Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0e28bd90-6aa5-41bb-95f6-f106de56a69d Date 11/26/2013 Company Name RoomHunt Mailing Address 156 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description RoomHunt was born out of the pain of finding an apartment. Apartment hunting: both finding an apartment and a roommate was a process that was very time consuming and frustrating. Website http://www.roomhunt.com Transaction Type Debt, … Continue reading “RoomHunt Secures $487,400 New Funding”
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RoomHunt Garners $487,400 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0e28bd90-6aa5-41bb-95f6-f106de56a69d Date 11/26/2013 Company Name RoomHunt Mailing Address 156 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description RoomHunt was born out of the pain of finding an apartment. Apartment hunting: both finding an apartment and a roommate was a process that was very time consuming and frustrating. Website http://www.roomhunt.com Transaction Type Debt, … Continue reading “RoomHunt Garners $487,400 New Round”
Prompt.ly Receives $1,500,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48cfecae-abab-4540-bb9e-f2c8bb872689 Date 11/26/2013 Company Name Prompt.ly Mailing Address 523 Roosevelt Way San Francisco, CA 94114 Company Description Prompt.ly is the only mobile first scheduling, promotion and payment tracking platform for independent service providers. Website http://www.prompt.ly Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Prompt.ly Receives $1,500,000 Seed Funding”
Talari Networks Lands $7,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=342a1182-a7db-4b8c-a65f-e4af02061921 Date 11/26/2013 Company Name Talari Networks Mailing Address 550 S. Winchester Blvd. San Jose, CA 95128 Company Description Talari’s Adaptive Private Networking (APN) does for the Enterprise WAN what RAID did for Storage, bringing Internet economics to corporate WANs by transforming affordable broadband links to deliver business-class reliability at consumer prices. … Continue reading “Talari Networks Lands $7,500,000 New Funding Round”
Glaxo Setting Up San Diego Outpost to Oversee its Westward Expansion
The British multinational pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: [[ticker:GSK]]) is establishing an R&D outpost in San Diego to help manage its relationships with venture capital firms, and to prospect along the West Coast for new opportunities in drugs, biologics, vaccines, and other products. It will be GSK’s first office in San Diego, according to Damien McDevitt, … Continue reading “Glaxo Setting Up San Diego Outpost to Oversee its Westward Expansion”
Armo BioSciences Joins the Cancer Immunotherapy Party With $20M
Merck threw out some assets a few years ago when it did its mega-merger with Schering-Plough. Now we can see that some savvy investors think it might have tossed aside a valuable cancer immunotherapy. Armo BioSciences is the name of the startup in Redwood City, CA that is emerging from stealth mode today to say … Continue reading “Armo BioSciences Joins the Cancer Immunotherapy Party With $20M”
Gates Foundation Health Chief on Coaxing Pharma to Do Good
Bill Gates can summon the CEOs of every major global pharmaceutical company, and get them thinking and talking about things that won’t help them make more money. Pharma and biotech companies, cast as the villain pretty much everywhere, certainly like the PR boost they get from working with Gates and putting their immense resources to … Continue reading “Gates Foundation Health Chief on Coaxing Pharma to Do Good”
Bielet Obtains New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=937e00bf-b8c8-4214-ba93-0e29313bfd1e Date 11/25/2013 Company Name Bielet Mailing Address 350 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description IDK provides a simple way for people to manage their home access electronically using their mobile phones. Our system provides enhanced security and tremendous new levels of convenience, information and control: New sleek and sexy … Continue reading “Bielet Obtains New Round”
eClincher Obtains $260,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c108bbd2-1eb2-45c0-8155-6f788e6357f8 Date 11/25/2013 Company Name eClincher Mailing Address 201 San Antonio Circle Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Designed specifically with small and medium-sized businesses in mind, eClincher is a single platform, which allows businesses to efficiently manage and track social media and website activities with insightful, actionable, and meaningful real-time reports. … Continue reading “eClincher Obtains $260,000 New Round”
Leap Transit Garners $2,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e4074fc-5577-425d-bee3-8949f3d7dff9 Date 11/25/2013 Company Name Leap Transit Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We are reinventing the urban daily commute by building a better bus – and the world’s most advanced transit management system in the process. Every day, SF MUNI gives 700,000 rides. And 2.2B ride the bus … Continue reading “Leap Transit Garners $2,000,000 New Financing Round”
AeroFS Lands $5,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b30754dc-cc6b-459a-b1cc-9f4bf95b0ffa Date 11/25/2013 Company Name AeroFS Mailing Address 635 High St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description AeroFS is solving fundamentally fun and hard problems in the software space. Not only are we building a world-class file sync & share service, we’re also redefining today’s view of the “cloud”. Website http://www.aerofs.com Transaction … Continue reading “AeroFS Lands $5,500,000 New Financing Round”
Coursera Garners $20,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=654536bd-200c-4709-9126-4b33c5180597 Date 11/23/2013 Company Name Coursera Mailing Address 1975 El Camino Real West Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of … Continue reading “Coursera Garners $20,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Sitari Pharmaceuticals Garners $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88ba3918-4f9f-4f62-b257-714dd9e76f29 Date 11/23/2013 Company Name Sitari Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address Undisclosed San Diego, CA 94105 Company Description Sitari Pharmaceuticals a biotech startup was founded by Avalon with intellectual property from Stanford University. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Sitari Pharmaceuticals Garners $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
