Healthcare Needs Real Entrepreneurs Before It Can Have Real Innovation

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending an event put together by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a branch of the US Department Of Health and Human Services whose mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. AHRQ has established an Innovation Exchange … Continue reading “Healthcare Needs Real Entrepreneurs Before It Can Have Real Innovation”

Hunting HiPPOs: Optimizely’s Testing Tools Bring Data-Driven Web Design to the Masses

Optimizely doesn’t put its most effective sales pitch on its website; it doesn’t have to. It boils down to this: If it was good enough for Barack Obama, it’s good enough for you. “It,” in this case, is online A/B testing: the practice of altering live websites in small, controlled ways to see whether the … Continue reading “Hunting HiPPOs: Optimizely’s Testing Tools Bring Data-Driven Web Design to the Masses”

Merck, Genentech Team Up on Hepatitis C Drugs, Raising Ante in Vertex Rivalry

Merck isn’t messing around with its new hepatitis C drug. It has now enlisted a powerhouse partner in its bid to fight for market share against Cambridge, MA-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VRTX]]). The Whitehouse Station, NJ-based pharma giant (NYSE: [[ticker:MRK]]) said today that it has formed a non-exclusive alliance with Roche’s Genentech unit to help … Continue reading “Merck, Genentech Team Up on Hepatitis C Drugs, Raising Ante in Vertex Rivalry”

BlackArrow Garners Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=373ff34c-aaaa-4c5f-b3a7-1dfde4658251&Preview=1 Date 5/17/2011 Company Name BlackArrow Mailing Address 160 West Santa Clara Street San Mateo, CA 95113 Company Description BlackArrow was founded with the express purpose of helping programmers, agencies, and operators capitalize on the new advertising and revenue opportunities made possible by on-demand TV technologies, such as the digital video recorder, … Continue reading “BlackArrow Garners Series C Financing”

Hara Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=599eb6b7-e750-48c7-a507-282a0dfa9ff9&Preview=1 Date 5/17/2011 Company Name Hara Mailing Address 2755 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Hara helps organizations grow and profit while optimizing natural resource consumption and minimizing environmental impact. The Hara Environmental and Energy Management solution enables organizations to manage and optimize their organizational metabolism – the collective resources … Continue reading “Hara Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Hipster Lands $1,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1954127b-7074-44f6-bf13-7bb9b4b0c95f&Preview=1 Date 5/17/2011 Company Name Hipster Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company offers a local Q&A service. Website http://www.hipster.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use part of proceeds to move its operations from Los Angeles to San … Continue reading “Hipster Lands $1,000,000 New Financing”

nPario Garners New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c6d73c2-a205-40cf-b327-6b3c2c75f260&Preview=1 Date 5/17/2011 Company Name nPario Mailing Address 366 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description nPario Segment Explorer is a data driven analytics application that allows you to discover, create, profile, track and target consumer segments from vast amounts of data. Website http://www.npario.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed … Continue reading “nPario Garners New Funding”

Jobvite Receives $15,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fda0aa3f-09d6-4421-8b87-a5b3781c7df1&Preview=1 Date 5/17/2011 Company Name Jobvite Mailing Address 270 East Lane Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description We help growing companies find and hire the best candidates faster, with less effort, and lower cost. If you are a fast growing company, an ambitious company, a company that wants to set the world on … Continue reading “Jobvite Receives $15,000,000 Series C Financing”

SF Open Coffee Club

Adam D’Augelli at True Ventures has organized an informal “open coffee” gathering for SoMa-area tech startup folks. Hopefully, it’s the first in a series. Adku has volunteered to host the event, and will be providing coffee, orange juice, and some breakfast food. Come hang out, talk tech, and enjoy some fresh coffee. Information and signup page … Continue reading “SF Open Coffee Club”

Sign Up for Beyond Mobile: Computing in 2021, Before Time Runs Out

We’ve got 10 years to debate what computers will look like, and how they’ll work, in the year 2021. But you’ve only got one day left to sign up for Beyond Mobile: Computing in 2021, Xconomy San Francisco’s big spring infotech event at SRI International in Menlo Park, CA. I hope you won’t think I’m … Continue reading “Sign Up for Beyond Mobile: Computing in 2021, Before Time Runs Out”

