Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3470b5a2-0c39-4f4e-9401-39f3235b8aac&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name WiSpry Mailing Address 20 Fairbanks Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description WiSpry is a fabless, radio frequency (RF) semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California and was formed in October 2002 through a spin-off of the RF/Wireless business unit of Coventor, Inc., the market-leading MEMS software company. Website http://www.wispry.com … Continue reading “WiSpry Receives $6,483,417 Series C Funding”
Category: San Diego
WWHI Names Head of Commercial Engineering
The West Wireless Health Institute today named Eric Collins as its senior vice president of commercial engineering, according to a statement released today. Collin, who previously directed Motorola Labs’ DigitalDNA Systems Architecture Laboratory, will oversee a team developing the institute’s strategies for converting concepts for wireless health products into comprehensive, ready-for-market solutions. Collins, who has … Continue reading “WWHI Names Head of Commercial Engineering”
Molecular Response Names CEO
Molecular Response, a privately held molecular diagnostic services company based in San Diego, has named Cyrus Mirsaidi as CEO, according to a statement from the company. The molecular diagnostics startup identifies only the San Diego-based Biotech Investment Group as an investor on its website. Molecular Response says it was founded to reduce risk and increase … Continue reading “Molecular Response Names CEO”
What Becomes a Legend Most? San Diego’s Legend3D Boasts 700 Percent Growth
Barry Sandrew, whose imaging expertise as a Harvard neuroscientist led him to a mid-life career change in Hollywood, tells me the company he founded in San Diego remains on course with a 700 percent growth rate over the past year. As I reported in May, Sandrew founded San Diego-based Legend Films in 2001 as a … Continue reading “What Becomes a Legend Most? San Diego’s Legend3D Boasts 700 Percent Growth”
A One-Size-Fits-All License Agreement: The Holy Grail of Tech Transfer?
One common complaint I hear from biotech entrepreneurs is that negotiating a license agreement with a university can be a nightmare. There are universities—some of them within the very top echelons of academia—that are infamous for having technology transfer people who are described as very difficult to work with. It’s not that surprising that these … Continue reading “A One-Size-Fits-All License Agreement: The Holy Grail of Tech Transfer?”
Data Impact Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4b51439-b413-45f6-9b9d-185be9550f95&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Data Impact Mailing Address 5432 Bolsa Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Company Description With its online invoice presentment and payment and robust online document repository, Data Impact is restructuring the infrastructure through which businesses get paid for their goods and services. Website http://www.dataimpact.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture … Continue reading “Data Impact Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round”
Qualcomm Promotes Mollenkopf
San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [ticker:QCOM]) today announced the promotion of Steve Mollenkopf to executive vice president and group president, recognizing his oversight responsibilities of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) and Qualcomm MEMS Technologies. In a statement issued by the company, Qualcomm chairman and CEO, Paul Jacobs, says “aligning our current and future … Continue reading “Qualcomm Promotes Mollenkopf”
SG Biofuels Gets $9.4M to Develop Jatropha, Motorola Spinout Could Land in San Diego, Startup Grid2Home Emerges Here, & More San Diego BizTech News
If Motorola’s mobile devices spinout establishes its new headquarters in San Diego, as many as 200 new jobs would be created here. That would be good news, of course, for a county where the unemployment rate in August was just reported to be 10.6 percent. We have that and the rest of the BizTech news … Continue reading “SG Biofuels Gets $9.4M to Develop Jatropha, Motorola Spinout Could Land in San Diego, Startup Grid2Home Emerges Here, & More San Diego BizTech News”
The Future of Humankind Depends on Quality Science Education
Each decade produces new insights into science, especially life sciences, where we are learning more about ourselves. As our society becomes increasingly dependent on its scientific legacy, it becomes more and more important that each new generation understands the role of science in our lives. However, the accumulation of facts can be daunting to students … Continue reading “The Future of Humankind Depends on Quality Science Education”
The 2nd Annual Maritime Business and Technology Summit
The Maritime Alliance has organized the 2nd annual Maritime Business and Technology Summit (known previously as The Maritime Collaboration Summit) to promote maritime technology and business opportunities in the global maritime technology industry. The conference and expo provides an opportunity for small to medium-sized companies to network with decision-makers representing academia, government, and the military … Continue reading “The 2nd Annual Maritime Business and Technology Summit”
Advanced Digital Media: Joe Media Redefines its Strategy
The San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum is sponsoring Joe Media CEO Christian Braemer in a case study of a company that provides location-based digital media networks. Joe Media has had to shift its focus from large franchise contracts to smaller clients in order to lay a foundation for survival. It is now positioned for a … Continue reading “Advanced Digital Media: Joe Media Redefines its Strategy”
Connect with Connect and Near-Source Your Business
You’ve heard of outsourcing. What about nearsourcing? Connect has organized this year’s annual “Connect with Connect” networking event as a “nearsourcing marketplace” and an occasion for buyers and sellers of technology expertise to get connected. Thanks to a partnership with Connectory.com, a database of almost 5,000 local outsourcing companies, we can bring together the nearsourcing … Continue reading “Connect with Connect and Near-Source Your Business”
Funding Opportunities Through the National Cancer Institute SBIR Program
This program will present an overview of funding opportunities available through the National Cancer Institute’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This presentation will cover how SBIR grants are awarded and other initiatives that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has developed to help grantees. More information and online registration is available here.
