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Nuventix Secures $14 Million in C Series Funding
Energy Efficient Cooling Technology Attracts
New Investors
Austin, TX
July 16, 2008
Nuventix,
Inc., innovators of SynJet™ technology cooling solutions,
announced today the completion of a $14 million round of funding
led by Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV). New investor Braemar
Energy Ventures and existing investors CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest
Partners and RHO Ventures also participated in the round of financing.
The new funding will support rapid market adoption the company
has seen over the past year as SynJet technology becomes the preferred
solution for LED lighting, consumer electronics and computer chip
cooling.
The funding will be used to expand the company’s product
offering for new markets where harsh environment cooling would
benefit from
a new approach to thermal management such as telecommunications
and outdoor lighting. In addition, the company plans to expand
its product portfolio for industry standard LED lighting products.
“
In the LED industry, SynJet technology is allowing LED manufacturers
to offer brightness levels not thought possible for two more years,” said
Jim Balthazar, president and CEO, Nuventix. “With this funding,
Nuventix will bring similar cooling design innovation to other
markets.”
New investors include ATV, 29-year-old bi-coastal venture capital
firm with $1.6 billion in capital under management, and Braemar
Energy Ventures, venture capital specialist in the energy
sector. While ATV brings expertise from communications, infrastructure
and software and services, both venture firms focus on funding
clean
energy. SynJet technology is an energy efficient cooling solution
set to reduce energy consumption not just in lighting designs,
but also for data centers, an ever increasing drain on energy
supplies.
Estimates from 2007 put the energy consumption of the Internet
in the U.S. at 9.4% of total electricity use, and lighting
at
just
over 20%.
“
Demand for more reliable and efficient thermal solutions is high,
especially since solid state lighting designs will make such a huge
impact in energy consumption,” said Wes Raffel, General Partner
of ATV. “Nuventix is poised to revolutionize how product
manufacturers think about thermal management and we are excited
to be part of
that.”
About Nuventix
Nuventix is revolutionizing thermal management of consumer
electronics, LED lighting, medical, telecommunications,
automotive and other
electronics with patented, highly adaptable, quiet and reliable
cooling devices that efficiently – and directly – dissipate
heat from any surface. The patented SynJet technology enables
the most reliable and flexible air cooling solutions available
today.
The Austin, TX-based company is venture-backed and led by
an experienced team of senior executives with a breadth
of experience building
and leading thermal and startup companies to success. More
information can be found at www.nuventix.com.
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