I originally thought about titling this piece “Life Sciences, Biosciences, BioPharma, Biotech, and Healthcare: What’s the Difference?” but that was simply too unwieldy. Many people use these terms interchangeably without thinking about what they specifically refer to, and which types of jobs and activities they encompass. Are they all the same thing? I don’t think … Continue reading “Why It’s Time to Retire the Term “Life Sciences””
Category: San Francisco
Zumper Secures $6,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bf87d2ba-87ff-4ec3-8ab0-14c34eb3b53b Date 3/4/2014 Company Name Zumper Mailing Address 470 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We are a small, fun and hard working team of engineers, product and business people who are passionate about building the best way to find a home or apartment for rent. We launched in 2012 … Continue reading “Zumper Secures $6,500,000 Series A Financing”
DocuSign Lands $85,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e92ee5cd-578e-4b2a-8636-2699b61cd0cc Date 3/4/2014 Company Name DocuSign Mailing Address 221 Main Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description DocuSign was founded in 2003 with one goal: to make electronic signatures as ubiquitous and simple as email. DocuSign delivers the final step in the online customer relationship—the ability to complete a legally binding agreement … Continue reading “DocuSign Lands $85,000,000 New Financing Round”
VIRES Aeronautics Lands $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5bb72ba-5211-4fd3-a40c-52bafd944a89 Date 3/4/2014 Company Name VIRES Aeronautics Mailing Address 7693 Longard Road Livermore, CA 94551 Company Description VIRES Aeronautics is uniquely positioned to transform the aeronautics industry with its revolutionary wing design. We retrofit the wings of legacy aircraft with our patented VIRES Aquila technology. Website http://www.viresaero.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “VIRES Aeronautics Lands $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
ServiceMax Garners $71,000,000 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a749bf94-f20d-4aad-98a0-745b189fa487 Date 3/4/2014 Company Name ServiceMax Mailing Address 3875 Hopyard Rd Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description Maxplore is the emerging leader in on-demand service management solutions. Maxplore’s ServiceMax is the leading SaaS Service Chain Management & Field Service solution on Force.com platform. Best-in-class companies across the globe use ServiceMax to run their … Continue reading “ServiceMax Garners $71,000,000 Series E Round”
Wickr Secures $9,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=076f2f78-4eb2-4747-adb8-c7705a3357a8 Date 3/4/2014 Company Name Wickr Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Wickr®’s mission is to provide secure communications that Leave No Trace®. People are being tracked online and their information is being sold in ways they do not understand by numerous governments and corporations throughout the world. Your … Continue reading “Wickr Secures $9,000,000 Series A Funding”
Play-i Lands $8,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16e1e027-6866-48e7-83df-d57a9e81fd5f Date 3/4/2014 Company Name Play-i Mailing Address 140 S Whisman Rd. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Play-i was founded with the mission to bring the joy and magic of programming to every child. We want Bo & Yana to also reach children who cannot afford them. This is where you … Continue reading “Play-i Lands $8,000,000 Series A Round”
Invuity Obtains $36,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab084696-8610-46c9-9395-f5c0d2839826 Date 3/4/2014 Company Name Invuity Mailing Address 39 Stillman Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Invuity was founded in 2004 by an orthopedic surgeon and an optical engineer with the goal of improving visualization in less invasive surgery. Located in San Francisco, Invuity has assembled an organization of world class … Continue reading “Invuity Obtains $36,000,000 New Financing”
Invuity Secures $36,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab084696-8610-46c9-9395-f5c0d2839826 Date 3/4/2014 Company Name Invuity Mailing Address 39 Stillman Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Invuity was founded in 2004 by an orthopedic surgeon and an optical engineer with the goal of improving visualization in less invasive surgery. Located in San Francisco, Invuity has assembled an organization of world class … Continue reading “Invuity Secures $36,000,000 New Funding Round”
Intel Acquires BASIS Science for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee115868-e8ac-4630-9eb9-11ccbb8131aa Date 3/4/2014 Company Name BASIS Science Mailing Address 842 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description At Basis our mission is to help fit health into our busy lives. To put this in reach, we designed our wrist-based health tracker and online personal dashboard to help people easily incorporate healthy … Continue reading “Intel Acquires BASIS Science for Undisclosed Sum”
