Michael Godwin and Jason Townsend know what they’re getting into, launching a new seed-stage venture capital fund, Resonant Venture Partners, in Michigan during a time when getting institutional investors to climb onboard is next to impossible. “Yeah, it’s bleak in Michigan,” Godwin says, referring to the lack of institutional investor enthusiasm for venture funds in … Continue reading “New Ann Arbor Firm, Resonant Venture Partners, Hopes to Team Up with Coastal VCs on Michigan Investments”
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ViewRay Secures $20,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=981d3c8f-c417-4c05-8e1d-904089c368c0&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2010 Company Name ViewRay Mailing Address 2 Thermo Fisher Way Oakwood Village, OH 44146 Company Description The patent pending Renaissance race System 1000 combines two proven technologies: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and gamma ray radiotherapy. Conversely, today’s competing image-guided radiotherapy systems are based on linear accelerators which require CT or … Continue reading “ViewRay Secures $20,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Healthsense Secures New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85e17b15-b495-4838-a4f7-943134a6b374&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2010 Company Name Healthsense Mailing Address 1191 Northland Dr. Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Company Description Healthsense, based in Mendota Heights, MN, is a market leader in providing technology solutions for the future of aging services. Healthsense offers completely integrated systems based on a standard Wi-Fi platform for Personal Emergency Response … Continue reading “Healthsense Secures New Funding Round”
In-Pipe Technology Company Obtains $2,000,006 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f8e0421-193a-47a2-822b-e0c31f11e121&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2010 Company Name In-Pipe Technology Company Mailing Address 100 Bridge St. Wheaton, IL 60187 Company Description In-Pipe’s patented technology transforms miles of sewer pipe into an active part of the wastewater treatment process, optimizing the entire infrastructure. This improves operating economics without additional capital expenditure. Since it uses natural, biological … Continue reading “In-Pipe Technology Company Obtains $2,000,006 New Funding”
Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan Offers $1M in Prizes for Entrepreneurs
Today’s launch of a huge $1 million business plan competition in southeast Michigan gives flesh to the ambitious phrases thrown around back in June, when the new regional Business Accelerator Network that is overseeing the competition was hailed by local business leaders as “one of the most catalytic events for entrepreneurial activity and innovation in … Continue reading “Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan Offers $1M in Prizes for Entrepreneurs”
Scio Security Secures $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e37bc63b-d5e0-4a32-94ad-6fd77e7a1a27&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2010 Company Name Scio Security Mailing Address 1237 Jones Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Company Description Scio’s TrustedPath is the simplest and safest way to secure any Internet transaction. TrustedPath leverages consumers’ existing mobile devices for strong, usable, risk-adaptive secondary authentication, backed by a secure cloud-hosted service. Website http://www.sciosecurity.com Transaction … Continue reading “Scio Security Secures $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
Ann Arbor’s Own Hopes To Get Michigan Coffee Houses Buzzing Again
The Burrito Joint eatery at the corner of Packard and Dewey in Ann Arbor might seem an unlikely birthplace for a tech startup. But that was where Verdi Erel Ergun, 27, the Joint’s owner and an MBA student at the University of Michigan, decided he was fed up with his cash register. And frustration, when … Continue reading “Ann Arbor’s Own Hopes To Get Michigan Coffee Houses Buzzing Again”
Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame Idea Resonates—Although A Few Potential Cracks Have Surfaced in the Pavement
If ever an idea has, um, hit its stride quickly, it’s the one we wrote about last week to create an Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame in Kendall Square to honor local and regional entrepreneurs in much the same fashion as the Hollywood Walk of Fame honors movie stars. As Xconomist Bill Aulet, managing director of … Continue reading “Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame Idea Resonates—Although A Few Potential Cracks Have Surfaced in the Pavement”
$81M From Feds Will Help Rural Michigan Get Up to Speed With Broadband—and Help Startups Start Up
