Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a99b3625-1eb6-4d9a-af07-c5ef7b8403e0 Date 1/8/2014 Company Name Omicia Mailing Address 1625 Clay Street 2nd Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Company Description Omicia is unlocking the potential of personalized medicine. Our mission is to help researchers and clinicians understand and apply the most relevant information from personal genome sequences, to improve disease management and medical outcomes. … Continue reading “Omicia Garners $6,800,000 Series A Round”
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Apigee Acquires InsightsOne for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a1ddfba-afe6-4624-8a41-0cb24dfce17e Date 1/8/2014 Company Name InsightsOne Mailing Address 2953 Bunker Hill Lane Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description InsightsOne empowers consumer marketers to exploit the unprecedented power of Big Data to grow profits and increase consumer engagement. Website http://www.insightsone.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial … Continue reading “Apigee Acquires InsightsOne for Undisclosed Sum”
Citrix Systems Acquires Framehawk for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b84d294-010e-47cf-9e92-4d94f72b997e Date 1/8/2014 Company Name Framehawk Mailing Address 118 2nd Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Framehawk, Inc., is a start-up software company focused on bringing breakthroughs in mobility to users of business applications in the enterprise. Website http://www.framehawk.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Citrix Systems Acquires Framehawk for Undisclosed Sum”
Living in a World of Apples
I didn’t begin to pay attention to technology advertising until I arrived in Silicon Valley. I came to Stanford from Morehouse, a small historically Black, all-male college in Atlanta. When I think about it, the educational setting was technologically diverse. We had PC labs and Mac labs; our classrooms were PC-equipped yet Mac-friendly; and the … Continue reading “Living in a World of Apples”
Versal Steers Away from the YouTube Model in Online Education
Ask educators and entrepreneurs today how technology is changing the way students learn, and they’ll point first to MOOCs, or massive online open courses, the new teaching approach being developed by companies like Udacity and Coursera and non-profit ventures like edX. But how new are MOOCs, really? If you look beyond the delivery mechanism—the Internet—the … Continue reading “Versal Steers Away from the YouTube Model in Online Education”
View Lands $100,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b6481a3-31c7-4671-9ff3-03668b2135d2 Date 1/7/2014 Company Name View Mailing Address 195 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description With built-in intelligence, View Dynamic Glass automatically transitions between clear and variable tint, providing control over the amount of light and heat entering a building. In all conditions, View Glass remains transparent, keeping you connected … Continue reading “View Lands $100,000,000 New Financing”
MoBeam Receives $4,797,534 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5e9ddb7-6374-4a73-90c3-0da405c6b20f Date 1/7/2014 Company Name MoBeam Mailing Address 299 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description MoBeam Inc. applies its patented technology to transform the consumer-retail interaction and create multiple layers of value across the entire consumer products and retail industry, with clear benefits to both consumers and retailers. Website … Continue reading “MoBeam Receives $4,797,534 New Round”
MoBeam Lands $2,019,384 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=152397dc-d07f-46ab-b9b9-dee5874efdfb Date 1/7/2014 Company Name MoBeam Mailing Address 299 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description MoBeam Inc. applies its patented technology to transform the consumer-retail interaction and create multiple layers of value across the entire consumer products and retail industry, with clear benefits to both consumers and retailers. Website … Continue reading “MoBeam Lands $2,019,384 New Round”
Flash Networks Acquires Mobixell Networks for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=685c1d86-1d5c-4f4c-8f99-850cd59d992d Date 1/7/2014 Company Name Mobixell Networks Mailing Address 1735 Technology Dr. San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Mobixell Networks provides advanced multimedia technologies and business solutions for mobile operators, service and content providers. Website http://www.mobixell.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the … Continue reading “Flash Networks Acquires Mobixell Networks for Undisclosed Sum”
Becton Dickinson Company Acquires Alverix for $40,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9cf5ae74-cfd7-48d9-979a-ebd17e8b02e7 Date 1/7/2014 Company Name Alverix Mailing Address 2590 North First St San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description Alverix focuses on producing low cost, handheld reader devices with the accuracy and precision of laboratory instrumentation. The company partners with diagnostic and OEM manufacturers seeking to increase current test accuracy, improve the portability … Continue reading “Becton Dickinson Company Acquires Alverix for $40,000,000”
