Category: San Francisco

Ginzametrics Garners $1,300,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d452bb3-6fc7-43f2-8335-719b450e2596&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Ginzametrics Mailing Address 444 Castro Street 12th Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Ginzametrics is a product of Ginzamarkets, Inc. We were funded by Y Combinator as part of the Summer 2010 program. Website http://www.ginzametrics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Ginzametrics Garners $1,300,000 Seed Financing Round”

Zuora Garners $36,000,000 Series D Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a5b91ee-82e9-4708-8fb2-ca6779b220f9&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Zuora Mailing Address 1400 Bridge Pkwy Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Zuora has created an on demand platform designed to simplify the way online subscription services are purchased, billed, and provisioned. Website http://www.zuora.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $36,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Zuora Garners $36,000,000 Series D Funding Round”

Exablox Lands $5,474,999 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e27607e-63a8-4186-90f0-d83474165e34&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Exablox Mailing Address 475 Lincoln Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description Exablox is a data storage company that is replacing the traditional storage stack with an integrated experience across local and web storage. Website http://www.oneblox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,474,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Exablox Lands $5,474,999 New Funding”

New Relic Lands $15,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6dbf28e-9cc5-4085-9ba8-d9cd81386aee&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name New Relic Mailing Address 139 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description New Relic, Inc. offers RPM(TM), a subscription-based Rails Performance Management solution that enables developers to quickly and cost effectively detect, diagnose and fix application performance problems in real time. Website http://www.newrelic.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “New Relic Lands $15,000,000 New Financing”

Medley Health Secures $20,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c46b63d2-23a1-4727-9ffa-66293bf1cfb7&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Medley Health Mailing Address 4160 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA 94568 Company Description Medley Health is an innovative, entrepreneurial, technology-driven company. It’s backed by top-tier investors and a management team with deep business expertise in healthcare, Internet and web services, as well as next-generation communications technologies. Website http://www.medleyhealth.com … Continue reading “Medley Health Secures $20,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

Intel Invests in Urban Airship, Inks Deal for Portable PC Apps

Those guys in Portland are pretty busy these days. Urban Airship, the Oregon-based supplier of push notifications and other services for mobile app developers, is being named today as one of the first two investments from a new $100 million mobile application-focused investment fund from the venture arm of tech giant Intel (NASDAQ: [[ticker:INTC]]). The … Continue reading “Intel Invests in Urban Airship, Inks Deal for Portable PC Apps”

CardioDx Passes Trial, Determining When Chest Pain Is No Big Deal

Chest pain is one of the big reasons people go to the ER or to see their primary care doc. Often when people get there, it’s hard to tell who has serious heart disease or something less serious. Now Palo Alto, CA-based CardioDx is presenting study results that say its new blood test, in certain … Continue reading “CardioDx Passes Trial, Determining When Chest Pain Is No Big Deal”

Facecash, Vyatta, Ginzametrics: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers

Time for our irregularly scheduled, data-driven roundup of news from the Bay Area technology world, starting with three separate $25 million items: $25 million—The amount raised back in August by Redwood City, CA-based Personal Capital, which on Friday launched a financial media site called Daily Capital. The news aggregator collects finance-related content from 500 sources. … Continue reading “Facecash, Vyatta, Ginzametrics: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers”

A Post-Demo Day Look at Three Rock Health Startups-WeSprout, Pipette, and BrainBot

A confession: When I first heard that a recent Harvard Business School MBA named Halle Tecco intended to start an incubator for healthcare startups in San Francisco, I was more than a little skeptical. It seemed to me that all of the successful incubators, such as Y Combinator, succeed by picking Internet and mobile startups. … Continue reading “A Post-Demo Day Look at Three Rock Health Startups-WeSprout, Pipette, and BrainBot”

Reinventing the Board Part II: The Role of the Chair in Increasing Board Effectiveness

Technology companies’ boards of directors need better leadership. I made a case last month about reinventing the board of directors by treating the board as a team and doing annual assessments against company needs. Boards that are structurally more aligned with their company’s operations are better able to help them achieve success-or at least reduce … Continue reading “Reinventing the Board Part II: The Role of the Chair in Increasing Board Effectiveness”

Vyatta Obtains $12,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2208c4ea-b314-4f28-be4f-369df0215f2c&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Vyatta Mailing Address 1301 Shoreway Road Belmont, CA 94002 Company Description Vyatta is the ancient Sanskrit word meaning open, a fitting name for a company that was created to bring commercial-quality, open-source networking products to market. Open source has created a profound change in the market place, … Continue reading “Vyatta Obtains $12,000,000 New Round”

