Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=22fe04af-8f2a-4ab9-aacf-fbf19be1de24&Preview=1 Date 6/25/2013 Company Name BUMP Network Mailing Address 1295 Prospect St La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description At BUMP Network, we are re-envisioning membership marketing, offering powerful, yet easy-to-use, software for managing any organization’s membership from sign up to redemption. Website http://www.bump-network.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,060,791 Transaction Round … Continue reading “BUMP Network Lands $4,060,791 New Round”
Category: San Diego
Snapchat Garners $60,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29a3eccc-097a-4ea9-b798-0ae75d6ca913&Preview=1 Date 6/24/2013 Company Name Snapchat Mailing Address 523 Ocean Front Walk Venice, CA 90291 Company Description Snapchat is a new way to share photos with friends and family. We’re making social media fun again. And we’re totally mobile. Website http://www.snapchat.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $60,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Snapchat Garners $60,000,000 Series B Funding”
Vital Therapies Garners $8,280,339 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=791cec77-ed8c-4834-9abb-8e0eb55727f2&Preview=1 Date 6/24/2013 Company Name Vital Therapies Mailing Address 15222 Avenue of Science San Diego, CA 92128 Company Description Vital Therapies, Inc. (VTI) is a new company formed in 2003 to continue the development of the ELAD (Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device) System, which augments the metabolic functions of a patient’s liver, thereby … Continue reading “Vital Therapies Garners $8,280,339 New Financing Round”
Battle of the Bluetooth Speakers: Big Sound in Small Packages
Back in 2009, Lief Storer realized he was putting his own safety in jeopardy every time he donned his big DJ headphones before biking to work. “I had a tough time picking up traffic coming at me from the rear,” he says. But he didn’t want to give up his music. So he jammed an … Continue reading “Battle of the Bluetooth Speakers: Big Sound in Small Packages”
San Diego’s Salka Looks to Develop Renewable Energy Throughout U.S.
There’s a new renewable energy development firm in town. Jiddu Tapia, who previously oversaw wind farm development for the U.S. subsidiary of the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa Technology, plans to pursue similar deals in wind and solar energy for Salka, a business he’s recently established in San Diego to arrange financing, develop, build, and … Continue reading “San Diego’s Salka Looks to Develop Renewable Energy Throughout U.S.”
Are Apple, Google, and Facebook Done Innovating? Readers Speak
In the world of tech journalism, the fastest way to start an argument is to say something critical about Apple. When you throw in Google and Facebook, you really know there are going to be fireworks. That’s exactly what happened over the weekend after we published my column “Don’t Panic, But We’ve Passed Peak Apple. … Continue reading “Are Apple, Google, and Facebook Done Innovating? Readers Speak”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Aragon, Santarus, Tocagen, and More
The $1 billion buyout of San Diego’s Aragon Pharmaceuticals is expected to greatly expand Johnson & Johnson’s drug pipeline for treating prostate cancer. We have that at the top of San Diego’s life sciences news, along with other developments over the past week. —Moving to capitalize on the success of its prostate cancer drug, abiraterone … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Aragon, Santarus, Tocagen, and More”
Vertos Medical Obtains $23,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=07b4bc94-c762-4736-81df-0b1349819c8a&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2013 Company Name Vertos Medical Mailing Address 101 Enterprise Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Company Description Vertos Medical is a privately held, medical device company that has pioneered percutaneous interventional devices used in the treatment of common spinal diseases, such as lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Website http://www.vertosmed.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Vertos Medical Obtains $23,000,000 New Funding Round”
Combatant Gentlemen Obtains $1,840,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a615184-2b54-458a-92e9-9c975d30c57c&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2013 Company Name Combatant Gentlemen Mailing Address 1326 Scholarship Irvine, CA 92612 Company Description Combatant Gentlemen skips the wholesale middleman to relay our goods directly to the consumer. We save you a large percentage off the merchandise, while still upholding the same quality you would find in the best mens … Continue reading “Combatant Gentlemen Obtains $1,840,000 New Financing”
Ernst & Young Names 2013 Entrepreneurs of the Year for San Diego
Santarus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SNTS]]) CEO Gerald Proehl has been named as the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for San Diego in the life sciences category, and EcoATM CEO Tom Tullie won as Entrepreneur of the Year in technology. Both executives were selected from a list of regional finalists by an independent panel of … Continue reading “Ernst & Young Names 2013 Entrepreneurs of the Year for San Diego”
