Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=741e9286-8b97-40c7-9da7-5e998ae1977c Date 6/3/2014 Company Name InstaEDU Mailing Address 530 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Stumped high school and college students pay InstaEDU by the minute to video chat with tutors from top universities at any hour of the day. InstaEDU will use the seed to grow its team … Continue reading “Chegg Acquires InstaEDU for $30,000,000”
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The Real Meaning of “Minimum Viable Product”
[Editor’s Note: In today’s tech startup culture, it’s widely understood that it’s smarter to build a “minimum viable product” or MVP and get it to market quickly than to labor behind closed doors for years on an elaborate and feature-rich product that, in the end, nobody might really want. But what if the MVP turns … Continue reading “The Real Meaning of “Minimum Viable Product””
Overhyped? Grand Rounds CEO on Big Data, Dog Delivery, & Bubbles
Owen Tripp, the CEO of Grand Rounds, likes trying to solve high-level problems. His company aims to make it easier for all patients to access specialists at the top of their fields, and to save employers money by cutting down on unnecessary procedures. Tripp has an interesting view of broader tech issues. Previously, he co-founded … Continue reading “Overhyped? Grand Rounds CEO on Big Data, Dog Delivery, & Bubbles”
AppDynamics Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0ca7575-c550-411b-881b-4af47467a657 Date 6/2/2014 Company Name AppDynamics Mailing Address 303 Second Street North Tower 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description AppDynamics is the next-generation Application Performance Management (APM) company that delivers rapid problem resolution for highly distributed applications through easy-to-use transaction flow monitoring and deep diagnostics. Website http://www.appdynamics.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “AppDynamics Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding Round”
Proteus Digital Health Garners $120,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e33df57-f65a-4220-b0bd-ba78fa910c66 Date 6/2/2014 Company Name Proteus Digital Health Mailing Address 2600 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 USA Company Description We are a community of engineers and scientists, doctors and designers, sons and daughters, providing individuals with the information they need to achieve better health. As a company, we believe in digital … Continue reading “Proteus Digital Health Garners $120,000,000 New Round”
Concurrent Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=473e34bb-a8e1-4301-8788-eaa18d04fcc8 Date 6/2/2014 Company Name Concurrent Mailing Address 1087 Mission St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description The company was founded in May, 2008 by Chris K Wensel, the author of the Cascading open source project, whose experience includes deploying large and sophisticated data processing applications for use by … Continue reading “Concurrent Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Round”
Nokia Acquires Desti for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73d00f60-8281-47db-971d-b4b28951e560 Date 6/2/2014 Company Name Desti Mailing Address 333 Ravenswood Ave Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Desti is changing the way people search and plan their travel. Instead of sifting thru hundreds of search results and reading countless travel reviews, Desti can find precisely the right places to stay and … Continue reading “Nokia Acquires Desti for Undisclosed Sum”
Brad Lovering Leaves Splunk for Seattle-Area Startup SignalSense
Brad Lovering, the former Microsoft Technical Fellow who opened Splunk’s Seattle office and most recently served as its chief development architect, is at a new startup, SignalSense, which just raised $1.3 million, according to a securities filing and Lovering’s LinkedIn profile. Lovering was so sought after by Splunk, the high-flying San Francisco company focused on … Continue reading “Brad Lovering Leaves Splunk for Seattle-Area Startup SignalSense”
What Price Technology? At NYT Health Confab, It’s a Loaded Question
The role of data and technological innovation in health care was front and center at a conference of top health experts from academia, industry and government, convened by the New York Times at the University of California, San Francisco yesterday. Voices of both optimism and caution were plentiful, but the discussion of technology was consistently … Continue reading “What Price Technology? At NYT Health Confab, It’s a Loaded Question”
The Xconomy SF Six: Beats, Fyusion, and Funding Deals
Here are the top six things we’re paying attention to in the San Francisco tech scene this week. —San Francisco-based Fyusion, a startup that develops 3D image-processing technologies, announced a $3.35 million funding round led by New Enterprise Associates and UTEC. The company recently released a mobile app called Fyuse that allows users to create … Continue reading “The Xconomy SF Six: Beats, Fyusion, and Funding Deals”
Startups and “The Future of Informing”: Q&A with Matter’s Corey Ford