VMware To Buy Shavlik Technologies

Palo Alto, CA-based VMware (NYSE: [[ticker:VMW]]), the virtualization subsidiary of Hopkinton, MA-based EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]), announced today that it has agreed to acquire Shavlik Technologies of New Brighton, MN, a Minneapolis suburb. The company makes software that helps small and medium sized businesses track, manage, and install software security updates and other patches. Shavlik has … Continue reading “VMware To Buy Shavlik Technologies”

SwipeGood, Lanyrd, Samsung, and PARC—The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News

I spent a couple of days at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco last week, but unfortunately the news didn’t slow down to accommodate my absence from the office. —Our marquee infotech event of the spring, Beyond Mobile: Computing in 2021, is coming up tomorrow at SRI International in Menlo Park; you can … Continue reading “SwipeGood, Lanyrd, Samsung, and PARC—The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News”

StackMob Stacks Up $7.5M

San Francisco-based StackMob, which provides programming tools, analytics, and other services to mobile developers, said today that it has raised $7.5 million in new funding. New investor Trinity Ventures led the round, which was joined by existing investors Harrison Metal and Baseline Ventures. Trinity general partner Dan Scholnick has joined StackMob’s board. The company says … Continue reading “StackMob Stacks Up $7.5M”

Iron Mountain Sells Online Backup and Other Digital Businesses to Autonomy for $380M

Boston-based Iron Mountain, the data management and protection company, said today it is selling its online backup and recovery, digital archiving, and eDiscovery businesses to San Francisco- and Cambridge, U.K.-based Autonomy for $380 million in cash. The deal is expected to close within 45 to 60 days. Iron Mountain (NYSE: [[ticker:IRM]]), founded in 1951, is … Continue reading “Iron Mountain Sells Online Backup and Other Digital Businesses to Autonomy for $380M”

PacBio Chief Scientist Heads to NYC to Run New $100M Genomics Center at Mt. Sinai

Eric Schadt, one of the world’s top researchers looking at how changes in the genome lead to disease, is leaving his full-time job as chief scientist of Pacific Biosciences to spearhead a new genomics research center armed with more than $100 million of financial backing at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. This … Continue reading “PacBio Chief Scientist Heads to NYC to Run New $100M Genomics Center at Mt. Sinai”

Will Biotech Ever Again Captivate the Public Imagination, Like Facebook or LinkedIn?

Everywhere you look this spring, there are signs of bubbly enthusiasm for technology. Microsoft just paid $8.5 billion for a company that isn’t profitable. Facebook has racked up more than 600 million members around the world. LinkedIn is teed up to go public this week at a valuation of more than $3 billion. It may … Continue reading “Will Biotech Ever Again Captivate the Public Imagination, Like Facebook or LinkedIn?”

First To File Garners $2,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=df207bd1-fbb6-41b8-9b9e-0269b8613abe&Preview=1 Date 5/16/2011 Company Name First To File Mailing Address 1875 S. Grant St. San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description First To File is a web-based, patent document management service for IP organizations of all sizes, including law firms. We provide an online solution to manage patent related matter and activities both … Continue reading “First To File Garners $2,000,000 Series B Funding”

Intalio Secures $7,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=766bf4bf-cf3b-4eac-a899-3d59f2e07d78&Preview=1 Date 5/16/2011 Company Name Intalio Mailing Address 644 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Intalio is the leading Open Source BPMS vendor. Intalio|BPMS empowers organizations of all sizes to design, deploy, and optimize the most complex business processes, on top of any application and middleware system, without having to … Continue reading “Intalio Secures $7,000,000 New Round”

StackMob Secures $7,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=50497a85-fa11-460f-8f6e-bae60de53f29&Preview=1 Date 5/16/2011 Company Name StackMob Mailing Address 929 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company provides a backend cloud platform that allows developers to build, deploy and manage applications without dealing with infrastructure issues. Website http://www.stackmob.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “StackMob Secures $7,500,000 Series A Round”