Card Scanning Solutions Receives New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9db48b0-d49c-451d-a144-99b410fabece&Preview=1 Date 6/19/2013 Company Name Card Scanning Solutions Mailing Address 6167 Bristol Parkway Culver City, CA 90230 Company Description The company’s innovative solutions process data from drivers licenses, ID’s, business cards, passports, checks, and medical cards. Card Scanning Solutions offers valuable solutions that allow data to be accurately read, captured, and exported … Continue reading “Card Scanning Solutions Receives New Funding”
In Challenge to SurveyMonkey, SlimSurveys Bets Big on Brevity
In this “always on” era of online products and services, there is a time-saving appeal to the product introduced today by San Diego-based SlimSurveys. It’s designed to help businesses gather feedback from customers without sucking up too much of their time. “We wanted to build a company from the perspective of the survey respondent,” CEO Sean … Continue reading “In Challenge to SurveyMonkey, SlimSurveys Bets Big on Brevity”
Trendspotting: Commerce on Facebook
Social media’s impact on global e-commerce is being felt everywhere. By promoting products via social media outlets, e-commerce companies have invited customers to spread interest and awareness of their brands through liking, reviewing, and sharing products with their network of friends. Commerce on social media has become a hot trend for many e-commerce firms to … Continue reading “Trendspotting: Commerce on Facebook”
New Ambrx CEO Discusses Latest Deal, with China’s Zhejiang Medicine
San Diego’s Ambrx, co-founded in 2003 by the prominent chemist Peter Schultz (who remains on its board), has advanced its technology for antibody-drug conjugates by forging a series of drug discovery and development partnerships with Big Pharmas like Merck, Eli Lilly, Astellas, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Now, in what a spokeswoman calls a “significant departure” from … Continue reading “New Ambrx CEO Discusses Latest Deal, with China’s Zhejiang Medicine”
The Lean LaunchPad Educators Class
The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. This week 100 educators from around the world will come to Stanford to learn how to teach it. Life is full of unintended consequences. Ten years ago I started thinking about why startups are different from existing companies. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were … Continue reading “The Lean LaunchPad Educators Class”
Oculus VR Secures $16,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=069a3602-425f-4682-94cf-ad9f9a56c214&Preview=1 Date 6/18/2013 Company Name Oculus VR Mailing Address 19800 MacArthur Blvd. Irvine, CA 92612 Company Description The company develops virtual reality technology devices. Website http://www.oculusvr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds will be used to accelerate development of its virtual reality hardware, software … Continue reading “Oculus VR Secures $16,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Files for $69M IPO to Advance Liver Drugs
San Diego’s Conatus Pharmaceuticals, founded in 2005 and developing new drugs to treat chronic liver disease, plans to raise as much as $69 million through an IPO, according to a regulatory filing unsealed Friday. The biotech plans to take advantage of reduced reporting requirements as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act of 2012, … Continue reading “Conatus Pharmaceuticals Files for $69M IPO to Advance Liver Drugs”
Fullscreen Garners Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7e7cb58-e657-4a5a-8364-f86d989fef4e&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2013 Company Name Fullscreen Mailing Address 9336 Washington Blvd. Bldg K Culver City, CA 90232 Company Description Fullscreen is a next-generation media company that offers innovative technology and premium services for content creators and the world’s leading brands to thrive on YouTube. Website http://www.fullscreen.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Fullscreen Garners Series A Round”
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Aragon Pharmaceuticals for $1,000,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a629e072-7a4f-44ef-9ef8-ce4f8eb66b91&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2013 Company Name Aragon Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 12780 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description Aragon Pharmaceuticals is a San Diego based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a pipeline of new anti-endocrine therapies targeting the biology of hormone resistant cancers. Website http://www.aragonpharmaceuticals.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $1,000,000,000 … Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson Acquires Aragon Pharmaceuticals for $1,000,000,000”
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Aragon Pharmaceuticals for $1,000,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a629e072-7a4f-44ef-9ef8-ce4f8eb66b91&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2013 Company Name Aragon Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 12780 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description Aragon Pharmaceuticals is a San Diego based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a pipeline of new anti-endocrine therapies targeting the biology of hormone resistant cancers. Website http://www.aragonpharmaceuticals.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $1,000,000,000 … Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson Acquires Aragon Pharmaceuticals for $1,000,000,000”
Don’t Panic, But We’ve Passed Peak Apple. And Google. And Facebook.
