Mascoma has grabbed improved technology for breaking down the raw materials it uses for making biofuels. The Lebanon, NH-based firm has acquired the SunOpta BioProcess unit of the Canadian food and mineral company SunOpta (NASDAQ:[[ticker:STKL]]) in a deal worth $51 million, according to a statement yesterday from SunOpta. Mascoma, which plans to eventually use the … Continue reading “Mascoma Gets New Cellulosic Ethanol Technology Through $51M Deal With SunOpta”
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Accumetrics Adds $7 Million in Venture Funding, Plans to Reach Profitability
San Diego-based Accumetrics says today it has raised an additional $7 million as part of a Series E venture round that was announced last October, when the biomedical diagnostics company raised about $16.5 million. The company says it has closed out the round after raising $24 million altogether. The latest funding brings the total capital … Continue reading “Accumetrics Adds $7 Million in Venture Funding, Plans to Reach Profitability”
TechStars Expands to NYC
TechStars, the seed-stage investment and mentoring program for technology startups, said today it is opening a new session in New York City, starting in January 2011. Applications from entrepreneurs are due by November 21, 2010. TechStars was founded in 2006 in Boulder, CO, and has since expanded to Boston and Seattle. New York will be … Continue reading “TechStars Expands to NYC”
Innovators in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Northwest Top World Economic Forum’s List of Technology Pioneers
The World Economic Forum—the body behind the exclusive annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland—today released its “Technology Pioneers” list for 2011. An unusually large number of the companies on the list (11 out of 31) are located in or near Xconomy’s home cities—see the rundown below. For the Pioneers list, the WEF singles out companies that … Continue reading “Innovators in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Northwest Top World Economic Forum’s List of Technology Pioneers”
Party Like It’s 1999: 10 Old Tech Ideas That Are New Again
Timing is everything—especially in the tech world. If you follow trends in technology, science, or business for long enough, you realize there are very few new ideas. Instead, the combination of the right idea with the right timing and execution is usually the key to success in any field. Look at all the snazzy tech … Continue reading “Party Like It’s 1999: 10 Old Tech Ideas That Are New Again”
VMware Adds Integrien and TriCipher to Up Its Cloud Computing Power
[Updated, 9/1/10 at 12:00pm. See below.] VMware (NYSE: [[ticker:VMW]]), the Silicon Valley virtualization unit of Hopkinton, MA-based storage giant EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]), announced at its annual conference in San Francisco that it had scooped up two IT startups to add to its cloud computing infrastructure. The company bought Irvine, CA-based Integrien, a maker of real-time … Continue reading “VMware Adds Integrien and TriCipher to Up Its Cloud Computing Power”
Saving Stranded Technologies: Talking with Spinout Expert David Tennenhouse at New Venture Partners
The “two guys in a garage” story of how technology companies get started is a powerful one in Silicon Valley. And it does happen: there really was a garage at Hewlett-Packard in the 1930s, Apple in the 1970s, and Google in the 1990s. The Mountain View, CA-based Y Combinator startup incubator, where most companies consist … Continue reading “Saving Stranded Technologies: Talking with Spinout Expert David Tennenhouse at New Venture Partners”
Pfizer Gobbles FoldRx in Big Pharma’s Latest Rare Disease Play in Boston Area
Big drug companies can’t seem to resist buying Boston-area biotech firms in the rare disease drug business. Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, said this morning that it has agreed to purchase Cambridge, MA-based FoldRx Pharmaceuticals for an undisclosed sum. Venture-backed FoldRx will give New York-based Pfizer (NYSE:[[ticker:PFE]]) its lead molecule for a neurodegenerative disorder called … Continue reading “Pfizer Gobbles FoldRx in Big Pharma’s Latest Rare Disease Play in Boston Area”
Eset Readies Mobile Security Software for Some Smartphone Operating Systems
I must begin with a confession: It’s been awhile since I sat down with Eset CEO Anton Zajac to get an update on the privately held IT security and anti-virus software developer based in Bratislava, Slovakia, and San Diego. While the company’s security software products are well-known in Europe, Eset is not as well-recognized in … Continue reading “Eset Readies Mobile Security Software for Some Smartphone Operating Systems”
Ambiq Micro Wins Investment from Michigan’s Student-Run Frankel Commercialization Fund
At the University of Michigan, the inmates really are running the asylum. I’ve written before about the Wolverine Venture Fund, where students are not playing with Monopoly money: they’re investing real capital into real companies and accepting real risk. Well, the pre-seed version of this idea is the Frankel Commercialization Fund, another student-led effort, which … Continue reading “Ambiq Micro Wins Investment from Michigan’s Student-Run Frankel Commercialization Fund”
Mercator Therapeutics Embarks on Journey to Develop Targeted Cancer Drugs
Mercator Therapeutics is at the beginning of a journey to commercialize drugs derived from a new way of discovering treatments for cancer. Recently, the biotech startup closed a $2 million seed round of financing and completed an initial licensing deal for its peptide-based drugs. It now plans to settle into its first corporate office in … Continue reading “Mercator Therapeutics Embarks on Journey to Develop Targeted Cancer Drugs”
Will the Stem Cell Ruling Affect Venture Capital Investing?
