Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c57ef24d-4e27-4ea0-9c10-f6685086b5a3&Preview=1 Date 7/30/2012 Company Name Xsigo Systems Mailing Address 70 West Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Xsigo Systems has developed a revolutionary new approach to server I/O: the Xsigo I/O Director. This hardware and software solution is optimized from the ground up to dramatically accelerate and simplify routine data … Continue reading “Oracle Acquires Xsigo Systems for Undisclosed Sum”
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A Mouse and Keyboard Don’t Make a Hardware Company
Microsoft is not, and never will be, a hardware company. Please don’t go off saying “what about Xbox or mice and keyboards?” Microsoft does not really want to build and sell hardware. Surface is akin to Google’s Nexus; a ‘north star’ product intended to lead OEMs in the right direction. “With Surface we wanted to … Continue reading “A Mouse and Keyboard Don’t Make a Hardware Company”
Fred Wilson and Dave McClure Talk Apple, Google Tablet Battles
When Dave McClure, founding partner of startup incubator 500 Startups, visits New York he typically tries to stir up the innovation community. Last night was no different. At the tail end of the one-day Smash Summit, McClure brought Fred Wilson, managing partner of Union Square Ventures on stage to chat about what gets each of … Continue reading “Fred Wilson and Dave McClure Talk Apple, Google Tablet Battles”
Not All E-Mails Are Created Equal; SaneBox Knows the Difference
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column on ways we can work together to restore e-mail sanity. I argued that e-mail overload has a simple cause that’s often overlooked: we’re all sending each other too many messages. We can try all the time-management tricks and software plugins in the book to deal with … Continue reading “Not All E-Mails Are Created Equal; SaneBox Knows the Difference”
Tibion Bionic Technologies Receives $1,700,632 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e46ce01-91c5-4e49-b94f-24a1a929450d&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2012 Company Name Tibion Bionic Technologies Mailing Address 247 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Tibion develops bionic devices for those with loss of muscle function due to disease, injury, aging, or surgery. Website http://www.tibion.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,700,632 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Tibion Bionic Technologies Receives $1,700,632 New Financing”
Nanosys Lands $773,415 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ef37c05-93f4-4f56-a49c-37d88818504f&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2012 Company Name Nanosys Mailing Address 2625 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description Nanosys Inc. is a leader in the development of nanotechnology-based products utilizing high performance inorganic nanostructures. Website http://www.nanosysinc.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $773,415 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Nanosys Lands $773,415 New Financing”
Roku Obtains $45,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=906abf69-c8cb-4458-b2fe-71c60001107c&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2012 Company Name Roku Mailing Address 12980 Saratoga Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 Company Description Roku, Inc., is a privately held company located in Saratoga, Calif., and founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, the inventor of the personal video recorder (PVR). Roku is a leading supplier of innovative and easy to … Continue reading “Roku Obtains $45,000,000 New Funding”
Lex Machina Receives $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26f75788-1377-4be7-bcff-d023b1474dd6&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2012 Company Name Lex Machina Mailing Address 1000 Elwell Court Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description In 2009, Lex Machina spun out of a Stanford University Law School and Computer Science Department project called the IP Litigation Clearinghouse (IPLC). Founded by Law Professor Mark Lemley in 2006, and launched with … Continue reading “Lex Machina Receives $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Thomson Reuters Acquires MarkMonitor for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=893a10c1-51ba-4e4d-92fb-a6073c818413&Preview=1 Date 7/27/2012 Company Name MarkMonitor Mailing Address 303 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description MarkMonitor is the global leader in delivering comprehensive online corporate identity protection services, Making the Internet Safe for Business. Website http://www.markmonitor.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms … Continue reading “Thomson Reuters Acquires MarkMonitor for Undisclosed Sum”
Siluria Attracts Paul Allen, Gets $30M to Turn Natural Gas Into Chemicals, Fuels
[Updated: 2:50 pm PT] San Francisco-based Siluria Technologies, the company with a big idea for converting natural gas into fuels and specialty chemicals, has now attracted some more big money and big name investors. Siluria said today it has pulled in a $30 million Series C venture round led by new investors Bright Capital and … Continue reading “Siluria Attracts Paul Allen, Gets $30M to Turn Natural Gas Into Chemicals, Fuels”
