Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5ba19e82-5369-4a38-a70d-32c0b045c52c&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Envivio Mailing Address 400 Oyster Point Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Envivio’s goal is to make the world’s video content universally enjoyable by all viewers, on any device, across any network, at any time. From live news and sports to catching up with a … Continue reading “Envivio Receives $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
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Endorse Obtains $4,250,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1b2738e-46a7-4151-bea6-5ff87805a61f&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Endorse Mailing Address 60 E 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Endorse enables consumer product companies to market at the individual shopper level and shoppers to earn rewards for staying loyal to their favorite brands. Endorse closes the online-to-offline purchase loop and ties an online … Continue reading “Endorse Obtains $4,250,000 Series A Financing Round”
Elance Lands $16,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7eafe14-b1c8-4a2f-b7fd-7388d637adfc&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Elance Mailing Address 441 Logue Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description As the world’s leading platform for online employment, Elance helps businesses hire and manage in the cloud. For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to … Continue reading “Elance Lands $16,000,000 New Financing”
Intercom Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=365ec709-eb3a-442d-ace7-b0fc01e1cc7e&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Intercom Mailing Address 149 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Intercom is a customer relationship management and messaging tool for web app owners. Website http://www.intercom.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Intercom Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round”
Continuuity Obtains $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd1a5489-0bed-4002-9ac2-c729a4b25856&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Continuuity Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Continuuity wants to help new developers build apps that can leverage those trends, but with less difficultly than Yahoo, Facebook and other fast followers experienced in building out their massive applications. Website http://www.continuuity.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Continuuity Obtains $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
How to Be A 100-Year Startup: Video from Evernote CEO Phil Libin
When most startups reach a certain age—seven years, maybe nine; certainly, by the time they get acquired or go public—they stop being startups. They get slow and cautious. They lose the will to wow customers with unconventional ideas. Evernote hasn’t reached that age yet. And CEO Phil Libin hopes it never does. In a video … Continue reading “How to Be A 100-Year Startup: Video from Evernote CEO Phil Libin”
Amazon Looking to “Rapidly Grow” Digital Music Team
Now that it’s got a very Apple-like system in place—tablet computer paired with digital media—Amazon.com appears to be cranking up the volume on its online music service as well. The San Francisco office of Amazon’s a2z research and development subsidiary is chock full of job ads for people to work on the Amazon MP3 store … Continue reading “Amazon Looking to “Rapidly Grow” Digital Music Team”
Affymax Prepares to Mount Challenge to Amgen Anemia Drug Monopoly
Affymax shocked the world when an FDA advisory committee recommended last month that its anemia drug was good enough to earn a spot on the U.S. market. Now the Palo Alto, CA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AFFY]]) is making all sorts of moves behind the scenes that will determine how big a bite it will take out … Continue reading “Affymax Prepares to Mount Challenge to Amgen Anemia Drug Monopoly”
Angry at the Genome
In 2004, I was an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher in Eric Lander’s lab at the Broad Institute, with the job I had dreamed of since I was 10 years old. Growing up in Paducah, KY, I read Isaac Asimov’s The Genetic Code. And while I understood nothing of its meaning, I fell in love with the … Continue reading “Angry at the Genome”
Adara Media Obtains $12,400,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d8788c5b-911a-4229-a37f-148b10267a5e&Preview=1 Date 1/25/2012 Company Name Adara Media Mailing Address 444 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Adara Media makes online display advertising more effective for advertisers while enhancing the appeal and value of ads for consumers. Using proprietary data and audience segmentation, Adara Media enables advertisers to choose a precise … Continue reading “Adara Media Obtains $12,400,000 New Funding”
