Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7117326e-df4c-4ba4-af06-a3221d816ee3 Date 9/17/2013 Company Name PubNub Mailing Address 1045 17th St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description PubNub is a blazingly fast cloud-hosted messaging service for building real-time web and mobile apps. Hundreds of apps and thousands of developers rely on PubNub for delivering “human-perceptive” real-time experiences that scale to millions of … Continue reading “PubNub Obtains $11,000,000 Series B Financing”
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Revionics Receives $11,200,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=caf80de3-605a-4282-ad15-d6546df5542c Date 9/17/2013 Company Name Revionics Mailing Address 2998 Douglas Blvd Roseville, CA 95661 Company Description Revionics is a leading provider of End-to-End Merchandise Solutions, including shopper-centric assortments, micro and macro space allocation, pricing, promotions and markdowns. Revionics solutions improve retailer sales, profits, and customer loyalty through sophisticated consumer-demand intelligence and proprietary … Continue reading “Revionics Receives $11,200,000 New Funding”
FuzeBox Obtains $26,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7f0b273-1db5-4c0f-a7b3-ebdfeca7b1fa Date 9/17/2013 Company Name FuzeBox Mailing Address 150 Spear San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description FuzeBox has developed some serious UC technology. We’ve been awarded 24 patents—with 42 more pending—in the fields of telephony, web, and visual media technologies. Website http://www.fuzebox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $26,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “FuzeBox Obtains $26,000,000 Series B Financing”
Auxogyn Receives $5,525,340 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6568fb52-e4b7-48cc-a847-ff6c20c1ae07 Date 9/17/2013 Company Name Auxogyn Mailing Address 1490 O’Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Auxogyn – Advancing women’s reproductive health through novel scientific and clinical knowledge of early human developmental biology. Website http://www.auxogyn.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,525,340 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Auxogyn Receives $5,525,340 Series B Financing”
Auxogyn Garners $5,525,340 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6568fb52-e4b7-48cc-a847-ff6c20c1ae07 Date 9/17/2013 Company Name Auxogyn Mailing Address 1490 O’Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Auxogyn – Advancing women’s reproductive health through novel scientific and clinical knowledge of early human developmental biology. Website http://www.auxogyn.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,525,340 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Auxogyn Garners $5,525,340 Series B Financing Round”
Goldbely Garners $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f33aed28-bc6f-4363-9f59-ffe4c4f6ed7b Date 9/17/2013 Company Name Goldbely Mailing Address 1663 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description At Goldbely, we are explorers of food! We are on a mission to discover all things delicious. On our journey, we’re seeking out the legendary local restaurants, amazing artisans and great gourmet food purveyors that … Continue reading “Goldbely Garners $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
Goldbely Lands $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f33aed28-bc6f-4363-9f59-ffe4c4f6ed7b Date 9/17/2013 Company Name Goldbely Mailing Address 1663 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description At Goldbely, we are explorers of food! We are on a mission to discover all things delicious. On our journey, we’re seeking out the legendary local restaurants, amazing artisans and great gourmet food purveyors that … Continue reading “Goldbely Lands $3,000,000 New Financing”
Splunk Acquires BugSense for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1d658fb-b3d0-4b98-a161-97aad1f09849 Date 9/17/2013 Company Name BugSense Mailing Address 819 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description BugSense was created by developers for developers out of simple necessity: we wanted to monitor our apps in the wild and make sure they were always stable & fun to use. To meet this need, … Continue reading “Splunk Acquires BugSense for Undisclosed Sum”
Amplify Health, Benefitter, MedWhat Among DC to VC Showcase Finalists
[Updated 3:00 pm 9/30/13 with a list of the winning startups—see below] Wondering which digital-health startups are most likely to hit the big time? Then you’ll want to keep an eye on Morgenthaler Ventures’ fourth annual DC to VC Startup Showcase, coming up Sept. 30 at the Health 2.0 conference in Silicon Valley. Morgenthaler sorted … Continue reading “Amplify Health, Benefitter, MedWhat Among DC to VC Showcase Finalists”
Google + Bump, Mindjet + Spigit, and More: Bay Area Deals Roundup
There were too many big mergers and funding announcements from the San Francisco / Silicon Valley tech community this morning to let them all pass by. To wit: —Bump, the Mountain View, CA-based Y Combinator graduate whose apps help mobile users quickly exchange contact information, photos, and other files, has been acquired by Google. Bump … Continue reading “Google + Bump, Mindjet + Spigit, and More: Bay Area Deals Roundup”
Don’t Be Naïve: 7 Things to Know Before Taking a Biotech Startup Job
You’ve spent years working hard to hone your skills in science, medicine, or business. You’ve accomplished things, and you have the talent and desire to do more. You may be bored, or stuck at a dead end job in academia, Big Biotech, or Big Pharma. You are intrigued by a job posting you just saw … Continue reading “Don’t Be Naïve: 7 Things to Know Before Taking a Biotech Startup Job”
Do VCs Add Value?
