Fun isn’t the first thing that pops to mind when you’re asking thousands of people about their last mammogram. But Sterling Lanier is wagering that one of the dullest parts of modern healthcare, the standard patient questionnaire on a clipboard, can be made fun. It’s the organizing principle behind the startup he co-founded, Tonic Health. … Continue reading “Tonic Health Looks to ‘Gamify’ Dull Doctor Office Forms”
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Ruckus Wireless Obtains $2,170,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8866e134-6283-4d66-bb15-2e66316d682e&Preview=1 Date 2/28/2012 Company Name Ruckus Wireless Mailing Address 880 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Ruckus Wireless is a wireless equipment supplier focused on the next generation of home networking. The Company is credited with developing the world’s first in-home wireless multimedia system, MediaFlex, which it introduced in October … Continue reading “Ruckus Wireless Obtains $2,170,000 New Funding”
Groupon Acquires UpTake for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc0163fc-8d3e-4a6f-afbc-46e467fb0789&Preview=1 Date 2/28/2012 Company Name UpTake Mailing Address 654 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Our mission is to help you make the best possible travel decisions based on your unique preferences. We are your first step when you are searching for where to go on your family vacation, a … Continue reading “Groupon Acquires UpTake for Undisclosed Sum”
Meet with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
The Environmental Business Cluster sponsors a morning meeting with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. From the event organizers: “Kleiner Perkin’s knack for zeroing in on the Next Big Thing has set the industry standard for venture capital investing for 40 years. At last count, KPCB has backed more than 500 ventures, including some of the … Continue reading “Meet with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers”
Positioning for the Perfect Exit in Cleantech
The Environmental Business Cluster presents an afternoon seminar on M&A strategy for cleantech companies. From the event organizers: “While 2011 was a difficult year for cleantech venture capital, cleantech mergers and acquisition activity reached record highs M&A transactions accounted for some 41.2 billion dollars, a 153% increase over 2010. As corporations continue to focus on … Continue reading “Positioning for the Perfect Exit in Cleantech”
Killing Your Startup By Listening to Customers
The art of entrepreneurship and the science of Customer Development is not just getting out of the building and listening to prospective customers. It’s understanding who to listen to and why. Five Cups of Coffee I got a call from Satish, one of my ex-students, last week. He got my attention when he said, “Following … Continue reading “Killing Your Startup By Listening to Customers”
Bruce Booth, a LifeSciVC Shining Some Much-Needed Light on Biotech
Techies who want to learn about high-tech venture capital learn quickly they must read blogs by guys like Fred Wilson and Brad Feld. They are insiders who speak with clear, consistent, and insightful voices about an otherwise opaque little corner of the investing world. Nobody has ever performed this kind of service for biotech venture … Continue reading “Bruce Booth, a LifeSciVC Shining Some Much-Needed Light on Biotech”
LiveRail Receives $3,999,992 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb27de4b-82ce-4abb-a211-79e191739a72&Preview=1 Date 2/27/2012 Company Name LiveRail Mailing Address 55 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description LiveRail delivers technology solutions that enable and enhance the monetization of internet-distributed video. By focussing specifically on challenges and opportunities created by online video, our tools are designed to be easier, more efficient and more … Continue reading “LiveRail Receives $3,999,992 New Financing Round”
WayIn Obtains $14,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6165f21-49c4-4655-915d-9aa5d5836eca&Preview=1 Date 2/27/2012 Company Name WayIn Mailing Address 1534 Plaza Ln. Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description The company is currently in stealth mode. Website http://www.WayIn.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor U.S. Venture Partners Venture Investor … Continue reading “WayIn Obtains $14,000,000 Series B Round”
Akros Silicon Secures $2,553,484 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5cd21ae-a8a2-4a88-8198-c6647c251a86&Preview=1 Date 2/27/2012 Company Name Akros Silicon Mailing Address 262 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Akros Silicon Inc. is Venture Capital-backed fabless semiconductor company located in Folsom California. Website http://www.akrossilicon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,553,484 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory … Continue reading “Akros Silicon Secures $2,553,484 New Funding”
Appcelerator Obtains $16,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e8e78f15-656c-4508-b5d6-ea6ac17c2f81&Preview=1 Date 2/27/2012 Company Name Appcelerator Mailing Address 440 N. Bernardo Ave Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Appcelerator is an open source platform for building rich web applications. Appcelerator, Inc. is a silicon valley venture funded company located in Mountain View, California. Appcelerator was started in 2006 by software veterans Jeff … Continue reading “Appcelerator Obtains $16,000,000 Series D Round”
Xobni Obtains $9,999,998 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ee4d86c-0f94-4a62-a706-05c26fa0a8ad&Preview=1 Date 2/27/2012 Company Name Xobni Mailing Address 539 Bryant St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We started Smartr because we realized there was an amazing opportunity to leverage our abilities in machine learning and statistical modeling to take back the email inbox for our users. Website http://www.xobni.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Xobni Obtains $9,999,998 Series D Financing Round”
Customer Service Hero Tour with Zendesk and Zappos
San Francisco-based help desk software maker Zendesk offers “a jam-packed day of learning, networking and general good-times with fellow customer support and help desk heroes.” Information and registration here.
