Astronomer

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Private

Enterprise-grade developer of Apache Airflow.

Interos

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Private

Multi-tier, multi-factor third-party risk management platform.

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Iris Medicine

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Private

Luma

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Private

Empowering people to earn an income doing what they love.

3Box

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Private

A next-generation decentralized framework for managing user data on the internet.

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ABL Space Systems

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Private

Building rapid, mobile deployable space launch.

Astranis

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Private

Building the next generation of internet satellites.

Biolux

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Private

A world leader in the development and commercialization of innovative Light Accelerated Orthodontic products.

Mable

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Private

Mobile and web-based B2B wholesale e-commerce platform for grocers.

Make School

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Private

Building a faster, more affordable modern university for students of all backgrounds.

Nightfall

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Private

Nightfall is building the control plane for cloud data. The Nightfall platform discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data (such as customer data),…

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Rebellion Defense

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Private

Rebellion empowers the military and our civil servants through AI and machine learning to solve some of the hardest problems in government.

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Running Tide

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Private

Producer of fresh aquaculture products designed to produce natural oysters.

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Simbe Robotics

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Private

Simbe Robotics builds automation solutions for shelf auditing and analytics.

Waybridge

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Private

Commodity Exchange.

Altruist

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Private

A digital, commission-free custodian for financial advisors.

Atom Computing

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Private

Harnessing the power of atoms to create truly scalable quantum computers.

Contract Wrangler

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Private

AI driven SaaS to understand and extract key information from enterprise legal agreements.

Corvidia

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Private

Targeting inflammation in cardiovascular and renal disease.

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Cyteir Therapeutics

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Private

Leader in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics based on the biology of DNA repair and synthetic lethality for the treatment of cancer and…

Dapper Labs

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Private

Delivering blockchain-based experiences for real people in the real world.

Federation Bio

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Private

The future of microbiome therapeutics.

Percipient.ai

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Private

Provider of an advanced computer vision and machine learning analytics platform for national and corporate security.

Skyryse

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Private

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Chisel.ai

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Private

Enterprise platform for a new class of intelligent insurance applications.

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Devoted Health

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Private

Devoted is a next generation Medicare Advantage Insurance company.

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Element Biosciences

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Private

Focused on innovating genetic analysis tools for the research and diagnostics market.

Inscripta

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Private

Inscripta offers the world’s first benchtop platform for scalable Digital Genome Engineering to address the current challenges and limitations of gene editing.

Misty Robotics

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Private

Redefining the role of robots in society.

Numerated

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Private

Real-time commerce platform proven to drive growth for banks.

Ombud

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Private

An enterprise application enabling intelligent sales content collaboration.

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Socrates AI

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Private

Intelligent assistant for the enterprise

Suki

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Private

Suki™ is an artificial intelligence-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant for doctors.

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Evident.io

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Acquired by Palo Alto Networks

Cloud infrastructure security for AWS.

Quiq

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Private

Re-imagining customer service in a mobile world.

Virta

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Private

Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes without medications or surgery.

Amino

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Private

Mobile communities for the things you care about.

Beckon

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Acquired by Aclate

Founded in 2011 with a mission to create elegant, intuitive software to help marketers understand and beautifully communicate the business impact of everything…

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Encoded Therapeutics

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Private

Harnessing the regulatory genome to create next-generation molecular therapies.

Luxe

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Acquired by Volvo

Founded and based in San Francisco, Luxe is a new service that sends valets to park for you, wherever you are - it’s fast, affordable and convenient.

Lyra Health

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Private

A behavioral health technology company.

Niara

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Acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Threat discovery reimagined.

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REGENXBIO

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Public (NASDAQ: RGNX)

REGENXBIO is the leading next-generation AAV gene therapy company, developing a new class of personalized therapies based on its proprietary NAV® Technology…

Salsify

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Private

A cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that helps brands and retailers organize and share their content, driving discoverability,…

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Shockwave Medical

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Public (NASDAQ: SWAV)

Lithoplasty balloon catheters

Spirox

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Acquired by Entellus Medical

Spirox is focused on developing minimally invasive technologies that improve the quality of life for patients with nasal obstruction.

Stride Health

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Private

Health coverage, care and other benefits for independent working Americans.

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Unity Biotechnology

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Public (NASDAQ: UBX)

Unity Biotechnology is designing therapeutics that prevent, halt or reverse numerous diseases of aging.

Aledade

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Private

Aledade makes it easy and inexpensive for Primary Care Physicians to form Accountable Care Organizations.