CommNexus Industry Leader Series: Verizon Wireless West President Tami Erwin
Verizon Wireless has been testing 4G/Long Term Evolution wireless technology in Boston and Seattle since August, 2009. Successful data calls have involved streaming video, file uploads, and downloads, Web browsing, and calls using Voice over Internet Protocol. The company is preparing to launch commercial 4G service this year in some 30 markets serving 100 million … Continue reading “CommNexus Industry Leader Series: Verizon Wireless West President Tami Erwin”
San Diego Venture Group’s $20K PitchFest Dinner and Finalist Presentations
The San Diego Venture Group’s 11th Annual PitchFest provides an opportunity for early stage technology and life science companies to gain experience in refining their investor presentations and ultimately a chance at $20,000 in startup funding. The deadline for applications, which are free, are due Sept. 24. SDVG’s PitchFest selection committee, comprised of local business … Continue reading “San Diego Venture Group’s $20K PitchFest Dinner and Finalist Presentations”
CleanTech OC Conference and Expo
This is the first annual conference and expo promoting economic growth in Orange County’s cleantech industry. The conference will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and business opportunities among clean tech companies, government entities, and academia, including facilitating investment, joint business ventures, and other collaborations. More information is online here.
American Internet Services Free Technology Expo
AIS, AT&T, EvoNexus, and San Diego Business Journal are co-sponsoring this technology expo, which showcases technology and service providers, show booths, tours of San Diego’s largest data center, with iPhone and iPad giveaways. The Expo is intended to bring the local IT and business community together with the region’s top service and infrastructure providers for … Continue reading “American Internet Services Free Technology Expo”
San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange: Roundtable on Intellectual Property and Licensing
The San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE) is presenting a panel discussion on how local entrepreneurs manage their intellectual property and licensing. The interactive session is intended to provide information on how to effectively manage and secure intellectual property. The evening will include a roundtable and discussion with Magda Marquet from Althea Technologies, William Comer from … Continue reading “San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange: Roundtable on Intellectual Property and Licensing”
Foley Emerging Technologies Conference
The Foley law firm and Connect are offering this immersion course in the techniques and strategies of successful entrepreneurs. Foley attorneys, tech executives, experienced advisors, and tech company investors will teach you the language of entrepreneur. More information is available here.
Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha Talks Cloud Computing Strategy—and Eyes Bringing Mobile Division to San Diego
Sanjay Jha was lured from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) to serve as co-CEO of Schaumburg, IL-based Motorola (NYSE: [[ticker:MOT]]) and the CEO of the nearby Motorola Mobility division, which includes mobile handsets, wireless accessories, and home digital media devices. Now there’s a chance the wireless industry’s prodigious son might return to San Diego—and bring the headquarters … Continue reading “Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha Talks Cloud Computing Strategy—and Eyes Bringing Mobile Division to San Diego”
Can #NewTwitter Swim Faster Than a Fail Whale?