Salorix Lands $3,500,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb2aec16-7dff-4c55-846e-7efea26a838c&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Salorix Mailing Address 2855 Kifer Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Salorix, Inc. works with the world’s largest brands and agencies to simplify and scale social media engagement. Website http://www.salorix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The funding will … Continue reading “Salorix Lands $3,500,000 Series A Funding”

Minted Lands $5,500,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=87b7f5d7-31e2-401c-abab-8a983855a0cc&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Minted Mailing Address 300 Broadway San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description Minted is a global community of independent graphic designers and an online store that prints and sells the best of their designs in the form of paper goods. Website http://www.minted.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Minted Lands $5,500,000 Series B Funding”

LiveLeaf Bioscience Secures $2,597,537 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4648cf59-4986-4eac-a83d-cf969bafdc9b&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name LiveLeaf Bioscience Mailing Address 1200 Industrial Road 9B San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description After years of research, LiveLeaf has developed a deep understanding of this elusive cellular chemistry at the heart of plant immunity. Combining knowledge from several scientific fields LiveLeaf has developed the unique LiveXtract … Continue reading “LiveLeaf Bioscience Secures $2,597,537 New Funding Round”

BrightRoll Secures $30,000,000 Series D Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=464e8b05-e657-4202-9d74-dfee9d7f4366&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name BrightRoll Mailing Address 450 Sansome St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description BrightRoll helps major brands execute smart video ad campaigns across the industry’s leading publishers, including over half of top 250 websites in the United States. Website http://www.brightroll.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “BrightRoll Secures $30,000,000 Series D Round”

Boundary Lands $4,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b165bba-72dc-42d6-829c-0f68135a02aa&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Boundary Mailing Address 1475 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Boundary provides a real-time, SaaS-based solution for high-volume, high-resolution monitoring of cloud environments. Boundary is designed for organizations whose businesses depend on continuous, real-time operations. Website http://www.boundary.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Boundary Lands $4,000,000 Series A Funding”

Trippy Lands $1,750,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33c9a163-ba34-404e-b523-51c5bb52d31b&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Trippy Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Trippy is the first web and mobile app designed to let your friends plan your trip, helping you travel better. It’s a friend-sourced solution solving the long-standing problem of untrustworthy and irrelevant travel content. Website http://www.trippy.com Transaction … Continue reading “Trippy Lands $1,750,000 New Funding”

ThisMoment Secures $7,300,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a48f951-dd52-42fc-bd33-55d009d9c842&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name ThisMoment Mailing Address 424 15th St San Francisco, CA 94100 Company Description ThisMoment is a company focusing on the idea of “You over Time.” Our service allows people to capture – both as individuals and in collaboration with their family and friends – meaningful Moments in their … Continue reading “ThisMoment Secures $7,300,000 Series A Financing”

Geron Dumps Stem Cell R&D Programs, Axes 38% of Workforce

[Update: 3:35 pm PT] Geron, for better or worse, has been the poster child for embryonic stem cell therapies for a decade. And now with a new CEO at the helm, that’s all in the past. Menlo Park, CA-based Geron (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GERN]]) said today it is getting out of the business of developing stem cell … Continue reading “Geron Dumps Stem Cell R&D Programs, Axes 38% of Workforce”

PopCap Survey: Social Gamers Warming Up to Digital Goods

As more people turn to social networks for a video game fix, they’re also getting friendlier with the idea of forking over real cash for in-game virtual currency and items, according to a study commissioned by Seattle’s PopCap Games—the recent Electronic Arts acquisition that’s providing a lot of fuel for EA’s transition into more online … Continue reading “PopCap Survey: Social Gamers Warming Up to Digital Goods”

17 Months of Stories from Xconomy San Francisco

The first anniversary of Xconomy San Francisco, back in June, flew by so fast we didn’t have time to commemorate it. But today, November 14, it’s been 17 months to the day since we turned on San Francisco—the fifth city in our network of six hyperlocal sites. I thought I’d take the occasion to look … Continue reading “17 Months of Stories from Xconomy San Francisco”

Hey, Where Is Everybody Going? The Flight from Healthcare Investing

If you are simply reading the paper or engaging in any random cocktail party conversation these days, it doesn’t take long before you are reading or talking about healthcare. Health and healthcare issues have been a dominant topic in the national media since the 2008 Presidential election and have been constantly in the news as … Continue reading “Hey, Where Is Everybody Going? The Flight from Healthcare Investing”

Salorix Raises $3.5M in Series A Round with Nexus Venture Partners and Inventus Capital Partners

Social media marketing and analytics firm Salorix in Santa Clara, CA said in a press release Monday it raised $3.5 million in a Series A round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Inventus Capital Partners. Salorix, which also has offices in New York, was founded in 2009. Its platform is used by brands and ad … Continue reading “Salorix Raises $3.5M in Series A Round with Nexus Venture Partners and Inventus Capital Partners”

The Herman Cain-Inspired “1-100-0” Plan for Personalized Medicine?

