Category: San Francisco

CIC Startup Micronotes Emerges From Stealth to Help Yodlee Appify Online Banking

The online banking space is taking a cue from Apple’s iTunes App Store. No, you won’t be seeing Sudoku puzzles or restaurant recommendation tools on your online banking interface, but you will be seeing plug-ins designed to enhance your online personal finance management experience. The marketplace for these apps, unveiled yesterday, is the Yodlee FinApp … Continue reading “CIC Startup Micronotes Emerges From Stealth to Help Yodlee Appify Online Banking”

A Cure for the Common Conference: HealthCamp Brings Consumer-Driven Health Care to Life

As many clinicians will tell you, there is no single change that will radically improve health care for everyone. Technology is often regarded as the secret sauce, but really, it is only an enabler. There is no silver bullet that will cause everyone to suddenly adopt healthy habits of eating, sleeping, and exercise. Yet if … Continue reading “A Cure for the Common Conference: HealthCamp Brings Consumer-Driven Health Care to Life”

Truste Goes Mobile, Amyris Goes Public, EA Hires nPario, & More Bay Area BizTech News

I’m a day behind with our usual roundup of the previous week’s major business and technology stories from Xconomy San Francisco. So, without further ado: —Having driven past Box.net’s cheeky anti-Microsoft billboard on U.S. 101 many times, I finally got to meet the company’s young CEO, Aaron Levie, who told me why SharePoint is a … Continue reading “Truste Goes Mobile, Amyris Goes Public, EA Hires nPario, & More Bay Area BizTech News”

Memoir Systems Secures $5,125,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a7740fc-0973-4431-913f-46180809b26f&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Memoir Systems Mailing Address 440 North Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Memoir Systems is enabling technology to help accelerate system memory performance. Memoir was founded by Sundar Iyer and Da Chuang in Mar 2009. Memoir’s founders have a background both in academia and Industry; and … Continue reading “Memoir Systems Secures $5,125,000 New Financing”

SocialShield Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c484409-22b6-4b2b-b881-a1c6c14f2c01&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name SocialShield Mailing Address Undisclosed San Bruno, CA 94066 Company Description The company operates an online child security monitoring service. Website http://www.socialshield.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Rostampour said Social Shield plans to use its new-found capital to hire a … Continue reading “SocialShield Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

Viewdle Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d939c633-a207-41b4-ac2f-b84d1b6d95df&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Viewdle Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Viewdle was founded in 2007, with the vision of helping people share and tag all of their photos and videos on any media creation device — from servers to laptops to mobile phones — through visual analysis … Continue reading “Viewdle Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Round”

Hipmunk Lands $1,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9bc6e48-c621-447c-8965-b96b58dd1f31&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Hipmunk Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company operates an online travel website. Website http://www.hipmunk.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will hire additional people and roll out new travel services. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Hipmunk Lands $1,000,000 New Funding”

ThreatMETRIX Secures $12,100,000 Series C Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a585293-6e61-4488-b5ea-ddd0b0a7f5ca&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name ThreatMETRIX Mailing Address 5150 EI Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description The company provides fraud control device fingerprinting solutions. Website http://www.threatmetrix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,100,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes We anticipate using the funding for general operating capital, expansion of … Continue reading “ThreatMETRIX Secures $12,100,000 Series C Round”

Xceive Corp Obtains $1,124,136 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4da3e09-4fe0-44c9-b736-b14d84975062&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Xceive Corp Mailing Address 3900 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Xceive is a fabless semiconductor company founded in July 2001, with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Xceive’s mission is to become the leading producer of RF-to-baseband transceiver ICs for TVs and set-top boxes, a … Continue reading “Xceive Corp Obtains $1,124,136 New Round”

Clustrix Obtains $500,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=523fb862-b6f1-47ea-a1d3-f67b0205e486&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 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 $500,000 New Round”

