Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1edbb2cb-1dee-436c-ac73-0ad86188d12d&Preview=1 Date 8/31/2011 Company Name Mocana Mailing Address 350 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Mocana is a security software company focused on enabling next generation networks and services all the way to edge devices. Mocana’s industry-leading infrastructure software solutions ensure that wired and wireless devices, networks and services perform … Continue reading “Mocana Secures New Round”
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NeuroPace Lands $49,126,004 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=706f9c36-956a-421b-9364-d7eec3a4bd41&Preview=1 Date 8/31/2011 Company Name NeuroPace Mailing Address 1375 Shorebird Way Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description NeuroPace was founded to design, develop, manufacture and market implantable devices for the treatment of neurological disorders by responsive brain stimulation. The company’s initial focus is the treatment of epilepsy, a debilitating neurological disorder affecting … Continue reading “NeuroPace Lands $49,126,004 New Round”
Game Closure Secures New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed873674-f2b4-4d34-9366-d8cebbf8b48a&Preview=1 Date 8/31/2011 Company Name Game Closure Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94124 Company Description Game Closure offers an HTML5-based multiplayer game development kit. Write a game once, deploy it everywhere. Stay tuned for more info! Website http://www.gameclosure.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Game Closure Secures New Financing Round”
Zurb: The Boutique Interaction Design Firm That’s Really About Business
Why did Color, the $41 million startup that was launched with such force in March, slam instantly and with equal force into a wall of user dissatisfaction? The folks at Zurb have some thoughts about that. Color’s iPhone app is designed to let users share photos with other people using the app in the same … Continue reading “Zurb: The Boutique Interaction Design Firm That’s Really About Business”
E La Carte Orders Up $4M More for Restaurant Tech
Boston-to-Silicon Valley transplant E la Carte has raised $4 million in new funding, according to a report in TechCrunch. The round was led by Lightbank. The startup previously raised more than $1 million in angel capital from investors including John Landry, Roy Rodenstein, Dave Balter, Dave McClure, Joshua Schachter, and Paul Buchheit. E la Carte, … Continue reading “E La Carte Orders Up $4M More for Restaurant Tech”
Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Speakers from Wired, Fortune Join All-Star Lineup
Some amazing, and potentially disturbing, things could happen when scientists are able to sequence a person’s entire genome for $1,000 and in less than a day’s work. The technology is heading in that direction, fast. So I’m excited to announce today that a few more big thinkers on DNA sequencing technology and its societal implications … Continue reading “Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Speakers from Wired, Fortune Join All-Star Lineup”
Kenandy Secures $10,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d577099-f01a-41be-9dc4-a3d479642742&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2011 Company Name Kenandy Mailing Address 2055 Woodside Road Redwood City, CA 94061 Company Description Manufacturing is changing. Dramatically. As vertically integrated manufacturing disappears, replaced by today’s horizontal networks of global suppliers and distributors, manufacturing companies require lean, agile, collaborative operations to maintain market value and efficiently deliver innovative products. … Continue reading “Kenandy Secures $10,500,000 Series A Funding”
MapR Technologies Lands $20,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ba4e20c1-2a40-4d10-aa97-9994cca3f56a&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2011 Company Name MapR Technologies Mailing Address 860 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description MapR’s breakthroughs make Hadoop more reliable, more affordable, more manageable and significantly easier to use. Website http://www.mapr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The funding will be … Continue reading “MapR Technologies Lands $20,000,000 Series B Funding”
BIO Investor Forum
The 10th annual BIO Investor Forum will be held Oct. 25-26 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. For more information on how to register, click here.