PokitDok CEO’s Radical Idea: Transparent Pricing in Primary Care
Healthcare consumers in the U.S. face two towering challenges: we can’t get the care we want, and the care we get costs too much. The new coverage provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which finally went into effect last week after years of bureaucratic preparations, coding, and court challenges, are designed to … Continue reading “PokitDok CEO’s Radical Idea: Transparent Pricing in Primary Care”
Propeller Health Takes Off With Digital Tracker for Asthma
The holiday season just past was a feast for the senses—decorations, scented candles, fresh-cut evergreens, and the happy faces of visitors. But all the household cleaning and holiday decorating can also set off an asthma attack, as some sufferers from the disease may have learned over the last month if they’ve been keeping careful daily … Continue reading “Propeller Health Takes Off With Digital Tracker for Asthma”
Bad Statistics, and Bad Training, Are Sabotaging Drug Discovery
One of the most widely read college textbooks in the 1960s and ‘70s was How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff. Despite the humorous title, the serious intent of the book (written by a journalist, not a statistician) was to illustrate how common errors in the use of statistics frequently lead to misleading conclusions. … Continue reading “Bad Statistics, and Bad Training, Are Sabotaging Drug Discovery”
Josh Boger Finds Beauty Off the Coast of Fiji, in Life After Vertex
What has Josh Boger been doing the past four years in his supposed “retirement” from Vertex Pharmaceuticals? Turns out, he’s found peace and beauty. He discovered it about as far away from the biotech grind as you can possibly get. Boger, as many readers know, is the founder and former president and CEO of Cambridge, … Continue reading “Josh Boger Finds Beauty Off the Coast of Fiji, in Life After Vertex”
Amprius Obtains $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=845fa61e-be46-49b4-ab66-3646b5d5a7ca Date 1/6/2014 Company Name Amprius Mailing Address 225 Humboldt Ct. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Amprius was founded by Professor Yi Cui from Stanford University in May 2008 with the mission to develop and commercialize advanced materials and nanotechnology for improved energy storage. Website http://www.amprius.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Amprius Obtains $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Tactus Technology Receives Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a98399d9-dfbc-40bb-88f3-4976011b43b9 Date 1/6/2014 Company Name Tactus Technology Mailing Address 34175 Ardenwood Blvd Fremont, CA 94555 Company Description Tactus Technology is the developer of a new tactile user interface for touch-screen devices. Tactus provides a new dimension of user interface with a fundamentally unique solution: application-controlled, completely transparent physical buttons that rise up … Continue reading “Tactus Technology Receives Series B Funding”
Good Technology Garners $4,265,124 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b605d965-b4ee-48dd-a82f-a073093a4a99 Date 1/6/2014 Company Name Good Technology Mailing Address 430 N. Mary Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Good Technology is a leader in enterprise wireless handheld computing software and services, delivering critical corporate information to the handhelds users choose, over the networks they prefer. Website http://www.good.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Good Technology Garners $4,265,124 New Funding Round”
Palo Alto Networks Acquires Morta Security for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c646725-0b5a-4011-b9cc-d9c9ae5d665f Date 1/6/2014 Company Name Morta Security Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Morta Security is a stealth-mode start-up developing a new paradigm to counter advanced cyber threats. Traditional layered network defense is broken and Morta is poised to turn the tables on advanced attackers. Led by executives and … Continue reading “Palo Alto Networks Acquires Morta Security for Undisclosed Sum”
Startups Poised to Make Their Mark Alongside the Big Guys at CES
Much of the technology world will descend this weekend on Las Vegas, bound for the annual spectacle of new gadgets known as the International CES. As soon as the Northeast digs its way out of the snow, I will be on my way for hands-on coverage of this carnival of consumer devices. Big companies such … Continue reading “Startups Poised to Make Their Mark Alongside the Big Guys at CES”
200th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