The Hunt Secures $5,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3da2050b-9e98-44cf-8b74-fdfca2bf064d Date 11/23/2013 Company Name The Hunt Mailing Address 49 Geary St San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description The Hunt is a community that tracks down the items you covet but don’t know where to find or how to style. Our community is open to everyone. Any member can start their own … Continue reading “The Hunt Secures $5,500,000 Series A Round”
Play-i’s Robots Make Programming Come Alive for Kids
For Play-i co-founder and CEO Vikas Gupta, coming up with the mission for his company—to make programming fun and accessible for every child—wasn’t the hard part of building the business. The computer scientist and veteran of Amazon and Google could see the need for better programming education, particularly as other countries started to outpace the … Continue reading “Play-i’s Robots Make Programming Come Alive for Kids”
David Botstein, 71, on Joining Google’s Anti-Aging Play, Calico
David Botstein, one of the more prominent geneticists of his generation, was winding down his academic lab earlier this year. His term as director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University expired in July. He’s 71. He had recently won a “Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences” worth $3 million. He was planning … Continue reading “David Botstein, 71, on Joining Google’s Anti-Aging Play, Calico”
Vital Therapies Postpones IPO as Biotech Sector Chills
Life sciences IPOs ran into market resistance for the second consecutive week. San Diego-based Vital Therapies and Malvern, PA’s TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals both postponed their IPOs yesterday, according to the IPO research firm Renaissance Capital. Travena, another Pennsylvania biotech, scrapped its IPO earlier in the week, and two other life science companies, Oxford Immunotec and Evogene, … Continue reading “Vital Therapies Postpones IPO as Biotech Sector Chills”
OpenPlacement Secures Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa499b60-9e9e-4d53-9739-0f72a0260e39 Date 11/22/2013 Company Name OpenPlacement Mailing Address 4847 Hopyard Road Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description OpenPlacement seeks to become the standard in the transition of care. The platform is currently deployed across the Bay Area. Website http://www.openplacement.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will … Continue reading “OpenPlacement Secures Seed Funding”
Genophen Garners $2,026,681 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=414b3468-43dd-4101-b2a0-2a236dca225e Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Genophen Mailing Address 5150 El Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description In minutes, we’ll give you what it took us years to formulate. We provide personalized analysis of your disease risks based on your genetics, environmental and behavioral factors. Website http://www.genophen.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Genophen Garners $2,026,681 New Funding Round”
BrainAid Secures Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=69b643bc-237c-4ccd-ae4b-2cd958d73acd Date 11/22/2013 Company Name BrainAid Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94105 Company Description Our mission is to provide the most effective solutions for helping millions of people with cognitive impairment to maximize independence and quality of life, and to provide their caregivers with assistance. Website http://www.brainaid.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction … Continue reading “BrainAid Secures Seed Financing”
CareLinx Secures Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=347bd386-9eea-43ac-93f4-2eeb830bc777 Date 11/22/2013 Company Name CareLinx Mailing Address 951 Mariners Island Blvd San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description CareLinx is a professional caregiver marketplace that is disrupting the +$100 Billion in-home come care service delivery market. CareLinx is saving families over $10,000 a year compared to traditional agencies. CareLinx eliminates the need … Continue reading “CareLinx Secures Seed Round”
Tapestry Secures Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d28e39d8-de2c-420c-a82b-45826f4bcd3b Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Tapestry Mailing Address 548 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Tapestry is a small technology company with the grand vision of enriching the lives of people of all ages across the world, by helping them stay connected to their families, their friends and their communities. … Continue reading “Tapestry Secures Seed Financing”
Multichannel Garners $3,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5078d1e1-f2d5-4792-9320-534badb557ee Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Multichannel Mailing Address 800 West El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Multichannel is the first worldwide marketing solution, bridging languages, currencies, and regulatory barriers to deliver your message. Through differentiated marketing channels across the globe, your message is delivered to targeted clients effectively and … Continue reading “Multichannel Garners $3,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Sabi Secures Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64548ac6-7bd4-488d-9834-89dd0d30342c Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Sabi Mailing Address 435 Homer Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description We believe that people’s imperfections are what make them beautiful and that intelligently designed products can motivate us to embrace our vulnerabilities and feel happy about doing daily tasks that may have grown challenging or … Continue reading “Sabi Secures Seed Round”
