Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db1279c2-121a-4857-b46b-91710dc52cdf&Preview=1 Date 3/7/2011 Company Name Origo Networks Mailing Address 505 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Our Business Application Network allows businesses to easily find the perfect software solution for their needs through our application marketplaces. Website http://www.appdirect.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,749,820 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Origo Networks Secures $2,749,820 New Round”
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CardioDx Lands $57,491,448 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83a50975-04fd-4770-a72c-db547a89d254&Preview=1 Date 3/7/2011 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 Lands $57,491,448 New Financing”
MyBuys Gets $20M
Redwood City, CA-based MyBuys, which helps e-commerce companies deliver personalized Web, e-mail, and mobile product offers to consumers, announced today that it has collected $20 million in Series C funding. Rho Ventures led the round, which was joined by existing investors Lightspeed Ventures and Palomar Ventures. The company said it would use the money to … Continue reading “MyBuys Gets $20M”
Plexxikon’s Big Payday, InterMune Wins EU Approval, UCSF’s $48M Windfall, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News
The biotech world was buzzing this week on the first 10-bagger I’ve seen in a long, long, time. —Berkeley, CA-based Plexxikon captured all that buzz when it agreed to be acquired by Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo for $805 million upfront, plus another $130 million in milestone payments. Not shabby for a company that raised $67 million … Continue reading “Plexxikon’s Big Payday, InterMune Wins EU Approval, UCSF’s $48M Windfall, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News”
“Leonardo’s Notebook”—My Killer App for the iPad 2
Attention all mobile app developers: I’m about to give you an idea for a great new consumer app. I think it’s something that would appeal to any adventurous, creative, curious person—travelers, outdoorsmen, students, scrapbookers, artists, and the like. I think this is the moment to build it, since it’s something that wouldn’t have been possible … Continue reading ““Leonardo’s Notebook”—My Killer App for the iPad 2″
Vurve Receives $4,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a3e87e28-239c-4851-b937-25556b9a6516&Preview=1 Date 3/4/2011 Company Name Vurve Mailing Address 280 Hope St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Vurve is a simple, affordable and effective service for small businesses owners who wish to increase their sales. Website http://www.vurve.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Vurve Receives $4,500,000 Series A Financing”
Spruce Media Receives $302,444 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3a55721b-70c4-407c-9e9f-3020afd1e163&Preview=1 Date 8/21/2009 Company Name Spruce Media Mailing Address 500 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company provides performance advertising services for the Facebook platform. Website http://www.sprucemedia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $302,444 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Spruce Media Receives $302,444 New Financing”
ContextLogic Obtains $1,700,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e49a8f2-73dd-450d-8e12-38c5fd871159&Preview=1 Date 3/4/2011 Company Name ContextLogic Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description ContextLogic is a transparent Silicon Valley startup building a sophisticated content discovery and distribution platform based on state-of-the-art machine learning and natural language processing technology. Website http://www.contextlogic.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “ContextLogic Obtains $1,700,000 New Round”
Calibra Medical Obtains $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8d143170-e001-4c93-b7ab-7187b668a59a&Preview=1 Date 3/4/2011 Company Name Calibra Medical Mailing Address 220 Saginaw Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Calibra Medical, Inc. develops medical devices and technologies in the diabetes sector. It offers insulin delivery devices. The company was formerly known as Seattle Medical Technologies, Inc. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Calibra Medical Obtains $1,000,000 New Round”
O2 MedTech Receives $1,535,307 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2655e9f6-168c-42fc-a261-b8a90d2eaf47&Preview=1 Date 3/4/2011 Company Name O2 MedTech Mailing Address 4984 El Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description O2 MedTech, Inc. is an early-stage medical device company located in Los Altos, California. Website http://www.o2medtech.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,535,307 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “O2 MedTech Receives $1,535,307 New Funding”
Cyphort Obtains $1,199,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=44611dae-b4a9-401e-9973-c4b1910238a4&Preview=1 Date 3/4/2011 Company Name Cyphort Mailing Address 3595 Granada Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Cyphort develops software and appliance based solutions to protect enterprises and governments against sophisticated and targeted cybercrime attacks, with Advanced and Persistent payloads. Website http://www.cyphort.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,199,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Cyphort Obtains $1,199,999 New Round”