From the organizers: “Join us for our milestone 200th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. Expect your pitch to be seen by a larger audience of potential … Continue reading “200th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs”
Scientific Reproducibility: Raising the Standards for Biomedicine
The vast majority of findings published in high-profile biomedical research publications can’t be reproduced by independent laboratories. Multiple groups have come to this same shocking conclusion in recent years, and it has deservedly generated considerable attention. It matters because the ability to reproduce a result is fundamental to establishing the legitimacy of a new research … Continue reading “Scientific Reproducibility: Raising the Standards for Biomedicine”
The Future of Education: 10 Trends To Watch
It is that time of the year when we tend to pause, reflect, and look forward. What have we achieved in the year just passed? What are the highlights of culture, business, technology, and trends that we have observed around us? For me, the most exciting and positive movement at present is in the domain … Continue reading “The Future of Education: 10 Trends To Watch”
New Online Services Put You Back in Command of Your 401(k)
If you’re still in search of a New Year’s resolution, here’s one you’re free to borrow from me: Become a more active and self-reliant manager of your retirement investment accounts, using some of the affordable new tools available online. This week I’ve been exploring two of the leading services, Jemstep and Personal Capital. After just … Continue reading “New Online Services Put You Back in Command of Your 401(k)”
Heyday Lands $3,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=648fb802-c19f-4439-a0bb-42e245b7fa15 Date 1/3/2014 Company Name Heyday Mailing Address 300 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Heyday is an automatic journal. It makes remembering effortless, beautiful & fun, so you never forget another day of your life. Website http://www.hey.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “Heyday Lands $3,500,000 Series A Round”
Alexar Therapeutics Receives $21,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7f79cf6-3527-4d74-86a4-6c621becbd57 Date 1/3/2014 Company Name Alexar Therapeutics Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francicso, CA 94129 Company Description Alexar Therapeutics, Inc. is focused on developing an innovative portfolio of Liver X receptor (LXR) agonists. Website http://www.alexartx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $21,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Alexar Therapeutics Receives $21,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Degreed Secures $800,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65dc2b91-e2bf-4a79-8103-d5a2ed02d87a Date 1/3/2014 Company Name Degreed Mailing Address 1251 Armistead Rd San Francisco, CA 94129 Company Description Degreed is a free service that scores and validates your lifelong education from both accredited (i.e. Harvard) and non-accredited (i.e. iTunesU, Lynda.com, Khan Academy, etc.) sources. Website http://www.degreed.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $800,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Degreed Secures $800,000 New Financing Round”
eNeura Therapeutics Lands $2,212,035 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a05db01f-8b7d-4042-9595-dac608983b25 Date 1/3/2014 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,212,035 … Continue reading “eNeura Therapeutics Lands $2,212,035 New Funding Round”
DNAnexus Receives $15,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5756d6e7-768f-46da-afa5-f47ed0056652 Date 1/3/2014 Company Name DNAnexus Mailing Address 1975 W El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description DNAnexus is a start-up in biocomputation aiming to transform the future of genetics, alter the course of medicine, help cure cancer! The advent of next-generation DNA sequencing technologies will soon enable one of … Continue reading “DNAnexus Receives $15,000,000 Series C Funding”
Nurix Receives $2,075,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29f51730-b08e-4999-b0cd-fe3112185c5d Date 1/3/2014 Company Name Nurix Mailing Address 1700 Owens Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description The company is focused on the discovery and development of small molecule inhibitors of ubiquitin ligases to treat a broad range of proliferative and degenerative diseases. Website http://www.nurix-inc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,075,000 … Continue reading “Nurix Receives $2,075,000 New Financing Round”
Here’s What Mobile Industry Insiders See Ahead for 2014
By now, you should know the truly big stories in the mobile sector: Samsung’s rise to challenge Apple, Microsoft finally acquiring Nokia, Google leaping into wearables, more moves toward carrier consolidation. But if you want to get a jump start on some of the biggest trends shaping up in the mobile industry, you could do … Continue reading “Here’s What Mobile Industry Insiders See Ahead for 2014”
Tech Bubble Leaks Air, Healthcare Bests Biotech, & More for 2014
