Ayla Networks Garners $5,400,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a0cc1505-280d-4344-b486-c910dd4b308e&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name Ayla Networks Mailing Address 607 W. California Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description The company is developing cloud connectivity solutions for the Internet of things. Website http://www.aylanetworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,400,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Ayla Networks Garners $5,400,000 Series A Financing Round”

Protagonist Therapeutics Secures $14,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f35b463-c84f-4c18-ade4-e110e71544c8&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name Protagonist Therapeutics Mailing Address 1455 Adams Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Protagonist Therapeutics is a U.S.-incorporated biotechnology company pursuing the discovery and development of disulfide-rich peptides (DRPs) as well differentiated alternatives to biologics, and also as new chemical entities (NCEs) against those targets and life … Continue reading “Protagonist Therapeutics Secures $14,000,000 Series B Round”

Survata Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eafb4377-c73f-4aa8-b4b4-f0ebd1865808&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name Survata Mailing Address 665 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Survata is a company that’s changing the way online market research is performed. We make it faster and cheaper than ever to quickly find high quality respondents for your online survey. Website http://www.survata.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Survata Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Round”

Rearden Commerce Garners $9,350,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd417c56-f3c5-4f09-8617-f430d2d6df75&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 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 Garners $9,350,000 New Round”

Survata Receives $1,500,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eafb4377-c73f-4aa8-b4b4-f0ebd1865808&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name Survata Mailing Address 665 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Survata is a company that’s changing the way online market research is performed. We make it faster and cheaper than ever to quickly find high quality respondents for your online survey. Website http://www.survata.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Survata Receives $1,500,000 Seed Financing”

Zynga to Shutter Offices in New York, Dallas, LA—Game Over for OMGPOP

The crops seem to be withering in the land of “FarmVille.” When social game company Zynga (Nasdaq: [[ticker:ZNGA]]) announced on Monday plans to cut 520 employees, about 18 percent of its overall staff, its New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas offices reportedly landed on the chopping block. Zynga did not immediately respond to requests for … Continue reading “Zynga to Shutter Offices in New York, Dallas, LA—Game Over for OMGPOP”

Protagonist Pulls in $14M, Led by J&J, For Peptide Pills

Not many companies know how to make peptide molecules that can be packaged in a pill, but Menlo Park, CA-based Protagonist Therapeutics just got a vote of confidence that it can pull off that nifty little trick. The company is announcing today it has raised $14 million in a Series B venture financing that was … Continue reading “Protagonist Pulls in $14M, Led by J&J, For Peptide Pills”

We Owe it to Patients to Provide a Reliable Supply of Medicines

Too often in recent years, medicines for life-threatening conditions have been in short supply. It is unnecessary and avoidable for patients, their families, and health care professionals to experience and worry about medicine availability on top of the anxiety caused by their medical conditions. A reliable supply of high-quality medications is something all drug makers … Continue reading “We Owe it to Patients to Provide a Reliable Supply of Medicines”

ASCO Wrap-Up: Cancer News from the West Coast

Anybody with a more than passing interest in cancer has been transfixed the last few days by the news coming out of Chicago. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting has been especially newsy this year, chock full of important clinical trial news—some good, some bad, and some that you’d have to give … Continue reading “ASCO Wrap-Up: Cancer News from the West Coast”

TRIA Beauty Receives $40,525,143 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5e2b018-cd62-43f4-8651-73890a1b9bda&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2013 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 $40,525,143 New Financing Round”

Vigilent Secures New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36506363-73d0-410d-b37b-f745c49f94d3&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2013 Company Name Vigilent Mailing Address 712 El Cerrito Plaza El Cerrito, CA 94530 Company Description Vigilent is the leader in intelligent energy management systems for data centers, telcos and large, commercial buildings. Since its start in 2004, the company has pioneered the application of advanced, artificial intelligence technology to … Continue reading “Vigilent Secures New Financing Round”

Scripted Receives $4,500,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d737921-6b08-4189-b87f-e95ea7c9ea49&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2013 Company Name Scripted Mailing Address 90 Alhambra Street San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description At Scripted, we hang our hat on imagination, and we believe that when it comes to grabbing the public’s attention and holding it, what you say is second only to how you say it. And … Continue reading “Scripted Receives $4,500,000 Series A Funding”

The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013

Remember Plexxikon? The Berkeley, CA-based company had a lot of talent for structural biology-based drug design, an impressive new treatment for melanoma, and a strong management team. Two years ago, nobody on Wall Street cared one whit. Plexxikon flirted with the idea of going public, found little interest, and sold itself off to Japan-based Daiichi … Continue reading “The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013”

With Big Bucks Chasing Big Data, Will Consumers Get a Cut?

