Category: San Francisco

Marin Software Lands $105,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2446480d-869d-4130-b0e9-583c7bf629b9&Preview=1 Date 3/22/2013 Company Name Marin Software Mailing Address 123 Mission Street 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Marin Software (NYSE: MRIN) was founded in April 2006 by experienced search marketers and enterprise software experts. Marin Search Marketer addresses the workflow, analysis and optimization needs of professional search marketers, saving … Continue reading “Marin Software Lands $105,000,000 New Round”

ClearFit Garners $7,000,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=574d24af-1d16-4218-a6d6-a709f48ca686&Preview=1 Date 3/22/2013 Company Name ClearFit Mailing Address 88 King Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We created ClearFit to make hiring easy for any business. As such, ClearFit specifically helps hiring managers and business partners find top candidates and predict their success. These credentials are based on factors such as … Continue reading “ClearFit Garners $7,000,000 Series A Financing”

1Life Healthcare Obtains $29,999,996 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8abace66-c9dd-4000-bac3-f8cfb9e273d5&Preview=1 Date 3/22/2013 Company Name 1Life Healthcare Mailing Address P.O. Box 26170 San Francisco, CA 94126 Company Description 1Life Healthcare is a network of boutique medical practices that are transforming primary care. We understand the needs of busy people and deliver an experience to match, offering service that is high-quality, convenient, personal, … Continue reading “1Life Healthcare Obtains $29,999,996 New Round”

RoboteX Lands $2,060,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=648d054f-caff-4be4-846b-fd2d453d18df&Preview=1 Date 3/22/2013 Company Name RoboteX Mailing Address 1400 Page Mill Road Stanford, CA 94304 Company Description The company designs robotic platforms and avatars that can also be used for academic, personal and industrial applications. Website http://www.robotex.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,060,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “RoboteX Lands $2,060,000 New Financing Round”

Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Eureka Go After ‘Undruggable’ Targets

Drug developers have thrown an arsenal of technologies at tumor cells: nanomachines, vaccines, antibodies, radiation, you name it. David Scheinberg has tried them all in his search for new cancer therapies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. But in spite of successes amid all these efforts in recent decades, Scheinberg says most of … Continue reading “Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Eureka Go After ‘Undruggable’ Targets”

Vidyard Receives $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b16293fc-cdeb-4ca0-af2a-158901433998&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name Vidyard Mailing Address 130 Descanso Dr San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Video has come a very long way in a few short years. Print, Television and Radio Media have been converging on the web since it’s very inception. Web-video has become a piece of everyone’s life, … Continue reading “Vidyard Receives $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Clustrix Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68e02924-65d0-4049-bd2d-2c0d8a59af7a&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name Clustrix Mailing Address 201 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We are building the next generation of highly scalable distributed infrastructure products. Our products make it possible to scale infrastructure just by adding nodes – without custom software engineering or special administrative activities. Website http://www.clustrix.com … Continue reading “Clustrix Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding”

H5 Technologies Receives $4,108,568 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0948839d-2a37-4693-a8fd-9eca781cff56&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name H5 Technologies Mailing Address 71 Stevenson Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description H5, a San Francisco-based technology and services company, develops advanced information discovery, analytic and corporate content risk management solutions for Fortune 1000 companies and major law firms. Website http://www.h5.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “H5 Technologies Receives $4,108,568 New Funding Round”

Mytrus Receives $750,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e138c6d-a282-4064-8349-cfb043a6ad9b&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name Mytrus Mailing Address 350 Sansome St San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Mytrus, Inc. conducts clinical trials for pharmaceutical customers faster, better, and cheaper. Website http://www.mytrus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $750,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “Mytrus Receives $750,000 Series B Financing Round”

