Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf47396f-a27c-43d3-b55e-710ffc3da7f4 Date 10/6/2016 Company Name Payoneer Mailing Address 410 Park Avenue 15th Floor New York, NY 10022 USA Company Description At Payoneer, a privately-held company, a registered MSP with MasterCard, operated by a team of experienced financial and technology veterans, we understand the need to make payments quickly and easily in today’s … Continue reading “Payoneer Garners $180,000,000 New Financing”
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Capital One Financial Acquires Paribus for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e7ba770-5e21-432b-b353-43736f9473ee Date 10/6/2016 Company Name Paribus Mailing Address 625 Broadway 2nd Floor New York, NY 10012 USA Company Description The Paribus team brings years of experience in advanced data structures and algorithms, data security and privacy, consumer advocacy, and retail sales. We used to help Fortune 500 companies solve their complex optimization … Continue reading “Capital One Financial Acquires Paribus for Undisclosed Sum”
With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing
[Updated 10/6/16, 12:17 p.m. See below.] Drugs that use molecular scissors to snip out or replace defective genes. Altered mosquitoes meant to sabotage entire disease-carrying populations. Both are potential uses of genome editing, which thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 system has spread throughout the world’s biology labs and is now on the doorstep of the outside … Continue reading “With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing”
Is Your Organization Ready to Become an Ecosystem Driver?
[This article is co-authored by Stephanie Woerner.] Dominating business-to-consumer sales, Amazon seems ready to take over the world of business-to-business too. In its first year, Amazon Business generated $1 billion in sales. However, there is still room for competition. It’s not yet an ecosystem driver in B2B, although the longer it takes for other business … Continue reading “Is Your Organization Ready to Become an Ecosystem Driver?”
Octane Lending Obtains Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3567d297-706a-4d4e-bf0f-2fb7f9d46245 Date 10/5/2016 Company Name Octane Lending Mailing Address 344 West 38th Street New York, NY 10018 USA Company Description Octane Lending was founded in 2013 to solve many of the pain points associated with the indirect consumer powersports F&I process. Our platform solves three major pains points we found from interviewing … Continue reading “Octane Lending Obtains Series A Round”
Green Blender Receives $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85ec024b-2555-4abb-9f60-3eba150c0707 Date 10/5/2016 Company Name Green Blender Mailing Address 10-40 44th Drive Long Island City, NY 11101 USA Company Description Join the Green Blender Smoothie Club to get five hand crafted smoothie recipes, and all the ingredients you’ll need to make them, delivered to your door each week. Website http://www.greenblender.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Green Blender Receives $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
Paperspace Secures $4,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1363d7d-cc03-48fe-9614-da6677733297 Date 10/5/2016 Company Name Paperspace Mailing Address 78 South 4th St. Brooklyn, NY 11249 USA Company Description Paperspace started with the idea that buying and managing computers is an unnecessarily painful and expensive process. By renting a powerful desktop in the cloud, it is finally possible to get rid of the … Continue reading “Paperspace Secures $4,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Mast Mobile Lands $5,789,317 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=19ba38eb-6c50-43b1-ba5b-db9738b309ce Date 10/5/2016 Company Name Mast Mobile Mailing Address 335 Madison Avenue 3rd Floor New York, NY 10029 USA Company Description All work-related calls and texts are linked to a single number on your mobile phone. No more confusion caused by separate office and mobile numbers – or giving your personal mobile … Continue reading “Mast Mobile Lands $5,789,317 New Round”
In Cloud Security Move, Akamai Scoops Up Soha Systems
Akamai has announced its second acquisition in less than a week. The Cambridge, MA-based technology company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AKAM]]) said Tuesday it has acquired Soha Systems, a startup based in Sunnyvale, CA. Terms of the all-cash deal were undisclosed. Soha makes software to help businesses remotely and securely access applications hosted in data centers and hybrid … Continue reading “In Cloud Security Move, Akamai Scoops Up Soha Systems”
CCIT: Foundations Are the New VCs
From the event organizer: How Foundations Fund the Life Sciences in NJ Join us at the CCIT Incubator, located at the Technology Centre of New Jersey, a 75 acre life sciences research park in the heart of NJ’s Research Corridor, for an insightful conversation about how life sciences companies are being funded by research foundations, … Continue reading “CCIT: Foundations Are the New VCs”
