Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7716d20-33f1-43af-a527-dbb141354ac3&Preview=1 Date 2/7/2012 Company Name Unity Semiconductor Mailing Address 255 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The company is developing memory technology. Website http://www.unitysemi.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $35,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The acquisition was paid for with all cash.
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FDA vs. Drug Ads: Cut the Kids and Dogs, Spell Out Side Effects
If you’ve turned on your TV anytime in the last, oh, decade or so, you’ve no doubt been bombarded by ads imploring you to “ask your doctor” about Drug X. And you’re well familiar with the routine: You get treated to happy images of folks dancing, perhaps, or walking their dogs in pretty green meadows, … Continue reading “FDA vs. Drug Ads: Cut the Kids and Dogs, Spell Out Side Effects”
Conviva Secures $15,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=635d4b76-5048-4162-98e2-6f8e5be1564b&Preview=1 Date 2/6/2012 Company Name Conviva Mailing Address Two Waters Park Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Conviva’s Coordinated Video Distribution System (CVDS) offers tremendous benefits to content owners and network service providers that are participating in the dramatic rise in Internet video traffic by providing cost reduction, improved scale, improved … Continue reading “Conviva Secures $15,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
MoBeam Receives $150,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb9dc2ac-5851-4ae9-b5e4-8576fa6656dd&Preview=1 Date 2/6/2012 Company Name MoBeam Mailing Address 625 Second Street Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description MoBeam Inc. applies its patented technology to transform the consumer-retail interaction and create multiple layers of value across the entire consumer products and retail industry, with clear benefits to both consumers and retailers. … Continue reading “MoBeam Receives $150,000 Series A Funding Round”
Groupon Acquires Adku for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cc2127f2-7d44-4b5c-b863-3e48fc382a7c&Preview=1 Date 2/6/2012 Company Name Adku Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Adku will revolutionize the way ecommerce does business. We are a stealth startup founded by ex-Googlers and based in San Francisco. Website http://www.adku.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms … Continue reading “Groupon Acquires Adku for Undisclosed Sum”
Aria Retirement Solutions Garners $4,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1507bb92-be08-446d-a787-07c9914c286e&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2012 Company Name Aria Retirement Solutions Mailing Address 101 Montgomery Street 27th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Aria Retirement Solutions was founded by veteran executives from industry-leading firms such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity who shared the vision of building an industry-leading platform focused exclusively on independent RIAs. … Continue reading “Aria Retirement Solutions Garners $4,000,000 New Round”
10 Apps & Sites That Bring Back the Joy of Reading
You wouldn’t throw a fancy dinner party in a 7-Eleven. You wouldn’t hold a symphony concert in a subway station, or teach a meditation class on a tilt-a-whirl ride. So why does anyone expect readers to read long articles on the Web? Call me a traitor to my kind, but I think the World Wide … Continue reading “10 Apps & Sites That Bring Back the Joy of Reading”
7 Lessons from TechStars’ David Cohen on Building a Startup Culture
When it comes to tech startups—especially in Internet software and app development—San Diego has been adrift in the horse latitudes. That’s the term Spanish mariners had for the waters where the trade winds died out for days and even weeks at a time. Becalmed sailors desperate to gain some headway would heave their horses overboard … Continue reading “7 Lessons from TechStars’ David Cohen on Building a Startup Culture”
FaceCash Founder Claims New Regulation is Unconstitutional
For months, Aaron Greenspan, the founder of the now-defunct mobile payments service FaceCash, has been getting deeper into a legal battle with the State of California over the way it regulates money transfers. And he thinks the implications of his fight go well beyond his startup. According to an open letter Greenspan wrote to Governor … Continue reading “FaceCash Founder Claims New Regulation is Unconstitutional”
Founders of Harvard Experiment Fund Talk Goals, Strategy, & Zip Codes
