Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2c3259d-70a4-4503-98ac-9b7a38820b3d&Preview=1 Date 9/12/2012 Company Name Estimize Mailing Address 175 Varick Street 4th Floor New York, NY 10003 Company Description Estimize is the first open source financial estimates platform. A diverse community of members from the top hedge funds and asset management firms, to independent analysts and investors, corporate finance professionals and students … Continue reading “Estimize Obtains $1,200,000 Series A Funding Round”
Category: New York
Web Startup Cut On Your Bias Lets Shoppers Influence Runway Shows
The last time New York held its Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, this past February, fashion designer-turned entrepreneur Louis Monoyudis launched his online platform for bringing consumers into the apparel design process. The website, Cut On Your Bias, allows fashion designers to post pieces they’re working on with potential options for variations. Customers can vote on the … Continue reading “Web Startup Cut On Your Bias Lets Shoppers Influence Runway Shows”
Dauphin Health Secures $1,330,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=021fbf99-32e0-470f-adc5-012b82b27582&Preview=1 Date 9/11/2012 Company Name Dauphin Health Mailing Address 120 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 Company Description Dauphin Health, Inc. provides healthcare services to individuals and consulting to physicians. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in New York, New York. Website http://www.dauphinmd.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Dauphin Health Secures $1,330,000 New Financing”
Rhythm New Media Receives $13,101,322 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abd30822-2c6a-4ca9-8a44-61b90b1376ef&Preview=1 Date 9/11/2012 Company Name Rhythm New Media Mailing Address 37 West 28th Street 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description Rhythm is a company enabling ad-supported mobile media, end-to-end. Rhythm’s solution is designed to support advertising on mobile video, WAP/HTML, mobile search, and mobile messaging. Rhythm’s technology enables advertising that … Continue reading “Rhythm New Media Receives $13,101,322 Series C Financing”
Honest Buildings Lands New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=563c711d-0057-43d5-89ee-8e587df21b30&Preview=1 Date 9/11/2012 Company Name Honest Buildings Mailing Address 160 Varick Street 12th Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description See what’s happening inside buildings and connect with people who live, work and spend time there. Website http://www.honestbuildings.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes In conjunction … Continue reading “Honest Buildings Lands New Funding”
Tapjoy, at NY Games Conference, Sees More Ads Coming to Mobile Games
Much like other contagious apps, mobile games can spread quickly through the populace with the right buzz. However, turning that attention into dollar signs can be elusive. Developers might try to charge players who want to download mobile games, but let’s be realistic—not every game is going to sell like Angry Birds, even at just … Continue reading “Tapjoy, at NY Games Conference, Sees More Ads Coming to Mobile Games”
U.S. CTO Todd Park Out to Spur Entrepreneurship With Data “Jujitsu”
The chief technology officer of a company can have a wide range of responsibilities—from overseeing development of innovative new products to making sure servers stay up. But what about the chief technology officer of the United States of America? The position is barely three years old, created by President Obama in 2009, and is evolving … Continue reading “U.S. CTO Todd Park Out to Spur Entrepreneurship With Data “Jujitsu””
The FDA Turns Friendly Toward Pharma in 2012
The FDA, for most of the past 10 years, was the regulatory agency that many people in biotech and pharma loved to hate. Critics have long complained about bureaucratic foot-dragging, byzantine organization, poor communication, excessive aversion to risk, and arbitrary decisions around whether to approve new drugs for sale in the U.S. But FDA bashers, … Continue reading “The FDA Turns Friendly Toward Pharma in 2012”
Warby Parker Receives $36,800,004 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1ab14dde-4a3e-41a6-8486-f00cc2ce1b05&Preview=1 Date 9/10/2012 Company Name Warby Parker Mailing Address 40 Great Jones Street New York, NY 10012 Company Description Warby Parker was founded with a rebellious spirit and a lofty objective: to create boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point. Website http://www.warbyparker.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $36,800,004 Transaction … Continue reading “Warby Parker Receives $36,800,004 New Financing Round”
Quirky Raises $68 Million to Make Invention More Accessible
Quirky founder and CEO Ben Kaufman may have penned a long and detailed blog post about why it’s not a big deal, but the New York-based startup has just raised a boatload of cash—along with everyone’s expectations of the company, which crowdsources ideas for new consumer products. Quirky announced yesterday that it has collected $68 … Continue reading “Quirky Raises $68 Million to Make Invention More Accessible”
The End of Meat. And Driving. And Football.
