Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c1f3315-ce0f-469d-9842-560fc9173f75 Date 9/3/2015 Company Name Silver Peak Systems Mailing Address 2860 De La Cruz Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95050 USA Company Description Silver Peak is a privately held company that develops enterprise-class network appliances for the re-centralization of branch office infrastructure. Website http://www.silver-peak.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,417,530 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Silver Peak Systems Obtains $1,417,530 New Financing Round”
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Saucey Lands $4,500,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a3bdec8f-8d92-400b-a7c3-9365aa384a6f Date 9/3/2015 Company Name Saucey Mailing Address 805 Veterans Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Choose from the best selection of beer, wine and spirits delivered to your door. Our simple pricing means what you see is what you pay, no additional fees at checkout. Website http://www.sauceyapp.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Saucey Lands $4,500,000 Seed Funding”
Saisei Garners $203,858 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb177007-8014-4a6c-89a4-9609cbe6e1bb Date 9/3/2015 Company Name Saisei Mailing Address 710 Lakeway Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description The leading supplier of software-based network appliances, without the need for proprietary hardware; our vision is to replace all proprietary hardware appliances with Saisei software solutions – globally and for all networks. Website http://www.saisei.com Transaction … Continue reading “Saisei Garners $203,858 New Funding”
AREA360 Receives $3,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c89abcc9-3606-423a-b7a5-d11597aaabb6 Date 9/3/2015 Company Name AREA360 Mailing Address Undisclosed Seattle, WA 94108 USA Company Description The world is full of opportunities to discover. We innovate to enhance the way people experience, understand and connect with what’s around them. Website http://www.area360.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “AREA360 Receives $3,500,000 Series A Round”
Treasure Data Receives $6,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f13ddab9-360e-4f99-9d81-e8c435282397 Date 9/3/2015 Company Name Treasure Data Mailing Address 201 San Antonio Road Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description The Treasure Data Cloud Data Warehouse service enables data-driven companies to get big data analytics running in days not months without specialist IT resources and for a tenth the cost of other … Continue reading “Treasure Data Receives $6,000,000 New Funding Round”
Roost Search Secures $5,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=094e02fc-518f-4cbb-8823-fc763df46f25 Date 9/3/2015 Company Name Roost Search Mailing Address One Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Roost offers two services in parallel – a consumer search engine for places to live and a technology platform for REALTORS. Website http://www.roost.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,500,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Roost Search Secures $5,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Thoma Bravo Acquires MedeAnalytics for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e005666-0b95-41a5-bbc5-fcf9dac60025 Date 9/3/2015 Company Name MedeAnalytics Mailing Address 5858 Horton Street Emeryville, CA 94608 USA Company Description If you’re a healthcare executive, you’re constantly under pressure to grow margins, increase cash, mitigate risk, and reduce costs. Website http://www.medeanalytics.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Thoma Bravo, … Continue reading “Thoma Bravo Acquires MedeAnalytics for Undisclosed Sum”
How To Pick Winning Startups in Crowded Tech Fields? Specialize, VC Says
In 2013, veteran investor and former Salesforce.com executive Matt Holleran quietly opened a specialized kind of venture firm that he suspects will become more common. Cloud Apps Capital Partners focuses on a single market—Web-based software applications for businesses. It aims to fill an early-stage startup funding niche that Holleran believes is not well-served by the … Continue reading “How To Pick Winning Startups in Crowded Tech Fields? Specialize, VC Says”
Shire Sends Hemophilia Gene Editing Prospects Back to Sangamo
There is no single race in gene therapy, or gene editing for that matter, more competitive than the one between companies trying to create treatments for hemophilia. And if one of its entrants, Sangamo Biosciences, is going to come out on top, it’ll likely have to do it without the help of Shire. Sangamo Biosciences … Continue reading “Shire Sends Hemophilia Gene Editing Prospects Back to Sangamo”
Tanium Receives $120,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3833ee24-21c0-4729-88a9-3c9a4d7cd745 Date 9/2/2015 Company Name Tanium Mailing Address 2200 Powell Street 6th Floor Emeryville, CA 94608 USA Company Description Tanium was founded in 2007 by a team with extensive experience providing security solutions and systems management capabilities to Fortune 500 customers. Website http://www.tanium.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $120,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Tanium Receives $120,000,000 New Round”
Qnovo Receives $8,600,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af79c8e0-9f4c-4214-80b0-7f41376cc5e7 Date 9/2/2015 Company Name Qnovo Mailing Address 39655 Eureka Dr. Newark, CA 94560 USA Company Description Qnovo is a venture-backed privately held company developing next generation electronic management systems for lithium ion batteries. Our technology will enable greatly expanded battery performance for applications ranging from consumer electronics to transportation. Website http://www.qnovocorp.com … Continue reading “Qnovo Receives $8,600,000 Series B Round”
Shift Lands $50,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f8c0b5c-67ae-4cbe-af69-c31d5e2ff8af Date 9/2/2015 Company Name Shift Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Spend digital currencies, loyalty points, and regular money – all with the Shift debit card. View your accounts and switch your spending source with the companion mobile app. Website http://www.shiftpayments.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Shift Lands $50,000,000 New Funding”
LotusFlare Secures $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2e04b58-2959-4c39-8c8b-cd6905239038 Date 9/2/2015 Company Name LotusFlare Mailing Address 120 Hawthorne Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description LotusFlare’s mission is to make mobile internet more accessible. Mobile data connectivity drives economic growth and brings vast social benefits to the world, but two-thirds of the world’s population is unable to access this … Continue reading “LotusFlare Secures $6,000,000 New Round”
Soasta Garners New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=692ade87-860d-4c8b-b05d-f7385ddf2404 Date 9/2/2015 Company Name Soasta Mailing Address 444 Castro St. 4th Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description SOASTA is a leader in cloud and mobile testing. Its web and mobile test automation solution, CloudTest and TouchTest enables developers, QA professionals and IT operations teams to test with unprecedented speed, … Continue reading “Soasta Garners New Financing Round”
ZIRX Lands New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2da71dd4-f10d-408f-8702-285d93e22d2a Date 9/2/2015 Company Name ZIRX Mailing Address 350 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description What irks us about the experience of parking is not just how much how much time we waste, which can end up being 20 minutes, but also how antiquated the actual transaction is. Parking … Continue reading “ZIRX Lands New Financing”
Renaissance, MVCA Program Lures Half-Dozen Investors to Michigan
Though Michigan’s startup community has experienced a ton of growth in the past 10 years, the state remains a place that is “underserved” when it comes to investment capital, says Chris Rizik, CEO and fund manager at Renaissance Venture Capital. With that in mind, Renaissance partnered with the Michigan Venture Capital Association for the past … Continue reading “Renaissance, MVCA Program Lures Half-Dozen Investors to Michigan”
Apttus Snags $108M for Web-Based B2B Sales Management System
Apttus, a San Mateo, CA-based sales support provider that had already raised $41 million in February, just topped that by closing a $108 million Series C financing, the company announced today. The new funding places Apttus’ valuation at more than $1 billion, a company spokesman says. Apttus operates a Web-based sales management system built on … Continue reading “Apttus Snags $108M for Web-Based B2B Sales Management System”
Cellular Dynamics Launches ‘World’s Largest’ Public Stem Cell Bank
[Updated 9/2/15 8:54 am. See below.] In 2013, Cellular Dynamics vowed to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines from the cells of 3,000 donors—some healthy, some diseased—as part of a $32 million initiative funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Today, the Madison, WI-based biotech is starting to make good on its pledge. Cellular … Continue reading “Cellular Dynamics Launches ‘World’s Largest’ Public Stem Cell Bank”
At Summer’s End, Can Crossover Winds Stay At Biotech’s Back?
For certain parts of the population, “summer” is a verb, and in the U.S., one does it until Labor Day. One more week, then, before sunburned financial types return to their desks and biotech IPO hopefuls hit the road to plead their cases. Whether August’s market volatility continues its stomach-churning ways or recedes in September’s … Continue reading “At Summer’s End, Can Crossover Winds Stay At Biotech’s Back?”
CRISPR Cash: Intellia The Latest Gene-Editing Firm To Nab Big Money
As top scientists head toward a summit later this year to hammer out rules governing the use of gene editing, companies developing one form of the technology, known as CRISPR-Cas9, for human medicine continue to raise cash hand over fist. The latest is Intellia Therapeutics, of Cambridge, MA, which announced today a $70 million round … Continue reading “CRISPR Cash: Intellia The Latest Gene-Editing Firm To Nab Big Money”
PINC Solutions Secures $2,000,001 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0538ceb8-9613-4080-812b-072ec0f465d2 Date 9/1/2015 Company Name PINC Solutions Mailing Address 1851 Harbor Bay Pkwy Alameda, CA 94502 USA Company Description We have pioneered the development of RTLS-based asset tracking technology using an innovative combination of passive RFID, MEMS and other low-cost sensors, providing practical solutions at affordable prices for the logistics and supply … Continue reading “PINC Solutions Secures $2,000,001 Series A Funding”
Instabase Lands $3,750,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68f2834f-0e34-4dcf-81b6-42b9d3d4d245 Date 9/1/2015 Company Name Instabase Mailing Address 38 Bluxome St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Instabase is a platform in the cloud for data, applications, programming, and everything else – a data operating system on the web. The company’s goal is to solve the world’s pressing data problems. Its … Continue reading “Instabase Lands $3,750,000 Seed Funding Round”
Credo Semiconductor Garners $8,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7bf2be3a-e465-458d-9def-8174015b3d2c Date 9/1/2015 Company Name Credo Semiconductor Mailing Address 1900 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Credo is a leading provider of high performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and high performance computing markets. Website http://www.credosemi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Credo Semiconductor Garners $8,000,000 Series A Round”
Wiselike Obtains $1,250,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=04499897-d6c0-4dd0-be3d-d570111fdb91 Date 9/1/2015 Company Name Wiselike Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Wiselike is a knowledge-sharing platform that allows you to create your own professional Q&A page where people can ask you questions. Website http://www.wiselike.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,250,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Wiselike Obtains $1,250,000 Seed Round”
Yummly Secures $15,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bcda7f49-f394-41a9-80d5-fb59921319ad Date 9/1/2015 Company Name Yummly Mailing Address 601 Marshall Street Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Yummly is pioneering semantic search and recommendations for food. Its robust platform empowers people to search for and discover recipes based on their personal tastes and preferences, and offers a comprehensive database of more … Continue reading “Yummly Secures $15,000,000 Series B Funding”
LinkedIn Acquires Fliptop for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=924ef120-3a4e-464d-bc31-47b2b9860eb2 Date 9/1/2015 Company Name Fliptop Mailing Address 580 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Fliptop is a marketing platform that helps you get maximum value from your subscriber relationships. Website http://www.fliptop.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction … Continue reading “LinkedIn Acquires Fliptop for Undisclosed Sum”
Apttus Receives $108,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ec6e2a3-57dd-4b77-b2b8-913254d4eff4 Date 9/1/2015 Company Name Apttus Mailing Address 1400 Fashion Island Blvd San Mateo, CA 94404 USA Company Description Apttus is derived from Latin: the root ap means suitable, capable (aptitude etc) and ending a Latin word in “us” denotes speed. Apttus was formed to deliver the promise of enterprise class application … Continue reading “Apttus Receives $108,000,000 Series C Round”
5 Questions to Ask Before Investing in People or Technology
Congratulations. Your startup made it through its first challenging years, and you’re seeing positive returns. But, there’s always room to grow. Is it time to hire more salespeople, or should you invest in customer relationship management (CRM), productivity software, or another technology that can improve your business? The choice between putting money into technology or … Continue reading “5 Questions to Ask Before Investing in People or Technology”
Bristol-Myers Makes $150M Bet on Promedior, Fibrosis Drug
New drugs for fibrosis, an internal, often deadly type of scarring, have become the centerpiece of a number of biotech deals over the past few years. The latest just crossed the wires this morning, as Bristol-Myers Squibb has just nabbed an option to buy Promedior, of Lexington, MA. Bristol-Myers (NYSE: [[ticker:BMY]]) is paying $150 million … Continue reading “Bristol-Myers Makes $150M Bet on Promedior, Fibrosis Drug”
Peloton Technology Secures $17,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d4a7efd-a999-417d-ae54-5085593d668c Date 8/31/2015 Company Name Peloton Technology Mailing Address 1060 La Avenida Street Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Peloton Technology Inc. was founded in 2011 by a team of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to address major pain points of today’s trucking fleets – accidents and fuel costs. Website http://www.peloton-tech.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Peloton Technology Secures $17,000,000 New Funding”
