All it takes are the right seeds and soil for a startup community to take root and thrive. I recently saw this first hand in a seemingly off-the-beaten-path city—Telluride, CO. I discovered Telluride’s entrepreneurial aspirations last summer, when I received a call from Jesse Johnson, an entrepreneur who relocated from New York City to Telluride … Continue reading “The Sowing of a Startup Community in Telluride”
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Signal Data Receives $2,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=714c74db-5812-4ca8-81a4-3897e5ae99e5 Date 8/1/2013 Company Name Signal Data Mailing Address 317 Madison Ave New York, NY 10017 Company Description Signal Data Corporation provides a proprietary retail analytics software platform for investors, lenders, retailers, and real estate owners. The platform offers original analytics, operational data, and mapping analysis and is the only product in … Continue reading “Signal Data Receives $2,000,000 Series A Round”
Albumatic Obtains $4,200,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06d14e2b-6dec-46fb-9292-7e0aa6fa20fc Date 8/1/2013 Company Name Albumatic Mailing Address 50 Prince Street New York, NY 10012 Company Description The company provides a photo-sharing application. Website http://www.albumatic.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,200,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor RSE Ventures Venture Investor Thrive … Continue reading “Albumatic Obtains $4,200,000 Series A Round”
Datorama Receives $3,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9624d8d6-7c13-4203-a4a2-f26545db490f Date 8/1/2013 Company Name Datorama Mailing Address 11 Harrison Street New York, NY 10013 Company Description Datorama’s cross-channel marketing analytics platform enables marketers and agencies to finally understand which marketing efforts are working and which aren’t. Website http://www.datorama.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Datorama Receives $3,000,000 Series A Funding”
Building Great Founding Teams
There’s been a lot written about the individual characteristics of what makes a great founder, but a lot less about what makes a great founding team and how that’s different from a great founding CEO. I think we’ve been imprecise in defining three different roles. In doing so we’ve failed to help founders understand what … Continue reading “Building Great Founding Teams”
Fractured Atlas Acquires Gemini SBS, Plans Wide Release for Artful.ly
When nonprofit Fractured Atlas in New York acquired software developer Gemini SBS, also of New York, it brought in-house the talent to create more platforms to help the arts community be more efficient. The deal, announced on Monday, comes as Fractured Atlas readies the wide release of Artful.ly, its cloud-based business management software for individual … Continue reading “Fractured Atlas Acquires Gemini SBS, Plans Wide Release for Artful.ly”
Why Deborah Dunsire’s Unusual Bet on Alzheimer’s Makes Sense
Just because a biotech company has landed a high-profile chief executive, does that mean its product is going to work? I’ve been asking myself that question in the wake of the unexpected July 11 announcement of the hiring of a biotech superstar, the Novartis veteran and former Millennium Pharmaceuticals CEO Deborah Dunsire, by Boston-area biotech … Continue reading “Why Deborah Dunsire’s Unusual Bet on Alzheimer’s Makes Sense”
Fab Garners $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=393df63e-0afb-40ac-b9a1-757ad5121964 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name Fab Mailing Address 95 Morton Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10014 Company Description Millions of people around the world use Fab to discover everyday design products at great prices, to connect with the world’s most exciting designers, and to share their favorite design inspirations. Website http://www.fab.com … Continue reading “Fab Garners $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
BlabDroid Secures Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7e56724-e51c-4261-9f46-5a1a3a7101c8 Date 7/31/2013 Company Name BlabDroid Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10017 Company Description BlabDroid is a surrogate robot avatar and a remote controlled documentarian, programmable to contain your voice, ideas, questions, personality, or the downloadable personalities of others. It can film, entertain, and educate with quizzes, games and surprising interviews. … Continue reading “BlabDroid Secures Seed Funding Round”
Cubist Adds Antibiotic Punch, Buys Trius and Optimer for $1.24B
Cubist Pharmaceuticals wants to become more than another biotech company with a nice little franchise built around a single drug. So today it opened up the checkbook, shelled out more than $1.24 billion, and acquired a couple more drugs that will make it a much more formidable player in the antibiotics world. Lexington, MA-based Cubist … Continue reading “Cubist Adds Antibiotic Punch, Buys Trius and Optimer for $1.24B”
Sprint Amps Its Rooftop Signal, Joins Transit Wireless Subway Project