As consumers, we’re often told a stampede of “big data” will soon make our lives better. Safer and cheaper healthcare, more effective government, lower prices at the corner store—it’s all possible when big companies start digging into the digital information produced by a constantly connected society. Today, the central bargain underwriting most of those lofty … Continue reading “With Big Bucks Chasing Big Data, Will Consumers Get a Cut?”

Machinio Obtains $40,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=404831d2-c7f1-4fb8-8b0a-b5356f620320&Preview=1 Date 6/3/2013 Company Name Machinio Mailing Address 214 W. 29th St. New York, NY, 10001Company Description Machinio is a search engine for industrial machinery and equipment listings. We provide users with access to over 500,000 listings (and growing), covering metalworking machinery, construction machinery, and agricultural machinery. Website http://www.machinio.com Transaction Type Accelerator … Continue reading “Machinio Obtains $40,000 Seed Financing Round”

WhitePages Acquires Mr. Number for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=094b75d9-c82f-42d5-86bd-d413e222fa07&Preview=1 Date 6/1/2013 Company Name Mr. Number Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Mr. Number develops apps for smartphones that let consumers control who can call them and when. More than two million people use Mr. Number to let friends know when they are free to talk and when … Continue reading “WhitePages Acquires Mr. Number for Undisclosed Sum”

Plexxikon Leadership Duo, Peter Hirth and Kathy Glaub, Exit Daiichi

Peter Hirth and Kathy Glaub, the executive duo who led Berkeley, CA-based Plexxikon on its quest to develop an important new treatment for melanoma, worked together for more than a decade, and they are heading out the door together. Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo, the company that acquired Plexxikon for $805 million upfront a little more than … Continue reading “Plexxikon Leadership Duo, Peter Hirth and Kathy Glaub, Exit Daiichi”

11 Reasons Why Flickr, Not Facebook, Is the Place to Put Your Photos

What’s the best way to put your pictures on the Internet these days? There are at least two answers to that question. If you’re just asking which photo sharing service is the most popular, then Facebook is the hands-down winner. People upload roughly 350 million photos to the social network every day. Snapchat isn’t far … Continue reading “11 Reasons Why Flickr, Not Facebook, Is the Place to Put Your Photos”

Why Not Test a Supply Chain Model? What We’ve Got Isn’t Working

I find myself siding more with Flagship’s Noubar Afeyan than with Katrine Bosley in the intriguing conversation emerging in Xconomy in recent weeks over the supply chain model for early stage biotech. Today neither biotech nor pharma are producing a sufficient supply of new products. If we can’t figure out a way to profitably finance … Continue reading “Why Not Test a Supply Chain Model? What We’ve Got Isn’t Working”

Captricity Obtains $4,490,972 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3a51135-278f-47d4-8836-246b5fa25524&Preview=1 Date 5/31/2013 Company Name Captricity Mailing Address 2140 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94704 Company Description The best way to turn paper forms into digital data. Captricity is the easiest, fastest, and most cost-effective way to capture data trapped on paper—such as thousands of hand-completed survey forms—and convert it into digital data … Continue reading “Captricity Obtains $4,490,972 Series A Round”

Panasas Receives $25,230,481 Series F Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d41fecff-aa1f-45c6-9012-ba3cbcf5f5ee&Preview=1 Date 5/31/2013 Company Name Panasas Mailing Address 969 W. Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The Panasas Parallel Storage Cluster is the premier storage system for scalable Linux clusters. Panasas delivers exceptional scaling in capacity and performance while extending appliance-like ease of management to a virtually boundless storage system for … Continue reading “Panasas Receives $25,230,481 Series F Funding Round”

Weotta Obtains New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1142d41-2bf8-4522-a2a5-bc6ba27b9b29&Preview=1 Date 5/31/2013 Company Name Weotta Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94125 Company Description With Weotta you can say goodbye to the days of reading about that amazing concert the day after, forgetting the name of that new restaurant your friend recommended a second ago, or returning from a family vacation … Continue reading “Weotta Obtains New Funding”

OpenHomes Garners Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2e6793c-d34c-46e9-b033-312fe72be4f9&Preview=1 Date 5/31/2013 Company Name OpenHomes Mailing Address 1160 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description OpenHomes is innovating in residential real estate, an industry still fragmented and steeped in tradition. The company appears to be targeting the for-sale-by-owner market at the same time as providing tools for real estate agents. … Continue reading “OpenHomes Garners Seed Round”

Top 20 Under-the-Radar Trends in Innovation

What’s the most important trend in innovation that nobody is talking about? We at Xconomy reached out across our national network of innovation leaders (the Xconomists) to get some answers to this question, and to spur some intercity discussion. What we got back was astounding for its diversity and depth. And while it’s no longer … Continue reading “Top 20 Under-the-Radar Trends in Innovation”

At a Startup, Does Being the Only Woman in the Room Matter?