Last week’s federal district court ruling ordering an immediate halt in federal funding for stem cell research has thrown academic research circles into a state of confusion. This has caught the attention of the VC community, as the venture-backed biotech world is largely dependent on technology developed in academic institutions, and the cutting-edge research produced … Continue reading “Will the Stem Cell Ruling Affect Venture Capital Investing?”
Cisco Acquires ExtendMedia, Genzyme Rejects Sanofi Bid, Yottaa Grabs $4M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
We saw news of acquisitions and financing rounds for New England’s tech, life sciences, and energy firms—including some developments in what could be one of the biggest buyouts in some time (see below). —NKT Therapeutics, a Newton, MA-based developer of drugs to stimulate natural killer T cells, brought in a $4 million equity round, according … Continue reading “Cisco Acquires ExtendMedia, Genzyme Rejects Sanofi Bid, Yottaa Grabs $4M, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
San Diego’s ReVision Therapeutics, Founded in April, Takes on Development of Drug Candidate for Age-Related Blindness
A San Diego biopharmaceutical startup, formed just five months ago to resume development of a compound for treating age-related macular degeneration, has reported encouraging results from a two-year, mid-stage clinical trial of the compound, known as fenretinide. The findings were released in Florida yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Retinal Specialists … Continue reading “San Diego’s ReVision Therapeutics, Founded in April, Takes on Development of Drug Candidate for Age-Related Blindness”
SocialDeck is Latest Ingredient in Google’s Recipe For A Social Platform to Rival Facebook; Reviewing the List, From Aardvark to Zynga
The latest addition to the budding Google social-and-gaming empire is SocialDeck, the maker of cross-platform social games such as Color Connect, Pet Hero MD, and Shake & Spell. The Waterloo, Ontario-based startup—which has also built a platform called Spark that lets game developers connect players on iPhones, BlackBerry devices, and Facebook—announced that it’s joining the … Continue reading “SocialDeck is Latest Ingredient in Google’s Recipe For A Social Platform to Rival Facebook; Reviewing the List, From Aardvark to Zynga”
Apptio Nabs $16.5M Series C, While Series A and B Funds Collect Interest in the Bank
Entrepreneurs looking for tips on how to rake in venture capital might want to talk to Apptio‘s co-founder and CEO Sunny Gupta. Although the Bellevue, WA-based software startup still has money in the bank from its $7 million Series A in 2007, the company said today that it has raised another $16.5 million in Series … Continue reading “Apptio Nabs $16.5M Series C, While Series A and B Funds Collect Interest in the Bank”
Detroit’s NextEnergy Charges Ahead With First Michigan Power Station in Electric Vehicle Program
A common refrain among skeptics of electric vehicles is that there’s a “lack of infrastructure” to support their widespread adoption. On Thursday, Detroit will see a what could be the beginning of the end of that circumstance when NextEnergy introduces Michigan’s first ChargePoint America electric vehicle charging station. ChargePoint America is a program sponsored by … Continue reading “Detroit’s NextEnergy Charges Ahead With First Michigan Power Station in Electric Vehicle Program”
Fallbrook Raises Additional $6M for Innovative Transmission
San Diego’s Fallbrook Technologies has raised another $6 million in venture capital, according to an amended IPO registration form the company filed with government regulators Friday. Fallbrook, which is developing an innovative continuously variable transmission (CVT) for a variety of applications, originally filed for an IPO in February and revised its S-1 form previously in … Continue reading “Fallbrook Raises Additional $6M for Innovative Transmission”
Proximetry Emerging with Technology to Manage Performance of ‘Smart Grid’ and Other Wireless Networks
San Diego-based Proximetry’s co-founder and CEO, Tracy Trent, says he has been consciously trying to keep the wireless software company under the radar since it was started almost six years ago. Trent began Proximetry after previously serving as the president and CEO of Stellcom, the San Diego wireless software developer acquired by Vytek Corp. in … Continue reading “Proximetry Emerging with Technology to Manage Performance of ‘Smart Grid’ and Other Wireless Networks”
