After we put out the 2011 Xconomy Guide to Venture Incubators, my colleague Wade wrote a Friday column entitled “There Is an Incubator Bubble—And It Will Pop.” That particular guide listed 64 startup incubator programs, up from 34 in 2010, and 20 in our first guide in 2009. Wade concluded his column with the admonition: … Continue reading “Amid Talk of Bubble, Xconomy Incubator Guide Grows to 121 Listings”
Category: San Francisco
Secondary Markets and the Venture Economy: Friend, Not Foe
For decades the venture capital economy of Silicon Valley has been the epitome of technological and business model innovation. Yet some of even the most forward-thinking VCs have bristled at the emergence of market-driven secondary investment exchanges (secondary markets). Before Facebook went public, sales of the company’s shares on the secondary markets brought unprecedented visibility … Continue reading “Secondary Markets and the Venture Economy: Friend, Not Foe”
Chartio Gives Tools to a New Generation of Database Jockeys
Even though data is more important than ever—whole businesses are built around collecting it, analyzing it, and repackaging it—you don’t see a lot of CEOs boasting that their companies are “data driven” anymore. That would be like saying that your car is “road based” or that your refrigerator is “cold driven.” It’s so obvious that … Continue reading “Chartio Gives Tools to a New Generation of Database Jockeys”
Encoding.com Garners $1,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cfdc7f75-cd40-48b1-b5af-57a90dcf95a4&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Encoding.com Mailing Address Pier 38 San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description At Encoding.com, our goal is to make professional video encoding accessible, affordable and scalable for everyone. With years of experience building high volume video sites, we were continually challenged with the lack of simple tools for … Continue reading “Encoding.com Garners $1,500,000 New Funding Round”
Snappli Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0724e0a2-b6dd-492e-a3a7-8f85028f0e3b&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Snappli Mailing Address 181 Fremont St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Cut a long story short, we’ve been doing tech stuff for decades. Back in 1999, we invented a way to secure against web threats without having to install any hardware of software on your computer … Continue reading “Snappli Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing”
HootSuite Acquires Seesmic for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0fa531e-6aca-44ec-b0e7-fd2cbc6d1f4d&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Seesmic Mailing Address 1550 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Seesmic operates an Internet service that allows users to track Twitter activity. Website http://www.seesmic.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by … Continue reading “HootSuite Acquires Seesmic for Undisclosed Sum”
Workday, Nebula, SV Angel: Bay Area Tech News By the Numbers
It’s been a while since our last roundup of recent Bay Area technology investing news, so let’s catch up a little. From biggest to smallest: $400 million—The amount that Pleasanton, CA-based Workday hopes to raise in an upcoming IPO, according to SEC filings released last week. The company builds cloud-based applications for human resources, payroll, accounting, … Continue reading “Workday, Nebula, SV Angel: Bay Area Tech News By the Numbers”
Would Longer Drug Patents Really Lead to Lower Drug Prices?
Imagine needing a drug to save your life, finding one that is likely to work, and then realizing you can’t afford it. This was the ironic situation that recently confronted a research physician who was diagnosed with leukemia, the very disease he had devoted his life to studying. Fortunately, the doctor’s friends raised the money … Continue reading “Would Longer Drug Patents Really Lead to Lower Drug Prices?”