Vivus Sells Erectile Treatment for $23.5M

Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]), the Mountain View, CA-based developer of an obesity drug, said today it has sold its marketed treatment for erectile dysfunction. Lakewood, NJ-based Meda agreed to pay $23.5 million for the assets related to transurethral alprostadil (Muse). Meda has been business partners with Vivus in Europe since 2000, Vivus said. Selling the Muse … Continue reading “Vivus Sells Erectile Treatment for $23.5M”

ClairMail Raises $13.8M

San Rafael, CA-based ClairMail, which makes mobile banking software for banks, credit unions, and card services companies, said today that it has raised $13.8 million in late stage funding. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital, a unit of Stockholm-based Investor AB. Joining the round were existing investors JAFCO Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Outlook … Continue reading “ClairMail Raises $13.8M”

LookSmart Still Isn’t Dead; Finds New Role “Mining Diamonds from the Dirt” in the World of Second-Tier Search Engines

When a public relations group in San Francisco contacted me to see if I’d be interested in meeting with an executive at LookSmart, my first reaction was “LookSmart? They’re still in business?” I’d known people at the 13-year-old company back in the dot-com era, after it went public on the NASDAQ ([[ticker:LOOK]]), won big contracts … Continue reading “LookSmart Still Isn’t Dead; Finds New Role “Mining Diamonds from the Dirt” in the World of Second-Tier Search Engines”

One Laptop Gets $5.6M Grant From Marvell to Develop Next Generation Tablet Computer

The One Laptop per Child Foundation and Santa Clara, CA-based semiconductor maker Marvell have cemented a partnership announced last spring, with Marvell agreeing to provide OLPC with $5.6 million to fund development of its next generation tablet computer, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte tells me. Negroponte says the deal, signed in the past week or so … Continue reading “One Laptop Gets $5.6M Grant From Marvell to Develop Next Generation Tablet Computer”

Vega Therapeutics, With Roots in Michigan and San Diego, Aims High in Fight Against Diabetes

Classic elements of a big biotech story are brewing in a little startup in South San Francisco called Vega Therapeutics. There’s leading-edge science from big names at the University of Michigan and UC San Diego. A proven management team from the Bay Area. If everything comes together, there is potential to shake up the standard … Continue reading “Vega Therapeutics, With Roots in Michigan and San Diego, Aims High in Fight Against Diabetes”

The Grand Challenge of Innovation

Recently, the X Prize Foundation awarded a total of $10 million to three companies at the forefront of building the world’s most efficient cars. It was the culmination of a competition that began in 2008 with 111 teams and was pared down to nine finalists. The competition was rigorous: it demanded teams to engineer and … Continue reading “The Grand Challenge of Innovation”

ClairMail Obtains $13,800,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1526dd6a-fdf8-4160-8155-7a8884bae931&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2010 Company Name ClairMail Mailing Address 4 Hamilton Landing Novato, CA 94949 Company Description ClairMail delivers true workforce mobility by extending access to enterprise applications from any mobile device with just one-click. Website http://www.clairmail.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes ClairMail will use the … Continue reading “ClairMail Obtains $13,800,000 New Financing”

Logic Devices Receives $250,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e29c115-8660-43d3-8d0f-3474cf4bb803&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2010 Company Name Logic Devices Mailing Address 1375 Geneva Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description LOGIC Devices develops and markets high-speed digital integrated circuits that perform high density storage and signal/image processing functions. Our products enable SD and HD video display, transport, editing, composition, and special effects. We also provide … Continue reading “Logic Devices Receives $250,000 New Financing”

gogobot Lands $3,849,999 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6dcb2fa2-e306-4862-93e2-bc8d33a427f2&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2010 Company Name gogobot Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Whether it is a week’s vacation, a business trip or a weekend getaway, we believe planning your trip should be almost as fun as the trip itself. We believe the best advice comes from people you trust … Continue reading “gogobot Lands $3,849,999 Series A Funding Round”

