Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6259839e-3e74-439b-b577-5c95f8b8d93e Date 8/1/2013 Company Name Passif Semiconductor Mailing Address 2611 Benvenue Ave. Berkeley , CA 94704 Company Description The company is developing provides semiconductor technologies. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms were not disclosed by the parties.
Category: San Francisco
Startup Phenomenon Launches, Aims to Capture Essence of Startup Hubs
You could call the recent interest in startup communities and entrepreneurial hubs a movement, a trend, a revolution, or possibly just a fad. But whatever it is, entrepreneurs clustered in cities around the world are making something happen, and as with any natural, technological, or economic phenomenon, people are watching it and trying to learn. … Continue reading “Startup Phenomenon Launches, Aims to Capture Essence of Startup Hubs”
Building Great Founding Teams
There’s been a lot written about the individual characteristics of what makes a great founder, but a lot less about what makes a great founding team and how that’s different from a great founding CEO. I think we’ve been imprecise in defining three different roles. In doing so we’ve failed to help founders understand what … Continue reading “Building Great Founding Teams”
Seeding a New Generation of Startups in Santa Cruz
This is Part 2 of a three-part series on efforts to create a stand-alone startup culture in Santa Cruz, CA. Part 1 was published on July 30. Norm Fogelsong, a general partner at Menlo Park venture capital firm IVP, and an early investor in Santa Cruz-born hard disk pioneer Seagate Technology, says he looks for three … Continue reading “Seeding a New Generation of Startups in Santa Cruz”
Why Deborah Dunsire’s Unusual Bet on Alzheimer’s Makes Sense
Just because a biotech company has landed a high-profile chief executive, does that mean its product is going to work? I’ve been asking myself that question in the wake of the unexpected July 11 announcement of the hiring of a biotech superstar, the Novartis veteran and former Millennium Pharmaceuticals CEO Deborah Dunsire, by Boston-area biotech … Continue reading “Why Deborah Dunsire’s Unusual Bet on Alzheimer’s Makes Sense”
Auxogyn Lands $500,100 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b2c1e46-4aeb-4814-a35f-106d5e44bbd9 Date 7/31/2013 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $500,100 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Auxogyn Lands $500,100 Series B Funding”
Qwilt Lands $16,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=afd736bc-95d1-43b9-9f1f-2083373fbed4 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Qwilt Mailing Address 275 Shoreline Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Qwilt addresses the impact of OTT video on operator networks with a unified, turnkey solution that combines transparent caching, video delivery and analytics technologies deployed at the subscriber edge. Website http://www.qwilt.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Qwilt Lands $16,000,000 Series C Funding”
Dropcam Lands $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e2c55279-7b36-4200-b594-35cc19d0414c Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Dropcam Mailing Address 301 Howard Street 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Dropcams are easy-to-use wi-fi internet IP cameras you use to watch the things you love while on the go. Use your iPhone, Android, or laptop to keep an eye on home, monitor baby, … Continue reading “Dropcam Lands $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Scoop.it Receives $2,600,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cecac75b-c3be-48a0-8a12-56bee620d97d Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Scoop.it Mailing Address 26 O’Farrell Street 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description We built Scoop.it to help the marketers, the consultants, and the entrepreneurs increase their visibility online. Scoop.it enables professionals to share important ideas with the right audiences giving them an opportunity to create … Continue reading “Scoop.it Receives $2,600,000 New Funding”
LegalReach Obtains $900,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9944b308-5979-49ec-9f1c-aa01d14ee8d4 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name LegalReach Mailing Address 188 King Street PH4 San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Whether you’re an individual who needs help getting a visa or a large corporation looking for local counsel, you deserve the best attorney at the best price. That attorney is out there, and we’re … Continue reading “LegalReach Obtains $900,000 Seed Round”
Apigee Secures $35,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8c485d7-246b-44de-a3dd-ba9a02f22c0a Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Apigee Mailing Address 260 Sheridan Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Apigee is for a new internet of APIs – where billions of mobile, tablets, and set-top apps connect in a web that has moved beyond the browser. Website http://www.apigee.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Apigee Secures $35,000,000 New Funding”
