Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5897287-7207-409c-bafb-7093374de009 Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Brightpearl Mailing Address 181 Fremont St San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Drive business success with Brightpearl – cloud software for growing retailers. Manage everything from inventory to multichannel simply and effectively. Website http://www.brightpearl.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds … Continue reading “Brightpearl Garners $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
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Apigee Garners $60,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2b4620e-fa3c-4570-a75e-881f2979860d Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Apigee Mailing Address 10 Almaden Boulevard 16th Floor San Jose, CA 95113 USA Company Description Apigee is for a new internet of APIs – where billions of mobile, tablets, and set-top apps connect in a web that has moved beyond the browser. Website http://www.apigee.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Apigee Garners $60,000,000 New Funding Round”
Doximity Lands $54,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f83c02b-7a3b-44a3-b043-a2b87441ed34 Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Doximity Mailing Address 60 E Third Ave. San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description Doximity is a free communication platform that links medical professionals, enabling faster, smarter treatment. With Doximity, physicians can use their iPhone, iPad, Android device or computer to quickly connect with any U.S. physician … Continue reading “Doximity Lands $54,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Streem Garners $875,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=676aecb3-2044-4b87-ad74-ddd83641b87d Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Streem Mailing Address 220 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Streem is a magical cloud-based hard drive that offers unlimited storage space for your files. All files are securely stored in the cloud and streamed to you on-demand, saving you terabytes of space on … Continue reading “Streem Garners $875,000 Seed Round”
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Acquires iPierian for $725,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7c4dd2a-fe36-4b09-af87-db77ab5ec6b4 Date 4/29/2014 Company Name iPierian Mailing Address 951 Gateway Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description iPierian is a pioneering biopharmaceutical company that is taking the cutting-edge technologies of cellular reprogramming and directed differentiation to an entirely new level to harness the power of induced pluripotent stem cells to … Continue reading “Bristol-Meyers Squibb Acquires iPierian for $725,000,000”
“Top of Rockies” Honors Xconomy’s Davidson with 2 First Place Awards
We’re proud to report this morning that one of our own has added his name to the summit log in the “Top of the Rockies” journalism competition awards, a program organized by the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Michael Davidson, who joined Xconomy just over a year ago as editor of … Continue reading ““Top of Rockies” Honors Xconomy’s Davidson with 2 First Place Awards”
Five Views of the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley TechFair
Microsoft, with a new CEO and a new corporate structure, is pushing hard to burnish its image as a source of innovation in business and consumer computing. Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer’s replacement (and only the third CEO in the company’s 39-year history), continues to talk about Microsoft’s future as both a “mobile first” and a … Continue reading “Five Views of the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley TechFair”
Get a Room: HotelTonight Helps Travelers Plan Spontaneous Trips
Big travel sites like Expedia and Priceline have been around since the dawn of the Internet age, but a local startup with a lot of venture backing is offering something different. HotelTonight allows users to snag unsold, discounted hotel rooms at the last minute, starting at 9 am the day they want to book. Instead … Continue reading “Get a Room: HotelTonight Helps Travelers Plan Spontaneous Trips”
Arcadia Biosciences Garners $18,944,527 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f16ec53-ae7d-4dc1-a505-74922af89aa7 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name Arcadia Biosciences Mailing Address 202 Cousteau Place Davis, CA 95618 USA Company Description Arcadia Biosciences develops and commercializes agriculture-based technologies that create value for growers and consumers while benefiting the environment and enhancing human health. Website http://www.arcadiabio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,944,527 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Arcadia Biosciences Garners $18,944,527 Series D Funding Round”
SI-BONE Garners $33,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb15d52d-8b79-429e-b90d-85d388c572ad Date 4/28/2014 Company Name SI-BONE Mailing Address 3055 Olin Avenue San Jose, CA 95128 USA Company Description SI-BONE is committed to providing high-quality innovative medical devices for the treatment of SI Joint dysfunction. SI-BONE is a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of SI Joint dysfunction. Website http://www.si-bone.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “SI-BONE Garners $33,000,000 New Funding”
