in a piece last week).
The biggest deal to make the February under-the-radar list was $850,000 for XL Hybrids, in a deal that included a promissory note convertible into equity and security to be acquired through the exercise of options or warrants, according to a regulatory filing. We covered the news when it first broke for the Somerville, MA-based startup, which helps organizations maintain hybrid vehicle fleets.
We’ve typically seen Web, software, and energy startups on past lists of smaller deals, but the life sciences industry made a splash in the smaller pool last month, thanks to deals for HealthPrize, as well as laparoscopic instrument maker Cambridge Endoscopic Devices (which actually operates out of Framingham, MA) and Marlborough, MA-based Spectra Analysis, a supplier of molecular spectroscopy systems that caught our eye when it received loans last year from a Massachusetts initiative for investing in the life sciences industry.
Another February under-the-radar deal, a debt-based transaction worth $501,994, went to a company we’ve seen before, Dedham, MA’s Metatomix. Wade previously profiled how the company’s semantic Web technology, which tags raw data with detailed descriptions, or metadata, helps law enforcement electronically monitor the records of past offenders.
And personally, I’m excited about another Web startup on the list: Cambridge’s thredUP, an online marketplace for exchanging used clothing, which pulled in $220,000 in equity-based funding last month.
Read below for the list of deals and company descriptions.
| XL Hybrids | Somerville, MA | A maker of hybrid systems for commercial vehicle fleets | Security To Be Acquired | $850,000 |
| Cambridge Endoscopic Devices | Framingham, MA | A maker of handheld laparoscopic instruments | Debt | $734,000 |
| Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies | Natick, MA | A developer of technologies for converting metal oxides to high-purity metals and pure oxygen gas, for lowering industrial emissions and energy use | Equity | $645,200 |
| Metatomix | Dedham, MA | A provider of semantic integration software for enterprises | Debt | $501,994 |
| Tap ‘n Tap | Boston, MA | A designer of Web platforms for touch-screen home Internet devices | Equity | $500,000 |
| 3Play Media | Cambridge, MA | A developer of audio transcription and captioning software | Equity | $450,000 |
| thredUP | Cambridge, MA | An online used clothing exchange | Equity | $220,000 |
| HealthPrize Technologies | Norwalk, CT | A maker of a system that incites patients to take their prescriptions, using financial incentives | Equity | $150,000 |
| Spectra Analysis | Marlborough, MA | A supplier of molecular spectroscopy systems | Debt | $125,000 |
