When Chris Morton and his partners co-founded BlockScore in June 2013, they initially planned to get into the business of Bitcoin remittances. That’s a new way to send money via the Web to someone in another country, with the virtual currency Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. Such services—often available through a mobile phone—can be … Continue reading “Virtual Currency Companies Grapple with Role as Crime Watchdogs for Feds”
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Milestones Of Innovation 7: FDR Phones Knudsen At General Motors
One of the sharpest controversies about our nation’s history is who gets top credit for the titanic American public-private partnership that won World War II with an avalanche of production. Some call it a rescue by private business, others view it as an example of Franklin Roosevelt’s multi-layered and often-mysterious leadership. How we see this … Continue reading “Milestones Of Innovation 7: FDR Phones Knudsen At General Motors”
Shift Messenger Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=15be4391-b7a9-4600-9e38-6f558fdfed1a Date 5/28/2015 Company Name Shift Messenger Mailing Address 740 25th St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Anyone can bring Shift Messenger to their workplace! It particularly helps employees at retailers and restaurants where coworkers work at different times throughout the week. Website http://www.shiftmessenger.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Shift Messenger Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Viveve Medical Lands $12,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f836541-f1ed-42c4-a8a8-cdb6dc5f2fdf Date 5/28/2015 Company Name Viveve Medical Mailing Address 150 Commercial Street Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA Company Description Welcome to Viveve, we’re glad you’re here. Now, it’s time to start the conversation. Sexual satisfaction is an important part of a woman’s overall sexual health. After vaginal childbirth, women can experience many physical … Continue reading “Viveve Medical Lands $12,000,000 New Funding”
Mapsense Garners $2,500,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5cf03ea4-976c-4c72-a8e6-d01afb24cca4 Date 5/28/2015 Company Name Mapsense Mailing Address 466 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Mapsense is building the world’s most powerful and user-friendly platform for understanding big location datasets, offering sophisticated yet accessible map analytics tools for developers and enterprises. Website http://www.mapsense.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Mapsense Garners $2,500,000 Seed Funding”
Swapbox Garners $120,700 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7643c450-c942-4a76-ac9e-84bdef6dc792 Date 5/28/2015 Company Name Swapbox Mailing Address 2810 Diamond St San Francisco, CA 94131 USA Company Description Swapbox is a startup based in San Francisco, founded by a team with work experience from Google, Microsoft, and Zynga. We’ll keep your packages safe and get them delivered to you. We will even … Continue reading “Swapbox Garners $120,700 New Funding Round”
Juno, Editas To Collaborate On CRISPR-Juiced Cancer Immunotherapy
The gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 might be prompting major ethical questions about its use in altering human intelligence and appearance, but biotech startups are now pushing it forward as a way to make better cancer therapies. In the second deal of its kind, Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:JUNO]]) of Seattle has tapped CRISPR-Cas9 experts Editas Medicine, … Continue reading “Juno, Editas To Collaborate On CRISPR-Juiced Cancer Immunotherapy”
EndoGastric Solutions Lands $10,006,610 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eec10873-9b88-4c0b-89bc-06a643f82319 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name EndoGastric Solutions Mailing Address 1900 O’Farrell Street San Mateo, CA 94404 USA Company Description EGS leverages the most current wisdom in gastroenterology and surgery in developing new transoral incisionless procedures and products to advance the state of the art in treating gastrointestinal diseases. Website http://www.endogastricsolutions.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “EndoGastric Solutions Lands $10,006,610 New Financing”
DocuSign Secures Series F Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c42793d0-d272-4d68-bff1-39e2e27503dc Date 5/27/2015 Company Name DocuSign Mailing Address 221 Main Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description DocuSign was founded in 2003 with one goal: to make electronic signatures as ubiquitous and simple as email. DocuSign delivers the final step in the online customer relationship—the ability to complete a legally binding … Continue reading “DocuSign Secures Series F Funding Round”
SchooLa Receives $18,515,772 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5130e998-5d2c-4a46-b672-6d840f9c76b2 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name SchooLa Mailing Address 601 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Schoola. Let’s make fundraising easy. Let’s keep the money in the community and help local businesses and schools benefit each other. Let’s stop finding space to store cans of popcorn and figuring out ways … Continue reading “SchooLa Receives $18,515,772 New Financing”