Don’t know about you, but I’m less interested in Facebook’s IPO than I am in the efforts of people trying to find the next Facebook out of Boston/Cambridge. One such effort is the new Experiment Fund, based at Harvard University, which I wrote about earlier this week. Turns out there’s more to the latest seed-stage … Continue reading “Founders of Harvard Experiment Fund Talk Goals, Strategy, & Zip Codes”
Xconomist of the Week: Gilt Founders Say Friends Can Work Together
At Xconomy’s event yesterday, New York’s Venture Emergence, members of Gilt Groupe’s founding team fascinated a standing-room-only audience with the tale of how, in just four years, they grew from a scrappy startup to one of the most successful e-commerce sites on the Web. Co-founders Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, who is one of our Xconomists, and … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Gilt Founders Say Friends Can Work Together”
Social Shopping App Snapette’s “Unexpected” Journey Takes It To NY
Snapette was supposed to be an unusual way for Sarah Paiji to spend the summer between her two years at Harvard Business School. It was a mobile app idea she started working on last winter with Harvard alum Jinhee Ahn Kim, aimed at enabling women to better share and find fashion products in brick-and-mortar stores. … Continue reading “Social Shopping App Snapette’s “Unexpected” Journey Takes It To NY”
Halt Medical Garners $20,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ceffc7a-23c8-4b28-8acb-1624c278f440&Preview=1 Date 2/2/2012 Company Name Halt Medical Mailing Address 131 Sand Creek Road Brentwood, CA 94513 Company Description The company is developing a uterine fibroid treatment device. Website http://www.haltmedical.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Halt Medical Garners $20,000,000 New Financing”
Auxogyn Garners $20,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=61e4f27a-5f82-498c-9b50-18e91d5a6326&Preview=1 Date 2/2/2012 Company Name Auxogyn Mailing Address 1490 O’Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Auxogyn – Advancing women’s reproductive health through novel scientific and clinical knowledge of early human developmental biology. Website http://www.auxogyn.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Over the course … Continue reading “Auxogyn Garners $20,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Jemstep Lands $6,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d70b1b6-9d49-470f-a2ad-e2cb4787b167&Preview=1 Date 2/2/2012 Company Name Jemstep Mailing Address 5150 El Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Jemstep was founded in 2008 by CEO Michael Blumenthal, who brought to this new venture years of experience as a stockbroker, entrepreneur, and corporate executive. But it was Michael’s experience as an investor that … Continue reading “Jemstep Lands $6,000,000 Series A Funding”
After Demo Day: The Debrief from Y Combinator Startup FutureAdvisor
The explosion in incubators for early stage tech companies has spawned a familiar startup storyline: A team of bright founders hits on a promising idea, builds a prototype, and applies to one of the big-name programs. After they get accepted (or sometimes even if they don’t), it’s off to the races for a few intense … Continue reading “After Demo Day: The Debrief from Y Combinator Startup FutureAdvisor”
AvidBiotics Sees New Angle for Personalized Medicine in Antibiotics
When you hear about personalized medicine, you might think first of the applications for cancer treatment, or maybe cystic fibrosis. But Dave Martin, the former head of R&D at Genentech, is thinking about personalized medicine in a whole new context—for antibiotics. This concept, at South San Francisco-based AvidBiotics, is still at its earliest stages of … Continue reading “AvidBiotics Sees New Angle for Personalized Medicine in Antibiotics”
ESTECH Secures $7,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fa36b5f-68e3-451d-b7ca-75e01cdd7b12&Preview=1 Date 2/1/2012 Company Name ESTECH Mailing Address 2603 Camino Ramon San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description ESTECH is a privately held medical device manufacturing and distribution company located in San Ramon, California. Website http://www.estech.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The facility willenable Estech to finance … Continue reading “ESTECH Secures $7,000,000 New Financing Round”
RiseSmart Secures $2,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5bde9f1-fac1-45a0-adf6-dd6250755c27&Preview=1 Date 2/1/2012 Company Name RiseSmart Mailing Address 2055 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Based in Dallas, RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member’s unique profile, freeing senior-level … Continue reading “RiseSmart Secures $2,000,000 New Financing Round”
