MIT is mining its close connections with the technology industry to build a new research lab that hopes to harness social media for the public good. Twitter says it’s committing $10 million to sponsor social-media research at the renowned university and giving it access to the two most coveted streams of Twitter data: its “firehose” of real-time tweets and the entire archive of every … Continue reading “Twitter Bankrolls MIT Research with $10M, Wide-Open Data Access”
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Circle’s Bitcoin Service is Free—But Someone’s Gotta Pay
If bitcoin goes mainstream, companies like Circle Internet Financial will probably lead the way. The Boston-based startup isn’t banking on techno-libertarian visions of a unregulated financial system. Instead, Circle is hoping to bring the emerging digital currency trend to everyday consumers by giving it the familiar feel of online banking, complete with trusted-middleman protections. The … Continue reading “Circle’s Bitcoin Service is Free—But Someone’s Gotta Pay”
Soon a Spinout, PayPal Faces Threats From Stripe, Big Mobile Players
PayPal was a startup trailblazer of online payments back when it was acquired by eBay in 2002. Now the digital payments giant is slated to operate again as an independent company next year under a spinoff plan eBay announced Tuesday. But after a dozen years under the eBay umbrella, the new PayPal will emerge into … Continue reading “Soon a Spinout, PayPal Faces Threats From Stripe, Big Mobile Players”
Software, More than New Batteries, Unlocks Energy Storage on Grid
It’s tempting to believe a battery breakthrough is just around the corner, enabling electric cars that drive hundreds of miles on a charge and `round-the-clock solar power. But some of the most tangible advances in energy storage on the grid are coming from digital technologies, rather than material science. Greensmith, an Emeryville, CA-based company that … Continue reading “Software, More than New Batteries, Unlocks Energy Storage on Grid”
Alios’s Corporate Venture Backers Ride RSV (And Hep C) To Big Payday
The venture arms of Big Pharma have helped hold up early stage biotech funding the past few years. The acquisition of Alios BioPharma, announced Tuesday, could be the biggest win yet for that group. Alios, a South San Francisco, CA-based developer of antiviral drugs, went to Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: … Continue reading “Alios’s Corporate Venture Backers Ride RSV (And Hep C) To Big Payday”
App Leverages the Crowd to Help Domestic Violence Victims in Crisis
A Dallas social venture group has created an app to harness crowdfunding to help domestic violence victims. And, now, after a year-long pilot in California, the company is bringing the app to North Texas. Aidmatrix, which makes supply chain management software for humanitarian organizations, developed the SafeNight app, which allows users to donate money to … Continue reading “App Leverages the Crowd to Help Domestic Violence Victims in Crisis”
Hipcamp Receives $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d53daf1-c1a9-4ab0-8771-7d1fc420d749 Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Hipcamp Mailing Address 570 Union St. San Francisco, CA 94133 USA Company Description Our mission is to get more people outside. By making it easier to discover great places to camp, we hope to inspire a broader demographic to embrace the outdoors and commit to protecting our … Continue reading “Hipcamp Receives $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Good Technology Obtains $80,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e28b495f-dcf3-4378-a821-8af4d78210dd Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Good Technology Mailing Address 430 N. Mary Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Good Technology is a leader in enterprise wireless handheld computing software and services, delivering critical corporate information to the handhelds users choose, over the networks they prefer. Website http://www.good.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Good Technology Obtains $80,000,000 New Funding Round”
Pica8 Secures $12,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c3cc0f28-ea41-4057-a913-9f43751b9eff Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Pica8 Mailing Address 1032 Elwell Court Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Pica8 is fulfilling the promise of true software-defined networking (SDN) by providing the world’s first open, hardware-independent switching system. Pica8’s open switches transform the data center by decoupling hardware from software. Website http://www.pica8.com Transaction … Continue reading “Pica8 Secures $12,500,000 Series B Financing”
Tile Obtains $9,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=14c05869-b20a-4a3f-85e0-c7cc14cd2b41 Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Tile Mailing Address 2121 S. El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description Tile is a location tracking device and app that makes losing valuable items a thing of the past.Tiles are bluetooth low energy tags designed for attaching to valuable items so that these … Continue reading “Tile Obtains $9,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Reddit Lands $50,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c95a6145-9c58-422e-b1ec-d8121e6cf73e Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Reddit Mailing Address 520 3rd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Reddit is a social news website that displays news based on personal preferences and community likes. It operates this system based on the history of users voting stories up or down. Reddit provides news, … Continue reading “Reddit Lands $50,000,000 New Financing Round”
