The inaugural session of HealthCamp San Diego will be held in coordination with the 2nd mHealth Networking Conference. HealthCamp is a collaborative experience that shows how interactive digital media, open source, mobile web, and process innovation can enable better healthcare outcomes. HealthCamp is a user-organized “un-conference” that brings together consumers (aka e-patients), health providers, payers, … Continue reading “Inaugural HealthCamp San Diego 2010 Networking Conference”
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Fotopedia Heritage Shows the Web Isn’t Dead—It’s Just Met the App World
The reports of the Web’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Wired has been getting a lot of attention this month for its “The Web Is Dead” cover piece. But, as many observers have pointed out, the article’s central chart, which purports to illustrate the Web’s wane, is fundamentally misleading. Web traffic may make up a … Continue reading “Fotopedia Heritage Shows the Web Isn’t Dead—It’s Just Met the App World”
Presto, Tibetan Bowls, & Dr. Seuss: How Michel Kripalani Got His Entrepreneurial Karma Back
Some tales of technology innovation have an ethereal quality to them, and such is the case with Oceanhouse Media—or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that such is the case with Michel Kripalani, the startup software developer’s founder and president. Encinitas, CA-based Oceanhouse was founded in January, 2009, and its first product was … Continue reading “Presto, Tibetan Bowls, & Dr. Seuss: How Michel Kripalani Got His Entrepreneurial Karma Back”
CitizenGlobal Garners $6,048,284 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=96fa6758-72cb-48fc-9f85-83f3e7e3d536&Preview=1 Date 8/27/2010 Company Name CitizenGlobal Mailing Address 608 Hampton Dr. Venice, CA 90291 Company Description The company outrage they website and service that allows users to upload their news oriented film clips. Website http://www.Citizenglobal.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,048,284 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “CitizenGlobal Garners $6,048,284 New Funding Round”
Cypress Bio Acquires Technologies in Separate Deals with Marina Biotech, Alexza Pharmaceutical
San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYPB]]), which is trying to keep an unsolicited buyout at bay while executing a dramatic change in its business strategy, says it has acquired rights to two novel therapies. Earlier this month, Cypress rejected a $160-million buyout offer made in July by the New York-based Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors—and … Continue reading “Cypress Bio Acquires Technologies in Separate Deals with Marina Biotech, Alexza Pharmaceutical”
Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad
A little less than two years ago I made the decision to enroll at MIT Sloan for an MBA. Shortly after getting to the campus, I made the decision to look at careers in the energy sector. Despite being armed with a technical degree and spending some time in the energy sector prior to enrolling … Continue reading “Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad”
Finistere Planning New Venture Fund, National Cancer Institute Official Offers SBIR Insights, Ramius Still Tries to Woo Cypress Bio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Funding for San Diego life sciences startups can come in the form of small financing deals and as federal Small Business Innovation Research grants that can help to keep small biotechs alive. Allow me to aggregate all that and other life sciences news of the week for you. —At a time when venture capital funding … Continue reading “Finistere Planning New Venture Fund, National Cancer Institute Official Offers SBIR Insights, Ramius Still Tries to Woo Cypress Bio, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Herding Lionesses: Michigan Women’s Foundation Gathering Power Women, Forming Angel Fund to Invest in Female Entrepreneurs
[Updated and corrected, Aug. 26—see below] Just a few years ago, the Michigan Women’s Foundation was truly your mother’s philanthropic foundation—putting on fund-raising dinners, tapping corporate sponsors like the Big Three automakers, and then giving away small chunks of money to a wide array of charitable groups—totaling some $3.5 million to 420 entities to be … Continue reading “Herding Lionesses: Michigan Women’s Foundation Gathering Power Women, Forming Angel Fund to Invest in Female Entrepreneurs”
San Diego Founder Kenneth Selzer, Investor Drew Senyei Pleased with INC Research Acquisition
There was no obvious reason for us to focus on the $575 million buyout of INC Research, a contract research organization based in Research Triangle Park, NC, that was announced last week. But the acquisition by Avista Capital Partners, a New York private equity firm, and the Ontario (Canada) Teachers’ Pension Plan’s private capital group, … Continue reading “San Diego Founder Kenneth Selzer, Investor Drew Senyei Pleased with INC Research Acquisition”
