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Located
in San Leandro, California, Alpha Innotech
manufactures and markets digital imaging and detection systems for the Life Science research and Drug Discovery markets.
The Company combines instruments, reagents and bioinformatics software to offer integrated modular technology
platforms for functional genomics, proteomics and cell analysis markets. |
| Investor
Base: |
The company is listed on the NASDAQ: APNO |
| Deal: |
Agility syndicates a $1,500,000 subordinated
amortizing term loan. |
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Located
in San Jose, California, BioVed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
develops proprietary plant-based pharmaceuticals including
an oral formulation for the treatment of rheumatoid, osteo
and other forms of degenerative arthritis. |
| Investor
Base: |
Angel investors have funded the
company to date. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $500,000 asset-backed
working capital loan. |
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Located
in Milpitas, California, Blue Sky Research is a manufacturer
of fiber-coupled and free space, red, blue violet and infrared
laser systems, semiconductor lasers, laser diodes and OEM
laser components. |
| Investor
Base: |
The company has raised $33 million
in equity funding from both private and venture capital sources
worldwide. |
| Deal: |
Agility led a syndicate providing
a $1,100,000 Working Capital Line of Credit. |
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Located
in South San Francisco, California, Bravanta is the
nation's fastest growing Enterprise Incentive and Recognition
(EIR) infrastructure provider. Bravanta's innovative approach
and unrivaled technology infrastructure has generated considerable
success with industry leaders such as British Airways, Gateway,
Hewitt Associates, Intuit, Liberty Mutual, and Verizon Wireless.
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| Investor
Base: |
The Company was acquired in July,
2004 by Workstream, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTM). |
| Deal: |
Agility led a syndicate offering
a $1,000,000 Working Capital Line of Credit, and a $200,000
bridge loan. |
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Located in Santa Barbara, California,
CallWave is the nation's fastest growing local exchange
carrier providing services based entirely on next generation
software-based, switching technology. In June the Company
announced that its virtual phone lines are now installed in
over 7 million U.S. homes and small offices, doubling in the
last nine months. |
| Investor
Base: |
The company successfully executed
a public offering in September of 2004 (NASDAQ: CALL). |
| Deal: |
Agility led a syndicate offering
a $2,000,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Fremont, California,
Cardima, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDM.PK) engages in the design,
development, manufacture, and marketing of single-use microcatheter
systems for the mapping and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.
Its products are used for the diagnosis and treatment of the
two forms of arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia. Cardima offers products for electrophysiology
and cardiac surgery markets. |
| Investor
Base: |
Cardima was founded in 1992 through
an impressive investor base. The Company has raised over $117
million to date and holds 38 patents. This publically held
company trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol CRDM.PK. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $1,500,000
tiered bridge loan facility. |
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Located in Mesa, Arizona, Communication
Services, Inc. provides communications infrastructure
from the ground up for cellular, private radio, and other
wireless customers. Customers include Federal (General Dynamics
Decision Systems (GDDS) - Rescue 21 (United State Coast Guard
(USCG)), JPO / IWIN (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI))
and State agencies (Microwave Technology), and private and
commercial industry, working on projects throughout the United
States and foreign markets including, Russia and Costa Rica. |
| Investor
Base: |
This company has raised in excess
of $12 million from private investors. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $1,000,000
asset-based, working capital debt facility. |
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Located in Santa Barbara, California,
Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT) provides Surgical Systems
for minimally invasive surgical procedures. The Company has
over 1,500 robotic systems in use worldwide in over 900 hospitals,
which are used by over 3,000 surgeons. More than 300,000 surgical
procedures have been performed using their systems. |
| Investor
Base: |
This publicly held company was acquired by Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) in
March, 2003. |
| Deal: |
Agility led a syndicate offering
a $2,300,000 Asset-Based Loan. |
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Located in Los Angeles, California, DAX Solutions, Inc.
