Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3bfb8497-d0c9-4224-8313-331d8588be05 Date 11/15/2016 Company Name Wise.io Mailing Address 2150 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704 USA Company Description Wise.io, Inc. is building machine learning application for the customer experience market so all companies can benefit from the power of machine learning. Website http://www.wise.io Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “General Electric Acquires Wise.io for Undisclosed Sum”
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Fintech Startup Quantopian Gets $25M From Andreessen & Others
Quantopian, one of Boston’s up-and-coming financial technology startups, got a big endorsement today from a well-known Silicon Valley venture firm. Quantopian said it raised $25 million in a Series C funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. (Technically it was $25.6 million, per an SEC filing.) Other investors in the round include earlier backers Bessemer Venture … Continue reading “Fintech Startup Quantopian Gets $25M From Andreessen & Others”
Singular Lands $15,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36180844-a9e0-486f-a588-20e8b74094e4 Date 11/14/2016 Company Name Singular Mailing Address 599 3rd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Singular is re-inventing the way companies manage their mobile marketing operations. Website http://www.singular.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Singular has raised $20 million to date, and … Continue reading “Singular Lands $15,000,000 Series A Round”
Bio Roundup: Trump’s Triumph, Election Fallout, CRISPR Arguments & More
The presidential election ended with Donald Trump’s stunning victory and Republican retention of the House and Senate. Now, the U.S. healthcare sector will try to figure out what it all means. Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. But Trump’s plans are unclear. Will … Continue reading “Bio Roundup: Trump’s Triumph, Election Fallout, CRISPR Arguments & More”
Neo Technology Obtains $36,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5c71ec7-1055-4483-90af-496e17295627 Date 11/11/2016 Company Name Neo Technology Mailing Address 111 E 5th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description As the world of data explodes in both volume and complexity, many applications and databases have difficulty handling sophisticated queries with high performance. Website http://www.neotechnology.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $36,000,000 … Continue reading “Neo Technology Obtains $36,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
RiskIQ Secures $30,500,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f3c8831-165a-4c79-9468-6af8ac6f513b Date 11/11/2016 Company Name RiskIQ Mailing Address 22 Battery Street 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description RiskIQ offers a hosted, software-as-a-service (SAAS) product delivering risk intelligence and automated enforcement. We offer turnkey solutions as well as customized programs. Schedule a demo with us to see how our crawler, … Continue reading “RiskIQ Secures $30,500,000 Series C Funding Round”
Fulcrum Bioenergy Lands $30,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5cceb94-ba98-443c-a2e5-986699743637 Date 11/11/2016 Company Name Fulcrum Bioenergy Mailing Address 4900 Hopyard Road Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA Company Description Fulcrum converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel, diesel and ethanol. Website http://www.fulcrum-bioenergy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Fulcrum Bioenergy Lands $30,000,000 New Financing”
Cape Analytics Lands $14,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca998977-31b1-4f09-887a-9bf0fcd56ca5 Date 11/11/2016 Company Name Cape Analytics Mailing Address 855 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Cape Analytics was established in 2014 to revolutionize the way information about the built environment is created and used. The company leverages geospatial imagery, computer vision, and machine learning to instantly and … Continue reading “Cape Analytics Lands $14,000,000 New Funding”
Intuity Medical Garners $40,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03c01ada-2286-434e-b26e-9dccd92e095d Date 11/11/2016 Company Name Intuity Medical Mailing Address 526 Almanor Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Intuity is developing POGO , the first All-in-One blood glucose monitoring system designed to combine your test strips, lancing device and lancets into one convenient glucose meter. Website http://www.presspogo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Intuity Medical Garners $40,000,000 Series C Funding”
Glint Obtains $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d76dfcb0-00d0-4bf7-b8a6-c152b8370f19 Date 11/11/2016 Company Name Glint Mailing Address 808 Winslow Street Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Glint helps you see into your organization in revolutionary ways, giving you power to create real impact on employee engagement, retention and performance. Website http://www.glintinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Glint Obtains $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Trump Team Outlines Healthcare Agenda—No Mention of Drug Prices
The incoming Trump administration has posted an outline of its healthcare agenda on its transition website. There is no mention of drug pricing or what the administration might do about frequent price increases, such as Mylan’s EpiPen practice, that critics say are unsubstantiated and unethical. During the campaign, Trump’s official platform called for a change … Continue reading “Trump Team Outlines Healthcare Agenda—No Mention of Drug Prices”
Missed a Live Virtual Reality Show? AltspaceVR Now Has Reruns
As virtual reality startups explore the creative range of the new medium and build out its functions, simple entertainments can yield some otherworldly possibilities. For example, AltspaceVR’s new playback feature makes it possible to sit at a comedy show next to—yourself. The background: AltspaceVR has been turning its virtual rooms into performance stages where real-life … Continue reading “Missed a Live Virtual Reality Show? AltspaceVR Now Has Reruns”
Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work?