Precursor Energetics Obtains $6,500,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5da37de-4d33-4fc3-be1f-f4cba917c1ca&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name Precursor Energetics Mailing Address 3221 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95050 Company Description The Company utilizes state-of-the-art inorganic and organometallic chemistry, coupled with advanced process engineering and materials science, to satisfy the need for high-value advanced materials and low-cost manufacturing processes in markets ranging from thin film … Continue reading “Precursor Energetics Obtains $6,500,000 Series C Financing”

Omada Health Garners $4,700,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=125aaf43-72fc-4dbd-801b-d3ec6ab7c4e7&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name Omada Health Mailing Address 615 Grant Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description We’re revolutionizing health care through group-based programs for chronic disease prevention. Focused disease prevention is the next great opportunity in health. We’re combining behavioral science, human-centered design, and new technology to transform … Continue reading “Omada Health Garners $4,700,000 Series A Financing Round”

Gastke Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d5a60415-8406-4618-bd68-ee86ddea4a2e&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2013 Company Name Gastke Mailing Address 205 Lennon Lane Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Company Description Gastke Inc. is a software company developing cloud based accounting software for CPA firms to accomplish work faster and easier than ever before. We are based in Walnut Creek, California. Gastke Incorporated is structured as … Continue reading “Gastke Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding”

Women in Biotech—Funding your Idea: Growing From Concept to Reality

From the event website: “Entrepreneurs, do you have an idea for a life sciences startup company? Are you hunting for that elusive financing to launch your dream? Women in Biotech-San Francisco Bay Area is presenting a highly targeted seminar providing a roadmap to securing startup capital. Karen Boezi, CEO of Redwood Bioscience, with experience both … Continue reading “Women in Biotech—Funding your Idea: Growing From Concept to Reality”

Fighting a Global War on Rare Diseases

Are we winning the war against rare, or “orphan,” diseases? A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking so, given the drumroll of news. The crescendo came in 2011, when the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved 26 drugs in this category, meaning for illnesses that afflict fewer than 200,000 people. It was the … Continue reading “Fighting a Global War on Rare Diseases”

A Call for the 113th Congress to Support an Innovation Agenda

While the 113th Congress addresses hot-button issues like gun control, comprehensive immigration reform, sequester spending cuts and the federal budget, a critical issue that greatly impacts our economy and global competitiveness is being overlooked—innovation. Washington’s approach to innovation policy has been fragmented and detached from other prevalent issues, which led CONNECT to develop an innovation … Continue reading “A Call for the 113th Congress to Support an Innovation Agenda”

Excess Healthcare Spending Is Undermining Innovation

I read Luke Timmerman’s article yesterday on ProCure with mixed emotions. My first emotion was that of deep gratitude for the men and women who commit their lives to the science of improving healthcare. I continue to be inspired by these professionals and their incredible contributions to a healthcare industry that is very slow to … Continue reading “Excess Healthcare Spending Is Undermining Innovation”

Miguel de Icaza: From “Anti-Apple” to Xamarin, Helping Windows Devs Go iOS

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that some of the world’s most prominent techies live in Boston. One of those is Miguel de Icaza, who will be in the audience today at Mobile Madness 2013 at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA. De Icaza (pictured) is the open-source software guru who started the GNOME project in the … Continue reading “Miguel de Icaza: From “Anti-Apple” to Xamarin, Helping Windows Devs Go iOS”

TeloMe Turns to Crowdfunding to Promote Telomere Testing

You may take a bit of convincing to send a few dollars to filmmaker Denver Jackson, who’s seeking funds to complete his animated short “Cloudrise” through the crowdfunding site Indiegogo. But at least Jackson has this one advantage—you know what an animated film is. Imagine pitching the Indiegogo crowd for money to pay for “telomere … Continue reading “TeloMe Turns to Crowdfunding to Promote Telomere Testing”

Should Big Data Businesses Be Forced to Prevent Hacking?

Earlier this year, Twitter admitted they lost personal information on 250,000 or so users to hackers. Other organizations, including the New York Times and the Federal Reserve, reported hackers had been inside their systems. The list of high profile hackings is so long that perhaps the day has come when companies should expect they will … Continue reading “Should Big Data Businesses Be Forced to Prevent Hacking?”

