Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=935759a1-171a-4df8-ad3c-6cb10ee93834&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2012 Company Name Aeria Games & Entertainment Mailing Address 2475 Augustine Dr Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Aeria Games is the dynamic gaming community where players of all backgrounds and interests can connect, share, and enjoy an unparalleled variety of Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games from all over the … Continue reading “Aeria Games & Entertainment Receives New Round”
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BranchOut Lands $25,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b296449-757a-42ae-8d45-cea212cfefef&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2012 Company Name BranchOut Mailing Address 209 Kearny St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description The company has created a Facebook application that lets users find out where friends are working or have worked in the past. Website http://www.branchout.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “BranchOut Lands $25,000,000 New Funding”
Tango Obtains $40,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=384c09fb-e8b3-418b-9583-ec508f673e0b&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2012 Company Name Tango Mailing Address 2452 Embarcadero Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Tango enables anyone with an iPhone or Android phone to make free mobile video calls over 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi to their friends and family around the world. Website http://www.tango.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Tango Obtains $40,000,000 Series C Funding”
Five9 Lands $12,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b8e038f4-059d-4ae0-9116-cd91701c37cc&Preview=1 Date 4/19/2012 Company Name Five9 Mailing Address 7901 Stoneridge Drive Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description Five9 is the leading global provider of on-demand call center software for telemarketing, customer service, and business continuity. The award-winning Five9 Virtual Call Center and Predictive Dialer serve customers of all sizes on five continents. Customers … Continue reading “Five9 Lands $12,000,000 New Round”
Big Fish Games Paid Nearly $12M in Stock for Self Aware Games
Updated 6:20 pm We now know how much stock in Big Fish Games changed hands for the Seattle casual gaming company’s recent acquisition of Oakland, CA-based studio Self Aware Games. A new regulatory filing by Big Fish, posted earlier today, shows that nearly $12 million worth of Big Fish shares were issued for the acquisition, with … Continue reading “Big Fish Games Paid Nearly $12M in Stock for Self Aware Games”
In Google’s Moon Race, Teams Face a Reckoning
The future is way behind schedule. That’s the feeling you pick up on when you talk to people in the civilian space business. Forty years after the Apollo missions, there are still no lunar bases like the one in 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are no Pan Am space planes ferrying bureaucrats to meetings on … Continue reading “In Google’s Moon Race, Teams Face a Reckoning”
Sage Bionetworks Moves from Thinking Stage to Doing Stage
Three years ago, Stephen Friend started a nonprofit with a bold vision to speed up drug discovery, which might represent the biggest cat-herding exercise in the history of biology. If it sounds equal parts promising and daunting, it should. The idea of creating an open-source movement for biology—a field in which scientists and corporations guard … Continue reading “Sage Bionetworks Moves from Thinking Stage to Doing Stage”
Small is Beautiful in Q1 Venture Deals as VCs Write Lots of Checks
Venture investors wrote lots of checks during the first three months of 2012, but the amounts were small, according to the venture capital activity report being released today by CB Insights, the New York data services firm. The firm counted 785 venture deals during the quarter that ended March 31, marking the second-highest deal count … Continue reading “Small is Beautiful in Q1 Venture Deals as VCs Write Lots of Checks”
Cyphort Garners $6,999,996 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e3066cb-6a03-4538-8593-74df544fa5e2&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Cyphort Mailing Address 3595 Granada Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Cyphort develops software and appliance based solutions to protect enterprises and governments against sophisticated and targeted cybercrime attacks, with Advanced and Persistent payloads. Website http://www.cyphort.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,999,996 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Cyphort Garners $6,999,996 New Financing”
Quantenna Communications Receives $79,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4cde6bdc-4437-435d-8897-7c66ecbcfdf0&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Quantenna Communications Mailing Address 3450 W Warren Ave Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Quantenna Communications Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next generation MIMO based wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Website http://www.quantenna.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $79,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Receives $79,000,000 New Funding Round”