Xamarin Beckons Windows Developers to Build iOS and Android Apps
Nat Friedman was nearing the end of an 18-month trip through Uganda, Thailand, and Cambodia with his new wife Stephanie when he got an urgent call from his old business partner Miguel de Icaza. Back in 1999, Friedman and de Icaza had co-founded a startup called Ximian. The company was best known for launching an … Continue reading “Xamarin Beckons Windows Developers to Build iOS and Android Apps”
Revinate Lands $14,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=27e86eaf-2c5f-4d89-8d1f-0f268f2476d1&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Revinate Mailing Address 106 Lincoln Blvd The Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129 Company Description Revinate is a software platform designed exclusively for the hospitality industry that makes it easy to take control of your online reputation by using online reviews and social media to learn from and … Continue reading “Revinate Lands $14,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Siluria Technologies Lands $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43cb5009-107d-4219-96f7-12f266d28617&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Siluria Technologies Mailing Address 409 Illinois St. San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description The company is developing technology that can create ethylene from natural gas. Website http://www.siluria.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The Series C financing will help fund … Continue reading “Siluria Technologies Lands $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Booshaka Obtains $1,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=40030567-672d-4dec-9122-2e745b66ba76&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Booshaka Mailing Address 626 Jefferson Ave Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Booshaka is the leading word of mouth marketing platform for the social web. Website http://www.booshaka.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Booshaka Obtains $1,000,000 Series A Financing”
Mob Science Lands $3,499,999 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11789452-c3b8-4051-9d6e-4e74ed65ca0b&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Mob Science Mailing Address 7051 Rose Drive Carlsbad, CA 94103 Company Description Mob Science has been building fun and addictive social games since the early days of the industry – way back in 2008! Since then our games have been played and enjoyed by over 50 million … Continue reading “Mob Science Lands $3,499,999 New Financing Round”
Metacert Lands $740,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d3aec3b-3909-4823-9add-68a571b68e8d&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Metacert Mailing Address 585 Bryant Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description MetaSurf is a new software tool which enables parents to block hundreds of millions of adult webpages for their children without compromising their browsing experience. Website http://www.metacert.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Metacert Lands $740,000 New Funding Round”
ExploraMed Development Secures $8,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73f11ee4-bf35-4eb0-a3b3-69e9d8dd8674&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name ExploraMed Development Mailing Address 2570 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description ExploraMed is a medical device incubator dedicated to identifying important clinical needs and providing cost effective device solutions that improve clinical outcomes and the quality of life for patients worldwide. Website http://www.exploramed.com … Continue reading “ExploraMed Development Secures $8,000,000 New Financing”
Backblaze Lands $5,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53ca6e31-dfd5-4c44-84f6-dfdfa59d4752&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Backblaze Mailing Address 500 Ben Franklin Ct San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description We designed Backblaze to be really easy to use. There is no need to select the folders and filetypes you want to backup. That means all your data will be backed up without having … Continue reading “Backblaze Lands $5,000,000 New Financing Round”
Picarro Obtains $7,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6de2d4a-3e71-4af4-9911-e485ebe92c1c&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Picarro Mailing Address 3105 Patrick Henry Dr. Santa Clara , CA 95054 Company Description Picarro’s singular mission is to produce the world’s highest performance and easiest to use gas analyzers. Our analyzers serve a wide variety of markets including atmospheric science, greenhouse gas measurement, air quality, food … Continue reading “Picarro Obtains $7,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Brightcove Acquires Zencoder for $30,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=181350e6-f563-451b-92fa-f621c46e51cb&Preview=1 Date 7/26/2012 Company Name Zencoder Mailing Address 149 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company transcodes videos for media content owners. Website http://www.Zencoder.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties.
