Updated 11:35 am Pacific One of Seattle’s best-pedigreed tech startups is joining a big name in the industry. Decide, a price-forecasting service formed by veterans of the Farecast team, has been acquired by online shopping giant eBay for an undisclosed sum. Decide’s team “will be making the move to eBay’s new Seattle-area offices,” CEO Mike … Continue reading “EBay Buys Price-Predicting Startup Decide, Adds to Seattle Office”
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Get Your Own Personal NPR Station with Swell
We’ve hit the time of year dreaded by all public radio fans: pledge drive season, when stations hold your favorite NPR and American Public Media programs hostage until enough listeners pay up. Until recently, there’s only been one way around this semiannual torture ritual, and it’s only been available to listeners of KQED here in … Continue reading “Get Your Own Personal NPR Station with Swell”
Bugcrowd Garners $1,600,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62bae33c-40fb-450d-b326-07e7b864e6e5 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name Bugcrowd Mailing Address 548 Market St San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Crowdsourced security testing. Bugcrowd runs managed bug bounty programs for web and mobile applications. Website http://www.bugcrowd.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,600,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The capital will be used for sales … Continue reading “Bugcrowd Garners $1,600,000 Seed Financing Round”
Kato Secures New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af767186-30fa-42a4-825c-752c5028bb06 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name Kato Mailing Address Undisclosed Oakland, CA 94603 Company Description Kato was founded in 2013 by Andrei Soroker and Peter Hizalev. We are based in Oakland, California. Website http://www.kato.im Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Kato Secures New Funding Round”
BoostCTR Garners $8,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dc493f79-ff22-4730-9b95-79e2197244a4 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name BoostCTR Mailing Address 575 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description BoostCTR is the first service that lets online marketers crowdsource the optimization and testing of their ad creative on a performance basis. By utilizing our services, marketers not only free up their time, but also … Continue reading “BoostCTR Garners $8,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Jelastic Garners New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b602a99a-6881-4611-99f9-a1f9c4409d8a Date 9/6/2013 Company Name Jelastic Mailing Address 228 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Jelastic is an innovative technology company based in Palo Alto, California that brings to the market a PaaS solution for hosting providers to better address the requirements of a wide range of users. Jelastic is … Continue reading “Jelastic Garners New Funding”
Clinkle Secures $7,900,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23f1ac51-0f8c-4567-9839-ab3952b7a885 Date 9/6/2013 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 $7,900,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Clinkle Secures $7,900,000 New Funding Round”
Driveway Software Receives Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a16587d-17c8-4fc1-9026-b1a7ce1c7240 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name Driveway Software Mailing Address 181 Fremont St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Driveway was founded in 2010 by Jake Diner and Igor Katsman. Driveway is well funded by private and institutional investors. Website http://www.drivewaysoftware.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “Driveway Software Receives Series A Funding Round”
H5 Technologies Lands $395,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7864cc8-55df-4923-80e0-b8febc464072 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name H5 Technologies Mailing Address 595 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description H5, a San Francisco-based technology and services company, develops advanced information discovery, analytic and corporate content risk management solutions for Fortune 1000 companies and major law firms. Website http://www.h5.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “H5 Technologies Lands $395,000 Series A Funding Round”
Clinkle Receives $19,100,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e1d9cac-3479-4eb5-89e7-c37808cd8622 Date 9/6/2013 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 $19,100,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Clinkle Receives $19,100,000 New Funding Round”
Butterfly Health Lands $20,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a76a9528-16a3-4dc5-b446-1302057fdf44 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name Butterfly Health Mailing Address 16460 Lucky Road Los Gatos, CA 95030 Company Description Butterfly Health, Inc. develops a personal hygiene product for the discreet protection of accidental bowel leakage. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Los Gatos, California. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Butterfly Health Lands $20,000,000 New Financing Round”
