Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bff1cdd7-7a11-48e1-a4a6-94da645aa57c&Preview=1 Date 10/18/2011 Company Name Everyme Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description Everyme is reinventing how you experience your address book, and even what an address book is. We’re launching soon, but you can reserve you favorite username right now. Website http://www.everyme.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 … Continue reading “Everyme Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round”
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OVIA Lands Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d78405a-d68f-4612-9c11-b34ded18a1e4&Preview=1 Date 10/18/2011 Company Name OVIA Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description OVIA is a leading video recruitment platform that makes candidate screening more reliable, efficient and effective through online video. Recruitment is all about finding the right people, not just the right resumes, and OVIA allows companies to … Continue reading “OVIA Lands Series A Financing Round”
Geo-Loco: The Future of Brands, Advertising, and Tech in the Location Revolution
From the event site: “Geo-Loco will dive into brand, advertiser and the location convergence in the context of the Social, Local and Mobile (SoLoMo) marketplace – and explore what it means for big brands, consumers, SMBs and the location industry. Learn from real-world successes in mobile-loco advertising, location platforms and more. Executives from Starbucks, Google, … Continue reading “Geo-Loco: The Future of Brands, Advertising, and Tech in the Location Revolution”
Mobile Madness NW: Xconomy and WTIA Join Forces for an All-Star Forum Dec. 6
The region that pioneered national wireless networks is at a turning point. Carriers are heading toward more consolidation, piling up tons of user data, and scrambling to build their next-generation networks. Microsoft is battling to be the vital third competitor in mobile operating systems, while Amazon stakes out its own device and cloud services ecosystem … Continue reading “Mobile Madness NW: Xconomy and WTIA Join Forces for an All-Star Forum Dec. 6”
Khosla, Sunpreme, Grockit: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers
Time for our periodic data-driven roundup of company news from the San Francisco and Silicon Valley tech world. $1.05 billion—The size of Khosla Ventures IV, the new investment fund closed last week by Khosla Ventures, the Menlo Park, CA-based investing firm founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. As with its first three funds, the firm … Continue reading “Khosla, Sunpreme, Grockit: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”
Get Bigger! with Vinod Khosla
From the event website: “Microsoft and 106 Miles welcome Vinod Khosla to the Microsoft stage, where he’ll be holding a Q&A session with a few select start-ups. There is no charge for this event. Please arrive early so you can be accommodated in the auditorium which seats about 250. Late arrivals may be seated in … Continue reading “Get Bigger! with Vinod Khosla”
Putting Consumer Reviews to Work: PowerReviews Takes on Amazon, Looks to “Social Navigation” for E-Retailers
If you’re like me, you do a lot of research online before you make a big buying decision, and sometimes even before a small one. And you lean heavily on the reviews left by other shoppers. My favorite trick, when I’m zeroing in on a specific product, is to read all of the “1 star” … Continue reading “Putting Consumer Reviews to Work: PowerReviews Takes on Amazon, Looks to “Social Navigation” for E-Retailers”
Genomics 2.0: Ten Years After the Bubble, it’s Getting Really Interesting Again
What do 10,000 people with autism, 50,000 people in some remote islands in the North Atlantic, and 1,000 healthy old folks in southern California have in common? They are on the front edge of one of the most exciting stories in science today, and their contributions will have a huge impact on our long-term understanding … Continue reading “Genomics 2.0: Ten Years After the Bubble, it’s Getting Really Interesting Again”
Sofinnova Ventures Defies the Grim Mood, Raises $440M For Biotech-Only VC Fund
Talk to biotech VCs, and you’ll hear a lot of moaning about how tough the FDA has become, how grim the IPO markets are, and how hard it is get insurers to pay for new products. Nobody in this club can brag about backing investment supernovas like Facebook or Zynga. But none of that has … Continue reading “Sofinnova Ventures Defies the Grim Mood, Raises $440M For Biotech-Only VC Fund”
Grockit Obtains $7,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51d9e2e3-6e1d-4a21-b238-775d4ef829a9&Preview=1 Date 10/17/2011 Company Name Grockit Mailing Address 777 Florida St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description Grockit’s mission is to abolish Education and replace it with Learning. To this end, we aim to utilize the awesome power of the internet to help the world learn. Our first step is leveraging the … Continue reading “Grockit Obtains $7,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Polycom Acquires ViVu for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0e973c6e-7607-43ad-9166-4555a959e6b3&Preview=1 Date 10/17/2011 Company Name ViVu Mailing Address 20833 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Founded by startup veterans from Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and a team of IIT graduates, ViVu developed first-of-its-kind Participative Event Platform that enables live video participation from a PC, Macintosh or smart phone without any proprietary downloads … Continue reading “Polycom Acquires ViVu for Undisclosed Sum”
