Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=34cc5fe8-9d41-4c19-b912-4e65c2933c03 Date 6/10/2015 Company Name LoanHero Mailing Address 101 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 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 services including … Continue reading “LoanHero Lands $21,700,000 Seed Financing Round”
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Music Mastermind Garners $500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1e21c2e-095b-4b6d-8ed5-c0d980c36f8f Date 6/10/2015 Company Name Music Mastermind Mailing Address 22301 Mulholland Highway Calabasas, CA 91302 USA Company Description Music Mastermind (MMM), based in Calabasas, CA, and formed in 2008, is an entertainment software company that is changing the way music is created, shared, and enjoyed. Website http://www.musicmastermind.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Music Mastermind Garners $500,000 New Financing Round”
TaskUs Secures $15,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2345e0d7-3003-4c3d-954b-d0789bc76186 Date 6/10/2015 Company Name TaskUs Mailing Address 3233 Donald Douglas Loop South Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA Company Description Today, many of the biggest and most exciting companies in the world trust TaskUs with their vital business processes so that they can focus on true innovation. As a result the little … Continue reading “TaskUs Secures $15,000,000 New Financing”
Take a Grain of Salt (Or Two) With New Cholesterol Drug Predictions
My mother always warned me never to start a column with a reference to management consultants. Sorry, Mom. Cover your eyes. But anyone else with personal health or personal finance interest in the latest cholesterol-fighting drugs, read on. Two years ago, three McKinseyites published a study about forecasts for drug sales. The upshot: To predict … Continue reading “Take a Grain of Salt (Or Two) With New Cholesterol Drug Predictions”
A Small Biz COO App: Five Questions for Shopventory’s Rares Saftoiu
Rares Saftoiu and Bach Le were working on the TurboTax engineering team at Intuit in San Diego when they decided to quit in 2013 to work full-time on Shopventory, a software startup they founded to serve small business owners. It was their second attempt at a startup while they were still working full-time at Intuit. … Continue reading “A Small Biz COO App: Five Questions for Shopventory’s Rares Saftoiu”
Integral Spine Solutions Receives $293,938 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=047c8f61-4a25-48c6-94d6-00c5ec9d01fa Date 6/9/2015 Company Name Integral Spine Solutions Mailing Address 5841 Edison Place Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA Company Description Integral Spine Solutions, Inc. is developing a new procedure and proprietary products for use in Interbody Fusion Surgery. We are based in Carlsbad, CA. Website http://www.integralspinesolutions.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $293,938 … Continue reading “Integral Spine Solutions Receives $293,938 New Financing”
Insightra Medical Obtains $2,837,500 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=713e82c8-477a-48ab-9958-7010e9b8efc9 Date 6/9/2015 Company Name Insightra Medical Mailing Address 9200 Irvine Center Dr. Irvine, CA 92618 USA Company Description In 2006 the first equity capital was raised and the current management team was assembled. Around that time, marketing rights were acquired for Ultra IAB aortic balloon pump catheter range created by TMP … Continue reading “Insightra Medical Obtains $2,837,500 New Funding Round”
GroundMetrics Secures $2,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83546d46-ee4c-4499-8cac-257b62cde5d4 Date 6/8/2015 Company Name GroundMetrics Mailing Address 4217 Ponderosa Ave. San Diego, CA 92123 USA Company Description GroundMetrics, Inc is the world leader in the development of land-based EM sensing and is working with oil, gas, mining, and geothermal companies to commercialize a new class of sensor system and methods and … Continue reading “GroundMetrics Secures $2,000,000 New Funding Round”
Apple Watch: The First Wearable Device Worth Wearing
It’s just a watch. I’ve had my Apple Watch for three weeks now, and I have no qualms about telling you that the device’s killer app is telling time. That’s what I was expecting. After all, it looks like a wristwatch, you wear it in the same place as a wristwatch, and the first thing … Continue reading “Apple Watch: The First Wearable Device Worth Wearing”
Nervana Systems Receives $20,510,870 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d019738-b302-43be-ad9a-8e33ae8c1948 Date 6/5/2015 Company Name Nervana Systems Mailing Address 6440 Lusk Blvd. San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Founded by experts in machine learning, neuroscience, processor architecture, and chip design, Nervana Systems is bringing unprecedented scale and simplicity to the application of brain-inspired algorithms. Website http://www.nervanasys.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Nervana Systems Receives $20,510,870 New Funding”
