Category: San Francisco

Ooyala Receives $35,000,000 Series E Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c72b4a7-0b92-492e-800d-abc3ee45bddf&Preview=1 Date 6/18/2012 Company Name Ooyala Mailing Address 800 W El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Ooyala is a technology-driven company dedicated to delivering an interactive, high-quality video experience. The company is also developing content management systems and video ad serving technologies. Website http://www.ooyala.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Ooyala Receives $35,000,000 Series E Financing”

Engage Digital’s Gamification Workshop

Engage Digital’s half-day Gamification Workshop, Thursday, June 28, in San Francisco, CA at the Moscone Center provides a detailed understanding on the use of game design techniques, game thinking and game mechanics to enhance non-game contexts. Typically gamification applies to non-game applications and processes, in order to encourage people to adopt them, or to influence … Continue reading “Engage Digital’s Gamification Workshop”

Personalized Medicine World Conference 2013

Dedicated to transforming healthcare via the global adoption of personalized medicine, Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) International holds conferences in the U.S. and abroad, gathering multidisciplinary attendees from the business, government, healthcare-delivery, research and technology arenas. Based in Silicon Valley, the platform emphasizes innovation and industry while fostering collaboration among key stakeholders and catalyzing change by examining … Continue reading “Personalized Medicine World Conference 2013”

Can Your Friends Bribe You to Get Healthy? Neuroscience Says Yes

HealthRally is a company that Paul McCartney would understand well. It’s all about getting a little help from your friends. A little help making health-related changes, that is—like quitting smoking, losing weight, or adhering to an exercise program. There’s plenty of science to suggest that these goals are easier to achieve when a person has … Continue reading “Can Your Friends Bribe You to Get Healthy? Neuroscience Says Yes”

NetBase Solutions Lands $10,400,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=617099b4-7f3c-45c0-b5f2-13bea3628774&Preview=1 Date 6/15/2012 Company Name NetBase Solutions Mailing Address 2087 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description We are the insight discovery company. Founded by innovators Jonathan Spier and Michael Osofsky, NetBase develops and markets a next-generation semantic technology that reads and understands the English language. This technology is the basis … Continue reading “NetBase Solutions Lands $10,400,000 New Round”

SportStream Receives $3,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2efeeab-78d9-4813-8b4c-1f7cd0cbb7bb&Preview=1 Date 6/15/2012 Company Name SportStream Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description SportStream is built in San Francisco, CA by a group of die-hard sports fans. SportStream is the in-game fan experience you’ve been waiting for. Its the first true second-screen experience for watching sports allowing you to connect … Continue reading “SportStream Receives $3,500,000 New Financing Round”

Global Blood Therapeutics Lands $40,700,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c4a913f-ab2d-462c-b179-385d9ec3a3fa&Preview=1 Date 6/15/2012 Company Name Global Blood Therapeutics Mailing Address 455 Mission Bay Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. is a product-focused company building a pipeline of innovative, oral medicines to revolutionize the treatment of chronic blood-based diseases and severe genetic disorders for which there are … Continue reading “Global Blood Therapeutics Lands $40,700,000 Series A Financing”

Skillpages Secures $9,500,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f073b064-53c3-40d5-893f-5d0039becd2f&Preview=1 Date 6/15/2012 Company Name Skillpages Mailing Address 228 Hamilton Avenue 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Anyone, anywhere can use Skillpages. Whatever your skill, talent or expertise. Whether your skill is your full time occupation, a new part time interest, your passion or your past time. Website http://www.skillpages.com Transaction … Continue reading “Skillpages Secures $9,500,000 Series B Financing Round”

Switchcam Receives $1,200,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=055bb66f-638c-48bd-aa4b-6ccd0dea32c0&Preview=1 Date 6/15/2012 Company Name Switchcam Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94112 Company Description Switchcam helps you discover, watch and share videos from events like concerts, political events, conferences and more. Right now we’re in beta, so please excuse bugs. Switchcam has received funding from 500 Startups and other great angel … Continue reading “Switchcam Receives $1,200,000 Seed Funding Round”

TastemakerX Builds a “Taste Graph” to Reward Music Trendspotters

Take a guy with dual lifelong passions for new music and fantasy sports; run him through business school, the dot-com gold rush, and the world of big-brand advertising; and then set him loose in the new world of mobile apps and media sharing. What do you get? For Marc Ruxin, the answer is TastemakerX, a … Continue reading “TastemakerX Builds a “Taste Graph” to Reward Music Trendspotters”