Ramius Still Wants Cypress Bio
It took a week, but Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors responded today to what it calls the “abrupt resignation” of independent director Jean-Pierre Millon from the board at San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYPB]]). The subsidiary of New York’s multi-billion-dollar Ramius group says it’s still committed to its $160-million buyout offer for Cypress, says it’s … Continue reading “Ramius Still Wants Cypress Bio”
Can Microsoft Outflank Apple, Facebook, and Google? A Strategy Update
I left Seattle just over a month ago, and people keep asking if I miss anything about it. Yes, I say. But it’s not the amazing coffee, the great food, the nice people, or the beautiful scenery. I miss Microsoft. I’m only half-kidding. I don’t miss hearing about Steve Ballmer’s iPhone and every turn of … Continue reading “Can Microsoft Outflank Apple, Facebook, and Google? A Strategy Update”
Finistere Plans New Venture Fund
Finistere Ventures, a San Diego venture capital firm that has maintained a low profile while investing in early stage medical device and agricultural biotech startups, is laying plans to raise another venture fund next year. Managing Director Bruce J. “Jay” Brumfield confirms a report in VentureWire today, which says the Finistere Ventures II fund will … Continue reading “Finistere Plans New Venture Fund”
A SBIR Program Director Offers Insights in Small Business Innovation Research “Grantsmanship” in the Life Sciences
There was a heavy turnout among rank-and-file scientists when the grassroots San Diego Entrepreneur Exchange (SDEE) hosted a panel discussion earlier this year on how to win a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. So it might be standing room only for the briefing that San Diego’s Biocom industry group has organized tomorrow at the … Continue reading “A SBIR Program Director Offers Insights in Small Business Innovation Research “Grantsmanship” in the Life Sciences”
First Startups Take Flight From San Diego’s EvoNexus Incubator; Irvine Company Launches Initiative to ‘Renew’ University City as a Tech Hub
EvoNexus, the free incubator launched last November by San Diego’s CommNexus telecom industry group, is preparing to send its first fledgling startups into the wild—and to choose a few new startups to replace them. The comings and goings are taking place as both EvoNexus and CommNexus are settling into new office space themselves, just months … Continue reading “First Startups Take Flight From San Diego’s EvoNexus Incubator; Irvine Company Launches Initiative to ‘Renew’ University City as a Tech Hub”
EMN8 Obtains $3,100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6fe2084-9781-4094-8bca-75e01e842f75&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2010 Company Name EMN8 Mailing Address 10070 Mesa Rim Rd. San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description EMN8® is the leading innovator of rich media software delivered over enterprise networks that automate the customer ordering and payment processes in quick service restaurants, movie theatres, theme parks and other exhibition and retail … Continue reading “EMN8 Obtains $3,100,000 New Financing”
EMN8 Raises More Cash
After raising more than $14.4 million in March, San Diego-based EMN8 has raised an additional $3.1 million in financing, according to a recent regulatory filing. The startup company makes point-of-transaction kiosks, which use touchscreen displays to accelerate customer orders at fast-food restaurants, theaters, and other retailers. The company has not released any details about its … Continue reading “EMN8 Raises More Cash”
SG Biofuels and Life Technologies Map Whole Genome of Jatropha Plant
[Updated 8/27/10 12:15 pm. See below] Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) and Encinitas, CA-based SG Biofuels are announcing today that they have completely sequenced the genome of Jatropha curcas, a hardy Central American bush that produces walnut-size seeds laden with oil. The entire genome was sequenced since January, when the two San Diego-area companies said … Continue reading “SG Biofuels and Life Technologies Map Whole Genome of Jatropha Plant”
Qualcomm Then and Now—Will the Next 25 Be as Innovative as the Last 25?
It has been 25 years since seven former Linkabit employees met at Irwin Jacobs’ La Jolla home and founded a startup company to provide digital communications services. They saw their venture at the time in terms of QUALity COMMunications, and agreed to call the new company Qualcomm. Since its beginnings in July 1985, Qualcomm has … Continue reading “Qualcomm Then and Now—Will the Next 25 Be as Innovative as the Last 25?”
