Aerie Pharmaceuticals jumped into the IPO queue a few weeks ago to fund a push for a group of glaucoma drugs. But Lexington, MA-based Inotek Pharmaceuticals is showing Aerie isn’t the only small, privately held company looking to break into one of the biggest markets for prescription eye drugs. Inotek has just raised a total … Continue reading “Inotek Snares $21M, Stares Down Aerie in Glaucoma Drug Race”
Category: Boston
The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww?
Bureaucracy is one of the dirty words in business. Nobody wants to publicly admit their company is bogged down with too many layers of management, or needs a dozen committees to sign off on every little decision. For a couple years now, I’ve been hearing entrepreneurs complain about suffocating bureaucracy in pharma. So I started … Continue reading “The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww?”
LevelUp Lands $7,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bde36636-7807-4479-941d-14c1929faf63 Date 9/30/2013 Company Name LevelUp Mailing Address 1 Congress Street Boston, MA 02114 Company Description LevelUp is the largest mobile payment network in the nation. But paying with your phone is just the beginning. Website http://www.thelevelup.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “LevelUp Lands $7,500,000 New Round”
Ministry of Supply Obtains $1,100,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5ce00045-21e9-444b-b046-88f69e6f28b6 Date 9/30/2013 Company Name Ministry of Supply Mailing Address 105 South Street Boston, MA 02111 Company Description Ministry of Supply creates high performance business wear. The company, out of MIT, has come up with proprietary fabric using advanced material science to create shirts that respond to your active workday. Ministry of … Continue reading “Ministry of Supply Obtains $1,100,000 Seed Funding”
Medrobotics Garners $21,287,904 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4444f971-61e3-4d9e-9303-a68d02b85063 Date 9/30/2013 Company Name Medrobotics Mailing Address 475 Paramount Drive Raynham, MA 02767 Company Description Medrobotics has exclusive worldwide licenses for its technologies from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh as well as additional robust development of its own intellectual property portfolio. The Company has an operational facility in … Continue reading “Medrobotics Garners $21,287,904 New Round”
EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Receives $968,971 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2271455e-c145-4579-9709-b55d6aafc978 Date 9/30/2013 Company Name EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 271 Waverly Oaks Road Waltham, MA 02453 Company Description EyeGate Pharma is focused on replacing ocular injections and other invasive methods of ocular disease treatment. Our goal is to build a pipeline of safer, more effective and patient friendly ocular treatments based on … Continue reading “EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Receives $968,971 New Financing Round”
Vsnap Garners $500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2eb0169c-0f13-4de9-bb2a-b73895caa78b Date 9/30/2013 Company Name Vsnap Mailing Address One Marina Park Drive 14th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Company Description Vsnap makes it easy to send short video messages as a more personal alternative to email. A vsnap is 60 seconds, maximum. There’s nothing to download. All you need are an internet connection … Continue reading “Vsnap Garners $500,000 New Financing”
WordStream Lands $105,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b525b308-150e-4164-a191-87f172640379 Date 9/30/2013 Company Name WordStream Mailing Address 177 Huntington Ave 16th Floor Boston, MA 02115 Company Description The company is provider of search engine marketing and optimization solutions. Website http://www.wordstream.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $105,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Not a … Continue reading “WordStream Lands $105,000 New Financing Round”
Leaf Receives $20,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b345961c-0de1-4c14-b62d-da0cd5195b6a Date 9/30/2013 Company Name Leaf Mailing Address 222 3rd. Street 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Leaf, a Cambridge-based startup, is aiming to make the experience of paying in a shop more modern with paperless receipts for customers and transaction data in the cloud for merchants. Website http://www.leaf.me Transaction Type … Continue reading “Leaf Receives $20,000,000 New Funding”
Boston Deals: LevelUp, Ministry of Supply, Predilytics, CO Everywhere
Lots of startup funding news around town: —LevelUp, the Boston-based startup that has gone through several changes in direction as it tries to figure out a mobile payments business, has raised more investment cash—and it’s significantly less than last time. An SEC filing shows that LevelUp (through its parent company, SCVNGR) has raised $7.5 million … Continue reading “Boston Deals: LevelUp, Ministry of Supply, Predilytics, CO Everywhere”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Foundation, Ophthotech, Sato, & More
