Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a0ba7e9b-84c0-4312-8004-9ca473a8a8b1 Date 6/10/2014 Company Name About.me Mailing Address 2601 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description About.me is a free service that lets you create a beautiful one-page website that’s all about you and your interests. Upload a photo, write a short bio, and add your favorite social networks to … Continue reading “About.me Receives $11,000,000 Series B Round”
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Affirm Lands $45,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ed2aa1f-a293-46e6-9d50-a50065dcd5c7 Date 6/10/2014 Company Name Affirm Mailing Address PO Box 2854 San Francisco, CA 94126 USA Company Description Credit cards don’t always fit the bill, so Affirm offers clear and flexible financing options. We’ve eliminated complex fees and the other frustrations of typical consumer credit. Affirm is also the safest way to … Continue reading “Affirm Lands $45,000,000 New Financing Round”
Mesosphere Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17eb8b56-0215-417a-9ca4-b5d4142684ec Date 6/10/2014 Company Name Mesosphere Mailing Address 23335 Millerick Rd. Sonoma, CA 95476 USA Company Description Mesosphere is dedicated to helping enterprises unlock the next generation of datacenter scale, efficiency and automation with the power of Apache Mesos. Mesos is an open source, server-side technology that pools datacenter resources and automates … Continue reading “Mesosphere Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Visier Receives $25,500,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ccbae53a-6391-4eea-ae8d-b5f26c76d566 Date 6/10/2014 Company Name Visier Mailing Address 550 S. Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 95128 USA Company Description Visier’s management team has a proven track record of technical, operational and strategic management success with companies including Business Objects, Crystal Decisions, IBM, SAP and Symantec. Website http://www.visier.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Visier Receives $25,500,000 Series C Financing”
Google Acquires Skybox Imaging for $500,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7848535-761f-4add-8812-d08d29b2cf6a Date 6/10/2014 Company Name Skybox Imaging Mailing Address 1061 Terra Bella Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Skybox Imaging is revolutionizing the use of satellite imagery and derived information products to improve the profitability of companies operating in the global economy and the welfare of societies around the world. … Continue reading “Google Acquires Skybox Imaging for $500,000,000”
Lou Tartaglia Leaves Third Rock to Run High-Drama RNAi Startup
[Updated 6/9/14, 3:55 pm. See below.] Solstice Biologics is announcing a new CEO today, and it’s a testament to the San Diego startup’s rollercoaster ride to say the news is one of the least dramatic events in Solstice’s short 18-month existence. New CEO and president Lou Tartaglia (pictured) has left Boston’s Third Rock Ventures, one … Continue reading “Lou Tartaglia Leaves Third Rock to Run High-Drama RNAi Startup”
A $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Have to Mean Price Increases
Last week, Seattle approved the nation’s highest minimum wage: $15 an hour, to be phased in over the next seven years. Other major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City, are debating similar increases, and President Obama has called for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. … Continue reading “A $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Have to Mean Price Increases”
Okta Garners $75,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=07c7b0d8-f9e2-458c-908a-dbc110ddfb3e Date 6/9/2014 Company Name Okta Mailing Address 301 Brannan Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Your cloud applications are no longer tactical point solutions, they are the backbone of your business. Now there’s a way to quickly and easily transform these applications from independent silos into a … Continue reading “Okta Garners $75,000,000 Series E Funding Round”
Landis+Gyr Acquires GRIDiant for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=417a23be-16e5-4e64-975a-b700af32d2eb Date 6/9/2014 Company Name GRIDiant Mailing Address 221 Main Street Los Altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description GRIDiant offers Advanced Grid Management (AGM)™ software for inclusion in utility vendors’ integrated 21st Century Smart Grid hardware and software solutions. Website http://www.gridiantcorp.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A … Continue reading “Landis+Gyr Acquires GRIDiant for Undisclosed Sum”
Post-IPO Biotechs Have News, But Big Pharma Drives the ASCO Boat
As often happens, industry news from the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, which ended Wednesday in Chicago, was dominated this year by Big Pharma. It’s not surprising—even with the advent of targeted cancer therapies that promise more precise treatment of smaller patient populations, clinical trials require big budgets. No drug giant had … Continue reading “Post-IPO Biotechs Have News, But Big Pharma Drives the ASCO Boat”