Through the labyrinthine stairwells that led to the roof of the Holiday Inn near Columbus Circle in New York, I followed Joe Meyer, vice president of network service management with Sprint, to see one of Sprint’s new base stations. The array of components and antennae are part of the wireless provider’s upgrades to its above-ground … Continue reading “Sprint Amps Its Rooftop Signal, Joins Transit Wireless Subway Project”
As ReVision Raises $55M, Domain’s Dovey Assesses Rusnano Gambit
Almost 18 months ago, Domain Associates and the Russian state technology firm Rusnano agreed to jointly invest as much as $760 million in life sciences deals in the U.S. and Russia. Yesterday, the partners said they have completed their fifth deal—joining a $55 million equity round in ReVision Optics, a Lake Forest, CA-ophthalmic company. ReVision, … Continue reading “As ReVision Raises $55M, Domain’s Dovey Assesses Rusnano Gambit”
YouBeauty Obtains $8,600,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b27debea-03f8-44fc-9d2f-08f06fc49e23 Date 7/30/2013 Company Name YouBeauty Mailing Address 648 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen created YouBeauty.com in July 2011 as the first website to explore the link between beauty and health in a fun, factual way. YouBeauty arms visitors with scientifically-proven quizzes and … Continue reading “YouBeauty Obtains $8,600,000 Series A Financing”
Olapic Secures $5,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=54223e50-d209-407f-8be4-92dafab1b94c Date 7/30/2013 Company Name Olapic Mailing Address 72 Allen St. 3rd Floor New York, NY 10002 Company Description Olapic is the premier social photo crowdsourcing service providing brands and publishers with tools to engage their audience and support a strong community built on photo and video sharing. Olapic helps companies grow … Continue reading “Olapic Secures $5,000,000 New Financing Round”
KellBenx Receives $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6b7f39c-97ce-4ec0-9bf7-b24774c95688 Date 7/30/2013 Company Name KellBenx Mailing Address 3500 Sunrise Highway Building 200 Great River, NY 11739 Company Description KellBenx, Inc. is a privately-held biotechnology company based in New York City. KellBenx is developing high value, innovative tests that leverage the ability to extract clinically relevant information from blood. Our focus is … Continue reading “KellBenx Receives $10,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
A Night at Union Square Ventures: NYU-Poly Talks Up Incubator Success
Fred Wilson opened the doors at Union Square Ventures last Thursday night to let folks from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (commonly referred to as NYU-Poly) talk up the jobs and other positive influences their incubators have had on New York’s economy. Alumni and current tenants came out to celebrate the fourth anniversary … Continue reading “A Night at Union Square Ventures: NYU-Poly Talks Up Incubator Success”
Pharma Fails Credibility Test, Misses Opportunity, on Transparency
Some of the biggest scandals in the pharmaceutical industry (think Vioxx and Avandia) have been about drug safety, and how much of the clinical trial data on prescription drugs—especially the negative stuff—is kept hidden. Not surprisingly, some scientists, physicians, regulators, and patients have joined forces to push for all clinical-trial results, positive or negative, to … Continue reading “Pharma Fails Credibility Test, Misses Opportunity, on Transparency”
Celgene Nabs Option to Buy Acetylon for More Than $1.7B
In early 2012, Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) made a seemingly innocuous investment in Acetylon Pharmaceuticals in a deal that didn’t give it any rights to the company, but rather, left it with a non-invasive observer’s seat on the Boston-based biotech’s board of directors. Apparently, Celgene liked what it saw, because it’s prepared to throw around $1.7 … Continue reading “Celgene Nabs Option to Buy Acetylon for More Than $1.7B”
Maker’s Row Obtains $942,600 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a0cf339-317e-4a8c-82ab-0c566d11bdf0 Date 7/29/2013 Company Name Maker’s Row Mailing Address 20 Jay St New York, NY 11201 Company Description Our mission is to make the manufacturing process simple to understand and easy to access. From large corporations to first time designers, we are providing unparalleled access to industry-specific factories and suppliers across the … Continue reading “Maker’s Row Obtains $942,600 New Financing Round”
EquaMetrics Obtains $4,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ffc5fc44-5a55-47d3-9798-5d55633c9229 Date 7/27/2013 Company Name EquaMetrics Mailing Address 34 West 17th Street 6th Floor New York, NY 10011 Company Description EquaMetrics is based in New York, New York and was founded in 2011. Its primary focus is the development of the Rizm trading platform and its supporting features. Website http://www.equametrics.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “EquaMetrics Obtains $4,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