Houzz Secures $165,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e9568a3-e513-4ef1-a306-db6016d8dfd6 Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Houzz Mailing Address 540 Bryant St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Houzz is a community and photo database for home design enthusiasts, with the largest collection of high quality home design photos available online. Website http://www.houzz.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $165,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Houzz Secures $165,000,000 New Financing”
Glow Receives $17,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29908b70-72da-492a-91ed-e2361dff2927 Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Glow Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 USA Company Description Glow is an ambitious enterprise where for the first time ever, our emerging ability to crunch and analyze vast quantities of data will be specifically used to help get you pregnant. Website http://www.glowing.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Glow Receives $17,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Alios BioPharma for $1,750,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=567723f1-ad17-4e48-b381-0f1efa4d7645 Date 10/1/2014 Company Name Alios BioPharma Mailing Address 260 East Grand Ave 2nd Floor South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Alios is discovering and developing novel therapeutic agents based on three platform technologies including: small molecule activators of innate immunity antiviral pathways (RNase L activation), phosphate protected nucleotide prodrug … Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson Acquires Alios BioPharma for $1,750,000,000”
Netpulse Secures $18,600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e2c086b2-22d4-4034-a9f4-6bfac757a38c Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Netpulse Mailing Address 50 Osgood Place 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 USA Company Description Netpulse provides an interactive media platform for fitness centers and active lifestyle consumers. The Netpulse platform enables a customizable entertainment experience that offers live HDTV, on-demand video and music, iPod/iPhone connectivity, personalized … Continue reading “Netpulse Secures $18,600,000 New Funding Round”
Remind Receives $40,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c9b3b68-4335-4d78-8c50-6c90235870eb Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Remind Mailing Address 470 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Remind was built in conjunction with educators to solve communication obstacles between teachers, students and parents. Across all grade levels and institution types, Remind is a safe and simple communication solution to help teachers … Continue reading “Remind Receives $40,000,000 Series C Round”
Sharethrough Obtains $10,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e58a217-3c39-49d7-9b8f-86f54578e584 Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Sharethrough Mailing Address 394 Pacific Ave. 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Sharethrough offers the only video distribution platform and network that ensures brand videos are both seen and shared by large numbers of viewers. Website http://www.sharethrough.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 … Continue reading “Sharethrough Obtains $10,000,000 New Round”
Allakos Secures $10,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5c0c31e-7952-4877-95c3-bae0a6685b55 Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Allakos Mailing Address 75 Shoreway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description Allakos Inc. is a privately held, product-focused biotechnology company developing first-in-class antibody-based therapeutics to treat diseases in which dysregulation of the T-helper type 2 (Th2) immune response plays a key role in pathology, including … Continue reading “Allakos Secures $10,000,000 New Funding Round”
Twist Bioscience Secures $10,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9608494f-bb3a-4826-95f4-cfad74b95dad Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Twist Bioscience Mailing Address 455 Mission Bay Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94158 USA Company Description Twist Bioscience Corp. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California. Website http://www.twistbioscience.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes This new loan facility … Continue reading “Twist Bioscience Secures $10,000,000 New Round”
