Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d5bf928c-7f71-4dc6-a9b7-27405780501a Date 8/20/2015 Company Name sovrn Mailing Address 1750 29th St. Boulder, CO 80301 USA Company Description sovrn shows publishers how their site is viewed and valued by advertisers. We offer insights and tools they need and deserve to understand their readers and to create content that works. Website http://www.sovrn.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “sovrn Obtains $18,000,000 New Funding”
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Fertility-Focused Kindara Lands $5.3M Seed Round
Kindara, the Boulder, CO-based company with a digital health tool that helps women get pregnant or avoid pregnancy, has raised $5.3 million of seed funding to finish manufacturing and launch its device, called Wink. The funding will also help the company expand into other areas of tracking women’s health. Founded in 2012, Kindara developed an … Continue reading “Fertility-Focused Kindara Lands $5.3M Seed Round”
Vive Secures $120,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ac0dbcb-a307-4d43-8bdf-46962e1ac8fb Date 8/19/2015 Company Name Vive Mailing Address 1150 Maxwell Ave. Boulder, CO 80304 USA Company Description At Vive, we work with teens and young adults and their family relationships in the homes and communities where our clients live. We use therapeutic mentorship, parent coaching, and counseling to connect with our clients … Continue reading “Vive Secures $120,000 Seed Funding”
100 Years But Only One Drug: Sickle Cell Patients Wait For Help
Last week, 100,000 Americans with sickle cell disease and millions more around the world got encouraging news. Investors gave a vote of confidence, in the form of a $120 million IPO, to Global Blood Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GBT]]), a four-year-old biotech working on a pill that could become the biggest medical advance ever for the disease. … Continue reading “100 Years But Only One Drug: Sickle Cell Patients Wait For Help”
Coalfire’s Larry Jones Talks Future Cyber Threats and Taking Charge
Waiting for the next big data breach to hit is probably not the best way to test how protected a company’s information is. With more businesses storing and using sensitive data, security is a top concern—especially when the government establishes rules on the matter that businesses must adhere to. Financial institutions, companies that handle medical … Continue reading “Coalfire’s Larry Jones Talks Future Cyber Threats and Taking Charge”
Reframing the Conversation About Technology and Government
When the conversation turns to government and technology, all too frequently the narrative becomes one of hopelessness. Healthcare.gov, the ancient computer sitting on the desk at the DMV, and the recent attacks by hackers on various government departments all help to reinforce this story of futility. And, inevitably, the questions get framed as, “Why can’t … Continue reading “Reframing the Conversation About Technology and Government”
TeamSnap Obtains $6,797,200 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9687ae4-1aa6-4b31-9d29-fb9e517f3f7f Date 8/14/2015 Company Name TeamSnap Mailing Address 1401 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302 USA Company Description The company operates a website service that allows managers of sports teams to more easily manage the administrative aspects of the team. Website http://www.teamsnap.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,797,200 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “TeamSnap Obtains $6,797,200 New Financing”
DispatchHealth Secures $3,600,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0952f34-8705-4394-8eb9-feaf88d42f14 Date 8/14/2015 Company Name DispatchHealth Mailing Address Undisclosed Denver, CO 80207 USA Company Description DispatchHealth is a provider of mobile and virtual healthcare. Our skilled providers arrive with the tools necessary to provide advanced medical care in the home or workplace. Each provider is supported by our technological infrastructure that ensures … Continue reading “DispatchHealth Secures $3,600,000 Seed Financing”
TeamSnap Secures $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9687ae4-1aa6-4b31-9d29-fb9e517f3f7f Date 8/14/2015 Company Name TeamSnap Mailing Address 1401 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302 USA Company Description The company operates a website service that allows managers of sports teams to more easily manage the administrative aspects of the team. Website http://www.teamsnap.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “TeamSnap Secures $10,000,000 Series B Round”
Galvanize Expands Coding School, Co-working Space Into Austin
Galvanize, the Denver-based startup that provides programming training, venture funding, and co-working space for the tech world, is opening a 25,000-foot Austin location in February that will have classrooms, private and public working spaces, and event areas. The three-year-old company intends to offer courses for programmers and data scientists at the Austin location, the newest … Continue reading “Galvanize Expands Coding School, Co-working Space Into Austin”
