Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25743886-9f1c-4855-b411-c04c279261bb Date 5/13/2014 Company Name Gemmus Pharma Mailing Address 409 Illinois Avenue San Francisco, CA 94158 USA Company Description Gemmus Pharma is a drug development company founded in 2007 to commercialize in-licensed technology from a major pharmaceutical company. Gemmus’ lead candidate is a cardiovascular drug currently marketed in Asia that has been … Continue reading “Gemmus Pharma Secures $3,300,000 Series B Funding”
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Agiliance Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f287c90-cf66-4ce8-8fd7-cad3a3d5b448 Date 5/13/2014 Company Name Agiliance Mailing Address 840 West California Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA Company Description Agiliance delivers the only solution that unifies Security Risk and Compliance management in one integrated offering. High-level dashboards and risk-based scores allow management and users to quickly understand the current security risk and compliance … Continue reading “Agiliance Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing”
Workspot Obtains $4,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abe9cdbc-de82-475c-acba-cf442e86ff05 Date 5/13/2014 Company Name Workspot Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Workspot is solving the problem of how enterprises can, once and for all, give people within traditional work places a more personal and inviting way to get work done. Website http://www.workspot.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Workspot Obtains $4,000,000 New Financing”
Oraya Therapeutics Receives $25,132,051 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c8b1b92-3af6-4040-a96c-f1f851cac1ef Date 5/13/2014 Company Name Oraya Therapeutics Mailing Address 8000 Jarvis Ave Newark, CA 94560 USA Company Description Founded in 2006, Oraya’s first commercial application, the IRay system, is currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Website http://www.orayainc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,132,051 Transaction … Continue reading “Oraya Therapeutics Receives $25,132,051 New Financing Round”
Ignoring the Old Math, a San Francisco Startup Reinvents UAV Wings
What if you could eliminate turbulence around an aircraft wing and get twice as much lift for the same amount of engine power—or five or 10 times as much? What if the outer surfaces of a wing weren’t rigid, but were more like a living thing, moving relative to the wing’s interior parts? To most … Continue reading “Ignoring the Old Math, a San Francisco Startup Reinvents UAV Wings”
In Pursuit of Hot Autoimmune Target, GSK and Academics Team Up
Drug targets are like fashion items. When a trendsetter proves one is worth spending money on, a lot of followers pile in. That’s no knock on drug developers, necessarily: When a new target shows some promise, it’s good to have lots of researchers with different ideas and approaches trying to find a drug to hit … Continue reading “In Pursuit of Hot Autoimmune Target, GSK and Academics Team Up”
Digital Health Check-Up: More Dollars, Fewer Bracelets
[Corrected 5/12/14, 11:15 am. See below.] Digital health funding is booming, but one of the most visible areas of the nascent field is looking a little tired. Those were two of the messages brought to bear Friday by a gathering of entrepreneurs, financiers, and others at a half-day event hosted by law firm Fenwick & … Continue reading “Digital Health Check-Up: More Dollars, Fewer Bracelets”
Akros Silicon Lands $2,999,868 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d903da3-e2b6-4d30-98bd-0e57eceff6a4 Date 5/12/2014 Company Name Akros Silicon Mailing Address 262 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Akros Silicon is a provider of leading edge power management ICs that offer superior efficiency performance and advanced features to facilitate remote and intelligent network-based energy management. Our solutions help manufacturers of electronic … Continue reading “Akros Silicon Lands $2,999,868 New Round”
UrbanSitter Obtains $200,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4deb18a9-0499-462f-a973-c77dfd2f148c Date 5/12/2014 Company Name UrbanSitter Mailing Address 58 Maiden Lane 3rd Floor 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 Debt Transaction Amount $200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “UrbanSitter Obtains $200,000 New Funding”
RallyPoint Garners $299,999 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23b27846-964d-4066-ae54-fe284d09f3a3 Date 5/12/2014 Company Name RallyPoint Mailing Address 2080 Gough Street San Francisco, CA 94109 USA Company Description RallyPoint empowers your military life and career. RallyPoint uses patent-pending technology to revolutionize the way US military servicemembers connect, develop, and pursue fulfilling opportunities throughout their careers. Website http://www.rallypoint.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “RallyPoint Garners $299,999 New Funding”
Innovation Hub: Joi Ito on Failing to the Top
Joi Ito may be a tech luminary, but he says that he has mostly learned by failing. Ito—an early investor in Twitter, Kickstarter, and Flickr—is now the head of the MIT Media Lab. And he believes that young people, entrepreneurs, and even those in established positions should be encouraged to try more and fail more. … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Joi Ito on Failing to the Top”
Radio is the New Netflix. Here’s Your Binge Listening Guide.
