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- 12/16/2002
- • Triangle Pharmaceuticals Acquired for $464 Million
- • TargaCept Completes $46 Million Equity Financing
- • Chapel Hill's Trivirix Nets $25 Million in Private Equity
- • Pinpoint Networks Raises Additional $2 Million
- • Golden Leaf Foundation to Invest in N.C. Biotech Ventures
- • AlphaVax Receives Federal Grant to Combat Bioterror Threat
- • Tarboro Auto Parts Company Expands, Adds More Employees
- • NCOE E-News: Report Predicts IT Spending Will Rise in 2003
- • Six Companies Selected for CED'S Venture 2003; Second Application Deadline Slated for December 19th
- 11/25/2002
- • AdvancePCS Completes Acquisition of Greensboro's Accordant
- • Inspire Initiates Phase III Trial
- • Aurora Reaches Three-Quarter Mark on New Venture Fund
- • SCYNEXIS to Collaborate with Roche
- • Former GSK, Ardent Exec to Head Serenex
- • SEBIO Announces Premier Speakers; Registration Deadline Is Nov. 29
- • Don't Miss the Nov. 26th Early-Bird Deadline for CED's Venture Presenter Applications
- • The NCOE Announces a Comprehensive Federal Report on Tech Transfer
- 11/18/2002
- • MetaPartners Acquires JHowe Consulting
- • YellowBrick Solutions Closes on $3.9M
- • TogetherSoft Acquired by Borland Software for $185M
- • RF Micro Buys Resonext for $133M
- • MCNC Receives $1.35M Grant; Launches New Life Sci Program
- • Numerical Design Ltd. Named Top Award Finalist
- • Mi-Co Adds Barrett Joyner as VP
- • NC State's Institute for Emerging Issues Releases Report on Biotech in N.C.
- • NCEITA 21 Awards: "Technology Rocks," Nov. 21
- 11/11/2002
- • TogetherSoft Acquired by Borland Software for $185M
- • RF Micro Buys Resonext for $133M
- • etrials and Araccel in Merger Agreement
- • Elogex Raises $17M
- • Waveguide Raises Money from SEI and Academy
- • FullSeven Raises Undisclosed Amount of Venture Cash
- • UNC-CH Selects Life Sci Investor to Head New $20M Fund
- • Serenex to Collaborate with Johnson & Johnson to Uncover New Drug Targets
- • Trimeris Names New President; Fuzeon(TM) Receives Priority Review Status by FDA
- • Zoom Culture's "Hip Hop Nation" TV Show Signs National Deal
- • Eight Research Triangle Companies Selected to Present at SEBIO
- • Embrex on Forbes's "200 Best Small Companies in America" List for Third Time
- • SciQuest Ranked 38th Fastest-Growing Technology Company in North America
- • N.C. Business Climate Receives Top Rank by Site Selection Magazine
- 10/14/2002
- • Trimeris Raises $102M in Stock Offering
- • Golden LEAF Invests $40M in Two N.C. VC Funds
- • IBM Completes $3.5 Billion Acquisition of PwC Consulting
- • Trainersoft and Boston's OutStart Merge
- • Paradigm Genetics, Inc. Awarded $23.8M
- • N.C. State Expects $13M to Establish NASA Aerospace Institute
- • Survey: N.C. No. 2 in Business Climate
- • Roberson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
- • ICAgen Inc.'s Sickle Cell Treatment Put on FDA's Fast-Track
- 9/30/2002
- • Overture Networks Secures $15 Million Second Round
- • LVL7 Systems Lands $12.5M
- • Encelle Lands $4M
- • Ziptronix Closes on $3.5 Million in Second Round of VC
- • Norak Licenses Technology to Merck
- • Analytical Sciences Wins $23M NIOSH Contract
- • MERIX Names New CEO
- • American To Fly Nonstop RDU-San Jose Route
- 9/16/2002
- • FormScape Raises $5 million
- • Noverant Formally Launches with New Funding
- • Sustainable Jobs Fund, L.P., Invests in RYLA Teleservices, Inc.
