Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ba1cc4bd-0c41-4a17-88f7-94b3d3ed53e9 Date 5/20/2016 Company Name Tally Mailing Address 1161 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description We’ve always loved our credit cards. What we didn’t love: the inflated interest rates and hidden fees. So we created Tally to fix that. Tally lets you enjoy the rewards and convenience of your … Continue reading “Tally Receives $15,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
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Clover Health Lands $160,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=beef504e-67bd-4ade-875f-9de1a4a43a88 Date 5/20/2016 Company Name Clover Health Mailing Address 22 Fourth St. 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Clover Health is driving down costs and producing improved health outcomes with a unique health insurance plan. We use sophisticated analytics and custom software to direct our own clinical staff to … Continue reading “Clover Health Lands $160,000,000 New Financing”
Spark Adds To Early But Promising Data For Hemophilia Gene Therapy
The race to develop a gene therapy for hemophilia just moved another few feet forward. Spark Therapeutics, which is one of several companies developing a treatment, is the latest to provide its first glimpse of clinical data in human patients. As with other snippets from rivals like UniQure, of Amsterdam, and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, of San … Continue reading “Spark Adds To Early But Promising Data For Hemophilia Gene Therapy”
Agenda for Robo Madness West: PARC, iRobot, Fetch & More
We’re a little over a month away from our fifth annual Bay Area robotics conference. This year’s Robo Madness West has a new spin: it’s happening as part of the 2016 Sensors Expo & Conference at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA, on the afternoon of June 22. Here’s the agenda for the … Continue reading “Agenda for Robo Madness West: PARC, iRobot, Fetch & More”
ThoughtSpot Raises $50M for Business Data Search Engine
“The consumption of data by humans has increased maybe millions of times compared to what we used to use,” Ajeet Singh says. “This is possible because of search.” By that, serial entrepreneur Singh means search engines like Google and Microsoft’s Bing, which instantly scour websites to find us a restaurant, an audiobook, or the name … Continue reading “ThoughtSpot Raises $50M for Business Data Search Engine”
MIT Boosts Resources for Entrepreneurs as Startup “Fever” Rages
[Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories examining entrepreneurship on MIT’s campus and beyond.] [Corrected 10/4/16, 9:33 am. See below.] In 1901, 40 years after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded, alumnus and inventor William Nickerson co-founded the company that would become Gillette. MIT graduate William Shockley co-invented the transistor in … Continue reading “MIT Boosts Resources for Entrepreneurs as Startup “Fever” Rages”
DGraph Labs Lands $1,100,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e09a499e-cad7-4c10-92cb-16bc90f7da4f Date 5/19/2016 Company Name DGraph Labs Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description The storage layer of DGraph is designed for efficient retrieval, it offers low enough latency to be serving real time user queries, over terabytes of structured data. Written entirely in Go language, DGraph is available … Continue reading “DGraph Labs Lands $1,100,000 Seed Funding”
Afero Lands $20,300,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7011f454-011c-4c01-b07c-1f62a85a7bd8 Date 5/19/2016 Company Name Afero Mailing Address 4970 W. El Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description Afero is a turnkey, IoT Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution for developing and deploying the next generation of connected devices. Afero was designed to speed and simplify product development, whether customers … Continue reading “Afero Lands $20,300,000 Series A Funding”
Personal Capital Receives $75,000,000 Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=887a3a9d-51ef-4c7c-9327-276ec196ba3b Date 5/19/2016 Company Name Personal Capital Mailing Address 1 Circle Star Way San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description Personal Capital is America’s next-generation financial advisor, giving individuals with complex financial lives a better way to manage their financial lives. Website http://www.personalcapital.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $75,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Personal Capital Receives $75,000,000 Series E Funding”