It sounds barbaric, I know, but there are areas of Michigan where the only way to access the Internet is through a dial-up connection. These throwbacks to the 1990s are primarily located in rural areas and in the Upper and Northern Lower Peninsulas. And it’s not because they’re a bunch of Luddites up there. The … Continue reading “$81M From Feds Will Help Rural Michigan Get Up to Speed With Broadband—and Help Startups Start Up”
In Seed Funding Race, AngelList Sorts the “Junk” from the “Maybes”
You don’t have to search far on Twitter for glowing testimonials about AngelList, a matchmaking service for startups and angel investors launched in February by San Francisco investor/entrepreneurs Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant: “Wow, just a few days and I’m pretty impressed by the quality of the opportunities”—Hunter Walk “An entrepreneur’s best friend. Two companies … Continue reading “In Seed Funding Race, AngelList Sorts the “Junk” from the “Maybes””
Cardiac Concepts Garners $27,205,485 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef63ad23-ace1-4dca-bcf3-a31211d2f5d7&Preview=1 Date 8/20/2010 Company Name Cardiac Concepts Mailing Address 12400 Whitewater Dr Minnetonka, MN 55343 Company Description Cardiac Concepts, Inc. is a privately held medical device company incorporated in 2006. It is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Cardiac Concepts’ mission is to improve the outcomes for Heart Failure patients by developing an … Continue reading “Cardiac Concepts Garners $27,205,485 Series C Funding”
Xconomy is Expanding Its Coverage of Michigan Innovation—and We’re Looking for Great Writers to Join Us
It’s been just four months since we launched Xconomy Detroit to bring our unique coverage of life sciences, information technology, energy, transportation, robotics, venture capital, and other high-tech arenas to bear on Michigan’s innovation scene—but already we want more! We have found a ton of stories of technology and innovation that still need telling, and … Continue reading “Xconomy is Expanding Its Coverage of Michigan Innovation—and We’re Looking for Great Writers to Join Us”
Why Facebook Places Will Make Foursquare into a Footnote
If Facebook is doing location, then location must finally be real. I don’t mean that in a sarcastic way. I think that’s actually the most important takeaway from the introduction of Facebook Places last night, at a media event I attended at the social networking giant’s Palo Alto headquarters. The new feature allows people accessing … Continue reading “Why Facebook Places Will Make Foursquare into a Footnote”
Nonprofits and the Valley of Death in Drug Discovery
The research and development (R&D) process that ultimately leads to effective drugs is exceedingly difficult, and often the public does not understand the drug discovery pipeline. In a typical model, drug companies will research tens of thousands to millions of compounds and spend in excess of a billion dollars over a 10- to 20-year period … Continue reading “Nonprofits and the Valley of Death in Drug Discovery”
Scio Secures Investment From True Ventures, Others to Develop Safe Mobile Transactions
Scio Security, an Ann Arbor, MI-based developer of mobile phone transaction security systems, has received an undisclosed amount of venture capital investment from True Ventures, a Palo Alto, CA-based firm that invests in early-stage companies. Scio co-founder Jon Oberheide confirmed in an e-mail to me this morning that the investment happened this week and that … Continue reading “Scio Secures Investment From True Ventures, Others to Develop Safe Mobile Transactions”
Velocent Systems Secures $425,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8be6f1f7-539a-45b2-a2e8-8167050f4940&Preview=1 Date 8/18/2010 Company Name Velocent Systems Mailing Address 1250 E. Diehl Rd. Naperville, IL 60563 Company Description Velocent assists mobile operators in delivering superior quality service by identifying and helping resolve hidden problems that hinder mobile network performance and degrade customer experience. Deep packet inspection (DPI) technology provides high granularity service … Continue reading “Velocent Systems Secures $425,000 New Funding Round”
New Michigan Incubator, NextWave, Helps Businesses Get Capital, Exposure
Nancy Skinner, CEO of NextWave Media Studios and part owner of the just-opened NextWave business space in Troy, MI, describes her new digs as a “different animal” from your average incubator. It is more than just shared office space, she says. “If we deem that your company has good prospects, then we’re going to throw … Continue reading “New Michigan Incubator, NextWave, Helps Businesses Get Capital, Exposure”
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Acquires Zystor Therapeutics for $115,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=55f39173-fd7d-4d4e-bb40-e1f8f7dc457b&Preview=1 Date 8/17/2010 Company Name Zystor Therapeutics Mailing Address 10437 Innovation Drive Milwaukee, WI 53226-4838 Company Description ZyStor Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics that will significantly improve the lives of patients who suffer from genetic disorders known as lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs. Website http://www.zystor.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “BioMarin Pharmaceutical Acquires Zystor Therapeutics for $115,000,000”
