It’s amazing who you can run into just crossing the street around MIT. Yesterday morning, it was Silicon Valley legend Reid Hoffman (see photo below), the co-founder, executive chairman, and former CEO of LinkedIn, and now a partner at venture firm Greylock Partners. Hoffman was in town to speak at the MIT Media Lab’s 2012 … Continue reading “Reid Hoffman: Not All Tech Is Social (Think Toilets); Let’s Be Better Humans”
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Announcing Xconomy’s Napa Summit: Keeping America Growing
As the Presidential campaign heats up, one of the most pressing issues on the minds of candidates and voters alike is the future of American growth and competitiveness. So it is our great pleasure to announce an exclusive Xconomy gathering dedicated to exploring this vital issue with some of the most knowledgeable experts on the … Continue reading “Announcing Xconomy’s Napa Summit: Keeping America Growing”
The Robots Are Coming! A Pre-Event Photo and Video Gallery
Part of the reason people like to stare at babies is that they’re edge cases. It’s hard to believe something so small could actually be human. Robots are sort of the same way. They’re obviously mechanical, but sometimes they can also seem so…well, human. That’s certainly the case with several of the robots made by … Continue reading “The Robots Are Coming! A Pre-Event Photo and Video Gallery”
Xconomist of the Week: Michael Greeley Dissects the VC Data
Michael Greeley is no pessimist. Eeyores don’t get picked to run the New England Venture Capital Association, as Greeley did from 2005 to 2008, and they don’t win gubernatorial appointments to state entrepreneurship boards. But he’s more willing than most VCs to talk about troubling trends in the innovation economy. So we paid attention earlier … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Michael Greeley Dissects the VC Data”
WeVideo Secures $19,100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=39c1eb77-e09a-4f6c-a702-7dc7c4832102&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name WeVideo Mailing Address 440 Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description WeVideo is redefining video editing by leveraging the strength of the cloud. We’re making video storytelling and unique social editing accessible to all. Our Company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, but our roots are in Norway. … Continue reading “WeVideo Secures $19,100,000 New Funding”
Ark Garners $4,200,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78f73481-cf4b-4f10-8704-e108e3c5d9d9&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name Ark Mailing Address 181 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Ark.com is a search engine for people. With Ark, you can search for new people, old classmates, new business contacts, and even your friends. With over a billion social network profiles indexed, and using a … Continue reading “Ark Garners $4,200,000 Seed Funding Round”
Metamarkets Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=818ab535-3cb2-4fa0-a0ae-f87a72f585bb&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name Metamarkets Mailing Address 350 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Metamarkets provides price data and predictive analytics to large-scale global media companies. Website http://www.metamarketsgroup.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Metamarkets is using the funding to expand sales … Continue reading “Metamarkets Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round”
Ancestry.com Acquires Inflection for $100,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d7aace5-40a6-4192-a01a-3909aa48096d&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name Inflection Mailing Address 555 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description The company operates Archives.com, a people-oriented search engine. Website http://www.inflection.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $100,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Undisclosed
HitPost Garners $2,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23cf7ea3-64b2-4abc-b2d1-78ee878b5770&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name HitPost Mailing Address 301 Brandon St. Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company operates a sports oriented social network. Website http://www.hitpost.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes With the funding, OnSports will raise its headcount by adding a … Continue reading “HitPost Garners $2,000,000 New Funding”
Cytokinetics Shows Hint of Effect With Drug for Lou Gehrig’s Disease
