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Hiring in Biotech is Tricky. But Algorithms Won’t Save the Day

People who appreciate baseball stats agree: Jonny Gomes of the Boston Red Sox is a below-average player. Yet, if you pay attention to his intangibles, he looks better. Even with lousy performance data, he was credited with playing a key role last fall in helping his team win the World Series. The Gomes example reminds … Continue reading “Hiring in Biotech is Tricky. But Algorithms Won’t Save the Day”

Emerald Therapeutics Obtains $5,609,997 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a87ca98b-20bb-4ea6-a9f7-13eb2bf38099 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name Emerald Therapeutics Mailing Address 3475-M Edison Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Emerald Therapeutics is a venture backed Silicon Valley start-up pioneering massively disruptive therapeutic strategies. Website http://www.emeraldtherapeutics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,609,997 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Emerald Therapeutics Obtains $5,609,997 New Round”

eNeura Therapeutics Secures $1,674,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be9b41b9-6400-4dc0-92e7-29cab3e0bf87 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name eNeura Therapeutics Mailing Address 240 N. Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description eNeura Therapeutics, Inc, a privately held medical technology company, is pioneering the use of portable, non-invasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) devices for treatment of migraine. Website http://www.eneura.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,674,000 Transaction … Continue reading “eNeura Therapeutics Secures $1,674,000 New Funding”

VivaReal Garners $12,745,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8d7558ac-5bc2-4779-b01d-83fa3b3e75b6 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name VivaReal Mailing Address 2955 Pleasant Hill Rd Sebastopol, CA 95472 Company Description VivaReal is the fastest growing online real estate marketplace in Latin America where people go to buy, sell or rent property. Website http://www.vivareal.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,745,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “VivaReal Garners $12,745,000 New Financing Round”

AdStage Obtains $1,000,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b5755e6-764c-4000-afdd-c622c70af2a1 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name AdStage Mailing Address 560 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We are building AdStage to help businesses manage and have an effective presence across the growing number of networks available. We are a technology and talent company foremost. Simple, powerful technology built by brilliant minds … Continue reading “AdStage Obtains $1,000,000 Seed Round”

BlueTalon Lands $1,500,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16e45e4f-30fb-43e5-abdd-e04740068e13 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name BlueTalon Mailing Address 541 Jefferson Ave. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description BlueTalon enables Single-Click Data Collaboration across enterprise boundaries, while protecting data privacy and security. Website http://www.bluetalon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes With the new funding, BlueTalon is also … Continue reading “BlueTalon Lands $1,500,000 Seed Funding Round”

Dropbox Obtains $324,999,850 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6571d3e4-4b6d-4dae-a327-a4e0a909656d Date 2/24/2014 Company Name Dropbox Mailing Address 185 Berry Street 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Dropbox provides an online file upload and storage service. Website http://www.dropbox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $324,999,850 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact technology … Continue reading “Dropbox Obtains $324,999,850 New Round”

Deliv Receives $4,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f4cce14-80a3-436e-8c2c-baa4b29170ce Date 2/24/2014 Company Name Deliv Mailing Address 1001 Elwell Ct. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Deliv was founded in 2012 to do one thing and one thing only – to seriously make online shopping simpler and more convenient. Website http://www.deliv.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Deliv Receives $4,500,000 New Financing Round”

Monster Worldwide Acquires TalentBin for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73b09ea4-a0b0-484b-aaa7-49da0aab4690 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name TalentBin Mailing Address 520 S. El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description TalentBin is a talent search engine for the entire web. Website http://www.talentbin.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the … Continue reading “Monster Worldwide Acquires TalentBin for Undisclosed Sum”

CloudFlare Acquires StopTheHacker for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e9e2718-83cf-4656-95c6-ddf53d9cc690 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name StopTheHacker Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We provide a comprehensive suite of website health-care services to safeguard your website, and subsequently, your online reputation. Our services can help you prevent, detect, and recover from a malware attack. Website http://www.stopthehacker.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “CloudFlare Acquires StopTheHacker for Undisclosed Sum”

