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Deal News

• Advanced Hydro Inc., an Austin Based Startup, Raises Seed Capital to Commercialize Anti-Fouling Dopamine Technology for Water Filtration Membranes
   Monday, January 05, 2009

• JumpStart Invests in BSKLive, Inc.
   Monday, January 05, 2009

• Mirics Secures Additional $7m Funding to Accelerate Worldwide Growth
   Monday, January 05, 2009

• JumpStart Invests in Wireless Environment, LLC
   Monday, December 29, 2008

• Motion Computing Secures $6 Million in New Funding
   Tuesday, December 23, 2008

• KaloBios Raises Additional $12 Million in Series D Venture Financing for a New Total of $32 Million
   Monday, December 22, 2008

• Nistica Raises $4 Million in Additional Financing
   Monday, December 22, 2008

• Xunlight Receives $7 Million Loan From the State of Ohio
   Monday, December 22, 2008

• Provigent Continues to Accelerate Growth -- Secures $10 Million in Fifth-Round Funding
   Monday, December 22, 2008

• Solarflare Announces Additional $44 Million in Private Funding
   Monday, December 22, 2008

Buyout News

• Odyssey Investment Partners Completes Acquisition of SM&A
   Monday, December 29, 2008

• Kaulkin Ginsberg Announces Recapitalization of United Recovery Systems, L.P. by Private Equity Investor Audax Group
   Wednesday, December 24, 2008

• Castle Harlan Affiliate in Australia Buys Lease-Financing Companies
   Monday, December 22, 2008

• Schafer Corporation Announces Acquisition by Metalmark Capital
   Monday, December 22, 2008

• Palm Secures Additional $100 Million Equity Investment from Elevation Partners
   Monday, December 22, 2008

Fund News

• FTVentures is Now FTV Capital
   Thursday, December 18, 2008

• LRG Capital Group Launches LRG Capital Hospitality Fund to Capitalize on Investment Opportunities in the Hospitality Industry
   Thursday, December 18, 2008

• Accel Partners Closes Two New Funds
   Thursday, December 11, 2008

• Babson Capital Closes $1.58 Billion Mezzanine and Private Equity Fund
   Thursday, December 11, 2008

• Saints Capital and Rustic Canyon Partners Form New Fund to Acquire Nineteen Secondary Interests; Saints Acquires Interest in Eight Companies in a Separate Strip Transaction From Rustic
   Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Transition News

• Clarus Ventures Names Two New Partners
   Monday, January 05, 2009

• General Catalyst Promotes Neil Sequeira to Partner
   Monday, January 05, 2009

• KKR Announces Appointment of Leigh Clifford as Senior Advisor Former Rio Tinto CEO and Current Qantas Chairman to Advise Firm in Australia
   Saturday, January 03, 2009

• SV Life Sciences Adds Paul LaViolette, Senior Medical Technology Executive, as Venture Partner
   Thursday, December 18, 2008

• Chrysalis Ventures Names Greg Richey as Chief Operating Officer
   Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Industry News

• Global Economic Crisis Weighs Heavily on Venture-Backed Exits in 2008
   Monday, January 05, 2009

• U.S. Venture-Backed Liquidity Reaches Lowest Point in 5 Years, Down 58% to $24.1 Billion in 2008
   Friday, January 02, 2009

• Global Investment in Cleantech Companies Reaches Record US$4.6 Billion in the First Three Quarters of 2008, Says Ernst & Young
   Thursday, December 18, 2008

• Venture Capitalists Predict a Difficult 2009
   Wednesday, December 17, 2008

• Venture Capitalists See Revenue Growth Still Possible Amid Difficult Economic Environment
   Monday, December 15, 2008

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