delivers targeted workflow applications to companies who produce, distribute and license
audio-visual content. The Company's products are used by 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney,
Lions Gate films and Showtime Networks to name a few. |
| Investor
Base: |
Investor Base: Tech Coast Angels |
| Deal: |
Deal: Formula based revolving line of
credit to provide growth capital. |
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Located in Carpinteria, California, Demarc Security delivers
Threat Protections Solutions for commercial, civilian government and military installations in more
than 25 countries worldwide. The Company's products secure networks, servers, desktops and wireless devices. |
| Investor
Base: |
Demarc was acquired by AppliedWatch, a privately held compnay in Chicago. |
| Deal: |
Formula based growth capital line of credit. |
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Based in DesMoines, Iowa GCommerce provides cost-effective, non-invasive software solutions designed to streamline and improve supply chain operations for manufacturers, distributors, buying groups, and retailers of goods and services. The company has focused on the automotive aftermarket as the first market for its web-based software platform. |
| Investor
Base: |
Private equity investors |
| Deal: |
Tranched Bridge Loan. |
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Based in Los Angeles, California GlobalTouch Telecom offers the industry’s only vertically integrated VoIP platform. The product thus comprises an all-inclusive,
private label (white label) offering for carriers, MSOs, Resellers, PTTs, ILECs, ISPs, CLECs and marketing companies. The ASP product enables low CAPEX/OPEX offerings for both enterprise and residential
deployments. |
| Investor
Base: |
Southern California-based private equity investors |
| Deal: |
Formula based growth capital line of credit. |
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Located in Raleigh, North Carolina,
Haht Commerce provides software applications that enable
e-commerce across a company's entire sales and marketing demand
chain in a real-time, secure environment. |
| Investor
Base: |
Company was acquired in 2004 by GXS, a privately held company located in Maryland. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $7,000,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Santa Barbara, California,
Iconix Video designs, manufactures and sells one of the world's smallest high definition (HD)
video cameras. These cameras offer remote a head point of view
system providing a high-performance, multi-format solution in an extremely small package. |
| Investor
Base: |
Cycad Group, DFJ Frontier, Rincon Venture Partners. |
| Deal: |
Agility provides a $500,000 working capital line of credit. |
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Located in San Francisco, California,
Isolation Networks, dba INgrooves, is a digital media distribution and publishing
company providing distribution and marketing services to independent music performers.
INgrooves' client list includes: Tila Tequila, Thievery Corporation (ESL Music), Too $hort,
Lady Sovereign (Chocolate Industries) and Tracy Lawrence. |
| Investor
Base: |
Institutional and Individual Investors |
| Deal: |
Agility participates in a syndicate
offering the company a line of credit. |
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Located in Redwood City, California,
iPass is a provider of carrier-grade remote access
services and provides access to over 12,000 unique points
of presence in 150 countries through its client software. |
| Investor
Base: |
iPass (NASDAQ: IPAS) went public
in July, 2003. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $10,000,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Vacaville, California,
Large Scale Biology Corporation (NASDAQ: LSBC) uses
its proprietary gene expression, molecular engineering and
bioprocessing technologies to develop and manufacture therapeutic
and industrial proteins, vaccines and diagnostic products
for effective characterization and treatment of disease. |
| Investor
Base: |
Founded in 1987 with private seed
capital. The Company completed an IPO in August 2000 raising
$90 million and has raised over $200 million in investment
capital to date. The Company trades on the NASDAQ under the
symbol LSBC. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $1,500,000
tiered bridge facility. |
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Located in San Jose, California,
Miasolé is a manufacturer of thin-film solar photovoltaic cells. The Miasolé technology revolutionizes
solar cell manufacturing by leveraging the Company's deep expertise in the manufacturing of computer hard drives and other computer peripherals.