Udemy Collects $1 Million to Expand Casual Learning Platform
Great teachers prepare their students to be lifelong learners, even after they leave the classroom. And judging from the $9 billion that Americans spend each year on “casual learning” products—that is, courses, conferences, seminars, DVDs, self-help books, and other forms of instruction outside of formal educational institutions—they may be succeeding. One small company tapping that … Continue reading “Udemy Collects $1 Million to Expand Casual Learning Platform”
HubCast, an Amazon.com for Commercial Print Jobs, Takes a Traditional Process to the Cloud
It’s no surprise that many traditionally brick-and-mortar industries and activities are being improved or even replaced by Internet technologies. Wakefield, MA-based HubCast is looking to do the same thing for commercial printing, which is far more complex than the few clicks required for printing an essay off of a personal computer, say. Traditionally, commercial printing … Continue reading “HubCast, an Amazon.com for Commercial Print Jobs, Takes a Traditional Process to the Cloud”
SCVNGR Goes Live with Rewards for Boston Businesses, Eyes Potential Partners
I’m getting the sense that Seth Priebatsch could sell just about anything—and he will. His mobile gaming and rewards startup, Cambridge, MA-based SCVNGR, has been in PR overdrive for the past week, announcing everything from its integration with Facebook Places to new rewards partnerships with AT&T and Zipcar. Today, the company is showcasing a new … Continue reading “SCVNGR Goes Live with Rewards for Boston Businesses, Eyes Potential Partners”
Bing Powers Yahoo Search, City Teams Up With Ford, Startup Investments Drop from June to July, and More Seattle-Area Deals News
Most of the local tech deals we’ve seen recently have involved strategic partnerships, rather than financings. Over the last week, two big Internet and software players made some strides in a search partnership that was over a year in the making, a couple of partnerships were forged in the clean energy space, and a local … Continue reading “Bing Powers Yahoo Search, City Teams Up With Ford, Startup Investments Drop from June to July, and More Seattle-Area Deals News”
Aveo Pharma Stock Jumps 40 Percent in A Week, CEO Notes Progress in Pivotal Kidney Cancer Trial
Aveo Pharmaceuticals has grabbed the attention of investors, who have driven its stock price up by 40 percent over the past week to $8.67 per share at yesterday’s close. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech firm’s (NASDAQ:[[ticker:AVEO]]) stock is heating up as much of the rest of the market remains cool, and Aveo CEO Tuan Ha-Ngoc provided … Continue reading “Aveo Pharma Stock Jumps 40 Percent in A Week, CEO Notes Progress in Pivotal Kidney Cancer Trial”
I Can Has Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh Publicly Offers to Buy Reddit from Condé Nast
[Updated with comments from Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, 6:35 pm] I Can Has Cheezburger‘s Ben Huh extended an offer to purchase Condé Nast’s online user-generated news aggregation site Reddit.com last week, amidst an online debate over politically controversial advertising, according to VentureBeat. In a post on the Seattle-based humor network’s pop culture site, The Daily … Continue reading “I Can Has Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh Publicly Offers to Buy Reddit from Condé Nast”
Puzzling Out Paul Allen’s Patent Suit Against Silicon Valley’s Giants
There’s something odd about the patent infringement lawsuit that Paul Allen’s holding company Interval Licensing filed last week against an array of high-profile Silicon Valley and e-commerce companies. The organization, which is part of the Microsoft co-founder’s large array of Seattle-based business and technology ventures, isn’t saying exactly how it thinks the defendants—AOL, Apple, eBay, … Continue reading “Puzzling Out Paul Allen’s Patent Suit Against Silicon Valley’s Giants”
‘Innovation Index’ Says Michigan is Headed, Slightly, Toward Pre-Recession Numbers
If you squint just the right way at new numbers from a quarterly “innovation index” released by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, you might just believe that Michigan could be headed toward an actual end to the recession. The index, which measures things like loans, VC funding, and new incorporations rose to 89 (out of 100) … Continue reading “‘Innovation Index’ Says Michigan is Headed, Slightly, Toward Pre-Recession Numbers”
