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JULY 30, 2014

San Diego-based XIFIN , a developer of cloud-based software for the healthcare diagnostics market, has been acquired by private equity investor GTCR. billion GTCR Fund XI, with additional funding provided by GE Capital and CapitalSource. XIFIN''s backers include Boulder Ventures, Enterprise Partners, and Windward Ventures.

Windward 138

Windward SaaS Enterprise Partners Equity 138

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

La Jolla-based Celladon Corporation , a developer of biopharmaceuticals targeting cardiovascular disease, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $43M in a financing round. Celladon is developing a compound for treating heart failure.

Enterprise Partners 124

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital Capital Invest 124

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Vista-based Opthonix , a developer of wavefront guided, high definition vision eyeglasses, has raised $5.39M as part of an ongoing, $12.1M Opthonix is venture backed by Cross Creek Capital, DAG Ventures, Enterprise Partners, Gund Investment Corp., Details on the funding have not been announced by the company.

Enterprise Partners 145

Enterprise Partners Guide Venture Capital Capital 145

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of IT security tools, announced this morning that it has raised $5M in additional funding, from existing investor Sid R. The firm said the expansion financing would go towards product development and further market expansion. 5, or Evergreen Venture Partners participated in this round.

Enterprise Partners 140

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital Tool Software 140

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

San Diego-based ecoATM , a developer of automated kiosks for recycling cell phones and other electronics, said this morning that it has raised a first institutional round of funding. The round came from TAO Venture Partners, the new venture firm run by Tom Clancy. Clancy was previously managing director at Enterprise Partners.

Funding 145

Funding Enterprise Partners San Diego Capital 145

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JUNE 30, 2010

San Diego-based TargeGen , a firm developing small molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF) and polycythemia vera (PV), has been acquired by Sanofi-aventis, in a deal worth as much as $560M, the firm said Wednesday. The firm was advised by Peter J. Solomon Company in the deal.

Enterprise Partners 140

Enterprise Partners San Diego Acquisition Pricing 140

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JUNE 29, 2009

San Diego- and Cupertino-based ParAccel , a developer of software for massively parallel databases used for data warehousing analytics, announced today that it has raised $22M in a venture capital round. ParAccel said the funding will go towards product development, sales and marketing, and to ramp up services and support.

Enterprise Partners 145

Enterprise Partners San Diego Venture Capital Capital 145

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

La Jolla-based Celladon , a developer of treatments for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, has raised $21.8M The firm now lists Enterprise Partners, Venrock, and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation as investors in the company. out of a $24.6M

Enterprise Partners 100

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital Capital Funding 100

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MAY 21, 2009

Quartics has previously raised capital from Enterprise Partners, Focus Ventures, Foundation Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, and Integral Capital Partners. Quartics is developing chips which provide media co-processing, including encoding and decoding video and other related functions.

Enterprise Partners 100

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital Media Research 100

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JULY 10, 2009

San Diego-based Scoperta , which is developing fabless specialty steel technology utilizing scrap materials, has raised $1.4M Other details on the funding have not been released, however, the firm is backed by Enterprise Partners and Vista Ventures, and Drew Senyei of Enterprise sits on the firm's board of directors.

Enterprise Partners 100

Enterprise Partners San Diego Capital Technology 100

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MAY 26, 2009

Vista-based Ophthonix , which is developing high definition vision correction products, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $25.9M Ophthonix develops the iZon lens system, which uses mapping of a person's visual aberrations to customize their eyeglass lenses for better visual acuity. READ MORE>>.

Enterprise Partners 100

Enterprise Partners Capital Funding Invest 100

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

Southern California 140

Southern California Venture Capital Northridge Tech Coast Angels 140

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Irvine-based Quartics, which is developing semiconductors for media processing, said Monday that it has named former AMD Executive Vice President Mario Rivas as the firm's new CEO. Quartics is backed by Enterprise Partners, Foundation Capital, and others. READ MORE>>

Enterprise Partners 100

Enterprise Partners Media Capital Develop 100

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Co-founder and EVP Terry Ash is now in charge of partner alliances, and the firm has hired on Dan Charleston as SVP of Business Development. The company is venture backed by ATA Ventures, Enterprise Partners, JK&B Capital, and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Mission Ventures Enterprise Partners San Diego 100

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JANUARY 12, 2015

Varma is actually a former technology investor at Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Anthem Ventures, and we thought it would be great contrasting his experience starting and running a restaurant franchise with the technology startup world. How did you go from venture capital to running a franchise restaurant chain?

Startup 100

Startup Anthem Venture Capital Technology 100