Chime Secures $9,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f02bb44-42e0-4b89-9c90-8025d7c732f5 Date 5/19/2016 Company Name Chime Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Chime offers banking you can trust with rewards you ll love. No minimums, overdraft fees, or surprises. Get real-time notifications and instant cash back rewards. Website http://www.chimecard.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Chime Secures $9,000,000 New Round”
Renew Financial Receives New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c4dd67c-b793-433f-b15d-8bd2e7e182ba Date 5/19/2016 Company Name Renew Financial Mailing Address 1221 Broadway 4th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Renew Financial is one of the nation’s leading clean energy financing companies. Founded in 2008 by Cisco DeVries, who created the concept of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model, now provides … Continue reading “Renew Financial Receives New Funding”
Nima Obtains $9,200,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c546ad0-c50c-4315-af88-8dd8e4f0c02e Date 5/19/2016 Company Name Nima Mailing Address 2121 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Nima develops and sells electronic devices for a range of food and nutrition sensing purposes. Website http://www.nimasensor.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,200,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Nima will use the … Continue reading “Nima Obtains $9,200,000 Series A Financing”
ThoughtSpot Receives $50,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7b6f270-4523-4bf4-beea-c982c96e5150 Date 5/19/2016 Company Name ThoughtSpot Mailing Address 1 Palo Alto Square Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description ThoughtSpot is solving the last mile problem for business data in enterprises. ThoughtSpot Data Search Appliance enables on-the-fly access and analysis of data at enterprise scale. Website http://www.thoughtspot.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “ThoughtSpot Receives $50,000,000 Series C Funding”
Make Exits, Not Unicorns: Voyager Charts the Early Stage VC Course
Elemental Technologies and Blue Box Group were acquired by Amazon and IBM, respectively, in two of the Northwest’s most prominent technology deals of 2015. Both received initial venture capital investments from Voyager Capital. With these successful exits behind them and the firm’s 20-year anniversary ahead next year, Voyager partners Bill McAleer and Erik Benson sat … Continue reading “Make Exits, Not Unicorns: Voyager Charts the Early Stage VC Course”
In Immuno-Oncology’s Latest Win, FDA OK’s Genentech Drug
South San Francisco, CA-based Genentech, a division of international health giant Roche, announced today the U.S. approval of its drug atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the most common form of bladder cancer. Nearly 77,000 new cases of the cancer, called urothelial carcinoma, will occur in the U.S. this year, and it will cause more than 16,000 deaths, … Continue reading “In Immuno-Oncology’s Latest Win, FDA OK’s Genentech Drug”
Agenovir Gets $10.6M To Take on Viral Infections With CRISPR
The gene editing system known as CRISPR-Cas9 has electrified the world of science and led to a slew of startups, including two—Editas Medicine and Intellia Therapeutics—that have already gone public. The latest to join the fray is Agenovir, a company incubated at Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS accelerator in South San Francisco that aims to use … Continue reading “Agenovir Gets $10.6M To Take on Viral Infections With CRISPR”
Armed With Patent, Foundation Med Sues Diagnostic Rival Guardant
[Updated, 1:15 pm ET and 7:53pm ET, see below] Cambridge, MA-based Foundation Medicine (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FMI]]), which analyzes tumor and blood samples from cancer patients and provides suggestions for potential genetically targeted medicines, is suing rival diagnostic firm Guardant Health. The patent infringement suit comes swiftly on the heels of Foundation receiving a patent for its … Continue reading “Armed With Patent, Foundation Med Sues Diagnostic Rival Guardant”
Dedrone Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6838ea13-3802-492e-994c-0b7541a8bb6f Date 5/18/2016 Company Name Dedrone Mailing Address 2758 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description We develop Drone Detection Technology – every day with passion. We are currently 30 employees on 3 continents with a common goal: to make your airspace safer. Website http://www.dedrone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Dedrone Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Round”
