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Palladium Interactive develops and distributes interactive multimedia software.
Acquired by Mattel (MAT)
Pavad develops medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea.
Private | Fremont, CA
Peer39 provides innovative semantic advertising solutions.
Acquired by DG (DGIT)
Peninsula Pharmaceuticals is developing new antibiotic medications to treat life-threatening infections.
Acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Phylogix is an early-stage pharmaceutical company developing chemoprotectant compounds.
Private | Waltham, MA
PicksPal is the fastest-growing sports and entertainment destination on the Internet.
Acquired by Liberty Media
Plixi is a real-time media sharing platform for the social web.
Acquired by Lockerz
Pozen is a pharmaceutical company developing therapeutic advancements for treatment of acute migraine.
Public (POZN)
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 provides clinical testing laboratories.
Acquired by Unilab Corporation (ULAB)
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 provides intelligent telephony applications.
Acquired by LHS Group (LHSG) | Wilmington, MA
Productivity Solutions develops automated self-service checkout solutions.
Acquired by IBM (IBM)
Qbiquity is an online marketing service that assists marketers in acquiring and retaining customers via personal relationship marketing.
Acquired by Collabrys
RAMRe is focused on providing financial guaranty reinsurance to third parties.
Public (RAMR)
Recourse Technologies is the leading provider of the threat management solutions that detect, analyze and respond to service attacks.
Acquired by Symantec (SYMC)
Relievant develops medical devices to address chronic back pain.
Private | Redwood City, CA
Renaissance Wireless integrates all cell phone radio frequency functions into a single chip.
Private | San Francisco, CA
ReVision Optics (RVO) is improving eyesight though the development of a new technology aimed at the correction of presbyopia.
Private | Lake Forest, CA
Revivant develops and markets proprietary technology to treat cardiac arrest.
Acquired by Zoll (ZOLL)
RightPoint Software produces enterprise applications for delivering real-time, one-to-one marketing campaigns via interactive customer touch points.
Acquired by E.piphany (EPNY)