The latest news from American River Ventures and its portfolio companies:
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| HID Labs Announces Industry's First High-Efficiency Smart Lighting Platform |
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| June 16, 2009 |
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| HID Laboratories, a provider of intelligent high-intensity lighting solutions, today unveiled the lighting industry's first high-efficiency, high-performance smart lighting and control platform. The company's new SmartPod™ Luminaire enables HID lighting solutions that are up to 60 percent more efficient, deliver superior lumen performance, and eliminate the need for building owners and lighting engineers to replace or rewire existing installations. |  |
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| HP to Use SynapSense Technology in Web 2.0, Cloud and High Performance Computing |
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| June 10, 2009 |
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| ...HP Data Center Environmental Edge uses a system of wireless sensors placed throughout a data center to monitor a variety of variables, such as temperature, humidity, air pressure and power utilization. The system provides real-time visualization of environmental variables so administrators can perform root cause analysis to eliminate excess operational costs. |  |
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| WiSpry Closes Additional Series C Financing |
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| June 2, 2009 |
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| WiSpry, Inc., the leader in programmable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor
products for the wireless industry, today announced the closing of an additional $10 million of Series C financing, bringing the total of the Series C round to $20 million. |  |
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| SpectraSensors Secures $6M in New Funding |
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| May 18, 2009 |
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| SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading supplier of optical sensors for industrial and environmental gas sensing applications, announced the company has raised in excess of $6M in new financing from both its current investors as well as new investors. |  |
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| IntelliDOT System Demonstrated on The Oprah Winfrey Show! |
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| March 16, 2009 |
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| Dr. Oz says many factors contribute to medical mistakes. First, he says doctors shouldn't be using pens and pencils—19th-century tools—in a 21st-century world. "Computerized order entry and, more importantly, these bar coding systems that Dennis is talking about have dramatically changed the way practice is conducted in hospitals," Dr. Oz says. |  |
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