Purigen Biosystems Lands $18,200,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e9e1fc4-2d31-4a37-aab6-0f8937b85319 Date 5/18/2016 Company Name Purigen Biosystems Mailing Address 7026 Koll Center Pkwy Pleasanton, CA 94566 USA Company Description Purigen Biosystems is redefining nucleic acid sample prep by providing an innovative platform based on the remarkably efficient isotachophoresis technology invented in the lab of Stanford University professor Juan Santiago. Website http://www.purigenbio.com Transaction … Continue reading “Purigen Biosystems Lands $18,200,000 Series A Funding Round”
trueAnthem Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a6f5570-4ab2-4e4f-bcce-74312719e4b4 Date 5/18/2016 Company Name trueAnthem Mailing Address 25 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Social sharing is good. Social influencing is better. Our platform helps you harness the power of influence and earned media to drive real results. Website http://www.trueanthem.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “trueAnthem Receives New Financing Round”
Embroker Obtains $12,200,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=031f5cc5-bc22-4683-b224-7566fb82e0ca Date 5/18/2016 Company Name Embroker Mailing Address 24 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Embroker’s peer comparison tool helps you benchmark your company’s policies against other companies like yours to make sure you have the right coverage in place. Website http://www.embroker.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,200,000 … Continue reading “Embroker Obtains $12,200,000 Series A Financing”
Notable Labs Secures $4,488,500 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36167cc2-0cf2-4ca8-941d-7bae04295abb Date 5/18/2016 Company Name Notable Labs Mailing Address 1 Letterman Dr. San Francisco, CA 94129 USA Company Description Personalized medicine promises to match patients with new drugs targeted at their mutations, yet none exist for brain cancer. Website http://www.notablelabs.com Transaction Type Venture Equity, Debt Transaction Amount $4,488,500 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Notable Labs Secures $4,488,500 New Financing”
Agenovir Lands $10,600,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a467dbdc-96dc-4941-ba22-7efcaa4798bd Date 5/18/2016 Company Name Agenovir Mailing Address 329 Oyster Point Blvd. 3rd Floor South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Agenovir is a leader in the research and development of a novel class of human therapeutics to address diseases associated with or caused by latent or persistent viral reservoirs. The … Continue reading “Agenovir Lands $10,600,000 Series A Financing Round”
Geodesic Capital Closes $335M First Fund For Growth Investing
Geodesic Capital, a year-old venture capital firm that plans to help U.S. companies expand into Japan and other countries in Asia, has raised a $335 million inaugural fund with backing from anchor investor and co-founder Mitsubishi. In addition to Mitsubishi’s business contacts as a diverse global enterprise, Foster City, CA-based Geodesic comes with the ready-made … Continue reading “Geodesic Capital Closes $335M First Fund For Growth Investing”
Studies Tout Massachusetts Tech Scene, But Talent Issues Loom
Several days after one study ranked Boston as the U.S. city best positioned to capitalize on the transition to a digital economy, a new report bolsters Massachusetts’s tech credentials—but with some important caveats that could hinder the Bay State’s growth. Last week, a report titled “Innovation That Matters” drew national attention with its somewhat surprising … Continue reading “Studies Tout Massachusetts Tech Scene, But Talent Issues Loom”
Foundation Med Gets U.S. Patent For Cancer Analysis
Cambridge, MA-based Foundation Medicine (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FMI]]) has built a business on analyzing cancer patient biopsies for the specific genetic alterations that might be fueling their disease. Now Foundation says, in a press release this morning, that it has received a U.S. patent that covers the “fundamental claims” of its technology. It’s not immediately clear if … Continue reading “Foundation Med Gets U.S. Patent For Cancer Analysis”
As He Bids to Buy Company, What Are Dan Gilbert’s Plans for Yahoo?
According to a report published in the Detroit News today, Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert is serious enough about buying Yahoo that he’s lined up financing from investor Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in America. Buffett told CNBC Monday that his firm, Berkshire Hathaway, has offered to be a potential finance partner while Gilbert leads … Continue reading “As He Bids to Buy Company, What Are Dan Gilbert’s Plans for Yahoo?”