HALL.com Secures $580,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c172cfca-8301-4dbd-81fb-d17d2ec121a3&Preview=1 Date 10/17/2011 Company Name HALL.com Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Conversate around topic apps including polls, ranked lists, schedules and more! Website http://www.hall.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $580,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Founder Collective Venture … Continue reading “HALL.com Secures $580,000 Seed Financing”
Where Big DNA Meets Big IT: Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome
It takes a lot of revenue to move the needle for multi-billion organizations. That’s partly why you haven’t seen them pay much attention to a field devoted to open-source technologies, like computing for genomics. But that’s changing in a hurry, as one market research firm said it expects bioinformatics to grow at a 25 percent … Continue reading “Where Big DNA Meets Big IT: Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome”
Cleantech Open
From the event website: “It’s the “Academy Awards of Cleantech.” Two days packed with keynotes, 100+ exhibits, networking, on-stage demos from innovative entrepreneurs, live judging of the Final 21, evening receptions—all culminating in awarding the winners of the Global Ideas Competition and the $250,000 US National Grand Prize.” Information and registration here.
Web 2.0 Summit
Federated Media, O’Reilly Media, and UBM TechWeb present the latest version of their annual Internet executive summit. From the conference site: “Once each year, the Web 2.0 Summit brings together 1,000 senior executives from the worlds of technology, media, finance, telecommunications, entertainment, and the Internet. For 2011, our theme is “The Data Frame” – focusing … Continue reading “Web 2.0 Summit”
iCal or iHAL? Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Dear Mom: You asked me to write to let you know if I arrived safely in iCloud-land. Well, I’m here and I’m in one piece, although unfortunately some of my things didn’t make it here with me, such as my calendar. It was a pretty hellish journey, I’ll tell you. There were a couple of … Continue reading “iCal or iHAL? Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
Xconomist of the Week: Appature’s Kabir Shahani Eyes Culture as Company Expands
When it’s time for a scrappy tech startup with a bootstrapped culture to expand its footprint, the conventional thinking might go something like this: Hire young, hungry people who won’t blow through too much of your coin, and hold onto that staff until you absolutely have to take the plunge into grown-up salaries and benefits. … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Appature’s Kabir Shahani Eyes Culture as Company Expands”
Demandforce Secures $10,119,801 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e905cb4-9f27-4aea-a6a1-4a4ac694992f&Preview=1 Date 10/14/2011 Company Name Demandforce Mailing Address 22 4th St. 12th floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Demandforce was founded in 2003 to deliver unparalleled value to service businesses with the initial focus on dental practices and automotive repair facilities. Demandforce founders have over a decade of experience developing and … Continue reading “Demandforce Secures $10,119,801 New Funding Round”
Tagstand Lands $1,100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=443ddc82-99b3-4667-a0cd-2afc8eb0423a&Preview=1 Date 10/14/2011 Company Name Tagstand Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Tagstand Manager allows you to program and manage your stickers from the web. Forward to urls, display messages, host virtual walls, track analytics and much more. Functionality like this is what makes our NFC tags smarter than … Continue reading “Tagstand Lands $1,100,000 New Financing”
Greenpeace and Michele Bachmann’s Joint Campaign to Stop Science
I took the family to Boston on vacation in September. During the time away, I read Patrick Moore’s book “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist.“ Dr. Moore was one of the original founders of Greenpeace in the 1970s. I heard him speak recently. While he remains a passionate advocate for … Continue reading “Greenpeace and Michele Bachmann’s Joint Campaign to Stop Science”
Yammer is Not Just Facebook for Enterprises: A Deep Dive with CEO David Sacks
It took enterprise social networking startup Yammer 18 months to gain its first million users, nine months to add its second million, and only six months to add its third million. At that rate of increase, according to my calculations, the startup will have 20 million users by late 2012, and 7 billion by 2014. … Continue reading “Yammer is Not Just Facebook for Enterprises: A Deep Dive with CEO David Sacks”