URX Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e5a1b8c-e35c-46d8-a074-c788d349818a Date 4/28/2014 Company Name URX Mailing Address 168 South Park Ave San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description URX is building the buy button between apps. We aim to amplify the mobile economy by enabling advertisers to showcase the products they sell, not just their apps. We’re located in the heart … Continue reading “URX Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round”
Slack Receives $42,750,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c536985c-bdf2-4cb3-8ac8-fdb4993b7343 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name Slack Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94301 USA Company Description Slack is a real-time messaging, archiving and search tool for modern teams. Website http://www.slack.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $42,750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The main idea with this round is to scale that … Continue reading “Slack Receives $42,750,000 New Financing”
Caviar Secures $13,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89a82f29-fa78-442d-9f2e-13afe51c1bb8 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name Caviar Mailing Address 133 Kearny Street San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Caviar is the easiest way for consumers and businesses to order food from favorite local eateries with the ability to live-track the order on a map. Browse a picture menu, place the order, and … Continue reading “Caviar Secures $13,000,000 New Round”
Sonitus Medical Receives $10,215,211 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=114a8352-2694-46d7-89d9-323c93e004af Date 4/28/2014 Company Name Sonitus Medical Mailing Address 1900 Alameda De Las Pulgas 2nd Floor San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description Sonitus Medical, Inc. is committed to innovating novel hearing solutions. Our mission is to serve the Otolaryngology and Audiology professional community by providing therapeutic solutions to address the unmet … Continue reading “Sonitus Medical Receives $10,215,211 New Financing”
New Relic Garners $100,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48a5bf89-1d2f-451c-bf43-ad9ff4aca46f Date 4/28/2014 Company Name New Relic Mailing Address 188 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description New Relic, Inc. offers RPM(TM), a subscription-based Rails Performance Management solution that enables developers to quickly and cost effectively detect, diagnose and fix application performance problems in real time. Website http://www.newrelic.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “New Relic Garners $100,000,000 New Funding Round”
LendUp Receives $50,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8742481b-d619-464f-8ac6-caa115c40367 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name LendUp Mailing Address 237 Kearny St. San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description The LendUp Ladder changes the dynamics of the small dollar loan: rather than being a dangerous first step into a cycle of debt, it becomes an opportunity to learn good financial behavior and to … Continue reading “LendUp Receives $50,000,000 New Funding”
RockYou! Lands $3,260,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=771a144d-2023-49ca-a3ce-d56d790ca9b6 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name RockYou! Mailing Address 208 Utah Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description RockYou! creates and distributes the most popular self-expression widgets on the web. RockYou!’s viral accessories can be used to enhance the look and feel of any blog, personal website, and are used on social … Continue reading “RockYou! Lands $3,260,000 New Funding Round”
TIBCO Software Acquires JasperSoft for $185,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8aa1491-c749-4861-b4f4-ac40ec11ed95 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name JasperSoft Mailing Address 350 Rhode Island St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description JasperSoft is the leading provider of commercial open source reporting solutions. Anchored by the world’s most popular open source reporting engine JasperReports, and its complementary commercial reporting product, JasperDecisions, JasperSoft brings customers the … Continue reading “TIBCO Software Acquires JasperSoft for $185,000,000”
Women in Bio: Path to Market
Women in Bio presents and evening event on product development in biotech. From the event site: “You have a product idea, you have secured funding and you have built your executive team, so what’s next? Please join Lissa Goldenstein, (President, CEO and Co-Founder of Auxogyn), Deborah Kilpatrick, Ph.D. (Chief Commercial Officer of CardioDx), Elaine Cheung (Business and Corporate Development at … Continue reading “Women in Bio: Path to Market”
Beauty Is Everywhere, Except On Your TV Screen. Time to Change That.
