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Finance Friday: 21 January 2011

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Here are recent angel and venture finance transactions for science- and engineering-based companies reported by CB Insights

Biomedical/Life sciences

  • Fluidigm in South San Francisco, California. Medical devices and equipment. $5 million, debt
  • Cognition Therapeutics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics. $2.5 million, series A equity
  • Adhezion Biomedica in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Therapeutic devices. $1.285 million, debt
  • Altor BioScience in Miramar, Florida. Biopharmaceutical development. $10.3 million, series D equity
  • EyeIC in Narberth, Pennsylvania. Imaging and diagnostic equipment. $0.4 million, debt

Energy

  • Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, California. Hydrogen/fuel cells. $100 million, venture capital equity
  • Atieva in Mountain View, California. Advanced batteries for plug-in cars. $24 million, equity (stage not disclosed)
  • Endurance Wind Power in Surrey, British Columbia. Wind energy. $1 million, equity (stage not disclosed)
  • Semitech in Singapore. Smart grid technologies. $3.4 million, series A equity

Physical sciences

  • Materia in Pasadena, California. Green chemical technology. $17 million, equity (stage not disclosed)

Electronics

  • Nistica in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Optical switches and transmission components. $5.5 million, venture capital equity
  • Cleankeys in Edmonton, Alberta. Computer input devices. $1 million, seed equity

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