You could feel Herman Cain’s presence last week on the biotech beat. And there was a lot of grousing about it. Cain, the Republican presidential candidate known for his simple 9-9-9 tax plan and some dubious extra-curricular activities, didn’t attend the Personalized Medicine Conference at Harvard Medical School. But a former advisor to President Obama, … Continue reading “The Herman Cain-Inspired “1-100-0” Plan for Personalized Medicine?”

Better Place Obtains $200,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d1d047db-0a4f-409c-a7d6-1f0f2b484f4a&Preview=1 Date 11/14/2011 Company Name Better Place Mailing Address 1070 Arastradero Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description Better Place is the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) services provider, catalyzing the transition to sustainable transportation. Website http://www.betterplace.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $200,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Better Place … Continue reading “Better Place Obtains $200,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

AllTrails Lands $400,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56bc0b20-d589-4c28-82ee-1ed99c1d874e&Preview=1 Date 11/14/2011 Company Name AllTrails Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description AllTrails is building the largest digital network focused exclusively on outdoor enthusiasts. Each month the AllTrails Network attracts more than 1,000,000 outdoor enthusiasts. Website http://www.alltrails.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $400,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “AllTrails Lands $400,000 Seed Funding”

Klip: iPhone Video Sharing Refined to A High Art

Put high-quality cameras into devices with broadband wireless connections. Add powerful smartphone operating systems like iOS or Android and app-store ecosystems like iTunes and the Android Market. Mix in some sloth and disinterest on the part of established photo-sharing destinations like Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. Under these conditions, it was probably inevitable that entrepreneurs would … Continue reading “Klip: iPhone Video Sharing Refined to A High Art”

Tarsus Medical Receives $1,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2dcd9db5-1c16-4bf0-beed-7715e84f683f&Preview=1 Date 11/11/2011 Company Name Tarsus Medical Mailing Address 465 Fairchild Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Tarsus Medical Inc a stealthy podiatry device company that is addressing clinical needs associated with diseases and injuries of the foot and ankle. Website http://www.tarsusmedical.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Tarsus Medical Receives $1,000,000 New Financing Round”

Serious Energy Acquires Agilewaves for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c43fa007-9d99-4509-9782-8aa1b4b079ab&Preview=1 Date 11/11/2011 Company Name Agilewaves Mailing Address 3499 Edison Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Agilewaves is a building energy management (BEM) system firm based in Menlo Park, CA. Website http://www.agilewaves.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not … Continue reading “Serious Energy Acquires Agilewaves for Undisclosed Sum”

Practice Fusion Bids for Dominance in the Doctor’s Office with a Free, Ad-Supported Electronic Health Record System

“Healthcare is broken. Insurance companies are innovatively bankrupt. There are huge hurdles to entry. The biggest companies in the world can’t solve this problem; even Google can’t build a good personal health record system. Doctors are frugal. Patients are lazy and don’t care about their health. You guys are choosing a very hard path.” Such … Continue reading “Practice Fusion Bids for Dominance in the Doctor’s Office with a Free, Ad-Supported Electronic Health Record System”

Kontagent Receives $12,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=713278b7-eecf-49cd-95f2-1ca8ce5ce7e2&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2011 Company Name Kontagent Mailing Address 55 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Kontagent is the leading viral analytics platform for social network application developers. The Kontagent platform has been built from the ground up to provide deep social data visualization and analysis that delivers actionable insights delivered … Continue reading “Kontagent Receives $12,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

Virident Systems Garners $21,000,000 Series C Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f886fee6-0558-4b0c-8a5f-ae2d84eb1ec9&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2011 Company Name Virident Systems Mailing Address 500 Yosemite Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Virident Systems enterprise-class Storage Class Memory (SCM) solutions deliver unconditional, consistent performance that supports the most data intensive content and applications. The inherent advantage associated with this disruptive technology revolutionizes computing by speeding application response … Continue reading “Virident Systems Garners $21,000,000 Series C Round”

Google Acquires Apture for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ab5c054-e6f3-4208-82eb-ee482631f1a0&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2011 Company Name Apture Mailing Address 539 Bryant Street San Mateo, CA 94107 Company Description Apture provides the first rich communication platform that allows people to intuitively experience the web. Website http://www.apture.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were … Continue reading “Google Acquires Apture for Undisclosed Sum”

Any.DO Garners $1,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=528baa68-6461-46a9-937c-a024fdeb1423&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2011 Company Name Any.DO Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Any.DO is a free to-do list that helps you get things done with your friends in a simple and elegant way. With Any.DO you can easily capture, organize and sync all the things you need to do. … Continue reading “Any.DO Garners $1,000,000 New Round”