OpenDNS Secures $4,500,001 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a177527-2b50-4410-988f-e62e6df32004&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2010 Company Name OpenDNS Mailing Address 410 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description OpenDNS is the leading provider of free security and infrastructure services that make the Internet safer through integrated Web content filtering, anti-phishing and DNS. OpenDNS services enable consumers and network administrators to secure their networks … Continue reading “OpenDNS Secures $4,500,001 New Financing”

ClearPractice Shares EMR App for iPad

ClearPractice, based in Maryland Heights, MO, last week unveiled an electronic medical records app for the Apple iPad called Nimble. Designed for hospitals and physician practices, the app can handle appointment scheduling, patient charting, prescriptions, inpatient rounds recordkeeping, lab test ordering ordering and review, and more. It also integrates wirelessly with ClearPractice’s existing Software-as-a-Service electronic … Continue reading “ClearPractice Shares EMR App for iPad”

Sunesis Adds $15.5M

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SNSS]]), the South San Francisco-based drug developer, said today it has raised $15.5 million in a new securities offering. The deal consists of shares of common stock and warrants to buy stock, Sunesis said. The cash will be used for the company’s pivotal clinical trial of vosaroxin, in combination with chemotherapy, for … Continue reading “Sunesis Adds $15.5M”

Introducing Your High-Tech Startup: An Irreverent Guide

You shape the view that others hold of your company via either one-to-one interactions or one-to-many interactions. Of course, the one-to-one interactions in business meetings and social settings are the most potent, because you have both quantity and quality of attention. But this doesn’t scale well. Another reason that personal one-to-one contact is so effective … Continue reading “Introducing Your High-Tech Startup: An Irreverent Guide”

Boston vs. NYC vs. Silicon Valley? Forget It—The Real City of Innovation Is Everywhere

In William Gibson’s 1984 cyberpunk masterpiece Neuromancer, the hero Case lives in a near-future place called BAMA—the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, aka the Sprawl, a giant city that has spread Coruscant-like across the whole eastern seaboard. (If it had extended to Orlando, maybe Gibson could have called it OBAMA.) But while this part of Gibson’s sci-fi … Continue reading “Boston vs. NYC vs. Silicon Valley? Forget It—The Real City of Innovation Is Everywhere”

The Top 20 Tech & Biotech Stories From Xconomy San Francisco’s First Quarter

It’s hard to believe, but we have now closed the book on our first full quarter of publishing Xconomy San Francisco. It’s fair to say that a little over three months ago, Wade and I were a teensy bit fired up about this new opportunity to cover the world capital of innovation. How are we … Continue reading “The Top 20 Tech & Biotech Stories From Xconomy San Francisco’s First Quarter”

NPario Shows EA How to Track and Target Consumers Across Web, Mobile, Social, Internet TV, and Game Consoles

It’s a big week for nPario. The young Redmond, WA- and Palo Alto, CA-based startup is using technology developed at Yahoo to help businesses study media consumers who hop incessantly between their PCs, tablet devices, smartphones, game consoles, and Internet-connected TVs, then target them with the right ads on the right platforms. It’s had one … Continue reading “NPario Shows EA How to Track and Target Consumers Across Web, Mobile, Social, Internet TV, and Game Consoles”

Ongo Collects $12M

Ongo, a Cupertino, CA-based stealth-mode startup that says it will soon launch “a consumer service for reading and sharing digital news and information from multiple publishers,” announced yesterday that it has raised $12 million in financing from strategic backers Gannett Company (NYSE: [[ticker:GCI]]), The New York Times Company (NYSE: [[ticker:NYT]]), and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: … Continue reading “Ongo Collects $12M”

Babson MBA Program Boldly Expands to San Francisco, Where Entrepreneurship Goes “90 Miles Per Hour”

If you’ve spent much time around Boston, you know that the name Babson College is pretty much synonymous with “entrepreneurship.” Centered in Babson Park, MA, adjacent to suburban Wellesley, Babson’s MBA programs seem to churn out startup founders at a rate that’s far out of proportion to the school’s size (1,600 graduate students) or its … Continue reading “Babson MBA Program Boldly Expands to San Francisco, Where Entrepreneurship Goes “90 Miles Per Hour””

