Groove Biopharma (Seattle, WA) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on microRNA therapeutics for cancer, fibrosis and infectious disease, closed a $6M Series B financing. Participants include Amgen Ventures, Versant Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, ARCH Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and WRF Capital.

NanoString Technologies (Seattle, WA) a commercial-stage cell assay device company focused on direct digital detection for gene expression analysis, closed $20M Series D financing. Participants include General Electric, BioMed Ventures, Clarus Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and OVP Venture Partners.

RF Surgical Systems (Bellevue, WA) a commercial-stage medical device company focused on the prevention and detection of retained surgical items, closed a $12M Series B financing. Participants include Split Rock Partners and Menlo Ventures.

Theraclone Sciences (Seattle, WA) a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on monoclonal antibodies for infectious disease and inflammation, closed a $10.6M Series B, bringing the total round to $41M. Participants include Arch Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, MPM Capital, Healthcare Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Amgen Ventures and Zenyaku Kogyo.

Adaptive TCR (Seattle, WA) a commercial-stage provider of online solutions for large scale immune system profiling, closed a $5.8M Series B financing, bringing the total round to $10.3M. Participants were not identified.
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Stratos Genomics (Seattle, WA) a development-stage device company focused on a ultra-low-cost nucleic acid sequencing method for whole genome analysis and molecular diagnostics, closed a $2.1M Series A financing, bringing the total round to $6.1M. Participants have included Fisk Ventures.
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Resolve Therapeutics (Seattle, WA) a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical focused on the treatment of lupus,closed a $2M Series A financing. Participants include New Science Ventures and Easton Capital.

Oncofactor (Seattle, WA) a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, closed a $2.1M Series A financing. Participants include Accelerator, OVP Venture Partners, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Amgen Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners and WRF Capital.

Mirador Biomedical (Seattle, WA) a development-stage medical device company focused on single use pressure transducers for use with central venous catheters, closed a $1.5M Series B financing. Participants include WRF Capital and Summit Capital.

PhysioSonics (Seattle, WA) a development-stage device company focused on ultrasound imaging to monitor blood flow in the brain, closed a $3.6M Series B financing. Participants include Medtronic.

Acylin Therapeutics (Seattle, WA) a development-stage biopharma company focused on inhibiting histone acetyltransferase in cancer, metabolic disease, and neurodegeneration indications, closed a $4.4M Series F financing. Participants include Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Amgen Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners, PPD and Washington Research Foundation Capital.

Immune Design (Seattle, WA) a development-stage therapeutic vaccine company focused on oncology and infectious disease, closed a $32M Series B financing. Participants include ProQuest Investments, Column Group, Versant Ventures and Alta Partners.

EndoGastric Solutions (Redmond, WA) a commercial-stage medical device company focused on endoluminal procedures for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal diseases, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other GI disorders, closed a $30M Series F financing. Participants have included Canaan Partners, Radius Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures, Chicago Growth Partners, DeNovo Ventures, Foundation Medical Partners, MPM Capitaland [...]