YourSigma Lands $25,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=146b88ce-cf76-401b-bd5e-4450711a41e9 Date 2/24/2014 Company Name YourSigma Mailing Address 1459 18th St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description A platform that provides a personal touch and the feel of an actual classroom. Website http://www.yoursigma.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $25,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to accelerate … Continue reading “YourSigma Lands $25,000 Seed Funding”

“All Hat, Ton of Cattle…”

Had a remarkable day Friday in Houston crawling around the Texas Medical Center. I was in town to speak at the Xconomy Healthcare Summit—an incredible roster of speakers and attendees, I must say. As Ron DePinho, president of MD Anderson Cancer Center, characterized, this part of Houston is as if someone put the Kendall Square … Continue reading ““All Hat, Ton of Cattle…””

WhatsApp, $19 Billion, and the Unreal Economy of Silicon Valley

Facebook announced Wednesday that it will acquire mobile messaging provider WhatsApp, a five-year-old startup in Santa Clara, CA, for $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in stock, and another $3 billion in restricted stock units. So, $19 billion when all’s said and done. The deal is eyebrow-raising on any number of levels. What made WhatsApp … Continue reading “WhatsApp, $19 Billion, and the Unreal Economy of Silicon Valley”

Acompli Secures $7,300,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dacd3220-845c-40e0-8eb2-011071ce3166 Date 2/21/2014 Company Name Acompli Mailing Address 325 9th St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Acompli empowers professionals to do more and defer less from mobile email. When business is on the line, some emails simply can’t wait. Reach your professional potential with an email app that makes you more … Continue reading “Acompli Secures $7,300,000 Series A Funding Round”

ThreatStream Garners $4,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3ab8aca-93f7-49f6-a57c-27038360864e Date 2/21/2014 Company Name ThreatStream Mailing Address 401 Warren St. 2nd Floor Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description ThreatStream’s approach is simple: leveraging data science to map out the relationships between adversaries and targets in real-time creating a feed of actionable intelligence that can be fed back to existing security defenses … Continue reading “ThreatStream Garners $4,000,000 Series A Funding”

Virtual Power Systems Garners $2,184,056 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21044f07-562c-4114-8e19-8ce14167e2cb Date 2/21/2014 Company Name Virtual Power Systems Mailing Address 4699 Old Ironsides Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Virtual Power Systems, Inc. (VPS) is creating a software-defined power infrastructure for data centers. Today’s Data Centers ensure continuous power availability through expensive redundancy and overprovisioning, resulting in avoidable operating losses and … Continue reading “Virtual Power Systems Garners $2,184,056 New Funding”

Virtual Power Systems Obtains $2,184,056 New Funding Round

Summon Receives New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a016ff36-986c-4a39-a652-9c6fb82d8419 Date 2/21/2014 Company Name Summon Mailing Address 367A 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Summon gets you a ride instantly. We are a small entrepreneurial team focused on making it easier for you to go from A to B. Website http://www.summon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “Summon Receives New Financing”

What Does $19B Buy? Market Validation for Text Messaging

When Facebook acquired WhatsApp last night, most of the initial headlines focused on the value of the deal and overall shock at how big the number actually was. Examples ranged from “Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion in deal shocker” (Reuters) to “Stunner: Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash, stock” (Forbes). … Continue reading “What Does $19B Buy? Market Validation for Text Messaging”

Are Universities Creating Too Many Biotech Startups?

Bruce Booth, the biotech venture capitalist known for his social media savvy, sent a Tweet last month that caught my eye. He tweeted in reference to the number of academic spinoffs reported in the 2012 AUTM Licensing Survey Report, “What % biotech? My bet, ~ half.” Extrapolating from Top U.S. universities, institutes for life sciences in … Continue reading “Are Universities Creating Too Many Biotech Startups?”

