Tech Company Financing Transactions

Illumitex Funding Round

Apex Venture Partners, Mercury Fund and Morgan Creek Capital Management participated in a $9.3 million capital raise for Illumitex. The round was announced on 4/10/2012.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/10/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$9,300,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Apex Venture Partners (Armando Pauker)

Mercury Fund (Daniel Watkins)

Morgan Creek Capital Management (Gregory Bohlen)

Mousse Partners (Edward Zysik)

New Enterprise Associates (Forest Baskett)

Syngenta Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
The new round of funding will be used to develop Illumitex's lighting fixture product lines, as well as provide ongoing support to the company's development of proprietary precision beam packaged LEDs.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Electronics
Mailing Address
6301 East Stassney Ln. Building 6 400
Austin, TX 78744
USA
Email Address
Overview
Ilumitex manufacturers energy-efficient LED grow lights for greenhouses, hydroponics and research. Illumitex LED grow lights improve plant growth and save electricity
Profile
Illumitex LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Illumitex Company Twitter Account
Company News
Illumitex News
Facebook
Illumitex on Facebook
YouTube
Illumitex on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Bisberg
  Jeffrey Bisberg LinkedIn Profile  Jeffrey Bisberg Twitter Account  Jeffrey Bisberg News  Jeffrey Bisberg on Facebook
VP - Finance
Yvonne Reinke
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VP - Manufacturing
Ambrose Cappel
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VP - Marketing
Staci Young
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VP - Sales
John Spencer
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