Brand Affinity Technologies Obtains $20,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c3bf7c60-f519-4f56-bb54-93761253ab11&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2010 Company Name Brand Affinity Technologies Mailing Address 101 Academy Irvine, CA 90 617 Company Description BAT unlocks the marketing power of celebrity through research, endorsements, and interactive experiences. BAT’s research engine provides daily analysis of more than 38,000 celebrities and athletes. Advertisers use this analysis on BAT’s Endorsement Platform … Continue reading “Brand Affinity Technologies Obtains $20,000,000 Series C Funding”
ValueAppeal Rolls Out National Services for Property Tax Appeals, Competing with EasyTaxFix and Others
Who wouldn’t want to lower their property taxes? That’s the question on the minds of the team over at ValueAppeal, a Seattle-based startup that helps online customers to quickly evaluate their current value of their real estate property, and to create a custom property tax appeal that could potentially save them money. The company, founded … Continue reading “ValueAppeal Rolls Out National Services for Property Tax Appeals, Competing with EasyTaxFix and Others”
ViaSat Keeps Lead in Space-Based Internet, Mitek Enables Smartphone Check Deposits, AngeList Screens Biz Plans for Individual Investors & More San Diego BizTech News
We had interesting patent news that put Mitek Systems on our innovation radar screen, and that’s where you want to be. Catch up on that and the rest of San Diego’s tech news for the past week. —The competition for satellite-based Internet service is tightening up for Carlsbad, CA-based ViaSat (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VSAT]]), which now faces … Continue reading “ViaSat Keeps Lead in Space-Based Internet, Mitek Enables Smartphone Check Deposits, AngeList Screens Biz Plans for Individual Investors & More San Diego BizTech News”
The Art of the Startup
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves, and Savitch partner Roger Rappoport leads a half-day presentation for entrepreneurs on deciding when to form a company, and how to navigate legal, fund-raising, and other issues related to making that decision. Successfully avoiding the most common pitfalls can make a difference. Rappoport heads the law firm’s emerging growth & technology practice. … Continue reading “The Art of the Startup”
Corporate Governance: The Startup Ingredient You Cannot Do Without
Corporate governance is the key factor to make sure that the right questions get asked and that checks and balances are in place to ensure the best decisions get made for the creation of long-term sustainable value. CommNexus and the EvoNexus incubator have recruited some experienced speakers to discuss the importance of recruiting an effective … Continue reading “Corporate Governance: The Startup Ingredient You Cannot Do Without”
Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame Idea Resonates—Although A Few Potential Cracks Have Surfaced in the Pavement
If ever an idea has, um, hit its stride quickly, it’s the one we wrote about last week to create an Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame in Kendall Square to honor local and regional entrepreneurs in much the same fashion as the Hollywood Walk of Fame honors movie stars. As Xconomist Bill Aulet, managing director of … Continue reading “Entrepreneurial Walk of Fame Idea Resonates—Although A Few Potential Cracks Have Surfaced in the Pavement”
Top Tools to Survive and Thrive With Social Media
In this power session on social media, TelCentris marketing vice president Erik Bratt offers his tips, including: Social media tools to help your business now; streamline your personal communications and increase your effectiveness; how to improve your approach to social media and social media management; and how any hours your company needs to spend on … Continue reading “Top Tools to Survive and Thrive With Social Media”
Founder Institute Information Session
After launching 160 companies worldwide, the Founder Institute is preparing for its third San Diego session this Fall. Applications have begun, and the four-month training program begins Sept. 21. The Institute prepares entrepreneurs to lead the next generation of technology startups, through weekly company-building sessions that are guided by experienced CEOs. The Institute is hosting … Continue reading “Founder Institute Information Session”
Calling All Founders: Information Session on San Diego Founder Institute
The San Diego Founder Institute is hosting a free informational session at the Cooley law firm, and anyone interested in becoming a world-class founder is invited. The Founder Institute prepares entrepreneurs to lead the next generation of world-class technology companies. Weekly company-building sessions are guided by experienced CEOs, and they are held in the evening … Continue reading “Calling All Founders: Information Session on San Diego Founder Institute”
Biocept Targets Spreading Tumors With Advance in Diagnostics
We noted earlier this week that San Diego-based Biocept, which is developing advanced cancer diagnostics technology, had recently raised $2.3 million from its investors. That news reminded me of a fascinating meeting I had in June with Biocept CEO Stephen Coutts, a 30-year veteran of San Diego’s biotech community. In one of the cooler demonstrations … Continue reading “Biocept Targets Spreading Tumors With Advance in Diagnostics”
In Seed Funding Race, AngelList Sorts the “Junk” from the “Maybes”
You don’t have to search far on Twitter for glowing testimonials about AngelList, a matchmaking service for startups and angel investors launched in February by San Francisco investor/entrepreneurs Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant: “Wow, just a few days and I’m pretty impressed by the quality of the opportunities”—Hunter Walk “An entrepreneur’s best friend. Two companies … Continue reading “In Seed Funding Race, AngelList Sorts the “Junk” from the “Maybes””
MindBody Receives $11,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9973496-5da0-4bac-964a-356892ebff19&Preview=1 Date 8/20/2010 Company Name MindBody Mailing Address 4051 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Company Description MINDBODY Inc.’s roots go back to 1998, when we were the first software consultancy developing easy-to-use client and teacher management solutions for yoga, pilates, and spinning studios. In 2001, we became an LLC, took … Continue reading “MindBody Receives $11,000,000 New Financing Round”