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Avalanche Biotech

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Public (NASDAQ: AAVL)

Avalanche develops technologies and products for sustained delivery of therapeutic proteins to the eye to treat ophthalmologic disorders.

Jiff

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Acquired by Castlight Health

Jiff builds customized mobile and web experiences that connect company benefit and incentives design to healthy employee behaviors using wearables and…

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Juno Therapeutics

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Public (NASDAQ: JUNO)

A clinical-stage company that brings together three of the world’s leading cancer centers – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering…

RefleXion Medical

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Private

RefleXion Medical is developing a biology-guided radiation therapy system for treating solid tumors.

VeloCloud

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Acquired by VMWare

WAN. Re-invented. Enterprise grade performance and reliability via low cost internet and hybrid WAN.

YouNow

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Private

YouNow is a fun, exciting and easy way to chat, meet new friends and discover what's trending.

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10X Genomics

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Public (NYSE: TXG)

10X Genomics provides an innovative genomics platform that delivers additional genetic information by dramatically upgrading the capabilities of existing short read sequencers.

6Sense

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Private

6Sense is a B2B predictive intelligence engine for sales and marketing.

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Burner

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Private

Burner is a privacy layer for your iPhone or Android. Get phone numbers you control at the push of a button.

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Coherus Biosciences

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Public (NASDAQ: CHRS)

Coherus Biosciences, Inc. is focused on delivering high quality biosimilar therapeutics that will expand the access of important medicines to patients…

Dataminr

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Private

Dataminr is a real-time social media analytics company with a mission to extract value from social media for clients in the finance and government sectors.

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Doctor On Demand

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Private

Talk to a US licensed physician from your computer, smart phone or tablet right now.

Grand Rounds

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Private

Grand Rounds helps employers cut costs by giving employees access to top quality physicians.

Impopharma

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Private

Impopharma Inc. is a Research & Development Pharmaceutical Company with a state of the art facility specializing in Development Services for a variety…

Shape Security

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Private

Shape is developing a new class of web security products to dramatically alter the economics of web hacking.

Zenefits

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Private

Provider of HR software to small and mid-sized companies to simplify HR administration.

Appthority

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Acquired by Symantec

Appthority is The Authority in App Security™.

Boundless

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Acquired by Valore

Boundless is making the world’s open educational content more useful for students by connecting them with the wealth of high quality, openly licensed,…

CTERA

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Private

CTERA Networks revolutionizes data protection and storage for SMBs and enterprise branch offices. CTERA Networks was the first company to introduce cloud…

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Dollar Shave Club

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Acquired by Unilever

A great shave for a few bucks a month.

Happier

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Private

Happier is a happiness company. Our mobile app is a simple and beautiful way to collect the happy moments you find in every day, share them with close…

Nest

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Acquired by Google

We reinvent unloved products in the home.

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Adavium Medical

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Private

Adavium Medical is the largest Brazilian medical equipment and diagnostics company, with Brazil being the third largest private healthcare market in the…

Appia

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Acquired by Mandalay Digital

Appia is the world's largest open app marketplace and white label storefront platform, supporting all operating systems and handsets. Appia powers app…

Dynamic Signal

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Private

The Dynamic Signal platform enables brand’s to build direct relationships with the people who love them. Dynamic Signal engages with content, tracks…

FINsix

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Private

FINsix is developing high efficiency power supplies, based on very high frequency (VHF) switching frequencies.

Klout

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Acquired by Lithium

Klout allows users to track the impact of their opinions, links and recommendations across your social graph. Data is collected about the content users…

Kyruus

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Private

Kyruus delivers provider search, scheduling, and data management solutions that help health systems match patients with the right providers.

Personal Capital

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Private

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Singly

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Acquired by Appcelerator

Singly is the fabric for today’s most connected apps, empowering a new class of developers to create powerful new apps. Using our world class app connection…

Hua Medicine

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Private

Hua Medicine is the leading innovative drug development and commercialization company in China.

PowerVision

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Acquired by Alcon

PowerVision is developing a proprietary fluid-controlled accommodating intraocular lens technology which it believes will restore the vision of youth to…

Redbeacon

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Acquired by Home Depot

Redbeacon provides an online service allowing consumers to receive price quotes and book appointments for virtually any local service.

SmartBiz

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Private

SmartBiz is the #1 online marketplace for SBA loans enabling banks to make SBA loans more efficiently than ever before and small businesses to apply online…

Smartling

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Private

Smartling uses technology to transform the way content is created and consumed around the world. Smartling’s Global Fluency Platform helps brands access new markets, more customers and greater value.

