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Lumidigm Announces $7 Million Funding Round: Series C Funds to Support Customer-Centric Deployments of Multispectral Imaging Fin
Lumidigm Inc., the multispectral imaging biometrics company, today announced that it has completed a Series C $7 million funding round. "Lumidigm is grateful for the continued support of our investor group," said Bob Harbour, Lumidigm President and CEO. "We are delighted to bring Sun Mountain Capital in as a new investor of Lumidigm." Returning investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson New England, Epic Ventures (formerly Wasatch Venture Fund), Intel Capital, International Venture Fund, Motorola Ventures, New Mexico Co-Investment Partners managed by Fort Washington Capital, and Solstice Capital. Epic Ventures led the round.

Brickfish Secures $11.2 Million in Series A Financing: DCM Leads Round, Dixon Doll Joins Brickfish Board of Directors
Brickfish, The Digital Engagement Company, announced today that it closed $11.2 million in Series A financing led by DCM, and that Dixon Doll, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm's co-founder and general partner, will join the company's Board of Directors. Additional investors in the round include Draper Richards L.P., Draper Associates, Mangrove Capital, and OCA Ventures. The company will use the influx of capital to fund business growth and product development.

CREATHOR VENTURE Invests in the Social Shopping Platform stylefruits.de
Munich-based internet startup stylefruits.de, trendsetter in social shopping receives venture capital from CREATHOR VENTURE.

Seven Potomac Region Companies to Present at Southeast Venture Conference
Northern Virginia venture capital event plays host to 40 top technology firms from around the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions.