Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ada46ac1-9f58-4b58-9a48-56344d097e85 Date 8/12/2015 Company Name PokitDok Mailing Address 28 E. 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description PokitDok Mobile saves you money on healthcare expenses by securing the price for a service in advance, whether you pay with insurance, HSA or out of pocket. Website http://www.pokitdok.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “PokitDok Secures $34,000,000 New Financing Round”
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Global Blood Therapeutics Garners $120,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0b69b6c-061c-48dc-82c9-be7706975808 Date 8/12/2015 Company Name Global Blood Therapeutics Mailing Address 400 East Jamie Court South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GBT) is a product-focused company building a pipeline of innovative, oral medicines to revolutionize the treatment of chronic blood-based diseases and severe genetic disorders for … Continue reading “Global Blood Therapeutics Garners $120,000,000 New Financing”
DoubleDutch Secures $45,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=402b8101-005c-4111-b301-cf9b94f39503 Date 8/12/2015 Company Name DoubleDutch Mailing Address 2601 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description We are a team of remarkable, passionate, and curious people who build products we love using ourselves. We strive to revolutionize the event experience within our fun and unique workplace. Website http://www.doubledutch.me Transaction Type … Continue reading “DoubleDutch Secures $45,000,000 New Financing Round”
Global Blood Thera Nabs $120M IPO, Doubles Share Price On First Day
[Updated with first-day trading information, 1pm, 8/12/15.] The biotech bull run rolls on. Halfway through its first day of trading Wednesday, Global Blood Therapeutics has nearly doubled its share price, which for now makes the four-year-old company worth more than $1 billion. The firm sold 6 million shares at $20 each to raise $120 million … Continue reading “Global Blood Thera Nabs $120M IPO, Doubles Share Price On First Day”
As Google Restructures to Alphabet, Innovation Remains in Focus
Most tech companies fear that growth could stifle innovation. At Google, founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have historically suppressed that concern by using its billions of dollars in advertising and search engine revenues to invest in, build, and acquire creative technology. Now the Silicon Valley search giant is separating what The New York Times … Continue reading “As Google Restructures to Alphabet, Innovation Remains in Focus”
Clinical Trial Innovation Prize Backs Ideas Using Health Records, Apps
A system that uses electronic health records data to better match eligible patients with clinical trials took the top prize in the first round of the Clinical Trial Innovation Prize, an initiative that is crowdsourcing ideas from around the globe to try and boost clinical trial participation. The team behind “Match Point: Matching Patients and … Continue reading “Clinical Trial Innovation Prize Backs Ideas Using Health Records, Apps”
Shadow Networks Garners $1,421,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=37b1b4d8-ed80-4e19-a4d6-49eb64874e7a Date 8/11/2015 Company Name Shadow Networks Mailing Address 5403 Betsy Ross Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description Shadow Networks is a privately-held company led by an experienced management team comprising former executives from Cisco, McAfee, Symantec, Mantech, F5, EDS, and DISA. We are hard at work building a new … Continue reading “Shadow Networks Garners $1,421,000 New Financing Round”
Talena Lands $12,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=434d4880-71e9-47fb-a89c-a9b2c2f775c1 Date 8/11/2015 Company Name Talena Mailing Address 830 Hillview Court Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Our mission is to make your data universally available throughout the lifecycle of Big Data applications. We have deep collective experience with Big Data and data storage technologies and look forward to sharing our innovation. … Continue reading “Talena Lands $12,000,000 New Financing”
Abiquo Secures $338,370 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=493de2fd-3358-4950-95dc-c031746d1df8 Date 8/11/2015 Company Name Abiquo Mailing Address 303 Twin Dolphin Drive 6th Floor Redwood City, CA 94065 USA Company Description Abiquo is a leading developer of Cloud management solutions founded in 2006. Abiquo envisions a future where private and public Clouds are fully interoperable and vendor neutral. The company embraces an … Continue reading “Abiquo Secures $338,370 New Financing”
Why San Diego Is Better than Silicon Valley for AI Startups
Xconomy recently gathered some of the region’s leading minds in brain research and artificial intelligence for a discussion about research on the brain, and emerging areas of neurotechnology innovation . It was a mix of investors, academics, and entrepreneurs. Leading our discussion was UC San Diego Professor Ralph Greenspan, who helped advise President Obama to … Continue reading “Why San Diego Is Better than Silicon Valley for AI Startups”
CRISPR Race Heats Up As Gates, Crossovers Put $120M Into Editas
