North Bay Business Journal

  • Oculus to raise $2 million in stock offering

    December 23rd, 2011

    PETALUMA — Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCLS) today said it has received commitments to purchase aboout $2 million company stock in a registered direct offering set to close next week.

  • Keiretsu Forum partners with Circle Bank in North Bay, S.F.

    December 8th, 2011

    NOVATO — Circle Bank today announced it has partnered with Keiretsu Forum, said to be the world’s largest angel investor network, to provide financing advice to startup and early-stage companies in the North Bay and San Francisco.

  • Larkspur mobile-banking startup gets $18 million

    December 5th, 2011

    LARKSPUR [Updated, Nov. 6, 12:10 p.m.] — mFoundry, a fast-growing provider of mobile banking and payments services, today said it received $18 million in growth capital. The new funds will allow the company to add 60 employees to its workforce of 100. The 7-year-old company has received $50 million in funding so far.

  • Claret Medical raises $3 million, gets EU product approval

    October 31st, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Claret Medical, Inc., a recently formed Santa Rosa-based developer of methods designed to protect against brain embolism during vascular intervention and surgery, received European Union approval today for its Montage System. It’s the second product approval this year. Claret has raised most of a $3.5 million round of private equity financing opened in late summer.

  • Oculus inks deal to borrow $2.5 million more for growth

    July 8th, 2011

    PETALUMA — Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: OCLS) signed an agreement with a San Jose-based venture capital lender to borrow up to $2.5 million to fund growth, according to regulatory filings.

  • Why North Bay seems to be faring better and how to keep it that way

    June 27th, 2011

    In its analysis of the recently released unemployment statistics for May, Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics listed the Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA among three regions in California that gained jobs — 1,700 to be exact between April and May.

  • Ultragenyx receives $45 million in funding

    June 20th, 2011

    NOVATO — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. today announced the closing of a $45 million series A financing to develop treatments for rare disease.

  • Telltale Games scores $7 million in series C funding

    June 7th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — Telltale Games, publisher of movie-like episodic games, today said it closed a $7 million round of series C funding that will be used to launch new products on multiple gaming and computer platforms and consumer electronics.

  • French lab invests in St. Helena wine-testing startup

    April 4th, 2011

    ST. HELENA — Societe d’Application de Recherche de Conseil en Oenologie (SARCO), an analytical laboratory based in the Bordeaux winegrowing region of France, today said it made a minority investment in Napa Valley Think Tank, allowing the 7-month-old company to bring a new line of wine-quality testing services to market more quickly.

  • ET Water receives $2 million investment

    March 22nd, 2011

    NOVATO — ET Water Systems, Inc., a green technology services company that specializes in water conservation, management and smart irrigation control, closed a $2 million round of funding.

  • Oculus gets $1 million to develop Microcyn

    February 15th, 2011

    PETALUMA — Amneal Enterprises, an affiliation of independent pharmaceutical marketing, discovery and development companies, and Petaluma-based Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCLS) today announced that Amneal alliance members have formed a broad multiyear collaboration with Oculus to realize the development and commercial potential of Oculus’ Microcyn technology.

  • Another $22 million for Sonoma Orthopedic

    February 14th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Sonoma Orthopedic Products today announced the company closed a series D financing round totaling $22 million that will be used to fund salesforce expansion, new products, clinical trials and the acquisition of certain key assets of NovaLign Orthopaedics Inc.

  • St. Joseph’s Dental Clinic among national finalists for funds

    February 10th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA – St. Joseph Health System – Sonoma County’s mobile dental clinic is among 10 finalists nationwide to share in a $100,000 cash prize to help grow and support programs that offer easily accessible dental care to needy populations.

  • Glassdoor gets $12 million in third round of funding

    February 10th, 2011

    SAUSALITO — Glassdoor Inc., which operates job and career research and networking website Glassdoor.com, today said it has secured $12 million in series C funding.

  • Buck gets $6 million for Parkinson’s therapy

    October 21st, 2010

    NOVATO – The Buck Institute for Age Research was awarded $6 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to fund a three-year project aimed at getting a stem cell derived treatment for Parkinson’s disease ready for testing in humans, the institute announced today.

  • ClairMail gets $13.8 million more in funding

    October 4th, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — Mobile banking and payments software developer ClairMail Inc. today said it landed $13.8 million in late-stage financing. The company plans to use the money to expand its technology and services, according to a statement.

  • Autodesk leads $6 million funding round for construction software startup

    September 2nd, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — A Massachusetts-based construction industry software startup today said Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) led a $6 million series B round of equity financing.

  • Raptor completes $15 million offering

    August 23rd, 2010

    NOVATO – Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (NASDAQ:RPTP) has raised $15 million to complete studies of its first drug and bring it to the U.S. market.

  • TriVascular obtains new $60 million infusion

    July 12th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA — TriVascular of Santa Rosa, California, announced today the close of $60 million in funding, comprised of a Series C equity financing and growth capital venture debt.

  • Enphase raises another $63 million

    June 3rd, 2010

    PETALUMA — Solar microinverter systems maker Enphase Energy closed another round of venture funding, bringing in $63 million from new and former investors.

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