Michigan Fund Aims $10M At Life Sciences
Early-stage life science companies in West Michigan may be happy to know that a $10 million fund is being raised just for them. Michigan’s 21st Century Jobs Fund, run by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, has contributed $6 million to the Michigan Accelerator Fund I designed to fill the region’s early stage funding gap for … Continue reading “Michigan Fund Aims $10M At Life Sciences”
American, European Auto Suppliers Marry Their ‘Collaboration-Ready’ Networks
Once upon a time in Detroit, automobiles were built using all U.S.-made parts, put together by an all-American crew working a U.S. assembly line. Well, no. As the first four words of this story indicate, the idea of a completely independent American auto industry is largely a fairy tale. Even the Ford Model T at … Continue reading “American, European Auto Suppliers Marry Their ‘Collaboration-Ready’ Networks”
Lighting Up the World’s Text: A Talk with Vook Founder Brad Inman
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of those places where the new is always coming up against the old, with strange and often delightful results. You’d think, for example, that anyone who has an iPad would want to show it off. But in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, not far from my office, there’s a … Continue reading “Lighting Up the World’s Text: A Talk with Vook Founder Brad Inman”
BringMeTheNews Lands $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=744b38b2-ce9d-4c07-b833-12b0edb9391a&Preview=1 Date 8/13/2010 Company Name BringMeTheNews Mailing Address Undisclosed Minneapolis, MN 55402 Company Description Developed by award-winning Twin Cities investigative journalist and TV news anchor, Rick Kupchella, BringMeTheNews delivers the most relevant stories around the state. We filter through hundreds of news stories every day and link to some of the best … Continue reading “BringMeTheNews Lands $1,000,000 New Financing”
Swift Biosciences Sweeps Up $3M
Swift Biosciences, an Ann Arbor, MI, company that makes reagents for genetic tests, has announced that it received $3 million in Series A financing in June led by VC firm DFJ Mercury and joined by several Michigan-based investors. Swift was founded in January by former Accuri Cytometers Chief Scientific Officer David Olson. “Swift Biosciences plans … Continue reading “Swift Biosciences Sweeps Up $3M”
Arbor Networks Acquisition Is a Tale of Two Cities—and a Strategic Move Into Wider World of Wireless
If Arbor Networks were a tree, its roots would be in Michigan. Its branches and leaves (and some of its caretakers) would be in Massachusetts. And its proud new owners would be in Texas and Washington, DC—with a lot to live up to. Earlier this week, Chelmsford, MA-based Arbor Networks, a maker of software for … Continue reading “Arbor Networks Acquisition Is a Tale of Two Cities—and a Strategic Move Into Wider World of Wireless”
Swift Biosciences Obtains $3,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58e8c934-b39a-4a42-97a5-18bb2f3fe47d&Preview=1 Date 8/12/2010 Company Name Swift Biosciences Mailing Address Undisclosed Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Company Description Swift Biosciences is developing molecular biology reagents for research and diagnostic applications. Our products help users to detect genes and gene products that other products can’t. We also help users to analyze their samples faster, at … Continue reading “Swift Biosciences Obtains $3,000,000 Series A Round”
A123Systems Spins Off New Battery Firm, Drops Out of Chrysler Deal, Posts Quarterly Loss
A123Systems’ $370 million IPO last September was the shot heard around the world—at least the alternative-energy world. I can personally attest to the fact that energy storage and electric vehicle companies from coast to coast were following the Watertown, MA-based battery maker’s performance very closely. Now they have some new things to chew on. Late … Continue reading “A123Systems Spins Off New Battery Firm, Drops Out of Chrysler Deal, Posts Quarterly Loss”
Three More Michigan Startups Get Microloans, Bringing Companies $1.4M In First Year
Three Michigan companies have received a combined $140,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund program, managed by the Ann Arbor SPARK business incubator. This latest round means the program has invested a total of more than $1.4 million in 39 companies since it was started in July 2009. Microloans range from $10,000 to $50,000 and are … Continue reading “Three More Michigan Startups Get Microloans, Bringing Companies $1.4M In First Year”
Mobile Monday Michigan
Mobile Monday Michigan, which Xconomy profiled back in July, will focus its August meeting on location-based services and local targeted marketing using mobile technology. The featured speaker will be Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartFinds Marketing in Birmingham, MI.
