Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=314b10e5-5a94-48f8-8d70-25de17edd4cf&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2013 Company Name Parse Mailing Address 8 California St 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Our vision is a world where mobile developers never have to develop, deploy, or maintain their own server-side stack. Our simple, but powerful native mobile SDKs provide all the server-side functionality developers need … Continue reading “Facebook Acquires Parse for Undisclosed Sum”
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CaptureProof Receives $118,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=330c8d62-3a9f-4602-98a3-1483a0ef2fb3&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2013 Company Name CaptureProof Mailing Address 181 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description CaptureProof strives to set the standard for medical media: create and implement innovative technologies that allow patients and practitioner to capture, share, search and analyze pertinent media. Our goal is to positively impact medicine: allowing … Continue reading “CaptureProof Receives $118,000 Seed Funding Round”
Pivotal Seeks Better Enterprise Cloud, with EMC Roots and GE Cash
Can you think of the last time you heard about a startup that had 1,250 employees and a valuation of over $1 billion on the day it launched? I can’t. But then, Pivotal isn’t your typical startup. Unveiled today at a San Francisco press event led by its CEO Paul Maritz, Pivotal is an independent … Continue reading “Pivotal Seeks Better Enterprise Cloud, with EMC Roots and GE Cash”
Gen9, Synthetic Biology Startup, Snags $21M from Agilent
[Updated: 1:15 pm ET] Scientists have been able to order up custom-synthesized genes on demand for quite a few years now. But if synthetic biology is going to move beyond small lab experiments and disrupt whole industries like its proponents say, it needs to get faster, cheaper, and larger-scale. One startup in the field, Gen9, … Continue reading “Gen9, Synthetic Biology Startup, Snags $21M from Agilent”
The Devil is in the Details: What BioPharma Press Releases Don’t Say
While my primary focus is on the research side of the business, I have to admit that for many biotechs, their survival may be tied to the art of the deal. Kevin Kinsella of Avalon Ventures shared his thoughts with Xconomy readers awhile back on the increasingly hard bargains that Big Pharma is extracting from … Continue reading “The Devil is in the Details: What BioPharma Press Releases Don’t Say”
Online Resources Will Upend the Textbook Industry
Can a free tablet app render traditional textbooks and publishers obsolete? Will new software for grading papers and short essays replace teachers? Education has experienced a wave of progress in recent times thanks to open education resources, online colleges and mobile computing. Not only have students and teachers benefited from access to resources, but even … Continue reading “Online Resources Will Upend the Textbook Industry”
Qubole Receives $7,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9efa566f-8f70-4fae-8f3f-4b9a58bf9d94&Preview=1 Date 4/24/2013 Company Name Qubole Mailing Address 1032 Elwell Ct Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description At Qubole, we are busy building the next generation cloud data platform. We believe a new approach is needed – one that hides the complexity commonly associated with storing and managing data and instead provides … Continue reading “Qubole Receives $7,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Solar Mosaic Lands $2,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc97de6f-656f-495d-995d-99bbb6ed966c&Preview=1 Date 4/24/2013 Company Name Solar Mosaic Mailing Address 55 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94607 Company Description We are a team of entrepreneurs, coders, finance experts and changemakers. We want to create a world that is powered by abundant clean energy sources and owned by people like me and you. We’re excited … Continue reading “Solar Mosaic Lands $2,500,000 New Financing”
Infer Receives $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fff19d3e-e600-4a17-a981-cf22968e0774&Preview=1 Date 4/24/2013 Company Name Infer Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Road 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Founded in 2010, Infer delivers data-powered business applications that help companies win more customers. Its cloud-based solutions leverage proven data science to rapidly model the untapped data sitting in enterprises, along with … Continue reading “Infer Receives $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Lone Rock Technology Group Acquires Packet Design for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=63efb5b0-7289-423c-942b-15c79686ab93&Preview=1 Date 4/24/2013 Company Name Packet Design Mailing Address 2455 Augustine Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Packet Design, Inc., develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Website http://www.packetdesign.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Lone Rock Technology Group Acquires Packet Design for Undisclosed Sum”
Dropcam’s Beef with Brogramming, Late Nights, and Free Dinners
Dropcam, a four-year-old startup in San Francisco, has never lost an employee. I’ll say that again so that you won’t think it’s a typo: no one who has taken a job at Dropcam has ever left. It’s not that they’re being monitored everywhere they go. (The company makes Wi-Fi-enabled cameras for home video surveillance.) Rather, … Continue reading “Dropcam’s Beef with Brogramming, Late Nights, and Free Dinners”
