There’s been much ado in the past year over wearable devices, as a proliferation of smartwatches and fitness trackers desperately try to win over consumers and prove they have staying power in the market. Yet even if most of them don’t last, these emerging technologies at least provide new gadgets for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak … Continue reading “Steve Wozniak on Galaxy Gear, Google Glass, & Future of Wearables”
Category: San Francisco
Keen IO Secures $11,300,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c46b01a8-1075-49d9-8f1b-229d436ee1d8 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Keen IO Mailing Address 2624 15th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94127 USA Company Description Every time someone blinks, breathes, starts the engine on their car, or taps something in an iPhone app, an event has occurred. Keen is the cloud data warehouse & analysis platform for event … Continue reading “Keen IO Secures $11,300,000 Series A Financing Round”
Motiv Power Systems Obtains $7,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=696b2368-efa5-4970-bf84-27c6664d6c9c Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Motiv Power Systems Mailing Address 1165 Chess Drive Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description Motiv designs and supplies Power Control Systems which enable electric-drive commercial vehicles to be built as easily as diesel vehicles, while providing clear benefits in operating costs, maintenance, configurability, and emissions reductions. … Continue reading “Motiv Power Systems Obtains $7,300,000 New Funding”
Streetline Garners $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=818550ef-6563-4553-899c-3889e1381252 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Streetline Mailing Address 393 Vintage Park Dr. Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description Our parking management system offers cities the first real control and oversight of their complex inventory of on- and off-street spaces, and forms the backbone for other innovative sensing solutions that lower city … Continue reading “Streetline Garners $10,000,000 New Funding”
Tobira Therapeutics Lands $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=141cb4e8-2d7a-44ae-a5be-45c5cb5d6460 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Tobira Therapeutics Mailing Address 701 Gateway Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Tobira Therapeutics acquires, develops, and commercializes innovative products for the treatment of important unmet medical needs in infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and other associated infectious conditions. Website http://www.tobiratherapeutics.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Tobira Therapeutics Lands $15,000,000 New Round”
Emerald Therapeutics Secures Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5eb500ad-b980-4865-a20a-6c16cc16116e Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Emerald Therapeutics Mailing Address 3475-M Edison Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Emerald Therapeutics is a venture backed Silicon Valley start-up pioneering massively disruptive therapeutic strategies. Website http://www.emeraldtherapeutics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The company also announced … Continue reading “Emerald Therapeutics Secures Series B Financing Round”
VistaGen Therapeutics Receives $1,570,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7dae8dee-0dc2-4a0e-8b0c-94337d82139c Date 7/1/2014 Company Name VistaGen Therapeutics Mailing Address 343 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description VistaGen Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the use of embryonic stem cells (ES cells) for drug discovery and development and predictive toxicology. Website http://www.vistagen.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,570,000 Transaction … Continue reading “VistaGen Therapeutics Receives $1,570,000 New Round”
Speaktoit Lands $2,776,999 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5ee3f810-746c-4da2-b97d-f6a22ec930fe Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Speaktoit Mailing Address 443 Waverley Street Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description The Speaktoit Assistant is a virtual buddy for your smartphone that answers questions in natural language, performs tasks, and notifies you about important events. The Assistant saves you time and makes communication with gadgets and … Continue reading “Speaktoit Lands $2,776,999 New Financing”
Partnered Obtains $850,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25caf0c9-08ac-484a-b67b-529a1eccc513 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Partnered Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We’re building the worlds largest database of brands, and connecting them with amazing partnership opportunities. Website http://www.partnered.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $850,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes With the funding, the company plans to … Continue reading “Partnered Obtains $850,000 New Funding Round”