Apple, Y Combinator, Flite: The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News
The earthquakes and storms stayed on the opposite coast last week, leaving the Bay Area to focus on what it does best—churning out new ideas and new startups. To wit: —Y Combinator, the famed venture incubator in Mountain View, CA, held its semi-annual Demo Day. (Demo Days, to be precise, since the 63 startups had … Continue reading “Apple, Y Combinator, Flite: The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News”
The Startup Genome Compass
What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90 percent of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than competition. For the less than 10 percent of startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Simply put, while we now have some good theory, we just are not very good … Continue reading “The Startup Genome Compass”
Maveron Promotes Former Zynga Exec
Andrew Trader, an early executive at social-game juggernaut Zynga, has been promoted to venture partner at Maveron, the consumer-focused venture capital firm of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Trader started working with Maveron as an entrepreneur in residence since last fall. Trader was part of what’s been called the founding team at Zynga, where he focused … Continue reading “Maveron Promotes Former Zynga Exec”
The Fall of Pfizer: How Big is Too Big for Pharma Innovation?
There are big companies out there—Apple, Google, Amazon—that most people today would consider innovative developers of new products. But can a company that seeks to create new drugs get too big to innovate? Is there something about life sciences that requires it to stay small if it wants to create? The question has been on … Continue reading “The Fall of Pfizer: How Big is Too Big for Pharma Innovation?”
Quixey Obtains $3,800,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d87c20f-2483-4775-b0ae-1fe5d30f7d32&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name Quixey Mailing Address 320 Logue Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Quixey specializes in functional search for apps. It allows you to describe your needs in plain English and find the best functional matches. Whether it is a mobile device, a tablet, a desktop or a … Continue reading “Quixey Obtains $3,800,000 Series A Funding”
NuGEN Technologies Secures $3,499,999 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=000bc1f7-0e66-4a01-997d-9522d0780719&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name NuGEN Technologies Mailing Address 201 Industrial Road San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description NuGEN Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Carlos, California, USA, is a privately held company focused on the development and commercialization of high sensitivity amplification and detection systems for the analysis of nucleic acids and … Continue reading “NuGEN Technologies Secures $3,499,999 New Financing”
Appirio Garners New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b36a54dc-16af-41f1-9695-e918c4936081&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name Appirio Mailing Address 900 Concar Drive San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Appirio delivers products and services that help companies more successfully adopt on-demand business solutions. Website http://www.appirio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the financing for … Continue reading “Appirio Garners New Financing Round”
Funambol Lands $3,000,001 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bf43bc22-11e7-4345-8f6a-aa3fa4cfef62&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name Funambol Mailing Address 643 Bair Island Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Funambol is the company behind Sync4j, the world-leading open source mobile application server. Sync4j is the open standard solution for the development, software provisioning and management of all wireless services: data synchronization, remote device … Continue reading “Funambol Lands $3,000,001 Series D Funding Round”
Cisco Systems Acquires Versly for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a045f1a0-813c-4944-a53e-4eed6685db1b&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name Versly Mailing Address 25 Kearny San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Benjamin Renaud and Erik Eccles founded Versly to make life better when working together on content. The Versly Sidebar in Word, PowerPoint and Excel makes it easy to share files and talk about them without ever … Continue reading “Cisco Systems Acquires Versly for Undisclosed Sum”
Scientific Conservation Receives $9,600,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6bb3441-773e-4fd8-9aeb-06a8747cba53&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name Scientific Conservation Mailing Address 116 New Montgomery San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Scientific Conservation (SCI) is revolutionizing energy efficiency and operational accountability for the multi-billion dollar commercial building market with a breakthrough Automated Continuous Commissioning (ACC) solution that can help slash annual energy spending 15 – … Continue reading “Scientific Conservation Receives $9,600,000 New Funding”