Glue Networks Obtains $4,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea99b88c-14e1-4afc-8168-c706dda3ceab&Preview=1 Date 3/4/2011 Company Name Glue Networks Mailing Address 3801 Power Inn Rd. Sacramento, CA 95826 Company Description Glue Virtual Office is powered by GLUWARE, our patent-pending cloud-based automation intelligence that builds, maintains, monitors and manages your virtual office network Website http://www.gluenetworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Glue Networks Obtains $4,500,000 Series A Financing”
Teradata Combines Aster Data with its San Diego Labs in $263M Deal
Ohio-based Teradata (NYSE: [[ticker:TDC]]) says it’s buying Aster Data Systems of San Carlos, CA, in a $263 million deal that combines Aster Data’s breakthrough technology in a hot area of massively parallel processing architecture with its conventional relational database technology. Aster Data will remain in Silicon Valley, and will be folded into Teradata Labs, the … Continue reading “Teradata Combines Aster Data with its San Diego Labs in $263M Deal”
Facebook Seattle: Past 30 Hires and Growing, Adding Heft to Chat Overhaul, Running Out of Mob-Lunch Restaurant Space
An obvious sign your small office is growing fast: It’s getting harder to find a table for an all-hands meal. As workplace annoyances go, that’s a good one to have—especially if you’re leading Facebook’s first engineering hub outside the mothership in Palo Alto, CA. Xconomy chatted with Seattle’s office lead, Ari Steinberg, Wednesday evening as … Continue reading “Facebook Seattle: Past 30 Hires and Growing, Adding Heft to Chat Overhaul, Running Out of Mob-Lunch Restaurant Space”
Thrutu Reinvents the Phone Call, Letting Smartphone Users Share Photos, Contacts, Location In-Call
When you think about it, the experience of talking on the phone hasn’t changed all that much since the world’s first telephone call in 1876 (Alexander Graham Bell’s famous “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you”). The underlying technology is completely different, of course, and today we can make calls from almost anywhere thanks to … Continue reading “Thrutu Reinvents the Phone Call, Letting Smartphone Users Share Photos, Contacts, Location In-Call”
Will the Bay Area Lose Its Edge as the Top Biotech Hub in 20 Years? We’ll Ask March 16
Will the San Francisco Bay Area still be the world’s most vibrant place for life sciences innovation 20 years from now? Will this region still have gravitational pull on bright young scientists who want to make their careers and build great companies? We are less than two weeks away from the big Xconomy event “Bay … Continue reading “Will the Bay Area Lose Its Edge as the Top Biotech Hub in 20 Years? We’ll Ask March 16”
InterMune Wins EU Approval
InterMune (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ITMN]]), the Brisbane, CA-based drug developer, said today that pirfenidone (Esbriet) has been cleared by regulators for sale in the 27 countries that make up the European Union. The drug will be marketed to treat mild to moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. InterMune says it plans to start commercializing the drug in September in … Continue reading “InterMune Wins EU Approval”
After Assimilating Symyx, San Diego’s Accelrys Sets Ambitious Course for Scientific Software
Eight months after San Diego’s Accelrys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ACCL]]) completed its merger with Santa Clara, CA-based Symyx Technologies, the scientific software developer is today lifting the curtain on a new strategy based on the company’s broader and deeper resources. The merger, valued last year at about $175 million, combined Accelrys’ flagship software for simulating and modeling … Continue reading “After Assimilating Symyx, San Diego’s Accelrys Sets Ambitious Course for Scientific Software”
MyBuys Secures $20,174,772 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dffd6e83-c213-4a36-8fe7-dc72418ff246&Preview=1 Date 3/3/2011 Company Name MyBuys Mailing Address One Lagoon Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Provides web-based enterprise software applications. Website http://www.mybuys.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,174,772 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. Includes principal and interest on promissory notes issued May 28, … Continue reading “MyBuys Secures $20,174,772 New Financing”
Amprius Lands $25,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2611ca14-0755-4e56-ae94-e5a20810f0c3&Preview=1 Date 3/3/2011 Company Name Amprius Mailing Address 1430 O’Brien Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Amprius was founded by Professor Yi Cui from Stanford University in May 2008 with the mission to develop and commercialize advanced materials and nanotechnology for improved energy storage. Website http://www.amprius.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Amprius Lands $25,000,000 New Funding Round”