Kendall Square’s New Rules
With the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing last week, I have found it difficult to think about much else. Xconomy had previously invited me to write about the upcoming transformation MIT is bringing to Kendall Square. When it came time to sit down and write this piece, my first reaction was to pass. But … Continue reading “Kendall Square’s New Rules”
Biotech Execs Aren’t Ready to Prove Drugs Have Value, E&Y Says
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act last year as constitutional. President Obama won re-election. After years of runaway spending on healthcare, the well established policy on healthcare in this country is that access needs to go up, and costs need to come down. While many other groups are coming to terms with … Continue reading “Biotech Execs Aren’t Ready to Prove Drugs Have Value, E&Y Says”
Cervel Neurotech Secures $14,100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7ceb1f8-725f-443b-99fc-2b1dab13b862&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2013 Company Name Cervel Neurotech Mailing Address 1164 Triton Drive Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description Cervel Neurotech, Inc. is a privately held medical device company that is pioneering an innovative, proprietary approach to non-invasive deep brain neuro-modulation. Cervel’s technology is a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) which … Continue reading “Cervel Neurotech Secures $14,100,000 New Financing”
Cervel Neurotech Garners $14,100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7ceb1f8-725f-443b-99fc-2b1dab13b862&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2013 Company Name Cervel Neurotech Mailing Address 1164 Triton Drive Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description Cervel Neurotech, Inc. is a privately held medical device company that is pioneering an innovative, proprietary approach to non-invasive deep brain neuro-modulation. Cervel’s technology is a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) which … Continue reading “Cervel Neurotech Garners $14,100,000 New Funding”
PINC Solutions Secures $5,451,156 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f330dfec-d4ab-4dac-b8ab-887df369809f&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2013 Company Name PINC Solutions Mailing Address 1851 Harbor Bay Pkwy Alameda, CA 94502 Company Description We have pioneered the development of RTLS-based asset tracking technology using an innovative combination of passive RFID, MEMS and other low-cost sensors, providing practical solutions at affordable prices for the logistics and supply chain … Continue reading “PINC Solutions Secures $5,451,156 Series A Financing”
Redwood Bioscience Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b9bd466-c912-450e-8024-af003fadd8c9&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2013 Company Name Redwood Bioscience Mailing Address 5703 Hollis Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description Redwood Bioscience is developing a precision protein-chemical engineering technology to produce the next-generation of antibody-drug conjugates and other semi-synthetic biotherapeutics. Website http://www.redwoodbioscience.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes This … Continue reading “Redwood Bioscience Secures New Round”
PivotDesk Expands to Help NYC, SF Startups Solve Real Estate Needs
When building a company, entrepreneurs have enough challenges, like perfecting their product and finding customers. Playing the guessing game about how much office space they need shouldn’t have to be one of them. That’s what David Mandell, co-founder and CEO of PivotDesk, thinks. The Boulder, CO.-based company and TechStars Boulder 2012 alum has created an … Continue reading “PivotDesk Expands to Help NYC, SF Startups Solve Real Estate Needs”
Coupa Gains on Competitors in Expense Management
Three decades into the PC revolution and nearly two decades after most businesses joined the Internet, you’d think that software makers would already have identified every conceivable inefficiency in the way companies work, and that they’d be running out of ideas for how businesses can use technology to save more money. Not even close. Take … Continue reading “Coupa Gains on Competitors in Expense Management”
From Assets to Zen: Building Successful Drug Hunting Relationships
[Editor’s Note: This post was co-authored by Jessica Yingling, founder of Little Dog Communications.] A wise person once said, “Select your partner wisely. Because that person will be either 90 percent of your happiness or 90 percent of your misery.” While she presumably was referring to partners in love, this could also easily apply to … Continue reading “From Assets to Zen: Building Successful Drug Hunting Relationships”
Hire Smart Small Business Event
Intuit and LinkedIn co-sponsor an event on smart hiring practices for small businesses. From the event organizers: “Given the importance of small business employment in today’s current economy, Intuit and LinkedIn are holding their first-ever ‘Hire Smart Small Business Event’ which will focus on helping small businesses make the right decisions when hiring workers. The event will happen … Continue reading “Hire Smart Small Business Event”
A Biotech Innovation Supply Chain: Reality or Fantasy?