As Zynga Eyes Gambling, Betable Offers Small Devs Some Action
Could those addictive crop-farming and city-building games on Facebook dispense real money someday? It’s coming, and sooner than you might think. On Wednesday afternoon, amid a poor quarterly earnings report, social game leader Zynga said it plans to incorporate real-money gambling for players outside the U.S. next year. And, although the regulations are still not … Continue reading “As Zynga Eyes Gambling, Betable Offers Small Devs Some Action”
Diffbot Is Using Computer Vision to Reinvent the Semantic Web
You know how the Picturephone, a half-billion-dollar project at AT&T back in the 1960s and 1970s, turned out to be a huge commercial flop, but two-way video communication eventually came back with a vengeance in the form of Skype and FaceTime and Google Hangouts? Well, something similar is going on with the Semantic Web. That’s … Continue reading “Diffbot Is Using Computer Vision to Reinvent the Semantic Web”
SolarCity Lands $200,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f4fec45-e972-4264-a278-0c4cfb49f147&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name SolarCity Mailing Address 3055 Clearview Way San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description SolarCity matches advanced solar power technology with a suite of installation services. The company’s comprehensive offering removes the technical, regulatory, and financing barriers to solar power, helping customers make smart renewable energy choices that save … Continue reading “SolarCity Lands $200,000,000 New Funding”
Keen.io Secures $750,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cd5696f1-a4d4-4052-8249-302d080441d9&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name Keen.io Mailing Address 2624 15th Ave San Francisco, CA 94127 Company Description Every time someone blinks, breathes, starts the engine on their car, or taps something in an iPhone app, an event has occurred. Keen is the cloud data warehouse & analysis platform for event data like … Continue reading “Keen.io Secures $750,000 Seed Funding Round”
GoodData Secures $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee346abd-321c-40b9-a327-5648546cbdd1&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name GoodData Mailing Address 530 Bush St San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description GoodData was founded with the mission to provide a platform for collaborative analytics. We believe that sharing and teamwork allows our users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of business … Continue reading “GoodData Secures $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Ticketfly Garners $22,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8a309a7a-e7ba-490c-ac0b-5a3525314e4e&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name Ticketfly Mailing Address 75 Federal St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Ticketfly offers event promoters and venues next-generation ticketing and powerful website and social marketing tools, saving them time and money. Website http://www.ticketfly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Ticketfly Garners $22,000,000 Series C Funding”
Chute Obtains $2,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d99b9a8f-910e-4478-a1de-9665861dca93&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name Chute Mailing Address 480 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We are a venture funded, Y Combinator-backed, engineering-driven startup in SoMA, San Francisco. Our goal is to serve, route, or analyze every photo and video on the web. We are a small team of mostly … Continue reading “Chute Obtains $2,700,000 New Funding”
Xamarin Secures $12,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9049522-8984-49f5-b320-e186ce8c8d00&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name Xamarin Mailing Address 50 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Xamarin was founded in May of 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. Our mission is to produce the best software development tools in the world, and to make it fast, easy and fun to build great mobile … Continue reading “Xamarin Secures $12,000,000 Series A Funding”
Coulomb Technologies Obtains New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=19b3c870-d86a-433f-9359-e38b709a4a34&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2012 Company Name Coulomb Technologies Mailing Address 1692 Dell Ave Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description Coulomb delivers networked charging stations and provides a service that meets the needs of drivers, municipalities, electric utilities and government entities. Website http://www.coulombtech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Coulomb Technologies Obtains New Round”
The Forlorn Server; or, Don’t Mistake Unrequited Love for an Actual Deal
If there’s only one passionate party in a relationship it’s unrequited love. Here’s how I learned it the hard way. The Dartmouth Football Team After Rocket Science I took some time off and consulted for the very VCs who lost lots of money on the company. The VCs suggested I should spend a day at … Continue reading “The Forlorn Server; or, Don’t Mistake Unrequited Love for an Actual Deal”