Galvanize Raises $13M, Looking for More Amid Major Expansion Push
Galvanize, the Denver-based startup incubator/co-working space, has raised $13.1 million in a recent funding round, according to documents filed with the SEC. The filing indicates the company is attempting to raise $18 million and has 23 investors so far, so that amount could grow. Galvanize representatives declined to comment about the news Friday morning. But … Continue reading “Galvanize Raises $13M, Looking for More Amid Major Expansion Push”
Innovation Hub: Businesses Know You’re Biased
Who’s better at math? Women or men? Studies show that both men and women believe men are better at math, even when data indicates otherwise. To understand why we have these biases—and why businesses think that getting rid of them will help the bottom line—I sat down with Harvard professor Mahzarin Banaji (pictured), the co-author … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Businesses Know You’re Biased”
If Tesla Made Bike Lights, They’d Look Like This; The Story of Sparse
Hardware is Silicon Valley’s new religion. At maker spaces like TechShop, hardware startup accelerators like HAXLR8R and Lemnos Labs, and conferences like O’Reilly Media’s Solid, there’s one overriding article of faith: that bits and atoms aren’t so different after all. Just as the cost and complexity of starting a software company has drastically declined over … Continue reading “If Tesla Made Bike Lights, They’d Look Like This; The Story of Sparse”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: NanoString, Sequenom/Agena, CIRM, & More
In the life sciences, much of the attention was focused in the past week on the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. We’ll have a separate roundup of that news, starring West Coasters and everyone else in Xconomy’s coverage areas. Happily for this roundup, however, there was plenty of non-ASCO activity in San … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: NanoString, Sequenom/Agena, CIRM, & More”
Starting Unicorn Companies: Tableau Software
Last November, Ailene Lee wrote a post on TechCrunch entitled Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups. In it, she offered a list of companies that have had billion-dollar exits, and analyzed some of the common threads. I would like to look at some of the “unicorn” companies that she identified, as well … Continue reading “Starting Unicorn Companies: Tableau Software”
Arista Networks Obtains $227,900,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81c8d55b-7497-47a2-b597-9cca34c6f754 Date 6/6/2014 Company Name Arista Networks Mailing Address 5453 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) was founded to deliver software defined cloud networking solutions for large data center and high-performance computing environments. Website http://www.aristanetworks.com Transaction Type IPO Transaction Amount $227,900,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Arista Networks Obtains $227,900,000 New Financing”
Fixstream Networks Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e5a3eb1e-996a-4472-8c54-f29a514bc1e8 Date 6/6/2014 Company Name Fixstream Networks Mailing Address 2680 North 1st Street San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description A community of technologists, thinkers, and engineers. We are fanatically focused on our customers – and are constantly listening to them about their most prevalent and complex IT, Datacenter and Cloud related … Continue reading “Fixstream Networks Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Round”
Viewpoints Network Acquires PowerReviews for $30,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db8ab6fa-21e1-4d29-8f6d-85b28e67e610 Date 6/6/2014 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 M&A Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Additional financial … Continue reading “Viewpoints Network Acquires PowerReviews for $30,000,000”
Uber Lands $1,200,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fb9eeea-cd86-4e3c-bd62-ea7a01d19fae Date 6/6/2014 Company Name Uber Mailing Address 182 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description The company has created a mobile application that allows users to request car service to pick them up wherever they are located. Website http://www.uber.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Uber Lands $1,200,000,000 New Financing”
Apple Acquires Spotsetter for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6514d89a-efcd-47e9-b060-2b57583f5bc2 Date 6/6/2014 Company Name Spotsetter Mailing Address 645 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Spotsetter is a social search engine tackling a big data problem in the online to offline space.“Where to go” is socially relevant and we help answer that through the vast amount of content your … Continue reading “Apple Acquires Spotsetter for Undisclosed Sum”
Dropbox Acquires Droptalk for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30db4a3d-4145-41c6-9d7d-49653cd10b14 Date 6/6/2014 Company Name Droptalk Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description We are thrilled to announce that today Droptalk will be joining Dropbox. About a year ago we set out to end the unnecessary friction around communication and collaboration by killing “the work email.” The world deserves … Continue reading “Dropbox Acquires Droptalk for Undisclosed Sum”