Biotech has always been a bit like an open-air market bazaar. Now the industry needs to become a little more stable, more predictable. It ought to be part of something you could call an “innovation supply chain.” At least, that’s the view of Noubar Afeyan, the managing partner of Cambridge, MA-based Flagship Ventures. Biotech is … Continue reading “A Biotech Innovation Supply Chain: Reality or Fantasy?”
Entefy Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c4f2e78-2127-4c10-9bb9-0ecd2c5055e3&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2013 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 $1,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Entefy Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
PhoRent Receives $100,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e1e84c0-4ed8-423c-ab4f-3817de8cdeb5&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2013 Company Name PhoRent Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description PhoRent.com is a Peer to Peer rental community where you can list any item you own “Pho Rent” and search items “To” rent by private party, business or both. A platform that brings together individuals who want … Continue reading “PhoRent Receives $100,000 Seed Round”
Swipp Obtains $2,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f01724f4-cab1-4f53-aee4-c5b55ac08b1a&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2013 Company Name Swipp Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Swipp is the creator of a new platform that sits at the intersection of social media, personal data, and commerce. With an approach to social that is more engaging and respectful to consumers – and more effective … Continue reading “Swipp Obtains $2,000,000 New Round”
Eventbrite Secures $60,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bce91cb-9958-40f7-8f26-d10c7d74d607&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2013 Company Name Eventbrite Mailing Address 651 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Eventbrite is the leading provider of online event management and ticketing services. Eventbrite makes it easy for anyone to hold a successful event of any type and size. Eventbrite is free if your event is … Continue reading “Eventbrite Secures $60,000,000 New Round”
Giftly Receives $51,500 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8221859-0cd9-4774-b11f-381b051af1bd&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2013 Company Name Giftly Mailing Address 95 Minna Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description At Giftly, we’re chasing after double joy, where the perfect gift induces happiness both for the receiver and the giver. We want to make gifting more fun and delightful by making it easy … Continue reading “Giftly Receives $51,500 New Funding”
TalentBin Obtains $250,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a26b1130-8d13-4579-937a-350740322f0c&Preview=1 Date 4/21/2013 Company Name TalentBin Mailing Address 520 S. El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description TalentBin is a talent search engine for the entire web. Website http://www.talentbin.com Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor FundersClub
Conspire Obtains $118,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd4ebe6e-bec2-42a6-8a55-c395f9b378e8&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2013 Company Name Conspire Mailing Address 345 Sheridan Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Conspire is the first global network that has a deep understanding of your email network. Website http://www.goconspire.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to … Continue reading “Conspire Obtains $118,000 Seed Round”
Good.co Lands $118,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9b930f88-40db-4c4c-bd42-cc05f9293622&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2013 Company Name Good.co Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Good.co administers personality tests to make sure that the person will be happy and that it’s the right workplace culture for them. Website http://www.good.co Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Good.co Lands $118,000 Seed Financing Round”
When iMovie Isn’t Enough, Amateur Video Producers Can Go Pro
When you hear people in the tech world talking about “consumerization,” they’re usually referring to complex business software that’s been overhauled to look and feel more like personal technology. But consumerization is washing over other parts of the software market too. One of them is professional media creation and editing. Photoshop is a great example. … Continue reading “When iMovie Isn’t Enough, Amateur Video Producers Can Go Pro”
Venture Slowdown Squeezes Bay Area Startups