[This post is about the movie “Arrival“; there are no movie spoilers here.] “It’s an interesting script,” said someone on our PR team. It’s pretty common for us to get requests from movie-makers about showing our graphics or posters or books in movies. But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make … Continue reading “Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work?”
New U.S. “Roadmap” Lays Out Routes to Accelerate Robotic Technologies
Robotics technology is progressing faster than expected for self-driving cars, and drones are becoming ubiquitous throughout the United States, according to a lead scientist overseeing a robotics technology roadmap released last week. But robotics is moving slower than expected in some key areas, such as the development of dexterous gripper technology, intuitive user interfaces, and … Continue reading “New U.S. “Roadmap” Lays Out Routes to Accelerate Robotic Technologies”
Avalanche Technology Secures $10,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d05871d-07db-4f88-b3be-1240a596bfe2 Date 11/10/2016 Company Name Avalanche Technology Mailing Address 46600 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 USA Company Description Avalanche is a disruptive technology company developing innovative, ultra high performance enterprise solid-state storage arrays using tightly integrated hardware/software and leveraging its own non-volatile magnetic memory. Website http://www.avalanche-technology.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Avalanche Technology Secures $10,300,000 New Funding”
Castle Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6b42cd00-c99b-40ee-9c31-1f8b21f2dedd Date 11/10/2016 Company Name Castle Mailing Address 60 Rausch St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description It’s 2016, and still no decline in password breaches. Businesses are struggling frantically to protect their customer data from leaking into the wrong hands. As a consequence, customers are forced to use longer and … Continue reading “Castle Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Financing”
Hired Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bff311e7-08c1-4916-801d-26e5989701d6 Date 11/10/2016 Company Name Hired Mailing Address 460 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description With Hired your job search has never been easier! Simply create a profile & vetted companies compete for you, reaching out with salary & equity upfront. Website http://www.hired.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Hired Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
TaaSera Lands $1,004,625 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=80d8094c-924e-45b1-8ac8-2de9a8b62937 Date 11/10/2016 Company Name TaaSera Mailing Address 10055 North Portal Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 USA Company Description TaaSera builds runtime behavior detection solutions used by the world’s leading companies and government agencies to identify previously unseen attacks and infections as they occur – before they result in breach or exfiltration. Website … Continue reading “TaaSera Lands $1,004,625 New Round”
Snapcard Lands $5,553,677 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c5476bf-aa94-425a-9324-32df6da506db Date 11/10/2016 Company Name Snapcard Mailing Address 660 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description SNAPCARD was founded in 2013 in order to help consumers spend their digital currencies. Since then we have been rethinking the way that merchants accept digital currency. It is our focus to help merchants … Continue reading “Snapcard Lands $5,553,677 New Funding Round”
Has Technology Made Election Polls More Accurate? Not Yet
Statistical models, simulations, social media outreach, and the capacity to analyze big data sets—you’d think by now that technology would have delivered election forecasts that more reliably predicted Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential race. But most pollsters—and the people who relied on them—were gobsmacked by Trump’s upset wins, not only in battleground states … Continue reading “Has Technology Made Election Polls More Accurate? Not Yet”
Trump’s Election Stunner: Tech and Life Sciences Leaders React
Still processing what this will mean for technology, business, society, and humanity—I guess it’s going to take a while. In the meantime, here are 10 notable reactions from around the Xconomy network, mostly via Twitter. As you might guess, they are a mix of outrage, resiliency, hope, rationalizing, grandstanding, and some calls for calm and … Continue reading “Trump’s Election Stunner: Tech and Life Sciences Leaders React”
In Trump-GOP Tsunami, Blue-State Healthcare Ideas Swamped