Ariosa Diagnostics

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Acquired by Roche

Ariosa Diagnostics has developed, and is currently commercializing, a proprietary non invasive prenatal diagnostic test for genetic abnormalities.

CloudFlare

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Public (NASDAQ: NET)

CloudFlare is a web application performance and security company dedicated to giving web administrators the tools to protect their sites against a wide…

Dstillery

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Private

Dstillery provides major brand marketers with targeted audiences using the power of social graph data.

Hyper9

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Acquired by SolarWinds

Hyper9 offers analytics and reporting software for those organizations delivering applications over dynamic virtualized infrastructures.

Intuity Medical

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Private

Intuity Medical is developing innovative technologies in the management of diabetes, including the first All-in-One Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

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Phononic Devices

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Private

Phononic is a semiconductor consumer products company commercializing solid state heat pumps and fully integrated systems that displace compressors for…

SocialShield

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Acquired by Avira

SocialShield offers patent-pending tools that give parents a 360° view of their kids' social networking activities. With live support, an unmatched cyberbullying…

Threadbox

—

Acquired by Myspace

Threadbox is a simple and pragmatic collaboration platform that helps workgroups effortlessly increase productivity by harnessing the group's conversations,…

Aha Mobile

—

Acquired by HARMAN

Aha Mobile makes drivers smarter by keeping them informed about the world around them.

AppNexus

—

Acquired by AT&T

AppNexus provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art real-time bidding platform with access to the major display advertising exchanges and aggregators.

Aria Systems

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Private

Aria Systems is the leading provider of subscription billing solutions and offers the only "monetization platform" encompassing the full spectrum of Billing…

Bizo

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Acquired by LinkedIn

Bizo is an online B2B advertising and targeting network.

Castlight Health

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Public (NYSE: CSLT)

Castlight Health is revolutionizing health care by bringing transparency to health care costs and quality.

Constellation Pharma

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Public (NASDAQ: CNST)

Constellation Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops novel drugs targeting selective regulators of epigenetic function.

Crunchyroll

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Acquired by The Chernin Group

Crunchyroll is a content and community site focused on anime and Asian content.

Cygilant

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Private

Security operations and analytics platform.

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Fate Therapeutics

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Public (NASDAQ: FATE)

Fate Therapeutics is pioneering the emerging field of renewal therapies by redirecting the fate of the body's adult stem cells to intervene in human disease,…

Gazelle

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Acquired by Outerwall

Gazelle.com is the destination for simplified selling of consumer electronics and gadgets online.

Sapphire Energy

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Private

Sapphire Energy produces renewable gasoline from sunlight, carbon dioxide and photosynthetic microorganisms.

SlideShare

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Acquired by LinkedIn

SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world.

Tudou

—

Acquired by Youku

Tudou is a leading online video company in China.

Virdante Pharmaceuticals

—

Acquired by Momenta

Virdante Pharmaceuticals is developing safer and more effective drugs for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

World Heart

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Acquired by HeartWare

World Heart Corporation develops implantable mechanical circulatory support systems for long-term use. Its 4th-generation Levacor VAD is the only bearingless,…

Zeltiq

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Public (NASDAQ: ZLTQ)

Zeltiq Aesthetics is a medical device company dedicated to the commercialization of non-invasive procedures to help patients achieve cosmetic improvements…

BlogHer

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Acquired by SheKnows

BlogHer provides the number-one community for and guide to blogs by women, via annual conferences, a Web network, and an advertising network of more than…

CoreTrace

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Private

CoreTrace is revolutionizing how companies control servers and desktops by developing and selling the most tamper-proof, scalable, and stable application…

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Lucid Motors

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Private

Lucid Motors set out to create a car that elevates the human experience and transcends the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence.…

QuatRx Pharma

—

Acquired by Shionogi Pharma

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on discovering, licensing, developing, and commercializing compounds in the endocrine, metabolic…

Receptos

—

Public (NASDAQ: RCPT)

Receptos utilizes pioneering G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) technology to facilitate information-driven drug design for developing best- and first-in-class…

Semtek

—

Acquired by VeriFone

Semtek builds secure data capture components for magnetic stripe, bar-code, RFID, smart cards and biometric devices, with a growing role in securing the global card payments system.

Twofish

—

Acquired by Live Gamer

Twofish is broadly working in commerce-enabled on-line entertainment.

WHERE

—

Acquired by eBay

WHERE is a leading local search and recommendation service in mobile and the web.