Vinod Khosla’s recent comment during an interview with Michael Arrington that 95 percent of VCs don’t add value (and that 70-80 percent might actually add negative value in their advising) got me thinking about the underlying dynamics of the question. I agree with Khosla that a surprisingly large portion of VCs add little value, but … Continue reading “Do VCs Add Value?”
Convo Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7bcc91a-a494-4c7e-b893-6c8ab38d4ad3 Date 9/16/2013 Company Name Convo Mailing Address 225 Bush Street 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description A step above first generation social business networks, Convo helps distributed teams build digital collaboration workspaces to “get there first.” Launching products, breaking the latest story or delivering cutting edge campaigns. Website http://www.convo.com … Continue reading “Convo Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Round”
RelayRides Secures $5,911,593 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de7e5f11-74d3-40e8-abb3-8bc22ce3364a Date 9/16/2013 Company Name RelayRides Mailing Address 463 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company operates a website and service that allows users to share automobiles. Website http://www.relayrides.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,911,593 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “RelayRides Secures $5,911,593 New Round”
Layer Secures $1,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f14c6027-588f-43fe-b892-e554243ba215 Date 9/16/2013 Company Name Layer Mailing Address 470 Alabama St San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description Layer is the open communications layer for the Internet, enabling the power of messaging, voice and video calling in any mobile or web product. The Layer team is full of developers and designers passionate about … Continue reading “Layer Secures $1,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
Google Acquires Bump for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db8fca25-2abe-49a4-997e-8ef047fc4a6a Date 9/16/2013 Company Name Bump Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Bump is a quick and easy way to connect two phones by simply bumping them together. Exchange your phone number, photos, or compare friends with just a bump. Website http://www.bumptechnologies.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “Google Acquires Bump for Undisclosed Sum”
ChickTech Social at Wikimedia
Come meet ChickTech founder Janice Levenhagen-Seeley and ChickTech program manager Jen Davidson. ChickTech is a non-profit with a vision to create a multi-generational community of women and girls helping each other to become technology creators. ChickTech hosts events and develops mentorships and internships for women and girls to teach, train and inspire them in coding, … Continue reading “ChickTech Social at Wikimedia”
MobileIron Garners $47,500,000 Series F Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=438f9358-fd21-4077-af34-8f193402ec96 Date 9/15/2013 Company Name MobileIron Mailing Address 415 East Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description MobileIron was founded to bring simplicity to the chaos of smartphones in the enterprise. Smartphones are quickly becoming the primary personal communications and computing platform for business. However, they introduce cost, risk, and usability … Continue reading “MobileIron Garners $47,500,000 Series F Funding”
FireEye Garners $2,892,500 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa9ad5fc-7909-45ee-a462-ef791aa0cd16 Date 9/15/2013 Company Name FireEye Mailing Address 1440 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description FireEye, Inc 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,892,500 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “FireEye Garners $2,892,500 New Financing Round”
Mentoring Startups is Hard: Five Ways to Be a Better Mentor
Mentoring has become a more significant part of the economy today than since, perhaps, apprenticeships in the Craftsman Age. Why? The rise of entrepreneurship and our expanding freelance economy are driving massive transformation, and workers are increasingly required to find their own means of making a living. During the Industrial age, most labor was focused … Continue reading “Mentoring Startups is Hard: Five Ways to Be a Better Mentor”
The iPhone 5S and 5C: Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy
Our expectations about how fast personal technology should evolve have come totally unglued from reality. That was all I could think this week as I surveyed media and consumer commentary about the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, which Apple unveiled at a Sept. 10 press event. From any reasonable point of view, these new … Continue reading “The iPhone 5S and 5C: Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy”
