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Law.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
As venture funds continue to grow in size and geography, in-house lawyers are becoming more popular. The VC GC is a brand-new role, and it's being defined by the lawyers who take the job. Lawyers like Sofinnova Ventures' first in-house attorney, Hooman Shahlavi, handle the garden variety of legal work that comes with any in-house gig, but there's much more of an emphasis on deals and making sure the...
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VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Nicola Campbell, a 37-year-old venture capitalist with Sofinnova Ventures, who impressed deeply me with her ambition and intellect over the years I knew her, has passed away at the tragic young age of 37. There are not many women who work in venture capital, but Nicola not only nudged her way into that male-dominated world relatively [...]
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VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Mobile Digital Media, a company that builds software that runs games and other applications on mobile devices, has raised $2 million from Cross Atlantic Partners and Sofinnova Partners, according to VentureWire. The company’s web site features some of its marquee products — rather old-school games like Solitaire, that you pay a fee to buy the box [...]
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American Venture Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Paris, FR--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that it has completed an $18 million 'Series B' round of venture financing. The lead investor was UK venture firm Scottish Equity Partners. Series A investor Sofinnova...
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Laszlo has raised an additional $6.6 million on its Series C round, taking the round to $14.6million. Participants included WI Harper Group, General Catalyst Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners. San Mateo based Laszlo is a developer of an open-source platform for building and deploying Ajax applications. Laszlo Webtop product is an extensible [...]
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Press Booth (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
The investment will accelerate the young company's international development.
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Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
Rebeckah Wu sent over this profile of Brian Wilcove, a partner at Sofinnova Ventures: Question #1: What is your mission as a Venture Capitalist? And, what brought you to this point in your career? My job is to nurture and create a fun, challenging and collaborative environment to build companies that have a substantial impact, and in [...]
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SMS Text News (Free subscription) | 02/13/2008
I always peer closely to see what venture capitalists are doing. So it was with some interest that I noted David Hytha, formerly Executive VP of Terminals at T-Mobile Europe, has joined Sofinnova Ventures. David was part of the team who launched Web’n'Walk, the first major carrier in my experience to launch open access [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sofinnova Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage Life Science and Information Technology (IT) investments, today announced the addition of David Hytha to the firm's IT team.
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Moco News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
French rich mobile media platform vendor Streamezzo has attracted a 15 million euro ($22 million) latest funding round from previous investors Sofinnova, Aza, T-Source, Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) and NTEC. The money will be used to fund "organic growth in international markets", said CEO Alain Blacquart (via NetEco ). Streamezzo has rich media client/server software, a mobile multimedia authoring package...
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Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 12/04/2007
Geneva-based PregLem ginned €22.5 million in its second venture round. San Francisco-based Sofinnova Partners led the round, with MVM Life Science Partners and NeoMed Management joining in. Read more...
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alarm:clock (Free subscription) | 10/10/2007
Catalyst Mobile out of Emervyille has raised $10M in Series B led by Sofinnova Ventures with DCM. Catalyst has created music distribution services. It flagship to date is the deployment of a joint service in Japan with Warner Music Group for brands such as Garfield, The First which publishes the official magazine of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and Dorling Kindersley in China. Catalyst...
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Moco News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2007
Emeryville, CA-based Catalyst Mobile , a provider of music and entertainment services, has raised a $10 million second round from existing investors Sofinnova Ventures and DCM. The company has now raised a total of $14.5 million, having previously raised $4.5 million. The company has relationships with handset makers, mobile operators and content owners, including Warner Music Group ( NYSE: WMG ),...
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IntoMobile (Free subscription) | 09/27/2007
We usually restrain from writing about “capital raising” news and issues, but this one really caught our eyes. French mobile Linux developer Purple Labs raised $14.5 million in their first round from Sofinnova Partners, which led the round, and investors Earlybird and Partners Group. The strange thing about this is that while we know Linux on mobile phones is the future, the question is do we actually...
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Alarm: clock euro (Free subscription) | 09/26/2007
Chambéry, France-based Purple Labs, which develops mobilephone solutions, has raised $14.5M from Sofinnova Partners (Paris), Earlybird (Munich) and Partners Group (Zurich), an LP that does some direct investing. Purple Labs was founded in 2001, employs about 100 in the...