There has never been much innovation to brag about in the treatment of the neurodegenerative disease that killed Yankees legend Lou Gehrig. But South San Francisco-based Cytokinetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYTK]]) is reporting today on clinical trial results that offer a hint it could be onto something for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). An experimental drug from … Continue reading “Cytokinetics Shows Hint of Effect With Drug for Lou Gehrig’s Disease”
Illumina Opens Apple-Inspired App Store for DNA Software Developers
San Diego-based Illumina has talked openly about how it is inspired by the way Apple integrates hardware and software, and now it’s taking another cue from the consumer technology colossus. Illumina, the market-leading maker of DNA sequencing instruments, said today it is creating an open platform for genomic software developers to make apps for scientific … Continue reading “Illumina Opens Apple-Inspired App Store for DNA Software Developers”
How CoolChip Got $500K from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund: A Salsa Story
It’s rare that chips and salsa lead to a startup funding deal. But this isn’t your average startup, and I’m not talking about the usual kind of chips and salsa. CoolChip Technologies, a Boston-area tech startup looking to make data centers more energy-efficient, raised $500,000 in seed funding earlier this month. What the company didn’t … Continue reading “How CoolChip Got $500K from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund: A Salsa Story”
Personal Capital Shows the Affluent All Their Money in One Place
Personal Capital, an online financial advisory company, came out of the gate with a big mission. “We’re looking to tear up the financial services world,” says company CEO Bill Harris, former CEO of PayPal . The startup’s Web-based service has been described as “Mint for rich people,” but it’s more than that. In addition to … Continue reading “Personal Capital Shows the Affluent All Their Money in One Place”
Silk Road Medical Receives $21,225,796 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cb0236e2-0922-46ff-852e-162b23434cf3&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name Silk Road Medical Mailing Address 735 N. Pastoria Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The company is developing undisclosed medical devices. Website http://www.silkroadmed.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $21,225,796 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Silk Road Medical Receives $21,225,796 New Financing Round”
Amalfi Semiconductor Secures $20,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3095a69e-06f2-43c5-a678-ad4ca90b9352&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name Amalfi Semiconductor Mailing Address 475 Alberto Way Los Gatos, CA 95032 Company Description Amalfi Semiconductor is a fabless developer of high-performance CMOS RF and mixed-signal semiconductors for the cellular industry. Website http://www.amalfisemi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes Amalfi plans … Continue reading “Amalfi Semiconductor Secures $20,000,000 Series D Financing”
Citrus Lane Receives $5,100,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8f83f09-a359-4375-ab5f-d66b9e9302d2&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name Citrus Lane Mailing Address 211 S. Whisman Rd Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description I like to think of our monthly boxes as care packages to help moms and dads on their parenting journeys. Every product we include has been recommended and reviewed by our advisory board … Continue reading “Citrus Lane Receives $5,100,000 Series A Financing”
Travora Media Acquires NileGuide for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7240d21b-ca1a-41bb-a3aa-753dd44441de&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name NileGuide Mailing Address 251 Rhode Island St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The Nile Guide provides an online travel planning service and allows users to create their own free custom guide. Website http://www.nileguide.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial … Continue reading “Travora Media Acquires NileGuide for Undisclosed Sum”
IMS Health Acquires DecisionView Software for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70984d24-c388-4072-9595-e228203e1dcb&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name DecisionView Software Mailing Address 330 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company was founded with a charter to solve the number one cause of delays in bringing drugs to market: clinical recruitment performance. By converging visualization, predictive modeling and simulation capabilities within the clinical … Continue reading “IMS Health Acquires DecisionView Software for Undisclosed Sum”
