From the event site: Stanford Hospital and HealthTech Capital are pleased to present the HealthTech Conference 2013. HealthTech Capital is a group of private investors dedicated to funding and mentoring new “HealthTech” start ups at the intersection of healthcare with the computer and mobility worlds. HealthTech Capital has created a new ecosystem with leading edge … Continue reading “HealthTech Conference 2013”
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Translattice Secures $350,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8644785-6418-4cc6-89ae-05ed36538c21 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Translattice Mailing Address Lawrence Expressway and Kifer Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description We combine computing resources, whether on-premise or in the cloud, so that enterprise databases and applications can be spread across an organization as needed, rather than centralized on specialized, expensive architectures. Website http://www.translattice.com … Continue reading “Translattice Secures $350,000 Series B Funding Round”
Alminder Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f50f9fe-6733-4359-9606-66abcb66ca55 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Alminder Mailing Address 460 S California Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Alminder, Inc. makes Mynd Calendar, an intelligent mobile calendar app for iPhone that acts like a virtual assistant, making your life easier at home and work and saving you time. It learns where you … Continue reading “Alminder Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Financing Round”
Minted Receives $41,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4bed5afc-2ace-4e49-a375-68cf04de1ac3 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Minted Mailing Address 747 Front St San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Minted is a global community of independent graphic designers and an online store that prints and sells the best of their designs in the form of paper goods. Website http://www.minted.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Minted Receives $41,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Precise Light Surgical Receives $4,490,251 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16b5d4d2-7b0b-4988-9df8-8166a13036e9 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Precise Light Surgical Mailing Address 310 W Hamilton Ave Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description Precise Light delivers unprecedented tissue removal capabilities to address critical unmet needs in large endoscopic surgery markets. Website http://www.preciselightsurgical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,490,251 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Precise Light Surgical Receives $4,490,251 Series A Round”
Mintigo Garners $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7952b53d-eaaa-4d18-ae21-833390039832 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Mintigo Mailing Address 2755 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Today’s biggest challenge for businesses is to extract meaningful customer insights out of big data sets. Mintigo specializes in turning big-data into new customers. Website http://www.mintigo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Mintigo Garners $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
ParStream Obtains $8,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0c906c1-c9fd-4efd-b38c-9150727c40d3 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name ParStream Mailing Address 20400 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description ParStream’s vision is to revolutionize the database market to enable real time big data analytics applications. To achieve this ParStream is performing fundamental research and driving innovation in database technology. The results allow users to … Continue reading “ParStream Obtains $8,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Stitch Fix Garners $12,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30bf8f1f-bcb9-4125-a525-9ea436bbbe88 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Stitch Fix Mailing Address 731 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Stitch Fix is a personal styling service that delivers a truly personalized Fix of accessibly priced items directly to doors across the United States. Stitch Fix hand picks pieces for each client, to ultimately … Continue reading “Stitch Fix Garners $12,000,000 New Funding Round”
MyBuys Lands $4,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59004c12-ab2f-4227-9574-efbd9bc7ef7d Date 10/17/2013 Company Name MyBuys Mailing Address 411 Borel Avenue San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description MyBuys makes it possible to dynamically merchandise your site for each and every shopper. We know how to do this right – by truly understanding both the merchant and the shoppers, not just the technology. … Continue reading “MyBuys Lands $4,500,000 New Funding”
URX Lands $3,100,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=afb75396-6319-4c19-a1b9-f795d2bbcd39 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name URX Mailing Address 168 South Park Ave San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description URX is building the buy button between apps. We aim to amplify the mobile economy by enabling advertisers to showcase the products they sell, not just their apps. We’re located in the heart of … Continue reading “URX Lands $3,100,000 Seed Financing Round”
Genia Aims to Build the iPhone of Gene Sequencing
Stefan Roever, CEO of the bleeding-edge gene sequencing company Genia Technologies, first made his name as a software entrepreneur. When he talks about the future growth of Mountain View, CA-based Genia, he envisions a dynasty similar to the one founded by the tech giant Apple of Cupertino, CA. Roever’s ideal dynasty, like Apple’s, would be … Continue reading “Genia Aims to Build the iPhone of Gene Sequencing”
David Schenkein, Cancer Doc Turned CEO, Aims to Build New Genentech
