A pregnant mom who got a non-invasive prenatal test because she knew at age 40 that her baby was a higher risk for Down syndrome has become a case study in the potential power of precision medicine. The certified blood test, developed by San Diego-based Sequenom (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SQNM]]), is sensitive enough to identify bits of … Continue reading “NIH Director Hails “Stunning Case” as Example of Genomic Revolution”
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Crowdstar CEO: From War Game Thrasher To Fashion Game Maker
Crowdstar, a veteran among companies that have combined computer games with social media sharing, says it has crafted its biggest hit so far and made the transition to mobile. That’s surely a business story, but what interested me most was the personal transition made by the Burlingame, CA-based company’s CEO, Jeffrey Tseng. Tseng grew up … Continue reading “Crowdstar CEO: From War Game Thrasher To Fashion Game Maker”
Carbylan Therapeutics Lands $4,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee46267b-f144-4e7f-be23-189e5366d612 Date 3/6/2015 Company Name Carbylan Therapeutics Mailing Address 3181 Porter Drive Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA Company Description Carbylan Therapeutics develops and markets bioresponsive medical products to enhance healing, provide better surgical outcomes and improve patients’ quality of life. Carbylan is committed to quality in all areas of its business by … Continue reading “Carbylan Therapeutics Lands $4,000,000 New Funding Round”
TaaSera Receives $250,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81f16a91-e7b9-41c9-84c3-be2bcc9bafe2 Date 3/6/2015 Company Name TaaSera Mailing Address 10055 North Portal Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 USA Company Description TaaSera builds runtime behavior detection solutions used by the world’s leading companies and government agencies to identify previously unseen attacks and infections as they occur – before they result in breach or exfiltration. Website … Continue reading “TaaSera Receives $250,000 New Financing Round”
Trucker Path Garners $1,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f55dbef-9616-4bbd-a976-34dcb3eb289f Date 3/6/2015 Company Name Trucker Path Mailing Address Undisclosed San Jose, CA 95117 USA Company Description Over 100,000 truck drivers and thousands of trucking companies chose Trucker Path over road atlases and other apps. Find truck stops, parking, rest areas, open/closed weigh stations, and much more. Information and reviews are very … Continue reading “Trucker Path Garners $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
Evidation Health Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16a7def2-56df-4144-bd87-b59036de53a9 Date 3/6/2015 Company Name Evidation Health Mailing Address 2882 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description New disruptive solutions are entering the market in droves, claiming to improve outcomes, lower costs and enable patient access through connectivity and engagement. However, product claims are often unsubstantiated by clinical or … Continue reading “Evidation Health Receives New Round”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Pharmacyclics, Gates, Ikaria & More
[Corrected 3/9/15, 11:46 pm. See below.] What a week for West Coast news, topped off by AbbVie’s surprise $21 billion grab of Pharmacyclics. It’s the ninth-largest biopharma acquisition of all time, according to one analyst. There was also immunotherapy news—a sentence that seems these days to apply to any week of the calendar—and immunotherapy views, … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Pharmacyclics, Gates, Ikaria & More”
GE Backs Evidation Health to Tackle Digital Health
[Updated 3/5/14 5:17 pm. See below.] Digital health is an amorphous category that can encompass everything from electronic health records to fitness apps. It’s been hard to grasp the real value of some of these technologies, as Xconomy’s Alex Lash examined in detail in October. GE Ventures is trying to address that problem. The firm … Continue reading “GE Backs Evidation Health to Tackle Digital Health”
AbbVie Snaps up Pharmacyclics, Pays Whopping $21B For Cancer Drug
Pop quiz: How much would a company whose best selling drug is about to lose patent protection pay for a portion of the rights to a successful blood cancer drug? The answer came late last night: $21 billion. That’s what AbbVie (NYSE: [[ticker:ABBV]]) has agreed to pay for the rights to Sunnyvale, CA-based Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ: … Continue reading “AbbVie Snaps up Pharmacyclics, Pays Whopping $21B For Cancer Drug”
As Uber Becomes a Publisher, Boston Taxi Trade Paper Stops Printing
Uber isn’t just changing the way taxi and black-car companies operate. As the multibillion-dollar car-for-hire juggernaut expands across the country, businesses that serve the old-school, heavily regulated taxi industry are suddenly feeling the effects of new competition. A prime example is Carriage News, a 45-year-old trade paper focusing on the taxi industry around Boston. Late last month, publisher Bob Keeley … Continue reading “As Uber Becomes a Publisher, Boston Taxi Trade Paper Stops Printing”