Trov Secures $6,800,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36d3048c-773e-4423-a9ef-d6b543335efb Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Trov Mailing Address 2682 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description Trov develops applications that help people collect and benefit from the information about every thing they own. The information is stored in a personal Trov – a private online digital locker where their data is … Continue reading “Trov Secures $6,800,000 Series A Financing Round”
Flywheel Garners $14,800,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2d38499-2e3c-4171-9911-d75017573842 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Flywheel Mailing Address 2 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company is developing a taxi cab application for the mobile phone. Website http://www.flywheel.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,800,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Flywheel will use the new financing to expand … Continue reading “Flywheel Garners $14,800,000 Series B Funding”
Yahoo! Acquires Lexity for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7d0faa7-1c5e-465f-b92d-310076c25c36 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Lexity Mailing Address 280 Hope St. 2nd Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Lexity is a simple, affordable and effective service for small businesses owners who wish to increase their sales. Website http://www.Lexity.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial … Continue reading “Yahoo! Acquires Lexity for Undisclosed Sum”
SunEdison Acquires EchoFirst for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=667db0ca-1a65-489d-a1ec-35c12d3c64a5 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name EchoFirst Mailing Address 34760 Campus Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 Company Description EchoFirst designs, manufactures, and markets the Echo solar system. Echo supplements conventional solar electric PV panels with a unique solar thermal technology that captures the heat from the PV panels. Website http://www.echofirst.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “SunEdison Acquires EchoFirst for Undisclosed Sum”
4INFO Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=19a8797e-af0c-460c-af7c-328dfab8f782 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name 4INFO Mailing Address 155 Bovet Road San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Founded in 2004, 4INFO is a diversified mobile advertising, technology and media company, with a consistent track record of innovation and reliability. 4INFO reaches millions of mobile consumers daily and interacts with them billions of … Continue reading “4INFO Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding Round”
Kaplan Acquires Grockit for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f85af4f-f149-40af-a252-e41cd25f1f7a Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Grockit Mailing Address 500 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Grockit’s mission is to abolish Education and replace it with Learning. To this end, we aim to utilize the awesome power of the internet to help the world learn. Our first step is leveraging the … Continue reading “Kaplan Acquires Grockit for Undisclosed Sum”
BeTH Obtains Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ccb72b73-2bfc-4c10-8388-c7cd2f80e1d1 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name BeTH Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The BETH Project develops affordable healthcare solutions. Our launch product, an adjustable prosthetic socket, will bring significant cost savings to the multi-million dollar prosthetic care industry that struggles to meet the needs of low income patients especially … Continue reading “BeTH Obtains Seed Financing Round”
Digital Health Meets The Voice: Startup Contest Puts VCs On Stage
When Morgenthaler Ventures partner Rebecca Lynn organized the first “DC to VC” startup and healthcare policy showcase in 2010, there weren’t any competitions, challenges, or hackathons for digital health companies. Heck, there were barely any digital health companies, period. Now almost every big tech hub has a digital health startup accelerator, and “every time you … Continue reading “Digital Health Meets The Voice: Startup Contest Puts VCs On Stage”
Santa Cruz, the City Over the Hill, Builds Its Own Startup Culture
Part 1 in a three-part series. If you’re visiting from the north, part of the delight of arriving in Santa Cruz—quite apart from its numerous attractions, both natural and man-made—is that you have survived the terrifying drive over the Santa Cruz Mountains on California State Route 17. Engineers opened the narrow, sinuous, partial-access expressway in … Continue reading “Santa Cruz, the City Over the Hill, Builds Its Own Startup Culture”
Bina Technologies Receives $1,750,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae1b8be5-f5b8-45d7-9ff8-16be0042818b Date 7/30/2013 Company Name Bina Technologies Mailing Address 555 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Bina is the big data science platform accelerating personalized medicine for researchers and clinicians requiring fast, accurate and scalable genomic analysis. The word “Bina” means “knowledge” or “insight”, translated from both Persian and … Continue reading “Bina Technologies Receives $1,750,000 Series B Funding”