David Schenkein is a kid from Queens. An underdog. The kid who barely eked his way into medical school. The one who had to work day and night as a young doctor to keep up with those who went to the glitzy Ivy League schools. That same kid from Queens ended up running the cancer … Continue reading “David Schenkein, Cancer Doc Turned CEO, Aims to Build New Genentech”
Kii Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a0047076-13ee-4aa3-8182-4dcd61e23bf0 Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Kii Mailing Address 1900 S Norfolk St San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Kii helps Smartphone users to share anything on their handsets, such as apps and music, with the people they choose. This creates new ways to discover content that their friends are using on their … Continue reading “Kii Receives New Financing Round”
Clinkle Obtains $500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64f54ceb-6e8e-498c-9165-924bca47bee5 Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Clinkle Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description Clinkle is rebuilding your analog wallet from the ground up to bring you the future of payment. Join us in revolutionizing the way we transact. Website http://www.clinkle.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Clinkle Obtains $500,000 New Financing”
SkyGiraffe Lands New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c3acdea-5858-4009-a8ae-a2d510f85620 Date 10/16/2013 Company Name SkyGiraffe Mailing Address 444 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94042 Company Description SkyGiraffe empowers enterprises to fully utilize and mobilize their data by providing valuable information to increase workforce productivity. We do this by providing the integrated tools to make it exceptionally easy to perform anywhere and … Continue reading “SkyGiraffe Lands New Funding Round”
Nginx Secures $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=14a66539-5a9c-4455-8e73-da9bc95c18a5 Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Nginx Mailing Address 600 Montgomery St 43rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Nginx, Inc. provides products, solutions and services for its renowned open source software, NGINX. Run by the busiest web sites on the Internet, NGINX enables high performance web architectures to improve user experience, … Continue reading “Nginx Secures $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Brand Networks Acquires Optimal for $35,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c61bcf7-d76e-4ffd-b157-758b2c4d900a Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Optimal Mailing Address 100 Bush Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Optimal, Inc. provides unparalleled audience data to help marketers manage and optimize their social advertising campaigns, all in real-time. The company is a member of Facebook’s Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) program and is based in … Continue reading “Brand Networks Acquires Optimal for $35,000,000”
Two California Startups Create BitDazzle to Take Bitcoin Mainstream
Cashie Commerce, a San Diego startup that provides a purchasing platform for online merchants, has partnered with San Francisco-based Coinbase to create BitDazzle, a new online marketplace that accepts the digital currency Bitcoin. The move comes just weeks after the feds shut down the illicit trafficking website Silk Road—where all transactions were conducted using Bitcoins—and … Continue reading “Two California Startups Create BitDazzle to Take Bitcoin Mainstream”
Cozy Garners $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8588cb90-ccee-4255-893c-08a417dbbbe1 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Cozy Mailing Address 360 Ritch St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Cozy, the San Francisco-based startup for landlords, could bring a lot of ease to both landlords and tenants with its standardization of rental applications and monthly payments. Website http://www.cozy.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Cozy Garners $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Druva Lands $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=40d44761-5acc-47a7-83b6-0c2e92929804 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Druva Mailing Address 150 Mathilda Place Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description Information is the key asset of any organization. It is the single aim of Druva to provide products which’ll safeguard this information. With Druva’s products, you’ll be able to efficiently store, protect, and manage your information … Continue reading “Druva Lands $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Butter Systems Garners New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fa34da9-ecb3-43f2-a1c4-73033b2fdd8e Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Butter Systems Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Butter Systems wants to put a tablet at your table. The tablet would supplant (or augment) a restaurant’s paper menu, allowing customers to order food and drinks, or request their check without having to flag down … Continue reading “Butter Systems Garners New Round”
Xero Lands $150,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db65e40f-523f-470b-aa20-d1a788f5f92f Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Xero Mailing Address 101 Green St 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description Xero is a global company with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Xero is the emerging leader in online accounting software, providing business owners with real-time visibility of … Continue reading “Xero Lands $150,000,000 New Financing”
St. Jude Medical Acquires Nanostim for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b0cffac-e32f-4e45-bafe-0db98926d997 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Nanostim Mailing Address 776 Palomar Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Nanostim Inc is a developer of miniaturized, leadless cardiac pacemakers. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties.
