Blend Secures $2,389,970 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=35c359e8-116c-49b2-8482-b4bde3dfbe60 Date 9/20/2016 Company Name Blend Mailing Address 188 King Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Blend is the best way to group chat with your friends. Website http://www.blend.la Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,389,970 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 7 investors participated in … Continue reading “Blend Secures $2,389,970 New Funding Round”

Sarepta Prices $300K Duchenne Drug As FDA Rift Emerges Over Approval

The FDA approved Monday the first drug ever for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but only after the commissioner had to settle a high-stakes dispute between powerful agency scientists. Prominent members of the FDA’s drug-review staff, fearful of setting a precedent for the regulation of drugs for rare diseases, voted to reject eteplirsen (Exondys 51), from Cambridge, … Continue reading “Sarepta Prices $300K Duchenne Drug As FDA Rift Emerges Over Approval”

After New Data, FDA Bucks Advisory Panel, Approves Sarepta’s Duchenne Drug

[Updated 9/19/16, 12:42 p.m. See below.] In a decision that could have myriad implications for both the pharmaceutical industry and patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the FDA today approved a drug called eteplirsen from Cambridge, MA-based Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SRPT]]). With the FDA nod, eteplirsen has become the first drug ever approved for Duchenne, a … Continue reading “After New Data, FDA Bucks Advisory Panel, Approves Sarepta’s Duchenne Drug”

Workforce Trends, Economy, & More: Q&A With Alexandria’s Joel Marcus

Think “innovation” and you might picture some scrappy entrepreneurs toiling away in a kitchen or garage, hoping the landlord doesn’t notice what they’re up to. But the reality is that turning science into big business often requires far more sophisticated infrastructure—and the landlord who provides that infrastructure sometimes has one of the best windows into … Continue reading “Workforce Trends, Economy, & More: Q&A With Alexandria’s Joel Marcus”

PeerSpace Receives $3,336,522 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0fec495-4ef3-4167-a81f-5be780539555 Date 9/19/2016 Company Name PeerSpace Mailing Address 743 Clementina St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description We exist to help companies and individuals find one-of-a-kind short-term space to inspire their best work. Studies show that access to inspiring spaces and changing your work surroundings regularly are key drivers of innovation … Continue reading “PeerSpace Receives $3,336,522 New Financing”

Electric Cloud Lands $6,187,400 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77666e89-ab5a-4adb-8d89-8178e446d8f5 Date 9/19/2016 Company Name Electric Cloud Mailing Address 35 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 USA Company Description Our Continuous Delivery solution automates and accelerates build/test/deploy processes. Trusted by global brands like VMWare, Intel, Facebook, Motorola & more. Website http://www.electric-cloud.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,187,400 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Electric Cloud Lands $6,187,400 New Financing”

LifeDojo Secures $872,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4f155fc-ee1c-4e1f-a0ef-9b360899bf96 Date 9/19/2016 Company Name LifeDojo Mailing Address 645 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description LifeDojo programs are scientifically designed to inspire, educate, and reliably improve health & life outcomes. It’s step-by-step behavior change in a digital box! Website http://www.lifedojo.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $872,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “LifeDojo Secures $872,000 New Funding Round”

Oracle Acquires Palerra for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2359c4d3-79ce-4b9c-8704-4d67cd5ab6bd Date 9/19/2016 Company Name Palerra Mailing Address 3945 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description Founded in 2013, Palerra believes in automating the entire security lifecycle, from threat detection to remediation, in order to effectively combat cyber crime and keep enterprises secure. Palerra is a privately held company backed … Continue reading “Oracle Acquires Palerra for Undisclosed Sum”

Google Acquires Api.ai for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6da85d5b-5c57-4e2f-80d6-7f556c21b5f0 Date 9/19/2016 Company Name Api.ai Mailing Address 443 Waverley St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description The Api.ai platform lets developers seemlessly integrate intelligent voice command systems into their products to create consumer-friendly voice-enabled user interfaces. Api.ai is also the company behind Assistant, a first of its kind conversational assistant … Continue reading “Google Acquires Api.ai for Undisclosed Sum”

Biotech Roundup: CRISPR’s 3rd IPO, Gender Diversity, Buyouts & More

Across the nation, and even looking back into the past, health was in the headlines this week. Our presidential candidates were either recovering from pneumonia or talking up their health records. New documents came to light that showed the sugar industry paid for studies downplaying the ties between sugar and heart disease. And the drug-price … Continue reading “Biotech Roundup: CRISPR’s 3rd IPO, Gender Diversity, Buyouts & More”

