Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c5e0cd4-542e-4610-b547-aa1f5f2c7cb2 Date 10/22/2013 Company Name Cardiox Mailing Address 4100 Horizons Drive Columbus, OH 43220 Company Description At Cardiox we’re developing proprietary technology that enables a highly sensitive, low-cost, minimally invasive procedure for cardiac shunt detection and quantification using our FDSTM Flow Detection System. Website http://www.cardiox.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Cardiox Secures $250,000 New Round”
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IROA Forms Florida Partnership, Pushes Metabolomics Forward
Metabolomics, which is the study of the unique chemical imprints that specific cellular processes leave behind, in is an up-and-coming field in biotech, says Felice de Jong, co-founder and CEO of IROA Technologies. Sure, she argues, genomics can tell patients what may happen—what they’re predisposed to—but an accurate measurement of the body’s metabolites can tell … Continue reading “IROA Forms Florida Partnership, Pushes Metabolomics Forward”
21 Red Flags to Watch for in a Biotech Company
Nutty things are happening in biotech. Irrational exuberance has returned. Generalist investors with lots of money are suddenly buying these stocks first and asking questions later. Companies can fire off meaningless press releases, and be rewarded. I heard a big-time money manager talk the other day about a recent biotech IPO being one of the … Continue reading “21 Red Flags to Watch for in a Biotech Company”
VelociData Obtains $598,145 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b49bd27f-7b11-4bba-94e9-03a3d4107ddb Date 10/21/2013 Company Name VelociData Mailing Address 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description VelociData offers patented engineered solutions that combine software and hardware in a tiny footprint to provide real-time speeds on extreme data volumes. Our serviceability goes beyond five 9s availability to provide sub-linear scalability performance to … Continue reading “VelociData Obtains $598,145 New Funding Round”
RealBio Technology Garners $484,750 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d13ee148-de93-4778-8011-335db4863a15 Date 10/21/2013 Company Name RealBio Technology Mailing Address 4717 Campus Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Company Description Formed in June 2009, RealBio Technology Inc is a premier life sciences product development company dedicated to the development and commercialization of BioRealistic Cell and Tissue Culture technology to enhance life sciences research. Website http://www.realbiotechnology.com … Continue reading “RealBio Technology Garners $484,750 New Financing”
LISNR Secures $850,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=27552aa1-5393-4c8d-a286-8bf81f733e2f Date 10/21/2013 Company Name LISNR Mailing Address 299 E. Sixth St 1st Floor Cincinnati, OH 45202 Company Description Lisnr gives artists a new way to connect with their fans. By installing Lisnr on your mobile device, you’ll unlock exclusive content created by the artists you love, just by listening to your … Continue reading “LISNR Secures $850,000 New Financing Round”
Annotree Secures Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef52b40d-8407-4cc9-91b3-23dc8e13e3f9 Date 10/19/2013 Company Name Annotree Mailing Address Undisclosed Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Company Description Started by Brian Clark, Annotree is designed to help streamline and collaborate on the application development process from a mobile-first perspective. It utilizes a drag and drop interface and enables users to assign tasks to their designers … Continue reading “Annotree Secures Seed Financing Round”
Please, Keep Paying $80 a Month for Cable So I Can Enjoy Cheap TV
Dear Cable TV Subscriber, I don’t think I’ve ever told you how grateful I am. I haven’t paid a cent for cable television since 2009. Yet I have on-demand access via the Internet to a growing cornucopia of great shows like Game of Thrones, Homeland, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad, at reasonable à la carte … Continue reading “Please, Keep Paying $80 a Month for Cable So I Can Enjoy Cheap TV”
VC Funding for Software Jumps in MoneyTree Report, and Top 10 Deals
Venture capital firms invested $7.8 billion in 1,005 deals throughout the United States during the three months that ended September 30, according to the MoneyTree Report being released today. It was a 12 percent increase in dollars and a 5 percent rise in deals compared to the second quarter of 2013, when VCs invested close … Continue reading “VC Funding for Software Jumps in MoneyTree Report, and Top 10 Deals”
Osprey Medical Lands $14,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0544824-b915-4a10-a6e2-f96a9faee307 Date 10/18/2013 Company Name Osprey Medical Mailing Address 5600 Rowland Road Minnetonka, MN 55343 Company Description Osprey Medical’s proprietary technologies are designed to reduce the amount of dye (contrast) injected during commonly performed heart procedures to protect the kidneys from damage known as contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). Dye is routinely used … Continue reading “Osprey Medical Lands $14,000,000 New Financing Round”
