Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d1b9980-d515-44a9-bf46-5ed0121b6ec7 Date 7/10/2013 Company Name Entefy Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Entefy aims to be a single application that goes across multiple media platforms, such as e-mail, text, voice, video, social, search and storage into one entity. Website http://www.entefy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,171,334 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Entefy Obtains $2,171,334 New Funding”
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Scality Receives $22,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=297e0bea-59dd-4818-abba-bc7694e0f047 Date 7/10/2013 Company Name Scality Mailing Address 50 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Scality was founded with the goal of solving a very real and pressing problem of storing unstructured content for the World’s largest Email message service providers. Website http://www.scality.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 … Continue reading “Scality Receives $22,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
AnyCloud Lands $150,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bee672ef-f435-46d0-9e65-e57563ccf0d3 Date 7/10/2013 Company Name AnyCloud Mailing Address 364 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Your world on the ‘net is your photos, videos, content – your stuff. And it’s all over the place: it’s in email. It’s in cloud storage at Dropbox, Flickr, and Instagram. It’s on social sites … Continue reading “AnyCloud Lands $150,000 New Funding”
AnyCloud Lands $150,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bee672ef-f435-46d0-9e65-e57563ccf0d3 Date 7/10/2013 Company Name AnyCloud Mailing Address 364 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Your world on the ‘net is your photos, videos, content – your stuff. And it’s all over the place: it’s in email. It’s in cloud storage at Dropbox, Flickr, and Instagram. It’s on social sites … Continue reading “AnyCloud Lands $150,000 New Financing Round”
SynapSense Lands $4,001,871 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5acc7e9-5eaa-4ebe-bcf9-f3b45e44e275 Date 7/10/2013 Company Name SynapSense Mailing Address 340 Palladio Parkway Folsom, CA 95630 Company Description SynapSense Corporation is a developer of a configurable, scalable wireless sensor networking platform. Website http://www.synapsense.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,001,871 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms … Continue reading “SynapSense Lands $4,001,871 New Financing”
Equifax Acquires TrustedID for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b31df8fd-6a8f-41a7-9fd1-9b57097e4805 Date 7/10/2013 Company Name TrustedID Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description TrustedID offers consumer tools and solutions to prevent identity theft. The company’s products give Americans their first means to proactively protect themselves against the country’s fastest growing crime, identity theft. TrustedID’s products are available … Continue reading “Equifax Acquires TrustedID for Undisclosed Sum”
Instacart Obtains $8,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a29272f0-903e-4854-8681-c62b4ac70d4c Date 7/10/2013 Company Name Instacart Mailing Address 388 Beale St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Founded by former Amazon.com Inc. employee Apoorva Mehta, Instacart wants to eliminate the trip to the grocery store altogether by using a team of smartphone-equipped drivers who get paid to shop and deliver goods on … Continue reading “Instacart Obtains $8,500,000 Series A Funding”
Friday Night Hack: Coding Together Across the Globe
Google and the Schusterman Foundation sponsor an overnight hackathon for good. From the event page: Coding Together Across the Globe Hacking to Create Community Change in Israel and the Bay Area on July 19-20, 2013 On July 19-20, “Hasadna” (the Public Knowledge Workshop of Israel) and the Schusterman Philanthropic Network will launch “Friday Night Hack.” This new initiative will … Continue reading “Friday Night Hack: Coding Together Across the Globe”
After Virtualization: VMware’s Valiant Plan to Co-opt the Cloud
VMware has outgrown its name. The “VM” stands for virtual machines, and the “ware” stands for the software needed to create them. The original idea, based on research in the 1990s by co-founder Mendel Rosenblum, the husband of founding CEO Diane Greene, was to help companies get more performance out of their computers by setting … Continue reading “After Virtualization: VMware’s Valiant Plan to Co-opt the Cloud”
New Carlsbad “Germinator” Opens for Startups as DIY Biology Blooms
As an activist and founder of the Bay Area’s annual Open Science Summit, Joseph Jackson posed an intriguing question on Xconomy a few years ago: “Can a generation of “DIY” biology hobbyists help kickstart a new biotech revolution the way the home brew computer club did for personal computing?” Jackson answered his own question a … Continue reading “New Carlsbad “Germinator” Opens for Startups as DIY Biology Blooms”
Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats
I had a group of ex-students out to the ranch who were puzzling over a dilemma—they’ve been working hard on their startup, were close at finding product/market fit and had been approached by Oren, a potential angel investor. Oren had been investing since he left Google four years ago and was insisting on not only … Continue reading “Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats”
Aktana Garners $2,517,424 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ded5741-4aa5-490e-a422-16da30c91adc Date 7/9/2013 Company Name Aktana Mailing Address 944 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Actionable + Analytics = Aktana, the new world leader in driving sales force effectiveness. We’re experienced sales and marketing executives, sales effectiveness consultants, and technology visionaries actively solving one of the biggest problems vexing sales … Continue reading “Aktana Garners $2,517,424 Series B Financing”
Aerohive Networks Receives $9,999,993 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=13d527a5-31ab-4889-8e1d-90b3876d4772 Date 7/9/2013 Company Name Aerohive Networks Mailing Address 330 Gibraltar Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Aerohive Networks is pioneering a next-generation enterprise wireless LAN architecture. Aerohive’s cooperative control wireless LAN architecture eliminates wireless LAN controllers, providing all the management, mobility, and security of controller-based architectures without the cost, capacity, performance … Continue reading “Aerohive Networks Receives $9,999,993 New Funding Round”
Sequent Software Obtains $12,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=276dd898-0a1d-4b46-b097-9f3c0eef66b3 Date 7/9/2013 Company Name Sequent Software Mailing Address 100 Marine Pkwy. Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Sequent is the leading software solution for near field communications (NFC) payments for mobile devices in North America. Website http://www.sequentsw.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Sequent Software Obtains $12,000,000 Series B Round”
TRIA Beauty Receives $90,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49b238e2-5a30-4069-957b-f044b02dfec0 Date 7/9/2013 Company Name TRIA Beauty Mailing Address 4160 Dublin Blvd. Dublin, CA 94568 Company Description The TRIA Skin Clarifying System, a 3-step system clinically proven to clear acne breakouts faster than any other leading acne treatment and featuring professional-strength blue light therapy, is launched in the U.S. Website http://www.triabeauty.com Transaction … Continue reading “TRIA Beauty Receives $90,500,000 New Funding”
Exar Snaps Up Semiconductor Designer Cadeka Microcircuits for $29M
Semiconductor products designer and manufacturer Cadeka Microcircuits has been purchased by Exar for $29 million in a cash and stock deal, the companies announced Monday. The acquisition price could go up because the deal includes earn-out provisions based on the net revenue Cadeka products generate for Exar. Cadeka makes precision analog integrated circuits and is … Continue reading “Exar Snaps Up Semiconductor Designer Cadeka Microcircuits for $29M”
Nine Observations on Leadership From North America’s Highest Peak
People are always striving to develop their leadership skills, or to find a leader worth following. But sometimes the trick is recognizing when you’re in the presence of strong leadership, and learning from it. Your normal BioBeat will return to this space next week, but lately I’ve been fixated on absorbing leadership lessons for business … Continue reading “Nine Observations on Leadership From North America’s Highest Peak”
Shazam Secures $40,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b47dd7e-9100-4e77-b6af-39bbd1337f81 Date 7/8/2013 Company Name Shazam Mailing Address 640 Oak Grove Ave Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Shazam connects more than 300 million people, in more than 200 countries and 33 languages, to the music, TV shows and brands they love. Website http://www.shazam.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Shazam Secures $40,000,000 New Funding”
Modria Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=96072835-6d74-4a52-b111-f2057efc5216 Date 7/8/2013 Company Name Modria Mailing Address 100 West San Fernando Street San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description We’re Modria. A company dedicated to the idea that resolving customer complaints can be achieved humanely and effectively through technology. Our team is comprised of people who have spent decades thinking deeply about … Continue reading “Modria Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; Wevorce Aims to Make It Easier
Michelle Crosby, co-founder and CEO of divorce mediation start-up Wevorce, knew what she wanted to do when she was nine. Six years into an epic custody battle, one of her parents’ lawyers put her on the stand and asked her which parent she would want to be with on a desert island. “At nine, you … Continue reading “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; Wevorce Aims to Make It Easier”
