Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b9b8fa3-187a-47bf-8957-1c8688ff3099&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2012 Company Name Droplet Mailing Address 1600 Adams Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Droplet Technology develops an all-software mobile multimedia platform that “meets the image quality, power consumption, and cost objectives set by next-generation portable communications devices.” Droplet licenses the platform to leading providers of mobile multimedia services … Continue reading “Vivox Acquires Droplet for Undisclosed Sum”
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Buysight Lands $8,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b87bdbb7-5780-4751-b180-b7c311495840&Preview=1 Date 3/21/2012 Company Name Buysight Mailing Address 550 College Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Buysight is building the world’s largest index of consumer purchase intent, history and activity data, and leveraging that deep knowledge to unlock significant value for both buyers and sellers. Website http://www.buysight.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Buysight Lands $8,000,000 Series B Financing”
Silicon Valley *Is* a Meritocracy
Of late, there has been talk that Silicon Valley is not a meritocracy, and that it is biased against women, black, and older entrepreneurs. I don’t believe this is true. I have lived and worked as a serial entrepreneur in the Valley for more than 15 years. Over the past couple of years, as I … Continue reading “Silicon Valley *Is* a Meritocracy”
Biotech Lagging Behind Go-Go Web Valuations, Survey Says
Developing the latest breakthrough drug just doesn’t pay these days as much as creating the hot new web app does. Private life sciences companies in Silicon Valley that got financing in the fourth quarter of 2011 had an average per-share value that was about 10 percent higher than their previous round of financing, which typically … Continue reading “Biotech Lagging Behind Go-Go Web Valuations, Survey Says”
Stormpath Garners $1,500,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b43e44ee-eb8c-4d50-be4f-43deddf11db6&Preview=1 Date 3/20/2012 Company Name Stormpath Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Stormpath is a cloud service that developers can use to manage users and simplify authentication and access control in your applications. We contribute to and support Apache Shiro, a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that abstracts … Continue reading “Stormpath Garners $1,500,000 Seed Round”
ClearStory Data Secures New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec31a82e-f335-4faf-9454-9a1215d02087&Preview=1 Date 3/20/2012 Company Name ClearStory Data Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description ClearStory Data, a Palo Alto, CA-based company that is developing a new tool for users to conduct self-driven big data exploration. Website http://www.clearstorydata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “ClearStory Data Secures New Funding”
Why WebMD Is History: The Next Generation of Web-Based Medicine
The healthcare industry has been waiting a long time for its “2.0” moment. As social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn exploded in the late 2000s, so did e-commerce, enterprise SaaS, and cloud services. Business models, features and strategies have all dramatically evolved in the past decade and the valuations of many IT companies have taken … Continue reading “Why WebMD Is History: The Next Generation of Web-Based Medicine”
Biotech’s New Frontier: Europe?
Plenty of places in the world are messed up, but Europe has been near the top of the list lately. If all the horrible scenarios play out, this will be the year the euro collapses, the European Union fractures, and some economically advanced countries could go bust. Yet while the world financial system holds its … Continue reading “Biotech’s New Frontier: Europe?”
Ex-Vertica/HP Honcho Lynch Talks Next Steps, New Big Data Investments
“I’m a fighter. I’m only happy when I’m in some kind of battle.” That would be Chris Lynch, the former CEO of Vertica Systems, the Cambridge, MA-based data analytics firm acquired by Hewlett-Packard for some $300 million a year ago. Lynch is looking for his next battle right now, since he left HP and Vertica … Continue reading “Ex-Vertica/HP Honcho Lynch Talks Next Steps, New Big Data Investments”
Former CEO Chris Lynch Out at Vertica/HP: What’s Next?
The golden handcuffs are off, it appears. Chris Lynch, the former CEO of Vertica, the big-data analytics company acquired by Hewlett-Packard a year ago, has left the company. The news was first reported by SiliconAngle this morning. It’s not a big surprise—CEOs leaving a year after being acquired is one of the more predictable things … Continue reading “Former CEO Chris Lynch Out at Vertica/HP: What’s Next?”