Expensify Obtains $3,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a372fc4d-094c-4c6a-bda1-fa1fe694f5d1 Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Expensify Mailing Address 548 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Expensify is all about getting your expenses reimbursed quickly and easily, and the first step in that is telling us what you bought. Website http://www.expensify.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Expensify Obtains $3,500,000 New Funding Round”
Ex-Elan Trio Grabs Their Former Employer’s Kinase Inhibitor Program
Elan lives on. No, former CEO Kelly Martin isn’t swooping back in his infamous corporate jet. Elan was a high-profile Irish-American biotech that created the multiple sclerosis treatment natalizumab (Tysabri), developed the promising but unsuccessful Alzheimer’s treatment bapineuzumab, and built a billion-dollar drug-delivery business. But a long boil of shareholder discontent over management practices (the … Continue reading “Ex-Elan Trio Grabs Their Former Employer’s Kinase Inhibitor Program”
Bay Area Tech: The Soviet Connection
In a story now typical among math and computer science students, Alexei Stoliartchouk formed a software startup company during his final year in college. He and his friends launched it for fun, but then they started making some decent money. Next thing they knew, a group of what Stoliartchouk calls “bandits” visited the startup, demanding … Continue reading “Bay Area Tech: The Soviet Connection”
Credit Karma Obtains $75,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=934ee6da-9778-4e82-8e23-583e00f2ddd3 Date 9/29/2014 Company Name Credit Karma Mailing Address 115 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Credit Karma offers a new way to track your credit score and a unique way to benefit from it. For the first time you can get a truly free credit score with no … Continue reading “Credit Karma Obtains $75,000,000 New Funding Round”
Innovation Hub: Techies Fix Government
No one had heard of Mike Krieger when he responded to a call to organize San Francisco’s crime data. He was in his early 20s, working on his coding, and he created an app to help visitors and city-dwellers alike know when they had entered a high-crime area. A few years later, Krieger and a … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Techies Fix Government”
The Tech Industry’s Changing of the Guard: New CEOs, New Challenges
Silicon Valley is having a moment. A generational shift moment, that is. A new crop of CEOs has taken the helm of tech industry giants who, starting in the 1970s, achieved dominant positions in software, devices, Web services, and mobile technology. Some of these powerhouse companies, which set the tech agenda for decades, have slipped … Continue reading “The Tech Industry’s Changing of the Guard: New CEOs, New Challenges”
Blessed By Angels, GliaCure Tests New Alzheimer’s Approach In Humans
Giant pharmaceutical companies have spent billions of dollars trying to crack Alzheimer’s disease, only to come up empty time after time. For small, cash-strapped biotechs, the challenge is even harder. Tufts University professor Philip Haydon is trying to make the improbable journey anyway. Haydon has created GliaCure, a tiny startup run out of his Boston … Continue reading “Blessed By Angels, GliaCure Tests New Alzheimer’s Approach In Humans”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Ebola, Immunotherapy, Avalon & More
[Updated with Novo Nordisk obesity news, 9/26/14, 12:38pm. See below.] Out west this week, there was Ebola-related pharmaceutical news large and small. Vancouver biotech Tekmira Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TKMR]]) got emergency clearance from the U.S. and Canada to administer its unproven Ebola drug to people with the infection, and the company announced a few people had … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Ebola, Immunotherapy, Avalon & More”
Building Robotics Lands $6,706,816 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48ce33dd-9d1a-4b7e-a537-5a2b1fe4984d Date 9/26/2014 Company Name Building Robotics Mailing Address 360 17th St. Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Building Robotics is changing the way people interact with commercial buildings by developing cutting-edge software solutions that increase comfort and optimize building systems. Website http://www.buildingrobotics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,706,816 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Building Robotics Lands $6,706,816 New Funding”
SendWithUs Lands $2,300,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=75378a50-4ed3-41e9-8f14-8bad16df149d Date 9/26/2014 Company Name SendWithUs Mailing Address 404 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description We believe transactional email matters. A lot. And we’re working hard to help marketers make it awesome. Website http://www.sendwithus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The next milestone … Continue reading “SendWithUs Lands $2,300,000 New Financing”
Skillz Garners $6,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41c4f481-8a5c-4b2f-8775-f025a4774f6f Date 9/26/2014 Company Name Skillz Mailing Address 181 Fremont St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Skillz games currently reach more than 25 million mobile gamers. Our offices are in Boston and San Francisco, and our team comes from companies like Google, Atari, and Electronic Arts. We’ve created award-winning video … Continue reading “Skillz Garners $6,000,000 Series A Funding”
