Two years ago, VC firms shrugged off sluggish economic conditions to invest $8.1 billion in 812 U.S. deals in the second quarter. It was the highest total in more than a decade—and represented a high water mark for venture dollars invested that stood until the first quarter of this year. Now a surge in venture … Continue reading “Big Late-Stage Deals and Unicorns Drive U.S. Venture Activity Higher”
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Aryaka Receives $8,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9637913-3194-475e-a803-0105da371d15 Date 7/10/2014 Company Name Aryaka Mailing Address 691 S. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Aryaka delivers cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization with true business results. Website http://www.aryaka.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact … Continue reading “Aryaka Receives $8,000,000 New Financing Round”
Spring Lands $7,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a26c1e8c-4b2d-4ff9-a3c0-33d9a05634bb Date 7/10/2014 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 $7,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Spring Lands $7,500,000 New Financing Round”
PowerReviews Obtains $35,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=804c1670-615f-4084-95b4-643a37c64577 Date 7/10/2014 Company Name PowerReviews Mailing Address 22 4th Street 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description PowerReviews has launched a Web-based portal for consumer reviews of products ranging from shoes to housewares. Website http://www.powerreviews.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $35,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Fueled … Continue reading “PowerReviews Obtains $35,000,000 Series B Financing”
Altierre Garners $21,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c794f414-7019-458d-a63d-dd3b198ca04a Date 7/10/2014 Company Name Altierre Mailing Address 1980 Concourse Drive San Jose, CA 95131 USA Company Description Altierre provides complete solutions combining wireless hardware & custom developed software. These address multi-billion margin & revenue growth opportunities for the retail vertical and beyond. The integrated wireless platform provides for multiple ROI applications … Continue reading “Altierre Garners $21,000,000 New Financing”
mNectar Lands $7,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c477b9b4-05a7-4d9b-9bf9-de51aff3a066 Date 7/10/2014 Company Name mNectar Mailing Address 450 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description mNectar revolutionizes app discovery with its Playable technology, allowing customers to try mobile apps and games before downloading. mNectar has proven to drive higher ad revenue for app developers and delivers higher quality users … Continue reading “mNectar Lands $7,000,000 New Funding Round”
AmigoCloud Obtains $25,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d070827e-e8e4-40ac-b573-0d09c5859cd6 Date 7/10/2014 Company Name AmigoCloud Mailing Address 116 New Montgomery San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description At AmigoCloud, we believe mobile mapping and data collection can empower people, organizations and communities in ways most don’t yet realize. This technology has the ability to truly transform our relationship to our planet, … Continue reading “AmigoCloud Obtains $25,000 Seed Funding”
Trailhead Labs Secures $25,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91b54225-38a4-40d2-bd12-2800c788b678 Date 7/10/2014 Company Name Trailhead Labs Mailing Address 5692 Chabot Drive Oakland, CA 94611 USA Company Description Trailhead Labs is a proud supporter of open source and open data. It only makes sense to combine them with open space! Trailhead Labs is working with groups like Code for America to build … Continue reading “Trailhead Labs Secures $25,000 Seed Financing Round”
Crowdfunding: Nomad Skips VC Funding, Goes Straight to the Public
When Nomad CEO Noah Dentzel first launched his startup, an early-stage company that makes portable smartphone accessories, he turned to crowdfunding to get it off the ground. Over the course of a year or so, he ran two successful campaigns—one on Kickstarter, one on Indiegogo—and raised more than $300,000 from about 11,000 backers. Now, the … Continue reading “Crowdfunding: Nomad Skips VC Funding, Goes Straight to the Public”
Brazil: Ready for Future Growth in Health Care
The eyes of the world are on Brazil. It is one of the most dynamic countries in the southern hemisphere; the sixth-largest economy in the world; and host of the World Cup, now drawing to a close. In 2016, Brazil will host the Summer Olympics. The World Cup is bringing attention to Brazil, and being … Continue reading “Brazil: Ready for Future Growth in Health Care”