A Peek Into Boxbee’s Pivot From a Storage Service to Software
[Updated 5/18/16, 6:50 am. See below.] Change is not always easy, but for some startups it is a shot at evolving into something tangible. Confronted with uncertain prospects for growth, the team at Boxbee, based in New York, pivoted away from its original business—which was managing the pickup and storage of personal property for its customers. … Continue reading “A Peek Into Boxbee’s Pivot From a Storage Service to Software”
Learn These Tech Skills & Get a Raise, PayScale Report Says
Want to make a few extra (thousand) bucks? For software developers, it’s possible if you add a few trending programming languages to your resume, according to Seattle-based PayScale, a crowdsourcing and data analytics company that seeks out and provides salary information. Developers and programmers who learn the Go or Scala computer programming languages will make … Continue reading “Learn These Tech Skills & Get a Raise, PayScale Report Says”
Zeality Lands New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=548e3f06-4ace-4bd4-aefb-44298e34cd56 Date 5/17/2016 Company Name Zeality Mailing Address 3733 Selvante St. Pleasanton, CA 94566 USA Company Description Currently focusing on today’s global mass-reach mobile platforms, Zeality powers the experience on iOS and Android smart phones and tablets, enabling users to discover, stream, download, view and share the best 360°/VR content from the … Continue reading “Zeality Lands New Funding”
Kontiki Lands $12,249,943 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=843547c9-c442-45b4-8390-5ed382f44a9c Date 5/17/2016 Company Name Kontiki Mailing Address 1001 W. Maude Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Kontiki’s secure, scalable, and legitimate P2P delivery platform powers the world’s largest media companies broadband video on-demand download services including the BBC iPlayer, and BSkyB’s Sky Anytime on PC service, in the UK. Website … Continue reading “Kontiki Lands $12,249,943 Series C Financing Round”
BigPanda Garners $5,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4bb22c8b-2307-4e4d-9a11-834a618df8cc Date 5/17/2016 Company Name BigPanda Mailing Address 195 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description With BigPanda you can automate your incident management process. Automatically group alerts into consolidated incidents. Try it now for free! Website http://www.bigpanda.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “BigPanda Garners $5,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Aduro Takes Hit On Pancreatic Cancer Trial Miss, But Shares Rebound
Trading of Aduro BioTech shares was halted earlier today as the drug maker said patients with advanced pancreatic cancer taking a combination of its immunotherapies in a clinical trial did not fare as well as those on standard chemotherapy. Due to the disappointing results, Berkeley, CA-based Aduro (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ADRO]]) will shelve its work on third-line … Continue reading “Aduro Takes Hit On Pancreatic Cancer Trial Miss, But Shares Rebound”
Pfizer, Moving on From Allergan, Pays $5.2B For Anacor Pharma
It looks like Pfizer is starting to put some of the cash it would have spent on Allergan to use. This morning, weeks after its mega-merger with Allergan fell apart, Pfizer agreed to acquire Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a biotech based in Palo Alto, CA, with a drug for eczema that could win FDA approval early next … Continue reading “Pfizer, Moving on From Allergan, Pays $5.2B For Anacor Pharma”
Biogen Turns To UPenn Gene Therapy Pioneers in Wide-Ranging Alliance
Even though it recently decided to unload a gene therapy for hemophilia into a yet-to-be-named spin-out company, Biogen, one of biotech’s most risk-taking firms, is doubling down on gene therapy for other diseases. The Cambridge, MA-based company said today it is forming an alliance that could be worth $2 billion with two of the field’s … Continue reading “Biogen Turns To UPenn Gene Therapy Pioneers in Wide-Ranging Alliance”
Internal Threats: 10 Ways to Protect Your Business
The topic of cybercriminals can invoke the image of a scruffy-looking hacker glaring at a computer screen from a mysterious location. But the most serious threats to your business’s information security could be much closer than you think. A growing number of small and midsize businesses consider internal security breaches—accidental and malicious—from employees a bigger … Continue reading “Internal Threats: 10 Ways to Protect Your Business”
Medal Obtains $3,775,990 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=12db3107-d182-4f0c-9216-250b33b026d3 Date 5/16/2016 Company Name Medal Mailing Address 350 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Medal wants to fix that so all your medical records are united in one place and can be securely accessed by your doctors whenever necessary. Website http://www.medal.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,775,990 … Continue reading “Medal Obtains $3,775,990 New Funding”
AtScale Lands $11,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ca4eb29-a559-4858-b03b-574180b242c9 Date 5/16/2016 Company Name AtScale Mailing Address 400 South El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description Created by Hadoop & business intelligence veterans, AtScale bridges the gap between business users (and their favorite BI tools) and their Hadoop platform. Website http://www.atscale.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,000,000 … Continue reading “AtScale Lands $11,000,000 Series B Round”
Lattice Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65af5dbd-4ba9-49da-a0ec-a50221be99e3 Date 5/16/2016 Company Name Lattice Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description We founded Lattice with the goal of helping companies run more effectively. We want to help teams be more focused, aligned, and motivated because we’ve been part of growing teams and know how much of a … Continue reading “Lattice Receives New Round”