Apptimize Secures $276,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1efb2f3f-d180-44b0-a0c4-4080a13dd989 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Apptimize Mailing Address 1959 Landings Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Apptimize is a powerful technology that allows you to push new ideas to a fraction of your users and quickly identify the optimal user experience. Our easy to use, native solution gives you the safety … Continue reading “Apptimize Secures $276,000 New Financing”

BeyondCore Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5667af4-5c32-4022-a4af-5f173ec2bf94 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name BeyondCore Mailing Address 1400 Fashion Island Blvd. San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description BeyondCore delivers one-click automated business analysis. BeyondCore’s breakthrough technology is based on eight years of R&D and is backed up by eight issued and twelve pending patents. Website http://www.beyondcore.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “BeyondCore Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Funding”

EMKinetics Secures $250,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c235d4b1-10e3-4c04-8a93-8dbdc5664589 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name EMKinetics Mailing Address 2584 Wyandotte St. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description The company is developing technology that uses electric pulses as a therapy to prevent urinary incontinence. Website http://www.emkinetics.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “EMKinetics Secures $250,000 New Funding”

Transcriptic Receives $2,800,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4e89211-f3f7-4dd0-8704-9573214e604d Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Transcriptic Mailing Address 3507 Edison Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Transcriptic is a new kind of scientific outsourcing provider. By expressing life science methods as data, infrastructure virtualization will become possible. “Science-as-a-Service” will power the next generation of discovery, driven by huge efficiencies of both … Continue reading “Transcriptic Receives $2,800,000 New Funding Round”

Solar Mosaic Secures $1,249,500 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4e54601-edb8-4328-b91f-997766d9c1dc Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Solar Mosaic Mailing Address 55 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94607 Company Description We are a team of entrepreneurs, coders, finance experts and changemakers. We want to create a world that is powered by abundant clean energy sources and owned by people like me and you. We’re excited … Continue reading “Solar Mosaic Secures $1,249,500 New Financing Round”

Zample Receives $2,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c220551e-b47b-40d2-9963-ac8ea4fefd78 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Zample Mailing Address 111 W. Evelyn Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description zample is a cloud-based service that detects and matches audio and image content to opportunity. From the background of your app, our free SDK detects top TV shows, national brand ads, and other content, and … Continue reading “Zample Receives $2,000,000 New Financing Round”

ioSafe Secures $2,500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=92284c2f-9bca-4da0-bc7d-b6f54f6b83dd Date 2/20/2014 Company Name ioSafe Mailing Address 12760 Earhart Avenue Auburn, CA 95602 Company Description ioSafe is the technology leader of disaster proof hardware. Since 2005, our patented technology provides unparalleled physical security protection against fire, flood and theft for thousands of homes and businesses. Like an aircraft black box, ioSafe … Continue reading “ioSafe Secures $2,500,000 New Funding”

Strevus Receives $5,600,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=121a5575-ea46-49b8-9f6a-fe533e263663 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Strevus Mailing Address 20 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Our vision and technologies have been developed on the fundamental principles of co-existence and collective-thinking respectively. Our strategy is to enable new levels of collaboration with and between our partners and clients throughout the financial … Continue reading “Strevus Receives $5,600,000 Series A Funding Round”

Stryker Acquires Pivot Medical for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cc6b0017-b357-4ffc-ac61-06011fb55505 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Pivot Medical Mailing Address 247 Humboldt Court Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Pivot Medical is a privately held medical device company focused on developing and marketing technologies for the rapidly growing hip arthroscopy segment of the orthopedic marketplace. The company’s initial offering, the Pivot Hip Arthroscopy System, … Continue reading “Stryker Acquires Pivot Medical for Undisclosed Sum”

Synopsys Acquires Coverity for $350,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4189791f-43b0-42aa-ac6c-b6358f6f09a8 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Coverity Mailing Address 185 Berry St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Coverity’s groundbreaking technology enables developers to control complexity in the development process by automatically finding and helping to repair critical software defects and security vulnerabilities early in the application lifecycle. Website http://www.coverity.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Synopsys Acquires Coverity for $350,000,000”