What If Your Next TV Is a Tablet?
It is a dark time for the TV rebellion. Although legions of cord-cutters have abandoned their cable subscriptions, Hollywood troops have driven the early TV-technology startups from their hidden Silicon Valley bases and pursued them across the Internet. Evading the dreaded cable and satellite companies, a group of freedom fighters led by Boxee, Netflix, and … Continue reading “What If Your Next TV Is a Tablet?”
Crescendo Bioscience Takes Arthritis Into the World of Hard Data
Medicine can still sometimes look awfully primitive, despite all the whiz-bang developments in biotech. Take rheumatoid arthritis. Scientists don’t know what causes it, and clinicians have little hard data to help them diagnose it or measure patients’ progress over time. But that’s starting to change, based on a new molecular test from South San Francisco-based … Continue reading “Crescendo Bioscience Takes Arthritis Into the World of Hard Data”
GoPago Garners New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=437a951f-8120-47ed-a073-0643884147c4&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name GoPago Mailing Address 44 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description We are committed to ensuring your security when using GoPago. The handling of your personal information such as payment information is safeguarded by industry standard best practices. All information is sent over 256-bit Secure Socket … Continue reading “GoPago Garners New Financing”
Skytree Secures $1,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d53cd16-513a-420c-8c5b-16064399c677&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Skytree Mailing Address 2033 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Skytree is a big data analytics company that enables organizations to perform machine learning and other advanced analytics methods on massive amounts of data (Big Data). The first-of-a-kind Skytree Server delivers best in class performance, … Continue reading “Skytree Secures $1,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Votizen Receives $750,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb2040c2-4e60-499f-a1f6-531122ec499e&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Votizen Mailing Address 548 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Our approach is simple: we authenticate your existing Facebook, Twitter and email accounts as belonging to a registered voter, and we help match you with other voters who share your views. We then automatically connect … Continue reading “Votizen Receives $750,000 New Financing Round”
Scan Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f9f98aa-0b55-4817-a9b1-584597a86535&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Scan Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Scan is creating disruptive apps that connect the real world with the digital universe in fun and innovative ways. Through QR code, NFC, and other technologies, Scan brings social media, lead generation, and mobile commerce to life … Continue reading “Scan Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Financing Round”
Game Closure Obtains $12,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e36c498-755e-4958-98b8-5f14912824bd&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Game Closure Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94124 Company Description Game Closure offers an HTML5-based multiplayer game development kit. Write a game once, deploy it everywhere. Stay tuned for more info! Website http://www.gameclosure.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Game Closure Obtains $12,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
NeoVista Secures $1,000,458 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ffde0f16-4f67-4e4b-adb8-98bb9764ac9a&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name NeoVista Mailing Address 38875 Cherry St. Newark, CA 94560 Company Description NeoVista, Inc. is developing a novel therapy to treat wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) utilizing a Strontium-90 isotope. The delivery is made through a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The NeoVista, Inc. Website http://www.neovista-inc.com Transaction Type Debt … Continue reading “NeoVista Secures $1,000,458 New Financing”
Apple Acquires Chomp for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aee3539b-583b-45ff-ab7e-99bf99a9e8ce&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Chomp Mailing Address 1385 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Chomp Connect is a simple class that lets app developers prompt their users to review their app on Chomp—all within one click without leaving their app. Developers get to: Website http://www.chomp.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Apple Acquires Chomp for Undisclosed Sum”
