Our annual comprehensive list of private financing deals involving Oregon companies.
| The 2005 Big Deals List | Researched by Perkins Coie LLP | ||||||
| PRIVATE FINANCINGS | |||||||
| Issuer/location | Issuer’s business | Month | Type of deal | Deal size | Investors (unless otherwise noted) | ||
| Attensa Portland | Real simple syndication (“RSS”) software | Dec | Preferred stock | $9m | RSS Investors, SmartForest Ventures, Capybara Ventures and Second Avenue Partners | ||
| Chockstone Portland | Transaction processing for store-value cards | Aug | Preferred stock | NWD | Private investors | ||
| Clinicient Portland | Medical reimbursement software | Aug | Common and preferred stock | $1.2m | Fluffco, Northwest Technology Ventures, Capyabara Ventures, and others | ||
| Corrigo Wilsonville | On-demand work order and service management solutions | May | Preferred stock | $10m | Sierra Ventures, Asset Management Company, Amicus, Sycamore Ventures and other private investors | ||
| Fios Portland | Litigation software and services | Aug | Preferred stock | $6.5m | 3i, Banyan Capital Partners, Digital Partners, FBR CoMotion Venture Partners and Fluke Venture Partners | ||
| Home Comfort Zones Beaverton | Residential temperature and energy management systems | Nov | Preferred stock | $3.5m | Private investors | ||
| Inovise Medical Portland | Medical devices | Dec | Preferred stock and convertible securities | $8.3m | Kinetic Capital, MDS Capital and other investors | ||
| Kryptiq Hillsboro | Healthcare software | Apr | Preferred stock | $7.1m | Shelter Capital Partners, SmartForest Ventures, Voyager Capital and other private investors | ||
| Lucy Activewear Portland | Clothing retailer | Jul | Preferred stock | $20.3m | Chico’s FAS, Lone Pine Capital, Maveron, Oak Investment Partners, and Sutter Hill | ||
| Monsoon Portland | E-commerce implementation software | Sep | Preferred stock | NWD | Private investors | ||
| MusicStrands Corvallis | Recommendation software technology | Oct | Preferred stock | $1.35m | Debaeque Venture Capital and other private investors | ||
| Octavian Scientific Portland | Semiconductor test technology | Sep | Preferred stock | $6.6m | OVP Venture Partners, TL Ventures, and Northwest Technology Ventures | ||
| Octavian Scientific Portland | Semiconductor test technology | Dec | Preferred stock | $2m | NWD | ||
| Pacific Star Communications Portland | Network and communications hardware, software and services | Oct | Preferred stock and convertible securities | $4.5m | Fluke Ventures, Invest America, and Benaroya Ventures | ||
| Phoseon Technology Hillsboro | Optical technology | Mar | Preferred stock | $6.4m | SmartForest Ventures, Fluke Venture Partners, PacRim Venture Partners and Capybara Ventures | ||
| Respond2 Portland | Direct response television agency | Feb | Preferred stock | NWD | Lake Capital | ||
| Serveron Hillsboro | Electric utility instruments and monitoring systems | Sep | Preferred stock | $1m | Siemens Venture Capital, Perseus 2000, Ventures West Management, El Dorado Investment Company, Nth Power, Cascadia Pacific Management and Oregon Life Sciences | ||
| SignaCert Portland | Computer security | Dec | Preferred stock | $10m | Intel Capital, Doll Capital Management, Smart Forest Ventures and Garage Technology Ventures | ||
| Thetus Portland | Knowledge discovery software | Sep | Preferred stock | NWD | In-Q-Tel | ||
| Tut Systems Lake Oswego | Video and data services | Jul | Common stock and convertible securities | $14.9m | Institutional investors | ||
| VeriWave Beaverton | Wireless LAN testing products | Jun | Preferred stock | $10m | Woodside Fund, US Venture Partners and TL Ventures | ||
| Wellpartner Portland | Home delivery pharmacy solutions | Jan | Common and preferred stock | $14m | Scorpion Capital Partners and others | ||
| Wellpartner Portland | Home delivery pharmacy solutions | Nov | Common and preferred stock | $2m | Scorpion Capital Partners and others | ||
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Tell us about any Big Deals that involve at least one Oregon or Southwest Washington company. We’re looking for mergers and acquisitions of $2.5 million of more, and divestitures and public and private transactions of $1 million or more that occured in 2006. Contact Brent Bullock at Perkins Coie LLP, 503.727.2000, [email protected].
