The path toward a breakthrough drug often starts with a new insight about the molecular cause of an illness, but only a few of these discoveries lead to new treatments. Steven Finkbeiner at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco has uncovered a mechanism behind Huntington’s disease, and his lab is now working with the San … Continue reading “Numerate Trains Its Drug Design Platform On Huntington’s Disease”
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Circling the Block? ParkMe Lets Drivers Reserve Spots—At a Discount
Sam Friedman can thank Bruce Willis for the inspiration behind his parking technology company, ParkMe. Friedman and cofounder Alex Israel were straight out of college, with some spare time on their hands, when they headed to the movies to see the latest Die Hard sequel. But when they arrived at the Los Angeles area theater, … Continue reading “Circling the Block? ParkMe Lets Drivers Reserve Spots—At a Discount”
Zoom Video Communications Garners $6,500,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6fb2d1b-31c9-48ef-95a7-03b818857759 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Zoom Video Communications Mailing Address 4633 Old Ironside Road Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Zoom Video Communications was founded in 2011. Our mission is to develop a people-centric cloud service that transforms the real-time collaboration experience and improves the quality and effectiveness of communications forever. Website … Continue reading “Zoom Video Communications Garners $6,500,000 Series B Round”
Medlert Receives $175,389 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bfcaebc-37c7-4fcc-bce7-06d94939ea13 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Medlert Mailing Address 2843 Green Street San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Medlert was born out of necessity for co-founder David Emanuel. While returning home from a family visit, the family member that dropped him off at the airport encountered a fatal, multiple injury pile up. Website … Continue reading “Medlert Receives $175,389 Seed Round”
NGDATA Garners $3,300,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97867a06-9c5a-418c-a230-57ed5459c786 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name NGDATA Mailing Address 71 Stevenson St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description NGDATA is the consumer intelligence company that empowers enterprises seeking greater customer lifetime value by enabling deep customer insights, personalized product offers and intimate customer experience to drive sales, and increase customer loyalty with a … Continue reading “NGDATA Garners $3,300,000 New Round”
Practice Fusion Lands $70,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cc761325-2831-4412-b082-727870826c05 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Practice Fusion Mailing Address 420 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Practice Fusion addresses the critical needs of today’s healthcare environments by providing a revolutionary application and delivery model for physicians and patients at no cost. Website http://www.practicefusion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $70,000,000 … Continue reading “Practice Fusion Lands $70,000,000 Series D Round”
Simplee Receives $10,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ca22291-cfd1-4087-a5da-9ea090afa5cf Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Simplee Mailing Address 480 S. California Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Our mission is to help you understand and manage health care expenses. Simplee aims to empower you with tools and insights to optimize your health care benefits and lower your health care costs. Website … Continue reading “Simplee Receives $10,000,000 Series B Financing”
Deem Secures $69,985,435 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=730dfc6a-7aba-4b88-87c2-b7fa08d7f65f Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Deem Mailing Address 301 Howard St. 21st Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Our Deem e-commerce platform leverages big data, social collaboration, game-mechanics, semantics and advanced machine learning to optimize the exchange of goods, services and information between buyers and sellers, resulting in the web’s most … Continue reading “Deem Secures $69,985,435 New Funding Round”
Gauss Surgical Garners $3,126,992 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3f3f8df-0ff2-4212-bf54-c94040a2121e Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Gauss Surgical Mailing Address 334 State Street Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Gauss Surgical is developing a mobile vision-based platform for accurate, realtime measurement of surgical blood loss. Website http://www.gausssurgical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,126,992 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Gauss Surgical Garners $3,126,992 New Funding”
AngelList Obtains $24,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=12279d4c-5d6e-4c6e-9e4d-ca4ee6e5ea91 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name AngelList Mailing Address 2995 Woodside Road Woodside, CA 94062 Company Description AngelList is a platform for startups to meet investors and recruit employees. Website http://www.angel.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $24,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Atlas … Continue reading “AngelList Obtains $24,000,000 New Funding Round”
Prosper Marketplace Garners $25,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29e53086-a91c-44d6-b94c-4186c4c26ff4 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name Prosper Marketplace Mailing Address 111 Sutter Street 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Prosper, America’s first people-to-people lending marketplace, was created to make consumer lending more financially and socially rewarding for everyone. Website http://www.prosper.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Prosper Marketplace Garners $25,000,000 New Funding Round”
Heavybit: Grad School for Startups Building a Software Supply Chain