Cisco Acquires Lightwire for $271,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff35c79c-6233-4eb7-98d2-dfc6386ea3de&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Lightwire Mailing Address 3900 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, PA 95054 Company Description Lightwire’s mission is to deliver the lowest power, highest performance 10 Gbps and faster interconnect solutions using advanced CMOS photonics technology. Website http://www.lightwire.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $271,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms … Continue reading “Cisco Acquires Lightwire for $271,000,000”
Tendril Networks Acquires Recurve for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3213bd5-1842-4097-a416-4ba7b0e1d02e&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Recurve Mailing Address 1167 Mission St 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Recurve has developed a holistic approach to home performance contracting that treats the home as a system. Our experience in a wide range of home improvement technologies and contracting allows us to identify … Continue reading “Tendril Networks Acquires Recurve for Undisclosed Sum”
Critical Path Acquires Laszlo Systems for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3972d0f-37c3-437d-85a0-662a3be0529f&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Laszlo Systems Mailing Address 2600 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Laszlo Systems is the original developer of the Laszlo open source platform and provider of rich internet applications and services that advance the Web experience. The Laszlo Platform is an open source, XML-native foundation … Continue reading “Critical Path Acquires Laszlo Systems for Undisclosed Sum”
Xconomist of the Week: Rich Sheridan and the Business Value of Joy
[Corrected 2/24/12, 10:00 am. See below.] The first thing you notice upon walking into Menlo Innovations, a small open-plan office in Ann Arbor, MI, is how hard everyone is working. There is a hive-like focus and intensity, so much so that the 40-member staff seems oblivious to the presence of a stranger with a notebook and … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Rich Sheridan and the Business Value of Joy”
Reinventing Biotech: Meet Corey Goodman, Kevin Starr & More April 3
When people think of innovation in biotech, it’s usually about the whiz-bang science behind new drugs. But after years of sticking to a pretty standard playbook, we’re now starting to see more creative thinking in the business models needed to attract investors who keep the industry afloat. This is one of the big questions of … Continue reading “Reinventing Biotech: Meet Corey Goodman, Kevin Starr & More April 3”
Wheelz Secures $13,700,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f23b652-b805-4f27-b210-376df4f629ae&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2012 Company Name Wheelz Mailing Address PO Box 1588 Palo Alto, CA 94302 Company Description Wheelz is the first car sharing platform designed specifically to meet the needs of campus communities – connecting students with cars to students who need them. Offering instant sign up, easy set up for car … Continue reading “Wheelz Secures $13,700,000 Series A Round”
Luminate Garners $10,700,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b95c91d9-f0a4-4142-82a7-db0ebff467b5&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2012 Company Name Luminate Mailing Address 100 View Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Luminate is a new platform that allows shoppers to buy products from photos seen on websites of our web publishing partners. Our unique capability allows these web publishers to generate incremental revenues by visual commerce … Continue reading “Luminate Garners $10,700,000 Series C Financing Round”
EnerVault Secures $15,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95415b20-fb9d-4667-a6c5-e31600bf4e41&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2012 Company Name EnerVault Mailing Address 1244 Reamwood Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Company Description The company provides energy storage solutions. Website http://www.enervault.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,500,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The latest round of funding augments grant awards from the DOE ARRA Storage Demonstration program … Continue reading “EnerVault Secures $15,500,000 Series B Financing”
Pinger Obtains $7,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7490c2e2-de73-4e17-ba28-c351e7129ea0&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2012 Company Name Pinger Mailing Address 97 S. 2nd Street San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description Pinger is instant voice messaging for your mobile phone. With Pinger you send voice messages directly to someone instantly–no ringing, no greetings, no lengthy prompts. Pinger is fast and efficient like email, but with … Continue reading “Pinger Obtains $7,500,000 New Funding Round”