“Binge watching” TV shows wasn’t possible until the advent of full-season DVD sets in the late 1990s. And while bingeing was common enough in the 2000s—I definitely remember a few weekends spent inhaling 24, BSG, and The Wire—it didn’t really leap into the mainstream until 2013, when Netflix began streaming whole seasons of shows like … Continue reading “Radio is the New Netflix. Here’s Your Binge Listening Guide.”
The Xconomy SF Six: Funding for Udemy, Optimizely, & More
Here are the top six things we’re paying attention to in the San Francisco tech scene this week. –Yesterday, online teaching marketplace Udemy announced a $32 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to $48 million. Investors include Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Insight Venture Partners and MHS Capital. The company plans to use the … Continue reading “The Xconomy SF Six: Funding for Udemy, Optimizely, & More”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Alder IPO, Exelixis, Corcept, and More
It was a big week for synthetic biology in San Diego, a bit rocky for Bothell, WA-based Alder’s IPO, and South San Francisco’s Exelixis had some encouraging results from an early-stage trial of melanoma patients. Here’s our wrap-up. —A new San Diego startup called Synthorx is working to capitalize on a breakthrough in synthetic biology … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Alder IPO, Exelixis, Corcept, and More”
ThousandEyes Garners $19,999,997 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8eab4f69-8aef-46f7-a650-061256182a2c Date 5/9/2014 Company Name ThousandEyes Mailing Address 301 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description ThousandEyes provides IT performance management for the cloud era. The company’s solution provides detailed visibility beyond the corporate network perimeter, identifies the root cause of performance problems with cloud applications and enables distributed collaboration … Continue reading “ThousandEyes Garners $19,999,997 New Financing”
Counsyl Obtains $36,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93d53c8d-be82-4742-add1-bf217a67f0d8 Date 5/9/2014 Company Name Counsyl Mailing Address 180 Kimball Way South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Counsyl’s mission is to scale up the Jewish community’s successful campaign of universal carrier screening for Tay-Sachs, which vanquished the disease by 2003 (Using Genetic Tests, Ashkenazi Jews Vanquish a Disease, The New … Continue reading “Counsyl Obtains $36,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
InsideTrack Obtains $3,750,000 Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9cde116c-bba8-4610-be6c-d6d2d819ee3e Date 5/9/2014 Company Name InsideTrack Mailing Address 150 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description InsideTrack promotes student engagement, persistence and success through personalized student coaching services. InsideTrack has coached thousands of students at over 40 campus locations throughout the country, enabling partner colleges to increase retention, enrollment, revenue … Continue reading “InsideTrack Obtains $3,750,000 Series E Funding”
eCullet Garners $2,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=596dcfe5-16ec-425e-9bb7-e21726a8b33d Date 5/9/2014 Company Name eCullet Mailing Address 600 Hansen Way Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA Company Description eCullet is a technology-based glass processing company with corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California. We are a technology developer and glass processor. Our emphasis is to utilize our proprietary state-of-the-art technology and processing systems … Continue reading “eCullet Garners $2,300,000 New Funding”
Clustrix Lands $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4227840-902c-420a-979a-f831d0d2f34f Date 5/9/2014 Company Name Clustrix Mailing Address 201 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description We are building the next generation of highly scalable distributed infrastructure products. Our products make it possible to scale infrastructure just by adding nodes – without custom software engineering or special administrative activities. Website … Continue reading “Clustrix Lands $6,000,000 New Round”
Looking for Motivation? Strava Aims to Connect Athletes at All Levels
If there’s a misconception about Strava, it’s that the fitness app is only for super athletes, CEO Mark Gainey says. While Strava users do include elite athletes like Olympic road race champion Marianne Vos and racing cyclist Niki Terpstra, the data shows that the customer base is really just a bunch of folks committed to … Continue reading “Looking for Motivation? Strava Aims to Connect Athletes at All Levels”
Three Months in Berlin: One Tech Entrepreneur’s Journey
San Francisco is the center of the tech world. But after three months in Europe, my conclusion is that there’s a major new contender as a great place to start startups: Berlin. In this article I’ll tell you about the companies and investors I got the chance to work with, and then talk about the … Continue reading “Three Months in Berlin: One Tech Entrepreneur’s Journey”
