There is a lot of debate about whether college is worth the investment, and many discount the value of a liberal arts degree at any price. While professional or pre-professional degrees, such as business or pre-law, often lead to high starting salaries, a January 2014 analysis of census data reports that “at peak earnings ages … Continue reading “Renaissance Futurism: Liberal Arts for the 21st Century”
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FilmTrack Obtains $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e9e6793-1cab-43de-b4a0-c1ce3ed09d36 Date 10/7/2015 Company Name FilmTrack Mailing Address 11846 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604 USA Company Description FilmTrack is a leading provider of content and rights management for the global film and television industry. A cloud-based, SaaS company, FilmTrack offers enterprise-class solutions for delivery and display of rich media and content, … Continue reading “FilmTrack Obtains $10,000,000 New Funding”
Emida Acquires Quippi for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2cec4839-f57b-4983-8917-8f6068550f36 Date 10/7/2015 Company Name Quippi Mailing Address 4225 Executive Square La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Company Description Quippi offers gift cards (we like to call them shopping cards) that are sold in the USA and accepted at leading retailers throughout Mexico. We sell these cards to our customers with no fee, … Continue reading “Emida Acquires Quippi for Undisclosed Sum”
Lakana Acquires Kixer for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4aef6b5-0982-4ffe-8779-df83534f1ac6 Date 10/7/2015 Company Name Kixer Mailing Address 10000 Riverside Dr. Toluca Lake, CA 91602 USA Company Description Kixer is a native mobile advertising technology company that helps connect web and app publishers through its premium advertising exchange. Kixer’s technology is currently distributed across a growing list of leading web publishers and … Continue reading “Lakana Acquires Kixer for Undisclosed Sum”
Emida Buys San Diego-based Quippi and Its Gift Card Business
Emida, an Orange County company that specializes in serving the global prepayment industry, said today it is acquiring Quippi, a San Diego startup that offers pre-paid gift cards in Mexico as a no-fee alternative to international money transfers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Quippi founder Michael Aleles declined to even tell me … Continue reading “Emida Buys San Diego-based Quippi and Its Gift Card Business”
Amid Nobel Prize Suspense, Making Sense Of Latest Gene-Editing News
There was a meeting Monday in Washington, D.C., to discuss some of the latest advances in gene editing, a field that has profound medical, agricultural, social, and ethical implications for society. At the lunch break, the webcast played over and over a genteel piece of classical music—Albinoni’s string concerto No. 4 in G major, to … Continue reading “Amid Nobel Prize Suspense, Making Sense Of Latest Gene-Editing News”
Technocom Obtains $2,287,263 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9993a03-6038-4b71-b755-4057981c7e5e Date 10/6/2015 Company Name Technocom Mailing Address 2030 Corte del Nogal Carlsbad, CA 92011 USA Company Description TechnoCom Corporation is a leading provider of products and services to enable wireless location solutions for enterprises, wireless carriers, and service providers. Website http://www.technocom-wireless.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,287,263 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Technocom Obtains $2,287,263 New Financing”
Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Board Asks CEO Jack Lief to Retire
San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) said that Jack Lief, who has served as Arena’s president and CEO since 1997, has retired from the company and left Arena’s board of directors—effective today—at the request of the company’s board. Lief co-founded Arena 18 years ago with Dominic Behan, a scientist now serving as Arena’s executive vice … Continue reading “Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Board Asks CEO Jack Lief to Retire”
PathSense Finds Way to Grand Prize in “Quick Pitch” Competition
PathSense, a suburban San Diego startup using a “sensor fusion” approach to provide an alternative to battery-draining GPS location technology for mobile devices, was the grand prize winner last week at the San Diego Tech Coast Angels’ ninth annual “Quick Pitch” event. The Cardiff, CA-based company uses a proprietary “predictive routing algorithm” and machine learning … Continue reading “PathSense Finds Way to Grand Prize in “Quick Pitch” Competition”
From Dance Clubs to Syn Bio: MIT’s Collins on Startups, Second Chances
It happens over and over again with new science. A discovery prompts crazy hype and massive investment that the data aren’t ready to support. A crash ensues, backers lose millions, egos are bruised—yet the pioneers slowly trudge forward. They regroup, away from the limelight, and try to learn from failure. When it comes to synthetic … Continue reading “From Dance Clubs to Syn Bio: MIT’s Collins on Startups, Second Chances”
DFJ Growth Leads $90M Round for Green Lender Renovate America