Bikes and Business: Can Cities Cycle Their Way To Prosperity?
I’ve been in Boston this week, attending Xconomy’s big Mobile Madness conference and hanging out with my colleagues in our Cambridge, MA, headquarters. For all the debate among startup entrepreneurs about whether Boston or Silicon Valley is a better place to start a company, I’ve been reminded during my visit that Boston has a huge … Continue reading “Bikes and Business: Can Cities Cycle Their Way To Prosperity?”
PixyKids Secures $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4edf8b39-1f44-4170-b553-02f6c77fd864&Preview=1 Date 3/16/2012 Company Name PixyKids Mailing Address 618 Santa Cruz Ave Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description PixyKids is building an engaging social media and interactive platform for kids aged 6-12 where they can explore their interesta and share with friends, whether it’s through styling their avatar, creating original content, playing … Continue reading “PixyKids Secures $3,000,000 New Round”
500Friends Obtains $4,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=483290b4-3486-4086-b60e-331ef1aa6b62&Preview=1 Date 3/16/2012 Company Name 500Friends Mailing Address 115 Sansome Street 15th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description 500Friends Inc. is a developer of a social loyalty and rewards platform for retailers. Website http://www.500friends.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “500Friends Obtains $4,500,000 Series A Funding”
Koding Receives $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c5b4b0c-f090-4ab3-9de1-8bae70885736&Preview=1 Date 3/16/2012 Company Name Koding Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description The company provides cloud computing services. Website http://www.kodingen.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor RTP Ventures Venture Investor Greycroft Partners
StyleSeat Obtains $775,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8565aa67-0569-45a1-8f05-bfdb98b3c670&Preview=1 Date 3/16/2012 Company Name StyleSeat Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description StyleSeat is the online destination for beauty & wellness professionals and clients. Professionals can showcase their work, connect with new and existing clients, and build their business. Clients can discover new services and providers, book appointments online, … Continue reading “StyleSeat Obtains $775,000 New Financing”
Google Acquires Milk for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18076eab-0636-4dd0-82bf-6f5333e16986&Preview=1 Date 3/16/2012 Company Name Milk Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company develops mobile applications. Website http://www.milkinc.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.
How the NY Times Got the JOBS Act Wrong
One of the great dilemmas in the modern economy is balancing risk and reward, cost and benefit. That is true for investors, corporate managers, citizens, and elected officials. The financial crisis was caused by excessive risk taking by almost every player in the system. Investors stretched for return but didn’t understand the risks to which … Continue reading “How the NY Times Got the JOBS Act Wrong”
Shire Shells Out $100M to Buy Ferrokin Biosciences
Shire, the Dublin-based pharmaceutical company with operations in the Boston area, is paying $100 million upfront for a little San Francisco company seeking to help patients get rid of excessive amounts of iron in the blood. Shire said today it is has agreed to pay $100 million upfront, plus another $225 million if future development … Continue reading “Shire Shells Out $100M to Buy Ferrokin Biosciences”
Quixey’s ‘Power Search’ Helps Users Weed Through Universe of Apps
The idea for Quixey, the search engine for apps, came from a simple problem. When co-founder Tomer Kagan was still the CEO of his last company, Your Logo Here, a colleague was looking for a password manager. Typing in “password vault” didn’t bring up anything useful. Kagan realized people needed a better way to find … Continue reading “Quixey’s ‘Power Search’ Helps Users Weed Through Universe of Apps”
Xconomist of the Week: Rapundalo on How the Affordable Care Act May Thwart Innovation
Stephen Rapundalo, head of the industry association MichBio, has been spending some time on Capitol Hill recently lobbying Michigan’s congressional delegation to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, which he says will have a chilling effect on innovation in Michigan’s nascent medical device sector. Along with representatives from 18 other states’ med-tech associations—including the … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Rapundalo on How the Affordable Care Act May Thwart Innovation”
LUMEnergi Secures $6,200,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d57b0a6-705e-4cf0-8cb3-8243dd7891f6&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name LUMEnergi Mailing Address 8371 Central Ave Newark, CA 94560 Company Description LUMEnergi, formally Luminoptics, is bringing to the lighting and controls market the first, cost-effective, high-ROI dimming lighting ballast technology expected to spur the growth of energy-efficient, demand-responsive buildings. Website http://www.lumenergi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “LUMEnergi Secures $6,200,000 Series B Funding”