Don’t let it be said that the media industry is anti-innovation. Journalism schools sponsor hard-hitting studies saying news organizations must reinvent themselves to survive. A leaked innovation report from the New York Times shows that the venerable paper is serious about doing exactly that, even if it’s still struggling to figure out how. And KQED, … Continue reading “Startups and “The Future of Informing”: Q&A with Matter’s Corey Ford”
Qeexo Secures $2,300,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6995d0da-9810-4e6b-a49a-6d93e7fc1e99 Date 5/30/2014 Company Name Qeexo Mailing Address 3003 North 1st Street San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description We at Qeexo believe we’re entering a new age of touch interaction called Rich-Touch, where touch devices will embrace the richness of the human hand. Our goal is to build innovative solutions to … Continue reading “Qeexo Secures $2,300,000 Series A Funding Round”
HackerOne Secures $9,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7507f331-782c-4a14-a20c-c296a660bf20 Date 5/30/2014 Company Name HackerOne Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description All technology contains bugs. It is inevitable that a member of the public will discover a security bug in your software, and how you respond reflects the maturity of your security program. Maintaining positive relationships with … Continue reading “HackerOne Secures $9,000,000 Series A Round”
Nix Hydra Garners $5,600,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=832c9865-d061-4716-a23c-ce1ca7447bee Date 5/30/2014 Company Name Nix Hydra Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 94301 USA Company Description Nix Hydra is the world’s only purveyor of eggcentric apps backed by both teenage girls and venture capitalists. Our offices are located in scenic Los Angeles, world capital of dream manufacturing and export. Website http://www.nixhydra.com … Continue reading “Nix Hydra Garners $5,600,000 New Financing Round”
Hipmunk Garners $20,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=547478f2-10bd-4cd5-ad29-d2c4c095ec74 Date 5/30/2014 Company Name Hipmunk Mailing Address 434 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description The company operates an online travel website. Website http://www.hipmunk.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Hipmunk will use the funds to accelerate its industry-leading cross-platform strategy, hiring, … Continue reading “Hipmunk Garners $20,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
EdSurge Secures $960,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd9b4bc5-c4d8-45f7-a47e-e0fb80d7196b Date 5/30/2014 Company Name EdSurge Mailing Address 228 Lorton Ave Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description EdSurge is an independent information resource and community for everyone involved in education technology. We aim to help educators discover the best products and how to use them and to inspire developers to build what … Continue reading “EdSurge Secures $960,000 Series A Round”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Volcano, Twist, Calibr, ARMO, and More
For scheduling purposes, we’re moving the West Coast biotech roundup to Thursday. That move, plus the long Memorial Day weekend, means a short week and a fairly short roundup. It’s like hanging six or seven instead of the full ten. Next week’s roundup will catch a full wave of activity, we promise. —San Diego medical … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Volcano, Twist, Calibr, ARMO, and More”
SteelBrick Receives $6,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2976768b-17d3-4009-9b5d-11d17c12d961 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name SteelBrick Mailing Address 228 Hamilton Ave. 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description SteelBrick provides easy-to-use Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) apps for high-growth salesforce.com customers. SteelBrick CPQ is 100% native on Salesforce, so users can create accurate and professional sales quotes quickly and error-free, without leaving the … Continue reading “SteelBrick Receives $6,500,000 New Financing”
Fyusion Garners $3,350,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=973404dc-3f60-4053-b376-1d29ccf56306 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Fyusion Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Fyusion is a team of passionate, hardcore engineers and PhDs with expertise spanning Computer Vision, 3D, Robotics, Machine Learning, Social, Cloud Compute, and Mobile. Some of us have previously brought you towel folding and beer fetching … Continue reading “Fyusion Garners $3,350,000 Series A Financing Round”
Cobalt Technologies Receives $7,009,533 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4eaaa8fe-d5b6-4458-9e5f-310db19941d4 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Cobalt Technologies Mailing Address 500 Clyde Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Cobalt Technologies is contributing to solving energy challenges by making commercial scale biobutanol from biomass a sustainable reality. Our patented and proprietary technologies create favorable economics for the biorefinery business model by increasing … Continue reading “Cobalt Technologies Receives $7,009,533 New Funding”