Cynvenio Biosystems Lands $25,426,258 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9bdc22f6-2a12-4a3d-a355-d2e62c3c9329 Date 6/5/2015 Company Name Cynvenio Biosystems Mailing Address 2260 Townsgate Road Westlake Village, CA 91361 USA Company Description Cynvenio Biosystems, Inc. is a California biotech company dedicated to providing game-changing technology to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. Cynvenio’s rare cell detection and mutational profiling applications include the LiquidBiopsy … Continue reading “Cynvenio Biosystems Lands $25,426,258 Series B Funding”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Regulus, Ardelyx, Juno, Sangamo & More
While a big slice of the oncology world was packed into a Chicago conference center earlier this week for the American Society for Clinical Oncology conference, other news happened, too. In San Diego, Regulus lost a CEO, and in the Bay Area, Ardelyx said goodbye to a big partner. In Seattle, Juno kept churning out … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Regulus, Ardelyx, Juno, Sangamo & More”
DataScience Secures $4,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b48d01f1-fa8e-4a22-8f56-0898b0f062a1 Date 6/3/2015 Company Name DataScience Mailing Address 200 Corporate Pointe Culver City, CA 90230 USA Company Description With DataScience, we’re shifting our focus from not only analyzing data but to also acting on opportunities. As our partner, DataScience has demonstrated how data becomes actionable in a meaningful manner. Website http://www.datascience.com Transaction … Continue reading “DataScience Secures $4,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
NantBioscience Garners $10,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2551d6eb-ffd3-44de-bce1-4fde2857d7be Date 6/3/2015 Company Name NantBioscience Mailing Address 9920 Jefferson Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 USA Company Description NantBioScience, a NantWorks company, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery of medicines designed to target the root cause of cancer growth and spread. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the creator of Abraxane® and the … Continue reading “NantBioscience Garners $10,000,000 Seed Funding”
Google Quietly Operating Sensor Startup Following Stealthy Buyout
Google (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GOOG]]) has acquired a San Diego startup that invented new sensor technology for precisely tracking changes in direction, according to two industry experts who would only discuss the deal anonymously. The Mountain View, CA-based technology giant agreed to buy Lumedyne Technologies in November for about $85 million, one expert said, just months after … Continue reading “Google Quietly Operating Sensor Startup Following Stealthy Buyout”
ASCO Roundup: Checkpoints, Pushback Against Prices, CAR-T & More
As has been the case the past few years, the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, which just wrapped up in Chicago, was the latest referendum on immunotherapy. But this year, not only did the meeting feature scientific developments for these new types of cancer fighters that rev up patients’ immune systems, but it … Continue reading “ASCO Roundup: Checkpoints, Pushback Against Prices, CAR-T & More”
Regulus Therapeutics CEO Xanthopoulos Quits Unexpectedly
Kleanthis Xanthopoulos, who has served more than seven years at the helm of San Diego microRNA drug developer Regulus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RGLS]]) unexpectedly resigned as CEO and from the company’s board, according to a statement from the company. The company named Paul Grint, who previously served as chief medical officer at Regulus, as CEO and … Continue reading “Regulus Therapeutics CEO Xanthopoulos Quits Unexpectedly”
Freedom Meditech Raises $4.8M to Commercialize Ocular Scanner
Freedom Meditech, a San Diego medical diagnostic company, said it has raised $4.8 million in a Series C financing round, bringing total venture funding to about $14 million in the nine years since the company was founded. The company also named John Gerace as CEO and as a member of the company’s board of directors. … Continue reading “Freedom Meditech Raises $4.8M to Commercialize Ocular Scanner”
Summer Reading List: True Tales That Will Inspire and Educate You
OK, you’ve already read the latest hot science bestsellers—Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies and Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (both terrific, by the way)—and you’re wondering what to grab next. I’ve suggested below a number of remarkable science books that I’m fond of, and that you might find interesting as … Continue reading “Summer Reading List: True Tales That Will Inspire and Educate You”
Telogis Garners $14,999,999 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac45a153-9cee-44c7-a866-0145ecb868af Date 6/1/2015 Company Name Telogis Mailing Address 20 Enterprise Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 USA Company Description Telogis’ product portfolio consists of a comprehensive wireless fleet management solution for fleets and a robust, proprietary mapping solution for fleet management companies and other telematics OEMs, enterprise users and systems integrators. Website http://www.telogis.com Transaction … Continue reading “Telogis Garners $14,999,999 New Funding”