Skybox Imaging Receives $70,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e413bc7f-7b4e-458b-9c45-8c87bc51f061&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Skybox Imaging Mailing Address 1061 Terra Bella Ave Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Skybox Imaging is revolutionizing the use of satellite imagery and derived information products to improve the profitability of companies operating in the global economy and the welfare of societies around the world. Website … Continue reading “Skybox Imaging Receives $70,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
CircleUp Receives $1,500,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26957cde-9968-4a23-b404-a0aaaa89f535&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name CircleUp Mailing Address Pier 1 Bay 3 San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description For years, we saw passionate entrepreneurs struggle to find the support they need to grow their businesses—to hire more employees, produce more product, and share their dream with more consumers. Companies were often forced … Continue reading “CircleUp Receives $1,500,000 Seed Funding”
Alt12 Secures $1,260,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d0d49e6-2e38-45fe-8e2d-cdd37011bb0c&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Alt12 Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Founded in July 2009, alt12 apps is a software company committed to creating compelling and impactful mobile apps for women. We develop technology that provides value for every day and every important stage of a woman’s life. … Continue reading “Alt12 Secures $1,260,000 Seed Round”
NextCloud Lands $1,183,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=362fd405-a017-4c4f-b882-f5575e6565fd&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name NextCloud Mailing Address 1100 North Market Blvd Sacramento, CA 95834 Company Description NextCloud is a state of the art provider of cloud hosting services to enterprises, healthcare providers, local governments and education markets. Website http://www.nextcloud.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,183,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “NextCloud Lands $1,183,000 New Funding Round”
Groupon Acquires Ditto.me for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=656729b1-d9bf-4203-8a21-0a1dbff9b499&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Ditto.me Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Looking to hang out? Find out what your friends are up to, have a conversation, or get a group together. Ditto makes it easy to get recommendations about restaurants, movies and things to do. Download the app, … Continue reading “Groupon Acquires Ditto.me for Undisclosed Sum”
Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=effbc178-885e-468d-a938-3c955f2262a1&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Hotspots.io Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description We founded Hotspots.io with the vision of helping companies and individuals maximize their social media ROI through actionable and accessible analytics, and we’re thrilled to be able to continue that work on a much larger scale at … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io for Undisclosed Sum”
Marketo Acquires Crowd Factory for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd58ea1d-9728-4f38-935c-71fc8e6f0d4e&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Crowd Factory Mailing Address 612 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Traditional media are losing their reach. The emerging social media – online identity, communication, consumer-generated content, and traditional media combine to create compelling experiences for consumers. Social media have surpassed simple trend into phenomenon. … Continue reading “Marketo Acquires Crowd Factory for Undisclosed Sum”
Aeria Games & Entertainment Garners $4,750,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=145c6691-183d-4fe4-a3a7-14d0cc5ebf8c&Preview=1 Date 4/18/2012 Company Name Aeria Games & Entertainment Mailing Address 2475 Augustine Dr Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Aeria Games is the dynamic gaming community where players of all backgrounds and interests can connect, share, and enjoy an unparalleled variety of Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games from all over the … Continue reading “Aeria Games & Entertainment Garners $4,750,000 Series A Funding”
Optimism and Innovation
There are many opinions on the essential elements for innovation. One component is particularly crucial, and one of my favorite quotes on the matter is by Intel co-founder Robert Noyce, who said “Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure, over staying in safe places?” Having … Continue reading “Optimism and Innovation”