Dropbox Acquires Predictive Edge for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e5cfaf85-0d6a-4aa9-ad86-0397767928ec Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Predictive Edge Mailing Address 480 San Antonio Road Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description Predictive Edge is joining forces with Dropbox! Going forward we’ll be focused on solving problems outside the world of A/B testing. As of today, you can no longer sign-up for our service, … Continue reading “Dropbox Acquires Predictive Edge for Undisclosed Sum”
Travefy Acquires Tripeese for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86f3c759-842a-45e8-b90a-059c96fa95d2 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Tripeese Mailing Address 49 Jersey Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Tripeese is an interactive travel website that helps users easily to plan and book trips with their friends at discounted group rates. All of that in simple one-page interface. Website http://www.tripeese.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Travefy Acquires Tripeese for Undisclosed Sum”
Kiwi Startup Xero Pries Accountants Away from Intuit’s QuickBooks
[Updated 6/30/14, see below] If you run a small- or medium-sized business and it’s big enough to have bookkeeper, chances are he or she is using QuickBooks, the desktop accounting program sold by Intuit since the mid-1990s. QuickBooks has a market share of around 90 percent in North America, making it one of the most … Continue reading “Kiwi Startup Xero Pries Accountants Away from Intuit’s QuickBooks”
May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom
The cloud services market has fueled a boom of immensely successful startups, most of which have raised millions in venture funding. Take analytics platform company Birst, which started off in the high end financial sector, raised $64 million in venture capital, and is now growing fast as a regular Silicon Valley-style pre-IPO company. Technology Business … Continue reading “May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom”
Saying Nothing With Style: The 2014 BioPharma Edition of BS Bingo
Several years ago, I wrote an article venting my frustrations with having to sift through the fog and jargon of poorly written analyses of the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. I recounted that, “years ago, a thoughtful co-worker passed along to me a copy of a game called ‘BS Bingo’ that was designed to keep you awake during … Continue reading “Saying Nothing With Style: The 2014 BioPharma Edition of BS Bingo”
MapR Technologies Secures $140,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=159e8165-d105-4525-8388-19e5fbd98e77 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name MapR Technologies Mailing Address 2833 Junction Ave. San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description MapR’s breakthroughs make Hadoop more reliable, more affordable, more manageable and significantly easier to use. Website http://www.mapr.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $140,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The financing will be used … Continue reading “MapR Technologies Secures $140,000,000 New Round”
Tapclicks Receives New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b98152c7-1b4f-46fa-b636-36bf5f992c47 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Tapclicks Mailing Address 1054 South De Anza Blvd San Jose, CA 95129 USA Company Description Tapclicks was founded in 2009 to help our customers launch their comprehensive digital presence and manage it with actionable analytics. Website http://www.tapclicks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Tapclicks Receives New Financing”
Elastica Lands $18,313,468 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7bab807f-1990-4380-a0b6-5b315c7c65fb Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Elastica Mailing Address 355 Santana Row San Jose, CA 95128 USA Company Description Elastic: ..flexible, accommodating, adaptable, buoyant… So shall we say the corollary to Darwin’s thesis for Enterprises is that Only the ones who are the most Elastic would survive. Website http://www.elastica.net Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Elastica Lands $18,313,468 New Funding”
Illumio Lands $7,999,999 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a54758d2-3db8-4365-a2bd-77cd0ab64c69 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Illumio Mailing Address 160 San Gabriel Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA Company Description Illumio is a stealth-mode cloud virtual machine security startup. Website http://www.illumio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,999,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact technology company … Continue reading “Illumio Lands $7,999,999 New Financing”