Shocase Secures New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0041852f-dbd4-42a4-bc1c-033f8e4cbb29 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Shocase Mailing Address 330 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description We’re writers, designers and creative directors; data scientists, engineers, web and mobile technologists; visionaries, product developers and managers; marketing researchers, social media experts and strategists; facilitators, account people, innovators and many types of leaders. … Continue reading “Shocase Secures New Financing Round”
Alation Garners $9,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b695625a-0b46-4c92-86dd-09225e5b2531 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Alation Mailing Address Undisclosed Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Alation was founded in 2012 when PhD engineers from Google, a designer from Apple, and an executive from Oracle teamed up to help connect people with the data they need. Website http://www.alation.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Alation Garners $9,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Visual.ly Lands $3,300,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=90b508e2-4eb6-4480-91bb-0e87996a8e28 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Visual.ly Mailing Address 163 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Visual.ly is a one-stop shop for the creation of data visualizations and infographics. Visual.ly Marketplace introduces ecommerce and project management into the Visual.ly platform, making it easier for buyers and sellers of infographics to … Continue reading “Visual.ly Lands $3,300,000 Series A Funding”
HoneyBook Garners $22,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6ad63d3-8bc3-45a7-abed-2d09e754c00d Date 3/5/2015 Company Name HoneyBook Mailing Address 1 Bluxome St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description HoneyBook is modern, delightful event planning for vendors and their clients. Our tools help event professionals simplify their day-to-day lives and grow their customer base. While clients experience seamless booking and planning from any … Continue reading “HoneyBook Garners $22,000,000 New Financing Round”
Swiftype Lands $13,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb92d70f-0fdb-4c5d-aa53-31b1df4f9db3 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Swiftype Mailing Address 301 Rhode Island St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Swiftype is a hosted search solution that lets site owners deliver powerful, customizable search for their website or mobile app with just a few lines of code. Built on top of a highly … Continue reading “Swiftype Lands $13,000,000 Series B Financing”
Hedgy Obtains $74,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b4fcb66-9243-4bdf-8ffd-9f13d345e595 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Hedgy Mailing Address 55 E. 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description We believe the future of finance is more open, transparent and distributed, which is why we are committed to building Hedgy right on top of the Bitcoin block chain. Website http://www.hedgy.co Transaction Type … Continue reading “Hedgy Obtains $74,000 New Funding Round”
Nextdoor Garners $110,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a42fa5c-39dd-4339-99ee-c458cf28ee13 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Nextdoor Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Nextdoor is a private social network for your neighborhood. It’s the easiest way for you and your neighbors—and only you and your neighbors—to talk online and make all of your lives better in the real world. … Continue reading “Nextdoor Garners $110,000,000 New Funding”
Tricida Receives $30,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b8e368e-f1f4-47cd-ae17-d638dc87effa Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Tricida Mailing Address 7000 Shoreline Court South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Tricida, Inc. is an innovative startup company focused on the discovery and clinical development of novel therapeutics to address renal, metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Website http://www.tricida.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 … Continue reading “Tricida Receives $30,000,000 Series B Financing”
Quixey Secures $54,999,997 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d24476e4-f30f-46ac-9182-d97e88674943 Date 3/5/2015 Company Name Quixey Mailing Address 303 Bryant St. Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Quixey specializes in functional search for apps. It allows you to describe your needs in plain English and find the best functional matches. Whether it is a mobile device, a tablet, a desktop or … Continue reading “Quixey Secures $54,999,997 New Round”
“Voice for Everyone”—Life-Sci Women Talk Venture, Pharma Gender Gap
