San Diego-based aFraxis , a stealth-mode firm developing treatments for Fragile X Syndome and autism, has raised $750,000 in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. Details on the funding have not been announced, however, the company is venture backed by Avalon Ventures. Avalon's Jay Lichter is listed as the firm's CEO. ...Tags: Tags: afraxis venture capital biotech lifescience autism avalon venture

San Diego-based Chumby , a maker of a Internet-enabled information device, has raise $3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. The firm has previously raised funding from Avalon Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Masthead Venture Partners, and JK&B Capital. According to the filing, the funding came in the form of debt plus warrants; source of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>> ...Tags:

San Diego-based E-Band Communications , a developer of millimeter-wave wireless transmission systems, said Wednesday that the firm has raised a Series C financing round. According to E-Band, the round was led by Hercules Technology Growth Capital, and also included Avalon Ventures. Amount of the funding was not disclosed by the firm. E-Band

San Diego-based Zacharon Pharmaceutical said today that it has raised $3.5M According to the firm, the financing came from Avalon Ventures LLC. in a Series A financing for the firm's biopharmaceuticals technology. The firm also said it has received more than $2.2M in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants.

San Diego-based Chumby , a maker of Internet-connected clock radio devices, has raised another $1.0M Chumby has previously gained funding from Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. The filing indicates the funding is part of an ongoing, $5.0m

San Diego-based Awarepoint , a developer of real-time location systems for the healthcare market, reported Monday that former Motorola CEO and Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander has joined its board. Awarepoint is venture backed by Cardinal Partners, Venrock, and Avalon Ventures. Zander was most recently chairman and CEO of Motorola, and also served for many years as President and COO of Sun Microsystems. Awarepoint is developing RTLS systems based on the Zigbee wireless standard.

San Diego-based Awarepoint , a developer of real-time location systems for the healthcare and other industries, has appointed Dr. The firm is backed by Cardinal Partners, Venrock and Avalon Ventures. Dennis O'Leary as its Chief Strategy Officer. O'Learly was most recently President of The Joint Commission, and has previously served as Dean for Clinical Affairs at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

San Diego-based Interacasting Corporation , a provider of mobile social networking software, has been acquired by Good Technology, the firms said this morning. Intercasting was backed by Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead; its flagship software is ANTHEM, which connected mobile users to social networking sites like MySpace, and was sold by telecom carriers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Redwood City-based Good Technology, the acquisition will further expand its device portfolio and enhance the capabilities of its solutions.

San Diego-based Ambit Biosciences , a developer of small molecule profiling tools being used for biopharmaceuticals development, has raised $6.5M Ambit has raised over $105M in venture funding, from firms such as Apposite Capital, MedImmune, OrbiMed, Radius Ventures, NovaQuest, Horizon Technology Finance, Avalon Ventures, Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund, Forward Ventures, Roche Venture Fund, Lumira Capital, GIMV, Genechem Management, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. ...Tags: in an ongoing, debt round, according to a filing from the firm today. Details on the debt round

Irvine-based Broadcom and San Diego-based Chumby are working together to integrate Chumby's technology into set top boxes, the firms announced this morning. Chumby is venture backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. ...Tags: Chip maker Broadcom said that it is integrating Chumby's rich media Internet platform into a system-on-a-chip for digital television and set-top boxes. Chumby develops a Linux-based software set and hardware which allows users to pull Internet content--including news, weather, social