Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ae14721-aace-4415-9cd0-15aa6e4e94bc Date 10/15/2014 Company Name HearNotes Mailing Address P.O. Box 471812 San Francisco, CA 94123 USA Company Description The world is going wireless, and headphones and earbuds are no exception. But there’s a funny thing about so-called wireless earbuds on the market today: they all have wires! At HearNotes, we’re cutting the … Continue reading “HearNotes Secures $100,000 New Round”
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ThisMoment Garners $17,600,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98f9d995-ecca-494b-b323-67239ecb21ca Date 10/15/2014 Company Name ThisMoment Mailing Address 222 Kearny St. San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description ThisMoment is a company focusing on the idea of “You over Time.” Our service allows people to capture – both as individuals and in collaboration with their family and friends – meaningful Moments in … Continue reading “ThisMoment Garners $17,600,000 Series D Funding Round”
Viewics Secures $8,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c3b7f7e-644e-4a32-b789-6c4f693c9e02 Date 10/15/2014 Company Name Viewics Mailing Address 440 North Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Viewics provides business intelligence and analytics solutions which enable healthcare organizations to drive enhanced operational, clinical and financial outcomes. We believe it’s time that an analytics solution was developed with the laboratory business manager … Continue reading “Viewics Secures $8,000,000 New Financing”
Wit.ai Receives $3,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06567d7b-f15d-47bf-ba75-6f7d5f3b215f Date 10/15/2014 Company Name Wit.ai Mailing Address 925 Alma St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Voice is how we’ll control devices too small for a keyboard, like watches, earbuds, and much of the “Internet Of Things.” But it’s a ton of work for a developer to build their own … Continue reading “Wit.ai Receives $3,000,000 New Funding Round”
Channel Medsystems Garners $6,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db903664-f9a4-43ae-8a34-8300a79208dd Date 10/15/2014 Company Name Channel Medsystems Mailing Address 101 Mississippi Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Channel Medystems is a clinical-stage medical technology company based in San Francisco. The company is developing proprietary cryo-ablation delivery technologies. Channel Medsystems is currently focused on women’s healthcare and addressing the problem of … Continue reading “Channel Medsystems Garners $6,000,000 New Financing”
Why It Requires Rocket Engineers to Make Your House Comfortable
There are dozens of startups building various pieces of the “smart home,” but Boston-based Ecovent is starting in unusual place: heating and cooling vents. The company today said it raised $2.2 million from angel investors to speed up production of sensors and vents that make homes more comfortable and energy efficient. The year-old company was … Continue reading “Why It Requires Rocket Engineers to Make Your House Comfortable”
Venture Firms Turn Down Funding Volume, but Still Rockin’ in Q3
Venture capital activity descended from the stratosphere during the third quarter, but it was still flying high, as venture firms invested nearly $9.8 billion in 879 deals across the United States, according to a report released today by the financial data firm CB Insights. The amount invested during the quarter was down 30 percent from … Continue reading “Venture Firms Turn Down Funding Volume, but Still Rockin’ in Q3”
Ozy Media Garners $20,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d5e1898-5e8c-489d-aacb-78a94a69a226 Date 10/14/2014 Company Name Ozy Media Mailing Address 444 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description We are the go-to daily news and culture site for the Change Generation, bringing you up to speed on what happened in the last 24 hours and vaulting you ahead by previewing new … Continue reading “Ozy Media Garners $20,000,000 New Financing Round”
Loggly Obtains $15,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f0b8750-cb12-4569-b319-96cc53f5522f Date 10/14/2014 Company Name Loggly Mailing Address 78 1st St. 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Loggly provides log aggregation, storage, search, alerting, and reporting in a SaaS (software as a service) model for companies who maintain Web based applications. Loggly provides developers with a simple, intuitive, Web … Continue reading “Loggly Obtains $15,000,000 Series C Financing”
