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UnitedLex

UnitedLex is a global, full-service legal process outsourcing firm.

Private  |  India
UrbanSitter

UrbanSitter is an online resource where parents go to find & book babysitters recommended by people they know.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
uRoam

uRoam provides next-generation corporate solutions for Internet-based remote access.

Acquired by F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV)
VaxInnate

VaxInnate invents vaccines that can be rapidly tailored to treat influenza and major pandemic illnesses.

Private  |  Cranbury, NJ
Verance

Verance is the leading provider of tools and services to track, manage and enhance the use of media content globally.

Private  |  San Diego, CA
Viewbix

Viewbix empowers companies to leverage their videos by inserting interactive apps and sharing that experience across the web, mobile and social networks.

Private  |  Israel
Virsto Software

Virsto is the pioneer in storage software for virtualized server and desktop environments.

Acquired by VMware
Visigenic Software

Visigenic Software developed a suite of interactive and graphical software development tools for building database applications in corporate client/server environments.

Public. Acquired by Borland Software (BORL)
Visiprise

Visiprise is a leading provider of manufacturing collaboration software for integrated manufacturing operations.

Acquired by SAP (SAP)
Vivox

Vivox provides online games, virtual worlds, and online communities with advanced VOIP services that are simple to integrate and enhance game play and community.

Private  |  Natick, MA
Voyence

Voyence is a leading provider of configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance and activation processes.

Acquired by EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC)
Vue Technology

Vue is the leader in item-level RFID hardware & software solutions.

Acquired by Tyco International Ltd. (TYC)
Webloyalty.com

WebLoyalty is a leading provider of online marketing and rewards services.

Acquired by General Atlantic
WibiData

WibiData creates Big Data Applications in partnership with the world's top companies.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
XDN

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

Acquired by Fortinet
Xirrus

Xirrus, the leader in High Performance Wireless Networks, obsoletes traditional Wi-Fi offerings by delivering 2X more range, 4X more coverage, 8X more bandwidth, and 14X more throughput per cable drop.

Private  |  Westlake Village, CA
Zmanda, Inc.

Zmanda is the world’s most popular open source software for data backup and recovery.

Acquired by Carbonite (Nasdaq: CARB)
Zolo Technologies

Zolo is reducing emissions from power plants by optimizing the combustion process with their state-of-the-art laser-based sensing systems.

Private  |  Boulder, CO
Zoosk

Zoosk is the first and largest dating application built for social network users.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
Zuberance, Inc.

Zuberance provides marketers with a powerful technology platform to harness the power of social media.

Private  |  San Carlos, CA

News

DIGITAL MEDIA

June 18, 2013
THE WATCHERS (Skybox)

June 7, 2013
With rising revenues, Lending Club CEO plans expansion (Q&A)

June 6, 2013
Fashion Brand Cuyana Lands $1.7M From Canaan Partners To Get Women To Buy Fewer, Better Things

May 22, 2013
Zoosk Reports Record Revenue in Q1 2013

May 17, 2013
Going Solo (Loylty Rewardz

COMM + MOBILITY

June 4, 2013
Xirrus Appoints Veteran Industry Executive as Vice President of Sales

May 27, 2013
mCarbon Announces Availability Of Global USSD Interactive Services Suite

May 24, 2013
Xirrus Wins Innovation in Enterprise Wireless Solutions Award at Ethernet Innovation Summit

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

ENTERPRISE

June 10, 2013
Echopass Launches Cloud Contact Center - Enterprise Channel on TMCnet

June 6, 2013
WibiData’s open-source libraries, models and tools make it easier to store, extract and analyze data on HBase

May 23, 2013
Cloudera Founder’s Enterprise Data App Management Startup WibiData Raises $15M From Canaan Partners, Eric Schmidt And Others

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

CLEAN TECH

May 14, 2013
Power Technology Innovator Enpirion acquired by Altera Corp.

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

June 11, 2013
Dermira scores $35M venture round for dermatology pipeline

June 6, 2013
CytomX Announces Global Strategic Collaboration with Pfizer to Develop and Commercialize Multiple Probody™-Drug Conjugates in Oncology

June 5, 2013
Novira Therapeutics Expands Management Team with Appointment of Klaus Klumpp, Ph.D., the Former Global Head of Roche's Virology Discovery Initiatives, as Vice President Discovery Research

June 3, 2013
CytomX Therapeutics Named a 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup

May 21, 2013
Liquidia Technologies Announces Extension of Collaboration with PATH to Develop Next Generation Pneumococcal Vaccine 

MEDICAL DEVICES

June 17, 2013
Minimally Invasive Devices Raises Another $2.5 Mln (MID)

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 

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