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2004 Silicon Forest Forum presentations are available on the Forum website
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White & Lee LLP and Intel Capital are pleased to announce that the 2004 Silicon Forest Forum was a great success, with the highest number of speakers and attendees since our inception four years ago. We would like to thank all those who participated in the Forum, including our sponsors and contributors, for the success.
December 20, 2004
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Enuclia Semiconductor secures Series A financing
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Our client Enuclia Semiconductor secured Series A financing of $5.3 million. The financing was co-led by Sevin Rosen Funds and BA Venture Partners. Enuclia Semiconductor is developing semiconductors for use in digital televisions.
December 16, 2004
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eASIC wins Red Herring Top 100 Innovator Award
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Our client eASIC has been named one of the "Top 100 Most Innovative Companies" by Red Herring Inc. eASIC was chosen from more than 1,200 entries and was honored at Red Herring's Fall Conference in Monterey, California.
This award recognizes eASIC’s breakthrough technology in the area of chip customization for which the company holds 11 patents.
December 15, 2004
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Mark White and Jon Summers to speak at a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory event
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Mark White and Jon Summers have been invited by the Three Rivers Venture Group, hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, to give a presentation on global business issues on Tuesday, November 16, 2004, in Richland, Washington. For more information, please visit the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory website at www.pnl.gov/edo/.
October 21, 2004
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Actional Merges with Westbridge Technology and Secures $12.9 million
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Our client Actional Corporation has merged with Web security services provider Westbridge Technology. The new company, which will keep the Actional name, has secured $12.9 million in its Series C funding round.
October 18, 2004
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Silicon Forest Forum will take place on November 12, 2004
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This year's edition of our popular Silicon Forest Forum conference is taking place Friday, November 12, 2004 at the Intel Capital Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. For more information on this year's Forum, please visit the Forum website.
October 12, 2004
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Mark White speaking at the Stanford GSB as a VLAB panelist
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Mark Cameron White will be part of a MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) event on global business expansion as a panelist. The event will take place on October 19, 2004 at the Stanford Business School. Click here to register for the event.
October 5, 2004
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Hydration Technologies featured in Forbes.com
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Our client Hydration Technologies Inc. (HTI) is featured in a Forbes.com article. HTI will receive the funding from the U.S. government starting October 1. The funding will allow U.S. military units around the world to obtain HTI water filtration units.
September 29, 2004
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eASIC at the Emerging Technologies Conference Showcase
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Our client eASIC announced that the company was chosen to present at the Emerging Technologies Conference Showcase, organized by Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovation, on MIT's campus on September 29-30, 2004.
September 22, 2004
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Vernier Networks launches free wireless internet access in Downtown Culver City
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Our client Vernier Networks partnered with Wireless Hotspot and Firetide for the launch of free wireless internet access in Downtown Culver City. Vernier Networks also added $2 million to its series D funding, bringing the total to $12 million.
September 15, 2004.
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Aramova, Inc. acquires ICIRQ, Inc.
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Our client Aramova, Inc. announced that it has completed the purchase of ICIRQ, Inc. Aramova is a leading provider of essential subscriber access and management solutions.
August 25, 2004
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Mark White took part in the U.S. Experts Tour of Australia by ANZA Technology Network. The tour, which took place from August 2 to 9, briefed Australian technology executives on the state of the U.S. technology market.
The US Experts Tour is the first of five components of the Gateway to the US Conference Program, which includes the Annual ANZA Technology Showcase Conference to be held in Silicon Valley from October 26 to 28.
Download Mark White's US Experts Presentation
August 23, 2004
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Platform Solutions, Inc. secures second round of financing led by Goldman Sachs
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Our client Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI) today announced that it has closed its second round of financing. The round, led by Goldman Sachs and affiliates, included initial round investors Blueprint Ventures, Interwest Partners, Intel Capital, and Investcorp.
PSI is a supplier of Plug Compatible Manufacture (PCM) servers for mainframe applications.
