Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d39e4e0e-af18-43f7-9047-18217d8359d5&Preview=1 Date 1/17/2012 Company Name ShopKeep Mailing Address 55 Broad Street 7th Floor New York, NY 10004 Company Description ShopKeep has developed a point-of-sale platform that retailers can use on the Apple iPad as well as with Mac-powered registers. The company also provides Web-based software, which can run in any browser, for … Continue reading “ShopKeep Secures $2,200,000 Series A Round”
Category: New York
JP Morgan: Where the Boys Are…And Not the Girls
I set off for five straight days at the annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference last Monday, but on the way drove the carpool to my daughter’s high school that morning in a last ditch attempt to act like a responsible and caring parent. My poor daughter gets completely abandoned during JP Morgan week every year … Continue reading “JP Morgan: Where the Boys Are…And Not the Girls”
Brainient Lands $1,800,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=267799b3-910e-4ad7-8fb1-e623f59a9961&Preview=1 Date 1/16/2012 Company Name Brainient Mailing Address 444 Broadway Fifth Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description Brainient is a company focused on making video ads more effective. We have three products in the wild: BrainAds – the first personalised video retargeting platform in the world, BrainRolls – a simple solution … Continue reading “Brainient Lands $1,800,000 New Funding”
MakerBot Industries Prints a New Dimension in Product Creation at CES
Three-year old MakerBot Industries in Brooklyn unveiled its new Replicator 3D printers at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, demonstrating how its technology can be used to create most anything users want to design—within a certain size, that is. A wide range of objects can be produced through 3D printing, which … Continue reading “MakerBot Industries Prints a New Dimension in Product Creation at CES”
With TV App, Dijit Hopes to Ride Out the Coming Apple Revolution in TV
I have a lot of Apple gear, and I’m pretty happy with it. There’s just one problem. The better Apple’s stuff gets, the less patience I have for everyone else’s clunky hardware and software. Televisions and all the boxes we hook up to them are the worst offenders. No two TV manufacturers or set-top-box makers … Continue reading “With TV App, Dijit Hopes to Ride Out the Coming Apple Revolution in TV”
How to Turn a Mobile Health Application into a Real Business
2011 has been a big year for health sciences technology and, specifically, mobile health. Venture capital investors, looking for the next big thing, are beginning to invest in companies developing mobile applications in the health and wellness sector. Smartphones are making new health care applications feasible, and one doesn’t have to look far to see … Continue reading “How to Turn a Mobile Health Application into a Real Business”
Universal Display Sees Its OLED Technology Shine through Samsung at CES
When Samsung Electronics unveiled its new 55-inch screen organic LED television at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Universal Display (Nasdaq: [[ticker:PANL]]) in Ewing, NJ saw its own prospects rise. Organic LED (OLED) technology uses razor-thin layers of organic semiconductor material to generate light and electronic displays. It is an alternative to traditional LED and LCD … Continue reading “Universal Display Sees Its OLED Technology Shine through Samsung at CES”
Jerome Rubin of E Ink and LexisNexis Dead at 86
A dark day in Boston is a little darker now. Jerome Rubin, the publishing executive and inventor who co-founded the display company E Ink and helped commercialize the online database that became LexisNexis, died from a stroke on Monday in New York City, according to a report by the Associated Press. He was 86. Rubin … Continue reading “Jerome Rubin of E Ink and LexisNexis Dead at 86”
Greenwashing
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] In both of my fields of distributed renewable energy infrastructure and environmental composites, I would throw a punch at corporations and/or public sector … Continue reading “Greenwashing”
Social TV Startup GetGlue Plots Expansion With $12M in New Funding