Global Blood Therapeutics, Third Rock’s First West Coast Startup, Gets $41M

Third Rock Ventures has made its name on the East Coast the past five years by betting big money on biotech startups with big ideas, when most other venture capitalists have turned gun-shy. Now it’s putting that same strategy to work in its first homegrown startup on the West Coast. Today, the venture firm is … Continue reading “Global Blood Therapeutics, Third Rock’s First West Coast Startup, Gets $41M”

13 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Healthcare, Courtesy of Rock Health

There are many reasons to fear that the healthcare crisis in this country is going to get worse—a lot worse—before it gets better. More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, with costly knock-on effects from heart disease to diabetes. The overall cost of care seems to be spiraling upward unstoppably. The FDA is … Continue reading “13 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Healthcare, Courtesy of Rock Health”

The Climate Corporation Lands $50,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb71e681-ef72-4178-8e49-27777e8dc2e8&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2012 Company Name The Climate Corporation Mailing Address 420 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The Climate Corporation is the first service to provide affordable and easy-to-use weather coverage to protect revenue and control costs for the millions of businesses impacted by the weather. Website http://www.climate.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “The Climate Corporation Lands $50,000,000 Series B Round”

Invuity Obtains $24,999,994 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a839420c-90a7-4677-b378-af10b32212ab&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2012 Company Name Invuity Mailing Address 39 Stillman Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Invuity was founded in 2004 by an orthopedic surgeon and an optical engineer with the goal of improving visualization in less invasive surgery. Located in San Francisco, Invuity has assembled an organization of world class … Continue reading “Invuity Obtains $24,999,994 New Financing”

Wrike Lands $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99889661-f44e-409a-8d9a-f22b06fd1e84&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2012 Company Name Wrike Mailing Address P.O. Box 111567 Campbell, CA 95011 Company Description Offering its services for more than 5 years, Wrike, Inc. is the leading provider of social project management software that helps thousands of companies efficiently get things done together in real time. Website http://www.wrike.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Wrike Lands $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

C8 MediSensors Secures $19,000,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0265384c-c010-4d20-896f-1175024b057d&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2012 Company Name C8 MediSensors Mailing Address 6375 San Ignacio Ave San Jose, CA 95119 Company Description Our mission is to provide a new way to monitor your glucose levels that is painless, accurate, continuous, noninvasive, and nonintrusive to your life. We have thus created an innovative technology and embodied … Continue reading “C8 MediSensors Secures $19,000,000 Series C Financing Round”

Packet Design Lands $250,207 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4dada6b-5fd6-4f63-9461-5d81d49af2cb&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name Packet Design Mailing Address 2455 Augustine Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Packet Design, Inc., develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Website http://www.packetdesign.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction … Continue reading “Packet Design Lands $250,207 New Funding Round”

RoboteX Obtains $11,864,234 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7a73e0f-87f1-4d6d-bcc5-b97e547b20e4&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name RoboteX Mailing Address 1400 Page Mill Road Stanford, CA 94304 Company Description The company designs robotic platforms and avatars that can also be used for academic, personal and industrial applications. Website http://www.robotex.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,864,234 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “RoboteX Obtains $11,864,234 New Financing”

Roqbot Lands $1,200,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1697d7e1-8011-4b64-ab1a-cf4915b58589&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name Roqbot Mailing Address Undisclosed Oakland, CA 94601 Company Description Be the DJ at your favorite bars, restaurants, gyms and more! Roqbot lets you decide what gets played, discover new music, and connect with other DJs right from your phone. Website http://www.roqbot.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Roqbot Lands $1,200,000 Seed Round”

PeerJ Obtains $950,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=993ee6be-0e34-4c17-8ac1-e0dd48169fab&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name PeerJ Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description PeerJ provides academics with two Open Access publication venues: PeerJ (a peer-reviewed academic journal) and PeerJ PrePrints (a ‘pre-print server’). Both are focused on the Biological and Medical Sciences, and together they provide an integrated solution for … Continue reading “PeerJ Obtains $950,000 New Funding”

Mancx Lands $1,650,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=80939303-0ddf-4f79-8a3e-ec8ce2289dd7&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name Mancx Mailing Address 181 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Imagine having all the answers you need right at your doorstep! Until now there hasn’t been a single place where people can meet and share valuable information. You’ve tried the different options like forums, blogs, … Continue reading “Mancx Lands $1,650,000 New Round”

Citrix Systems Acquires Bytemobile for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=274e0a82-bf1f-4a15-93e0-11ef83f2f67a&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name Bytemobile Mailing Address 2860 De La Cruz Blvd. 2nd Floor Santa Clara, CA 95050 Company Description Bytemobile was created to solve a real problem — high-bandwidth data applications on low-bandwidth voice networks — and to fulfill a real promise: the perpetual value of improving the mobile user … Continue reading “Citrix Systems Acquires Bytemobile for Undisclosed Sum”

