Venture Capital Funding Survey, Second Quarter 2014
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING, SECOND QUARTER 2014
This is a listing of many of the Bay Area firms that received venture capital financing between April 1 and June 30, 2014. Most of the data was compiled from a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association in conjunction with The Mercury News.
In the case of some investments there may have been other participants in the round who are not credited. Also, the amounts listed may not include all venture funding the company received during the quarter.
*Indicates this is a seed or first-round infusion of money from venture capitalists. These companies may have received money previously from other investors and aren't necessarily startups.
BIOTECHNOLOGY / HEALTH Name City Stage Amount Investors Description Acerta Pharma San Carlos Startup/Seed $9,333,000 Frazier Management, Pharma treatments for undisclosed firm cancer and autoimmune diseases Aduro BioTech Berkeley Later Stage $40,602,000 Johnson & Johnson Clinical research services Development, Morningside Technologies, undisclosed firm
Advanced Cardiac Santa Clara Expansion $7,300,000 NBGI Private Equity, New Temperature-sensing Therapeutics Enterprise Associates cardiac ablation systems
Aldea Pharmaceuticals Redwood City Early Stage $1,000,000 Canaan Partners Pharmaceutical company
Alector San Francisco Startup/Seed $3,000,000 Polaris Partners Biotech company
Alios BioPharma South San Early Stage $41,000,000 F Hoffmann La Roche AG, Novel medicines for Francisco Novartis Venture Funds, treatment of viral diseases Novo A/S, Sr One, undisclosed firm
ARMO Biosciences Redwood City Early Stage $30,000,000 Duff Ackerman & Biotechnology company Goodrich, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, NanoDimension Management, OrbiMed Advisors
Avalanche Biotechnologies* Menlo Park Later Stage $55,127,200 Cowen Capital Partners , Gene therapies for serious undisclosed firma, Venrock eye diseases
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BenVenue Medical Santa Clara Later Stage $40,000,000 Domain Associates, Medical solutions and InterWest Partners, biomaterials for spine undisclosed firm, Versant repair Ventures
Catalyst Biosciences South San Later Stage $5,010,000 Essex Woodlands Health Engineers therapeutic Francisco Ventures, Morgenthaler protease products Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures
Cenexys San Francisco Early Stage $1,000 Undisclosed firm Pharmaceutical drug development services and research
Cervel Neurotech Redwood City Expansion $850,000 Aberdare Ventures, D E Medical device company Shaw & Co
Ceterix Orthopaedics Menlo Park Early Stage $18,000,000 5AM Venture Surgical tools for Management, Novo A/S, arthroscopic procedure Versant Ventures
Chronix Biomedical San Jose Later Stage $3,329,000 Prairiegold Venture Diagnosis, management Partners of a range of cancers
Coherus Biosciences Redwood City Early Stage $4,391,000 Sofinnova Ventures Biologics platform company
Coherus Biosciences Redwood City Early Stage $55,633,100 Fidelity Biosciences, Biologics platform Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & company Co., Lilly Ventures, RA Capital Management, Sofinnova Ventures, undisclosed firm, Venrock, Vivo Ventures
Counsyl South San Expansion $27,999,900 Felicis Ventures, Gives people access to Francisco Rosemont Seneca vital information about Technology Partners, their bodies undisclosed firm
Crown Bioscience Santa Clara Later Stage $26,550,000 Lilly Asian Ventures Contract research service
CytomX Therapeutics South San Early Stage $1,423,000 Undisclosed firm Proteolytically-activated Francisco antibodies
Earlens Menlo Park Early Stage $3,516,000 Aisling Capital, New Medical device company Enterprise Associates,
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Palo Alto Early Stage $500,000 InterWest Partners Biopharmaceutical company
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Endogastric Solutions San Mateo Later Stage $30,637,800 Advanced Technology Surgery solutions for Ventures, Canaan gastroesophageal reflux Partners, Chicago Growth disease Partners, De Novo Ventures, Foundation Medical Partners, Oakwood Medical Investors, Radius Ventures,
ForSight VISION5 Menlo Park Early Stage $15,000,000 Delphi Ventures, H.I.G. Clinical development- Capital, Morgenthaler stage company Ventures, Technology Partners, Versant Ventures
