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11-10 :: October 2011
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Companies Facts
shown that the Ziptronix ZiBond™ direct bonding process contributes minimum distortion in backside illuminated (BSI) image sensors.
ygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO), a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments and
high precision optical systems, announced that its Optical Systems Division has been awarded a $4 million order from a major medical device manufac- turer to produce high precision assemblies used in an ophthalmic medical device.
Zygo will produce the devices at its Electro-Optics Group based in Tucson, Arizona, which specializes in metrology-based manufacturing and precision active assembly of optical systems for the life sciences, semiconductor and defense markets.
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Venture Capital Investments Rise 19%
Venture capitalists invested $7.5 billion in 966 deals in the second quarter of 2011, according to the Money- Tree™ Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters. Quarterly venture capital (VC) investment activity increased 19% in terms of both dollars and the number of deals compared to the first quarter of 2011 when $6.3 billion was invested in 814 deals.
The Life Sciences sector (biotechnology and medical device industries combined) saw an increase in VC dol- lars invested during the second quarter, rising 37% in dollars and 12% in deal volume from the prior quarter to $2.1 billion going into 206 deals. Investments in Internet-specific companies also rose considerably to the highest quarterly level since 2001.
The Software industry received the highest level of funding for all industries with $1.5 billion invested during the second quarter of 2011. The Clean Tech- nology sector saw a 23% decrease in dollars to $942 million in Q2 from the first quarter when $1.2 billion was invested.
Seed and Early stage investments rose 24 percent over the prior quarter in both dollars and deals with $2.4 billion going into 464 deals in the second quarter. Expansion stage dollars increased 9 percent in the second quarter, with $2.3 billion going into 260 deals.
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