This is one of the bigger cleantech bets around Boston as of late. Cambridge, MA-based Rive Technology said today it has scored $25 million in Series C financing led by new investor Blackstone Group. Rive’s existing investors Charles River Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures, and Nth Power also participated in the round, which brings Rive’s total … Continue reading “Rive Technology Raises $25M to Help Refineries Squeeze More Fuel Out of Oil”
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Inkling Reinvents Textbooks for the iPad
Throughout the two years Matt MacInnis spent working as senior manager in international education at Apple, he had plenty of opportunity to watch teachers integrate technology into their classrooms as a learning tool. And he found it wholly disappointing. “If you walk into a classroom today, and then you roll back the clock and walk … Continue reading “Inkling Reinvents Textbooks for the iPad”
Fluidigm, Maker of Genomic Tools, Takes Second Crack at IPO, Hoping for Less Drama
If there are any aspiring authors on the management team of Fluidigm, they certainly have the kind of material that best-sellers are made of. Back in mid-September 2008 this South San Francisco-based company was out hustling on an IPO road show. It was the precise moment people were wondering if the global financial system would … Continue reading “Fluidigm, Maker of Genomic Tools, Takes Second Crack at IPO, Hoping for Less Drama”
Nano-Terra Takes in $17.2M for Nanotech Development
Nano-Terra appears to have taken in its largest round of financing in the five-year history of the nanotechnology development firm. The Cambridge, MA-based startup has raised $17.2 million in an equity and rights funding round, according to an SEC filing. (CB Insights previously posted this news on its blog.) Nano-Terra‘s CEO, Myer Berlow, and its … Continue reading “Nano-Terra Takes in $17.2M for Nanotech Development”
Pulmatrix Pulls in $5.7M DARPA Grant to Develop Drug Against Respiratory Threats
Pulmatrix might have just the defense for soldiers against respiratory invaders. Now the Lexington, MA-based biotech firm has won a $5.7 million grant to advance its technology that originated at MIT and Harvard for defense purposes. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), part of the U.S. Department of Defense, awarded the firm the grant … Continue reading “Pulmatrix Pulls in $5.7M DARPA Grant to Develop Drug Against Respiratory Threats”
At the Half-Year Mark, Looking Back at Xconomy San Francisco’s Top Stories
We launched Xconomy San Francisco six months ago today, on June 14. It’s hard to comprehend how fast that time has flown by—and how many stories we’ve published (almost 500). On this six-month-iversary, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at readers’ favorite Bay Area infotech, energy, and life sciences/healthcare stories. The … Continue reading “At the Half-Year Mark, Looking Back at Xconomy San Francisco’s Top Stories”
Life Sciences Discovery Fund Debunks Perceptions with Omeros Deal, Shows State Can Bankroll Companies
Railroad barons from the 19th century ruined it for Washington State, the common business perception goes, by snookering states into coughing up egregious corporate welfare. It led to a popular uprising and a subsequent state Constitution that forever prohibited direct aid to corporations. That, politicians often say, is the reason the state can’t invest in … Continue reading “Life Sciences Discovery Fund Debunks Perceptions with Omeros Deal, Shows State Can Bankroll Companies”
Avalon Funds Antibiotics Development at New Startup, RQx Pharmaceuticals
San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, which prefers to launch its own seed-stage startups, has provided $1 million in funding for RQx Pharmaceuticals, a new San Diego life sciences company founded earlier this year, according to a recent regulatory filing. The funding appears to be part of an early stage round that could total as much as … Continue reading “Avalon Funds Antibiotics Development at New Startup, RQx Pharmaceuticals”