Mozio Secures $750,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c88852c3-9300-47eb-95a5-0bc1c597d219 Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Mozio Mailing Address 139 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94115 USA Company Description Mozio is an airport transportation search engine. If you have no idea how you are going to quickly and economically find your way to the airport, Mozio will show you all the shared-ride shuttles, … Continue reading “Mozio Secures $750,000 New Financing Round”
Udemy Secures $32,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b51fc5ca-07a0-49c0-8be8-0fd305a3796a Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Udemy Mailing Address 640 2nd Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Udemy is a website that enables anyone to create an online course. Our goal is to provide our teachers with everything they could possibly need to create a great learning experience over … Continue reading “Udemy Secures $32,000,000 Series C Funding”
ChargePoint Secures $22,604,996 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f6a94134-a74f-4df0-badc-6f692f6b0f6d Date 5/8/2014 Company Name ChargePoint Mailing Address 1692 Dell Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 USA Company Description ChargePoint leads the market with revolutionary electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions that serve a variety of industries. The largest online charging network in the world, ChargePoint connects drivers to charging stations in more than 14 … Continue reading “ChargePoint Secures $22,604,996 New Financing”
Vaurum Garners $4,000,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3be6efa7-dfe0-435f-9f60-71d2d5cc1f58 Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Vaurum Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Vaurum enable financial institutions to trade, store and offer bitcoin to their customers. Website http://www.vaurum.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Vaurum intends to use the funding to scale its … Continue reading “Vaurum Garners $4,000,000 Seed Financing”
Entefy Obtains $1,590,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b0e3e34-cf64-4363-9f03-906ba00ceef4 Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Entefy Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Entefy aims to be a single application that goes across multiple media platforms, such as e-mail, text, voice, video, social, search and storage into one entity. Website http://www.entefy.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Entefy Obtains $1,590,000 New Round”
Colabo Obtains $1,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e2f25859-99f7-4f8c-93ce-aa39f7b5c6cf Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Colabo Mailing Address 751 Laurel St. San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description Colabo was started in late 2010 with the goal of giving front-line professionals in small and large organizations a simple yet robust way to see the full picture of a product, campaign or quota … Continue reading “Colabo Obtains $1,500,000 New Financing”
RevolutionCredit Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8f5ec95-30f7-4840-a896-c3234b3322cc Date 5/8/2014 Company Name RevolutionCredit Mailing Address Undisclosed Irvine, CA 94105 USA Company Description RevolutionCredit’s patent-pending solution transforms the credit decisioning process for both lenders and consumers by creating a unique platform for creditors and consumers to engage AND a database of unique consumer economic behavior data. Website http://www.revolutioncredit.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “RevolutionCredit Receives New Financing Round”
Pinnacle Engines Garners Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30f04cc4-1c20-4087-b25e-d226b7f4d79b Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Pinnacle Engines Mailing Address 1300 Industrial Rd San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description We have developed an ultra-efficient engine architecture that provides 30–50% improvements in fuel economy without the typical cost penalty. Our technology enables immediate and dramatic reductions in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading “Pinnacle Engines Garners Series C Funding Round”
Motif Investing Obtains $35,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=27caeae7-28e8-40e0-ab4a-e7b6a95b6a0a Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Motif Investing Mailing Address 400 S. El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description At Motif Investing, we make it easy for you to invest in your ideas. We give you a simple yet powerful tool to turn your ideas into investments. We give our … Continue reading “Motif Investing Obtains $35,000,000 New Funding Round”