The Company maintains a proprietary deposition process which creates a thin-film solar cell at lower cost, higher quality, greater efficiency, and
using far more environmentally friendly processes. |
| Investor
Base: |
Atel Ventures, Inc., Firelake
Capital, Garage Technology Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers and Vantagepoint Ventures. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $1,350,000
asset-based, non-revolving working capital debt facility. |
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Located in Carlsbad, California,
morefocus group builds and commercializes on-line consumer
relationships. The Company owns and controls one of the Internet’s
leading healthcare and lifestyle networks together with a
suite of proprietary applications. The Company’s assets are
applied to recruit and sample consumer panels, screen patients
for clinical trials, and generate very targeted leads for
major healthcare and consumer marketing corporations. |
| Investor
Base: |
Company was acquired by NameMedia, a privately
held company financed by Highland Capital and Summit Partners. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $500,000
growth capital loan to an upcoming equity round. |
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Located in Atlanta, Georgia,
Netschools has gained significant market share in the
education space with it's "1:1 e-Learning" concept.
The Company's concept is to put the classroom in the computer
instead of just simply putting computers in the classroom. |
| Investor
Base: |
APV Technology Partners, Vulcan
Ventures, Chase H&Q, Sturm Group and Wachovia Capital
Associates. The Company was acquired by Plato Learning in
May, 2002. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $4,120,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Chattsworth, California,
North American Scientific, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of brachytherapy seeds and implantable radioactive sources used for the treatment of prostate cancer, ocular melanoma and certain other diseases. Brachytherapy is a minimally invasive treatment that uses sealed, rice-sized radioactive seeds implanted directly in the prostate or other disease sites to deliver a prescribed, therapeutic dose of radiation lethal to cancerous tissue. |
| Investor
Base: |
Publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol NASI. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $1,000,000 Secured Subordinated Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Atlanta, Georgia,
Pathfire is the leading provider of digital media distribution
and management solutions to the television, media and entertainment industries. |
| Investor
Base: |
U.S. Venture Partners, Kinetic
Ventures, Alliance Technology Ventures, J.P. Morgan Capital,
Institutional Venture Partners and AT&T Ventures. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $7,500,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in San Diego, California,
PepperBall Technologies, Inc.develops, manufactures
and distributes non-lethal weapons as options for use whenever
the use of force is indicated. PTI has global distribution
and serves the Public Safety, Government, Private Security
and Consumer markets. |
| Investor
Base: |
Angel investors have funded the
company to date. |
| Deal: |
Agility provides a $750,000 growth
capital revolving line of credit. |
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Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
Primaxx is a manufacturer of integrated systems for
the deposition of thin films for the semiconductor industry.
The equipment and technology can be used to cost effectively
manufacture a wide range of products, including, smart cards,
flat panel displays, next generation hard drives, mobile phones,
digital cameras, PDAs, and GPS devices. |
| Investors
Base: |
Primaxx was acquired by Sumitomo Precision Products of Japan. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $1,000,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Santa Ana,
California, Raptor Networks Technology, Inc. provides the world’s first standards
based “distributed architecture” modular switching technologies applicable to emerging
latency-sensitive applications such as video, VOIP, high speed switching and the like.
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| Investor
Base: |
Publicly held (NASDAQ: RPTN.OB) |
| Deal: |
Agility participated in a $1,100,000 tiered bridge loan. |
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Located in San Diego,
California, St. Bernard Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBSW) is a global provider of security appliances and hosted solutions, including secure content management and archiving. The company’s award-winning products deliver innovative "Hybrid" security solutions that offer the best combination of ease-of-use (appliance-based), performance and value (SaaS). |
| Investor
Base: |
Publicly held (NASDAQ: SBSW). |
| Deal: |
Agility provides a $750,000 amortizing term loan. |
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Located in San Francisco,
California, SimplyShe, Inc. is a branded consumer products company providing fashion-based merchandise to the mass market. SimplyShe™ has multiple business units including: women’s apparel and accessories, children’s apparel and accessories, pet apparel and accessories, publishing and entertainment. The Company's brands include: SimplyShe™, SimplyWee™, SimplyDog™, Lulu Pink™, Max-A-Million™, Big Paws™ and SimplySingle™. |
| Investor
Base: |
Angel investors have funded the company to date. |
| Deal: |
Agility is providing a $600,000 subordinated working
capital term loan. |
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Located in Marina del Rey,
California, Storactive, Inc. has developed real-time, versioned
data protection technologies that achieve the backup and recovery
software ideal for both client PCs and enterprise servers.
