Venture Capital Funding Survey, Second Quarter 2015
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING, SECOND QUARTER 2015 This is a listing of many of the Bay Area firms that received venture capital financing between June 30 and Aug. 31, 2015. 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 start-ups. BIOTECHNOLOGY / HEALTH Name
Aduro BioTech
City
Berkeley
Advanced Cell Diagnostics Hayward
Aegea Medical
Autonomic Technologies
Redwood City
Redwood City
Stage
Later Stage
Amount
Investors
$200,000,000 Undisclosed firm
Description
Clinical research services
Later Stage
Kenson Ventures, Morningside Technologies, New Leaf Venture Cell and tissue-based $22,000,000 Partners, Summit Partners diagnostic tests
Expansion
Alloy Ventures, Covidien Ventures, Delphi Ventures, $36,000,000 undisclosed firm
Manufactures surgical and medical instruments
Later Stage
Aberdare Ventures, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners SAS, Forbion Capital Partners, InterWest Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Novartis Venture Funds, $43,199,800 undisclosed firm
Miniaturized implantable neurostimulation device
Early Stage
Canaan Partners, Deerfield Management Company, Tekla Healthcare Investors, undisclosed firms, Venrock, Wellington Management $70,000,100 Company
Biotechnology company
CytomX Therapeutics
South San Francisco
Denali Therapeutics*
South San Francisco
Early Stage
First Aid Shot Therapy
Burlingame
Expansion
Arch Venture Partners, Fidelity Biosciences, Flagship Ventures, $217,000,000 undisclosed firm Biotechnology company
$20,332,000 Sofinnova Ventures
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Consumer healthcare company