Overall venture capital activity turned up sharply during the three months that ended June 30, with venture firms investing just over $7 billion in 898 deals throughout the United States, according to the latest MoneyTree survey. The study generally confirms the improving trend in VC activity that was highlighted in the quick take from CB … Continue reading “Software Surge Drives Up U.S. Venture Activity—and Top 10 Deals”
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GM, RelayRides, OnStar Partner in New Car Sharing Program
On Tuesday, GM, OnStar, and peer-to-peer car-sharing service RelayRides teamed up to give 6 million OnStar subscribers the ability to instantly rent out their vehicles through the RelayRides marketplace. RelayRides users will be able to access their reserved cars using any mobile device. “It’s very exciting,” Shelby Clark, RelayRides founder and chief community officer, says of the … Continue reading “GM, RelayRides, OnStar Partner in New Car Sharing Program”
Is Mobile Photo Sharing Still Broken? Kicksend Thinks So
It’s really, really hard for people immersed in the technology world to remember a day when they weren’t so savvy about gadgets and software and the Interwebs. To you and me, the idea that someone might have trouble e-mailing the vacation photos on their smartphone to a friend or family member seems snicker-worthy. But to … Continue reading “Is Mobile Photo Sharing Still Broken? Kicksend Thinks So”
Biotech VCs, in Shadow of Tech, Start Delivering More Hits
A strange thing has happened during an otherwise bleak time for biotech venture capital. Life science venture capitalists are apparently hitting more of their investments out of the park. There were 17 so-called “Big Exits” for investors in privately held biotech companies, and 18 in the medical device business in 2011, the most of any … Continue reading “Biotech VCs, in Shadow of Tech, Start Delivering More Hits”
Firespotter Labs Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd6bf279-7dba-4cd3-a9bf-3ac2b46e8ffa&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Firespotter Labs Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94039 Company Description Ideas are sparks. Of the brightest that catch our attention, only a few can be coaxed into full-blown fires, and doing so under adverse conditions takes skill and expertise. Firespotter Labs takes the business of ideas … Continue reading “Firespotter Labs Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Card.io Obtains $500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f1853dbc-3cb7-4b74-b125-4bd99890eb11&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Card.io Obtains $500,000 Series A Funding”
Trustnode Garners $500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5ff795b1-9caa-4f2c-b362-5355fba3684f&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 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 Garners $500,000 New Financing”
Real5d.com Receives $1,200,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95ff21ff-0265-459f-8cea-700c926998ea&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Real5d.com Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description real5D is designed to help you easily and consistently attract more clients, it will directly connect you with the client as soon as they enter your project. Website http://www.real5d.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Real5d.com Receives $1,200,000 Series A Funding Round”
Boom Financial Secures $17,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=695ae1c1-7409-4400-8036-906a449ff6cf&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Boom Financial Mailing Address 440 N. Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Boom Financial is a pioneering money remittance company focused on allowing consumers to use any mobile phone to make international money transfers. Website http://www.useboom.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $17,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Boom Financial Secures $17,000,000 New Financing Round”
Tilera Garners $8,517,596 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=749428f1-90ad-4603-830c-bf3b5c8b7dbb&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Tilera Mailing Address 2700 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Tilera Corporation is an ASIC-based fabless semi-conductor software and hardware design firm. Website http://www.tilera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,517,596 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “Tilera Garners $8,517,596 Series E Round”
Edmodo Lands $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=544eaf35-43f6-4ebd-9e9f-d35dd61e9936&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Edmodo Mailing Address 60 E. 3rd Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social … Continue reading “Edmodo Lands $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Pocket Receives $5,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b7a57eb-ac9c-4bb3-9ab6-e15de4a33fc7&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Pocket Mailing Address 562A Belvedere Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Pocket lets you save what you find on the web to watch and read on any device, at anytime. It’s been called a DVR for the web him in by the New York Times, Business … Continue reading “Pocket Receives $5,000,000 Series B Financing”