August 17, 2004
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Totality announced its second quarter revenue increase
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Our client Totality announced that its second quarter revenue increased by 25% over the same quarter in 2003. Totality is a leading 24x7 remote managed services provider for business-critical applications and infrastructure. Totality manages applications and infrastructure for blue-chip companies such as American Airlines, Best Buy, EquiLend, Scholastic, Sony and The Sharper Image.
August 17, 2004
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| Bitfone acquired Mobile Diagnostix, Inc.
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Our client Bitfone announced the acquisition of Mobile Diagnostix, Inc. (MDI), a Toronto-based software company providing customer care automation solutions for mobile devices.
August 16, 2004
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| Savvion selected as a market leader by Forrester and Gartner
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Our client Savvion announced that for the second year in a row, its business process management system has been identified as a market leader in the BPM Wave report published by Forester. Savvion has also been ranked as a market leader by Gartner in their 2004 Assessment of Pure-Play BPM products.
August 2, 2004
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| Vernier Networks secured $10 million in series D funding round
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Our client Vernier Networks secured $10 million in its series D funding round. Foundation Capital led the expansion round with strong participation from DCM-Doll Capital Management, Allegis Partners and UV Partners.
July 21, 2004
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Selectica deploys pricing solution at Abbot Laboratories, Limited, in Canada
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Our client Selectica announced that Abbott, Canada, has successfully deployed Selectica Pricer. Selectica is a leading provider of configuration, pricing, and quoting solutions for optimizing the opportunity-to-order process for manufacturers, service providers, and distributors.
July 15, 2004
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eASIC Awarded 10th Patent
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Our client eASIC announced that it has received its tenth patent, the "Customizable and programmable cell array." The patent protects eASIC's routing fabric that uses a single via for customization. eASIC is a provider of breakthrough Structured ASIC technology and products.
July 7, 2004
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| Bitfone Selected as a Winner in AO100
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Our client Bitfone announced that it was chosen to be a part of the second annual AlwaysOn (AO) list of top 100 private companies. AlwaysOn and KPMG compiled the 2004 AO100 list through surveys of more than 1,000 venture investors, investment bankers, top entrepreneurs and executives, who nominated more than 700 companies.
July 6, 2004
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White & Lee expands Menlo Park office
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White & Lee announced the addition of Elizabeth Hewitt as Associate to its Menlo Park office. A graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law, Hewitt formerly worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto.
July 2, 2004
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| TitleAuctions Network Tops One Million Credit Union Members
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Our client TitleAuctions announced that its nationwide network of credit unions now provides access to more than one million credit union members. TitleAuctions helps credit unions and auto dealers remarket motor vehicles and watercraft more profitably.
June 30, 2004
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| Model N Included in 2004 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100
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Our client Model N announced that it has been selected to be in the third annual list of the 2004 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100. Model N is a leading provider of software that unites an enterprise's pricing, contracting, and compliance processes.
June 28, 2004
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| R4 Global Services at Bear Stearns Technology Conference
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Our client R4 Global Services sent its president and CEO, Jeff Richards, to the Bear Stearns 15th Annual Technology conference in New York. Richards addressed the current state of RFID technology. Richards is also quoted in a Forbes article on RFID. R4 Global Services is a leading solutions provider of RFID-enabled technology and services.
June 28, 2004
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| Hydration Technologies Secures $7 million in Funding
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Our client Hydration Technologies secured $7 million in funding from the U.S. government. The funding is part of the $103.5 million that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved for defense-related projects in Oregon. Hydration Technologies provides a low-cost, reliable technology to produce consumable fluids from contaminated water.
June 24, 2004
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| Capella Photonics Partners with Meriton Networks
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Our client Capella Photonics, the world leader in Wavelength Selective Switches (WSS) with its WavePath family of products, formed a technology partnership with Meriton Networks Inc. Meriton Networks is the leading provider of carrier-class wavelength networking systems.
