A few friends have asked me how my life has changed since I moved from Boston to San Francisco to open Xconomy’s Bay Area bureau. Do you want to know the real answer? I drink more. A lot more. In the Silicon Valley technology startup world that I cover, there’s at least one cocktail party, … Continue reading “A Silicon Valley Prescription for Boston and Other Startup Hubs: Throw More Parties”
Category: San Diego
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b649cad8-9789-4897-a5ad-13d9792d0258&Preview=1 Date 10/29/2010 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 Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round”
A Thousand Microbes in Your Mouth and Other Scenes From the 2010 TEDMED Conference
The TEDMED conference, with its two-hour sessions of engrossing 15-minute presentations on medical technology, education, and design, returned this week to the San Diego area’s famed Hotel del Coronado. Like its progenitor, the annual TED conference in Long Beach, the four-day TEDMED event cultivates an aura of exclusivity by mixing talks from celebrities, prominent CEOs, … Continue reading “A Thousand Microbes in Your Mouth and Other Scenes From the 2010 TEDMED Conference”
Life Technologies’ CEO Talks Strategy, Phenomix Falls, Arena Pharmaceuticals Grapples With FDA Setback, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
From the shutdown at Phenomix to the strategy insights shared by Life Technologies’ Greg Lucier, it was a big week for life sciences news. Get your update here and now. —The shot was fired back in April, but the wound proved fatal to Phenomix by the end of September. San Diego-Phenomix laid off its workforce … Continue reading “Life Technologies’ CEO Talks Strategy, Phenomix Falls, Arena Pharmaceuticals Grapples With FDA Setback, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
PacBio IPO, Not Exactly the Netscape Moment of 2010, But a Win for Genomics
The Pacific Biosciences IPO was an important deal yesterday for more reasons than one. The Menlo Park, CA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PACB]]) not only was able to raise $200 million yesterday through an initial public offering in the middle of its expected range, but it established a lofty $800 million market valuation by life sciences industry … Continue reading “PacBio IPO, Not Exactly the Netscape Moment of 2010, But a Win for Genomics”
Triangulation: How Universities, Government, and Business Can Stir More Innovation
Successful innovation in the life sciences requires that three entities with fiercely independent cultures and largely non-overlapping goals—government, universities, and the private sector—have meaningful dialogues with each other. That is not happening at the moment. Consider the cycle for creating a therapy, diagnostic or medical device. Academic research is funded largely by the federal government, … Continue reading “Triangulation: How Universities, Government, and Business Can Stir More Innovation”
SpaceX Receives $50,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=def441d4-2f94-4341-bfca-a2e391df5adc&Preview=1 Date 10/28/2010 Company Name SpaceX Mailing Address 1 Rocket Rd. Hawthorne, CA 90250 Company Description Our company is based on the philosophy that simplicity, low-cost, and reliability can go hand in hand. By eliminating the traditional layers of management, internally, and sub-contractors, externally, we reduce our costs while speeding decision making … Continue reading “SpaceX Receives $50,000,000 New Financing”
Agricultural Biotech Cibus Expanding as Launch of First Enhanced Crop Nears
[Corrected 10/28/10, 9:45 am. See below.] San Diego-based Cibus Global held an open house last night at the company’s new headquarters, which gave me an opportunity to get an update from CEO Keith Walker on the agricultural biotech’s growth spurt since last year. The startup, which officially spun out of Pennsylvania-based ValiGen in late 2001, … Continue reading “Agricultural Biotech Cibus Expanding as Launch of First Enhanced Crop Nears”
Spotlight Ticket Management Garners $2,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dd9196e-d723-4026-b907-5f88fc9b12e0&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2010 Company Name Spotlight Ticket Management Mailing Address 4335 Van Nuys Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Company Description Spotlight Ticket Management has engineered the first Software As A Service (SAAS) application automating all aspects of sports and entertainment tickets, suites, and hospitality assets including tickets from all providers such as … Continue reading “Spotlight Ticket Management Garners $2,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
In Talk on Personalized Medicine, Life Technologies’ CEO Explains Shift in Corporate Strategy
On the day that Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) is scheduled to issue its third-quarter financial results, Life chairman and CEO Greg Lucier provided a hugely insightful overview of the company’s changing corporate strategy. “We’ll do about $3.6 billion in revenue this year,” Lucier said at a breakfast meeting in San Diego earlier today. … Continue reading “In Talk on Personalized Medicine, Life Technologies’ CEO Explains Shift in Corporate Strategy”
ATyr Pharma Pockets $23M to Create New Class of Protein Drugs, and New Targets