SAY Media Obtains $27,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=151ebabf-ecf6-46e2-96f5-e1d58e22e4d3&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name SAY Media Mailing Address 180 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94114 Company Description The company provides systemic ways for advertisers to engage the social consumer in an era when attention is scarce and interruptive ad models are less effective. Website http://www.saymedia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “SAY Media Obtains $27,000,000 New Funding Round”
Twist Garners $6,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2466306b-9588-46ed-b3cb-ed29b57b9664&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Twist Mailing Address 650 Mission Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Share Your ETA: Twist accurately calculates your estimated time of arrival (ETA) by using our proprietary algorithm to weed through traffic and GPS data in record time. Then the app sends your family, … Continue reading “Twist Garners $6,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Teleflex Acquires HotSpur Technologies for $15,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f2b53d5-6f03-4d22-8629-3dfb0e37319e&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name HotSpur Technologies Mailing Address 880 Maude Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Hotspur Technologies is a leading developer of catheter-based technologies aimed at restoring blood flow for patients with obstructed vessels. The company’s products are based on unique and groundbreaking technology that opens blood vessels more … Continue reading “Teleflex Acquires HotSpur Technologies for $15,000,000”
GoDaddy Acquires Outright for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0e9df88b-4acc-44cb-8e65-6080179a3798&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Outright Mailing Address 191 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Outright was created after watching a number of small businesses like ourselves struggle to capture all of their business deductions, often piecing together a number of different solutions. Whether it was sticking every possible receipt … Continue reading “GoDaddy Acquires Outright for Undisclosed Sum”
VetsinTech (ViT) Launch
From the event site: “VetsinTech is a new organization whose mission is to support our current and returning veterans—with re-integration and by connecting military vets to the tech ecosystem. ViT will act as an independent organization bringing the tech community together in support of our veterans. We are committed to giving back by bringing together … Continue reading “VetsinTech (ViT) Launch”
Steve Blank on Detroit’s Renaissance and Why Startups Aren’t Cool
Xconomist and startup guru Steve Blank swept into Detroit last night for a sold-out, wide-ranging discussion at the Madison Building. (Kudos to Bizdom, Detroit Venture Partners, Startup Michigan, and Grow Detroit for packing the auditorium with over 100 people on less than 24 hours notice of Blank’s appearance.) Prone to tangents that are no less insightful … Continue reading “Steve Blank on Detroit’s Renaissance and Why Startups Aren’t Cool”
Eventbrite Passes $1 Billion Mark; Learn from Its Founders on Aug. 7
San Francisco-based Eventbrite clearly doesn’t use summertime as an excuse to slack off on its mission to democratize the event business. In the last couple of months the company has overhauled its iPhone app, geared up its operations in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and celebrated passing the $1 billion mark in gross ticket … Continue reading “Eventbrite Passes $1 Billion Mark; Learn from Its Founders on Aug. 7”
HubEdu Departs San Diego’s Downtown Incubator After Bay Area Buyout
When San Diego’s downtown EvoNexus incubator held its official ribbon-cutting ceremony five months ago, Jonny Simkin was eager to brief me about SwoopThat, a Web startup he created with two friends in 2010 after graduating from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. He founded the website to offer textbooks substantially below the prices listed in … Continue reading “HubEdu Departs San Diego’s Downtown Incubator After Bay Area Buyout”
Ooyala: The Online Video Startup That Isn’t Out to Destroy Hollywood
“Ultimately, Silicon Valley has to stop trying to kill Hollywood and start helping it evolve.” So says Sean Knapp, co-founder and chief technology officer at Mountain View, CA-based video management startup Ooyala. It’s not a common viewpoint among Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who are usually pretty blunt about their disdain for the movie and TV industries. … Continue reading “Ooyala: The Online Video Startup That Isn’t Out to Destroy Hollywood”
