Outwork Garners $100,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5a27756-7f5b-43a2-93ba-110bc5da85a9 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Outwork Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Outwork is a Platform to Simplify and scale partnerships. We give you the tools to streamline manual tasks and be strategic. Website http://www.outwork.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $100,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Outwork Garners $100,000 Seed Funding Round”

Weka.IO Lands $32,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=79010618-d9c3-4e3f-af87-3f7f20b859ab Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Weka.IO Mailing Address 2001 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description Weka.IO software defined storage (SDS) technology is transforming enterprise and cloud storage by radically simplifying the way storage is deployed in the datacenter. Weka.IO was founded in 2013 and funded by leading venture and … Continue reading “Weka.IO Lands $32,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

KeyReply Obtains $100,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef76a385-b7bf-4028-85ba-6c6e379f1c13 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name KeyReply Mailing Address 599 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description KeyReply’s artificial intelligence engine will parse your unstructured conversations from internal channels such as Slack or HipChat, and external channels such as emails and support systems like Service Cloud or Zendesk. Website http://www.keyreply.com Transaction … Continue reading “KeyReply Obtains $100,000 Seed Financing”

Polybit Garners $100,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0e5493d3-fad6-408d-8185-81f70001d1c2 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Polybit Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Polybit provides open source tools to help developers build, distribute and manage APIs automatically, so they can focus more on coding their own products. Website http://www.polybit.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $100,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Polybit Garners $100,000 Seed Funding Round”

Equire Obtains $100,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8d3eb77b-413c-491f-81f5-bb8ba369b8da Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Equire Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Equire.co is the first platform to facilitate marketplace investing to help entrepreneurs acquire existing small businesses. Website http://www.equire.co Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $100,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to … Continue reading “Equire Obtains $100,000 Seed Round”

Mobile Bigfoot Secures $100,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91755524-986e-4a4b-96fa-cd7ef5c1b788 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Mobile Bigfoot Mailing Address 25 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Mobile Bigfoot is the premier service provider of wireless networks for public venues. Mobile Bigfoot will provide a seamless umbrella of Wi-Fi and cellular networks in public venues wherever additional coverage and capacity … Continue reading “Mobile Bigfoot Secures $100,000 Seed Financing”

Sostena Obtains $8,100,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=948e8d74-5d6b-4ff6-93fa-cdb6d0368357 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Sostena Mailing Address 29285 Mace Boulevard Davis, CA 95618 USA Company Description Sostena recognizes that creating more value in the agricultural supply chain is vitally important due to limitations in arable acres and other natural resources. Website http://www.sostena.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,100,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Sostena Obtains $8,100,000 New Financing”

HypeLabs Lands $100,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a383066a-ba8e-41ba-817f-d522d029a50c Date 6/10/2016 Company Name HypeLabs Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Using Hype’s SDK, TopDox creates peer-to-peer mesh networks between nearby users. Anyone in the network can work simultaneously on the same documents even without internet. Website http://www.hypelabs.io Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $100,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “HypeLabs Lands $100,000 Seed Financing Round”

Freenome Secures $5,500,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=54fb5cdd-81a2-4ca7-b781-ee0d48c6ac51 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Freenome Mailing Address 2627 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA Company Description Freenome is the dynamic collection of genetic material floating in your blood (cell-free) derived from the trillions of cells in your body. It is your living cell-free genome changing over time and space. Website … Continue reading “Freenome Secures $5,500,000 Seed Financing”

Merck Acquires Afferent Pharmaceuticals for $1,250,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8630c010-c956-475c-b002-109e1268831a Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Afferent Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 2755 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description A leader in the development of novel, selective small molecules that target the P2X3 purinergic receptor, for the treatment of a range of debilitating symptoms and sensory disorders. Website http://www.afferentpharma.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Merck Acquires Afferent Pharmaceuticals for $1,250,000,000”