SideDraft: A New Fantasy Sports Betting App for iOS, From U-M Grads
Count me among those who are officially obsessed with fantasy football. I play in at least two leagues every year. I watch “The League.” I pay attention to what the talking heads are saying every Sunday morning on “Fantasy Football Now.” I field text messages on the weekends from friends asking for sit or start … Continue reading “SideDraft: A New Fantasy Sports Betting App for iOS, From U-M Grads”
Swift Biosciences Garners $7,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03b916b1-64ab-48e9-990a-8dcbd7b648a5 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Swift Biosciences Mailing Address 58 Parkland Plaza 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, … Continue reading “Swift Biosciences Garners $7,000,000 New Round”
Monteris Medical Receives $3,672,684 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=568e4d2c-220f-4216-82cb-fc61c298f9f2 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Monteris Medical Mailing Address 16305 36th Avenue North Plymouth, MN 55446 Company Description Monteris Medical Inc. is a medical device venture dedicated to developing new technologies for the treatment of cancers. Website http://www.monteris.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,672,684 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Monteris Medical Receives $3,672,684 New Financing Round”
“60 Minutes” Missed Big Opportunity to Highlight Detroit’s Entrepreneurs
The venerable television news magazine 60 Minutes began Sunday’s broadcast with a piece called “Detroit On the Edge.” I’ve been a fan of 60 Minutes for decades, and I was looking forward to the segment even as its title made me wary. If there was one journalistic outlet I expected to present a fresh, balanced … Continue reading ““60 Minutes” Missed Big Opportunity to Highlight Detroit’s Entrepreneurs”
7Signal Obtains $4,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64fb58a3-6e4f-4bac-94fc-ec3f973ec738 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name 7Signal Mailing Address 526 S. Main Street Akron, OH 44311 Company Description 7signal Ltd. is a United States-based network technology start-up with a mission to make healthcare and other mission-critical enterprise wireless LAN networks work – reliably. The 7signal solution is an innovative hardware/ software wireless quality … Continue reading “7Signal Obtains $4,000,000 Series B Financing”
The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are
[Updated: 1:15 pm PT 11/10/13] People love to rank U.S. biotech clusters. Most of these reports are full of data on venture financing, patents, jobs, and NIH funding. But many are riddled with flawed and biased methodology, and are usually designed to push a political agenda. These rankings, which many people take at face value, … Continue reading “The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are”
FlockTAG Secures $1,250,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa847674-17a5-4ba3-9d9e-a5892c3bc99e Date 10/14/2013 Company Name FlockTAG Mailing Address Undisclosed Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Company Description FlockTAG is developing a mobile loyalty system for quick service restaurants which creates a cross promotional platform with customized deals. Website http://www.flocktag.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will … Continue reading “FlockTAG Secures $1,250,000 New Funding Round”
Roundup: Ann Arbor SPARK Expands, U-M Reports Record Number of Inventions
It’s been a busy few weeks in Southeast Michigan’s innovation community. Here is a roundup of news from around the area: —Ann Arbor SPARK, which assists tech startups with incubation and capital, is expanding its spaces in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti to accommodate the growing number of entrepreneurs seeking its services. SPARK Central, in downtown … Continue reading “Roundup: Ann Arbor SPARK Expands, U-M Reports Record Number of Inventions”
Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen
If you wanted to build a central information hub for the kitchen—connecting consumers with recipe ideas, ingredient lists, shopping assistance, and cooking instructions—you’d probably break the problem down into a few steps. First you’d build the world’s most powerful recipe search engine. Then you’d add filters to help people discover dishes they like, and avoid … Continue reading “Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen”
Catalina Marketing Acquires Local Offer Network for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c614efaf-6bd5-4f6b-b879-41fef634c1f6 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Local Offer Network Mailing Address 525 West Van Buren Street Chicago, IL 60607 Company Description We create competitive advantages in the fast-growing global market for daily deals. Website http://www.localoffernetwork.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Terms of the deal were not … Continue reading “Catalina Marketing Acquires Local Offer Network for Undisclosed Sum”
Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High
Venture deal activity hit a 12-year high during the third quarter, and big VC investments in Uber, Kymeta, and Flipboard helped push venture funding for U.S. mobile startups over $1 billion for the first time, according to a report today from CB Insights. The New York financial data firm says the 857 venture deals nationwide … Continue reading “Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High”
TempoDB Lands $3,200,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52c42650-7de3-49d6-9f8e-1f4b01ee2ec1 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name TempoDB Mailing Address 321 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description TempoDB is the first database service for time series data (ex: measuring thermostat temperatures, network latencies, heart rates). Time series is a unique Big Data problem that breaks traditional databases (MySQL, MongoDB, etc). Website http://www.tempo-db.com … Continue reading “TempoDB Lands $3,200,000 Series A Funding Round”
Xolve Receives $435,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58c202aa-62cf-4b80-8b45-d04ca1336b51 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Xolve Mailing Address 1600 Aspen Commons Middleton, WI 53562 Company Description Xolve is an early stage company commercializing IP that enables effective, simple, room temperature processing of graphene and other nanoparticle composites, solutions and coatings. Website http://www.xolve.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $435,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Xolve Receives $435,000 New Financing Round”
Prevedere Lands $1,200,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7a747da8-9dfa-4f76-b728-d1695c8e872f Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Prevedere Mailing Address 565 Metro Place South Dublin, OH 43017 Company Description Prevedere, Inc is a SaaS Enterprise Software start-up focused on “Big Data” Predictive Analytics for large companies. Prevedére has produced a one-of-a-kind “External Data Analytics” product that fills a gap in the business intelligence, predictive … Continue reading “Prevedere Lands $1,200,000 Seed Round”
Achates Power Refuels with $35M for Cleaner, Fuel-Efficient Engine
San Diego’s Achates Power says today it has raised $35.2 million in a Series C round of venture financing to advance its opposed-piston engine, saying its cleaner and more fuel-efficient design is gaining traction throughout the automotive industry. Although details about the company’s work with automakers remains under wraps, Achates CEO David Johnson says the … Continue reading “Achates Power Refuels with $35M for Cleaner, Fuel-Efficient Engine”
Michigan Cyber Range Offers Hands-On Cyber Security Training
According to the office of Governor Rick Snyder, Michigan is a national leader in cyber security. State officials say they have long emphasized protecting the state’s computer systems and networks, and they’ve established something called the Michigan Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MI-ISAC) to address the state’s digital infrastructure coordination and cyber security readiness. Thanks … Continue reading “Michigan Cyber Range Offers Hands-On Cyber Security Training”
Michigan Cyber Summit
Hosted by Governor Rick Snyder, this event brings together experts to address cyber security issues affecting business, education, information technology, economic development, law enforcement, and personal use. Speakers include representatives from the military, government, IT companies, universities and more. Click here for details and registration.
Startups Thrive on Competition, Not Non-Competes
It’s time to stop pretending that people are DVDs. It’s time to get rid of employee non-competes. A DVD is a simple piece of plastic that only has value because someone (often a company) filled it with useful information, like a movie or a computer program. A blank DVD isn’t very valuable, but a DVD … Continue reading “Startups Thrive on Competition, Not Non-Competes”
Steve Blank’s UCSF Class Tests “Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship”
Conventional wisdom says the techniques that help today’s technology startups get to market fast—or, just as likely, fail fast, freeing the founders to start over—don’t work in the life sciences. Rapid product iteration based on agile software development methods; continuous business-model adjustments using customer feedback; cloud outsourcing to increase capital efficiency—all these strategies are seen … Continue reading “Steve Blank’s UCSF Class Tests “Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship””
Inmobly Lands $690,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0bc65bbd-61a3-41f2-8be5-74631a82644c Date 10/9/2013 Company Name Inmobly Mailing Address 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Company Description Complex problem solving? There’s an app for that! inmobly is tackling problems typically thought to require much larger, more involved solutions. When industry insiders talk about solving problems like network congestion, they looks at changing the … Continue reading “Inmobly Lands $690,000 New Financing Round”