Tech entrepreneur Alex Iskold has always been a huge entertainment fan, especially when it comes to his favorite TV shows, but a few years back he was frustrated by what he saw as a major void in social media. “Even though I was on Facebook and Twitter, it was hard for me to find out … Continue reading “Social TV Startup GetGlue Plots Expansion With $12M in New Funding”
Q4 Venture Deals, Dollars Stayed Strong, Making 2011 Best in a Decade
Venture capital deals backed off just a tad during the last three months of 2011, but remained strong enough to carry VC activity during the year to a new high-water mark, according to data being released today by CB Insights, a financial data firm that maintains a venture capital database. VCs invested $7.6 billion in … Continue reading “Q4 Venture Deals, Dollars Stayed Strong, Making 2011 Best in a Decade”
Urtak Garners $500,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd9e2fe2-169f-4d0c-b21f-99358da75db8&Preview=1 Date 1/12/2012 Company Name Urtak Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 Company Description We started the Urtak project because we wanted a way to find out what any group of people think about any subject. There was no place to go to find this kind of information, and no way … Continue reading “Urtak Garners $500,000 Seed Financing”
From Flingo to Lantos to Shodogg: U.S. Startups Carve Out Niche at CES
For the first time ever, the International Consumer Electronics Show created a zone called Eureka Park specifically to showcase startups from across the country. Fledgling companies have come to CES before and can still be found elsewhere at the conference, but Eureka Park is a new way to highlight them at the 2012 show. At … Continue reading “From Flingo to Lantos to Shodogg: U.S. Startups Carve Out Niche at CES”
Me-Too Drugs
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] The FDA is the easy target for those of us who are in drug development. But what I am most mad about is … Continue reading “Me-Too Drugs”
Amicus Counts on “Chaperone” Tech to Enhance Rare Disease Treatments
On Thursday, Amicus Therapeutics CEO John Crowley will join the long procession of biotech executives making presentations at one of the industry’s most important gatherings, the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. But Crowley does have one claim to fame that makes him stand out from the crowd: He’s the only biotech CEO whose … Continue reading “Amicus Counts on “Chaperone” Tech to Enhance Rare Disease Treatments”
Regulatory Overkill
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] Regulatory overkill. We spend so much time and resources in the USA due to regulations that, while well-intentioned when conceived, are set into … Continue reading “Regulatory Overkill”
SohoOS Lands $8,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03372bb4-ce19-4783-b0df-6fdb72157476&Preview=1 Date 1/11/2012 Company Name SohoOS Mailing Address 10 W. 18th St New York, NY 10011 Company Description Our vision is to establish a new global micro-economy by empowering micro-businesses and freelancers worldwide with the management tools they need to flourish. First, to help stimulate and increase growth, and second, to provide … Continue reading “SohoOS Lands $8,000,000 Series B Financing”
Everyday Health Receives $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3cae9d9-0669-4cd2-9fe5-72502f8fd9b0&Preview=1 Date 1/11/2012 Company Name Everyday Health Mailing Address 345 Hudson St. 16th Floor New York, NY 10014 Company Description The company provides consumers, healthcare professionals, and brands with content and advertising-based services across a broad portfolio of over 25 websites that span the health spectrum – from lifestyle offerings in pregnancy, … Continue reading “Everyday Health Receives $15,000,000 New Round”
A .data Top-Level Internet Domain?
There’s been very little change in top-level internet domains (like .com, .org, .us, etc.) for a long time. But a number of years ago I started thinking about the possibility of having a new .data top-level domain (TLD). And starting this week, there’ll finally be a period when it’s possible to apply to create such a thing. … Continue reading “A .data Top-Level Internet Domain?”
