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Investments
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2009 Selected Investments
Western Technology Investment (WTI) continues to actively invest, making significant debt capital available to venture-backed technology and life science companies. The following is a list of some of the companies in which WTI invested during 2009: |
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Technology Investments
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AdRoll
$1,000,000
Online social advertising network
Co-Investors: Accel Partners, Merus Capital, Pilot Group
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Astro Gaming
$1,500,000
Premium video gaming equipment
Co-Investors: Fayez Sarofim & Co., Triangle Peak Partners
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Cloudmark
$2,000,000
Carrier-grade, real-time messaging security
Co-Investors: FT Ventures, Ignition Partners, Presidio Ventures
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eduFire
$350,000
Live video learning platform
Co-Investors: Battery Ventures, Presidio Ventures |
Emergent Game Technologies
$4,000,000
Development platform for 3D, interactive games
Co-Investors: Cisco Systems, Hopewell Venture Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Worldview Technology Partners
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Genius.com
$750,000
Marketing automation SaaS solutions
Co-Investors: Accel Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Walden International
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Grouply
$700,000
Online service to organize social networking groups
Co-Investors: Accelerator Ventures, Nueva Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Sippl Investments, SoftTechVC
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Instructables
$400,000
How-to project-sharing website
Co-Investors: Baseline Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures
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Newport Media
$6,000,000
Mobile TV system-on-chip solution
Co-Investors: Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Global Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Venrock
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Plastic Jungle
$1,750,000
Electronic exchange for
stored-value gift cards
Co-Investors: Bay Partners, First Round Capital, Harrison Metal Capital, Shasta Ventures
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Quickoffice
$1,750,000
Mobile office document software for smartphones
Co-Investors: Access Industries, Advantage Capital Partners, Mayfield, Shepherd Ventures, Shea Ventures
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SiPort
$1,000,000
High definition, digital, multi-media broadcast receivers
Co-Investors: Intel Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Morgenthaler, New Venture Partners |
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Soliant Energy
$1,750,000
Innovative solar solutions for commercial rooftops
Co-Investors: Trinity Ventures, RockPort Capital, Rincon Ventures, Nth Power, GE Capital, US Dept. of Energy, Convexa, Band of Angels
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TimeData Corporation
$500,000
Network management solutions for small, local carriers
Co-Investors: First Round Capital
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Topsy Labs
$2,000,000
Search engine powered by the social web
Co-Investors: BlueRun Ventures, Founders Fund, Ignition Partners
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UStream.TV
$2,250,000
Online platform for live, interactive video broadcasts
Co-Investors: DCM, Labrador Ventures
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Viewdle
$1,250,000
Visual analysis platform for
next-gen video search
Co-Investors: Anthem Venture Partners, SDI Media |
Widevine Technologies
$2,500,000
Multi-platform, multi-format DRM and video optimization solutions
Co-Investors: VantagePoint Venture Partners, Constellation Growth Capital
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Worktopia
$750,000
On-demand meeting solutions
Co-Investors: DFJ Gotham, European Founders Fund, High Peaks Venture Partners, Milestone Venture Partners
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Healthcare Investments
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Cellscape
$350,000
First-trimester, non-invasive, prenatal diagnostics
Co-Investors: X/Seed Capital Management |
ConforMIS
$10,000,000
Personalized orthopedic implants and instrumentation
Co-Investors: Aeris Capital, Bio1 Capital, SBG Sachsen-Anhalt, Thorner Ventures, Kuwait Pension Fund, CDIB, Hofung Holdings, Boston Global Life Sciences Fund, Fubon Financial |
CV Ingenuity
$450,000
Drug-eluting balloon platform technology for cardiac and peripheral arteries
Co-Investors: Bio-Star Ventures, EV3, Life Science Angels, Synergy Ventures
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HandyLab
$3,000,000
Nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic systems for clinical labs and hospitals
Co-Investors: Arboretum Ventures, Dow Chemical, DuPont, EDF Ventures, Lurie Investments, Pfizer, SBV Venture Partners
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Medsphere Systems
$3,500,000
Open source healthcare
enterprise solutions
Co-Investors: Azure Capital Partners, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, Wasatch Venture Fund
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Microchip Biotechnologies
$5,000,000
Integrated systems for life sciences microsample preparation and analysis
Co-Investors: Domain Associates, In-Q-Tel, Samsung Ventures
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PEAK Surgical
$3,000,000
Electrosurgical blade system for hospitals and clinics
Co-Investors: Lehman Brothers, Signet Healthcare Partners, Venrock
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YMed
$600,000
Catheter-based devices to treat coronary and peripheral artery disease
Co-Investors: Shaked Global Group
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