The Coast Guard reported Thursday that a ship entering San Francisco Bay struck a 25-foot whale and dragged it all the way to Berth 57 at the Port of Oakland, where it was pronounced DOA. (I’m not joking.) If you worked at San Francisco-based Twitter and you were looking for bad omens, this might be … Continue reading “Can #NewTwitter Swim Faster Than a Fail Whale?”
Intel and the Three Ds of the App Store Business
Where are app stores going next? For the past few years, the app store model has spread through the wireless ecosystem like wildfire. There have been a few big winners and lots of…well, losers is probably too strong, but let’s say there are a lot of app stores that have yet to reach critical mass. … Continue reading “Intel and the Three Ds of the App Store Business”
Astute Networks Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a6a0614-4059-474e-895f-19446fc89e30&Preview=1 Date 9/17/2010 Company Name Astute Networks Mailing Address 16516 Via Esprillo San Diego, CA 92127 Company Description Astute Networks designs and markets intelligent silicon-based protocol acceleration technologies to OEM partners worldwide. Website http://www.astutenetworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The investment will enable Astute Networks … Continue reading “Astute Networks Receives New Financing Round”
Astute Gets Cash Infusion
San Diego-based Astute Networks, Inc., which provides blade storage systems optimized for demanding applications, says today it received a significant capital investment from Tallwood Venture Capital of Palo Alto, CA. The amount of Tallwood’s investment was not disclosed. Astute, which was founded in 2000, last raised about $3.6 million of a targeted $10 million round … Continue reading “Astute Gets Cash Infusion”
Arena Pharmaceuticals Obesity Drug Shot Down by FDA Panel
San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) and its partner, Japan-based Eisai Pharmaceuticals, suffered a big-time setback today in their quest to bring a new obesity drug to the U.S. market. The FDA’s expert advisory panel on endocrinology and metabolic drugs said today in a 9-5 vote that lorcaserin (Lorqess) shouldn’t be approved for sale in … Continue reading “Arena Pharmaceuticals Obesity Drug Shot Down by FDA Panel”
What We Can Learn from the Flight of Microsoft Execs to Amazon, AOL, GM, Nokia, Yahoo…and Micro VC
Sometimes all you need to do is look at where former Microsoft executives are going, to piece together some interesting trends in the tech industry. In recent months, a number of high-profile leaders from very different divisions of the Redmond, WA-based software firm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MSFT]]) have departed. This might be true in any given year … Continue reading “What We Can Learn from the Flight of Microsoft Execs to Amazon, AOL, GM, Nokia, Yahoo…and Micro VC”
Lorcaserin Weight-Loss Trials Weigh Heavily on Arena, Ramius Raises Offer to Buy Cypress Bio, Santarus Adds to Its Drug Portfolio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
The game is afoot for Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors, the private equity group in New York pursuing San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience, as it made a direct appeal to Cypress shareholders to support its unsolicited buyout offer. At Xconomy, we’re issuing a direct appeal to get your life sciences news here. —The stage has been … Continue reading “Lorcaserin Weight-Loss Trials Weigh Heavily on Arena, Ramius Raises Offer to Buy Cypress Bio, Santarus Adds to Its Drug Portfolio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Fierce 15 Shines Light on Some of Our Favorite Companies in Boston and Beyond
I’ve never actually met the folks at FierceBiotech in person, but today I felt like we had undergone some kind of Vulcan mind meld. The online industry publication unveiled its annual Fierce 15 list of the 15 most promising private biotech companies in the U.S. What jumped out at me right away? All but one … Continue reading “Fierce 15 Shines Light on Some of Our Favorite Companies in Boston and Beyond”
Grid2Home Gets Granite Ventures Seed Funding for Smart Grid Software
A new “smart grid” startup has emerged in San Diego. Grid2Home, which describes itself as a “smart energy communications company” that develops software for wired and wireless home area networks (HAN), is joining a technology land-rush among San Diego wireless and software companies seeking to stake a claim in smart grid territory. The local stampede … Continue reading “Grid2Home Gets Granite Ventures Seed Funding for Smart Grid Software”
In Appeal to Cypress Bio Stockholders, Ramius Raises Buyout Offer
[Corrected 9/16/10, 2:00 pm. See below.] San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYPB]]), which has been stubbornly refusing to negotiate or even meet with a private equity firm over an unsolicited buyout offer, says it will review the fund’s increased offer “consistent with its fiduciary duties.” Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors, a subsidiary of the $7.8 … Continue reading “In Appeal to Cypress Bio Stockholders, Ramius Raises Buyout Offer”