Personal Capital Garners Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2abf59a6-6639-43bd-bc9e-b662e78064fb&Preview=1 Date 8/27/2011 Company Name Personal Capital Mailing Address 726 Main St Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Personal Capital is America’s next-generation financial advisor, giving individuals with complex financial lives a better way to manage their financial lives. Website http://www.personalcapital.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Personal Capital Garners Series B Financing Round”
What Comes After Flickr? The Future of Photos in the Cloud
It’s unclear how much damage Hurricane Irene will deal out as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard this weekend, but in the British Virgin Islands, it’s already caused one notable loss. Lightning from the storm sparked a fire that destroyed the home of Sir Richard Branson, who lost thousands of irreplaceable photographs in the blaze. … Continue reading “What Comes After Flickr? The Future of Photos in the Cloud”
VMWare Acquires PacketMotion for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0fcd2de2-bd19-4e97-9011-dfb267a47701&Preview=1 Date 8/26/2011 Company Name PacketMotion Mailing Address 260 Santa Ana Ct Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description PacketMotion is the developer of the industry’s first security appliance that gives businesses the ability to see user activity inside their networks as it happens, allowing them to identify improper actions in real time and … Continue reading “VMWare Acquires PacketMotion for Undisclosed Sum”
Steve Jobs Calling: The Stuff of Customer Service Legend
Kevin Pedraja will be the first to admit he was just spouting off. Back in 2000, after an infuriating runaround with Apple about cracks in the plastic case of his shiny new Power Mac G4 Cube, Pedraja finally lost it and faxed a letter to Steve Jobs, threatening to use his professional PR skills to … Continue reading “Steve Jobs Calling: The Stuff of Customer Service Legend”
The Attractions of a Boutique Startup Accelerator: Introducing Voivoda Labs
Over the past few years there has been a revival in the technology sector, led by the expansion of the mobile, social, and Internet marketplaces. With this expansion, the number of entrepreneurs attempting to create a startup to capture their share of the market has also skyrocketed. These entrepreneurs face the age-old dilemma of how … Continue reading “The Attractions of a Boutique Startup Accelerator: Introducing Voivoda Labs”
Y Combinator’s Summer 2011 Demo Day: The Definitive Debrief, Part 2
The Y Combinator startup incubator program in Mountain View, CA, is getting so big—63 companies presented at Demo Day this Tuesday, about half of them on the record—that we couldn’t squeeze summaries of even the on-the-record subset into a single article. Part 1 of our YC S11 debrief appeared yesterday and covered the first half … Continue reading “Y Combinator’s Summer 2011 Demo Day: The Definitive Debrief, Part 2”
Xconomist of the Week: Sakti3’s Sastry on How to Succeed in Cleantech
Xconomy readers are no doubt familiar with Ann Marie Sastry. She’s the co-founder of Sakti3, a next-generation lithium-ion battery development company, and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Sakti3’s battery has already attracted deep-pocketed investors such as Khosla, General Motors, and Beringea. In April, the company’s solid-state batteries made the MIT Technology Review’s … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Sakti3’s Sastry on How to Succeed in Cleantech”
Faqden, Using MIT Artificial Intelligence Research, Aims to Turn Mobile Phone Into Vocab Coach for SAT Prep
Looking back on my SATs, I felt like I might have been at a disadvantage having prepped for the test with a book, as opposed to a living, breathing coach or instructor with a bit more personalization. Sunnyvale, CA-based Faqden, whose founding team includes Harvard and MIT alums, has set its sight on combining the … Continue reading “Faqden, Using MIT Artificial Intelligence Research, Aims to Turn Mobile Phone Into Vocab Coach for SAT Prep”
Thane Kreiner, the Biotech-Entrepreneur-Turned-Educator With 1 Billion People on His Mind
Thane Kreiner, in the prime of his professional life at 50, could be doing pretty much whatever he wants in Silicon Valley’s biotech industry. But about a year ago, he took a job that offered him a big cut in salary, no stock options, and no performance bonuses. The lure? The chance to help build … Continue reading “Thane Kreiner, the Biotech-Entrepreneur-Turned-Educator With 1 Billion People on His Mind”
RoboteX Lands $1,925,005 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db9582cf-bd95-4781-97d2-474956d0a6fc&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name RoboteX Mailing Address 1400 Page Mill Road Stanford, CA 94304 Company Description The company designs robotic platforms and avatars that can also be used for academic, personal and industrial applications. Website http://www.robotex.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,925,005 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “RoboteX Lands $1,925,005 New Financing”
Virsto Software Garners $5,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa9f0b8d-7311-4ec7-b717-50e59116e3a6&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name Virsto Software Mailing Address 219 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Virsto Software lives at the intersection of server virtualization and storage management – a strategic crossroads for the future of the data center. Our team has a rich history of successful innovation, and is … Continue reading “Virsto Software Garners $5,000,000 Series B Funding”