Dr. Frances Kelsey: American Hero, Government Regulator
Dr. Frances Kelsey passed away last week at the ripe old age of 101. She was a true hero in every sense of the word. How did she achieve this status? She did not pull someone out of a burning building. Didn’t dive into a lake to rescue a drowning child. Never threw herself on … Continue reading “Dr. Frances Kelsey: American Hero, Government Regulator”
Cloud Elements Receives $2,499,999 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31109a2b-bc21-4cb0-8195-f62929ce545f Date 8/12/2015 Company Name Cloud Elements Mailing Address 3001 Brighton Blvd. Denver, CO 80216 USA Company Description Cloud Elements is a cloud API integration and aggregation service that developers use to integrate, monitor and maintain leading cloud services at a fraction of the cost and time. Website http://www.cloud-elements.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Cloud Elements Receives $2,499,999 New Funding”
Loxo Oncology Appoints Esperion’s Mayleben to Board of Directors
[Corrected 8/11/15, 9:57 am. See below.] Loxo Oncology, the Stamford, CT-based biopharmaceutical company developing targeted cancer therapies, announced last week that it has appointed veteran life sciences executive (and Detroit Xconomist) Tim Mayleben to its board of directors. Mayleben is president and CEO of Ann Arbor, MI’s Esperion Therapeutics, and he has a long history … Continue reading “Loxo Oncology Appoints Esperion’s Mayleben to Board of Directors”
Why San Diego Is Better than Silicon Valley for AI Startups
Xconomy recently gathered some of the region’s leading minds in brain research and artificial intelligence for a discussion about research on the brain, and emerging areas of neurotechnology innovation . It was a mix of investors, academics, and entrepreneurs. Leading our discussion was UC San Diego Professor Ralph Greenspan, who helped advise President Obama to … Continue reading “Why San Diego Is Better than Silicon Valley for AI Startups”
Nutrinsic Receives $5,618,595 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb8089f1-63dc-4028-a61d-e04d12ea58d0 Date 8/6/2015 Company Name Nutrinsic Mailing Address 600 S Cherry St. Glendale, CO 80246 USA Company Description By recovering nutrients, we help food and beverage processors deliver clean water to the environment and eliminate the need to dispose of waste. This process creates an environmentally and economically sustainable source of premium … Continue reading “Nutrinsic Receives $5,618,595 New Funding Round”
Simply Hired Ranks Top Tech Regions In Mid-Summer Jobs Report Card
Simply Hired, an international job search engine based in Sunnyvale, CA, put out some sunny news for U.S. job hunters today—especially if you’re a tech-savvy worker. Positions for technology workers made up almost 10 percent of the millions of U.S. job listings tracked by the company in July. Nationwide, openings in all sectors rose for … Continue reading “Simply Hired Ranks Top Tech Regions In Mid-Summer Jobs Report Card”
FDA Taps DNAnexus to Build Platform for Crowdsourcing Diagnostics
There is an FDA project underway that could help change the way molecular diagnostics are developed, evaluated, and regulated in the U.S. one day, should things go the way the agency intends. And Mountain View, CA-based DNAnexus is getting the first crack at building the platform at the plan’s heart. DNAnexus, the genomics analytics startup … Continue reading “FDA Taps DNAnexus to Build Platform for Crowdsourcing Diagnostics”
Stock Options—a Golden Ticket?
When is a stock option a golden ticket, when is it of no consequence, and when is it a losing proposition? These are important questions for people in the startup world, where stock and stock options are a key part of most compensation packages. Startup companies like using stock because it costs little at a … Continue reading “Stock Options—a Golden Ticket?”
As White House Hosts Demo Day, Techstars and Others Push Diversity
It’s no secret that the tech industry has diversity problems. Xconomy has covered the topic extensively, highlighting various allegations of misogyny, sexism, and harassment that occur at startups, as well as folks who are trying to change it for the better. That includes individuals like Robin Hauser Reynolds, who described the work of her documentary, … Continue reading “As White House Hosts Demo Day, Techstars and Others Push Diversity”
In Tough Diagnostics World, Will Ruling Out Cancer Be Good Business?
The high cost of cancer treatments is a huge topic of conversation these days. One way to trim those costs is to not give treatments to people who don’t need them. That sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s a knotty problem, and it’s at the heart of the current debate over the nationwide practice of … Continue reading “In Tough Diagnostics World, Will Ruling Out Cancer Be Good Business?”