To this point, the technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 has been a science project, a research tool with enormous potential—and significant questions to answer—on which venture capitalists have placed bets by forming a group of startups. The jackpot: CRISPR-Cas9, a method of performing precise genetic surgery, might yield treatments for a wide array of previously intractable … Continue reading “CRISPR Race Heats Up As Gates, Crossovers Put $120M Into Editas”
Coursera, UC San Diego Use MOOCs to Make Workers More Job-Ready
After establishing a new office of online education earlier this year, UC San Diego recently unveiled plans to develop massive open online courses—or MOOCs—to better prepare workers for jobs in two specialized tech sectors. Under a “global skills initiative” announced by Mountain View, CA-based Coursera, UC San Diego said it will be working on the … Continue reading “Coursera, UC San Diego Use MOOCs to Make Workers More Job-Ready”
Zephyr Health Obtains $17,477,051 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d99cd1f-9aeb-4186-bf01-46aafddaf068 Date 8/10/2015 Company Name Zephyr Health Mailing Address 589 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We value diversity, culture, language, intelligence, honesty and ambition. We work smart. We value the output. We respect different paths that arrive at objectives. Website http://www.zephyrhealthinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $17,477,051 … Continue reading “Zephyr Health Obtains $17,477,051 New Round”
Pixlee Secures $4,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3245d27d-d90e-42c7-afb0-5ba3b572f99e Date 8/10/2015 Company Name Pixlee Mailing Address 1160 Battery St. San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description At Pixlee our mission is to revolutionize the relationship between people and brands. Pixlee is revolutionizing the relationship between people and brands. By leveraging the power of social photos and videos to connect brands … Continue reading “Pixlee Secures $4,000,000 New Round”
Outbound Receives $550,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59840c32-47ea-4520-a17f-8685a3110165 Date 8/10/2015 Company Name Outbound Mailing Address 450 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Outbound makes it easy to send email and mobile messages based on user actions, then test how much each message helps your business. Website http://www.outbound.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $550,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Outbound Receives $550,000 New Funding”
WSO2 Garners $20,040,723 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c12d8779-8044-4a75-a0bf-a0230b3b37f2 Date 8/10/2015 Company Name WSO2 Mailing Address 4131 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description WSO2 was founded in August 2005 by leaders in Web services standards and Open Source software. We are an innovative Open Source technology company devoted to building Web services middleware, offering leading products, … Continue reading “WSO2 Garners $20,040,723 New Financing Round”
Bislr Obtains $6,664,988 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=42bfb09d-303a-411b-9ecd-a244fe0f8140 Date 8/10/2015 Company Name Bislr Mailing Address 717 California Street Level 1 San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Bislr encourages you to unleash your creativity again and not be bounded by technical limitation. It lets you think differently, move fast and adopt a more integrated and high-impact philosophy. To launch … Continue reading “Bislr Obtains $6,664,988 New Financing”
C1X Secures $5,100,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32241ea5-463d-4a78-b12c-a8db1b241d1c Date 8/10/2015 Company Name C1X Mailing Address Undisclosed California City, CA 95054 USA Company Description C1X utilizes the power of data science to provide marketers with the ideal mix of direct and auction-based buys to meet campaign goals, and to allow publishers to unleash the potential of their inventory and audiences. … Continue reading “C1X Secures $5,100,000 Series A Financing”
Hackaday Acquires Tindie for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51c996b1-a7fb-42db-a67d-823b3dc3809e Date 8/10/2015 Company Name Tindie Mailing Address 200 E. Dana Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Tindie is the marketplace for hardware creators to fund & sell their creations. Everyday it is becoming easier & cheaper to design & manufacture hardware. Small businesses around the world are popping up in … Continue reading “Hackaday Acquires Tindie for Undisclosed Sum”
Payable Secures $2,100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c2f6d0be-c0e5-4260-af66-3c2339fc56bf Date 8/7/2015 Company Name Payable Mailing Address 73 Sumner St. Sunnyvale, CA 94103 USA Company Description Payable helps thousands of contractors get paid faster and more efficiently. Much more than payments, we’re on a mission to strengthen the 1099 workforce by making invoicing, work-tracking, onboarding, and calculating earnings and taxes as … Continue reading “Payable Secures $2,100,000 New Funding”