BrightEdge Receives $12,600,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e557d87d-74a0-4ba7-91c4-a7a0a4840c64&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name BrightEdge Mailing Address 1820 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description BrightEdge is the on-demand leader for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Management. The company was started by Jim Yu and Lemuel Park to serve the unmet demand for enterprise-class technology that would help marketers extract the … Continue reading “BrightEdge Receives $12,600,000 Series C Funding”
Boku Secures $35,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6382e3f-6243-4e60-91ec-ddf9e4909c46&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name Boku Mailing Address P O Box 190725 San Francisco, CA 94119 Company Description Boku is creating the standard for online payments using your mobile phone, making it easy to pay for digital goods and social experiences across the web. With a strong focus on reliability and security, … Continue reading “Boku Secures $35,000,000 New Round”
Appirio Obtains $60,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d5f103d-7761-4e72-933f-f09ffb5ef5e8&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name Appirio Mailing Address 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description Appirio delivers products and services that help companies more successfully adopt on-demand business solutions. Website http://www.appirio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $60,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes Appirio plans to use the funds … Continue reading “Appirio Obtains $60,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
AOL Acquires Hipster for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dcee1666-648c-4d8c-abd8-412fc2ab27fd&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name Hipster Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company offers a local Q&A service. Website http://www.hipster.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.
Shire Pharmaceuticals Acquires Ferrokin BioSciences for $325,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0cf873b6-a41c-4fbd-92b4-94649f3652ba&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name Ferrokin BioSciences Mailing Address 2729 Debbie Court San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description FerroKin BioSciences is a clinical stage biotechnology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area and focused on developing chelation therapies for a broad range of clinical indications. Website http://www.ferrokin.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Shire Pharmaceuticals Acquires Ferrokin BioSciences for $325,000,000”
MyLife Acquires Threadsy for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f80c761e-7420-4e91-b112-f434beb44bfb&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2012 Company Name Threadsy Mailing Address Peir 38 San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Threadsy is a new kind of messaging experience created for anyone to use. It combines all of your existing accounts in one place and enhances them with relevant information from your social networks and the public … Continue reading “MyLife Acquires Threadsy for Undisclosed Sum”
Google Beefs Up Its Measures Against Counterfeit Advertisers
Google’s AdWords and AdSense platforms are the Web’s largest and most profitable network for keyword-based advertising, which means Google deals with a constant onslaught of hucksters trying to rope consumers into scams and questionable deals. The company has long worked to exclude ads for get-rich-quick schemes, harmful products like cigarettes and guns, and counterfeit goods … Continue reading “Google Beefs Up Its Measures Against Counterfeit Advertisers”
In Search of Capital, San Diego Taking Startups on Roadshows to VCs
Venture capital and rainfall have always been in relatively short supply in San Diego. Yet somehow this semi-arid region has managed to grow and even thrive as a center of life sciences, technology, and cleantech innovation. Now, as part of a broader strategic initiative, some of the nonprofit organizations that helped establish San Diego as … Continue reading “In Search of Capital, San Diego Taking Startups on Roadshows to VCs”
Akili Interactive Seeks to Make Video Games That Heal, Not Harm
I’m no expert on video games, having only recently discovered the time-wasting phenomenon Angry Birds on my iPad. Like a lot of people, my general impression is that excessive use of video games is probably at least partly to blame for a bunch of neurological and behavioral problems, starting with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in kids. But … Continue reading “Akili Interactive Seeks to Make Video Games That Heal, Not Harm”