Arrive Garners $20,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f779da4d-2b0e-4da0-92b1-1bdbf3c1ba5d&Preview=1 Date 3/19/2013 Company Name Arrive Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description A transit app that makes it possible to live without a car. Personalized multi-modal transit for the everyday urban traveler. Website http://www.downloadarrive.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use … Continue reading “Arrive Garners $20,000 Seed Financing”

SunFunder Lands $20,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7b9f6fb-0ba0-4bb9-87e8-1c6e49e26d27&Preview=1 Date 3/19/2013 Company Name SunFunder Mailing Address 901 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description We believe that people around the world would lend money to these businesses if they could, and so we’ve created a crowdfunding platform to connect individual investors with quality, vetted, high impact solar businesses working … Continue reading “SunFunder Lands $20,000 Seed Funding Round”

Share Practice Receives $20,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=746ec026-0211-4ca9-9852-63c280a9198d&Preview=1 Date 3/19/2013 Company Name Share Practice Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description We’re changing the way physicians make clinical decisions. Website http://www.sharepractice.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to accelerate its initial development. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Share Practice Receives $20,000 Seed Financing Round”

Eko Devices Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c9fe3b7-68b3-409f-a418-ad123372721d&Preview=1 Date 3/19/2013 Company Name Eko Devices Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Detect Sound. Visualize Rhythm. Record and Playback. Computer-generated Diagnosis. Our product is an application that records, visualizes, and analyzes patient’s heart sounds combined with a stethoscope attachment that transmits the heartbeat from any acoustic stethoscope to … Continue reading “Eko Devices Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding”

6th Annual Cooley Medical Technology Growth Conference

From the event organizers: Cooley LLP invites you to join an exclusive gathering of leading executives, investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the medtech industry for the Sixth Annual Cooley Medical Technology Growth Conference. This event will focus on the key drivers affecting the medtech industry and explore growth strategies for medical device, medical technology … Continue reading “6th Annual Cooley Medical Technology Growth Conference”

Robot Block Party 2013

From the event organizers: “The robots return to Stanford on April 10 during National Robotics Week. The Robot Block Party is an annual robotics festival organized by Silicon Valley Robotics, with Stanford Robotics Club and the Stanford Center for Internet and Society…2,000 people came to the 2012 Robot Block Party, to see more than 30 … Continue reading “Robot Block Party 2013”

Affymax Cuts 230 Jobs, Mulls Bankruptcy, After Drug Withdrawal

Big cuts were inevitable at Affymax the past few weeks, and confirmation came today. Palo Alto, CA-based Affymax (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AFFY]]) said today that the company is cutting 230 people from its payroll, about 75 percent of its workforce. The job cuts affected people in the company’s commercial side and medical affairs, as well as other … Continue reading “Affymax Cuts 230 Jobs, Mulls Bankruptcy, After Drug Withdrawal”

Women, Success, and Corporate Culture: Are These the Values We Want?

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, is probably right. What it takes to be successful in a U.S. company and what we define as success in America requires the kind of singular focus on developing leadership skills and a strong power base that Sandberg discusses in her book. These are the hard facts of … Continue reading “Women, Success, and Corporate Culture: Are These the Values We Want?”