AppDirect Secures $8,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ad89454-ee9b-4b2d-a3f9-0167a18b5455&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name AppDirect Mailing Address 650 California St. Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Our Business Application Network allows businesses to easily find the perfect software solution for their needs through our application marketplaces. Businesses can now benefit from one bill for all their applications and one … Continue reading “AppDirect Secures $8,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
IntelliBatt Garners $22,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bfa69d77-38a9-4b01-bc10-17e0ce5d733b&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name IntelliBatt Mailing Address 181 3rd Street San Rafael, CA 94901 Company Description IntelliBatt, LLC, is a privately-held, full-service solutions provider serving global markets with battery backup and predictive services to ensure against systems failure. Website http://www.intellibatt.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “IntelliBatt Garners $22,000,000 New Financing Round”
Stoke Receives $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06a54d9b-4196-40dd-a11f-3f7953ae7897&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name Stoke Mailing Address 5403 Betsy Ross Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description The Stoke Session Exchange (SSX) is the industry’s first multi-access convergence gateway designed since inception for stateful management of tens of thousands of secure, reliable, high-quality subscriber sessions over multiple network access types including … Continue reading “Stoke Receives $5,000,000 New Financing”
Tarsus Medical Obtains $125,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c26205e4-b80e-4eca-ab8d-44e93e8854a8&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name Tarsus Medical Mailing Address 465 Fairchild Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Tarsus Medical Inc a stealthy podiatry device company that is addressing clinical needs associated with diseases and injuries of the foot and ankle. Website http://www.tarsusmedical.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $125,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Tarsus Medical Obtains $125,000 New Financing Round”
Coursera Secures $3,700,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fd09e65-1664-43cc-8ff8-aa89391afd9a&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name Coursera Mailing Address 1975 El Camino Real West Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of … Continue reading “Coursera Secures $3,700,000 Series A Funding Round”
deCarta Receives $3,963,148 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fb5971c-4247-4c90-9759-d6bb6e51b956&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name deCarta Mailing Address Four North Second St. San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that powers today’s most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Ask.com, Qualcomm, Hotels.com Verizon, Sprint and many others. Website http://www.decarta.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “deCarta Receives $3,963,148 New Financing Round”
Carmot Therapeutics Secures $500,159 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89a05aca-f294-4f98-8102-eb4ffb58d62d&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name Carmot Therapeutics Mailing Address 409 Illinois Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description Chemotype Evolution is a patent pending technology that was invented by Drs. Stig K. Hansen and Daniel A. Erlanson while they were working at Sunesis Pharmaceuticals. Carmot Therapeutics was founded by Drs. Hansen and … Continue reading “Carmot Therapeutics Secures $500,159 New Financing Round”
Basho Technologies Obtains $11,100,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95777424-93b9-4a3f-9306-f6aa2e763852&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name Basho Technologies Mailing Address 929 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Basho produces Riak, a distributed datastore that combines high availability, easily-scalable capacity and throughput, and ease of use. Riak’s complete availability means that applications built using Riak remain both read- and write-available under almost … Continue reading “Basho Technologies Obtains $11,100,000 New Financing Round”
Dropbox Acquires TapEngage for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c5fb9c7-3ce2-451a-829b-c65940dadf97&Preview=1 Date 7/18/2012 Company Name TapEngage Mailing Address 921 Front Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Tablets are today’s most important new medium. They are intimate, engaging, and represent a tremendous new opportunity for advertisers to engage with customers. TapEngage enables advertisers and publishers to work together to create advertising that … Continue reading “Dropbox Acquires TapEngage for Undisclosed Sum”
Vivus Wins FDA Approval for Obesity Drug, After Long, Messy Day
