| The latest news on gvc and its portfolio companies: |
| 2011.10 |
| D2S, Inc. |
GVC V Limited Partnership invested $500,000 in the Series C Preferred Stock of D2S, Inc. D2S provides a computational design platform to maximize existing eBeam technology to reduce mask costs for both low and high volume chip applications.
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| 2011.9 |
| DuraFizz LLC |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a follow-on investment of $240,000.
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| 2011.8 |
| ChipIn Inc. |
ChipIn Inc. was acquired by InMobi Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (InMobi) in August 2011. InMobi was established in India in 2007 and provides mobile advertising services worldwide. ChipIn Inc. is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of InMobi.
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| 2011.6 |
| Semprius Inc. |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a follow-on investment of $350,000 (including the portion converted from bridge loans) in Series C Preferred Stock of Semprius Inc.
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| 2010.10 |
| TRIA Beauty, Inc. |
GVC V Limited Partnership invested $741,000 in the Series CC Preferred Stock of TRIA Beauty, Inc. in which GVC 3-Go Toshi Jigyo Yugen Sekinin Kumiai and GVC IV Limited Partnership previously invested. TRIA Beauty develops and sells light-based aesthetic devices/treatments for the home-use market.
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| 2010.7 |
| Piku Media Co., Ltd. |
GVC V Limited Partnership invested JPY100M in the Series C Preferred Stock of Piku Media Co., Ltd. Piku offers its users limited-time and quantity discounts for restaurants, hotels, events and other services through its group buying system.
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| 2010.6 |
| DuraFizz LLC |
GVC V Limited Partnership invested $250,000 in DuraFizz LLC founded by scientist and serial entrepreneur David Soane, Ph.D. DuraFizz LLC is a US-based early-stage company which develops science-based solutions for food and beverage industry customers. michael korver, gvc managing partner, was appointed to the board of directors of the company.
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| 2009.11 |
| Kai Sensors Inc. |
GVC V Limited Partnership invested $500,000 in the Series B-1 financing round of Kai Sensors Inc. in which the company raised a total of $1,105,000.
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| 2009.10 |
| D. Western Therapeutics Institute, Inc. |
D. Western Therapeutics Institute was listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange's NEO Market on October 23, 2009.
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| 2009.6 |
| Kai Sensors Inc. |
Kai Sensors has received FDA clearance for its wireless, non-contact respiratory device. The 510(k) clearance allows Kai Sensors to market the Kai RSpot to physicians, hospitals, and clinics.
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| 2009.5 |
| C2SR Ltd. |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a second follow-on investment of 30 million Yen in Series A Preferred Stock of the company.
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| 2009.4 |
| Semprius Inc. |
GVC V Limited Partnership made an initial investment of $350,000 in Series B Preferred Stock of the company. Semprius is a US-based company pioneering the application of micro-transfer printing technology in the manufacture of concentrator photovoltaic modules.
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| 2009.3 |
| Nanopoint Inc. |
Based on its recent analysis of the cell imaging solutions market, Frost & Sullivan presents Nanopoint Inc. with the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year. The company's cellTRAY Imaging System CT-2000 represents a highly sophisticated, on-microscope incubator and integrated fluidics system for in vitro research.
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| 2009.3 |
| C2SR Ltd. |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a follow-on investment of 30 million Yen in Series A Preferred Stock of the company.
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| 2008.12 |
| Oisix Co., Ltd. |
We are pleased that the company in the Portfolio of GVC 2-Go Toshi Jigyo Kumiai was a recipient of the 2008 Porter Prize
(http://www.porterprize.org/english/index.html). The Porter Prize was
established to bestow recognition on Japanese companies that have achieved and
maintained superior profitability in a particular industry by implementing
unique strategies based on innovations in products, processes, and ways of
managing. The name of the award is derived from Professor Michael E. Porter of
Harvard University, a leading authority on strategy with a longstanding interest
in Japan. kazukiyo toyoshima is a member of the board of directors and auditors
of the company.
