Category: San Francisco

Clustrix Obtains $12,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=523fb862-b6f1-47ea-a1d3-f67b0205e486&Preview=1 Date 12/15/2010 Company Name Clustrix Mailing Address One Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Clustrix is an early stage, very well funded start up. We are building the next generation of highly scalable distributed infrastructure products. Our products make it possible to scale infrastructure just by adding nodes – … Continue reading “Clustrix Obtains $12,000,000 Series B Funding”

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Acquires Nimblefish Technologies for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e912fa15-43a6-40c8-8731-3769faef13cb&Preview=1 Date 12/15/2010 Company Name Nimblefish Technologies Mailing Address 149 New Montgomery Street 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Nimblefish is the world’s premier provider of automated micromarketing engines for customer-centric enterprises. Our customized micromarketing engines enable large and leading-edge organizations to leverage the latest technology-powered relevant-messaging capabilities to significantly … Continue reading “R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Acquires Nimblefish Technologies for Undisclosed Sum”

Chip Path Design Systems Lands $3,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20311179-769a-4752-87d5-1bf2943b8e78&Preview=1 Date 12/15/2010 Company Name Chip Path Design Systems Mailing Address 10773 N. Wolfe Rd. Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Targeting the front-end process from specification through IP-Assembly to Physical Planning, Chip Path delivers Architectural Design tools based on Semiconductor-IP for new ASIC designs as well as for compilation onto existing FPGA … Continue reading “Chip Path Design Systems Lands $3,000,000 Series A Funding”

Twitter Secures $200,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=247de247-9024-42d4-8c01-92e88ace9b9c&Preview=1 Date 12/15/2010 Company Name Twitter Mailing Address 795 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Twitter provides an instant-broadcast, SMS type Internet service. Website http://www.twitter.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $200,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The additional resources and expertise will be extremely helpful as Twitter continues to … Continue reading “Twitter Secures $200,000,000 New Round”

Nissan Turning Over New Leafs, and EV Car Owners Are Electrified

Nissan has begun to deliver production models of its new Leaf all-electric vehicle in California and elsewhere. La Jolla resident Tom Franklin picked up his blue Leaf yesterday afternoon at a dealer in San Diego, just three days after the Japanese carmaker delivered its first 2011 model, a black Leaf SL, to Redwood City, CA, … Continue reading “Nissan Turning Over New Leafs, and EV Car Owners Are Electrified”

Life Technologies Debuts Ion Torrent Machine, Next Big Bet on Fast, Cheap Sequencing

Life Technologies turned heads four months ago with a bold acquisition of one of the hot startups in the field of faster/cheaper gene sequencing, and now it says the new product is ready for prime time. The Carlsbad, CA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) said today it has started selling what it calls the Ion Personal Genome … Continue reading “Life Technologies Debuts Ion Torrent Machine, Next Big Bet on Fast, Cheap Sequencing”

Victrio Raises $5M

Mountain View, CA-based Victrio, which helps companies reduce telephone credit-card fraud by comparing callers’ voices to a database of known fraudsters’ voiceprints, has raised $5 million in new equity-based financing, according to a regulatory filing. The investors aren’t identified, but the filing lists U.S. Venture Partners principal Rick Lewis and individual investor Steve Tran as … Continue reading “Victrio Raises $5M”

$30M for Soladigm

Milpitas, CA-based Soladigm said today (PDF) that has raised $30 million in Series C financing in order to launch high-volume commercial production of its “dynamic glass,” which is covered with an electrochromic layer that allows it to change from clear to tinted to control the amount of sunlight entering a building. DBL Investors and NanoDimension led … Continue reading “$30M for Soladigm”

Vivus Submits Document to FDA

Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]), the Mountain View, CA-based based obesity drug developer, said today it has submitted a briefing document to the FDA to answer questions the agency raised when it turned down the company’s new drug application in October. The company said it has also gotten a meeting scheduled with the FDA for late January … Continue reading “Vivus Submits Document to FDA”

Inkling Reinvents Textbooks for the iPad

Throughout the two years Matt MacInnis spent working as senior manager in international education at Apple, he had plenty of opportunity to watch teachers integrate technology into their classrooms as a learning tool. And he found it wholly disappointing. “If you walk into a classroom today, and then you roll back the clock and walk … Continue reading “Inkling Reinvents Textbooks for the iPad”