ADiFY

—

Acquired by Cox Enterprises

ADiFY is an online advertising service provider and network focused on web publishers.

Adnexus

—

Acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb

Adnexus Theraputics is a developer of a class of protein therapeutics in Phase 1 trials of its lead product candidate and with a pipeline of other products…

B-hive Networks

—

Acquired by VMware

B-hive enables enterprise data centers to effectively deliver real-time transaction service level control web-enabled applications.

Boston-Power

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Private

Boston-Power is developing next generation batteries.

ExtendMedia

—

Acquired by Cisco

ExtendMedia provides software that enables content providers and distributors to launch secure online content to businesses that support a variety of business…

PEAK Surgical

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Acquired by Medtronic

PEAK Surgical is a developer of high-precision, "cold-cutting" surgical devices.

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Quantenna Communications

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Public (NASDAQ: QTNA)

Quantenna Communications is creating a new generation of wireless chipsets with game-changing size, power and performance metrics.

Transonic Combustion

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Private

Transonic Combustion is focused on developing a suite of technologies projected to enable conventional automotive engines to run at ultra-high efficiency…

Alimera Sciences

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Public (NASDAQ: ALIM)

Alimera Sciences develops specialty ophthalmic pharmaceutical products for eye care providers and consumers.

Anacor Pharma

—

Acquired by Pfizer

Anacor Pharmaceuticals develops therapeutics for inflammatory and infectious diseases.

Ciclon Semiconductor

—

Acquired by TI

Ciclon Semiconductor develops power management components that improve the efficiency and lower the cost of power supplies in servers and communications…

Ikaria

—

Acquired by Madison Dearborn

Ikaria is a fully-integrated biotherapeutics company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics designed to meet the significant…

INRIX

—

Private

INRIX addresses the need for nationwide, real-time, predictive traffic information across a variety of platforms, devices and distribution channels.

Newport Media

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Acquired by Atmel

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Simple Star

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Acquired by Sonic Solutions

Simple Star provides consumer software and services to help people manage and share their memories to PCs and TVs.

Tri Alpha Energy

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Private

Tri Alpha Energy's purpose is to deliver world-changing clean fusion energy technology as fast as possible.

Acceleron Pharma

—

Public (NASDAQ: XLRN)

Acceleron is a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs for important unmet medical needs through proprietary approaches that exploit the therapeutic…

Achaogen

—

Public (NASDAQ: AKAO)

Achaogen develops drugs to treat infectious disease and address the problem of drug resistance.

BCD

—

Public (NASDAQ: BCDS)

BCD Semiconductor (Bipolar CMOS DMOS) is a Shanghai-based integrated device manufacturer that designs and manufactures analog and mixed signal semiconductor…

Celladon Corporation

—

Public (NASDAQ: CLDN)

Celladon is developing a unique therapeutics platform to treat severe heart failure.

CodeRyte

—

Acquired by 3M

CodeRyte has developed internet-based natural language processing (NLP) software that translates the complex patterns of medical language in text-based…

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Cymabay Therapeutics

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Public (OTCQB: CYMA)

Cymabay Therapeutics discovers and develops small molecule drugs for the treatment of diabetes and related metabolic disorders.

DATAllegro

—

Acquired by Microsoft

DATAllegro is a data warehouse appliance based on commodity hardware with proprietary software for parallelized queries.

Optinuity, Inc.

—

Acquired by CA, Inc.

Optinuity provides software solutions for datacenter continuity automating event response and recovery.

P.A. Semi

—

Acquired by Apple

P.A. Semi is a fabless semiconductor company developing high-performance, low-power microprocessors based on the PowerPC architecture and targeted at general…

RedSeal

—

Acquired by STG

RedSeal provides a cybersecurity analytics platform to Global 2000 organizations that helps maximize network resilience.

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Retail Solutions

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Private

Retail Solutions develops and delivers a comprehensive suite of Software-as-a-Service solutions that turn retailer data into actionable visibility into the store and onto the shelf.

Targeted Genetics Corporation

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Public (NASDAQ: TGEN)

Targeted Genetics is a biotech company developing gene-based therapies to prevent or treat diseases such as HIV, Cystic Fibrosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis,…

Trubion Pharma

—

Public (NASDAQ: TRBN)

Trubion Pharmaceuticals is engaged in the research and development of novel medicines to treat human diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and non-Hodgkin…

ZoomInfo

—

Acquired by Great Hill

ZoomInfo provides the most comprehensive information on business professionals available.