Adaptive Planning Lands $22,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e666f1e0-0b27-4ba4-9d01-8fde65c04543&Preview=1 Date 3/14/2012 Company Name Adaptive Planning Mailing Address 2041 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Adaptive Planning is the leading provider of on-demand budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analytics applications. Adaptive Planning makes it easy for small to mid-size companies to move beyond spreadsheets to a full-featured planning solution for … Continue reading “Adaptive Planning Lands $22,000,000 New Financing Round”
Localmind Aspires to Answer Questions Around the Globe
Last weekend, Localmind founders Lenny Rachitsky and Beau Haugh took their location-driven question-and-answer app back to South by Southwest, where it first launched a year ago. This time, they put every party at the hip tech conference on the app’s map, so that SXSW users could ask which parties to go to, which had the … Continue reading “Localmind Aspires to Answer Questions Around the Globe”
A Seussian Guide to BioPharma
Years ago, pharma’s rep was grand, Selling drugs throughout the land. Many different problems mended, Diseases treated, lives extended. Sulfa drugs, antibiotics, Pain-relieving strong narcotics. A high point before the age of genes, Were Salk and Sabin’s new vaccines. Profit margins super high, Income more than “getting by”. As a group, they were admired, Nowadays, … Continue reading “A Seussian Guide to BioPharma”
Women in Bio, After Gaining Momentum Elsewhere, Arrives in SF
There’s no shortage of ways to network in the San Francisco Bay Area’s biotech industry if your interest is in science, dealmaking, patents, finance, or some other specialty. But there was no group until recently geared toward one distinct group of people within the industry—women. That’s changing now as Women in Bio, an international volunteer … Continue reading “Women in Bio, After Gaining Momentum Elsewhere, Arrives in SF”
Jiff Obtains $7,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=818bb46e-095c-4800-bc09-27528f723fc6&Preview=1 Date 3/13/2012 Company Name Jiff Mailing Address 459 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Jiff Inc. provides the first HIPAA-compliant social network and digital health apps platform for healthcare. Jiff’s platform allows consumers and health care professionals to build personalized and private communities of care in a HIPAA-compliant environment … Continue reading “Jiff Obtains $7,500,000 Series A Financing”
Intematix Receives $16,200,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9687bfbd-ff36-49a5-a647-ecdf0c3628e6&Preview=1 Date 3/13/2012 Company Name Intematix Mailing Address 46410 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Intematix is a Moraga start-up developing new materials for white LEDs and fuel cells. The start-up’s more immediate strategy is to discover new materials and develop products based on those inventions. Website http://www.intematix.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Intematix Receives $16,200,000 New Funding”
Join Us May 3 For a Tour of the Future of Robotics
Robotics, like AI, is a field plagued by the chronic gap between science fiction and reality. Today’s robots don’t look or act anything like C-3PO, so most consumers lump them in with flying cars as one of 20th-century pop culture’s broken promises. Well, they’re wrong. (About flying cars, too.) Working quietly behind the scenes, academic … Continue reading “Join Us May 3 For a Tour of the Future of Robotics”
Startup Veteran’s Weekend/Hackathon
From the event site: What: TechCentralSF’s Startup Veterans Hackathon/Weekend – Co-chair Craig Newmark of craigslist and board member IAVA – Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran’s of America When: Saturday March 24th and Sunday March 25th– 9am to 10pm each day. Where: Adobe Systems , SF – 601 Townsend Street Registration Link: click here In this two-day event the … Continue reading “Startup Veteran’s Weekend/Hackathon”
AIDS Drugs Were the Start. Let’s See More FDA Accelerated Approvals
There’s been a lot of talk in biotech lately about the need for reforms at the FDA, to make it run faster and more predictably. One idea is taking shape in a bill starting to move through Congress. And at least at first glance, it looks like it’s based on good common sense. The idea … Continue reading “AIDS Drugs Were the Start. Let’s See More FDA Accelerated Approvals”
Crowdfunding: The Train to the Future Is Leaving—Get on Board
It has been a whirlwind last few days in the crowd-funding world. For those of you who have not yet tuned in to this, there is legislation afoot, backed by the President and (so far) the House, that would enable, in effect, mini- IPOs as a way to fund startups. Forget everything you know about … Continue reading “Crowdfunding: The Train to the Future Is Leaving—Get on Board”
