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<title>Companies Selected to Present in Statewide Venture Forum</title>
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Albany, NY &ndash; The final slate of presenting companies has been chosen for the Eighth Annual SmartStart UNYTECH Venture Forum, presented by the Center for Economic Growth in...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4318</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Iamba Networks losed a $7 million round of financing.</title>
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    CUPERTINO, CA. -- Iamba Networks, provider of Gigabit Passive Optical Networking (GPON) solutions today announced the company has closed a $7 million round of financing. Investing firms in this round include iamba's investors from previous...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4315</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:25:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Fresh venture capital money for Clean Technology with less deals</title>
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According to an Ernst &amp;amp; Young report (with data from Dow Jones VentureOne), eventhoug the number of venture capital deals for cleantech companies were down by 11 percent, venture capital investments in these companies grew to $571.6 million in...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4314</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:24:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Parature Secures $16 Million in Venture Capital</title>
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  Vienna, VA (Vocus) May 7, 2008 -- Parature announced today that the company has secured $16 million in Series B venture capital financing. This round was led by, Palo Alto, CA based Accel...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4313</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>SmartStart&amp; UNYTECH Venture Forum 2008</title>
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SmartStart UNYTECH is the premier Upstate NY venture forum where VC firms look to see the best...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4316</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>OtoMedicine, Inc. is eighth investment for the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund</title>
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. &ndash; The Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund has announced OtoMedicine, Inc. as its eighth investment.OtoMedicine is a bioscience company that has developed a proprietary product, AuraQuell(TM) to prevent noise-induced...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4317</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:51:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine secured $40 M in venture capital funding.</title>
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AVM May 1, 2008 - According to PE Hub and Venture Beat, Turbine Inc. has obtained $40...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4312</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>William Bing Gordon joins KPCB venture capital firm</title>
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  MENLO PARK, CA -&amp;nbsp; Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp;amp; Byers today announced that William &quot;Bing&quot; Gordon will join the firm as Partner in June 2008. Gordon...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4311</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:20:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>New Relic Secures $3.5 Million VC Investment From Benchmark Capital</title>
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MENLO PARK, CA, May 1 -&amp;nbsp; New Relic, Inc., a leading provider of Ruby on Rails application performance management solutions, today announced it has received $3.5 million in first-round...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4310</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:12:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pontiflex Inc. Secures $2.5 Million in Series A Venture Capital Funding</title>
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., - Pontiflex Inc., creator of the online advertising industry's first...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4309</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:12:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Buzzd closes its Series A Funding</title>
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  NEW YORK, NY - Buzzd, a location-based cityguide and social network on the mobile device, announced that it has completed its Series A funding round, led by Greycroft Partners and Monitor...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4308</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:26:26 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Intacct Closes $15 Million in Financing</title>
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Intacct, a leader in on-demand financial management and accounting applications, today announced it has raised an additional $15 million of financing in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners....  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4307</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:22:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>SkyFuel Secures $17 million in Series B Funding </title>
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Albuquerque, New Mexico - April 28, 2008: SkyFuel, Inc. is pleased to announce the closing ofa $17 million Series B equity financing from investors led by Leaf Clean Energy Company [LSE:LEAF.L], a publicly traded $400 million clean...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4306</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:01:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals Raises $37 Million in Series C Financing</title>
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Lexington, Mass    &ndash;&amp;nbsp; CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced the closing of a $37  million Series C financing...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4305</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:51:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ohio Capital Fund grows another $25 millon</title>
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&amp;nbsp;Infusions from a state-backed venture-capital investment fund are nearing the $100 million mark after the Ohio Capital Fund identified another $25 million in awards.The fund, which closed in October 2006 with $150 million...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4304</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:39:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Loans4Less.com, Inc. Begins Trading on OTC PinkSheets.com, Seeks Equity Financing </title>
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Redondo Beach, CA.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Loans4Less.com, Inc. (Pink Sheets:LFLS) announces the closing of its Regulation A Common Stock Offering and the start of our stock quotation as a DTC/DRS eligible security. Current Information about the...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4303</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:24:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>eSolar Announces Breakthrough Pre-Fabricated Solar Power Plants </title>
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Pasadena, CA.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, eSolar(TM), a producer of scalable solar thermal power plants, announced that it has closed $130 million in funding from Idealab, Google.org, Oak Investment Partners, and other investors for the construction...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4302</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:22:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Exari Announces New Funding </title>
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Boston, MASS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exari Group, Inc. (www.exari.com), a leading automated document assembly and Contract Life-Cycle Management company, announced today that it has received funding from Beacon Equity Partners LLC. The funding will be...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4301</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:08:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Wal-Mart to Serve as Title Sponsor of the NFB March for Independence </title>
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Baltimore, MA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced today that Wal-Mart will be the title sponsor of the NFB's second annual March for Independence. Wal-Mart made a donation to support blind people and those...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4300</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:07:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Blue Coat Announces Private Placement of $80 Million in Convertible Notes to Partially Fund the Acquisition of Packeteer </title>
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Sunnyvale, CA.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that it has agreed to issue zero coupon convertible notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $80 million, to...  
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<link>http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=4299</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:04:32 -0400</pubDate>
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