Finance Friday: 25 February 2011

By Alan, on February 25th, 2011

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Here are recent angel and venture finance transactions for science- and engineering-based companies, as reported by Xconomy.

Biomedical/Life Sciences

CardioFocus in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Attrial fibrilliation devices. $13.6 million in equity financing.

CalciMedica in San Diego, California. Biotech with experimental psoriasis candidate. $6 million in venture financing.

Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, in Boston, Massacusetts. Drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. $12.4 million in equity financing.

Cardeas Pharma in Seattle, Washington. Start up company. $1 million in undisclosed financing.

Energy and Environment

Transphorm Inc. in Goleta, California. Power conversion technology for electric chargers. $20 million in equity financing from Google Ventures.

Accio Energy, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Startup developing new wind power technology. Undisclosed amount of venture capital.

Engineering and Electronics

Bluespec in Waltham, Massachusetts. Software for designing electronics components. $1 million in equity.

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