Bay Area Deals News: AlienVault, Check, HotelTonight, StartX & More
[Updated and corrected, see below] It’s time for one of our (infrequent) roundups of local venture funding announcements and other deals. —San Mateo, CA-based AlienVault, which helps companies assess security vulnerabilities in their IT systems, announced today that it has completed a $26.5 million Series D investing round, with GGV Capital in the lead. Existing … Continue reading “Bay Area Deals News: AlienVault, Check, HotelTonight, StartX & More”
5 Things Biotechs Should Do to Take Advantage of The Boom
We are currently enjoying a much needed resurgence in the biotechnology industry. The industry has been the best performing sector in the stock market for the last two years and it appears it will be again this year. This performance has enabled companies to raise capital, either publicly or privately, in record amounts. We expect … Continue reading “5 Things Biotechs Should Do to Take Advantage of The Boom”
Hearsay Social Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f886f73b-b3ed-4012-9d36-4d3e1923245b Date 9/5/2013 Company Name Hearsay Social Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company provides an online service that allows businesses to track social media for their local branches. Website http://www.hearsaysocial.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Hearsay Social Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Zuora Garners $50,000,000 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16aa3fc2-e8c2-4154-b8fc-4e917da4afa6 Date 9/5/2013 Company Name Zuora Mailing Address 3400 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Zuora has created an on demand platform designed to simplify the way online subscription services are purchased, billed, and provisioned. Website http://www.zuora.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Zuora Garners $50,000,000 Series E Round”
moTwin Receives $2,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6676737-e1f8-4237-b020-6d23bb096ffa Date 9/5/2013 Company Name moTwin Mailing Address 1530 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description moTwin, formerly Mootwin, is a fast-growing trusted provider of industry’s only true real-time context-aware mobile middleware platform for high-performance applications with out-of-the-box connectors to back-ends. moTwin enables enterprises to develop, deploy, and operate mobile … Continue reading “moTwin Receives $2,700,000 New Funding”
HotelTonight Receives $45,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fce4c8f-2189-48b4-9f3d-b545f93ddbdb Date 9/5/2013 Company Name HotelTonight Mailing Address 901 Market St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description HotelTonight is the only hotel booking application that is made for mobile from the ground up. Available for free in the App Store for those with Apple iOS devices – the iPhone, iPod touch and … Continue reading “HotelTonight Receives $45,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
AlienVault Garners $26,500,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8bbc4356-83af-4175-8ed7-c46fef2b7a94 Date 9/5/2013 Company Name AlienVault Mailing Address 1875 S. Grant St. San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description AlienVault LLC is the leading global provider of Security Information and Event Management solutions, providing the technology for more than half of all SIEM installations in the world. The creators of the Open Source … Continue reading “AlienVault Garners $26,500,000 Series D Financing Round”
Adello Group Acquires Hstreaming for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=685954a6-2424-44e0-a0cb-343f83eb2136 Date 9/5/2013 Company Name Hstreaming Mailing Address 548 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description HStreaming enables performing advanced analytics in real-time, creating live dashboards, identifying and recognizing patterns within one data stream or across multiple data streams, and triggering of actions based on predefined rules or heuristics. Website http://www.hstreaming.com … Continue reading “Adello Group Acquires Hstreaming for Undisclosed Sum”
Platform Ecosystems in Big Data
I have written about the platform eco-system trend in technology recently. To recap, a business that has been gaining ground in the tech world is the technology platform developer network model, wherein large numbers of developers can use the platform to build their businesses cost-effectively without the handicap of huge infrastructure expenditure. Some of the … Continue reading “Platform Ecosystems in Big Data”
Polar Users Have a Favorite Yahoo Logo. Will Marissa Mayer Agree?
At midnight Eastern time tonight, Yahoo (NASDAQ: [[ticker:YHOO]]) will announce which of the 30 logo variations it has previewed over the past month will become its new, permanent trademark. The veteran Internet company hasn’t said how it plans to choose the final logo. Given the lead time that goes into changing all the marketing materials … Continue reading “Polar Users Have a Favorite Yahoo Logo. Will Marissa Mayer Agree?”