Americans are great at giving up things—in emergencies, anyway. Under World War II rationing plans, U.S. citizens cut way back on their use of gasoline, nylon stockings, coffee, sugar, and everything made of steel or rubber. In the 1970s, in response to the Middle East oil embargoes, the federal government imposed odd-even gasoline rationing in … Continue reading “The End of Meat. And Driving. And Football.”
EBay Acquires Pinterest-style Curation Platform Svpply
E-commerce giant eBay (Nasdaq: [[ticker:EBAY]]) in San Francisco said in a blog post Thursday it has acquired New York-based startup Svpply for undisclosed terms. Svpply, which once hailed from Boston, uses bookmarklets to daily curate a collection of some 3,000 stylish products such as apparel, accessories, and gadgets from around the Web. It is kind … Continue reading “EBay Acquires Pinterest-style Curation Platform Svpply”
Quirky Obtains $68,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7197cb51-c05e-4cf9-a4dd-32e5e00ed281&Preview=1 Date 9/7/2012 Company Name Quirky Mailing Address 628 Broadway 3rd Floor New York, NY 10012 Company Description Quirky is rapidly changing the way people think about product development by using a unique method to harness the power of creativity. Website http://www.quirky.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $68,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Quirky Obtains $68,000,000 Series C Funding”
Amid Talk of Bubble, Xconomy Incubator Guide Grows to 121 Listings
After we put out the 2011 Xconomy Guide to Venture Incubators, my colleague Wade wrote a Friday column entitled “There Is an Incubator Bubble—And It Will Pop.” That particular guide listed 64 startup incubator programs, up from 34 in 2010, and 20 in our first guide in 2009. Wade concluded his column with the admonition: … Continue reading “Amid Talk of Bubble, Xconomy Incubator Guide Grows to 121 Listings”
TriPlay Thinks It Can Outmaneuver Apple iCloud in Sharing Across Devices
Everyone seems to want a piece of the cloud storage-action these days, making it a challenge to stand out. Apple iCloud and Google Drive are two of the better-known file sharing services in use today, but New York’s TriPlay says its technology offers access and flexibility its rivals have yet to match. With a recent … Continue reading “TriPlay Thinks It Can Outmaneuver Apple iCloud in Sharing Across Devices”
Zymeworks Hits Antibody Drug Milestone For Merck, Raises $11M
One year ago, Zymeworks was a little company that hardly anybody in the U.S. biotech or pharmaceutical industry had ever heard of. Then it formed a collaboration worth as much as $187 million with Merck (NYSE: [[ticker:MRK]]). Suddenly, it seemed to Zymeworks CEO Ali Tehrani like everybody in the pharma industry wanted to hear about … Continue reading “Zymeworks Hits Antibody Drug Milestone For Merck, Raises $11M”
Routehappy Receives $1,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f32096b-10e0-41ec-8bde-5b5068b71a7e&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Routehappy Mailing Address 175 Varick Street 4th Floor New York, NY 10014 Company Description Routehappy thinks you should fly better. The air travel experience is highly differentiated. But flyers don’t have quality and accessible information about their options when shopping and preparing for flights. And the industry … Continue reading “Routehappy Receives $1,500,000 New Funding”
Live Gamer Receives $4,004,208 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a060a51-4096-4885-9eef-72194bc15be4&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Live Gamer Mailing Address 678 Broadway Fifth Floor New York, NY 10012 Company Description Live Gamer enables a complete marketplace solution for the player-to-player trading of virtual items. Through our partnerships with leading publishers and developers worldwide, players now have a convenient, secure, and reliable outlet to … Continue reading “Live Gamer Receives $4,004,208 New Funding Round”
GramercyOne Obtains $6,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=02ae90d5-a74a-4074-b13d-b25a6d86bf4e&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name GramercyOne Mailing Address 257 Park Avenue South Floor 11 New York, NY 10010 Company Description GramercyOne is a leading provider of cloud-based business management and marketing solutions to service businesses around the world. Website http://www.gramercyone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “GramercyOne Obtains $6,000,000 New Funding”
Conversocial Lands $1,250,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea3b38f1-df87-4619-a233-c286071a75a0&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Conversocial Mailing Address 302A West 12th Street New York, NY 10014 Company Description Social media is rapidly changing customer service. We’re here to help you stay on top. We’re the leader in social customer service. We know what your customers need, and we know what you need. … Continue reading “Conversocial Lands $1,250,000 New Round”