RelayRides Hits The Ground In San Francisco, With Money From Google Ventures and August Capital
Roughly six months ago, a new alternative to car ownership came to the Cambridge area. RelayRides took the idea of car-sharing service Zipcar a bit further; rather than renting out cars from its own managed fleet, it set up a system for borrowing cars from individual car owners whose vehicles were dormant during the day. … Continue reading “RelayRides Hits The Ground In San Francisco, With Money From Google Ventures and August Capital”
Saagara Planning New Health Apps, Getting Advice from Ted Dacko, Former HealthMedia Chief
Ann Arbor-based Saagara, the maker of breathing exercise apps for mobile devices, plans to release new products aimed at specific health conditions in the coming months after spending a year of marketing a yoga-inspired app for the iPhone, says co-founder and CEO Nagabhushanam “Bobby” Peddi. (I actually demoed the firm’s yoga breathing app online for … Continue reading “Saagara Planning New Health Apps, Getting Advice from Ted Dacko, Former HealthMedia Chief”
Armune BioScience Takes $500K Top Prize, U-M Students Get Award for Clean Energy System, and More Winners from Michigan’s Big Biz Plan Contest
[Updated—12/13/10 at 8:55 pm Eastern time. See editor’s notes.] A major business plan competition has sent its winners home with cash and other prizes to help make their dreams become reality. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, which its organizers call the largest business plan competition in the world, has named the companies and student groups … Continue reading “Armune BioScience Takes $500K Top Prize, U-M Students Get Award for Clean Energy System, and More Winners from Michigan’s Big Biz Plan Contest”
Connect Announces Winners of 23rd Most Innovative Product Awards
Connect, the San Diego non-profit group dedicated to supporting technology innovation and entrepreneurism, named the winners of its “Most Innovative New Product” awards at a luncheon ceremony Friday. This year, San Diego’s innovation community nominated more than 100 new products—a record number of nominees—which prompted Connect CEO Duane Roth to note in a statement that … Continue reading “Connect Announces Winners of 23rd Most Innovative Product Awards”
NW Energy Angels Winter Showcase Highlights 7 Up-and-Coming Local Cleantech Companies
Twice a year the Northwest Energy Angels put on a showcase where the organization’s investors can talk shop, and local cleantech companies have the opportunity to update the group of angels—many of whom have backed them in the past—on their recent accomplishments. It’s a chance for the growing organization to benchmark its success in facilitating … Continue reading “NW Energy Angels Winter Showcase Highlights 7 Up-and-Coming Local Cleantech Companies”
The Seven Best Places to Close a Deal in Silicon Valley
I like studying what works and what doesn’t. I focus more of my time on the former, but often learn more from the latter. I compile tactical, earthy techniques from my mentors’ books and sprinkle in a bit of technology. Think of my maneuvers as real-world Google Analytics, but with a focus on extrapolating future … Continue reading “The Seven Best Places to Close a Deal in Silicon Valley”
Can Tibion’s Bionic Leg Rewire Stroke Victims’ Brains?
The conventional wisdom about stroke victims is that after about 12 months of rehabilitation aimed at restoring motor control, recovery levels off. Patients never regain more movement, never get beyond whatever plateau they’ve reached by that time. But there’s a company in Sunnyvale, CA, that may be proving otherwise. Tibion makes a robotic, battery-powered exoskeleton—in … Continue reading “Can Tibion’s Bionic Leg Rewire Stroke Victims’ Brains?”