Trifacta Lands $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=24d44ed7-e79c-477e-82e6-4ad6d622f8f8 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Trifacta Mailing Address 575 Market St. 11th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description People, Data, Computation: The Analytic Trifecta. We hear a lot these days about unlocking the value in data. But value doesn’t come from data or computers. Value comes from people — the … Continue reading “Trifacta Lands $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Standard Treasury Secures $2,700,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64a3a2e0-4b91-4352-948b-4c60276c5ed5 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Standard Treasury Mailing Address 555 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Standard Treasury, a YC-backed company, is hoping to make it easier for businesses to deal with their banks through standard APIs that ease transfers and other transactions. Website http://www.standardtreasury.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Standard Treasury Secures $2,700,000 New Round”
RiskIQ Lands $25,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9a4d195-2dbe-4bdb-b31a-5da933acf838 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name RiskIQ Mailing Address 22 Battery San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description RiskIQ offers a hosted, software-as-a-service (SAAS) product delivering risk intelligence and automated enforcement. We offer turnkey solutions as well as customized programs. Schedule a demo with us to see how our crawler, detection logic, and … Continue reading “RiskIQ Lands $25,000,000 Series B Funding”
InsideSales.com Acquires iHance for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a587334-5081-4229-b570-051eac730d42 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name iHance Mailing Address 222 Columbus Ave. San Francisco, CA 94133 USA Company Description Imagine the benefits of a completely up-to-date Salesforce.com database with almost no manual labor involved. iHance saves your users hours per week with a completely automated Email Logging and Contact Creation solution. Website http://www.ihance.com … Continue reading “InsideSales.com Acquires iHance for Undisclosed Sum”
Sidevision Receives $20,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d86b9c4-2535-41e3-98ee-473c50b757d7 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Sidevision Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 94105 USA Company Description Sidevision lets you tag relevant products and social media content to your videos. View conversions earns you money. It’s free, and allows viewers to engage and interact with this new video experience. Website http://www.sidevision.tv Transaction Type … Continue reading “Sidevision Receives $20,000 Seed Funding Round”
Wisemetrics Secures $20,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8271518d-232f-4472-b83e-5a8d51fcb417 Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Wisemetrics Mailing Address 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description When competition for attention is fierce, intuition must be assisted with advanced technology to ensure that you’re optimizing the distribution of your content to its full potential. Website http://www.wisemetrics.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Wisemetrics Secures $20,000 Seed Financing Round”
Incoming Media Receives $20,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0554cc0d-38fa-43f9-9cfa-f3dbcbe1d16d Date 5/29/2014 Company Name Incoming Media Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94022 USA Company Description Incoming Media is fixing mobile video. Mobile video sucks. Streaming doesn’t work for subscribers or carriers, and the economics don’t work for carriers or content owners. Website http://www.incoming-media.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Incoming Media Receives $20,000 Seed Round”
Volcano Diversifies its Product Line with $115M Buyout of AtheroMed
San Diego-based Volcano (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VOLC]]), a medical device maker focused mostly on diagnosing and treating coronary and peripheral vascular disease, is acquiring privately held AtheroMed of Menlo Park, CA, for at least $115 million. AtheroMed received FDA clearance five months ago for its Phoenix atherectomy system, which treats peripheral artery disease by opening up narrowed … Continue reading “Volcano Diversifies its Product Line with $115M Buyout of AtheroMed”
Prostate Cancer Screening: Seduction Of The Innocent
Many rare book collectors keep an eye out for an original copy of Seduction of the Innocent, a cause célèbre when it was published back in the 1950s by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. The tome purported to show that the root cause of juvenile delinquency in the U.S. was comic books! Sensationalistic congressional hearings followed in … Continue reading “Prostate Cancer Screening: Seduction Of The Innocent”