Igenica Pulls in $33M to Fight Cancer With Antibodies

Targeted antibody drugs are in the news on an almost daily basis, and Burlingame, CA-based Igenica is benefiting from the surge of progress. The startup antibody drug developer said today it has raised $33 million in a Series C venture financing. New investor Third Rock Ventures led the round, which included existing investors The Column … Continue reading “Igenica Pulls in $33M to Fight Cancer With Antibodies”

Hamburgers, Coffee, Guitars, and Cars: A Report from Lemnos Labs

Maybe your fallback plan in case your Silicon Valley startup goes bust was flipping burgers at McDonald’s? Well, you might want to rethink that. Even this classic refuge for low-skilled workers is about to be taken over by robots, if Momentum Machines has its way. Momentum is one of four startups emerging this summer from … Continue reading “Hamburgers, Coffee, Guitars, and Cars: A Report from Lemnos Labs”

Wifarer’s Smartphone App Makes Sense of the Great Indoors

The inspiration behind Wifarer, an indoor positioning technology company, came to CEO and co-founder Philip Stanger during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2005. As he followed one docent around the museum, he realized that a nearby tour had a better one. “I started following the other one, who was contextualizing … Continue reading “Wifarer’s Smartphone App Makes Sense of the Great Indoors”

JOBS Act: Important Benefits for Startups Not on the IPO On-Ramp

The JOBS Act is probably best-known for creating an “IPO on ramp” intended to reduce the cost and complexity of going public, but the act also contains important benefits for startups that are years away from an IPO, or never plan to go public. By loosening decades-old restrictions on private fundraising, permitting a new financing … Continue reading “JOBS Act: Important Benefits for Startups Not on the IPO On-Ramp”

Lemon Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6f8ea37-6504-4552-9a9f-50a9b5a5b802&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2012 Company Name Lemon Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94031 Company Description With Lemon, you can organize all of your receipts, paper and digital, and squeeze out the useful information from them. Website http://www.lemon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Lemon Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Hipmunk Lands $15,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fe057c1b-d4dc-40ba-9d47-7f808bf7dca6&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2012 Company Name Hipmunk Mailing Address 75 Sharon Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Company Description The company operates an online travel website. Website http://www.hipmunk.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The company will use the financing to hire additional engineers, and for business … Continue reading “Hipmunk Lands $15,000,000 Series B Funding”

Igenica Garners $33,000,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=218ffdfd-975b-4337-8cd2-87511125dc70&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2012 Company Name Igenica Mailing Address 863 Mitten Road Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description Igenica is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of breakthrough antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Website http://www.igenica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $33,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Igenica Garners $33,000,000 Series C Financing Round”

CellScope Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ec3c22f-8cde-40da-b8d8-dac1fe4938e3&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2012 Company Name CellScope Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description CellScope is mobile-health startup building systems for at-home diagnosis and a recent graduate of Rock Health’s first class of startups. Using smartphone cameras connected to a web platform, Cellscope is creating the digital first aid kit. Website … Continue reading “CellScope Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding”

Memory Lane Acquires SchoolFeed for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f5ffd8a-a6c7-422f-af0a-c14ad6660e7d&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2012 Company Name SchoolFeed Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description SchoolFeed is a FREE classmates network which connects with Facebook. Website http://www.your.schoolfeed.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.

Ready or Not, Genomics is Coming to a Hospital Near You

First came genomics for scientists. Then came genomics for Big Pharma. But this year, at a faster pace than many industry insiders anticipated, we’re seeing genomics enter the world of real-life care for patients. This idea would have sounded like science fiction a couple years ago. It took researchers 13 years and about $3 billion … Continue reading “Ready or Not, Genomics is Coming to a Hospital Near You”

Cloud Cruiser Obtains $6,070,658 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4675954b-eb8b-41c8-a51b-2ff7772b5b32&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name Cloud Cruiser Mailing Address 2999 Douglas Boulevard Roseville, CA 95661 Company Description Cloud Cruiser is a cloud computing software company focused on eliminating the growing pain experienced with public and private cloud computing. Website http://www.cloudcruiser.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,070,658 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Cloud Cruiser Obtains $6,070,658 New Funding”

Gigya Receives $15,300,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0bf0887d-2114-4b67-826d-32f9a01e4615&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name Gigya Mailing Address 1975 Landings Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Gigya is a social marketing solutions company delivering scale and results to publishers and advertisers. Gigya’s infrastructure connects brand advertisers, content publishers and an enormous audience of active social media users. Website http://www.gigya.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Gigya Receives $15,300,000 New Funding Round”