Semprus Scores $18M More to Help Improve Medical Devices
It’s a big day for a local MIT spinoff. Cambridge, MA-based Semprus BioSciences said it has closed $18 million in Series B equity financing, led by new investors SR One (the venture capital arm of drug giant GlaxoSmithKline) and Foundation Medical Partners. Existing investors 5AM Ventures and Pangaea Ventures also participated in the round, which … Continue reading “Semprus Scores $18M More to Help Improve Medical Devices”
Anaphore Snags $110M Deal With Mitsubishi Tanabe to Make Drugs for Immune Disorders
Anaphore has found a new corporate benefactor to help create a new generation of more effective biotech drugs. The San Diego-based biotech company is announcing today it has formed a partnership with Osaka, Japan-based Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to develop new protein drugs for autoimmune disorders. Anaphore will get $5 million in upfront cash, plus research … Continue reading “Anaphore Snags $110M Deal With Mitsubishi Tanabe to Make Drugs for Immune Disorders”
Adaptive TCR Seeks to Dominate New Industry in Profiling The Immune System
Seattle is known for spawning companies that grow up to define entirely new industries like Amazon, Starbucks, and Costco. One startup with similar aspirations for a new niche of the biotech world, Seattle-based Adaptive TCR, is making huge strides in an industry that didn’t exist a couple years ago, and would have been unfathomable then. … Continue reading “Adaptive TCR Seeks to Dominate New Industry in Profiling The Immune System”
ViaSat’s Moore Discusses Future of Space-Based Internet Service, High-Tech Jobs Grew Last Year, CommNexus Absorbs EvoNexus Incubator, & More San Diego BizTech News
Last week’s tech industry news underscored the diversity of innovation in the San Diego area. We’ve got it all wrapped up for you here, from satellite-based Internet service to electric motorcycles, Web 2.0, and electromagnetic railguns. —Carlsbad, CA-based ViaSat (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VSAT]]) will be launching its first satellite, ViaSat-1, in mid-May as part of the company’s … Continue reading “ViaSat’s Moore Discusses Future of Space-Based Internet Service, High-Tech Jobs Grew Last Year, CommNexus Absorbs EvoNexus Incubator, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Cutting Through the Hype, Searching for Cleantech’s Trillion-Dollar Potential
If we look at the history of any emerging industry, such as the Internet or biotech, it’s plain to see that there is always as much hype as promise. What we’re all calling “clean tech” is no different. But the promise of clean tech is compelling. We have viable energy production through solar, wind and … Continue reading “Cutting Through the Hype, Searching for Cleantech’s Trillion-Dollar Potential”
Google Chrome Shines, Salesforce Scoops Up Heroku, Wings Gets Clipped, & More Bay Area BizTech News
Maybe, while the rest of the country endures a jobless recovery, the Bay Area is blowing itself a new bubble. Or maybe everybody just wanted to release their year-end news before the holiday rush. Whatever the reason, the Bay Area infotech scene was packed with back-to-back news events last week. Take a deep breath: —Google … Continue reading “Google Chrome Shines, Salesforce Scoops Up Heroku, Wings Gets Clipped, & More Bay Area BizTech News”
V.i. Labs’ Technology Could Turn Software Pirates Into Paying Customers, for Software Vendors Big and Small
The best solution to software piracy isn’t shutting down the offenders, but finding out who they are, says Michael Goff, marketing director at V.i. Labs. The Waltham, MA-based company makes software for other software vendors to find out who’s using—and misusing—their product, and to turn them into paying customers. V.i. was started in 2002 and … Continue reading “V.i. Labs’ Technology Could Turn Software Pirates Into Paying Customers, for Software Vendors Big and Small”
Ultrasound on an iPhone, Wireless Power Beaming, Making Hybrids Sound Like Mustangs: Highlights from the MIT Enterprise Forum
Writing about business at the microscopic level of genes and cells means that I rarely get to see compelling A/V shows of products in action. So last night was a rare treat to get an up-close look at a half dozen fun and interesting startups in Seattle, from a variety of industries, who were asked … Continue reading “Ultrasound on an iPhone, Wireless Power Beaming, Making Hybrids Sound Like Mustangs: Highlights from the MIT Enterprise Forum”
5×5 Big Ideas Forum: Photo Gallery
Thanks again to all who helped make Xconomy’s “5×5: Five Cities, Five Big Tech Ideas” forum a smash hit this week. I wrote up a quick recap with a few takeaways from the event here. Now it’s time for the pictures. We heard keynote talks from Boston-area innovation stalwarts Bill Warner and Bob Metcalfe (the … Continue reading “5×5 Big Ideas Forum: Photo Gallery”
At a Confab in Phoenix, Lamenting (and Inventing) the Future of News