eBay Acquires Svpply for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5072b0c0-5c9d-4229-8805-634a7cc50dfc&Preview=1 Date 9/6/2012 Company Name Svpply Mailing Address 407 Broome Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description The company operates a social shopping service that helps users discover new products by tagging interesting products they see online. Website http://www.svpply.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A … Continue reading “eBay Acquires Svpply for Undisclosed Sum”
One Year after Being Acquired, Hipcricket at Core of Augme’s Strategy
There can be a lot of noise in the advertising scene in New York, which overflows with players scrambling for dominance—especially on the mobile front. Mobile marketing and advertising services company Hipcricket, a transplant from the Seattle area, continues to grow in spite of mounting competition. Hipcricket barged into this crowded landscape one year ago … Continue reading “One Year after Being Acquired, Hipcricket at Core of Augme’s Strategy”
Would Longer Drug Patents Really Lead to Lower Drug Prices?
Imagine needing a drug to save your life, finding one that is likely to work, and then realizing you can’t afford it. This was the ironic situation that recently confronted a research physician who was diagnosed with leukemia, the very disease he had devoted his life to studying. Fortunately, the doctor’s friends raised the money … Continue reading “Would Longer Drug Patents Really Lead to Lower Drug Prices?”
Bedrocket Media Ventures Secures $15,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f905a50-16fb-4e4f-b3c0-4361d94a0353&Preview=1 Date 9/5/2012 Company Name Bedrocket Media Ventures Mailing Address 560 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description Bedrocket is a next generation media and entertainment company. Bedrocket was created to capitalize on the paradigm shift of video distribution from cable satellite to digital platforms as well as the equally dramatic shift … Continue reading “Bedrocket Media Ventures Secures $15,000,000 Series A Round”
Chalkable Obtains $1,300,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9c0e908-601d-4502-991d-4c27a1bfd665&Preview=1 Date 9/5/2012 Company Name Chalkable Mailing Address 304 Hudson St 6th Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description Chalkable is an app store for school and a platform to make those apps work. App store. Amazing digital tools and content can transform the way students learn in school. The Chalkable app … Continue reading “Chalkable Obtains $1,300,000 Seed Financing Round”
NYC Bio Luminaries to Gather Oct. 4th for Xconomy Xchange
Xconomy is gearing up for what’s sure to be a stimulating panel event, Xconomy Xchange: Reinventing Biotech’s Business Model for the Big Apple, which will be held the evening of Thursday, October 4. But the early bird discount is ending in just a couple of days, so order your tickets today. The evening will feature … Continue reading “NYC Bio Luminaries to Gather Oct. 4th for Xconomy Xchange”
Fearless Football and Biotech Picks For Fall 2012
Football season starts this week, which means a few things to me. Summer vacation season is over, people’s batteries should be recharged, and it’s time to start fresh at work and school. This is also the time of year I look for lessons and storylines from America’s most popular spectator sport for ways to liven … Continue reading “Fearless Football and Biotech Picks For Fall 2012”
Phones on Flights: The New Mobile Madness
Earlier this week I was in seat 27D on an American Airlines 737 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to San Francisco. We were descending into SFO on the final leg of the flight when I glanced across the aisle and was surprised to see that the people in 27B and 27C—an older gentleman and a young … Continue reading “Phones on Flights: The New Mobile Madness”
VLST Scoops Up Antibody for Cancer From Pfizer
Biopharmaceutical companies, sooner or later, must get drug candidates moving through clinical trials where most of the value gets created for investors. VLST has spent eight long years working to get to that point, and now it has its first product ready to roll in tests of human beings. The Seattle-based biotech company is announcing … Continue reading “VLST Scoops Up Antibody for Cancer From Pfizer”
Technology You Can Touch
The Partnership for New York City presents an evening of networking for engineers, entrepreneurs, and VCs in the hard sciences. Startups with video models or physical prototypes will present demos, and the evening includes free snacks and beers.