VC Keeps up Hot Pace, 2011 Could Mark 10-Year Peak, CB Insights Says
Market meltdowns, international turmoil, stubborn unemployment—none of the lingering macro-economic troubles seem to be holding back the momentum for venture investing in 2011, according to a report on third-quarter investments from research firm CB Insights. The latest tally from the firm’s venture capital database shows venture investments reaching $7.9 billion in the quarter across 790 … Continue reading “VC Keeps up Hot Pace, 2011 Could Mark 10-Year Peak, CB Insights Says”
Idle Games Secures $14,590,645 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f60e3642-a91a-43be-adf5-98be8b3a5d45&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Idle Games Mailing Address 180 Sansome St. 16 Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Idle Games is creating the next generation of social games. Casual yet social, massively multi-player games tailor-made for the social networks and their audience Website http://www.idle-games.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Idle Games Secures $14,590,645 New Funding Round”
Wayin Garners New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d26273f-e902-48c2-a396-01783341eebb&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Wayin Mailing Address 1534 Plaza Lane Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description Wayin is a unique mobile engagement service connecting users and enterprise partners anywhere, anytime. Wayin offers a new, fun, entertaining way for both users and enterprise partners to post photos, ask questions, play live games, share … Continue reading “Wayin Garners New Financing”
Lemon.com Obtains $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f9e90ce-d7d6-4483-a0cb-2dc16f0e58ad&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Lemon.com Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description With Lemon, you can organize all of your receipts, paper and digital, and squeeze out the useful information from them. Website http://www.lemon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Lemon.com Obtains $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
Social Finance Lands $2,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e616e17-e341-45c5-94dd-9f5438a90297&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Social Finance Mailing Address 220 Halleck Street San Francisco, CA 94129 Company Description Social Finance (SoFi) was founded in early 2011 by a team of Stanford GSB alumni who recognized that the current practices of student lending had become impractical in the face of a changing world … Continue reading “Social Finance Lands $2,000,000 New Financing”
SecondMarket Cocktail & Conversation: Identifying and Retaining Talent
As companies face unprecedented demographic, economic and competitive challenges, recruitment and retention remains a top concern. These challenges are even more pronounced for today’s startup companies on the front lines of the talent wars. On November 9th, SecondMarket is hosting a Cocktails & Conversations event, which will focus on “Identifying & Retaining Talent.” The event will … Continue reading “SecondMarket Cocktail & Conversation: Identifying and Retaining Talent”
Amgen Looking to Improve Focus and “Re-allocate Resources” for R&D, Say More Oct. 24
Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company, just sent a signal to its staff that cuts could be coming soon to its R&D operations. Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) is based in Thousand Oaks, CA, and has R&D operations in Seattle, South San Francisco, and Cambridge, MA. News of potential cuts to Amgen’s R&D operations were reported earlier … Continue reading “Amgen Looking to Improve Focus and “Re-allocate Resources” for R&D, Say More Oct. 24″
Box, Qumu, Zenprise: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers
Time for our occasional data-driven roundup of local business and technology news. From biggest to smallest: $81 million—A Series D expansion round formally announced yesterday for Box.net, the Palo Alto, CA-based enterprise document sharing startup. The round involved new investors Salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz … Continue reading “Box, Qumu, Zenprise: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”
How Will Your Doctor Use Your Genome? Ask Our Panel Oct. 24
When you can sequence an entire human genome for less than $5,000, and the price is diving fast to $1,000, what kinds of questions will your doctor be able to ask about you? Once all the DNA sequences get generated, and software companies start figuring out better ways to analyze/interpret/visualize all the data, then the … Continue reading “How Will Your Doctor Use Your Genome? Ask Our Panel Oct. 24”
Onyx Gets $160M in Settlement With Bayer for Cancer Drug, Royalty Stream on Next Treatment
Onyx Pharmaceuticals has snapped up a $160 million upfront payment as part of a legal settlement with Bayer, its longtime partner. South San Francisco-based Onyx (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]) said today it has restructured its partnership with Bayer for the marketing of their existing drug sorafenib (Nexavar) for kidney and liver cancers, while striking a new agreement … Continue reading “Onyx Gets $160M in Settlement With Bayer for Cancer Drug, Royalty Stream on Next Treatment”
