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E-stamp

E-stamp was the leading provider of Internet-based postage solutions.

Public. Acquired by Learn2
e4e

e4e provides next generation business process outsourcing services to global clients.

Private  |  Santa Clara, CA
Ebates

Ebates is a shopping portal where members receive rebates for all their online purchases.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
eBillme

eBillme is the secure online payment option that does not require a credit card. Simply checkout using eBillme and pay for your purchase through your bank’s online bill pay portal.

Private  |  Canada
Echopass

Echopass delivers contact center solutions on-demand, as a service for mid-to-large enterprises and government agencies worldwide.

Private  |  Pleasanton, CA
Efficient Finance

Efficient Finance offers financial solutions that leverage its innovations in corporate finance, banking and information technology to increase the efficiency of commercial relationships.

Private  |  Tel-Aviv, Israel
Elevation Pharmaceuticals

Elevation Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of new aerosol therapies for the treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

Private  |  San Diego, CA
EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.

EGS leverages the most current wisdom in gastroenterology and surgery in developing new transoral incisionless procedures and products to advance the state of the art in treating gastrointestinal diseases.

Private  |  Redwood City, CA
Endura

Endura provides advanced order management applications to organizations engaged in supply chain management.

Acquired by HK Systems
Enpirion

Enpirion makes the industry’s smallest power management system on a chip and represents the first major innovation in integrated power technology in over a decade.

Private  |  Hampton, NJ
EnStorage

EnStorage provides financially-viable, high-reliability energy-storage-system (ESS) for power grid load leveling, Solar and Wind power generation plants.

Private  |  Tel-Aviv, Israel
Eon Labs

Eon Lab is a drug manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of generic pharmaceutical products.

Public. Acquired by Novartis (NVS)
Equitas Micro Finance India Private Ltd.

Equitas works to alleviate poverty by extending micro credit to small entrepreneurs and is the fastest growing top-10 micro finance company in India.

Private  |  Chennai, India
Esperion Therapeutics

Esperion is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Public. Acquired by Pfizer (PFE)
Everdream

Everdream is the market leader in on-demand desktop management services that enable greater visibility into hardware and software assets.

Acquired by Dell (NASDAQ: DELL)
Evident Software

Evident is a leading provider of metering, reporting and analytics software solutions for the enterprise network.

Private  |  Bloomfield, NJ
ezRez Software

ezRez is a B2B provider of next-generation online travel solutions.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
FitLinxx

FitLinxx is the endorsed industry standard and recognized global leader for providing technology to health clubs.

Private  |  Stamford, CT
FLA Orthopedics

FLA Orthopedics is a leading manufacturer of orthopedic, sports medicine and bracing products.

Acquired by BSN Medical
Frame Technology Corporation

Frame Technology Corp. is the company which developed FrameMaker, taken over by Adobe Systems, Inc.

Public. Acquired by Adobe Systems (ADBE)
Ganymede Software

Ganymede develops network performance management software.

Acquired by NetIQ (NTIQ)
Gemvara

Gemvara (formerly Paragon Lake) is revolutionizing the jewelry market by empowering consumers and independent jewelers to design high-quality, fully personalized jewelry using a web-based service.

Private  |  Lexington, MA
Genaissance Pharmaceuticals

Personalized medicine through population genomics and informatics.

Public. Acquired by Clinical Data (CLDA)
GenVec

GenVec develops gene therapy products.

Public (GNVC)  |  Gaithersburg, MD
GroundWork Open Source

GroundWork Open Source is the recognized leader in open source-based systems for the enterprise.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA

News

DIGITAL MEDIA

August 24, 2010
Blurb makes the Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies and #1 Media Company

August 19, 2010
Equitas Micro Finance Raises Rs 45 Cr From Canaan Partners

July 8, 2010
Peer39 Adds Digital Advertising Executive Alex White as VP Product and Account Management

July 8, 2010
(LiveU News) IP Tech On The Road To Passing Trucks

July 8, 2010
Interview with Pankaj Thakar, Chief Executive Officer, MD, Cellcast Interactive India

COMM + MOBILITY

June 4, 2010
The $100M Revenue Club: Cortina Systems, Powered By Intel

May 26, 2010
N-trig Wins Gold Honor at Society for Information Display’s 2010 Display of the Year Awards

May 25, 2010
Cortina Takes PON Integration to Next Level with Voice and Switching

May 21, 2010
Xirrus: Fighting for Wireless Dominance: Interop

May 13, 2010
N-trig improves Windows 7 Multi-touch capabilities for Tablets and PCs

ENTERPRISE

August 31, 2010
Dodging Twitter, TweetPhoto becomes photo check-in social network Plixi

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Expands Its Photo Sharing Services for the Social Web and Changes its Name to Plixi

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Becomes Plixi, Presents New Vision for Location-Based Services

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Renames Itself As It Grows Beyond Twitter

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Fills Its Own Hole Before Twitter Can, Rebrands Itself as “Plixi”

CLEAN TECH

June 7, 2010
Enpirion Introduces New PowerSoC Family of DC-DC Converters for DDR2/DDR3 Memory Termination Supply (VTT) Applications

May 24, 2010
Enpirion's New High Performance EN6300 DC-DC Family Raises the Bar for Combined Efficiency and Power Density

December 15, 2009
Enpirion's 3A synchronous buck dc/dc converter among EDN' s Hot 100 Electronic Products of 2009

October 29, 2009
EnStorage - 7 Solar Innovators From Israel That Could Fuel Our Planet

August 6, 2009
Enpirion 6A PSIP dc/dc converter achieves 15W/cm²

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

July 23, 2010
BiPar teaching Sanofi new tricks

June 7, 2010
Sanofi CEO Sees ‘Stunning’ Results for Cancer Drug (BiPar Sciences)

May 13, 2010
Chimerix Initiates Phase 1 Study of CMX157

May 11, 2010
(VaxInnate News) Winners of the TiE50 Awards 2010

May 4, 2010
RTP biotech firm Chimerix names new CEO

MEDICAL DEVICES

September 1, 2010
Advanced BioHealing to Highlight Standard of Care for Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers at Save a Leg, Save a Life National Conference

August 31, 2010
Financings roundup: EndoGastric Solutions reports closing $30 million 'F' round

August 30, 2010
EndoGastric Solutions Raises $30M Via Series F Funding

August 30, 2010
EndoGastric raises $30M

August 30, 2010
EndoGastric Solutions Completes $30 Million Financing Round

DIAGNOSTICS

September 10, 2009
Cylex, Inc. Appoints Brad L. Stewart as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board