[Updated, 11/9/16, 1:20 p.m. See below.] The 2016 U.S. election is over. The country has been rocked by the presidential race, with Donald Trump taking the White House. Every facet of American policy, our attitudes toward power and governance, even our national character will be topics of debate in coming months. Our healthcare system will … Continue reading “In Trump-GOP Tsunami, Blue-State Healthcare Ideas Swamped”
Roofstock Receives $17,053,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ca67da8-b726-4ab7-ab38-587ab7a55f11 Date 11/9/2016 Company Name Roofstock Mailing Address 1625 Clay Street 5th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Roofstock, Inc. provides an online marketplace that allows investors to invest in leased investment homes from institutional sellers. It operates Roofstock, a technology-enabled cloud-delivered platform that brings together players from the single-family rental … Continue reading “Roofstock Receives $17,053,000 New Funding Round”
Iterable Obtains $22,459,999 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ecf9411-ec59-44ab-87db-c74480d13384 Date 11/9/2016 Company Name Iterable Mailing Address 360 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Iterable makes sure that your email looks great across all devices. Layouts, images, text, and buttons are automatically optimized for the end user’s device. Website http://www.iterable.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,459,999 Transaction … Continue reading “Iterable Obtains $22,459,999 New Funding”
indeni Garners $10,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a2f31ebf-f957-4b62-8817-cc975c27199c Date 11/9/2016 Company Name indeni Mailing Address 555 Bryant St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Identify potential devices failures across the most popular firewalls, routers and switches. Provide administrators with actionable remediation steps to save time, resources and avoid business disruption. Website http://www.indeni.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “indeni Garners $10,000,000 New Round”
RealSavvy May Add SF, LA to Social Real Estate Apps After Funding
Austin—RealSavvy, the Austin, TX-based startup behind a real estate app with Pinterest-like qualities for home buyers and agents, is looking to expand to cities outside of the state after receiving a new round of funding last month, co-founder and CEO Rick Orr tells Xconomy. The company received $1.6 million in October from FF Angel, an … Continue reading “RealSavvy May Add SF, LA to Social Real Estate Apps After Funding”
Treasure Data Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6be6ec00-4759-4b88-a972-027cd8b408a1 Date 11/8/2016 Company Name Treasure Data Mailing Address 2565 Leghorn St. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description The Treasure Data Cloud Data Warehouse service enables data-driven companies to get big data analytics running in days not months without specialist IT resources and for a tenth the cost of other alternatives. … Continue reading “Treasure Data Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding”
Zoox Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7aaa9304-ef84-49a0-86c0-abf191f1dec9 Date 11/8/2016 Company Name Zoox Mailing Address 325 Sharon Park Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Zoox is a robotics company pioneering autonomous mobility as-a-service. Zoox is developing a breakthrough, fully automated, electric vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring the service to market at scale. Website … Continue reading “Zoox Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding”
Fillr Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89e47ccb-d9da-4d47-a5f5-b0e44fe3cfd8 Date 11/8/2016 Company Name Fillr Mailing Address 71 Stevenson Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Transacting on mobile is slow, tedious and error prone. Pinching and zooming on small screens with tiny keyboards all lead to errors and time wasted. Fillr standardises mobile forms into a format you can … Continue reading “Fillr Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Forecast Update: CA’s Prop. 61 Now A Toss-Up, New Poll Shows
Xconomy reported Thursday that support for Proposition 61, the California initiative to rein in drug prices, had slipped in a recent poll to a slim 51 percent majority, with 24 percent opposed and 25 percent undecided. Since then, a new state poll from a different pollster has put Prop. 61’s chances at a toss-up: 47 … Continue reading “Forecast Update: CA’s Prop. 61 Now A Toss-Up, New Poll Shows”
The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016
As we draw closer to the end of 2016, it is important that we take a moment to look back and reflect on all of the ways technology has inspired us, and transformed the way we live and do work. As technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, we increasingly look for simple but secure, … Continue reading “The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016”
What Should Be on the Next President’s Cybersecurity Agenda?
