American River Ventures Articles
7/23/09   Venture Capital: Getting Past the 'Winning Company' Approach 7/7/09   For America, Energy Efficiency Equals Jobs 5/1/09   ARV and SynapSense Highlighted in Feature Story on UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center 4/21/09   Remarks of the Honorable Doris O. Matsui at the Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing: “The American Clean Energy and Security Act”. 12/14/08   Best uses for U.S. energy investment 12/5/08   The next big thing? Five companies to watch in 2009 9/26/08   Sacramento Region Displays Leading Clean Tech Ventures
Portfolio Company Articles
10/13/09   Clairvoyante's Technology Anticipated Regulatory Pressures 3/25/08   Samsung Electronics Acquires Clairvoyante's IP Assets
10/18/09   HID Labs is Trying to Bring an Ancient Lighting Technology up to Date 8/11/09   HID Labs Teams with Green Energy USA to Bring Smart Lighting Technology to California’s Central Valley 6/16/09   HID Labs Digital Lighting Solution Highlighted 6/16/09   HID Labs Announces Industry's First High-Efficiency Smart Lighting Platform 8/25/08   HID Labs and the Modern Dimmer Switch 8/22/08   Digital Light Company Draws in VC Funding
12/3/08   IMI Announces Breakthrough "SUMMIT" Technology for Silicon Nitride LPCVD Applications 3/10/08   Stake in Firm in American River Ventures' Portfolio Bought for $8M
4/22/08   Rockwell Automation To Acquire Incuity Software
4/16/09   IntelliDOT's CEO James Sweeney Discusses a Fantastic Voyage 4/3/09   James M. Sweeney named Chairman and CEO of IntelliDOT 3/16/09   IntelliDOT System Demonstrated on The Oprah Winfrey Show! 2/5/09   IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration™ Goes Live at 55th Hospital 1/21/09   IntelliDOT Announces Fast, Cost-Effective Solution to Comply with New NDC Rule for CMS Outpatient Claims 10/27/08   New Studies Show 100 Percent Reductions in Serious Five Rights-Related Errors Using Barcode Point-of-Care System for Medication Administration 9/25/08   Qualcomm Recognizes Hometown Innovators 5/28/08   IntelliDOT® and Cisco Collaboration Delivers Wireless Innovation
7/10/09   PlanarMag Attracts $3.5 million in Second-round Financing 2/15/08   American River Ventures Invests in PlanarMag
12/12/07   Call Genie Announces Agreement to Acquire PhoneSpots, Inc.
8/13/07   Novell Expands Security Capabilities with Acquisition of Senforce Technologies
9/21/09   SpectraSensors Receives 2009 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year 8/17/09   SpectraSensors Ranked for the Second Year in a Row on Inc. Magazine's List of the Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies 5/18/09   SpectraSensors Secures $6M in New Funding 1/1/09   SpectraSensors Launched from NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory 7/9/07   SpectraSensors Announces Completion of $14 Million C-Round Investment
12/16/09   CalPERs Board Recognizes American River Ventures & SynapSense 11/4/09   SynapSense - Key Component in HP's Data Center Smart Grid Initiative 10/23/09   Early Adopters of SynapSense Energy-Efficiency Measures Starting to See Financial Payoff 9/12/09   SynapSense Named to Global 100 Clean Tech List 6/17/09   Fifty Tech Startups You Should Know 6/10/09   HP to Resell SynapSense Wireless Sensors as HP Environmental Edge 3/9/09   SynapSense Receives $7 Million in New Investments to Expand Leadership in Wireless Data Center Energy Initiatives 1/28/09   IBM Rides Third Wave of Cleantech 11/21/08   Energy Department honors SynapSense 10/18/07   SynapSense Closes Series B Funding with Sequoia Capital Investment 9/10/07   SynapSense Secures $10 Million Series B Investment to Expand Data Center Wireless Instrumentation Solutions 5/24/06   American River Ventures Leads Series A Investment in SynapSense
9/8/09   Former Nokia Senior Executive Joins WiSpry’s Board of Directors 6/2/09   WiSpry Closes Additional Series C Financing 4/7/09   Programmable RF Chip Pioneer, WiSpry Secures $10-Million Series C Financing 10/20/08   WiSpry Ships First Products to Top Handset Manufacturer 5/6/08   WiSpry Awarded "Product of the Year in Semiconductors" by the AEA 3/10/08   WiSpry Closes Additional Series B Financing 10/17/06   Irvine-based WiSpry, Inc., Secures $13.5-million Series B Financing