Ex-Googlers Design an Algorithm for Investing in Young Entrepreneurs

“Venture capitalists have long said, ‘We invest in people, not ideas or businesses.’ Well, not really. We are the first people really doing it.” So says Dave Girouard, the founder of Upstart, a new operation in Palo Alto that’s part loan agency, part investment fund, part mentoring network, and part dream factory. Made up mostly … Continue reading “Ex-Googlers Design an Algorithm for Investing in Young Entrepreneurs”

Why Are Healthcare Costs Exploding? See Proton Cancer Therapy

Whenever a new medical technology comes out in the U.S., a few things happen. Doctors, hospitals, the media, and, of course, the drug and device makers cheer. Newer technology must always be better, right? Never mind if it costs a little extra. We’re talking about a patient’s life and well-being, after all. But when we … Continue reading “Why Are Healthcare Costs Exploding? See Proton Cancer Therapy”

Health Technology Forum Innovation Conference: Platforms for the Underserved

From the event website: “This meeting explores innovations in healthcare technology that are making the best healthcare accessible to those with greatest need. Join us for: Key Note Addresses by industry thought leaders on topics such as mHealth, healthcare policy, innovation. Interactive Panel Discussions on the Future of Technological Innovation in Healthcare, Growth and Expectations. Healthcare Technology … Continue reading “Health Technology Forum Innovation Conference: Platforms for the Underserved”

Future Energy Silicon Valley

The Stanford Energy Club and Ultralight Startups presents an evening event for cleantech entrepreneurs. From the event site: “Future Energy is a series of startup-investor pitch events that connects entrepreneurs, researchers, and private investors in the energy and clean-tech industries to develop and commercialize radical solutions to the world’s energy challenges. Our Stanford event is part … Continue reading “Future Energy Silicon Valley”

Where Have All the Gadgets Gone?

A remarkable shift is taking place right under our noses. The universe of electronic devices in our homes and offices has stopped expanding, and has in fact begun to shrink. At the same time, our productivity continues to rise and our information, entertainment, and learning options keep exploding. In other words, we’re getting more stuff … Continue reading “Where Have All the Gadgets Gone?”

How Google Glass, Indoor Location, & Mobile Shopping Can Save Retail

Retail is changing. Roughly $3.7 trillion in annual U.S. spending is up for grabs. That’s a lot of money. Some technology theorists, including Marc Andreessen, believe the change will be revolutionary in nature—predicting the outright death of brick-and-mortar retail. The theory is that soon enough, visiting a physical store will be as archaic as reading … Continue reading “How Google Glass, Indoor Location, & Mobile Shopping Can Save Retail”

Qlika Garners $20,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8152c7f5-70ba-4c2a-a9e3-0f26cf0c72c9&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2013 Company Name Qlika Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Qlika is the only platform that empowers you to manage & optimize millions of micro-campaigns without expanding your existing marketing team. Website http://www.qlika.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will … Continue reading “Qlika Garners $20,000 Seed Funding Round”

Veed.me Obtains $20,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9340abe2-77d2-46a3-97b9-10811c56aa3e&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2013 Company Name Veed.me Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Veed.me is a video creation marketplace that connects small businesses and startups with talented videographers. The startup is taking an approach to video that’s reminiscent of what oDesk or 99designs does for content producers and designers — … Continue reading “Veed.me Obtains $20,000 Seed Round”

Sentinel Receives $20,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c381c70-8cbf-4565-9466-2c9a15683653&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2013 Company Name Sentinel Mailing Address 2500 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description True behavioural on-machine protection in real time. We don’t inspect files or websites, we detect suspicious behaviours, in real time, as they happen, and stop them before they do damage – right there on … Continue reading “Sentinel Receives $20,000 Seed Funding Round”

Ondigo Secures $20,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99d84d0a-bbb3-4ab1-bc34-68713a1f31ac&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2013 Company Name Ondigo Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description We help small business owners close more deals! Keep your personal touch while managing your customer base, like the big boys do! Get an edge over the competition today. Website http://www.ondigo.me Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 … Continue reading “Ondigo Secures $20,000 Seed Funding”

Qmerce Garners $20,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d964467-a1d1-4d20-b028-ffb4d0b10785&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2013 Company Name Qmerce Mailing Address 2500 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description A Unique Social Marketing Tool. Through gamified social activities, Qmerce ensures that visitors consume your online content. Our proven framework enables you to deliver game experiences that incentivize, influence and motive your consumers while … Continue reading “Qmerce Garners $20,000 Seed Financing”