Evri Expands Mobile Offerings Beyond Tech News to Sports, Music, and Celebrity Gossip

Evri is going mobile in a big way. The Seattle- and San Francisco-based information discovery website backed by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital introduced an Android app called EvriThing Tech back in May, taking advantage of the startup’s semantic search technology to help on-the-go tech news addicts track the latest developments on subtopics from gadgets to … Continue reading “Evri Expands Mobile Offerings Beyond Tech News to Sports, Music, and Celebrity Gossip”

Amazon’s Top Techie, Werner Vogels, on How Web Services Follows the Retail Playbook

Amazon.com doesn’t like being labeled simply as an e-retail company. To understand the trajectory it has taken over 15 years, and where it’s going in the future, one of the company’s senior executives says, you need to look at how it uses technology as a means to serve customers in retail and in business. “Amazon, … Continue reading “Amazon’s Top Techie, Werner Vogels, on How Web Services Follows the Retail Playbook”

Amyris Raises $85 Million in IPO

Emeryville, CA-based Amyris Biotechnologies is unusual in several respects. One of the synthetic biology company’s first big projects, back in 2005, was a non-profit venture with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to engineer microbes to produce artemisinin, an anti-malarial drug. (It handed off that work to pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi-Aventis in 2008.) Then the company … Continue reading “Amyris Raises $85 Million in IPO”

Rigel Nabs $25M From AstraZeneca

Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RIGL]]), the South San Francisco-based biotech company, said today it has received a $25 million milestone payment from its partner, AstraZeneca, in connection development of the experimental drug fostamatinib (R788) for rheumatoid arthritis. AstraZeneca has begun a pivotal clinical trial of the new drug, Rigel said. Data from a mid-stage study of … Continue reading “Rigel Nabs $25M From AstraZeneca”

Second to Market isn’t Always Second Best

About a year ago, I had the opportunity to hear Paul English, the CTO and Co-Founder of Kayak.com, speak. In his chat, Paul focused a great deal on ruthless efficiency and excellent customer experience. He wowed the crowd with stories of answering his own customer service calls, getting feedback on Kayak’s new iPhone application from … Continue reading “Second to Market isn’t Always Second Best”

PVT Solar Receives $13,700,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eaddbe60-5535-4cb5-a56a-3c26b27768ab&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2010 Company Name PVT Solar Mailing Address Undisclosed Berkeley, CA 94701 Company Description PVT Solar Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets the Echo solar system. Echo supplements conventional solar electric PV panels with a unique solar thermal technology that captures the heat from the PV panels. Website http://www.pvtsolar.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “PVT Solar Receives $13,700,000 Series B Funding”

Redux Secures $1,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=887abaa5-d67a-4cc6-b056-575b5aa3b5a3&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2010 Company Name Redux Mailing Address 2030 Addison St Berkeley, CA 94704 Company Description Through our Relevance Index Engine, a curious set of features, and an experience that embraces the realities of the lifecycle of how people get to know each other, Redux provides a space where people can connect … Continue reading “Redux Secures $1,000,000 New Round”

Ongo Lands $12,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ec9c05b-92b6-4df3-bad9-8e3d5260e8e7&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2010 Company Name Ongo Mailing Address Undisclosed Undisclosed, CA 94301 Company Description Ongo is developing a consumer focused news sharing service. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Gannett Co., Inc. Venture Investor … Continue reading “Ongo Lands $12,000,000 Series A Funding”

Permuto Mutates into Buysight

Palo Alto, CA-based Permuto, which runs an “intent-driven” advertising network that attempts to match online shoppers with appropriate ads, said today that it has changed its name to Buysight. The company also announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A financing from Onset Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. “We … Continue reading “Permuto Mutates into Buysight”