Driving for a Better Way to Engage Consumers in their Own Health
Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance—Plato Let’s just say you own a car. You have undoubtedly purchased insurance for the car and if you are diligent and worried about value and performance, you also are diligent about maintenance. You get the oil changed according to schedule, you fill it with the right kind of … Continue reading “Driving for a Better Way to Engage Consumers in their Own Health”
Cherry Receives $4,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=718aa0d8-c7f9-4814-81f0-207b5a23df4c&Preview=1 Date 4/17/2012 Company Name Cherry Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Cherry is the carwash that comes to you. Park anywhere, check in online, and we’ll wash your car right where you left it. $29 per wash, tip’s included. Website http://www.cherry.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 … Continue reading “Cherry Receives $4,500,000 New Financing Round”
Threadflip Lands $1,600,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cd44e8f-ff40-49a1-be41-3af418ee05d5&Preview=1 Date 4/17/2012 Company Name Threadflip Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description The company operates an online social marketplace for clothing. Website http://www.threadflip.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,600,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed, though the company said it would be launching in … Continue reading “Threadflip Lands $1,600,000 Seed Funding Round”
BitRhymes Secures $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77c3263c-c092-4930-8aa6-e65e041d45cd&Preview=1 Date 4/17/2012 Company Name BitRhymes Mailing Address Undisclosed Fremont, CA 94555 Company Description BitRhymes makes social mobile casino games targeted at women. Our first title in this area, Bingo Bash, has quickly become a hit and generated over 1.8M monthly active users in less than four months and still growing fast. … Continue reading “BitRhymes Secures $1,000,000 New Funding”
Ozmo Devices Garners $5,961,717 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d3bd20be-985e-48c4-9f20-fa7c48f7259a&Preview=1 Date 4/17/2012 Company Name Ozmo Devices Mailing Address 2595 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Ozmo Devices develops innovative Wi-Fi compatible communication technologies that deliver cost-effective wireless personal area network (WPAN) connectivity for battery-operated devices. The Ozmo solution is ultra-low power and highly integrated, making it ideal for … Continue reading “Ozmo Devices Garners $5,961,717 New Round”
Mongo SF 2012
From the event website: “MongoSF is an annual one-day conference in San Francisco dedicated to the open source, non-relational database MongoDB. The conference will feature over 40 sessions from MongoDB developers at 10gen, MongoDB users from the community, and technology partners, with presentations for both the novice and expert. Past conferences have sold out so … Continue reading “Mongo SF 2012”
Abbott’s Humira, the 3rd-in-Class Drug That Toppled Lipitor as No. 1
Sometimes the biggest success stories in business never make it to the magazine covers. There’s no single Eureka moment, no surprise turning point, no redemption, no swashbuckling CEO delivering the goods. There’s just a team pursuing genius like Edison once said: through 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Dull as it may sound, there … Continue reading “Abbott’s Humira, the 3rd-in-Class Drug That Toppled Lipitor as No. 1”
My1login Garners $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e649eb35-4cc8-4817-b5f7-3db56604eddd&Preview=1 Date 4/16/2012 Company Name My1login Mailing Address 2225 E. Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description my1login is a cloud-based password manager. It offers a simple and secure method to logging in and authentication for websites and applications on the internet and private networks. It has powerful and intuitive tools … Continue reading “My1login Garners $1,000,000 New Financing”
Unmetric Lands $3,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dbb54985-a9b8-417a-bdfc-7f5cb6342081&Preview=1 Date 4/16/2012 Company Name Unmetric Mailing Address 228 Hamilton Avenue 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Unmetric is a social media benchmarking company headquartered in Chicago with clients and operations across the globe. We work with Fortune 500 companies to help them establish benchmarks for their social media teams … Continue reading “Unmetric Lands $3,000,000 Series A Funding”
Path Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa0af66d-449e-4022-8e84-1398a621bb28&Preview=1 Date 4/16/2012 Company Name Path Mailing Address 338 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company provides a mobile social networking service. Website http://www.path.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Greylock Partners Venture Investor … Continue reading “Path Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding”
CorporatePlay
