Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e06d3618-3702-4a75-a5f9-1eb952fb9601&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2013 Company Name Kwarter Mailing Address 26 O’Farrell St San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Kwarter builds fun, social, and rewarding mobile experiences to engage viewers and celebrate TV’s most powerful moments. Website http://www.kwarter.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,035,498 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Kwarter Lands $5,035,498 New Financing Round”
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EasyESI Obtains $849,997 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59bce77d-8c77-4868-adfa-2d8d963e76ec&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2013 Company Name EasyESI Mailing Address 1900 Addison St Berkeley, CA 94704 Company Description EasyESI creates technology that saves lawyers time and money. Our document review platform is simple, intuitive, and efficient. We leverage state-of-the art algorithms and hardware to charge highly competitive rates – with no extra fees – … Continue reading “EasyESI Obtains $849,997 New Round”
Cohere Networks Obtains $512,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=866bdb33-3b36-4627-91f5-35deb2b63933&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2013 Company Name Cohere Networks Mailing Address 295 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description We’re changing the game for cable operators. But we’re not ready to talk just yet. Stay tuned. Website http://www.cohere.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $512,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Cohere Networks Obtains $512,000 New Financing”
Aperia Technologies Receives $5,701,363 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b8974c38-e607-4a49-acc9-c51d17e4727a&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2013 Company Name Aperia Technologies Mailing Address 539 Baker Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Revolutionary Automatic Tire Inflation technology delivered by Aperia Technologies. The Halo Tire Inflator utilizes a wheel’s rotational motion to maintain optimal tire pressure, increasing MPG, extending tire life, and reducing blowouts. Website http://www.aperiatech.com Transaction … Continue reading “Aperia Technologies Receives $5,701,363 New Financing Round”
Rocket Lawyer Acquires LawPivot for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=deb9fe3c-9617-486c-82c2-607360af4eef&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2013 Company Name LawPivot Mailing Address Undisclosed Undisclosed, CA 94000 Company Description The company operates a website and service that provides crowd source legal advice to technology companies. Website http://www.lawpivot.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed … Continue reading “Rocket Lawyer Acquires LawPivot for Undisclosed Sum”
Mastering Workplace Performance & Productivity
From the event site: “Learn what top performers know, do and say about professional productivity and effective leadership. Organize your ideas, projects and tasks and learn how to prioritize meetings, emails and professional goals. Practice specific time and action management strategies you can implement immediately at your desk and with your team.” Presented by Jason … Continue reading “Mastering Workplace Performance & Productivity”
Women ARE Running Startups
There has been tremendous sensationalizing of the women and entrepreneurship issue. Self-proclaimed (male) pundits pontificate on how women entrepreneurs face tremendous obstacles, huge prejudice. I disagree. A blog post that I wrote on the subject in October 2010 still garners readership and discussions. Meanwhile, our 1M/1M virtual incubator continues to work with women entrepreneurs actively, … Continue reading “Women ARE Running Startups”
Polaris’s Dogpatch Labs Evolving in Boston, Dublin, Closing in NY, Palo Alto
Big changes are afoot in Polaris Ventures’ network of startup incubators, known as Dogpatch Labs. The short story: Dogpatch in Cambridge, MA, is moving from its current office, subleased from Microsoft, to a nearby space in Kendall Square run by the Cambridge Innovation Center. Dogpatch in Dublin, Ireland, is ramping up. And the Dogpatch offices … Continue reading “Polaris’s Dogpatch Labs Evolving in Boston, Dublin, Closing in NY, Palo Alto”