Gemmus Pharma San Francisco Expansion $3,300,000 Angels' Forum & the Halo Biotechnology company Fund, BlueTree Allied focused on the Angels, Life Science development of Angels, Tech Coast pharmaceutical product Angels, undisclosed firm, Wilmington Investor Network
Geneweave Biosciences San Jose Early Stage $12,000,000 Claremont Creek Ventures, Bacterial detection Decheng Capital, X/Seed platforms Capital Management
Guardant Health Redwood City Early Stage $31,500,000 Khosla Ventures, Pejman Cancer test based on Mar Ventures, Sequoia blood samples instead of Capital biopsies
Gynesonics Redwood City Later Stage $2,161,000 Advanced Technology Medical devices for Ventures, InterWest uterine fibroids Partners
Halo Neuroscience* San Francisco Early Stage $1,500,000 Andreessen Horowitz, Neuroscience-based Kima Ventures SASU, technology for enhancing Softtech VC brain performance
Ihear Medical San Leandro Expansion $2,499,900 Aphelion Capital, Web-enabled hearing Lighthouse Capital solutions Partners, undisclosed firm
Intuity Medical Sunnyvale Later Stage $4,500,000 Accuitive Medical Therapeutic medical Ventures, Investor Growth devices to monitor blood Capital, Thomas McNerney glucose levels and Partners, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock
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iRhythm Technologies San Francisco Expansion $17,343,000 Norwest Venture Partners, Engages in the Novo A/S management of cardiac arrhythmia information
Jaguar Animal Health San Francisco Early Stage $4,777,000 Bioveda China Fund Health solutions to all animals
NexSteppe South San Early Stage $9,658,000 Braemar Energy Ventures Feedstock solutions for Francisco II the biofuels and biobased products industry
Nora Therapeutics, Palo Alto Early Stage $18,000,000 Burrill & Co., Novo A/S, Biopharmaceutical Prospect Venture Partners, company Rho Capital Partners, Vivo Ventures
Numerate San Bruno Early Stage $8,240,000 Atlas Venture Advisors, Engaged in drug Lilly Ventures Management development Company, undisclosed firm
One Medical Group San Francisco Later Stage $40,500,000 Undisclosed firms Personal healthcare services
Oraya Therapeutics Newark Early Stage $25,132,000 Domain Associates, Essex Developed a non-invasive Woodlands Health therapy for wet age- Ventures, Scale Venture related macular Partners degeneration
Pearl Therapeutics* Menlo Park Startup/Seed $500,000 5AM Venture Management Medical company
Powervision Belmont Later Stage $6,000,000 Aisling Capital, Correlation Medical device company Ventures, Venrock
Presidio Pharmaceuticals San Francisco Later Stage $12,544,000 Undisclosed firm Anti-infection pharmaceutical company
Principia Biopharma South San Early Stage $50,000,200 Mission Bay Capital, Biopharmaceutical Francisco Morgenthaler Ventures, company New Leaf Venture Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, Sofinnova Ventures, Sr One, undisclosed firm
Proteus Digital Health Redwood City Later Stage $119,450,000 Undisclosed firm Digital medicines company
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Reflexion Medical* Burlingame Early Stage $6,144,000 Pfizer Venture Biologically guided Investments, Sofinnova radiation therapy system Partners SAS, Venrock
SFJ Pharmaceuticals Pleasanton Expansion $9,770,000 Undisclosed firms Specialty pharma company
Sonitus Medical San Mateo Later Stage $10,215,000 Abingworth Management, Non-surgical and Arboretum Ventures removable hearing devices
Sorbent Therapeutics Sunnyvale Later Stage $6,500,200 Arch Venture Partners, Biopharmaceutical CMEA Development Co., company GeneChem Financial, Novartis Venture Funds, Sofinnova Ventures
Spinal Kinetics Sunnyvale Later Stage $33,845,200 De Novo Ventures, HLM Medical device company Venture Partners, Lumira Capital., Scale Venture Partners, Sv Life Sciences Advisers
True North Therapeutics South San Early Stage $8,000,000 Baxter Ventures, Biogen Therapies that inhibit the Francisco Idec New Ventures, Kleiner complement system to Perkins Caufield & Byers, treat rare disease MPM Capital, Sr One
TWELVE Menlo Park Early Stage $9,076,000 Domain Associates, Medical device incubator Morgenthaler Ventures, Versant Ventures
Twist Bioscience San Francisco Early Stage $25,999,800 Applied Ventures, Arch DNA production and drug Venture Partners, Paladin development Capital Management, undisclosed firms
Virobay Menlo Park Later Stage $6,000,000 Alta Partners, undisclosed Discovers anti-viral drugs firm