Anchor Bay Tech

—

Acquired by Silicon Image

Anchor Bay Technologies is developing a new class of components and systems, based on high-performance Digital Video and Audio format-conversion technologies, for the Digital A/V market.

Canesta

—

Acquired by Microsoft

Canesta is the inventor of a revolutionary, low-cost electronic perception technology that enables ordinary electronic devices to perceive and react to…

Coley Pharma

—

Acquired by Pfizer

Coley Pharmaceutical Group discovers, develops and commercializes a new class of drugs that stimulate the human immune system to treat and prevent cancers,…

Imperva

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Public (NYSE: IMPV)

Imperva has developed the first Dynamic Profiling Firewall to provide Total Application Security, including protection from Web application attack, database breach, and worm infection.

Intarcia Therapeutics

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Private

Intarcia Therapeutics specializes in developing and systematically generating new uses for clinical-stage drugs.

Sirna Therapeutics

—

Acquired by Merck

Sirna Therapeutics focuses on developing therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi) technology.

Teranetics

—

Acquired by PLX Technology

Teranetics is developing integrated circuits for the next generation of Ethernet transport.

AVEO Pharma

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Public (NASDAQ: AVEO)

AVEO Pharmaceuticals develops therapies for cancer using proprietary genetic model systems that enable the identification of essential targets critical…

DataPower Technology

—

Acquired by IBM

DataPower provides XML-aware network infrastructure products to allow enterprises to address performance, security, and manageability complexities when…

Ensure Medical

—

Acquired by Cordis

Ensure Medical develops devices for post catheterization closure of the femoral artery.

IMlogic

—

Acquired by Symantec

IMlogic is the leading provider of enterprise-class instant messaging (IM) infrastructure software.

Kenet, Inc.

—

Acquired by Intersil

Kenet is developing innovative mixed-signal solutions for portable consumer and communications applications.

MessageOne

—

Acquired by Dell

MessageOne provides business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis communications solutions to enterprise customers.

NanoGram

—

Acquired by Wilson Greatbatch

NanoGram Devices Corporation developed novel biomedical applications based on its proven and patented laser-based nanomaterials synthesis process.

P-Cube

—

Acquired by Cisco

P-Cube, Inc. provided high-precision, high-performance service assurance and control to IP networks, offering carriers the service deployment velocity,…

Pedestal Software

—

Acquired by Altiris

Pedestal Software provided enterprise solutions for auditing, deploying, and enforcing system-security policies on workstations and servers.

PGP

—

Acquired by Symantec

PGP Corporation builds software products that allow corporations to ensure confidential customer and individual information remains secure.

Vocera

—

Public (NYSE: VCRA)

Vocera provides VoIP over WiFi systems for instant voice communication among workers.

Vontu

—

Acquired by Symantec

Vontu provides a data loss prevention solution to stop confidential and classified information, including customer data and intellectual property, from…

WholeSecurity

—

Acquired by Symantec

WholeSecurity developed enterprise software for the detection, elimination, and control of unethical, dynamic, malicious programs, e.g. Trojan horses.

Atrenta

—

Acquired by Synopsys

Atrenta provides virtual prototyping application for collaborative design of semiconductors.

FutureDial

—

Private

FutureDial provides mobile phone software. The company's solutions allow end users and corporate clients to manage all aspects of their mobile phones,…

Infinera

—

Public (NASDAQ: INFN)

Infinera is focused on creating new strategic advantages through innovative and disruptive technologies.

Infinity Pharma

—

Public (NASDAQ: INFI)

Infinity Pharmaceuticals is a drug discovery company that is developing and integrating unique approaches and capabilities in synthetic chemistry, chemical…

Kineto Wireless

—

Acquired by Taqua

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Nanosys

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Private

Nanosys is developing nanotechnology-enabled products.

Spotlight Solutions

—

Acquired by Oracle

Spotlight Solutions provided business optimization software for retailers and apparel manufacturers.

Vitae Pharma

—

Acquired by Allergan

Vitae Pharmaceuticals is a drug discovery company bringing together the basic pre-clinical sciences to form a powerful, efficient and effective platform for drug design and development.

Endeca Technologies

—

Acquired by Oracle

Endeca provides a search and navigation platform that redefines today's world of frustrating and ineffective search.

RelayHealth

—

Acquired by McKesson

RelayHealth is a unique medical relationship management application service provider (ASP).