It turns out that Bay Area startups aren’t immune to the national slowdown in venture investing. In the first quarter of the year, total venture investments going to San Francisco Bay Area companies fell to their lowest level in the past year, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association … Continue reading “Venture Slowdown Squeezes Bay Area Startups”
Venture Funding Slows as VC Industry Contracts, & Top 10 Deals List
Overall venture capital activity slowed in the U.S. during the first three months of 2013, with venture capitalists investing $5.9 billion in 863 deals nationwide, according to the MoneyTree Report released today. Compared with the previous quarter, VC funding was off nearly 12 percent and the deal count was down almost 15 percent. Venture firms … Continue reading “Venture Funding Slows as VC Industry Contracts, & Top 10 Deals List”
Guavus Secures $9,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=128ddcd9-1f04-4430-87c5-0085e3ffc51d&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2013 Company Name Guavus Mailing Address 1820 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description Guavus is a company with a revolutionary set of analytics solutions that changes the way businesses make decisions. Our zero-latency, multi-silo data analytics platform continuously mines gushing streams of network, application, and customer data with … Continue reading “Guavus Secures $9,000,000 New Round”
Godengo Obtains $1,193,708 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65f34cb9-5737-43e5-93ad-6f1f04590750&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2013 Company Name Godengo Mailing Address 2855 Telegraph Ave Berkeley, CA 94705 Company Description Godengo provides city & regional and lifestyle magazines with a strong online presence and networked advertising inventory, enabling them to effectively compete online. Website http://www.godengo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,193,708 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Godengo Obtains $1,193,708 New Funding”
Visually Lands $120,200 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dc45a40-5880-49ed-8c2c-9626fd6adf88&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2013 Company Name Visually Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Visually is a one-stop shop for the creation of data visualizations and infographics. Visually Marketplace introduces ecommerce and project management into the Visually platform, making it easier for buyers and sellers of infographics to get them made, … Continue reading “Visually Lands $120,200 New Funding”
MIT Technology Review Mobile Summit
From the event site: “The MIT Technology Review Mobile Summit examines the benefits, risks and opportunities we are seeing in mobile, and introduces attendees to the disruptive business and technology leaders in the field. MIT Technology Review’s mission is to identify important new technologies—deciphering their practical impact and revealing how they will change our lives. Our … Continue reading “MIT Technology Review Mobile Summit”
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck
Entrepreneurs looking to launch their startups are often faced with myriad difficult decisions, chief among them being the question of seed financing. If you’ve ever found yourself asking, “How can I fund this?” or “Can I fund this on my own, while I’m still holding my current job?” the answer is yes—you absolutely can. Vasu … Continue reading “Bootstrapping With A Paycheck”
Acquired or Acq-hired, Xpenser Adds Expertise to Coupa’s Web Services
Some startups are born great, some achieve greatness—and some get acquired. Getting acquired can mean different things, however. In the case of Xpenser, a consumer Web startup based in Del Mar, CA (just north of San Diego), the buyout disclosed last week by San Francisco-based Coupa Software was more like getting hired. Founded in 2008 … Continue reading “Acquired or Acq-hired, Xpenser Adds Expertise to Coupa’s Web Services”
Enlighted Garners $20,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2663e9a-a2c4-494e-a7b6-0fab1797bac5&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2013 Company Name Enlighted Mailing Address 930 Benecia Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description enLighted’s mission is to transform commercial energy management by providing a solution that is designed from the ground-up for extremely simple installation and maintenance-free operation. Website http://www.enlightedinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Enlighted Garners $20,000,000 Series C Round”
mBlox Secures $14,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48c6ced8-84ff-457b-8c3f-46177791a83d&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2013 Company Name mBlox Mailing Address 430 N. Mary Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Specializing in the commercial and technical complexities of mobile payment and message transmission, mBlox is in the business of connecting companies with customers. Website http://www.mblox.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $14,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “mBlox Secures $14,000,000 New Financing”