Skyfire Garners $8,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6da50921-c034-4d69-b720-5eadfafd1e15&Preview=1 Date 1/25/2012 Company Name Skyfire Mailing Address 779 East Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Skyfire is an exciting venture-backed innovator in mobile web browsing with a mission to dramatically improve your browsing experience on mobile phones. We created the only mobile browser that delivers both the speed and … Continue reading “Skyfire Garners $8,000,000 Series C Financing”
AirXpanders Receives $10,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8a30f03e-03eb-492d-bea8-5fd1e6b03f37&Preview=1 Date 1/25/2012 Company Name AirXpanders Mailing Address 1047 Elwell Court Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description AirXpanders has developed the AeroForm tissue expander, a patient controlled breast tissue expander that could change the field of reconstructive surgery. Website http://www.airxpanders.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds … Continue reading “AirXpanders Receives $10,000,000 Series D Round”
SquareTrade Receives $238,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b198c63-ec91-4df8-9ac1-b32df16fc3e8&Preview=1 Date 1/25/2012 Company Name SquareTrade Mailing Address 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description SquareTrade makes warranties that make sense. With lower prices (40% less on average than retail warranties), a no-pressure way to buy online, and no-hassle 5-day service guarantee, SquareTrade is the smart choice for warranty coverage. … Continue reading “SquareTrade Receives $238,000,000 New Financing”
ModeWalk Obtains $1,800,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95fc3d70-b2bf-4d42-b4da-c1339a9bb1a9&Preview=1 Date 1/25/2012 Company Name ModeWalk Mailing Address 38 W 5th Ave San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description ModeWalk is an innovative way to discover and experience the world’s most exquisite luxuries. Our members can explore the magical universe of haute couture, experience fashion week runways and shop coveted secrets from the … Continue reading “ModeWalk Obtains $1,800,000 Series A Financing Round”
Avalanche Technology Lands $11,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=757439b9-5205-41aa-952a-dc49474dd915&Preview=1 Date 1/25/2012 Company Name Avalanche Technology Mailing Address 48371 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Avalanche Technology set out to fundamentally change the $53B memory industry with a disruptive low power non-volatile magnetic memory. Not only solving the technology scaling challenges faced by existing charge based memories, Avalanche is also … Continue reading “Avalanche Technology Lands $11,500,000 Series A Funding”
Sramana Mitra on Capitalism 2.0
At this event organized by the Commonwealth Club of California, Sramana Mitra, Founder, 1M/1M Global Initiative, will discuss “how Capitalism 1.0 has been hijacked by speculators, and why entrepreneurial hubs should be democratized to increase the distribution of capitalism.” Details and registration here.
“Vulture” Capital? Far From It
They say the first casualty of war is the truth. Based upon recent events in the U.S. presidential elections, it looks like the truth is a casualty in politics as well. Whether out of desperation, ignorance, or political convenience, current and former contenders for the Republican presidential nomination have been questioning the long-term economic value … Continue reading ““Vulture” Capital? Far From It”
Eric Schmidt-Backed Slice Helps Users Track Their Online Purchases
Slice, the online purchase-tracking site backed by heavy hitters including Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Playdom founder Rick Thompson, started as a research project. While looking for a new business venture, company founders and Scott Brady, Harpinder Madan, and Eric Botto took a close look at the e-commerce industry and the massive amount of … Continue reading “Eric Schmidt-Backed Slice Helps Users Track Their Online Purchases”
Vertex Vows to Fight On With Alios Drugs in High-Stakes Hepatitis C Race
Vertex Pharmaceuticals went from king of the hill in the treatment of hepatitis C to yesterday’s news in about six wild months. But while many on Wall Street say Vertex’s big drug will soon become obsolete, Vertex and its small partner in South San Francisco have quietly put themselves in position to defend a big … Continue reading “Vertex Vows to Fight On With Alios Drugs in High-Stakes Hepatitis C Race”
Recurly Secures $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26a5f46f-3e43-4eac-91f4-30aaa36776b4&Preview=1 Date 1/24/2012 Company Name Recurly Mailing Address 300 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Recurly makes subscription billing easy. No matter what your industry, Recurly wants to help you maximize your recurring revenue with minimal effort. Website http://www.recurly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “Recurly Secures $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Polar Mobile Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b0b7a9b-33a1-4bbd-a859-525dfa115252&Preview=1 Date 1/24/2012 Company Name Polar Mobile Mailing Address 156 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Polar Mobile is a leading platform provider for digital media distribution globally. Our vision is to transform the media industry with software. Website http://www.polarmobile.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Polar Mobile Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing”
