Adobe Systems Acquires Auditude for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b262e4a-7d69-4d4d-8567-474be7de086a&Preview=1 Date 11/1/2011 Company Name Auditude Mailing Address 420 Florence Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company provides digital content monitoring and management services. Website http://www.auditude.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties.

AfterCollege Secures New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0e4da65-347c-4f4f-9a56-cf89ef0aaaaa&Preview=1 Date 11/1/2011 Company Name AfterCollege Mailing Address 98 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description AfterCollege is a professional network that connects college students, alumni and employers through faculty and career networks at colleges and universities. Website http://www.aftercollege.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “AfterCollege Secures New Funding Round”

Exelixis To Push Ahead on Prostate Cancer Trial Without FDA Agreement: Shares Plunge

Exelixis has been talking with the FDA for months about reaching an agreement on the design of a pivotal trial for its prostate cancer drug, but now the company has essentially thrown up its hands and decided to push ahead in testing without any formal regulatory deal. Shares of the company fell more than 30 … Continue reading “Exelixis To Push Ahead on Prostate Cancer Trial Without FDA Agreement: Shares Plunge”

The Economy in 17 Syllables, All of Them Gloomy

For the third quarter of 2011, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation leavened its otherwise morose quarterly survey of economics bloggers (PDF) with something new: a haiku contest. The 63 academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and journalists who participated in the survey, including myself, were asked to describe the state of the economy in the form of a haiku, … Continue reading “The Economy in 17 Syllables, All of Them Gloomy”

Morgenthaler Ventures, ATV To Merge Life Sciences Teams, Form New Fund

Morgenthaler Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures, a couple of longstanding and diversified venture firms, have decided to split off their life sciences investment teams and merge them into a new independent biotech fund, Xconomy has learned. The news was reported earlier today by Fortune’s Dan Primack. The new life sciences fund, which doesn’t have a … Continue reading “Morgenthaler Ventures, ATV To Merge Life Sciences Teams, Form New Fund”

Facebook Should Have Stayed in Boston, and Other Quotable Moments from Y Combinator’s Startup School

For startup people, the 714 seats inside Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford University were the hottest ones in the country on Saturday. That was the day of Startup School, the invitation-only event produced by Stanford’s student entrepreneur group BASES and Mountain View, CA-based venture incubator Y Combinator. For the seventh year in a row, a cast … Continue reading “Facebook Should Have Stayed in Boston, and Other Quotable Moments from Y Combinator’s Startup School”

StartUpdates: 1000memories Introduces Shoebox App, Animoto Makes Video Creation Easier, HealthTap Taps 5,000 Physicians

Author’s Note: I’ve got a problem. Because Xconomy is still relatively new to the San Francisco Bay Area, most of the stories I write are about companies we’re covering for the first time. Because there’s an endless supply of new companies, I can never quite empty out my notebooks. But at the same time, there’s … Continue reading “StartUpdates: 1000memories Introduces Shoebox App, Animoto Makes Video Creation Easier, HealthTap Taps 5,000 Physicians”

The Cancer Drug Dark Ages Are Coming to an End

Only a couple stories in the past decade have given advocates of personalized cancer medicines much to brag about. There was Genentech’s Herceptin for a form of breast cancer in 1998, and Novartis’ Gleevec for chronic myeloid leukemia in 2001. But just a few short weeks ago, in August, we saw a flurry of FDA … Continue reading “The Cancer Drug Dark Ages Are Coming to an End”

Chart.io Obtains $3,150,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6b57317-639d-417c-a739-1b06013104c1&Preview=1 Date 10/31/2011 Company Name Chart.io Mailing Address 665 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Chart.io helps businesses analyze and track their critical data. Over the past decade, the Business Intelligence industry has failed to deliver affordable and easy-to-use solutions. Instead, most vendors sell bulky on-premise products that are nearly … Continue reading “Chart.io Obtains $3,150,000 Series A Funding Round”

Smule Obtains $12,000,002 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad7462e1-9138-4fdc-994e-1ef8ed94a27c&Preview=1 Date 10/31/2011 Company Name Smule Mailing Address 577 College Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Smule makes interactive music applications for the iPhone. Website http://www.smule.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,002 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