June 22, 2004
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eASIC in the Finals of AO100
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Our client eASIC made the finals of AO100 as one of the top 200 private companies. AlwaysOn, KPMG, and MIT/Stanford Venture Lab collaborated in collecting votes cast by more than 1,000 top executives including VCs, investment bankers, and entrepreneurs.
June 18, 2004
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UXComm at the 2004 SUPERCOMM
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Our client UXComm announced that it has been selected to provide an integrated management solution for AdvancedTCA (ATCA) Architecture Vendor Showcase at SUPERCOMM. UXComm provides business and infrastructure vendors with a unified suite of Utility Management software products.
June 16, 2004
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| Actional wins Network Computing's Editor's Choice Award
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Our client Actional announced that its SOAPstation has won Network Computing's Editor's Choice award in the Web services management category. Actional's SOAPstation dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of deploying and managing Web services projects.
June 15, 2004
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| Savvion Delivers Free Business Process Modeling Software
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Our client Savvion launched an innovative program designed to bridge the gap between business and IT by making free copies of its Business Process Modeling and Simulation software available to business managers and system integration companies worldwide.
June 11, 2004
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| eASIC Announces Partnership with Flextronics Semiconductor and Magma
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Our client eASIC partners with Flextronics Semiconductor and Magma Design Automation Inc. (NASDAQ: LAVA) to provide an optimal structured ASIC solution. eASIC has developed a breakthrough Structured ASIC technology aimed at dramatically reducing the overall fabrication cost and time of customized high-performance semiconductor chips.
June 7, 2004
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Vernier Networks Security Products Selected by NTT Communications
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Our client Vernier Networks announced that NTT Communication Corporation, a subsidiary of NTT, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, selected Vernier Networks' User Aware Network Security Architecture (UNSA) products as the security technology of choice for its new enterprise Metro Ether NW office wireless LAN service.
June 7, 2004
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eASIC Announces Partnership with Flextronics and Magma
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Our client eASIC closed a third round of financing and secured $5 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Vinod Khosla, the famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist, is joining eASIC's Board of Directors.
May 28, 2004
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Cooler Email featured in the Business Journal of Portland
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Our client Cooler Email counts Tony Perkins among its clients. Tony is the creator and Editor-in-Chief of the AlwaysOn network and is the former Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. Cooler Email is being used to publicize the upcoming Innovation Summit being held July 13-15, 2004 at Stanford.
Find out more about Cooler Email in an article from the Business Journal of Portland.
May 19, 2004
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| White & Lee featured in The Stanford Daily |
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White & Lee is featured in The Stanford Daily. Mark White reflects on entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.
Read the article.
May 11, 2004
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| Velocity11 raises $5.05 million in Series A-1 financing
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Our client Velocity11 closed a Series A-1 financing and secured $5.05 million from Mayfield and Stanford University.
May 3, 2004
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| Tesla Motors closes Series A financing |
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Our client Tesla Motors closed a Series A financing.
April 27, 2004
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| NeoPad raises $3.6 million |
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Our client NeoPad closed a Series A financing and secured $3.6 million. Investors included Nokia Venture Partners, Intel Capital, SmartForest Ventures, and Fina Ventures.
April 23, 2004
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| Model N raises $11 million in a second round of funding
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Our client Model N, Inc. secured $11 million in a second round of funding. The funding round, led by Meritech Capital Partners, also included Accel Partners and Accel KKR.
Model N is a leading provider of software that unites an enterprise's pricing, contracting, and compliance processes. Currently focused in the life science industry, the company's clients include Pfizer, Inc. and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a Johnson & Johnson company.