Harvard Experiment Fund, Backed by NEA, Joins Crowded Investor Field
There’s a new player in the seed-stage investment game in Boston. As of this week, the Experiment Fund is open for business at Harvard University, backed by the Silicon Valley venture firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The startup investment fund is being hosted by Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Cambridge, MA. The … Continue reading “Harvard Experiment Fund, Backed by NEA, Joins Crowded Investor Field”
How Trulia Soared Through the Housing Crash
No journalist can resist a good horse race. That’s why most stories about Trulia, the San Francisco-based real estate search company with 17 million users per month, also mention Seattle competitor Zillow (NASDAQ: [[ticker:Z]]). After all, both companies were founded in 2005, and both offer fancy map-driven interfaces for canvassing rental listings and houses for … Continue reading “How Trulia Soared Through the Housing Crash”
AlienVault Receives $8,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6eca982a-6a91-448f-96e0-214e420cca0d&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name AlienVault Mailing Address 1901 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description AlienVault LLC is the leading global provider of Security Information and Event Management solutions, providing the technology for more than half of all SIEM installations in the world. The creators of the Open Source SIM … Continue reading “AlienVault Receives $8,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Cambrios Technologies Secures $5,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3fcf798-46a0-429d-9b62-4dc14cba5dde&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name Cambrios Technologies Mailing Address 930 East Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Cambrios’ mission is to use biological technology to transform the way commercial electronic products are made, expand their impact, and reduce their environmental cost. Website http://www.cambrios.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Cambrios Technologies Secures $5,000,000 Series D Financing”
TrialPay Lands $40,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f44d4e7-0091-46f2-8447-6cfea6352013&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name TrialPay Mailing Address 650 Castro Street. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Our unique payment platform enables customers to pay for one item by trying or buying something else. We help brand name companies in software, publishing, online services, and games acquire new customers and earn more … Continue reading “TrialPay Lands $40,000,000 New Financing Round”
GetHired.com Obtains $1,750,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9331bac5-0a3b-4d4b-88fb-79da4c855eb5&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name GetHired.com Mailing Address 540 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description GetHired.com is reinventing the way that employers and job seekers connect in today’s digital world. It combines the visibility of a job board with the functionality of an applicant tracking system – allowing employers to … Continue reading “GetHired.com Obtains $1,750,000 Seed Funding”
CardSpring Networks Receives $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84951456-0ed1-4269-a1bd-a402ba529d85&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name CardSpring Networks Mailing Address 650 Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description The company provides advertising services. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes CardSpring is available in private beta starting today, but will be opening more … Continue reading “CardSpring Networks Receives $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Sumo Logic Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8332891a-275b-42ae-8e54-c7970fc17a85&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name Sumo Logic Mailing Address 605 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Sumo Logic is an early-stage startup, focused on delivering the next generation of IT and security management as a cloud-based service. Website http://www.sumologic.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Sumo Logic Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Glooko Garners $3,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d1661a8b-fbfd-49d1-8509-e207e0368c82&Preview=1 Date 1/31/2012 Company Name Glooko Mailing Address 170A University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Glooko is an innovative Silicon Valley startup with a unique solution for people with diabetes. Our products enable users with smartphones to easily collect and view the information needed to help them successfully control their … Continue reading “Glooko Garners $3,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