Science: The Missing Ingredient in the GMO Food Labeling Debate
Residents of Washington State are currently being buried in an avalanche of ads regarding a citizen’s initiative that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods sold in grocery stores. Estimates for the percentage of items that contain genetically engineered ingredients in a grocery store range from 60 percent to 70 percent (most of those … Continue reading “Science: The Missing Ingredient in the GMO Food Labeling Debate”
Detroit Bus Company Pivots to Serve Youth, Relocates to Historic Factory
The Detroit Bus Company, a transit startup founded by Andy Didorosi in 2012 to try and solve some of Detroit’s myriad public transportation issues, announced last week that it has consolidated its operations. It has moved from a depot in Ferndale, MI, and office in downtown Detroit to a historic factory in Hamtramck. (Though Hamtramck … Continue reading “Detroit Bus Company Pivots to Serve Youth, Relocates to Historic Factory”
Tolera Therapeutics Garners $1,052,710 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af0ee160-1828-4502-920a-0d9462d4ce32 Date 10/8/2013 Company Name Tolera Therapeutics Mailing Address 350 E. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Company Description Building upon research done at the University of Kentucky and the Cleveland Clinic, Tolera Therapeutics is developing and commercializing therapies for the immune suppression / modulation market with the goal of addressing unmet medical … Continue reading “Tolera Therapeutics Garners $1,052,710 New Round”
Pacejet Logistics Garners $4,500,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd7a7e98-cb9d-4cfc-b731-59eaa5f7328e Date 10/8/2013 Company Name Pacejet Logistics Mailing Address 8740 Orion Place Columbus, OH 43240 Company Description Pacejet Cloud Shipping solutions connect shippers with carriers to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Pacejet solutions integrate with popular ERP systems from NetSuite, Infor, SAP, Microsoft, and more and allow shippers to quote, ship, track, … Continue reading “Pacejet Logistics Garners $4,500,000 Series C Financing”
Elevate Digital Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08931816-d96a-4ef3-b09b-422427599217 Date 10/8/2013 Company Name Elevate Digital Mailing Address 200 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60604 Company Description Elevate Digital creates engaging activations, content and advertising that allows the consumer to be part of the experience. Website http://www.elevatedigital.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes elevate … Continue reading “Elevate Digital Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Round”
How We Overturned the Retroactive Tax on Startup Founders
The call came at 1:15 pm this past Friday, as I was driving home from a client meeting. “Mr. Overstreet?” questioned the voice on the other end of the line. “I’m calling from Governor Brown’s office. We wanted you to be the first to know that the Governor signed your bill into law.” And just … Continue reading “How We Overturned the Retroactive Tax on Startup Founders”
Harvard’s Verdine Blazing Trail for Scientific Entrepreneurs
If you’re a tenured biomedical researcher at a university today, and you have a big idea for what could be a new drug or diagnostic test, you can do a couple things. Hand it off to someone else at a startup, keep your day job, dabble as an advisor for a couple hours a week … Continue reading “Harvard’s Verdine Blazing Trail for Scientific Entrepreneurs”
Ford Acquires Ferndale-based Software Developer Livio
This week, Ford announced it has acquired Livio, a Ferndale, MI-based company that creates tools and software to enable in-vehicle connectivity. What Ford was no doubt interested in is the Livio Connect API, which allows smartphone apps to connect with vehicle hardware systems. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Livio’s acquisition also signals … Continue reading “Ford Acquires Ferndale-based Software Developer Livio”
Four Reasons to Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks
The economic downturn and subsequent market volatility have made risk into a four-letter word. Employees, in particular, are growing increasingly risk-averse, afraid of layoffs and the prospect of extended unemployment. Many of them opt to be cautious rather than brave, to stick to the status quo, and to keep their heads down, rather than challenge … Continue reading “Four Reasons to Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks”
The Winds of the Future: 5 Ways San Francisco Stays Innovative
In 1920, the San Francisco Bulletin, which was then one of the city’s major newspapers, published a poem by George Sterling, a figure in the city’s Bohemian arts circles. It read in part: The winds of the Future wait At the iron walls of her Gate, And the western ocean breaks in thunder, And the … Continue reading “The Winds of the Future: 5 Ways San Francisco Stays Innovative”