The Napa Summit: Keeping America Growing
How do we keep America competitive and growing? To explore this vital question, Xconomy is tapping its national network of Xconomists, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and other leading members of the innovation community for an intimate, invitation-only summit in the heart of California’s wine country. This extraordinary day-and-a-half-long, off-the-record retreat will feature candid chats, entrepreneur and … Continue reading “The Napa Summit: Keeping America Growing”
IMS Health Buys DecisionView For Programs to Speed Clinical Trials
[Update: 6:35 am PT, 4/25] IMS Health, the giant healthcare market information company based in Danbury, CT, said today it is acquiring San Francisco-based DecisionView for an undisclosed amount. DecisionView, a privately-held software company founded in 2004, has made strides the past few years with its real-time analytic programs that are supposed to help drug … Continue reading “IMS Health Buys DecisionView For Programs to Speed Clinical Trials”
The JOBS Act—The “IPO On-Ramp” Makes IPOs Easier
Enacted with great fanfare in early April, the JOBS Act is intended to improve access to the public capital markets for startup companies. The cornerstone of the act is the creation of an “IPO on ramp” which provides “emerging growth companies” up to five years following their IPO to come into full compliance with various … Continue reading “The JOBS Act—The “IPO On-Ramp” Makes IPOs Easier”
Aperia Technologies Receives $700,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=501106d7-3450-42e0-b128-1474b55ad8cd&Preview=1 Date 4/24/2012 Company Name Aperia Technologies Mailing Address 539 Baker Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Revolutionary Automatic Tire Inflation technology delivered by Aperia Technologies. The Halo Tire Inflator utilizes a wheel’s rotational motion to maintain optimal tire pressure, increasing MPG, extending tire life, and reducing blowouts. Website http://www.aperiatech.com Transaction … Continue reading “Aperia Technologies Receives $700,000 New Funding Round”
SpinalMotion Garners $10,708,306 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b8e08fc2-af7d-41bf-84a3-6e59865e2eeb&Preview=1 Date 4/24/2012 Company Name SpinalMotion Mailing Address 201 San Antonio Circle Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description SpinalMotion is dedicated to preserving motion in the spine for patients with degenerative disc disease. Website http://www.spinal-motion.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $10,708,306 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “SpinalMotion Garners $10,708,306 New Financing”
George Rathmann, Founding CEO of Amgen and Icos, Dies at 84
[Updated: 9:25 pm PT] George Rathmann, the first CEO of Amgen and a pioneer who inspired a generation within the biotech industry, has died at the age of 84. He had kidney disease and lived through dialysis treatments in his final years. Rathmann was best known as the guy who bet the company at Amgen … Continue reading “George Rathmann, Founding CEO of Amgen and Icos, Dies at 84”
Google, ITA, and the Future of Travel: It’s All About Data, Not Search
Sitting across the table from me, on the seventh floor of a brick building near Kendall Square, is the head of Google travel. He controls where the big, bad Internet giant (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GOOG]]) will go in the vast competitive landscape of flight and hotel search, airline reservation systems, relationships with online travel agencies, and so … Continue reading “Google, ITA, and the Future of Travel: It’s All About Data, Not Search”
Robots and You: See the Connections on May 3
Maybe you’re under the impression that robots are still sci-fi technology, decades away from the point where they might affect your everyday life. Well, tell that to Jeff Bezos, who just spent $775 million of Amazon’s cash to acquire Kiva Systems. If you’ve ordered a handbag or a pair of shoes from Amazon subsidiary Zappos … Continue reading “Robots and You: See the Connections on May 3”
What Are the Hottest Targets in Biotech Today?
Hardly anybody wants new drugs that act like a sledgehammer, bashing diseased and healthy cells like old-school cancer chemotherapy. Many drugs today are supposed to be smart enough to work like laser-guided missiles that hit the diseased cells and mostly spare the healthy ones. But if your goal is to create one of these amazing … Continue reading “What Are the Hottest Targets in Biotech Today?”