- • CED Beats Goal with $4M Fundraising Campaign
- • PharmaNetics Forms Deal with The Medicines Company
- • SciQuest Named Fastest Growing Tech Company in the State
- • MediaSpan Partners with Art.com
- • Gentris Forms Deal with Wisconsin Firm
- 9/2/2002
- • Hatteras Networks Raises $45M
- • Serenex Raises $15M in Second Round
- • Pinpoint Raises $8M Second Round
- • TEAMM Pharmaceuticals Takes $6.5M Series A Round
- • DataMEG Corp. Raises Minimum $240,000 for NECI
- • Peopleclick Acquires itiliti
- • Targacept Acquires CNS Disorder Drug
- • NC Biosciences Industry To Receive $150 Million In Tobacco Funds
- • CED Names Howard Anderson as Keynote Speaker for InfoTech 2002
- 8/19/2002
- • Nobex Raises $35M in Venture Capital
- • Charlotte's V3 Systems Gets $11.5 Million
- • Trinity Convergence Raises $4.5M in Second Round
- • ParinGenix Gets $4M Series A
- • AvidXchange Raises $1.8 Million of Venture Capital
- • TogetherSoft to Acquire Studio Product Suite from WebGain
- • Triangle Pharmaceuticals Names New President and CEO
- • r+m creative Receives Design Recognition
- 8/2/2002
- • Summus Receives $10.5M
- • HiddenMind Technology Receives $10M
- • Oculan Secures $5M in Series C Financing
- • Zoom Culture Raises $2.5M
- • Brogan & Partners Raleigh Office Gets $18M Contract
- • LVL7 Lands Deal With Intel
- • CED Selects the First 10 Companies to Demo at InfoTech 2002
- 7/22/2002
- • Micell Receives $2M Financing
- • AppGate Raises $2.5M More in Third Round of VC
- • Batanga, Kucera Get Piedmont Angel Funds
- • FullSeven Receives Funding, New CEO
- • Paradigm Genetics Appoints CEO
- • Lionbridge Technologies To Acquire Morrisville-based eTesting Labs
- • Nine More Hospital Systems Choose MercuryMD
- 7/8/2002
- • Total Billings Lands $3 Million Second Round
- • PPD Takes $3.6M Stake in New Jersey Biotech and Acquires Asian Firm
- • N.C. Firms Bring In $168 Million in VC Through June
- • Inveresk Research Group, Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering
- • SCYNEXIS Forms Collaboration with Merck
- • Norak Biosciences, Inc. and Q3DM Inc. Announce Collaboration
- • BioSignia Scientists Present Interesting Results at Experimental Biology 2002 Conference
- • Pinpoint Expands Service Offering with Verizon
- 6/24/2002
- • SCYNEXIS Raises $29M in Series C Round
- • ChemCodes Names New President and CEO
- • Inspire Shares Get a Boost with Positive Test Results
- • Duke MBA Students Offer Consulting Services To Triangle Area Businesses
- • NIRI Triangle Chapter Receives Charter At Global Conference
- 6/12/2002
- • INC Research Gets $11 Million
- • PPD Acquires Piedmont Research Center
- • Innovent Solutions Acquires Reportability.com
- • New President and Chairman Named at Inspire Pharmaceuticals
- • Pilot Therapeutics Forms Major Strategic Relationship
- • Red Hat, Oracle and Dell Form Technology Alliance
- • iEntertainment Licenses to Simon and Schuster
- 6/3/2002
- • Nobex, Glaxo Collaborate on $283 Million Deal
- • EMD Buys 109 Acres in Durham for $60 Million HQ
- • LendingTree Awarded Patent
- • RTP-based Bloodhound Names Gary Twigg as CEO
- • CED Receives $200,000 in Commitments for 'Innovation' Campaign
- • CED Reschedules Awards Event
- • Apply Today to Demo at CED's InfoTech 2002
- 5/28/2002
- • Interpath Merges with USi
- • Incara Gets a $3 Million Lifeline from Irish Drug Giant
- • iReady World Raises $6 Million Second Round of Venture Capital
- • Verispan - Quintiles' New Joint Venture - Gets Underway
- • UNC Research Group Receives $8 Million to Model 3-D Anatomic Objects from Images
- • Stock Options Seminar Scheduled for June 4th
- • CED's InfoTech 2002 Seeks Applications to Demo
- 5/21/2002
- • Nobex Lines Up $12M in $40M Round
- • AvidXchange Receives $1M in Funding
- • Inveresk Research Group Targets IPO Price
- • CED's InfoTech 2002 Seeks Applications to Demo
- • Oriel Demos Dry Powder Inhaler
- • Gates Foundation Gives $30M for Duke Science Initiatives
- • AeA Offers Southeast Investment Conference
- • The Business Journal Recognizes the Triangle's Most Promising Leaders
- 5/13/2002
- • BioStratum Raises $20M
- • Cropsolution Raises $6.4M Series A, Spins out of Invenux
- • ChemCodes Raises Additional $1 Million in Second Round
- • Zoom Culture Raises $7M
- • Biogen dedicates $173M plant and $40M lab
- • Investors pay $13.15 million for EPA facility
- • NASA's RTTC Initiates Tech Transfer Agreement with NC A&T
- 5/6/2002
- • BlueBolt Networks Acquired by Investment Group
- • Venture 2002 A Success
- • 2001 Venture Report Online
- • Doss and Nelson Interviewed on Success Today
- 4/29/2002
- • CipherOptics Raises $5M Series A Round
- • Wilmington's SiteScape Gets $5M Second Round
- • Greensboro's Todd Organization Receives $7M
- • Analytical Sciences, Inc. Launches MedNetics
- • NetIQ Wins SIIA Codie Award
- • EnSolve Awarded Second Patent
- 4/23/2002
- • Cogent Closing on a Third Round
- • Southeast Interactive Raising Fourth Fund
- • Saffron Technology Awarded Major Contract
- • Trimeris' Drug a Success In Clinical Trials
- • Arsenal Digital Solutions Names New CEO
- 4/15/2002
- • LiveWire Logic Closes on $2.8 Million
- • Cree Reports 3Q Earnings and Plans to Open Japan Office
- • French Company Acquires DigitalESP
- • MoliChem Successfully Completes Phase IB Study in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
- • Matt Szulik Named Red Hat's Chairman
- 4/8/2002
- • River Cities Closes on $50M for Third Fund
- • Peak 10 Closes $9.2 M Series C Round
- • RF Micro to Issue Debt and Equity Securities
- • nTouch Announces Alliance With First Genetic Trust, Inc.