If there was any question whether the appetite for biotech IPOs had died down as of yet, the market answered this week with a resounding ‘no.’ That and a whole lot more below: —Cambridge, MA-based Foundation Medicine (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FMI]]) enjoyed a warm reception from Wall Street this week. The cancer diagnostics company upsized its IPO … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Foundation, Ophthotech, Sato, & More”
Reimagining Work: Scott Berkun’s Year Without Pants at Automattic
From my desk at Xconomy San Francisco—aka my Potrero Hill apartment—I can look out the window at Highway 280, watch the traffic that crawls into the city every morning and back out every evening, and chuckle smugly. There’s never any traffic congestion on the commute from my bed to my coffee machine to my laptop. … Continue reading “Reimagining Work: Scott Berkun’s Year Without Pants at Automattic”
SCVNGR Lands $7,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3a72cd21-380e-4494-83f0-277dc0b89437 Date 9/27/2013 Company Name SCVNGR Mailing Address 175 Second Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description SCVNGR is a geo-gaming platform that enables anyone to quickly and easily build location-based mobile games, tours, and interactive experiences that can be enjoyed from any mobile device. Website http://www.scvngr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “SCVNGR Lands $7,500,000 New Funding Round”
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Garners $21,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd02fc74-b1e6-4392-b5e9-59dc7b72d374 Date 9/27/2013 Company Name Inotek Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 131 Hartwell Ave Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation is a private, high-growth, development-stage pharmaceutical company founded in 1996. The Company has leveraged its small molecule chemistry expertise to discover and develop a deep pipeline of therapeutics targeting cell death, DNA … Continue reading “Inotek Pharmaceuticals Garners $21,000,000 New Funding Round”
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Secures $21,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd02fc74-b1e6-4392-b5e9-59dc7b72d374 Date 9/27/2013 Company Name Inotek Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 131 Hartwell Ave Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation is a private, high-growth, development-stage pharmaceutical company founded in 1996. The Company has leveraged its small molecule chemistry expertise to discover and develop a deep pipeline of therapeutics targeting cell death, DNA … Continue reading “Inotek Pharmaceuticals Secures $21,000,000 New Funding”
Qstream Obtains $2,850,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bbff314d-a471-4460-b685-64edee13afb6 Date 9/27/2013 Company Name Qstream Mailing Address 60 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803 Company Description Qstream is on a mission to change the face of learning for everyone. By bringing together an engaging, fun way to learn with a proven pedagogy developed at Harvard, Qstream is learning the way it should … Continue reading “Qstream Obtains $2,850,000 Series A Financing Round”
Arvinas Obtains $19,250,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b24d11c7-ba19-48e9-b02c-c29f35c0f3dd Date 9/27/2013 Company Name Arvinas Mailing Address 395 Winchester Ave New Haven, CT 06511 Company Description Arvinas is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing new small molecule strategies aimed at removing unwanted cellular proteins. We are translating these innovative protein degradation approaches into novel drugs for the treatment of cancer and … Continue reading “Arvinas Obtains $19,250,000 Series A Financing Round”
Agenda Live for Xconomy Healthcare Summit Oct. 15–Get Your Invite
Quick question: What is so important to Americans that the U.S. Congress is willing to shut the government down over it? The answer (as if you didn’t know already): healthcare. Here at Xconomy, we have long been tired of the political spin doctoring that surrounds healthcare. So we set out to convene a very exclusive, … Continue reading “Agenda Live for Xconomy Healthcare Summit Oct. 15–Get Your Invite”
Biotech CEOs Don’t Know It All. They Need Mentors
Biotech CEOs are human beings too. But somehow they are often portrayed, particularly by themselves, as herculean beings that can independently solve it all. Time for brutal honesty: every CEO relies heavily on others’ guidance regarding how the company collective can be successful. Much of this input is appropriately provided by the rest of the … Continue reading “Biotech CEOs Don’t Know It All. They Need Mentors”
Zagster Garners $500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f560e44-fed2-449d-9435-475b1dca4a45 Date 9/26/2013 Company Name Zagster Mailing Address One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description 71% of Americans say they’d like to bicycle more yet list access to a bike as the number one barrier to doing so. Zagster provides bikes where people live, work and visit; giving them access … Continue reading “Zagster Garners $500,000 New Round”