Kendall Square Wants an Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame—and So Should Every Innovation Hub
Local legends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck rose from the bowels of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (the high school’s drama department really is in the basement) to become international movie stars—and Damon was chosen three years ago to get a star along the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. But the business leaders who have … Continue reading “Kendall Square Wants an Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame—and So Should Every Innovation Hub”
TransFS Secures $510,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91f59592-d647-4e78-bc9e-e073c3629209&Preview=1 Date 8/11/2010 Company Name TransFS Mailing Address 200 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606 Company Description TransFS is a comparison shopping website for credit card processing. Our unique auction process and comparison engine allows us to save businesses 40% on average on their credit card processing. TransFS is quick and simple … Continue reading “TransFS Secures $510,000 New Funding Round”
Who Are You? Part 2: Gender and Education Backgrounds of Venture-Backed Internet Startups
As we reported last week, there wasn’t much to surprise the sociologists of innovation in Part 1 of the data CB Insights gleaned about the race, age, and experience of the founders at 165 Internet startups that raised venture capital funding during the first half of 2010. But there are some interesting, and perhaps unexpected, … Continue reading “Who Are You? Part 2: Gender and Education Backgrounds of Venture-Backed Internet Startups”
Travel App Developer Mobiata Finds the Correct Culture for Startup Innovation in Ann Arbor
Minneapolis, like other Midwestern cities, is used to losing technology startups to Silicon Valley. But when Ben Kazez packed up Mobiata, his company that develops mobile software apps for travelers, and made a kind of lateral move to Ann Arbor, MI, it made some in the Minnesota media do a double-take. Now, a year after … Continue reading “Travel App Developer Mobiata Finds the Correct Culture for Startup Innovation in Ann Arbor”
Angel Investing: The Most Satisfying Experience You’ll Ever Have
[Editor’s Note: On July 29, leading Silicon Valley angel investor Ron Conway, the founder of SV Angel, gave the opening talk at AngelConf, an afternoon conference for budding angel investors sponsored by the Y Combinator startup incubator program in Mountain View, CA. The following is an edited transcript of Conway’s talk, published by permission.] I’m … Continue reading “Angel Investing: The Most Satisfying Experience You’ll Ever Have”
How to Banish Business Cards: A Ranked List of Digital Options
Business cards are the scourge of anyone trying to go paperless. Sure, the basic concept is brilliant: a business card provides a compact, easily transferable storage location for all of the key data about another person. But it’s a mystery to me why the traditional paper business card, a descendant of the 17th-century visiting card, … Continue reading “How to Banish Business Cards: A Ranked List of Digital Options”
Venture-Backed IPOs Recovering but Weak: We Compare Results for San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, & San Diego
Amid an overall improvement in IPOs, a survey by Menlo Park, CA-based VentureDeal shows 21 venture-capital backed technology or life sciences companies went public in the U.S. during the first six months of 2010, raising a total of $1.9 billion in gross proceeds. VentureDeal’s IPO activity report is focused on a specific subgroup of technology … Continue reading “Venture-Backed IPOs Recovering but Weak: We Compare Results for San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, & San Diego”
With Quizzle’s Move Downtown, Dan Gilbert Declares Detroit Area ‘WEBward Avenue’ for Tech Revitalization
Dan Gilbert, the chairman and founder of Quicken Loans, is hoping that if he declares Woodward Avenue, Detroit’s main drag, to be a new, tech-centered “WEBward Avenue” often enough, it just might come true. It also doesn’t hurt that he has the money and clout to perhaps make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s why the … Continue reading “With Quizzle’s Move Downtown, Dan Gilbert Declares Detroit Area ‘WEBward Avenue’ for Tech Revitalization”
ChanRx Corp. Receives $250,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9498007f-d428-43dd-9f8f-e919f4601f72&Preview=1 Date 8/5/2010 Company Name ChanRx Corp. Mailing Address Undisclosed Garfield Heights, OH 44105 Company Description The company is developing small molecule drugs to treat atrial fibrillation. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the money to complete development of its … Continue reading “ChanRx Corp. Receives $250,000 New Financing Round”
The Story Behind Rick Snyder: Seasoned Tech Entrepreneur Wins Michigan GOP Primary
It’s near the beginning of 2001 and I walk into the Ann Arbor, MI, offices of Ardesta for the first time. I am introduced to Rick Snyder, CEO of the business accelerator. After we exchange our greetings and I’m shown my new desk, a colleague tells me that Snyder will run for governor of Michigan … Continue reading “The Story Behind Rick Snyder: Seasoned Tech Entrepreneur Wins Michigan GOP Primary”
San Diego Takes Center Stage as Ecotality Works Ahead of Electric Vehicle Rollouts
San Diego utility executives and transportation planners, together with Ecotality CEO Jonathan Read, yesterday unveiled a blueprint for deploying electric vehicle charging stations throughout the region—making San Diego the beginning point for a new era of rechargeable transportation. “It’s a milestone on the road to the mass-marketing of electric cars,” decreed Ron Roberts, a San … Continue reading “San Diego Takes Center Stage as Ecotality Works Ahead of Electric Vehicle Rollouts”