Rani Therapeutics Garners Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ae7b174-3af9-4972-b236-a6f54b4e9f3b Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Rani Therapeutics Mailing Address 2051 Ringwood Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 USA Company Description Rani Therapeutics is developing a novel approach for the oral delivery of large drug molecules, which to date can only be delivered through injections. Website http://www.ranitherapeutics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed … Continue reading “Rani Therapeutics Garners Series C Financing Round”
Enervee Receives $3,700,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=116de2d8-f3d7-4572-b507-a84a52560ae6 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Enervee Mailing Address 400 R Street Sacramento, CA 95814 USA Company Description Enervee’s mission is to be the universal energy-saving decision engine that connects consumers, businesses and governments across the world. Website http://www.enervee.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Enervee, which … Continue reading “Enervee Receives $3,700,000 New Financing”
Kos Media Secures Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b3767de-187f-45e7-975e-ef0dc1442cc2 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Kos Media Mailing Address 2930 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 USA Company Description Kos Media operates the digital media destination website DailyKos.com. Website http://www.dailykos.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor
Tegile Systems Obtains $70,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b54c26b9-d0d8-46ef-9a96-f4b63095e629 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Tegile Systems Mailing Address 8000 Jarvis Ave Newark, CA 94560 USA Company Description Tegile Systems is pioneering a new generation of enterprise storage arrays that balance performance, capacity, features and price for virtualization, file services and database applications. Website http://www.tegile.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $70,000,000 … Continue reading “Tegile Systems Obtains $70,000,000 New Funding Round”
MatterFab Receives $5,750,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0aef30b4-6cd6-430d-aabd-0cb2d9fac509 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name MatterFab Mailing Address 1155 Indiana Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Build on a hardware & software platform that is extensible with apps and plugins to tackle every manufacturing challenge. Quickly tailor the MatterFab platform for new materials and applications. Website http://www.matterfab.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “MatterFab Receives $5,750,000 Series A Financing”
Lifesquare Receives Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eecbd502-374a-42db-8ce3-6e69fd815f26 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Lifesquare Mailing Address 2744 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Mission: Lifesquare aims to become a ubiquitous symbol for and access point to just in time health information for consumers and the medical professionals and family members who care for them. Website http://www.lifesquare.com … Continue reading “Lifesquare Receives Seed Funding Round”
Hale Health Receives Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95ba123b-ca2a-4fd5-84c1-cedc476206ec Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Hale Health Mailing Address 50 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Hale is a remote care platform that lets clinical teams streamline triage, automate follow-up, and increase practice capacity — all while delivering an incredible patient experience. Hale collects information based on reported symptoms … Continue reading “Hale Health Receives Seed Financing Round”
Bluebird Adds to CAR-T Arsenal With Five Prime Antibody Deal
[Updated 5/27/15 12:45 pm. See below.] Bluebird Bio is expanding its technology reach with antibodies from Five Prime Therapeutics as part of its plan to develop next-generation cancer therapies. Cambridge, MA-based Bluebird (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BLUE]]) specializes in gene therapy, and its progress treating sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia, both rare blood disorders, is one of the … Continue reading “Bluebird Adds to CAR-T Arsenal With Five Prime Antibody Deal”
After Orexigen Gaffe, What Role for Drugs Amid Obesity Crisis?
Two recent happenings prompted this column. First, Orexigen Therapeutics drew fire from, well, nearly everyone earlier this month for an improper release of data related to its weight-loss drug Contrave. The second happening is Memorial Day weekend. I’m assuming you, like me, did not spend the long weekend hunting and gathering, sharpening your arrowheads, and … Continue reading “After Orexigen Gaffe, What Role for Drugs Amid Obesity Crisis?”