Skyroam Secures $23,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=01d3bfd0-cfb9-4519-9bf5-3fdc61b0a2d7 Date 8/7/2015 Company Name Skyroam Mailing Address 180 Sansome Street 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Skyroam is launching a unique mobile data platform that allows you travel without the fear of running up huge data charges overseas. Website http://www.skyroam.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $23,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Skyroam Secures $23,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Instacart Extends Job Offers to Its CA Shoppers, But Labor Lawsuit Continues
Online grocery delivery service company Instacart said today it is expanding its offer of staff jobs—already made in nine other cities—to contract workers who now assemble food orders for its customers in San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles. San Francisco-based Instacart had previously invited its in-store shoppers to apply for part-time jobs rather than … Continue reading “Instacart Extends Job Offers to Its CA Shoppers, But Labor Lawsuit Continues”
Aimmune Prices Upsized $160M IPO, Climbs Higher in Debut
Aimmune Therapeutics is capping a year of positive news with a larger-than-expected initial public offering. The company raised $160 million late Wednesday by selling 10 million shares at $16 each, pricing at the top of its projected $14 to $16 per share range and selling about 1.7 million more shares than it had anticipated. Aimmune … Continue reading “Aimmune Prices Upsized $160M IPO, Climbs Higher in Debut”
With $16M Series B, Antiva Hopes to Kill Cancer-Causing HPV
Antiva Biosciences may have a new name, but its mission is the same: to develop the first antiviral therapy meant to stop human papillomavirus infections from turning into cancer. The Menlo Park, CA-based company, founded in San Diego three years ago as Hera Therapeutics by Karl Hostetler, now has some funding to pursue its vision. … Continue reading “With $16M Series B, Antiva Hopes to Kill Cancer-Causing HPV”
HomeSuite Receives $10,037,504 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e14caf7-d273-46ca-aed2-0a884670b6d3 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name HomeSuite Mailing Address 4019 Transport Street Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description We have a proprietary inventory of high quality listings that are vetted by HomeSuite personnel. It is the best curated inventory you will find anywhere. Website http://www.yourhomesuite.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,037,504 … Continue reading “HomeSuite Receives $10,037,504 New Funding”
Aperia Technologies Receives $1,594,942 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ff9ab3a-32ed-4b38-85d2-753cbf7b1904 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name Aperia Technologies Mailing Address 1616 Rollins Rd. Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description Revolutionary Automatic Tire Inflation technology delivered by Aperia Technologies. The Halo Tire Inflator utilizes a wheel’s rotational motion to maintain optimal tire pressure, increasing MPG, extending tire life, and reducing blowouts. Website http://www.aperiatech.com Transaction … Continue reading “Aperia Technologies Receives $1,594,942 New Financing”
Theron Pharmaceuticals Secures $409,099 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dbe100ac-d691-41c3-98ad-7c775dd37d87 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name Theron Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 365 San Aleso Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Founded in 2008, Theron Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biotechnology company developing a best-in-class, long acting M3 muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) for the improved treatment of chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary … Continue reading “Theron Pharmaceuticals Secures $409,099 New Round”
Affirm Acquires LendLayer for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ec011ad-7e7d-4214-a880-2e1d47c757a4 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name LendLayer Mailing Address 165 Sierra Vista Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description LendLayer is a social lending platform empowering the future of technical talent. Website http://www.lendlayer.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed … Continue reading “Affirm Acquires LendLayer for Undisclosed Sum”
VistaGen Therapeutics Receives $1,930,281 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=416e639a-1b4b-4e7a-a988-0cb30dcf2968 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name VistaGen Therapeutics Mailing Address 343 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description VistaGen Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the use of embryonic stem cells (ES cells) for drug discovery and development and predictive toxicology. Website http://www.vistagen.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,930,281 … Continue reading “VistaGen Therapeutics Receives $1,930,281 New Funding”