CoreOS Secures $8,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c66b408f-6964-4453-91ff-d209b2604ce3 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name CoreOS Mailing Address 1499 Potrero Avenue San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Our mission is to improve the security and reliability of the internet. Operations teams currently spend their days fighting fires — critical updates, machine failures, networking outages — instead of moving their infrastructure forward. … Continue reading “CoreOS Secures $8,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Databricks Receives $33,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=052977a2-52b5-4fba-9ccc-d6998669d312 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Databricks Mailing Address 2030 Addison Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 USA Company Description We are using cutting-edge technology based on years of research to build next-generation software for analyzing and extracting value from data. We created Apache Spark and Shark, and are deeply committed to open-source. Website http://www.databricks.com … Continue reading “Databricks Receives $33,000,000 Series B Round”
Globo Acquires Sourcebits for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49de394b-8307-4430-b3f1-5515e33dd060 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Sourcebits Mailing Address 211 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Sourcebits is a Macintosh, iPhone, Android and Web development company. Our efforts on the Mac are focused on researching and developing innovative and engaging applications that are new in the market or something we … Continue reading “Globo Acquires Sourcebits for Undisclosed Sum”
Perion Network Acquires Grow Mobile for $42,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52fa0c87-4722-4c38-9bd4-68003d692d76 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Grow Mobile Mailing Address 251 Kearny St. San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Today is an exciting day at Grow Mobile! Grow Mobile has signed a definitive agreement to combine with Perion. In Perion we have found a partner that shares our vision to create the … Continue reading “Perion Network Acquires Grow Mobile for $42,000,000”
Rdio Acquires TastemakerX for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=452cd078-16cb-4ca1-9d7d-8e90d93d4edf Date 6/30/2014 Company Name TastemakerX Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94124 USA Company Description TastemakerX is social gaming platform that allows users to build portfolios of personal tastes and share it to their social graph. The TastemakerX Music mobile app enables fans to discover artists, trends and inspiration; compete against … Continue reading “Rdio Acquires TastemakerX for Undisclosed Sum”
Mattermark Garners $2,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83e6a6b6-5afa-4f3a-afd1-0faff595e874 Date 6/29/2014 Company Name Mattermark Mailing Address 425 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We help investors, acquirers, sales, marketing, and business development professionals discover and close deals with startups faster and with more confidence. Website http://www.mattermark.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Mattermark Garners $2,000,000 Seed Funding”
Langer, Led Zeppelin, and Hookups: Three Days Behind the BIO Scenes
Don’t let the blind men groping the elephant fool you. No one can get their arms around the massive, 15,000-attendee BIO conference, the industry’s annual flagship convention, and tell you what the real zeitgeist is. It’s all selection bias: If, say, you’ve been keenly following cancer immunotherapy the past couple years, you probably went to … Continue reading “Langer, Led Zeppelin, and Hookups: Three Days Behind the BIO Scenes”
Innovation Hub: Is America Becoming the Next Japan?
For much of its history, the U.S. has been a place of innovation, where new ideas and products could flourish. But that era may be coming to an abrupt end, warns Clayton Christensen, who coined the term “disruptive innovation” and teaches at Harvard Business School. Christensen, author of “The Capitalist’s Dilemma,” believes that American business … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Is America Becoming the Next Japan?”
DataHack14
Details from the event site: WHAT? Present an idea, form a team, and create an app that will change how we use data! Compete for a chance to win up to $15,000 in cash and an opportunity to join Tata Communications’ Accelerator Lab at NestGSV! Tata Communications and nestGSV invite you to turn your big … Continue reading “DataHack14”
Calm Down: Aereo’s Supreme Court Loss Isn’t Chaos for Cloud Tech
After the U.S. Supreme Court smacked down online TV service Aereo for violating copyright law, worries instantly sprung up that the justices were putting a huge array of Internet and cloud-computing services at risk of similar treatment. That torch was carried highest by Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote for the court’s three-person minority that the Aereo … Continue reading “Calm Down: Aereo’s Supreme Court Loss Isn’t Chaos for Cloud Tech”
Five Annoying Tech Problems for the Next Hot Startup to Solve
Why is it that we can put a man on the Moon, but we can’t figure out how to screen jet passengers without making everyone take their shoes off? Well, the truth is, we can’t even put a man on the Moon—not anymore. It’s not a technical impossibility, but reconstituting the technologies that helped a … Continue reading “Five Annoying Tech Problems for the Next Hot Startup to Solve”