One of the more audacious biotech startups in San Diego just got a big vote of confidence at a moment when few companies of its kind are getting any sort of respect. San Diego-based aTyr Pharma has pulled in $23 million in its Series C round of venture financing, led by Domain Associates. aTyr’s existing … Continue reading “ATyr Pharma Pockets $23M to Create New Class of Protein Drugs, and New Targets”
Phenomix, Former Highflying Diabetes Drugmaker, Shuts Down After Forest Labs Walks
San Diego-based Phenomix is history. The one-time highflying IPO candidate has shut down its operations, laid off essentially all of its 45 employees, and only has a skeleton crew left attempting to find someone to continue developing its lead drug candidate for diabetes, Xconomy has learned. Phenomix went out of business about three weeks ago, … Continue reading “Phenomix, Former Highflying Diabetes Drugmaker, Shuts Down After Forest Labs Walks”
aTyr Pharma Obtains $23,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=37565c00-e646-4307-a248-1c7a2998870c&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2010 Company Name aTyr Pharma Mailing Address 3565 General Atomics Court San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description We have developed proprietary methods for discovering Physiocrines, extracellular proteins that are derived from the tRNA synthetase family of enzymes, and which were predominantly overlooked by other genomic and secretome discovery efforts. Website … Continue reading “aTyr Pharma Obtains $23,000,000 Series C Financing”
Ellipse Technologies Obtains $1,807,715 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f2a9a20-d24c-4ba5-9814-23f4feb561cc&Preview=1 Date 10/26/2010 Company Name Ellipse Technologies Mailing Address 13900 Alton Pkwy. Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description Ellipse Technologies, Inc. is a privately held medical device company located in Irvine, California. The Company is focused on developing the innovative MAGEC Technology treatment for numerous clinical applications, the first application being spinal scoliosis. … Continue reading “Ellipse Technologies Obtains $1,807,715 New Funding”
Sustainable Leadership: What Is It and What Do You Do With It?
Does sustainability really matter in business? What can we learn from Dow Chemical, or BASF? How can you as a business leader turn sustainability into business opportunities? CleanTalk San Diego has organized this program to gather leaders who are committed to more than just “business as usual.” The presentation and discussion is intended to help … Continue reading “Sustainable Leadership: What Is It and What Do You Do With It?”
Trend in Q3 Venture Data From Dow Jones Falls in Line
The quarterly venture capital survey by Dow Jones VentureSource was released earlier today, showing a trend that’s generally in line with data previously reported by CB Insights and The MoneyTree Report. Dow Jones says venture-backed companies in the U.S. raised $5.5 billion in the third quarter—a 5 percent drop in funding from the $5.8 billion … Continue reading “Trend in Q3 Venture Data From Dow Jones Falls in Line”
TechAmerica SD Honors 11
Kevin Carroll, executive director of TechAmerica San Diego, sent over the list of winners from the 17th Annual High Tech Awards, which were announced Friday. The industry group (previously known as the AEA) bases its awards on such criteria as technological or business innovation, exceptional products or services, marketplace validation, perseverance, and community involvement. Winners … Continue reading “TechAmerica SD Honors 11”
Tech CEO Pay Rises From 10-Year Low, Q3’s Biggest VC Deal Goes to SkinIt, Avalon Ventures Gets a New Headquarters in La Jolla & More San Diego BizTech News
Most of last week’s technology news was about deals—funding deals and partnership deals. Get your latest update here. —San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, which has been raising its ninth venture fund, has a new headquarters in the upscale community of La Jolla. Avalon founder Kevin Kinsella bought the ivy-covered Copley Library for a reported $3.75 million … Continue reading “Tech CEO Pay Rises From 10-Year Low, Q3’s Biggest VC Deal Goes to SkinIt, Avalon Ventures Gets a New Headquarters in La Jolla & More San Diego BizTech News”
Arena Obesity Drug Fails to Win FDA Approval, May Need More Clinical Testing
Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) sent out some devastating news around midnight Pacific time on Friday. The San Diego-based biotech company, after about a dozen years of effort and $1 billion of investment, said the FDA had turned down its application to market a new drug to help people in the U.S. lose weight. Arena cited … Continue reading “Arena Obesity Drug Fails to Win FDA Approval, May Need More Clinical Testing”
Find The Investor of Your Dreams—For Free
There’s all sorts of wisdom about how to find folks to invest in your startup, ranging from the obvious to the slightly stalkerish. Approach investors who’ve supported companies like yours in the past. Go to startup school. Wait until a famous VC is stranded somewhere and give him a lift. In some ways, the most … Continue reading “Find The Investor of Your Dreams—For Free”
Proposition 23: Nothing More Than Misdirection