S2C Obtains $4,600,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81d2b9ad-897c-4a97-b118-da8c80ddcd60 Date 10/14/2014 Company Name S2C Mailing Address 1735 Technology Drive San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description S2C was founded in San Jose, California in 2003 by a group of Silicon Valley veterans with extensive knowledge in ASIC emulation, FPGA prototyping, and SoC validation technologies. In 2004, S2C set up its … Continue reading “S2C Obtains $4,600,000 Series C Funding”
Zero Motorcycles Receives $6,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a880576e-f00a-4968-9954-260bec35a280 Date 10/14/2014 Company Name Zero Motorcycles Mailing Address 380 El Pueblo Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA Company Description Zero Motorcycles is the next step in motorcycle evolution and represents the ultimate electric motorcycle technology. Website http://www.zeromotorcycles.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Zero Motorcycles Receives $6,000,000 New Financing Round”
Ozy Media Garners $20,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d5e1898-5e8c-489d-aacb-78a94a69a226 Date 10/14/2014 Company Name Ozy Media Mailing Address 444 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description We are the go-to daily news and culture site for the Change Generation, bringing you up to speed on what happened in the last 24 hours and vaulting you ahead by previewing new … Continue reading “Ozy Media Garners $20,000,000 New Round”
Loggly Receives $15,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f0b8750-cb12-4569-b319-96cc53f5522f Date 10/14/2014 Company Name Loggly Mailing Address 78 1st St. 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Loggly provides log aggregation, storage, search, alerting, and reporting in a SaaS (software as a service) model for companies who maintain Web based applications. Loggly provides developers with a simple, intuitive, Web … Continue reading “Loggly Receives $15,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
S2C Lands $4,600,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81d2b9ad-897c-4a97-b118-da8c80ddcd60 Date 10/14/2014 Company Name S2C Mailing Address 1735 Technology Drive San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description S2C was founded in San Jose, California in 2003 by a group of Silicon Valley veterans with extensive knowledge in ASIC emulation, FPGA prototyping, and SoC validation technologies. In 2004, S2C set up its … Continue reading “S2C Lands $4,600,000 Series C Round”
Quantance Secures $6,000,012 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62148be5-83dc-445f-9894-eb164c4e0823 Date 10/14/2014 Company Name Quantance Mailing Address 1810 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404 USA Company Description There are many applications for Quantance technology but Quantance plans initially to address the mobile wireless market by harvesting the transmit power and efficiency benefits achievable for 3G and 4G/LTE systems. Website http://www.quantance.com Transaction … Continue reading “Quantance Secures $6,000,012 New Financing Round”
Carbylan Therapeutics Lands $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=763a23e0-6c95-488a-99dd-f4d2e6253e5f Date 10/14/2014 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 $5,000,000 New Financing”
Untying the Knots in Big Data and Big Biology: Q&A with Andrew Su
As big data becomes increasingly important in using genomic information, the National Institutes of Health is funding a sweeping initiative to help untie the knots that make it hard to extract and apply meaningful information from huge biomedical data sets. The program was conceived, in the words of NIH Director Francis Collins, to “overcome the … Continue reading “Untying the Knots in Big Data and Big Biology: Q&A with Andrew Su”
How Much Should I Work?
My son, a member of the optimization generation, where pretty much every aspect of his life will be tracked, measured, and ultimately ruled by the Alg, posed a fascinating question to me the other day. He simply asked, “How much should I work?” Now, the context for the question is that he’s undoubtedly a Type … Continue reading “How Much Should I Work?”