From the event organizers: “Plug and Play Tech Center is launching CorporatePlay, an event to learn how Fortune 500 companies innovate and remain entrepreneurial in a constantly evolving marketplace. A large part of the innovation process includes working with startups to fill technology gaps through partnerships, licensing, strategic investment, and acquisition. At CorporatePlay, each corporation … Continue reading “CorporatePlay”
Kullect Reinvents Blogging for the Smartphone Era
Blogs are coming up on their 15th birthday—the term “weblog” was coined in December 1997, according to Wired (though it wasn’t shortened to “blog” until 1999). What’s interesting is how little the form has changed in that time. A typical blog is still just a collection of text-based essays or articles and comments written on … Continue reading “Kullect Reinvents Blogging for the Smartphone Era”
Voxer Receives $30,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc32ebe5-701f-49a9-b756-0caf0c78ab44&Preview=1 Date 4/13/2012 Company Name Voxer Mailing Address 512 2nd Street First Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We founded Voxer with a vision to make voice communications more useful. The team behind Voxer played significant roles in building the Danger Sidekick and the Google Android platforms and worked for Apple, … Continue reading “Voxer Receives $30,000,000 New Round”
Xconomist of the Week: Jason Baptiste and the Ultralight Startup
Where did this guy find the time to write a book? Never mind that. Jason Baptiste is on the prowl again. The co-founder and CEO of New York-based Onswipe, a tablet-based media and advertising startup, has just released his new book, The Ultralight Startup (Portfolio Penguin, 2012). It’s a how-to-entrepreneur guide with lots of details … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Jason Baptiste and the Ultralight Startup”
Harvest Power, With $100M+ in Revenue, Raises $110M in Tough Cleantech Market
There’s something different about Harvest Power. While other cleantech companies have struggled mightily, the Waltham, MA-based waste-to-energy-and-soil firm keeps chugging along and growing. Today the company says it has raised $110 million in Series C funding, led by True North Venture Partners and American Refining and Biochemical. Previous investors also chipped in, including Kleiner Perkins … Continue reading “Harvest Power, With $100M+ in Revenue, Raises $110M in Tough Cleantech Market”
The Future of Robotics on May 3: Here’s the Agenda
Faster than anyone expected, it’s going to be May 3—the day we’re gathering an amazing group of roboticists and entrepreneurs for our first forum on The Future of Robotics in Silicon Valley and Beyond. The event takes place from 1:00 to 5:30 pm at SRI International in Menlo Park, CA, and features representatives from 10 … Continue reading “The Future of Robotics on May 3: Here’s the Agenda”
Why There’s No Such Thing as An Overnight Exit Strategy
It’s highly unlikely that you’re going to wake up one morning, hear a knock on your door, and open it to find an acquisition partner with a briefcase full of cash ready to buy your business. The reality is that successful exits—whether through an IPO, a buyout, a strategic acquisition, or a merger—take years of … Continue reading “Why There’s No Such Thing as An Overnight Exit Strategy”
INgrooves Receives $6,666,482 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6df4524-b8dc-461f-bf8a-187703078389&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2012 Company Name INgrooves Mailing Address 444 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94015 Company Description Isolation Network (IN) is a digital media distribution and publishing company that provides various distribution and marketing services via its INgrooves and ONE Digital divisions. Website http://www.ingrooves.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,666,482 Transaction … Continue reading “INgrooves Receives $6,666,482 Series B Funding Round”
Oasys Design Systems Receives Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b13b0205-b891-4e62-919c-508a50a8671e&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2012 Company Name Oasys Design Systems Mailing Address 3250 Olcott Street Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Oasys Design System has come out of stealth mode with a revolutionary new platform for Logic design that we call Chip Synthesis. This is the only product in the world that can take … Continue reading “Oasys Design Systems Receives Series B Financing Round”
Spaceport.io Lands New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8adcb559-4a19-4947-9265-8c236a6560c9&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2012 Company Name Spaceport.io Mailing Address 330 Primrose Road Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description Spaceport.io allows developers to simultaneously create games on Facebook as well as iOS, Android devices and Smart TVs, allowing players to continue the same social game as they switch between devices. The platform also offers the … Continue reading “Spaceport.io Lands New Funding Round”