What do we mean by “the news”? As recently as 20 years ago, the answer was pretty clear—it was whatever the media establishment was telling us. There were well-worn models for packaging news (in printed newspapers or half-hour broadcasts) and paying for it (through advertising and, to a lesser extent, subscriptions). There were sharply defined … Continue reading “At a Confab in Phoenix, Lamenting (and Inventing) the Future of News”
Aastrom Announces $22.5M Public Offering to Help Fund Stem Cell Trials
Aastrom Biosciences, an Ann Arbor, MI-based biotech company developing experimental adult stem cell therapy, announced this morning a $22.5 million public offering at a purchase price of $2.25 per unit. Aastrom (NASDAQ: ASTM) plans to use the proceeds for research and development expenses, according to a news release. As Luke Timmerman, Xconomy’s national biotech editor, … Continue reading “Aastrom Announces $22.5M Public Offering to Help Fund Stem Cell Trials”
Syndax Pharma Study Offers Clues that Lung Cancer Treatment Could Benefit Subset of Patients
Waltham, MA-based Syndax Pharmaceuticals is reporting data from a mid-stage clinical trial that indicate its lead compound might improve the effectiveness of an existing lung cancer drug, at least for a subpopulation of patients. The company, co-founded by members of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA, in 2005, conducted a double-blind, … Continue reading “Syndax Pharma Study Offers Clues that Lung Cancer Treatment Could Benefit Subset of Patients”
Genentech’s Old Antibody Shows New Life, as Part of Combo Therapy Vs. Breast Cancer
Drugs fail all the time in clinical trials, and usually are never heard from again. But Genentech is bringing back an old antibody drug that flunked its first clinical test years ago, having now found a new setting where it might be useful against breast cancer. The antibody drug, pertuzumab, was added to a standard … Continue reading “Genentech’s Old Antibody Shows New Life, as Part of Combo Therapy Vs. Breast Cancer”
Onyx Takes a Swing at Myeloma, PacBio Hits Haitian Cholera Genome, Sequenta Nabs $13M, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News
Super-fast, super-cheap gene sequencing is changing the way biomedical research gets done, and we saw some very interesting manifestations of that trend on the Bay Area biotech beat this week. —Pacific Biosciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PACB]]), the Menlo Park, CA-based developer of high-speed, low-cost DNA sequencing technology, said it teamed up with scientists at Harvard Medical School … Continue reading “Onyx Takes a Swing at Myeloma, PacBio Hits Haitian Cholera Genome, Sequenta Nabs $13M, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News”
Peering Over the Valley of Death at the MIT Sloan Energy Finance Forum
The second annual MIT Sloan Energy Finance Forum, which focused on the lifecycle of energy finance, was held last Friday at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. I am not someone interested in working in finance, but I decided to walk across campus to get a sense of the state of the sector in … Continue reading “Peering Over the Valley of Death at the MIT Sloan Energy Finance Forum”
Alnylam CEO Looks to the Future, Dicerna Plumps Up Kyowa Hakko Pact, Momenta Sells $57.4M Stock Offering, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
Health IT and RNA interference were big themes we saw in this week’s coverage of New England area life sciences companies. —Ryan took a look at SmartCells, shortly after the Beverly, MA-based biotech revealed it was being acquired by drug giant Merck (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MRK]]) a in a deal potentially worth more than $500 million. The … Continue reading “Alnylam CEO Looks to the Future, Dicerna Plumps Up Kyowa Hakko Pact, Momenta Sells $57.4M Stock Offering, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
PacBio, Harvard Use Fast Gene Sequencer to Crack DNA Code of Haitian Cholera Strain
Epidemics can travel around the world in a matter of hours on airplanes, killing people before anyone really knows what hit them. But now that DNA sequencing has gotten so cheap and so fast, researchers are finding ways to precisely identify the bugs in real-time to find out where they came from, and how to … Continue reading “PacBio, Harvard Use Fast Gene Sequencer to Crack DNA Code of Haitian Cholera Strain”
Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Xconomy to Convene Leaders of New Era in Personalized Medicine
An incredible innovation story has been unfolding the past few years in DNA sequencing, giving rise to one of today’s grand challenges of computing. New DNA sequencing tools in development are said to have enough horsepower to decipher the complete 3-billion-letter signature of an individual’s DNA for under $1,000, and possibly with as little as … Continue reading “Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Xconomy to Convene Leaders of New Era in Personalized Medicine”
