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3466 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
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Keiretsu Forum

Keiretsu Forum is an investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities.

They are a worldwide network of capital, resources and deal flow with chapters in Northern California (San Francisco, East Bay, Silicon Valley, and North Bay), Southern California (Westlake Village, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County), Seattle/Northwest (Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, Portland, and Boise), Denver/Rockies, Beijing, China; Barcelona, Spain; London, England, and Paris, France.

“Keiretsu” definition Keiretsu is a Japanese term describing a group of affiliated corporations with broad power and reach. Keiretsu Forum is described as a conglomeration of individuals or small companies that are organized around private equity funding for mutual benefit. Keiretsu Forum believes that through a holistic approach that includes interlocking relationships with partners and key resources, they can offer an association that produces the highest quality deal-flow and investment opportunities.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Savara Pharmaceuticals 3/13Series B$7.4M4
Teambox 5/12Angel$1.5M5
Cadence Biomedical 4/12Series A$1.1M5
Cadence Biomedical 1/12Venture Round$750k4
Hive Media 8/11Series A$1.5M3
Glue Networks 3/11Series A$4.5M6
Blue Buzz Network 7/10Venture Round$1.31M4
Enroute Systems 11/09Series A$810k4
Vapore 9/09Series A$2.5M3
Healionics 12/08Series B$2.6M5
MindFuse 10/08Debt$1M1
Windspire Energy (fka Mariah Power) 2/08Angel$750k2
Cogent Communications Group 2/08Seed$510k1
Earth Class Mail 1/08Series A$5.9M2
LesConcierges 11/07Series C$2.4M1
Verican 11/07Series A$350k1
Earth Class Mail 9/07Series A$7.4M3
PakSense 7/07Series A$4.16M1
Animated Speech 1/07Series C$250k3
AnimatedSpeech 1/07Angel$250k3
QBInternational 11/06Series A$820k1
Carbonite 3/06Series A$2.5M3
Telltale Games 2/06Seed$1.4M1
Digital Map Products 3/05Series C$1.4M1

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  1. Savara Pharmaceuticals Closes $7.4M Second Tranche of Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
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  3. Cadence Biomedical Closes $1.1M Series A2 Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  4. Cadence Biomedical Raises $750K in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. Hive Media Raises $1.5M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  6. Glue Networks Secures $4.5 Million in Series A Financing (tmcnet.com) [edit]
  7. EDGAR [edit]
  8. Enroute Closes Series A, Looks for More as It Expands and Aims for Profitability (xconomy.com) [edit]
  9. Vapore adds $500K to venture round for medical vaporizing device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  10. Healionics Corporation Raises $2.6 Million from Angels (biospace.com) [edit]
  11. MMOG Developer MindFuse Secures $1 Million In Debt; Plans To Raise Venture Capital By Next Month (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  12. Small Wind, Big Market: 4 Wee Wind Startups (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  13. Cogent Wireless Solutions raises $510,000 for mobile coverage (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  14. Earth Class raises $13.3 million (blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
  15. LesConcierges raises $2.4M for concierge service (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  16. venturebeat.com [edit]
  17. pehub.com [edit]
  18. Keiretsu Forum Portfolio Company, PakSense, Raises $4.16 MM in Angel Funding (newsblaze.com) [edit]
  19. Animated Speech receives a $.25 million investment (dealipedia.com) [edit]
  20. Animated Speech raises $250,000 for language software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  21. EDGAR [edit]
  22. 3i.com [edit]
  23. Telltale increases total funding to $1.4 million (telltalegames.com) [edit]
  24. Digital Map Products Secures $1.4 Million in Series C Financing Led by Keiretsu Forum's Southern California Chapters (businesswire.com) [edit]
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