Intarcia Therapeutics Receives $13,285,934 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c79db2c-90a4-4546-8e98-adeec779bdcd&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name Intarcia Therapeutics Mailing Address 24650 Industrial Boulevard Hayward, CA 94545 Company Description Intarcia Therapeutics Inc, a privately held pharmaceutical company, is developing therapies for the treatment of cancer, immunological, and infectious diseases. Website http://www.intarcia.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $13,285,934 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Intarcia Therapeutics Receives $13,285,934 New Financing Round”
LiveScribe Obtains $4,512,517 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e367b19c-e4af-45d0-8f10-ec0660f53c38&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 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 Obtains $4,512,517 Series C Financing”
CouchSurfing Secures $7,600,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=093bec0b-c5aa-4039-8045-3ae3d4cfc673&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name CouchSurfing Mailing Address PO Box 7775 San Francisco, CA 94120 Company Description Imagine having an interesting friend wherever you go — whether that’s 2,000 miles away, or right in your hometown. The CouchSurfing Project is a free, Internet-based, international hospitality service. Website http://www.couchsurfing.org Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “CouchSurfing Secures $7,600,000 Series A Funding Round”
Embrane Software Garners $18,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8ac5569-8b01-410c-87d9-95e462d4d6af&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name Embrane Software Mailing Address 2350 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Embrane is a software solution for delivery and management of any network service in the data center. Website http://www.embrane.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Embrane, which … Continue reading “Embrane Software Garners $18,000,000 New Funding”
Humana Acquires Arcadian Management Services for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5c11158-6318-4f37-b13e-18500a6f4dc1&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name Arcadian Management Services Mailing Address 500 12th St. Oakland, CA 94607 Company Description Providing high-quality, cost-effective administrative infrastructure and management services to health care provider groups, hospitals and health plans. Arcadian Management Services’ tools are designed to help our clients operate efficiently and enable them to focus … Continue reading “Humana Acquires Arcadian Management Services for Undisclosed Sum”
Complete to Sequence 1,000 Kids’ Genomes
Complete Genomics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GNOM]]), the Mountain View, CA-based company that sequences entire human genomes as a service for researchers, said today it will determine the sequences of 1,000 genomes as part of the second phase of an ongoing pediatric cancer study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. Scientists at SAIC-Frederick will compare samples of tumors, … Continue reading “Complete to Sequence 1,000 Kids’ Genomes”
Y Combinator’s Summer 2011 Demo Day: The Definitive Debrief, Part 1
Y Combinator unleashed its latest class of startups on the world yesterday at its summer Demo Day in Mountain View. The famed venture incubator, which provides mentorship, networking, investor access, and a modest cash stipend in return for an equity stake in each company, admitted a record 63 startups this time around. That’s up from … Continue reading “Y Combinator’s Summer 2011 Demo Day: The Definitive Debrief, Part 1”
How Google+ Could Transform Healthcare & Medicine
This post was co-authored by Rich Whalley, an associate at CBT Advisors. What could Google do if it had access to everyone’s health data? You’re probably already thinking a few things: 1. There’s no way I’m giving Google my personal health data. 2. Didn’t Google already try to do this with Google Health? 3. Won’t this … Continue reading “How Google+ Could Transform Healthcare & Medicine”
Druva Receives $12,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d005c0b7-aea7-46f5-95e7-6dada42da123&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2011 Company Name Druva Mailing Address 1585 Agnew Road Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Information is the key asset of any organization. It is the single aim of Druva to provide products which’ll safeguard this information. With Druva’s products, you’ll be able to efficiently store, protect, and manage your … Continue reading “Druva Receives $12,000,000 Series B Financing”
6connect Receives $2,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b86c761c-a1ca-418e-bffe-a1599372cb7e&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2011 Company Name 6connect Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description The first with a suite of IP Management and DNS/DHCP tools built natively for IPv6, our dual stacked architecture allows tedious manual features on other tools to be completely automated on the 6connect platform. Website http://www.6connect.com Transaction … Continue reading “6connect Receives $2,000,000 Series A Round”
