Venture Capital News

This story was written by Robert Andrews. Nevermind Chrome OS for now; there are already a host of alternative operating systems out there.

Register at www.GCC2000.org : with Code MW. "Young companies continue to attract investment capital if they have growth prospects," says David T. Newman, Managing Director of Newman Capital.

Internet radio provider Pandora Media has raised $35 million in new funding, peHUB is reporting , just two days after the company celebrated the establishment of a royalty deal that ends years of negotiation with record labels and content owners.

Riverside Partners, based in Boston, Mass., is pleased to announce that it has completed a growth equity investment in Vocollect, Inc.

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. Never mind that exits are now at a six-year low and that venture capitalists themselves continue to struggle to raise money.

The traditional media industry may be under fire as the weak economy crushes advertising spending, but companies and investors are scrambling to stake out territory in the new world of mobile content.

One of Silicon Valley's biggest success stories is doing his bit to lift the gloom hanging over America's venture-capital industry.

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the popular Gamebryo video game development engine, has added another $1.9M in funding to the firm's earlier announced funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today.

Taipei, July 9 Taiwan's Kaori Heat Treatment Co. has secured a new supply contract with a U.S.-based energy systems developer Bloom Energy, which is expected to earn the Taiwan company NT$100 million in revenue this year.

A dream team of influential venture capitalists is putting cash and top-drawer talent into the new wave of stem cell technology.

San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals reports today that the publicly held firm has received a $6M, private equity financing.

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The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index for the second quarter of 2009 registered 3.37 on a 5-point scale, rising from the previous quarter's reading of 3.03. This is the second consecutive up-tick in VC sentiment since the index revealed a five-year low in confidence in Q4 2008.

Hyperion Therapeutics, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies that address critical unmet needs in the areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, today announced it has closed a $60 million Series C financing.

NanoBio CEO James Baker has positioned the company to survive at least two years with cash on hand.

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, today announced that the company has raised $8 million in additional Series B financing from undisclosed corporate investors.

Morgenthaler Ventures led a $20 million investment round in Relievant Medsystems Inc.

FREMONT, Calif., July 7, 2009-- Zosano Pharma, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company developing products based on its novel transdermal delivery technology, today announced that the company has closed a new round of financing in the amount of $30 million.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has secured $18 million in a Series B financing to accelerate the development of its novel metalloenzyme inhibitors and to advance its MetallophileTM Technology platform.

A Seattle clinic for people fed up with insurance, started by doctors fed up with insurance, has gotten $4 million in private venture capital money to expand, it announced on Monday.