Your mother probably taught you to turn off the TV when you weren’t watching it. That made sense, back in the day: television sets used to consume a lot of juice. Today, they don’t. If you bought the largest, most electricity-guzzling flat-screen TV you could find and left it on all the time, you’d still … Continue reading “Beauty Is Everywhere, Except On Your TV Screen. Time to Change That.”
The Xconomy San Francisco Six: Airbnb, Apple’s Acquisitions, & More
Here are the top six things we’re paying attention to in the San Francisco tech scene this week. —AdRoll, the San Francisco-based ad retargeting platform, closed a $70 million funding round lead by Foundation Capital. The San Francisco startup plans to use the funding to expand its reach on mobile devices, so that products you … Continue reading “The Xconomy San Francisco Six: Airbnb, Apple’s Acquisitions, & More”
Ceterix Orthopaedics Obtains $11,838,328 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=447b3924-e0d3-441a-98a6-7492eccab569 Date 4/25/2014 Company Name Ceterix Orthopaedics Mailing Address 959 Hamilton Ave Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. develops novel surgical tools for arthroscopic procedures. The Ceterix technology enables surgeons to place stitches in very tight joint compartments, while protecting sensitive surrounding structures such as nerves, arteries and … Continue reading “Ceterix Orthopaedics Obtains $11,838,328 Series B Financing”
FinancialForce.com Receives $50,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=150036f0-db12-4fcf-8065-7e42726b0ce4 Date 4/25/2014 Company Name FinancialForce.com Mailing Address 595 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description FinancialForce.com delivers ERP at Customer Speed. Built on the Salesforce1 Platform, FinancialForce ERP equips customer-centric businesses with a unified cloud platform and all the applications necessary to grow both the top and bottom line. … Continue reading “FinancialForce.com Receives $50,000,000 New Financing Round”
Stitch Obtains $3,250,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5008691-8a2a-478f-ac87-81653daec171 Date 4/25/2014 Company Name Stitch Mailing Address 230 California St. San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description In today’s highly competitive world, we believe it’s not only possible, but essential to be as effective and responsive on the go as when sitting in front of a desk. In sales, being responsive … Continue reading “Stitch Obtains $3,250,000 Seed Funding”
Signifyd Receives $2,199,983 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86d7903c-5f6d-4926-881b-936405b1774a Date 4/25/2014 Company Name Signifyd Mailing Address 5201 Great America Pkwy. Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description Signifyd was founded in 2011 to help online businesses better control fraud and abuse. We simplify fraud prevention with tools and expertise. Website http://www.signifyd.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,199,983 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Signifyd Receives $2,199,983 New Financing Round”
Hearst Acquires CareInSync for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6b8c817-67f5-43ac-984c-3e097a8c4739 Date 4/25/2014 Company Name CareInSync Mailing Address 4655 Old Ironsides Rd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description At CareinSync, our mission is to: Significantly improve patient care quality & efficiencyby enhancing communication across care providers & patients over a real-time, mobile, collaboration platform. Website http://www.careinsync.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Hearst Acquires CareInSync for Undisclosed Sum”
Two San Francisco Startups Sharing In Third Rock’s Rich Third Fund
Third Rock Ventures, an investment firm known for founding life sciences companies from scratch, made a big splash last year by raising $516 million for its third fund while many of its fellow venture capital firms were struggling. Since then, it’s been putting that new money to work. Over the past three months, Third Rock’s … Continue reading “Two San Francisco Startups Sharing In Third Rock’s Rich Third Fund”
Wish Lands $19,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e8748a07-8279-4962-b663-19bbfee883f1 Date 4/24/2014 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 Lands $19,000,000 New Funding Round”
Codasip Garners $2,800,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=07543596-158a-4fb2-9ebb-25f5b15e1ce3 Date 4/24/2014 Company Name Codasip Mailing Address 51 East Campbell Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 USA Company Description ASIP’s utilize dedicated instructions to accelerate software and are at the heart of applications that require very high performance with low power. Codasip’s unique technology makes ASIP adoption as simple and easy as standard … Continue reading “Codasip Garners $2,800,000 Series A Round”
Catalyst Biosciences Receives $5,009,841 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c59d7bd4-3e3f-4842-94cc-5b9c154a64e2 Date 4/24/2014 Company Name Catalyst Biosciences Mailing Address 260 Littlefield Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Catalyst Biosciences is developing the next generation of biopharmaceuticals by harnessing the catalytic power of proteases. Website http://www.catalystbiosciences.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,009,841 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Catalyst Biosciences Receives $5,009,841 New Financing Round”
