HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals (San Diego,CA) a clinical-stage small molecule company focused on hemoglobin disorders such as sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia closed a $13M Series B financing, bringing the total round to $25M. Participants include Aberdare Ventures, De Novo Ventures, Forward Ventures and Lilly Ventures. Note: Closing out 1Q deals. Thanx for your patience as [...]

Jiff (Palo Alto, CA) a commercial-stage health IT company focused on a HIPAA-compliant private healthcare social network and digital health application platform, closed a $7.5M Series A financing. Participants include Aeris Capital and Aberdare Ventures.

MC10 (Cambridge, MA) a development-stage medical device company focused on flexible, portable electronic medical devices for diagnosing, monitoring body functions and performance via parameters such as the heart (ECG), brain (EEG), muscle (EMG), body temp and hydration, closed a $2M Series B financing, bringing the total round to $17.1M. Participants include Aberdare Ventures.

NxThera (St. Paul, MN) a development-stage medical device company focused on vapor ablation therapy for the treatment of endourology conditions, closed a $9M Series B financing, bringing the round total to $21.6M. Participants include American Medical Systems, Arboretum Ventures, Aberdare Ventures, GDN Holdings, Mitsui & Co., Premier Asia Capital, Alafi Capital and Prolog Ventures.

Aviir (Irvine, CA) a commercial-stage diagnostic company focused on pharmacogenomic and genetic tests for risk assessment and therapeutic monitoring of cardiovascular disease and related metabolic disorders, closed a $10M Series E financing. Participants include Merck Global Health Innovation, Bay City Capital, Aberdare Ventures and New Leaf Venture Partners.

Nevro (Menlo Park, CA) a clinical-stage medical device company focused on neuromodulation for the relief of chronic pain, closed a $58M Series B financing. Participants include Johnson & Johnson Development Corp, Aberdare Ventures, Accuitive Medical Ventures, Bay City Capital, MPM Capital and Three Arch Partners.

Conatus Pharmaceuticals (San Diego, CA) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on hepatic disease and oncology, closed a $20M Series B financing. Participants include AgeChem Venture Fund, Aberdare Ventures, Advent Venture Partners, Bay City Capital, Gilde Healthcare Partners and Roche Venture Fund.

VertiFlex (San Clamente, CA) a clinical-stage medical device company focused on percutaneous and motion preserving spinal surgery technologies, closed a $14M Series E financing. Participants include New Enterprise Associates, Aberdare Ventures, Alta Partners and Thomas, McNerney & Partners.

NxThera (St. Paul, MN) a development-stage medical device company focused on endourology conditions, closed a $12.6M million in Series B financing. Participants include American Medical Systems, Arboretum Ventures, Aberdare Ventures and GDN Holdings.

HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals (Newton, MA) a clinical-stage small molecule company focused on hemoglobin disorders such as sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, and viral-associated disease such as HPV, EBV and HIV, closed a $12M Series B financing. Participants include Aberdare Ventures, De Novo Ventures, Forward Ventures and Lilly Ventures.