Renovis

—

Acquired by Evotec

Renovis is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on neurological and psychiatric diseases and disorders, using a combination of novel genomics and cell-based…

Syntonix Pharma

—

Acquired by Biogen Idec

Syntonix Pharmaceuticals is developing next generation biopharmaceuticals that enable better treatment options for patients with devastating chronic diseases…

Unicru

—

Acquired by Kronos

Unicru supplied technology-based pre-employment systems for companies hiring hourly employees.

White Amber

—

Acquired by Taleo

White Amber provided enterprise level solutions for human capital acquisition with best-in-class process management.

Winery Exchange

—

Acquired by Financial Buyers

Winery Exchange is the first complete B2B portal for the global wine industry, offering an array of products, services, and information to wine professionals…

XenoPort

—

Public (NASDAQ: XNPT)

Xenoport is focused on developing therapeutics that harness the body's intrinsic transport systems to improve the oral absorption, distribution and pharmacokinetics…

AccessLine Communications Corp.

—

Merged with Telanetix

AccessLine provides enhanced communications and unified messaging services to individuals and corporations.

athenahealth

—

Public (NASDAQ: ATHN)

athenahealth provides the only physician revenue and clinical cycle management offering that integrates web-based practice management and EMR software,…

Fogdog Sports

—

Acquired by GSI Commerce

Fogdog Sports is an e-commerce merchant of sporting equipment, athletic footwear and apparel offering over 16,000 products from over 300 major sporting…

GENBAND

—

Acquired by Sonus Networks

GENBAND is a leading supplier of next generation IP gateway and application solutions.

Imaginova

—

Acquired by TechMedia Network

Imaginova is a branded multimedia company that captures people's fascination with space, science and technological innovation.

Ironwood Pharma

—

Public (NASDAQ: IRWD)

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (formerly Microbia) is dedicated to creating, developing, and commercializing innovative human medicines, and has clinical stage…

IVS

—

Acquired by Abbott Laboratories

Integrated Vascular Systems developed medical devices to treat congestive heart failure.

SteelEye Technology, Inc.

—

Acquired by 10Art-ni

SteelEye provided high-availability clustering solutions for enterprise, ISP and carrier Linux environments.

ZettaCom

—

Acquired by Integrated Device Technology

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2Wire

—

Acquired by Pace

2Wire provides integrated broadband solutions engineered for the carrier and optimized for the subscriber, creating intuitive, reliable user experiences throughout the connected home.

Airspan Networks

—

Public (NASDAQ: AIRN)

Airspan Networks provides wireless local loop infrastructure equipment that enables data and voice services over broadband wireless networks.

ANDA Networks

—

Acquired by Telco Systems

ANDA Networks provides carrier-class solutions for delivering communication services across both fiber- and copper-based access networks worldwide.

Authentica

—

Acquired by EMC Corporation

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Castle Networks

—

Acquired by Siemens

Castle Networks provided carrier-class telecommunications equipment to facilitate data and voice convergence.

Illumina

—

Public (NASDAQ: ILMN)

Illumina has developed a comprehensive line of products that address the scale of experimentation and the breadth of functional analysis required to achieve the goals of molecular medicine.

InstallShield

—

Acquired by Macrovision Corporation

InstallShield is widely recognized as the de facto standard in software installation.

Memory Pharma

—

Acquired by Roche

Memory Pharmaceuticals develops small molecule therapeutics for memory-related neurological diseases and for psychiatric indications.

Neoforma

—

Acquired by Global HC Exchange

Neoforma.com was a portal web site for medical products and services to medical facilities worldwide.

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Niku Corporation

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Acquired by CA Clarity

Niku developed software solution products to automate the processes of design and delivery for professional services.

Sunesis Pharma

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Public (NASDAQ: SNSS)

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops novel small molecule therapeutics for important diseases, with a primary focus on the regulation of protein-protein…

USInternetworking

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Acquired by AT&T

USinterworking provides Internet-enabled packaged application software and complex web site management.

CrossWorlds Software

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Acquired by IBM

CrossWorld Software developed software for client/server application integration.

DoubleClick

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Acquired by Google

DoubleClick is the leader in building online, one-to-one relationships between brands and consumers.

Highground Systems

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Acquired by Sun Microsystems

Highground Systems provided storage management software for Microsoft Windows NT platform.

Icagen

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Acquired by Pfizer

Icagen discovers and develops small molecule therapeutics that target ion channels for treatment of a variety of diseases.

MediaMetrix

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Acquired by ComScore Networks

MediaMetrix pioneered the Internet audience measurement business.

Qpass

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Acquired by Amdocs

QPass provided commerce solutions for wireless carriers.