Faraday Bicycles Obtains $3,160,807 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f75e3d46-ba7c-46bf-81b0-3ac58a91e8f1 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name Faraday Bicycles Mailing Address 1177 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Faraday Bicycles is a new company dedicated to revolutionary bicycle innovation and design. We are engineers, designers, and industry veterans who passionately believe that better bikes make a better world. Website http://www.faradaybikes.com Transaction … Continue reading “Faraday Bicycles Obtains $3,160,807 New Financing”
Simply Hired Ranks Top Tech Regions In Mid-Summer Jobs Report Card
Simply Hired, an international job search engine based in Sunnyvale, CA, put out some sunny news for U.S. job hunters today—especially if you’re a tech-savvy worker. Positions for technology workers made up almost 10 percent of the millions of U.S. job listings tracked by the company in July. Nationwide, openings in all sectors rose for … Continue reading “Simply Hired Ranks Top Tech Regions In Mid-Summer Jobs Report Card”
FDA Taps DNAnexus to Build Platform for Crowdsourcing Diagnostics
There is an FDA project underway that could help change the way molecular diagnostics are developed, evaluated, and regulated in the U.S. one day, should things go the way the agency intends. And Mountain View, CA-based DNAnexus is getting the first crack at building the platform at the plan’s heart. DNAnexus, the genomics analytics startup … Continue reading “FDA Taps DNAnexus to Build Platform for Crowdsourcing Diagnostics”
Stock Options—a Golden Ticket?
When is a stock option a golden ticket, when is it of no consequence, and when is it a losing proposition? These are important questions for people in the startup world, where stock and stock options are a key part of most compensation packages. Startup companies like using stock because it costs little at a … Continue reading “Stock Options—a Golden Ticket?”
Illumina Announces Three New Companies for Genomics Accelerator
Illumina, the bioinformatics company that created an accelerator program last year focused on genomics companies, announced this morning it has picked a new group of companies to be the second class its accelerator program. In exchange for an equity stake in each company, the Illumina Accelerator gives the startups a seed investment, business advice, and … Continue reading “Illumina Announces Three New Companies for Genomics Accelerator”
Judge Orders USC to Restore Control of Alzheimer’s Study to UCSD
[Updated, 8:25 am PT, with court document] A San Diego judge yesterday ordered the University of Southern California and a prominent Alzheimer’s disease researcher to restore control over a nationwide Alzheimer’s research program to UC San Diego “with all deliberate speed.” The five-page preliminary injunction (posted below), signed by Superior Court Judge Judith Hayes, is … Continue reading “Judge Orders USC to Restore Control of Alzheimer’s Study to UCSD”
Enjoy Technology Secures $49,999,999 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7fe9d58-3978-4840-9281-150a918496b5 Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Enjoy Technology Mailing Address 171 Constitution Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description We only offer the best, hand-picked by our Enjoy Experts, for the same price you’d pay other places. Pick a time and place. An Enjoy Expert will bring you your new product anywhere … Continue reading “Enjoy Technology Secures $49,999,999 New Financing”
Amplitude Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b3c93d1-5c0c-4733-a15a-1f7204d7e40c Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Amplitude Mailing Address 185 Berry St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Their mission is to educate developers about their users so they can build better apps. Everyday they work on creating a comprehensive, transparent, and easy-to-use mobile analytics platform to help developers make data-driven decisions … Continue reading “Amplitude Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Fastly Secures $75,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ae4d80a-d06e-447c-8280-24d4176d52d9 Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Fastly Mailing Address PO Box 78266 San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Founded in 2011 Fastly delivers the world’s only real-time content delivery network. At Fastly we think slow is unacceptable. Fastly enables a next-generation of businesses to give their users the best online and mobile … Continue reading “Fastly Secures $75,000,000 Series D Financing”
Tintri Receives $125,000,000 Series F Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd441126-ad99-47e6-8480-748c7503c6f5 Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Tintri Mailing Address 201 Ravendale Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Tintri’s vision is simple: everything in the data center should be virtualized. Our mission is to drive dramatically increased adoption of virtualization by providing a clearly superior alternative to traditional networked storage adapted to VMs. … Continue reading “Tintri Receives $125,000,000 Series F Financing”
Sunrun Receives $250,600,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e2165d0a-b46d-4801-9bda-bee29c52dd6b Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Sunrun Mailing Address 595 Market Street 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN) is the nation’s first residential solar electricity provider. Pioneering solar as a service, Sunrun offers the only low-cost, zero-hassle way for homeowners to go solar and is also the … Continue reading “Sunrun Receives $250,600,000 New Financing”