Attention Startups: The Automotive Industry Isn’t a Rust Belt Monolith

What do you think about when you hear the phrase “online advertising”  or “big data”?  How about “social network”?  Do visions of hoodie-wearing young entrepreneurs dance through your head? Each of these are massive parts of the startup tech sector.  In 2012, online display advertising was $12 billion; big data has become the new hot … Continue reading “Attention Startups: The Automotive Industry Isn’t a Rust Belt Monolith”

In Post-CD Era, Gracenote Makes a Big Business of Content Recognition

For Gracenote, the media database company, Christmas used to be the busiest day of the year. They called it “iPod Day,” because that was when millions of people would be unwrapping their new iPods and then rushing to their computers to rip dozens of CDs so they’d have some music to play. For every ripped … Continue reading “In Post-CD Era, Gracenote Makes a Big Business of Content Recognition”

Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far in Favor of Rare Diseases?

As a politician, one of the worst things you can be accused of is being a flip-flopper, a person who changes their mind on one or more issues. Another way of looking at this character trait is to say one has thoughtfully wrestled with an issue and changed one’s mind, as President Obama recently did … Continue reading “Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far in Favor of Rare Diseases?”

New Domain Partnership Focuses on China’s Emerging Healthcare Market

Domain Associates, the life sciences venture firm based in San Diego and Princeton, NJ, says today it has formed a partnership with the Beijing-based firm Elite Consulting to license biomedical products and technologies from the West, and to help commercialize those technologies in China. The exclusive partnership, called Domain Elite, intends to in-license rights to … Continue reading “New Domain Partnership Focuses on China’s Emerging Healthcare Market”

Crowdsourced Workforces Rising

Crowdsourcing is a growing trend in the tech startup industry, and one that has the potential to address pressing needs in various markets. In particular, crowdsourcing of workforces is seeing tremendous uptick. At 1M/1M we’ve encountered several startups that are applying the model on different problem domains related to hiring and staffing. CrowdFlower founder Lukas … Continue reading “Crowdsourced Workforces Rising”

Pfizer Yields to Rivals in Hep C Drug Race

As flashy new entries piled into the race to create an injection-free hepatitis C drug about a year ago, Xconomy’s national biotech editor, Luke Timmerman, likened the contest to the Daytona 500 of the pharmaceutical world. Now Pfizer, the world’s biggest drug company, has scratched itself from the starting lineup. The New York pharmaceutical giant … Continue reading “Pfizer Yields to Rivals in Hep C Drug Race”

Oracle Acquires Nimbula for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e137e4e-469a-46b1-9631-3d81e6dd1ab1&Preview=1 Date 3/13/2013 Company Name Nimbula Mailing Address 1200 Villa Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Nimbula delivers a new class of cloud infrastructure and services system that uniquely combines the flexibility, scalability and operational efficiencies of the public cloud with the control, security and trust of today’s most advanced data … Continue reading “Oracle Acquires Nimbula for Undisclosed Sum”

Uber Sued in Boston; Case Could Wind up in Federal Court

[Updated 5:40 pm Eastern with comment] Uber, the smartphone-based car-for-hire service that has been running into taxi industry opposition around the country, has just landed in court again. And the case is a doozy. Two of Boston’s largest cab companies are suing San Francisco-based Uber in a local court, arguing that the heavily financed startup … Continue reading “Uber Sued in Boston; Case Could Wind up in Federal Court”

Spiral Genetics, Maker of Software for the Genome, Gets $3M from DFJ

Spiral Genetics, the Seattle-based maker of software that helps crunch big volumes of DNA data, has just raised its first sizable round of venture capital. Spiral is announcing today it has raised $3 million in its Series A financing from DFJ, the high-profile venture firm formerly known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Spiral has now raised … Continue reading “Spiral Genetics, Maker of Software for the Genome, Gets $3M from DFJ”