Join Xconomy for Profiles in Biotech Perseverance in SF Dec. 9
Drugs don’t just roll out of anybody’s lab by next Tuesday, and then keep popping out on some exponential curve. The biotech industry depends on investors who are willing to speculate on hot ideas in science, and wait years to see a payoff that may never come. That notion, which has been with the industry … Continue reading “Join Xconomy for Profiles in Biotech Perseverance in SF Dec. 9”
Growth and Branding Ideas from Birchbox, Batali, Chevy, Qualcomm
It is not often that startups, big companies, and a celebrity chef come together to talk growth strategies, but that was the scene at the annual Executive Marketing Summit at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Offering tips on brand development—and how to choose the best tomatoes each season—television personality and chef Mario Batali … Continue reading “Growth and Branding Ideas from Birchbox, Batali, Chevy, Qualcomm”
The Human Genome Project Wasn’t Overhyped. The Payoff Just Took Time
[This post was co-authored by Sean Harper, Amgen’s executive vice president of R&D.] People in the tech industry often like to say that we overestimate the short-term impact of new technology and underestimate the longer-term value. The human genome project is a superb example of this truism. Overpromise was indeed rampant during the interval around … Continue reading “The Human Genome Project Wasn’t Overhyped. The Payoff Just Took Time”
Perceivant Garners $2,100,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0e17130-de28-49ee-b0d5-3f3bbab70380 Date 10/3/2013 Company Name Perceivant Mailing Address 47 South Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Company Description Perceivant technology is a Big Data analytics platform. It serves as a SaaS-based data hub, with the ability to process terabytes worth of information, correlate it and deliver it to organizations in a readable, actionable … Continue reading “Perceivant Garners $2,100,000 Series A Funding”
Duet Health Obtains New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10877596-0714-411d-a29c-539835b1498b Date 10/3/2013 Company Name Duet Health Mailing Address 1020 Dennison Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 Company Description Duet Health is delivering innovative technology and unique solutions to healthcare. We have formed relationships with some of the world’s leading healthcare organizations and many are using our proprietary platform to engage their patients, physicians, … Continue reading “Duet Health Obtains New Funding Round”
Who Knew? Fun Facts About Southeast Michigan’s Innovators
When people ask me for a “fun fact” about my life, I usually tell them some version of the story of how a friend and I stalked Canadian film director Guy Maddin all the way to Winnipeg, an incident that wound up as a chapter in Maddin’s book. I’m not the only one with amusing … Continue reading “Who Knew? Fun Facts About Southeast Michigan’s Innovators”
Adventures in Stalking: The Strange But True Tale
Back in August 2001, the weekend Aaliyah died and a few weeks before 9/11, my friend Andy Smetanka and I became the ultimate superfans. Andy lived in Missoula, Montana, where I spent most of the 1990s getting my college degree. We had become friends as fellow writers on staff at the Missoula Independent. We both … Continue reading “Adventures in Stalking: The Strange But True Tale”
Seeing Beyond the IPO Window Dressing
In his Life Sci VC blog, Bruce Booth recently wrote “Biotech is back with a vengeance in this IPO window.” It’s an accurate snapshot of the market, but the good times he describes accrue to money and sweat equity already long in the ground. In a business with a 10- to 15-year product development cycle, … Continue reading “Seeing Beyond the IPO Window Dressing”
BioPhotonic Solutions Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b74d46f1-ed6e-4665-bfcf-82d5c9316d42 Date 10/2/2013 Company Name BioPhotonic Solutions Mailing Address 1401 East Lansing Drive East Lansing, MI 48823 Company Description BioPhotonic Solutions Inc. (BSI), a Michigan State University spin-out venture founded in 2003 by University Distinguished Professor Dr. Marcos Dantus, is in the early phases of revolutionizing the ultrafast laser industry with its … Continue reading “BioPhotonic Solutions Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
Tetra Discovery Partners Lands $1,041,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dc9f789b-d33f-437e-af62-c833d1860b8d Date 10/2/2013 Company Name Tetra Discovery Partners Mailing Address 301 Michigan Street NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Company Description Our research focuses on developing new treatments for depression based on subtype-selective modulation of phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B). PDE4 in neurons is responsible for the hydrolysis of cAMP. We and our colleagues recently … Continue reading “Tetra Discovery Partners Lands $1,041,000 Seed Financing Round”