What Will the End of Moore’s Law Mean for Consumers? Not Much
“The party isn’t exactly over, but the police have arrived, and the music has been turned way down.” That’s how Peter Kogge, an ex-IBM computer scientist who teaches at Notre Dame, described the state of supercomputing in a 2011 article in IEEE Spectrum. The giant machines that researchers use to simulate things like climate change, … Continue reading “What Will the End of Moore’s Law Mean for Consumers? Not Much”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Sarepta, Agios, Gerngross, & (Much) More
It was earnings week for a few of the big biotech staples on the East Coast, but that was far from all that happened. In case you’ve been stuck under a rock, we’ve got the highlights, lowlights, and everything in-between wrapped up below. —Cambridge, MA-based Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SRPT]]) plans to submit a new drug … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Sarepta, Agios, Gerngross, & (Much) More”
Zeel Networks Receives $300,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=284df57b-c514-4922-bf0d-54c068d90779 Date 7/26/2013 Company Name Zeel Networks Mailing Address 41 E. 11th St. 2nd Floor New York, NY 10003 Company Description We created this site for health-conscious individuals looking for trusted information on health, wellness and beauty and an easy way to find and book the best practitioners in the business. Website … Continue reading “Zeel Networks Receives $300,000 New Round”
LearnVest Receives $16,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e33f1a3-f293-443e-804c-5aa28d1c6cb8 Date 7/26/2013 Company Name LearnVest Mailing Address 113 University Place 5th Floor New York, NY 10003 Company Description LearnVest is the leading independent personal finance website targeting the 70 million women who control over 80% of all consumer. Through LearnVest.com, LearnVest provides trusted content and tools to help women tackle their … Continue reading “LearnVest Receives $16,500,000 New Round”
trueEx Secures $5,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3f0b4849-c12f-4907-9109-ae65158c08b2 Date 7/26/2013 Company Name trueEx Mailing Address 162 5th Avenue 9th Floor New York, NY 10010 Company Description trueEX is an electronic, CFTC-regulated, exchange for interest rate swaps. Our mission is to deliver the most innovative solutions to our clients, while providing connections to multiple clearing houses and an open access … Continue reading “trueEx Secures $5,000,000 New Round”
Canary’s Call for Crowdfunding Answered More than Fourfold in 48 Hours
All the “cool kids” seem to have crowdfunding campaigns these days but Canary in New York is among the few who hit their goal with blinding speed. The startup is developing a home security device equipped with an HD camera, night vision, motion detection, and other sensors that can be monitored via smartphone. On Monday, … Continue reading “Canary’s Call for Crowdfunding Answered More than Fourfold in 48 Hours”
EyeView Secures $8,100,001 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=15d139f5-7e68-4f96-b1e8-4d667eed2afd Date 7/25/2013 Company Name EyeView Mailing Address 10W 18th Street 6th Floor New York, NY 10011 Company Description EyeView is transforming online conversion through the use of rich-media content. The company combines compelling rich-media content with a world-first rich-media conversion platform. Website http://www.eyeviewdigital.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,100,001 Transaction … Continue reading “EyeView Secures $8,100,001 New Round”
No Easy Climb as EquaMetrics Looks to Disrupt Trading and FinTech
New York may be hallowed ground for financial business but it can still be hard for some local startups to break into this sector. Chris Ivey, CEO and co-founder of New York-based EquaMetrics, believes companies such as his can insinuate themselves much deeper in this world. “They never really enter financial technology, and if they … Continue reading “No Easy Climb as EquaMetrics Looks to Disrupt Trading and FinTech”
Agios Prices Upsized IPO Above Range, Preps For Nasdaq Debut
Agios Pharmaceuticals is about to find out how willing public investors are to throw their dollars behind the promise—if not the clinical data—of cancer metabolism. If the early signs are any indication, they’re up for the risk. Cambridge, MA-based Agios priced its IPO late Tuesday, selling 5,888,888 shares at $18 apiece for a raise of … Continue reading “Agios Prices Upsized IPO Above Range, Preps For Nasdaq Debut”
Content Savvy Garners $691,822 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa6c95fc-393e-410c-a679-7892a3e00da3 Date 7/24/2013 Company Name Content Savvy Mailing Address 4500 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Company Description ContentSeer helps companies navigate through the sea of Big Data to find the most relevant insight. Website http://www.contentsavvyinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $691,822 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Content Savvy Garners $691,822 New Financing”