SanDisk Acquires Pliant Technology for $327,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=508ac81b-db13-43e6-ae4e-8c2f1f27708d&Preview=1 Date 5/16/2011 Company Name Pliant Technology Mailing Address 630 Alder Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Pliant Technology is developing Enterprise Flash Drives (EFD’s), a new class of solid state storage devices, that integrate seamlessly into enterprise information systems and dramatically improve performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and TCO. Website http://www.plianttechnology.com Transaction … Continue reading “SanDisk Acquires Pliant Technology for $327,000,000”

Datameer Garners $9,250,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53e7a20f-2734-44ad-b609-4e3449a43e72&Preview=1 Date 5/16/2011 Company Name Datameer Mailing Address 2800 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Datameer delivers a ground-breaking, easy-to-use data analytics solution for business users that is unmatched in scalability, performance and TCO. Website http://www.datameer.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Datameer Garners $9,250,000 New Funding”

PARC Fires Back at New Yorker, Claiming Old Apple Legend Misses Point of How Innovation Works Today

Three staff members at PARC, aka Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, have published a feisty response to Malcolm Gladwell’s May 16 New Yorker article, “Creation Myth: Xerox PARC, Apple, and the Truth about Innovation.” In short, the post acknowledges that the legend of Xerox PARC—the oft, oft, oft-repeated story (repeated once again by Gladwell) that … Continue reading “PARC Fires Back at New Yorker, Claiming Old Apple Legend Misses Point of How Innovation Works Today”

Cell Biosciences Boosts F Round, Buys Brightwell

Santa Clara, CA-based Cell Biosciences, the life sciences instrument maker that raised $20 million in Series F funding last fall, said yesterday that it has added a $13 million second tranche to the round and used some of the money to acquire Brightwell Technologies, an Ottawa, Ontari0-based maker of protein analysis tools. Essex Woodlands Health … Continue reading “Cell Biosciences Boosts F Round, Buys Brightwell”

Microsoft’s Online Head Qi Lu: Skype Deal Is “Key Addition” of Marquee Consumer Brand

Microsoft’s biggest acquisition to date was on display this week, in Boston. I’m not talking about Skype. I’m talking about Qi Lu. Lu, the president of Microsoft’s online services division, was in town on Wednesday to meet with employees at the firm’s New England Research and Development Center (NERD) in Cambridge, MA, and, in addition … Continue reading “Microsoft’s Online Head Qi Lu: Skype Deal Is “Key Addition” of Marquee Consumer Brand”

$7M for ThredUp

ThredUp, the San Francisco-based startup with an online platform where parents can swap kids’ toys, clothes, and books, said today that it has raised $7 million in new venture funding. Redpoint Ventures led the round, and Redpoint partner Tim Haley will join the company’s board. Trinity Ventures and former eBay CEO Brian Swette also participated … Continue reading “$7M for ThredUp”

iPierian, Stem Cell Startup With Big Science & Big Bucks, Axes Group of Top Executives

The board of iPierian, the South San Francisco-based stem cell company with high-profile scientific founders from Harvard University and prominent financial backers that include GlaxoSmithKline, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, and Biogen Idec, has terminated several members of the company’s senior executive team as part of a shift in strategy, Xconomy has learned. … Continue reading “iPierian, Stem Cell Startup With Big Science & Big Bucks, Axes Group of Top Executives”

The iPad Finally Has a Worthy Rival: Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1

Apple may be the world’s largest electronics company as measured by market capitalization, but Samsung is the largest by sales. So it makes sense that the Seoul, Korea-based giant—not Microsoft, not HP, not Motorola, not Dell—would the first to compete seriously in the market that Apple invented last year with the introduction of the iPad. … Continue reading “The iPad Finally Has a Worthy Rival: Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1”