GigaOmniMedia Receives $8,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7b4150e-9218-4cb0-9724-11602fb9602d Date 2/20/2014 Company Name GigaOmniMedia Mailing Address 217 2nd St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description GigaOmniMedia’s network of sites provide one of the leading daily online news reads for the key influencers in the emerging technology market place. Website http://www.gigaom.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “GigaOmniMedia Receives $8,000,000 New Funding Round”

Granular Receives $4,200,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a5f6f3f-a0d2-48ad-ba7f-6ed8b4a0273a Date 2/20/2014 Company Name Granular Mailing Address 501 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The business of production agriculture is increasingly complex. To grow in today’s challenging environment, every decision has to be the best decision. Granular’s business software and analysis platform allows producers to improve efficiency, yields and … Continue reading “Granular Receives $4,200,000 New Funding Round”

SoundFocus Lands $1,700,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a3fef379-4b56-496b-8214-f6f9fa352418 Date 2/20/2014 Company Name SoundFocus Mailing Address 100 N. Whisman Road Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description SoundFocus was founded with the goal of building revolutionary audio processing technologies to empower millions of people to hear better in their everyday lives. Website http://www.soundfocus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,700,000 Transaction … Continue reading “SoundFocus Lands $1,700,000 New Funding”

This Ain’t Like Dusting Crops, Boy. Oh, Wait…Actually, It Is.

Awhile back I blogged about Ashwin, one of my ex-students wanted to raise a seed round to build Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) with a hyper-spectral camera and fly it over farm fields collecting hyper-spectral images. These images, when processed with his company’s proprietary algorithms, would be able to tell farmers how healthy their plants were, … Continue reading “This Ain’t Like Dusting Crops, Boy. Oh, Wait…Actually, It Is.”

Intel Survey: Americans Skeptical, Yet Hopeful, About Smart Cities

Intel thinks it’s only a matter of time before cars, streets, highways, buildings—in short, most parts of the urban infrastructure—get a brain upgrade. And naturally, it expects that Intel chips will be powering much of the new smarts. But the Santa Clara, CA-based semiconductor giant knows that public fears about sensor networks and large-scale data … Continue reading “Intel Survey: Americans Skeptical, Yet Hopeful, About Smart Cities”

Google Capital Takes Minority Stake in Renaissance Learning

Renaissance Learning, the education software firm based in central Wisconsin, has received a $40 million investment from Google Capital that makes the fund a minority stakeholder, the companies announced today. The deal values Renaissance at $1 billion. The New York Times first reported the $40 million figure. The deal marks Google Capital’s first investment in … Continue reading “Google Capital Takes Minority Stake in Renaissance Learning”

Balancing Power Between Biotech and Big Pharma Benefits Both

Xconomy’s Luke Timmerman recently suggested that biotechs’ IPO option has shifted the balance of power between Big Pharma and biotech closer to parity, and the big guys have lost (or at least loosened) their iron grip on venture-backed biotech. As he put it, The power dynamic between the two parties is the closest it’s been … Continue reading “Balancing Power Between Biotech and Big Pharma Benefits Both”

Firelayers Garners New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8589a2c9-8073-4ea2-afcf-0e64f6cfd576 Date 2/19/2014 Company Name Firelayers Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description FireLayers creates solutions that empower CIOs and CISOs to control and protect cloud application usage and data in a strategic way. Website http://www.firelayers.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Firelayers Garners New Round”

GuestDriven Lands $3,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7181d676-79eb-4d56-a0ec-140bc849de76 Date 2/19/2014 Company Name GuestDriven Mailing Address 1 South Park Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description GuestDriven helps hospitality brands build guest engagement, loyalty and drive advocacy. We are able to do this through our Mobile Guest Engagement platform, which provides deeper insights into guest preferences and behaviors in real-time, … Continue reading “GuestDriven Lands $3,000,000 Series A Round”