Indiegogo’s Danae Ringelmann on Crowdfunding as Market Research
On the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo right now, there’s a campaign for a product called the New Matter Mod-t. It’s one of the first low-price 3D printers designed as a home appliance, allowing consumers to print their own craft items at home. (The New Matter video shows objects like towel holders, refrigerator magnets and pencil holders.) … Continue reading “Indiegogo’s Danae Ringelmann on Crowdfunding as Market Research”
Not All Entrepreneurs Are Young
Most of the famous entrepreneurs we hear about are fairly young. We tend to read in the popular press about the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world and assume that all successful entrepreneurs launch businesses in their 20s. However, this couldn’t be further from reality. Recent studies show that older entrepreneurs are increasing while the number … Continue reading “Not All Entrepreneurs Are Young”
RNA Therapeutics Are Here to Stay
Over the past year, we’ve witnessed the biotech bull market expand, deflate and expand again—specifically in relation to RNA-based therapeutic companies. The innovators in the space have increased and decreased their investment levels in the technology, leaving investors, the media, and some in the scientific community wondering which way the pendulum will ultimately swing. In … Continue reading “RNA Therapeutics Are Here to Stay”
Elasticsearch Secures $70,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=735ad499-f78d-4c34-91f2-0045ae79803d Date 6/5/2014 Company Name Elasticsearch Mailing Address 240 Third Street Los Altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description We are the company behind Elasticsearch, the innovative and advanced open source distributed search engine. Founded in 2012 by the people behind Elasticsearch and Apache Lucene, in order to support the ever-growing user base. … Continue reading “Elasticsearch Secures $70,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
SteadyMed Therapeutics Garners $19,600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c79e6f83-f904-4e44-9208-2874c1ddf3f8 Date 6/5/2014 Company Name SteadyMed Therapeutics Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 USA Company Description SteadyMed Therapeutics, Inc. is a private, venture funded, Drug Delivery Therapeutics Company. We are leaders in the development and commercialization of prefilled, size efficient and disposable patch pump technology. Website http://www.steadymed.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “SteadyMed Therapeutics Garners $19,600,000 New Funding Round”
Numerate Garners $8,240,487 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4434426-5ee7-4aa0-bd82-68d1015fdd3b Date 6/5/2014 Company Name Numerate Mailing Address 1150 Bayhill Drive San Bruno, CA 94066 USA Company Description Numerate engineers rather than discovers drugs. We have built and validated our Drug Engineering Process to deliver leads faster, cheaper and more predictably. Website http://www.numerate.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,240,487 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Numerate Garners $8,240,487 New Round”
Xambala Secures $1,700,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2516e3c7-ed83-4099-8f11-d8d98db23488 Date 6/5/2014 Company Name Xambala Mailing Address 640 West California Ave San Jose, CA 94086 USA Company Description Xambala delivers high-throughput, low-latency, message stream processing subsytem for the financial marketplace. Website http://www.xambala.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “Xambala Secures $1,700,000 New Financing Round”
E2open Acquires Serus for $26,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f84d91b1-2d4a-46a7-bf48-2f7ddb40f954 Date 6/5/2014 Company Name Serus Mailing Address 5201 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description A leader in intelligent, collaborative value-chain solutions, Serus is a configurable software that enables companies to integrate business processes and rule drivers among trading partners to achieve common production goals. Website http://www.serus.com Transaction … Continue reading “E2open Acquires Serus for $26,000,000”
Twitter Acquires Namo Media for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c68f2ef8-bd87-446b-bd60-8c701125784e Date 6/5/2014 Company Name Namo Media Mailing Address 185 Berry St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Namo Media is working on ad formats that integrate with your stream of content instead of interrupting your users or blocking your user interface. A premium, native format to monetize mobile applications without … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires Namo Media for Undisclosed Sum”
