Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c8eec5c-acd6-407d-a41d-7ef26367411f&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name Relypsa Mailing Address 5301 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Relypsa, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company leading the discovery and development of new non-absorbed polymeric drugs for important applications in renal and cardiovascular disease. Website http://www.relypsa.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,587,888 Transaction … Continue reading “Relypsa Receives $2,587,888 New Funding Round”
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RobotsApps.com Garners $250,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97bd9efc-fe71-4c8f-b3bc-8827e4742160&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name RobotsApps.com Mailing Address 50 California St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description RobotsApps.com Inc., the provider of RobotAppStore, an online marketplace for buying apps that extend the functionality of a wide range of robots. Website http://www.robotappstore.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “RobotsApps.com Garners $250,000 New Financing”
Pica8 Lands $6,600,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d21d1bb-16c4-4962-a1c1-89fb5923e1db&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name Pica8 Mailing Address 1032 Elwell Court Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Pica8 is fulfilling the promise of true software-defined networking (SDN) by providing the world’s first open, hardware-independent switching system. Pica8’s open switches transform the data center by decoupling hardware from software. This new approach provides … Continue reading “Pica8 Lands $6,600,000 Series A Funding”
Mine Receives $600,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=120bf48e-2957-4d64-a437-99ec3babb859&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name Mine Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Mine is a quick and easy service for telling people when you buy something. Post your item’s official picture, store and link; control who you share with; and build your online catalog of purchases. Website http://www.getmine.com Transaction … Continue reading “Mine Receives $600,000 Seed Round”
23andMe Lands $50,000,000 Series D Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=779aaf28-c144-4038-ae87-c6964cacd9fa&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name 23andMe Mailing Address 1390 Shorebird Way Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description 23andMe is focused on empowering individuals to access, explore, and better understand their genetic information, making use of recent advances in DNA analysis technologies and proprietary web-based software tools. Website http://www.23andme.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “23andMe Lands $50,000,000 Series D Funding”
GlassPoint Solar Lands $26,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=051d5266-4a93-42f8-9bf5-e6f24418157d&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name GlassPoint Solar Mailing Address 46485 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description GlassPoint specializes in building large-scale solar collector systems that are optimized for delivering solar industrial process heat. From our Fremont, California headquarters we manage our global supply chain to maintain our position as the price … Continue reading “GlassPoint Solar Lands $26,000,000 Series B Funding”
One Kings Lane Obtains $50,000,000 Series D Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac574ddc-486b-4f95-89de-f9f47806983a&Preview=1 Date 12/11/2012 Company Name One Kings Lane Mailing Address 501 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company operates a website that provides flash sales information for the home decor, furnishings and accessories market. Website http://www.onekingslane.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “One Kings Lane Obtains $50,000,000 Series D Funding”
In-Car Health Monitoring: Lemon or Lifesaver?
Patient monitoring outside the hospital has been a hot topic (and also a not so hot topic) for the past 15 years. Starting back in the late 1990s with companies like Health Hero, a company whose products for patient home monitoring are still in use today, company after company has sought to bring a successful … Continue reading “In-Car Health Monitoring: Lemon or Lifesaver?”