Post FDA Approval, Sarepta Wheels and Deals for Combo Duchenne Drugs
Sarepta Therapeutics recently won the first FDA approval for a Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug, eteplirsen (Exondys 51). But the future for patients with the complex, progressive, fatal genetic disease is likely to lie in combinations of therapies, and that’s something Sarepta has clearly decided to pursue through deal-making. For the second time in two weeks, … Continue reading “Post FDA Approval, Sarepta Wheels and Deals for Combo Duchenne Drugs”
Lyft, IBM, & Others Discuss the Convergence of AI and Marketing
What do artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other innovations have in store for the future of marketing? That was a key question addressed by a panel that included the chief marketing officers from Lyft, IBM Watson, and CVS Health. They gathered last week in New York at 1 World Trade Center to discuss changes consumers … Continue reading “Lyft, IBM, & Others Discuss the Convergence of AI and Marketing”
Pager Garners $5,214,082 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00cea0fe-6428-4531-9d03-6fa3809aefcc Date 10/4/2016 Company Name Pager Mailing Address 55 Fifth Avenue 18th Floor New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description Pager was started in 2013 in New York City by seasoned entrepreneurs Philip Eytan, Gaspard de Dreuzy and Oscar Salazar. Prior to Pager, Gaspard started several gaming companies, and the online broker … Continue reading “Pager Garners $5,214,082 New Round”
Criteo Acquires HookLogic for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0226550b-baba-4bbc-9aef-f52b50048ce7 Date 10/4/2016 Company Name HookLogic Mailing Address 99 Hudson Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description Brands can reach shoppers, drive traffic, and attribute sales through this performance marketing platform spanning the largest retail and travel sites. Website http://www.hooklogic.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds … Continue reading “Criteo Acquires HookLogic for Undisclosed Sum”
Taking Aim at Alexion, Ra Pharma Heads to IPO Queue
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria may be an ultra-rare blood disease, but Alexion Pharmaceuticals makes over $2 billion a year by selling the only approved drug for it, eculizumab (Soliris). Ra Pharmaceuticals is one of those developing an alternative, and the Cambridge, MA, company is looking to Wall Street to help fund the clinical work. Ra filed … Continue reading “Taking Aim at Alexion, Ra Pharma Heads to IPO Queue”
Bio Roundup: CAR-T & Migraine Races, Intra-Cellular, Rockefeller & More
The presidential race captivated millions of TV viewers this week as the first debate took place in Hofstra. But biotech watchers had other races on their mind. Who will be first to market with a new type of cancer treatment known as CAR-T? Who will break free of the pack of companies developing drugs meant … Continue reading “Bio Roundup: CAR-T & Migraine Races, Intra-Cellular, Rockefeller & More”
Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI
With public interest in artificial intelligence technologies on the rise, five of the world’s largest corporations—vying against each other in so many spheres—are banding together to support research on the ethical and societal issues raised by machines with increasingly human-like capabilities. The Partnership on AI, formally unveiled Wednesday, includes Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Google and … Continue reading “Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI”
Cell Culture Agtech Offers Prospect of Meat and Milk Without the Moo
The idea of using laboratory techniques to create food sounds like something out of science fiction—think of the food replicators depicted on Star Trek. But the concept of lab-grown food is gaining traction as entrepreneurs and scientists look for ways to make more animal products while also diminishing the food industry’s impact on the environment. … Continue reading “Cell Culture Agtech Offers Prospect of Meat and Milk Without the Moo”
LiquidSky Secures $4,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6e173001-8381-49d2-a624-6554260af7c2 Date 9/29/2016 Company Name LiquidSky Mailing Address 163 West Main St. Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA Company Description Create a free account and make sure you verify it through our SMS verification system. Your status will be pending and added to the beta waitlist. Skip the beta wait list by referring 3 … Continue reading “LiquidSky Secures $4,000,000 New Funding Round”
AppNexus Secures $31,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f343f483-646f-4c47-9fe0-6e1a087a759d Date 9/29/2016 Company Name AppNexus Mailing Address 28 West 23rd Street 4th Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description AppNexus technology powers the most innovative trading solutions and marketplaces for Internet advertising. We power the ads that power the Internet. Website http://www.appnexus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $31,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “AppNexus Secures $31,000,000 New Round”