Nokia Acquires Gainspeed for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eefbae52-b858-48e1-912c-8cd8eae04e87 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Gainspeed Mailing Address 295 Santa Ana Court Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Gainspeed enables cable operators to meet skyrocketing capacity requirements, respond to changing market demands, and rapidly deploy new services all while cost-effectively migrating their networks to a software-driven, all-IP architecture. Website http://www.gainspeed.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Nokia Acquires Gainspeed for Undisclosed Sum”

Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communication Group Acquires Smaato for $148,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f1befa7b-f4b0-4ab8-89d4-967effc8f230 Date 6/10/2016 Company Name Smaato Mailing Address 240 Stockton St 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Smaato Inc. is an ad-enabler for mobile phones, pioneering with its mobile advertising platform SOMA (Smaato Open Mobile Advertising) for the delivery of targeted mobile advertising. Smaato is partnering with international brands, … Continue reading “Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communication Group Acquires Smaato for $148,000,000”

In Race to Relief, Amgen Touts New But Incomplete Migraine Data

A quartet of drugs that could prevent migraine headaches, not just treat the symptoms, are competing to get to market. Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) of Thousand Oaks, CA, announced Wednesday that its candidate, dubbed erenumab, met the main goal of a 667-patient mid-stage study. If a larger Phase 3 test that should wrap up soon also … Continue reading “In Race to Relief, Amgen Touts New But Incomplete Migraine Data”

Tradeshift Lands $75,000,000 Series D Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5fba5d7-b107-4388-96a1-1850fdf3d4ba Date 6/9/2016 Company Name Tradeshift Mailing Address 612 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Tradeshift is a platform for all your business interactions. Modern business is broken. On one hand, growing companies who want to focus on doing what they love are plagued by user-unfriendly and time-consuming solutions … Continue reading “Tradeshift Lands $75,000,000 Series D Financing Round”

Treasure Data Receives $11,549,982 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc20512c-95dd-4af0-99e9-4bed3a62bedd Date 6/9/2016 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 Receives $11,549,982 New Financing Round”

Forge Garners $4,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f71dee1-487a-41fe-b948-a8112d91a0e8 Date 6/9/2016 Company Name Forge Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Fast, automatic, always-on game capture. Never miss a moment with Forge. Website http://www.forge.gg Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes With this new funding, we will be rapidly growing the … Continue reading “Forge Garners $4,500,000 Series A Round”

Monster Worldwide Acquires Jobr for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7cee6fe-3357-4604-8fbb-254b3c40b81b Date 6/9/2016 Company Name Jobr Mailing Address 1787 McAllister St. San Francisco, CA 94115 USA Company Description Hello professionals! We launched Jobr for iOS 2 months ago with a mission to make exploring your career simple, enjoyable, and educational. Turns out we aren’t the only ones who think that finding the … Continue reading “Monster Worldwide Acquires Jobr for Undisclosed Sum”

Alexandria Sets up Incubator, $25M Seed Fund For NY Bio Startups

[Updated, 1:12 pm ET, see below] It’s no secret that one of the biggest things holding New York City’s biotech ecosystem back is lack of lab space for startups. The problem will take a broad effort to solve, not just a few buildings or incubators. But one of the city’s biggest real estate players, Alexandria … Continue reading “Alexandria Sets up Incubator, $25M Seed Fund For NY Bio Startups”

Ginkgo Gulps $100M to Build Synthetic Food, Fragrance Business

Ginkgo Bioworks sits at the intersection of synthetic biology, software, robotics, and advanced manufacturing, making it one of the more intriguing startups in Boston. Now, a fresh round of $100 million in venture capital also makes it one of the area’s biggest technology bets. Ginkgo has raised $154 million from investors since March 2015. The … Continue reading “Ginkgo Gulps $100M to Build Synthetic Food, Fragrance Business”

TechShop Detroit Plans Programs to Introduce Kids to STEAM Careers

When Will Brick, TechShop Detroit’s manager, was young, he was the kind of kid who loved to tinker. He often rode his bike around town “looking for things to turn into other things,” he said. Young Will would have been right at home at his current place of employment, especially in the coming months as … Continue reading “TechShop Detroit Plans Programs to Introduce Kids to STEAM Careers”