Crown Bioscience Garners $1,666,178 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0904d6e2-564b-4571-b36c-26259ab2e67b Date 9/13/2013 Company Name Crown Bioscience Mailing Address 3375 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Crown Bioscience Inc. is a US-based biomedical outsourcing company, providing efficient and cost-effective solutions for global biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Our company is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, with a wholly owned … Continue reading “Crown Bioscience Garners $1,666,178 New Funding”
MyoScience Obtains $25,000,000 Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2dc72c0b-2750-4f03-a416-288cf7380311 Date 9/13/2013 Company Name MyoScience Mailing Address 1600 Seaport Boulevard Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description MyoScience is developing an innovative, hand held medical device designed to be used for facial rejuvenation. It is currently being evaluated in clinical studies for the treatment of facial wrinkles like frown lines between the … Continue reading “MyoScience Obtains $25,000,000 Series E Funding”
VoloAgri Lands $9,564,824 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad4ff3b6-ba34-47c8-9035-385baaba1e39 Date 9/13/2013 Company Name VoloAgri Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description VoloAgri Group, Inc. invests in the global vegetable seed industry. Our focus is on world-class plant breeding and plant genetics, including all major species of vegetables. We apply the latest hybrid breeding technologies to improve agricultural results … Continue reading “VoloAgri Lands $9,564,824 Series B Round”
Insightly Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f20a563-e712-49bf-be2c-84785f31a69e Date 9/13/2013 Company Name Insightly Mailing Address 1550 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Insightly: built for the web, made for small business. Insightly is the leading web based Customer Relationship and Project Management system for small business. Website http://www.insightly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Insightly Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Temnos Obtains $1,250,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0472975-9926-4a99-9186-deefcb840dca Date 9/13/2013 Company Name Temnos Mailing Address 12 South 1st St San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description In 2006, Tim Musgrove, then a senior research fellow at CNET, spun his team out from CNET to form the semantic search startup, TextDigger. Offering hosted solutions for a variety of sectors, TextDigger completed … Continue reading “Temnos Obtains $1,250,000 Seed Funding”
Pinnatta Secures $1,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d84549e9-977b-4c2c-b261-04395f5c5ac8 Date 9/12/2013 Company Name Pinnatta Mailing Address 440 N. Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Launched in July 2012, Pinnatta is the sole product of gipht.me Inc, a Delaware corporation providing unique services and products for mobile devices and social media users. The company is funded by a group of … Continue reading “Pinnatta Secures $1,500,000 Series A Funding”
Okta Obtains $27,000,000 Series D Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7929970c-98d9-46b5-8357-178c3bfe7ba8 Date 9/12/2013 Company Name Okta Mailing Address 301 Brannan Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Your cloud applications are no longer tactical point solutions, they are the backbone of your business. Now there’s a way to quickly and easily transform these applications from independent silos into a secure, … Continue reading “Okta Obtains $27,000,000 Series D Funding”
FiscalNote Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30aa1c8f-e228-4e49-b4b1-3d59ceda3cd2 Date 9/12/2013 Company Name FiscalNote Mailing Address 440 N Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description FiscalNote gathers all the data on legislation and their major players for you, so you can make better decisions. Our platform provides decision makers the ability to query all government action and perform complex discovery … Continue reading “FiscalNote Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding Round”
Jawbone Garners $93,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f291faa0-3713-4c0a-8268-8ae8a728277a Date 9/12/2013 Company Name Jawbone Mailing Address 99 Rhode Island Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company designs and sells mobile audio products, such as the Jawbone, a wireless headset. Website http://www.jawbone.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $93,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use … Continue reading “Jawbone Garners $93,000,000 New Round”