Silicon Laboratories Acquires Touchstone Semiconductor for $1,500,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48b03bc2-fb65-4fc4-aa8e-3c36b3bad864 Date 3/4/2014 Company Name Touchstone Semiconductor Mailing Address 630 Alder Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Touchstone Semiconductor Inc. creates high-performance analog integrated circuit (IC) solutions that solve critical issues for electronics companies. Website http://www.touchstonesemi.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The transaction was an … Continue reading “Silicon Laboratories Acquires Touchstone Semiconductor for $1,500,000”
PacBio, the Post-Hype Sleeper of Genomics
Hype and biotech go hand in hand, but genomics takes exaggeration up a few extra notches. When genomics companies fail, they tend to crash especially hard. Yet every now and then, a company that’s monumentally hyped falls flat and then figures out a way to become a solid, if not spectacular, player. That’s the storyline … Continue reading “PacBio, the Post-Hype Sleeper of Genomics”
Boomtrain Lands $1,966,279 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bb16d3d-81df-48e0-b22a-a8cd964c6858 Date 3/3/2014 Company Name Boomtrain Mailing Address 450 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description News, entertainment, comedy and drama. Incredible shows. All made for the web. All on boomtrain. Website http://www.boomtrain.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,966,279 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Boomtrain Lands $1,966,279 New Funding Round”
ClassDojo Lands $8,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46076c29-50f2-41a6-a83d-ef440ab0269b Date 3/3/2014 Company Name ClassDojo Mailing Address 735 Tehama Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators. Website http://www.classdojo.com Transaction … Continue reading “ClassDojo Lands $8,500,000 Series A Round”
Bob Doyle and the Magic of Merlin, the First Mobile Game
If you sat down to make a list of the key turning points in the history of mobile computing, you’d definitely have to include 2007, the year Apple released the iPhone. Its glowing touchscreen became a personalized portal to our friends, to the Web, and to hundreds of thousands of games and other specialized apps. … Continue reading “Bob Doyle and the Magic of Merlin, the First Mobile Game”
Looking for More Intelligence in Digital Publishing at Matter Demo Day
Bristling with new ideas to help publishers, writers, and other creative professionals reach out through the digital world, the crew from Matter in San Francisco held a demo day this week in New York. It is the second class to graduate from the media-focused accelerator, this time with seven startups promising to stir up different parts … Continue reading “Looking for More Intelligence in Digital Publishing at Matter Demo Day”
How to Tell When a Startup Is Ready for Investment
Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice, and product focus. However, accelerator Demo Days are a combination of graduation ceremony and pitch contest, with the uncomfortable feel of a swimsuit competition. Other than “I’ll know it when I see it”, there’s no formal way for an investor attending Demo … Continue reading “How to Tell When a Startup Is Ready for Investment”
CodeNow Receives New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=238c6035-e4b3-4777-9a69-7db84e129ce8 Date 2/28/2014 Company Name CodeNow Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description CodeNow is a non-profit focused on teaching underrepresented high school students to code. Our program is essential because it lowers the barriers normally associated with technology by giving students exposure to programming at an early age when … Continue reading “CodeNow Receives New Financing”
GoBalto Obtains $4,966,666 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5111428a-6291-48c6-a45b-c2e9b89afa02 Date 2/28/2014 Company Name GoBalto Mailing Address 351 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description goBalto was founded in 2008 by award winning industry veterans who believe study startup can be improved. How? By delivering web-based solutions that are simple, easy-to-use and accessible. Website http://www.GoBalto.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “GoBalto Obtains $4,966,666 Series B Round”
A New Era for Microsoft: Overcoming the Innovator’s Dilemma
I don’t know if Microsoft will be a $300 billion company 50 years from now, but I do know one thing: selecting Satya Nadella as CEO gives it a better chance than some of the names that were discussed in the news since Steve Ballmer announced he would be stepping down. The reason is simple: … Continue reading “A New Era for Microsoft: Overcoming the Innovator’s Dilemma”