After the dot-com crash in 2001, the tech world needed a few years to regroup. But starting around 2004, the year Facebook was founded and Google went public, the winds of innovation in consumer- and business-facing technology began to pick up again. In 2007 or so, they reached hurricane speed, and minus a short lull … Continue reading “Don’t Panic, But We’ve Passed Peak Apple. And Google. And Facebook.”
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Garners $1,001,551 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b66bac6-1368-4408-acd9-401c64fe6d55&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2013 Company Name Conatus Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 4365 Executive Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description The Conatus team pioneered the science of apoptosis and the clinical development of pan caspase inhibitors, validating this first-in-class technology. Conatus has well established relationships with key opinion leaders in the fields of hepatology, … Continue reading “Conatus Pharmaceuticals Garners $1,001,551 New Funding Round”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Arena, Organovo, Isis, & More
[Corrected 6/15/13, 11:45 pm. See below.] It seemed to be a week of positive news for San Diego’s life sciences community. We have the details wrapped up here. —CalBio 2013 convened at the San Diego Convention Center yesterday with an opening keynote talk by J. Craig Venter, the human genome pioneer and founding CEO of … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Arena, Organovo, Isis, & More”
Using Social Networking to Empower Patients
The Clearity Foundation has invited Smart Patients founder and CEO Roni Zeiger to discuss how empowered patients are changing the healthcare landscape. Social networking platforms are expanding the opportunity for patients to gather and share information about their illnesses. Empowered patients are not only changing the course of their own treatment, but fundamentally shifting the … Continue reading “Using Social Networking to Empower Patients”
San Diego Tech Founders Demo Night No. 6
San Diego Tech Founders has arranged for a handful of San Diego Web and app startups to demo their product, with each presentation followed by audience Q&A. Beer will be consumed afterward. More information and online registration is here.
The Right Reasons to Be Transparent
How often do you think about transparency? As a founder and CEO of a fast-growing startup it’s on my mind often. There’s a constant stream of information coming my way, from the company’s financial health, to business partnerships, customer data and hiring plans. At any given point I can withhold information, but I do my … Continue reading “The Right Reasons to Be Transparent”
Using Frugal Business Model, Orphagen Targets Orphan Receptors
The decline of venture capital investments in life sciences startups has provoked a lot of angst in the U.S., with many experts predicting a shortage of new drugs for the pharmaceutical product pipeline. Life sciences startups typically require hundreds of millions of dollars before they can show that an experimental drug might work in clinical … Continue reading “Using Frugal Business Model, Orphagen Targets Orphan Receptors”
Predixion Software Receives $12,249,997 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de01c542-2aee-4fee-b17d-221c04449417&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2013 Company Name Predixion Software Mailing Address 31910 Del Obispo San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Company Description Predictive analytics enable organizations to use and analyze current and historical data to make predictions about the future that can be applied across a multitude of functional areas. Predictions are used to increase … Continue reading “Predixion Software Receives $12,249,997 New Funding”
TrueVision Systems Garners $4,020,433 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a78edf6f-d403-461d-8c4d-76315126f58b&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2013 Company Name TrueVision Systems Mailing Address 315 Bollay Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Company Description Our company’s mission is to be the leading provider of 3D vision systems for microscopes. TrueVision is the first product of its kind to make digital stereoscopic 3D imaging in such high quality and … Continue reading “TrueVision Systems Garners $4,020,433 New Financing Round”
BlueCava Secures $500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=22d0f000-b2f2-4f9f-bdc5-7e8c46743075&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2013 Company Name BlueCava Mailing Address 131 Innovation Drive Irvine, CA 92617 Company Description The company has created the BlueCava Device Identification Platform that helps identify any device that is connected to the Internet. Website http://www.bluecava.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “BlueCava Secures $500,000 New Round”