April 12, 2004
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| R4 Global Services delivers keynote speech at Lazard Freres RFID Conference
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Our client R4 Global Services a leading solutions provider of RFID-enabled technology and services, delivered a keynote speech at the recent Lazard Freres U.S. Equity Research "RFID Hype & Realities" conference. April 7, 2004
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Chrome releases eChrome Carbook 5.6
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Our client Chrome Systems Corporation announced the release of Chrome Carbook 5.6, the latest version of Chrome's web-based tool for configuring, researching, pricing, comparing and requesting vehicles. April 6, 2004
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| TitleAuctions certified by TRUSTe Privacy
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Our client TitleAuctions announced that its web site for the credit movement has been certified to display the TRUSTe Privacy Seal, exemplifying its commitment to consumer privacy and security. March 25, 2004
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| Vernier Networks a finalist in SC Magazine's 2004 Global Awards
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Our client Vernier Networks was selected by SC Magazine as 2004 "Best Wireless Security Solution" Finalist. Vernier was recognized for its unique distributed architecture and Virus Filter capability. March 19, 2004
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| Bitfone raises $21 million in a Series C funding round
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Our client Bitfone Corporation closed a series C funding round and secured over $21 million, bringing the company's total investment to more than $57 million. March 16, 2004
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Fluid Inc. launches an updated website for The North Face
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Our client Fluid Inc., a San Francisco based interactive design and development firm, announced the launch of an updated website for The North Face. Fluid's clients include Charles Schwab, Macromedia, Mattel, and Yahoo!. March 11, 2004
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White & Lee expands Menlo Park office
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White & Lee announced the addition of Ted Wang as Of Counsel to its Menlo Park office. A graduate of University of Virginia School of Law, Wang formerly worked at Gunderson Dettmer and more recently at Altus Legal Group, which he founded. Press release March 10, 2004
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Bitfone wins 2004 Cutting Edge Promise Award at 3GSM World Congress
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Our client Bitfone Corporation was awarded the 2004 Cutting Edge Promise Award at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. Bitfone was recognized at the Venture-Funded Technologies session as the company with the best elevator pitch from a field of more than 25 other venture-funded companies.
Bitfone is the over-the-air (OTA) technology provider for Sony Ericsson Japan's latest PDC mobile phones, NTT DoCoMo's mova SO505iS. Sony Ericsson Japan and Bitfone plan to work on future phone models with extended OTA capability for the Japanese market.
Bitfone is a global company headquartered in Laguna Niguel, California with offices in China, Finland, Japan and Korea. Bitfone was a finalist for the Software Developer of the Year award and CEO Gene Wang was named Entrepreneur of the Year for 2004 by the Software Council of Southern California. February 25, 2004
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NEA closes $1.1 billion venture fund
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Our client New Enterprise Associates closed its latest venture fund, NEA 11, with $1.1 billion in subscription from its limited partners. NEA's capital management totals $6 billion. February 19, 2004
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| Enrich Media
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Our client Enrich Media provides companies with Interactive Virtual Tours (IVTs) and customized visual media on the Internet. For a sample showcase of their technology, take a 360° tour of White & Lee's Portland office! February 18, 2004
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| Vernier Networks selected as Best Wireless LAN Solution of 2004 by InfoWorld
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Our client Vernier Networks was selected by InfoWorld magazine as 'Best Wireless LAN Solution' of 2004. Vernier has also been named to the Pulver 100 list of top private companies to watch in 2004. February 4, 2004
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Teseda honored with EE magazine's 2003 Readers Choice award
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Our client Teseda wins Evaluation Engineering magazine's 2003 Readers Choice award. EE readers have selected the V500 as their choice of best new product in its class. January 30, 2004.
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| Savvion selected by Intelligent Enterprise as Companies to Watch in 2004
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Our client Savvion was selected by Intelligent Enterprise as Companies to Watch in 2004. Savvion develops business process management (BPM) software that improves business performance and reduces costs within and across functional business units. January 15, 2004
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| Confoti in Girls' Life Magazine
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Our client Confoti is featured in Girls' Life Magazine's Dec/Jan 2004 issue. Confoti creates custom confetti from photos, perfect for every occasion. January 14, 2004
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| Atria Genetics partners with Abbott Laboratories |
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Our client Atria Genetics announced a worldwide distribution agreement with Abbott Laboratories for human leukocyte antigens (HLS) tissue typing tests. January 12, 2004
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