Zagster Receives $500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f560e44-fed2-449d-9435-475b1dca4a45 Date 9/26/2013 Company Name Zagster Mailing Address One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description 71% of Americans say they’d like to bicycle more yet list access to a bike as the number one barrier to doing so. Zagster provides bikes where people live, work and visit; giving them access … Continue reading “Zagster Receives $500,000 New Financing Round”
Predilytics Obtains New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4e856ef-2e7d-42f1-9f88-b987b1ed1088 Date 9/26/2013 Company Name Predilytics Mailing Address 1 New England Executive Park Burrlington, MA 01803 Company Description We are currently exploring new and interesting approaches in the predictive analytics space witin the healthcare industry. Website http://www.predilytics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Predilytics Obtains New Financing”
OmniGuide Surgical Lands $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f249612-c1aa-4882-82e5-866472aa7ca8 Date 9/26/2013 Company Name OmniGuide Surgical Mailing Address One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description OmniGuide Surgical develops and manufactures disposable cutting tools for minimally invasive surgery, based on a unique fiber technology for guiding high power laser light. Website http://www.omni-guide.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “OmniGuide Surgical Lands $15,000,000 New Round”
Foundation’s IPO Isn’t Bubbly, It’s a Jolt for Genomic Diagnostics
Foundation Medicine, the Cambridge, MA-based cancer diagnostic company, reminded me of the 2000 genomics bubble when it went public this week. The company sold its IPO shares at $18, and the stock (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FMI]]) almost doubled in its first day of trading, closing at $35.35, a 96 percent increase off an already bumped-up IPO price. … Continue reading “Foundation’s IPO Isn’t Bubbly, It’s a Jolt for Genomic Diagnostics”
Foundation Medicine, Ophthotech Both Find Open Wallets on Wall Street
Life sciences IPOs are still humming along, as both Foundation Medicine (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FMI]]) and Ophthotech (NASDAQ: [[ticker:OPHT]]) found out today when they made their public debuts. The day’s big winners were the pre-IPO investors of Cambridge, MA-based Foundation. The cancer diagnostics company priced its offering last night at $18 per share and closed at $35.35, … Continue reading “Foundation Medicine, Ophthotech Both Find Open Wallets on Wall Street”
Balancing Act: How a Working Mom Built Steals.com
Working mothers are constantly struggling to strike a balance between spending time with their kids and making the most of their professional skills or supporting their families financially. Jana Francis, co-founder of Steals.com, has achieved this balance, and for her, the most rewarding part is that her employees are able to strike a balance as … Continue reading “Balancing Act: How a Working Mom Built Steals.com”
X-Chem, Aiming For Tough-to-Drug Targets, Cuts Deal With AstraZeneca
Little information has been made public about Waltham, MA-based X-Chem since it started up in early 2010. But the startup has come up for air to give the type of announcement that every drug discovery company craves: a member of Big Pharma has snapped up a few drug candidates that its technology helped identify. X-Chem … Continue reading “X-Chem, Aiming For Tough-to-Drug Targets, Cuts Deal With AstraZeneca”
Foundation Medicine Scores $106M in Upsized IPO
The biotech IPO stampede this year hasn’t led to the same type of success for diagnostics companies—that is, until Foundation Medicine priced its offering late Tuesday. Cambridge, MA-based Foundation upsized its IPO and then sold 5,888,888 shares to investors at $18 apiece, raising about $106 million. Foundation, two weeks ago, planned to sell 5 million … Continue reading “Foundation Medicine Scores $106M in Upsized IPO”
Snaps Grabs $2.25M from Steve Kantor, Others, & Gets Bostonian Prez
Mobile branding app developer Snaps based in New York, announced Monday it raised $2.25 million in a round led by Steve Kantor, CEO of merchant banking firm S2K Partners, with participation from other angel investors including Ben Barokas, co-founder of AdMeld (acquired by Google); Jonathan Carson, chief revenue officer at Vevo; and Michael Kassan, CEO … Continue reading “Snaps Grabs $2.25M from Steve Kantor, Others, & Gets Bostonian Prez”
Dunnhumby Ventures, Led by Balter, Looking for a Few Good Retail Startups
In case you’ve been wondering what Dave Balter is up to, I have the answer: running a new seed-stage investment fund out of Boston. Balter (pictured) was the founder and CEO of BzzAgent, the Boston-based marketing firm that was acquired by Dunnhumby (a subsidiary of U.K. retail giant Tesco) in 2011. He’s a well-known angel … Continue reading “Dunnhumby Ventures, Led by Balter, Looking for a Few Good Retail Startups”
“D2: The Future of Data and Devices” Coming to Boston Nov. 21