What Startups Can Do About Cyber Attacks

A cybersecurity report by Ponemon Institute, in association with Keeper Security, found that in the 12 months leading up to June 2016, 55 percent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a cyber attack, while 50 percent encountered data breaches involving customer and employee information. These statistics belie the common notion that cybercriminals attack only … Continue reading “What Startups Can Do About Cyber Attacks”

PlumSlice Labs Receives Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=738b97d6-7201-4c47-af14-53e6e4b13174 Date 9/16/2016 Company Name PlumSlice Labs Mailing Address 580 California St. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description By leveraging the latest developments in cloud collaboration, big data and mobile business technology PlumSlice Labs provides a suite of web and mobile apps to help retailers manage and sell their products more … Continue reading “PlumSlice Labs Receives Series A Financing Round”

Ripple Obtains $55,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=35479982-e907-4fa6-a034-665352e232aa Date 9/16/2016 Company Name Ripple Mailing Address 268 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Ripple is committed to a simple, global, and open currency and payment system. The team developed the Ripple protocol and its distributed payment network, and now works to support and promote its growth. Website … Continue reading “Ripple Obtains $55,000,000 Series B Round”

Carbon3D Garners $81,100,000 Series C Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8e9551e5-ffb3-41d5-b143-6f7424ba5fbb Date 9/16/2016 Company Name Carbon3D Mailing Address 312 Chestnut Street Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Carbon3D lives at the intersection of hardware, software and molecular science. Our CLIP technology allows commercial customers to go beyond basic prototyping with conventional 3D printing to truly achieve 3D manufacturing. Website http://www.carbon3d.com Transaction … Continue reading “Carbon3D Garners $81,100,000 Series C Round”

Resilinc Lands New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fde08efd-c11f-45b1-85d9-80187aa229cf Date 9/16/2016 Company Name Resilinc Mailing Address 890 Hillview Court Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Resilinc was founded in 2010 by supply chain and technology mavericks who had a vision to make supply chain intelligence and advanced analytics a source for competitive advantage. Website http://www.resilinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Resilinc Lands New Financing Round”

How to Teach Computational Thinking

Computational thinking is going to be a defining feature of the future—and it’s an incredibly important thing to be teaching to kids today. There’s always lots of discussion (and concern) about how to teach traditional mathematical thinking to kids. But looking to the future, this pales in comparison to the importance of teaching computational thinking. … Continue reading “How to Teach Computational Thinking”

BitSight Nabs $40M as Cybersecurity Ratings Sector Picks Up Steam

BitSight Technologies wasn’t looking to raise more money from investors when GGV Capital came calling in April. The cybersecurity ratings startup still had nearly $20 million stashed in the bank from the Series B funding round it raised in June 2015, says Tom Turner, BitSight’s chief operating officer and president. But BitSight executives decided they … Continue reading “BitSight Nabs $40M as Cybersecurity Ratings Sector Picks Up Steam”

AlerSense Obtains New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11d27292-77d2-4c9a-876a-07083384d674 Date 9/15/2016 Company Name AlerSense Mailing Address 1900 South Norfolk Street San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description AlerSense, Inc. develops consumer airborne contaminant sensing, monitoring, and alerting solutions. It offers AlerSense, an in-home air quality alert system that detects airborne contaminants and toxins, such as pollen, mold, dust, chemicals, and … Continue reading “AlerSense Obtains New Funding”

Aperia Technologies Lands $2,842,500 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a0859ab-9ac3-4c58-89de-121268d73b9d Date 9/15/2016 Company Name Aperia Technologies Mailing Address 1616 Rollins Road Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description A revolutionary automatic tire inflation system for trucks & trailers that bolts-on in minutes. Increased fuel efficiency & extended tire life. Website http://www.aperiatech.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,842,500 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Aperia Technologies Lands $2,842,500 New Round”

Delinia Obtains $35,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7fa6a2ef-9fa2-4f60-81a0-328418af4bf6 Date 9/15/2016 Company Name Delinia Mailing Address 953 Indiana Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Delinia is a biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Delinia’s lead program is a molecule that potentiates and expands Regulatory T Cells (Tregs), powerful immune cells that are critical … Continue reading “Delinia Obtains $35,000,000 Series A Funding”