After giving my best attempt at an objective summary of Proposition 23 to a colleague, he asked rhetorically, “How can something like this even make it onto the ballot?” He was, of course, familiar with the process that allows any proposition that gathers enough signatures to make it to the ballot in, but the question … Continue reading “Proposition 23: Nothing More Than Misdirection”
10 Fantastic Photo Apps for the iPad
The Apple iPad doesn’t have a camera—yet. But it does have a big, beautiful, multi-touch screen. And that makes it one of the best devices ever built for browsing and manipulating images. Mobile app developers have realized this, and have created a profusion of fascinating apps for editing or simply exploring photographs. In fact, there … Continue reading “10 Fantastic Photo Apps for the iPad”
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Obtains $1,197,944 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=160dce05-e0bb-4d2d-82cc-625ddaeff0cc&Preview=1 Date 10/22/2010 Company Name Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Mailing Address 1278 Glenneyre Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Company Description Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures products for use in electrophysiology based on microwave radiometry technology. Its products provide real-time feedback of energy delivered by catheters during cardiac ablation procedures. The company has … Continue reading “Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Obtains $1,197,944 New Round”
Solarflare Communications Secures $5,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cbc51e32-ab44-48f1-bf04-71b109f27ae1&Preview=1 Date 10/22/2010 Company Name Solarflare Communications Mailing Address 9501 Jeronimo Road Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description Solarflare Communications Inc. is a leading silicon vendor delivering Ethernet products that enable the rapid adoption of 10 Gigabit for data center and enterprise networks. Our products include 10GBASE-T PHYs and high-performance Ethernet controllers. Website … Continue reading “Solarflare Communications Secures $5,000,000 New Round”
Roambi and Endeca Form Partnership
Cambridge, MA-based Endeca Technologies and Del Mar, CA-based Mellmo said today they have formed a strategic partnership to share their respective technologies, which are focused on mobile business intelligence applications. The companies plan to integrate their flagship products, Endeca Latitutde and Roambi ES3, which will give authorized users the ability to query a corporate database … Continue reading “Roambi and Endeca Form Partnership”
Minnow Raises $4.7M Under New CEO
Minnow Medical, which we profiled just over a year ago, has raised a total of $4.7 million through two separate financings, according to a statement yesterday. The lead investor in both transactions was Neomed Management of Switzerland, according to Minnow, which has a new CEO, Raymond W. Cohen, who has replaced founding CEO Tom Steinke. … Continue reading “Minnow Raises $4.7M Under New CEO”
Amylin Regroups From FDA Smackdown, CalciMedica Plans Trial of New Anti-Immune Drug, FDA Gives CareFusion Recall Highest Priority, & More San Diego Life Science News
FDA regulatory moves turned out to be the biggest news items over the past week, prompting San Diego’s Amylin Pharmaceuticals and CareFusion to respond separately to the agency’s actions. Get our latest assessment here, along with updates on venture funding, CEO pay, and the new museum-quality home for San Diego’s Avalon Ventures. —Investors hammered San … Continue reading “Amylin Regroups From FDA Smackdown, CalciMedica Plans Trial of New Anti-Immune Drug, FDA Gives CareFusion Recall Highest Priority, & More San Diego Life Science News”
Unsubscribe.com Secures $2,100,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0737912-a8bc-4c7b-b31a-1af79e2f25dd&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2010 Company Name Unsubscribe.com Mailing Address 15332 Antioch St. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Company Description The company operates an Internet service that allows users to unsubscribe from e-mail lists. Website http://www.unsubscribe.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,100,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The company has recently launched its … Continue reading “Unsubscribe.com Secures $2,100,000 Series A Funding Round”
Connexity Lands New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48664bfb-31f5-40a1-b9f4-2c6688f4a214&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2010 Company Name Connexity Mailing Address Undisclosed Undisclosed, CA 93101 Company Description Connexity is introducing advertisers and publishers to audience networking and cross-channel connectivity. Connexity applies social networking architecture, recommendation engine learning, and best-of-breed targeting & optimization technology to media representation and media buying. Website http://www.connexityllc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Connexity Lands New Financing”
Extrabux and Inuvo Form Partnership