Bottlenose Obtains $3,600,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec53bde8-4503-44c1-bda0-be3d9ca5203d Date 7/30/2013 Company Name Bottlenose Mailing Address 555 California Street 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Bottlenose is a real-time discovery engine for the social web. It measures what the crowd is paying attention to, so you can discover and focus on what’s important now. Bottlenose is used by … Continue reading “Bottlenose Obtains $3,600,000 Series A Round”
Cardiva Medical Receives $3,497,633 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5602772-7717-4e32-b7b2-d11cc10987d9 Date 7/30/2013 Company Name Cardiva Medical Mailing Address 888 W. Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Cardiva Medical is committed to developing a new standard of care for vascular access site management. Cardiva has developed an innovative approach to safe, secure vascular access site management without leaving anything behind in … Continue reading “Cardiva Medical Receives $3,497,633 New Funding Round”
Superfish Garners $10,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b21ff63a-588d-4a80-998a-e1d7e8846b8c Date 7/30/2013 Company Name Superfish Mailing Address 744 San Antonio Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Superfish Inc is a visual search engine startup with office in Israel and silicon valley. Website http://www.superfish.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Undisclosed M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Superfish Garners $10,000,000 New Round”
Pramati Acquires WaveMaker Software for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b90cbbb9-606f-4d66-9bc3-a40a37fe3d83 Date 7/30/2013 Company Name WaveMaker Software Mailing Address 301 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description WaveMaker Software, Inc. makes Visual Ajax easy. WaveMaker is Web-Fast and CIO-Safe, enabling developers to quickly create and deploy Web applications that adhere to the CIO’s architecture, security and data policies. Website http://www.wavemaker.com Transaction … Continue reading “Pramati Acquires WaveMaker Software for Undisclosed Sum”
Pharma Fails Credibility Test, Misses Opportunity, on Transparency
Some of the biggest scandals in the pharmaceutical industry (think Vioxx and Avandia) have been about drug safety, and how much of the clinical trial data on prescription drugs—especially the negative stuff—is kept hidden. Not surprisingly, some scientists, physicians, regulators, and patients have joined forces to push for all clinical-trial results, positive or negative, to … Continue reading “Pharma Fails Credibility Test, Misses Opportunity, on Transparency”
GridGain Systems Receives $10,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47eea207-83c0-47c0-9cd5-485d6496d075 Date 7/29/2013 Company Name GridGain Systems Mailing Address 1065 East Hillside Blvd Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description GridGain develops software for companies who see real time big data as a strategic asset and who need live data business analytics and processing. Website http://www.gridgain.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 … Continue reading “GridGain Systems Receives $10,000,000 Series B Funding”
Zenefits Obtains $2,100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7eead8af-686b-4d93-8c61-94940507ab52 Date 7/29/2013 Company Name Zenefits Mailing Address 320 Pioneer Way Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Zenefits runs your benefits, so you can run your business. Get affordable benefits for your company in minutes. Then set-&-forget them. Website http://www.zenefits.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,100,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Zenefits Obtains $2,100,000 New Round”
Tightdb Receives $8,966,676 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f455e5a4-3c80-47a8-bd66-801b6fdbe664 Date 7/27/2013 Company Name Tightdb Mailing Address 200 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description TightDB is a database embedded directly in the programming language. It has 10% of the footprint and 1000x the performance. Website http://www.tightdb.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,966,676 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Tightdb Receives $8,966,676 New Financing”
What Will the End of Moore’s Law Mean for Consumers? Not Much
“The party isn’t exactly over, but the police have arrived, and the music has been turned way down.” That’s how Peter Kogge, an ex-IBM computer scientist who teaches at Notre Dame, described the state of supercomputing in a 2011 article in IEEE Spectrum. The giant machines that researchers use to simulate things like climate change, … Continue reading “What Will the End of Moore’s Law Mean for Consumers? Not Much”
Audentes, Loaded With $30M, Pursues Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases
Five years ago, hardly anybody would invest in a startup focused on gene therapies for ultra-rare diseases. But gene therapy has been on the comeback trail, and a San Francisco startup called Audentes Therapeutics has corralled $30 million to see if it can overcome some of the obstacles that have tripped up others in this … Continue reading “Audentes, Loaded With $30M, Pursues Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases”
Apple’s Boston-Area Team: Working on Speech in Nuance’s Backyard
It’s been one of the Boston-area tech industry’s more intriguing questions for months: Just what is Apple doing here? Today, we’ve got an answer. Apple has assembled a small team of notable names in speech technology and is looking to expand those efforts in the Boston area, industry sources tell Xconomy. Based on their online … Continue reading “Apple’s Boston-Area Team: Working on Speech in Nuance’s Backyard”
Librato Garners $3,800,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5501edc4-8fdd-4dc9-87b7-01d1f92cc08c Date 7/26/2013 Company Name Librato Mailing Address 605 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Librato is a leader in data center resource management software that enables companies to reduce operating and capital expenses by dramatically increasing utilization rates. The company’s core technology delivers fine-grained monitoring and control of resource … Continue reading “Librato Garners $3,800,000 Series A Round”
Kontera Lands $1,999,969 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5bca96a-185e-4767-a72a-24774b76ff30 Date 7/26/2013 Company Name Kontera Mailing Address 1940 Bryant St. 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description Kontera is a leading provider of In-Text Advertising Solutions, based on patent-pending contextual analysis technology that increases revenue and ROI for Web publishers and advertisers. Website http://www.kontera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Kontera Lands $1,999,969 New Funding”
Avantis Medical Systems Secures $3,048,468 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4751385e-25af-4b42-afc9-c9d1d6c13ab3 Date 7/26/2013 Company Name Avantis Medical Systems Mailing Address 263 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Avantis Medical Systems, Inc. is a California-based medical device company founded to develop and manufacture catheter-based endoscopic devices. Its initial focus is on devices for use in both detecting and treating cancers of … Continue reading “Avantis Medical Systems Secures $3,048,468 New Round”
Single Cell Technology Secures $218,777 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=50e77b14-0624-4bef-8a20-dd450ebd2f8a Date 7/26/2013 Company Name Single Cell Technology Mailing Address 5941 Optical Court San Jose, CA 95138 Company Description Single Cell Technology (SGT) is a biotechnology company that has developed a new and revolutionary approach to antibody discovery. Their Digital Antibodies engine is able to analyze the kinetics and sequence the mRNA … Continue reading “Single Cell Technology Secures $218,777 New Financing”
Single Cell Technology Lands $218,777 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=50e77b14-0624-4bef-8a20-dd450ebd2f8a Date 7/26/2013 Company Name Single Cell Technology Mailing Address 5941 Optical Court San Jose, CA 95138 Company Description Single Cell Technology (SGT) is a biotechnology company that has developed a new and revolutionary approach to antibody discovery. Their Digital Antibodies engine is able to analyze the kinetics and sequence the mRNA … Continue reading “Single Cell Technology Lands $218,777 New Financing”
Coherus Biosciences Lands $28,000,700 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b8d8d584-7702-4850-a288-3c93226ea34b Date 7/25/2013 Company Name Coherus Biosciences Mailing Address 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Coherus Biosciences, Inc. is focused on delivering high quality biosimilar therapeutics that will expand the access of important medicines to patients worldwide. Website http://www.coherus.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $28,000,700 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Coherus Biosciences Lands $28,000,700 New Financing Round”
Pogoplug Obtains $1,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a48ec4da-9622-4d82-9227-4945fc0e29bd Date 7/25/2013 Company Name Pogoplug Mailing Address 480 Pacific Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description Pogoplug is an unlimited online storage service designed for the mobile era. It allows users to store everything, share anything and play anywhere, effectively extending the storage capacity of their mobile devices. Website http://www.pogoplug.com Transaction … Continue reading “Pogoplug Obtains $1,000,000 New Funding Round”
Tile Secures $2,600,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a3662f8-5b4b-4640-b522-637a8cc95687 Date 7/25/2013 Company Name Tile Mailing Address 1214 Donnelly Ave Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description Tile is a location tracking device and app that makes losing valuable items a thing of the past.Tiles are bluetooth low energy tags designed for attaching to valuable items so that these real-world objects — wallets, … Continue reading “Tile Secures $2,600,000 New Round”