WSO2 Secures $6,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2bf54ffd-baa2-4f62-9da5-ea91605657c5&Preview=1 Date 5/13/2011 Company Name WSO2 Mailing Address 14 Firebrick Rd Mountain View, CA 94130 Company Description WSO2 was founded in August 2005 by leaders in Web services standards and Open Source software. We are an innovative Open Source technology company devoted to building Web services middleware, offering leading products, support and … Continue reading “WSO2 Secures $6,500,000 New Financing Round”

Mailgun Garners $1,100,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d22ae815-26c6-4851-9d95-e8b442795e24&Preview=1 Date 5/13/2011 Company Name Mailgun Mailing Address 600 N. Whisman Road Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description The company operates an e-mail server service via its API. Website http://www.mailgun.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,100,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor SV … Continue reading “Mailgun Garners $1,100,000 New Funding Round”

BranchOut Collects $18M

San Francisco-based BranchOut, which is building a LinkedIn-like professional networking service within Facebook, has secured $18 million in Series B funding, according to numerous press reports. Redpoint Ventures took the lead in the round, which was joined by Accel Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Floodgate Fund. The company also debuted a “Jobs Tab” feature that … Continue reading “BranchOut Collects $18M”

$10M for Demandbase

Demandbase, a San Francisco-based business-to-business marketing technology startup that helps it clients gather data on the other companies visiting their websites, said today that it has raised $10 million in new venture financing. New investor Sutter Hill Ventures led the round, which was joined by existing investors Sigma Partners, Altos Ventures, and Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: … Continue reading “$10M for Demandbase”

Lanyrd: Twitter Meets LinkedIn Meets IMDB for the Conference Circuit

Sixth in a series of profiles of Y Combinator Winter 2011 startups. I’m always on the lookout for technologies that have the potential to help us be better journalists and storytellers, and I find new ones pretty regularly—touchscreen video editing being my favorite recent example. But Xconomy is both a media company and an events … Continue reading “Lanyrd: Twitter Meets LinkedIn Meets IMDB for the Conference Circuit”

Demandbase Garners $10,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ba9de74-7b97-4dec-b4a2-02e2ab7e3f5e&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 Company Name Demandbase Mailing Address 244 Jackson 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Marketers use Demandbase’s online service to improve campaign response rates and lower costs through better targeting, while sales professionals leverage the simplicity of the service to identify new prospects in a matter of minutes. … Continue reading “Demandbase Garners $10,000,000 New Round”

Claritics Receives $1,500,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be462f1e-7bd8-407b-b2e0-3423e8daf0f7&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 Company Name Claritics Mailing Address 1043 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Claritics provides a robust suite of social analytics applications and a rich feature set to help you get the most from your data. Website http://www.claritics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Claritics Receives $1,500,000 Series A Financing”

Alta Analog Obtains $1,700,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed58c61b-05e5-4609-afd6-5dd6e30c5a61&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 Company Name Alta Analog Mailing Address 1737 N. First St. San Jose, CA 95112 Company Description Alta Analog is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing a technology which will become fundamental to mixed signal and analog designs in many areas of the electronics market. Website http://www.alta-analog.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Alta Analog Obtains $1,700,000 New Round”

Gobble Garners $1,200,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e832860-aa9f-448f-b8e7-61900022ba0e&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 Company Name Gobble Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company operates an online marketplace that allows users to order home-cooked meals for pickup and delivery. Website http://www.gobble.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. The … Continue reading “Gobble Garners $1,200,000 New Financing Round”

Exablox Garners $2,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d24f9b5e-7154-4d3c-ad33-99dd7914a0b2&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 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 $2,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Exablox Garners $2,000,000 New Financing Round”

Sonim Technologies Secures $3,013,723 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7774715-2a9e-4dab-9ccf-aad9fe33c51c&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 Company Name Sonim Technologies Mailing Address 1875 S. Grant Street San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Sonim Technologies enables today’s GSM and CDMA wireless data networks to deliver high-margin voice services. Website http://www.sonimtech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,013,723 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Sonim Technologies Secures $3,013,723 New Round”

