Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9d639f9-e2cf-4fed-b686-09c533b486f9&Preview=1 Date 6/18/2013 Company Name Inventables Mailing Address 600 W. Van Buren Chicago, IL 60607 Company Description To build a living showcase of what’s possible to deliver inspiration and innovation to the dreamers of the world. Website http://www.inventables.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,350,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Inventables Lands $1,350,000 New Financing Round”
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MentorMob Obtains $20,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1db935e-255c-4e8e-88b4-b6899e0eb842&Preview=1 Date 6/18/2013 Company Name MentorMob Mailing Address Undisclosed Chicago, IL 60629 Company Description MentorMob’s online learning platform allows anyone with a passion for what they do to curate websites, videos, blogs, and more into Learning Playlists. Website http://www.mentormob.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “MentorMob Obtains $20,000 Seed Financing”
Whittl Lands $1,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5bd13c3-6c79-4f00-90e0-b961af35cfd7&Preview=1 Date 6/18/2013 Company Name Whittl Mailing Address 222 W Merchandise Mart 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description Whittl is the only site that allows you to easily compare and buy local services Website http://www.whittl.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Whittl Lands $1,300,000 New Financing Round”
Ornicept: Bringing Big Data to Natural Resource Management
Russell Conard, co-founder of the Ann Arbor-based startup Ornicept, likes to describe himself as a computer scientist with a birding habit. Conard hooked up with Ornicept’s other co-founder, Justin Otani, who is the son of a wildlife biologist, while they were both attending Indiana University. The two wanted to know how scientists and researchers collect … Continue reading “Ornicept: Bringing Big Data to Natural Resource Management”
Minimally Invasive Devices Garners $2,500,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83669db8-8b0e-495f-b7ff-d01cb2144cfb&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2013 Company Name Minimally Invasive Devices Mailing Address 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Company Description Minimally Invasive Devices Inc. (MID) was founded by a laparoscopic surgeon to develop surgical tools that facilitate and enable the performance of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Website http://www.midsurgical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,500,000 … Continue reading “Minimally Invasive Devices Garners $2,500,000 Series B Funding Round”
Silvergate Pharmaceuticals Secures $23,554,167 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9b89361-6687-46f5-b894-f82a021c0b73&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2013 Company Name Silvergate Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 6724 Perimeter Look Road Dublin, OH 43017 Company Description The company is developing technologies that reformulate adult pharmaceuticals for the pediatric market. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $23,554,167 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Silvergate Pharmaceuticals Secures $23,554,167 New Funding”
Don’t Panic, But We’ve Passed Peak Apple. And Google. And Facebook.
After the dot-com crash in 2001, the tech world needed a few years to regroup. But starting around 2004, the year Facebook was founded and Google went public, the winds of innovation in consumer- and business-facing technology began to pick up again. In 2007 or so, they reached hurricane speed, and minus a short lull … Continue reading “Don’t Panic, But We’ve Passed Peak Apple. And Google. And Facebook.”
Bridging the Gap Between Ann Arbor and Detroit: A Proposition
The University of Michigan’s Office of Tech Transfer hosted its semi-annual Entrepreneurs Engage yesterday, and the turnout appeared to be even larger than the one held in February. The unconference format calls for the audience to suggest discussion topics, and then attendees spend about 45 minutes in each discussion—or they don’t. There are only a few rules: … Continue reading “Bridging the Gap Between Ann Arbor and Detroit: A Proposition”
Knowta Receives $300,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6902b80c-b1c6-4b28-9f41-5a0c2d9672b4&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2013 Company Name Knowta Mailing Address 3558 Lee Road Shaker Heights, OH 44120 Company Description Knowta is a unique advertising solution that offers marketers benefits no other print vehicle can. Using patent-pending, cloud-based technology, Knowta can serve highly-targeted, full-color ads to individuals who print from computer terminals at university and … Continue reading “Knowta Receives $300,000 New Financing”
Endotronix Lands $1,193,200 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c1a41a58-e4dd-4767-9b51-d537a279182f&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2013 Company Name Endotronix Mailing Address 420 N Main Street East Peoria, IL 61611 Company Description Endotronix is developing the technology to allow for safe, convenient, anytime, anywhere measurements of internal heart pressures. Proactive treatment based on this technology promises to provide a better patient experience and a lower overall … Continue reading “Endotronix Lands $1,193,200 New Funding Round”