Voloagri South San Early Stage $976,000 Avrio Capital Management, Invests in the global Francisco Kleiner Perkins Caufield & vegetable seed industry Byers
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BUSINESS SERVICES Name City Stage Amount Investors Description 6 Sense Insights* San Francisco Early Stage $12,000,000 Battery Ventures, B2B predictive intelligence undisclosed firm, Venrock engine for sales and marketing
Adespresso San Francisco Early Stage $800,000 500 Startups, Sierra Maya Software-as-a-service Ventures, undisclosed firm, solution to manage VegasTechFund Facebook advertising
AdRoll San Francisco Expansion $70,000,100 Accel Partners & Co., Retargeting marketing Foundation Capital, platform Glenmede Trust Co NA, Institutional Venture Partners, Merus Capital Investment, Northgate Capital, Performance Equity Management, undisclosed firm
AdsNative* San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000 Foundry Group, InterWest Platform for publishers to Partners, Kirshenbaum monetize through Bond & Partners, ONSET advertising Ventures, undisclosed firm
Ayla Networks Sunnyvale Expansion $14,499,800 Crosslink Capital, Technology and cloud- International Finance, based services for the SAIF Partners, SJF Internet of Things Ventures, undisclosed firms, Voyager Capital
Barnraiser* Yountville Early Stage $200,000 Undisclosed firm Social and funding community platform provider
BitGo* San Francisco Early Stage $11,999,700 Bridgescale Partners, Online security platform Founders Fund, Liberty used for bitcoin City Ventures, Radar transactions Partners, Redpoint Ventures, undisclosed firms
Blockscore* Menlo Park Early Stage $1,999,800 Battery Ventures, Boost Identity-verification and VC, Khosla Ventures, anti-fraud technology for Lightspeed Venture online business Partners X, New Atlantic Ventures, Y Combinator
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Earnest Operations San Francisco Early Stage $15,000,000 Andreessen Horowitz, Lender of merit-based Atlas Venture Advisors, loans to individuals Collaborative Fund, First Round Capital, Maveron, undisclosed firm
Fundbox* San Francisco Early Stage $17,500,000 Khosla Ventures, SV Angel Helps business owners fix II Q, undisclosed firms their cash flow
Greply* San Francisco Early Stage $875,000 500 Startups, undisclosed Cloud storage for firms, Y Combinator customers' media
IFTTT San Francisco Early Stage $30,000 Andreessen Horowitz Enables customers to connect channels
Inkling Systems San Francisco Expansion $6,000,000 Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Software programming Capital services
Instart Logic Mountain View Early Stage $26,000,000 Andreessen Horowitz, Cloud application delivery Greylock Partners, Kleiner service Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sutter Hill Ventures, Tenaya Capital
Kiip San Francisco Early Stage $4,285,000 Hummer Winblad Venture Mobile advertising Partner, True Ventures, company undisclosed firm
Mode Analytics* San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000 Formation 8 Partners, Data analysis company undisclosed firms
Neura* Sunnyvale Early Stage $2,000,000 Greenhouse Capital Technology company Partners, Pitango Venture Capital Management Israel, Singtel Ventures (Singapore) Pte, TriplePoint Capital, undisclosed firm
PayStand* Santa Cruz Early Stage $1,000,000 Cervin Ventures, Serra Online payment solution Ventures, TiE LaunchPad, undisclosed firm
Plan Alchemy* Palo Alto Startup/Seed $3,000,000 True Ventures, Products and services undisclosed firm
Prosper Marketplace San Francisco Later Stage $69,999,900 Francisco Partners, Peer-to-peer lending Institutional Venture marketplace Partners, Phenomen Ventures
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Pumpkinhead San Francisco Expansion $11,000,200 Bullpen Capital, Social profiles platform CrunchFund, Foundry provider Group, Softtech VC, True Ventures
ReadyPulse San Carlos Early Stage $2,000,000 Divergent Ventures, Social testimonial undisclosed firms company
Renewable Funding Oakland Expansion $20,000,000 Angeleno Group Investors, Clean energy finance Claremont Creek Ventures, company NGEN Partners, Prelude Ventures, undisclosed firm
Reply San Ramon Later Stage $5,000,000 Steamboat Ventures Online consumer services
RichRelevance San Francisco Later Stage $20,000,000 Centerview Partners, Engaged in omnichannel Crosslink Capital, Draper personalization Fisher Jurvetson International, Greylock Partners, J. F. Shea Co.