Electronic Data Sharing, Cloud-Computing, and Collaboration: The WBBA Talks on the Future of Health IT
“What is healthcare IT?” That was the question that kicked off the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association (WBBA)’s Health IT event last week, which was focused on recognizing the important role that information technology plays within the healthcare industry, finding ways to use technology to improve healthcare in the future, and looking forward to the … Continue reading “Electronic Data Sharing, Cloud-Computing, and Collaboration: The WBBA Talks on the Future of Health IT”
Otonomy Closes $38.5M Round to Fund Trials of Hearing-Disorder Treatments
Follow-on funding for Otonomy that Luke presaged in June has been disclosed by the San Diego biotech, a two-year-old startup developing drug treatments for hearing loss and balance disorders. Otonomy says today it has closed a $38.5 million Series B round of financing that was co-led by Novo Ventures and RiverVest Venture Partners, with Avalon … Continue reading “Otonomy Closes $38.5M Round to Fund Trials of Hearing-Disorder Treatments”
Yottaa Gets $4M, Releases Website Performance Monitoring Service
Cambridge, MA-based Internet startup Yottaa announced today that it has wrapped up a $4 million Series A financing round and has launched a free, beta version of its tool for analyzing website performance. The funding comes from General Catalyst Partners, Stata Venture Partners, and Cambridge West Ventures. Yottaa‘s first product, Yottaa Insights, enables consumers to … Continue reading “Yottaa Gets $4M, Releases Website Performance Monitoring Service”
Genzyme Shoots Down Sanofi-Aventis’s Buyout Offer
Genzyme’s board of directors has unanimously rejected a new $18.5 billion buyout bid that came in from French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis over the weekend, saying that the offer doesn’t recognize the progress the Cambridge, MA-based biotech powerhouse (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GENZ]]) has made in rectifying its manufacturing issues, according to a Genzyme press release this morning. The … Continue reading “Genzyme Shoots Down Sanofi-Aventis’s Buyout Offer”
First Two Startups Leaving CommNexus Incubator, Qualcomm at 25, Oceanhouse Media Shows App-titude for Children’s Books, & More San Diego BizTech News
Of all the tech news we had last week, I thought the most interesting was what our Xconomists had to say about Qualcomm, past and future. We’ve got the wrap on that, along with the rest of what happened in San Diego. —San Diego’s EvoNexus, the free tech incubator created last year by the CommNexus … Continue reading “First Two Startups Leaving CommNexus Incubator, Qualcomm at 25, Oceanhouse Media Shows App-titude for Children’s Books, & More San Diego BizTech News”
The Unica Story: Yuchun Lee’s Journey from MIT Blackjack Team to IBM Acquisition
Because of his past, Yuchun Lee is legally barred from certain establishments. Luckily, IBM is not one of them. Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Unica (NASDAQ: [[ticker:UNCA]]), the Waltham, MA-based marketing and analytics software firm bought by IBM for $480 million in cash earlier this month. Much has been made of Lee’s past … Continue reading “The Unica Story: Yuchun Lee’s Journey from MIT Blackjack Team to IBM Acquisition”
A Bidding War for 3Par, a Trademark War over Mafia Wars, a Barrage of New Y Combinator Startups, & More Bay Area BizTech and Life Sciences News
Tiny startups emerging into the public eye last week vied for attention with acquisitive giants like Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and Google. —An as-yet-unresolved bidding war between Dell and Hewlett-Packard drove the proposed acquisition price for Fremont, CA-based storage virtualization company 3Par up to $30 per share. Dell’s original $18-per-share bid on August 16 was eclipsed by … Continue reading “A Bidding War for 3Par, a Trademark War over Mafia Wars, a Barrage of New Y Combinator Startups, & More Bay Area BizTech and Life Sciences News”
MassChallenge Company FitVirtual Uses Social Media to Crowdsource Customized Exercise Programs that Really Work