Taking the Social Media Plunge at the C-Level
“You’ve got to play to win.” “With great risk, comes great reward.” Both of those popular phrases address the same concept – that in order for a company to grow, the leaders must be invested in every aspect of the business and willing to embrace technology, communication, and social changes. That idea is especially important … Continue reading “Taking the Social Media Plunge at the C-Level”
Debugging the Gender Gap: Filmmaker Warns of Economic Crisis in Tech
As a former stockbroker, Robin Hauser Reynolds knows what it’s like to be a woman in a field dominated by men. Over the past couple of years, the San Francisco Bay Area film director and self-described feminist has immersed herself in another industry that has become notorious for its gender gap: tech. Poor gender diversity … Continue reading “Debugging the Gender Gap: Filmmaker Warns of Economic Crisis in Tech”
Drug Discovery in Seattle 2015: An Updated History
The drug discovery and development process is a difficult one that takes considerable expertise in both the research and business realms. Seattle (and the rest of Washington state) currently has approximately 112 drug-focused biotechnology companies, 17 of which are publicly traded either in the U.S. or Japan. The area also has a number of non-profit … Continue reading “Drug Discovery in Seattle 2015: An Updated History”
SlamData Garners $3,600,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a89b612-4a3a-4f0e-a708-a0a4b68495c9 Date 7/31/2015 Company Name SlamData Mailing Address 1050 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302 USA Company Description SlamData was formed in early 2014 in recognition that the primary methods for analytics on NoSQL data were far too complex and resource intensive. Website http://www.slamdata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,600,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “SlamData Garners $3,600,000 Seed Financing Round”
Havenly Secures $100,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=821c6c12-5ff6-460c-adb8-b05d8994d0cd Date 7/31/2015 Company Name Havenly Mailing Address 1024 Delaware St. Denver, CO 80218 USA Company Description Havenly provides interior design services, all online, at an extremely accessible pricepoint. For a flat fee of $185, we set you up with your own personal interior designer, matched exclusively to your style, who works … Continue reading “Havenly Secures $100,000 Seed Funding”
Occipital Garners $12,999,996 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3ea8f9d-5a2c-4c0e-9fbe-34d6910a8eee Date 7/29/2015 Company Name Occipital Mailing Address 1801 13th Street Boulder, CO 80302 USA Company Description What if computers could actually see and map their surroundings, in realtime, creating a digital replica of the real world? They already can. An ever-changing viewport into planet Earth, powered by 360 Panorama users worldwide. … Continue reading “Occipital Garners $12,999,996 New Funding”
Are Qualcomm Layoffs a Disaster for San Diego—or an Opportunity?
After years of strong corporate and financial growth, the pace of change in the wireless industry has forced a massive global layoff at San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]. If the wireless giant had only 1,000 employees, a layoff of 150 folks would not be big news. But with a worldwide payroll of 31,000, and a … Continue reading “Are Qualcomm Layoffs a Disaster for San Diego—or an Opportunity?”
EndoShape Garners $1,220,906 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d432886e-25f4-4a3b-9f67-9c7c927eb5c8 Date 7/24/2015 Company Name EndoShape Mailing Address 5425 Airport Blvd. Boulder, CO 80301 USA Company Description EndoShape is devoted to improving human health through the development of unique medical devices from innovative shape memory polymers. Its primary objective is to launch a new class of shape memory polymer based devices that … Continue reading “EndoShape Garners $1,220,906 New Financing”
Companies May Stay Private as VCs Invest $32.5B, Report Says
As record levels of venture funding piles into startups, more companies may stay private rather than file for initial public offerings, according to venture capital database CB Insights and accounting firm KPMG. Private companies raised more than $32.5 billion in the second quarter of 2015, with about half of the total coming from 61 deals … Continue reading “Companies May Stay Private as VCs Invest $32.5B, Report Says”
Are Humans the Key to Discovery in a World of Digital Abundance?
We are drowning in content. Blogs made everyone a journalist. Self-publishing made everyone an author. YouTube made everyone a filmmaker. iTunes made everyone a musician. Publishing houses, record labels, and newsrooms have lost their long-held position as gatekeepers of taste. This is largely a good thing, particularly for aspiring artists. I’m a novelist. FG Press … Continue reading “Are Humans the Key to Discovery in a World of Digital Abundance?”