By the numbers, the rare-disease drug developer Raptor Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RPTP]]) recently upped its chances of better market performance. That’s because biopharma veteran Julie Anne Smith (pictured) on Jan. 1 officially took the helm of the Novato, CA-based biotech firm from Christopher Starr, and time and again, studies show that companies with more women in … Continue reading ““Voice for Everyone”—Life-Sci Women Talk Venture, Pharma Gender Gap”
Tricida Grabs $30M Series B for Chronic Kidney Disease Treatment
Drug developer Tricida said Wednesday that investors have pledged $30 million in Series B funding to push forward its effort to join the crowded market for chronic kidney disease treatments. The company has one potential advantage: Its founders have been there before. The South San Francisco, CA-based company’s lead drug, TRC 101, is meant to … Continue reading “Tricida Grabs $30M Series B for Chronic Kidney Disease Treatment”
Top 3 Personal Health Tips From the Founders of Elysium
First of all, it’s not really an anti-aging startup. That’s one takeaway after sitting down with the founders of Elysium Health last week. The newly launched company is headquartered in New York City, with a network of advisors worldwide. It’s out to sell nutritional supplements to consumers online to improve their personal health, not necessarily … Continue reading “Top 3 Personal Health Tips From the Founders of Elysium”
Grid2Home Changes Name to Kitu Systems, Raises $2.3M from Investors
San Diego-based Grid2Home, founded in 2009 to develop software for the emerging market in smart meter data communications, has changed its name to Kitu Systems, apparently to position the company for the broader market in the “Internet of Things.” The company explains on its website that “Kitu” means “thing” in Swahili. Kitu Systems also has … Continue reading “Grid2Home Changes Name to Kitu Systems, Raises $2.3M from Investors”
Metric Insights Garners $1,658,835 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65f4d09b-806f-47a5-a39c-8ad4016adbaf Date 3/4/2015 Company Name Metric Insights Mailing Address 123 10th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Provide everyone simple access to actionable, timely, and relevant information to facilitate smart decisions. Every person has a contribution to make; we provide the means to do it by placing data in the … Continue reading “Metric Insights Garners $1,658,835 New Funding Round”
Man Crates Obtains $3,100,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab1c8537-9f6c-4f1c-b8ef-92c53351ab6b Date 3/4/2015 Company Name Man Crates Mailing Address 2694 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description They say ‘no’ to ugly neckties, cologne samplers and executive trinkets. They don’t save wrapping paper, They don’t do ribbons. They ship bragworthy gifts for guys. Gifts that you can’t wait to arrive … Continue reading “Man Crates Obtains $3,100,000 Seed Financing”
Accomplice Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=02bcbade-619d-471b-b1fa-af4a775551cb Date 3/4/2015 Company Name Accomplice Mailing Address 604 Mission St. 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Our mission is to help intrepid marketers move past the trends and buzzwords and bravely step into the realm of confident decision making and measurable results. Website http://www.accomplice.io Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Accomplice Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding”
Uber Acquires deCarta for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=438c808f-bbfa-4950-a19b-92b1297dad96 Date 3/4/2015 Company Name deCarta Mailing Address Four North Second St. San Jose, CA 95113 USA Company Description deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that powers today’s most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Ask.com, Qualcomm, Hotels.com Verizon, Sprint and many others. Website http://www.decarta.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Uber Acquires deCarta for Undisclosed Sum”
Focused on Glaucoma, Aerie Looks Toward Unblinding Critical Data
Glaucoma is a ripe opportunity for drug developers. Generics litter the field, yet it’s a roughly $5 billion market that will only grow with an aging population. What’s more, nothing out there cures the disease. Patients typically take eye drops, chronically, for the rest of their lives. In other words, there’s room for innovation. That’s … Continue reading “Focused on Glaucoma, Aerie Looks Toward Unblinding Critical Data”
Tiger Teams, Dropping Subs, and Biotech’s Elusive Second Strikes
Onesie-twosie? Double dipping? The old razzle dazzle? Whatever you call it, it’s a rare feat to sell a biotech company, hold something back to start a new company, then ride that second horse to success. The team behind Flexus Biosciences is halfway there, as I wrote about last week. They sold a preclinical cancer immunotherapy … Continue reading “Tiger Teams, Dropping Subs, and Biotech’s Elusive Second Strikes”
Clustrix Garners $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3671b1c7-94c2-4725-b7b8-5c083ac9991b Date 3/3/2015 Company Name Clustrix Mailing Address 201 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We are building the next generation of highly scalable distributed infrastructure products. Our products make it possible to scale infrastructure just by adding nodes – without custom software engineering or special administrative activities. Website … Continue reading “Clustrix Garners $3,000,000 New Financing”
