About ARCH Venture Partners - venture capital investing results

ARCH Venture Partners is a premier provider of seed and early stage venture capital for technology firms. Over the last decade, ARCH has co-founded or led the seed round for more than 120 new ventures. We're proud of the exceptional results our portfolio companies have achieved as they've matured to financial liquidity—either through a public offering or private sale.

ARCH's "concept to commerce" approach gives us special expertise in co-founding and building technology firms—from startup through financial liquidity utilizing the following core strategies:

Seed and early stage, founding role, lead position

Locate in underserved geographic regions, focus on public research and development in universities

Maintain substantial investment position to liquidity

Rely on more than 20 years of professional relationship among partners

IPOs or private sales of ARCH portfolio companies:

Adolor Corporation
Exton, PA
Analgesic pharmaceuticals

IPO, November 13, 2000
NASDAQ: ADLR

ALIS Corporation
Peabody, MA
High resolution microscopy technology enabling the brightest beam available.

Acquired by Carl Zeiss SMT
July 2006

Alnylam Holdings, Inc.
Concord, MA
RNA interference-based pharmaceuticals

IPO, May 28, 2004
NASDAQ: ALNY

Apropos Technology, Inc.
Oak Brook Terrace, IL
Computer telephony software for call center management

IPO, February 17, 2000
NASDAQ: APRS
Acquired by Syntellect, Inc.
November 2005
TSX: ESL

Array BioPharma, Inc.
Boulder, CO
Chemical intermediate sales and chemical outsourcing

IPO, November 17, 2000
NASDAQ: ARRY

Aviron, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
Live attenuated vaccines

IPO, November 5, 1996
NASDAQ: AVIR
Acquired by MedImmune, Inc.
NASDAQ: MEDI
January 2002

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
Microfluidics ("lab on a chip") for research instrumentation and drug screening

IPO, December 15, 1999
NASDAQ: CALP

Caliper Technologies Corporation - physical sciences, life sciences

Callisto Software, Inc.
Wheaton, IL
Systems management software for mobile computing

Acquired by Novell, Inc.
November 2001
NASDAQ: NOVL

CelebrateExpress.com
Kirkland, WA
The web's largest party supply company with over 500,000 customers

IPO, October 20, 2004
NASDAQ: BDAY

CelebrateExpress.com - Internet infrastructure venture capital

Classmates Online
Renton, WA
Largest directory of contact information for high school and other alumni groups

Acquired by United Online
October 2004
NASDAQ: UNTD

deCode Genetics, Inc.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Genomics information derived from the population of Iceland

IPO, July 17, 2000
NASDAQ: DCGN

Eichrom Technologies, Inc.
Darien, IL
Paris, France
Separation and polymer chemistry

Acquired by Gary Comer, Inc.
June 1998

ePolicy Solutions, Inc.
Torrance, CA
Online services and automated business processes for the insurance industry

Acquired by ChoicePoint
July 2006
NYSE: CPS

Everyday Learning Corporation
Chicago, IL
A Tribune Education Company
Leading publisher of quality curricula for K-12

Acquired by Tribune Company
August 1995
NASDAQ: TRIB

Genomica Corporation
Boulder, CO
Bioinformatics software

IPO, September 29, 2000
NASDAQ: GNOM
Acquired by Exelixis, Inc.
January 2002
NASDAQ: EXEL

GenVec, Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD
Gene therapy for cardiovascular disease and cancer

IPO, December 11, 2000
NASDAQ: GNVC

Gino Borland, Inc.
Boston, MA
Software for marketing automation and enterprise-wide customer management

Acquired by Xchange, Inc.
July 1999
NASDAQ: EXAP

IDUN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
LaJolla, CA
Discovery of small molecule drugs that interfere with the programmed cell death processes for the treatment of hyperproliferative and degenerative diseases

Acquired by Pfizer
February 2005
NYSE: PFE

ISCO International, Inc.
Mt. Prospect, IL
High performance filter technology for wireless communications

IPO, October 26, 1993
AMSE: ISC

Illumina, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Fiber optic arrays for use in genomics and proteomics

IPO, July 27, 2000
NASDAQ: ILMN

ImproveNet, Inc.
Redwood City, CA
The leading Internet site on home improvement, linking homeowners with contractors, architects, and designers

IPO, March 16, 2000
OTCBB: IMPV

ImproveNet, Inc. - Internet and e-commerce venture capital

Intelligent Reasoning Systems, Inc.
Austin, TX
Automated optical inspections systems for printed circuit board and IC packages

Acquired by Photon Dynamics, Inc.
July 2001
NASDAQ: PHTN

Internet Dynamics, Inc.
Westlake Village, CA
Network security products for intranets
and VPNs

Acquired by
Red Creek Communications Inc.
October 2000

MicroOptical Devices, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
Semiconductor surface emitting lasers

Acquired by EMCORE Corporation
December 1997
NASDAQ: EMKR

Nanophase Technologies Corporation
Burr Ridge, IL
Ultrafine ceramic materials

IPO, November 26, 1997
NASDAQ: NANX

NearMe, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Web and wireless location-based services provider

Acquired by Mforma
June 2001

NetBot, Inc.
Seattle, WA
First intelligent agent for online shopping

Acquired by Excite@Home, Inc.

NeurogesX, Inc.
San Carlos, CA
Pharmaceuticals for intractable pain relief

IPO, May 2, 2007
NASDAQ: NGSX

New Era of Networks, Inc.
Englewood, CO
Client/server middleware

IPO, June 18, 1997
NASDAQ: NEON
Acquired by Sybase, Inc.
April 2001
NYSE: SY

NexCura, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Provider of online decision support services for patient communities

Acquired by The Thomson Corp.
November 2005
NYSE: TOC

NiOptics Corporation
St. Paul, MN
Light transmission components for back-lit display products

Acquired by 3M
October 1995
NASDAQ: MMM

Nura, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and behavioral disorders

Acquired by Omeros Corp.
September 2006

ProjectGuides, Inc.
Mercer Island, WA
An up-to-the minute source for project leads for technical services firms

Acquired by Onvia, Inc.
June 2001
NASDAQ: ONVI

Real World Technology Corporation
Mount Prospect, IL
Manufacturing execution software

Acquired by Divine, Inc.

R2 Technology, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
Mammography "image checker" for assisting in the detection of breast cancer

Acquired by Hologic, Inc.
July 2006
NASDAQ: HOLX

Teach.com
Elk Grove Village, IL
Multi-media training products

Acquired by Intellinex, Inc.
November 2000

Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Small molecule therapies to combat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

IPO, October 18, 2006
NASDAQ: TRBN

Viathan Corporation
Seattle, WA
Next-generation storage infrastructure software

Acquired by Dantz Development Corp.
Acquired by EMC Corp.
October 2004

Viathan Corporation - Internet and e-commerce venture capital

Xcyte Therapies, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Immune therapy for cancer

IPO, March 16, 2004
NASDAQ: XCYT
Merged with Cyclacel Group plc
December 2005
NASDAQ: CYCC


XenoPort, Inc. Palo Alto, CA Enhanced drug delivery IPO, June 2, 2005 NASDAQ: XNPT

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