Opendoor Lands $9,950,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5554ed2-2620-45a7-a348-183bdf62b0e0 Date 7/9/2014 Company Name Opendoor Mailing Address 577 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Whether you’re accepting a new job, finding space for a growing family, or looking for something smaller, selling your home shouldn’t be painful and time consuming. We’re here to help. Website http://www.opendoor.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Opendoor Lands $9,950,000 New Funding”
Duetto Receives $21,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89f90d0a-f3dd-4c92-b1f6-53196110c48d Date 7/9/2014 Company Name Duetto Mailing Address 16 Maiden Lane 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Duetto is a big data company founded by Patrick Bosworth, Craig Weissman and Marco Benvenuti. Duetto aggregates demand data and produces SaaS applications to help travel companies optimize demand. Website http://www.duettoresearch.com Transaction … Continue reading “Duetto Receives $21,000,000 New Round”
RackWare Lands $2,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5c82671-4607-4239-a282-5a5985437897 Date 7/9/2014 Company Name RackWare Mailing Address 3900 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description RackWare has developed a series of enterprise solutions to bring “intelligence and automation to the cloud.” The RackWare Management Module (RMM) helps businesses scale across private, public, or hybrid cloud environments, without changing applications. … Continue reading “RackWare Lands $2,300,000 New Funding”
NewVoiceMedia Receives $50,000,000 Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9292ea97-0b25-42ba-b36c-67300f0f373f Date 7/9/2014 Company Name NewVoiceMedia Mailing Address One Market Spear Tower 36th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We developed our solution, ContactWorld, to provide contact centre technology as a true cloud service over the Internet, similar to the business models of Amazon, Google and salesforce.com. NewVoiceMedia clients benefit … Continue reading “NewVoiceMedia Receives $50,000,000 Series E Funding”
Gynesonics Obtains $7,448,886 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00f2c330-6e8b-4b4c-9b53-c2d4bc3c5b20 Date 7/9/2014 Company Name Gynesonics Mailing Address 604 Fifth Avenue Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Gynesonics is a private company that is developing a novel, minimally invasive system to treat uterine fibroid tumors, The VizAblate system. Gynesonics’ disposable, hand-held device combines ultrasound imaging to allow the gynecologist to identify … Continue reading “Gynesonics Obtains $7,448,886 New Round”
Syapse Obtains $9,999,999 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e73d9dd-9b3c-4711-8790-cf4f04efc7d1 Date 7/9/2014 Company Name Syapse Mailing Address 101 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Built on a powerful cloud-based semantic data platform, Syapse applications enable the generation and use of omics profiles in diagnosing and treating patients at diagnostic companies, research institutions, medical centers, and payers. Website http://www.syapse.com … Continue reading “Syapse Obtains $9,999,999 New Funding Round”
Oh Canada! Versant’s Strategic Shifts Lead to $300M Fund
Versant Ventures, based in the San Francisco Bay Area but growing in Europe and especially Canada, is a few million dollars away from closing a new US$300 million fund, according to a regulatory filing. The fund, the fifth for the life science specialists, has been in the works for several years, with more than the … Continue reading “Oh Canada! Versant’s Strategic Shifts Lead to $300M Fund”
The Path of Our Lives
“Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not?” —George Bernard Shaw (paraphrased by Ted Kennedy) I got a call that reminded me that most people live their life as if it’s predestined—but some live theirs fighting to change it. At 19 I joined … Continue reading “The Path of Our Lives”
Can Accela’s “Civic Cloud” Turn City Bureaucrats Into Heroes?
On April 9, 2013, a severe hailstorm swept through western Nebraska, pounding the Omaha area with stones so large they shattered car windows, punctured skylights, and destroyed roofs. Suddenly, thousands of Omaha homeowners needed emergency repairs. But first, they needed the city permits required for all that roof construction. It was the kind of crisis … Continue reading “Can Accela’s “Civic Cloud” Turn City Bureaucrats Into Heroes?”