Fluidigm, Maker of Genomic Tools, Takes Second Crack at IPO, Hoping for Less Drama

If there are any aspiring authors on the management team of Fluidigm, they certainly have the kind of material that best-sellers are made of. Back in mid-September 2008 this South San Francisco-based company was out hustling on an IPO road show. It was the precise moment people were wondering if the global financial system would … Continue reading “Fluidigm, Maker of Genomic Tools, Takes Second Crack at IPO, Hoping for Less Drama”

At the Half-Year Mark, Looking Back at Xconomy San Francisco’s Top Stories

We launched Xconomy San Francisco six months ago today, on June 14. It’s hard to comprehend how fast that time has flown by—and how many stories we’ve published (almost 500). On this six-month-iversary, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at readers’ favorite Bay Area infotech, energy, and life sciences/healthcare stories. The … Continue reading “At the Half-Year Mark, Looking Back at Xconomy San Francisco’s Top Stories”

RelayRides Hits The Ground In San Francisco, With Money From Google Ventures and August Capital

Roughly six months ago, a new alternative to car ownership came to the Cambridge area. RelayRides took the idea of car-sharing service Zipcar a bit further; rather than renting out cars from its own managed fleet, it set up a system for borrowing cars from individual car owners whose vehicles were dormant during the day. … Continue reading “RelayRides Hits The Ground In San Francisco, With Money From Google Ventures and August Capital”

Victrio Receives $4,984,993 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=34e23a0e-0977-4026-9c33-0ab32f10f627&Preview=1 Date 12/14/2010 Company Name Victrio Mailing Address 2083 Old Middlefield Way Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Victrio is bringing to market advanced risk management technologies that provide fraud and risk managers with an unprecedented level of visibility into their fraud problem. Victrio´s technology is the only technology that can tie … Continue reading “Victrio Receives $4,984,993 New Funding Round”

Lavante Obtains $8,000,000 Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5234cfda-60e6-4683-93d1-33eee8ae9167&Preview=1 Date 12/14/2010 Company Name Lavante Mailing Address 3150 Almaden Expressway San Jose, CA 95118 Company Description Lavante provides a complete suite of recovery audits, and offers services that are more dynamic and flexible than the typical products provided by other firms. Motivated by an industry that has seen its chief products … Continue reading “Lavante Obtains $8,000,000 Series C Funding”

Intelleflex Receives $11,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=14323108-3461-4843-b4d1-446e23c2d45c&Preview=1 Date 12/14/2010 Company Name Intelleflex Mailing Address 2465 Augustine Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Intelleflex is a Silicon Valley company focused on the next generation of radio frequency identification (RFID) products and applications. Website http://www.intelleflex.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes This … Continue reading “Intelleflex Receives $11,500,000 Series A Round”

Soladigm Secures $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c769a777-5909-4661-9feb-876b3a0fe3f7&Preview=1 Date 12/14/2010 Company Name Soladigm Mailing Address 195 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description The company provides switchable electronic glass technology. Website http://www.soladigm.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Combined with previously announced Mississippi state manufacturing financing and other arrangements, the funding … Continue reading “Soladigm Secures $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round”

Accept Software Lands $3,034,434 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3a3b4653-5ea6-4b9b-b217-c3a3407c4d23&Preview=1 Date 12/14/2010 Company Name Accept Software Mailing Address 3979 Freedom Cir. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Accept Software provides the leading solution for enterprise-class product planning in its Accept 360° application suite. Accept integrates Requirements Management, Customer Needs Management, Strategic Planning, and Portfolio Management into a single solution that helps … Continue reading “Accept Software Lands $3,034,434 New Round”

Envia Systems Obtains $16,999,991 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bf0de496-8e09-44b6-9313-c690eab4d5c5&Preview=1 Date 12/14/2010 Company Name Envia Systems Mailing Address 26138 Research Road Hayward, CA 94545 Company Description Envia Systems is a technology leader in high performance, low cost energy storage solutions using lithium ion batteries. Our disruptive products will enable widespread adoption of clean energy applications such as electric vehicles, hybrid electric … Continue reading “Envia Systems Obtains $16,999,991 Series C Financing Round”

The Seven Best Places to Close a Deal in Silicon Valley

I like studying what works and what doesn’t. I focus more of my time on the former, but often learn more from the latter. I compile tactical, earthy techniques from my mentors’ books and sprinkle in a bit of technology. Think of my maneuvers as real-world Google Analytics, but with a focus on extrapolating future … Continue reading “The Seven Best Places to Close a Deal in Silicon Valley”