Delectable Secures $3,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=df3c1619-baf2-48e0-944d-ec7ddc364d22 Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Delectable Mailing Address 224 11th Street San Diego, CA 94103 USA Company Description Delectable is a team of technologists, designers, winemakers and artists building technology to reinvent wine. As both wine consumers and wine professionals they know firsthand that understanding wine is hard. They believe it should … Continue reading “Delectable Secures $3,000,000 Series A Round”
Skout Acquires Nixter for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ba466e5f-c8ae-4b68-80ae-8db7e73e2d2a Date 5/8/2014 Company Name Nixter Mailing Address 28th Second St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description The easiest way to get on the list and see upcoming events. Website http://www.nixter.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were … Continue reading “Skout Acquires Nixter for Undisclosed Sum”
Citrix Systems Acquires ScaleXtreme for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41207463-74d0-4e29-a7f4-9218eec2cb56 Date 5/8/2014 Company Name ScaleXtreme Mailing Address 4 West 4th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description Built from the ground up to be simple, scalable, and social, ScaleXtreme’s product aims to transform the way IT admins manage their Amazon EC2, VMware virtual machine and physical server deployments. ScaleXtreme was … Continue reading “Citrix Systems Acquires ScaleXtreme for Undisclosed Sum”
Stackdriver Scooped Up by Google in Cloud-Monitoring Deal
Another promising technology startup, another acquisition by a West Coast giant. In a busy week for Boston tech deals, this one stands out: Stackdriver, a two-year-old company working on cloud-application monitoring, is being acquired by Google. Terms of the deal weren’t given, but Google product manager Tom Kershaw says in a blog post that Stackdriver … Continue reading “Stackdriver Scooped Up by Google in Cloud-Monitoring Deal”
Plug and Play San Diego Selects Five Companies for Startup Camp
It was standing room only as Plug and Play San Diego selected five seed-stage tech companies to participate in its startup accelerator program, following presentations by 17 finalists yesterday at the Co-Merge shared workspace in downtown San Diego. The afternoon session represented Plug and Play’s third draft of companies in a San Diego-based selection process … Continue reading “Plug and Play San Diego Selects Five Companies for Startup Camp”
Re-engineering Journalism at Stanford
“Journalism is dying.” That is the response of many when I say I’m pursuing a graduate degree and career in journalism. With local newspapers closing every day, more and more people absorbing news through Twitter and Facebook and a drought in the hiring of journalists of color, they may be right—or so they think. Yes, … Continue reading “Re-engineering Journalism at Stanford”
BlueStacks Lands $8,341,180 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc2de3ee-72e9-40d3-8bd7-1deaffb660ce Date 5/7/2014 Company Name BlueStacks Mailing Address 2105 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 USA Company Description BlueStacks enables Android applications to run on Windows machines. The application can appear either as an icon on the Windows desktop, or within a full Android environment. Website http://www.bluestacks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “BlueStacks Lands $8,341,180 Series B Funding Round”
Flux Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=12417e5b-1af4-4bee-83a3-32e36d82620b Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Flux Mailing Address 660 4th St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description The team has been developing a platform to manage the full complexity of designing site-adapted, high-performance, and healthy buildings. Their process starts by constructing a relationship graph between the key building systems driven by … Continue reading “Flux Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Financing”
VSCO Receives $40,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ffcad86-6fee-4518-82ae-3bee93ecca80 Date 5/7/2014 Company Name VSCO Mailing Address 1266 66th St. Emeryville, CA 94608 USA Company Description The VSCO Artist Initiative is a $1,000,000usd scholarship fund providing artists the resources to pursue their creative vision. The Initiative exists to honor art and artist by discovering, funding, advising and promoting creatives from all … Continue reading “VSCO Receives $40,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
EndoGastric Solutions Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=209ca7ac-b4d4-4610-9d66-3d6744e4ae6d Date 5/7/2014 Company Name EndoGastric Solutions Mailing Address 1900 O’Farrell Street San Mateo, CA 94404 USA Company Description EGS leverages the most current wisdom in gastroenterology and surgery in developing new transoral incisionless procedures and products to advance the state of the art in treating gastrointestinal diseases. Website http://www.endogastricsolutions.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “EndoGastric Solutions Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing”