Students Connect Outside the Classroom in Piazza’s Online Forums
This spring, Piazza founder and CEO Pooja Sankar accepted an invitation to an event at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., celebrating the achievements of women. The Naval Observatory is better known as the Vice President’s Residence. Sankar knew that she would have about 10 seconds in the receiving line to explain Piazza to … Continue reading “Students Connect Outside the Classroom in Piazza’s Online Forums”
Vook Puts E-Book Publishing Power in More Hands
Just one year after moving from San Francisco to New York, Vook is enhancing its cloud-based e-book publishing platform this week. Vook, which has made its name by enabling non-techie types to publish their work electronically, is now rolling out features such as an HTML5-based reader that will let many tablets and smartphones pull up … Continue reading “Vook Puts E-Book Publishing Power in More Hands”
Tintri Receives $25,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=334d9884-bc75-425f-98c1-1797f402d782&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 Company Name Tintri Mailing Address 2570 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Tintri’s vision is simple: everything in the data center should be virtualized. Our mission is to drive dramatically increased adoption of virtualization by providing a clearly superior alternative to traditional networked storage adapted … Continue reading “Tintri Receives $25,000,000 New Funding Round”
uCirrus Secures $1,904,964 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9fa9d703-e54d-4978-8b72-4f8815dbb14b&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 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 $1,904,964 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “uCirrus Secures $1,904,964 New Financing Round”
Nextdoor.com Garners $18,600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=986dfe0d-1aeb-4ad4-bfc9-77a2b2cca700&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 Company Name Nextdoor.com Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Nextdoor is a private social network for your neighborhood. It’s the easiest way for you and your neighbors—and only you and your neighbors—to talk online and make all of your lives better in the real world. And … Continue reading “Nextdoor.com Garners $18,600,000 New Funding Round”
Apigee Obtains $20,000,000 Series E Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0e31122-fc07-437c-95eb-ff1eb06d1482&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 Company Name Apigee Mailing Address 260 Sheridan Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Apigee is for a new internet of APIs – where billions of mobile, tablets, and set-top apps connect in a web that has moved beyond the browser. Website http://www.apigee.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Apigee Obtains $20,000,000 Series E Financing”
Airbnb Acquires DailyBooth for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=60922b50-4ee0-4c33-b42d-83a83ba49879&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 Company Name DailyBooth Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Provides photo-blogging services. Website http://www.dailybooth.com 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.
VMWare Acquires Nicira for $1,260,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a82e2b5f-bb1f-4997-a35e-9a2885413177&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 Company Name Nicira Mailing Address 3460 W. Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Nicira Networks is accelerating the transformation to cloud infrastructure by delivering software that virtualizes the network and enables elastic, scale-out data centers. Website http://www.nicira.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $1,260,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “VMWare Acquires Nicira for $1,260,000,000”
SaveUp Secures $4,050,002 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=424bd99e-54b4-4711-bc60-b7ee60379c20&Preview=1 Date 7/24/2012 Company Name SaveUp Mailing Address 480 2nd St Stillman St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Welcome to SaveUp! Now more than ever, Americans are making good moves on their finances, focusing on building savings and reducing debt and spending. We want to help. SaveUp rewards you for your … Continue reading “SaveUp Secures $4,050,002 Series A Funding”
Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers
The last week has been a busy one for startups and venture firms San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Here are a few of the items that caught our eye, arranged from biggest to smallest: $3.23 billion—Total venture-capital investments in Silicon Valley for the second quarter of 2012, according to data in the quarterly PriceWaterhouse/NVCA MoneyTree report, … Continue reading “Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”