Turning On to Live Internet Radio with TuneIn
Radio. It’s my periodic obsession, my news lifeline, my aural ecosystem. It’s the most antique of electronic media, yet at the same time, it’s evolving as fast as the Internet, perhaps faster. Where is radio going? How will it thrive? What will it look like (or sound like) in an era when every phone, tablet, … Continue reading “Turning On to Live Internet Radio with TuneIn”
Mirantis Garners $10,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8793a3b9-bab8-41a7-8835-26be8639daf4&Preview=1 Date 1/11/2013 Company Name Mirantis Mailing Address 888 Villa Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Mirantis delivers OpenStack cloud and open source application infrastructure. With the largest pool of OpenStack engineering expertise on the market, Mirantis helps service providers, SaaS vendors and enterprises build and run robust OpenStack cloud infrastructure, … Continue reading “Mirantis Garners $10,000,000 New Financing”
uCirrus Secures $5,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1111e380-7d3e-4b58-a224-5107cbac52cb&Preview=1 Date 1/11/2013 Company Name uCirrus Mailing Address 1510 Fashion Island Blvd San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description The company is developing massively parallel processing technology for real-time search, Web acceleration and cloud computing applications. Website http://www.uCirrus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “uCirrus Secures $5,500,000 New Funding Round”
Art.com Lands $6,249,869 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ba9bbcee-82f2-423d-a70e-b52ab7a6fae3&Preview=1 Date 1/11/2013 Company Name Art.com Mailing Address 2100 Powell St 13th Floor Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description Art.com, Inc. opened its virtual doors in 1995, and over that time, has helped over 4 million customers decorate their walls from the world’s large collection of art imagery. Website http://www.art.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Art.com Lands $6,249,869 New Funding Round”
Epocrates Attracted Athenahealth Buyout by Getting Back to Basics
When I sat down with Epocrates CEO Andrew Hurd on December 19, I wanted to know why the company had decided to abandon its ambitious project to build an electronic health record (EHR) system, which previous executives had portrayed as a cornerstone of the company’s expansion. I also wanted to hear what opportunities for growth … Continue reading “Epocrates Attracted Athenahealth Buyout by Getting Back to Basics”
Feld, Herron, and O’Driscoll Talk Startups and Investments at Eureka Park
Beyond the glitz of new big ticket electronics, startup innovations sparked chatter at this year’s International CES in Las Vegas—especially after a trio of high-profile VCs came to Eureka Park, the startup-focused exhibitor area at the show. Frank Gruber, founder of Las Vegas–based media company and events organizer Tech Cocktail, moderated the spirited chat that … Continue reading “Feld, Herron, and O’Driscoll Talk Startups and Investments at Eureka Park”
Mok Oh, Ex-PayPal, Joins North Bridge to Build “Consumer Big Data” Startup
When last we heard from Mok Oh, he was done with being chief scientist at PayPal. That was October, and the Boston-bred entrepreneur and veteran of companies like EveryScape and Where was on the move. We speculated he would dive back into the early stage startup world. And we would be correct. I got a … Continue reading “Mok Oh, Ex-PayPal, Joins North Bridge to Build “Consumer Big Data” Startup”
Mid-Priced Biotechnology Companies Bloom As M&A Targets in 2013
At the annual health care conference run by JP Morgan in San Francisco this week, and at satellite events surrounding it every year, hundreds of biotechnology companies showcased their work to investors who might advance them the capital to keep going. But the companies’ CEOs are also pitching their value to an equally important part … Continue reading “Mid-Priced Biotechnology Companies Bloom As M&A Targets in 2013”
Innovation or Litigation?
The story of the year in the technology industry has to be HP’s claims that it was deceived by Autonomy in the $11 billion purchase of the software company. The questions of who knew what, and who did (or didn’t) do what, will be discussed and debated for years. And as many business and technology … Continue reading “Innovation or Litigation?”