Beauty Noted Receives $2,200,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76f5cf16-8fd3-41df-a7d1-5b5fb2513e45 Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Beauty Noted Mailing Address 85 Liberty Ship Way Sausalito, CA 94901 USA Company Description Beauty Noted provides product recommendations from a proprietary crowdsourcing platform that matches users against a group of women who share like characteristics and preferences. Then it factors in products you make a Note … Continue reading “Beauty Noted Receives $2,200,000 Seed Funding Round”
Wandera Secures $3,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=380b1c06-33e0-4016-b4a4-5ef45b39e6ec Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Wandera Mailing Address 180 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Wandera is the pioneer and leading provider of MDO (Mobile Data Optimization), providing businesses with savings, control and visibility of their mobile data usage. Powered by its proprietary cloud data compression and policy engine, … Continue reading “Wandera Secures $3,000,000 New Funding”
StackStorm Obtains New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=439faff6-9244-4cb0-b8af-7dbfa0d1b299 Date 5/7/2014 Company Name StackStorm Mailing Address 261 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description StackStorm is an emerging leader of the third wave of operations automation. Built from the ground up with DevOps in mind, StackStorm’s vision is a world of self-driving data centers that learn over time … Continue reading “StackStorm Obtains New Financing”
Table8 Secures $4,600,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=547edb96-a9cf-4e7b-9afb-9c8783515bca Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Table8 Mailing Address 255 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Table8 is a reservation service that lets you dine at the world’s most popular restaurants without planning ahead. We have teamed up with the leading restaurants in the industry to offer peak seating … Continue reading “Table8 Secures $4,600,000 New Financing Round”
Maxta Lands $25,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8bc89d90-4c54-4c2d-855f-bdc3380710de Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Maxta Mailing Address 100 Mathilda Place Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA Company Description Maxta was founded in 2009 by industry veterans with a simple goal: to realize the vision of a Software-Defined data center. Maxta is redefining enterprise storage by delivering an innovative Software-Defined Storage platform to dramatically … Continue reading “Maxta Lands $25,000,000 Series B Round”
iHear Medical Lands $2,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ed03d27-6bd2-43fa-ad5f-e7e71db868e7 Date 5/7/2014 Company Name iHear Medical Mailing Address 15250 Hesperian Blvd San Leandro, CA 94578 USA Company Description The patented iHEAR HD—the size and weight of a kidney bean—fits discretely and safely inside your ear. The innovative seal tip provides a comfortable fit and superior sound delivery. The iHEAR HD is … Continue reading “iHear Medical Lands $2,500,000 New Round”
Layer Lands $14,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6dfac8cf-a8fd-492e-81b8-53e22f724197 Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Layer Mailing Address 470 Alabama St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Layer is the open communications layer for the Internet, enabling the power of messaging, voice and video calling in any mobile or web product. The Layer team is full of developers and designers passionate … Continue reading “Layer Lands $14,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Bankrate Acquires Caring.com for $54,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8df4a9ff-b278-477f-a71c-d52043b4fde4 Date 5/7/2014 Company Name Caring.com Mailing Address 2600 South El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description Caring.com was created to help you care for your aging parents and other loved ones. Our mission is to give you the information and other resources you need to make better decisions, … Continue reading “Bankrate Acquires Caring.com for $54,000,000”
Restaurant Reservations App Table8 Snags $4.6 million, Plans NY Expansion
Table8, maker of an app that allows users to make last-minute reservations at sought-after restaurants for a fee, today announced a $4.6 million funding round led by angel investors and Concur, a business travel and expense management platform based in Bellevue, WA. Concur’s $150 million Perfect Trip Fund is dedicated to investing in companies in … Continue reading “Restaurant Reservations App Table8 Snags $4.6 million, Plans NY Expansion”
360-Degree Centr Video Camera Gives a Thumb’s-Eye View of the World
Since we didn’t evolve with eyes on the backs or the sides of our heads, it’s no surprise that Bill Banta and his team had trouble anticipating all of the problems they would run into with their 360-degree video camera. The former Apple procurement manager—who was in charge of more than $500 million in annual … Continue reading “360-Degree Centr Video Camera Gives a Thumb’s-Eye View of the World”