It’s hardly a secret that the male-dominated world of high-growth entrepreneurship doesn’t boast a treasure trove of women. Despite the fact that female-led start-ups have a track record of driving success, businesses founded by women account for less than 9 percent of venture funding. Considering that 50 percent of the people walking the earth are … Continue reading “At a Startup, Does Being the Only Woman in the Room Matter?”

Postmates Sets Up Shop in New York—Right in Seamless’s Backyard

Today Postmates revealed it has expanded its app-driven, shopping and delivery service to New York with a team operating in the Flatiron neighborhood. This puts the San Francisco startup in three cities, including Seattle, and on New York-based Seamless’s home turf. Postmates lets consumers order prepared food, groceries, and even office supplies that will be … Continue reading “Postmates Sets Up Shop in New York—Right in Seamless’s Backyard”

View Receives $16,786,498 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16d4efa3-db01-4927-9e24-10d69eac7efe&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name View Mailing Address 195 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description With built-in intelligence, View Dynamic Glass automatically transitions between clear and variable tint, providing control over the amount of light and heat entering a building. In all conditions, View Glass remains transparent, keeping you connected … Continue reading “View Receives $16,786,498 New Financing”

Visier Garners $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9f9a718-9b2a-4d4c-89c3-2f076645c39a&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name Visier Mailing Address 548 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Visier’s management team has a proven track record of technical, operational and strategic management success with companies including Business Objects, Crystal Decisions, IBM, SAP and Symantec. Website http://www.visier.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 … Continue reading “Visier Garners $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

TubeMogul Secures $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2aa2e57b-f805-4a11-8b6b-880d8499371f&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name TubeMogul Mailing Address 1250 53rd Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description TubeMogul is a free service that provides a single point for deploying uploads to the top video sharing sites, and powerful analytics on who, what, and how videos are being viewed. Website http://www.tubemogul.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “TubeMogul Secures $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round”

YottaMark Acquires ShopWell Solutions for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82e8aa3f-84c2-4647-95e4-5de8434efce1&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name ShopWell Solutions Mailing Address 100 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description ShopWell is a free food information site that scores products on how well they meet your unique needs. With easy-to-understand nutrition information and customized product scores, ShopWell gives you easy tools to find better … Continue reading “YottaMark Acquires ShopWell Solutions for Undisclosed Sum”

Beautylish Garners $6,457,104 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94dec36d-d689-4aae-b903-49faf186eba8&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name Beautylish Mailing Address 575 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Beautylish is an online community of beauty enthusiasts. Members of the community post reviews and articles, share video tutorials and photos, and pose questions to others to generate dialogue about beauty products and brands. Website … Continue reading “Beautylish Garners $6,457,104 New Funding Round”

FlameStower Secures Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=783eee58-6549-48ee-8491-12c6952edd61&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name FlameStower Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Using a sophisticated thermal energy generator, Flamestower efficiently captures excess heat to power your mobile device. It’s design allows people to easily set up the device, charge their phone, and store it. FlameStower is your affordable and … Continue reading “FlameStower Secures Seed Round”

Docmunch Garners Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e700da7f-6c2e-43aa-87ef-3c4897fe9d74&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name Docmunch Mailing Address 480 2nd St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Docmunch helps financial institutions efficiently manage Small Data: semi-structured data embedded in PDFs, Excel files and emails that support mission-critical business functions. Website http://www.docmunch.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Docmunch Garners Seed Round”

BitBuilder Receives Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dade5cce-4336-484e-84d0-64afa244f40c&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name BitBuilder Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description SayWe captures and analyzes valuable data from verbal communication that is hard to capture and usualy thrown out. Website http://www.bitbuilder.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds … Continue reading “BitBuilder Receives Seed Funding Round”

Spire Obtains Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a92dc2fc-7e3d-4db4-b802-779b8f13782d&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name Spire Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Spire changes the way you breathe to improve brain and body health. Website http://www.breathware.com 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 “Spire Obtains Seed Financing”

analyticsMD Garners Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=404c22da-f212-49da-b4e0-998cb3dc51df&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name analyticsMD Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94063 Company Description analyticsMD empowers front line hospital staff with tools to be able to continuously improve efficiency and quality of care. The company is headquartered in San Francisco Bay Area and was started by entrepreneurs with deep expertise in … Continue reading “analyticsMD Garners Seed Funding”

Sonitrack Receives Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f1cc7c1-be5b-4342-aee9-cfd36cae4342&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name Sonitrack Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description SoniTrack Systems is a medical device startup company that recently spun out of research labs at Stanford University. Our technology integrates robotics and ultrasound imaging to enable non-invasive radiation treatments for cancer that continuously … Continue reading “Sonitrack Receives Seed Financing”