NextBio Finds Profit at Intersection Between Public and Private Genomic Data

Bioinformatics was a buzzword at the beginning of the genomic era about a decade ago, but it has become a dirty word today. It’s sort of like shorthand for a highly fragmented cottage industry that seeks to analyze biological data, in which no one seems to make money. But whatever you want to call it, … Continue reading “NextBio Finds Profit at Intersection Between Public and Private Genomic Data”

Box.net Creates “News Feed” for Business Documents in the Cloud, Takes On Microsoft in Collaborative Software

If you live or work in Silicon Valley, you’ve probably driven past the Box.net billboard on U.S. 101, near the Ralston Avenue exit (aka the Oracle exit). It says “No Hardware. No Software. No SharePoint.” A brazen dig at Microsoft, the billboard makes the point that Box.net’s system for sharing business documents works in the … Continue reading “Box.net Creates “News Feed” for Business Documents in the Cloud, Takes On Microsoft in Collaborative Software”

GEO Semiconductor Obtains $2,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b85f7b5-6805-4f6f-bd5e-2d7294075229&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name GEO Semiconductor Mailing Address 2350 Mission College Blvd Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Geo Semiconductor Inc. has acquired the assets related to two unique pixel processing platform technologies and the associated IC businesses from Silicon Optix. Both the Realta and GEO IC’s are in production. The … Continue reading “GEO Semiconductor Obtains $2,000,000 New Financing Round”

Retail Solutions Obtains $15,200,000 Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e7d3dbd-b684-4f90-ba30-5bd408b6e060&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name Retail Solutions Mailing Address 2440 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description The company has developed software that assists consumer packaged goods companies create value from operational downstream data. Website http://www.retailsolutions.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,200,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Retail Solutions Obtains $15,200,000 Series C Funding”

Group Price Secures $305,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b969064-5e28-45f5-b31c-61a30608f054&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name Group Price Mailing Address 1733 Woodside Road Redwood City, CA 94061 Company Description Group Price is a FREE, easy to use, Web-based, group buying service that quickly helps businesses like yours to find qualified business products and services at up to 60% discounts. Website http://www.groupprice.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Group Price Secures $305,000 New Funding Round”

NetShelter Technology Media Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4236797-00c7-4611-8ee4-e53f423420cf&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name NetShelter Technology Media Mailing Address 128 King Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description NetShelter Technology Media brings together a publisher network of over 150 tech content sites alongside owned-and-operated programs to offer marketers a highly integrated, customizable platform. Website http://www.netshelter.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “NetShelter Technology Media Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

SenSage Receives $6,250,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d8660884-a5f3-4648-8dfb-73e9cc847970&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name SenSage Mailing Address 55 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description SenSage, Inc. offers the only patented solution for enterprise event management for log management, compliance auditing and security information management applications. Website http://www.sensage.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “SenSage Receives $6,250,000 New Funding”

AOL Acquires Thing Labs for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c7d2d029-a42b-4b19-8280-5bf2ff05d834&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name Thing Labs Mailing Address 10 Mint Plaza Floor 6 San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Thing Labs builds web-based software that makes it easy to create, share, explore and enjoy content. We make things that we like to use. We hope that you like them, too. Website … Continue reading “AOL Acquires Thing Labs for Undisclosed Sum”

AOL Acquires TechCrunch for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=888a7327-9859-49df-a2ed-f5c0d07b05c1&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2010 Company Name TechCrunch Mailing Address 410 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description TechCrunch, founded on June 11, 2005, is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to new companies, we will profile existing companies that are making an impact … Continue reading “AOL Acquires TechCrunch for Undisclosed Sum”

$75M for Chegg

[Updated 9:40 a.m. September 27, 2010] Chegg, the Santa Clara, CA-based textbook rental company that’s often called the “Netflix of textbooks,” has raised $75 million in Series E funding, bringing its total venture financing to nearly $220 million. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD first reported the news this weekend, and identified Hong Kong investment firm Ace … Continue reading “$75M for Chegg”