Synack Obtains $7,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=667b2304-6e93-43e1-b997-733fc2c7a326 Date 4/24/2014 Company Name Synack Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Synack works closely with organizations to create a listing that best fits their budgetary constraints and technical requirements. Synack will perform an initial assessment of the organization’s security posture, and ensure that the organization is positioned … Continue reading “Synack Obtains $7,500,000 Series A Funding”
Sentinel Labs Receives $12,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53620224-5b5d-4f43-ab36-7e88a9b04f1f Date 4/24/2014 Company Name Sentinel Labs Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Building the next generation in advanced threats protection, with a revolutionary approach that completely re-thinks the cycle on how to detect and protect from malware with signature-less technology. Website http://www.sentinel-labs.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Sentinel Labs Receives $12,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Oris4 Receives $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4ada261-eae3-4c82-a981-bb276d51154c Date 4/24/2014 Company Name Oris4 Mailing Address 3340 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA Company Description Oris4 is a cloud-based content management system that creates a streamlined content search process across your enterprise through one single access point. Website http://www.oris4.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Oris4 Receives $1,000,000 New Round”
NFL’s Richard Sherman on Social Media: “You Can Only be Yourself”
[Updated 4/24] He’s one of the best players on the NFL’s top defense, and just won the first Super Bowl in his team’s history. But Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman might be just as well-known for another skill: highly entertaining online smack-talk with other NFL players. There’s more than a bit of calculation behind his … Continue reading “NFL’s Richard Sherman on Social Media: “You Can Only be Yourself””
Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?
For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. Lately the pressure of continuous disruption has forced them to step up the pace. More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies? The answer – there … Continue reading “Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?”
New Ignition Partners Happy Betting on Business Computing Renaissance
A little more than a year after raising its fifth fund and tightening its investing focus to enterprise and business-to-business startups, Ignition Partners sees the past as precedent for its bets on a broad reinvention happening in business computing. The venture capital firm, based in Bellevue, WA, and with a new office in Palo Alto, … Continue reading “New Ignition Partners Happy Betting on Business Computing Renaissance”
How To Fund a “Fat Startup”
These days, we focus a lot more on lean startups than startups that require capital to get going. The entire industry has moved away from the “fat” startup category. Investors expect that you will have your product launched, customer acquisition model fleshed out fully, and a team in place before Series A. However, infrastructure software, … Continue reading “How To Fund a “Fat Startup””
SimpleFi Receives $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20c635c0-bc72-4799-86aa-26dc801f763f Date 4/23/2014 Company Name SimpleFi Mailing Address 530 Lytton Ave 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description SimpleFi is a social venture inspired by the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s financial assistance program. Frequently young Marines would be overcome with financial emergencies due to family issues or unexpected problems. Website … Continue reading “SimpleFi Receives $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
Piqora Secures $7,700,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62ee63f0-9d49-4197-a95f-6269ef1a1746 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Piqora Mailing Address 181 2nd Ave. San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description Piqora is a newly launched startup offering an analytics solution for the up-and-coming social network Pinterest. Website http://www.piqora.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,700,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Piqora plans to … Continue reading “Piqora Secures $7,700,000 Series A Financing Round”
Pure Storage Receives $225,000,000 Series F Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6eaad31f-3556-48e6-bad8-9aba07017fa5 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Pure Storage Mailing Address 650 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Pure Storage is leveraging flash to change the performance and cost dynamics of enterprise storage. Website http://www.purestorage.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $225,000,000 Transaction Round Series F Proceeds Purposes The new funding … Continue reading “Pure Storage Receives $225,000,000 Series F Round”