Biogen ALS Failure Highlights Clinical Trial Frustrations
Drug development doesn’t get much more depressing than the so-far futile search for a lasting treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. More than 20 experimental drugs have failed in clinical trials, the most recent being Biogen Idec’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]]) closely watched dexpramipexole. Dex, as it is often called, made it all … Continue reading “Biogen ALS Failure Highlights Clinical Trial Frustrations”
Got Cancer? Sorry, There’s No App for That
That’s right. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there are no apps for treating Parkinson’s either. Or ALS. Or Alzheimer’s, or one of a large number of other diseases I could name and you don’t want to have. Numerous pharma and biotech companies have created more than a hundred different apps, … Continue reading “Got Cancer? Sorry, There’s No App for That”
Guavus Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77735d65-f5cd-4528-9a18-053aec86f5d8&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name Guavus Mailing Address 1810 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description Guavus is a venture-backed company with a revolutionary set of analytics solutions that changes the way businesses make decisions. Our patented zero-latency, multi-silo data analytics platform continuously mines gushing streams of network, application, and customer … Continue reading “Guavus Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing Round”
ScaleArc Garners $12,300,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cc6253d-8686-425c-aadd-2db3c8f15c16&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name ScaleArc Mailing Address 2200 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description ScaleArc is the pioneer in a new category of database infrastructure software that simplifies the way database environments are deployed and managed, and lowers costs without any changes to applications or databases. Website http://www.scalearc.com … Continue reading “ScaleArc Garners $12,300,000 Series C Funding”
Trapit Garners $721,971 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3c1988fc-3dba-4dae-b8e9-49db69639525&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name Trapit Mailing Address 2390 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description The company provides users with a cognitive computer system that can learn from its experience, as well as by being advised. Website http://www.trapit.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $721,971 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Trapit Garners $721,971 New Financing Round”
FireEye Secures $50,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c3902874-5a3e-4840-adde-64f5b4e50c37&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name FireEye Mailing Address 1390 McCarthy Blvd Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description FireEye, Inc is a network security company that brings advanced network security together with state-of-the-art virtualization technology, to provide infection-based network access control (NAC). Website http://www.fireeye.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “FireEye Secures $50,000,000 New Funding Round”
Axcient Secures $10,649,997 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d25dabe0-eecb-4362-ac64-e2b344af5d53&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name Axcient Mailing Address 1161 San Antonio Rd. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Axcient offers the first plug-and-play data protection service to make business continuity and online backup simple for small and medium sized businesses (SMB). Axcient incorporates an onsite data backup and replication management appliance with … Continue reading “Axcient Secures $10,649,997 New Funding Round”
Streetline Secures $25,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32fa21cb-451e-489c-8f88-ff9b257b8076&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name Streetline Mailing Address 393 Vintage Park Dr Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description Streetline builds solutions to longstanding problems in city management and operations, through the customized design and application of new sensing technologies. Our parking management system offers cities the first real control and oversight of … Continue reading “Streetline Secures $25,000,000 New Round”
Acuity Brands Acquires Adura Technologies for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b53fc8af-9d33-416f-9e5b-d0c5cb616c11&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name Adura Technologies Mailing Address 22 4th St. 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Adura Technologies is a clean energy technology venture applying low-power wireless mesh networking to the lighting controls market. We design, manufacture and commission our lighting management solutions. Our mission is to provide … Continue reading “Acuity Brands Acquires Adura Technologies for Undisclosed Sum”
Fortinet Acquires XDN for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c7820f7-30f3-41fc-a0c7-1e76841530e4&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2013 Company Name XDN Mailing Address 60 E 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Today the Internet’s delivery is in the hands of a few. By creating a healthy, competitive environment, we believe companies will be empowered to scale effectively while reducing costs for their customers, resulting in … Continue reading “Fortinet Acquires XDN for Undisclosed Sum”
Uncharted Territory: Urban Innovation and the Role of Government
Join Tumml, the urban venture accelerator, us for a panel on the rise of urban innovators and the evolving role of government, evaluating the ways entrepreneurs and government can work together to further innovation and improve our cities, featuring: David Chiu, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Logan Green, Co-Founder and CEO of … Continue reading “Uncharted Territory: Urban Innovation and the Role of Government”