Kustomer Receives $12,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c279af01-3993-4d72-82c8-e7fabcedc058 Date 9/29/2016 Company Name Kustomer Mailing Address 530 7th Ave. New York, NY 10018 USA Company Description Kustomer is the first intelligent customer relationship platform that focuses on people, not tickets. Website http://www.kustomer.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Kustomer Receives $12,500,000 New Financing”
Intra-Cellular Shares Sink As Schizophrenia Drug Flunks Final Test
[Updated 9/29/16, see below] Several promising antipsychotic drugs have made it to late-stage clinical trials only to come up short. Today, you can add an experimental treatment from Intra-Cellular Therapies to the list. Shares of New York-based Intra-Cellular (NASDAQ: [[ticker;ITCI]]) cratered late Wednesday, falling more than 67 percent in after-hours trading after the company disclosed … Continue reading “Intra-Cellular Shares Sink As Schizophrenia Drug Flunks Final Test”
An IoT Connected Doghouse and Other Ideas Surface at ERA Demo Day
Smart-home technology has gone to the dogs. New York-based Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) graduated 12 startups today, including Dog Parker—a connected doghouse that minds people’s pets while they shop at stores. That is one example of the broad array of ideas in this class, said Jonathan Axelrod, managing director with ERA, reflecting the many different … Continue reading “An IoT Connected Doghouse and Other Ideas Surface at ERA Demo Day”
NS1 Secures $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0235e093-3cbe-4f03-ae4d-f97bf49f5a62 Date 9/28/2016 Company Name NS1 Mailing Address 16 Beaver Street 3rd Floor New York, NY 10004 USA Company Description NS1 converges real-time user, network, and infrastructure data to optimize delivery of mission critical applications and websites. Website http://www.ns1.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “NS1 Secures $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Updater Garners $30,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5cb7b4e-2453-40db-a4a3-9801ccbc0aa3 Date 9/28/2016 Company Name Updater Mailing Address 1140 Broadway New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Updater’s mission is to simplify the way we move. In addition to being America’s favorite change of address website, we continue to offer new and innovative features that fundamentally change the relocation process — making … Continue reading “Updater Garners $30,000,000 New Financing Round”
New Rockefeller Prez Takes Stock of “Wildly Underdeveloped” NY Bio Scene
As the child of a military physicist, Richard Lifton was forced to move around a lot, from Washington, DC, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Ankara, Turkey. As an adult he settled in Connecticut, where he became a renowned geneticist at Yale University. Now he’s on the move again, relocating to New York, where he faces … Continue reading “New Rockefeller Prez Takes Stock of “Wildly Underdeveloped” NY Bio Scene”
theSkimm Secures $500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64eb4071-b5c9-40a7-8fa4-9be94b53cce4 Date 9/27/2016 Company Name theSkimm Mailing Address 30 East 20th Street New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description theSkimm is the daily newsletter that simplifies the headlines for the educated professional who knows enough to know she needs more. We do the reading for you and explain it with fresh editorial … Continue reading “theSkimm Secures $500,000 New Funding Round”
FreshDirect Obtains $189,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c04e1e83-ead3-45c8-b058-9e2af1d527d0 Date 9/27/2016 Company Name FreshDirect Mailing Address 23-30 Borden Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 USA Company Description FreshDirect makes online grocery shopping fast and easy. Find fresh, high quality food and meals, plus all your supermarket brand favorites. Website http://www.freshdirect.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $189,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “FreshDirect Obtains $189,000,000 New Funding”
Kite Unveils Anticipated CAR-T Cancer Data: Positive But Not Complete
Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: [[ticker:KITE]]) has dipped into a highly anticipated clinical trial of its cancer treatment, KTE-C19, to release a partial set of data. Although not complete, the data bolster the view that Kite could be the first among its peers, all developing cutting-edge cancer treatments from a patient’s own white blood cells, to win … Continue reading “Kite Unveils Anticipated CAR-T Cancer Data: Positive But Not Complete”
Minerva Tantoco, IBM, Microsoft, Foursquare & Others on Future of AI
Making the artificial feel more natural is one of the goals of computer scientists these days. Last week in New York, innovators from IBM, Foursquare, Microsoft, and other companies discussed what may lie ahead in the commercial development of artificial intelligence. From baby steps in machine learning to longer strides in interacting with humans, AI … Continue reading “Minerva Tantoco, IBM, Microsoft, Foursquare & Others on Future of AI”