Qualcomm Renews, Expands QPrize for Early Stage Startups
San Diego-based Qualcomm chose the Demo Fall 2010 conference in Santa Clara yesterday to announce the second round of the Qualcomm Ventures QPrize, an international venture financing competition for early stage startups. The wireless giant’s venture arm inaugurated the QPrize last year, offering a total of $550,000 in “incentive financing” to finalists from China, India, … Continue reading “Qualcomm Renews, Expands QPrize for Early Stage Startups”
Grid2Home Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=380735c9-e8c2-4fb1-aa86-db8ae8424ba4&Preview=1 Date 9/15/2010 Company Name Grid2Home Mailing Address 404 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Company Description Grid2Home is a communications software company at the forefront of Smart Energy 2.0 connectivity technologies. Our software solutions provide the two-way data communication necessary to make the Smart Grid a reality. Website http://www.Grid2Home.com … Continue reading “Grid2Home Secures New Round”
Xplair Names John Madrid as CEO
San Diego-based xplair Technology, which was founded in April, 2009 to provide web-based mortgage management portfolio services and support, today named John Madrid as CEO, effective immediately. Madrid was previously the chief information officer at Vericrest Financial. As CEO, Madrid is responsible for overseeing xplair’s daily operations, focusing specifically on the technological build-out of the … Continue reading “Xplair Names John Madrid as CEO”
Why We Think Investing in Antibiotics Makes Sense
In 20-plus years treating people with infectious disease, Dr. Gavin McLeod has seen plenty of patients with HIV, transplants or cancer, hospitalized from respiratory distress caused by a secondary infection from a virus or bacteria. Sometimes McLeod or his Stamford (Connecticut) Hospital colleagues could diagnose the problem: perhaps it was cytomegalovirus, a common secondary infection … Continue reading “Why We Think Investing in Antibiotics Makes Sense”
Two San Diego Startups Launching at Demo Fall 2010
Startup technology CEOs from such far-flung locales as Singapore, Cairo, Lisbon, and Lund, Sweden, have gathered at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA, today to pitch their companies at Demo Fall 2010, the annual technology conference. While the schedule includes some prominent Silicon Valley CEOs as speakers (Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey … Continue reading “Two San Diego Startups Launching at Demo Fall 2010”
The Social Contract of Science
To know what to change to make universities more innovative in the way they manage science, we have to go back to the way our biomedical-industrial complex is constructed. We have come a long way from the days when science was done by a gentleman scientist in a room in his mansion, supported by his … Continue reading “The Social Contract of Science”
Arena Obesity Drug Was Effective by ‘Slim Margin,’ FDA Staff Raises Rat Cancer Concern; Shares Tumble
Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) has spent a dozen years working on developing a new drug with potential to help millions of people lose weight. Now U.S. regulators have had a chance to comb through detailed clinical trial results, and found it passed one of the two common standards for effectiveness of an obesity drug by … Continue reading “Arena Obesity Drug Was Effective by ‘Slim Margin,’ FDA Staff Raises Rat Cancer Concern; Shares Tumble”
World Economic Forum Helps Burnish San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless, a Specialist in Low-Power, Low Data Rate Technology
San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless already seemed to have plenty of momentum before the World Economic Forum of Geneva, Switzerland, included the San Diego wireless startup on its list of 31 companies designated as 2011 “technology pioneers.” The startup was founded in 2008 to develop a specialized, end-to-end wireless system for low data rate communication across … Continue reading “World Economic Forum Helps Burnish San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless, a Specialist in Low-Power, Low Data Rate Technology”
SG Biofuels Raises $9.4M
Encinitas, CA-based SG Biofuels says today it has closed on $9.4 million in Series A financing raised from Flint Hills Resources, a privately held refining and petrochemical company based in Wichita, KS; Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]), a biotechnology tools company based in Carlsbad, CA; and existing investors, who were not identified. SG Biofuels has been … Continue reading “SG Biofuels Raises $9.4M”