ARMO BioSciences Receives $30,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=45e273c7-51d3-4606-9d4f-464bfbfcd37a Date 5/28/2014 Company Name ARMO BioSciences Mailing Address 575 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description ARMO BioSciences is a biopharmaceutical company that develops immunotherapies for the treatment of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases, Fibrosis and Inflammation. ARMO’s lead product AM0010, is a PEGylated form of recombinant human Interleukin-10 (PEG-rHuIL-10). AM0010 … Continue reading “ARMO BioSciences Receives $30,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
MATRIXX Software Garners New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e67996f-1141-4b35-976e-7113389407e6 Date 5/28/2014 Company Name MATRIXX Software Mailing Address 779 E. Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description MATRIXX Software was formed to develop solutions that help Service Providers (SPs) address the growing volume and complexity of services that require online charging. Data and media services are exploding, yet revenue … Continue reading “MATRIXX Software Garners New Financing”
FuzeBox Obtains $7,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e50b70ba-58df-4374-86ec-73d7e5fdcc36 Date 5/28/2014 Company Name FuzeBox Mailing Address 150 Spear San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Fuze is redefining real time visual communication and collaboration. Website http://www.fuzebox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor
FlyData Receives $1,450,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65696682-c755-41b1-95f8-8b197412e03c Date 5/28/2014 Company Name FlyData Mailing Address 440 N Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Our tools make it easy to analyze your data on S3 with Hadoop. Create tables, store queries, run tests, and receive notifications about jobs. Your analysts will be able to focus on analyzing data, … Continue reading “FlyData Receives $1,450,000 New Funding Round”
SunFunder Receives Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=357a816c-e67b-4bb0-b8be-8ce2e31991fd Date 5/28/2014 Company Name SunFunder Mailing Address 901 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description We believe that people around the world would lend money to these businesses if they could, and so we’ve created a crowdfunding platform to connect individual investors with quality, vetted, high impact solar businesses … Continue reading “SunFunder Receives Series A Round”
App Annie Secures $17,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fff6c7ea-aa86-4cb0-b9b7-deedf42d5418 Date 5/28/2014 Company Name App Annie Mailing Address 23 Geary Street San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description At App Annie, we believe there has been a radical shift in the way content is being distributed. In times gone by, print, radio, television, retail and the web have dominated as content … Continue reading “App Annie Secures $17,000,000 New Financing Round”
mOasis Garners $528,629 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25fe4d32-eba8-4be5-9199-fa04ba5b410f Date 5/28/2014 Company Name mOasis Mailing Address 32930 Alvarado-Niles Rd. Union City, CA 94587 USA Company Description mOasis develops mOasisgel, which is a non-toxic, low-cost water storage material for the high-value crop market in California. mOasisgel increases crop yields and reduces water and water-related energy use to enable California farmers to … Continue reading “mOasis Garners $528,629 New Financing Round”
Sooligan Receives $18,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a565e301-530d-4eae-a70d-4cb758d2a3bd Date 5/28/2014 Company Name Sooligan Mailing Address Undisclosed Berkeley, CA 94704 USA Company Description Our vision for Sooligan is to allow anyone from anywhere to travel or move to any city in the world, and without knowing a single person there, be able to find accurate, up-to-date local information (word-of-mouth) which … Continue reading “Sooligan Receives $18,000 Seed Funding”
Zursh Lands $18,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0c0dd994-36f5-4053-b9d8-54f2f028cfb0 Date 5/28/2014 Company Name Zursh Mailing Address Undisclosed San Diego, CA 94105 USA Company Description Zursh is a research network connecting researchers, information professionals & research companies with research requests. Corporate Professionals & Information seekers can submit ONE research request to many researchers. Website http://www.zursh.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $18,000 … Continue reading “Zursh Lands $18,000 Seed Funding Round”
Twist Bio Aims for Better DNA Synthesis With Silicon Engineering
[Corrected 5/27/14, 6:32pm. See Below.] Like so many other biological building blocks, genes have become just another lab material to order from a specialty shop. Several sophisticated companies can synthesize practically any sequence and ship them to customers for all kinds of experiments, but San Francisco startup Twist Bioscience thinks it has broken through the … Continue reading “Twist Bio Aims for Better DNA Synthesis With Silicon Engineering”
Need Writing Help? Grammarly Goes Beyond Spell Check to Offer Serious Edits
After Ukrainian engineers Max Lytvyn and Alex Shevchenko sold their first company, MyDropBox, they were left with a great team but no product. So they gave their employees a challenge: solve the most interesting problem you can think of. All of their engineers were English language learners, so “without thinking about market or monetization, they … Continue reading “Need Writing Help? Grammarly Goes Beyond Spell Check to Offer Serious Edits”