Kamcord Secures $3,169,889 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d1d32f8-e982-49cb-9a9d-324d63b6ea23 Date 6/27/2014 Company Name Kamcord Mailing Address 542 La Conner Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 USA Company Description Unlock your mobile gaming moments. Allow users to record and share their awesome gameplays. Without having to leave your game. Get more installs from people that see your game on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. … Continue reading “Kamcord Secures $3,169,889 New Funding Round”
UrbanSitter Receives $200,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=420e072c-e86e-405b-a756-66fd0055de24 Date 6/27/2014 Company Name UrbanSitter Mailing Address 601 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description UrbanSitter is an online service which uses Facebook to connect parents with babysitters. Website http://www.urbansitter.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “UrbanSitter Receives $200,000 New Funding Round”
Wish Garners $50,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae864319-f1fa-4cdd-9d31-73d696bedd58 Date 6/27/2014 Company Name Wish Mailing Address 20 California St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Wish is a disruptive social platform to discover, collect, and share products with your friends. We are passionate about connecting relevant products to relevant people, and making shopping fun and seamless. Website … Continue reading “Wish Garners $50,000,000 New Funding”
BlockScore Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4d0bca6-8ed9-4f63-9596-bbfddd0c57d5 Date 6/27/2014 Company Name BlockScore Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description After contacting multiple vendors, we learned that they all approached identity verification the same way: sign non-disclosure agreements, schedule several calls, negotiate contracts, and only then do you learn that you need to hire another engineer … Continue reading “BlockScore Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
BetterDoctor Lands $9,885,045 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2332478f-19ae-4ad9-bafc-747919ff7ab2 Date 6/27/2014 Company Name BetterDoctor Mailing Address 165 Jessie St Floor 2 San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description BetterDoctor was born in early 2011 when Ari Tulla was yet again searching for a new doctor. After years of personal family medical struggles Ari decided that there has to be a … Continue reading “BetterDoctor Lands $9,885,045 New Financing”
MA Warns Ride-Sharing, Car-Sharing Drivers of Insurance Risks
Changes in the transportation sector are happening pretty fast these days, spurred by the wide availability of smartphones and richly funded startups with a new take on old-school taxi and car rental services. That’s meant clashes with local regulators, established competitors, and even the startups’ own drivers. And lately, a seemingly dry topic has become … Continue reading “MA Warns Ride-Sharing, Car-Sharing Drivers of Insurance Risks”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Affymax, K2, Roche/Stratos, & More
It’s BIO week, and later on we’ll post a separate roundup of news and notes from our perambulations around the biotech industry’s largest annual convention. But beyond the networking, panels, parties, and boldface names gathered in San Diego, there was plenty of other news up and down the West Coast: new San Diego biotechs with … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Affymax, K2, Roche/Stratos, & More”
Calysta’s Pivot: Another Green Energy Startup Demotes Fuel Projects
The pioneers of synthetic biology in the early 2000s held out an enticing vision of cutting-edge technology that would churn out renewable fuels made from plant sugars rather than petroleum. They bioengineered microbes such as yeast to eat the sugar and make the chemical building blocks of gasoline or other fuels. However, those early companies … Continue reading “Calysta’s Pivot: Another Green Energy Startup Demotes Fuel Projects”
Wellntel Aims to Sprout Groundwater Info Market With Sonar Device
Groundwater is a precious resource. It irrigates vast fields of vegetables in California and wheat in Kansas. It supplies water to a third of U.S. cities—and to 90 percent of people who aren’t on systems run by municipalities or private water companies. It’s also increasingly coming under threat. Worries are growing in some areas that … Continue reading “Wellntel Aims to Sprout Groundwater Info Market With Sonar Device”
BIO 2014: Innovations in 3-D Tissue for Disease and Drug Discovery
Editor’s Note: Sharon Presnell discussed the use of bioprinting and 3D tissue to improve predictability in preclinical drug discovery this week at the BIO 2014 convention in San Diego. —BVB The human race consists of a large population of genetically diverse organisms. This inherent diversity is compounded daily by the individualistic way we go about … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Innovations in 3-D Tissue for Disease and Drug Discovery”
Couchbase Lands $60,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ffcab94-ff9e-48d8-bf4d-1a7bbfdc8e38 Date 6/26/2014 Company Name Couchbase Mailing Address 2440 West El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description Couchbase provides products and services that enable customers to dramatically lower costs while simultaneously improving the scalability and performance of their interactive applications. Couchbase is behind some of the world’s busiest Web … Continue reading “Couchbase Lands $60,000,000 Series E Funding Round”