Qbotix Lands $6,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fcb77d15-1c1f-460c-a17c-1593ae419db5&Preview=1 Date 9/5/2012 Company Name Qbotix Mailing Address 1080 O’Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Robots have proven themselves in extreme and diverse environments from the surface of Mars to battlefields and ocean depths. We are a robotics company that is bringing the innovations of last several decades to the … Continue reading “Qbotix Lands $6,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Doximity Obtains $17,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=340e4045-3fef-469d-9341-d35a23b87415&Preview=1 Date 9/5/2012 Company Name Doximity Mailing Address 60 E Third Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Doximity is a free communication platform that links medical professionals, enabling faster, smarter treatment. With Doximity, physicians can use their iPhone, iPad, Android device or computer to quickly connect with any U.S. physician to … Continue reading “Doximity Obtains $17,000,000 Series B Financing”
India vs. Silicon Valley: A SaaSy War
Software as a service (SaaS) probably grew in popularity as quickly as it did thanks to Salesforce.com. The customer relationship management (CRM) giant made the lives of sales professionals much easier, and the platform soon gained traction as a handy tool for non-sales professionals as well. But Salesforce.com wasn’t—and still isn’t—affordable for everybody. Enter Zoho, … Continue reading “India vs. Silicon Valley: A SaaSy War”
Fearless Football and Biotech Picks For Fall 2012
Football season starts this week, which means a few things to me. Summer vacation season is over, people’s batteries should be recharged, and it’s time to start fresh at work and school. This is also the time of year I look for lessons and storylines from America’s most popular spectator sport for ways to liven … Continue reading “Fearless Football and Biotech Picks For Fall 2012”
Flite Receives $14,999,997 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56836c21-a329-4b98-a2ca-2cf0dff69f5d&Preview=1 Date 9/4/2012 Company Name Flite Mailing Address 706 Mission St Fifth Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Flite is a cloud-based ad platform that enables marketers to deliver ads people love. Our platform allows advertisers, agencies, and publishers to create, serve, and measure ads that are as dynamic as the … Continue reading “Flite Receives $14,999,997 New Funding Round”
Intrapace Lands $6,201,511 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee89a80b-3549-46a7-bcb8-4e3625120c90&Preview=1 Date 9/4/2012 Company Name Intrapace Mailing Address 967 N. Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description IntraPace is developing a unique platform of implantable technologies for the safe and effective treatment of obesity. This commitment requires a highly competent and dedicated team to make this vision a reality. If you … Continue reading “Intrapace Lands $6,201,511 New Funding Round”
Fingerprint Receives $7,676,321 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=397ae9b1-314b-4d2b-95c7-bc52e6d81cac&Preview=1 Date 9/4/2012 Company Name Fingerprint Mailing Address 575 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Fingerprint is a unique group dedicated to building the next great kids company. Website http://www.fingerprintplay.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,676,321 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. The total amount … Continue reading “Fingerprint Receives $7,676,321 New Financing Round”
Monogram Garners $840,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8aaf6e80-7edd-4600-a21f-bbc835ef324f&Preview=1 Date 9/1/2012 Company Name Monogram Mailing Address 444 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Monogram has created an app that is like your own personal shopper on the iPad, taking the pain out of searching for your favorite brands or discovering new clothing lines that you might not have … Continue reading “Monogram Garners $840,000 Seed Funding”
Medivation Wins FDA Approval of Prostate Cancer Drug
[Updated: 3:10 pm ET] The FDA usually waits until the last-minute deadline to finish its review of whether to approve a new drug for sale in the U.S. But the agency has given San Francisco-based Medivation clearance to start selling its prostate cancer drug today—about three months ahead of its statutory deadline. Medivation (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MDVN]]) … Continue reading “Medivation Wins FDA Approval of Prostate Cancer Drug”
Phones on Flights: The New Mobile Madness
Earlier this week I was in seat 27D on an American Airlines 737 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to San Francisco. We were descending into SFO on the final leg of the flight when I glanced across the aisle and was surprised to see that the people in 27B and 27C—an older gentleman and a young … Continue reading “Phones on Flights: The New Mobile Madness”
Tigo Energy Garners $2,950,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32c99192-c022-45d1-aeef-9fe5a238ab1a&Preview=1 Date 8/31/2012 Company Name Tigo Energy Mailing Address 420 Blossom Hill Road Los Gatos, CA 95032 Company Description Tigo Energy increases output power, up-time, and reliability on existing and new solar installations, resulting in a faster return on investment and lower cost of ownership. Working with energy service providers, panel manufacturers … Continue reading “Tigo Energy Garners $2,950,000 New Financing Round”