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| 2008.9 |
| C2SR Ltd. |
GVC V Limiited Partnership made a
\80,100,000 investment in C2SR Ltd., a Japanese
company which develops and provides B2B electronic
procurement systems (reverse auction).
kazukiyo toyoshima was appointed as a
director of the company.
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| 2008.8 |
| Kai Sensors Inc. |
GVC V Limiited Partnership made a
$650,000 follow-on investment in the Series B financing of Kai
Sensors Inc.
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| 2008.7 |
| Pipeline Communications
and technology Inc. |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a
$1,500,000 investment in the Series B
financing of Pipeline Communications and Technology,
Inc., a leading developer and supplier of the most
advanced products in the electronics cooling system.
gvc acted as lead investor with michael korver
appointed to serve on the company's board of
directors.
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| 2008.7 |
| Nanopoint Inc. |
Nanopoint has launched the new cellTRAY Imaging system CT-2000, the world's most advanced on-microscope cell containment device that offers complete environmental control for time-lapse cell imaging applications.
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| 2008.5 |
| ChipIn Inc. |
ChipIn (dba "Sprout") closed a $5 million Series B financing led by Polaris Venture Partners. Mike Hirshland, general partner at Polaris, has joined Sprout's board of directors.
Existing investor gvc and legendary entrepreneur Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3, also participated in the round.
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| 2008.1 |
| ChipIn Inc. |
ChipIn (dba "Sprout") unveiled Sprout Builder, an authoring platform that allows anyone to quickly and easily build "Living Content" - widgets, mashups,
mini-sites, and other forms of interactive and distributable web content at the DEMO '08 conference. Sprout Builder won the DEMOgod award at the conference. |
| 2007.12 |
| ChipIn Inc. |
GVC
V Limited Partnership made a $425,000 final investment in the Series A
financing of ChipIn Inc., a pioneer in the development and distribution of
widgets for online fundraising purposes. gvc's total investment in this
round is $1 million. gvc acted as lead investor with
managing partner michael korver
appointed to serve on the company's board of
directors. |
| 2007.12 |
| Kai Sensors Inc. |
GVC
V Limited Partnership made a $300,000 final investment in the Series A
financing of Kai Sensors Inc., which is a commercializing technology from the
University of
Hawaii for the detection of
human vital signs without the need for direct contact with any part of the body,
bringing its total investment in the round to $575,000. Kai Sensors is helmed
by Dustin Shindo, who is CEO and co-founder of Hoku Scientific, a gvc portfolio
company (exited this year). The company received the Innovation of the Year
Award by Frost and Sullivan.
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| 2007.12 |
| Japan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd. |
Japan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd., a portfolio company of GVC-3 Go Toshi Jigyo Yugen Sekinin Kumiai (GVC No.3 Limited Liability Investment Partnership),
was listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange's NEO Market on December
21, 2007. |
| 2007.10 |
| Kai Sensors Inc |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a
$225,000 initial investment in the Series A financing of
Kai Sensors Inc., which is a commercializing
technology from the University of Hawaii for the
detection of human vital signs without the need for
direct contact with any part of the body. Kai
Sensors is helmed by Dustin Shindo, who is CEO and
co-founder of Hoku Scientific, a gvc portfolio company
(exited this year). |
| 2007.8 |
| ChipIn Inc |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a $575,000 initial investment in the Series A financing of ChipIn Inc., a pioneer in the development and distribution of widgets for online fundraising purposes. gvc acted as lead investor with michael korver appointed to serve on the company's board of directors. |
| 2007.8 |
| IntruGuard Devices Inc |
Hosting Week awarded the IntruGuard IG2000 network security appliance its Editor's Choice Award for performance and protection. |
| 2007.7 |
| Nanopoint Inc |
Nanopoint won a gold medal international
design excellence award from IDSA (Industrial
Designers Society of America) for its cellTRAY
product. This is the one of the most prestigious
international design awards. Only 20 gold medals
were given out in 2007, compared with 27 in 2006 and
38 in 2005. Within the medical and scientific
products category there were only 2 gold medals - one
to Calypso Medical Technologies and the other to
Nanopoint.