Bioformix Receives $6,909,650 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=439ca048-a62f-488e-a163-d8073159abbb&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2013 Company Name Bioformix Mailing Address 422 Wards Corner Road Cincinnati, OH 45140 Company Description The company is developing sustainable adhesives and plastic alternatives. Website http://www.bioformix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,909,650 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Bioformix Receives $6,909,650 New Funding”
The Right Reasons to Be Transparent
How often do you think about transparency? As a founder and CEO of a fast-growing startup it’s on my mind often. There’s a constant stream of information coming my way, from the company’s financial health, to business partnerships, customer data and hiring plans. At any given point I can withhold information, but I do my … Continue reading “The Right Reasons to Be Transparent”
NuMat Technologies Lands $2,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3da31eda-e93e-4a20-91c0-066929065f47&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2013 Company Name NuMat Technologies Mailing Address 8025 Lamon Avenue Skokie, IL 60077 Company Description NuMat Technologies is a materials technology company committed to enabling fundamental performance shifts in the gas storage and separations industries. We will do so by tailor-designing nanoporous materials, specifically Metal Organic Frameworks, for high-value applications … Continue reading “NuMat Technologies Lands $2,000,000 Seed Funding”
RTI Biologics Acquires Pioneer Surgical Technology for $130,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85420f93-36e8-4ed5-8c7b-92ce52a09c05&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2013 Company Name Pioneer Surgical Technology Mailing Address 375 River Park Circle Marquette, MI 49855 Company Description At Pioneer Surgical Technology, we endeavor to develop medical devices that improve patients’ quality of life and delight surgeons.Our innovative spinal products are designed with surgeons’ needs in mind, resulting in user-friendly systems … Continue reading “RTI Biologics Acquires Pioneer Surgical Technology for $130,000,000”
IDInteract Lauches TechVets Training Program in Detroit
IDInteract, a Detroit-based social marketing and brand interaction startup we profiled in March, is launching a new internship/retraining program today geared toward U.S. veterans interested in learning new IT skills. Called TechVets, it’s open to anyone honorably discharged from the military with a background in basic programming. “We want them to have a little bit … Continue reading “IDInteract Lauches TechVets Training Program in Detroit”
The Right Now Economy: The Next Wave of Startup Success
[Editor’s Note: Mark Siegel, managing director at Menlo Ventures, was the keynote speaker at IBF’s Venture Capital Investing Conference today in San Francisco. The post below summarizes his talk, in which he argued that the convergence of mobility, cloud infrastructure, social and big data—what he calls the Right Now Economy—sets the stage for $500 billion in … Continue reading “The Right Now Economy: The Next Wave of Startup Success”
Zuga Medical Lands $250,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74adc63e-0b41-4a5b-90bb-1c1052ebd006&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name Zuga Medical Mailing Address 1163 East 40th Street Cleveland, OH 44114 Company Description Zuga Medical is a medical device company developing a series of proprietary products, accessories and programs to make dental implants simpler and more cost-effective. Its technology allows general practice dentists to perform procedures that … Continue reading “Zuga Medical Lands $250,000 New Funding”
MaxTradeIn Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1ddb31c7-0a9a-4a97-92dd-2547d9b5b156&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name MaxTradeIn Mailing Address 9102 North Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46260 Company Description Meet MaxTradeIn, your connection for real-time trade in offers for your car. Our reason for being? To eliminate the most painful part of the car buying experience — negotiating your trade in value! Website http://www.maxtradein.com … Continue reading “MaxTradeIn Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding”
Zuga Medical Receives $250,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74adc63e-0b41-4a5b-90bb-1c1052ebd006&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name Zuga Medical Mailing Address 1163 East 40th Street Cleveland, OH 44114 Company Description Zuga Medical is a medical device company developing a series of proprietary products, accessories and programs to make dental implants simpler and more cost-effective. Its technology allows general practice dentists to perform procedures that … Continue reading “Zuga Medical Receives $250,000 New Financing”
MaxTradeIn Garners $1,200,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1ddb31c7-0a9a-4a97-92dd-2547d9b5b156&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name MaxTradeIn Mailing Address 9102 North Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46260 Company Description Meet MaxTradeIn, your connection for real-time trade in offers for your car. Our reason for being? To eliminate the most painful part of the car buying experience — negotiating your trade in value! Website http://www.maxtradein.com … Continue reading “MaxTradeIn Garners $1,200,000 Seed Financing Round”
Detroit Startup Rippld Finds New Life in Silicon Valley
On a recent rainy summer morning, Adrian Walker, co-founder of the Detroit and now San Francisco-based startup Rippld, described how he almost threw in the towel on the fledgling team-building network he built for creative professionals. It was December 2012, and Rippld was nearly out of money, behind schedule on its public launch, and had recently … Continue reading “Detroit Startup Rippld Finds New Life in Silicon Valley”