Intransa Secures $400,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c1da0330-9136-426b-bdc4-b03972b43505&Preview=1 Date 8/31/2012 Company Name Intransa Mailing Address 10710 N. Tantau Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Intransa is an innovator of an enterprise class, intelligent IP storage products and software. Based on technology that leverages the low cost and maturity of Ethernet technology, Intransa’s IP SAN solutions dramatically reduce the cost … Continue reading “Intransa Secures $400,000 New Round”
Everyme Secures $2,150,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0a391d2-63d0-4af2-932a-dd2aa18e0b72&Preview=1 Date 8/31/2012 Company Name Everyme Mailing Address 770 Menlo Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Everyme is reinventing how you experience your address book, and even what an address book is. We’re launching soon, but you can reserve you favorite username right now. Website http://www.everyme.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Everyme Secures $2,150,000 Series A Funding Round”
Why Yammer Said Yes to Microsoft: Q&A with Co-founder David Sacks
I’ve been meaning to catch up with David Sacks, the co-founder and CEO of Yammer, for a while now, and we actually had a meeting on the books for June 6 at the company’s SoMa headquarters. That meeting got canceled, for reasons that went totally unexplained at the time. But it turns out that the … Continue reading “Why Yammer Said Yes to Microsoft: Q&A with Co-founder David Sacks”
Zenverge Garners New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1651b6c7-675e-4a2c-abae-0e10c778b590&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name Zenverge Mailing Address 10181 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Zenverge makes media integrated circuits that are used in devices like HD televisions, Blu-ray players and PCs. Website http://www.zenverge.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The firm said it will … Continue reading “Zenverge Garners New Financing Round”
EdSurge Secures $400,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d7e590e-9c54-42ab-9ada-2f59132d0ac4&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name EdSurge Mailing Address 228 Lorton Ave Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description EdSurge is an independent information resource and community for everyone involved in education technology. We aim to help educators discover the best products and how to use them and to inspire developers to build what educators … Continue reading “EdSurge Secures $400,000 Seed Funding Round”
Zscaler Lands $38,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26930977-8f75-484d-bfe7-9979831dc9b4&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name Zscaler Mailing Address 110 Baytech Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Zscaler is the industry-first multi-tenant SaaS security provider. Most security products (such as firewalls, VPNs and IDS/IPS) protect corporate servers from threats coming from the Internet. Newer threats infect end users— who are accessing Internet … Continue reading “Zscaler Lands $38,000,000 New Funding”
Intarcia Therapeutics Lands $7,250,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=952b6dac-7eb5-4ad4-b685-d793a5d9aa4c&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name Intarcia Therapeutics Mailing Address 24650 Industrial Boulevard Hayward, CA 94545 Company Description Intarcia Therapeutics Inc, a privately held pharmaceutical company, is developing therapies for the treatment of cancer, immunological, and infectious diseases. Website http://www.intarcia.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $7,250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Intarcia Therapeutics Lands $7,250,000 New Funding”
Eiger Biopharmaceuticals Secures $1,057,568 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1755117-8770-49b5-ad1a-f3c9b5e44dba&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name Eiger Biopharmaceuticals Mailing Address PO Box 430 San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new antiviral agents against novel targets in the treatment of hepatitis. Eiger’s pipeline includes repurposed clinical agents as well as … Continue reading “Eiger Biopharmaceuticals Secures $1,057,568 Series A Round”
Vision or Hallucination? Founders and Pivots
A founder’s skill is knowing how to recognize new patterns and to pivot on a dime. At times the pattern is noise, and the vision turns out to be a hallucination. Knowing how to sort between vision and hallucination can avoid chaos inside your startup. ——— Yuri, one of my ex students, started a big-data … Continue reading “Vision or Hallucination? Founders and Pivots”
SpiderOak: The Online Backup and Sharing Service Where Privacy Counts
When it comes to putting your data in the cloud, the options seem to fall into two familiar groups. There are services like Carbonite and Mozy for backing up individual computers, and then there are services like Dropbox or Box for accessing or synchronizing files across many computers. But maybe that isn’t all there is. … Continue reading “SpiderOak: The Online Backup and Sharing Service Where Privacy Counts”