Renovate America, a San Diego company that finances solar panel installations and other sustainability-focused imrpovements for residential and commercial buildings, said yesterday it has raised $90 million in a growth equity round led by DFJ Growth. Founded in 2009 by J.P. McNeill and Nick Fergis, Renovate America began making clean-energy loans to homeowners in 2011, … Continue reading “DFJ Growth Leads $90M Round for Green Lender Renovate America”
Elcelyx Therapeutics Garners $40,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82da1d5c-2652-49b4-abfd-84e9145b68c5 Date 10/2/2015 Company Name Elcelyx Therapeutics Mailing Address 11995 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 USA Company Description Elcelyx Therapeutics of San Diego is a stealth mode diabetes related biotechnology company. Website http://www.elcelyx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes Proceeds from new investors … Continue reading “Elcelyx Therapeutics Garners $40,000,000 Series E Funding Round”
Renovate America Receives $90,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c4d48c9-d081-4206-9986-4b42ca2981cd Date 10/2/2015 Company Name Renovate America Mailing Address 15073 Avenue of Science San Diego, CA 92128 USA Company Description HERO has grown to become the fastest growing energy efficiency financing solution in the nation and accounts for 95% of the Residential PACE Financing market. Website http://www.renovateamerica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Renovate America Receives $90,000,000 New Funding Round”
HonkMobile Secures $3,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2dbe1614-903e-4873-ac1b-aabb0dc648fd Date 10/2/2015 Company Name HonkMobile Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA Company Description HonkMobile is North America’s leading provider of on-demand mobile payments for parking. HonkMobile’s cloud-based technology streamlines parking by allowing users to search, pay for, and top up parking from their mobile phone, tablet or any Internet … Continue reading “HonkMobile Secures $3,000,000 Seed Funding”
New VC-Backed School Joins Ranks of SF’s Indie Coding Skills Shops
San Francisco hosts so many freestanding computer programming schools and code bootcamps now that it’s hard to keep track of them all. But make room for another one. A trio of alumni from France’s European Institute of Technology is launching the new Holberton School in a 4,000-square-foot space on Battery Street, and they’re offering free … Continue reading “New VC-Backed School Joins Ranks of SF’s Indie Coding Skills Shops”
Elcelyx Raises $40M, Begins Late-Stage Trial of New Diabetes Drug
San Diego-based Elcelyx Therapeutics said today it has secured $40 million in a Series E financing—its biggest ever—after receiving official guidance from the FDA for late-stage trials of its oral drug candidate, a delayed-release formulation of metformin. Elcelyx is targeting the 40 percent of patients with type 2 diabetes who can’t tolerate existing formulations of … Continue reading “Elcelyx Raises $40M, Begins Late-Stage Trial of New Diabetes Drug”
MomentFeed Obtains $2,737,305 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ad84e5f-2fd2-4e61-a75c-2aaaa210953a Date 10/1/2015 Company Name MomentFeed Mailing Address 2644 30th Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA Company Description MomentFeed is committed to developing Location-Based Engagements as a new marketing channel. We do this by making it efficient for large brands to utilize location-based services and technologies to achieve their marketing objectives. Website … Continue reading “MomentFeed Obtains $2,737,305 Series B Financing Round”
Spaceflight Buys SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket for 2017 Rideshare Mission
Seattle space business Spaceflight, which sends its customers’ small satellites into orbit by renting excess capacity on other companies’ launch vehicles, bought a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX to conduct its own dedicated “rideshare” mission in 2017. By controlling the entire mission, Spaceflight can cater to higher-value customers who weren’t willing to trade the cost … Continue reading “Spaceflight Buys SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket for 2017 Rideshare Mission”
PhageTech Secures $2,400,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d30ddd19-5177-4cb8-944f-87c61637c242 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name PhageTech Mailing Address 4 Corporate Plaza Newport Beach, CA 92660 USA Company Description PhageTech, Inc. is a California based development stage company with an innovative platform that employs a bacteriophage substrate for detecting analytes in urine, blood and most any other body fluid. This technology promises to … Continue reading “PhageTech Secures $2,400,000 Series A Round”
LoanHero Receives $100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c39fda3-13f6-4222-98b1-99b239844c7c Date 9/30/2015 Company Name LoanHero Mailing Address 2223 Avenida De La Playa La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Company Description LoanHero has developed an innovative loan origination platform that solves a multibillion-dollar problem. By bringing marketplace lending to the point of sale, LoanHero provides better financing options for consumers purchasing goods and … Continue reading “LoanHero Receives $100,000 New Round”
