Argonaut Ventures

Argonaut Ventures LLC, founded in 2006 and located in Sausalito, California, focuses on providing strategic consulting, funding, and business development services, along with design and technical expertise, primarily for online health and medical companies. The firm has a history of developing successful internet businesses, having established several online health communities, including Alzheimers.com, Depression.com, Diabetes.com, and Obesity.com. Argonaut Ventures also owns a portfolio of domain names and collaborates with other entities to enhance their domain portfolios. With deep connections to Silicon Valley, the firm aims to identify and build technologies that facilitate connections among consumers, businesses, and medical professionals.

Peter Goggin

Partner

10 past transactions

OmniGuide

Series F in 2013
OmniGuide is a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing minimally invasive surgical tools that utilize CO2 laser technology. Their flagship product, the OmniGuide Beampath CO2 laser energy system, offers a compact solution for precise cutting, ablation, and coagulation, while minimizing thermal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. This versatile system is designed to enhance surgical outcomes by providing high-quality optical scalpels that improve clinical value and expand the possibilities of minimally invasive procedures. The company is dedicated to advancing patient care by delivering indication-specific surgical instruments and exceptional customer service, ultimately aiming to improve patients' quality of life. OmniGuide's products are cleared for sale in the United States and carry CE marking, reflecting their compliance with safety and efficacy standards.

TeraDiode

Series B in 2011
TeraDiode, Inc. specializes in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of direct-diode laser systems. The company's products are utilized in various applications, including materials processing, gauge thickness metal cutting, and both penetration and remote welding. Additionally, TeraDiode's technology serves defense sectors, providing solutions for infrared countermeasures, target designators, and directed energy weapons. The direct-diode lasers produced by TeraDiode are known for their high spectral and spatial brightness, making them effective for pumping fiber lasers and other solid-state laser systems. Founded in 2008, TeraDiode is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, and operates as a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation.

Solyndra

Private Equity Round in 2010
Solyndra is a manufacturer of cylindrical panels utilizing CIGS thin-film solar cell technology, located in Fremont, California. Established in 2005, the company focuses on designing and producing photovoltaic systems that include both panels and mounting hardware specifically for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra employs high-volume manufacturing techniques to address the needs of the global solar industry. Its proprietary cylindrical modules are engineered to achieve low installation costs while maximizing solar energy output, particularly on low-slope commercial rooftops. The company operates a fully-automated manufacturing facility spanning 300,000 square feet, underscoring its commitment to efficiency and innovation in solar technology.

Actelis Networks

Venture Round in 2009
Actelis Networks is the leading provider of high performance, scalable broadband over copper solutions to Telco, Mobile, and IoT networks. Actelis turns copper into a strategic asset that enables delivering reliable, high-speed Ethernet services and broadband access to more places and devices more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively than can be done by using fiber optics or microwave. The company was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fremont, California.

CorAssist

Venture Round in 2009
CorAssist Cardiovascular Ltd. is a clinical stage medical device company based in Haifa, Israel, focused on developing innovative solutions for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and diastolic dysfunction. The company's primary products include CORolla, an elastic self-expanding device designed to be implanted within the left ventricle using minimally invasive techniques. This device enhances diastolic function by improving filling performance without the need for an external power source. Another product, ImCardia, also an elastic self-expanding device, is designed to be attached to the external surface of the left ventricle through a straightforward off-pump procedure. Founded in 2003, CorAssist aims to advance therapeutic options for patients suffering from heart-related conditions.

Solyndra

Series E in 2008
Solyndra is a manufacturer of cylindrical panels utilizing CIGS thin-film solar cell technology, located in Fremont, California. Established in 2005, the company focuses on designing and producing photovoltaic systems that include both panels and mounting hardware specifically for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra employs high-volume manufacturing techniques to address the needs of the global solar industry. Its proprietary cylindrical modules are engineered to achieve low installation costs while maximizing solar energy output, particularly on low-slope commercial rooftops. The company operates a fully-automated manufacturing facility spanning 300,000 square feet, underscoring its commitment to efficiency and innovation in solar technology.

OmniGuide

Series E in 2008
OmniGuide is a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing minimally invasive surgical tools that utilize CO2 laser technology. Their flagship product, the OmniGuide Beampath CO2 laser energy system, offers a compact solution for precise cutting, ablation, and coagulation, while minimizing thermal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. This versatile system is designed to enhance surgical outcomes by providing high-quality optical scalpels that improve clinical value and expand the possibilities of minimally invasive procedures. The company is dedicated to advancing patient care by delivering indication-specific surgical instruments and exceptional customer service, ultimately aiming to improve patients' quality of life. OmniGuide's products are cleared for sale in the United States and carry CE marking, reflecting their compliance with safety and efficacy standards.

Eglue Business Technologies

Venture Round in 2008
eglue is a software company founded in 2001 that provides real-time customer interaction management solutions. The company seeks to make it possible for companies to cut through complexity, manage unpredictability, categorize information and win customer loyalty.

MedNews.com

Venture Round in 2007
MedNews.com provides the latest health and medical news, categorized by disease and conditions. Since 1995, NetMed has provided health and medical information online and has published dozens of disease-specific websites such as Diabetes.com, Alzheimers.com, Depression.com, Obesity.com, and others. MedNews.com does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Amimon

Series C in 2007
Amimon is a fabless semiconductor company developing wireless uncompressed HD video connectivity among CE devices. Its uncompressed Wireless High-definition Interface allows flat-panel televisions and multimedia projectors to wirelessly interface to all HDTV video sources at a quality equivalent to that achieved with wired interfaces such as component video, DVI and HDMI. It was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv.
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