SG Biofuels Garners $9,400,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c03c456a-5abb-4ced-bba1-295fd0648249&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name SG Biofuels Mailing Address 132 N. El Camino Real Encinitas, CA 92024 Company Description SG Biofuels is a bioenergy crop company that is meeting the global demand for sustainable plant oil by using breeding and biotechnology to develop and produce elite seeds of Jatropha. Website http://www.sgfuel.com Transaction … Continue reading “SG Biofuels Garners $9,400,000 Series A Round”
Santarus Adds Two Drugs
Santarus, the San Diego-based drug developer, said today it has acquired two biotech drugs. Santarus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SNTS]]) said it has acquired recombinant human C1 inhibitor (Rhucin) for hereditary angioedema from Netherlands-based Pharming Group for a $15 million upfront free and a $5 million milestone payment. Santarus is also getting a humanized anti-VLA1 antibody drug for … Continue reading “Santarus Adds Two Drugs”
Eset Offers Security for Apple OS X
Eset, the anti-virus and security software developer based in San Diego and Bratislava, Slovakia, is announcing a new security product today, called Eset Cybersecurity for Mac. Eset says the software developed for the Apple OS X operating system will be available in November. It uses Eset’s NOD32 ThreatSense engine, and provides protection against Internet security … Continue reading “Eset Offers Security for Apple OS X”
WebSideStory Founder Returns with Anametrix, VMIX Gets Capital, Cannon Power Group Closes Record Wind Power Deal, & More San Diego BizTech News
Could San Diego’s software sector be strengthening? We’re seeing a couple of new companies and some new funding, and our roundup is here. —Veteran software CEO John Mutch, who headed a bankruptcy reorganization of San Diego’s Peregrine Systems, is now at the helm of BeyondTrust, an IT security company that recently moved its headquarters to … Continue reading “WebSideStory Founder Returns with Anametrix, VMIX Gets Capital, Cannon Power Group Closes Record Wind Power Deal, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Transparency
Transparency is viewed by many as the solution to many of the world’s problems, and perhaps a solution to failed collaborations. Indeed, a common explanation for disputes is that they result from an imbalance of information between the two sides. If we could have more transparency, some say, then we would all have the same … Continue reading “Transparency”
Kareo Receives $5,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70b031f8-aa9e-43ba-9db9-3f2f89245861&Preview=1 Date 9/13/2010 Company Name Kareo Mailing Address 131 Innovation Drive Irvine, CA 92617 Company Description Kareo offers the first on-demand revenue cycle automation software for medical billing companies. Kareo connects medical billing professionals with healthcare providers on one system to share information and coordinate workflow across organizational boundaries. Kareo makes the … Continue reading “Kareo Receives $5,000,000 New Financing Round”
Supermath: Better Living Through Analytics
The San Diego Software Industry Council (SDSIC) has morphed its annual forum on analytics into a first-of-its-kind event intended to broaden the appeal of the conference and to showcase San Diego’s leadership in analytics. The invitation-only conference also includes an Expo that will be open to the public, which is intended to demonstrate how analytics … Continue reading “Supermath: Better Living Through Analytics”
Get Briefed on SBIR/STTR Grants (Life Sciences)
CommNexus, the San Diego telecom industry group has organized a primer on grants awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers both programs, awarding grants through a competitive application process that requires perfecting the art of grantsmanship. Mary … Continue reading “Get Briefed on SBIR/STTR Grants (Life Sciences)”
Get Briefed on SBIR/STTR Grants (Technology)
CommNexus, the San Diego telecom industry group has organized a primer on grants awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers both programs, awarding grants through a competitive application process that requires perfecting the art of grantsmanship. Mary … Continue reading “Get Briefed on SBIR/STTR Grants (Technology)”
Clean Energy Conference
The non-profit California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) has organized an all-day event at the San Diego Convention Center to focus on commercial, industrial, and municipal energy users. The conference also includes sessions for those interested in clean energy careers. Online registration is available here.
Inaugural Meeting of Clean Economy Network
The San Diego chapter of the Clean Economy Network, a global networking, advocacy, and educational organization, is holding a free organizational meeting. This is intended to be a low-key networking event for those interested in getting involved. Online registration is available here.