Microsoft’s Ballmer Focuses on Windows 8 in His Last CES Keynote
At his curtain call—for the moment anyway—at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hyped his company’s efforts to innovate and compete across multiple platforms. Microsoft announced previously that after 2012 it will no longer give the keynote at CES. As they waited for seats Monday evening, some members of the press … Continue reading “Microsoft’s Ballmer Focuses on Windows 8 in His Last CES Keynote”
The Situation at the FDA: We Are All to Blame
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] It takes a lot to get me riled-up—I’m overly rational, if anything. Outside of the bad behavior we were supposed to outgrow in … Continue reading “The Situation at the FDA: We Are All to Blame”
BuzzFeed Nabs $15.5M for Viral News Site
New York-based BuzzFeed announced that it has brought in $15.5 million to build its increasingly popular social news publishing platform. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) led the round, with participation from Lerer Ventures, Hearst Media, Softbank, and RRE. BuzzFeed, founded in 2008, aggregates popular Web content and posts it under categories with names like “OMG,” “Cute,” … Continue reading “BuzzFeed Nabs $15.5M for Viral News Site”
Forma Reels In J&J With $700M Deal; 2nd Cancer Drug Discovery Partner in a Week
Forma Therapeutics has the hot hand among biotech startups in the early days of 2012. Today, it is announcing it has struck its second alliance with a Big Pharma company that wants Forma’s help discovering cancer drugs. The Watertown, MA-based biotech company is announcing today that Janssen Biotech, a unit of New Brunswick, NJ-based Johnson … Continue reading “Forma Reels In J&J With $700M Deal; 2nd Cancer Drug Discovery Partner in a Week”
New York’s Venture Emergence: The Agenda
The startup scene in New York is red hot, with a plethora of financings in e-commerce, ad technology, and yes, sometimes even biotechnology. The innovators in these cutting-edge industries are helping drive New York commerce in new directions—a major priority of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is on a mission to diversify the city’s economy. It is … Continue reading “New York’s Venture Emergence: The Agenda”
Of Patent Rats and Blaming Teachers
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What issues would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] There are two. The first is the state of the patent system, particularly as it affects computing hardware and software (broadly construed). … Continue reading “Of Patent Rats and Blaming Teachers”
TaskRabbit Burrows Further Into New York, Buys SkillSlate
Entrepreneurs in the crowdsourced-services niche must be feeling a lot like the knights battling the killer rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail these days. San Francisco service-networking site TaskRabbit, fresh off a $17.8 million funding round, is eating up the competition. According to an e-mail received Tuesday night from TaskRabbit marketing staffer Johnny … Continue reading “TaskRabbit Burrows Further Into New York, Buys SkillSlate”
EyeView Garners $5,200,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6dfaecb9-c1a8-4c46-a2e9-1d1aa4af0b17&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2012 Company Name EyeView Mailing Address 770 Broadway 2nd floor New York, NY 10003 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 $5,200,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “EyeView Garners $5,200,000 Series B Financing”
TaskRabbit Acquires SkillSlate for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21c9ad78-0d36-46b9-b5cc-b6091ceb4e09&Preview=1 Date 1/10/2012 Company Name SkillSlate Mailing Address 28 W. 27th St. New York, NY 10001 Company Description Our mission is to empower individual service providers to connect directly with consumers who are looking to hire trusted, high quality service providers. Website http://www.SkillSlate.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds … Continue reading “TaskRabbit Acquires SkillSlate for Undisclosed Sum”
Lack of Funding For Innovative Biotech Companies
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] The most important issue facing Aastrom and many other companies in biotechnology is the lack of adequate funding to support innovative new companies, … Continue reading “Lack of Funding For Innovative Biotech Companies”
NYC Tech Startup Fundings: Maxymiser, Contently, Zeel
The rapidly growing tech startup scene in New York has started 2012 with a funding boom. Here are some of the financings revealed just in the last few days. —Web optimization provider Maxymiser announced January 6 that it has raised a $12 million Series B round from Investor Growth Capital, with participation from existing investor Pentech … Continue reading “NYC Tech Startup Fundings: Maxymiser, Contently, Zeel”
Benefits and Roadblocks of Corporate Partnering for Startups
