WRAL Tech Wire

 LVL7 Deal Brings NC Venture Total to $337.5 Million

Quiet week includes one deal. A slow month produces only four investments. So far, 46 companies have raised cash.

 LVL7 Deal Is Lone Highlight on Slow Venture Financing Front

But the word is out that another deal or two may close this week. So far this year Carolina and Georgia firms have raised some $775 million.

 Let's Make a Deal ... Please

Through three weeks of September, venture activity across the Southeast has ground to a halt, with just seven venture deals announced in the Carolinas and Georgia. Three last week raised just $8.5 million combined.

 NC Hits $325 Million In Venture Deals For the Year

The September blahs continue for the venture market in North Carolina, with just three deals so far this month, including two last week.

 Ziptronix Gets $3.5M To Help Its Pursuit of 3-D Chips

RTI spinoff is on cutting edge of chip packaging techniques. Comapny seeks additional $8.5 million, is lining up customers.

 RTI Acquiring Cary Environmental Research Operation

 Breaking With Precedent: RTI Pulls Off Its First Acquisition in Its 43-Year History

Research organization buys Massachusetts-based Health Economics Research for an undisclosed sum to increase its database capabilities. And more growth is planned.