Fundraising Is a Means, Not an End
For many entrepreneurs “raising money” has replaced “building a sustainable business” as their goal. That’s a big mistake. When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours. One of my ex students came out to the ranch to give me an update on his startup. When I asked, “What are you working on?” … Continue reading “Fundraising Is a Means, Not an End”
GM Opens Developer Portal Ahead of 4G Car Launch
People were buzzing at least week’s Telematics Update conference about the dawn of the 4G car, made possible starting in 2014 thanks to a partnership between General Motors and AT&T. In my informal, off-the record poll, executives running some of the world’s largest mobile technology companies said they considered it to be the biggest thing … Continue reading “GM Opens Developer Portal Ahead of 4G Car Launch”
Profiles in Long-Termism: Sarepta Therapeutics CEO Chris Garabedian
Biotech is a long-term business, in a world that places more value on short-term thinking. Pharma companies often cut long-term R&D budgets, or do disastrous mega-mergers, mainly to juice their profits for a quarter or two. But sometimes people come along who are willing and able to buck the trends. They have a strategy for … Continue reading “Profiles in Long-Termism: Sarepta Therapeutics CEO Chris Garabedian”
365 Retail Markets on the Future of Vending Machines
Last month, the Troy, MI-based startup 365 Retail Markets scored a financing round led by Ann Arbor’s Plymouth Venture Partners for an undisclosed amount. Plymouth Management Company partner Jeff Barry says the fund was attracted to 365 because of its 300 percent annual growth rate. 365’s CEO, Joe Hessling, expects that explosive growth to continue because … Continue reading “365 Retail Markets on the Future of Vending Machines”
Coffee Goes from Folger’s, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven ‘Third Wave’
There’s change brewing in the world of coffee. Over the last 10 years or so, an assortment of independent “third wave” coffee roasters has appeared in cities like Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Austin, and Boulder—in other words, the same high-tech hubs we cover here at Xconomy. Each Xconomy editor has his or her … Continue reading “Coffee Goes from Folger’s, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven ‘Third Wave’”
Healthation Garners $14,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4721a18-26ef-4dbe-a1be-166eb07c1b84&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2013 Company Name Healthation Mailing Address 801 Warrenville Rd Lisle, IL 60532 Company Description Healthation has taken core administration systems to the next level by developing the only comprehensive financial administration platform for healthcare’s retail future. Website http://www.healthation.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds … Continue reading “Healthation Garners $14,000,000 Series B Funding”
Textura Secures $75,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73b4fbac-ae9e-4f30-bc41-92eec04590c9&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2013 Company Name Textura Mailing Address 1405 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, IL 60015 Company Description Textura (NYSE: TXTR) was founded in 2004 by three PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners. The construction industry had yet to embrace the benefits that online technologies represented. Textura saw this as an incredible opportunity to take manual paper … Continue reading “Textura Secures $75,000,000 New Financing”
Narrative Science Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=decbcbdc-bf85-4189-8269-3c8e401072b2&Preview=1 Date 6/6/2013 Company Name Narrative Science Mailing Address 303 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Company Description Narrative Science started life as a joint research project at Northwestern University Schools of Engineering and Journalism. Our first automatically generated story described a Northwestern Wildcats baseball game. Formally launched in early 2010, the … Continue reading “Narrative Science Secures New Round”
ThriveOn Garners $100,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5374634-5846-4e0c-90ac-085a8f7df624&Preview=1 Date 6/6/2013 Company Name ThriveOn Mailing Address 210 South 20th Street New Ulm, MN 56073 Company Description Thriveon has been serving Minnesota since 2002, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses. It’s always been our goal to provide enterprise-level IT practices … Continue reading “ThriveOn Garners $100,000 Seed Round”
CancerIQ Secures $100,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d29257e-447e-4b9e-9316-5a7e6f84f741&Preview=1 Date 6/6/2013 Company Name CancerIQ Mailing Address Undisclosed Chicago, IL 60643 Company Description CancerIQ is a web-based big data application that converts oncology data stored in unstructured enterprise data warehouses into research-quality data for secondary use. It is a proven data management and data sharing tool for translational research and contains … Continue reading “CancerIQ Secures $100,000 Seed Funding Round”
Another Way SaaS Changes Everything
There are a lot of “new rules” in enterprise software sales. We discussed many of them in depth at a recent industry forum: it’s now a buying process and not a selling process, the steak dinner and golf game are out, the length of the sales cycle has shortened, and so on. Many of the … Continue reading “Another Way SaaS Changes Everything”
Can “Civic Hackers” Help the City of Detroit Make Business Run Smoother?