Checking In from the Meebo Bar: A Social Startup’s Latest Big Swing at Bat
“Meebo has a culture of doing what we call ‘big swings at bat’ every 12 to 18 months,” Seth Sternberg is saying. “We try something new, a hard project that’s highly innovative. And either it’s going to flame out wildly, or succeed wildly. If it works, great. If not, oh well, it was an experiment. … Continue reading “Checking In from the Meebo Bar: A Social Startup’s Latest Big Swing at Bat”
DNAnexus Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee0a6f12-f622-4486-8644-28d677f3000d&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name DNAnexus Mailing Address 420 Florence St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description DNAnexus is a start-up in biocomputation aiming to transform the future of genetics, alter the course of medicine, help cure cancer! The advent of next-generation DNA sequencing technologies will soon enable one of the holy … Continue reading “DNAnexus Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round”
Udemy Lands $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cacb36aa-a3d6-48af-9a8b-3a4c1e3bce9f&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Udemy Mailing Address Undisclosed Undisclosed, CA 94300 Company Description Udemy is a website that enables anyone to create an online course. Our goal is to provide our teachers with everything they could possibly need to create a great learning experience over the internet. Founded in 2008, we’ve … Continue reading “Udemy Lands $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
GENWI Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9fc19d4e-1f0b-4f5a-b6f9-81a86adb7491&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name GENWI Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description GENWI is the premier cloud based Tablet and Smartphone Publishing Platform. We enable publishers to create and manage interactive, social, and live media apps on iPad, iPhone, Android, and HTML5 (iSites™). Website http://www.genwi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “GENWI Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round”
Therapeutic Focus: Bridging the Valley of Death
BayBio presents an afternoon forum for life science industry insiders. From the event description: “Large pharmaceutical companies often tap biotech for novel technologies to replenish the product pipeline. Enter the financial crisis of 2009. Restless investors, dormant equity markets, and limited exit opportunities amplified the risk life science innovation faces in the lab. As the … Continue reading “Therapeutic Focus: Bridging the Valley of Death”
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann “Shapes an Empire,” Says NYT
Susan Desmond-Hellmann joked to me a couple weeks back in an interview about how UCSF doesn’t quite have the national profile it deserves, partly because it doesn’t have a football team. But this week, at least, UCSF got some major national attention, as the UCSF chancellor got a lot of ink in the New York … Continue reading “UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann “Shapes an Empire,” Says NYT”
Cleave Biosciences Nabs $42M, Veteran Execs, to Chase Personalized Cancer Therapies
Some big money is being put behind big names at a new biotech company called Cleave Biosciences. The company in Burlingame, CA, founded in the summer of 2010, is emerging from stealth mode today with a $42 million Series A financing from US Venture Partners, 5AM Ventures, Clarus Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, and Astellas Venture Management. … Continue reading “Cleave Biosciences Nabs $42M, Veteran Execs, to Chase Personalized Cancer Therapies”
How Not to Start a Startup
Startups can be a lot like first girlfriends (or boyfriends). You fall madly, passionately in love, think of them 24/7, talk, walk, eat, drink, breathe them, put everything into them and beyond, but sometimes, despite the passion, it just doesn’t work out. And, actually if you’re willing be to be brutally honest, in retrospect the … Continue reading “How Not to Start a Startup”
Jana, Formerly Txteagle, Unveils Strategy for “Giving 2 Billion People a Raise”—A Talk with CEO Nathan Eagle
One of the Boston area’s most intriguing tech startups—because of its global reach—has emerged from a fairly quiet period with a new name and a refined mission. Boston- and San Francisco-based Txteagle, a mobile research and marketing startup focused on developing countries, has rebranded itself as Jana (pronounced “Jah-nuh”). The name is Sanskrit for “people,” … Continue reading “Jana, Formerly Txteagle, Unveils Strategy for “Giving 2 Billion People a Raise”—A Talk with CEO Nathan Eagle”
Zenprise Secures $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=051f7680-d040-4f1a-966a-08625fec0c63&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Zenprise Mailing Address 1600 Seaport Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Zenprise provides service-management software that delivers real-time, automated diagnosis and resolution of problems across the Microsoft Exchange environment. Website http://www.zenprise.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The investment will … Continue reading “Zenprise Secures $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
