Power Solutions for FPGAs with Acquisition of Power Technology Innovator Enpirion

April 4, 2013
Enstorage Goes Live with A 50 KW, Grid Connected HBr Flow Battery

February 27, 2013
Enpirion Wins Top Honor at embedded world 2013

December 13, 2012
Enpirion Expands Executive Team to Drive its Leadership in Enterprise Server Power Market

December 4, 2012
Enpirion and Digi-Key Corporation Announce Global Distribution Agreement

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

April 19, 2013
Civitas Therapeutics Announces Positive Phase 2 Clinical Results for CVT-301, an Inhaled L-dopa for Parkinson’s Disease

April 11, 2013
Chimerix Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

April 4, 2013
VaxInnate Awarded U.S. Government Grant to Develop Dengue Vaccine

April 1, 2013
RTP drug firm Chimerix looks to raise up to $105M in its IPO

March 25, 2013
Novira Therapeutics Completes $25 Million Series A Financing

MEDICAL DEVICES

May 13, 2013
European study shows positive results for inlay in emmetropic presbyopic patients (ReVision Optics)

April 10, 2013
Relievant Medsystems Achieves Completion of Interim Safety Data Analysis of Intracept in SMART Pivotal Study and Expands Senior Leadership Team

March 25, 2013
Canaan Partners leads $9m Series B round for Minimally Invasive Devices

February 28, 2013
Transcend Medical Completes Enrollment in Landmark Glaucoma Study Evaluating the CyPass® Micro-Stent 

November 13, 2012
Transcend Medical Announces 12-Month European Study Results of the CyPass Micro-Stent(R) at AAO 2012

DIAGNOSTICS

October 1, 2012
LiveU makes the connection

August 25, 2012
Blurb at Clerkenwell Design Week

August 13, 2012
DSI Launches PhysioTel™ Digital: The First Fully-Digital Telemetry System for Large Animal Physiologic Monitoring

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