Munchery Lands $85,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a728a8d9-93fd-45fd-89ce-16cbbe9d2ba5 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Munchery Mailing Address 375 Alabama Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Munchery’s mission is to bring the personal chef experience to everyone. Eating delicious and healthy food from a professional chef shouldn’t be a luxury or dream. Instead, we’re reinventing things through an online marketplace … Continue reading “Munchery Lands $85,000,000 New Funding”
SI-BONE Garners $21,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e94fa6e-93b1-4b29-9d40-1bb92c75dd10 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name SI-BONE Mailing Address 3055 Olin Avenue San Jose, CA 95128 USA Company Description SI-BONE is committed to providing high-quality innovative medical devices for the treatment of SI Joint dysfunction. SI-BONE is a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of SI Joint dysfunction. Website http://www.si-bone.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “SI-BONE Garners $21,000,000 New Financing Round”
Conformiq Obtains $2,312,958 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b90f83c9-7972-476f-846a-2bc7811c568d Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Conformiq Mailing Address 12930 Saratoga Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Company Description Conformiq’s vision since its inception has been to help product development organizations deliver better products to market faster through the use of its innovative test tools and methods. Website http://www.conformiq.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Conformiq Obtains $2,312,958 New Round”
Siluria Technologies Secures $5,798,177 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aef93b01-a8e1-4aeb-b08b-3d79486f8215 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Siluria Technologies Mailing Address 409 Illinois St. San Francisco, CA 94158 USA Company Description Siluria is the first company to provide industry with an economically viable and commercially scalable alternative to petroleum. We are building a world of plenty, using cutting-edge technology to convert one of the … Continue reading “Siluria Technologies Secures $5,798,177 New Round”
Guildery Lands $2,100,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4040c438-e1df-4780-ad9e-9505c399aa38 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Guildery Mailing Address 220 Main Street Los Altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description We eliminate the guesswork for you. We curate decorative fabric collections so you can pick accessories that are guaranteed to coordinate. Website http://www.guildery.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,100,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Guildery Lands $2,100,000 Seed Financing Round”
Mode Media Obtains $30,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff57e9b5-9de1-4e79-898a-b588ba91f6a1 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Mode Media Mailing Address 2000 Sierra Point Parkway 10th Floor Brisbane, CA 94005 USA Company Description Mode Media is a unique entertainment website company covering the worlds of fashion, beauty, and celebrity style, while providing women a shopping experience available nowhere else. The team that designed and … Continue reading “Mode Media Obtains $30,000,000 New Round”
Rubrik Obtains $41,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb00d724-8860-4fec-9b4c-c3fb05fa1b0d Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Rubrik Mailing Address 299 South California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Our Mission: To transform complex IT into simple, beautiful and complete products. We liberate you from the shackles of legacy IT by bringing web-scale technology and consumer design to the enterprise. Website http://www.rubrik.com … Continue reading “Rubrik Obtains $41,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Outset Medical Garners $60,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21aba341-cc55-4f47-a597-ff599f9c30b9 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Outset Medical Mailing Address 1830 Bering Drive San Jose, CA 95112 USA Company Description Dialysis has remained largely unchanged for decades – until now. Tablo is a new hemodialysis system designed to put the patient before the machine. A system designed for simplicity. A system designed for … Continue reading “Outset Medical Garners $60,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
HP Acquires ConteXtream for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7ea5f4c-ea33-46ce-90d3-4965c9875b17 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name ConteXtream Mailing Address 1043 N. Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description ConteXtream provides scalable per stream Grid edge routing, using clustered, high performance computing hardware, enabling full-rate quality, broadband IP media services. Website http://www.contextream.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “HP Acquires ConteXtream for Undisclosed Sum”
Flywheel Lands New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=df4f81b5-ba9e-405c-a76f-e500ef90bac5 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Flywheel Mailing Address 2 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description The company is developing a taxi cab application for the mobile phone. Website http://www.flywheel.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Specific proceeds purposes were not disclosed by the … Continue reading “Flywheel Lands New Financing Round”