EmSense Picks Up $4M

EmSense, a San Francisco startup applying measurement methods from neuroscience to study how consumers respond to advertising, packaging, and content, has raised $4 million in equity-based financing in a round that could total as much as $5.43 million, according to a regulatory filing. EmSense raised $9 million in Series C funding from Technology Partners and Foundry … Continue reading “EmSense Picks Up $4M”

QuantaLife Closes $17M Round

Pleasanton, CA-based QuantaLife, which has developed a “digital PCR” method to quantify small amounts of DNA for gene expression analysis and other applications, said that it has collected $17.2 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Series A investor Paladin Capital Group and was joined by new investors Merieux Developpement and Vital … Continue reading “QuantaLife Closes $17M Round”

Can Tibion’s Bionic Leg Rewire Stroke Victims’ Brains?

The conventional wisdom about stroke victims is that after about 12 months of rehabilitation aimed at restoring motor control, recovery levels off. Patients never regain more movement, never get beyond whatever plateau they’ve reached by that time. But there’s a company in Sunnyvale, CA, that may be proving otherwise. Tibion makes a robotic, battery-powered exoskeleton—in … Continue reading “Can Tibion’s Bionic Leg Rewire Stroke Victims’ Brains?”

Google Chrome Shines, Salesforce Scoops Up Heroku, Wings Gets Clipped, & More Bay Area BizTech News

Maybe, while the rest of the country endures a jobless recovery, the Bay Area is blowing itself a new bubble. Or maybe everybody just wanted to release their year-end news before the holiday rush. Whatever the reason, the Bay Area infotech scene was packed with back-to-back news events last week. Take a deep breath: —Google … Continue reading “Google Chrome Shines, Salesforce Scoops Up Heroku, Wings Gets Clipped, & More Bay Area BizTech News”

Quantalife Lands $17,200,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9dbfe564-1c87-41f2-a714-8fb1060017b0&Preview=1 Date 12/13/2010 Company Name Quantalife Mailing Address 7068 Koll Center Parkway Pleasanton, CA 94566 Company Description QuantaLife, Inc. was formed to develop, manufacture and market a revolutionary nucleic acid testing concept for the Life Science Research, Clinical Molecular Diagnostics, Personalized Medical Care and Industrial markets. Our suite of products, which are … Continue reading “Quantalife Lands $17,200,000 Series B Financing Round”

At a Confab in Phoenix, Lamenting (and Inventing) the Future of News

What do we mean by “the news”? As recently as 20 years ago, the answer was pretty clear—it was whatever the media establishment was telling us. There were well-worn models for packaging news (in printed newspapers or half-hour broadcasts) and paying for it (through advertising and, to a lesser extent, subscriptions). There were sharply defined … Continue reading “At a Confab in Phoenix, Lamenting (and Inventing) the Future of News”

Genentech’s Old Antibody Shows New Life, as Part of Combo Therapy Vs. Breast Cancer

Drugs fail all the time in clinical trials, and usually are never heard from again. But Genentech is bringing back an old antibody drug that flunked its first clinical test years ago, having now found a new setting where it might be useful against breast cancer. The antibody drug, pertuzumab, was added to a standard … Continue reading “Genentech’s Old Antibody Shows New Life, as Part of Combo Therapy Vs. Breast Cancer”

Onyx Takes a Swing at Myeloma, PacBio Hits Haitian Cholera Genome, Sequenta Nabs $13M, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News

Super-fast, super-cheap gene sequencing is changing the way biomedical research gets done, and we saw some very interesting manifestations of that trend on the Bay Area biotech beat this week. —Pacific Biosciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PACB]]), the Menlo Park, CA-based developer of high-speed, low-cost DNA sequencing technology, said it teamed up with scientists at Harvard Medical School … Continue reading “Onyx Takes a Swing at Myeloma, PacBio Hits Haitian Cholera Genome, Sequenta Nabs $13M, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News”

PacBio, Harvard Use Fast Gene Sequencer to Crack DNA Code of Haitian Cholera Strain

Epidemics can travel around the world in a matter of hours on airplanes, killing people before anyone really knows what hit them. But now that DNA sequencing has gotten so cheap and so fast, researchers are finding ways to precisely identify the bugs in real-time to find out where they came from, and how to … Continue reading “PacBio, Harvard Use Fast Gene Sequencer to Crack DNA Code of Haitian Cholera Strain”