GVC IV Limited Partnership made a $1,500,000 follow-on investment in the $5 million
Series B financing of Nanopoint Inc.
gvc led the round which achieved a successful first closing of $3,350,000. |
| 2007.6 |
| T2 Venture Partners LP |
GVC V Limited Partnership made a $250,000 investment in T2 Venture Partners LP. T2 is managed by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt and is a seed-stage fund investing primarily in start-ups incubated by the Larta Institute, a manager of the US's largest innovation pipelines. Victor Hwang was recently named a Kauffman Fellow. Founded in 1994, the Kauffman Fellows Program is an educational program designed to identify, develop and network future leaders of the venture capital industry globally. |
| 2007.6 |
| GVC V Limited Partnership |
gvc successfully had the first closing of its fifth fund, GVC V Limited Partnership, on May 31. |
| 2007.6 |
| GeoVector Corporation |
GeoVector Corporation, the leader in pointing based search solutions, and
CyberMap Japan Corp., owner of mapping services leader Mapion, today launched
Mapion Pointing Application 2.0, called Mapion Pointing Appli, for mobile phones
in Japan. This upgrade transforms Mapion's existing GeoVector pointing mobile
search service into a fully commercial application available to over 2 million phones. |
| 2007.4 |
| SpectraGenics Inc |
SpectraGenics Inc. held a final close for its Series D round of equity funding, raising in total $21.6M for the round at a $49.3M post-money valuation. Significant new investors were De Novo Ventures and Technology Ventures at $8M each. |
| 2007.4 |
| Nanopoint Inc |
Nanopoint, Inc. announces the availability of cellTRAY Imaging System "CT-1000", a unique system designed for live cell experimentation and imaging at high levels of precision while significantly reducing the cost per experiment. |
| 2007.1 |
| Hoku Scientific Inc |
GVC-3 Go Toshi Jigyo Yugen Sekinin Kumiai (GVC No.3 Limited Liability Investment Partnership) sold all of its shares in Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU) for a greater than 5X return on an investsment of $1,500,000 made in 2004. |
| 2007.1 |
| ReallyEnglish.com Ltd. |
GVC IV Limited Partnership made an additional £300,000 investment (as a follow-on to its £600,000 investment in 2006/5) in the Series A financing of U.K.-based ReallyEnglish.com Limited, a developer of on-line language learning content. |
| 2006.10 |
| GeoVector Corporation |
GVC IV Limited Partnership made a $2,000,000 investment in the Series C financing of GeoVector Corporation, the industry leader in “pointing” technology for use in mobile telephone applications. |
| 2006.10 |
| SpectraGenics Inc |
GVC IV Limited Partnership made a $500,000 follow-on investment in the Series D financing of SpectraGenics Inc. |
| 2006.9 |
| Nanopoint Inc |
Nanopoint appointed Global Venture Capital Managing Partner Michael Korver to its board in September. "We are looking for some strategic partners in Japan ," Cathy Owen, President of Nanopoint, said. "We are looking to Michael to help us in the strategic partnership side in the Asian market." |
| 2006.9 |
| Hoana Medical Inc |
GVC IV Limited Partnership made a $1,000,000 follow-on investment in the Series D financing of Hoana Medical Inc. |
| 2006.6 |
| Nanopoint Inc |
Nanopoint was a featured presenter at the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) "Nanotech Ventures 2006" conference in Boston last month, and won the prestigious 2006 NSTI Nanotech Venture Award, for Life Sciences. |
| 2006.6 |
| IntruGuard Devices Inc |
IntruGuard Devices today announced IntruGuard's IG2000 has achieved “Up to Spec” certification by The Tolly Group, a third-party information technology testing, research, and certification organization. The Tolly Group concluded the IG2000 exceeds the stated product specifications and stands out as the only such solution it has tested to date that is capable of this broad range of security protection, performance, accuracy, and ease of deployment. |
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