Vivus has been pushing for more than two years to get its new obesity drug cleared for sale by the FDA, and after one last long, confusing day, it finally got its wish. The FDA said today that the Mountain View, CA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]) has gotten the green light to start selling the combo … Continue reading “Vivus Wins FDA Approval for Obesity Drug, After Long, Messy Day”
Entrepreneurship Flowers Far Away from Silicon Valley
These days, the media are getting better at reporting on entrepreneurship outside Silicon Valley. Within Silicon Valley, however, people tend to be somewhat cocky about the region’s place in the entrepreneurship landscape. But technology entrepreneurship is happening all around the world, and here at the 1M/1M global virtual incubator we have always tried to present … Continue reading “Entrepreneurship Flowers Far Away from Silicon Valley”
The Innovation Lessons Marissa Mayer Will Take to Yahoo [Video]
Timothy Koogle, Terry Semel, Jerry Yang, Carol Bartz, Tim Morse, Scott Thompson, Ross Levinsohn, Marissa Mayer. One of these names is not like the others. When you list the eight people who have led Yahoo since 1995, counting the interim leaders Morse and Levinsohn, the obvious anomaly is Mayer. At 37, she’s the youngest person … Continue reading “The Innovation Lessons Marissa Mayer Will Take to Yahoo [Video]”
Loggly Obtains $5,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bfa9467a-c69e-436b-9226-0dc9c81b225e&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Loggly Mailing Address 78 1st St. Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Loggly provides log aggregation, storage, search, alerting, and reporting in a SaaS (software as a service) model for companies who maintain Web based applications. Loggly provides developers with a simple, intuitive, Web based … Continue reading “Loggly Obtains $5,700,000 New Funding”
Discera Garners $11,811,113 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=058db47d-e743-4d41-96a0-81110c71f27e&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Discera Mailing Address 1961 Concourse Drive San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description Discera is a fabless analog semiconductor company that offers tiny, high performance silicon resonators for the frequency and timing control markets. These resonators act as the heartbeat or pulse for a variety of devices from … Continue reading “Discera Garners $11,811,113 New Funding Round”
Kiip Receives $11,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eef3271e-72ed-4aa3-8a90-839215df6f18&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Kiip Mailing Address 240 Dolores Street Unit 105 San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company designs mobile gaming advertising technologies. Website http://www.kiip.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The investment will be used to help the company expand the … Continue reading “Kiip Receives $11,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
OpenBucks Secures $4,800,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=495eb778-7863-482b-a1cc-9da92c5f2a10&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name OpenBucks Mailing Address 280 Hope St Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description At Openbucks, our mission is to open digital commerce to everyone. We strive to bring the ease and accessibility of paying with cash to the digital world, letting consumers make purchases without fear of identity … Continue reading “OpenBucks Secures $4,800,000 Series A Financing”
WellFX Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a15ffb80-2ff6-485b-a1f8-c9342f71b271&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name WellFX Mailing Address 1318 Redwood Way Petaluma, CA 94954 Company Description WellFX is a safe, private and secure social platform designed to bring healthcare to life. For providers, WellFX transforms how patients engage in healthcare, enables protected communication and offers a space to share educational materials. Website … Continue reading “WellFX Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Egnyte Receives $16,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2494f492-b7d2-48d4-bf5e-da5a3f6a8a95&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Egnyte Mailing Address 1890 N. Shoreline Blvd. First Floor Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Egnyte is run by a team of seasoned executives with a strong track record of building companies in the Hi technology sector. Drawn from companies such as Oracle, Cisco and others, the … Continue reading “Egnyte Receives $16,000,000 Series C Financing”
Autodesk Acquires Socialcam for $60,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1db5d262-5372-42a0-9b89-2801afb7ab18&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Socialcam Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Socialcam is a new mobile video application coming to both iPhone and Android. Socialcam makes it fast, easy and fun to capture, share and view high quality movies of life’s moments with friends and family. Website http://www.socialcam.com … Continue reading “Autodesk Acquires Socialcam for $60,000,000”