Mykonos Software Receives $4,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=368fb1ee-6295-4a97-88cb-59e96e7f20a5&Preview=1 Date 1/24/2012 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 “Mykonos Software Receives $4,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Fitbit Lands $12,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce7f169d-3193-4b0e-9ec0-6e700fe65090&Preview=1 Date 1/24/2012 Company Name Fitbit Mailing Address 625 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Fitbit is devoted to helping people of any fitness level achieve health and wellness. Fitbit provides a complete wellness solution focused on behavior change via awareness and motivation. Website http://www.fitbit.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Fitbit Lands $12,000,000 Series C Funding”
CrowdOptic Obtains $500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a775794e-1ab8-482e-a400-72d3fad388b9&Preview=1 Date 1/24/2012 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 Venture Equity Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the financing for … Continue reading “CrowdOptic Obtains $500,000 New Financing Round”
VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Lands Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e17f3c7-8668-44ff-ae29-85d878909a90&Preview=1 Date 1/24/2012 Company Name VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Mailing Address 14395 Saratoga Ave Saratoga, CA 95070 Company Description VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies (VisionCare) is a privately-held development stage company engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of proprietary implantable ophthalmic devices and technologies that are intended to significantly improve vision and quality … Continue reading “VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Lands Series E Funding”
Millennium Wins FDA OK for New Velcade, Looks to Fend Off Onyx
Millennium is the house that Velcade built, and today it’s gotten the green light to start marketing what it considers to be a new and improved version of the hit drug for multiple myeloma. The Cambridge, MA-based cancer drug developer, part of Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals, said today it has gotten clearance from the FDA to … Continue reading “Millennium Wins FDA OK for New Velcade, Looks to Fend Off Onyx”
Hewlett-Packard Expands to Cambridge via Vertica’s “Big Data” Center
There’s a new big tech company in town. In fact, it’s arguably the world’s biggest technology company (by revenue), and it’s joining the ranks of IBM, EMC, Microsoft, Google, and, most recently, Amazon, in expanding to the Boston-Cambridge area. Palo Alto, CA-based Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: [[ticker:HPQ]]) has set up a new office in Cambridge, MA. The … Continue reading “Hewlett-Packard Expands to Cambridge via Vertica’s “Big Data” Center”
Fundraising in Troubled Times: Alternatives to Traditional Forms of Funding
BayBio presents a morning seminar on alternative fundraising strategies for biotech startups. From the event description: “For life science companies facing lengthy, high-cost R&D cycles, government approvals, and difficult clinical trials, funding is their lifeblood. Of course, there’s less money to go around these days with the IPO market essentially having grinded to a halt … Continue reading “Fundraising in Troubled Times: Alternatives to Traditional Forms of Funding”
Joyent, TRUSTe, Mykonos: Bay Area BizTech by the Numbers
Time once again for our irregular, data-driven roundup of local deals, M&A, and other news, from biggest to smallest. The truth is, it’s been a slow week since our last local deals roundup on January 17. $2.89 billion—The total amount invested in venture-backed companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the fourth quarter of … Continue reading “Joyent, TRUSTe, Mykonos: Bay Area BizTech by the Numbers”
Biotech Is Raising More Cash, But Don’t Be Fooled: Startups are Hurting
Mark Twain used to toss around a saying about three kinds of lies. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. This week in biotech, we saw some statistics that could lead some people to get a false impression that everything is just peachy in biotechland. If you measure the state of life science innovation by … Continue reading “Biotech Is Raising More Cash, But Don’t Be Fooled: Startups are Hurting”