Lift Hero Garners Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51a446ae-40fc-4805-ad43-a2fa0d528bba Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Lift Hero Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Lift Hero was started by a grandson who saw how painful it was when his grandmother began losing the ability to drive, and with it, her freedom. She eventually found a trusted driver, Daryl, who has … Continue reading “Lift Hero Garners Seed Financing Round”
True Link Financial Secures Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=05008e1d-612f-4ead-9757-b331eca7def2 Date 11/22/2013 Company Name True Link Financial Mailing Address P.O. Box 14908 San Francisco, CA 94114 Company Description The True Link Prepaid Visa Card helps you safeguard your loved one from scams and unwanted charges, without taking away their financial independence. Website http://www.truelinkcard.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “True Link Financial Secures Seed Round”
Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bc5305c-51eb-44c8-a957-be9fd834268d Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Hammer & Chisel Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description At Hammer & Chisel you’ll have the rare opportunity of being part of a funded team of game developers with investors who actually understand what it takes to build a great game as well as … Continue reading “Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round”
Allergen Research Corporation Obtains $17,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf05d52e-67b5-4972-86b9-c0d6cadd3fbb Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Allergen Research Corporation Mailing Address 2000 Alameda De Las Pulgas San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Allergen Research Corporation (ARC) develops treatments to protect children with food allergies from the threatening consequences of accidental exposure. Website http://www.allergenresearch.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $17,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Allergen Research Corporation Obtains $17,000,000 New Funding”
Life2 Secures Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=654b7c7a-647c-4ca5-ba86-d7865262d044 Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Life2 Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The Company has developed a predictive analytics solution for the Healthcare market that predicts future health risks. The platform provides caregivers with information on “who” needs care when, “why” they need care, and “what to do” to … Continue reading “Life2 Secures Seed Funding Round”
Alpine Data Labs Secures $16,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb67036b-3d49-4c41-866f-e10e11a6511b Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Alpine Data Labs Mailing Address 1550 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Alpine Data Labs’ vision is to make it easy and cost-effective to use the predictive power in Big Data. So we designed our solution to be intuitive and affordable, and to take days … Continue reading “Alpine Data Labs Secures $16,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bc5305c-51eb-44c8-a957-be9fd834268d Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Hammer & Chisel Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description At Hammer & Chisel you’ll have the rare opportunity of being part of a funded team of game developers with investors who actually understand what it takes to build a great game as well as … Continue reading “Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round”
Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bc5305c-51eb-44c8-a957-be9fd834268d Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Hammer & Chisel Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description At Hammer & Chisel you’ll have the rare opportunity of being part of a funded team of game developers with investors who actually understand what it takes to build a great game as well as … Continue reading “Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round”
Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bc5305c-51eb-44c8-a957-be9fd834268d Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Hammer & Chisel Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description At Hammer & Chisel you’ll have the rare opportunity of being part of a funded team of game developers with investors who actually understand what it takes to build a great game as well as … Continue reading “Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round”
Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bc5305c-51eb-44c8-a957-be9fd834268d Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Hammer & Chisel Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description At Hammer & Chisel you’ll have the rare opportunity of being part of a funded team of game developers with investors who actually understand what it takes to build a great game as well as … Continue reading “Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round”
Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bc5305c-51eb-44c8-a957-be9fd834268d Date 11/22/2013 Company Name Hammer & Chisel Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description At Hammer & Chisel you’ll have the rare opportunity of being part of a funded team of game developers with investors who actually understand what it takes to build a great game as well as … Continue reading “Hammer & Chisel Garners $8,200,000 New Financing Round”
State of the Life Science Industry with Steve Burrill
From the UCSF Entrepreneurship Center: “The Founder and CEO of investment firm Burrill & Company will deliver his respected annual analysis of the life science industry: opportunities, challenges and trends for the next year. Burrill & Company has $1.5 billion in assets under management and includes venture capital/private equity, merchant banking, and media, operating in … Continue reading “State of the Life Science Industry with Steve Burrill”
UCSF Entrepreneur’s Club and Holiday Party: From Tech to Genetic Testing—A Personal Journey
From the UCSF Entrepreneurship Center: “Matthew Rabinowitz, PhD, CEO of Natera, a prenatal informatics-based genetic testing company, will talk about his path from a Stanford engineer to a successful tech entrepreneur with a $100 MM exit from his last startup to starting a life sciences venture because of a family member’s personal tragedy. Drawing on … Continue reading “UCSF Entrepreneur’s Club and Holiday Party: From Tech to Genetic Testing—A Personal Journey”