Yatown Receives New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32fe64e0-469c-4680-b00d-3574c8189f79&Preview=1 Date 5/12/2011 Company Name Yatown Mailing Address 440 N. Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Yatown is Your Neighborhood Social Network. A warm, welcoming place for you to connect with neighbors and share information. Website http://www.yatown.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Yatown Receives New Round”

IntelePeer IPO Could Provide Windfall to EDF Ventures and U-M Wolverine Fund

EDF Ventures and the University of Michigan Wolverine Fund could be looking at a nice pay day. The two funds, based in Ann Arbor, MI, are both investors in IntelePeer, which recently filed for an initial public offering that could fetch up to $100 million, according to documents filed with the SEC. IntelePeer, based in … Continue reading “IntelePeer IPO Could Provide Windfall to EDF Ventures and U-M Wolverine Fund”

Pageonce Adds $15M

Palo Alto, CA-based Pageonce, formerly known as Netgate, said today that it has raised $15 million to further develop its personal financial tracking apps for the Web and mobile devices. New investor Morgenthaler Ventures led the round, which was joined by existing backer Pitango Ventures and individual investor Liron Petrushka, who chairs Pageonce’s board. The … Continue reading “Pageonce Adds $15M”

Video Advertising for the Long Tail: Behind Blinkx’s Acquisition of Burst Media

How did Burst Media, a Burlington, MA, company that helped to invent the idea of the online advertising server at the dawn of the dot-com era, end up as part of a San Francisco-based video search company called Blinkx? And how will owning Burst’s network of niche publishing sites change the way Blinkx does business? … Continue reading “Video Advertising for the Long Tail: Behind Blinkx’s Acquisition of Burst Media”

CardioDx Raises $60M

CardioDx, the Palo Alto, CA-based developer of blood-based genetic tests for cardiovascular disease, said today it has raised $60 million in equity financing. Longitude Capital, JP Morgan, Acadia Woods Partners, Artiman Ventures, and Bright Capital, the venture arm of RU-COM, participated in the round. CardioDx said it plans to use the cash to win greater … Continue reading “CardioDx Raises $60M”

Genentech, Plexxikon Seek FDA OK

Genentech, the South San Francisco-based unit of Roche, said it has filed an application with the FDA for clearance to start marketing a new skin cancer drug discovered by Berkeley, CA-based Plexxikon. The drug, vemurafenib (PLX4032), has shown an ability to extend lives of patients with patients with a specific form of melanoma. Genentech’s parent … Continue reading “Genentech, Plexxikon Seek FDA OK”

CardioDx Receives $60,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb89b46b-70d8-4a82-a632-3ada85c12387&Preview=1 Date 5/11/2011 Company Name CardioDx Mailing Address 2500 Faber Place Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Founded in 2004, CardioDx is a cardiovascular genomic diagnostics company located in Palo Alto, CA. CardioDx develops clinically validated genomic tests to aid in assessing and tailoring care of individuals with cardiovascular disease, including coronary … Continue reading “CardioDx Receives $60,000,000 New Funding”

FreeMonee Obtains $11,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c1d9d81-2357-49d4-8c09-43a282319943&Preview=1 Date 5/11/2011 Company Name FreeMonee Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description FreeMonee brings together customers of financial institutions with thousands of stores and restaurants to create the world’s first gift network. The network allows people to discover new stores and restaurants, for free—no strings attached. Website http://www.freemonee.com Transaction … Continue reading “FreeMonee Obtains $11,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Sequent Software Lands Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56fb8688-36e5-444f-bab4-4a5bc82b6456&Preview=1 Date 5/11/2011 Company Name Sequent Software Mailing Address 100 Marine Pkwy. Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Sequent is the leading software solution for near field communications (NFC) payments for mobile devices in North America. Website http://www.sequentsw.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Sequent Software Lands Series A Funding”

PageOnce Secures $15,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea8bd6a5-df05-4756-be15-59801b17fe00&Preview=1 Date 5/11/2011 Company Name PageOnce Mailing Address El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description PageOnce is the first Personal Internet Assistant web site. Website http://www.pageonce.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The money will be used for adding new features, hiring and to … Continue reading “PageOnce Secures $15,000,000 New Funding Round”