Brit & Co Receives $23,100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f700595-f4d6-4ccf-b7f1-0013b82c1ffc Date 5/25/2015 Company Name Brit & Co Mailing Address 188 King St San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Brit & Co’s content hub is online at Brit.co or available on mobile devices. The team also designs and builds software applications, the first of which is Weduary, a social wedding website … Continue reading “Brit & Co Receives $23,100,000 New Funding”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Illumina, Veracyte, Otonomy, Kite & More
Out west this week, the news flow was breezy. There were a sprinkling of diagnostics showers led by Illumina, which is in a patent fight with a Roche subsidiary, and Veracyte, which presented promising data for its lung test. It also seemed to be a week for pharma collaborations. Two pairs of partners signed pacts, … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Illumina, Veracyte, Otonomy, Kite & More”
Taplytics Obtains $2,400,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4104ae97-cc73-494d-bb49-29e63b673730 Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Taplytics Mailing Address 143 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Taplytics grew as a way for our mobile app development shop to be more efficient and nimble. We quickly realized that what we built is much more than a tool for designers to move … Continue reading “Taplytics Obtains $2,400,000 Seed Financing Round”
Tigo Energy Obtains $3,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f6783fbf-5624-4102-909f-7d90d08fe6bf Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Tigo Energy Mailing Address 420 Blossom Hill Road Los Gatos, CA 95032 USA Company Description Tigo Energy increases output power, up-time, and reliability on existing and new solar installations, resulting in a faster return on investment and lower cost of ownership. Website http://www.tigoenergy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Tigo Energy Obtains $3,500,000 New Financing Round”
Jiff Garners Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=39339ae0-41ef-46c2-b088-a7afef07fb89 Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Jiff Mailing Address 644 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Jiff Inc. provides the first HIPAA-compliant social network and digital health apps platform for healthcare. Jiff’s platform allows consumers and health care professionals to build personalized and private communities of care in a HIPAA-compliant … Continue reading “Jiff Garners Series C Funding”
Metabiota Lands $30,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ec9fdc9-23a7-46fb-8c6e-e2a3421cbb1f Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Metabiota Mailing Address One Sutter San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Metabiota aims to assess and respond to infectious disease threats through pathogen discovery, disease detection, and threat characterization. Our pioneering science begins in viral hot spots where we conduct endemic and epidemic outbreak investigations. Website … Continue reading “Metabiota Lands $30,000,000 Series A Round”
Spring Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf1e8123-5ea1-480e-a6a6-8712acd4ea3e Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Spring Mailing Address 3495 Deer Creek Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA Company Description Spring helps development teams everywhere build simple, portable, fast and flexible JVM-based systems and applications. Website http://www.spring.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Spring Secures New Round”
Ignition Partners Plans to Stay the Course with $200M Sixth Fund
The headline on venture capital firm Ignition Partners‘ pitch deck to investors in its new $200 million fund was “No Change.” Ignition, based in based in Bellevue, WA, and Palo Alto, CA, has good reason to stay the course. In announcing Ignition Venture Partners VI, the firm touted 25 significant exits in the last three years, … Continue reading “Ignition Partners Plans to Stay the Course with $200M Sixth Fund”
NerdWallet’s Big Ambitions: Personal Finance App Aims for Dominance
Tim Chen was working at a long/short equity hedge fund in New York, and on Christmas Day he had no thoughts of a career change. But it was late 2008, in the middle of the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and Chen was one of those who lost his job. It might … Continue reading “NerdWallet’s Big Ambitions: Personal Finance App Aims for Dominance”
Maana Garners $14,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7eea65db-d3da-4c12-a0e0-d517c1a6d169 Date 5/21/2015 Company Name Maana Mailing Address 530 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Maana is a search & discovery engine for big data on Hadoop. Right out-of-the-box, Maana organizes the data on Hadoop for discovery, recommendation and personalization through search. Website http://www.maana.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Maana Garners $14,200,000 New Financing Round”
Building an Agnostic Cloud Infrastructure
Over the last two years I have often been asked: What is the best way to move out of Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other public cloud services? There are many reasons for making such a move, but cost, stability, and planned growth are the primary factors. Many companies that surpass $50,000 a month in … Continue reading “Building an Agnostic Cloud Infrastructure”