Life Technologies Acquires Navigenics for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9886d681-6103-440a-9455-b3038fe50ba7&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Navigenics Mailing Address 1001 E. Hillsdale Blvd Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description NAVIGENICS, INC. is a privately held company offering personalized, genetics-based consumer health and wellness services to our members. Our founders and advisors include leading genetic scientists, physicians, genetic counselors, bioethicists, patient advocates, health policy … Continue reading “Life Technologies Acquires Navigenics for Undisclosed Sum”
Life Technologies Buys Navigenics in New Gene Diagnostics Strategy
Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]), the Carlsbad, CA-based maker of gene sequencing equipment, says today it has acquired Navigenics, the venture-backed startup in Foster City, CA, that provides personalized genomics testing for consumers. Life says the deal represents the company’s first step in a strategy to build out its molecular diagnostics business through select acquisitions, internal … Continue reading “Life Technologies Buys Navigenics in New Gene Diagnostics Strategy”
MedImmune Cuts 200 Jobs in Bay Area, Keeping Hayward R&D Site
MedImmune, the biotech unit of U.K.-based pharma giant AstraZeneca, is making some significant cuts to its R&D operations in the Bay Area. MedImmune said today it is closing down its Mountain View, CA and Santa Clara, CA research and development sites, while consolidating infectious disease and vaccine work at other sites, including one in Hayward, … Continue reading “MedImmune Cuts 200 Jobs in Bay Area, Keeping Hayward R&D Site”
Venture Investment Hits Highest Level Since Dot-Com Era
Venture capitalists invested some $8.1 billion in more than 800 deals in the second quarter, registering the highest such total in more than a decade, according to a new report from the analysts at CB Insights. The totals represent a fairly modest uptick from the second quarter last year: A 5 percent rise in dollars, … Continue reading “Venture Investment Hits Highest Level Since Dot-Com Era”
A Summer Reading List for Biotech Pros
[Updated: 7/17 9:15 am PT] Summer is here, so there’s a bit of a lull on the average biotech pro’s schedule. If there’s ever an opportunity to take a breather from the relentless scientific, medical, and investor meetings that dominate the industry calendar, this is it. Time to catch up on reading a few good … Continue reading “A Summer Reading List for Biotech Pros”
Aryaka Networks Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9b9a227d-1322-4df7-80e0-203a0023e272&Preview=1 Date 7/16/2012 Company Name Aryaka Networks Mailing Address 691 S. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Aryaka Networks, Inc. delivers cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization with true business results. Website http://www.aryaka.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Aryaka Networks Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Round”
MyGlam Lands $2,750,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8a67f16a-1dce-4e9c-9599-872d510466d4&Preview=1 Date 7/16/2012 Company Name MyGlam Mailing Address 11 N. Ellsworth Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description With infinite beauty product combinations in the marketplace, choosing the best items for your needs can be a challenge! That was why Michelle created myglam. Michelle and her team of stylists have selected products … Continue reading “MyGlam Lands $2,750,000 New Financing”
Scopix Secures $4,821,292 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d98b5e4d-8b04-468d-aba5-f765f822ff9a&Preview=1 Date 7/16/2012 Company Name Scopix Mailing Address 1350 Bayshore Hwy Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description SCOPIX is the market leader in intelligent video analytics for retailers, CPG companies and manufactures. Our Real.Suite family of cloud based solutions collects data and returns timely, actionable information via a web based portal to store … Continue reading “Scopix Secures $4,821,292 New Funding Round”
Dynamic Signal Lands $13,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9cd645b2-e581-42d8-a621-70f526243c25&Preview=1 Date 7/16/2012 Company Name Dynamic Signal Mailing Address 1111 Bayhill Dr. San Bruno, CA 94066 Company Description The company is developing enterprise social and owned media technologies. Website http://www.dynamicsignal.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Dynamic Signal Lands $13,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
7 Ways We Can Work Together to Restore E-Mail Sanity
Just like you, I’m locked in a perpetual battle against e-mail. I spend the whole day fending off the incoming messages, like some cranky old dude standing on his porch with a weed whacker. I feel compelled to do this, because if I don’t, my inbox will quickly swell beyond my ability to tame it. … Continue reading “7 Ways We Can Work Together to Restore E-Mail Sanity”