The Road to Predictable Innovation: Genomics in Drug R&D
There is a great need by large biotechs and pharma companies to show true and more predictable innovation. In an industry report issued just last week by Deloitte and Thomson Reuters, analysis of the top 12 pharmaceutical companies globally shows that the risk in new drug discovery have grown worse. The report notes an increasing … Continue reading “The Road to Predictable Innovation: Genomics in Drug R&D”
The Wisconsin Biotech Story: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
[Updated 1:04 pm PT] They say you can’t go home again. But sometimes you can go home after a few years and notice that your home has changed quite a bit. This past week, I went back to Wisconsin, where I’m originally from, to visit family and do some reporting. I stopped by the capitol, … Continue reading “The Wisconsin Biotech Story: Slow and Steady Wins the Race”
Delivery Agent Garners $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec6b6d9f-5209-4e32-a75b-3c7a8f571019&Preview=1 Date 12/10/2012 Company Name Delivery Agent Mailing Address 300 California St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Delivery Agent, Inc., is the leader in shopping-enabled entertainment for television shows, movies, magazines, sports, and music videos. Website http://www.deliveryagent.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Delivery Agent Garners $5,000,000 New Financing”
Gynesonics Obtains $900,181 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dbd91af3-a5a6-4d36-84b3-6f55e238ef19&Preview=1 Date 12/10/2012 Company Name Gynesonics Mailing Address 604 Fifth Avenue Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Gynesonics is a private company that is developing a novel, minimally invasive system to treat uterine fibroid tumors, The VizAblate system. Gynesonics’ disposable, hand-held device combines ultrasound imaging to allow the gynecologist to identify fibroids … Continue reading “Gynesonics Obtains $900,181 New Financing”
CARDFREE Garners $10,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9959eed2-a46d-419b-b84e-a67c84c10d4e&Preview=1 Date 12/10/2012 Company Name CARDFREE Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The CARDFREE mobile merchant platform offers a one-stop commerce solution that enables merchants to deepen engagement and enhance every aspect of the customer experience. Website http://www.cardfree.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “CARDFREE Garners $10,000,000 Series A Round”
SEC’s Action Against Hastings a Step Backwards
Last night, Netflix disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission, @sec_news if you want to follow them on Twitter, intends to institute a cease and desist proceeding and/or bring a civil injunction against Netflix and its CEO Reed Hastings for a posting he made on the social media website Facebook this summer. As an individual … Continue reading “SEC’s Action Against Hastings a Step Backwards”
Pearl Harbor: A Day That Should Live in Innovation
Almost everyone raised in America knows the story of Pearl Harbor. On the morning of December 7, 1941—71 years ago today—the Japanese Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, claiming eight battleships and other vessels, and 2,403 military and civilian lives, nearly as many as on … Continue reading “Pearl Harbor: A Day That Should Live in Innovation”
How to Crowdfund Your Dream: Checking In on Our Kickstarter Fund
Back on Nov. 9, I published a list of 10 Kickstarter projects every geek should support, and put my money where my mouth was by creating the World Wide Wade Kickstarter Fund. I pledged $10 to each project on the list (eventually there were 13 in all), and promised that I’d return in a few weeks … Continue reading “How to Crowdfund Your Dream: Checking In on Our Kickstarter Fund”
Onyx, Millennium, Ariad: Firms to Watch at Hematology Meeting
[Corrected 12/07/12, 10:18 pm. See below.] The life sciences industry has been talking up personalized medicine for more than a decade, but so far the idea that diseases will be treated with a unique drug regimen tailored to each patient has made little headway in actual clinical practice. A number of drug developers large and … Continue reading “Onyx, Millennium, Ariad: Firms to Watch at Hematology Meeting”
Validity Sensors Receives $2,000,000 Series E Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2970cce5-bd0c-40db-9b7b-02e132148bb6&Preview=1 Date 12/7/2012 Company Name Validity Sensors Mailing Address 2001 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Validity’s patented LiveFlex technology provides durability, ruggedness, reliability, and flexibility to create the best overall fingerprint sensing solution for both client and enterprise applications. Website http://www.validityinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Validity Sensors Receives $2,000,000 Series E Financing”
Udemy Secures $12,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b72f921-dcac-4693-89ea-095108a94543&Preview=1 Date 12/7/2012 Company Name Udemy Mailing Address Undisclosed Undisclosed, CA 94300 Company Description Udemy is a website that enables anyone to create an online course. Our goal is to provide our teachers with everything they could possibly need to create a great learning experience over the internet. Founded in 2008, we’ve … Continue reading “Udemy Secures $12,000,000 Series B Round”