iPierian Nabs $30M To Keep Alzheimer’s, Autoimmune Drugs Moving
iPierian could easily have crashed a couple years ago as just another overhyped stem cell startup. But the South San Francisco-based company has quietly kept plugging away the past couple years, and the reinvented antibody drug developer just secured a fresh $30 million in financing to take its two leading product candidates into clinical trials. … Continue reading “iPierian Nabs $30M To Keep Alzheimer’s, Autoimmune Drugs Moving”
GraphDive Lands $2,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4cad10c3-4c4e-4e3c-8661-0c641d1b83d1 Date 9/4/2013 Company Name GraphDive Mailing Address 1295 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Social solutions for personalizing e-commerce and media. We empower your users to discover the products and content they want, and avoid the stuff they don’t. Our personalization solutions – rooted in the rapidly expanding … Continue reading “GraphDive Lands $2,000,000 New Funding”
AppMesh Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ada57ab-d1f8-4f25-b3a3-1d2203e00e04 Date 9/4/2013 Company Name AppMesh Mailing Address 274 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description AppMesh is building the next generation business platform for mobile devices. Founded by 3 salesforce.com veterans, we believe that in the post-PC era business applications need to be personal, seamless, and intuitive. Website http://www.appme.sh Transaction … Continue reading “AppMesh Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
iPierian Receives $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=486c97ac-9a0f-4d49-8efe-5b1c658bf217 Date 9/4/2013 Company Name iPierian Mailing Address 951 Gateway Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description iPierian is a pioneering biopharmaceutical company that is taking the cutting-edge technologies of cellular reprogramming and directed differentiation to an entirely new level to harness the power of induced pluripotent stem cells to advance … Continue reading “iPierian Receives $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
Check Obtains $24,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1190831e-1d01-498a-82f5-61f16ad05014 Date 9/4/2013 Company Name Check Mailing Address PO Box 60824 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Check is a leading mobile payments company. Its free, top-rated mobile app is used by nearly 10 million customers to pay bills and track personal finances. Website http://www.check.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $24,000,000 … Continue reading “Check Obtains $24,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Silicor Materials Lands $6,060,028 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23efc643-c913-4bb9-b18a-cb019c13256a Date 9/4/2013 Company Name Silicor Materials Mailing Address P.O. Box 610220 San Jose, CA 95161 Company Description Silicor Materials is a photovoltaic (PV) company that designs, patents, manufactures and markets solar cells in high volumes for the largest segments of the PV industry. Website http://www.silicormaterials.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $6,060,028 … Continue reading “Silicor Materials Lands $6,060,028 New Funding Round”
RiverMeadow Software Secures $12,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ed8cf05-4b32-4882-9fbc-d11546456082 Date 9/4/2013 Company Name RiverMeadow Software Mailing Address 224 Airport Parkway San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description RiverMeadow’s Cloud Migration SaaS enables cloud service providers and enterprise customers to rapidly and reliably migrate applications and servers as-is. Website http://www.rivermeadow.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “RiverMeadow Software Secures $12,000,000 New Funding”
SendHub Lands $3,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=63d1b2c2-f78c-4e3e-ae2d-f743a0a8d5b1 Date 9/4/2013 Company Name SendHub Mailing Address 77 Devonshire Ave Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description SendHub is a simple messaging solution. We make it easy for businesses, educators, healthcare workers and just about anyone to send texts to individuals and groups of any size. Website http://www.sendhub.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “SendHub Lands $3,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
True North Therapeutics Garners Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5efdefe9-6306-4ce8-a859-0d0862fe6d1a Date 9/4/2013 Company Name True North Therapeutics Mailing Address 951 Gateway Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description True North Therapeutics is a pioneering biotechnology company selectively inhibiting the Complement pathway for diseases of high unmet clinical need. The company’s lead monoclonal antibody, TNT009, targets the Classical Complement pathway, enabling … Continue reading “True North Therapeutics Garners Series A Funding”