Exrabux, the San Diego online retailing startup, Inuvo (NYSE Amex: [[ticker:INUV]]), the online technology services company based in Clearwater, FL, said today they have been working together to create BargainMatch, a comparison shopping application program interface (API). Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. In a statement, the companies said they are working as … Continue reading “Extrabux and Inuvo Form Partnership”
Avalon Ventures’ Kevin Kinsella Remakes Private Copley Library in La Jolla
Kevin Kinsella moved to San Diego with his Ford Pinto in 1978. He still remembers driving shakily past the private library of newspaper publisher James S. Copley in the tony enclave of La Jolla, and thinking, “Wow.” To Kinsella, who graduated from MIT in 1967 with an undergraduate degree in management, “It looked like one … Continue reading “Avalon Ventures’ Kevin Kinsella Remakes Private Copley Library in La Jolla”
Amylin, Alkermes Shares Crash on Surprise FDA Smackdown
Investors are fuming today about the surprise rejection of the once-weekly diabetes drug developed by San Diego-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMLN]]), drug giant Eli Lilly, and Waltham, MA-based Alkermes (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALKS]]). Amylin has the most at stake, and is taking the biggest hit today after news broke about the FDA’s refusal to approval exenatide once-weekly … Continue reading “Amylin, Alkermes Shares Crash on Surprise FDA Smackdown”
Study Shows Startup Executive Pay on the Mend
A study of private information technology and life sciences companies shows that tech executive pay is recovering from a dismal 2009. And it provides the public a rare glimpse at how much executives at startups are paid; that’s information privately held firms don’t have to divulge to the SEC, as public companies do. The CompStudy—completed … Continue reading “Study Shows Startup Executive Pay on the Mend”
The Challenge of Understanding Biotech: Sifting Through the Fog and Jargon
I recently enjoyed reading two books on the mortgage meltdown, “The Big Short” by Michael Lewis and Gregory Zuckerman’s “The Greatest Trade Ever.” They each provided a detailed post-mortem on the implosion of the housing bubble. What fascinated me most about their accounts was how virtually everyone on Wall Street, with a few notable exceptions, … Continue reading “The Challenge of Understanding Biotech: Sifting Through the Fog and Jargon”
CalciMedica Charges Ahead Toward First Human Test of Oral Pill for Psoriasis
One of the interesting new ideas in the treatment of autoimmune disease is approaching a critical turning point at San Diego-based CalciMedica. This little company, so close to the ocean you can smell it from the CEO’s office window, is based in part on some intriguing science that got its start at the Immune Disease … Continue reading “CalciMedica Charges Ahead Toward First Human Test of Oral Pill for Psoriasis”
PixelFish Obtains $1,432,455 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abca4ffe-5802-4f07-aa14-6407fa99f3b9&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2010 Company Name PixelFish Mailing Address 438 Amapola Avenue Torrance, CA 90501 Company Description We make producing high-impact, broadcast-quality video easy and affordable. Website http://www.PixelFish.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,432,455 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Floodgate … Continue reading “PixelFish Obtains $1,432,455 New Round”
MarkMonitor Acquires DtecNet Software for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08c920a3-867b-4397-9a8b-96ddb8f50ebe&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2010 Company Name DtecNet Software Mailing Address 9595 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Company Description DtecNet is a market leader in supplying our customers with specialized software solutions to track and prevent piracy on their digital content and online business. Website http://www.dtecnet.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction … Continue reading “MarkMonitor Acquires DtecNet Software for Undisclosed Sum”
Zementis, Predixion Form Alliance
Predixion, the Aliso Viejo, CA-based startup that recently closed on a $5 million A round led by DFJ Frontier, said it has formed a strategic partnership with Zementis, a San Diego startup that specializes in predictive model markup language. Predixion specializes in low-cost, self-service in the cloud predictive analytics software and Zementis is a leader … Continue reading “Zementis, Predixion Form Alliance”
Genomatica Gets Patents for “Sustainable” Methods to Make Nylon Precursor
San Diego-based Genomatica, which has been developing “green” ways of using microbes to produce an industrial chemical called 1, 4 butanediol (BDO), said Tuesday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted it two foundational patents for another key industrial chemical— adipic acid. Adipic acid is used to make nylon, and it has existing market … Continue reading “Genomatica Gets Patents for “Sustainable” Methods to Make Nylon Precursor”
Amylin, Alkermes Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Fails to Win FDA Approval
Bad news out tonight for followers of San Diego-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals, drug giant Eli Lilly, and Waltham, MA-based Alkermes. The new diabetes drug that all three companies have been counting on as a future revenue driver—the once-weekly injectable version of exenatide (Bydureon)—failed to win clearance from the FDA as a new treatment available for sale … Continue reading “Amylin, Alkermes Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Fails to Win FDA Approval”