CircleCI Lands $18,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed94d64f-e932-4e29-b18a-bbbfa3e5f08a Date 5/16/2016 Company Name CircleCI Mailing Address 555 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Rapidly release code with confidence on CircleCI s modern continuous integration and delivery platform. Offered on hosted cloud, Enterprise, and OS X platforms. Website http://www.circleci.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “CircleCI Lands $18,000,000 Series B Round”
Caribou Biosciences Secures $30,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=966eaba2-42c2-43ec-818b-f680ad883446 Date 5/16/2016 Company Name Caribou Biosciences Mailing Address 2929 7th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 USA Company Description Caribou is a developer of cellular engineering and analysis solutions based on CRISPR technologies. Caribou’s tools and technologies provide transformative capabilities to therapeutic development, agricultural biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, and basic and applied biological research. … Continue reading “Caribou Biosciences Secures $30,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
White House Wants to Spend $121M on National Microbiome Initiative
The Obama administration announced this morning a public-private initiative to study the collections of microorganisms that live on or in humans and practically everywhere else on Earth. More than 100 other institutions are joining the administration with funding and resources in what’s being billed as the National Microbiome Initiative. The microbiome has become a subject … Continue reading “White House Wants to Spend $121M on National Microbiome Initiative”
See the Future of Robotics and A.I. at Robo Madness West, 6/22
Calling all robot lovers: The time is now to book June 22 on your calendar. That’s the day of Robo Madness West, a celebration of (and critical look at) the exploding fields of robotics and artificial intelligence among startups and big companies alike. Our fifth annual Bay Area robotics event is being held in partnership … Continue reading “See the Future of Robotics and A.I. at Robo Madness West, 6/22”
Bankrupt Biotech KineMed Owes More Than $1M To Gates, Others
KineMed spent years trying to help drug companies and other researchers pinpoint how to best attack a disease. Despite multiple deals with big names in pharma and academia, the business didn’t work. KineMed, of Emeryville, CA, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, which means it wants protection from creditors while it comes up with … Continue reading “Bankrupt Biotech KineMed Owes More Than $1M To Gates, Others”
ConnectSolutions Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4d1ad73-bf6b-45d8-8909-0de8228855de Date 5/13/2016 Company Name ConnectSolutions Mailing Address 126 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description ConnectSolutions is the trusted private-cloud solutions provider for Microsoft Skype for Business and Adobe Connect. We provide expert-level managed cloud services. Website http://www.connectsolutions.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “ConnectSolutions Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
Cyber adAPT Garners $6,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53f32148-aad6-4c93-8e74-a90e0b250daa Date 5/13/2016 Company Name Cyber adAPT Mailing Address 337 Mirada Road 2nd Floor Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 USA Company Description The only security platform that monitors 100% of traffic inside mobile-enabled networks, instantly detecting hidden threats past perimeter defenses. Website http://www.cyberadapt.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Cyber adAPT Garners $6,000,000 New Financing Round”
Zephyr Secures $31,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ce3c114-f027-4b9b-bcc5-fbd295a7591c Date 5/13/2016 Company Name Zephyr Mailing Address 7707 Gateway Blvd. Newark, CA 94560 USA Company Description We know how important customer support is to your business. That’s why we’re committed to answering your questions and resolving your issues fast and effectively. Zephyr provides world-class customer support through several different options. Website … Continue reading “Zephyr Secures $31,000,000 New Financing”
Schoold Uses Machine Learning to Do Your College Scholarship Hunt
Now that high school seniors have made the fateful choice of a college to attend in the fall, their parents are free to pull out tufts of hair as they figure out how to pay for it. Scholarships are life-saving options, but they can be hard to ferret out, says San Francisco-based startup Schoold, which … Continue reading “Schoold Uses Machine Learning to Do Your College Scholarship Hunt”
Digital Health Startups Racing to 5G Wireless Rendezvous
It’s hard to define fifth-generation mobile technology, when 5G is not officially expected to launch until 2020. Few people nowadays can describe what the next-generation wireless networks are going to look like. In the meantime, the digital health sector is racing to connect with a wireless infrastructure that has yet to be revealed. According to … Continue reading “Digital Health Startups Racing to 5G Wireless Rendezvous”
Amid Leadership Changes, NY Biotech Braces For its “Pivotal Moment”
Over the past five years, the narrative has changed for life sciences in New York. Biotech investors are, at long last, on the ground in the city looking for deals. High-profile startups have emerged. Yet the city’s biotech leaders know there are still challenges ahead. “This is a pivotal moment,” said Susan Solomon, the CEO of … Continue reading “Amid Leadership Changes, NY Biotech Braces For its “Pivotal Moment””