Cobalt Technologies Obtains $4,977,338 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=67303a0a-8bb9-4746-b148-9edf7467d2cc&Preview=1 Date 12/7/2012 Company Name Cobalt Technologies Mailing Address 500 Clyde Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Cobalt Technologies is contributing to solving energy challenges by making commercial scale biobutanol from biomass a sustainable reality. Our patented and proprietary technologies create favorable economics for the biorefinery business model by increasing productivity … Continue reading “Cobalt Technologies Obtains $4,977,338 New Funding Round”
Cloudera Obtains $65,000,000 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ccdba2a1-a1de-4769-884d-badc59aeb1ee&Preview=1 Date 12/7/2012 Company Name Cloudera Mailing Address 210 Portage Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Cloudera was founded to provide enterprise-level support to users of Apache Hadoop. Our founding team has deep expertise in commercial use of open source software and Hadoop. Website http://www.cloudera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Cloudera Obtains $65,000,000 Series E Round”
QVC Acquires Oodle for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6475f55e-7147-41ef-9b83-2bcb59140c0f&Preview=1 Date 12/7/2012 Company Name Oodle Mailing Address 60 E 3rd Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Oodle is the UK’s leading shopping engine for classifieds. Oodle offers classifieds listings across every major category: motors, properties to rent and buy, jobs, personals, tickets, pets, services and merchandise. Website http://www.oodle.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “QVC Acquires Oodle for Undisclosed Sum”
Women 2.0 Pitch SF Conference & Competition
From the event site: Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 Conference & Competition (February 14, 2013 in San Francisco Bay Area) is a full day event to learn from successful entrepreneurs and technologists about product innovation leadership. Both men and women working in technology (from early-stage startup to corporate) are invited to hear speakers share best … Continue reading “Women 2.0 Pitch SF Conference & Competition”
TrendSpotting: eFood, iEat
The food industry may seem like the last bastion of brick and mortar companies, relying solely on human efforts. Think again. A new crop of entrepreneurs are taking our love of food out of the kitchen and into the digital realm. Several members of 1M/1M, our global virtual startup incubator, have created specialty brands that … Continue reading “TrendSpotting: eFood, iEat”
BioCision Receives $2,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2c5c397-ae7d-4f4a-9d97-26460bfb3da9&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name BioCision Mailing Address 12 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd Larkspur, CA 94939 Company Description Our mission is to standardize pre-analytical sample handling. We develop and provide products that eliminate variability in common, often-overlooked, laboratory procedures. Our product lines are marketed globally through an extensive distributor network and … Continue reading “BioCision Receives $2,500,000 New Funding”
BioCision Obtains $2,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b2c5c397-ae7d-4f4a-9d97-26460bfb3da9&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name BioCision Mailing Address 12 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd Larkspur, CA 94939 Company Description Our mission is to standardize pre-analytical sample handling. We develop and provide products that eliminate variability in common, often-overlooked, laboratory procedures. Our product lines are marketed globally through an extensive distributor network and … Continue reading “BioCision Obtains $2,500,000 New Round”
CipherCloud Lands $30,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=38edf991-0f48-4808-9e72-38fea73f1865&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name CipherCloud Mailing Address 99 Almaden Blvd San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description CipherCloud is committed to building trust in the cloud. Our revolutionary cloud encryption gateway technology is enabling organizations worldwide to enjoy the benefits of the cloud that otherwise wouldn’t be able to due to concerns … Continue reading “CipherCloud Lands $30,000,000 New Financing Round”
Prismatic Lands $15,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d92b6cff-77b6-4c65-80b2-95146e0590c0&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name Prismatic Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Connect to create a newsfeed based on your interests. Website http://www.getprismatic.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Accel Partners Venture Investor … Continue reading “Prismatic Lands $15,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
RockYou! Receives $1,210,001 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e7a59c8-2ac0-4bd0-8782-c3842d1ced28&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name RockYou! Mailing Address 425 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description RockYou! creates and distributes the most popular self-expression widgets on the web. RockYou!’s viral accessories can be used to enhance the look and feel of any blog, personal website, and are used on social networks … Continue reading “RockYou! Receives $1,210,001 New Funding Round”