Invitae Garners $120,000,000 Series F Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf7a8f06-54bf-489e-900c-7efd0c29e382 Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Invitae Mailing Address 458 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Invitae currently offers testing for a range of hereditary genetic disorders in a variety of clinical disciplines, including oncology, neurology, and pediatric medicine. Website http://www.invitae.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $120,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Invitae Garners $120,000,000 Series F Funding Round”
Complex Polygon Secures $1,700,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7522d690-c231-4b0f-bebc-acfa0fa5cce9 Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Complex Polygon Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Complex Polygon is a product studio based in San Francisco, California. We design, build and launch mobile applications with the purpose of bringing people closer together. Website http://www.complexpolygon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,700,000 … Continue reading “Complex Polygon Secures $1,700,000 Seed Funding”
EMC Acquires Cloudscaling for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd0bdf31-87be-4288-8ed2-82a11e49fe22 Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Cloudscaling Mailing Address 45 Belden Place San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Cloudscaling is the leading cloud computing consulting firm specializing in strategy, execution, and support services for telcos, service providers, enterprises, and governments building public, community, and private clouds. Website http://www.cloudscaling.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “EMC Acquires Cloudscaling for Undisclosed Sum”
Invitae Receives $120,000,000 Series F Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf7a8f06-54bf-489e-900c-7efd0c29e382 Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Invitae Mailing Address 458 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Invitae currently offers testing for a range of hereditary genetic disorders in a variety of clinical disciplines, including oncology, neurology, and pediatric medicine. Website http://www.invitae.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $120,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Invitae Receives $120,000,000 Series F Funding”
Complex Polygon Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7522d690-c231-4b0f-bebc-acfa0fa5cce9 Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Complex Polygon Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Complex Polygon is a product studio based in San Francisco, California. We design, build and launch mobile applications with the purpose of bringing people closer together. Website http://www.complexpolygon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,700,000 … Continue reading “Complex Polygon Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Financing”
Loopd Lands $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08748ecd-ce61-4ede-aa9d-b667bfaac39c Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Loopd Mailing Address 600 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Loopd was founded in 2013 in Silicon Valley. We were inspired by wearable technology. We were frustrated by outdated networking systems. We made a way for physical actions to control virtual presence. Website http://www.loopd.com … Continue reading “Loopd Lands $1,000,000 New Round”
NOVACAP Acquires Dialogic for $35,300,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=34ab7c9d-fc72-4ba2-84af-e2bcc49cbd11 Date 10/13/2014 Company Name Dialogic Mailing Address 1504 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Dialogic, the Network Fuel company, inspires the world’s leading service providers and application developers to elevate the performance of media-rich communications across the most advanced networks. We boost the reliability of any-to-any network connections, supercharge … Continue reading “NOVACAP Acquires Dialogic for $35,300,000”
With New VC Bucks, Product Hunt Taps the Wisdom of the In-Crowd
What if you could eavesdrop as a select group of venture capitalists, early adopters, and startup founders hashed over the merits of hot new tech products every day? That’s the experience San Francisco-based Product Hunt aims to offer, and the young enterprise, part of the Y Combinator summer 2014 class, just raised $6.1 million in … Continue reading “With New VC Bucks, Product Hunt Taps the Wisdom of the In-Crowd”
New Eye Care Investor RevOptix Grabs Majority Stake in RevolutionEHR
San Francisco investment group RevOptix has acquired a majority stake in RevolutionEHR, a Madison, WI-based provider of electronic health records software for eye doctors. The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed. RevolutionEHR isn’t calling the deal an acquisition because its staff will stay in place, including co-founder and CEO Scott Jens, and previous investors are … Continue reading “New Eye Care Investor RevOptix Grabs Majority Stake in RevolutionEHR”
Alien Technology Garners $35,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f34dc3e-28ce-4c34-9148-090caae2cf66 Date 10/10/2014 Company Name Alien Technology Mailing Address 18220 Butterfield Blvd. Morgan Hill, CA 95037 USA Company Description Alien Technology provides UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services to customers in retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other industries. Website http://www.alientechnology.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Alien Technology Garners $35,000,000 New Round”