NuGEN Technologies Receives $6,179,995 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b71eab2-dc80-44d9-ab45-58776193dd56 Date 9/26/2014 Company Name NuGEN Technologies Mailing Address 201 Industrial Road San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description NuGEN Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Carlos, California, USA, is a privately held company focused on the development and commercialization of high sensitivity amplification and detection systems for the analysis of nucleic acids … Continue reading “NuGEN Technologies Receives $6,179,995 New Financing”
MyoScience Obtains $8,385,707 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=597fe310-eed6-4a75-b011-81c2d012a12a Date 9/26/2014 Company Name MyoScience Mailing Address 1600 Seaport Boulevard Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description MyoScience is developing an innovative, hand held medical device designed to be used for facial rejuvenation. It is currently being evaluated in clinical studies for the treatment of facial wrinkles like frown lines between … Continue reading “MyoScience Obtains $8,385,707 New Round”
Anki Lands $55,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=794ec30c-34e2-4922-9cf9-a8ccf7341a74 Date 9/26/2014 Company Name Anki Mailing Address 55 2nd Street 15th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We’re building on decades of scientific research to make artificial intelligence accessible to everyone. Website http://www.anki.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $55,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Anki Lands $55,000,000 New Financing Round”
Baidu’s Push into AI Hints at Why Google Loves Robots
One of the big mysteries in the tech industry is why Google has acquired eight robot companies. The activity of Baidu—Google’s main rival in China—in artificial intelligence suggests that tech companies’ interest in robotics could be motivated as much by software as hardware. Baidu believes that in five years, half of all Internet searches will … Continue reading “Baidu’s Push into AI Hints at Why Google Loves Robots”
The Risks and Opportunities in a Startup: Age 0-2 Years
It’s a great time to start a tech company. The economy is recovering. The business opportunities are immense. And thanks to the boom in seed investments and crowd-funding it’s easier than ever to raise money for the business. Meanwhile, cloud computing has leveled the playing field by minimizing upfront costs, while social media has made … Continue reading “The Risks and Opportunities in a Startup: Age 0-2 Years”
Varentec Obtains $4,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=254f2228-2cea-42a4-8cc1-07343c0a5092 Date 9/25/2014 Company Name Varentec Mailing Address 1531 Atteberry Lane San Jose, CA 95131 USA Company Description Varentec is developing technology at the intersection of power electronics and the grid to deliver critical new functionality that can help utilities enhance and transform their power delivery infrastructure, while keeping costs low. Website … Continue reading “Varentec Obtains $4,000,000 New Funding”
Content Analytics Secures $40,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3c537754-fac1-43a7-87b4-3d6bf1ce3fff Date 9/25/2014 Company Name Content Analytics Mailing Address 260 King Street San Francisco, CA 94101 USA Company Description The company’s leadership team includes David Feinleib, founder and CEO. David is a Big Data expert and author of Big Data Demystified and an upcoming book, Big Data Bootcamp (see below). David is … Continue reading “Content Analytics Secures $40,000,000 Series A Round”
MemSQL Obtains New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa476ca1-ca0d-40d9-9707-611de9f912ac Date 9/25/2014 Company Name MemSQL Mailing Address 534 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description MemSQL is a scalable, memory-optimized database that offers orders of magnitude improvements in write and read performance and greatly simplifies application development and maintenance. Website http://www.memsql.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “MemSQL Obtains New Financing Round”
GetFeedback Garners $2,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab397b50-3de0-4b6e-8f26-9962d7439e59 Date 9/25/2014 Company Name GetFeedback Mailing Address 601 4th St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description GetFeedback is a modern online survey software tool that allows anyone to create visually engaging, branded, mobile-ready surveys in minutes. If you can use Powerpoint or Keynote, you’ll be a pro immediately. Website http://www.getfeedback.com … Continue reading “GetFeedback Garners $2,300,000 New Financing Round”
Taulia Lands $13,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5df379c1-3c43-4a52-9cc5-e3d36d82d87d Date 9/25/2014 Company Name Taulia Mailing Address 201 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Taulia gives AP Managers and Treasurers the opportunity to save millions by offering to pay suppliers early if they discount their invoices. Website http://www.taulia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Taulia Lands $13,000,000 Series D Financing”