Jun Group CTO Fears Salary Bubble Pushing Tech Sector to the Brink
Concerns about a rising shortage of developers and engineers may be driving somewhat unrealistic expectations among entry-level tech hires. And that will make it all that more difficult for small companies to lure in talent. David Wood, chief technology officer for Jun Group in New York, says his company—the developer of an opt-in, social video … Continue reading “Jun Group CTO Fears Salary Bubble Pushing Tech Sector to the Brink”
ScrollMotion Lands $12,906,590 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5366a971-606a-4394-8e24-8c2c86111913&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name ScrollMotion Mailing Address 7 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10001 Company Description The company develops mobile application technology for Apple platform devices. Website http://www.scrollmotion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,906,590 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms … Continue reading “ScrollMotion Lands $12,906,590 Series C Round”
SeatGeek Receives $1,654,173 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1becd15-4814-40e8-b89a-d42916488e76&Preview=1 Date 8/30/2012 Company Name SeatGeek Mailing Address 57 E. 11th, 8A New York, NY 10003 Company Description SeatGeek forecasts the price of sports or concert tickets. So before buying tickets to an event, you can check SeatGeek for a price forecast. If the price is going up, you’ll want to buy … Continue reading “SeatGeek Receives $1,654,173 Series A Funding Round”
Ziopharm Awaits Cancer Drug Data as Wall Street Withholds Judgment
Jonathan Lewis, the CEO of New York-based Ziopharm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ZIOP]]), was stunned earlier this year when he ran across a commercial on YouTube produced by his company’s biggest investor, Fidelity. In the video (see below), a young man makes a bold prediction: “Within 50 years we could have more life forms invented in the lab … Continue reading “Ziopharm Awaits Cancer Drug Data as Wall Street Withholds Judgment”
Xconomist of the Week: Josh Linkner On Detroit “Getting Back Its Mojo”
Detroit Venture Partners CEO and managing partner Josh Linkner, with his success as a serial entrepreneur, venture fund backed by Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert, and unwavering commitment to nurturing Motor City startups, has become an icon of the city’s revitalization. He’s the kind of guy other investors all over the country—and I … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Josh Linkner On Detroit “Getting Back Its Mojo””
Hukkster Brings Its Bookmarklets for Finding Discounts to E-commerce
Consumers may shrug these days when e-mails for deals and sales clog their inboxes, seeing as the Web is inundated with such offers. New York startup Hukkster believes it can help shoppers pinpoint the products they really want, with a “bookmarklet” service that alerts its users when prices drop on specific items they want to … Continue reading “Hukkster Brings Its Bookmarklets for Finding Discounts to E-commerce”
What’s A Brand, Anyway? The Story of Nuts.com
The New York Times certainly thought we were nuts, as did Forbes and Al Ries in AdAge, all of whom agreed that our six-figure acquisition of the nuts.com domain and our re-branding from NutsOnline to Nuts.com was an example of overspending. Was it? * * * I joined Cranford, NJ-based Nuts.com a year ago as the … Continue reading “What’s A Brand, Anyway? The Story of Nuts.com”
An Insider’s Guide to Angel Investing
Thomas Wisniewski, board director for the New York Angels, will lead a discussion for entrepreneurs on the ins and outs of angel investing. The evening will cover such topics as who angel investors are and where they can be found, how to identify the right investors, what the angel fundraising process looks like, and how to … Continue reading “An Insider’s Guide to Angel Investing”
Business Plan Presentations: Innovations in Digital Media
MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City presents a demo presentation and panel discussion on new developments in digital and consumer media.Presenting companies include Brightdriver, Cannonball, Modo Labs, and TinyPass. Mo Koyfman, general partner at Spark Capital, will also speak, and Chadbourne & Parke partner Lori Hoberman will moderate. Register here.