James Lindenbaum, the Heroku co-founder who has spent the last year building a new startup training program called Heavybit Industries, thinks the software industry is still just as primitive as the automobile business was back in the Great Depression. As late as 1930, Ford and other automakers remained vertically integrated, even building the ore processing … Continue reading “Heavybit: Grad School for Startups Building a Software Supply Chain”
The Best Biotech Graduate Schools in Real Life
[Updated 2 pm ET 9/30] Let’s imagine, for a second, you are someone in your 20s or 30s, getting started in the biotech industry. You want to work somewhere you can acquire a well-rounded set of experiences over the next five to 10 years so that you will have what it takes to be qualified … Continue reading “The Best Biotech Graduate Schools in Real Life”
TechShop Obtains New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=937af0e1-2dc8-43fe-881f-15fb3cdddae7 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name TechShop Mailing Address 120 Independence Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description TechShop is a 15,000 square-foot membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a community of creative and supportive people so they can build the things they have always wanted … Continue reading “TechShop Obtains New Financing”
Peloton Technology Lands $600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0337c7f9-9402-4582-aab2-23c7c17e03be Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Peloton Technology Mailing Address 965 Roble Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Peloton Technology Inc. was founded in 2011 by a team of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to address major pain points of today’s trucking fleets – accidents and fuel costs. Website http://www.peloton-tech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Peloton Technology Lands $600,000 New Funding Round”
Flipboard Secures $50,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d18609b-c565-4a01-a9e4-4aa516abda5e Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Flipboard Mailing Address 214 Homer Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Flipboard is the world’s first social magazine. Inspired by the beauty and ease of print media, Flipboard’s mission is to fundamentally improve how people discover, view and share content across their social networks. Website http://www.flipboard.com … Continue reading “Flipboard Secures $50,000,000 New Funding”
C9 Receives $12,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c02c93a6-d9ef-4275-9af6-6c3e1429b675 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name C9 Mailing Address 34 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Meet C9, development-as-a-service for Javascripters and other developers. It all started with a dream of an online platform for Javascript development, where all the code is opensource, free to adapt and use for everyone, anywhere, … Continue reading “C9 Receives $12,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Koding Secures $280,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=259b42cb-5136-41d1-84d1-ab6bccfd2fbf Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Koding Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description The company provides cloud computing software development and services. Website http://www.koding.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $280,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Not a solicitation. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Koding Secures $280,000 New Funding Round”
1World Online Obtains Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0a0f6a1-29f5-4cfb-8531-35ba1bb6bd1e Date 9/23/2013 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 Seed Financing Round”
Low Power Receives Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c11474c-af97-491f-8590-37bb6009925e Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Low Power Mailing Address 212 Thompson Square Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Lopoco designs and manufactures ultra-efficient, green-tech servers that provide substantial energy and cost savings without sacrificing performance. They are built on proven, shipping technology without costly custom chips or strange form factors. Website http://www.lopoco.com … Continue reading “Low Power Receives Seed Financing Round”
iGenApps Receives Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d8dad86-cb25-4528-a1f8-67ef972de07b Date 9/23/2013 Company Name iGenApps Mailing Address 1700 Seaport Boulevard Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description iGenApps is the easiest, fastest, most affordable way to create your own mobile applications programming. You just simply add the content of what you want to be displayed in your app and press a button … Continue reading “iGenApps Receives Seed Round”
Amulyte Obtains Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1a9be774-60de-4e4a-a28a-101555485424 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Amulyte Mailing Address 750 North Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Amulyte is designed to allow seniors to keep their freedom and independence while providing peace of mind to family members and caregivers. The Amulyte Pendant contains an easy to use help button that works … Continue reading “Amulyte Obtains Seed Funding Round”
One Month Rails Garners Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=403192c5-15f5-4af9-8fa9-188c511ff475 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name One Month Rails Mailing Address 135 Acalanes Dr Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Company Description One Month Rails teaches Ruby On Rails in less than a month, with a webbed structure so that you learn to build what you want without learning every single lesson under the sun. This … Continue reading “One Month Rails Garners Seed Financing Round”
Weilos Secures Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c44058ca-79d7-4659-a170-33405c8270be Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Weilos Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Weilos connects you with a coach “like you” who has successfully lost weight. Your coach will teach you the secrets to his/her success, and support you to achieve your own goals. Website http://www.weilos.com Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction … Continue reading “Weilos Secures Seed Round”