Teradata Acquires Aster Data for $263,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cc98c9ee-511c-437e-8921-f8ad68ddecf4&Preview=1 Date 3/3/2011 Company Name Aster Data Mailing Address 959 Skyway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description Aster transforms off-the-shelf, commodity hardware into a powerful, self-managing, and scalable analytic database capable of handling the most demanding data warehousing environments. Website http://www.asterdata.com/ Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $263,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Teradata Acquires Aster Data for $263,000,000”
Moblyng Secures New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d122218-6591-47ff-aabe-64b6f324e590&Preview=1 Date 3/3/2011 Company Name Moblyng Mailing Address PO Box 610088 Redwood City, CA 94061 Company Description Moblyng Games is an innovative social gaming company that builds entertainment experiences spanning multiple platforms. Moblyng Games’ proprietary software allows it to create and launch full-featured interactive entertainment titles on various platforms almost simultaneously. Website … Continue reading “Moblyng Secures New Financing”
Qwiki Relocates to SF
Qwiki, the Silicon Valley startup whose algorithsm assemble Web media into mini-documentaries on millions of subjects, has abandoned its original home—“a garage behind a rug shop in Palo Alto,” in the company’s words—for new 6,000-square-foot digs at 470 Bryant Street in San Francisco’s SoMa district. In a statement today, CEO and co-founder Doug Imbruce called … Continue reading “Qwiki Relocates to SF”
Rovi Buys SideReel
Santa Clara, CA-based Rovi (Nasdaq: [[ticker:ROVI]]), a provider of entertainment guide information and copy protection technology, announced yesterday that it has acquired San Francisco-based SideReel, a startup that provides personalized guides to online television content. Rovi said SideReel’s data will complement its new AllRovi film and music search and recommendation service. “By adding the SideReel.com website … Continue reading “Rovi Buys SideReel”
Altius Education’s Ivy Bridge Disrupts Community College Through Technology
I have a theory about what makes the best entrepreneurs so good: each one is driven by a conviction that he’s discovered some deep flaw in the world. This problem sticks in his craw as if it were a personal affront, and he simply can’t rest until he’s done something to fix it. The problem … Continue reading “Altius Education’s Ivy Bridge Disrupts Community College Through Technology”
Six iPad 2 Additions I’d Like to See: The Scorecard
[Updated 11:30 a.m. PST with details from today’s iPad 2 event, which just ended.] Earlier today, as an appetizer before Apple’s media event unveiling the iPad 2, I published encore version of my iPad 2 predictions and wish list from January 7, 2011. Now I’ve updated the post to score how well my predictions played out. … Continue reading “Six iPad 2 Additions I’d Like to See: The Scorecard”
Tibion Collects $10.2M for Bionic Leg
Sunnyvale, CA-based Tibion, maker of a bionic assist device designed to help stroke victims recover movement and strength in their legs, announced this week that it has collected $10.175 million in venture backing. Three Arch Partners and Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management led the round. Three Arch Partners principal Conrad Wang and Hambrecht & Quist … Continue reading “Tibion Collects $10.2M for Bionic Leg”
Tibion Bionic Technologies Receives $10,175,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=812026ff-e21c-4f37-aff0-b1b734959331&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2011 Company Name Tibion Bionic Technologies Mailing Address NASA Research ParkMS 19-46NBldg. 19 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Company Description Tibion develops bionic devices for those with loss of muscle function due to disease, injury, aging, or surgery. Website http://www.tibion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,175,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Tibion Bionic Technologies Receives $10,175,000 New Funding Round”
Salesforce.com Officially Opens Bigger Seattle Office, Says Aggressive Hiring of Top Talent Will Continue
Salesforce.com, the cloud-computing provider that has been in an extended battle with Microsoft for market share and talent, plans to hire as aggressively as possible to fill its new 11,000 square-foot space in South Lake Union. And the pace apparently won’t be slowed by a recent court battle over Salesforce.com’s (NYSE: [[ticker:CRM]]) hiring of a … Continue reading “Salesforce.com Officially Opens Bigger Seattle Office, Says Aggressive Hiring of Top Talent Will Continue”
Hipmunk Takes On Hotel Search
With an elegant flight search tool that debuted last August, San Francisco-based Hipmunk essentially issued a challenge to the travel industry. Most online travel search and reservation systems, the Y Combinator-backed startup argued, are simply too complex and tedious; co-founders Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman showed how new Web interface technologies could be used to offer … Continue reading “Hipmunk Takes On Hotel Search”
Funium Picks Up $1.2M
Funium, a San Francisco game development startup, said in its blog today that it has collected $1.2 million from individual investors to expand its geneaology-oriented Facebook game Family Village. Investors included FamilyOdyssey, half owned by Sorenson Media founder Jim Sorenson, and Paul Allen’s FamilyLink.