D2S Lands $12,663,227 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=470ab637-bcf7-4d33-a329-74b4432512dd&Preview=1 Date 3/12/2012 Company Name D2S Mailing Address 4040 Moorpark Ave. San Jose, CA 95117 Company Description Direct2Silicon is a newly-formed, venture-backed company providing software and IP that enables direct write e-beam lithography for production of System-on-Chip integrated circuits (SoCs). Reductions both in design time and manufacturing turnaround time are achieved when … Continue reading “D2S Lands $12,663,227 Series C Funding Round”
Twitter Acquires Posterous for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8bb5eae7-bcbd-4257-98bf-83694e728a98&Preview=1 Date 3/12/2012 Company Name Posterous Mailing Address 555 4th St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Posterous is the dead simple way to put anything online using email. We launched in July 2008 and we’ve been steadily growing and adding features. Website http://www.posterous.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires Posterous for Undisclosed Sum”
InvestLab Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58e0a2e8-d76b-4713-b0e5-9923fef3136c&Preview=1 Date 3/10/2012 Company Name InvestLab Mailing Address 650 5th St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description InvestLab is a provider of financial technology and services for the global investing market. Website http://www.investlab.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The capital helps us further grow … Continue reading “InvestLab Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
The Lytro Camera Is Revolutionary, But It’s No iPhone
The inventors and investors behind the Lytro, the hot new “light field” camera that creates refocusable digital photos, are trying to have it both ways. They’re arguing that their new camera, which sells for $399-$499, will revolutionize consumer photography in the near term by freeing people from shutter delays and the need to focus their … Continue reading “The Lytro Camera Is Revolutionary, But It’s No iPhone”
The Web Never Forgets. Should It?
By now most people are aware that Google changed its privacy policy. You’ve read articles on all sides of the spectrum: some say this is the worst thing ever; others claim it just doesn’t matter. And there’ll be even more since the EU has declared this new policy “illegal.” This new policy matters quite a … Continue reading “The Web Never Forgets. Should It?”
Tracky Receives $1,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b24a805-08bb-4d12-948b-592eaacaa1d6&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2012 Company Name Tracky Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94112 Company Description Tracky is a social collaboration platform that bridges the gap between your personal and professional circles. Website http://www.tracky.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The startup will be debuting in private … Continue reading “Tracky Receives $1,000,000 Seed Funding”
Aarki Obtains Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e61614be-e5c4-48bf-abb1-7033469ca1d3&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2012 Company Name Aarki Mailing Address 440 North Wolfe Road MS-66 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Aarki gives advertisers and publishers more control over their mobile initiatives. Advertisers choose mobile apps or sites that match their products, services, or campaign objectives. Likewise, we let publishers opt-in to specific advertising campaigns … Continue reading “Aarki Obtains Series A Funding Round”
Clover Secures $5,800,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e59226e5-bbae-4154-b57f-f928e0cf7b7d&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2012 Company Name Clover Mailing Address 785 Castro St Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description The one-tap payment app. See why you’ll love paying with Clover. Available in the US for Android and iPhone. Website http://www.clover.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Clover Secures $5,800,000 New Funding Round”
Green Dot Acquires Loopt for $43,400,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3098dbf0-a1c1-4c5a-b6f7-3d565e00377a&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2012 Company Name Loopt Mailing Address 590 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Loopt is a Palo Alto-based startup that has built a revolutionary social mapping service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. loopt uses GPS (and … Continue reading “Green Dot Acquires Loopt for $43,400,000”
Atlassian Acquires HipChat for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fdad20c-b5b8-43bb-bf19-854a45f8e477&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2012 Company Name HipChat Mailing Address 431 Tehama San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description We started HipChat because we were frustrated with pointless meetings, long email threads, and taking forever to make a decision. Like many people, we tried to use AIM to collaborate, but it just wasn’t good enough. … Continue reading “Atlassian Acquires HipChat for Undisclosed Sum”