Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Appilog, Inc. Closes $6.5 Million Financing Round, Led by Cedar Fund; Business Service Management Company Addresses CIO-Level Concerns

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 24, 2003–Appilog, Inc. announced today that it has closed a $6.5 Million investment in a financing round led by Cedar Fund (www.cedarfund.com) with participation byAppilog’s existing investors, Poalim Ventures and Delta Ventures. Appilog is a software technology […]

Shinsei Fund Closes Third Tranche of Funding

LONDON (HedgeWorld.com) – The Shinsei Protected Japan Trust has raised US$70 million since its February launch and announced the closing of its third tranche of funding this month. The fund is the first hedge fund of funds offering for Shinsei […]

Street Talk with Tom Hayden

At last the stars are lined up for a sell off. For the last month the market has felt overvalued, over hyped, and the press has pronounced the Bear dead so many times I thought it might be 1999 allover. […]

Bain Capital Ventures Appoints Jim Maikranz as Special Advisor; IT Industry Veteran Brings 35 Years of Experience to Role

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 24, 2003–Bain Capital Ventures, the venture capital fund of Bain Capital, today announced the addition of Jim Maikranz as special advisor. Jim, formerly the senior vicepresident of sales for both SAP and J.D. Edwards, brings with him experience […]

Startups break healthcare’s venture funding dry patch

The second quarter’s drought of venture funding for healthcare startups broke last week when San Clemente-based Opus Medical Inc. raised $13.6 million in a third-round investment. Opus plans to use the money to market its AutoCuff device, which is used […]

Take My Venture Fund — Please

Private-equity investors are dumping billions of dollars of mistakes into the secondary market. Some scavengers will get rich. By the Numbers | Buyer’s Market With twice as much for sale as there are dollars to spend, brave souls can get […]

Vivato Raises $44.5 Million in Series C Funding Round

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Vivato, a Wi-Fi infrastructure company, today announced it raised $44.5 million in its Series C funding round, bringing the total investment in thecompany to $67 million. Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), a leading bi-coastal venture capital firm, […]

Metreo Recognized in Top 100 Private Companies List; Pricing Optimization Gaining Market Traction

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Metreo Inc., (www.metreo.com), a leader in price optimization software, today announced its inclusion on the first-annual AlwaysOn Top 100 PrivateCompanies list. AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and business, compiled the list […]

Take My Venture Fund—Please!

Private equity investors are dumping billions of dollars of mistakes into the secondary market. Some scavengers will get rich. A hundred and forty dealmakers from a dozen cities around the world gathered over dinner at the W Union Squarehotel in […]

Former webMethods CTO and EAI Pioneer Jim Green Joins Launch of Composite Software

SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003– Startup to Simplify the Delivery of Information Applications; Announces $5.2 Million in Funding Composite Software, a next stage Enterprise Information Integration (EII) solution provider, today launched the company and announced the appointment of former […]

Mr. Nanotech

Steve Jurvetson is campaigning hard to become the biggest financier in the kingdom of the extremely small. When the internet boom began in 1995 Steve T. Jurvetson was a rookie venture capitalist fresh out of Stanford Business School. He saw […]

DivXNetworks Named to AlwaysOn(TM) List of Top 100 Private Companies

DivXNetworks Inc. (www.divxnetworks.com), the company that created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX(R) video compression technology, today announced its inclusion on the first-annual AlwaysOn (AO) Top 100 Private Companies list. AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and business, compiled […]