The Denali Expedition: A Photo Essay
I’ve been dreaming about Denali since I started climbing mountains a decade ago with two best friends. This is the year we made it happen. As many Xconomy readers know, I just returned from a successful three-week expedition to climb Alaska’s Denali, the highest peak in North America. Many saw me grow a beard to … Continue reading “The Denali Expedition: A Photo Essay”
TouchBase Secures $4,999,672 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecb3efe8-1fa7-4151-885d-718391892714&Preview=1 Date 7/5/2013 Company Name TouchBase Mailing Address 1290 Colonial Oaks Drive Los Altos, CA 94024 Company Description TouchBase is a revolutionary new way to exchange contact information via normal business cards. Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,999,672 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “TouchBase Secures $4,999,672 New Financing”
Flyer Receives Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=576d1fb6-60d6-4ee7-955c-2ffbd26d651e Date 7/5/2013 Company Name Flyer Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description We empower commercial real estate agencies to create beautiful property flyers online. Website http://www.flyer.io Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to accelerate its initial development. M&A … Continue reading “Flyer Receives Seed Financing Round”
KiteReaders Lands Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ffb3bb71-b66d-4865-b3ff-520ae08982fc Date 7/5/2013 Company Name KiteReaders Mailing Address 261 Woodhams Rd Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description KiteReaders is the most successful publishing platform for authors and publishers to produce, distribute and market their children’s picture books on Amazon’s Kindle, Apple’s iBooks and Barnes and Noble Nook stores. Website http://www.kitereaders.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “KiteReaders Lands Seed Funding”
Mayvenn Receives Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=231852f9-a30b-4371-b880-5a18f3fc197f Date 7/5/2013 Company Name Mayvenn Inc. Mailing Address 3060 El Cerrito Plaza #371 El Cerrito, CA 94530 Company Description Mayvenn enables Hair Stylists to sell products directly to your clients, without the upfront costs and burdens of having inventory. We provide you the tools you need to be successful from the … Continue reading “Mayvenn Receives Seed Financing”
GreenGar Garners Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7fd7162a-d4c5-42a7-9607-b48191b40b9c Date 7/5/2013 Company Name GreenGar Mailing Address 444 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94042 Company Description GreenGar’s mission is to enrich people’s interactions by seamlessly connecting their mobile devices. Website http://www.greengar.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to accelerate its … Continue reading “GreenGar Garners Seed Funding Round”
Geekatoo Garners Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1514ccc-3dbb-4a4a-b853-c2c3a9547475 Date 7/5/2013 Company Name Geekatoo Mailing Address PO Box 5604 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Company Description We offer local and onsite tech support at a great value. Customers receive competing bids on tech support needs from verified providers. Website http://www.geekatoo.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Geekatoo Garners Seed Financing Round”
Feast Secures Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00efd81b-89ed-4205-a557-f68724ec1dc9 Date 7/5/2013 Company Name Feast Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description The online cooking school for the common man. It offers simple cooking guides that teach impressive techniques and recipes with an online community where you can ask questions and get feedback as you cook. Website http://www.letsfeast.com Transaction … Continue reading “Feast Secures Seed Funding Round”
Sungevity Garners $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e5d586ca-2000-446d-8a15-9f5671bbccef&Preview=1 Date 7/4/2013 Company Name Sungevity Mailing Address 66 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607 Company Description Sungevity is a solar sales company, with a mission to take solar to the mainstream market. Our company has a strong team that brings together successful start-up experience, environmental leadership and solar industry knowledge. Sungevity has … Continue reading “Sungevity Garners $15,000,000 New Round”
OpenGov Lands $4,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3d5479c-bdb0-43a8-83c1-c8c0e9f5d2e6&Preview=1 Date 7/4/2013 Company Name OpenGov Mailing Address 1023 N Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description OpenGov offers cloud-based software that visualizes municipal financial data, allowing governments to access, analyze, and share that data with the public. Website http://www.opengov.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “OpenGov Lands $4,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Reactful Receives $20,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=955655e0-f32c-451d-9503-8f00cbf68f37&Preview=1 Date 7/4/2013 Company Name Reactful Mailing Address 2500 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Reactful’s engine engages each visitor with the right content at the right time. These real-time reactions are based on predictive analytics and machine learning, combining the behavior of the crowd and each individual’s actions … Continue reading “Reactful Receives $20,000 Seed Financing Round”
