VisionWare has raised $8.2M of a $14.2M Series B round, according to Texas TechPulse. The company develops audio and video digital interconnects. You can see a video here about one of their first products, and HDMI cable made for really high end video uses. I always think of cables as just a bunch of wires with connectors at the end. These products have circuitry at both ends of the cable to ensure low data loss, low noise, and all those good things for high throughput video like 1080p.

Existing investors include Access Venture Partners, DFJ Mercury, IVF, InterWest Partners, Marketpoint Venture Partners, Novus Ventures, TimeLine Ventures, Waypoint Ventures, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. VentureWire says the round is open as they wait for an outside investor to take the lead.

I see that term all the time "lead investor" and "taking the lead" which reminds me that most people probably don’t know what that means. I’m going to look for a guest blogger to talk about some of these terms so that we can maybe just link to them in the future. For now, the lead venture investor will typically take the largest part of the investment, set the price or valuation of the company, and structure the syndicate of venture investors in the deal.