Cloudian Garners $24,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4ad9b35e-90bd-4360-8805-21c93768cb9c Date 7/8/2014 Company Name Cloudian Mailing Address 950 Tower Ln. Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description Cloudian, Inc. (formerly Gemini Mobile Technologies) is a Foster City, California – based software company specializing in cloud storage software. The main product is Cloudian, an Amazon S3-compliant cloud object storage platform, the bedrock … Continue reading “Cloudian Garners $24,000,000 New Funding”
Zero Motorcycles Receives $5,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=936c003b-11e5-4cb2-953f-2d27759e90a0 Date 7/8/2014 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 $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Zero Motorcycles Receives $5,000,000 New Round”
PredPol Lands $2,375,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ebdeafd-56e8-4fae-9ef3-860bc736dd04 Date 7/8/2014 Company Name PredPol Mailing Address 2801 Mission Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA Company Description PredPol is helping law enforcement agencies in two ways, then. The first is by telling them how to better use their limited resources through big data and modern technologies. The second is preventing crime, … Continue reading “PredPol Lands $2,375,000 New Round”
Xapo Secures $20,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=724cfc81-f309-4cdd-be9d-8fb45a29c382 Date 7/8/2014 Company Name Xapo Mailing Address 364 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description At Xapo, we believe that bitcoin’s ultimate success will be based on trust – trust in the digital currency and trust in the industry’s service providers. That’s why we assembled a team of financial … Continue reading “Xapo Secures $20,000,000 New Financing Round”
RetailNext Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6396894-78c2-4c9e-b8f7-fc3e61c012b9 Date 7/8/2014 Company Name RetailNext Mailing Address 60 S. Market Street 10th Floor San Jose, CA 95113 USA Company Description Analyzing more than 20 million shoppers a month across dozens of retail chains, RetailNext is the leading provider of in-store retail analytics. Since 2007 RetailNext (formerly BVI) has transformed the way … Continue reading “RetailNext Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding”
UniEnergy Technologies Goes from Molecules to Megawatts
Vanadium, in the eyes of energy storage innovators, is a lovely, generous element, even though it’s often found in some dirty places. It is named for a Norse goddess of beauty. Its color, when dissolved in an electrolyte solution, changes from lilac to green to blue to yellow as it easily gives and takes electrons, … Continue reading “UniEnergy Technologies Goes from Molecules to Megawatts”
Drive Capital, Led By Sequoia Vets, Sees Midwest as Next Startup Hub
Chris Olsen thinks the Midwest is a better place to build a startup than either coast, and he intends to prove it. The Cincinnati native was a partner for six years at the well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, before former Sequoia colleague Mark Kvamme recruited Olsen back to Ohio to start a … Continue reading “Drive Capital, Led By Sequoia Vets, Sees Midwest as Next Startup Hub”
Biomimedica Secures $249,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=046d00a2-f2b1-4766-8065-4a0ac8b7dd7e Date 7/7/2014 Company Name Biomimedica Mailing Address 290 Utah Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description The company is developing a synthetic cartilage called Cartigel for joint repair. Website http://www.biomimedica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $249,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory … Continue reading “Biomimedica Secures $249,999 New Round”
Aperia Technologies Lands $6,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee74bf5d-a52b-4282-85c7-839db411b24f Date 7/7/2014 Company Name Aperia Technologies Mailing Address 1616 Rollins Rd. Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description Revolutionary Automatic Tire Inflation technology delivered by Aperia Technologies. The Halo Tire Inflator utilizes a wheel’s rotational motion to maintain optimal tire pressure, increasing MPG, extending tire life, and reducing blowouts. Website http://www.aperiatech.com Transaction … Continue reading “Aperia Technologies Lands $6,500,000 New Financing Round”
mBlox Secures $43,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=277400c6-80d2-48f0-b479-b10e7caebbf4 Date 7/7/2014 Company Name mBlox Mailing Address 430 N. Mary Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Specializing in the commercial and technical complexities of mobile payment and message transmission, mBlox is in the business of connecting companies with customers. Website http://www.mblox.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $43,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “mBlox Secures $43,500,000 New Financing”