OneID Obtains $7,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f3d553f-4ab4-44ab-9c29-f341ea77a2d9&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2012 Company Name OneID Mailing Address 2216 O’Toole Avenue San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description OneID is an entirely new way to easily and securely sign in to websites and pay online. No more remembering multiple usernames, passwords, or filling out forms. You prove your identity to your device and … Continue reading “OneID Obtains $7,000,000 New Funding”
CrowdOptic Lands $500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c5e71da-e00f-4011-b305-91377e90c58b&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2012 Company Name CrowdOptic Mailing Address 930 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description CrowdOptic lets enterprises and photographers collaborate in real time by simply using an image. Website http://www.CrowdOptic.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “CrowdOptic Lands $500,000 New Funding”
MAKE Magazine Hardware Innovation Workshop
MAKE magazine hosts an inspired conversation and curated tour of the unique culture, enabling technologies, and innovations of the maker movement. From the event website: “Your Invitation to Experience the Maker Movement Firsthand: MAKE will present a hands-on showcase of compelling devices, products, and platforms that are shaping the future of manufacturing and the global economy. … Continue reading “MAKE Magazine Hardware Innovation Workshop”
Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
Maker Faire, brought to you by MAKE Magazine and O’Reilly Media, is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, … Continue reading “Maker Faire Bay Area 2012”
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Biotech Startup & Walking the Line between the University and the Venture Investor
QB3 and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business co-sponsor an evening seminar on challenges for university-based biotech startups. From the event description: The presentation will offer a range of views and observations about the unique challenges facing the biotech startup where the core science emanates from the university. Our panelists-representing the point of … Continue reading “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Biotech Startup & Walking the Line between the University and the Venture Investor”
TEDx San Francisco
The event organizers write: “Hult International Business School welcomes some of San Francisco’s most dynamic speakers to the stage as the first independently organized TED event takes place on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at 1:00 PM at the Hult International Business School, 1355 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111. As the world constantly changes with … Continue reading “TEDx San Francisco”
Clio Searches for Music—Using Music
In 2007, Clio founder and principal scientist Dr. Greg Wilder saw a fundamental problem with music search engines: they all required words. So he set out to build an engine that could not only find music based on other music, but actually compare tracks to one another to find something similar—a music-based analysis, search and … Continue reading “Clio Searches for Music—Using Music”
BioPharma Needs A Safe, Reliable Way To Repair Broken Genes
The sequencing of the human genome didn’t immediately lead to treatments for a number of diseases, as many had hoped and a smaller number had predicted. However, the enormous drop in the price of DNA sequencing over the past decade has now made it possible to sequence an individual’s complete genome for less than $5,000. … Continue reading “BioPharma Needs A Safe, Reliable Way To Repair Broken Genes”
Mymetics Ropes in Dendreon, KPCB Vets to Restart Vaccine Developer
[Updated: 7:10 am PT] Sometimes little biotech companies hit the wall, and need a jolt from new management, new investors, and even a change of scenery to see if their technology is ever going to pan out. Mymetics is one of those classic biotech stories, of a little vaccine company heading West to reinvent itself. … Continue reading “Mymetics Ropes in Dendreon, KPCB Vets to Restart Vaccine Developer”
Basho Technologies Secures $1,000,001 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4930983-4ab0-49db-98f5-72733c623750&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2012 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 Secures $1,000,001 New Funding”
CloudPassage Obtains $14,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31a2dba6-94ff-4de5-98a6-a26fb1baa3d1&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2012 Company Name CloudPassage Mailing Address 625 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description CloudPassage provides security SaaS solutions for securing cloud servers. Our Halo products give DevOps, SysAdmins and SecOps professionals the ability to easily protect servers across private, public and hybrid clouds. Website http://www.cloudpassage.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “CloudPassage Obtains $14,000,000 Series B Financing”