Big data, schmig data. Let’s talk about how the field has really evolved in the past year. Big data has morphed from visionary hype to economic reality. As more companies and industries try to make sense of ever-expanding worlds of information—with mixed results so far—a few key sectors are winning mindshare and investment: product design, … Continue reading ““D2: The Future of Data and Devices” Coming to Boston Nov. 21″
PeoplesVC Lands Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fde9138a-ef6b-4196-8aeb-ce5729e71b05 Date 9/24/2013 Company Name PeoplesVC Mailing Address 163 Cobb Hill Road Harrisville, NH 03450 Company Description PeoplesVC, Inc. owns and operates an online crowdfunding platform to enable individual investors to participate in venture capital investments and the growth and success of small companies. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is … Continue reading “PeoplesVC Lands Series A Financing”
RainDance Nets $35M in Debt Financing To Continue Growth Push
RainDance Technologies is just five months removed from raising $20 million from a group of investors. So there’s no way the company would turn back around and tap the debt market for more cash, right? “As you often hear venture CEOs, or [venture capitalists] say, you take money when you don’t need it—not when you … Continue reading “RainDance Nets $35M in Debt Financing To Continue Growth Push”
The Best Biotech Graduate Schools in Real Life
[Updated 2 pm ET 9/30] Let’s imagine, for a second, you are someone in your 20s or 30s, getting started in the biotech industry. You want to work somewhere you can acquire a well-rounded set of experiences over the next five to 10 years so that you will have what it takes to be qualified … Continue reading “The Best Biotech Graduate Schools in Real Life”
VideoIQ Obtains $2,521,956 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=54f4a78c-f7eb-4fee-8a5f-583af1159491 Date 9/23/2013 Company Name VideoIQ Mailing Address 213 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 Company Description VideoIQ acts as digital guard that transforms video surveillance into a dynamic, real-time, intelligent system for guarding against intruders, and gaining early warning of security breaches. It delivers the industry’s best detection accuracy and far fewer … Continue reading “VideoIQ Obtains $2,521,956 New Financing”
RainDance Technologies Lands New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b19ff23-b90f-4495-8267-5f304a576cfa Date 9/23/2013 Company Name RainDance Technologies Mailing Address 749 Middlesex Turnpike Billerica, MA 01821 Company Description RainDance Technologies, Inc. (RDT) is a nanotechnology company devoted to developing, and commercializing the Personal Laboratory System, a platform for droplet-based microfluidics. Website http://www.raindancetech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “RainDance Technologies Lands New Financing Round”
Terrafugia Garners New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6df099d9-8c18-4c9b-a299-d5d879c9a2bb Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Terrafugia Mailing Address 23 Rainin Road Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description The company designs and manufactures flying cars. Website http://www.terrafugia.com Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Contact Company for investment solicitation details. M&A Terms Venture Investor WeFunder
Yosko Garners Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18d389e9-a969-4615-ba1b-9513d08934fb Date 9/23/2013 Company Name Yosko Mailing Address 1 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description The Yosko messaging app allows secure communication among doctors and nurses improving timely delivery of care. Based on careful research, every feature decreases paperwork burden and optimizes time available for patient contact. Website http://www.yosko.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Yosko Garners Seed Funding”
10 Ways to Live Longer, Without Help from Google
With a simple blog post or news exclusive, Google can instantly glamorize any field of research, whether it’s teaching cars to drive themselves, sending robotic rovers to the Moon, blanketing Earth with wireless data from balloons, or—this week—helping people live longer. The airiest of promises from the company evokes the world’s awe and admiration, and … Continue reading “10 Ways to Live Longer, Without Help from Google”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: NY Genome Center, Acceleron, Bind, & More
[Updated, 12:42 pm ET] The Big Apple has been desperate to become a regional biotech powerhouse in the mold of Boston and San Francisco, and it took a big step forward this week. That, your latest life science IPO news, and much more below: —The New York Genome Center officially set up shop in its … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: NY Genome Center, Acceleron, Bind, & More”
Langer’s Bind Therapeutics Prices IPO at $15 Per Share