Navigating JOBS, Wrangling Investors: A Biotech CFO Roundtable
In biotech, the visionary scientists and serial entrepreneurs often—arguably too often—get described as “rock stars.” The financial guys… well, not so much. But in a business where cash is constantly burned at the altar of R&D, and financial engineering can be as prized a skill as drug hunting, the CFOs perhaps deserve more time in … Continue reading “Navigating JOBS, Wrangling Investors: A Biotech CFO Roundtable”
Twist Bioscience Secures $26,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=962ceaae-03fd-4712-a147-0e6492c7db94 Date 5/27/2014 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $26,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Twist Bioscience … Continue reading “Twist Bioscience Secures $26,000,000 Series B Financing”
Skycatch Garners $13,200,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56bceb53-6523-443f-8ee5-13465cac50ce Date 5/27/2014 Company Name Skycatch Mailing Address 1355 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Skycatch is a team with a diverse array of backgrounds but a common passion getting your ideas off the ground. We’ve grown quickly; within the last year we have added staff with deep expertise … Continue reading “Skycatch Garners $13,200,000 New Round”
Golgi Obtains $5,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c2c746c-d74d-4334-8b3a-b524090c608c Date 5/27/2014 Company Name Golgi Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description Golgi enables developers to focus on the features and design of their App and not Data Transport. With built in features such type-safe native code generation, store and forward, push notifications and end-to-end encryption, Golgi is … Continue reading “Golgi Obtains $5,000,000 New Funding”
Eyegroove Obtains $1,250,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3965e8b5-b530-48d1-95ca-cbdbe6959565 Date 5/27/2014 Company Name Eyegroove Mailing Address 1073 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Eyegroove is a small, close-knit, deeply experienced team looking for someone to fit in with our culture of equality, trust, mutual respect, and rabid confidence in the face of gigantic obstacles. Website http://www.eyegroove.com Transaction … Continue reading “Eyegroove Obtains $1,250,000 New Financing”
Apixio Garners $13,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abc73a4e-52c2-4288-913f-dc626c8b8f7a Date 5/27/2014 Company Name Apixio Mailing Address 1825 S. Grant Street Menlo Park, CA 94402 USA Company Description At Apixio, our mission is to improve healthcare by providing instant access to relevant medical information, anywhere. Website http://www.apixio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The proceeds … Continue reading “Apixio Garners $13,500,000 New Financing”
Intuit Acquires Check for $360,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0926d28c-5c7f-4591-b795-c50845254c3a Date 5/27/2014 Company Name Check Mailing Address PO Box 60824 Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Check is a leading mobile payments company. Its free, top-rated mobile app is used by nearly 10 million customers to pay bills and track personal finances. Website http://www.check.me Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $360,000,000 … Continue reading “Intuit Acquires Check for $360,000,000”
Volcano Acquires AtheroMed for $115,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c7affb21-1760-4337-a36a-099d9cd776f0 Date 5/27/2014 Company Name AtheroMed Mailing Address 1455 Adams Dr Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description The company is developing treatments for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). Website http://www.atheromedinc.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $115,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The acquisition will be paid for with all cash.
Spectranetics Acquires AngioScore for $230,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0048a641-07a9-47b8-83eb-1a8448252d40 Date 5/27/2014 Company Name AngioScore Mailing Address 5055 Brandin Court Fremont, CA 94538 USA Company Description AngioScore, Inc. develops, makes and sells leading edge tools for endovascular therapy. Our first product, the AngioSculpt Scoring Balloon Catheter, has received CE mark approval and is available for sale in Europe. Clinical trials are … Continue reading “Spectranetics Acquires AngioScore for $230,000,000”
Crown Bioscience Receives $26,600,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4bef4fe0-36a3-43dc-97ae-818abef8a111 Date 5/26/2014 Company Name Crown Bioscience Mailing Address 3375 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description Crown Bioscience Inc. is a US-based biomedical outsourcing company, providing efficient and cost-effective solutions for global biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Our company is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, with a wholly … Continue reading “Crown Bioscience Receives $26,600,000 Series D Financing Round”