PayScale; Doyenz and other tidbits from the SEC filings |
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Attorneys, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs must be rushing to finish deals before the holiday season gets into full swing. Over the past few days, I've seen a number of Form D filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filings can be treasure trove of information on privately-held companies, but they don't always tell the full story. As I noted late last month, we are going to begin sharing more of the raw data from these filings with readers. Here's what has crossed my desk recently:
U.S. Emergency Operations Center Inc. has raised $200,000 of a $500,000 debt round, according to a filing. The secretive company -- which we wrote about last March as one of our "Stealth Startups of the Week" -- lists venture capitalist Jon Staenberg and Cameron Ferroni -- former chief technology officer at Marchex and former GM of Microsoft's Xbox unit -- as officers and directors. At the time of my last story, Ferroni told me that they were still working on a name and a Web site. The company now appears to be operating under the name Emicus, which describes itself as "community powered emergency information."
PayScale -- a Seattle online salary and compensation data startup backed by Madrona Venture Group, Fluke Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures and others -- listed $3.5 million in equity financing in a Dec. 9 filing. A spokesman for the 6-year-old company said that the filing is "misleading and lacks clarity." The company -- which raised $3 million earlier this year -- plans to make an announcement next week about what's going on.
Nirvaha -- which is selling a software service to small businesses to help them automate sales contracts, billings and other tasks -- has attracted $225,000 of a $500,000 equity raise, according to a Dec. 10 filing. Founded by former Microsoft employee and AskMe co-founder Ramesh Parameswaran two years ago, the company's Web site shows an impressive slate of investors and advisers. They include angel investor and Voyager Capital partner Geoff Entress; former Microsoft executive Scott Oki; Concur president Rajeev Singh; CrossLink Capital's Bruce MacNaughton and Microsoft Senior Vice President in the Online Services Division Satya Nadella. I previously wrote about Nirvaha last year.
Portland-based Solar Nation has raised $2 million, according to a filing. The company -- developing solar energy technologies for businesses, government agencies and non-profits -- is led by Paul Anthony Hodge and Dan Drummond.
iMedExchange of Seattle has opened a $5 million financing round, though Bob Crimmins tells TechFlash that they are not "in a position to talk about stuff for proprietary reasons." He said the company -- which is building a social network for physicians to share information -- plans to share more details on its direction and partnerships early next year. The filing -- which listed Crimmins and Tobin Arthur as executives -- indicated that $124,000 had been raised. But Crimmins said that figure is not up to date.
Interstate 90 Investors -- a firm whose directors include John and Robert Hoss of 801 Second Avenue in Seattle -- raised $6.7 million. The filing indicates that the company is in the real estate industry.
Marketsync -- a Kirkland company whose directTouch product helps sales professionals manage communications needs around sales leads -- has raised $216,100 of a $400,0000 equity financing, according to a filing. Its officers and directors include William Koszewski, Doug Ebstyne, Robert Wiggins and Jeremy Whitely. Ebstyne, the chairman and CEO, previously led Coscomm International, TeraCloud and Televar.
Doyenz -- the Bellevue online disaster recovery startup led by former Performant CTO Ashutosh Tiwary -- has raised an additional $3.5 million. Tiwary says total funding in the company now stands at about $8.5 million. Filing here and more on the company from my story in June after Doyenz raised $5 million.
Jim Heckman's new startup, 5to1.com, continues to attract capital. The new self-service online ad network has raised $6.3 million of a $6.5 million round, according to a filing released this week. We wrote about the company's $4.5 million round in June, a round that included investments from former Starwave CEO Mike Slade, Prism Ventures, Fuse Capital and others. I've been playing phone and email tag with Heckman, the former CEO of Scout.com and Rivals.com, trying to get more details on the round. UPDATE: I heard back from Heckman who said that the latest money is a $2 million extension of the previous round.
Clario Medical Imaging lists a debt and options offering of $614,582, with a total raise of up to $1.25 million. The 4-year-old company -- led by Chris Wood -- sells its zVision work flow software to hospitals, imaging centers and radiology groups.
BigDoor Media -- led by former Zango/180 Solutions CEO Keith Smith -- has brought in the second half of its previously announced $250,000 investment from Founder's Co-op. Smith said it was planned to close this portion of the financing -- listed at $250,000 in the SEC filings -- at this time. BigDoor is looking to develop new ad monetization technologies for online publishers.
Blade Games World lists a $500,000 debt round out of a total $1.5 million. The Bellevue company specializes in producing video game content, including 3D modeling and animation. It was recently formed through the merger of Digini and Vyk Games.
Beryllium -- which is connected to Emerald BioSystems Holding and Emerald BioSolutions Holding -- raised $4 million in equity and debt. "The proceeds of the offering are being used to acquire two existing companies," according to a note in the filing.
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