Totango Obtains $8,000,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a63d645c-bf73-4bf1-a4cf-a6bad65b36cb Date 9/15/2016 Company Name Totango Mailing Address 599 College Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Totango provides real-time customer usage analysis to help you identify the BEST opportunities for growth. Website http://www.totango.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Totango Obtains $8,000,000 Series C Financing Round”

Tipalti Garners $14,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29ee249e-b08b-498a-9fb5-a9d7a8af83ba Date 9/15/2016 Company Name Tipalti Mailing Address 830 Stewart Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Tipalti.com is the world’s most powerful pay-outs management automation platform. Tipalti automates the entire mass global payments operations process, making it easy to pay any vendor, partner, or customer across 190 countries while ensuring all … Continue reading “Tipalti Garners $14,000,000 New Financing”

SAP Doubles Down, Commits Another $1B to Sapphire Ventures

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sapphire Ventures, whose ancestry traces back to the former corporate venture investing arm of German software giant SAP, said today it has secured $1 billion in capital from SAP. That adds up to $2.4 billion in assets under management for Palo Alto, CA-based Sapphire—-all pledged by SAP SE (NYSE: [[ticker:SAP]]), … Continue reading “SAP Doubles Down, Commits Another $1B to Sapphire Ventures”

Sofinnova, Atlas Put $35M Into Delinia to Tackle Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmune diseases occur when our immune systems mistakenly start fighting parts of our own bodies, rather than foreign invaders. The trick is to stop the attack without weakening our body’s defenses. That’s the idea behind a new startup that launched this morning called Delinia. The company, with operations in Cambridge, MA, and San Francisco, CA, … Continue reading “Sofinnova, Atlas Put $35M Into Delinia to Tackle Autoimmune Diseases”

New Relay Therapeutics Aims Supercomputers, $57M At Protein Motion

Nearly ten years ago, academics at Stanford University trying to divine how proteins fold into their complicated shapes—an action that can take a millionth to a thousandth of a second—began recruiting people at home to volunteer their computers in the off hours. Back then, crowdsourced computing muscle was necessary to probe the mystery of a … Continue reading “New Relay Therapeutics Aims Supercomputers, $57M At Protein Motion”

Credence MedSystems Secures $15,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=15fffc19-2444-43c4-b9de-1b2bea89b4c3 Date 9/14/2016 Company Name Credence MedSystems Mailing Address 1600 Adams Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Credence is under the care of a seasoned team with extensive experience founding, leading and growing successful companies in the medical technology and drug delivery space. Website http://www.credencemed.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Credence MedSystems Secures $15,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Point Obtains $15,400,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1ab440d-220a-43e1-94bb-2402ac985ef7 Date 9/14/2016 Company Name Point Mailing Address 364 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Imagine having money in a safe that you are not allowed access – instead, you must borrow the equivalent amount of money from a bank and pay the bank interest for the privilege. That … Continue reading “Point Obtains $15,400,000 Series A Financing Round”

Sourcery Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e30bfbe-e29f-4ca7-963d-859c3538c64e Date 9/14/2016 Company Name Sourcery Mailing Address 212 Clara St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description We build economically sustainable food systems by offering products and services that empower our users to streamline their business operations. Website http://www.getsourcery.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Sourcery Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round”

RackWare Garners $10,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3e3c003-559e-49f2-a019-90e2485d1f8a Date 9/14/2016 Company Name RackWare Mailing Address 39355 California Street Fremont, CA 94538 USA Company Description RackWare has developed a series of enterprise solutions to bring intelligence and automation to the cloud. The RackWare Management Module (RMM) helps businesses scale across private, public, or hybrid cloud environments, without changing applications. Website … Continue reading “RackWare Garners $10,000,000 Series B Financing”

InstaVR Secures $2,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9912611-59e0-45ae-95ce-b892f2fd1571 Date 9/14/2016 Company Name InstaVR Mailing Address 795 Folsom Street 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description InstaVR is a virtual reality focused technology company, providing tools and services to enable professionals to author and publish interactive VR experiences. InstaVR is completely web-based and requires no specialized engineering knowledge. … Continue reading “InstaVR Secures $2,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Unravel Data Lands $7,200,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ae7ce73-848e-4a67-86e9-c1c4b560e666 Date 9/14/2016 Company Name Unravel Data Mailing Address 68 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Our academic pedigree, deep professional experience, and highly respected partners and advisors give Unravel an understanding of Big Data that few others possess. Website http://www.unraveldata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,200,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Unravel Data Lands $7,200,000 New Financing”