ToutApp Receives $15,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1ae3f89-3433-4c30-b526-93047e56a4fe Date 3/3/2015 Company Name ToutApp Mailing Address 156 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description ToutApp is a complete Sales Communications Platform. We’re a startup based in San Francisco. Founded in 2010. Our software helps sales teams streamline communications and close more deals. Website http://www.toutapp.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “ToutApp Receives $15,000,000 Series B Round”
YesGraph Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0e6fa080-dc9a-41f7-b735-b05c08475188 Date 3/3/2015 Company Name YesGraph Mailing Address 459 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94103 USA Company Description YesGraph helps you hire the best people. More details are coming soon; in the meanwhile, feel free to get in touch. Website http://www.yesgraph.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “YesGraph Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round”
Western Digital Acquires Amplidata for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=863493ff-b7eb-463b-8f95-1281561b0799 Date 3/3/2015 Company Name Amplidata Mailing Address 1551 McCarthy Blvd Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Amplidata provides unbreakable storage technology that is ten thousand times more reliable than current RAID based technologies, requires 50-70% less storage and power and 90% less expensive than current storage solutions. The Amplidata Optimized Object … Continue reading “Western Digital Acquires Amplidata for Undisclosed Sum”
PayPal Buys Paydiant Amid Mobile Payments Shakeout
[Updated at 3 pm with comment from investor] After years of fits and starts, the mobile payments technology sector is finally getting serious about sifting through the winners and losers. One more startup in the win column: Paydiant, a Newton, MA-based provider of mobile-app technology for other companies, which is being acquired by PayPal. The companies … Continue reading “PayPal Buys Paydiant Amid Mobile Payments Shakeout”
Therapeutic Video Game Startup Akili Takes Aim at Autism
For decades, experts have debated whether video games positively or negatively affect your brain. Boston-based startup Akili Interactive thinks it’s a settled question, and that games on mobile devices can be beneficial both for players and doctors. Now it’s all about proving it. Akili announced Monday it has formed a clinical research collaboration agreement with … Continue reading “Therapeutic Video Game Startup Akili Takes Aim at Autism”
Finistere Raises $150M for New Fund Focused on Agricultural Biotech
Finistere Ventures, a San Diego investment firm focused on agricultural biotechnology, said it has closed on $150 million for its second fund. In a regulatory filing, the firm indicates plans to raise as much as $200 million for the fund, Finistere Ventures II. In a separate filing, Finistere disclosed plans to raise $20 million for … Continue reading “Finistere Raises $150M for New Fund Focused on Agricultural Biotech”
With Celiac Deal, Celimmune Aims to Give New Life to Old Amgen Drug
Sometimes a drug gathering dust at a big company finds new life at a startup. And sometimes the two companies cut a deal, in case that startup is on to something. That’s exactly what biotech giant Amgen is doing with brand-new startup Celimmune, in a deal announced today. Celimmune, based in Lebanon, NJ, and Bethesda, … Continue reading “With Celiac Deal, Celimmune Aims to Give New Life to Old Amgen Drug”
Cancer Immunotherapy Companies: Looking Forward and Looking Back
[Updated, 4/7/15, see below] I’ve been researching one of our local immunotherapy developers here in Seattle, trying to round up the views of industry experts regarding the future prospects of a drug at the front of its pipeline. Do they think it’s a good investment? Here’s what I found out: Analysts predict that sales of … Continue reading “Cancer Immunotherapy Companies: Looking Forward and Looking Back”
Lyric Pharmaceuticals Secures $20,400,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7f12728-2b66-419c-9586-47f932799723 Date 3/2/2015 Company Name Lyric Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 601 Gateway Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Lyric is a clinical stage company developing novel gastrointestinal therapeutics for unmet medical needs in the hospital setting. Website http://www.lyricpharma.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,400,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “Lyric Pharmaceuticals Secures $20,400,000 Series A Financing”
SKULLY Secures $11,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d502fc0f-d6ed-4104-8de9-f7443a61dd48 Date 3/2/2015 Company Name SKULLY Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description We believe technology should eliminate distractions. It should remove blindspots. It should provide you direction when you want it, and help you focus your attention back where it belongs – on the road ahead. Website http://www.skully.com … Continue reading “SKULLY Secures $11,000,000 Series A Financing”