Renewable Funding Receives $20,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=69e2ebd3-9265-4681-bbb4-9d2f83847d49 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Renewable Funding Mailing Address 500 12th Street Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Renewable Funding, LLC develops and delivers innovative solutions for renewable energy and energy efficiency financing. We are the pioneer of the turnkey administration and financing of the PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Program. Website … Continue reading “Renewable Funding Receives $20,000,000 New Financing”
Declara Lands $16,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26b75308-7a2c-425a-bb65-cf8691db0ea9 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Declara Mailing Address 977 Commercial St. Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Declara humanizes big data to bring predictive analytics to life. Our organic and intuitive user interface defines the next generation of social collaboration and data visualization by giving people deep insight into what and … Continue reading “Declara Lands $16,000,000 Series A Funding”
yerdle Lands New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=091db25c-640f-4ae1-b7a4-e016326ac2df Date 4/23/2014 Company Name yerdle Mailing Address 82 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Right now, thousands of items are being shared on yerdle, from camping gear to kid’s toys. We are a community powered by generosity. All you have to do is give to get. Members post … Continue reading “yerdle Lands New Funding”
Avalanche Biotechnologies Obtains $55,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5901484-1358-45b6-90dc-fe4bfdc5d050 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Avalanche Biotechnologies Mailing Address 1555 Adams Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Founded in 2006, Avalanche is a biotechnology company that develops technologies and products for sustained delivery of therapeutic proteins to the eye to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), as well as other … Continue reading “Avalanche Biotechnologies Obtains $55,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Ondot Systems Secures $18,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0d4e0f6-ff1f-4cd7-8286-23401ceccce6 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Ondot Systems Mailing Address Undisclosed San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description Ondot’s leadership team brings together executives from mobile, security, and payment card industries who share a vision of transforming how consumers interact with their Financial Institutions. Website http://www.ondotsystems.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,000,000 … Continue reading “Ondot Systems Secures $18,000,000 New Funding”
Glimpse: The Social Discovery Conference
From the conference organizer, Inner Circle Labs: Glimpse brings experts together to uncover what social discovery is today, where it is headed and why it matters. The goal: to fuel innovation in the space and assist the community in uncovering and building new social technologies. The program is centered on fast-paced panels of senior level … Continue reading “Glimpse: The Social Discovery Conference”
A Changing of the Guard at Xconomy San Francisco
After four years as Xconomy San Francisco editor, Wade Roush, our new editor-at-large, is handing me the reins, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve worked as a freelancer for Xconomy for the past four years, writing stories about everything from a food subscription service to educational robots to start-ups going after the Internet of … Continue reading “A Changing of the Guard at Xconomy San Francisco”
UrbanSitter: An Uber Convenient Babysitters’ Club
CEO Lynn Perkins took UrbanSitter, a service that connects parents and babysitters, from concept to company in about three weeks. Three and a half years ago, she was taking time off from her previous job working for Joie de Vivre Hospitality—essentially buying hotels—and the mother of twins found herself constantly introducing friends to care providers. … Continue reading “UrbanSitter: An Uber Convenient Babysitters’ Club”
Brandcast Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9bb897c3-abf4-4613-9317-0928e6f6863b Date 4/22/2014 Company Name Brandcast Mailing Address 2 Mint Plaza San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Brandcast can help you achieve Total Web Coverage with publishing, messaging and analytics across websites, mobile, social and other channels. Website http://www.brandcast.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Brandcast Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round”
Electric Cloud Obtains $4,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8cbff8d-5a80-46c4-b54a-43c4b52fe3f7 Date 4/22/2014 Company Name Electric Cloud Mailing Address 676 W. Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Growing from this foundation of build expertise, Electric Cloud’s product suite — ElectricAccelerator, ElectricCommander and ElectricInsight — now improves development productivity and product quality by accelerating, automating and analyzing the entire software production … Continue reading “Electric Cloud Obtains $4,000,000 Series E Funding Round”