Simplee Demystifies Medical Billing for Hospitals and Consumers
After a terrible vacation, Simplee CEO Tomer Shoval quit a big corporate job to create the Mint-style medical bill payment platform. In September of 2009, Shoval was traveling in Mexico with his wife and three kids when they all got violently ill. Three months later, back in the states, the Shovals started receiving complicated invoices … Continue reading “Simplee Demystifies Medical Billing for Hospitals and Consumers”
A Silicon Valley Pioneer Molds the Next Wave of Innovators at Rice
Jack Gill went to northern California more than 40 years ago, becoming part of Silicon Valley’s formation. He landed there in the late ’60s and founded Autolab, which pioneered the use of microprocessor-based instruments and computers for chromatography laboratory applications and was later acquired by Spectra Physics. In 1981, Gill co-found Vanguard Ventures, one of … Continue reading “A Silicon Valley Pioneer Molds the Next Wave of Innovators at Rice”
Fight Over Uber is Battle Over Innovation in Dallas
I’ve lived in Dallas almost my entire adult life, but until this week I had never attended a city council meeting. The meeting started off with a bang as a woman dressed in traditional African costume (along with an accompanist on drums,) who serenaded Mayor Mike Rawlings just before she accused the sergeant-at-arms of “wanting” … Continue reading “Fight Over Uber is Battle Over Innovation in Dallas”
Biotech and Fantasy Football Picks for Fall 2013
There’s an old saying about surgeons. They are “sometimes wrong; never in doubt.” If only the same could be said for biotech writers. I’ve been sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes embarrassingly wrong the past couple years I’ve made predictions about biotech and fantasy football. Last year, I doubted both Adrian Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings … Continue reading “Biotech and Fantasy Football Picks for Fall 2013”
Loggly Secures $10,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88464f3b-f20e-4c90-b21d-0eb314b4d4c0 Date 9/3/2013 Company Name Loggly Mailing Address 78 1st St. 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Loggly provides log aggregation, storage, search, alerting, and reporting in a SaaS (software as a service) model for companies who maintain Web based applications. Loggly provides developers with a simple, intuitive, Web based … Continue reading “Loggly Secures $10,500,000 New Financing”
Electric Cloud Secures $8,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8d5898d-53d7-44ea-9672-26d2065bf3ce Date 9/3/2013 Company Name Electric Cloud Mailing Address 676 W. Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Growing from this foundation of build expertise, Electric Cloud’s product suite — ElectricAccelerator, ElectricCommander and ElectricInsight — now improves development productivity and product quality by accelerating, automating and analyzing the entire software production management … Continue reading “Electric Cloud Secures $8,000,000 New Financing”
Lithium Technologies Garners $50,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f21227a8-ce48-446e-85db-53ae67c16e83 Date 9/3/2013 Company Name Lithium Technologies Mailing Address 225 Bush St. 15th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Lithium powers some of the largest customer communities on the Web. We deliver an unparalleled combination of technology and expertise that enables our clients to deploy innovative community solutions. Website http://www.lithium.com Transaction … Continue reading “Lithium Technologies Garners $50,000,000 New Funding Round”
Amarantus Therapeutics Secures $1,299,327 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e29ae5d9-b82d-467f-aa27-5e8dd0903214 Date 9/3/2013 Company Name Amarantus Therapeutics Mailing Address 675 Almanor Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The company is developing first-in-class disease–modifying treatments that address the underlying cause of cell death associated with a wide range of diseases. Website http://www.amarantustherapeutics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,299,327 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Amarantus Therapeutics Secures $1,299,327 New Round”
Xambala Lands $750,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e05af344-4386-49b3-99c9-ade847efe712 Date 9/3/2013 Company Name Xambala Mailing Address 640 West California Ave San Jose, CA 94086 Company Description Xambala delivers high-throughput, low-latency, message stream processing subsytem for the financial marketplace. Website http://www.xambala.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Not … Continue reading “Xambala Lands $750,000 New Financing”
Rakuten Acquires Viki for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=327260fc-5c0d-4950-a8b4-d1ed2b85783e Date 9/3/2013 Company Name Viki Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company provides video content in different languages. Website http://www.viki.com 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, however the rumored price … Continue reading “Rakuten Acquires Viki for Undisclosed Sum”