(Golf) Lessons for Founders
I am fairly certain that I have yet to peak as a golfer, and equally confident that I never will. As I’m on the verge of ignoring the golfing gods (and worshipping the startup gods) for yet another full summer, my confidence in the previous statement is growing. To appease the golfing gods, I used … Continue reading “(Golf) Lessons for Founders”
GM Invests In Bright IDEA
GM Ventures, the new VC arm of General Motors, is investing $5 million in Bright Automotive, based in Anderson, IN, according to a Bright news release (PDF) and reports in The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Bright develops plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. This investment will speed along development of a commercial vehicle called the Bright … Continue reading “GM Invests In Bright IDEA”
Most Automotive Infotainment Systems Will Run On Open-Source Genivi By 2015, Report Says
If you’re thinking about developing an app for use in automobiles, you might want to take a look at a new report released by the Genivi Alliance. The coalition of auto companies, suppliers, silicon providers, and software companies predicts its own open-source Genivi operating system will be running most in-vehicle infotainment systems by 2017. Genivi, … Continue reading “Most Automotive Infotainment Systems Will Run On Open-Source Genivi By 2015, Report Says”
The Embargo System in Science News Needs Some Peer Review
Ever wonder how it is that the day a big scientific paper is published, or a groundbreaking presentation is given at a meeting, all major media outlets seem to have the story right away? It doesn’t happen by chance. The massive coordination effort is known as the embargo system. It is one of the most … Continue reading “The Embargo System in Science News Needs Some Peer Review”
VigLink Acquires Driving Revenue for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e9ede05-e7dc-40ec-8f08-6c0905dcd9ac&Preview=1 Date 8/3/2010 Company Name Driving Revenue Mailing Address 921 W. Van Buren Chicago, IL 60607 Company Description Driving Revenue is full service affiliate marketing solution comprised of online marketers, developers and analysts. Website http://www.DrivingRevenue.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction … Continue reading “VigLink Acquires Driving Revenue for Undisclosed Sum”
Hackerspaces at Maker Faire Show and Tell How to Build a Better Detroit
Nate Bezanson sits at a table beneath the i3Detroit hackerspace tent at last weekend’s Detroit Maker Faire in Dearborn, MI. In front of him are two flashlights—one labeled “stock” and the other labeled “hacked.” The “stock” flashlight is your normal store-bought halogen model, the “hacked” one looks very much like it’s been, well, hacked to … Continue reading “Hackerspaces at Maker Faire Show and Tell How to Build a Better Detroit”
Larry Corey, Virus Hunter With Midwest Roots, Seeks to Unleash Health Innovation at Hutch
Raising her son in a middle class home in the Detroit area in the ’50s and ’60s, Larry Corey‘s mother dreamed he’d become a doctor. Now he’s set his sights much higher, as the new president and director of one of the world’s leading biomedical research institutes, a place that seeks to do no less … Continue reading “Larry Corey, Virus Hunter With Midwest Roots, Seeks to Unleash Health Innovation at Hutch”
With Traditional M&A Players Still on Sidelines, Small and Mid-sized Businesses Have Unique Opportunity to Make Strategic Acquisitions
The recent economic turmoil forced rapid change on the mergers and acquisitions marketplace, as the tightening of available credit pushed traditional M&A players—primarily private equity investors and large corporations—to the sidelines and dramatically slowed existing transactions. The landscape yielded a dearth of profitable deals, with any residual motivation for investment in mid-sized firms deflated by … Continue reading “With Traditional M&A Players Still on Sidelines, Small and Mid-sized Businesses Have Unique Opportunity to Make Strategic Acquisitions”
Explorys Receives $2,550,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e9926b0a-93c0-4070-a73c-3f4266fd2f64&Preview=1 Date 8/2/2010 Company Name Explorys Mailing Address 10000 Cedar Ave. Cleveland, OH 44106 Company Description Explorys provides a secure cloud-computing platform specialized for the healthcare industry. We empower our customers to accelerate research and product development, while enabling critical measurement for healthcare reform, performance management and protocol safety. Website http://www.Explorys.net Transaction … Continue reading “Explorys Receives $2,550,000 Series B Financing”
WorkFlex Solutions Secures $1,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18e28e27-04b0-45f0-9fd3-77040763ddb3&Preview=1 Date 8/2/2010 Company Name WorkFlex Solutions Mailing Address Undisclosed Montgomery, OH 45242 Company Description WorkFlex Manager effectively manages daily staffing gaps by providing optimized near real-time access to qualified workers to enable service providers to quickly adjust staff levels to actual demand. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 … Continue reading “WorkFlex Solutions Secures $1,500,000 New Round”
OpenAppMkt: The Return of the iPhone Web App?
Few people remember it now, but for the first year after the launch of the Apple iPhone in June, 2007, there was no App Store. The device came with a few built-in or “native” apps like a calendar, a clock, and a notebook, along with a couple of third-party apps like the YouTube player and … Continue reading “OpenAppMkt: The Return of the iPhone Web App?”