Four Themes to Watch in Personalized Medicine
Good morning from Mountain View, CA, and from the close of the 2012 Personalized Medicine World Conference, which brought together thought leaders of business, government, healthcare-delivery, research and technology. Four themes that emerged from this year’s program: • Greater optimism, triggered by the 2011 approvals of two major oncologic agents paired with companion diagnostics: vemurafenib … Continue reading “Four Themes to Watch in Personalized Medicine”
FDA Gives Thumbs-Up to Skin Cancer Drug from Genentech and Curis
South San Francisco-based Genentech said today that a cancer drug it developed with Curis (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRIS]]), which is based in Lexington, MA, was approved by the FDA to treat basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer. The drug, called vismodegib (Erivedge), will be prescribed to patients with carcinomas that have spread to other … Continue reading “FDA Gives Thumbs-Up to Skin Cancer Drug from Genentech and Curis”
Vision Without Execution is Hallucination
Last week Steve Case wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post called “Give Entrepreneurs Room and They Will Grow the Economy.” For those not familiar with him, Case was the founding CEO of AOL and has been an active healthcare investor, among other things, for the past seven years. My firm, Psilos Group, has co-invested … Continue reading “Vision Without Execution is Hallucination”
Never Back Smug: A Lesson for Life Sciences From Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich comes across on TV as someone who radiates smugness. It’s that sense that he’s not just confident in his own abilities, but extremely satisfied with his talents and his utter superiority over mere mortals like you and me. I’m no political pundit, nor a psychologist, so I’ll let others analyze whether Newt is … Continue reading “Never Back Smug: A Lesson for Life Sciences From Newt Gingrich”
UrbanSitter Garners $1,749,996 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f8d5082-40b7-4736-97f4-ad5a7fc11a78&Preview=1 Date 1/30/2012 Company Name UrbanSitter Mailing Address 1 Union Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description UrbanSitter is an online service which uses Facebook to connect parents with babysitters. Website http://www.urbansitter.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,749,996 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “UrbanSitter Garners $1,749,996 New Round”
Apple Textbook Controversy Isn’t About Books-It’s About Teaching
I don’t think there’s ever been a textbook that made it this easy to be a good student. —Roger Rosner, vice president of productivity applications, Apple Whenever a company as powerful as Apple, Facebook, or Google announces a big new product push, it evokes wonder and acclaim from some observers, head-scratching and horror from others, … Continue reading “Apple Textbook Controversy Isn’t About Books-It’s About Teaching”
The Other 99 Percent: Entrepreneurs
In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99 percent of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected. Yet, the entire world is focused on the 1 percent that is “fundable.” The media, when pitched a startup story, is interested in who … Continue reading “The Other 99 Percent: Entrepreneurs”
2012 Venture Outlook: Some Bright Spots and Some Gloom
It’s that outlook time of year, and Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), was in San Diego earlier this week, talking about the 2012 outlook for venture capital. Today he’ll make a similar presentation to the New Jersey Technology Council. Next week, John Taylor, the NVCA’s director of research is set … Continue reading “2012 Venture Outlook: Some Bright Spots and Some Gloom”
Assholicism: Do CEOs Need to Be Jerks to Be Successful?
It’s a question as old as human nature. You’ve heard the stories, you know all the famous examples. Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Michael Eisner, the list goes on. All difficult characters with strong personalities—and hugely successful companies. So, in today’s ultra-competitive tech and business world, does a CEO have to be an asshole to be … Continue reading “Assholicism: Do CEOs Need to Be Jerks to Be Successful?”