Matterport Garners $16,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97f6b852-666c-4d94-b8bf-d1d9241d4841 Date 7/7/2014 Company Name Matterport Mailing Address 140 S Whisman Road Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description The Matterport 3D scanner lets you automatically create a digital model of your space and experience it the way you live in it. Website http://www.matterport.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Matterport Garners $16,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Box Obtains $150,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=065f65e1-c9e8-4d9f-aac9-eebfcf618fa2 Date 7/7/2014 Company Name Box Mailing Address 4440 El Camino Real Los altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description Launched officially in March of 2006, Box currently provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality to over 500,000 registered users, serving files to millions of people across the world. Box.net’s unique platform … Continue reading “Box Obtains $150,000,000 New Financing”
Atheer Labs Garners New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=35bfdc1e-781c-47aa-a0cc-a8defb199952 Date 7/4/2014 Company Name Atheer Labs Mailing Address 2061 Landings Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description We are a team of entrepreneurs and inventors dedicated to pushing the boundaries of hardware, software, and machine learning to bring you the next majot portable, immersive, 3D platform for wearables – the … Continue reading “Atheer Labs Garners New Financing Round”
Trust but Verify: When Customer Feedback is Not Enough
[Editor’s Note: If you’re following the methodology laid out by startup strategy guru and Xconomist Steve Blank, you have begun with a hypothesis about a customer need or problem. Then you develop a “mininum viable product” (MVP), a prototype with the smallest possible feature set that still shows potential customers how your idea can help … Continue reading “Trust but Verify: When Customer Feedback is Not Enough”
Innovation Hub: The American Economy Is in Better Shape Than Ever
Despite increasingly good job numbers, pessimism about the economy persists. According to Gallup, almost 60 percent of Americans think the economy is still getting worse. Last week, Clayton Christensen told Innovation Hub that America was on its way to becoming Japan—a country that has been wrestling with stagnation for a quarter century. But Joel Kurtzman, … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: The American Economy Is in Better Shape Than Ever”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Seragon, Ambrx, Pregenen, and More
Our nominee for the just-created “Bio Man with the Midas Touch” award goes to Richard Heyman, who co-founded San Diego’s Seragon Pharmaceuticals 11 months ago. Roche’s Genentech unit agreed yesterday to pay over $1.7 billion for Seragon, which has an early-stage drug targeting metastatic breast cancer. Heyman was previously the CEO of San Diego’s Aragon … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Seragon, Ambrx, Pregenen, and More”
Inkling Obtains $6,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2140b1be-e8b5-4450-bc9d-0d407a09a18c Date 7/3/2014 Company Name Inkling Mailing Address 153 Kearny Street 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Inkling was founded in late 2009 to tackle the challenges of interactive publishing. Inkling’s partnerships with major publishers like Cengage Learning, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, and Wolters Kluwer will yield next-generation … Continue reading “Inkling Obtains $6,000,000 Series C Funding”
VeriSilicon Garners $22,255,990 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6648fe83-637b-4f5a-a188-147dbfc93527 Date 7/3/2014 Company Name VeriSilicon Mailing Address 4699 Old Ironsides Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd., a fabless ASIC design foundry focusing on providing semiconductor IP, design services and turnkey service including manufacturing, packaging, testing, and delivery. Website http://www.verisilicon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “VeriSilicon Garners $22,255,990 New Financing”
EZchip Technologies Acquires Tilera for $130,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=34cc5a3f-0d7a-487e-b7fc-84f4a6bed8ba Date 7/3/2014 Company Name Tilera Mailing Address 2700 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description Tilera Corporation is an ASIC-based fabless semi-conductor software and hardware design firm. Website http://www.tilera.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $130,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms EZchip will pay Tilera’s stockholders up to $130 … Continue reading “EZchip Technologies Acquires Tilera for $130,000,000”
Qualcomm Acquires Wilocity for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74bf8d74-70ef-4696-8491-e8917440d5af Date 7/3/2014 Company Name Wilocity Mailing Address 530 Lakeside Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Wilocity Ltd. develops 60 GHz wireless chipsets for the notebook and peripheral markets. Its wireless solution provides gigabit wireless networking and point-to-point connectivity. The company’s gigabit wireless semiconductor solution brings a desktop experience to mobile … Continue reading “Qualcomm Acquires Wilocity for Undisclosed Sum”
Udacity’s Nanodegrees: Edtech’s Challenge To College Credentials?
Sometime next year, an AT&T executive may be sitting at a desk, trying to decide whether to hire that computer science major from a good college—or a whip-smart high school graduate who just passed five or six courses on mobile iOS development from an online catalog. The value of the college grad’s four-year degree will … Continue reading “Udacity’s Nanodegrees: Edtech’s Challenge To College Credentials?”