Cibus Global Lands $1,161,818 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c97e4cd-c3c9-4a4f-9818-c24f7fa6ac7a&Preview=1 Date 8/20/2010 Company Name Cibus Global Mailing Address 4025 Sorrento Valley Blvd. San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Cibus is a privately-held San Diego-based trait development company that produces environmentally-friendly crop traits for the agricultural community. Through the application of a proprietary technology called the Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS), Cibus … Continue reading “Cibus Global Lands $1,161,818 New Funding Round”
Cibus Raises $1.2M
San Diego’s Cibus Global, which says it uses environmentally friendly biotechnology to develop crops with desired traits, has closed an equity and rights offering after raising almost $1.2 million, according to a recent regulatory filing. The agricultural biotech company founded in 2001 had targeted $2.6 million. Cibus has raised much of its recent capital through … Continue reading “Cibus Raises $1.2M”
Xconomy is Expanding Its Coverage of Michigan Innovation—and We’re Looking for Great Writers to Join Us
It’s been just four months since we launched Xconomy Detroit to bring our unique coverage of life sciences, information technology, energy, transportation, robotics, venture capital, and other high-tech arenas to bear on Michigan’s innovation scene—but already we want more! We have found a ton of stories of technology and innovation that still need telling, and … Continue reading “Xconomy is Expanding Its Coverage of Michigan Innovation—and We’re Looking for Great Writers to Join Us”
Small Deals Add Up: A Roundup of Under-the-Radar Deals in San Diego
July was a busy month for small deals, according to the latest data from CB Insights, the New York information and data services firm that tracks the private company deals that help fuel the innovation economy. CB Insights sweeps the sub $1 million deals for both technology and life sciences companies into this roundup. Many … Continue reading “Small Deals Add Up: A Roundup of Under-the-Radar Deals in San Diego”
Why Facebook Places Will Make Foursquare into a Footnote
If Facebook is doing location, then location must finally be real. I don’t mean that in a sarcastic way. I think that’s actually the most important takeaway from the introduction of Facebook Places last night, at a media event I attended at the social networking giant’s Palo Alto headquarters. The new feature allows people accessing … Continue reading “Why Facebook Places Will Make Foursquare into a Footnote”
Life Wants Ion Torrent for Fast Gene Sequencing, Biogen-Idec Takes On Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Two Biotechs Move Toward IPOs, & More San Diego Life Science News
Whatever happened to the lazy “dog days of summer?” The past week was busy with life science news, with a lot of deals and other developments. Here’s our summary: —Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]), in a bid to gain a competitive advantage in the market for fast and cheap gene sequencing, acquired Ion Torrent … Continue reading “Life Wants Ion Torrent for Fast Gene Sequencing, Biogen-Idec Takes On Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Two Biotechs Move Toward IPOs, & More San Diego Life Science News”
Nonprofits and the Valley of Death in Drug Discovery
The research and development (R&D) process that ultimately leads to effective drugs is exceedingly difficult, and often the public does not understand the drug discovery pipeline. In a typical model, drug companies will research tens of thousands to millions of compounds and spend in excess of a billion dollars over a 10- to 20-year period … Continue reading “Nonprofits and the Valley of Death in Drug Discovery”
SpectraFluidics Lands New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a4c8f32-02f2-4295-a74a-09cfead2ec77&Preview=1 Date 8/19/2010 Company Name SpectraFluidics Mailing Address 6950 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Company Description SpectraFluidics, Inc., has developed a novel chemical detection technology and platform which exceeds existing state-of-the-art sensitivity and specificity performance metrics by orders of magnitude. SpectraFluidics technology provides molecular-specific detection of explosives, illicit drugs, and other … Continue reading “SpectraFluidics Lands New Funding”
Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Receives $1,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5837cb50-0a53-42a3-86fb-4cba3c80db25&Preview=1 Date 8/19/2010 Company Name Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 26361 Crown Valley Parkway Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Company Description Aeolous Pharmaceutical is a biopharmaceutical company that is developing a new class of catalytic antioxidant compunds, referred to as manganoporphyrins, for diseases and disorders of the central nervous system, respiratory system, autoimmune system, … Continue reading “Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Receives $1,000,000 New Funding Round”
Novalar Pharmaceuticals Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9a8fec9-f9e6-4765-91e4-fb2d78ad94e9&Preview=1 Date 8/19/2010 Company Name Novalar Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 12555 High Bluff Drive San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California. Website http://www.novalar.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Novalar Pharmaceuticals Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round”
Director Quits Cypress Bio’s Board During Buyout Struggle
San Diego’s Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CYPB]]), which is in a standoff with a Ramius Group fund over its buyout offer, disclosed in a regulatory filing today that one of its independent directors has resigned from its eight-member board. The company, which yesterday reiterated its rejection of Ramius’ $160 million buyout offer, maintains that Jean-Pierre Millon … Continue reading “Director Quits Cypress Bio’s Board During Buyout Struggle”
Tachyon Gets $4M in SVB Financing
San Diego-based Tachyon Networks says today it has secured a $2 million equipment term loan and a $2 million line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank. The company specializes in providing broadband satellite communications services to oil and gas, alternative energy, construction, mining, and special events customers. Tachyon also serves military and government customers.