Thanks to sites like YouTube and online fitness publications, it seems like tutorials on virtually any form of exercise—from yoga to barefoot running—are at your fingertips. But personally, I’ve found that it’s difficult to manage the slew of content on the often-exotic exercise styles, and make sense of it with my everyday fitness routines. Boston-based … Continue reading “MassChallenge Company FitVirtual Uses Social Media to Crowdsource Customized Exercise Programs that Really Work”
Why Is This Man Smiling? SCVNGR Integrates with Facebook Places, Rolls Out Rewards Partnerships
Now we know why Seth Priebatsch was so happy about Facebook Places last week. His company, Cambridge, MA-based SCVNGR, said today it has integrated its game layer and activities platform with Facebook Places, meaning people can now post their SCVNGR check-ins and “challenges” to Facebook and share them with friends. It’s not a big surprise, … Continue reading “Why Is This Man Smiling? SCVNGR Integrates with Facebook Places, Rolls Out Rewards Partnerships”
ImmunoGen and Genentech “Empowered Antibody” Cancer Drug Fails to Garner Accelerated Approval from FDA
[Updated, 8/27/10 at 5:00pm] The FDA has refused to review an application for accelerated approval of the breast cancer drug T-DM1, developed by Genentech, the South San Francisco unit of Swiss drug giant Roche, with technology from ImmunoGen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:IMGN]]), a Waltham, MA-based maker of cancer-fighting therapies, the companies announced today. [Editors Note: This sentence … Continue reading “ImmunoGen and Genentech “Empowered Antibody” Cancer Drug Fails to Garner Accelerated Approval from FDA”
Michigan Startups Raise $123M So Far This Year, Up 35 Percent From Last Year
Investors have funneled more than $123 million into Michigan startup companies so far this year, a 35 percent increase compared to the same time period in 2009, according to a report released today by the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA). The report notes that dollar totals are up even though deal numbers are down: There … Continue reading “Michigan Startups Raise $123M So Far This Year, Up 35 Percent From Last Year”
Fotopedia Heritage Shows the Web Isn’t Dead—It’s Just Met the App World
The reports of the Web’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Wired has been getting a lot of attention this month for its “The Web Is Dead” cover piece. But, as many observers have pointed out, the article’s central chart, which purports to illustrate the Web’s wane, is fundamentally misleading. Web traffic may make up a … Continue reading “Fotopedia Heritage Shows the Web Isn’t Dead—It’s Just Met the App World”
Presto, Tibetan Bowls, & Dr. Seuss: How Michel Kripalani Got His Entrepreneurial Karma Back
Some tales of technology innovation have an ethereal quality to them, and such is the case with Oceanhouse Media—or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that such is the case with Michel Kripalani, the startup software developer’s founder and president. Encinitas, CA-based Oceanhouse was founded in January, 2009, and its first product was … Continue reading “Presto, Tibetan Bowls, & Dr. Seuss: How Michel Kripalani Got His Entrepreneurial Karma Back”
Don’t Confuse Getting to Market with Building a Company: Charles River Ventures’ Izhar Armony Busts Some Micro-VC Myths
“Micro VC” and “super angel” funds are all the rage these days. These terms refer to the emerging segment of venture capital and angel capital in which a growing number of investors are putting small amounts of seed money into very early-stage startups—mainly in Internet software. How are traditional venture firms reacting to this movement? … Continue reading “Don’t Confuse Getting to Market with Building a Company: Charles River Ventures’ Izhar Armony Busts Some Micro-VC Myths”
Washington Startups Bring in $81.7M in July, Majority in Healthcare Sector
For the second month in a row we’re compiling all recent Seattle-area tech and biotech deals—“under the radar” and otherwise—into one comprehensive overview of all financings for the month. As always, the information is based on data provided by our partner, New York-based private company intelligence platform CB Insights, and our own prior coverage. And … Continue reading “Washington Startups Bring in $81.7M in July, Majority in Healthcare Sector”