Direct Flow Medical Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=37af7e99-d744-4502-bcf9-184eab86072b Date 2/19/2014 Company Name Direct Flow Medical Mailing Address 451 Aviation Blvd. Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Company Description Direct Flow Medical is a medical device company located in Santa Rosa, CA. Direct Flow Medical is developing a percutaneous aortic tissue valve prosthesis to provide patients requiring treatment of cardiac valve insufficiency … Continue reading “Direct Flow Medical Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding”

Trumaker Lands $6,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65d56bd7-f089-45ca-94c2-1d7b68800011 Date 2/19/2014 Company Name Trumaker Mailing Address 701 Sutter Street 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We come to you: a free 15-minute fitting with one our outfitters is all you need to get started. We construct each piece with the highest levels of craftsmanship Website http://www.trumaker.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Trumaker Lands $6,500,000 Series A Round”

Postmates Secures $16,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74c26167-f84b-4f1f-ab0a-82ec65edfb76 Date 2/19/2014 Company Name Postmates Mailing Address 51 Federal Steet San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company provides on-demand delivery services. Website http://www.postmates.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Funding proceeds will be used to launch their service in new cities. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Postmates Secures $16,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

SideCar Technologies Garners $10,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46baa2b7-6e57-4137-9431-ab425b5790c9 Date 2/19/2014 Company Name SideCar Technologies Mailing Address 360 Pine Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description SideCar is moving transportation in a big, sustainable, community-driven direction — one ride at a time. Whether you’re ready to fill your car’s empty seats with new friends or need to get across town … Continue reading “SideCar Technologies Garners $10,000,000 Series B Financing”

ZenPayroll Obtains $20,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca8f7c8c-d754-4c74-a6b2-bc9b7a67159a Date 2/19/2014 Company Name ZenPayroll Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description ZenPayroll is modern, delightful payroll. Our comprehensive payroll service enables businesses to get set up and run payroll in minutes, from any web enabled device. All government payroll taxes and reporting are taken care of automatically and … Continue reading “ZenPayroll Obtains $20,000,000 Series A Funding”

MedWhat Garners $560,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56c27279-f0b5-4124-bfbc-d9da45403596 Date 2/19/2014 Company Name MedWhat Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Medwhat.com is a Silicon Valley health care IT startup. Our mission is to help people stay healthy and more informed about health and medicine. We want to make a difference in people’s lives. The … Continue reading “MedWhat Garners $560,000 Seed Funding”

Elastica Secures $6,300,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c505337a-1917-4dfe-bebb-dfd24384b03f Date 2/19/2014 Company Name Elastica Mailing Address 355 Santana Row San Jose, CA 95128 Company Description Elastic: ..flexible, accommodating, adaptable, buoyant… So shall we say the corollary to Darwin’s thesis for Enterprises is that Only the ones who are the most Elastic would survive. Website http://www.elastica.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Elastica Secures $6,300,000 Series A Funding”

Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19,000,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dfd86115-d5ac-4ed5-94ce-f9369bb0f3eb Date 2/19/2014 Company Name WhatsApp Mailing Address 3561 Homestead Road Santa Clara, CA 95010 Company Description WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia and yes, those phones can … Continue reading “Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19,000,000,000”

Aaron Marcus, Bard of User-Centered Design, Battles “High-Order Crap”

Aaron Marcus, watching from his perch on Euclid Street in the Berkeley hills above San Francisco Bay, has seen the business world’s infatuation with design rise and recede, rise and recede. Ten or 20 years ago, if you’d traveled to San Francisco or Silicon Valley in search of help designing a consumer product or a … Continue reading “Aaron Marcus, Bard of User-Centered Design, Battles “High-Order Crap””

Intacct Lands $45,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bf2f4331-c7f6-4faf-b0fc-1b5e6e47b01d Date 2/18/2014 Company Name Intacct Mailing Address 150 Almaden Boulevard San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description Intacct provides on-demand financial applications for more than 2,200 small and midsize businesses. Website http://us.intacct.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $45,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The new funds will be used to … Continue reading “Intacct Lands $45,000,000 New Funding Round”