Comeet Secures $20,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b82e5875-4669-4643-860c-a8a8a94a62fc&Preview=1 Date 7/4/2013 Company Name Comeet Mailing Address 2500 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Our mission is to improve and optimize the recruiting process using innovative tools for online job interviews. Website http://www.comeet.co Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use … Continue reading “Comeet Secures $20,000 Seed Round”
Dscovered Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=277446db-ead9-47e1-a041-edcfecc20aee&Preview=1 Date 7/4/2013 Company Name Dscovered Mailing Address 2500 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description dscovered is changing the game of graphic design services, by mapping your taste and matching you to a compatible graphic designer by playing a quick game. Website http://www.dscovered.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 … Continue reading “Dscovered Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding Round”
Neura Obtains $20,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ac17e7c-e6aa-4576-acce-f4bb731e9104&Preview=1 Date 7/4/2013 Company Name Neura Mailing Address 955 Benecia Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Company Description Neura is a netwok of things people and places, enabling consolidation, automation and extrapolation with the plethora of connected devices in our life. Website http://www.theneura.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Neura Obtains $20,000 Seed Round”
Ridepal Offers Free Google Bus-Style Rides to Relieve BART Strike
A shutdown of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system has been snarling traffic around San Francisco since Tuesday, as local branches of the Almagamated Transit Union and the Service Employees International Union continue to strike for improvements in salary, pensions, healthcare coverage, and worker safety. So, it’s been a good week to telecommute. But for … Continue reading “Ridepal Offers Free Google Bus-Style Rides to Relieve BART Strike”
Apple, Amazon, Samsung Targeted in Boston University Patent Suits
Boston University has launched a series of patent lawsuits against Apple, Samsung, Amazon, and a long list of smaller electronics suppliers, a surprising show of legal aggression from the private university. The series of lawsuits, which date back to October, revolve around a pair of patents for semiconductor technology that can be used to make … Continue reading “Apple, Amazon, Samsung Targeted in Boston University Patent Suits”
Venture Investors Continue Love Affair with Digital Health Startups
It’s been a slow year for startup fundraising—the investments doled out by venture firms in the first quarter dropped 6 percent compared with the same period of 2012. But at least a couple of sectors have been defying that trend. One is software, where funding for the first half of 2012 was up 38 percent … Continue reading “Venture Investors Continue Love Affair with Digital Health Startups”
Baseball and Biopharma: More Alike Than You Might Realize
This may seem like a surprising observation, but it’s true. Biopharma companies and baseball teams employ similar strategies that they hope will result in either a blockbuster drug or winning the World Series. The challenges each faces are significant. Did you realize that the percentage of drugs that are put into clinical trials and successfully … Continue reading “Baseball and Biopharma: More Alike Than You Might Realize”
Pixate Obtains $3,800,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae854c43-2a96-440a-aa81-23090cb53ffa&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 Company Name Pixate Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Pixate was founded in May 2012 by Paul Colton and Kevin Lindsey with the goal of enabling designers and developers alike to quickly and easily create beautiful, native mobile interfaces. Pixate was a Y-Combinator Summer 2012 participant, … Continue reading “Pixate Obtains $3,800,000 Series A Financing”
CloudVolumes Lands $2,115,653 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0c44640-0b94-42c9-8ef4-26232762982c&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 Company Name CloudVolumes Mailing Address One First Street Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description More Flexible, Higher Scalability, and Better Performance. Our mission is simple: To redefine application and data management in a virtualized world. Website http://www.cloudvolumes.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,115,653 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “CloudVolumes Lands $2,115,653 New Round”