Leanplum Garners $11,600,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f82dfc2-c923-45da-b1a7-fcddd949d70a Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Leanplum Mailing Address 1550 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Leanplum is a platform for optimizing mission-critical metrics of your mobile app. We make it easy for product managers to conduct on-the-fly optimization tests and see immediate results with powerful analytics. Website http://www.leanplum.com Transaction … Continue reading “Leanplum Garners $11,600,000 Series B Funding Round”
Instacart Acquires Wedding Party for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1eac7b3e-6dd4-46ab-8b8b-a538aeef83c7 Date 8/5/2015 Company Name Wedding Party Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description The app for your wedding.Capture all the amazing photos from your wedding. Your guests will love it! Website http://www.weddingpartyapp.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the … Continue reading “Instacart Acquires Wedding Party for Undisclosed Sum”
PathoGn Secures Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f05b2a12-2936-4d72-aa73-063c68662e92 Date 8/5/2015 Company Name PathoGn Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description PathoGn is a San Francisco, CA-based company that uses genomics and machine learning to create pathogen diagnostics and disease forecasting products that can be used in agriculture. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “PathoGn Secures Seed Financing”
Astia Expanding Its Booster Network for Women Entrepreneurs
Sharon Vosmek, the CEO of a Silicon Valley non-profit that has been working for 15 years to boost access to financing for women tech entrepreneurs, says she sees no encouraging statistics on that score as yet. What has changed, though, is the number of people and organizations engaged in the dialog about gender diversity in … Continue reading “Astia Expanding Its Booster Network for Women Entrepreneurs”
As White House Hosts Demo Day, Techstars and Others Push Diversity
It’s no secret that the tech industry has diversity problems. Xconomy has covered the topic extensively, highlighting various allegations of misogyny, sexism, and harassment that occur at startups, as well as folks who are trying to change it for the better. That includes individuals like Robin Hauser Reynolds, who described the work of her documentary, … Continue reading “As White House Hosts Demo Day, Techstars and Others Push Diversity”
In Tough Diagnostics World, Will Ruling Out Cancer Be Good Business?
The high cost of cancer treatments is a huge topic of conversation these days. One way to trim those costs is to not give treatments to people who don’t need them. That sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s a knotty problem, and it’s at the heart of the current debate over the nationwide practice of … Continue reading “In Tough Diagnostics World, Will Ruling Out Cancer Be Good Business?”
Riffsy Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be5ad0ec-577d-4e6e-a2b2-0fb24cc447bc Date 8/4/2015 Company Name Riffsy Mailing Address Undisclosed Berkeley, CA 94704 USA Company Description Riffsy is a free iPhone and iPad app that claims to bring together the best features of animated GIFs with social sharing options. The app finds short, repeating video clips, or Riffsys, and lets users share them … Continue reading “Riffsy Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Financing”
Toma Biosciences Obtains $5,088,920 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=42f95ee2-3189-4ee9-a7b0-7a753ec89ca2 Date 8/4/2015 Company Name Toma Biosciences Mailing Address 353E Vintage Park Dr. Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description Every cancer patient’s tumor has unique genomic errors. Recent efforts by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) have revealed how important these genomic differences are in … Continue reading “Toma Biosciences Obtains $5,088,920 New Round”
Koding Lands $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0838c90-b3df-4265-8695-a79296d69c9a Date 8/4/2015 Company Name Koding Mailing Address 358 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description The company provides cloud computing software development and services via its online developer community. Website http://www.koding.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes We are now also opening … Continue reading “Koding Lands $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Duetto Garners $30,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=570310e3-2696-4b9f-9541-d27b377aa03d Date 8/4/2015 Company Name Duetto Mailing Address 250 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Duetto is a big data company founded by Patrick Bosworth, Craig Weissman and Marco Benvenuti. Duetto aggregates demand data and produces SaaS applications to help travel companies optimize demand. Website http://www.duettoresearch.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Duetto Garners $30,000,000 Series C Round”