Omicia Garners $23,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26e189d2-2803-492c-936b-05598cef7ac8 Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Omicia Mailing Address 1625 Clay Street 2nd Floor Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Omicia is unlocking the potential of personalized medicine. Our mission is to help researchers and clinicians understand and apply the most relevant information from personal genome sequences, to improve disease management and medical … Continue reading “Omicia Garners $23,000,000 Series B Round”

Zinc Obtains $5,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c3dc66a2-c19e-4143-8878-0fc738543c43 Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Zinc Mailing Address 55 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Cotap is a secure communication app for mobile workers, with text, voice, video and file sharing. Website http://www.zinc.it Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Zinc, formerly known … Continue reading “Zinc Obtains $5,000,000 New Funding”

OptiScan Biomedical Lands $29,471,095 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46691a59-1169-450f-893c-2f1aa5e0f1d4 Date 6/8/2016 Company Name OptiScan Biomedical Mailing Address 24590 Clawiter Road Hayward, CA 94545 USA Company Description OptiScan Biomedical Corporation has developed an innovative monitoring platform for use in hospital intensive care units (ICU) to support clinicians in detecting changes more rapidly in critically ill patients, enabling more timely intervention. The … Continue reading “OptiScan Biomedical Lands $29,471,095 New Funding Round”

Amplitude Garners $15,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c308c02-ee99-4cce-875d-40e63feba32b Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Amplitude Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Amplitude Mobile Analytics helps you leverage cross-platform behavioral data to drive explosive user growth. Pinpoint your path to user growth in hours. Website http://www.amplitude.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Amplitude Garners $15,000,000 Series B Financing”

Building Robotics Lands $12,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fbe64c6e-ef41-4020-9f5e-8f72f3dbff98 Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Building Robotics Mailing Address 300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Building Robotics is changing the way people interact with commercial buildings by developing cutting-edge software solutions that increase comfort and optimize building systems. Our main product, Comfy, is software that enables a … Continue reading “Building Robotics Lands $12,000,000 Series B Round”

Autonomic Technologies Receives $23,045,640 Series D Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c38cd188-44cf-4421-93a4-9c20bfe2e2ca Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Autonomic Technologies Mailing Address 3698 Haven Ave. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Autonomic Technologies, Inc. (ATI) is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of severe headache. The company’s initial product, the ATI Neurostimulation System, is … Continue reading “Autonomic Technologies Receives $23,045,640 Series D Financing Round”

Vilynx Secures $448,960 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f17b319-31dd-45b4-b2fb-9f50742a6006 Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Vilynx Mailing Address 2225 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Embed your video with just one line of code. Try out our oEmbed, Iframe or Widgets. Trust us, it’s easy. You don’t need to change your video platform. We work with any video … Continue reading “Vilynx Secures $448,960 New Funding”

Bunker Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=13684473-623e-4532-bf44-f41134e4d3e4 Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Bunker Mailing Address 548 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Bunker was founded in 2015 to redefine the insurance value chain. Through the creation of the first ever contract-related insurance marketplace, they are changing the way insurance products are provided, managed, and designed. Website … Continue reading “Bunker Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Financing”

Aktana Secures $17,500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9b273818-129d-49f4-a48d-fb9dc0b0d1ad Date 6/8/2016 Company Name Aktana Mailing Address 207 Powell Street 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Aktana is a pioneer in decision support for global life science sales teams. The company’s data-fueled suggestions and insights are delivered within a sales professional’s existing CRM workflow, serving as a critical … Continue reading “Aktana Secures $17,500,000 New Funding”

San Diego’s KnuEdge, Stealthy Since 2005, Unveils Neural Tech

After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction. In a statement released yesterday, Goldin said the company founded in 2005 as Intellisis … Continue reading “San Diego’s KnuEdge, Stealthy Since 2005, Unveils Neural Tech”