Bob Metcalfe Isn’t Leaving, Bill Warner Turns the Tables, Kiva Is Profitable, and Other Takeaways From 5×5
We had such a great time at our “5×5” Xconomy Forum yesterday, I just wanted to share a few thoughts from the talks and discussions. I think it was very useful and entertaining stuff, especially for entrepreneurs and investors. First, a note of thanks to all our participants, several of whom flew into frigid Boston … Continue reading “Bob Metcalfe Isn’t Leaving, Bill Warner Turns the Tables, Kiva Is Profitable, and Other Takeaways From 5×5”
Heroic Heroku: Snapped Up By Salesforce.com for $212 Million
In the biggest exit by far for a company emerging from Mountain View’s Y Combinator venture incubator program, application platform provider Heroku is being acquired by San Francisco-based cloud giant Salesforce.com (NYSE: [[ticker:CRM]]) for a whopping $212 million in cash. The acqusition was announced yesterday during Salesforce.com’s annual Dreamforce conference, and it means Heroku customers like Best … Continue reading “Heroic Heroku: Snapped Up By Salesforce.com for $212 Million”
Electric Superbike to Challenge Gasoline-Powered Motorcycles
A former Boeing engineer who turned pro superbike rider has developed an electric motorcycle and plans to compete head to head on January 9 against conventional twin-cylinder, gasoline-powered race bikes at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. “We expect to work hard to show the world that electric technology can achieve laptime parity with … Continue reading “Electric Superbike to Challenge Gasoline-Powered Motorcycles”
High-Tech Jobs Evaporate By the Thousands in Detroit and San Francisco Bay Area; Boston, San Diego, Seattle Hold Their Own
In 2009, employment at high-tech companies either declined or stayed essentially flat in all of the cities Xconomy calls home, according to a study of the nation’s top 60 “cybercities” released this week by TechAmerica, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association for the information technology industry. Though the underwhelming job data certainly accords with most people’s … Continue reading “High-Tech Jobs Evaporate By the Thousands in Detroit and San Francisco Bay Area; Boston, San Diego, Seattle Hold Their Own”
MedNetworks Taps UCSD’s James Fowler and Other Experts for New Scientific Board
MedNetworks has significantly enhanced its brain trust as it sets out to conquer the emerging field of social networks analytics in healthcare. The Newton, MA-based startup has announced the creation of a scientific advisory board, which is headlined by the authors of the highly acclaimed book on social networks, “Connected,” Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler. … Continue reading “MedNetworks Taps UCSD’s James Fowler and Other Experts for New Scientific Board”
FDA Panel Recommends Orexigen’s Obesity Drug, Sequenom Raises Capital, CommNexus Reorganizes Its Free Incubator, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
San Diego’s life sciences community gained a new company when HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals decided to move its headquarters here, and a couple of Bay Area executives will also be working at San Diego’s Otonomy and Receptos. Get all your life sciences coming and goings here. —A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 13-7 to recommend … Continue reading “FDA Panel Recommends Orexigen’s Obesity Drug, Sequenom Raises Capital, CommNexus Reorganizes Its Free Incubator, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Seattle Genetics’ Home Run, NanoString’s Diagnostics Foray, PATH’s 50-Cent Vaccine, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
Seattle biotech was popping up on this site all over the weekend—when we don’t usually publish—so here’s the place to catch up on some significant news you may have missed. —Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) was one of the belles of the ball at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in Orlando, FL over the … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics’ Home Run, NanoString’s Diagnostics Foray, PATH’s 50-Cent Vaccine, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Ann Arbor Hosts “World’s Largest” Biz Plan Contest This Week, $1M-Plus for Winners
Big dreams and lots of cash are happily colliding this week in Ann Arbor. Today begins the final three-day event for the inaugural Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, which organizers are calling “the world’s largest business plan competition.” The event at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Complex is expected to feature 50 companies from … Continue reading “Ann Arbor Hosts “World’s Largest” Biz Plan Contest This Week, $1M-Plus for Winners”
SmartCells Finds Potential $500M+ Exit, EnerNOC Acquires Global Energy Partners, Azuki Adds $4M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