WePay Garners $40,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a96d012-24af-48ec-b386-0759fe87ae1b Date 5/20/2015 Company Name WePay Mailing Address 455 Portage Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description WePay is a payment tool that allows users to instantly create accounts for anything.These accounts provide electronic billing and collection through echecks, credit cards, and paper checks, and enable transparent spending through WePay debit … Continue reading “WePay Garners $40,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Stride Health Secures $13,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d8ae05e8-d51c-4309-88e6-1b751df9f324 Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Stride Health Mailing Address 455 Mission Bay Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94158 USA Company Description Stride Health protects your health and your wallet. You’ll quickly build a health profile so we can predict your medical costs for the year, like a financial advisor would do for … Continue reading “Stride Health Secures $13,000,000 Series A Round”
Zaption Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1cb3ddbf-8bda-4345-a9b1-1d9058207b3a Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Zaption Mailing Address 645 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Zaption, a San Francisco based tech startup, is revolutionizing online video for education. Teachers, trainers, and content publishers use Zaption’s intuitive web app to quickly add images, text, quizzes, and discussions to existing videos … Continue reading “Zaption Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Round”
BetterCompany Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bcbbeb4-d46b-4467-9f9e-20f08ad6cd49 Date 5/20/2015 Company Name BetterCompany Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description BetterCompany is a safe place that surfaces key workplace issues, opinions and topics while fostering healthy conversations. These conversations elevate the voice of the employee and allow them to contribute in ways they weren’t able to … Continue reading “BetterCompany Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Trov Lands $175,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1226fb33-199b-42ed-ac40-7e4e6d05e1c0 Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Trov Mailing Address 347 Hartz Avenue Danville, CA 94526 USA Company Description Trov develops applications that help people collect and benefit from the information about every thing they own. The information is stored in a personal Trov – a private online digital locker where their data is … Continue reading “Trov Lands $175,000 New Financing Round”
Coho Data Lands $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8bcb2c9a-107b-432b-8ed5-81b28ef49d20 Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Coho Data Mailing Address 4151 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Led by a team of XenSource/Citrix virtualization and storage industry veterans, Coho Data is enabling businesses of all sizes to build their own high performance Amazon-style storage for their data. Website http://www.cohodata.com Transaction … Continue reading “Coho Data Lands $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Speakeasy Lands $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94017cd1-7b1b-48e8-9f56-994e9c88577d Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Speakeasy Mailing Address 525 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description At Speakeasy, we believe smart people, with smartphones shouldn’t be wasting time on dumb conference calls. Our mobile conferencing app transforms today’s out-of-touch conference call technology into an engaging, shared experience that delights the … Continue reading “Speakeasy Lands $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
BookBub Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e9f49d97-69b4-4a28-9d9d-a34d97ad68cb Date 5/20/2015 Company Name BookBub Mailing Address Undisclosed Cambridge, MA 94304 USA Company Description BookBub is a free service that helps millions of readers discover great deals on acclaimed ebooks while providing publishers and authors with a way to drive sales and find new fans. Website http://www.bookbub.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “BookBub Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Directly Garners $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f80a2224-228e-46a6-ae22-cf7c87604a5b Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Directly Mailing Address 333 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Directly makes it easy to get fast, personal attention from experts who know the company you’re dealing with inside and out. Our community of experts work independently in their own free time. They earn … Continue reading “Directly Garners $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Samsara Lands $25,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47dd0d24-c5dc-438c-980c-d5278a92c87b Date 5/20/2015 Company Name Samsara Mailing Address 525 York St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description At Samsara, we believe that by making it easy to deploy sensors and analyze their data, customers of all types will be able to use them by the thousands, and in places they’ve never … Continue reading “Samsara Lands $25,000,000 Series A Funding Round”