MinoMonsters Secures $1,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9d4c98d-9bf0-452d-9cd7-ce6caba11996&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2011 Company Name MinoMonsters Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company, which recently opened offices in San Francisco, is the maker of MinoMonsters, a monster battle and trading game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Website http://www.minomonsters.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “MinoMonsters Secures $1,000,000 New Funding”

Nerd New Year

From the event website: “The November 11th, 2011 Block party is a charity driven #NerdNewYear. In Honor of the “11’s” 106 Miles andHackers and Founders are teaming together to throw an all day Not Your Average Art and Wine Street Fair/Block Party. Daytime Fun The event will be family friendly throughout the day with booths ofnic-nacs and … Continue reading “Nerd New Year”

Seven Innovation Policy Ideas to Spark an Economic Recovery in the U.S.

In San Diego, Connect is the non-profit organization that reaches into most corners of the local innovation community. Connect likes to say that it has assisted in the formation of more than 3,000 technology and life sciences companies in the area, and more than 50 cities around the world have emulated its programs for mentoring … Continue reading “Seven Innovation Policy Ideas to Spark an Economic Recovery in the U.S.”

Amazon Pushing National Sales-Tax Bill, a Victory for its All-or-Nothing Stance

Looks like Amazon’s pugnacious bet on national sales tax reform is paying off. The Seattle company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMZN]]) says it is strongly supporting a proposed national law that would force online retailers to collect local taxes on more of their sales, ending a longtime loophole originally meant to help catalog businesses. The National Retail Federation, which has … Continue reading “Amazon Pushing National Sales-Tax Bill, a Victory for its All-or-Nothing Stance”

Yelp, Invensense, Cloudera, PunchTab: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers

Time for the data-driven roundup of deals news and other developments in the Bay Area tech world. From biggest to smallest: $1-$2 billion—The amount that Yelp hopes to raise in a rumored IPO. According to media reports today, the San Francisco-based local business guide, which is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, … Continue reading “Yelp, Invensense, Cloudera, PunchTab: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”

ScaleVP’s Mitchell: FDA’s Capriciousness Is Driving Out Life Sciences Investors

Yesterday’s announcement by Scale Venture Partners that it will make no new investments in healthcare companies may not have come as a huge surprise to some insiders. Kate Mitchell, a founder and managing director at the firm, says ScaleVP has been pondering the shift for two or three years, and that it effectively stopped investing … Continue reading “ScaleVP’s Mitchell: FDA’s Capriciousness Is Driving Out Life Sciences Investors”

The Next Zuckerberg: A Student’s Recap of Mark’s Visit to Harvard

There, sitting about 10 feet in front of me, was the ninth most powerful person in the world, according to Forbes. Dressed in his signature t-shirt and jeans, you wouldn’t be able to tell Mark Zuckerberg apart from a random college student outside the lecture hall. As he took his seat and began speaking about … Continue reading “The Next Zuckerberg: A Student’s Recap of Mark’s Visit to Harvard”

Parse Garners $5,500,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b74d3c7-5420-41df-a335-1ffc1183139e&Preview=1 Date 11/9/2011 Company Name Parse Mailing Address 1 Mongtomery St. 28th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Our vision is a world where mobile developers never have to develop, deploy, or maintain their own server-side stack. Our simple, but powerful native mobile SDKs provide all the server-side functionality developers need … Continue reading “Parse Garners $5,500,000 Series A Financing”

Mendel Biotechnology Lands $11,846,950 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8ea5b03-bd71-4a52-84a4-58a5913883fb&Preview=1 Date 11/9/2011 Company Name Mendel Biotechnology Mailing Address 3935 Point Eden Way Hayward, CA 94545 Company Description Mendel Biotechnology, Inc., a closely-held private company, has been a pioneer in the application of functional genomics to the study of plant genes. Mendel has identified and patented the use of genes that control … Continue reading “Mendel Biotechnology Lands $11,846,950 New Financing”

JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

The JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, the biggest annual event in life sciences investing, will be held at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco’s Union Square Jan 9-12. For more information on a virtual meeting space on LinkedIn, click here.

Scale Venture Partners Gives Up On Healthcare & Life Sciences Investing

Life sciences investing is up against the ropes. The sector has been beset by such high capital costs and such long paths to market that many venture partners don’t seem to want early- and mid-stage biotech companies tarnishing their portfolios anymore. Hence the news last week that Menlo Park, CA-based Morgenthaler Ventures and Boston-based Advanced … Continue reading “Scale Venture Partners Gives Up On Healthcare & Life Sciences Investing”