Netronome Obtains $19,000,000 Series E Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=123f8286-b6e5-4929-af87-694d17a0d30b&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2013 Company Name Netronome Mailing Address 5201 Great America Pkwy Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Netronome is a leader in network content flow analysis and virtual machine technologies. Initially we are targeting security and application acceleration in both network appliances and network switches. Website http://www.netronome.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Netronome Obtains $19,000,000 Series E Financing”
RadioRx Receives $3,950,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=741745c5-799d-4514-b90b-7d7463698b39&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2013 Company Name RadioRx Mailing Address 800 W El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description RadioRx’s focus is on the development of first-in-class compounds that affect capillary blood flow through the manipulation of cellular and blood levels of the free radical nitric oxide or NO and its downstream … Continue reading “RadioRx Receives $3,950,000 New Financing”
Brandcast Secures Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f5e0e6b-bbe2-431e-a524-b48d51aad7a7&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2013 Company Name Brandcast Mailing Address 2 Mint Plaza San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Brandcast can help you achieve Total Web Coverage with publishing, messaging and analytics across websites, mobile, social and other channels. Website http://www.brandcast.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Brandcast Secures Seed Round”
Piggybackr Receives $325,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f0c64532-04b1-49f9-b5e0-f146061ad19c&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2013 Company Name Piggybackr Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Piggybackr is our answer of what fundraising is in the 21st century: fun, educational, effective, and a joint effort among friends, family, local businesses, and companies passionate about supporting youth. Website http://www.piggybackr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Piggybackr Receives $325,000 Seed Financing”
Psilos Spells Out Hot Areas for Health Technology Investing
The water’s fine in the healthcare-and-technology market, and institutional investors should come on in. That’s the message from Psilos Group, a healthcare-focused venture firm based in New York City and Corte Madera, CA, in an outlook report on healthcare economics released today. It’s the fifth annual edition of the report, and it points to four … Continue reading “Psilos Spells Out Hot Areas for Health Technology Investing”
When Hell Froze Over—in the Harvard Business Review
In my 21 years as an entrepreneur, I would come up for air once a month to religiously read the Harvard Business Review. It was not only my secret weapon in thinking about new startup strategies, it also gave me a view of the management issues my customers were dealing with. Through HBR I discovered … Continue reading “When Hell Froze Over—in the Harvard Business Review”
Welcome to Xperience, The New Consumer Section of Xconomy
It’s been a busy spring here at Xconomy. Last month we added a seventh city to our national network—Xconomy Boulder/Denver. And today we’re excited to announce Xperience, a new section designed to guide consumers to the best technologies for their lifestyles. You might have stumbled across Xperience already. We “soft-launched” the section on March 28 … Continue reading “Welcome to Xperience, The New Consumer Section of Xconomy”
Testing Kickstarter’s Appetite for a Digital Fork and “Positive Punishment”
Do you find yourself wolfing down your food and paying for it later in the form of heartburn and other health problems? Do you wish you could learn to pace yourself a little better between mouthfuls? There’s an app for that. Actually, there’s a whole utensil for that—the HAPIfork, from Hong Kong-based HAPIlabs. The battery-powered, … Continue reading “Testing Kickstarter’s Appetite for a Digital Fork and “Positive Punishment””
Project Frog Lands $4,060,828 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71f76405-d8a0-428e-bb8c-097182db0185&Preview=1 Date 4/17/2013 Company Name Project Frog Mailing Address 222 Vallejo Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Project FROG is a pioneering firm that integrates sustainability and customization into quick-to-deploy, high performance building environments. Our mission is to provide a transformational landscape of sustainable, friendly, and affordable learning environments that inspire … Continue reading “Project Frog Lands $4,060,828 New Round”