Urban Airship Acquires SimpleGeo for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0379ec2f-6a35-4a91-a7a2-4b1d7b01d67f&Preview=1 Date 10/31/2011 Company Name SimpleGeo Mailing Address 41 Decatur Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description SimpleGeo (formerly CrashCorp) provides ready-to-use solutions for enabling location in applications. The company was founded in May 2009 by Joe Stump and Matt Galligan. Website http://www.simplegeo.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds … Continue reading “Urban Airship Acquires SimpleGeo for Undisclosed Sum”

Cleantech 2012: Navigating the Future

The Environmental Business Cluster hosts an afternoon discussion on the future of the cleantech industry. From the event description: “There are eggshells across the cleantech industry for 2012 and the uncertainty is leaving many skeptical about the success anticipated for emerging technologies. The retreat of M&As and IPOs observed in the third quarter combined with … Continue reading “Cleantech 2012: Navigating the Future”

The Global Marketplace: Keys to Success with Oracle’s Safra Catz

Please join Latham & Watkins and the University of California’s Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, for a timely and informative conference pertinent to emerging and established companies operating in a global economy. On-the-ground experts from the US, Europe and Asia will provide best practices for successfully expanding and managing operations overseas. Safra … Continue reading “The Global Marketplace: Keys to Success with Oracle’s Safra Catz”

Vinod Khosla Helps Startup Entrepreneurs Think Bigger

I had been planning to talk in today’s column about the shortcomings of the Google Chromebook, which are numerous. But I’m in too good of a mood this week to play the critic, partly because of a terrific Silicon Valley event that I attended Tuesday night called Get Bigger! With Vinod Khosla. So instead, I’m … Continue reading “Vinod Khosla Helps Startup Entrepreneurs Think Bigger”

Codecademy Garners $2,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e440676f-a754-497f-bfc3-7551efe19fb9&Preview=1 Date 10/28/2011 Company Name Codecademy Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Codecademy was created out of the frustrations Zach and Ryan felt with learning how to program. Tired with less effective text and video resources, Ryan and Zach teamed up to create Codecademy, a better, more interactive way … Continue reading “Codecademy Garners $2,500,000 New Financing Round”

PacBio Posts Flat Revenues in Q3, Names Mike Hunkapiller New Executive Chairman

Pacific Biosciences saw its sales flatten in its second quarter on the market with a new breed of DNA sequencing instrument, and now it’s shuffling things around a bit on the org chart to see if it can kickstart its growth. The Menlo Park, CA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PACB]]) said today it generated $10.5 million in … Continue reading “PacBio Posts Flat Revenues in Q3, Names Mike Hunkapiller New Executive Chairman”

Sencha, Subtext, Sociable Labs: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers

Time for our periodic, data-driven roundup of business and technology news around San Francisco Bay. $151 million—The price Google paid to acquire restaurant review aggregator Zagat back in September, according to a regulatory filing examined by Reuters. $135 million—Total financing raised to date by San Jose-based display maker Prysm, according to an announcement today. Xconomy … Continue reading “Sencha, Subtext, Sociable Labs: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”

Portola Grabs $45M Upfront From Biogen Idec to Develop Autoimmune Drugs

South San Francisco-based Portola Pharmaceuticals has formed a lucrative alliance today with Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]]) to co-develop drugs for autoimmune diseases, seeking to stop the immune system from attacking healthy tissues like a virus. Under the deal, Portola is granting Weston, MA-based Biogen Idec an exclusive worldwide license to co-develop oral pills that block … Continue reading “Portola Grabs $45M Upfront From Biogen Idec to Develop Autoimmune Drugs”

Xconomist of the Week: Phil Libin, Evernote, and the Death of the Exit

Xconomist Phil Libin, the CEO of Mountain View, CA-based Evernote, is a little unusual among his Silicon Valley brethren. He’s on the record as saying that the online notekeeping startup doesn’t want to be acquired. “There has never been an exit strategy at Evernote,” he wrote in an FAQ-style blog post after Evernote raised $50 … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Phil Libin, Evernote, and the Death of the Exit”