Acutus Medical Lands $20,597,441 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a1a2d67-c931-4c9f-be28-a4e1a021b8a0&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2013 Company Name Acutus Medical Mailing Address 11225 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127 Company Description Acutus Medical is a San Diego venture-backed medical device company focused on developing a breakthrough technology in the field of electrophysiology. Website http://www.acutusmedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,597,441 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Acutus Medical Lands $20,597,441 New Funding Round”
The Right Now Economy: The Next Wave of Startup Success
[Editor’s Note: Mark Siegel, managing director at Menlo Ventures, was the keynote speaker at IBF’s Venture Capital Investing Conference today in San Francisco. The post below summarizes his talk, in which he argued that the convergence of mobility, cloud infrastructure, social and big data—what he calls the Right Now Economy—sets the stage for $500 billion in … Continue reading “The Right Now Economy: The Next Wave of Startup Success”
Chamath Palihapitiya Wants to Rewire the Crap Out of Healthcare
What does an ex-Facebook tycoon with a degree in electrical engineering know about fixing the U.S. healthcare system? Well, Chamath Palihapitiya knows that healthcare is in need of some drastic reinvention, and that to some extent, this will involve training people to think and behave in new ways—in much the same way Facebook has trained … Continue reading “Chamath Palihapitiya Wants to Rewire the Crap Out of Healthcare”
WaveTec Vision Systems Secures $7,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=daff8d40-98ee-4412-9884-18b52c94f891&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name WaveTec Vision Systems Mailing Address 66 Argonaut Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Company Description The company is developing a system to help optimize patient outcomes after intraocular lens replacement procedures. Website http://www.wavetecvision.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “WaveTec Vision Systems Secures $7,000,000 New Financing”
Sensory Medical Receives $250,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=578cd512-acb6-400c-a517-927d54e5e66f&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name Sensory Medical Mailing Address 1235 Puerta Del Sol San Clemente, CA 92673 Company Description Sensory Medical is a medical device firm focused on treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Website http://www.sensorymedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Sensory Medical Receives $250,000 Series B Financing Round”
Colorescience Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=882affd6-04d1-4b1d-b42c-fccec18767fe&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name Colorescience Mailing Address 6005 Hidden Valley Rd. Carlsbad, CA 92011 Company Description Colorescience’s high-performance mineral-based cosmetics were created to help achieve a clear, even complexion and protect skin from the damaging effects of the sun and environment. Website http://www.colorescience.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Colorescience Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Financing”
WaveTec Vision Systems Lands $7,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=daff8d40-98ee-4412-9884-18b52c94f891&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name WaveTec Vision Systems Mailing Address 66 Argonaut Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Company Description The company is developing a system to help optimize patient outcomes after intraocular lens replacement procedures. Website http://www.wavetecvision.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “WaveTec Vision Systems Lands $7,000,000 New Financing Round”
Sensory Medical Obtains $250,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=578cd512-acb6-400c-a517-927d54e5e66f&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name Sensory Medical Mailing Address 1235 Puerta Del Sol San Clemente, CA 92673 Company Description Sensory Medical is a medical device firm focused on treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Website http://www.sensorymedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Sensory Medical Obtains $250,000 Series B Financing”
Colorescience Lands $10,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=882affd6-04d1-4b1d-b42c-fccec18767fe&Preview=1 Date 6/12/2013 Company Name Colorescience Mailing Address 6005 Hidden Valley Rd. Carlsbad, CA 92011 Company Description Colorescience’s high-performance mineral-based cosmetics were created to help achieve a clear, even complexion and protect skin from the damaging effects of the sun and environment. Website http://www.colorescience.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Colorescience Lands $10,000,000 Series A Financing”
UCSD “Entrepreneur Challenge” Awards Top Honors to DevaNano, GrollTex
A student-led startup with technology for encapsulating enzymatic drugs in nano-size wiffle balls won the top prize in the biotech and medical technology category, while a team with technology to produce enormous sheets of thin-film graphene conductive electrodes took the first-place technology prize in the 2013 UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge. The first-place winners, selected … Continue reading “UCSD “Entrepreneur Challenge” Awards Top Honors to DevaNano, GrollTex”
Fundraising Is a Means, Not an End