Crowdery Garners Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=428e0793-6fa2-4397-8c51-484407f21a24 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Crowdery Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94035 Company Description Crowdery is revolutionizing retail. By flipping the old sales model on its head, we give you access to your favorite products at a discount, before anyone else. Website http://www.crowdery.com Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “Crowdery Garners Seed Funding Round”
LocalOn Receives Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6967e341-96ac-4d2a-97b0-50e55f7f1bb7 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name LocalOn Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description To empower business associations & merchants through unrivaled web marketing tools. Website http://www.localon.com Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Contact Company for investment solicitation details. M&A Terms Venture Investor WeFunder
Teleborder Secures Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7af06e5-333d-47cc-9caf-5b339765f588 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Teleborder Mailing Address 524 Union Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description Teleborder is a complete HR management system for immigration. Companies tell us “get x person into the country”, and we manage the process from end to end and give HR a dashboard to track it. … Continue reading “Teleborder Secures Seed Financing Round”
Butter Systems Receives Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b69e2a5-e315-4bb2-8af6-5ded64d307cf Date 9/23/2013 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 Receives Seed Funding”
Casetext Lands Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1943c6f6-eba9-4b33-9a81-761d3d5012ee Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Casetext Mailing Address 815 Killarney Court Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Company Description Casetext is making all the world’s laws free and understandable. On Casetext you can search a database of millions of judicial opinions and learn insights from the annotations of practicing attorneys, professors, and other experts. See … Continue reading “Casetext Lands Seed Financing Round”
Floobits Secures Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=28c09171-cd7a-4d34-b717-7730180626c0 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Floobits Mailing Address 828 Franklin St San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description We’re making Floobits to solve our own problem. We’ve worked together for almost a year now, and much of that time has been spent pair programming. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find a real-time collaboration tool that … Continue reading “Floobits Secures Seed Financing”
Watchsend Obtains Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6562080-166c-4512-ad83-8619a6d5c06b Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Watchsend Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94035 Company Description Watchsend uses less than 1MB per minute of recorded video, won’t slow down your app, and doesn’t impair battery life. Attach tags to any recording session or device in your code. View, search, and filter by tags … Continue reading “Watchsend Obtains Seed Financing”
Asseta Receives Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1dce4000-7858-4aaa-ad1f-8b0cf9274d1b Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Asseta Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Asseta provides your company with 100% visibility and control of its capital equipment, allowing your company to ramp rapidly, improve flexibility and reduce costs! The Asseta Marketplace and our Persistent Search technology will ensure your company meets … Continue reading “Asseta Receives Seed Funding Round”
HackerMeter Lands Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0baf5f19-3b9c-4f82-8e6c-a9ba45b3fb15 Date 9/23/2013 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 “HackerMeter Lands Seed Round”
RealCrowd Garners Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cab7ba38-d22b-47eb-a1cb-bdb1869eed61 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name RealCrowd Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description RealCrowd is built on the Founders’ collective $3 billion of institutional quality underwriting and transaction experience. Over 20 years, the principals have reviewed, marketed, bought and sold real estate assets across the country. Website http://www.realcrowd.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “RealCrowd Garners Seed Financing”
True Link Financial Receives Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62b7d697-dd2c-4ec8-a16e-e2907696b424 Date 9/23/2013 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 Crowdfunder Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “True Link Financial Receives Seed Funding Round”
SimpleLegal Garners Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68f4ec3f-5c95-4d41-b782-ebb2c416f79c Date 9/23/2013 Company Name SimpleLegal Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description SimpleLegal provides transparency into legal bills, making it easier for GCs and CFOs to understand what their lawyers are actually doing.We provide an ebilling platform where companies can receive, manage, and pay all their legal bills. Website … Continue reading “SimpleLegal Garners Seed Financing”
Bugsnag Obtains $1,400,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=080203ba-f67b-4130-9a1f-a1068e8b477a Date 9/21/2013 Company Name Bugsnag Mailing Address 30 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Bugsnag detects crashes in web and mobile apps, collecting diagnostic information and notifying your dev team over email, sms or chat. You can then use Bugsnag’s sophisticated dashboard to find exactly where and how each … Continue reading “Bugsnag Obtains $1,400,000 Seed Financing Round”
Egnyte Obtains New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=28008253-ab34-44e5-a651-a187e581ea0d Date 9/21/2013 Company Name Egnyte Mailing Address 1890 N. Shoreline Blvd. 1st Floor Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Egnyte is run by a team of seasoned executives with a strong track record of building companies in the Hi technology sector. Drawn from companies such as Oracle, Cisco and others, the … Continue reading “Egnyte Obtains New Funding”