Xconomist of the Week: Josh Linkner On Detroit “Getting Back Its Mojo”
Detroit Venture Partners CEO and managing partner Josh Linkner, with his success as a serial entrepreneur, venture fund backed by Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert, and unwavering commitment to nurturing Motor City startups, has become an icon of the city’s revitalization. He’s the kind of guy other investors all over the country—and I … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Josh Linkner On Detroit “Getting Back Its Mojo””
Vigilent Obtains $2,412,885 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=197f86d5-7a50-49af-a10f-6b7db1cb7af7&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2012 Company Name Vigilent Mailing Address 712 El Cerrito Plaza El Cerrito, CA 94530 Company Description Vigilent is the leader in intelligent energy management systems for data centers, telcos and large, commercial buildings. Since its start in 2004, the company has pioneered the application of advanced, artificial intelligence technology to … Continue reading “Vigilent Obtains $2,412,885 New Funding”
TenXer Receives $3,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d27ce1e2-fe31-454f-ac04-9d5aa612e171&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2012 Company Name TenXer Mailing Address 101 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description tenXer is a San Francisco based startup founded by Jeff Ma. Our vision is to make work better and your work better by giving you the tools to better understand your performance, progress and productivity. … Continue reading “TenXer Receives $3,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
ClearSlide Receives $28,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a517cf8-16f0-47e5-a330-be6d9e2e3656&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2012 Company Name ClearSlide Mailing Address 625 2nd Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We provide a fully web-based service designed specifically for the communication needs of sales teams. We strive to make customer facing interactions more effective and to ultimately help sales close more business. We’ve … Continue reading “ClearSlide Receives $28,000,000 Series B Round”
Greenstart Unveils New Startups, New Coaching Method
The Greenstart digital cleantech accelerator in San Francisco shared details about its third class of startups last week—and about the way it helps companies prepare for the rigors of the real world. On the same day that it named its newest investments—in the areas of collaborative consumption, solar installation, power management, and remote device management—Greenstart … Continue reading “Greenstart Unveils New Startups, New Coaching Method”
What’s A Brand, Anyway? The Story of Nuts.com
The New York Times certainly thought we were nuts, as did Forbes and Al Ries in AdAge, all of whom agreed that our six-figure acquisition of the nuts.com domain and our re-branding from NutsOnline to Nuts.com was an example of overspending. Was it? * * * I joined Cranford, NJ-based Nuts.com a year ago as the … Continue reading “What’s A Brand, Anyway? The Story of Nuts.com”
Huddler Lands $17,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7da14bab-a7d9-4249-ba8f-060a31c2153a&Preview=1 Date 8/28/2012 Company Name Huddler Mailing Address 525 Market St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Huddler is an innovative digital media company and technology platform that powers some of the most knowledgable and passionate communities online. From audiophiles to golfers to moms and fashionistas, we have over 21 million enthusiasts … Continue reading “Huddler Lands $17,000,000 Series B Financing”
Aerospike Receives Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c50eef6-79d2-4106-81fa-5fd4b8084150&Preview=1 Date 8/28/2012 Company Name Aerospike Mailing Address 2525 E Charleston Road Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Aerospike is a very fast Key Value Store and the only real-time NoSQL (schema-free) database that combines best practices in traditional database technologies (ACID, immediate consistency) and distributed systems (shared nothing, transparent scaling), to … Continue reading “Aerospike Receives Series B Round”
Sauce Labs Receives $3,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4afc226f-5a43-437d-b92e-f26c9e4c6887&Preview=1 Date 8/28/2012 Company Name Sauce Labs Mailing Address 500 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Sauce Labs is the trusted source for Selenium-based software and services that accelerate the agile web development test process. Cofounded by the original creator of Selenium, Sauce Labs is a leader in the global … Continue reading “Sauce Labs Receives $3,000,000 Series B Round”
Rackspace Acquires Mailgun for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2bc16aeb-e1d2-452b-ad56-c65c9ae7e8e5&Preview=1 Date 8/28/2012 Company Name Mailgun Mailing Address 180 Sansome St San Francisco, CA 94190 Company Description The company operates an e-mail server service via its API. Website http://www.mailgun.net Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties.