Prothena of South San Francisco Gets Head Start as Elan Spinoff
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” goes the famous quote attributed to Aristotle. But biotechnology company Elan didn’t see it that way when it split up its business units recently. In late December, Elan (NYSE: [[ticker:ELN]]) of Dublin, Ireland spun off its early stage drug discovery unit, now named Prothena (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PRTA]]). … Continue reading “Prothena of South San Francisco Gets Head Start as Elan Spinoff”
‘Small Ball’ Investing as an Alternative Model in Life Sciences
The phrase “the VC model is broken” has become cliché over the past few years. Many theories on why this is the case have been posed, including Sequoia Capital’s Douglas Leone, who told a VC conference at MIT last month, “Big is completely the enemy of great.” I agree with Leone; in fact, I have … Continue reading “‘Small Ball’ Investing as an Alternative Model in Life Sciences”
BIND CEO Says Amgen Deal Marks Nanomedicine Turning Point
BIND Bioscience CEO Scott Minick is having a good JP Morgan Health Conference. As reported early Tuesday by Xconomy, he was able to announce just one day in to the meeting that BIND signed its first major drug development deal, worth at least $180.5 million, with biotech powerhouse Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) of Thousand Oaks, CA. … Continue reading “BIND CEO Says Amgen Deal Marks Nanomedicine Turning Point”
ReVance Therapeutics Garners $12,440,992 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77fd646f-6afb-47ac-8fee-238a9422c14c&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2013 Company Name ReVance Therapeutics Mailing Address 7555 Gateway Boulevard Newark, CA 94560 Company Description Revance is developing its lead compound, a topical botulinum toxin based on its cutting-edge drug delivery platforms and low molecular weight botulinum toxin. This product leverages Revance’s platform technologies to enhance patient tolerability of botulinum … Continue reading “ReVance Therapeutics Garners $12,440,992 New Round”
ReVance Therapeutics Receives $12,440,992 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77fd646f-6afb-47ac-8fee-238a9422c14c&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2013 Company Name ReVance Therapeutics Mailing Address 7555 Gateway Boulevard Newark, CA 94560 Company Description Revance is developing its lead compound, a topical botulinum toxin based on its cutting-edge drug delivery platforms and low molecular weight botulinum toxin. This product leverages Revance’s platform technologies to enhance patient tolerability of botulinum … Continue reading “ReVance Therapeutics Receives $12,440,992 New Funding”
Yiftee Garners $850,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9dd4fd72-9012-408d-ab5f-90d77a6d05ee&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2013 Company Name Yiftee Mailing Address 1263-Y El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Local Gifts, On-the-Go. What’s better than a wall post, email or text? Say Hello, Congrats or Thank You with a Yiftee gift – real gifts that your friends redeem locally, supporting local communities and … Continue reading “Yiftee Garners $850,000 Seed Financing”
Mobiplex Receives $1,300,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5193d542-5f53-4e5e-886e-cbfb9a2fb8e7&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2013 Company Name Mobiplex Mailing Address 2700 Augustine Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Founded in 2010 in Silicon Valley, Mobiplex is dedicated to delivering technologies that help sports enthusiasts improve their skill-levels for better enjoyment of the game. Our state-of-the-art ProView Motion Analysis™ engine can accurately capture, analyze … Continue reading “Mobiplex Receives $1,300,000 New Funding Round”
Totsy Acquires Mamasource for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c7c1e5b7-1d61-46fb-ba04-72f64b599869&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2013 Company Name Mamasource Mailing Address 410 Sherman Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Mamapedia connects moms at every stage of their children’s lives to compelling content from the source they trust most: other moms. Every day, moms turn to Mamapedia.com for advice on everything moms need: parenting, health, … Continue reading “Totsy Acquires Mamasource for Undisclosed Sum”
Bill Gates, Yuri Milner Join $13.5M Round For Foundation Medicine
Some prominent people with big money came together last fall to bet on Cambridge, MA-based Foundation Medicine and its vision for using genomic technology to improve cancer care. Now the company has attracted some even bigger pockets to the table. Foundation Medicine said today that Bill Gates has joined a $13.5 million expansion of its … Continue reading “Bill Gates, Yuri Milner Join $13.5M Round For Foundation Medicine”
Amgen in $180.5 Million Drug Development Deal with BIND Biosciences
Cambridge, MA-based BIND Biosciences got a large vote of confidence today for its novel targeted nanomedicine technology. The startup announced today that Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]), in Thousand Oaks, CA, has agreed to invest up to $180.5 million to co-develop a cancer drug based on BIND’s drug development platform, starting with upfront and milestone payments of … Continue reading “Amgen in $180.5 Million Drug Development Deal with BIND Biosciences”
Programming Literacy Done Right: It’s About the Tools
Bonnie Nardi is an anthropologist who studies interactions between humans and computers. In 1993, she published her first book, A Small Matter of Programming. The book’s thesis is bold and simple: every human being can, and should, learn to program computers. The book didn’t get much attention outside of academia and is now long out … Continue reading “Programming Literacy Done Right: It’s About the Tools”