Songza, With Music Streams to Fit Your Mood, Acquired by Google
With a rather understated mention on its website, music streaming platform Songza of Long Island City, NY, said yesterday it was becoming part of Google. Terms have not been disclosed, though some reports suggest the deal could have been anywhere from $15 million to more than $39 million. This is the second acquisition this week … Continue reading “Songza, With Music Streams to Fit Your Mood, Acquired by Google”
VenBio Scores Again as Genentech Pays $1.7B+ for Seragon Pharma
The big year for San Francisco, CA-based life sciences venture firm venBio just got bigger. Genentech, the big cancer drugmaker from the Bay Area, has agreed to buy a less than one-year-old San Diego, CA-based startup called Seragon Pharmaceuticals for a whopping $725 million up front. Seragon’s backers—the Column Group, OrbiMed Advisors, Aisling Capital, venBio, … Continue reading “VenBio Scores Again as Genentech Pays $1.7B+ for Seragon Pharma”
Chamber Hopes Pitches Could Boost Silicon Valley-Madison VC Deals
When Brian Jensen walked into the room filled with Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the co-founder and CEO of Madison, WI-based startup Fishidy thought there might be some eye-rolling. After all, “here’s some Wisconsin guy coming into Silicon Valley talking about fishing and his fishing app,” Jensen said. Instead, the entrepreneur felt like the VCs came … Continue reading “Chamber Hopes Pitches Could Boost Silicon Valley-Madison VC Deals”
CTERA Networks Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8e55758b-af2f-49ce-824f-ac1bcc127d88 Date 7/2/2014 Company Name CTERA Networks Mailing Address 2225 E. Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description CTERA Networks revolutionizes storage, data protection and collaboration for SMBs and distributed enterprises with Cloud Attached Storage, a solution that bridges the gap between cloud storage and local storage by combining cloud … Continue reading “CTERA Networks Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Tuul Receives $1,700,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e83e6b63-1a0b-4f02-a96b-b8405c68caba Date 7/2/2014 Company Name Tuul Mailing Address 122 8th Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 USA Company Description Tuul will transform the way consumers interact with business. Based in Santa Cruz, California, tuul is actively hiring the best full-stack, DB, analytics, iOS , Android developers and Biz/Dev specialists. Website http://www.tuul.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Tuul Receives $1,700,000 Seed Round”
Facebook Acquires LiveRail for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10a214da-c593-463b-9246-a86c565e3319 Date 7/2/2014 Company Name LiveRail Mailing Address 575 Market Street 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description LiveRail delivers technology solutions that enable and enhance the monetization of internet-distributed video. By focussing specifically on challenges and opportunities created by online video, our tools are designed to be easier, more … Continue reading “Facebook Acquires LiveRail for Undisclosed Sum”
Pogoplug Lands $2,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bab723a-10b4-4ca5-8dca-3947e89af36f Date 7/2/2014 Company Name Pogoplug Mailing Address 77 Geary St. 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Pogoplug is an unlimited online storage service designed for the mobile era. It allows users to store everything, share anything and play anywhere, effectively extending the storage capacity of their mobile devices. … Continue reading “Pogoplug Lands $2,000,000 New Round”
Twitter Buys TapCommerce, Increases Its Strength in Mobile Adtech
[Updated 7/1/2014, 4:30pm. See below.] Twitter has snapped up a mobile ad retargeting startup from New York as it beefs up its digital advertising technology muscle. On Monday, news broke that the social media network acquired TapCommerce. Re/code reported the deal to be around $100 million; however, no official price has been given. This is … Continue reading “Twitter Buys TapCommerce, Increases Its Strength in Mobile Adtech”
Ex-Genentecher Kelsey Grabs Reins at Moderna’s Onkaido Therapeutics
Moderna Therapeutics’ master plan is to whip up a slew of startups to help develop the messenger RNA, or mRNA drugs it creates. Today, it’s picked a former Genentech executive to lead the first of those companies, Onkaido Therapeutics. Moderna is announcing today that Stephen Kelsey has been named president of Onkaido, a startup that … Continue reading “Ex-Genentecher Kelsey Grabs Reins at Moderna’s Onkaido Therapeutics”
Climbing the Mountain: Or, Life as a Black Founder in Tech
Please give me a minute to talk about diversity in tech, even though I know whenever anyone talks about diversity in the tech industry, there are two types of responses I typically hear: The first is tokenism or the defensive argument. People will usually point to one example of the “diverse” person they hired, funded, … Continue reading “Climbing the Mountain: Or, Life as a Black Founder in Tech”