Heroic Heroku: Snapped Up By Salesforce.com for $212 Million

In the biggest exit by far for a company emerging from Mountain View’s Y Combinator venture incubator program, application platform provider Heroku is being acquired by San Francisco-based cloud giant Salesforce.com (NYSE: [[ticker:CRM]]) for a whopping $212 million in cash. The acqusition was announced yesterday during Salesforce.com’s annual Dreamforce conference, and it means Heroku customers like Best … Continue reading “Heroic Heroku: Snapped Up By Salesforce.com for $212 Million”

SnapLogic Raises $10M

San Francisco-based SnapLogic, which makes software “connectors” that help developers integrate cloud-based applications and services, said yesterday that it has raised $10 million in Series B financing in a round led by previous investor Andreessen Horowitz. General partner Ben Horowitz has joined SnapLogic’s board. The startup said in a statement that the funds would help … Continue reading “SnapLogic Raises $10M”

High-Tech Jobs Evaporate By the Thousands in Detroit and San Francisco Bay Area; Boston, San Diego, Seattle Hold Their Own

In 2009, employment at high-tech companies either declined or stayed essentially flat in all of the cities Xconomy calls home, according to a study of the nation’s top 60 “cybercities” released this week by TechAmerica, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association for the information technology industry. Though the underwhelming job data certainly accords with most people’s … Continue reading “High-Tech Jobs Evaporate By the Thousands in Detroit and San Francisco Bay Area; Boston, San Diego, Seattle Hold Their Own”

Complete Genomics Zeroes in on Tricks of Cancer Genome With Sequencing Service

Cancer cells pull many dirty tricks to resist therapy and stump researchers. One is a madcap reshuffling of the 3 billion letters of DNA that make up the genome found in healthy human cells. But now that genome sequencing has become so cheap and fast, Mountain View, CA-based Complete Genomics is trying to enter a … Continue reading “Complete Genomics Zeroes in on Tricks of Cancer Genome With Sequencing Service”

Trusight Garners $285,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06d445cc-074d-4499-9260-4a522efad94b&Preview=1 Date 12/9/2010 Company Name Trusight Mailing Address 10240 Nile Dr. Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Trusight’s DRC (Digital Retinal Code) restores color, detail and true dynamic range, transforming images and videos, instantly! Website http://www.trusight.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $285,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Trusight Garners $285,000 New Financing Round”

Evernote Adds Group Accounts

In a post on the company blog today, Mountain View, CA-based cloud notekeeping startup Evernote introduced a new feature aimed at businesses, school groups, and other organizations. The new “Sponsored Accounts” feature allows organizations to buy Evernote subscriptions for every team member, at $5 per account per month. Users can share content across these accounts … Continue reading “Evernote Adds Group Accounts”

$15M Falls on Flurry

Flurry, a San Francisco startup whose software helps mobile developers track app usage, said yesterday that it has collected $15 million in Series C financing. Menlo Ventures led the round, with existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, InterWest, First Round Capital, and Union Square Ventures joining in. Sonja Hoel Perkins, a managing director at Menlo Ventures, will join … Continue reading “$15M Falls on Flurry”

Peter Thiel Challenges Silicon Valley’s Wealthy to Back “Breakthrough” Philanthropic Causes

Last night Silicon Valley icon Peter Thiel, of PayPal fame, gathered eight of his favorite future-oriented organizations and a couple hundred of his wealthiest friends in an auditorium at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts and made a magnanimous offer. For every dollar attendees contribute to the organizations before New Year’s Day, Thiel’s foundation announced, … Continue reading “Peter Thiel Challenges Silicon Valley’s Wealthy to Back “Breakthrough” Philanthropic Causes”

Intellectual Ventures Files First Patent Lawsuits Against Nine Firms Including McAfee, Symantec

Bellevue, WA-based Intellectual Ventures said today it has filed three patent infringement lawsuits against a total of nine companies in three different technology sectors—software security, memory, and integrated circuits. The suits were filed in federal court in Delaware, where Intellectual Ventures is a registered entity. The amount of monetary damages the company is seeking was … Continue reading “Intellectual Ventures Files First Patent Lawsuits Against Nine Firms Including McAfee, Symantec”

