Full Year 2007 - Largest U.S. Venture Capital Investments
Company City State Industry Stage of Development Later Stage Investment Sequence 7 $ Amount Business Description Website Investors Biofrontier Partners, Inc., Foundation Medical Partners, Guidant Corporation, Sanderling Ventures
CardioNet, Inc.
San Diego
CA
Healthcare Services
110,000,000 Provides real time monitoring of ambulatory cardiac patients.
www.cardionet.com
Globus Medical, Inc.
Audubon
PA
Medical Devices and Equipment
Expansion
1
$
110,000,000 Manufactures medical devices for spine surgery.
www.globusmedical.com
Clarus Ventures, Goldman, Sachs & Co., SunAmerica Ventures
Amp'd Mobile, Inc.
West Los Angeles
CA
Telecommunications
Later Stage
5
$
107,551,700 Provides mobile entertainment via broadband wireless systems (EVDO).
www.ampdmobile.com
Columbia Capital LLC, Highland Capital Partners LLC, Intel Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Vivendi SA
GreatPoint Energy, Inc.
Cambridge
MA
Industrial/Energy
Later Stage
4
$
100,000,000 Operates as a natural resource company.
www.greatpointenergy.com
Advanced Technology Ventures, Dow Chemical Company, The, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Summit Energy Services, Inc.
Louisville
KY
Industrial/Energy
Later Stage
1
$
82,500,000 Provides energy management and procurement services.
www.summitenergy.com
Weston Presidio
HelioVolt Corporation
Austin
TX
Industrial/Energy
Later Stage
2
$
77,000,000 Develops technology for depositing thin-film photovoltaic coatings.
www.heliovolt.net
Morgan Stanley Private Equity , New Enterprise Associates, Paladin Capital Management, LLC,Yellowstone Capital, Inc.
HowStuffWorks, Inc.
Atlanta
GA
Media and Entertainment
Later Stage
4
$
75,000,000 Operates an educational resource featuring original articles and editorial.
www.howstuffworks.com
Chilton Investments
Ceres, Inc.
Thousand Oaks
CA
Biotechnology
Later Stage
5
$
75,000,000 Operates as a biotechnology firm focusing on plant genomics.
www.ceres.net
Invus Group Ltd., The, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Warburg Pincus LLC
iGPS Company LLC
Orlando
FL
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
1
$
75,000,000 Provides manufacturers with RFID-tagged all-plastic pallet pools.
www.igps.net
Kelso & Company, Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P.
Advent Solar, Inc.
Albuquerque
NM
Industrial/Energy
Later Stage
5
$
73,000,000 Produces photovoltaic cells.
www.adventsolar.com
Battery Ventures, L.P., EPIC Ventures, EnerTech Capital, Fort Washington Capital Partners Group, Globespan Capital Partners, @Ventures
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Financial
* Data current as of January 15, 2008