The coming year will see some good news and some bad news in tech. Here are five predictions. • IPOs: This past year witnessed an extraordinary resurgence in IPO activity for venture-backed companies. It felt much like 1999 right before the crest of the wave. With modest growth, unsustainably high valuation multiples, little excess left for … Continue reading “Tech Bubble Leaks Air, Healthcare Bests Biotech, & More for 2014”
1World Online Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f96bacc6-098d-4a9d-a6a4-b63bdb2cc0e2 Date 1/2/2014 Company Name 1World Online Mailing Address 12 1st Street San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description 1World Online is a Silicon Valley-based startup providing innovative Social Research service to help understanding what people really think on variety of topics and give them informed choices in balanced, well-structured, and logical ways … Continue reading “1World Online Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Financing”
Coupons Acquires Yub for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6cefd07d-9f15-4abb-a731-fc7393ad4baf Date 1/2/2014 Company Name Yub Mailing Address 321 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Yub offers are available all over the web: through your favorite deal site, mobile game, or blog. This way you can earn rewards and offers relevant to you. When you see a Yub offer, just … Continue reading “Coupons Acquires Yub for Undisclosed Sum”
The Year in Innovation: Xconomy’s Top 13 Stories of 2013
If you only have time to read a few of our articles from the past year, these are the ones. These are editor’s picks (mine). They are not based on Web traffic, but rather on a subjective weighting of their impact, significance, and representation of our mission and geographies. Xconomy is now in 9 regions … Continue reading “The Year in Innovation: Xconomy’s Top 13 Stories of 2013”
Remembering James L. Vincent, Longtime Biogen Leader
Are they making innovators quite like James L. Vincent any more? This question, spurred by Vincent’s death on Dec. 5, has more edge these days as we worry how Americans are going to keep inventing, making, and selling new things to earn a good living in a sharply competitive world. More bluntly, do the innovators … Continue reading “Remembering James L. Vincent, Longtime Biogen Leader”
Help Wanted: Houston vs. Austin and the Search for the Best IT Talent
Last May, we announced that we were moving Datafiniti to Austin. A big reason for our move was the lack of a suitable talent pool from which to hire. There was a lot of skepticism—perhaps surprisingly so—around our reasoning. At the time, we provided what I thought was a healthy dose of data to back … Continue reading “Help Wanted: Houston vs. Austin and the Search for the Best IT Talent”
Apartment List Obtains $3,650,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1860232a-0ba6-4860-9a33-9a4bb98f4756 Date 12/31/2013 Company Name Apartment List Mailing Address 500 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description ApartmentList.com is the web’s fastest growing apartment search site we consolidate millions of listings from hundreds of sources, all searchable on an intuitive map-based interface. Our vision is to reinvent the rental marketplace among … Continue reading “Apartment List Obtains $3,650,000 New Financing”
DFINE Garners $17,487,929 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=287b54c9-96ca-47d6-8a05-cb0a2667c904 Date 12/31/2013 Company Name DFINE Mailing Address 3047 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description The company develops electrosurgical systems for treating tissue. Website http://www.dfineinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $17,487,929 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact technology company for solicitation … Continue reading “DFINE Garners $17,487,929 New Round”
Audioscribe Obtains $1,396,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c09f4131-ff0d-4d2d-b838-04b93440f5f9 Date 12/31/2013 Company Name Audioscribe Mailing Address 2200 Powell Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description We are a group of scientists and technologists who have put our ample brains together to come up with a unique way to take your audio and transcribe it differently, and better, than ever before. Although … Continue reading “Audioscribe Obtains $1,396,000 New Financing”
Appthority Obtains $2,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ccb754a8-29b1-4eb6-b0ba-0907e82171e3 Date 12/31/2013 Company Name Appthority Mailing Address 160 Spear San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Appthority is The Authority in App Security. Appthority is an application security startup based in San Francisco. The Appthority Platform helps businesses identify the risks hidden inside mobile apps. We provide app reputation services to quantify … Continue reading “Appthority Obtains $2,000,000 New Funding”