Fifteen years ago, the expansion model of a startup was fairly linear: The first three years were dedicated to building the business domestically. Year four generally saw European expansion. And by year five, the company was starting to explore the Asian markets. The emergence of the Web as a viable commerce vehicle, though, brought about … Continue reading “Benefits and Roadblocks of Corporate Partnering for Startups”
Five Myths You’ll Hear This Week at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
Biotech pilgrims are gathering today for the biggest industry frenzy of the year, the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. This confab in San Francisco’s Union Square is the singular place each year where essentially all industry mover/shakers—and many wannabes—gather for a marathon week of investment scouting, dealmaking, publicity seeking, job-hunting, and schmoozing. I’ve been going to … Continue reading “Five Myths You’ll Hear This Week at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference”
BuzzFeed Secures $15,500,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d35267d4-b438-455c-8ffb-4123d6ae5336&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2012 Company Name BuzzFeed Mailing Address 113 Spring Street New York, NY 10012 Company Description The web is a 24/7 popularity contest. We help the good stuff win.We feature the kind of things you’d want to pass along to your friends: an outrageous video that’s about to go viral, an … Continue reading “BuzzFeed Secures $15,500,000 Series C Funding”
Contently Obtains $2,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b80c4a3-f067-4502-b9c0-79dcf9a44d9a&Preview=1 Date 1/7/2012 Company Name Contently Mailing Address 902 Broadway 4th Floor New York, NY 10019 Company Description Contently began as an open marketplace for writers and publishers, and evolved into a platform where real journalists can manage their freelance careers, and where brands-turned-publishers can create and manage editorial operations. Website http://www.contently.com … Continue reading “Contently Obtains $2,000,000 Series A Funding”
Hackruiter Secures $200,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b53d028-9691-431d-9a81-eab9769c1178&Preview=1 Date 1/7/2012 Company Name Hackruiter Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 Company Description Hacker School is a three-month, full-time school in New York for becoming a better programmer. We’re free as in beer, and provide space, a little structure, time to focus, and a friendly community of smart builders dedicated … Continue reading “Hackruiter Secures $200,000 Seed Funding Round”
DailyWorth Gets $2M in Round Led by Joanne Wilson and Howard Lindzon
DailyWorth.com in New York, an online community and daily e-mail which offers women personal finance and career information, raised $2 million, according to a press release. Joanne Wilson and Howard Lindzon, the co-founder of StockTwits, led the round. Thus far DailyWorth has raised more than $3 million, which includes backing from angel investor group Robin Hood … Continue reading “DailyWorth Gets $2M in Round Led by Joanne Wilson and Howard Lindzon”
Gathering Around the Tablet: A Glimpse of the Future
How will the media habits of families, especially those with young kids, evolve in the era of the tablet computer? I got an interesting perspective on that question over the holidays, which I spent with my brother and his family in Alaska. Jamie and his wife Jen Athey have two loveable children, aged four (Kieran) … Continue reading “Gathering Around the Tablet: A Glimpse of the Future”
NumberFire Obtains $650,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c36fc096-1031-4b6b-82b7-27600fb23e75&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2012 Company Name NumberFire Mailing Address 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10003 Company Description numberFire’s propietary technology helps you make smarter decisions by analyzing historical results, and making comparisons between how things happened in the past and how things might happen in the future. Website http://www.numberfire.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “NumberFire Obtains $650,000 Seed Funding Round”
Maxymiser Receives $12,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b029997-f7f1-497c-a0c2-3bef839b0d6a&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2012 Company Name Maxymiser Mailing Address 22 Cortlandt St. 16th Floor New York, NY 10007 Company Description Maxymiser is the global expert in multivariate testing, personalization and optimization solutions. Website http://www.maxymiser.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The funding will be used to help … Continue reading “Maxymiser Receives $12,000,000 New Financing”
ChartBeat Garners $975,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6cac2e9-fb48-4258-890c-9f894f6deb30&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2012 Company Name ChartBeat Mailing Address 416 W. 13th St. New York, NY 10014 Company Description Chartbeat provides real-time data analytics and performance alerts for your website. Website http://www.chartbeat.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $975,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms … Continue reading “ChartBeat Garners $975,000 New Funding”