Retailigence Lands $5,737,990 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c6659ba-bdc3-46c2-b2b6-57bce2c70e3d&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2013 Company Name Retailigence Mailing Address 480 Lytton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Retailigence is a venture-backed company that powers location-based shopping. Website http://www.retailigence.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,737,990 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Retailigence Lands $5,737,990 New Financing”
Panaya Secures $16,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e14a7b3e-da8a-4328-b82f-5dcecb74f317&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2013 Company Name Panaya Mailing Address 2480 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Panaya is a solution for SAP business analysts and implementers, which significantly reduces the time, costs and risks involved in SAP implementation, maintenance and upgrade. Website http://www.panayainc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 … Continue reading “Panaya Secures $16,000,000 Series D Round”
Labcyte Garners $5,284,164 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26f0b024-f62b-4eaa-aa35-67af162bdde2&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2013 Company Name Labcyte Mailing Address 1190 Borregas Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description The Labcyte acoustic liquid handling technology has broad applications in the life sciences including dispensing equipment, assay systems, particle manufacturing, microarrays, and living cell transfer devices. Website http://www.labcyte.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,284,164 Transaction … Continue reading “Labcyte Garners $5,284,164 New Financing Round”
Chartboost Secures $19,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d18b453-d61b-4070-a3be-793c790e928c&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2013 Company Name Chartboost Mailing Address 185 Clara St Room 101A San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Chartboost is a platform for internal cross-promotion, direct cross-promotion with other apps, or promoting across a wide network. Website http://www.chartboost.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $19,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Chartboost Secures $19,000,000 New Round”
Trustnode Obtains $5,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5fee026-eb73-467f-b3ca-7e9dffdb198d&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2013 Company Name Trustnode Mailing Address 965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Trustnode’s interactive education platform eliminates the complexity of insurance education. Our proprietary authoring engine allows flexible adaptation of a programmable, animated cast of cartoon characters to create an engaging and effective user experience. Website http://www.Trustnode.com … Continue reading “Trustnode Obtains $5,500,000 New Funding Round”
Quantance Secures $1,650,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=afa449c2-9fd3-4a1b-99fa-d5bbf93736db&Preview=1 Date 1/8/2013 Company Name Quantance Mailing Address 2800 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description The company is developing semiconductor-based technologies. Website http://www.quantance.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,650,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Risa Stack Leaves Kleiner; Third Valley VC to Join GE
Risa Stack, a partner at premier Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has left the firm to become general manager of emerging health innovations at General Electric. Stack announced the move Sunday night at a dinner organized by the Rock Health startup accelerator in San Francisco, and Kleiner confirmed it in a … Continue reading “Risa Stack Leaves Kleiner; Third Valley VC to Join GE”
Neo Aims to Reorder the Business World with Graph Databases
Today I’m going to tell you about an up-and-coming Silicon Valley startup, Neo Technology, that sells a radical new type of database. I know, databases are about as exciting to the average technology user as carburetors and doorstops. But before your eyes glaze over and you click on to the next article, let me explain … Continue reading “Neo Aims to Reorder the Business World with Graph Databases”
Athenahealth Goes Mobile, Acquires Epocrates for $293M
Who says we can’t build big, independent tech companies in Boston? Consider Athenahealth (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ATHN]]), the Watertown, MA-based health IT firm that is becoming a larger anchor for talent and technology, thanks to today’s announcement that it is acquiring San Mateo, CA-based Epocrates (NASDAQ: [[ticker:EPOC]]), a mobile medical-app company. The deal is worth about $293 … Continue reading “Athenahealth Goes Mobile, Acquires Epocrates for $293M”
Biotech CEOs See Insurers as the New Boogeymen, Not FDA
Most biotech executives would have said a few years ago that the FDA was the No. 1 barrier standing in the way of business success. It was the one thing they worried about most. But now biotech CEOs appear to be more concerned about a new kind of threat, coming from the people who pay … Continue reading “Biotech CEOs See Insurers as the New Boogeymen, Not FDA”
My Report Card for JP Morgan Healthcare Conference Picks
Forecasting trends in an industry that you cover every day, if you take time to think about it, is not that hard. Checking back a year later to see how right you were? That can be a little uncomfortable. Rather than add to the pile of predictions people have already made about biotech in 2013, … Continue reading “My Report Card for JP Morgan Healthcare Conference Picks”