Duetto Research Receives $2,100,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17a0ed26-8c16-4bc7-86dd-33abe04fd7ad&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2012 Company Name Duetto Research Mailing Address 649 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Duetto Research is a ‘big data’ company founded by Patrick Bosworth, Craig Weissman and Marco Benvenuti. Duetto aggregates demand data and produces SaaS applications to help travel companies optimize demand. Website http://www.duettoresearch.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Duetto Research Receives $2,100,000 Seed Funding Round”
Singly Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab4d3500-c54d-4eae-9175-5d08519671f6&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2012 Company Name Singly Mailing Address 2261 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94114 Company Description The open source service will capture what’s called exhaust data from users’ activities around the web and offline via sensors, put it firmly in their own possesion and then allow them to run local apps … Continue reading “Singly Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Funding”
Sociogramics Secures $300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=462bcc08-e9db-49db-998a-71156f8b2648&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2012 Company Name Sociogramics Mailing Address 284 San Antonio Rd Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Sociogramics’ vision is to return character and community to the core practices of financial institutions with an emphasis on the 80+ million in the U.S. who are unbanked, under-banked and those new to credit … Continue reading “Sociogramics Secures $300,000 New Funding”
Verient Lands $5,999,997 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06a60f8e-3619-4202-b6bb-8744fde244ac&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2012 Company Name Verient Mailing Address 1190 Saratoga Avenue San Jose, CA 95129 Company Description Verient is a venture funded start-up with a blue chip executive team, strong intellectual property and compelling business proposition. We are developing solutions to drive convergence in identity, security, customer care automation and online payment … Continue reading “Verient Lands $5,999,997 New Funding Round”
JBara Software Receives $250,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f59111f-2f8c-4ad3-bd8e-f66c664d0d96&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2012 Company Name JBara Software Mailing Address 303 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description JBara has a complete integrated customer success management suite that monitors customer product usage, manages surveys such as Net Promoter Score, and recommends action based on customer intelligence. JBara’s suite of modules keeps … Continue reading “JBara Software Receives $250,000 New Funding”
DoubleDutch Obtains $2,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=28476670-47ba-428c-8a50-3b8ee835e145&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2012 Company Name DoubleDutch Mailing Address 2601 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description The company develops mobile social business applications. Website http://www.DoubleDutch.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The new money will be used to develop more mobile apps, integrate the … Continue reading “DoubleDutch Obtains $2,000,000 Series A Financing”
Perfect Your Pitch SF
EFactor presents an event for startup entrepreneurs. From the event site: “Do you have a promising startup & need funding? Are you ready to pitch your idea to investors? Do you know what investors look for in a perfect pitch? Join EFactor for a fast-paced and information packed event to learn, directly from Angel Investors … Continue reading “Perfect Your Pitch SF”
Accel Big Data Conference
From the event site: “Accel Partners is proud to host its thought-leading Big Data Conference at Stanford University on May 9, 2012. This conference plans to go beyond today’s excitement and uncover the future disruptive ideas and technology trends in Big Data. This one day, forward-thinking event will feature a series of panels and fireside … Continue reading “Accel Big Data Conference”
International Space Apps Challenge
The International Space Apps Challenge is a two-day technology development event during which citizens from around the world will work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need. The International Space Apps Challenge will take place on all seven continents-and in space-on 21-22 April 2012. Locations at which events are … Continue reading “International Space Apps Challenge”
Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge
Innovate North State and Rabobank bring you the first-ever showcase and competition for emerging companies outside metro California cities. From the event site: “On June 21st, the brightest minds in California located outside the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego will gather at the Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, CA, to showcase their best … Continue reading “Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge”
CoffeeTable Aims to Reinvent Catalog Shopping for the iPad Era
When e-commerce startup CoffeeTable was brand new, the company occupied a table at San Francisco’s Dogpatch Labs, right across from another startup called Burbn. The week Burbn launched its iPhone app, CoffeeTable’s lead engineer “started to see that it was going to take off, and decided to switch over and join them,” says Ben Choi, … Continue reading “CoffeeTable Aims to Reinvent Catalog Shopping for the iPad Era”
NComputing Obtains $21,800,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5aa3e0ad-9fc3-4103-8b83-3364eb5fd1ff&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name NComputing Mailing Address 1 Lagoon Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description NComputing’s flagship product, the UTMA (UltraThinMultiAccess) technology based NStation – All-inclusive plug & play Windows, Linux terminal – is a uniquely designed extremely low cost multiuser sharable computing terminal for Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP … Continue reading “NComputing Obtains $21,800,000 New Funding Round”