Trufa Obtains $5,100,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e27126c-4001-4467-bdb6-10307b7b68d9 Date 10/10/2014 Company Name Trufa Mailing Address 530 Lytton Avenue 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Trufa Inc. delivers True Finance Applications, connecting finance and operations in a purposeful way with speed, precision and a bias for action. Designed for the office of the CFO, Trufa’s predictive analytics … Continue reading “Trufa Obtains $5,100,000 New Financing Round”
BrightFunnel Lands $2,500,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6e221bf-1cad-4bb7-837a-68f66d6bca81 Date 10/10/2014 Company Name BrightFunnel Mailing Address 625 Second St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description BrightFunnel generates predictive, actionable revenue insights for B2B marketers. For the first time, CMOs and their teams can understand the future revenue impact of each decision, and align marketing plans with business priorities. Because … Continue reading “BrightFunnel Lands $2,500,000 Seed Financing”
Snowball Obtains $2,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f6fc0d6-c5de-464e-a3e9-a7af5ae510c9 Date 10/10/2014 Company Name Snowball Mailing Address 1A Coleridge St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Snowball shows your messages from Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp, SMS and all your other social apps in ONE place. It’s the fastest way to talk to your friends! Website http://www.trysnowball.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Snowball Obtains $2,300,000 New Financing Round”
TRIA Beauty Lands $8,501,700 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71221613-9976-410f-bd28-d8cca0b8edb7 Date 10/10/2014 Company Name TRIA Beauty Mailing Address 4160 Dublin Blvd. Dublin, CA 94568 USA Company Description The TRIA Skin Clarifying System, a 3-step system clinically proven to clear acne breakouts faster than any other leading acne treatment and featuring professional-strength blue light therapy, is launched in the U.S. Website http://www.triabeauty.com … Continue reading “TRIA Beauty Lands $8,501,700 New Financing”
Spin Transfer Technologies Garners $70,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0aa0d599-662c-4c24-b363-eb150d9d3af7 Date 10/10/2014 Company Name Spin Transfer Technologies Mailing Address 45500 Northport Loop West Fremont, CA 94538 USA Company Description New York University and Allied Minds have teamed to establish Spin Transfer Technologies (STT) to develop and commercialize advanced spin transfer magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) technologies. Website http://www.spintransfer.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Spin Transfer Technologies Garners $70,000,000 New Financing”
Gainsight Secures $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d6789be-54f9-4ca9-8841-fb872e1fe57f Date 10/10/2014 Company Name Gainsight Mailing Address 191 Castro Street 2nd Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Gainsight has a complete integrated customer success management suite that monitors customer product usage, manages surveys such as Net Promoter Score, and recommends action based on customer intelligence. JBara’s suite of modules … Continue reading “Gainsight Secures $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Gainsight Lands $25,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d6789be-54f9-4ca9-8841-fb872e1fe57f Date 10/10/2014 Company Name Gainsight Mailing Address 191 Castro Street 2nd Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Gainsight has a complete integrated customer success management suite that monitors customer product usage, manages surveys such as Net Promoter Score, and recommends action based on customer intelligence. JBara’s suite of modules … Continue reading “Gainsight Lands $25,000,000 Series C Round”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: CareFusion, Sunesis, Second Genome, Etc.
After a week’s hiatus, the roundup is back. We’ve been busy. New Xconomy San Francisco editor Bernadette Tansey took a first look at a plan to build a local incubator for synthetic biology startups, while I covered an appearance by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals CEO Mark Murray, the first since his company’s drug was approved for emergency … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: CareFusion, Sunesis, Second Genome, Etc.”
GE to Startups: Write Apps for our Industrial Internet Platform
General Electric’s Silicon Valley lab may be making a key operating platform for the next generation of computing. Next year, the industrial giant today said it plans to allow third-party software developers to write applications for Predix, its software for collecting and analyzing data from industrial equipment. GE has already made $1 billion on what … Continue reading “GE to Startups: Write Apps for our Industrial Internet Platform”
Can Salesforce1 Push the Workforce into the Mobile Age?
Dreamforce 2014 is quickly approaching, and it has me thinking about the impact Salesforce (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRM]]) has had on the way we work and more generally on the future of work itself. Dreamforce is the annual Salesforce user conference, and it has more or less become a must-attend event for anyone in the cloud computing … Continue reading “Can Salesforce1 Push the Workforce into the Mobile Age?”