At last Saturday’s National Day of Civic Hacking pain pitch event, held at the Boll YMCA in downtown Detroit, I was hoping to see the place flooded with representatives from Detroit city government. After all, it was an event where government and nonprofit entities were invited to get up in front of a room full … Continue reading “Can “Civic Hackers” Help the City of Detroit Make Business Run Smoother?”
ASCO Wrap-Up: Cancer News from the East, South, & Rockies
The herds who attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology have now gone home after a frenzied few days of absorbing what’s new in cancer R&D. Yesterday, I wrapped up some of the big news from cancer drugmakers on the West Coast, and now I’m attempting to hit the highlights of companies from the other … Continue reading “ASCO Wrap-Up: Cancer News from the East, South, & Rockies”
ProNAi Therapeutics Receives $3,990,993 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9fb78789-5288-46eb-997f-0ea59b561938&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name ProNAi Therapeutics Mailing Address 46701 Commerce Center Drive Plymouth, MI 48170 Company Description ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. is an emerging biopharmaceutical company that is leveraging its novel and proprietary nucleic acid-based interfering technology, DNAi, to advance a next generation of therapies for patients with cancer and other complex … Continue reading “ProNAi Therapeutics Receives $3,990,993 New Round”
Akebia Therapeutics Receives $41,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0311bb03-64fe-4199-95f5-4523174b9bfd&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name Akebia Therapeutics Mailing Address 9987 Carver Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45242 Company Description Akebia Therapeutics is a venture-backed start-up pharmaceutical company with a focus on treatments for ischemia and improvement of vascular disease. Website http://www.akebia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $41,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Akebia Therapeutics Receives $41,000,000 Series C Round”
MOVABLE Lands $1,900,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d6f4dd7-5b0e-47ac-81fd-79d10feabd7f&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name MOVABLE Mailing Address 6802 W Snowville Rd Bldg C Brecksville, OH 44141 Company Description Today MOVABLE is on a mission to improve the health and performance of people everywhere. We make this possible by combining MOVband, a simple, fun, wrist-worn activity monitor, with the MOVchallenge, a social … Continue reading “MOVABLE Lands $1,900,000 Seed Financing”
Rotation Medical Receives $5,500,744 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9c5f2ee-9d68-4101-bc32-fd624b30bfb3&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2013 Company Name Rotation Medical Mailing Address 15350 25th Ave. North Plymouth, MN 55447 Company Description Rotation Medical was founded in 2009 with a mission to significantly advance the treatment of rotator cuff disease. We are working to achieve this mission through the development of a minimally invasive rotator cuff … Continue reading “Rotation Medical Receives $5,500,744 New Financing”
Get to Know Your College Town With Guidesmob’s Apps
When I was in college, back in the 1990s, new students curious about what their university’s town had to offer relied on the local alternative weekly newspaper’s annual guide to places to go and things to do. Published in late summer, some of the information in it was already outdated by mid-semester as restaurants and … Continue reading “Get to Know Your College Town With Guidesmob’s Apps”
We Owe it to Patients to Provide a Reliable Supply of Medicines
Too often in recent years, medicines for life-threatening conditions have been in short supply. It is unnecessary and avoidable for patients, their families, and health care professionals to experience and worry about medicine availability on top of the anxiety caused by their medical conditions. A reliable supply of high-quality medications is something all drug makers … Continue reading “We Owe it to Patients to Provide a Reliable Supply of Medicines”
Balanon Leaves Detroit Labs for Protean Payment
Last Friday morning, Xconomist Henry Balanon, co-founder and director of mobile at app development shop Detroit Labs, sent an e-mail through the Madison Building, Detroit Labs, and Bizdom e-mail lists telling respondents that, effective at the end of the workday, he was leaving the company he co-founded: “This has been an incredibly difficult decision because I’ve … Continue reading “Balanon Leaves Detroit Labs for Protean Payment”
Founders and CEOs: You Can’t Outsource Learning
In a startup instead of paying consultants to tell you what they learned you want to pay them to teach you how to learn. Roominate, one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. Alice and Bettina had taken an idea they had tested in the … Continue reading “Founders and CEOs: You Can’t Outsource Learning”
The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013
Remember Plexxikon? The Berkeley, CA-based company had a lot of talent for structural biology-based drug design, an impressive new treatment for melanoma, and a strong management team. Two years ago, nobody on Wall Street cared one whit. Plexxikon flirted with the idea of going public, found little interest, and sold itself off to Japan-based Daiichi … Continue reading “The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013”
With Big Bucks Chasing Big Data, Will Consumers Get a Cut?