Why Biogen Idec Got Out of the Corporate VC Business
Steve Holtzman got his first taste of corporate venture capital back in 1987, when he raised money from SR One, back when it was part of an old company known as Smith, Kline & French. The concept was unorthodox 25 years ago, yet over time, most every Big Pharma company has become an active equity … Continue reading “Why Biogen Idec Got Out of the Corporate VC Business”
S.E.A. Medical Systems Secures $3,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc3109f7-328d-426a-8052-018d04cc9e4f&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name S.E.A. Medical Systems Mailing Address 3350 Scott Boulevard Bldg 33 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description S.E.A. Medical Systems, Inc. is a privately held medical device company dedicated to making intravenous (IV) drug delivery safer for patients. We are developing medical devices that catch serious or life-threatening … Continue reading “S.E.A. Medical Systems Secures $3,000,000 Series B Funding”
Curebit Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8d344ad-9f2f-4aa2-a265-11396f426d18&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name Curebit Mailing Address 1061 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Curebit makes it easy to tap into customer referrals by giving you a platform to implement campaigns that encourage customers to refer their friends. Its a powerful, proven and simple to use platform for growing … Continue reading “Curebit Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding Round”
HydroNovation Secures New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ffed8064-bd4c-4e24-a95e-49c52958b294&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name HydroNovation Mailing Address 750 B Portola Street San Francisco, CA 94129 Company Description An innovative, clean technology currently used industrially to make high purity water for pharmaceutical and medical applications – now adopted for salt and chemical free residential, commercial, food and beverage water treatment and conditioning … Continue reading “HydroNovation Secures New Funding”
955 Dreams Obtains $3,250,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20b42fd0-bab7-4d31-92d9-56a8226f0928&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name 955 Dreams Mailing Address 655 Castro Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description We’re a small group of hackers and designers who are working on mobile products that will engage and excite you. We love what we do and we hope you love what we build. Website http://www.955dreams.com … Continue reading “955 Dreams Obtains $3,250,000 Seed Round”
Verbling Garners $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c2aa140d-2745-45fb-9b2a-62eb531b6f48&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name Verbling Mailing Address 575 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Verbling is the instant way to practice and learn a language. Website http://www.verbling.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The new funding will be used towards hiring. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Verbling Garners $1,000,000 New Round”
Joyent Obtains $85,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5207e0fd-e40e-4a83-a885-a5959b39f990&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name Joyent Mailing Address 345 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Joyent has been providing Infrastructure as a Service since 2004, before anyone called it cloud computing. Today, Joyent is the only cloud computing company that has built its own complete technology stack, runs a major … Continue reading “Joyent Obtains $85,000,000 New Funding”
Nearbuy Systems Garners $1,532,328 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f6b888ba-051b-4f8a-8612-bed6c07ddf7c&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name Nearbuy Systems Mailing Address 3565 Haven Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Nearbuy provides indoor micro-location solutions that increase revenue, enhance the brand experience, and reduce operating expense at a cost that makes business sense Website http://www.nearbuysystems.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,532,328 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Nearbuy Systems Garners $1,532,328 New Round”
Stretch Receives $5,067,782 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b65f896e-8236-42da-b60c-0c4b707053d1&Preview=1 Date 1/27/2012 Company Name Stretch Mailing Address 1322 Orleans Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Stretch Inc. is delivering a family of software configurable processors, the first to embed programmable logic within the processor. Website http://www.stretchinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,067,782 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Stretch Receives $5,067,782 New Funding Round”
Xconomist of the Week: Mark Lowenstein on Mobile’s Next Waves
Mark Lowenstein has made some pretty bold statements about what’s going to happen in the wireless industry this year. More mergers and acquisitions among mobile operators. Same goes for the handset makers. Mobile payments won’t take off just yet. And enterprises may have jumped the gun on tablets. Lowenstein, a Verizon Wireless veteran and now … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Mark Lowenstein on Mobile’s Next Waves”
Not Your Grandfather’s War
War really is going out of style. At least that’s what Joshua Goldstein, professor emeritus of international relations at American University, and Steven Pinker, a psychology professor at Harvard wrote in a New York Times op-ed piece last month. Throughout the editorial, Goldstein and Pinker dissect the meaning of “war” today, its various categorizations, and … Continue reading “Not Your Grandfather’s War”
Yahoo Challenges Apple with a Cocktail of Mobile Publishing Tools
This is a story about what goes on under the hood of your smartphone or tablet device. It’s also about Yahoo, the troubled Santa Clara-CA based advertising and information giant. But Yahoo doesn’t make a single mobile gadget of its own. So what’s the connection? It turns out that Yahoo (NASDAQ: [[ticker:YHOO]]) has ambitious plans … Continue reading “Yahoo Challenges Apple with a Cocktail of Mobile Publishing Tools”
Drchrono Receives $2,800,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5e8e110-634b-44d5-a86e-2bbda9755d82&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Drchrono Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description Drchrono addresses the complexities and critical needs of today’s healthcare environment by providing a EHR platform with a focus on the iPad. We are creating a multi point solution, through cloud web based Electronic Health Record access, … Continue reading “Drchrono Receives $2,800,000 New Round”