For many entrepreneurs “raising money” has replaced “building a sustainable business” as their goal. That’s a big mistake. When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours. One of my ex students came out to the ranch to give me an update on his startup. When I asked, “What are you working on?” … Continue reading “Fundraising Is a Means, Not an End”
Pharmly Receives $20,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4394722-d381-4909-b380-0ea75b670da4&Preview=1 Date 6/11/2013 Company Name Pharmly Mailing Address 815 J Street San Diego, CA 92101 Company Description Pharmly is a pharmaceutical bidding market place. We allow medical facilities across the nation to source pharmaceuticals. Website http://www.pharmly.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $20,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the … Continue reading “Pharmly Receives $20,000 Seed Financing”
Profiles in Long-Termism: Sarepta Therapeutics CEO Chris Garabedian
Biotech is a long-term business, in a world that places more value on short-term thinking. Pharma companies often cut long-term R&D budgets, or do disastrous mega-mergers, mainly to juice their profits for a quarter or two. But sometimes people come along who are willing and able to buck the trends. They have a strategy for … Continue reading “Profiles in Long-Termism: Sarepta Therapeutics CEO Chris Garabedian”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Zogenix, Isis, Cellana, and More
Much of the life sciences news this week was coming out of the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. Yet San Diego somehow managed to generate a lot of other news as well. —Finland’s Biotie Therapies said it has an exclusive option to acquire San Diego’s Neurelis, a biotech that specializes in developing … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Zogenix, Isis, Cellana, and More”
Coffee Goes from Folger’s, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven ‘Third Wave’
There’s change brewing in the world of coffee. Over the last 10 years or so, an assortment of independent “third wave” coffee roasters has appeared in cities like Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Austin, and Boulder—in other words, the same high-tech hubs we cover here at Xconomy. Each Xconomy editor has his or her … Continue reading “Coffee Goes from Folger’s, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven ‘Third Wave’”
Johnson & Johnson’s New Innovation Center Part of Broader Initiative
Investing in biotechnology is a riskier bet these days. The community of life sciences venture capital firms is contracting, despite scientific advances across many fields like genomics, immunology, and diagnostics. Many promising new enterprises fail to produce marketable drugs, and even successful therapies may struggle to gain markets in an environment of health care cost … Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson’s New Innovation Center Part of Broader Initiative”
NationBuilder Receives $8,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d59054f-1bc9-4e52-bbf6-214677578c15&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2013 Company Name NationBuilder Mailing Address 448 S. Hill St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Company Description Introducing the world’s first Community Organizing System. To organize people online, leaders need both a website and a people database, but it’s expensive and hard to connect them together.That’s why we created a Community … Continue reading “NationBuilder Receives $8,000,000 Series B Financing”
Monet Software Obtains New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4ac9e20c-6a62-49a9-b6ff-5c396d0a151f&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2013 Company Name Monet Software Mailing Address 11777 San Vicente Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90049 Company Description Monet Software is a global provider of workforce optimization solutions for small and medium sized contact centers. Monet gives contact centers the solution to their biggest business issues: meeting service levels, delivering high-quality … Continue reading “Monet Software Obtains New Round”
WeMonitor Garners $5,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31b21581-9221-4d71-a59b-740d93b4d437&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2013 Company Name WeMonitor Mailing Address 7343 Ronson Rd San Diego, CA 92111 Company Description We offer home energy monitoring systems to homeowners so they can conserve energy and reduce their energy bills. Our systems are easy to install and are available for a low subscription fee. Homeowners can choose … Continue reading “WeMonitor Garners $5,300,000 New Financing Round”
ChowNow Receives $1,194,901 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=87d3ab92-a1e1-4089-85be-9a112af8f163&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2013 Company Name ChowNow Mailing Address 2112 Narcissus Ct. Venice, CA 90291 Company Description ChowNow is a next-generation meal ordering platform that utilizes the latest web, mobile and social networking technologies to expand restaurant’s online ordering capabilities and customer reach. Website http://www.chownow.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,194,901 Transaction … Continue reading “ChowNow Receives $1,194,901 New Financing”