At American Eagle, Prysm’s Laser Displays Banish the Bezel; Startup to Present at Tonight’s 5×5 Event

Prysm is trying to reinvent large video displays. American Eagle Outfitters is trying to reinvent the shopping experience in its retail stores. So it makes sense that first place you can see Prysm’s laser phosphor displays (LPDs) in public is the new American Eagle flagship store at Broadway and Houston in New York City’s Soho … Continue reading “At American Eagle, Prysm’s Laser Displays Banish the Bezel; Startup to Present at Tonight’s 5×5 Event”

LS9 Names Ed Dineen New CEO

LS9, the South San Francisco-based developer of renewable fuels, said today that it has hired Ed Dineen as its new CEO. Dineen was previously the chief operating officer of LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: [[ticker:LYB]]), a petrochemical, fuels and polymer company with annual revenues of over $30 billion. Dineen replaces Bill Haywood, who had been CEO of … Continue reading “LS9 Names Ed Dineen New CEO”

Sequenta Pockets $13M To Diagnose, Monitor Immune Systems Going Awry

The age of the $1,000 genome is said to be fast approaching, and the growing availability of fast, cheap DNA sequencing is already paving the way not just for new avenues of academic research, but also for intriguing new diagnostic startups like San Francisco-based Sequenta. This company, formerly known as MLC Dx, is announcing today … Continue reading “Sequenta Pockets $13M To Diagnose, Monitor Immune Systems Going Awry”

Ardelyx Obtains $5,013,694 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=882a895f-c745-4a8b-9e56-3b44b608dc7a&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2010 Company Name Ardelyx Mailing Address 34175 Ardenwood Blvd. Fremont, CA 94555 Company Description The company develops therapeutics for disease treatment. Website http://www.ardelyx.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $5,013,694 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

Sequenta Receives $13,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b32a76f5-c068-4778-b05f-4012a8be3f03&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2010 Company Name Sequenta Mailing Address 409 Illinois St. San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description Sequenta is a venture funded biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of clinical diagnostics based on a revolutionary new platform for understanding immune system status. Website http://www.sequentainc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Sequenta Receives $13,000,000 Series B Financing”

Nimble Storage Secures $16,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3c0a278e-8f24-45cf-8d93-48b55c0ededa&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2010 Company Name Nimble Storage Mailing Address 2645 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Nimble Storage has developed the first converged storage and backup solution that significantly reduces the cost and complexity of storing, accessing, and protecting data for enterprises. Website http://www.nimblestorage.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Nimble Storage Secures $16,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Kicktag Obtains $1,939,865 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aeeec23a-52ac-47bb-a361-7bf27039f8f2&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2010 Company Name Kicktag Mailing Address 250 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company is developing technology that helps video enthusiasts more effectively inform, educate and entertain audiences online – by enabling them to attach relevant and engaging data from across the Web to each moment in … Continue reading “Kicktag Obtains $1,939,865 New Round”

Salesforce Acquires Heroku for $212,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81856d6b-976f-4048-aff3-71d9eba83baf&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2010 Company Name Heroku Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94100 Company Description The company is developing software applications that enable faster development of Ruby on Rails applications in a cloud environment. Website http://www.heroku.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $212,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The acquisition will be … Continue reading “Salesforce Acquires Heroku for $212,000,000”

Waze Raises $25M to Turn Your Smartphone into a Traffic-Avoidance Tool

There are plenty of GPS-based smartphone apps these days that can give you turn-by-turn directions as you commute to work or drive to Grandma’s for the holidays. But there aren’t many that can tell you to get off at the next exit because an app user 10 minutes ahead of you got stuck in a … Continue reading “Waze Raises $25M to Turn Your Smartphone into a Traffic-Avoidance Tool”

New Paradigms to Fund & Manage Drug Development

BayBio, the California Healthcare Institute and BioCentury are co-sponsoring an event called “New Paradigms to Fund & Manage Drug Development” on January 13 and 14, right after the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. For more information on how to regsiter, click here.

Google’s News: E-Books and Android and Chrome, Oh My

Sometimes Google gives the appearance of being a loose confederation rather than a single company, as if its product units are all vying to make news at the same time. That’s definitely the case this week. Monday saw three big developments at the Googleplex in Mountain View. First came the launch of the Google eBookstore, … Continue reading “Google’s News: E-Books and Android and Chrome, Oh My”