Nok Nok Labs Obtains $16,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cd9ea88-fc46-46d7-8f6d-09e63d268114 Date 2/27/2014 Company Name Nok Nok Labs Mailing Address 4151 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Nok Nok Labs is backed by veterans of the security industry from PGP, Netscape, PayPal & Phoenix and have deep experience in building Internet scale security protocols and products. Based in Palo Alto, … Continue reading “Nok Nok Labs Obtains $16,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Kinestral Technologies Garners $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2083859e-5e18-46eb-b8e8-166e478fe95e Date 2/27/2014 Company Name Kinestral Technologies Mailing Address 400 East Jamie Court South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description The company is developing adaptive, dynamic glass for commercial, residential and automotive markets Website http://www.kinestral.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Kinestral Technologies Garners $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
Tonic Solutions Garners $2,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=948b4de7-aeae-4026-a8fb-5ff84a251944 Date 2/27/2014 Company Name Tonic Solutions Mailing Address 251 Arden Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Tonic was founded by a collaboration of scientists, consumer marketing experts, user interface designers and software programmers to finally solve the crippling challenges of medical data collection, including poor response rates, low patient engagement, … Continue reading “Tonic Solutions Garners $2,500,000 New Funding”
If You Can Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=215bf310-ed55-42ab-83af-64b70e3feb90 Date 2/27/2014 Company Name If You Can Mailing Address 55 East 3rd Ave. San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Our mission at If You Can is to support and empower children and parents to value and understand themselves and others. By doing so, we believe we can build a better world: … Continue reading “If You Can Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
ClearSlide Secures $50,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad0e583a-967b-4bae-ae86-b192a08f3699 Date 2/27/2014 Company Name ClearSlide Mailing Address 45 Fremont Street 32nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We provide a fully web-based service designed specifically for the communication needs of sales teams. We strive to make customer facing interactions more effective and to ultimately help sales close more business. We’ve … Continue reading “ClearSlide Secures $50,000,000 Series C Round”
Kinestral Technologies Secures $7,085,039 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e315e3a-bb71-486e-a14c-c99482b319a1 Date 2/27/2014 Company Name Kinestral Technologies Mailing Address 400 East Jamie Court South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description The company is developing adaptive, dynamic glass for commercial, residential and automotive markets Website http://www.kinestral.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,085,039 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Kinestral Technologies Secures $7,085,039 New Financing”
Tests for Tumor DNA in Blood May Yield New Ways to Hit Cancer
What do blood cancers, HIV infection, and cardiovascular disease have in common? Drug developers made rapid progress in those three disease categories once they had blood tests that could monitor changes in individual patients as they responded to medications, says Helmy Eltoukhy, CEO of Redwood City, CA-based diagnostics startup Guardant Health. But that progress hasn’t … Continue reading “Tests for Tumor DNA in Blood May Yield New Ways to Hit Cancer”
Encore Entrepreneurs: They’re Older and They Have More Insurance
OK, I want you to take a quick test and answer the question with the first thing that comes to mind: What does a “start-up entrepreneur” look like? OK, do you have a picture in your mind? If you are like most people, I bet your first thought was someone who looks suspiciously like a … Continue reading “Encore Entrepreneurs: They’re Older and They Have More Insurance”
Piazza Lands $8,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=379dfc34-3519-43e7-8d25-1acf274a202c Date 2/26/2014 Company Name Piazza Mailing Address PO Box 19148 Palo Alto, CA 94309 Company Description Piazza is a free, online collaboration platform for students and teachers to communicate about complex problems in real time. Website http://www.piazza.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes In … Continue reading “Piazza Lands $8,000,000 Series B Financing”
EdSurge Secures $1,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f626639-ce28-498e-9295-219ccc576a81 Date 2/26/2014 Company Name EdSurge Mailing Address 228 Lorton Ave Burlingame, CA 94010 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 educators … Continue reading “EdSurge Secures $1,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Workboard Garners $2,750,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f0b6e897-88c5-4af7-b42c-55c1ceffff41 Date 2/26/2014 Company Name Workboard Mailing Address 2095 Landings Drive Palo Alto, CA 94043 Company Description We are happier when we’re succeeding and happier still when success at work doesn’t come at the expense of success in other aspects of our life. Personal satisfaction from success is amplified when it’s recognized … Continue reading “Workboard Garners $2,750,000 Series A Financing Round”