MedWhat Receives Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd89d372-a3c9-4e38-b058-d3e97fc02aea&Preview=1 Date 5/30/2013 Company Name MedWhat Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Medwhat.com is a Silicon Valley health care IT startup. Our mission is to help people stay healthy and more informed about health and medicine. We want to make a difference in people’s lives. The … Continue reading “MedWhat Receives Seed Financing”

Assigning Credit and Blame to Biopharma R&D Chiefs

There’s been an awful lot of turnover lately among Big Biopharma R&D chiefs, with departures from Merck, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Roche, and AbbVie. Their average tenure in this position was less than 7 years; the range was from less than 2 to 12. That’s similar to the average CEO tenure, which is only 8.4 … Continue reading “Assigning Credit and Blame to Biopharma R&D Chiefs”

TuneIn Lands $25,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e981c9a-6c8e-4790-9f3b-2797b6a81028&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name TuneIn Mailing Address 270 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Listen to the world’s music, sports and news from wherever you are. TuneIn lets you hear what’s happening right now on over 70,000 radio stations globally and enjoy two million on-demand programs, like podcasts, concerts … Continue reading “TuneIn Lands $25,000,000 New Financing Round”

Five9 Garners $34,500,000 Series D Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86371173-fa86-48c3-8ec7-31afbb1b6da2&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name Five9 Mailing Address 4000 Executive Parkway San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description Five9 is the leading global provider of on-demand call center software for telemarketing, customer service, and business continuity. The award-winning Five9 Virtual Call Center and Predictive Dialer serve customers of all sizes on five continents. … Continue reading “Five9 Garners $34,500,000 Series D Funding Round”

Five9 Secures $34,500,000 Series D Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86371173-fa86-48c3-8ec7-31afbb1b6da2&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name Five9 Mailing Address 4000 Executive Parkway San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description Five9 is the leading global provider of on-demand call center software for telemarketing, customer service, and business continuity. The award-winning Five9 Virtual Call Center and Predictive Dialer serve customers of all sizes on five continents. … Continue reading “Five9 Secures $34,500,000 Series D Financing Round”

C3 Energy Secures $15,000,000 Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abf9bc8a-3b5b-4db4-9e9c-4c6f02f421de&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name C3 Energy Mailing Address 1300 Seaport Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description C3 Energy offers smart grid analytics SaaS solutions that enable utilities to realize the full promise of their investments in the smart grid. The C3 Energy Analytics platform is unique in its ability to … Continue reading “C3 Energy Secures $15,000,000 Series C Funding”

PURE Storage Obtains New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3384e13-f239-4e7a-90c8-7c4f95affc9f&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name PURE Storage Mailing Address 650 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Pure Storage is leveraging flash to change the performance and cost dynamics of enterprise storage. Website http://www.purestorage.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The partnership will allow Pure … Continue reading “PURE Storage Obtains New Funding”

PandoDaily Garners New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae4034c6-1ae4-4faa-9411-99fc260ca9f2&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name PandoDaily Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We have one goal here at PandoDaily: To be the site-of-record for that startup root-system and everything that springs up from it, cycle-after-cycle. Website http://www.pandodaily.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “PandoDaily Garners New Round”

Clip Obtains $1,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b80e04a8-b850-46ce-af3c-9fc7605efe63&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name Clip Mailing Address 965 Brewster Avenue Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description The startup says that it enables businesses and consumers to make transactions by turning their mobile device into a card terminal. Website http://www.payclip.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Clip Obtains $1,500,000 New Financing Round”

CoTap Obtains $5,500,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7dd274ca-893e-41b4-adf5-bbec13ee56fc&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name CoTap Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description CoTap’s mission is to help people work together better by simplifying mobile communication in the workplace. We’re building tools to help people communicate at work, whether they’re knowledge workers or line workers. We believe companies are at … Continue reading “CoTap Obtains $5,500,000 Series A Funding”

App.io Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c00c5e9a-e5e3-4d2b-9cc7-fa3198d59b5f&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name App.io Mailing Address 444 Castro St Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description pp.io was founded in April 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. We’ve hustled and coded our way through the AngelCube accelerator in Melbourne & 500 Startups (Batch 5) in Mountain View. We now have offices in San … Continue reading “App.io Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round”

Yahoo! Acquires PlayerScale for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc191773-edfb-400e-9ab7-fdf31cf05340&Preview=1 Date 5/29/2013 Company Name PlayerScale Mailing Address Undisclosed Belmont, CA 94002 Company Description Belmont, Calif.-based PlayerScale was founded in 2009. It develops infrastructure software for various gaming platforms across the social and mobile space. Website http://www.playerscale.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of … Continue reading “Yahoo! Acquires PlayerScale for Undisclosed Sum”