CEO of Startup Lockerz Hired as Yahoo’s New Marketing Chief
Kathy Savitt, a longtime PR and marketing executive who founded the well-financed “social commerce” website Lockerz, has left her CEO post at the startup to take the job of chief marketing officer at Yahoo. She’s being replaced by former Amazon and Pepsi executive Mark Stabingas, who had been serving as the startup’s operations chief. Yahoo announced … Continue reading “CEO of Startup Lockerz Hired as Yahoo’s New Marketing Chief”
If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen
I recently took a vacation in Italy, and in my quest to eat everything not nailed down in the Lake Como region, I had the good fortune to participate in an amazing private cooking class in the resort kitchen of the Villa d’Este Hotel. The sous chef, a charming Italian man (duh) took my family through … Continue reading “If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen”
9 Takeaways from Rock Boston Demo Day: Health IT Firms Up
San Francisco-based accelerator Rock Health had its first Boston Demo Day here in Cambridge, MA, on Friday. I came away with some thoughts, which I will share here. As usual, I was looking more for emerging themes in the field, and not so much trying to figure out exactly what each company is doing, or … Continue reading “9 Takeaways from Rock Boston Demo Day: Health IT Firms Up”
CardioDx Pockets $58M, Right After Medicare OK
CardioDx persuaded the folks who work for Medicare that its molecular diagnostic test is a worthwhile medical advance, and now it has persuaded investors to put some more money to work into making it a commercial success. The Palo Alto, CA-based company said today it has completed a two-part equity financing worth $58 million. The … Continue reading “CardioDx Pockets $58M, Right After Medicare OK”
Genentech, ImmunoGen Breast Cancer Drug Extends Lives
Genentech’s new souped-up antibody drug for breast cancer was the star of the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s big conference in June, even though the clinical data wasn’t yet fully baked. But now the data is in, and confirms what most everybody thought it would show—that the drug is extending lives. South … Continue reading “Genentech, ImmunoGen Breast Cancer Drug Extends Lives”
InstaEdu’s Brother-Sister Team Puts Tutoring Online, On Demand
InstaEdu, a San Francisco-based startup that provides teens with on-demand online tutoring, began as a side project ginned up by siblings Alison and Dan Johnston. Alison, who had been part of search startup Aardvark and wound up as an associate product marketing manager at Google after Aardvark’s acquisition, was itching to start her own company, … Continue reading “InstaEdu’s Brother-Sister Team Puts Tutoring Online, On Demand”
Medicalis Obtains $9,777,138 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1baa3ef6-b55c-4281-892d-1ca73b06f594&Preview=1 Date 8/27/2012 Company Name Medicalis Mailing Address 201 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Medicalis delivers clinical knowledge to the point-of-care. Created with the goal of delivering evidence- based medicine, and founded upon deep expertise in healthcare information integration, Medicalis has the unique ability to capture clinical knowledge and … Continue reading “Medicalis Obtains $9,777,138 New Financing”
Funambol Secures $5,720,526 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2381ebad-05df-4007-8981-702a105c0dec&Preview=1 Date 8/27/2012 Company Name Funambol Mailing Address 1065 E. Hillsdale Boulevard Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description Funambol is the company behind Sync4j, the world-leading open source mobile application server. Sync4j is the open standard solution for the development, software provisioning and management of all wireless services: data synchronization, remote device … Continue reading “Funambol Secures $5,720,526 New Funding”
CardioDx Receives $58,000,000 Series F Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef5802e0-21dc-42e3-94b3-71f5d2b8416f&Preview=1 Date 8/27/2012 Company Name CardioDx Mailing Address 2500 Faber Place Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Founded in 2004, CardioDx is a cardiovascular genomic diagnostics company located in Palo Alto, CA. CardioDx develops clinically validated genomic tests to aid in assessing and tailoring care of individuals with cardiovascular disease, including coronary … Continue reading “CardioDx Receives $58,000,000 Series F Round”
Sapheon Garners $18,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=239feeaf-4312-4d1e-9b36-1dedf2fde70d&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2012 Company Name Sapheon Mailing Address 3579 Westwind Blvd Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Company Description Sapheon Inc. is a medical device company whose mission is to develop new approaches and disruptive technologies for the treatment of vascular disease. Website http://www.sapheoninc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,500,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Sapheon Garners $18,500,000 Series B Financing”
Rock Health’s Boston Demo Day Yields Seven Startups
In case you’ve lost track of Demo Days around here, there’s a pretty interesting one happening today. Rock Health, the grant-giving healthcare accelerator that started in San Francisco, is holding its inaugural Rock Boston Demo Day at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA, at 2 pm. You could be forgiven for confusing the various health-tech … Continue reading “Rock Health’s Boston Demo Day Yields Seven Startups”