Milyoni Obtains $10,999,997 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f442eace-3ff9-4663-9c05-cc487465e9a9&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2012 Company Name Milyoni Mailing Address 6150 Stoneridge Mall Road Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description Transform your social networking strategy into the social commerce age. Some things in retail never change. The right product, the right price at the right place. Today the retail landscape has changed dramatically. Today you … Continue reading “Milyoni Obtains $10,999,997 Series B Financing Round”
Zipcar and Fontinalis Bet $13.7M on Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz
The world of car-sharing just got more interesting. Zipcar (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ZIP]]), the Cambridge, MA-based pioneer in the sector, said today it has led a $13.7 million Series A investment in Wheelz, a Palo Alto, CA-based car-sharing startup that targets college students. Detroit-based Fontinalis Partners, a transportation tech investment firm, also participated in the round. As … Continue reading “Zipcar and Fontinalis Bet $13.7M on Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz”
UW’s Matsuoka Stays at Nest, Brain Research Center Gets New Director
Multi-talented scientist Yoky Matsuoka is making it official: She won’t return to the University of Washington, choosing instead to focus on her new job as vice president of technology for Silicon Valley “smart thermostat” startup Nest. It’s a loss for the UW computer science and engineering department, but not a huge surprise. Matsuoka—a past winner … Continue reading “UW’s Matsuoka Stays at Nest, Brain Research Center Gets New Director”
Stitch Labs Lands $1,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1690c48a-fa06-4135-b1ea-09c9d55e4232&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2012 Company Name Stitch Labs Mailing Address 461 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Together we will continue to develop the most intuitive, perfectly designed business solutions on the market. It may interest you to know that Brandon was once like you… a spunky, mildly awkward owner of … Continue reading “Stitch Labs Lands $1,000,000 Seed Funding”
nScaled Receives $7,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83d57456-4926-4cda-8c9a-0c777a8d3128&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2012 Company Name nScaled Mailing Address 801 Montgomery St. Third Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description We operate a global network of physical infrastructure which we make available to clients on an on-demand basis. Clients are able to deploy and manage infrastructure services around the globe in minutes, scale … Continue reading “nScaled Receives $7,000,000 New Funding”
Gynesonics Obtains $5,001,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b5dacb1-c91a-4e20-b1d4-6ef6929d4e4f&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2012 Company Name Gynesonics Mailing Address 604 Fifth Avenue Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Gynesonics is a private company that is developing a novel, minimally invasive system to treat uterine fibroid tumors, The VizAblate system. Gynesonics’ disposable, hand-held device combines ultrasound imaging to allow the gynecologist to identify fibroids … Continue reading “Gynesonics Obtains $5,001,000 New Funding Round”
Juniper Networks Acquires Mykonos Software for $80,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b16ef6f7-13cd-4ada-a63b-42c8d794c253&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2012 Company Name Mykonos Software Mailing Address 370 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Mykonos is the smartest way to secure Websites and Web applications against hackers, fraud and theft. Its Web Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) uses deception to detect, track, profile and prevent hackers in real-time. Website … Continue reading “Juniper Networks Acquires Mykonos Software for $80,000,000”
Google Transit: A Search Giant Remaps Public Transportation
You can’t talk to a Googler for very long without hearing them recite the company’s mission statement: to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Not only does it sound noble, but it’s an all-purpose answer for the sorts of nosey questions tech journalists pose, like why Google would want to … Continue reading “Google Transit: A Search Giant Remaps Public Transportation”
Oh, And One More Thing: A Wowser Moment in DNA Sequencing
[Updated and corrected, 10:15 am PT] Steve Jobs used to love being on stage, getting the audience in the palm of his hand. Famously, he’d say, “Oh, and one more thing,” to build suspense right before delivering some stunning line about a new Apple product. Last week, that same showmanship was at work in a … Continue reading “Oh, And One More Thing: A Wowser Moment in DNA Sequencing”