Knightscope Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=acae9ccf-3258-4346-b886-66f039624d71 Date 2/26/2014 Company Name Knightscope Mailing Address 440 N Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Knightscope, Inc. is a technology start-up located in the heart of Silicon Valley. If you wish to reach us directly, please fill out the form below and someone will reply in short order. Be sure … Continue reading “Knightscope Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Kahuna Lands $11,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e34b4329-2619-4e61-b92b-8dcc07dacea8 Date 2/26/2014 Company Name Kahuna Mailing Address 444 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Kahuna was built to support the multi-device world from Day One. Unlike event-tracking systems, Kahuna automatically combines each user’s web and mobile behavior to create a unified customer engagement profile. Website http://www.usekahuna.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Kahuna Lands $11,000,000 Series A Round”
Globevestor Garners $25,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bda49d53-d7b8-4620-9f0d-e9bb3c49645c Date 2/26/2014 Company Name Globevestor Mailing Address 55 E 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Our mission is to enable effective cross-border movement of startup capital and know-how helping entrepreneurs and investors reach their goals. Website http://www.globevestor.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $25,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Globevestor Garners $25,000 New Funding”
CyberSense Secures $5,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e290992-451c-49fd-9069-feaf39701560 Date 2/26/2014 Company Name CyberSense Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Cybersense created a threat intelligence solution which acts as your network’s 6th sense: provides risk-free threat analysis. Website http://www.cyber-sense.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes CyberSense will use the investment … Continue reading “CyberSense Secures $5,000,000 Series A Round”
Square Acquires BookFresh for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=070e9232-5d0a-4653-9efb-2739e0b9adff Date 2/26/2014 Company Name BookFresh Mailing Address 217 South B Street San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description BookFresh is the leading online appointment and appointments-as-leads provider for small businesses. BookFresh offers solutions directly to service professionals and service brands, as well as APIs, enterprise services and reseller solutions to online publishers … Continue reading “Square Acquires BookFresh for Undisclosed Sum”
With Suitable, Park Your Meat Body at Home and Beam In to Work
When you’re a technology reporter, every startup you visit tries to convince you that you’re seeing a glimpse of the future. When I toured Suitable Technologies a few weeks ago, I knew I really was. Suitable builds a remote presence device called Beam. It’s basically an LCD screen, a Webcam, a microphone array, and some … Continue reading “With Suitable, Park Your Meat Body at Home and Beam In to Work”
An Executive’s Guide to Not Screwing Up Partnerships
Everyone loves partnerships. These fancy sounding deals are also often called “strategic alliances,” “co-marketing agreements,” “channel sales,” or in Continental Europe, “a coöperation” (sounds quite nice and German, doesn’t it?). Partnerships are prestigious, and they whisper to you the sweet possibilities of easy revenue. In Silicon Valley, they are generally run with lots of fanfare … Continue reading “An Executive’s Guide to Not Screwing Up Partnerships”
Elliott Sigal, Bristol’s Former R&D Chief, on Life After Big Pharma
Less than a year ago, Elliott Sigal, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s R&D chief for nearly a decade, stunned the industry. After a lengthy run that saw Bristol morph from a slogging, multifaceted healthcare conglomerate with its fingers in everything from AIDS drugs to baby formula, to a sleeker, pure play biopharmaceutical company, Sigal abruptly walked away in … Continue reading “Elliott Sigal, Bristol’s Former R&D Chief, on Life After Big Pharma”
Shape Security Receives $40,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f903279-0b90-46be-bda0-0fdb88cb4fd8 Date 2/25/2014 Company Name Shape Security Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Shape alters the economics of web hacking. We shift costs from defenders to attackers, forcing hackers to spend much more to achieve much less. Our military-grade technology doesn’t rely on past signatures, so it uniquely protects … Continue reading “Shape Security Receives $40,000,000 Series C Funding”