Real Match Lands $7,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e17984ea-5efb-48f6-801a-86569a9d89dd Date 7/24/2013 Company Name Real Match Mailing Address 90 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 Company Description RealMatch is revolutionizing the highly fragmented online recruitment industry by building the largest and most effective recruitment advertising network that connects employers and job seekers in a whole new way— across thousands of websites, … Continue reading “Real Match Lands $7,000,000 New Funding Round”
Sulia Receives $6,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e33ffc37-f2fe-4a7e-8939-961eaaf7ae68 Date 7/24/2013 Company Name Sulia Mailing Address 10 West 18th Street 3rd Floor New York, NY 10011 Company Description Sulia, which is dedicated to finding and sorting the most relevant Twitter users into related groups, so you can follow them. Website http://www.sulia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Sulia Receives $6,000,000 Series B Funding”
We’re Number 9! U.S. Slips in Internet Connection Ranking
Here’s something to add to your decline-of-the-empire files: the U.S. is falling further behind in world rankings of average Internet connection speeds. That’s the verdict from the latest State of the Internet Report by Akamai (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AKAM]]), the Cambridge, MA-based networking company that handles about a third of global Web traffic. The latest stats cover … Continue reading “We’re Number 9! U.S. Slips in Internet Connection Ranking”
An MVP Is Not a Cheaper Product—It’s About Smart Learning
A minimum viable product (MVP) is not always a smaller/cheaper version of your final product. Defining the goal for an MVP can save you tons of time, money and grief. Drones over the Heartland I ran into a small startup at Stanford who wants to fly unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) with a hyper-spectral camera over … Continue reading “An MVP Is Not a Cheaper Product—It’s About Smart Learning”
Work-Bench Heeds Call of Enterprise Startups, Revamps Its Co-Op Space
Plenty of shared and cooperative startup spaces pop up in this city, but the crew at Work-Bench thinks they can help a rapidly rising yet somewhat unsung part of the tech community. Like other innovation hubs, New York is brimming with startups that create apps and software for consumers—while the creators of enterprise technology make … Continue reading “Work-Bench Heeds Call of Enterprise Startups, Revamps Its Co-Op Space”
Piiku Secures $799,350 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dc93508-3b39-4881-8724-77b772c73f3e Date 7/23/2013 Company Name Piiku Mailing Address 230 Park Avenue New York, NY 10169 Company Description Piiku is based on the premise that advertising has always subsidized traditional content mediums (live TV, print, radio). Website http://www.piiku.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $799,350 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Piiku Secures $799,350 New Financing”
The Biotech IPO Phenomenon of 2013: Enjoy It While It Lasts
The year is only half over, but one of the biggest biotech stories of 2013 is going to be the resurgence of the biotech IPO market. It’s a good news/bad news story, depending on where you stand, and how far you look out into the future. First, the good. The IPO surge is a vote … Continue reading “The Biotech IPO Phenomenon of 2013: Enjoy It While It Lasts”
How to Save $200 Billion and Cure Hepatitis C
Wall Street is buzzing with anticipation about the first new all-oral drugs for hepatitis C approaching the market. The high rate of HCV infection and dissatisfaction with current treatments have created a potential multi-billion dollar bonanza for drug companies. It’s estimated that Gilead, the frontrunner in this race, will charge as much as $90,000 per … Continue reading “How to Save $200 Billion and Cure Hepatitis C”
Dash Lands $700,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ebe9ca7-ad60-4ad7-851a-4be260ad93ca Date 7/22/2013 Company Name Dash Mailing Address 55 Washington Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description New York City-based Dash wants to make sure this never happens again with its new iPhone app that integrates with bar and restaurant payment systems. Once your credit card info is inside Dash and you are … Continue reading “Dash Lands $700,000 Seed Financing Round”
Dash Receives $700,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ebe9ca7-ad60-4ad7-851a-4be260ad93ca Date 7/22/2013 Company Name Dash Mailing Address 55 Washington Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description New York City-based Dash wants to make sure this never happens again with its new iPhone app that integrates with bar and restaurant payment systems. Once your credit card info is inside Dash and you are … Continue reading “Dash Receives $700,000 Seed Financing Round”