TrustE Secures $15,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62da6be9-ffbd-43bb-8594-ac26374a2d45&Preview=1 Date 1/23/2012 Company Name TrustE Mailing Address 835 Market Street Box 137 San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description TRUSTe’s services support online business growth by allowing companies to communicate their commitment to privacy, and letting consumers know which businesses they can trust. Website http://www.truste.org Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 … Continue reading “TrustE Secures $15,000,000 Series C Financing”
Polyvore Receives $14,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efd541b5-4516-4004-be72-6b67cc224c08&Preview=1 Date 1/23/2012 Company Name Polyvore Mailing Address 100 View St Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Polyvore is a unique, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching products from any online store. Items are pulled together into a visual set of products that can be shared with anyone. Each product within … Continue reading “Polyvore Receives $14,000,000 Series C Financing”
Twitter Acquires Dasient for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6413157e-c04e-470e-ac80-72732d604785&Preview=1 Date 1/23/2012 Company Name Dasient Mailing Address 1196 Borregas Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Dasient is an early-stage company that is solving next-generation security problems for the Internet. Our founding team comes from Google, Berkeley, Stanford, McKinsey, HP, and Bellcore. Website http://www.dasient.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires Dasient for Undisclosed Sum”
Legal Aspects for Entrepreneurs and Their Companies
EFactor presents an interactive workshop covering crucial tax and legal issues facing entrepreneurs and their companies during the business lifecycle from start-up, expansion and exit. Our legal experts will give your professional advice on these and many more topics: Getting the initial structure right Rewarding employees with equity Exit routes Spouses as shareholders Research and … Continue reading “Legal Aspects for Entrepreneurs and Their Companies”
Tech Search Party
Tech Search Party is a smartphone scavenger hunt ideally suited for the gadget-savvy. Deciphering enigmatic clues leads teams to various locations throughout Noe Valley. When teams find the clues, they simply notify event organizers and move on to the next. The first team to discover all clues or the team with the most clues after … Continue reading “Tech Search Party”
Home Depot Acquires Redbeacon for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0bbd471-fcd5-423c-a34f-3622266acc20&Preview=1 Date 1/21/2012 Company Name Redbeacon Mailing Address 107 South B Street San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Redbeacon isn’t like typical local search directories that simply return local business listings with ratings and reviews, leaving you to sort through dozens of entries. Instead, we notify businesses and professionals in your area … Continue reading “Home Depot Acquires Redbeacon for Undisclosed Sum”
Report: UCSF Chancellor Proposes Autonomy in State University System
[Updated: Noon, 1/21/12] UCSF could end up being a much more independent institution if chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann gets her way. That’s according to a story today in the San Francisco Chronicle, which reported on a proposal Desmond-Hellmann put forward this week to University of California regents, who were meeting at UC Riverside. The plan would … Continue reading “Report: UCSF Chancellor Proposes Autonomy in State University System”
Finnish Startup Playmysong Raises Seed Round, Opens NYC Office
Finland’s Playmysong said in a press release it raised a seed round, $350,000 according to a spokesman, led by startup accelerator Lifeline Ventures and opened a New York office this month. The company plans to also set up shop in San Francisco in February. Playmysong’s Apple iOS and Web app lets users request songs to … Continue reading “Finnish Startup Playmysong Raises Seed Round, Opens NYC Office”
Genzyme, Veracyte Strike Deal to Market Thyroid Cancer Diagnostic
Veracyte has been gaining momentum the past few months with a new molecular diagnostic for thyroid cancer, and today it’s taking another step ahead by forming an alliance with Genzyme, the maker of a common drug for treating the disease. South San Francisco-based Veracyte said today that it has formed a global co-promotion deal with … Continue reading “Genzyme, Veracyte Strike Deal to Market Thyroid Cancer Diagnostic”
Tweet Chat Today with John Seely Brown on Education and the Future
There is hardly a more important topic to society than the future education. So I’m really looking forward to hosting a Tweetchat later today on education and the future. My guest will be John Seely Brown (@jseelybrown), the technology visionary who previously served as chief scientist of Xerox and also director of Xerox PARC, the … Continue reading “Tweet Chat Today with John Seely Brown on Education and the Future”
The 10 Social News Apps You Need to Try