In Biotech, Everyone’s Going Public. What’s Your Excuse?
Biotechs everywhere are going public these days. You might have heard. Approaching the traditional market lull in August, we’re up to nearly 40 life science IPOs in 2015, by my own count, with plenty more lined up. That’s more than half way to last year’s mark and already past the 2013 total. I weighed in … Continue reading “In Biotech, Everyone’s Going Public. What’s Your Excuse?”
Insight’s Big Bets Drive Colorado’s VC Haul to $330M in 2nd Quarter
Companies in Colorado raised nearly $330.3 million from venture capital investors in the second quarter, a 185 percent jump from what they raised in the prior quarter, and while that increase might have locals smiling, a New York City-based private equity and VC firm might have the most to gain. Insight Venture Partners made the … Continue reading “Insight’s Big Bets Drive Colorado’s VC Haul to $330M in 2nd Quarter”
Rock the House—from Silicon Valley to China
It’s that time of the quarter, when venture capital fundraising data are released by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), possibly leaving all the sophisticated investors across the industry wringing their collective hands about frothiness. The latest data shows that VCs in 2Q15 raised over $10.4 billion (slightly revised upward from the amount first announced … Continue reading “Rock the House—from Silicon Valley to China”
Sharing Economy Companies Sharing the Heat In Contractor Controversy
[Corrected 7/31/15, 2:34 pm. See below.] For some time, Uber and other Silicon Valley tech companies have been fighting off lawsuits and other claims that their labor practices are unfair to on-demand workers they classify as independent contractors rather than as employees. The heat mounted this week on a number of fronts. The issue took … Continue reading “Sharing Economy Companies Sharing the Heat In Contractor Controversy”
Venture Investing Hits Record $19B in Second Quarter
[Updated 7/17/15, 7:40 a.m. See below.] There’s plenty of talk about a potential bubble in the market, whether in tech, biotech, or elsewhere. True or not, one fact that’s real is that there is plenty of money flowing into startups. The second quarter of 2015 produced the highest level of venture funding since at least 2010, and possibly … Continue reading “Venture Investing Hits Record $19B in Second Quarter”
Ampt Garners $25,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bf7036ac-d6e4-46c1-b066-29fd6550dad9 Date 7/16/2015 Company Name Ampt Mailing Address 4850 Innovation Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 USA Company Description Ampt delivers innovative power conversion technology and communications capabilities that are optimizing the way PV systems are designed. The company, along with strategic partners in the HDPV Alliance, is lowering system cost and increasing … Continue reading “Ampt Garners $25,000,000 Series C Financing”
Techstars Alum DigitalOcean to Double Staff, Office Space with $83M
Next week, the team at DigitalOcean will move into a 30,000-square-foot office, in the same building but twice the size of its current digs, as it ramps up with more funding in hand. The New York-based company hosts cloud infrastructure, largely used by developers to build websites and apps. Along with the extra elbow room, … Continue reading “Techstars Alum DigitalOcean to Double Staff, Office Space with $83M”
New Horizons’ Pluto Trip a Victory for Colorado Scientists, Firms
Sure, Pluto is 3 billion miles and nine years away, but the New Horizons spacecraft and the scientists behind the mission are actually quite close to home, if you live in Colorado. New Horizons flew to within 7,800 miles of the solar system’s quirky one-time planet early this morning. The fly-by was the culmination of … Continue reading “New Horizons’ Pluto Trip a Victory for Colorado Scientists, Firms”
Milestones Of Innovation 10: First Close-Up Of A Planet
Today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, after more than nine years, 3 billion miles, and a brief view of Jupiter’s moon Io, is scheduled to capture the first close-up pictures from the distant minor planet Pluto and its flock of moons. It’s a fine way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this kind of high-tech virtual … Continue reading “Milestones Of Innovation 10: First Close-Up Of A Planet”
Five Lessons Every App Startup Should Learn
Mobile devices create plenty of pitfalls for entrepreneurs. The nuances of nailing not only the on-screen user experience, but the broader experience of integrating a piece of software into one’s everyday life dramatically increases the risk of failure. As a mobile entrepreneur, you have more variables that you need to test and control in your … Continue reading “Five Lessons Every App Startup Should Learn”