BrightFarms’ Indoor Farming System Lands $30M to Grow
Consumers can easily make garden salads year round because grocery stores get their greens from farms across the country where items like lettuce are always in season. But those leafy greens and tomatoes don’t necessarily have to travel hundreds of miles to reach salad plates. Agtech startup BrightFarms uses indoor farming to try to shorten … Continue reading “BrightFarms’ Indoor Farming System Lands $30M to Grow”
ScrollMotion Obtains $5,590,607 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f51e7ca-e3f2-472c-9cdb-de553b53cf71 Date 9/26/2016 Company Name ScrollMotion Mailing Address 7 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Our solution makes it easy for businesses to create the same engaging mobile content, distribute it globally, and track it securely. We can help transform the way your employees work, sell and communicate in … Continue reading “ScrollMotion Obtains $5,590,607 New Round”
GenePeeks Lands $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=509ccec3-1df6-4f6f-92c4-f2c69c85d838 Date 9/26/2016 Company Name GenePeeks Mailing Address 175 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 USA Company Description A breakthrough analysis of genetic risk: digitally simulating the true complexity of reproductive genetics. Website http://www.genepeeks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 29 … Continue reading “GenePeeks Lands $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
Bio Roundup: Mylan Grilled, Duchenne Kids Thrilled, Zuck-Chan & More
Another biopharma executive went before Congress to explain drug price hikes. Unlike Martin Shkreli, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch actually answered questions. Taking heat over the EpiPen scandal, she tried to stick to her script, getting testy when legislators brought up a USA Today story about her mother helping market the life-saving anti-allergy injection to schools. … Continue reading “Bio Roundup: Mylan Grilled, Duchenne Kids Thrilled, Zuck-Chan & More”
Tech Transforms the Election Experience, From VR to Voter Registration
My friend Eileen and I are planning to “phone-watch” the first presidential debate together on Monday. Just by calling her number in Louisiana from my couch in the Bay Area, I’ll hear hilarious commentary on the Clinton-Trump exchange from Eileen, a terrific reporter who’s wittier than most standup comics. I found another name for this … Continue reading “Tech Transforms the Election Experience, From VR to Voter Registration”
In Turnaround Saga, Ignyta Nears Crucial Phase in Cancer Drug Trial
Biotech CEO Jonathan Lim co-founded Ignyta in 2011 to commercialize a new approach to diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis, based on discoveries that showed how changes in methyl group molecules associated with the human genome could change the way genes function. Instead, Lim may end up showing how to breathe new life into a life … Continue reading “In Turnaround Saga, Ignyta Nears Crucial Phase in Cancer Drug Trial”
GameCo Lands $8,250,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=956b83ec-5cac-44b2-8b07-14b1afc4ea12 Date 9/23/2016 Company Name GameCo Mailing Address 120 East 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description GameCo, Inc. (gco.gg) is a pioneering new company poised to unite video games with real-money casino floor gaming. GameCo is the creator of the world’s first skill-based video game gambling machines (VGM™). Website … Continue reading “GameCo Lands $8,250,000 Series A Financing Round”
BrightFarms Garners $30,100,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0eb03f0f-ffc3-4dbd-b718-6cc050e42bf0 Date 9/23/2016 Company Name BrightFarms Mailing Address 211 East 48th Street 2nd Floor New York, NY 07024 USA Company Description We finance, design, build and operate greenhouse farms at or near supermarkets. Our quest is to bring commercial scale urban agriculture to the market, take our farms and the industry to … Continue reading “BrightFarms Garners $30,100,000 Series C Funding Round”
BrightLine Receives $20,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc33e2b3-5335-4ce6-a1cd-f1aa83a72aee Date 9/23/2016 Company Name BrightLine Mailing Address 565 5th Avenue New York, NY 10017 USA Company Description Interactive Advertising for Connected TV and OTT Devices Website http://www.brightline.tv Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes We will use the investment to support the growth in dynamic … Continue reading “BrightLine Receives $20,000,000 Series A Financing”
Sarepta Preps For Sales As Insurers Unlikely To Deny Duchenne Drug
Kathryn Wagner treats boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and fatal genetic disease. She thinks the first drug ever approved to treat Duchenne is “horrendously expensive,” and she’s not comfortable with the data that the FDA said was good enough to merit the approval, which was announced with great controversy this week. But Wagner … Continue reading “Sarepta Preps For Sales As Insurers Unlikely To Deny Duchenne Drug”
Talk Bio Diversity With Sato, McGuire at Disruptors on Oct. 20