SiteOne Therapeutics Garners $1,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=66661bbc-d22d-4fe6-aac5-e8bf07fafdf2 Date 9/25/2014 Company Name SiteOne Therapeutics Mailing Address 953 Indiana Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description SiteOne Therapeutics, located in San Francisco, is developing novel therapeutics and diagnostics to safely, effectively and efficiently treat acute and chronic pain without the limitations of existing therapies, such as NSAIDs and opioids. … Continue reading “SiteOne Therapeutics Garners $1,500,000 New Funding”
FiveStars Secures $26,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7636467b-6482-4638-9cb3-f71a58021327 Date 9/25/2014 Company Name FiveStars Mailing Address 321 11th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description FiveStars was created by a team of customer loyalty experts with a heart for local businesses. Like you, we loved the perks of great loyalty programs but got tired of carrying around (and losing) … Continue reading “FiveStars Secures $26,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane on IPO Honeymoon, Wisconsin Growth
Zendesk’s first two employees hired in Madison, WI, were originally supposed to relocate to the company’s San Francisco headquarters. They never ended up moving. After several months, co-founder and CEO Mikkel Svane took notice of the small Midwestern city’s strong talent pool, budding startup community, and humble, hard-working culture that reminds him of his home … Continue reading “Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane on IPO Honeymoon, Wisconsin Growth”
Peter Thiel to Harvard MBAs: Value Mission Over Money
Investor Peter Thiel took his book promotion tour to Harvard Business School last week, predicting the university will be safe from online college degrees and advising entrepreneurs to drive toward a goal besides making money. In an on-stage interview, Thiel recapped some of the arguments in his book Zero to One: the most successful businesses … Continue reading “Peter Thiel to Harvard MBAs: Value Mission Over Money”
Adobe Buys Aviary To Speed Push Into Mobile
Adobe, maker of the widely used Photoshop digital photo-editing software, has acquired New York-based Aviary, a private company that offers its own photo editing apps for mobile devices. The new unit will advance Adobe’s moves toward the use of mobile devices as creative workstations, on par with the desktop computers now used by most design … Continue reading “Adobe Buys Aviary To Speed Push Into Mobile”
Gametime Lands $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6e71e96-30cd-4925-88ff-086e1e74bf15 Date 9/24/2014 Company Name Gametime Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Our top priority is providing the best mobile ticket purchase experience on your mobile device. We’re also fans who know what it feels like when something comes between you and your event access. Website … Continue reading “Gametime Lands $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
IntegenX Lands $10,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3171ceb-d43b-454c-a0d9-0bc0caf5e270 Date 9/24/2014 Company Name IntegenX Mailing Address 5720 Stoneridge Drive Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA Company Description IntegenX designs, manufactures and markets automation systems enabling reliable microsample preparation and analysis for the life sciences. Website http://www.integenx.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes IntegenX will use the funds … Continue reading “IntegenX Lands $10,000,000 New Financing”
Numerify Obtains $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c0feab6-9521-4f3b-a992-5f883d6db9b3 Date 9/24/2014 Company Name Numerify Mailing Address 20823 Stevens Creek Boulevard Cupertino, CA 95014 USA Company Description Numerify is re-imagining business analytics by allowing decision makers to rapidly get to the meaningful numbers they need to reliably measure and effectively manage their businesses in the age of the cloud. Website http://www.numerify.com … Continue reading “Numerify Obtains $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
PowWow Secures $2,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1381b86d-a702-441e-b2be-674e215aabc3 Date 9/24/2014 Company Name PowWow Mailing Address 3240 Bayshore Boulevard Brisbane, CA 94005 USA Company Description Founded in 2012 by Andrew Cohen and Jonathan Kaplan, PowWow is a Virtual Application Delivery and Collaboration platform that frees enterprise users from being tethered to their desktops– giving them the ability to work the … Continue reading “PowWow Secures $2,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Branch Metrics Receives $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25881b95-1f22-491e-9626-6f7c5495517c Date 9/24/2014 Company Name Branch Metrics Mailing Address 645 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description At Branch Metrics, we believe the app install, sharing, and viewing experience should be seamless and not break at the app store. We solve this with a platform that powers the links that … Continue reading “Branch Metrics Receives $3,000,000 New Round”