Vennli Draws Up $5M+ Round for Visualization Software

Analytics is a big buzzword in business circles these days. As companies in a growing number of industries snap up software to help them hone their marketing efforts, Indiana startup Vennli is arming itself with $5.3 million in fresh cash to support its analytics software. The new money for South Bend, IN-based Vennli is part … Continue reading “Vennli Draws Up $5M+ Round for Visualization Software”

Jiff Garners $17,700,000 Series C Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6e8aeb8-5451-495f-adde-13c861307afc Date 6/7/2016 Company Name Jiff Mailing Address 215 Castro St. 2nd Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description Jiff Inc. provides the first HIPAA-compliant social network and digital health apps platform for healthcare. Jiff’s platform allows consumers and health care professionals to build personalized and private communities of care in … Continue reading “Jiff Garners $17,700,000 Series C Round”

HelpShift Secures $23,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dc2c3184-365b-450a-9c91-395217c39886 Date 6/7/2016 Company Name HelpShift Mailing Address 369 Pine Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Helpshift is an in-app customer support platform that enables mobile apps to improve customer experience, drive higher ratings and increase retention. Website http://www.helpshift.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $23,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “HelpShift Secures $23,000,000 Series B Round”

Applied StemCell Receives $19,000,000 Series D Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c2f5c98-6665-4c92-8174-5625a67731b2 Date 6/7/2016 Company Name Applied StemCell Mailing Address 521 Cottonwood Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Applied StemCell Inc. (ASC) is a fast growing biotechnology company headquartered in Milpitas, California. Our goal is to advance gene-editing and stem cell innovation for biomedical research and the biotechnology industry. Website http://www.appliedstemcell.com Transaction … Continue reading “Applied StemCell Receives $19,000,000 Series D Funding”

CrowdFlower Lands $10,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7ac3419-542c-4bac-8ba9-73fb89f52188 Date 6/7/2016 Company Name CrowdFlower Mailing Address 2111 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description CrowdFlower is the essential data enrichment platform for data scientists. We combine the best of human and artificial intelligence to solve data problems. Website http://www.crowdflower.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “CrowdFlower Lands $10,000,000 New Funding Round”

Zimperium Garners $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed47a542-e4e7-4c51-8b76-a262b5bcd05f Date 6/7/2016 Company Name Zimperium Mailing Address 191 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Zimperium develops Mobile Unified Threat Management console (zConsole) bundled with an Intrusion Prevention System (zIPS) for Smartphones and Tablets. As employers increasingly adopt the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, the organization’s most valuable … Continue reading “Zimperium Garners $25,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Recharge Obtains $2,300,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e01232c-2d2f-4d21-95c7-c625aca154b3 Date 6/7/2016 Company Name Recharge Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Recharge is a luxury hotel booking website that allows you to pay by minute. With Recharge, there is no need to book in advance or to tell the hotel how long you plan to stay. Rooms … Continue reading “Recharge Obtains $2,300,000 Seed Round”

No PhD, “No Fear”: Alice Zhang, 27, Aims Software At Neuro Diseases

It’s impossible to sum up a person with a word, a sentence, or even a paragraph. We all contain multitudes. But if a picture of 27-year-old biotech CEO Alice Zhang could emerge from a single line, it might be her response when asked to describe her first time through the whirlwind of the annual J.P. … Continue reading “No PhD, “No Fear”: Alice Zhang, 27, Aims Software At Neuro Diseases”

Vedanta Nabs $50M To Expand Microbiome Into Immune-Boosting Therapies

Exploration of the human microbiome has spurred countless questions about the impact the trillions of microbes in and on our bodies have on our health. Those questions have led to a growing number of new biotech companies. One of the first to launch, Vedanta Biosciences of Cambridge, MA, has raised $50 million with plans to … Continue reading “Vedanta Nabs $50M To Expand Microbiome Into Immune-Boosting Therapies”