Infrascale Acquires Eversync for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4cb55ac-950e-4d8f-9d7a-851f90affd0a Date 6/5/2014 Company Name Eversync Mailing Address 900 E. Hamilton Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 USA Company Description Eversync was founded in August 2003 with the mission to provide innovative data backup and recovery technology solutions for small and medium size businesses (SMBs). Website http://www.eversyncsolutions.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “Infrascale Acquires Eversync for Undisclosed Sum”
Too Busy to Shop? Le Tote, Stitch Fix Help Fill Out Your Wardrobe
Shopping for new clothes is still a pain, even with all the online options out there. Paging through a whole bunch of websites isn’t a quick process, and with the exception of online chatting, there aren’t sales people to talk about fit, putting outfits together, and what might work best for particular body types. Two … Continue reading “Too Busy to Shop? Le Tote, Stitch Fix Help Fill Out Your Wardrobe”
Urban Remedy Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7a34e875-c976-44ff-a5ce-0865c1c9dd12 Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Urban Remedy Mailing Address 1904 4th St. San Rafael, CA 94903 USA Company Description Urban Remedy was founded by Licensed Acupuncturist, herbalist and certified Chinese nutritionist Neka Pasquale, with the idea that a healthy diet equals vibrant health. Neka grew up with Jewish and Italian grandmothers, who … Continue reading “Urban Remedy Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing”
Spinal Kinetics Secures $34,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f0c0569d-b6ea-46d3-9ad0-0a3cbc7a1939 Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Spinal Kinetics Mailing Address 595 N. Pastoria Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Spinal Kinetics, Inc. is a start-up medical device company developing innovative orthopedic devices for the treatment of diseases of the spine. Website http://www.spinalkinetics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $34,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Spinal Kinetics Secures $34,000,000 New Financing”
WhoKnows Secures Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3903626-0694-43bb-bd47-351b28e7c24e Date 6/4/2014 Company Name WhoKnows Mailing Address 800 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description WhoKnows.com automatically solves the problem of accurate expertise discovery and knowledge retention. In order to meet these goals, we developed the Enhanced Human Based Genetic Algorithm (E-HBGA), designed to interpret rankings and … Continue reading “WhoKnows Secures Series A Financing”
Cambrios Technologies Garners $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9cba49ab-3a56-47c5-97f3-37b0c8d07cfb Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Cambrios Technologies Mailing Address 930 East Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Cambrios’ mission is to use biological technology to transform the way commercial electronic products are made, expand their impact, and reduce their environmental cost. Website http://www.cambrios.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 … Continue reading “Cambrios Technologies Garners $10,000,000 Series B Round”
Jaguar Animal Health Lands $525,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d306aee7-2a81-4936-b258-3e940be0c1c1 Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Jaguar Animal Health Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Jaguar Animal Health is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to becoming a leading supplier of animal health solutions that are naturally derived & sustainably harvested. Website http://www.jaguaranimalhealth.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Jaguar Animal Health Lands $525,000 New Funding Round”
Revolution Foods Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6880df04-895e-4ec9-8850-50e284c95258 Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Revolution Foods Mailing Address 8393 Capwell Drive Oakland, CA 94621 USA Company Description Our mission: to build lifelong healthy eaters by making kid-inspired, chef-crafted food accessible to all. Website http://www.revolutionfoods.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Revolution Foods Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing”
Flurry Receives $9,999,999 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7232d2dc-0940-4b96-98a2-5392e7af1876 Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Flurry Mailing Address 360 Srd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description flurry, inc., a Delaware corporation, is a leader in developing next-generation mobile applications. flurry is an easy-to-use mobile email and RSS solution that works on hundreds of different cell phone models and thousands of … Continue reading “Flurry Receives $9,999,999 New Funding Round”
Gild Secures $13,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=57c0ac35-f550-4f23-85d3-de79bb511363 Date 6/4/2014 Company Name Gild Mailing Address 465 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Gild exists to map the world’s talent. By doing so, we are enabling students and professionals to earn opportunities based on merit. Website http://www.gild.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,500,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Gild Secures $13,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Labrys Turns Stalled Pfizer Program into $200M+ Teva Buyout