Gender diversity, or rather the lack of it, remains a problem in biotech board rooms, C-suites, and venture firms. As Polaris Partners general partner and co-founder Terry McGuire wrote in a recent op-ed, quite simply, “we need to do better.” McGuire will join Vicki Sato—a professor of management practice at Harvard University and a former … Continue reading “Talk Bio Diversity With Sato, McGuire at Disruptors on Oct. 20”
TrueFacet Lands $6,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9eeb9dae-c1bf-4548-9bb4-4de16682bb57 Date 9/22/2016 Company Name TrueFacet Mailing Address 592 5th Ave. New York, NY 10036 USA Company Description Our TrueFacet certification guarantees that every piece we sell is 100% real and authentic. We do not accept any items that are fake, knock-off, or inauthentic. Website http://www.truefacet.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “TrueFacet Lands $6,000,000 New Funding”
Boom Fantasy Garners $2,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2162c507-6773-4255-b0bb-521cad501071 Date 9/22/2016 Company Name Boom Fantasy Mailing Address 335 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 USA Company Description Boom Shakalaka is an in-game fantasy sports product, pushing real-time questions to users (e.g. Will Adam Vinatieri make this 50-yard field goal? Will A-Rod hit a homerun in this at-bat?) and allowing them … Continue reading “Boom Fantasy Garners $2,500,000 New Round”
Troops.ai Secures $7,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10959c65-f95d-44cc-8f43-dbf2270f5100 Date 9/22/2016 Company Name Troops.ai Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10018 USA Company Description Push and pull customer information in seconds. Troops brings Salesforce data right to your messaging platform of choice. Intelligent reminders make sure you never miss a follow-up email or task again. Website http://www.troops.ai Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Troops.ai Secures $7,000,000 New Funding”
Announcing Xconomy’s Agtech and Food Channel
A core tenet of Xconomy—and the reason behind our broad coverage across information technology, life sciences, energy, and more—is that the most interesting and important innovations often arise from the intersection of different disciplines. One of the most important intersections today is between agriculture, the life sciences, and information technology—as evidenced by the growing field … Continue reading “Announcing Xconomy’s Agtech and Food Channel”
4C Receives $26,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=336725d1-5124-4535-9a10-ad3717cd29f0 Date 9/21/2016 Company Name 4C Mailing Address 1133 Broadway New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description We build technology that makes TV and Social Media work better, together. See how 4C helps you make Multi-screen, Multi-channel Marketing Magic. Website http://www.4cinsights.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $26,000,000 Transaction Round Series C … Continue reading “4C Receives $26,000,000 Series C Financing”
Vestwell Garners $4,500,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fdbe619b-91a2-49dd-97d0-fbb5bdd56549 Date 9/21/2016 Company Name Vestwell Mailing Address 110 Wall Street New York, NY 11001 USA Company Description Learn more at Vestwell.com and on Twitter @Vestwell. Vestwell Advisors is a subsidiary of Vestwell, a 3(38) and 3(21) SEC registered investment advisory firm, specializing in 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement investment management … Continue reading “Vestwell Garners $4,500,000 Seed Financing Round”
With Tobira Deal, Allergan Keeps Shopping For “Questionable” Assets
[Updated 9/20/16, 4:45 p.m. See below.] Since its mega-merger with drug giant Pfizer (NYSE: [[ticker:PFE]]) fell apart, Allergan has been on an acquisition spree of its own. Its latest purchase has the highest profile—and highest premium—of the lot. Allergan (NYSE: [[ticker:AGN]]) said today it is paying up to $1.7 billion for Tobira Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TBRA]]), … Continue reading “With Tobira Deal, Allergan Keeps Shopping For “Questionable” Assets”
Viddyad Takes Grand Prize at L’Oréal USA Women in Digital Program
It will be easier for more businesses to create and share video ads if Grainne Barron has her way. Last week, Barron, the founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Viddyad, was named this year’s grand prize winner at the L’Oréal USA Women in Digital awards held in New York. Viddyad is a platform that lets … Continue reading “Viddyad Takes Grand Prize at L’Oréal USA Women in Digital Program”
Regeneron, in Pain Drug Race With Pfizer & Lilly, Gets $250M From Teva
Millions of people in the U.S. suffer from chronic forms of pain, but the treatment options aren’t great. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is locked in a race with Eli Lilly and Pfizer to develop an alternative, and today the Tarrytown, NY, company just got a big chunk of cash to speed the way forward. Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE: … Continue reading “Regeneron, in Pain Drug Race With Pfizer & Lilly, Gets $250M From Teva”