Woeful Websites: How to Guarantee Your Startup Won’t Get Funding
You don’t have to work in venture capital to know that many biotech startups are having a difficult time raising money. The economy remains in the tank, and the former Olympic-sized pool of accessible cash now more closely resembles a wading pool. There are an enormous number of reasons why a company will have difficulty … Continue reading “Woeful Websites: How to Guarantee Your Startup Won’t Get Funding”
Scarcity of Samples Threatens Personalized Medicine
Plenty of factors can conspire to slow down progress in molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine. There’s never enough money to run all the experiments scientists can imagine, it’s hard to gather data that squares with traditional medical evidence standards, and society is willing to pay a lot more money for drugs than diagnostics. But there’s … Continue reading “Scarcity of Samples Threatens Personalized Medicine”
Mashery Secures $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9791546-fdc3-44e4-9902-6822d675cc0d&Preview=1 Date 7/23/2012 Company Name Mashery Mailing Address 717 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Mashery is the leading provider of web services and API management solutions enabling software-driven companies to unlock and accelerate their web services channel. Website http://www.mashery.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Mashery Secures $10,000,000 New Funding”
CalmSea Receives $1,100,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3050f614-1bb7-46d4-b979-80e5f23dcc2f&Preview=1 Date 7/23/2012 Company Name CalmSea Mailing Address 2551 Casey Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description The company develops online and multi-channel retailers commerce software. Website http://www.calmseainc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,100,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “CalmSea Receives $1,100,000 New Funding Round”
Asana Secures $28,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cc104d18-dce2-4e62-a44a-8a173c3d8df2&Preview=1 Date 7/23/2012 Company Name Asana Mailing Address 3180 18th Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description The challenge of groups of people working together effectively is fundamental to human endeavor, but the state of the art falls far short of real efficiency. Despite advances like email and wikis, the … Continue reading “Asana Secures $28,000,000 Series B Funding”
Onyx Gets FDA Approval For New Myeloma Drug; Stock Climbs
[Updated 12:35 pm PT] Onyx Pharmaceuticals just went from being a one-drug company, to a two-drug company. The South San Francisco-based cancer drug developer (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]) won clearance from the FDA to start selling carfilzomib (Kyprolis) as a new treatment for patients with multiple myeloma, who have gotten at least two prior treatments. Shares of … Continue reading “Onyx Gets FDA Approval For New Myeloma Drug; Stock Climbs”
Can Anyone Catch Khan Academy? The Fate of the U in the YouTube Era
Traditional American universities are suddenly running scared of the Internet, and for good reason. They successfully weathered the rise of online, open-enrollment degree programs like the University of Phoenix, but now they’re confronting a much more terrifying enemy: YouTube. Not just YouTube, of course—there’s also Vimeo and 5min and iTunes U and TED and the … Continue reading “Can Anyone Catch Khan Academy? The Fate of the U in the YouTube Era”
Everpix Receives $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89dea405-b944-4b65-8aaa-a61c629dbd60&Preview=1 Date 7/20/2012 Company Name Everpix Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Everpix lets you have all your photos in the cloud, automagically uploaded, organized and curated. View, rediscover, and share your best photos all in one place, effortlessly. Taking photos is fun, viewing them is fun, but everything … Continue reading “Everpix Receives $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Atrenta Lands $4,189,484 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=195b6702-206a-4d4f-bf5b-d91ea85cde4e&Preview=1 Date 7/20/2012 Company Name Atrenta Mailing Address 2077 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Atrenta delivers predictive analysis solutions (EDA) to the world’s leading electronics companies, including eight of the top ten semiconductor companies. Website http://www.atrenta.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,189,484 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Atrenta Lands $4,189,484 Series D Financing Round”
PayPal Acquires Card.io for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c7d1a49-f85e-4d78-b966-ab10f12f892b&Preview=1 Date 7/20/2012 Company Name Card.io Mailing Address 455 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Card.io, a San Francisco-based provider of technology for capturing credit card information via smartphone cameras. Website http://www.card.io Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were … Continue reading “PayPal Acquires Card.io for Undisclosed Sum”