My Déjà Vu Moment in Genomics: Why We Need Industry Standards Now
I am a serial entrepreneur who has spent the past couple of decades advancing the front lines of technology in digital healthcare, wireless communications, and semiconductor industries. And I’ve been experiencing a déjà vu moment in genomics. Back in 1994, when I was designing electrical circuits as part of my doctorate program at the University … Continue reading “My Déjà Vu Moment in Genomics: Why We Need Industry Standards Now”
Dunsire, Forum Search For Answers After FDA Halts Alzheimer’s Trial
A litany of promising therapies for Alzheimer’s disease have crashed and burned in late-stage testing. So it was an ominous sign when the FDA recently placed a clinical hold on a big Phase 3 trial for an experimental drug from Waltham, MA-based Forum Pharmaceuticals. What’s more, the side effects that have triggered the pause—or at … Continue reading “Dunsire, Forum Search For Answers After FDA Halts Alzheimer’s Trial”
Tradesy Lands $3,129,781 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17539a59-b064-44a3-96c8-b612ff563162 Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Tradesy Mailing Address 1217 2nd Street 3rd Floor Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA Company Description Tradesy is a new fashion recommerce site from the creator of the highly popular site, Recycled Bride. Website http://www.tradesy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,129,781 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Tradesy Lands $3,129,781 New Funding”
SolarReserve Obtains $19,393,621 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c4808159-503f-4cc8-b5dd-becb80ddfd0d Date 9/29/2015 Company Name SolarReserve Mailing Address 2425 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA Company Description SolarReserve was formed to solve two of the fundamental barriers of renewable energy: scalability and storage. Unlike hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and other renewable energy technologies that use limited renewable fuel sources, SolarReserve’s power plants … Continue reading “SolarReserve Obtains $19,393,621 New Financing Round”
Trinity’s Fred Wang on Thinking Outside the Silicon Valley Box
When it comes to investing in technology startups, anywhere beyond Silicon Valley is considered a “secondary market.” It’s just not possible to find a comparable density of super angel investors, venture capital firms, and tech startups anywhere else. Of the nearly $31 billion that venture firms have invested nationwide through the first half of 2015, … Continue reading “Trinity’s Fred Wang on Thinking Outside the Silicon Valley Box”
You42 Acquires Earbits for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f35c404-6b96-411f-92e3-9f81a7e9e27b Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Earbits Mailing Address 957 Lake Street Venice, CA 90291 USA Company Description Earbits is personalized streaming radio with cojones. No ads, no commercials, no subscriptions…just a slick website with plenty of things to keep you busy. Explore and connect with killer bands across a huge variety of … Continue reading “You42 Acquires Earbits for Undisclosed Sum”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Gilead, Conatus, Exelixis, and More
Those of you who thought that DreamWorks’ Shrek franchise ended in 2010 with Shrek Ever After may have been surprised when a new installment played out over the past week with the big green ogre re-imagined as a former hedge-fund-manager-turned biotech executive. Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, called down the wrath of the Twitter-verse … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Gilead, Conatus, Exelixis, and More”
Aquam Receives $13,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4add86f-2ae0-4128-a77e-a801992abe9b Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Aquam Mailing Address ?7710 Kenamar Ct. San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description The Aquam group will fully address the failing infrastructure problem that has been plaguing the world for decades, providing infrastructure support, rehabilitation and diagnostics to inside and outside infrastructure systems. Website http://www.aquamcorp.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Aquam Receives $13,000,000 New Funding Round”
Impact Health Secures $118,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4ad8cdb2-cbeb-4af8-b5fc-bc21e52fa7f1 Date 9/24/2015 Company Name Impact Health Mailing Address 87 N. Raymond Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 USA Company Description We show you upfront what you would pay out of your pocket for everything, including your medications and doctor visits, not just your monthly premium. Website http://www.impacthealth.io Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 … Continue reading “Impact Health Secures $118,000 Seed Round”
Everyone Counts Gets $20M Vote of Confidence for Electoral Tech