The biotech IPO frenzy of 2013 continued late Thursday as Bind Therapeutics, a startup co-founded by famed MIT professor Robert Langer, became the latest to gear up for its Nasdaq debut. Cambridge, MA-based Bind sold investors 4.7 million shares at $15 apiece late Thursday, raising a total of $70.5 million. The IPO price was right … Continue reading “Langer’s Bind Therapeutics Prices IPO at $15 Per Share”
Healthcare Megatrends, Part 1: Shifting Risk
While debates continue on the pros and cons of health reform, one fact remains: the marketplace is changing. There has been approximately $1 trillion in health care M+A activity since 2008. Payers are becoming providers, providers are becoming payers and placing insurance products on the exchanges, benefit consultants are creating exchanges, payers are looking increasingly … Continue reading “Healthcare Megatrends, Part 1: Shifting Risk”
Acceleron Prices Upsized IPO at $15 Per Share, Begins Trading Thursday
Acceleron Pharma has found a sweet reception on Wall Street, continuing 2013’s run of biotech IPO successes. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech priced its IPO late Wednesday, selling 5.58 million shares at $15 apiece. The figure comes in at the high end of Acceleron’s projected $13 to $15 per share range, and reflects big demand from … Continue reading “Acceleron Prices Upsized IPO at $15 Per Share, Begins Trading Thursday”
Brain Tunnelgenix Lands $2,213,168 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94034c23-ba1c-479f-b207-2311ac659532 Date 9/19/2013 Company Name Brain Tunnelgenix Mailing Address 375 Mather Street Hamden, CT 06514 Company Description Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. has developed revolutionary technology that solves a 300-year old problem. Now, for the first time, human body temperature can be measured continuously outside the body, just like other vital signs like … Continue reading “Brain Tunnelgenix Lands $2,213,168 New Financing Round”
OpenExchange Secures $6,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84cab54d-e331-43ae-aaab-3c4cac8b77a1 Date 9/19/2013 Company Name OpenExchange Mailing Address Two Oliver Street 9th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Company Description The financial services industry is the most meeting intensive in the world. It deserves a 21st century meeting platform. We believe that our system of online profiles, meeting pages, calendars and directories, and their … Continue reading “OpenExchange Secures $6,000,000 Series B Financing”
Brain Tunnelgenix Lands $2,213,168 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94034c23-ba1c-479f-b207-2311ac659532 Date 9/19/2013 Company Name Brain Tunnelgenix Mailing Address 375 Mather Street Hamden, CT 06514 Company Description Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. has developed revolutionary technology that solves a 300-year old problem. Now, for the first time, human body temperature can be measured continuously outside the body, just like other vital signs like … Continue reading “Brain Tunnelgenix Lands $2,213,168 New Funding”
OpenExchange Obtains $6,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84cab54d-e331-43ae-aaab-3c4cac8b77a1 Date 9/19/2013 Company Name OpenExchange Mailing Address Two Oliver Street 9th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Company Description The financial services industry is the most meeting intensive in the world. It deserves a 21st century meeting platform. We believe that our system of online profiles, meeting pages, calendars and directories, and their … Continue reading “OpenExchange Obtains $6,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Cognii Obtains $18,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c044cdd7-9abf-4eb3-8da8-3ab7e0cc501b Date 9/19/2013 Company Name Cognii Mailing Address Undisclosed Cambridge, MA 02143 Company Description At Cognii, we’re developing leading edge assessment technology to evaluate essay-type answers for online learning platforms. Our exclusive natural language processing technology can also give customized feedback, not just a score, to engage students in an active learning … Continue reading “Cognii Obtains $18,000 Seed Funding”
Intellify Learning Secures $18,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8c19166-dfab-4c54-9e1d-5bfede65b564 Date 9/19/2013 Company Name Intellify Learning Mailing Address Undisclosed Boston, MA 02210 Company Description Developed by LearnLaunchX’s entrepreneur-in-residence (and former Blackboard CTO), Intellify Learning says it’s a “framework for online course developers and schools, curriculum and learning designers and ed tech app developers.” Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $18,000 … Continue reading “Intellify Learning Secures $18,000 Seed Financing”
Gradeable Receives $18,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9688a506-19a3-4925-8f8d-64096892ef6b Date 9/19/2013 Company Name Gradeable Mailing Address Undisclosed Cambridge, MA 02141 Company Description We started with a simple idea: improving education will make a positive impact in the world. So, we interviewed 100+ teachers. Virtually every teacher pointed to lack of time as the biggest obstacle to success. And we discovered … Continue reading “Gradeable Receives $18,000 Seed Funding Round”