Biogen Idec Strikes Potential $345M Deal with Knopp to Develop ALS Drug
Biogen Idec now has a shot at treating a neurodegenerative disease that has befuddled researchers for decades. The Weston, MA-based biotech powerhouse (NASDAQ:[[ticker:BIIB]]) says today it has landed a deal with Knopp Neurosciences to develop an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Biogen, which has significant operations in … Continue reading “Biogen Idec Strikes Potential $345M Deal with Knopp to Develop ALS Drug”
Taste-Maker Allylix Prepares to Make “Nootkatone” a Household Word, as San Diego Gains Momentum in Industrial Biotechnology
In the six years since Allylix was founded, the San Diego startup has been developing ways of getting yeast to produce complex hydrocarbon molecules called terpenes for use initially as flavor and fragrance enhancers. In April, Allylix raised $9 million in a C Series round of venture capital to fund its commercialization plans, which call … Continue reading “Taste-Maker Allylix Prepares to Make “Nootkatone” a Household Word, as San Diego Gains Momentum in Industrial Biotechnology”
Life Tech, In Competitive Frenzy for Cheap DNA Sequencing, Buys Ion Torrent for $375M
Life Technologies just made a very aggressive move in the ultra-competitive world of fast and cheap gene sequencing. The Carlsbad, CA-based maker of life sciences instruments (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) said today it has agreed to acquire Ion Torrent Systems for a whopping $375 million in cash and stock. And that’s not the end of the deal. … Continue reading “Life Tech, In Competitive Frenzy for Cheap DNA Sequencing, Buys Ion Torrent for $375M”
Mitek Siezes an App Opportunity: Enabling Your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android Phone to Scan and Deposit Your Checks
San Diego’s Mitek Systems, the developer of optical character recognition and intelligent pattern recognition technologies that processes 10 billion checks a year, might have created a new opportunity in the emerging market for mobile check processing. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Mitek a utility patent for “systems for mobile image capture and … Continue reading “Mitek Siezes an App Opportunity: Enabling Your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android Phone to Scan and Deposit Your Checks”
Sequenom Builds Lab to Screen Test Results
A new 7,000-square-foot genetic testing laboratory is under construction at Sequenom’s San Diego headquarters. The San Diego Union-Tribune says today the new lab will open later this year, as the company begins to process samples in its “start-over” clinical trial intended to demonstrate the accuracy of its non-invasive test for Down syndrome. Sequenom (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SQNM]]) … Continue reading “Sequenom Builds Lab to Screen Test Results”
San Diego’s Zogenix Moving Fast to Commercialize Drug-and-Device Combo
It took centuries for the basic concept of a syringe—a plunger that fits tightly in a tube—to evolve into the medical hypodermic syringe, which uses a hollow needle to inject medication beneath the skin. The founders of San Diego’s Zogenix say they have developed a faster and simpler method for subcutaneous injections—and on a much … Continue reading “San Diego’s Zogenix Moving Fast to Commercialize Drug-and-Device Combo”
Market for Space-Based Internet Service Heats Up for ViaSat
It appears that the competition to provide satellite-based Internet service is heating up for ViaSat, the Carlsbad, CA-based defense contractor, at least judging from an account today by Susanna Kim in the New York Times. As I reported earlier this year, ViaSat has placed a billion-dollar bet on creating space-based Internet service as a new … Continue reading “Market for Space-Based Internet Service Heats Up for ViaSat”
Reva Medical Files for IPO
San Diego-based Reva Medical, which is developing bioabsorbable stents for treating arterial disease, has filed for a $63 million IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange, according to PE Hub. Inteq Ltd., a boutique investment bank in Sydney, is serving as the lead underwriter. The company has raised about $57 million in venture capital funding from … Continue reading “Reva Medical Files for IPO”