Picaboo Receives $2,601,993 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cce2dd62-1b4d-4ea1-a0bb-16d1fce7ef55&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name Picaboo Mailing Address 654 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company provides a client-and-server system for sharing photographs. Website http://www.picaboo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,601,993 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Picaboo Receives $2,601,993 New Financing”

Napo Pharmaceuticals Obtains $3,087,500 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=24fbc510-a9dd-46e8-a174-22782ad21809&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name Napo Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Napo Pharmaceuticals focuses on the development and commercialization of proprietary pharmaceuticals for the global marketplace in collaboration with local partners. Our strategy is to focus both on higher-volume business in the emerging economies of … Continue reading “Napo Pharmaceuticals Obtains $3,087,500 New Funding Round”

Prysm Obtains New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fbb4deb2-f4ce-490c-aad3-790518704f9b&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name Prysm Mailing Address 180 Baytech Dr San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description LPD technology delivers breakthrough visual performance and provides innovative solutions that address the shortcomings of conventional display technologies—making this platform the most exciting, comprehensive & cost effective large format display across a variety of applications … Continue reading “Prysm Obtains New Round”

Hyperink Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49897040-ace3-4b0f-b652-059c866d3dd7&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name Hyperink Mailing Address 333 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Our mission is to unlock and share that knowledge by working directly with domain experts to publish beautiful, high-quality eBooks. Website http://www.hyperink.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Hyperink Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding”

Geekli.st Secures $600,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c464081-c16c-4e5e-98d0-3edfbe092b69&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name Geekli.st Mailing Address 181 Fremont San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Born in San Francisco, Geekli.st is an achievement-based social portfolio builder where all bad-ass code monkeys around the globe can communicate, brag, build their street cred and get found. We founded Geekli.st because it was time … Continue reading “Geekli.st Secures $600,000 New Funding Round”

4INFO Receives $14,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc4291da-3cce-4e16-8fd7-a8d6256ffeca&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name 4INFO Mailing Address 177 Bovet Road 4th Floor San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Founded in 2004, 4INFO is a diversified mobile advertising, technology and media company, with a consistent track record of innovation and reliability. 4INFO reaches millions of mobile consumers daily and interacts with them … Continue reading “4INFO Receives $14,000,000 New Round”

Five Things I Learned at Startup School

Y Combinator has a brilliant franchise. It is called Startup School. This year it is at Stanford University on October 29 and co-hosted with BASES, the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students. Some of Silicon Valley’s elite used to poo-poo Startup School as being too basic. I have always been in the camp supporting it. … Continue reading “Five Things I Learned at Startup School”

Ann Arbor’s Mobiata Opens New Offices in San Francisco, Twin Cities

Ann Arbor, MI-based startup Mobiata is growing, both in size and location. The Expedia-owned company, which develops mobile apps designed to make travel go more smoothly, just opened offices in San Francisco and the Minneapolis-St. Paul area—which is where the company started out in 2008 before relocating to Ann Arbor. Founder and General Manager Ben … Continue reading “Ann Arbor’s Mobiata Opens New Offices in San Francisco, Twin Cities”

The Web’s Last Word on Words

Wordnik (wərd-nik) noun. 1. A person associated with or characterized by a love of words, word usage, linguistics, or lexicography. 2. A startup company headquartered in San Mateo, California. Origin: word + -nik (Yiddish, from Russian). Cf. beatnik, peacenik. On the Internet, it’s hard to get people to slow down enough to use actual words, … Continue reading “The Web’s Last Word on Words”

Onyx, Bayer’s Colon Cancer Drug Helps Extend Lives; Stock Climbs

Onyx Pharmaceuticals and Bayer settled a dispute a couple weeks ago about ownership of a certain colon cancer drug in development, and suddenly that colon cancer drug is looking like it could be pretty valuable. South San Francisco-based Onyx (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]) said that its partner, Bayer, has stopped a pivotal clinical trial of regorafenib as … Continue reading “Onyx, Bayer’s Colon Cancer Drug Helps Extend Lives; Stock Climbs”