GitLab Lands $20,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0c7743a-8052-4262-bff8-d8e70f14976f Date 9/14/2016 Company Name GitLab Mailing Address 1233 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Code, test, and deploy together Host it on your own server? Download and install the open source GitLab CE in 2 minutes Need Website http://www.gitlab.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “GitLab Lands $20,000,000 Series B Funding”

Concur Technologies Acquires Hipmunk for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71a60dc5-d1eb-4673-8db9-441d17928872 Date 9/14/2016 Company Name Hipmunk Mailing Address 434 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Find cheap flights and deals on hotels with Hipmunk. We search hundreds of travel sites to find the best prices and take the agony out of travel planning. Website http://www.hipmunk.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Concur Technologies Acquires Hipmunk for Undisclosed Sum”

Octiv Snags Backing from GE Ventures, Plans to Continue Expansion

Octiv, the Indianapolis-based startup working on productivity tools for sales teams, announced last week that it has secured investment capital from GE Ventures, which has offices in Boston, San Francisco, and other cities across the country. The amount contributed by GE Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Electric (NYSE: [[ticker:GE]]), was undisclosed. The funding … Continue reading “Octiv Snags Backing from GE Ventures, Plans to Continue Expansion”

Circle Pharma Receives $3,808,348 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f807b898-a530-4972-acdf-406c8bf9096d Date 9/13/2016 Company Name Circle Pharma Mailing Address 280 Utah Avenue San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description We design and develop bioavailable macrocyclic peptide therapeutics against important clinical targets. We do this by applying a computational structure-based design approach that combines physics (conformational modeling), chemistry (innovative molecular components) and biology … Continue reading “Circle Pharma Receives $3,808,348 New Financing”

Sanofi, Verily Fund Diabetes Startup With $500M

[Updated, 9/12/16, 2:35 p.m. See below.] French healthcare giant Sanofi (NYSE: [[ticker:SNY]]) and Verily, the life-science group within Google’s parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GOOG]]), are each putting nearly $250 million into a new startup, Onduo, that will develop diabetes treatments. Onduo will be based in Cambridge, MA, and run by a former big-box superstore executive, … Continue reading “Sanofi, Verily Fund Diabetes Startup With $500M”

How We Won $50,000 in SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Contest

Recently, the student accelerator program mystartupXX, a joint program of UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management and the Jacobs School of Engineering, won a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration as a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition winner. We were one of 68 winners announced Aug. 31 in the nationwide contest. This was … Continue reading “How We Won $50,000 in SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Contest”

Seeking to Join Editas, Intellia, CRISPR Tx Makes Long Awaited IPO Push

Investors hoping to buy into the vast, yet still unproven drugmaking potential of the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 will soon have three different companies to choose from. CRISPR Therapeutics filed for an IPO on Friday, meaning it could soon join Boston-area rivals Editas Medicine and Intellia Therapeutics in the expanding club of publicly traded CRISPR-Cas9 … Continue reading “Seeking to Join Editas, Intellia, CRISPR Tx Makes Long Awaited IPO Push”

Juvo Receives $14,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=335915f9-d833-440c-9c23-8b919df5d0ea Date 9/12/2016 Company Name Juvo Mailing Address 201 Potrero Avenue San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Juvo was founded with an overarching vision: to establish financial identities for the billions of people worldwide who are creditworthy, yet financially excluded. Our mission is to give every subscriber an identity so they … Continue reading “Juvo Receives $14,000,000 New Financing”

Hmicro Obtains $10,200,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a8e2b90-3a36-4081-a62b-bacc89a928ba Date 9/12/2016 Company Name Hmicro Mailing Address 39355 California Street Fremont, CA 94538 USA Company Description We develop innovative products engineered to address the unique requirements of wireless peripherals, focused on the most challenging applications in the broad Website http://www.hmicro.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,200,000 Transaction Round Series C … Continue reading “Hmicro Obtains $10,200,000 Series C Funding Round”