Arris Networks

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Acquired by Cascade Communications, now Ascend

Arris Networks developed wide area networking (WAN) devices for the Internet.

Caliper

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Public (NASDAQ: CALP)

Caliper Life Sciences develops microfluidic technologies to integrate complex laboratory procedures on a microchip for analytical instruments, diagnostics…

Haystack Labs

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Acquired by Network Associates

Haystack Labs was the leader in active security for open systems by recognizing the need for dynamic, server-centric monitoring tools.

NetObjects

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Acquired by IBM

NetObjects develops and markets software for creating and managing Web sites.

New Oak

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Acquired by Bay Networks/Nortel

New Oak Communications provided Virtual Private Network systems for secure remote corporate WAN access.

ORATEC

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Acquired by Smith and Nephew

ORATEC Interventions provided minimally invasive surgical tools for repairing collagenous tissue in orthopedic joint surgery and damaged spinal discs causing…

Symyx

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Merged with Accelrys

Symyx Technologies develops and applies proprietary combinatorial methodologies to discover and develop new materials for the electronics and chemical…

WhoWhere?

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Acquired by Lycos

WhoWhere provided a free online email directory searched for people and companies on the Internet.

Award Software

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Acquired by Phoenix Technologies

Award Software provides system enabling and management software solutions for personal computers and embedded systems.

CardioThoracic

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Acquired by Guidant

CardioThoracic Systems produced instrumentation systems for minimally invasive cardiothoracic procedures.

Check Point

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Public (NASDAQ: CHKP)

Check Point Software develops and markets communications software products for intra- and inter-networking security including firewalls, virtual private…

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Dfx Interactive

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Acquired by Nvidia

3Dfx Interactive developed a family of high-performance graphics subsystems for real-time 3-D images.

Digex

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Acquired by Intermedia Communications

Digex was a business-to-business Internet access and Web hosting management provider.

Digex

Digex was a business-to-business Internet access and Web hosting management provider.

Investment Status: Alumni
Year Funded: 1995
Company Status: Acquired by Intermedia Communications

Digex was a business-to-business Internet access and Web hosting management provider.

New Era of Networks

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Acquired by Sybase

New Era of Networks developed and marketed sophisticated message queuing software which can replicate data from heterogeneous sources around a multi-server…

Ramp Networks

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Acquired by Nokia

Ramp Networks was a leading provider of Internet security and broadband access solutions for the small office and enterprise remote office.

Sonic Innovations

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Acquired by William Demant Holding

Sonic Innovations designs, develops, manufactures and markets advanced digital hearing aids designed to provide the highest levels of satisfaction for…

Triangle Pharma

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Acquired by Gilead

Triangle Pharmaceuticals provided anti-viral and oncology licensing.

Idun Pharma

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Acquired by Pfizer

Idun Pharmaceuticals lead the discovery of small molecule drugs that interfere with the programmed cell death processes for the treatment of hyperproliferative and degenerative diseases.

ThermoSpectra

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Public (NYSE: TMO)

ThermoSpectra Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets precision imaging, inspection, and measurement instrumentation that uses high-speed data acquisition…

Anadys Pharma

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Public (NASDAQ: ANDS)

Anadys Pharmaceuticals is a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with the capabilities to discover, develop and commercialize new medicines to treat…

Med Partners

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Merged with Caremark/CVS

Med Partners acquired, developed and operated physician group practices.

Millennium Pharma

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Acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

Millennium Pharmaceuticals develops breakthrough treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases.

Signal Pharmaceuticals

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Acquired by Celegne

Signal Pharmaceuticals developed new classes of drugs that regulate genes associated with disease.

Geron

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Public (NASDAQ: GERN)

Geron is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic and diagnostic products for applications in oncology and regenerative…

Polycom

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Public (NASDAQ: PLCM)

Polycom, Inc., develops, manufactures and markets a full range of premium-quality, media-rich communication tools and network access solutions.

Vical

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Public (NASDAQ: VICL)

Vical is focused on the development of pharmaceutical product candidates based on its patented gene delivery technology.

EP Technologies

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Acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation

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HealthSouth

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Public (NYSE: HLS)

HealthSouth manages a national network of outpatient rehabilitation centers.

Pharmacyclics

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Public (NASDAQ: PCYC)

Pharmacyclics develops treatments for certain cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and other disorders utilizing small molecules (biometallic pharmaceuticals)…

Spyglass

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Acquired by OpenTV

Spyglass developed and marketed embedded software components for Internet and intranet application development.