Tech Bubble Talk Focuses on IPO Dearth, Overpriced Rounds, and China
The question is no longer whether we are in a tech bubble—we are—but rather what it all means for the future. And maybe the near future. Everyone seems to agree the market conditions are very different from 2000, but so what? Uber’s valuation is north of $40 billion, and the company is losing money as … Continue reading “Tech Bubble Talk Focuses on IPO Dearth, Overpriced Rounds, and China”
21st Century Cures Act Passes House, Now Must Navigate Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives took a big step this morning toward major changes in the federal government’s relationship to biomedical research, funding, and regulation. The chamber passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill championed early on by a Democrat and a Republican, by a vote of 344-77, an astonishing percentage in this age … Continue reading “21st Century Cures Act Passes House, Now Must Navigate Senate”
“Global Health” Must Mean Global Health
The research community and pharmaceutical industry have made many life-saving and life-improving advances in global health over the past 20 years, and that’s certainly life-affirming news. But the time has come to ask ourselves a very pointed, and perhaps uncomfortable, question: “Are we defining ‘global health’ the right way?” And, more specifically, “How do we … Continue reading ““Global Health” Must Mean Global Health”
For Biotech Cowboys, It’s No Ride Into The Sunset
[Corrected 7/8/15, 3:48pm. See below.] Some people who’ve made it big in biotech drive fast cars. Some take outlandish vacations. Some don’t take any vacations at all. (I’m sure you know the type.) But for a few San Francisco Bay Area biotech veterans, the reward for a long, successful career is the chance to swap … Continue reading “For Biotech Cowboys, It’s No Ride Into The Sunset”
Costanoa Closes $135 M Second Fund To Back Cloud, Data Startups
Costanoa Venture Capital, an early stage investment firm founded in late 2012 with $100 million to manage, enjoyed a quick score by late 2014 when one of its first portfolio companies, Westminster, CO-based Datalogix, drew an acquisition bid from Oracle and shortly sold for a reported $1.2 billion. With that short track record, Palo Alto, … Continue reading “Costanoa Closes $135 M Second Fund To Back Cloud, Data Startups”
Intern Season is Here—But Companies Need A Better Hiring Strategy
It’s summer and that means intern season is in full swing. According to a recent Washington Post piece by Jeffrey Selingo, “More than 70 to 80 percent of new hires at big companies like Facebook, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and eBay come through their internship programs now, compared to about half or less just a decade ago.” … Continue reading “Intern Season is Here—But Companies Need A Better Hiring Strategy”
Telluride Accelerator Launches Startups in Colorado’s Ski Country
A haven for skiing and snowboarding in the winter, mountain biking and bluegrass in the summer—that’s the perception of Telluride, a town in southwest Colorado that is one of the most exclusive (and expensive) resort areas in the Rockies. But some locals would like to add entrepreneurial to that list, and they might be making … Continue reading “Telluride Accelerator Launches Startups in Colorado’s Ski Country”
Biopharmaceutical Haiku, Round Two
Ebola doctors Heroic efforts admired Angels of mercy! Genome sequencing Compare normal with patient Secrets revealed Next-gen sequencing One big issue still out there Interpretation Republicans rule Eye Affordable Care Act Newly covered screwed? 2.3 percent Medical devices tax Soon to disappear? Advertised widely Personalized medicine More substance, less hype … Continue reading “Biopharmaceutical Haiku, Round Two”
Why I Killed Noncompetes at My Startup—And You Should, Too
There’s a battle brewing in Boston that every local startup founder and employee is closely watching, but the outcome will have implications far beyond Massachusetts. As our state legislature weighs several bills that would ban noncompete agreements, the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) and many entrepreneurs, including myself, are arguing that the time is … Continue reading “Why I Killed Noncompetes at My Startup—And You Should, Too”
Foundry Group Looks to Raise New $225M Fund Following Fitbit IPO
The Foundry Group is raising another venture capital fund, according to SEC documents. The Boulder, CO-based VC firm is looking to raise $225 million. The fund, named Foundry Venture Capital 2016, is the firm’s fifth. The new fund would bring the total amount of money managed by the Foundry Group to $1.125 billion. All of … Continue reading “Foundry Group Looks to Raise New $225M Fund Following Fitbit IPO”