Carhoots Receives $240,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5aec0835-6841-4e9a-86c1-cb0675a555ff Date 9/21/2013 Company Name Carhoots Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Carhoots is a community marketplace that provides car buyers with everything they need in one fun, trusted social destination! Website http://www.carhoots.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $240,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company is using … Continue reading “Carhoots Receives $240,000 Seed Funding Round”
10 Ways to Live Longer, Without Help from Google
With a simple blog post or news exclusive, Google can instantly glamorize any field of research, whether it’s teaching cars to drive themselves, sending robotic rovers to the Moon, blanketing Earth with wireless data from balloons, or—this week—helping people live longer. The airiest of promises from the company evokes the world’s awe and admiration, and … Continue reading “10 Ways to Live Longer, Without Help from Google”
Plaid Garners $2,800,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=38342836-ce1a-469a-a0bc-0f3d2c4db2fe Date 9/20/2013 Company Name Plaid Mailing Address 25 Maiden Lane San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Plaid is the modern API for banking data. It allows developers to programatically interact with banks and credit cards. Website http://www.plaid.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Plaid Garners $2,800,000 New Funding”
PerceptiMed Receives $499,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5364c841-f9ec-44e9-be72-115163351340 Date 9/20/2013 Company Name PerceptiMed Mailing Address 365 San Antonio Road Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description PerceptiMed was founded in 2011 by experienced and successful industry experts in medicine, engineering, software, and business. PerceptiMed offers products for prescription drug verification, pharmacy remote verification and will-call location systems. Website http://www.perceptimed.com Transaction … Continue reading “PerceptiMed Receives $499,999 New Round”
Glassbeam Receives $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94d2bfee-c49f-4ce2-a5b6-3c6f141a12ec Date 9/20/2013 Company Name Glassbeam Mailing Address 530 Lakeside Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The Glassbeam Support analytics solution brings intuitive and powerful analytics and diagnostics capabilities to your Technical Support Engineers and managers. The customer always knows about a problem before the systems or software vendor. Website http://www.glassbeam.com Transaction … Continue reading “Glassbeam Receives $3,000,000 New Financing”
ReTargeter Garners $825,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec430049-51cc-4ad9-9483-3e2ecef666ad Date 9/20/2013 Company Name ReTargeter Mailing Address 33 New Montgomery San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description ReTargeter is a full-service display advertising solution specializing in retargeting and audience targeting. Our solutions can help you optimize your marketing spend by serving targeted display ads to the right people at the right time. … Continue reading “ReTargeter Garners $825,000 New Financing Round”
Rearden Commerce Secures $2,626,625 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7dee481b-feb3-49a0-b917-721a588f075b Date 9/20/2013 Company Name Rearden Commerce Mailing Address 301 Howard St. 21st Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Rearden Commerce is revolutionizing the way people and businesses buy and sell services, with the first online marketplace for services of all kinds. Rearden Commerce is one of the leading forces behind … Continue reading “Rearden Commerce Secures $2,626,625 New Round”
Buttercoin Garners $250,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86396408-d14b-48f2-8504-78d86733482a Date 9/20/2013 Company Name Buttercoin Mailing Address 660 High Street Palo Alto, CA 95014 Company Description Buttercoin is a free, white-label bitcoin exchange. Designers make it easy. Engineers make it fast & secure. A fleet of lawyers makes it compliant. Market Makers provide bitcoin liquidity. Website http://www.buttercoin.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Buttercoin Garners $250,000 New Financing Round”
FireEye Receives $303,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf100020-9fc9-4098-9cce-a4c5549ce37e Date 9/20/2013 Company Name FireEye Mailing Address 1440 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) is a network security company that brings advanced network security together with state-of-the-art virtualization technology, to provide infection-based network access control (NAC). Website http://www.fireeye.com Transaction Type IPO Transaction Amount $303,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “FireEye Receives $303,500,000 New Funding”
Rocket Fuel Garners $116,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e47ea43-3b0d-4e10-a13f-bc986989380b Date 9/20/2013 Company Name Rocket Fuel Mailing Address 350 Marine Parkway 2nd Floor Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Rocket Fuel (NASDAQ: FUEL) has built advertising distribution technology that attempts to select the best impressions for each advertisement. Website http://www.rocketfuelinc.com Transaction Type IPO Transaction Amount $116,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Rocket Fuel Garners $116,000,000 New Round”
Makers on the Waterfront: Inside Autodesk’s New Pier 9 Workshop
“Only a handful of months ago, this whole thing was only an idea, and at times what seemed like a really crazy idea,” said Autodesk president and CEO Carl Bass. “Now it is the envy of everybody’s workshops.” The leader of the San Rafael, CA-based design software maker was speaking last week at the official … Continue reading “Makers on the Waterfront: Inside Autodesk’s New Pier 9 Workshop”
Healthcare Megatrends, Part 1: Shifting Risk
While debates continue on the pros and cons of health reform, one fact remains: the marketplace is changing. There has been approximately $1 trillion in health care M+A activity since 2008. Payers are becoming providers, providers are becoming payers and placing insurance products on the exchanges, benefit consultants are creating exchanges, payers are looking increasingly … Continue reading “Healthcare Megatrends, Part 1: Shifting Risk”