Drivewise.ly Receives $1,300,007 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84ac1a3e-f7ee-426a-8be1-48af1ccc3ab1 Date 9/2/2013 Company Name Drivewise.ly Mailing Address 181 Fremont St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Drivewise.ly’s site says that up to 30 percent of your vehicle’s fuel economy is determined by your driving style. The app uses the information it collects about your driving habits to offer tips and help … Continue reading “Drivewise.ly Receives $1,300,007 New Financing”
OpenCare Receives Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea07626b-96d2-4945-8270-6ed8de4bb93b Date 9/2/2013 Company Name OpenCare Mailing Address 225 Bush St 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description At OpenCare, our mission is to take the pain out of health appointments. We help you find any health providers nearby, see their availabilities in real time and book appointments online instantly. Website … Continue reading “OpenCare Receives Seed Financing”
Sqwiggle Garners $1,100,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83ccd3f8-1dbe-491e-9a36-d3a511c9d0cc Date 9/2/2013 Company Name Sqwiggle Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Sqwiggle is a persistent online workplace for your remote team to work together throughout the day. Instantly see and hear other team members with no need to call and share everything important to your work in one … Continue reading “Sqwiggle Garners $1,100,000 Seed Funding”
Help Save Our Innovation Economy from the SEC’s Rewrite of Reg D
Over the past 30 years, the United States has developed an infrastructure to nurture, grow, and fund early stage companies that is the envy of the world. There are more than 250,000 active angel investors in this country, and nearly one out of every five of the startup investments they make are in California. At … Continue reading “Help Save Our Innovation Economy from the SEC’s Rewrite of Reg D”
Sea Level Rise: Time for a Barrage of New Ideas
Everyone recognizes the Golden Gate Bridge. Even if you’ve never visited it in person, you’ve seen it in hundreds of movies and photographs. But I’ll bet you’ve never heard of the Golden Gate Barrage. That’s because it doesn’t exist yet. But as the atmosphere warms, ice sheets melt, and the unruly oceans slosh past their … Continue reading “Sea Level Rise: Time for a Barrage of New Ideas”
Starting a Company Is Hard. Good Health Insurance Makes It Easier.
Usually late August is fairly laid-back, but this year the debate over how states are implementing the federal Affordable Care Act seems to get louder by the day. Except here in Massachusetts, where it’s pretty quiet. Why? Because it’s already been addressed here. I must admit, I don’t remember there being very much angst at the … Continue reading “Starting a Company Is Hard. Good Health Insurance Makes It Easier.”
Greylock’s Andy Johns on Web Growth: “You’re Training a Mentality”
As an authority on getting consumer Web companies to soar along the elusive curve of exponential growth, Andy Johns has succinctly epitomized his expertise in his Twitter handle, “@ibringtraffic.” Last month Johns joined Menlo Park, CA-based Greylock Partners as the venture firm’s first “growth strategist in residence,” a title bestowed on the basis of his … Continue reading “Greylock’s Andy Johns on Web Growth: “You’re Training a Mentality””
ShopPad Lands $500,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9010bda-4b87-499d-a582-626e4b095080 Date 8/30/2013 Company Name ShopPad Mailing Address 101 Broadway Oakland, CA 94607 Company Description Treat tablet shoppers to a gorgeous interface that lets your products shine. Built around touch and mobility, ShopPad takes advantage of all the things that make tablets so special. Website http://www.theshoppad.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “ShopPad Lands $500,000 Seed Financing”
ZenDrive Receives $1,500,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8bd257a6-be1d-492c-8e98-8893deaf05c3 Date 8/30/2013 Company Name ZenDrive Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We are a classic Ex-Google and Ex-Facebook mix: the kind of geeky guys that get excited by big difficult problems, yet are obsessed with finding ideas rapidly and iterating and evolving them constantly Website http://www.zendrive.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “ZenDrive Receives $1,500,000 Seed Financing”
Animoto Wants to Make You Cry
When Animoto hit the scene in 2007, its creators thought bands and their teenage fans would want to use the tool to make videos for their MySpace pages. How times have changed. Animoto’s basic features are still the same: the software grabs photos and video clips from your computer or smartphone and renders them into … Continue reading “Animoto Wants to Make You Cry”