Labrys Biologics, a San Mateo, CA-based migraine drug company founded by a group of venture firms less than two years ago, is being snapped up by Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE: [[ticker:TEVA]]) in a deal that could be worth up to $825 million if things break right. Teva, the Israeli generics giant, will pay $200 million up … Continue reading “Labrys Turns Stalled Pfizer Program into $200M+ Teva Buyout”
University of California’s QB3 Takes On Medical Device Startups At New Incubator
Daniel Rosenman was remarkably fit and barely 50 last summer when he and his wife Christine Winoto began imagining what he’d do when he retired some day. As a veteran Bay area medical device engineer and consultant, Rosenman had already been donating time to help pediatricians develop new devices for sick children at UC San … Continue reading “University of California’s QB3 Takes On Medical Device Startups At New Incubator”
Three Key Workplace Policies that Startups Can’t Afford to Ignore
Most startups are focused on getting their business off the ground. As a result, they usually delay policy development until a later date. But here’s why it’s important to draft and implement certain policies right at the start of your business: Policies pre-empt and prevent misunderstandings between employees and employers about obligations and behavior at … Continue reading “Three Key Workplace Policies that Startups Can’t Afford to Ignore”
BitFury Obtains $20,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=60d13dba-bd7c-4560-abf2-04fd67378123 Date 6/3/2014 Company Name BitFury Mailing Address 301 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 95030 USA Company Description BitFury are a dynamic team of individuals, with the drive and passion to achieve a common goal – to push the boundaries of science and technology, introducing truly groundbreaking, state of the art products … Continue reading “BitFury Obtains $20,000,000 New Financing Round”
Aryaka Secures $10,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7557466-d9b5-4e31-81d7-1eaaca184549 Date 6/3/2014 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes The company intends to use the funds … Continue reading “Aryaka Secures $10,000,000 Series D Round”
HighWire Press Receives New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c2a00157-10c9-4174-99c5-855879f86de0 Date 6/3/2014 Company Name HighWire Press Mailing Address 425 Broadway St. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description A leading ePublishing platform, HighWire Press partners with independent scholarly publishers, societies, associations, and university presses to facilitate the digital dissemination of more than 3000 journals, books, reference works, and proceedings. Website http://www.highwire.org … Continue reading “HighWire Press Receives New Financing”
Grabit Garners New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0778a96c-4237-4bc5-ae5f-a4b172b85b93 Date 6/3/2014 Company Name Grabit Mailing Address 990 Richard Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95050 USA Company Description Grabit’s patented Electroadhesion-based gripping products will disrupt the world of robotics and material handling by providing a technique of holding or grasping objects with no actuation and little power required. Website http://www.grabitinc.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Grabit Garners New Financing Round”
Pathbrite Obtains $3,700,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5f532b3-e0de-473d-bb05-b37e4c79032a Date 6/3/2014 Company Name Pathbrite Mailing Address 580 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Pathbrite helps you collect, track, and share a lifetime of experiences, bringing you closer to your dream school, internship, or career. Website http://www.pathbrite.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Pathbrite Obtains $3,700,000 New Funding Round”
RichRelevance Receives $20,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0abf6311-e7c0-4d32-ba5e-e140ff8c9fcc Date 6/3/2014 Company Name RichRelevance Mailing Address 633 Folsom Street 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description RichRelevance powers next-generation merchandising and personalized recommendations on eCommerce sites. The company’s product outperforms collaborative filtering solutions through use of more than fifteen recommendation types combined with transparent messaging, continuous optimization, and … Continue reading “RichRelevance Receives $20,000,000 New Funding”
Zenefits Receives $66,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=50765ddf-75f9-4311-b19b-f5f6bccb6b5d Date 6/3/2014 Company Name Zenefits Mailing Address 303 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Zenefits runs your benefits, so you can run your business. Get affordable benefits for your company in minutes. Then set-&-forget them. Website http://www.zenefits.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $66,500,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Zenefits Receives $66,500,000 Series B Financing Round”