Matterport Garners $2,800,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78fce8f9-fc68-45e5-8519-a867a3e7bb78 Date 9/12/2013 Company Name Matterport Mailing Address 140D Whisman Road Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description The Matterport 3D scanner lets you automatically create a digital model of your space and experience it the way you live in it. Website http://www.matterport.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,800,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Matterport Garners $2,800,000 Series A Funding Round”
Okta Receives $27,000,000 Series D Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7929970c-98d9-46b5-8357-178c3bfe7ba8 Date 9/12/2013 Company Name Okta Mailing Address 301 Brannan Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Your cloud applications are no longer tactical point solutions, they are the backbone of your business. Now there’s a way to quickly and easily transform these applications from independent silos into a secure, … Continue reading “Okta Receives $27,000,000 Series D Funding”
Kauffman Report: It Takes Decades to Build a Startup Hub
The Kauffman Foundation caused a stir in economic-development circles last month with a report showing that high-tech startups are more evenly spread across the United States than many people assume. When researcher Ian Hathaway, an economic advisor with the advocacy group Engine, ranked metropolitan areas in terms of their per-capita density of high-tech startups, his … Continue reading “Kauffman Report: It Takes Decades to Build a Startup Hub”
Gilead Seeks FDA OK for Lymphoma Drug, First Big Move into Cancer
Gilead Sciences has its sights set on becoming a cancer drugmaker, and today it it took an important step in that direction by turning in a key application to the FDA. Foster City, CA-based Gilead (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GILD]]), the world’s largest maker of HIV medicines, said today it has filed a new drug application to the … Continue reading “Gilead Seeks FDA OK for Lymphoma Drug, First Big Move into Cancer”
Xconomy is Looking for Detroit Innovation Champions
In 2010, Xconomy opened its fourth news bureau in Detroit, joining Boston, Seattle, and San Diego. Even though this was a time when record numbers of global media were parachuting into town and writing stories showcasing “ruin porn” and what they deemed as the hopelessness of the Motor City’s plight, Xconomy had a different mission … Continue reading “Xconomy is Looking for Detroit Innovation Champions”
Genentech Aims to Set Precedent With FDA OK in Early Breast Cancer
Exactly when does it make sense to start giving breast cancer patients one of the most potent, targeted drugs that doctors have in their repertoire? That’s the gist of a question that an FDA panel of cancer drug experts will consider on Thursday, when they review an application from South San Francisco-based Genentech, a unit … Continue reading “Genentech Aims to Set Precedent With FDA OK in Early Breast Cancer”
Altius Education Changes Course After Accreditation Battles
Altius Education founder and CEO Paul Freedman says he knew he was taking a risk when he put all of the company’s eggs, save one, into a single basket: an online junior college called Ivy Bridge, owned jointly by Altius and Tiffin University in Ohio. The for-profit college, whose mission was to go traditional junior … Continue reading “Altius Education Changes Course After Accreditation Battles”
Standing Cloud Acquired by SF’s AppDirect, Will Remain in Boulder
Standing Cloud, a venture-backed startup in Boulder, has been acquired by AppDirect for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Tuesday. Standing Cloud was developing a marketplace and management tools for cloud-based applications, offering more than 100 applications like WordPress, Drupal, and SugarCRM to clients. San Francisco-based AppDirect and Standing Cloud were working on very similar … Continue reading “Standing Cloud Acquired by SF’s AppDirect, Will Remain in Boulder”
5 Reasons You Should Drop Everything and Start Growing Bugs
Around the world, since the dawn of time, humans have eaten insects. The Western aversion to the idea is a recent phenomenon. With feed conversion ratios double that of chicken, and nearly six times that of beef, edible species like the common house cricket are a popular food source worldwide. In countries such as Thailand, … Continue reading “5 Reasons You Should Drop Everything and Start Growing Bugs”
Disappointments, New Prospects for Rigel Pharmaceuticals
When Rigel Pharmaceuticals of South San Francisco took the stage at the annual JP Morgan Healthcare conference in January, the 16-year-old biotechnology company hoped to soon introduce its first two approved drugs—both of them designed to treat major health problems. At the time, London-based AstraZeneca was funding late-stage trials on Rigel’s drug candidate for rheumatoid … Continue reading “Disappointments, New Prospects for Rigel Pharmaceuticals”