Sapho Secures $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=840cb6ff-523e-4dc0-9016-327b8c809e06 Date 6/26/2014 Company Name Sapho Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Sapho is a mobile app which uses software APIs to pull from a company’s various enterprise applications and provide relevant updates for each user. Website http://www.sapho.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Sapho Secures $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
Coursmos Obtains $530,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e35474fd-a9e9-40c3-9052-4479a27613a9 Date 6/26/2014 Company Name Coursmos Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description People do not get the knowledge they want watching 9 or 10 online courses. Usually they lack time and motivation to pass a long online course. Enter Coursmos. Website http://www.coursmos.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Coursmos Obtains $530,000 New Financing”
Wickr Obtains $30,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=640c3e27-ab5a-474c-97d5-c46b192915c3 Date 6/26/2014 Company Name Wickr Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Wickr’s mission is to provide secure communications that Leave No Trace. People are being tracked online and their information is being sold in ways they do not understand by numerous governments and corporations throughout the world. … Continue reading “Wickr Obtains $30,000,000 Series B Round”
King of BIO: The Chairwoman of Biotech’s Top Trade Org Talks Policy
Rachel King is CEO of GlycoMimetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GLYC]]), a Gaithersburg, MD-based drug developer, and the current chairwoman of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. As a heavily regulated industry, biopharma’s interactions with politicians and policy makers are crucial, and BIO has grown in recent years to become a Washington, DC power broker. Look no further for proof … Continue reading “King of BIO: The Chairwoman of Biotech’s Top Trade Org Talks Policy”
Supreme Court: High-Tech Aereo Is Really Just a Cable Knockoff
The stakes for online TV streaming startup Aereo were always really high. In the eyes of the law, it was either going to be an innovative way to send consumers the shows they deserved or a clever workaround that really just made money from someone else’s work. On Wednesday, Aereo lost that battle in convincing … Continue reading “Supreme Court: High-Tech Aereo Is Really Just a Cable Knockoff”
Health 2.0 Fall Conference
From the event site: “We’re back in Santa Clara on September 21-24, 2014 and once again bringing together the best and brightest speakers, newest product demos, and top networking opportunities for the most unique event in health care technology. With over 80 speakers, 30 engaging panels, workshops, thought-provoking discussions, and 150 LIVE product demos, the … Continue reading “Health 2.0 Fall Conference”
MVPs in Health: Minimum Viable Product or Mightily Vexing Problem?
One thing the tech software industry is great at is failing fast. This concept of “failing fast” means, at least in part, rapidly bringing a “minimum viable product” to market, even if it’s a little rocky and feature-light, and then fixing it as it gets adopted by iterating with new releases. We see this all … Continue reading “MVPs in Health: Minimum Viable Product or Mightily Vexing Problem?”
Chegg’s InstaEdu Buy: Looking to Bring 24-Hour Tutoring to Students
Earlier this month, Chegg, a company that pitches itself as “the student hub,” with services like textbook rentals and job and internship help, ponied up $30 million in cash to acquire InstaEdu, an on-demand tutoring marketplace. Santa Clara, CA-based Chegg (NYSE: [[ticker:CHGG]]) already had its own product called Chegg Study, an outgrowth of an earlier … Continue reading “Chegg’s InstaEdu Buy: Looking to Bring 24-Hour Tutoring to Students”
BIO 2014: Two Cities, One Economy, and a Unique Innovation Ecosystem
Editor’s note: Mary Walshok will discuss how Mexican policy is using public-private partnerships to spur biotech innovation and investment in a breakout session Thursday at the BIO 2014 convention in San Diego. —BVB One of the under-appreciated features of the San Diego innovation ecosystem is the increasing significance of its proximity to one of North … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Two Cities, One Economy, and a Unique Innovation Ecosystem”
Don’t Want Google in Your House? Some Home-Tech Startups to Watch
Google’s thirst for connected-home products means that entrepreneurs in the growing sector have another deep-pocketed competitor to outfox. But they’ve also got a new sales pitch: We’re not Google. “We certainly have not been shy,” says Jason Hanna, CEO of home heating-automation startup Embue. “It’s definitely something that we talk about.” Questions about the advertising … Continue reading “Don’t Want Google in Your House? Some Home-Tech Startups to Watch”