Y Combinator, Move Over For IndieBio: A Second Biotech Accelerator
Y Combinator, which set off a whirlwind of skeptical commentary when it opened its highly ranked tech accelerator program to biotechnology startups last spring, now has some company. SOS Ventures, the international VC firm that already holds accelerator programs for software and hardware company founders, is launching a separate accelerator called IndieBio in San Francisco … Continue reading “Y Combinator, Move Over For IndieBio: A Second Biotech Accelerator”
Depict Garners $1,600,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb7fd93b-cd0b-48c4-bf1d-69fe2a39ea72 Date 10/9/2014 Company Name Depict Mailing Address 300 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Our mission is to be the perfect place for anyone to find art that inspires them, and by connecting people with work they love, we can also provide an income for artists. Website http://www.depict.com … Continue reading “Depict Garners $1,600,000 New Financing Round”
Stellar Loyalty Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fcddaaf6-b16b-4e8b-8689-89559a476047 Date 10/9/2014 Company Name Stellar Loyalty Mailing Address 563 Pilgrim Drive Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description The company’s mission is to bring delight and value to every consumer experience by enabling brands to instantly recognize, engage and reward their loyal customers across the network of digital, physical and human … Continue reading “Stellar Loyalty Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing”
Peel Lands $50,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2aed5ac-e22d-48af-a415-94e340417350 Date 10/9/2014 Company Name Peel Mailing Address 321 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Discover and control TV programming right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Lose your remotes, once and for all. Quit scrolling those tiresome grid guides. See what you want, right at your own … Continue reading “Peel Lands $50,000,000 New Financing Round”
Thync Receives $13,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3eb381b7-e164-45f4-8ab2-a3e6a9f06abf Date 10/9/2014 Company Name Thync Mailing Address 61 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 USA Company Description Born out of a fascination with how neuroscience can impact daily life, Thync was co-founded in 2011 by experts in the fields of neurobiology, neuroscience and consumer electronics from institutions that include MIT, … Continue reading “Thync Receives $13,000,000 New Funding”
Idibon Lands $4,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3775c9d9-264e-48b8-87e9-e1ea259c288f Date 10/9/2014 Company Name Idibon Mailing Address 870 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Idibon helps companies understand their language data. Using cutting-edge natural language processing, Idibon takes unstructured data like emails, instant messages and social media, and provides structured answers to key business intelligence questions. Website http://www.idibon.com … Continue reading “Idibon Lands $4,000,000 New Funding”
TheGrid Garners $3,100,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89bacf04-1319-449e-a3db-e64399aba0e5 Date 10/9/2014 Company Name TheGrid Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description This is not another do-it-yourself website builder. The Grid harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to take everything you throw at it – videos, images, text, urls and more – and automatically shape them into a … Continue reading “TheGrid Garners $3,100,000 Seed Round”
Qvivr Obtains $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f23c308d-666d-48f7-b795-ef8b2e71cb7a Date 10/9/2014 Company Name Qvivr Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94035 USA Company Description We are a couple of PhD’s with a cool idea that is going to revolutionize the world. If you are a passionate engineer, marketeer, deal maker, or financier who calls Silicon Valley home, give us a … Continue reading “Qvivr Obtains $1,000,000 New Round”
HubSpot IPO Raises $114M for Online Marketing Software
Online marketing software seller HubSpot, which helps mid-sized businesses attract customers with blog posts, e-mails, and social media campaigns, has raised about $114 million in its initial public stock offering. The Cambridge, MA-based company said Wednesday night that it sold 5 million shares of its stock at $25 each. That price was higher than HubSpot’s previously estimated price range, indicating … Continue reading “HubSpot IPO Raises $114M for Online Marketing Software”
Thync Adds Brain Electrodes to the Mix in Mobile Health Wearables
Khosla Ventures has been staking out a notable claim in the mobile health field by investing in companies that track physical activity, vital signs, social interactions, eye functioning, and even the chemicals released in a user’s breath. Now, another one of the VC firm’s companies is hoping to take things a little further. Rather than … Continue reading “Thync Adds Brain Electrodes to the Mix in Mobile Health Wearables”
What Seattle Needs (Part 3): Working Together to Revitalize Biotech
These are incredibly exciting times in biomedical research. Though the biopharmaceutical industry is in flux, prospects for a greater understanding of the disease process, and the development of new treatments, has never been brighter. Gilead Sciences’s new hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) will actually cure most patients of their infections, and replaces treatments that were … Continue reading “What Seattle Needs (Part 3): Working Together to Revitalize Biotech”
After Going Dark, GMZ Energy Plots a Comeback on Waste Heat
GMZ Energy made a bet on solar energy and lost. Now, its fortunes lie in convincing industrial companies to put its power-producing devices into their products. The Waltham, MA-based company traces its roots back to the labs of MIT and Boston College where researchers developed ways to improve the performance of thermoelectrics—materials that produce electricity … Continue reading “After Going Dark, GMZ Energy Plots a Comeback on Waste Heat”