Veeva Systems Obtains $260,900,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30b04dbf-4d14-4ace-89bd-e6194efc21d6 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Veeva Systems Mailing Address 4637 Chabot Drive Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description Veeva Systems (NASDAQ: VEEV) is a leader in cloud-based software for the global life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva has more than 170 customers, ranging from the world’s largest … Continue reading “Veeva Systems Obtains $260,900,000 New Funding”
App Discovery Is Still Broken; MyPad Offers a Social Solution
It’s one of the strangest contrasts in today’s tech world. Mobile hardware keeps advancing screamingly fast, with each new smartphone model made obsolete by a faster, cooler successor within months. And the number of mobile apps keeps multiplying—it’s surpassed 1 million in the Google Play store and is approaching that number in Apple’s iTunes App … Continue reading “App Discovery Is Still Broken; MyPad Offers a Social Solution”
The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are
[Updated: 1:15 pm PT 11/10/13] People love to rank U.S. biotech clusters. Most of these reports are full of data on venture financing, patents, jobs, and NIH funding. But many are riddled with flawed and biased methodology, and are usually designed to push a political agenda. These rankings, which many people take at face value, … Continue reading “The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are”
Pie Digital Lands $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1cf79e5b-7edd-4549-aec3-a5f303e88c09 Date 10/14/2013 Company Name Pie Digital Mailing Address 2197 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Pie has developed an affordable software platform, desktop device and service that, together, dramatically simplify the installation, maintenance and expansion of home computing equipment and networks. Website http://www.piedigital.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Pie Digital Lands $1,000,000 New Financing”
Datamark Acquires Altius Education for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8669e0fd-9d94-4fcd-88af-f17f1a7f0c54 Date 10/14/2013 Company Name Altius Education Mailing Address 101 Spear St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Altius Education, Inc. partners with academic institutions to help them unlock the potential of their existing curricula. By establishing separate legal entities and providing them with the key financial and strategic resources, we are … Continue reading “Datamark Acquires Altius Education for Undisclosed Sum”
EcoFactor Garners $10,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83007b39-e28b-4fd6-b03b-02eef9fee86f Date 10/14/2013 Company Name EcoFactor Mailing Address 720 Bay Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description EcoFactor’s solution operates with off-the-shelf hardware and is hosted on-demand so there is no software to install or maintain. Other solutions require expensive thermostats, costly hardware that needs to be updated regularly, and manual updates … Continue reading “EcoFactor Garners $10,000,000 New Funding Round”
Yahoo! Acquires Bread Labs for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=627c57fd-132f-47e3-b114-0b62846f5db0 Date 10/12/2013 Company Name Bread Labs Mailing Address 41 Grant Avenue San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Bread is the simplest monetization platform for social media, desktop and mobile publishers. Our proprietary technology serves premium, rich media ads on links shared on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other social media platforms. Website … Continue reading “Yahoo! Acquires Bread Labs for Undisclosed Sum”
Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen
If you wanted to build a central information hub for the kitchen—connecting consumers with recipe ideas, ingredient lists, shopping assistance, and cooking instructions—you’d probably break the problem down into a few steps. First you’d build the world’s most powerful recipe search engine. Then you’d add filters to help people discover dishes they like, and avoid … Continue reading “Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen”
LiquidM Secures $5,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=270a861b-5cf2-45c0-afc8-4fb60f34016f Date 10/11/2013 Company Name LiquidM Mailing Address 201 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description LiquidM’s modular cloud-based software allows agencies and trading desks to run their ad tech infrastructure on a standardized, open platform that is customizable to their individual needs. LiquidM uniquely combines media, data, technology and strategy … Continue reading “LiquidM Secures $5,000,000 New Funding Round”
Cinarra Systems Secures $4,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac38070f-52c7-4bb1-9c2f-727fe97418bf Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Cinarra Systems Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Cinarra is a technology startup that is changing the economics of the mobile industry by redefining the role of the network operators and over-the-top platforms. Cinarra’s analytics technologies and mediation platform uncover the values previously unknown … Continue reading “Cinarra Systems Secures $4,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Handle Secures $1,810,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f5e64b5-f2ba-4c58-9c20-8f9c879032a4 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Handle Mailing Address 500 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Handle is a simple app that lets you scan the influx of email, decide quickly what’s important, and then direct your attention to the right things at the right time. It’s based on years of … Continue reading “Handle Secures $1,810,000 New Round”
TranscribeMe Secures $946,139 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eeb7f9fe-e41f-441d-97d0-bcc3d09466b7 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name TranscribeMe 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 “TranscribeMe Secures $946,139 New Funding Round”
CoreOS Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0792688-84df-4aa4-8033-d12a398b6d3a Date 10/11/2013 Company Name CoreOS Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Our mission is to improve the security and reliability of the internet. Operations teams currently spend their days fighting fires — critical updates, machine failures, networking outages — instead of moving their infrastructure forward. Website http://www.coreos.com Transaction … Continue reading “CoreOS Secures New Round”
Level Secures $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6c4359f-f6ce-44b5-a298-f306d30f581d Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Level Mailing Address 847 Sansome Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Level is dedicated to rewriting the financial rulebook to create a secure future for the next generation. Level’s approach begins with everyday decisions: the Level Money application provides an instant, at-a-glance read on … Continue reading “Level Secures $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Synaptics Acquires Validity Sensors for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5a1cd07-f008-4aea-93a2-5dad79259fde Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Validity Sensors Mailing Address 2001 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Validity’s patented LiveFlex technology provides durability, ruggedness, reliability, and flexibility to create the best overall fingerprint sensing solution for both client and enterprise applications. Website http://www.validityinc.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “Synaptics Acquires Validity Sensors for Undisclosed Sum”
Novozymes A/S Acquires Allopartis Technologies for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc1307e4-7bf0-46dc-b7f5-92732572c245 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Allopartis Technologies Mailing Address 409 Illinois Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description Allopartis was founded in 2008 by four Berkeley graduates who saw the confluence of miniaturization technology and renewable energy as an opportunity to revolutionize enzyme development for turning sustainable biomass into useful sugars. Website … Continue reading “Novozymes A/S Acquires Allopartis Technologies for Undisclosed Sum”
Pinterest Acquires HackerMeter for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2cc43262-4664-4d43-99bb-6174782cc065 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name HackerMeter Mailing Address 3600 17th Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Company Description Hackermeter is a site where developers take code challenges and get matched with jobs that fit their skills. Employers can then review the top performers’ code samples, get in contact, and do technical screenings, all … Continue reading “Pinterest Acquires HackerMeter for Undisclosed Sum”
The Battle for the Marketing Cloud
From event organizers DoubleDutch: “Mike Maples, managing partner of Floodgate and early investor in Twitter and Lyft, moderates a panel on software startups taking on the rising CMO tech budget.” Information and registration here.