As consumers, we’re often told a stampede of “big data” will soon make our lives better. Safer and cheaper healthcare, more effective government, lower prices at the corner store—it’s all possible when big companies start digging into the digital information produced by a constantly connected society. Today, the central bargain underwriting most of those lofty … Continue reading “With Big Bucks Chasing Big Data, Will Consumers Get a Cut?”
Coskata Lands $729,540 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca699261-2722-4388-9066-2648794bac7b&Preview=1 Date 6/3/2013 Company Name Coskata Mailing Address 4575 Weaver Parkway Warrenville, IL 60555 Company Description Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company that is commercializing technology to produce biofuels from a wide variety of feedstocks. Using proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, the company projects that it will be able to … Continue reading “Coskata Lands $729,540 New Funding”
Venture for America’s 2nd Class Brings out LinkedIn and HuffPo Bosses
Last night Venture for America celebrated its second, and much larger, class of fellows with the help of The Huffington Post’s president, Arianna Huffington, and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. Venture for America recruits seniors and recent grads from top universities to work for two years at startups in urban areas across the country. Later this … Continue reading “Venture for America’s 2nd Class Brings out LinkedIn and HuffPo Bosses”
11 Reasons Why Flickr, Not Facebook, Is the Place to Put Your Photos
What’s the best way to put your pictures on the Internet these days? There are at least two answers to that question. If you’re just asking which photo sharing service is the most popular, then Facebook is the hands-down winner. People upload roughly 350 million photos to the social network every day. Snapchat isn’t far … Continue reading “11 Reasons Why Flickr, Not Facebook, Is the Place to Put Your Photos”
Why Not Test a Supply Chain Model? What We’ve Got Isn’t Working
I find myself siding more with Flagship’s Noubar Afeyan than with Katrine Bosley in the intriguing conversation emerging in Xconomy in recent weeks over the supply chain model for early stage biotech. Today neither biotech nor pharma are producing a sufficient supply of new products. If we can’t figure out a way to profitably finance … Continue reading “Why Not Test a Supply Chain Model? What We’ve Got Isn’t Working”
SOLOMO Technology Garners $1,700,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c13f7837-a21e-4153-83a0-f3d2107fad56&Preview=1 Date 5/31/2013 Company Name SOLOMO Technology Mailing Address 222 West Washington Ave Madison, WI 53703 Company Description SOLOMO believes building solutions with partners and going to market together will strengthen not only our solution but the value we bring to our customers. Website http://www.solomotechnology.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,700,000 … Continue reading “SOLOMO Technology Garners $1,700,000 Series A Financing”
Docalytics Obtains Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3acab1dc-e42c-4b29-b747-130c047dc554&Preview=1 Date 5/31/2013 Company Name Docalytics Mailing Address Undisclosed Minneapolis, MN 55404 Company Description Our individual prospect engagement data and lead scoring provide you with a wealth of understanding about exactly what your leads are interested in and when/how they consumed your content, letting you target higher-interest leads faster and tailor your … Continue reading “Docalytics Obtains Seed Financing”