Idea to IPO
From the UCSF Entrepreneurship Center: “This course is one of our core entrepreneurship offerings for people who have a venture idea and want to work on a business plan with a team and a mentor. Top-tier industry participants will join course directors Steve Burrill, CEO of investment firm Burrill & Company, and UCSF Professor and … Continue reading “Idea to IPO”
A 21st-Century Bill of Consumer Product Rights
Among the great innovations of the 21st century are products that are cloud-connected and update and improve automatically. For software, gone are the days of having to buy a new version of physical media (disks or CDs). For hardware it’s the magical ability to have a product get better over time as new features are … Continue reading “A 21st-Century Bill of Consumer Product Rights”
Look Who’s Hiring in Biotech: Companies That Are Built to Last
Many of today’s biotech companies don’t aspire to be companies at all. They’re more like temporary “virtual” projects, with skeleton crews of contractors who come together for a spell and then move on to the next thing. As others have observed, it’s much like what actors, directors and producers do to make movies in Hollywood. … Continue reading “Look Who’s Hiring in Biotech: Companies That Are Built to Last”
Wevorce Receives $1,700,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=87f0b267-ec4c-4afd-b64b-1c57ea9fd51f Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Wevorce Mailing Address 142 George St. San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Our approach is designed around the needs of families. Not only will we work together to negotiate an equitable, sustainable parenting plan, we’ll provide you with the tools to help you succeed long after the … Continue reading “Wevorce Receives $1,700,000 Seed Financing”
Colingo Secures $2,400,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4dccbd6e-282e-480c-a008-3e689dfa543a Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Colingo Mailing Address 188 Shipley Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description School was dreadfully boring. Instead, he chose to make a bunch of new Chilean friends and went on a slew of adventures. At the end of the summer, he was fluent in Spanish. His classmates, … Continue reading “Colingo Secures $2,400,000 Seed Funding Round”
Lovely Obtains Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0c9905ee-d7f9-4ef9-9de1-44649dfb3416 Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Lovely Mailing Address 450 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We know from personal experience just how painful it can be to rent an apartment, and we think it should be faster, easier, and more transparent. So we created Lovely, a real rental marketplace that … Continue reading “Lovely Obtains Series A Financing Round”
Apartment List Obtains $15,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=39f7218c-da19-4ce5-b1e0-a1b02b644c65 Date 11/21/2013 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 $15,000,000 Series A Funding”
Plain Vanilla Obtains $2,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71e89f88-7a43-4314-ba80-c1d3858ac46c Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Plain Vanilla Mailing Address 156 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description Based in San Francisco and Reykjavik, Iceland the Plain Vanilla team includes amazing illustrators, motion artists, musicians, graphic designers and programmers who are passionate about creating amazing games. Plain Vanilla is developing QuizUp, the … Continue reading “Plain Vanilla Obtains $2,000,000 Series A Funding”
Box Lands $100,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4102743c-f709-49ad-9c18-b649cbbd1aea Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Box Mailing Address 4440 El Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Launched officially in March of 2006, Box currently provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality to over 500,000 registered users, serving files to millions of people across the world. Box.net’s unique platform allows … Continue reading “Box Lands $100,000,000 New Funding”
Vigo Obtains $25,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78e731e1-14fc-4479-aa9c-7316761c040b Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Vigo Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Your body gives off signs when you’re not alert. With simple sensors and an innovative algorithm that tracks patterns in your blinks and movement in real time, Vigo know’s you’re drowsy before you do. Website http://www.wearvigo.com Transaction … Continue reading “Vigo Obtains $25,000 Seed Financing Round”
Curio Obtains $25,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4256af3-2299-4276-a556-ad8cff639bb8 Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Curio Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Curio is an interactive animatronic toy platform that are brought to life by connecting with a tablet or mobile phone. Curio characters are open source and hackable, so that anyone can build their own with a 3-D … Continue reading “Curio Obtains $25,000 Seed Funding”
Notch Receives $25,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f9401ed-940e-4590-b76c-be8a4550bee6 Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Notch Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Notch makes health-tracking beautiful. We’re creating consumer software to help people visualize and engage with their health. We think that keeping “healthy” top of mind – in a fun, positive way – is an overlooked, but very … Continue reading “Notch Receives $25,000 Seed Financing”
Petcube Secures $25,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=545b1f5b-ebfd-4cd0-ac39-fa8a88b62216 Date 11/21/2013 Company Name Petcube Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Petcube is a home gadget that lets you watch, talk and play laser games with your pet through mobile app anytime, anywhere. Petcube was funded with Kickstarter and became the most successful crowdfunded pet product in history. … Continue reading “Petcube Secures $25,000 Seed Funding Round”