Moogsoft Garners $31,626,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=60cf3c52-2b9c-4607-8243-548a88bce550 Date 6/6/2016 Company Name Moogsoft Mailing Address 1265 Battery St. San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Moogsoft was founded by Phil Tee and Mike Silvey, two passionate Service Assurance pioneers, to reduce the cost and effort involved in managing incidents and problems in modern service delivery infrastructures. Website http://www.moogsoft.com Transaction … Continue reading “Moogsoft Garners $31,626,000 Series C Financing”

Guardant Health Maps Cautious Plans For Blood-Based Cancer Screening

Clinicians today can analyze a cancer patient’s tumor using a blood sample, a so-called liquid biopsy. But using blood tests to screen seemingly healthy people for early signs of a host of cancers is still a largely hypothetical proposition—and turning that idea into a reality is a much bigger challenge. Grail, which is backed by … Continue reading “Guardant Health Maps Cautious Plans For Blood-Based Cancer Screening”

Impinj to Test IPO Waters Again, Seeking to Raise Up to $60M

Impinj, a long-tenured Seattle tech company making radio frequency identification (RFID) chips, readers, and software, aims to raise up to $60 million in an initial public stock offering. If the 16-year-old company goes forward with plans disclosed this week, it would be the first Seattle-area tech IPO since 2014, when pet insurance provider Trupanion went … Continue reading “Impinj to Test IPO Waters Again, Seeking to Raise Up to $60M”

Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes

It was fitting this week that, in the lead-up to two of biomedicine’s biggest self-celebrations, we were served ample reminder of the industry’s expensive decisions gone wrong. This weekend, much of academia and industry involved in cancer will gather in Chicago for the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology conference. Thousands of others will head … Continue reading “Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes”

Celebrating Robotics—Save $70 on Robo Madness West

On June 22, Silicon Valley’s robotic masterminds will converge for Robo Madness West in San Jose. They’ll debate the technologies, design, research, development, and business issues behind robotics for half the day—and you can join them with a $70 discount by registering by midnight tonight (Friday) with the code SAVER. This ticket includes access to Sensors Expo … Continue reading “Celebrating Robotics—Save $70 on Robo Madness West”

7 Steps Online Companies Can Take to Manage Sales Tax Exposure

States have been fighting to collect sales taxes from online retailers since the dawn of the e-commerce age. But today, online companies that sell services rather than merchandise also need to be concerned about state sales taxes. Even though most services are usually not subject to sales tax, some states are now asserting that certain … Continue reading “7 Steps Online Companies Can Take to Manage Sales Tax Exposure”

Drone On: 3D Robotics Filing Reveals $45M Financing Plan

After a painful restructuring earlier this year, Berkeley, CA-based 3D Robotics appears to be raising additional capital. The high-profile drone startup, which raised $50 million in venture funding early last year in a Series C funding round led by San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]), has raised almost $26.7 million in a combination of securities, convertible … Continue reading “Drone On: 3D Robotics Filing Reveals $45M Financing Plan”

Glassdoor Lands $40,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1e71ddf-d05a-4213-9148-0684631250e4 Date 6/3/2016 Company Name Glassdoor Mailing Address 100 Shoreline Highway Sausalito, CA 94941 USA Company Description Glassdoor helps you find a job and company you love. Reviews, salaries and benefits from employees. Interview questions from candidates. Millions of jobs. Website http://www.glassdoor.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Glassdoor Lands $40,000,000 New Funding Round”

Digit Secures $22,500,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59828469-26ec-4f44-b132-344b6bd44f22 Date 6/3/2016 Company Name Digit Mailing Address 220 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Digit saves for you, so you don’t have to think about it. Website http://www.digit.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,500,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Digit Secures $22,500,000 Series B Financing Round”

Evidation Health Obtains $11,600,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa7fd343-23f4-4ac9-8b31-58241bc0f0a4 Date 6/3/2016 Company Name Evidation Health Mailing Address 2882 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Evidation Health began as a collaboration between GE Ventures and Stanford Health Care to realize a shared vision for a digital health enabled future. The company is focused on demonstrating better health … Continue reading “Evidation Health Obtains $11,600,000 New Financing”