SUGEN

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Acquired by Pharmacia & Upjohn

SUGEN developed novel therapeutics through receptor-based approaches to drug discovery, primarily involving kinases and phosphatases.

Ligand Pharma

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Public (NASDAQ: LGND)

Ligand discovers and develops therapeutics based on intracelluar receptors for the treatment of human disease.

PerSeptive BioSystems

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Acquired by ABI

PerSeptive BioSystems produced chromatographic media and hardware systems for production-scale separation, purification and analysis of biomolecules.

Gilead Sciences

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Public (NASDAQ: GILD)

Gilead Sciences discovers and develops therapeutics for viral and other diseases.

American Superconductor

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Public (NASDAQ: AMSC)

AMSC is the world's principal vendor of high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire and large rotating superconductor machinery, and it is a world-leading…

Mitek Products

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Acquired by Johnson & Johnson

Miteck Surgical Products provided bone anchors and minimally invasive surgical tools for orthopedic surgery.

NovaCare

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Acquired by Select Medical Corp

NovaCare Rehabilitation provides preventative and rehabilitave services that maximizes functionality and promotes well-being.

TriQuint

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Public (NASDAQ: TQNT)

TriQuint Semiconductor is a leading supplier of high performance components for communications applications.

Athena Neurosciences

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Acquired by Elan

Athena Neurosciences manufactured diagnostic and therapeutic products for diseases of the nervous system.

Dianon Systems

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Acquired by LabsCorp

Dianon Systems provides the latest in biotechnological innovations as a service rather than in test kit form.

IDEC Pharma

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Acquired by Biogen

IDEC Pharmaceuticals focuses on the commercialization and development of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

SDRC

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Acquired by UGS

Structural Dynamics Research developed computer aided engineering software and services for designing sophisticated mechanical products.

StrataCom

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Acquired by Cisco

StrataCom provided frame-relay switching equipment.

Kopin

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Public (NASDAQ: KOPN)

Kopin Corporation produces lightweight, power-efficient, ultra-small liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs).

Sepracor

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Public (NASDAQ: SEPR)

Sepracor is a research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to treating and preventing human disease by discovering, developing, and commercializing…

IDEXX Labs

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Public (NASDAQ: IDXX)

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Sierra Semiconductor

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Acquired by PMC Sierra

IPO/Now PMC-Sierra

Komag

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Acquired by Western Digital Corporation

Komag manufactures rigid disk drive thin film media and sputtered thin film magnetic disk media for disk drives.

Sequent Computer

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Acquired by IBM

Sequent Computer developed and manufactured symmetric multiprocessing computer systems and parallel-enabled software for the commercial, open systems,…

Cognex

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Public (NASDAQ: CGNX)

Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems, or computers that can "see".

Liposome

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Merged with Elan Pharmaceuticals

Liposome Company manufactures commercialized drug delivery systems based on liposomes.

3Com

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Acquired by Hewlett-Packard

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Mentor Graphics

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Public (NASDAQ: MENT)

Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and support…

Ungermann Bass

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Acquired by Tandem

Ungermann Bass designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced enterprise-wide data communications systems.

Apollo Computer

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Acquired by Hewlett-Packard

Apollo provided workstation class computers and instruments.

California Energy

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IPO

California Energy produced geothermal power plants.

Centocor

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Acquired by Johnson & Johnson

Centocor is an integrated biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal antibody-based products for cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, cancer and…

Genetics Institute

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Acquired by Wyeth

Genetics Institute developed pharmaceuticals based on leading edge functional genomics technologies and proprietary disease models to treat a wide variety of human disease conditions

VLSI Technology

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Acquired by Phillips

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Apple

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Public (NASDAQ: AAPL)

Apple designs and creates iPod and iTunes, Mac laptop and desktop computers, the OS X operating system, and the revolutionary iPhone and iPad.

E&S

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Public (NASDAQ: ESCC)

Evans & Sutherland produces hardware and software to create highly realistic visual images for simulation, training, engineering, and other applications…

Intel

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Public (NASDAQ: INTC)

Intel is the world's largest developer and manufacturer of microprocessors and other semiconductor components.

Coherent

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Public (NASDAQ: COHR)

Founded in 1966, Coherent Radiation Labs is a world leader in providing superior laser reliability and performance.

Thermo Electron

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Merged with Fisher Scientific International

Thermo Electron Corporation provided technology-based instruments, components, and systems that offered total solutions for markets ranging from life sciences…

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