Social Retail Summit
This afternoon conference will feature discussions about activating online retail communities, flash sales and daily deals, and the role of offline sales in social retail. Speakers include Andrew Ferenci, director of product development at Buddy Media, Ryan O’Donnell, co-founder and CEO of Lets Gift It, and Alexis Fenton, chief marketing officer for Nolcha’s Independent Retailer … Continue reading “Social Retail Summit”
Merck Pours $17M Into Physicians Interactive’s Web Tools for Docs
Marlborough, MA-based Physicians Interactive Holdings announced today that it has formed a deal with Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, a unit of the Whitehouse Station, NJ-based drug giant. Merck (NYSE: [[ticker:MRK]]) has pledged $8.5 million up front and another $8.5 million in milestone payments to Physicians Interactive, which was founded in 2008 and makes a range of … Continue reading “Merck Pours $17M Into Physicians Interactive’s Web Tools for Docs”
Survey: Tech Executives Saw More Pay in 2011, Life Sciences Inched Up
[Updated 1:45 p.m. ET] Executive compensation held relatively steady in 2011 among privately-held life sciences companies, while their peers in the technology sector continued to see salary increases, according to the annual CompStudy survey produced by executive search firm J. Robert Scott and law firm WilmerHale in collaboration with Noam Wasserman, associate professor of business administration … Continue reading “Survey: Tech Executives Saw More Pay in 2011, Life Sciences Inched Up”
CircuLite Attracts Big Support for Tiny Heart-Assist Device
Yesterday Saddle Brook, NJ-based CircuLite announced it received a $950,000 grant to develop a device for patients whose hearts have been weakened by pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and potentially fatal disease. The award, which came from the Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund, was the latest vote of confidence in CircuLite’s core technology—a miniscule, … Continue reading “CircuLite Attracts Big Support for Tiny Heart-Assist Device”
IAC Subsidiary Proust Shutting Down At End of Month
Nearly two years after it was founded within Internet company IAC (Nasdaq: [[ticker:IACI]]) in New York, social scrapbook Proust.com will be no more. E-mails sent out Wednesday announced the website will shut down on Jan. 31. Proust, for now, is an online scrapbook that lets users selectively share personal stories along with photos and videos … Continue reading “IAC Subsidiary Proust Shutting Down At End of Month”
Inspiration Bio Founders and Execs Inspired by New Boston Headquarters
When New York hedge fund manager John Taylor co-founded Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals in 2004, his main goal was to help his son, who suffers from the blood-clotting disorder hemophilia. So he and co-founder Scott Martin—a Texan who also has a child with hemophilia—set up a virtual biotech company and began pursuing new treatments for the disease. … Continue reading “Inspiration Bio Founders and Execs Inspired by New Boston Headquarters”
2tor Elevates Chip Paucek to CEO, Shifts Headquarters to Maryland
Education technology startup 2tor in New York said Wednesday it appointed president and co-founder Chip Paucek as its CEO. John Katzman, the founding CEO, remains with the company as executive chairman. With Paucek’s appointment, 2tor’s headquarters shifts to its Landover, MD offices. The company will maintain its New York operations and also has offices in … Continue reading “2tor Elevates Chip Paucek to CEO, Shifts Headquarters to Maryland”
Loosen the Rules Stifling IPOs by Venture-Backed Startups
[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] What would I be willing to throw a punch over? Solving the small-cap IPO bottleneck … to unleash the job creating potential of … Continue reading “Loosen the Rules Stifling IPOs by Venture-Backed Startups”
Wantworthy Garners $859,998 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=28e4a21f-f7ce-436b-9476-3821a9d38aa2&Preview=1 Date 1/4/2012 Company Name Wantworthy Mailing Address 841 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10003 Company Description Just drag and drop the Wantworthy button to your browser’s bookmarks toolbar. Click the button while you’re shopping online to save the items you want from any site to your Wantworthy list. Come back … Continue reading “Wantworthy Garners $859,998 New Financing”
ThinkEco Secures $5,360,876 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70797eaf-7dc1-4d35-87ea-e92b4e3e5df1&Preview=1 Date 1/4/2012 Company Name ThinkEco Mailing Address 148 Madison Avenue 8th Floor New York, NY 10016 Company Description ThinkEco, Inc. develops easy-to-use energy efficiency products for homes and businesses, and easy-to-integrate solutions for channel partners. Website http://www.thinkecoinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,360,876 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “ThinkEco Secures $5,360,876 New Funding”