Snapcard Receives $645,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=959553d1-159c-4b6e-a2fc-7312c6b4e73b Date 8/31/2015 Company Name Snapcard Mailing Address 660 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description SNAPCARD was founded in 2013 in order to help consumers spend their digital currencies. Since then we have been rethinking the way that merchants accept digital currency. It is our focus to help merchants … Continue reading “Snapcard Receives $645,000 New Round”
FlexTech Alliance To Manage $75M Defense Institute for Tech Manufacturing
California research consortium FlexTech Alliance announced today it has landed a $75 million U.S. Department of Defense contract that makes it the organizational hub for a sweeping government effort to advance American manufacturing capabilities for flexible products like clothing that are enhanced with electronic sensors and processing power. The Defense Department will funnel research contracts … Continue reading “FlexTech Alliance To Manage $75M Defense Institute for Tech Manufacturing”
Women, Get Off the Sidelines and Invest
In my travels across the country, I meet successful women with the means and motivation to make a difference in our communities—and in our world. We don’t think twice about writing a check to a worthy foundation, buying a table at a charity gala, or volunteering on a committee. We know the “rubber chicken” circuit … Continue reading “Women, Get Off the Sidelines and Invest”
Tessera Snaps Up 3D Chip Bonder Ziptronix for $39M
As electronic devices get smaller and more powerful, the chip technology inside them has to pack more punch in less space. Semiconductor technology company Ziptronix developed a more efficient and less expensive way to bond the chips used to make the 3D integrated circuits that offer greater performance from a smaller footprint. That technology now … Continue reading “Tessera Snaps Up 3D Chip Bonder Ziptronix for $39M”
Our Plan for Reinventing Alzheimer’s Disease R&D at UC San Diego
When the late Dr. Leon Thal, renowned neurologist and chairman of the Neurosciences Department at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, first imagined a research network able to conduct clinical trials of new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, it was an idea ahead of its time. The degenerative condition was poorly understood, with no existing … Continue reading “Our Plan for Reinventing Alzheimer’s Disease R&D at UC San Diego”
Celery Opens Do-It-Yourself Crowdfunding Tools To All Comers
Y Combinator alum Celery made its debut in 2012 as an e-commerce site that filled a need for startups after they completed successful crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and other sites. Those campaigns not only funded the development of novel products, but also raised the interest of consumers who sent in a continuing wave of … Continue reading “Celery Opens Do-It-Yourself Crowdfunding Tools To All Comers”
MagicCube Secures $2,200,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0fbdf14c-c076-48e3-8fe3-09d6ada4debf Date 8/28/2015 Company Name MagicCube Mailing Address Undisclosed Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Using a unique patent pending security platform, MagicCube secures the 500 Billion a year e-commerce and m-commerce market allowing for 20% increase in revenue and lowering fraud risk of online and mobile commerce. Website http://www.magiccube.co Transaction Type … Continue reading “MagicCube Secures $2,200,000 Seed Financing Round”
Codementor Receives $700,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ec9666f-4079-422d-a20d-0f9ed0d0cd06 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name Codementor Mailing Address 600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Codementor is the open marketplace for both instant 1:1 help and long-term mentorship. We use these technologies to build our scalable real-time session connection via screen sharing, video, and chat: WebRTC, Firebase, and Opentok. … Continue reading “Codementor Receives $700,000 New Funding Round”
Appcelerator Obtains $5,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=263da97d-f85f-4984-8209-2c27dd5745a0 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name Appcelerator Mailing Address 440 N. Bernardo Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Appcelerator is an open source platform for building rich web applications. Appcelerator, Inc. is a silicon valley venture funded company located in Mountain View, California. Appcelerator was started in 2006 by software veterans … Continue reading “Appcelerator Obtains $5,700,000 New Funding”
DynoSense Receives $9,400,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa2c2f68-6d53-43c6-ba96-3f41fabb92c9 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name DynoSense Mailing Address 440 N. Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description DynoSense Corp is a medical technology company founded on March 13, 2013, by a successful high-tech veteran, Saeed Azimi, with a mission to innovate products and services for better life that are integrated, accurate, … Continue reading “DynoSense Receives $9,400,000 Series A Round”
