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<table border="0" width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">With most people heading home for the Thanksgiving holiday, five companies reported raising $57 million to close out the short week. Among the thankful was Novasonics, a medical device company that develops hand-held ultrasound products that is expected to announce the closing of $21.5 million in Series C financing from investors including Merrill Lynch Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital, and Texas Instruments.<br><br>Ellie Mae also had reason to celebrate. The provider of Internet software and services for connectivity between mortgage originators and their business partners has closed $7.5 million in its Series F round of funding, VentureWire has learned, and looks to go public next year if the market is favorable. <br><br>VentureWire also learned that
WirelessCar, which provides telematics infrastructure services, is raising between $15 million and $20 million in its third round of financing that is targeted to close by the end of December. The company is in talks with SAIC, Vodafone, and an undisclosed third investor -- all new investors in the company.</font></td></tr></table>
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<table border="0" width="80%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><a name="vwNOLMJPQIJI"><b><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">Ultrasound Device Firm Novasonics Gets $21.5M Series C</font></b></a></td><td align="right">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://alert.venturewire.com/o_mailer.asp?sid=NOLMJPQIJI" target=NEW><img src="http://alert.venturewire.com/images/mail2.gif" border="0" height="10" width="15" alt="mail"></a>&nbsp; </td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. -- Novasonics, a medical device company that develops hand-held ultrasound products, is expected to announce the closing of $21.5 million in Series C financing.
 </font> [<a href="http://professional.venturewire.com/prostory.asp">more..</a>]<br>
<a href="http://www.novasonics.com" target="_new"><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">http://www.novasonics.com</font></a>
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<table border="0" width="80%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><a name="vwQJQMINQIJI"><b><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">WirelessCar Driving for $20M, Moving HQs to the U.S.</font></b></a></td><td align="right">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://alert.venturewire.com/o_mailer.asp?sid=QJQMINQIJI" target=NEW><img src="http://alert.venturewire.com/images/mail2.gif" border="0" height="10" width="15" alt="mail"></a>&nbsp; </td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">IRVINE, CALIF. -- WirelessCar, which provides telematics infrastructure services, is raising between $15 million and $20 million in its third round of financing that is targeted to close by the end of December, Neal Jagoda, recently appointed North American director of sales, told VentureWire. Mr. Jagoda also said the company will relocate its world headquarters from Gothenburg, Sweden to its North American headquarters at Irvine, Calif.
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<a href="http://www.wirelesscar.com" target="_new"><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">http://www.wirelesscar.com</font></a>
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<tr><td colspan=2><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">BELLEVUE, WASH. -- Performant, a provider of testing and performance software for mission critical application systems, said it received $7.3 million in its Series B round of funding.
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<table border="0" width="80%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><a name="vwILJNOLQIJI"><b><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">Public Insurance Firm Arch Capital Gets $763M PE Infusion</font></b></a></td><td align="right">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://alert.venturewire.com/o_mailer.asp?sid=ILJNOLQIJI" target=NEW><img src="http://alert.venturewire.com/images/mail2.gif" border="0" height="10" width="15" alt="mail"></a>&nbsp; </td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">NEW YORK -- Arch Capital Group, a publicly traded Bermuda-based insurance holding company, said it has closed $763 million in private equity funding.
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<br>The Year In Review
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<br>What really happened to Healthcare investing in 2001?
<br>Did the biotech miracle last?  Did select e-health areas
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<br>going and what are the trends for 2002? Healthcare is hot,
<br>but selectively, and we know where and why.  This year,
<br>Healthcare Outlook will feature a special presentation by
<br>Ken  Andersen, Editor of VentureWire.
<br>Ken will unveil the latest numbers across the healthcare
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<table border="0" width="80%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><a name="vwNQHLJMHJJI"><b><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">Wireless Software Firm 2Roam Looks to Sell IT Assets</font></b></a></td><td align="right">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://alert.venturewire.com/o_mailer.asp?sid=NQHLJMHJJI" target=NEW><img src="http://alert.venturewire.com/images/mail2.gif" border="0" height="10" width="15" alt="mail"></a>&nbsp; </td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. -- 2Roam, a provider of wireless application software and services, is looking for buyers for its technology assets, according to an investor.
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<a href="http://www.2roam.com" target="_new"><font face="verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica" size="2">http://www.2roam.com</font></a>
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