Venture capital roundup

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Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:10pm EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Venture Capital Journal) - A weekly roundup of venture capital deals at various stages.

CLEANTECH

Oasys Water Inc. Cambridge, Mass.

www.oasyswater.com

Amount/Round: $10M/A

Investors: Flagship Ventures (co-led), Advanced Technology Ventures (co-led), Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Details: Develops desalination and water treatment technology. The company was formed via a previous seed investment from GreatPoint Ventures. Jim Matheson, general partner at Flagship Ventures, and Bill Wiberg, a general partner at ATV, have joined the board.

OPX Biotechnologies Inc. Boulder, Colo.

www.opxbiotechnologies.com

Amount/Round: $12.1M/C

Investors: Braemar Energy Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, X/Seed Capital.

Details: Develops technologies to produce biofuels and bio-refined chemicals. The funding is the first close of a $17.5M third round of VC funding, according to a regulatory filing. The company had previously raised about $5M in funding.

CONSUMER INTERNET

CampusExplorer.com Santa Monica, Calif.

www.campusexplorer.com

Amount/Round: $1.25M/A

Investors: OCA Ventures (led), Origin Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners. Details: Operates a search portal of colleges and universities.

SECURITY

Dasient Inc. San Jose, Calif.

www.dasient.com

Amount/Round: $2M/A

Investors: Maples Investments. Details: Develops Internet security solutions. The company was founded by former Google executive Neil Daswani.

SOFTWARE

StarWind Software Inc. Burlington, Mass.

www.starwindsoftware.com

Amount/Round: NA/A

Investors: ABRT Venture Fund. Details: Develops storage virtualization software. No financial terms were disclosed for the funding, which enabled the company to spin out from Rocket Division Inc.

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