Charge Messenger Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0eaf3f6c-c54e-4d75-a3cb-b3dccd73c589 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name Charge Messenger Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Fast free cross-platform messaging. Send messages, create groups and share photos with anyone in your address book seamlessly across iOS, Android and web. Works with your existing phone number. Website http://www.charge.co Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Charge Messenger Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Funding”
Simility Garners $3,450,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6e1ddd1d-b7bd-4a5f-a3e7-ee5fce7f173c Date 8/28/2015 Company Name Simility Mailing Address 2555 Park Blvd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Transform your fraud detection with Simility’s intelligent platform,. which combines the best of human analysis and machine learning. Website http://www.simility.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,450,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Simility Garners $3,450,000 Seed Funding”
Bosch Group Acquires Seeo for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21d5c496-5673-4260-ba22-b0d127af9f06 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name Seeo Mailing Address 3906 Trust Way Hayward, CA 94545 USA Company Description Seeo was founded in 2007 with the goal of creating a new class of high-energy rechargeable lithium-ion batteries based on a nanostructured polymer electrolyte initially developed at the esteemed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under funding … Continue reading “Bosch Group Acquires Seeo for Undisclosed Sum”
Autodesk Acquires SeeControl for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dcfe5af-bf6a-4b26-a9c6-bbd227a41d84 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name SeeControl Mailing Address 444 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description SeeControl provides On Demand inventory tracking, control and reporting using Internet-connected barcode scanners combined with Web-based management software. Both enterprises and smaller businesses use this complete system to reduce inventories, improve productivity and support … Continue reading “Autodesk Acquires SeeControl for Undisclosed Sum”
Jumpin Labs Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=482e1e7f-d69d-4c2c-964b-2010e31bda88 Date 8/28/2015 Company Name Jumpin Labs Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description At launch, the app will be available on Apple Watch as well as the iPhone 5, 5S, 6 and 6+. Jumpin Labs is working on next level versions of Geronimo for other mobile devices, platforms … Continue reading “Jumpin Labs Receives New Financing Round”
With FDA OK, Amgen’s Heart Drug Faces Rival (And Health Budgets)
[Updated and corrected 8/27/15, 7:28pm, see below.] The new race to fight cholesterol is on. For the second time in a month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug for people with dangerous levels of cholesterol who aren’t getting enough help from statins, which have long been among the world’s most prescribed … Continue reading “With FDA OK, Amgen’s Heart Drug Faces Rival (And Health Budgets)”
Yahoo Tries to Get NY App Developers Hyped About Its Push into Mobile
For the first time ever, Yahoo brought its Mobile Developer Conference to New York—talking up its plans to more firmly embrace mobile and trying to coax more app developers to work with its software and services. The two-day conference started with a hackathon and then wrapped Wednesday, bringing out some 500 attendees from New York’s … Continue reading “Yahoo Tries to Get NY App Developers Hyped About Its Push into Mobile”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: BioMarin, Tocagen, Medivation, Twelve
For the ancient Greeks, the rising of the dog star Sirius brought on the sweltering heat of summer, and August came to be associated with languid days of heat, drought, and fire. That might sound like the weather that has descended on the West Coast. But in the ancient texts, the dog days of summer … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: BioMarin, Tocagen, Medivation, Twelve”
CrunchyRoll Receives $21,999,993 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43b96893-9c02-4adc-8a93-3ca207bb2907 Date 8/27/2015 Company Name CrunchyRoll Mailing Address 835 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description The company operates a web site that allows users to share their favorite anime videos. Website http://www.crunchyroll.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $21,999,993 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “CrunchyRoll Receives $21,999,993 New Funding Round”
Lifefactory Secures $5,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71982e3a-5ef8-498c-8a5e-d80d85551be0 Date 8/27/2015 Company Name Lifefactory Mailing Address 3 Harbor Drive Sausalito, CA 94965 USA Company Description Lifefactory was created to provide a new generation of babies and their parents a choice in safe, developmentally-appropriate, and eco-friendly baby products. Website http://www.lifefactory.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series C … Continue reading “Lifefactory Secures $5,000,000 Series C Funding Round”