Saisei Secures $5,600,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d1ff9a2-d5a2-4864-80ed-251d246e9906 Date 2/25/2014 Company Name Saisei Mailing Address 710 Lakeway Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The leading supplier of software-based network appliances, without the need for proprietary hardware; our vision is to replace all proprietary hardware appliances with Saisei software solutions – globally and for all networks. Website http://www.saisei.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Saisei Secures $5,600,000 Series A Round”
eCommera Secures $41,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dfc8abed-a212-49e6-9cb4-3ae2fe5ffb58 Date 2/25/2014 Company Name eCommera Mailing Address 812 Middlefield Ave. Redwood City, CA 94062 Company Description Retailers and brands are challenged everyday by their customers who are demanding a seamless experience wherever they shop – on mobile, through a call center, in store or in China. Managing the customer through connected … Continue reading “eCommera Secures $41,000,000 Series C Financing”
Hackers / Founders Obtains $65,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eea39613-90f8-4a09-be1c-549ba2439984 Date 2/25/2014 Company Name Hackers / Founders Mailing Address PO Box 4794 Santa Clara, CA 95056 Company Description H/F’s mission is to empower global founders so more startups succeed. Website http://www.hf.cx Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction Amount $65,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. Not an offer or … Continue reading “Hackers / Founders Obtains $65,000 New Financing”
Tradeshift Secures $75,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed42dcad-df8c-4781-811c-8fe156d6ccdb Date 2/25/2014 Company Name Tradeshift Mailing Address 612 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Tradeshift is a platform for all your business interactions. Modern business is broken. On one hand, growing companies who want to focus on doing what they love are plagued by user-unfriendly and time-consuming solutions for … Continue reading “Tradeshift Secures $75,000,000 New Financing”
D.light Receives $11,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1a119387-6d57-4a5d-920c-c0769a437692 Date 2/25/2014 Company Name D.light Mailing Address 650 5th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company’s mission is to enable households without reliable electricity to attain the same quality of life as those with electricity. We will begin by replacing every kerosene lantern with clean, safe and bright light. … Continue reading “D.light Receives $11,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
The Inside Story: What CISOs Know About Cybersecurity
In the wake of aggressive press coverage of recent major breaches at companies from Target to Neiman Marcus, cybersecurity has finally moved out of the shadows to become a top-of-mind issue at major enterprises. The new focus is dramatically changing the landscape for security leaders and business executives, who no longer struggle to convince their … Continue reading “The Inside Story: What CISOs Know About Cybersecurity”
Ingress, Google, and Linda Besh: How a Mobile Game Augments Reality
When I first met Portalyst, she was at the Detroit Public Library, surrounded by her fellow agents in Resistance Detroit. There were BelaWren and Commander Lobo, a bookish married couple from Royal Oak, MI, and B33rhun73r (Beerhunter), a software developer so named for his appreciation of craft brewing. They were all glued to their phones, … Continue reading “Ingress, Google, and Linda Besh: How a Mobile Game Augments Reality”
Speaker Series: Has Pharma Found a New Funding Model for Early Stage Life Science?
The UCSF Entrepreneurship Center presents Darren Carroll, Vice President Corporate Business Development, Eli Lilly, talking about how Lilly is pioneering a new capital efficient model to develop therapeutics by partnering with venture capital firms and leveraging resources. Rather than build complete companies around a single molecule, Lilly’s VC partners set up virtual structures that can … Continue reading “Speaker Series: Has Pharma Found a New Funding Model for Early Stage Life Science?”
IBM Buys Online Database Provider Cloudant as Cloud Wars March On
IBM is taking another bite out of the cloud software world as it tries to keep up with much younger technology companies. Today, IBM announced it was buying Boston-based Cloudant, an online database software provider. The price wasn’t revealed. Cloudant had raised about $15 million in private investment since it was founded in 2008. Cloudant’s … Continue reading “IBM Buys Online Database Provider Cloudant as Cloud Wars March On”
Quanttus Dives Into Personal Health With $22M From Khosla, Matrix
Last summer, we were the first to report on a stealthy MIT startup that’s trying to become a big player in personal health and wellness. Well, that company is now one of the better-funded efforts in this emerging sector. Quanttus, a 25-person startup based in Cambridge, MA, announced today that it has raised a $19 … Continue reading “Quanttus Dives Into Personal Health With $22M From Khosla, Matrix”