If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen
I recently took a vacation in Italy, and in my quest to eat everything not nailed down in the Lake Como region, I had the good fortune to participate in an amazing private cooking class in the resort kitchen of the Villa d’Este Hotel. The sous chef, a charming Italian man (duh) took my family through … Continue reading “If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen”
Sherpaa Aims to Streamline Healthcare for Startups
After Jay Parkinson completed his residency at Johns Hopkins and started practicing medicine in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2007, he set out to make doctor-patient communications as seamless as possible. His patients logged onto his Google calendar to make appointments and note their symptoms, which triggered an alert on Parkinson’s iPhone. He made house calls and … Continue reading “Sherpaa Aims to Streamline Healthcare for Startups”
Merck on Track to Seek Approval for Two Heart Drugs in ’13
Whitehouse Station, NJ-based pharmaceutical giant Merck (NYSE: [[ticker:MRK]]) provided an update Sunday on three of its experimental drugs to treat cardiovascular conditions during the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Munich. In a statement the company said it plans to file for approval next year in the United States and Europe for the anti-clotting drug vorapaxar. The experimental compound … Continue reading “Merck on Track to Seek Approval for Two Heart Drugs in ’13”
New York: First Stop for a Micro-Invasion of British Startups?
Brits obviously are no strangers when it comes to crossing the Atlantic. But the choice of New York may seem a touch counterintuitive as a place for overseas startups to plant their flags. New York is eager to attract more developers, designers, and engineers, whose ranks are deeper in Silicon Valley. However, Manhattan does have … Continue reading “New York: First Stop for a Micro-Invasion of British Startups?”
10 Indispensable Apps for the Back-to-School Season
There’s a reason that George Fox University, Regis College, Chicago State University, Seton Hill, and other colleges and universities are giving iPads to all incoming freshmen this fall. It’s because the Apple tablets are just as good as laptops for many types of educational tasks, such as notetaking, and even better for others, such as … Continue reading “10 Indispensable Apps for the Back-to-School Season”
TriPlay Receives $5,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd707835-ff88-4779-9221-046c5c53fd3d&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2012 Company Name TriPlay Mailing Address 37 E. 28th Street New York, NY 10016 Company Description TriPlay is all about using innovative technologies that keep people connected In today’s digital world, more than ever, people rely upon digital media to compliment their everyday activities – listening to music, looking at … Continue reading “TriPlay Receives $5,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
NiftyThrifty Receives $2,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b23ec2b0-30f3-48c5-b3ad-eaa9158da706&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2012 Company Name NiftyThrifty Mailing Address Undisclosed Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description NiftyThrifty, an online, pre-owned, vintage clothing store. The Brooklyn-based company will launch in October as a membership website that sells vintage clothing. The company will target women exclusively at first, but will follow with apparel for men in … Continue reading “NiftyThrifty Receives $2,000,000 New Financing Round”
After Acquisition, ePrize Committed to Mobile Growth, Hiring
On Monday, Pleasant Ridge, MI-based digital marketing and engagement company ePrize announced it had been acquired by Greenwich, CT-based Catterton Partners. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, though ePrize CEO Matt Wise points out that the company’s backers, including Quicken Loans‘ Dan Gilbert, scored a healthy return on their investments. “Most of ePrize’s … Continue reading “After Acquisition, ePrize Committed to Mobile Growth, Hiring”
TG Therapeutics Builds Pipeline Around Cancer and Immune Diseases
On August 16, New York-based TG Therapeutics (OTCBB: [[ticker:TGTX]]) announced that it had formed a deal with a Swiss company called Rhizen Pharmaceuticals to co-develop a drug to treat blood cancers and autoimmune diseases. It was TG’s second transaction in the last five months related to “B-cell diseases,” which are disorders involving key cells in … Continue reading “TG Therapeutics Builds Pipeline Around Cancer and Immune Diseases”
The Top 5 Risks Confronting Startups
You might have a great idea for a startup. You may be passionate, driven, and ready to go. But how ready are you to manage your risks? Many startups fail because of ineffective risk management. So how do you avoid a similar fate? It all depends on how well you understand and manage your risks. … Continue reading “The Top 5 Risks Confronting Startups”
Exosome Diagnostics Garners $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a22b0ea6-c32a-48c4-aa4b-a7f880a9305a&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2012 Company Name Exosome Diagnostics Mailing Address 3960 Broadway New York, NY 10032 Company Description Exosome Diagnostics, Inc. is focused on commercializing minimally invasive molecular diagnostics using body fluids. Website http://www.ExosomeDX.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “Exosome Diagnostics Garners $3,000,000 New Round”