Once upon a time, there was a magical innovation called RSS, for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. It freed news articles, podcasts, and other content from their original homes on the Web and allowed news junkies to follow their favorite publications and blogs through story streams called news feeds, which could be bundled … Continue reading “The 10 Social News Apps You Need to Try”
Millennium, Looking to Fend Off Onyx, Awaits FDA Word on New Velcade
The drug that made Millennium into a biotech power is on the verge of getting a subtle but meaningful upgrade, just in time to help the company fend off a serious new competing therapy from South San Francisco-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]). Cambridge, MA-based Millennium, the cancer drug unit of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, is awaiting word … Continue reading “Millennium, Looking to Fend Off Onyx, Awaits FDA Word on New Velcade”
Clarus Ventures Adjusts to Unpredictable Biotech World
[[Correction: 11:20 am ET]] It’s never been easy to make a buck in biotech venture capital, but there used to be more predictability and logic to it, according to Clarus Ventures’ Nick Galakatos. You’d invest a few million, or tens of millions, and push a new drug or device toward some scientific validation in a … Continue reading “Clarus Ventures Adjusts to Unpredictable Biotech World”
Trion World Network Obtains $85,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7bb04d96-0380-435a-a54e-f793386b77c5&Preview=1 Date 1/20/2012 Company Name Trion World Network Mailing Address 303 Twin Dolphin Dr. Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Trion provides groundbreaking new capabilities and content to revolutionize global entertainment by combining the best elements of online, gaming, and traditional media. Website http://www.trionworld.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $85,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Trion World Network Obtains $85,000,000 New Financing Round”
Anaplan Secures $11,400,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a6bb514-b72f-45bb-92ad-fd2432e596aa&Preview=1 Date 1/20/2012 Company Name Anaplan Mailing Address 26 O’Farrell St San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Anaplan is a revolutionary cloud platform designed for business users to rapidly build and maintain strategic, operational and business planning & performance management applications in days not months. Website http://www.anaplan.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Anaplan Secures $11,400,000 Series B Funding Round”
Twitter Acquires Vancouver’s Summify
Pulling signal out of the noise is getting much more important. And the folks at Twitter are getting some help sorting through the flood of daily updates by buying Summify, a Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that counts RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser among its investors. Summify analyzes a user’s media feeds, including social media and news syndication, … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires Vancouver’s Summify”
Xconomist of the Week Chris Rizik: Who Says A VC Has No Soul?
Chris Rizik is one of Michigan’s most important and successful venture capitalists. He’s the CEO and fund manager of Renaissance Venture Capital, a fund of funds that is perhaps best known for its early backing of the medical device company HandyLab, a University of Michigan spinout that was later purchased by New Jersey’s Becton Dickinson … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week Chris Rizik: Who Says A VC Has No Soul?”
Frazier Healthcare Aims for First Biotech VC Fund After Financial Crisis
Alan Frazier has been on record for a long time saying that the traditional biotech venture model is broken, and in severe need of updating. He’s been working on a new strategy for the past seven years or so, but the approach is facing its biggest test ever as Frazier prepares to raise his first … Continue reading “Frazier Healthcare Aims for First Biotech VC Fund After Financial Crisis”
Varentec Lands $7,700,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cb09ea84-9dac-44a6-87b6-652f6a2ac114&Preview=1 Date 1/19/2012 Company Name Varentec Mailing Address 1531 Atteberry Lane San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description Varentec is developing technology at the intersection of power electronics and the grid to deliver critical new functionality that can help utilities enhance and transform their power delivery infrastructure, while keeping costs low. Website http://www.varentec.com … Continue reading “Varentec Lands $7,700,000 Series A Funding”
LiveScribe Lands $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d384695-4c62-477b-a49d-9077a8fb3ec7&Preview=1 Date 1/19/2012 Company Name LiveScribe Mailing Address 7677 Oakport St. 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94621 Company Description LiveScribe has developed a new low-cost mobile computing platform that enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording … Continue reading “LiveScribe Lands $10,000,000 New Funding”