Arista Networks Lands $4,776,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=01d49632-bd65-44e7-ae15-57818a30fa7c Date 12/31/2013 Company Name Arista Networks Mailing Address 5453 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Arista Networks was founded to deliver software defined cloud networking solutions for large data center and high-performance computing environments. Website http://www.aristanetworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,776,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Arista Networks Lands $4,776,000 New Funding Round”
Articulinx Receives $700,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10cfb817-1cf5-47fd-9746-befb6acf693f Date 12/31/2013 Company Name Articulinx Mailing Address 1601 S. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Articulinx leverages unique material properties to create a new type of implant. Delivered minimally-invasively, the device does not sacrifice native tissue nor bone and may be implanted earlier in the disease process. The tissue-sparing … Continue reading “Articulinx Receives $700,000 New Funding Round”
Aria Systems Lands $40,000,200 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b247c709-1868-4778-aaeb-d9949270b5da Date 12/31/2013 Company Name Aria Systems Mailing Address 274 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Aria Systems is the premier provider of on-demand billing and customer management solutions for software-as-a-service, gaming & entertainment companies. The Aria solution integrates a sophisticated billing engine with customer support and marketing tools in … Continue reading “Aria Systems Lands $40,000,200 New Financing”
AltSchool Lands New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c99b022-fb4c-4a47-90ee-eb3100154fdb Date 12/31/2013 Company Name AltSchool Mailing Address 2265 3rd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Our inspiring teachers draw on students’ passions, talents and learning styles to create an education that cultivates the whole child — academically, socially and emotionally. Website http://www.altschool.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “AltSchool Lands New Financing”
Why Angels Should Keep Their Distance from Crowdfunding in 2014
There’s certainly been a lot of uncertainty in the angel and venture capital arenas over the past decade, and understandably so. Add to that, the lure of crowdfunding—a nearly $3 billion business in 2012—and it’s led some angel groups to consider if there is a role for individual investors in crowdfunding their deals. My advice … Continue reading “Why Angels Should Keep Their Distance from Crowdfunding in 2014”
The Top Stories of 2013 at Xconomy San Francisco and Xperience
As the clock ticks down on 2013, I thought it might be fun to look back at the most popular stories of the year in the two sections I edit: Xconomy San Francisco and Xperience, our new consumer section. The links below are ranked by page views. Many of these stories, you’ll notice, are slide … Continue reading “The Top Stories of 2013 at Xconomy San Francisco and Xperience”
Why Business and Personal Email Are Not the Same
We all carry certain expectations about email from our private lives into a corporate setting. Some of those expectations are met, but in other ways business email is very different from consumer email. These differences can be confusing at best and, at worst, lead to major problems for organizations. The Inside and the Outside To … Continue reading “Why Business and Personal Email Are Not the Same”
Skybox Security Obtains $3,299,999 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70d7a479-a0d6-498f-8e43-8865b1b2c42f Date 12/30/2013 Company Name Skybox Security Mailing Address 2099 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Skybox Security, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2002. The company is recognized as the pioneer in quantifying security risk and automating labor-intensive threat analysis and security control assessment processes. Website http://www.skyboxsecurity.com … Continue reading “Skybox Security Obtains $3,299,999 New Financing”
Good, Business, and Good Business
Here in the 20-teens, the roles of for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, government, NGO’s, foundations, investors and philanthropists are beginning to blur together. We are quickly finding ourselves in a world where it is not only possible to do good while doing business, but expected. This is quite a change from the “Friedman Doctrine” that claimed … Continue reading “Good, Business, and Good Business”
HydroPoint Data Systems Obtains $1,813,287 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17bb2057-3297-4545-affd-e7205921a762 Date 12/27/2013 Company Name HydroPoint Data Systems Mailing Address 1720 Corporate Circle Petaluma, CA 94954 Company Description HydroPoint provides WeatherTRAK smart irrigation solutions directly and through the Toro and Irritrol brands to more than 10,000 customers including the Fortune 1000, private individuals, municipalities and water districts. Twenty-two independent studies prove that … Continue reading “HydroPoint Data Systems Obtains $1,813,287 New Financing”