New England’s tech and life sciences companies were busy this week. Here are some of the deals they inked. —Waltham, MA-based research tools and services provider Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:[[ticker:TMO]]) announced plans to buy Lomb Scientific—an Australian maker of lab chemicals, consumables, and instruments—for an undisclosed sum. —LineSider Technologies, a Danvers, MA-based maker of network management … Continue reading “SmartCells Finds Potential $500M+ Exit, EnerNOC Acquires Global Energy Partners, Azuki Adds $4M, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Complete Genomics Zeroes in on Tricks of Cancer Genome With Sequencing Service
Cancer cells pull many dirty tricks to resist therapy and stump researchers. One is a madcap reshuffling of the 3 billion letters of DNA that make up the genome found in healthy human cells. But now that genome sequencing has become so cheap and fast, Mountain View, CA-based Complete Genomics is trying to enter a … Continue reading “Complete Genomics Zeroes in on Tricks of Cancer Genome With Sequencing Service”
San Diego’s General Atomics Reveals Railgun Technology, Developed Through Internal R&D
San Diego’s General Atomics, one of the region’s leading defense contractors, said today that it has been participating in efforts to develop an electromagnetic railgun, which uses high-powered electromagnets instead of gunpowder to launch artillery-like projectiles. The private government contractor says it successfully test-fired aerodynamic rounds from a prototype electromagnetic railgun three months ago at … Continue reading “San Diego’s General Atomics Reveals Railgun Technology, Developed Through Internal R&D”
Otonomy Names Bay Area’s David A. Weber as CEO
San Diego’s Otonomy, a two-year-old startup developing novel drug therapies for Meniere’s disease and other disorders of the inner ear, today named David A. Weber as president, CEO, and board member. Avalon Ventures managing director Jay Lichter, who co-founded Otonomy and served as CEO until now, is returning to his role as investor and director. … Continue reading “Otonomy Names Bay Area’s David A. Weber as CEO”
Launchpad Venture Group and Race Point Merge to Form New Angel Investor Group
There’s a new organization of angel investors in town. Well, sort of. The new entity is being announced today as the merger of two existing Boston-area angel groups—Launchpad Venture Group and Race Point Capital Group, which are headed up by tech investors Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile, respectively. Lord and Mirabile will co-lead the combined … Continue reading “Launchpad Venture Group and Race Point Merge to Form New Angel Investor Group”
Peter Thiel Challenges Silicon Valley’s Wealthy to Back “Breakthrough” Philanthropic Causes
Last night Silicon Valley icon Peter Thiel, of PayPal fame, gathered eight of his favorite future-oriented organizations and a couple hundred of his wealthiest friends in an auditorium at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts and made a magnanimous offer. For every dollar attendees contribute to the organizations before New Year’s Day, Thiel’s foundation announced, … Continue reading “Peter Thiel Challenges Silicon Valley’s Wealthy to Back “Breakthrough” Philanthropic Causes”
Intellectual Ventures Files First Patent Lawsuits Against Nine Firms Including McAfee, Symantec
Bellevue, WA-based Intellectual Ventures said today it has filed three patent infringement lawsuits against a total of nine companies in three different technology sectors—software security, memory, and integrated circuits. The suits were filed in federal court in Delaware, where Intellectual Ventures is a registered entity. The amount of monetary damages the company is seeking was … Continue reading “Intellectual Ventures Files First Patent Lawsuits Against Nine Firms Including McAfee, Symantec”
At American Eagle, Prysm’s Laser Displays Banish the Bezel; Startup to Present at Tonight’s 5×5 Event
Prysm is trying to reinvent large video displays. American Eagle Outfitters is trying to reinvent the shopping experience in its retail stores. So it makes sense that first place you can see Prysm’s laser phosphor displays (LPDs) in public is the new American Eagle flagship store at Broadway and Houston in New York City’s Soho … Continue reading “At American Eagle, Prysm’s Laser Displays Banish the Bezel; Startup to Present at Tonight’s 5×5 Event”
DocuSign Raises $27M, Hires New Execs To Ramp Up E-Signature Business
Scribbling your John Hancock on a piece of paper is so 20th century, now that companies are coming along like Seattle-based DocuSign. DocuSign is making a significant strategic move ahead in the electronic signature business. The company said today it has raised $27 million in a Series C venture round led by Scale Venture Partners … Continue reading “DocuSign Raises $27M, Hires New Execs To Ramp Up E-Signature Business”