MedNetworks Partners with Healthways, NKT Gets $4M, Aileron Lands Deal With Roche, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
We saw news from drugmakers, device companies, and health IT firms this week. —Anchor Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based biotech formerly named Ascent Therapeutics, brought in $10 million in a Series B round, with investments from TVM Capital, HealthCare Ventures, and the Novartis Option Fund. Anchor is working on drugs it calls “pepducins”—short pieces of proteins … Continue reading “MedNetworks Partners with Healthways, NKT Gets $4M, Aileron Lands Deal With Roche, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
The Wars over Mafia Wars: Dissecting Digital Chocolate’s Case Against Zynga
If we all lived inside a digital game, Digital Chocolate might be sending a guy over to Zynga right about now to break a few kneecaps. Fortunately, we live in a world of law and order, so Digital Chocolate has merely filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Zynga. At issue: the rights to the name … Continue reading “The Wars over Mafia Wars: Dissecting Digital Chocolate’s Case Against Zynga”
Cypress Bio Acquires Technologies in Separate Deals with Marina Biotech, Alexza Pharmaceutical
San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYPB]]), which is trying to keep an unsolicited buyout at bay while executing a dramatic change in its business strategy, says it has acquired rights to two novel therapies. Earlier this month, Cypress rejected a $160-million buyout offer made in July by the New York-based Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors—and … Continue reading “Cypress Bio Acquires Technologies in Separate Deals with Marina Biotech, Alexza Pharmaceutical”
Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad
A little less than two years ago I made the decision to enroll at MIT Sloan for an MBA. Shortly after getting to the campus, I made the decision to look at careers in the energy sector. Despite being armed with a technical degree and spending some time in the energy sector prior to enrolling … Continue reading “Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad”
Cisco to Acquire ExtendMedia, Strengthen Position in Internet Video Delivery
ExtendMedia, a video software company based in Newton, MA, is being acquired by Cisco Systems, the San Jose, CA-based networking giant. The news was announced in a press release this morning. Financial terms of the deal were not given, but the acquisition is expected to be complete by early 2011. It’s an important move for … Continue reading “Cisco to Acquire ExtendMedia, Strengthen Position in Internet Video Delivery”
SocialSci Releases Beta Version of Online Scientific Survey Platform, With Rewards for Participants
Spit was Leon Noel’s inspiration for the startup, SocialSci, that caused him and co-founder Harley Trung to leave Yale University just months before graduating. Well, more broadly, it was the hassle of getting participants for research studies while he was a biological anthropology student at Yale, Noel says. But spitting was part of the ordeal. … Continue reading “SocialSci Releases Beta Version of Online Scientific Survey Platform, With Rewards for Participants”
AdGrok’s Grandiose Proposition: Replacing the “Craptacular” Google AdWords Interface
This is the sixth in a series of profiles of companies emerging this summer from Mountain View, CA-based startup incubator Y Combinator. AdGrok is at an interesting point in its evolution as a startup. Right now, the company is probably better known for a series of controversial blog posts by its CEO, Antonio Garcia-Martinez, than … Continue reading “AdGrok’s Grandiose Proposition: Replacing the “Craptacular” Google AdWords Interface”
Finistere Planning New Venture Fund, National Cancer Institute Official Offers SBIR Insights, Ramius Still Tries to Woo Cypress Bio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Funding for San Diego life sciences startups can come in the form of small financing deals and as federal Small Business Innovation Research grants that can help to keep small biotechs alive. Allow me to aggregate all that and other life sciences news of the week for you. —At a time when venture capital funding … Continue reading “Finistere Planning New Venture Fund, National Cancer Institute Official Offers SBIR Insights, Ramius Still Tries to Woo Cypress Bio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”