Sift Science San Francisco Early Stage $18,000,000 First Round Capital, Spark Machine learning Capital, undisclosed firm, technology services Union Square Ventures
Signifyd Santa Clara Early Stage $2,014,000 Resolute.VC Risk and fraud prevention platform
Smore* Palo Alto Early Stage $1,700,100 Founders Co op, Greylock Platform for creating Partners, undisclosed firm single-page promotional websites
Social Finance San Francisco Early Stage $79,995,200 Undisclosed firms Peer-to-peer lending
Sojern San Francisco Expansion $1,449,000 Norwest Venture Partners Traveler engagement platform
Twin Prime Palo Alto Startup/Seed $7,500,000 True Ventures, Products and services undisclosed firm
Viglink San Francisco Expansion $18,000,000 Correlation Ventures, Platform for monetizing Emergence Capital commerce for publishers Partners, First Round Capital, Google Ventures, Rre Ventures, undisclosed firm
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CONSUMER GOODS / SERVICES Name City Stage Amount Investors Description Airbnb San Francisco Expansion $475,000 Andreessen Horowitz Community marketplace
Apixio* San Mateo Expansion $13,500,000 Bain Capital Venture Data solutions for deriving Partners, undisclosed firm healthcare outcome
Athos Works Redwood City Early Stage $12,200,000 True Ventures, Athletic apparel to undisclosed firm measure fitness
Beauty Noted* Sausalito Early Stage $2,199,900 Crosslink Capital, IDG Product recommendations Ventures, WMAS from a crowdsourcing Management Group platform
Bop FM* San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000 Charles River Ventures, Online music streaming FundersClub, SV Angel II services Q, undisclosed firm, Y Combinator
Cargo Chief* San Mateo Early Stage $1,480,000 Band of Angels, Online aggregating freight undisclosed firm broker
CarSavvy* Los Altos Early Stage $5,000,100 Redpoint Ventures, Peer-to-peer marketplace undisclosed firms for used cars
Caviar* San Francisco Early Stage $13,000,000 Tiger Global Management, Restaurant delivery undisclosed firm service
Chairish San Francisco Early Stage $5,475,000 Azure Capital Partners, Online furniture OReilly AlphaTech marketplace Ventures, undisclosed firm
Daily Muse Early Stage $740,000 Undisclosed firm Online job portal
Darby Smart* San Francisco Early Stage $6,300,000 Creative Artists Agency, Do-it-yourself crafting Forerunner Ventures, startup Maveron, undisclosed firm
Doximity San Mateo Early Stage $54,000,000 Draper Fisher Jurvetson Professional medical International, Emergence network for doctors Capital Partners, InterWest Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, T. Rowe Price Threshold Partnerships, undisclosed firm
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EdSurge Burlingame Early Stage $960,000 Catamount Ventures, Independent information undisclosed firm, Women's resource and community Venture Capital Fund
Fanhattan San Mateo Early Stage $8,394,000 BV e ventures, New Digital entertainment Enterprise Associates discovery service
Grand Rounds San Francisco Early Stage $39,999,900 Greylock Partners, Connects patients with Harrison Metal Capital, medical specialists Venrock
Grokker San Jose Expansion $10,000,000 Correlation Ventures, Network of online videos undisclosed firm from experts that target consumers
Hipmunk San Francisco Expansion $20,000,100 Ignition Partners, Online travel company Institutional Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, undisclosed firm
Imgur* San Francisco Expansion $40,100,000 Andreessen Horowitz, Online image hosting undisclosed firm service
Insidetrack San Francisco Later Stage $3,750,000 Undisclosed firm Student coaching services
InternMatch San Francisco Expansion $910,000 Subtraction Capital Online service which helps connect college students with employers
Light* Palo Alto Early Stage $9,699,900 Bessemer Venture Light photography Partners, Charles River services Ventures, undisclosed firm
Little Passports San Francisco Expansion $213,000 Golden Seeds Children's multimedia company
LotLinx Moraga Later Stage $283,000 Undisclosed firm Direct-linking platform to the auto industry
Lovewithfood Santa Clara Early Stage $1,399,800 500 Startups, Kapor Online community for food Capital, Scrum Ventures, lovers TEEC Angel Fund, undisclosed firms
Madison Reed San Francisco Early Stage $218,000 Maveron, Norwest Venture Home hair care products Partners
Mattermark San Francisco Expansion $1,999,800 Andreessen Horowitz, Online referral system for Felicis Ventures, Flybridge users' social network Capital Partners, Gramercy, undisclosed firms, Version One Ventures
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