BIO Investor Forum Roundup: Immune Design, Sorbent Therapeutics, Epizyme

The best thing about coming to the BIO Investor Forum in San Francisco every year is the schmoozing with folks from all over the country in one place. The worst thing? There’s not much in the way of breaking news. Oh well, sometimes you gotta do the spade work on a slow news day if … Continue reading “BIO Investor Forum Roundup: Immune Design, Sorbent Therapeutics, Epizyme”

Adesto Technologies Secures Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=110f14be-a3d6-470c-b911-49c6986677ec&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 Company Name Adesto Technologies Mailing Address 1250 Borregas Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Adesto Technologies was founded in 2006 by a team of experienced semiconductor memory developers. The company’s mission is to turn CBRAM technology into a platform of memory solutions that spans from the lowest cost, lowest … Continue reading “Adesto Technologies Secures Series C Financing”

CrowdOptic Lands $500,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd24a342-3d4b-4b20-9aa5-4f1cd06e71eb&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 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 new capital … Continue reading “CrowdOptic Lands $500,000 New Round”

Sociable Labs Lands $7,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29b77cae-67dd-4855-a51b-7300dec1e6c3&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 Company Name Sociable Labs Mailing Address 1528 S. El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Sociable Labs develops Software as a Service (SaaS) technology for large e-commerce and media websites. Our technology enables customers to integrate the use of the Facebook social graph into their core site … Continue reading “Sociable Labs Lands $7,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

RelayRides Lands Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4aa0fd4c-14b6-47ac-8c14-101124dd86c0&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 Company Name RelayRides Mailing Address 463 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company operates a website and service that allows users to share automobiles. Website http://www.relayrides.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The new investment, as well as the … Continue reading “RelayRides Lands Series A Funding”

iRhythm Technologies Garners $7,000,000 Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=befc973b-38a5-4aca-b3bd-3177330268c9&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 Company Name iRhythm Technologies Mailing Address 650 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description iRhythm Technologies has developed a novel cardiac rhythm monitoring device that is dramatically superior to any currently available monitor due to its radically simplified design and ease-of-use. Website http://www.irhythmtech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “iRhythm Technologies Garners $7,000,000 Series C Funding”

LSI Corporation Acquires SandForce for $322,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed40b2d7-1fc7-4aa4-b40f-88513b722835&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 Company Name SandForce Mailing Address 691 S. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description SandForce, Inc., is transforming data storage by pioneering the use of commodity flash memory in enterprise and client computing applications with its innovative SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors. By delivering unprecedented reliability, performance and energy … Continue reading “LSI Corporation Acquires SandForce for $322,000,000”

Sincerely Garners $3,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78928de1-d38f-4b67-8c1d-407596e1752c&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2011 Company Name Sincerely Mailing Address 800 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Sincerely is focused on making it easy to send real photos in the mail from your phone. We believe printed photos are meaningful & a photo sent to a friend is the most ubiquitously appreciated … Continue reading “Sincerely Garners $3,000,000 Series A Funding”

23andMe Identifies Possible Protective Gene Against Parkinson’s Disease

The benefits of generating databases based on the personal genetics of thousands of people came into better focus today with an announcement from Mountain View, CA-based 23andMe, the startup that aspires to be the world’s trusted source for personal genetic information. Using genetic data drawn from thousands of 23andMe customers, the company says it has … Continue reading “23andMe Identifies Possible Protective Gene Against Parkinson’s Disease”

UW Prof’s Startup Rolls out Smart Thermostats, Inspired by Apple’s Iconic Devices

In her work at the University of Washington, Yoky Matsuoka spends time figuring out how to make the brain work directly with machines. In her startup work, she’s targeting something a lot less fancy-sounding: the home thermostat. Matsuoka is vice president of technology at Nest, a Palo Alto, CA-based startup aiming to tackle energy efficiency … Continue reading “UW Prof’s Startup Rolls out Smart Thermostats, Inspired by Apple’s Iconic Devices”