From a hack of Democratic National Committee e-mails to fears that cyber attackers will attempt to interfere with tomorrow’s election, cybersecurity emerged as a crucial theme in this grueling presidential campaign. Neither candidate has said a lot about how he or she would address cybersecurity issues as president, although Hillary Clinton has offered more details … Continue reading “What Should Be on the Next President’s Cybersecurity Agenda?”
BioCardia Lands $4,373,625 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93eae356-5ac9-4c16-96a0-0c0d2aa1638f Date 11/7/2016 Company Name BioCardia Mailing Address 125 Shoreway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description BioCardia’s Helix Biotherapeutic Delivery business remains committed to being the platform of choice for delivery of therapeutic agents to themyocardium. Website http://www.biocardia.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,373,625 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “BioCardia Lands $4,373,625 New Round”
Apartment List Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c6aa067-3099-4963-9e4d-24c5991f2aa0 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Apartment List Mailing Address 500 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Welcome to the best apartment-hunting resource: ApartmentList.com. Our mission is to reinvent the rental market on a foundation of trust and transparency. Website http://www.apartmentlist.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Apartment List Obtains $30,000,000 New Funding”
Zipongo Receives $18,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ed2da87-9a56-4665-85e7-2751eba98d99 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Zipongo Mailing Address 120 Green Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Zipongo makes it easier and more affordable to enjoya healthier new you. You like to eat healthy, and you want to serve your family nutritious, balanced meals. Website http://www.zipongo.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Zipongo Receives $18,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Active Allocator Garners Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7c4327b-db8b-40fa-8cde-8763d619a7e2 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Active Allocator Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description We focus narrowly in just two areas we know best – asset allocation and portfolio construction – something that is exceedingly hard to do, and when executed properly creates enormous investing value for clients and … Continue reading “Active Allocator Garners Seed Financing”
PlushCare Receives $8,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9aff47c3-24f5-4987-b593-8da7f0cd1228 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name PlushCare Mailing Address 650 5th St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Simply put, our mission is to challenge the status quo by providing every American convenient and affordable access to the best trained doctors in the country. Website http://www.plushcare.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “PlushCare Receives $8,000,000 Series A Financing”
Sunflower Labs Garners $2,100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0bacd1ab-aec9-4582-b44e-9b2f37f0cb27 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Sunflower Labs Mailing Address 564 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Sunflower Labs combines Swiss craftsmanship and engineering with Silicon Valley startup culture. We’re leveraging years of experience building consumer products to design insightful home security. Website http://www.sunflower-labs.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Sunflower Labs Garners $2,100,000 New Financing”
BioCardia Lands $35,873,625 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd041001-0620-46fd-9ccf-adfa5af3cd97 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name BioCardia Mailing Address 125 Shoreway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description BioCardia’s Helix Biotherapeutic Delivery business remains committed to being the platform of choice for delivery of therapeutic agents to themyocardium. Website http://www.biocardia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $35,873,625 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “BioCardia Lands $35,873,625 New Financing”
Xanadu Heights Garners Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db79dbec-b250-4fcd-bb49-b98982536f15 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Xanadu Heights Mailing Address 1535 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Xanadu Heights is a virtual reality game company based out of the Upload VR Collective space in San Francisco, California. The company is building a VR-focused game franchise. Website http://www.xanaduheights.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Xanadu Heights Garners Seed Funding”