San Diego-based Everyone Counts, founded to provide secure, software-as-a-service voting systems that eliminate the need for outdated voting machines or paper ballots, has raised $4 million from investors in a round led by Draper Associates, the venture firm based in Menlo Park, CA. The company also raised $16 million in a mezzanine debt round led … Continue reading “Everyone Counts Gets $20M Vote of Confidence for Electoral Tech”
Shkreli Implodes And Provides Hillary A Perfect Medicare Moment
It was already a good political time for Hillary Clinton to unveil her plan to control the cost of prescription drugs. Martin Shkreli made it perfect. As you’ve probably heard by now, the front-running Democratic candidate Clinton on Tuesday outlined about a dozen ways she would aim to alter the American healthcare landscape if elected … Continue reading “Shkreli Implodes And Provides Hillary A Perfect Medicare Moment”
12 San Diego Tech Startups to Watch in 2016—and One Still in Stealth Mode
Software is making a comeback in San Diego. It’s not exactly a sea change. But there are more companies now, more investments—and investors—and more startup activity than there was even a few years ago, when a lack of direction in the tech sector here led to unflattering comparisons to the horse latitudes. Some of San … Continue reading “12 San Diego Tech Startups to Watch in 2016—and One Still in Stealth Mode”
Everyone Counts Obtains $20,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=13a2be19-65df-46ce-8ff1-5f4225551f24 Date 9/23/2015 Company Name Everyone Counts Mailing Address 4435 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Our team is comprised of world-renowned experts in elections, technology and enterprise. With global-, federal- and state-level election leadership—working in tandem with computer security experts with years of experience developing secure solutions for … Continue reading “Everyone Counts Obtains $20,000,000 New Funding Round”
CLSA Hires an “Ambassador” to the Life Sciences Community
The California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) has named Holly Smithson as a senior vice president of business strategy and development, saying she will act as an ambassador for CLSA to the life sciences community, according to a recent statement. Smithson, who is based in San Diego, was previously working as a strategic consultant for non-profits … Continue reading “CLSA Hires an “Ambassador” to the Life Sciences Community”
2nd Annual Contextual Robotics Forum at UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, will host a one-day event focused on the future of robotics for medicine, autonomous vehicles, first-response scenarios, consumer applications, and more. The 2ndannual Contextual Robotics Forum at UC San Diego features a technology showcase in addition to nine keynote talks from leaders in robotics and related technologies. Speakers include Marc … Continue reading “2nd Annual Contextual Robotics Forum at UC San Diego”
Kickstarting Entrepreneurs in San Diego by Testing Market Demand
In the six or seven years since Kickstarter and Indiegogo launched their crowdfunding sites, the way entrepreneurs raise money to finance their endeavors has fundamentally changed. These two companies have become the gold standard for helping entrepreneurs get their startups off the ground. In the old days (before 2008), an entrepreneur would typically come up … Continue reading “Kickstarting Entrepreneurs in San Diego by Testing Market Demand”
Portfolium Raises $1.2M to Help College Students Land That First Job
Portfolium, a Web-based social network for students preparing to start their careers, said it has closed on $1.2 million in new venture funding, bringing its total funding to $2.1 million since 2013, when the San Diego-based startup was founded. The investors are New York’s University Ventures, an investment firm focused exclusively on global higher education … Continue reading “Portfolium Raises $1.2M to Help College Students Land That First Job”
West Coast Bio Roundup: Google/Insel, SeaGen, Avalon, Alector & More
It’s not specific to the West Coast, but anyone who needs to catch up on the week’s events should read the British Medical Journal’s re-analysis of a long-criticized study, dubbed Study 329, of the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) in an adolescent population. It took place in the 1990s, run by SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline). Paroxetine was … Continue reading “West Coast Bio Roundup: Google/Insel, SeaGen, Avalon, Alector & More”
Reality Check: Cancer Experts Discuss Hurdles Facing CAR-T Therapy
There’s a lot of excitement these days about a type of cellular immunotherapy known as CAR-T, a method of modifying peoples’ immune cells to fight cancer. But you could also fill a book listing all the problems its makers will have to solve—how to test, manufacture, and even the define the nature of these cancer-killing … Continue reading “Reality Check: Cancer Experts Discuss Hurdles Facing CAR-T Therapy”
Portfolium Obtains $2,100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c5d92d1-5c33-4fa8-bfe9-521646d6a953 Date 9/18/2015 Company Name Portfolium Mailing Address 101 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 USA Company Description Portfolium solves the LinkedIn problem for students with no professional work history. It’s an online platform for students of all majors to visually showcase their skills, projects and experiences to employers. Website http://www.portfolium.com Transaction … Continue reading “Portfolium Obtains $2,100,000 New Round”