BrightSource Energy Receives $15,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c78db58a-6379-4ae0-9038-8dc393ecdaa5 Date 7/25/2013 Company Name BrightSource Energy Mailing Address 1999 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Company Description Bright Source Energy develops utility-scale solar power plants using high-temperature solar thermal technology that concentrates sunlight and converts the resulting heat into electricity. Website http://www.brightsourceenergy.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “BrightSource Energy Receives $15,000,000 New Funding”
BrightSource Energy Receives $15,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c78db58a-6379-4ae0-9038-8dc393ecdaa5 Date 7/25/2013 Company Name BrightSource Energy Mailing Address 1999 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Company Description Bright Source Energy develops utility-scale solar power plants using high-temperature solar thermal technology that concentrates sunlight and converts the resulting heat into electricity. Website http://www.brightsourceenergy.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “BrightSource Energy Receives $15,000,000 New Financing”
Catbird Garners $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5b1029a-01d6-4a1f-9ed4-b244922085f5 Date 7/25/2013 Company Name Catbird Mailing Address 1800 Green Hills Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Company Description Catbird vSecurity is the industry’s first and only comprehensive security solution for virtual, cloud and physical infrastructures. Website http://www2.catbird.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Catbird Garners $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Watsi Secures $1,100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=047cfeab-b857-4aa4-943d-a3ba1710775d Date 7/25/2013 Company Name Watsi Mailing Address 123 10th St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description All over the world people are dying of treatable illnesses because they can’t afford basic medical care. Watsi connects you with patients in serious need of low-cost medical care and enables you to fund high-impact … Continue reading “Watsi Secures $1,100,000 New Round”
OpenCounter Lands $25,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d6569ff-d87a-482b-936c-d019ff7671e2 Date 7/25/2013 Company Name OpenCounter Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Building a successful company is a long journey. OpenCounter helps entrepreneurs to get their businesses up and running more quickly and easily by providing an online interface to the permitting process at City Hall. Website http://www.opencounter.us Transaction … Continue reading “OpenCounter Lands $25,000 Seed Funding”
Instacart Bets the Market Is Ripe Again for Grocery Delivery
Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta submitted an interesting application to get into startup acclerator Y Combinator. Instead of going through the normal process, he used his grocery delivery service startup to send the partners beer—a month after the program’s spring 2012 term had started. It worked. The company was admitted. Apoorva had founded Instacart at the … Continue reading “Instacart Bets the Market Is Ripe Again for Grocery Delivery”
Hall Lands $5,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2284fafe-8764-4f15-971c-784af4607cf7 Date 7/24/2013 Company Name Hall Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description At Hall, we care deeply about real-time communications and building products that delight our customers. Ask anyone. Hall is the best business messaging service. Conversate around topic apps including polls, ranked lists, schedules and more! Website http://www.hall.com … Continue reading “Hall Lands $5,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Bidgely Obtains $5,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e20ad02c-5eb8-4171-a47d-c2e11fc41b50 Date 7/24/2013 Company Name Bidgely Mailing Address 440 North Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Bidgely (pronounced bij-lee; means electricity) is a disruptive technology company creating an innovative energy monitoring & management solution. We have taken up the challenge to bring huge energy savings to the world and ring a … Continue reading “Bidgely Obtains $5,000,000 Series B Financing”
Rearden Commerce Obtains $3,150,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f3e19b8-452b-481a-835b-c8ba01f8256d Date 7/24/2013 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 Obtains $3,150,000 New Financing”
LiveMinutes Garners $1,400,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e8c12f5-99a3-4f31-a35c-da54a98f0c40 Date 7/24/2013 Company Name LiveMinutes Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94401 Company Description We are on a mission to make the world more productive. First generation cloud services have allowed people to work together in ways never possible before. We believe it is now time for teams to be able … Continue reading “LiveMinutes Garners $1,400,000 Seed Round”