Justin.tv Obtains $8,387,887 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f63a3f2-81f2-4b59-95fd-2bc35a55da1a&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 Company Name Justin.tv Mailing Address 23 Geary Street 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Justin.tv’s video portal provides a unique and easy way to browse live video streams featuring interesting people, places, and events from around the world. We have created one of the coolest ways to … Continue reading “Justin.tv Obtains $8,387,887 New Funding”
XLumena Garners $2,431,332 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=911cb843-d311-4180-8755-960d50cf5d3f&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 Company Name XLumena Mailing Address 453 Ravendale Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Xlumena is the leader in the developments of image-guided therapeutic endoscopy products specializing in advanced implants and devices that address multiple markets. Collaborating with top physicians in the field, Xlumena focuses on technology that advances … Continue reading “XLumena Garners $2,431,332 New Round”
1World Online Lands $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=96590e8a-8f5f-4ec5-afb1-b98d6783ede1&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 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 Lands $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Yahoo! Acquires Qwiki for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aca08d26-6bf2-490a-9760-3b0662265a8a&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 Company Name Qwiki Mailing Address 470 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company provides a question and answer service using multimedia sources. Website http://www.qwiki.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 … Continue reading “Yahoo! Acquires Qwiki for Undisclosed Sum”
Yahoo! Acquires Xobni for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41ab92a6-feea-44b3-bdec-dbc31fc622f3&Preview=1 Date 7/3/2013 Company Name Xobni Mailing Address 539 Bryant St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We started Smartr because we realized there was an amazing opportunity to leverage our abilities in machine learning and statistical modeling to take back the email inbox for our users. Website http://www.xobni.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Yahoo! Acquires Xobni for Undisclosed Sum”
Y Combinator Grads: Founders’ Stories
The Commonwealth Club of California hosts an evening forum with alumni of Y Combinator. From the event description: “Companies like Social Cam, Heyzap and WePay are all very different but have one mighty factor in common000they received their initial green and insider know-how from Y Combinator. Heralded by Wired as the “most prestigious program for budding … Continue reading “Y Combinator Grads: Founders’ Stories”
When You Are Facing a Tsunami of Barriers, Surf Like a Woman
All entrepreneurs face roadblocks when they are starting up. It’s part of the job. For Surbhi Sarna, who founded of nVision Medical in 2012, things are more intense. NVision Medical is an early stage women’s health business focused building medical devices that help detect ovarian cancer and infertility. It recently raised over $4 million in … Continue reading “When You Are Facing a Tsunami of Barriers, Surf Like a Woman”
Sunesis Waits Out Suspenseful Final Year of Pivotal Leukemia Trial
The next 12 months will be a transformational period for South San Francisco-based Sunesis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SNSS]]), no matter what the outcome of the ongoing late stage trial of its lead drug candidate, vosaroxin. Sunesis, which now has 30 employees, could be reborn as an expanding commercial oncology company if vosaroxin proves to lengthen the … Continue reading “Sunesis Waits Out Suspenseful Final Year of Pivotal Leukemia Trial”
Pirate3D Receives $1,400,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d872cc70-73ba-4474-be84-2b601b1bfb35&Preview=1 Date 7/2/2013 Company Name Pirate3D Mailing Address 228 Hamilton Avenue 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description We are a band of pirates who aim to put easy-to-use 3D printers in the homes of everyday consumers! Website http://www.pirate3d.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,400,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Pirate3D Receives $1,400,000 New Financing”
AirTight Networks Secures $9,099,956 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=67a14bc0-7e10-4e4c-af16-315cf3845a15&Preview=1 Date 7/2/2013 Company Name AirTight Networks Mailing Address 339 N. Bernardo Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description AirTight Networks is the leader in wireless perimeter security solutions. AirTight Networks SpectraGuard family of wireless perimeter security products and services provides enterprises and service providers with around-the-clock wireless monitoring and automatic intrusion … Continue reading “AirTight Networks Secures $9,099,956 New Funding Round”