Maker’s Row Garners $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b4b5929-4ee8-41cb-98ee-b3022f19ade0 Date 7/22/2013 Company Name Maker’s Row Mailing Address 20 Jay St New York, NY 11201 Company Description Our mission is to make the manufacturing process simple to understand and easy to access. From large corporations to first time designers, we are providing unparalleled access to industry-specific factories and suppliers across the … Continue reading “Maker’s Row Garners $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Oscar Health Insurance Garners $40,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1238c7c4-a6b7-435b-bc70-e818bb354c6e Date 7/22/2013 Company Name Oscar Health Insurance Mailing Address 295 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10012 Company Description The Oscar team is focused on utilizing technology, design and data to humanize healthcare. We are a group of technology and healthcare dreamers who looked at the current state of the US healthcare … Continue reading “Oscar Health Insurance Garners $40,000,000 New Financing Round”
Don’t Call Me “Girl,” Sir: Women, Tech, and a Chat with Olivia Munn
It is long past time to stop regarding the presence of women in technology as an anomaly—yet achieving widespread acknowledgment of their work remains a challenge. Multiple organizations in New York—including Girls Who Code, Cornell NYC Tech, and L’Oréal—and across the country are taking on this task while also encouraging new generations of women to … Continue reading “Don’t Call Me “Girl,” Sir: Women, Tech, and a Chat with Olivia Munn”
VC Funding Levels Out as Early Stage Turns Up & Top 10 Deals
Consistent and modest are the words that seem to best describe U.S. venture capital activity during the second quarter, as VC investments remained more or less level with the first three months of 2013, according to recent data from several venture-tracking surveys. But the pace of venture investing is down in comparison to the second … Continue reading “VC Funding Levels Out as Early Stage Turns Up & Top 10 Deals”
Genesis Media Garners $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9fdc6fd-97e3-4b2e-8b3c-1adac6495a87 Date 7/19/2013 Company Name Genesis Media Mailing Address 242 West 30th Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description Genesis Media is the total video partner for any brand looking to connect with a highly engaged audience at scale. Our database of millions of users and partnerships with premium publishers … Continue reading “Genesis Media Garners $3,000,000 New Round”
OpenGeo Garners New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cc49964-95c6-4b77-bbd7-4f56e1debd5d Date 7/19/2013 Company Name OpenGeo Mailing Address 155 Water Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description OpenGeo brings together expert developers, trainers, and implementation specialists from around the world to build the best web-based geospatial software. Website http://www.opengeo.org Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes IQT’s backing … Continue reading “OpenGeo Garners New Funding Round”
Bench Lands $2,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e2fa0f76-430e-4423-961d-32039f8bd0da Date 7/18/2013 Company Name Bench Mailing Address 900 Broadway New York, NY 10003 Company Description Bench is a modern, online bookkeeping service for independent businesses. With Bench, you work with a professional online bookkeeper, someone who learns your business and does your books for you. In addition, you get apps that … Continue reading “Bench Lands $2,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
RRE Ventures Grows with Hire from Lerer Ventures, Sees NY Flourishing
New York venture capital firm RRE Ventures said Wednesday it has hired Steve Schlafman, previously with Lerer Ventures, as a principal. Schlafman made the move to focus more on Series A than seed stage deals, says Stuart Ellman, RRE’s co-managing partner. Schlafman brings with him a history of work in the technology world. Prior to … Continue reading “RRE Ventures Grows with Hire from Lerer Ventures, Sees NY Flourishing”
Whole Foods Commits $1M to Grameen America for Detroit Microlending Program
As part of Texas-based Whole Foods’ investment in Detroit, its Whole Planet Foundation has committed $1 million to the microfinance organization Grameen America to assist Detroit entrepreneurs. Grameen America, which was founded by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus, is a domestic microfinance nonprofit assisting women in poverty and operating in New York City (its … Continue reading “Whole Foods Commits $1M to Grameen America for Detroit Microlending Program”
Taykey Obtains $6,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5e7e70d-9524-4c13-9348-424c9f09ceda Date 7/17/2013 Company Name Taykey Mailing Address 129 W 29th Street 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description Taykey’s real-time trends platform extends your reach to people who care about you, right now. Our core algorithms that monitor trends to discover who is interested in you right now, and place … Continue reading “Taykey Obtains $6,000,000 Series C Round”