Google X Display Head: Smartphones, Tablets, Apps are “Mind-Numbing”
Millions of consumers may be drooling over the latest versions of their favorite smartphones and tablets, amazed by the sharp displays, powerful cameras, and panoply of applications. But deep inside Google’s experimental hardware unit, where people work on crazy-sounding ideas like driverless cars and balloon-lofted wireless networks, all of that electronics-store stuff is starting to … Continue reading “Google X Display Head: Smartphones, Tablets, Apps are “Mind-Numbing””
Winning in the Digital Health Space
The UCSF Entrepreneurship Center presents an evening event for digital health enthusiasts. From the organizers: Join the CEO and Founder of Practice Fusion, Ryan Howard, in conversation with Dirk Lammerts, MD, Managing Director, Digital Health, Burrill & Company. Practice Fusion reinvented the archaic world of Healthcare IT by offering a free, digital platform for Electronic Medical Records … Continue reading “Winning in the Digital Health Space”
Gilead Climbs on More Good News for Cancer Drug From Seattle
The most lucrative drug to ever come from Seattle is etanercept (Enbrel) for autoimmune diseases. The most famous drug from Seattle is tadalafil (Cialis) for erectile dysfunction. Now the Seattle biotech cluster can start taking credit for one of the world’s best cancer drugs in development. Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GILD]]), the Foster City, CA-based biotech … Continue reading “Gilead Climbs on More Good News for Cancer Drug From Seattle”
Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High
Venture deal activity hit a 12-year high during the third quarter, and big VC investments in Uber, Kymeta, and Flipboard helped push venture funding for U.S. mobile startups over $1 billion for the first time, according to a report today from CB Insights. The New York financial data firm says the 857 venture deals nationwide … Continue reading “Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High”
SimpleFi Garners $900,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b078edd0-8eaf-4197-8f96-118983147b5c Date 10/10/2013 Company Name SimpleFi Mailing Address 530 Lytton Ave 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description SimpleFi is a social venture inspired by the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s financial assistance program. Frequently young Marines would be overcome with financial emergencies due to family issues or unexpected problems. Website http://www.simplefi.org … Continue reading “SimpleFi Garners $900,000 New Funding”
Qbaka Receives $200,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e4280d44-b8e3-46ac-acc4-72383d006be7 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Qbaka Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Allows you to monitor and visualize web service JavaScript error rates. The Qbaka plugin shows you current error rates so you can see the growth of new errors on a dashboard and immediately react to problems. Website … Continue reading “Qbaka Receives $200,000 Seed Round”
Nitro Secures $3,100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c2231a5-d293-45a3-8e96-a135192f20e0 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Nitro Mailing Address 225 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Nitro Pro lets you quickly create, convert, combine, edit, sign, and share 100% industry-standard PDF files for superior results and savings. Nitro’s easy-to-use PDF tools make working with digital documents pain free. Website http://www.nitropdf.com Transaction … Continue reading “Nitro Secures $3,100,000 New Round”
Imimtek Garners $999,999 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64052d24-9363-43ae-9008-c7c048d09660 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Imimtek Mailing Address 440 N. Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Imimtek is a stealth mode startup that is developing next generation natural user interfaces for mobile and desktop devices. The founding team is composed of serial entrepreneurs who have worked together and built venture backed … Continue reading “Imimtek Garners $999,999 New Financing Round”
Lookout Obtains $55,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82d3d682-ce73-45f9-ab46-e5c2c755caad Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Lookout Mailing Address 1 Front Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Lookout is a mobile security company dedicated to making the mobile experience safe for everyone. Website http://www.mylookout.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $55,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The capital will be used to … Continue reading “Lookout Obtains $55,000,000 New Financing Round”