- • SciQuest Enters Global e-Procurement Agreement with GlaxoSmithKline
- • CED Accepts Springboard: Southeast 2002 Applications
- 4/1/2002
- • Trinity Convergence Lands $3.1 Million Series A
- • Aurora Fund's Halfway to $75 Million Fundraising Goal
- • Quintiles Buys Bioglan Assets for $26.7M
- • Indian Firm Acquires Charlotte's Osprey
- • IT Wins in The Federal Economic Stimulus Package
- • TogetherSoft and Sun Partner
- 3/25/2002
- • Gentris Receives $1.5 M
- • New Venture Lulu, Inc. Acquires OpenMind
- • SciQuest Buys Groton NeoChem
- • Sustainable Jobs Development Corporation Secures Initial Funding
- • Midway Adds Flights to Florida
- • NCEITA Forum Raises Important Security Issues
- 3/18/2002
- • In Spite of Tough Times, 2001 Was 3rd Best Year for Venture Investing
- • Salix Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment in Public Offering
- • Quintiles, McKesson Form Joint Venture
- • Nitronex Plans to Add Employees
- • ASI to Develop HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Ethiopia for CDC
- 3/11/2002
- • Caspian Networks Raises $120M Fourth Round
- • LipoScience Files for IPO
- • Salix Pharmaceuticals Announces Public Offering of 4,000,000 Shares
- • CED Calls for Nominations for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- • TriVirix To Purchase Medtronic Facility in Minnesota
- 3/4/2002
- • AppGate Secures $4M
- • nTouch Research Lands $2.6M in Round Three
- • Cisco VP to Speak at Venture 2002
- • CED Calls for Applications for BIO2002 Conference
- • RTP beats out Kansas City for Bayer CropScience Headquarters
- • Interim CEO Named at Paradigm
- • SAS Signs Deals with AstraZeneca, Wal-Mart
- 2/25/2002
- • Venture Capital Activity Stabilizes in U.S. and N.C.
- • CED Adds New Panel to Venture 2002
- • SciQuest Acquires Textco, Inc.
- • Wake Forest University Launches Research Center; $20M Drive Planned
- • NetIQ Wins the Communications Solutions Magazine Product of the Year Award
- • SpectraSite Communications to Install Systems in Trump Properties
- 2/18/2002
- • MoliChem Medicines Receives an Additional $1.5 M
- • 28 Companies Selected for CED's Venture 2002
- • U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Speaks at Emerging Issues Forum
- • Red Hat Acquires Assets, Employees of ArsDigita
- • RF Micro Devices Supplies Power Amplifiers for Use in Palm i705
- 2/11/2002
- • Norak Biosciences Takes $13M Series B Round
- • NetOctave Closes Second-Round Funding of $7.8 Million
- • MindValve Raises Seed Funding, Spins Out from UNC Charlotte
- • Top VC Steve Jurvetson to Speak at CED's Venture 2002
- • Chinese Delegation Visits BioResource International
- • Avesair Acquires WindWire
- 2/4/2002
- • ChannelAdvisor Lands $5.7M Funding
- • Code Refinery Announces New Name at LabAutomation Conference
- • South Has Several Top Cities For Entrepreneurs-Charlotte and RTP Rank High
- • Coming Soon: Triangle's First Entrepreneurial and Technology Radio Show
- 1/28/2002
- • MediaSpan Receives $8.5M Series A Financing
- • Charlotte's Waveguide Solutions Receives Investment
- • HAHT Commerce Acquires iMediation
- • LIPSinc Forms Co-Marketing Relationship with Intel Program
- • POZEN CEO to Present at the U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference
- 1/21/2002
- • Level 8 Systems Secures $3.6 Million for Cicero Operations
- • Xanthon Wins Grant from US Army to Research DNA Biosensor
- • ChemCodes Expands Management Team
- • CED Partners with Local Tech Wire
- • Avesair and Canadian Company Partner
- 1/11/2002
- • Apply to Present at CED's Venture 2002 Before January 31
- • DarPharma Receives $2.4 M Series A
- • California Investment Banking Company Forms Alliance with Raleigh Company
- • TiE Offers Special Rate to CED Members for Jan. 14 Event
- • Biolex Hires New Senior VP