MATRIXX Software Receives $12,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f0dd9611-4930-44b2-b2d6-23c1dee6f9e9&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name MATRIXX Software Mailing Address 779 E. Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description MATRIXX Software was formed to develop solutions that help Service Providers (SPs) address the growing volume and complexity of services that require online charging. Data and media services are exploding, yet revenue per … Continue reading “MATRIXX Software Receives $12,000,000 New Round”
Aicent Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4afb1ee3-b85d-4ef4-9712-2a86c85d1905&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Aicent Mailing Address 2540 North First Street 2nd Floor San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description Leveraging our strong expertise in IP technologies, GSM/CDMA data and Internet network management, wireless data solutions, and telecommunications services, Aicent is playing a critical role in the convergence of the Internet and … Continue reading “Aicent Receives New Round”
Stickery Secures New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2414265-ccb5-4bc3-a3a0-73d2189a09ae&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Stickery Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Stickery aims to make mobile games that are not just fun for kids, but useful for parents. Mobile games for kids need to get out of the “euphoria” phase of sensory stimulation into the “eureka” phase of … Continue reading “Stickery Secures New Financing”
Social Genius Receives $1,320,384 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f840367-6ffd-4bb1-bbec-a5d41df5408b&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Social Genius Mailing Address 125 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description AudioVroom is the next generation in social music that allows you to exchange music profiles and stream your favorite music legally from the internet. Website http://www.audiovroom.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,320,384 Transaction … Continue reading “Social Genius Receives $1,320,384 New Funding Round”
Cleave Biosciences Receives $42,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f8326ed-17ca-43d6-b0c8-cd1f62c2d45b&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Cleave Biosciences Mailing Address Undisclosed Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description The big idea at Cleave is to develop small-molecule chemical compounds that will interact with certain protein pathways that get thrown out of whack in patients with cancer. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $42,000,000 … Continue reading “Cleave Biosciences Receives $42,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
ARRIS Acquires BigBand Networks for $53,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d769785-9638-410d-b92a-8af8ea65ed6f&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name BigBand Networks Mailing Address 475 Broadway Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description BigBand Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBND) designs, manufactures, sells and supports platforms for broadband multimedia services. These platforms are built on the company’s NativeMedia technology uniquely capable of communicating and processing video, voice and data in … Continue reading “ARRIS Acquires BigBand Networks for $53,000,000”
Kiwi Crate Secures $2,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f244786-4055-4d37-8056-9d68b7112a1b&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Kiwi Crate Mailing Address 244 Merritt Road Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Kiwi Crate was built out of a passion for hands-on fun that encourages creativity and curiosity in children. I had a deep appreciation for these projects, but often found that my greatest intentions fell … Continue reading “Kiwi Crate Secures $2,000,000 New Round”
Smoke on the Water: Fireworks at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit
I spent the early part of this week attending the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit and, despite the fact that the Cleveland Clinic stubbornly insists on holding its conference in Cleveland (aka The Mistake on the Lake), it was well worth attending. Cleveland is an interesting town. Once upon a time, when old white men … Continue reading “Smoke on the Water: Fireworks at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit”
Five Things Industry Can Do to Support True FDA Reform, and Restore Public Confidence
The FDA is one of the easiest punching bags in American politics. Depending on your point of view, it’s either too hard on business with its unreasonable demands, or too soft on those predatory drug companies seeking to profit off Grandma’s illness regardless of whether the products are safe. When it does its job well, … Continue reading “Five Things Industry Can Do to Support True FDA Reform, and Restore Public Confidence”