$11M for Guardian Analytics
Los Altos, CA-based Guardian Analytics, which uses behavioral analytics software to detect online bank fraud, said today it had closed an $11 million in Series D financing. Split Rock Partners joined as a new investor, and existing investors Foundation Capital and Sutter Hill Venture returned for the round. The company said it would use the funds … Continue reading “$11M for Guardian Analytics”
Bigfoot Unveils Wi-Fi for Gamers
Redwood City, CA-based Bigfoot Networks today unveiled a new line of PC and notebook Wi-Fi adapters optimized for gaming. Called Killer Wireless-N, the adapters include “stream detect” technology that identifies and prioritizes game, video, and audio data to minimize delays and stutter. Bigfoot says it plans to demonstrate the technology at next week’s Game Developer … Continue reading “Bigfoot Unveils Wi-Fi for Gamers”
Achronix Semiconductor Obtains $40,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d042415a-efe2-4c28-815f-246036003dcd&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2011 Company Name Achronix Semiconductor Mailing Address 2953 Bunker Hill Ln. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Achronix Semiconductor is a privately held fabless corporation based in Santa Clara, California. Achronix builds the world’s fastest field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) capable of up to 1.5 GHz peak performance. Website http://www.achronix.com … Continue reading “Achronix Semiconductor Obtains $40,000,000 Series C Financing”
Egnyte Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff887a8b-b296-47c3-9ade-ac08237990bc&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2011 Company Name Egnyte Mailing Address 1890 N. Shoreline Blvd. First Floor Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Egnyte is run by a team of seasoned executives with a strong track record of building companies in the Hi technology sector. Drawn from companies such as Oracle, Cisco and others, the … Continue reading “Egnyte Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
MaxPoint Interactive Receives $8,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5eeda370-7291-4fdf-b56c-cd5f0ab24f27&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2011 Company Name MaxPoint Interactive Mailing Address 655 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description MaxPoint was founded to completely upend the world of online advertising by offering advertisers a more effective and efficient way to reach customers who are actually relevant and interested in their products—without wasting valuable … Continue reading “MaxPoint Interactive Receives $8,000,000 Series B Financing”
Guardian Analytics Secures $11,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ba19c946-cf28-47e0-ad52-d579277afbd3&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2011 Company Name Guardian Analytics Mailing Address 289 S. San Antonio Rd Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Guardian Analytics is a privately held company that provides analytics-based products and services that prevent and mitigate online identity theft and account fraud. Website http://www.guardiananalytics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,000,000 … Continue reading “Guardian Analytics Secures $11,000,000 Series D Financing”
Social Media Networks Lands $750,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b939be5f-f253-4de2-80f0-eb18a47f7bbf&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2011 Company Name Social Media Networks Mailing Address The Embarcadero Pier 38 San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description SocialMedia Networks is the leading provider of social platform services. It fuses together three core features – management, marketing, and monetization – into a comprehensive package that advertisers and developers can use … Continue reading “Social Media Networks Lands $750,000 New Financing Round”
Plexxikon, Creator of Hot Melanoma Drug, Bought by Daiichi Sankyo for $805M Upfront
Plexxikon, one of the Bay Area’s breakout biotech success stories of the past year, has concluded with a happy ending. The Berkeley, CA-based cancer drug developer said today it has agreed to be acquired by Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo for $805 million upfront, plus another $130 million in potential milestone payments that could bring the final … Continue reading “Plexxikon, Creator of Hot Melanoma Drug, Bought by Daiichi Sankyo for $805M Upfront”
Google, Khosla Money Rains on WeatherBill, A Startup Actually Doing Something About the Weather
You don’t often hear the words “technology” and “insurance” in the same sentence. But at a press event today, a high-tech weather insurance startup called WeatherBill announced that it has received a big infusion of Series B cash from some serious Silicon Valley investors, including Google Ventures and Khosla Ventures, for its automated system of reimbursing … Continue reading “Google, Khosla Money Rains on WeatherBill, A Startup Actually Doing Something About the Weather”