SynGen Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=266aaac6-80ff-484f-9c5d-3e8e7a25dc35&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name SynGen Mailing Address 1919 21st Street Sacramento, CA 95811 Company Description SynGen enables regenerative cures through innovative engineering. We are in the business of inventing and commercializing products that utilizes single-use sterile plastic cartridge disposables and dedicated, highly automated mechanical medical devices to isolate and capture stem … Continue reading “SynGen Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Neighborland Obtains New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0884e5a1-a21e-4434-8675-49da42ee96cc&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name Neighborland Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Our goal is to help residents shape the development of their neighborhoods. Neighborland is creating meaningful connections between neighbors, community leaders, property owners, developers, and our local governments. Website http://www.neighborland.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed … Continue reading “Neighborland Obtains New Funding”
Insieme Obtains $100,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=864c0ffe-0dce-4fd4-832b-860a60ede8a8&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name Insieme Mailing Address Undisclosed Santa Clara, CA 95050 Company Description Insieme was founded by Cisco employees Mario Mazzola, Luca Cafiero, and Prem Jain in January to address issues in advanced networking. Specifically, it focuses on software-defined networking (SDN), an somewhat easier and less expensive way to deploy … Continue reading “Insieme Obtains $100,000,000 New Financing Round”
Five Prime Therapeutics Obtains $10,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=867b7650-9443-4850-a7a1-dafe58f94013&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name Five Prime Therapeutics Mailing Address Two Corporate Dr South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description FivePrime is a drug discovery and development company primarily focused on therapeutic proteins. The Company is creating a new paradigm in drug discovery by leveraging the Pharmanome(TM) – the entire set of … Continue reading “Five Prime Therapeutics Obtains $10,000,000 New Financing”
Svaya Nanotechnologies Obtains $1,250,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=582141a3-4b64-4079-963d-f2e40cd4b141&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name Svaya Nanotechnologies Mailing Address 275 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Nanotechnology has the power to transform the world in ways scientists are just beginning to imagine. Svaya’s mission is to use nanotechnologies to make everyday products better and to enable revolutionary new products. Our … Continue reading “Svaya Nanotechnologies Obtains $1,250,000 New Funding”
Spirent Communications Acquires Mu Dynamics for $40,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=246faf0f-5d8d-4590-926c-d4d02a6a1211&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name Mu Dynamics Mailing Address 800 W. California Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description Mu Dynamics is pioneering the new security analyzer market and is shipping the first commercially available systems that deliver a systematic and repeatable process for detecting known and unknown vulnerabilities in any IP-based application … Continue reading “Spirent Communications Acquires Mu Dynamics for $40,000,000”
IPO On-Ramp Legislation: What Title I of the JOBS Act Means for You
Leading Silicon Valley law firm Latham & Watkins presents a seminar for entrepreneurs on the implications of the new JOBS Act. From the event site: “Title I of the JOBS Act, which President Obama signed into law on April 5, represents a sea change in (1) the US initial public offering process and (2) the … Continue reading “IPO On-Ramp Legislation: What Title I of the JOBS Act Means for You”
At Altius’s Online College, Students Will Learn Through Stories
Altius Education, the San Francisco startup that launched the two-year online junior college called Ivy Bridge, now hopes to blossom into a full-fledged, four-year institution called Altius University. And to prepare the way, it’s rolling out a new software platform designed to improve education through “the power of stories.” Paul Freedman, Altius’ founder and CEO, … Continue reading “At Altius’s Online College, Students Will Learn Through Stories”
How to Build a Billion-Dollar Startup
The quickest way to create a billion dollar company is to take basic human social needs and figure out how to mediate them online. Look at the first wave of the Web/mobile/cloud startups that have done just that: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Match.com, Pandora, Zynga, WordPress, LinkedIn. It’s your turn. Hard-Wired This week I’m in New … Continue reading “How to Build a Billion-Dollar Startup”
Xconomist of the Week: Ramsinghani On Microinvesting in a Company Town
There is a lot of talk these days in post-industrial American cities like Detroit about transforming the “brawn economy” into the brain economy. Detroit Xconomist Mahendra Ramsinghani, who runs Invest Detroit’s First Step Fund, is on the front lines of that battle to economically recalibrate. “As a community, generation after generation got up and went … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Ramsinghani On Microinvesting in a Company Town”
Coursera Lands $16,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=447a878d-34ab-4491-854f-0cf13be26587&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2012 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 Lands $16,000,000 New Financing Round”