Sorbent Therapeutics Secures $6,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=19db2039-a9c7-4e3c-bcf0-63bc608aedce&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name Sorbent Therapeutics Mailing Address 710 Lakeway Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Sorbent Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of adaptable non-absorbed polymeric drugs to satisfy unmet clinical needs in large markets such as End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic … Continue reading “Sorbent Therapeutics Secures $6,000,000 New Funding Round”

GEO Semiconductor Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=482123ae-e224-427b-a1d0-a4d21de8a57d&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name GEO Semiconductor Mailing Address 2350 Mission College Blvd Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Geo Semiconductor Inc. has acquired the assets related to two unique pixel processing platform technologies and the associated IC businesses from Silicon Optix. Both the Realta and GEO IC’s are in production. The … Continue reading “GEO Semiconductor Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round”

AliveCor Receives $10,500,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62f6cc76-e210-4af5-9383-a9c62aa72422&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name AliveCor Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94121 Company Description AliveCor Inc. develops and sells a wireless heart monitoring ECG device for the Apple iPhone. Website http://www.alivecor.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,500,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes AliveCor will use the funding to launch … Continue reading “AliveCor Receives $10,500,000 Series B Financing”

Mom Trusted Garners $1,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abd8891d-442a-4679-846b-b3deb04fbe23&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name Mom Trusted Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Mom Trusted is the best free way for parents to find early education and care providers. Website http://www.momtrusted.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Mom Trusted Garners $1,000,000 New Financing”

ABB Acquires Tropos Networks for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b2c4b1a-d74e-486e-abf1-21adeb7bec2e&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2012 Company Name Tropos Networks Mailing Address 555 Del Rey Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Tropos Networks, Inc. is a leading supplier of systems used to build metro-scale Wi-Fi networks. Tropos’ products enable network operators, service providers and government departments to provide ubiquitous, metro-scale, broadband, wireless data coverage for … Continue reading “ABB Acquires Tropos Networks for Undisclosed Sum”

FDA Clears New Genentech Breast Cancer Drug, in Combo With Herceptin

The FDA gave Genentech the news it was hoping for late today, by giving the South San Francisco-based biotech company clearance to start selling a new drug for about one-fourth of women with breast cancer. Genentech, a unit of Switzerland-based Roche, said today it received approval from the FDA to start marketing pertuzumab (Perjeta) as a … Continue reading “FDA Clears New Genentech Breast Cancer Drug, in Combo With Herceptin”

The TV Revolution Will Be in Slow-Mo, Says Flingo CEO

Henry Blodget, the CEO and editor-in-chief of Business Insider, argued in a column this week that the television industry could suffer a sudden revenue collapse as consumers shift their TV viewing to on-demand, Internet-mediated services like Netflix and iTunes. Blodget thinks network and cable executives are in denial about the danger—just as newspaper publishers were … Continue reading “The TV Revolution Will Be in Slow-Mo, Says Flingo CEO”

Flutter Obtains $1,400,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8186491-bf37-4a47-9f3e-6ae73fa3d570&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2012 Company Name Flutter Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description We hated using the keyboard and mouse for controlling music in the background or watching movies on our computers from a few feet away. So we decided to solve this problem by using hand gestures to control … Continue reading “Flutter Obtains $1,400,000 Seed Round”

Credit Sesame Garners $12,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f1cc0e5-779d-4794-b0aa-6e33e13165e4&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2012 Company Name Credit Sesame Mailing Address 440 N. Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The company operates a free online service that lets users monitor their debt and credit information in addition to the lending market. Website http://www.creditsesame.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Credit Sesame Garners $12,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Ringadoc Secures $750,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce059e34-6daa-430b-b551-dc10a6c261e1&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2012 Company Name Ringadoc Mailing Address 420 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Ringadoc gives you direct access to doctors. We cut away all the barriers between you and the care you need, bringing immediate care straight to your nearest phone. During your call, the doctor you speak … Continue reading “Ringadoc Secures $750,000 Seed Funding”

Six Startups Pack their Bags for Turner’s Media Camp

A few days ago I wrote about Media Camp, a new San Francisco-based startup accelerator sponsored by Turner Broadcasting, and said there’d be news soon about the first class of startups admitted to the program. Well, there’s news. Turner unveiled the names of the six startups in an announcement today. The companies, some of which … Continue reading “Six Startups Pack their Bags for Turner’s Media Camp”

Genentech Eagerly Awaits FDA Word on 2nd Breast Cancer Drug

Genentech came out with the first targeted antibody drug for breast cancer almost 15 years ago, and made headlines this week with a “supercharged” version that beats the original. What fewer people may realize is that it’s also gearing up this week to start selling a new and different targeted drug for breast cancer. The … Continue reading “Genentech Eagerly Awaits FDA Word on 2nd Breast Cancer Drug”