Vivus to Try Again By Year’s End
Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]), the Mountain View, CA-based developer of an obesity drug, said today it hopes to resubmit its new drug application to the FDA for phentermine and topiramate (Qnexa) by the end of the year. The first application from Vivus was shot down by the FDA in October, when the FDA asked for an … Continue reading “Vivus to Try Again By Year’s End”
Clickatell Raises $12M
Sequoia Capital and DAG Ventures have contributed $12 million to a Series B venture round for Clickatell, a Redwood City, CA-based startup offering software that helps wireless operators deliver SMS messages across different networks in hundreds of countries and territories. The company also introduced a new SMS marketing service for small businesses called Communicator 2; … Continue reading “Clickatell Raises $12M”
Former RealNetworks Leaders Jump Into Non-Creepy Video Chat Arena With SocialEyes
Another company trying to leapfrog the inappropriate-lurker element of online video chat is starting its public beta test today at the DEMO conference in Palm Desert, CA. SocialEyes, a new San Francisco-based startup, is led by a couple very familiar names here in Seattle’s tech scene. The chairman is Rob Glaser and the chief executive … Continue reading “Former RealNetworks Leaders Jump Into Non-Creepy Video Chat Arena With SocialEyes”
Box.net Nabs $48M, BookRenter Books $40M, Transphorm Absorbs $20M, & More Bay Area BizTech News
Even though last week was a short one thanks to the Presidents’ Day holiday, there was a storm of tech news in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a few major funding announcements taking top billing. Alas, hopes for a different kind of storm didn’t pan out—snow reached only the uppermost elevations in San Francisco … Continue reading “Box.net Nabs $48M, BookRenter Books $40M, Transphorm Absorbs $20M, & More Bay Area BizTech News”
UCSF Nabs $48M Gift
UC San Francisco has received a $48 million donation from the estate of Nina Ireland, a longtime donor to the university who died in October. UCSF said the money will be put toward lung disease research and care, particularly strengthening the university’s research into complex pulmonary conditions such as interstitial lung disease and idiopathic pulmonary … Continue reading “UCSF Nabs $48M Gift”
UCSF Cuts Deal With Zcube
UC San Francisco has found a sponsor to support its research into delivering pills filled with microscopic drug-laden adhesive patches. Zcube, the corporate venture arm of Italian pharmaceutical company Zambon, has agreed to sponsor UCSF research over a two-year period as part of a new license agreement, the university said today. The work will initially … Continue reading “UCSF Cuts Deal With Zcube”
Big Pharma’s Hardball Tactics Won’t Kill Biotech, But They Could Kill Off Some Pharmas
Few people in biotech have the guts to stir the pot the way Kevin Kinsella did in an interview with Xconomy’s Bruce Bigelow earlier this month. Kinsella, a venture capitalist with a 30-year track record of biotech investing, delivered a blistering analysis of what he sees as the pharmaceutical industry’s bad-faith negotiating habits, predatory behavior, … Continue reading “Big Pharma’s Hardball Tactics Won’t Kill Biotech, But They Could Kill Off Some Pharmas”
LawPivot: The Google-Backed, One-Stop Shop for Startup Legal Advice
For startups, getting good legal advice can be costly and time-consuming. And for new lawyers, building up a client list also takes a big time commitment. Now there’s a Web Q&A site backed by Google Ventures that aims to solve both problems at once. It’s called LawPivot, and it recently set up shop right on … Continue reading “LawPivot: The Google-Backed, One-Stop Shop for Startup Legal Advice”
MyLikes Lands $5,600,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d79e119f-05a6-4dec-9b91-3360fdf0b8ba&Preview=1 Date 2/28/2011 Company Name MyLikes Mailing Address 1097 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description MyLikes is a word-of-mouth advertising platform that allows the long tail of influencers on the web to create endorsements for products and services they like. We are attempting to change the way brand and discovery … Continue reading “MyLikes Lands $5,600,000 Series A Financing”
Intuity Medical Lands $20,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b69b332-6985-4134-92e2-374400b0daf5&Preview=1 Date 2/28/2011 Company Name Intuity Medical Mailing Address 350 Potrero Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Intuity Medical was founded with the mission of simplifying diabetes management for persons living with diabetes. We are currently developing the first All-in-One blood glucose monitoring system designed to make testing easy, convenient and discreet. … Continue reading “Intuity Medical Lands $20,000,000 New Financing”