Leaky Lands $670,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70dddf0b-ab67-4c47-9d96-c42d5d2d468c&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name Leaky Mailing Address 47 Maiden Lane 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Shopping for insurance can be intimidating and frustrating. That’s why we try to make comparing insurance easy, friendly and fun. We are committed to establishing Leaky as the best way to compare insurance … Continue reading “Leaky Lands $670,000 Seed Round”
MetroMile Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b9e25aa-e5f1-4509-b09f-d20111149786&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name MetroMile Mailing Address 1870 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description We started MetroMile because we believe the people leading the lower-mileage trend should be rewarded. We also believe products such as car insurance are not reacting quickly enough to meet the specialized needs of this … Continue reading “MetroMile Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round”
Citrix Systems Acquires Zenprise for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff9ddc16-b37b-4348-8d76-cbc50a279953&Preview=1 Date 12/6/2012 Company Name Zenprise Mailing Address 1600 Seaport Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Zenprise provides service-management software that delivers real-time, automated diagnosis and resolution of problems across the Microsoft Exchange environment. Website http://www.zenprise.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of … Continue reading “Citrix Systems Acquires Zenprise for Undisclosed Sum”
ClickBerry Makes Videos Into Clickable Gateways to Shopping and Sharing
New Web technologies that once seemed like ultimate breakthroughs—such as streaming video online—may soon appear too slow or too static for our accelerating expectations. But from this impatience, new companies are often born. Entrepreneur Alex Babin’s wife was watching a cooking show video a few years ago, and she wanted to find the recipe. Babin’s … Continue reading “ClickBerry Makes Videos Into Clickable Gateways to Shopping and Sharing”
Three Big Themes from the Personalized Medicine Conference
Hello from Boston, and from the 2012 Partners Personalized Medicine Conference, which last week brought together life science thought leaders from business, research and technology. Several themes that emerged from this year’s program: Genomes, genomes, genomes. Previous personalized medicine conferences had tended to focus on commercialization of and reimbursement for traditional molecular diagnostics. This year, … Continue reading “Three Big Themes from the Personalized Medicine Conference”
Zettaset Secures $4,750,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea9d63d3-7573-4131-9ec5-073929992c48&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Zettaset Mailing Address 1945 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Zettaset believes that its solution represents a paradigm shift from traditional data stores (Databases) by offering its customers an easy to use, highly scalable, flexible platform for aggregating, analyzing, and visualizing small to huge data … Continue reading “Zettaset Secures $4,750,000 New Financing”
ClearStory Data Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb39fef9-09c9-4cbd-bd42-39dc18b30d20&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name ClearStory Data Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description ClearStory Data, a Palo Alto, CA-based company that is developing a new tool for users to conduct self-driven big data exploration. Website http://www.clearstorydata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “ClearStory Data Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Financing”
Centric Software Receives $11,600,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59f0d428-c70b-4efa-8582-4b366407f53f&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Centric Software Mailing Address 655 Campbell Technology Parkway San Jose, CA 95008 Company Description Centric Software has provided innovative Product Intelligence and Project Intelligence enterprise applications. With roots in collaborative project, product, program and portfolio development, Centric combines unique data aggregation with powerful analytics, PDM, and workflow. … Continue reading “Centric Software Receives $11,600,000 Series C Financing Round”
ClearEdge Power Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=effe23dc-c5ef-4490-a810-6555ba772a65&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name ClearEdge Power Mailing Address 920 Thompson Pl. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description ClearEdge Power is a pioneer and leading provider of ultra-clean and efficient on-site energy generation systems for homes and small businesses. With operations throughout the West Coast of the United States, our company is positioned … Continue reading “ClearEdge Power Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing”
Clarity Garners $1,600,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f1222b85-810a-435a-9f88-7520e1ba75b0&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Clarity Mailing Address 2601 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description Clarity connects entrepreneurs with experts, over the phone, for advice on their business challenges. Our mission is simple; connect business owners – with each other – to give and get great advice. We’ve already signed … Continue reading “Clarity Garners $1,600,000 Seed Funding Round”