Building a Financial Foundation—A Blueprint For Taking The Right First Steps

With increased pressure to deliver value efficiently and effectively, startups need all the help they can get. Accurate, comprehensive operational management from the start is a crucial first step to the success of any business. Join the Environmental Business Cluster for a one-hour interactive session on how you can best manage your operations resulting in … Continue reading “Building a Financial Foundation—A Blueprint For Taking The Right First Steps”

Meet with Khosla Ventures

At Khosla Ventures, several sectors are of particular interest, especially alternative energy, energy efficiency, storage, materials, and other unconventional areas. Their seed fund consists of “science or innovation experiments” and other almost risks, be they in information technology or cleantech. Their main fund looks at more traditional ventures, from early to later stages in all … Continue reading “Meet with Khosla Ventures”

Meet with Chevron

The Environmental Business Cluster’s Meet with Series is a partnering and coaching series for entrepreneurs. The goal of the program is to facilitate meetings between cleantech entrepreneurs and investors, customers and potential partners. In this session, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to work closely with Chevron Energy Solutions Engineers in a technology assessment. Participants will … Continue reading “Meet with Chevron”

Proactive Strategies for Maximizing Your Cleantech Tax Credits

The Environmental Business Cluster presents a lunchtime workshop on tax credits in the cleantech business. From the event description: “Tax Credits – Are they worth the time? Which credits apply to my cleantech startup? Are there any upcoming deadlines? It’s time for some answers provided by Crawford, Pimentel & Co. This informative workshop and Q&A … Continue reading “Proactive Strategies for Maximizing Your Cleantech Tax Credits”

Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Some Themes and Some Photos

Scientists will soon be able to obtain the full 6 billion letter string of DNA that makes us who we are for $1,000, and the cost might drop all the way to $100 or less. Probably 1 billion people will get their DNA sequenced when prices go that low. It’s a big opportunity with big … Continue reading “Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Some Themes and Some Photos”

Kgbdeals and Mobile Spinach Hunt for Opportunities in Troubled Daily Deals Market

In spite of companies crumbling in the daily deals space, New York’s kgbdeals and San Mateo, CA’s Mobile Spinach believe they can survive in this now-brutal sector. Kgbdeals, part of directory assistance company kgb, acquired New York’s TheDealist last Wednesday to expand its reach with customers. Before kgbdeals could uncork the champagne, a rival deals … Continue reading “Kgbdeals and Mobile Spinach Hunt for Opportunities in Troubled Daily Deals Market”

Zaarly Rings Up $14M to Fuel Growth, adds Firepower to Board with HP’s Meg Whitman

Peer-to-peer e-commerce startup Zaarly, born out of a Startup Weekend event just this spring, has tallied a new $14.1 million venture round and is adding freshly installed Hewlett-Packard chief Meg Whitman to its board. The news represents some pretty high-profile votes of confidence in Zaarly, which has only been around as a functioning product for … Continue reading “Zaarly Rings Up $14M to Fuel Growth, adds Firepower to Board with HP’s Meg Whitman”

Ruckus Wireless Obtains $3,031,233 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4ed9160d-2b51-48e6-ab77-0386dd54052c&Preview=1 Date 10/25/2011 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 $3,031,233 New Funding”

Nutanix Secures $25,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7db1bd61-da07-401d-bab6-b5fb5ed575b4&Preview=1 Date 10/25/2011 Company Name Nutanix Mailing Address 1735 Technology Dr. San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Nutanix is leading the charge in shrinking the virtualized data center through convergence of storage and compute tiers, driving out the cost and complexity associated with network storage. Nutanix’s revolutionary appliance provides enterprise-class compute and … Continue reading “Nutanix Secures $25,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

Sencha Garners $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=75e2f133-6eb0-4f02-a6f7-fb71a20e04c9&Preview=1 Date 10/25/2011 Company Name Sencha Mailing Address 1700 Seaport Boulevard Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Sencha Touch is the world’s first app framework built specifically to leverage HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript for the highest level of power, flexibility, and optimization. We make specific use of HTML5 to deliver components like … Continue reading “Sencha Garners $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round”