Wish Lands New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a53a0aac-8415-4b07-b6be-e9560a099587 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Wish Mailing Address 1 Sansome St. 40th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Wish is a disruptive social platform to discover, collect, and share products with your friends. We are passionate about connecting relevant products to relevant people, and making shopping fun and seamless. Website … Continue reading “Wish Lands New Round”
Spinal Kinetics Secures $1,282,124 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08bd558c-d50f-4d28-84a8-f2e952a592c9 Date 11/7/2016 Company Name Spinal Kinetics Mailing Address 501 Mercury Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Spinal Kinetics, Inc. is a start-up medical device company developing innovative orthopedic devices for the treatment of diseases of the spine. Website http://www.spinalkinetics.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,282,124 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Spinal Kinetics Secures $1,282,124 New Financing Round”
Periscope Data Obtains $25,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0551161f-8183-4b46-b648-a9469af0c0ff Date 11/5/2016 Company Name Periscope Data Mailing Address 1405 Minnesota St San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Periscope Data merges business data from many data sources — ads, databases, billing, email, etc. — automatically and instantaneously. Customers use it to answer questions like: how do email and SMS. Website http://www.periscope.io … Continue reading “Periscope Data Obtains $25,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Cortica, Clarifai Show AI Isn’t Just for Big Companies Like Google
Deep learning just may be the buzziest, most misunderstood term in the tech world. And October was a banner month for the enigmatic subject. The term “deep learning” is, essentially, a synonym for a type of neural network approach. And though voguish at the moment, the goal of the field has long been to create … Continue reading “Cortica, Clarifai Show AI Isn’t Just for Big Companies Like Google”
Sanofi’s Experience With Dengvaxia May Speed Development of Zika Vaccine
Dengvaxia, the first licensed vaccine for dengue virus, has now been approved in 11 countries where dengue is endemic. But sales of the vaccine, which were initially projected to reach €200 million this year, barely reached €20 million in the first half of the year, with little sign of picking up. Sanofi Pasteur, the group … Continue reading “Sanofi’s Experience With Dengvaxia May Speed Development of Zika Vaccine”
Bio Roundup: Clinical Shirkers, AMD Worriers, ASH Fallers & More
Our previous roundup came out last week before news broke that Susan Lindquist, a highly decorated and thoughtful researcher into the inner workings of proteins, passed away. She was 67. First at the University of Chicago and then MIT’s Whitehead Institute, Lindquist helped biologists see that all kinds of organisms—including ourselves—share errors of protein folding … Continue reading “Bio Roundup: Clinical Shirkers, AMD Worriers, ASH Fallers & More”
Californians Still Hate Trump, But More Uncertain About Drug Companies
The polls are tightening. Millions of people are still making up their minds. National figures are making last-minute pitches. The decision could have huge implications for people across the U.S. We’re talking of course about next week’s vote on Proposition 61 in California, an attempt to control drug prices in the nation’s most populous state. … Continue reading “Californians Still Hate Trump, But More Uncertain About Drug Companies”
The Necessity of Innovation
Innovation is at the heart of wealth creation. Innovation is at the heart of job creation. Innovation is at the heart of building better lives for everyone. And innovation can be increased by conscious support. Innovation is enhanced by a culture of innovation, encouragement of talented inventors and entrepreneurs, collaboration between academics and business people, … Continue reading “The Necessity of Innovation”
Spongecell Secures $10,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d2757a0-cc64-445d-9e84-00728476718d Date 11/3/2016 Company Name Spongecell Mailing Address 660 Mission St 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Spongecell transforms standard banner ads into dynamic flash ads with rich media-like functionality. The multi-media ads engage audiences longer, use no more real estate than a standard banner ad, and keep users … Continue reading “Spongecell Secures $10,500,000 New Round”
Silvair Garners $12,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8cd90e07-710e-44ea-b919-11f7613b50ff Date 11/3/2016 Company Name Silvair Mailing Address 717 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description We enable manufacturers to make their lighting products smart and connected by providing our full-stack Silvair Module, a combination of hardware and software solutions designed to meet the challenging requirements of commercial lighting environment. … Continue reading “Silvair Garners $12,000,000 Series A Financing Round”