Coolan Lands Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fdada5b8-aec4-4a9c-a9d8-f897089d1ada Date 3/2/2015 Company Name Coolan Mailing Address 300 8th Ave. San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description Coolan’s analytics solution provides visibility into the performance of your data center environment and delivers insights that help reduce downtime and lower the cost of infrastructure. We provide not only the data analysis you … Continue reading “Coolan Lands Seed Financing Round”
RockYou Garners $23,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d547835-71d6-4d62-bd15-990b3290f74c Date 3/2/2015 Company Name RockYou Mailing Address 303 2nd St. South Tower San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description RockYou! creates and distributes the most popular self-expression widgets on the web. RockYou!’s viral accessories can be used to enhance the look and feel of any blog, personal website, and are used … Continue reading “RockYou Garners $23,000,000 New Funding”
Visa Acquires TrialPay for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d54ad6e-2d05-44df-bd68-97d64a4bf5bd Date 3/2/2015 Company Name TrialPay Mailing Address 650 Castro Street. Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Our unique payment platform enables customers to pay for one item by trying or buying something else. We help brand name companies in software, publishing, online services, and games acquire new customers and earn … Continue reading “Visa Acquires TrialPay for Undisclosed Sum”
Innovation Hub: Advertising’s New Age
A product, a camera phone, and a sensor. Those may be the essential tools of advertising in the 21st century. Increasingly, we’re witnessing the disappearance of the classic, 30-second ad. Now products are looking to lure us with humor (I’m looking at you, Old Spice Guy) or whiz-bang theatrics (think Jean-Claude Van Damme straddling Volvos). … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Advertising’s New Age”
With FDA Nod, Nonprofit Drug Firm Launches New IUD—And New Model
An unusual women’s health biopharma with a very unusual strategy has passed its first big test. The FDA said today that Medicines360 can bring a contraceptive to market. That’s not the unusual part, and neither is the product. It’s an intrauterine device, and IUDs have been around for a century in one form or another. … Continue reading “With FDA Nod, Nonprofit Drug Firm Launches New IUD—And New Model”
Milestones of Innovation 3: ‘Modern Pioneers’ at the Waldorf–1940
When people made lists of leading innovators 75 years ago, they saw a landscape very different from today’s for putting discoveries, techniques, money, workers, and customers together to get something new and useful onto the market. In the brief interval between the Depression and World War II, the dominant factor was the large, vertically integrated … Continue reading “Milestones of Innovation 3: ‘Modern Pioneers’ at the Waldorf–1940”
MoBeam Secures $5,159,752 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=281851ce-21a1-47c5-bfc4-2350451ba1d2 Date 2/27/2015 Company Name MoBeam Mailing Address 299 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description MoBeam Inc. applies its patented technology to transform the consumer-retail interaction and create multiple layers of value across the entire consumer products and retail industry, with clear benefits to both consumers and retailers. … Continue reading “MoBeam Secures $5,159,752 New Financing”
Chefs Feed Receives $4,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dea6239b-f8c3-4798-ab33-35e299b1b6f1 Date 2/27/2015 Company Name Chefs Feed Mailing Address 11 Tillman Place 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Want to know where Mario Batali gets his carnitas taco fix? Where Wolfgang Puck goes for sushi or where Thomas Keller goes for pasta? Chefs Feed has the answers. With thousands … Continue reading “Chefs Feed Receives $4,000,000 Series A Round”
Iotera Receives $1,000,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7d14c7a-41ef-49b2-9145-425d8ff11684 Date 2/27/2015 Company Name Iotera Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Iotera is ushering in the era of the “Internet of Things” (IoT), an era where companies will never have to run inventory on products, parents will always know if their kids were in danger, and wallets … Continue reading “Iotera Receives $1,000,000 Seed Financing”
Accela Receives $143,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ddcd0e1-8621-4e0f-8389-515460d14e04 Date 2/27/2015 Company Name Accela Mailing Address 2633 Camino Ramon San Ramon, CA 94583 USA Company Description Today, Accela powers thousands of services and millions of transactions for more than 500 public agencies worldwide, enabling governments to connect with citizens and streamline processes related to land management, asset management, licensing, and … Continue reading “Accela Receives $143,500,000 New Financing”