Ambit Bio Raises $15M
San Diego’s Ambit Biosciences, which is developing anti-cancer therapies by developing a wide array of small molecule drug compounds to block certain kinase-based reactions, has raised $15 million of a planned $15.9 million round of debt, rights and securities, according to a recent regulatory filing. The company, previously known as Aventa Biosciences, raised $49.3 million … Continue reading “Ambit Bio Raises $15M”
San Diego’s Top 10 Deals: Q3 VC Funding Still Strongly Favors Life Sciences
Venture funding for high tech companies made a stronger showing during the third quarter, but life science deals still accounted for more than half the capital invested in the San Diego area, according to the latest MoneyTree Report. Venture investments in local biotech, medical diagnostics, and device companies also made up the most of the … Continue reading “San Diego’s Top 10 Deals: Q3 VC Funding Still Strongly Favors Life Sciences”
Ambit Biosciences Lands $14,999,327 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e5e45e6d-e700-44ca-ac6b-f01b8e0603ee&Preview=1 Date 10/19/2010 Company Name Ambit Biosciences Mailing Address 4215 Sorrento Valley Blvd. San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Ambit Biosciences is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small-molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer. Website http://www.ambitbio.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $14,999,327 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Ambit Biosciences Lands $14,999,327 New Funding”
Palkion Receives $1,750,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=791ee6b3-01a0-47df-a53f-f05d96b2b1a2&Preview=1 Date 10/19/2010 Company Name Palkion Mailing Address 4365 Executive Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description The company develops pharmaceutical products. Website http://www.palkion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
FDA Gives Highest Priority to CareFusion Recall
San Diego-based CareFusion (NYSE: [[ticker:CFN]]) says the FDA has assigned its most serious classification to a recall the company issued in August for an electronic intravenous infusion pump. The company says a glitch that causes the unit to freeze could cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.” The medical device maker, which was spun out … Continue reading “FDA Gives Highest Priority to CareFusion Recall”
ReVision Planning Late-Stage Trial Next Year for Macular Degeneration Drug
San Diego’s ReVision Therapeutics got an encouraging reception over the weekend at a joint meeting in Chicago of the American Academy of Opthalmology and the Middle East-Africa Council of Opthalmology. Researchers led by Dr. Jason Slakter of the New York University School of Medicine presented results from a mid-stage clinical trial of an experimental drug … Continue reading “ReVision Planning Late-Stage Trial Next Year for Macular Degeneration Drug”
Post-Election Analysis: Tax Credits and You
Congress has made renewal of the R&D Tax Credit a legislative priority, although several proposed changes are under consideration. We will discuss the changes to the credit after Congress advances the agenda and assess the political climate and likelihood for passage following the November mid-term elections. We also will provide an update on Section 48D … Continue reading “Post-Election Analysis: Tax Credits and You”
Qualcomm Looks for Synergies With Tech Coast Angels’ Annual Quick Pitch Event to Spur Employee Entrepreneurship
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) has begun to work more closely with Southern California’s Tech Coast Angels as part of an internal effort to promote an entrepreneurial culture at the San Diego wireless giant and to encourage employees to bring their ideas for innovations forward. The company’s new focus on entrepreneurship and closer ties with Tech Coast … Continue reading “Qualcomm Looks for Synergies With Tech Coast Angels’ Annual Quick Pitch Event to Spur Employee Entrepreneurship”
VCs Making Smaller Investments, V-Vehicle Restarting Under New CEO, Qualcomm Buys iSkoot, & More San Diego BizTech News
A common theme in last week’s technology news is how companies and entire industries continually remake their businesses, whether it’s the venture capital community, startup carmakers, or a San Diego company that specializes in data storage technology. Read on to see what I mean. —As the venture capital survey data comes in from the three … Continue reading “VCs Making Smaller Investments, V-Vehicle Restarting Under New CEO, Qualcomm Buys iSkoot, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Abvio vs. FitnessKeeper: The Running App Founder Smackdown
If you’re a runner, walker, or cyclist, there’s a lot of great mobile technology these days to help you track your activity and stay motivated. On Friday I reviewed two apps in particular: RunKeeper from Boston-based FitnessKeeper, and Runmeter from San Francisco-based Abvio. I talked about my personal experiences using the apps, which both work … Continue reading “Abvio vs. FitnessKeeper: The Running App Founder Smackdown”