Storactives powerful solutions use rapid, disk-based
architecture to deliver up-to-the moment Continuous Data Protection
(CDP), transparent operation and fast recovery. |
| Investor
Base: |
Company was acquired by Atempo. |
| Deal: |
Agility provided a $500,000 working
capital line of credit. |
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Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, ibahn
(formerly STSN) is a leading provider of high speed Internet access for
hotel guests. To date, the Company has raised over $170MM
in equity and debt financing. |
| Investor
Base: |
Siemens Project Ventures, On Command,
Marriott International, Intel Capital, Vantage Point Venture
Partners, APV Technology Partners, Equant and ThomVest Holdings. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $8,000,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Located in Santa Barbara, California,
Superconductor Technologies Inc. provides superconducting
products for wireless networks. The products increase capacity
utilization, lower dropped calls and extend coverage. The
Company has shipped over 4,000 systems worldwide to customers
which include Alltel, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless and
Sprint. |
| Investor
Base: |
Publicly held (NASDAQ: SCON). |
| Deal: |
Agility Provided a $2,000,000
secured subordinated debt facility. |
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Located in Pasadena, California,
Supply Edge, Inc. is the leading provider of Component Event Management
notification tools. The company maintains the largest database of product change
notifications which is managed, delivered and analyzed through software applications in
order to drive business process optimization and system integration for its clients. |
| Investor
Base: |
Asia Tech Ventures, California Technology Ventures,
Investment Group of Santa Barbara, and Lucent Ventures. |
| Deal: |
Agility Provides a $500,000
Receivables-based Working Capital Line of Credit. |
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Headquartered in San Luis Obispo,
California, Strasbaugh is a leading provider of precision
surfacing systems and solutions. For over 50 years, their
products and processes have been used throughout the world
in semiconductor fabs, optical labs, fiber optic facilities
and other precision manufacturing environments. |
| Investor
Base: |
LAM Research (NASDAQ: LRCX). |
| Deal: |
Agility provides a $1,650,000
secured subordinated debt facility. |
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Visto (www.visto.com):
Located in Mountain View, California, Visto is a leading provider
of managed mobile access software. The Company's software
currently supports 2.7 million users. The Company has raised
over $145 million in funding from over 13 institutional investors. |
| Investor
Base: |
Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity
Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Chase Capital Partners. |
| Deal: |
Agility was part of a syndicate
offering a $10,000,000 Bridge Loan. |
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Vweb:
Located in Cupertino, California, Vweb is a fabless semiconductor company focused on MPEG and
broadband video networking technologies for the consumer electronics market. Vweb technology enables
cost-effective distribution of video over a wide variety of networks. The integrated technology will help
enabling network equipment and service providers to deliver value-added services such as streaming
video with multicasting technology, video on demand and video conferencing.
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| Investor
Base: |
Institutional and individual investors. |
| Deal: |
Agility provides a $1,250,000 tiered bridge loan. |
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Headquartered in Oakland, California,
Zhone Technologies provides scalable next generation
network products supporting voice, data, video and entertainment
services. Their products are installed at over 250 carriers
and serve over 8 million subscribers worldwide. |
| Investor
Base: |
KKR, New Enterprise Associates,
CSFB and Texas Pacific Group. In November 2003, Zhone merged
with Tellium, Inc., and is now a public company (NASDAQ:ZHNE).
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| Deal: |
Agility acted as Collateral
Agent for a $30,000,000 Bridge Loan debt financing. |