Shippo Obtains Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e596480-ca51-442d-90b3-ec7283cdba1f Date 9/12/2016 Company Name Shippo Mailing Address 215 Clayton St. San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Company Description Shippo has built an API that makes shipping easy and affordable for small businesses that are not eligible for bulk discounts. Prices without bulk discounts are usually 80% higher. Shippo gives these customers access … Continue reading “Shippo Obtains Series A Round”

Verizon Communications Acquires Sensity Systems for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d33e92fc-7832-4793-98e4-332359ea9fec Date 9/12/2016 Company Name Sensity Systems Mailing Address 480 Oakmead Pkwy Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Sensity Systems capitalizes on conversions to LED lighting—a process that will affect 4 billion lights worldwide over the next few years—to create a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory … Continue reading “Verizon Communications Acquires Sensity Systems for Undisclosed Sum”

Chrono Therapeutics Scores $47.6M to Advance Anti-Smoking System

Digital health company Chrono Therapeutics has landed $47.6 million from investors to fund its drive toward FDA approval of a wearable quit-smoking system it hopes will rival products like Pfizer’s drug Chantix. Chrono’s product combines a programmed patch delivering tailored doses of nicotine with a motivational app to deal with the psychological aspects of addiction … Continue reading “Chrono Therapeutics Scores $47.6M to Advance Anti-Smoking System”

Bio Roundup: Cancer Wishes and Shopping Lists, Allergan Pricing & More

[Corrected, 9/12/16, 4:28 p.m. See below.] What do cancer experts want? The moon, perhaps. As part of the Obama administration’s “cancer moonshot” program, a panel of scientists this week presented a set of broad, ambitious recommendations to speed up the pace of cancer research, treatment, and prevention. The scientific goals, writ large, included nationwide data … Continue reading “Bio Roundup: Cancer Wishes and Shopping Lists, Allergan Pricing & More”

Tyler Jacks, Cancer Moonshot Panel Co-Chair, Discusses Roadmap

The Obama administration wants to speed up cancer research with its “Cancer Moonshot” program—packing 10 years’ worth of work on prevention and treatment programs into five is one of its rallying cries. Agreeing on what to do, and how to do it, is the first step. The FDA agreed this summer to reorganize the way … Continue reading “Tyler Jacks, Cancer Moonshot Panel Co-Chair, Discusses Roadmap”

Movo Receives $1,800,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=69b44ae5-6982-4413-8ff5-0717daf6f4a0 Date 9/9/2016 Company Name Movo Mailing Address 530 Lytton Ave. 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description MOVO is the creator of a patent pending technology called P2A4, a cutting-edge system that links the old world infrastructure of yesterday to the new world of revolutionary payment technologies promoting economic … Continue reading “Movo Receives $1,800,000 New Funding Round”

Signifyd Obtains $19,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0a5a88d-d461-4a59-b639-0f99e207b98c Date 9/9/2016 Company Name Signifyd Mailing Address 2590 North First Street San Jose, CA 95131 USA Company Description Signifyd was founded in 2011 to help online businesses better control fraud and abuse. We simplify fraud prevention with tools and expertise. Website http://www.signifyd.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $19,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Signifyd Obtains $19,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

Blackstorm Receives $33,500,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1094b623-214a-4af9-8fcc-2ca98d825c9e Date 9/9/2016 Company Name Blackstorm Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description The company wants to seamlessly develop applications that can thread across multiple platforms like messenger bots and, theoretically, more suped-up web browser experiences. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $33,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Blackstorm Receives $33,500,000 New Funding Round”

Allbirds Lands $7,250,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dd47111-8f51-47f5-9aaf-5ef5dd5ddf90 Date 9/9/2016 Company Name Allbirds Mailing Address 750 Battery St. San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Growing up in New Zealand, Tim Brown couldn’t help but notice all the amazing qualities of merino wool. In fact, it made him wonder why such an incredible, sustainable resource had never been used … Continue reading “Allbirds Lands $7,250,000 New Financing”

IDbyDNA Secures $9,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be5f5ea8-cd47-4a31-bbe9-9d15e80a0384 Date 9/9/2016 Company Name IDbyDNA Mailing Address 725 San Aleso Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description IDbyDNA’s mission is to help doctors and scientists to detect any pathogen in any sample, thereby removing barriers for the adoption of metagenomics in clinical settings, ultimately leading to faster public health responses during … Continue reading “IDbyDNA Secures $9,000,000 Series A Funding Round”