Phorce Garners $150,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49539b39-a5d3-49e5-be8f-825e6de52514&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Phorce Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Phorce is the world’s first smart bag. We live in the mobile age. You can wake up in San Francisco, spend the afternoon in New York, and be back in the West Coast right on time for … Continue reading “Phorce Garners $150,000 New Round”
Enthuse Secures $1,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49b5d7fb-be58-40f2-a38b-846a0cce11b8&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Enthuse Mailing Address Pier 1 Bay 3 San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Enthuse is platform that enables sports franchises to engage & reward their fans. Website http://www.enthuse.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Enthuse Secures $1,300,000 New Funding”
ScaleIO Lands $12,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98942447-bafb-4483-8236-b208ea42f869&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name ScaleIO Mailing Address 525 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Over the years, the team of ScaleIO founders has been involved in various situations in which a customer had acquired expensive SAN products that were standing unopened, still in their cartons and shrink wrap, in … Continue reading “ScaleIO Lands $12,000,000 New Round”
TourWrist Garners $1,250,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5c7982d-2c7f-4a69-ae64-c86fbf5f9743&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name TourWrist Mailing Address 625 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description TourWrist is an iOS application where users can rate, label, and submit 360° panoramas. People use the platform to share their photography and to check out travel destinations, homes, and businesses. Instead of old-school panoramas, … Continue reading “TourWrist Garners $1,250,000 New Funding”
Green Throttle Games Secures $6,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=097fae30-abed-4b60-b3b2-caefa1b6f2b3&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Green Throttle Games Mailing Address 2933 Bunker Hill Lane Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description We love games. So we figured why not find a way to get more out of them? Why not let you play your way, whether it’s alone on a smartphone or together … Continue reading “Green Throttle Games Secures $6,000,000 New Funding Round”
Digimarc Acquires Attributor for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2950dba8-4bee-4872-81cb-b4740fae22f5&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2012 Company Name Attributor Mailing Address 119 South B Street San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Attributor is a technology company creating a platform that provides transparency and accountability in online content use and licensing for the rapidly growing content economy. Attributor customers will include publishers of all kinds seeking … Continue reading “Digimarc Acquires Attributor for Undisclosed Sum”
HHS CTO Bryan Sivak on How Government Can Spur Healthcare Innovation
It’s not every entrepreneur who even entertains the notion of moving from business to government. Bryan Sivak, though, has made the shift three times over. Sivak left his job at the company he helped create for a position in city government (as Chief Technology Officer for Washington, DC), then became Maryland’s Chief Innovation Officer, and … Continue reading “HHS CTO Bryan Sivak on How Government Can Spur Healthcare Innovation”
The Power of the Pivot: A Primer
Editor’s Note: Xconomy’s Power of the Pivot event took place on December 4, 2012, at the Pake Auditorium at PARC in Palo Alto, CA. The following essay was designed as an introduction to the event’s themes. There’s been a big change in the way companies tell their origin stories. The old emphasis was on heroic … Continue reading “The Power of the Pivot: A Primer”
The Enduring Success of a Healthcare Radical
I’ve spent some time over the past few months reading about an American political figure’s transformative role in our health care system. His crusade began when his staff surveyed drug prices in 77 countries and found “of these, 28 allowed product patents and the prices of drugs in those countries were 18 to 255 times … Continue reading “The Enduring Success of a Healthcare Radical”
Lookout Mobile Security Lands New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2456ad0d-c902-47ca-a9ae-0025f37d6713&Preview=1 Date 12/4/2012 Company Name Lookout Mobile Security Mailing Address 500 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Lookout is a mobile security company dedicated to making the mobile experience safe for everyone. Website http://www.mylookout.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Specific proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Lookout Mobile Security Lands New Financing”
Plivo Garners $1,750,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=546feb0c-3001-4788-8c3d-05ba389be041&Preview=1 Date 12/4/2012 Company Name Plivo Mailing Address 400 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Plivo eliminates the complexity from telephony by providing the most scalable and feature-rich voice and messaging platform wrapped with flexible APIs and backed by 24/7 support. Website http://www.plivo.com Transaction Type Convertible Debt Transaction Amount $1,750,000 … Continue reading “Plivo Garners $1,750,000 Seed Financing Round”