Applied Hope
The early bioneer Bill McLarney was stirring a vat of algae in his Costa Rica research center when a brassy North American lady strode in. What, she demanded, was he doing stirring a vat of green goo when what the world really needs is love? “There’s theoretical love,” Bill replied, “and then there’s applied love”—and kept on stirring. … Continue reading “Applied Hope”
NanoSolar Receives $20,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9bf4b042-e356-4419-8db4-c9c5b6830534&Preview=1 Date 2/19/2012 Company Name NanoSolar Mailing Address 5521 Hellyer Avenue San Jose, CA 95138 Company Description NanoSolar is one of several companies with promising technologies aimed at narrowing the gap between the cost of solar power and energy from fossil fuels. Website http://www.nanosolar.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “NanoSolar Receives $20,000,000 New Financing Round”
Xconomy’s Timmerman Wins National Journalism Award
Xconomy’s national biotech editor, Luke Timmerman, has won a national award for column-writing from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. It’s the first national journalism award for Xconomy, which was founded in 2007 and now operates a six-city network of news sites focused on business innovation. The award is for Luke’s weekly BioBeat … Continue reading “Xconomy’s Timmerman Wins National Journalism Award”
LinkedIn: The Missing Manual Worth Reading
I picked up The Start-up of You, the new book published this week by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and journalist-entrepreneur Ben Casnocha, with some trepidation. I feared that the title was intended literally—that this would be one of those dreary business books that spends seven chapters twisting reality to fit its gimmicky metaphor. (I’ve got … Continue reading “LinkedIn: The Missing Manual Worth Reading”
C3Nano Lands $6,700,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5dfb349-0277-40e4-a4dd-391da3ab1385&Preview=1 Date 2/17/2012 Company Name C3Nano Mailing Address 26225 Eden Landing Rd. Hayward, CA 94545 Company Description C3Nano is an early stage venture backed startup developing a revolutionary new transparent electrode material for applications such as flexible displays, touch screens, solar cells and smart windows. Website http://www.c3nano.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “C3Nano Lands $6,700,000 Series B Financing”
QuickPay Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=659b704b-cf29-4a38-9851-979d030d5308&Preview=1 Date 2/17/2012 Company Name QuickPay Mailing Address 770 Menlo Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description QP QuickPay is the premier provider of mobile parking payment solutions. QP QuickPay lets end-users on any mobile device find and pay for parking using multiple, concurrent and monthly payment options with stand-alone or integrated … Continue reading “QuickPay Receives New Round”
Sage Bionetworks Congress
Sage Bionetworks, the nonprofit seeking to spark an open source biology movement, is holding its third annual Congress on April 20-21 in San Francisco. For more information, click here.
Xconomist of the Week: Peter Kuhn on Detecting Circulating Tumor Cells
Worrying whether a solid tissue tumor might spread elsewhere in the body represents one of the biggest unknowns for many cancer patients, according to Peter Kuhn, an associate professor of cell biology at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego. “As long as the disease is confined to the primary tumor, the oncologists can deal … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Peter Kuhn on Detecting Circulating Tumor Cells”
Will New Business Models Enhance or Endanger Drug Discovery?
The most successful biotechs of the past quarter century have been companies that established relatively large, cutting edge research programs, such as Biogen, Immunex, and Genentech. I’ll refer to this as the B.I.G. model. These companies were able to hire young, innovative scientists by promising them a certain degree of intellectual freedom to pursue research … Continue reading “Will New Business Models Enhance or Endanger Drug Discovery?”
Compass Labs Secures $6,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6edd31c7-ce41-4918-bfd2-d7eb999d1893&Preview=1 Date 2/16/2012 Company Name Compass Labs Mailing Address 4320 Stevens Creek Blvd San Jose, CA 95129 Company Description Compass Labs provides advertisers with the technology to reach, engage and convert users on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. We have developed sophisticated technology that allows us to help advertisers effectively and … Continue reading “Compass Labs Secures $6,000,000 New Funding Round”