Evident.io Secures $1,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fe07d51-7ab7-4acc-8981-e0e5b7a44c1d Date 9/10/2013 Company Name Evident.io Mailing Address 11501 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA 94568 Company Description The first 100% “for Cloud” Security service. Democratizing the security capabilities of the billion-dollar companies for the any-dollar business. You’ll sleep well knowing that our innovative security engine is vigilantly protecting your cloud. We’ll make compliance … Continue reading “Evident.io Secures $1,500,000 New Funding”
AppDirect Secures $9,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00e0698a-f967-4c48-af8d-e5e6383fc16f Date 9/10/2013 Company Name AppDirect Mailing Address 650 California St. 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Our Business Application Network allows businesses to easily find the perfect software solution for their needs through our application marketplaces. Businesses can now benefit from one bill for all their applications and one … Continue reading “AppDirect Secures $9,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Livestream and Roku to Pump Live Video on Connected TVs
Opening up another digital pathway to reach audiences, Livestream announced last week its live video platform has landed on Roku media players. The arrangement brings New York-based Livestream’s service to the connected television market for the first time and gives Roku its first-ever live video feed, offering concerts, sports, and news content. Broadcasters that use … Continue reading “Livestream and Roku to Pump Live Video on Connected TVs”
Are Some Degrees Better than Others for Big Pharma Leaders?
Biopharmaceutical companies are under a great deal of financial pressure these days, and many are tinkering with long established business models. There can be no doubt that the industry is in flux as a result of pricing pressures from insurance companies, changing patent regulations and expirations, healthcare reform, and an increased focus on proving significant … Continue reading “Are Some Degrees Better than Others for Big Pharma Leaders?”
Which VCs Are Poised to Profit From the Biotech IPO Boom?
Biotech venture capitalists, as a group, haven’t had much to cheer about the past few years. But this is shaping up to be the year the storyline changes, thanks to the ripple effect from the biotech IPO class of 2013. The story of biotech venture capital over the past few years, as many readers know … Continue reading “Which VCs Are Poised to Profit From the Biotech IPO Boom?”
LiveLeaf Secures $3,300,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7395a5ef-0540-47a8-831a-122736976333 Date 9/9/2013 Company Name LiveLeaf Mailing Address 1160 Industrial Rd San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description After years of research, LiveLeaf has developed a deep understanding of this elusive cellular chemistry at the heart of plant immunity. Combining knowledge from several scientific fields LiveLeaf has developed the unique LiveXtract process – … Continue reading “LiveLeaf Secures $3,300,000 New Financing”
Livefyre Acquires Storify for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49b7c3e6-2295-4a3d-beb6-090e0f609e6c Date 9/9/2013 Company Name Storify Mailing Address 149 9th St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Turn what people post on social media into compelling stories. Collect the best photos, video, tweets and more to publish themas simple, beautiful stories that can be embedded anywhere. Website http://www.storify.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Livefyre Acquires Storify for Undisclosed Sum”
Western Digital Acquires Virident Systems for $685,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1049d303-908c-4162-bdc6-3c43ff6d66c3 Date 9/9/2013 Company Name Virident Systems Mailing Address 500 Yosemite Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Virident Systems enterprise-class Storage Class Memory (SCM) solutions deliver unconditional, consistent performance that supports the most data intensive content and applications. The inherent advantage associated with this disruptive technology revolutionizes computing by speeding application response … Continue reading “Western Digital Acquires Virident Systems for $685,000,000”
Twitter Acquires MoPub for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c210f1b-a1b9-4c24-8f31-9e6ebbef98c4 Date 9/9/2013 Company Name MoPub Mailing Address 501 Folsom St 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Control your ad inventory, monetize effectively and understand user engagement on your iPhone and Android apps. Website http://www.mopub.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires MoPub for Undisclosed Sum”
Cloud Gaming USA
A conference for game developers and publishers on how to build innovative, scalable, profitable cloud-based games. Guest and speakers will include over 200 representatives of the top 20 U.S. game publishers and the top seven cloud platforms. Information and registration here.