Bleacher Report Secures $22,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31d9a4c9-f269-4044-90f1-821b192546b0&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2011 Company Name Bleacher Report Mailing Address 609 Mission St. Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Bleacher Report is where the sports bar meets the press box, the place where fan-journalists create and critique high-quality sports analysis. Website http://www.bleacherreport.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Bleacher Report Secures $22,000,000 New Financing Round”
Taptera Lands $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b18d67a0-8a9d-47b6-92f7-859072fb3c52&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2011 Company Name Taptera Mailing Address 665 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Founded in 2011, Taptera builds fast, beautiful, secure off-the-shelf mobile apps for the enterprise. Website http://www.taptera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Taptera will use the funding to … Continue reading “Taptera Lands $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Flite Is Out to Build a Better Widget For the Internet Ad Industry
By early 2009, Widgetbox was a company on life support. The startup ran a platform that allowed developers to build and distribute small software applications called widgets that could be dropped into consumer or enterprise websites. But the three-year-old San Francisco firm was nearly done in by the triple whammy of the recession (which meant … Continue reading “Flite Is Out to Build a Better Widget For the Internet Ad Industry”
San Diego’s Michael Robertson, MP3tunes, Claim ’99 Percent’ Win in Fight Over Cloud Music
A federal judge in New York has largely rebuffed a request for summary judgment in a copyright infringement case that Capitol Records and its parent EMI Music Group filed in 2007 against MP3tunes, the San Diego-based provider of cloud-based music services. MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson, who previously founded San Diego’s MP3.com (and became a pariah … Continue reading “San Diego’s Michael Robertson, MP3tunes, Claim ’99 Percent’ Win in Fight Over Cloud Music”
Vivus Adds $45.8M
Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]), the Mountain View, CA-based developer of drugs for obesity and erectile dysfunction, said today it has raised $45.8 million in a stock offering. The company agreed to sell about 6.9 million shares of stock at $6.65 apiece. Funds managed by QVT Financial were the lead investors in the deal, while two other … Continue reading “Vivus Adds $45.8M”
PURE Storage Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=214b2ab1-8e5f-4970-90aa-7085dba73c74&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2011 Company Name PURE Storage Mailing Address 650 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Pure Storage is leveraging flash to change the performance and cost dynamics of enterprise storage. Website http://www.purestorage.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The company plans to … Continue reading “PURE Storage Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Wanova Garners $10,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52c49c01-df52-404f-87d9-829671177eeb&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2011 Company Name Wanova Mailing Address 560 S. Winchester Ave San Jose, CA 95128 Company Description Wanova provides Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that transform how companies manage, support and protect their desktops and laptops. Wanova’s Distributed Desktop Virtualization centralizes control of the desktop infrastructure while optimizing the user experience and … Continue reading “Wanova Garners $10,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
ClearEdge Power Obtains $73,500,000 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74d32221-99d8-4633-9162-9a5852e1fdd0&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2011 Company Name ClearEdge Power Mailing Address 920 Thompson Pl. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description ClearEdge Power is a pioneer and leading provider of ultra-clean and efficient on-site energy generation systems for homes and small businesses. With operations throughout the West Coast of the United States, our company is positioned … Continue reading “ClearEdge Power Obtains $73,500,000 Series E Round”
Xconomy Forum: Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome
An incredible innovation story has been unfolding in the world of gene sequencing, which is giving rise to one of today’s grand challenges of computing. New DNA sequencing tools are improving at such a rapid pace that scientists say it will soon be possible to generate the 3-billion-letter signature of an individual’s DNA for $1,000, … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome”
Hipmunk on the Make: The First-Birthday Interview
I first covered Hipmunk on August 18, 2010, the day after the online travel startup debuted its innovative time-based flight search interface. One year later, how’s the Y Combinator-backed company faring? Spectacularly well, actually. In an announcement marking its first birthday last week, the startup said that users are conducting a million combined flight and … Continue reading “Hipmunk on the Make: The First-Birthday Interview”