Company	City	Industry	Deal Date	Money Raised (in millions)
Integro	New York, NY	Products & Services	4/22/2005	$320
Vonage	Edison, NJ	Products & Services	5/06/2005	$200
Webroot Software	Boulder, CO	Information Technology	2/07/2005	$108
FibroGen	South San Francisco, CA	Healthcare	1/31/2005	100
Entrisphere	Santa Clara, CA	Information Technology	4/19/05	$75
FleetCor Technologies	Norcross, GA	Products & Services	6/27/2005	$75
Perlegen Sciences	Mountain View, CA	Healthcare	2/28/2005	$74
Datran Media	New York, NY	Retail	3/31/2005	$60
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals	San Diego, CA	Healthcare	6/02/2005	$55
Caspian Networks	San Jose, CA	Information Technology	4/18/2005	$55

Source: Dow Jones VentureOne

Big Bets on Services

Who grabbed the most venture capital money so far this year? It wasn't a hot biotech property or a software innovator. Or even an up and coming dot-com. No, it was Integro, an ambitious young insurance company that raised $320 million in April and is trying to go head-to-head with the big boys Marsh, Aon, and Willis. Insurance isn't your typical venture capital bet. Integro was funded by three former executives of mega insurance company Marsh, and is designed to cater to the largest companies with the most complex risks. A more typical VC deal, was runner up Vonage, the VoIP company that has been taking in more and more cash to keep up with its marketing and heavy demand. It raised $200 million in May.

Posted: 10/3/05

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