Aspiration Lands $15,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9959976-925c-4d79-8848-6cf109f6db4f Date 9/18/2015 Company Name Aspiration Mailing Address 4640 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 USA Company Description We’re a new kind of investment firm – built on trust, focused on the middle class instead of millionaires, and founded on the idea that we can do well and do good at … Continue reading “Aspiration Lands $15,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
ACTV8me Receives $3,734,871 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=48b94b16-df93-40d5-b2b5-e7a0ec228b9a Date 9/18/2015 Company Name ACTV8me Mailing Address 8750 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA Company Description The ACTV8me mobile wallet platform enables advertisers to send currency (smart coupons) to a consumer’s mobile device at home via television, in the car via radio, on the web, in newspapers and magazines, or … Continue reading “ACTV8me Receives $3,734,871 New Funding”
Education in the Second Machine Age
We are in the early innings of a Second Machine Age—one relying on fewer people and more technology—yet we’re largely educating students for a bygone era. The (First) Machine Age, which is typically bracketed by the introduction of the automobile in the late 1880s and the invention of the transistor shortly after WWII, led to … Continue reading “Education in the Second Machine Age”
HelloTech Obtains $12,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d74ad4a-8547-45f9-88cf-3f67d678fd3d Date 9/17/2015 Company Name HelloTech Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA Company Description HelloTech is changing the way consumers purchase and get support for new technology. Utilizing an on demand, verified and trained workforce, HelloTech will provide in home support and consultation for consumers looking to manage and upgrade … Continue reading “HelloTech Obtains $12,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Kaleo Obtains $6,999,999 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2480a301-db69-4993-bd3f-b0fcfe0866de Date 9/17/2015 Company Name Kaleo Mailing Address 841 Apollo Street El Segundo, CA 90245 USA Company Description Kaleo is an interactive knowledge network that puts the answers to essential business questions at a user’s fingertips. Kaleo captures and tags information to create an organically growing knowledge base. Users can find information … Continue reading “Kaleo Obtains $6,999,999 Series B Round”
Alector Raises $32M For Immune-Based Neuro Drug Development
Researchers around the world have explored the ties between the immune system and devastating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. San Francisco biotech Alector wants to exploit those ties to make drugs, and today it announced $32 million in venture funding—with another round likely coming by year’s end—to continue that work. Alector was founded two years … Continue reading “Alector Raises $32M For Immune-Based Neuro Drug Development”
With Revamped Trial, Aerie, Glaucoma Drug Bounce Back
Aerie Pharmaceuticals took a beating from investors earlier this year when its glaucoma drug failed the first of a few Phase 3 trials. But today the company has bounced back, thanks to a helping hand from the FDA. Bedminster, NJ and Irvine, CA-based Aerie (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AERI]]) said late Wednesday that its glaucoma drug, known as … Continue reading “With Revamped Trial, Aerie, Glaucoma Drug Bounce Back”
HouseCall Add-On: Mobile-Centric Home Services Startup Raises $6M
HouseCall, a San Diego mobile software startup that operates a Web-based marketplace for home services, has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by August Capital of Menlo Park, CA. Two existing investors—Michael Beaudoin, a former co-founder and co-CEO of HomeAdvisor, and San Francisco-based e.ventures, joined the round, according to a recent statement … Continue reading “HouseCall Add-On: Mobile-Centric Home Services Startup Raises $6M”
The Risks and Opportunities of Doing Business in Emerging Markets
If you’re a startup or small business based in the U.S., chances are that you’re engaging with other emerging markets in some way or another. Perhaps you’re serving customers in those markets – or you have partners, suppliers, or consultants located there – or perhaps some of your team members are based there, or traveling … Continue reading “The Risks and Opportunities of Doing Business in Emerging Markets”
ScripSense Obtains $550,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eeeff7b4-8403-4b53-b840-28f05eb780a5 Date 9/16/2015 Company Name ScripSense Mailing Address 1200 S. Coast Highway Laguna Beach, CA 92651 USA Company Description We provide the easiest, most effective technology available for organizations to raise money by empowering members to give through their everyday spending. Website http://www.scripsense.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $550,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “ScripSense Obtains $550,000 New Financing”