Manta Instruments Lands New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58cab795-b951-4d09-b5ef-3a6d98a05da2 Date 5/29/2015 Company Name Manta Instruments Mailing Address 4225 Executive Square La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Company Description MANTA Instruments Inc. is commercializing scientific instruments that use breakthrough technology to characterize nanoparticles much more effectively than existing products. Website http://www.mantainc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Manta Instruments Lands New Financing Round”
RapidScale Garners New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e9061be-4fc8-448d-951f-fe8b9c6bec39 Date 5/29/2015 Company Name RapidScale Mailing Address 100 Pacifica Irvine, CA 92618 USA Company Description RapidScale was founded in 2008 by a team of technology professionals. We are headquartered in Irvine, CA and have employees throughout the US in numerous roles. RapidScale is an industry leading cloud company. Our cloud computing … Continue reading “RapidScale Garners New Round”
Snapchat Lands $537,639,783 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3740ae55-0a68-4029-afae-054cfdb3ecdb Date 5/29/2015 Company Name Snapchat Mailing Address 63 Market Street Venice, CA 90291 USA Company Description Snapchat is a new way to share photos with friends and family. We’re making social media fun again. And we’re totally mobile. Website http://www.snapchat.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $537,639,783 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Snapchat Lands $537,639,783 New Financing”
Qualcomm Names First 10 Companies to Robotics Accelerator
Following a global recruiting effort that yielded hundreds of applications, San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) today named the 10 startups selected for the new robotics accelerator program it is operating with Techstars. The inaugural class includes two San Diego robotics startups, Inova Drone and CleverPet, San Francisco-based Carbon Robotics, and early stage companies from Singapore; … Continue reading “Qualcomm Names First 10 Companies to Robotics Accelerator”
Mitek Expands Mobile Fintech Role by Acquiring Dutch ID Firm
In a deal that targets emerging opportunities in the mobile fintech industry, San Diego’s Mitek Systems (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MITK]]) has acquired IDchecker, a global provider of identity and document authentication technology. Mitek, which provides its mobile check-deposit technology to 3,700 U.S. banks, agreed to pay as much as $10.6 million to gain access to cloud-based technologies … Continue reading “Mitek Expands Mobile Fintech Role by Acquiring Dutch ID Firm”
Milestones Of Innovation 7: FDR Phones Knudsen At General Motors
One of the sharpest controversies about our nation’s history is who gets top credit for the titanic American public-private partnership that won World War II with an avalanche of production. Some call it a rescue by private business, others view it as an example of Franklin Roosevelt’s multi-layered and often-mysterious leadership. How we see this … Continue reading “Milestones Of Innovation 7: FDR Phones Knudsen At General Motors”
GumGum Receives $26,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43f001c9-0534-4345-84e4-1552cf74be62 Date 5/28/2015 Company Name GumGum Mailing Address 225 Santa Monica Blvd 6th Floor Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA Company Description GumGum is a licensing and distribution platform for online content. We believe paying a flat rate to license content for online use is illogical. Offline, the flat rate model works because … Continue reading “GumGum Receives $26,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Freedom Meditech Lands $4,800,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8673669-f246-40e8-9f48-17e54dfc1695 Date 5/28/2015 Company Name Freedom Meditech Mailing Address 5090 Shoreham Place San Diego, CA 92122 USA Company Description Freedom Meditech is focused on the development and commercialization of medical device technologies that provide users worldwide with a more free and healthy alternative to existing diagnostic tools on the market. Website http://www.freedom-meditech.com … Continue reading “Freedom Meditech Lands $4,800,000 Series C Round”
MicroPower Technologies Garners $4,709,999 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dbc5ab85-f7f8-40b0-b9d4-8e5f4f509434 Date 5/28/2015 Company Name MicroPower Technologies Mailing Address 4350 Executive Drive La Jolla, CA 92121 USA Company Description Established in 2008, MicroPower Technologies was founded on the idea that wireless video surveillance could be cost effective, easy-to-deploy, secure and highly reliable. Through innovative research and extensive development in a diverse set … Continue reading “MicroPower Technologies Garners $4,709,999 New Financing Round”
Retrophin Turns Asklepion Voucher Into $245M Sanofi Payday
File this one under shrewd dealmaking: Less than three months after buying a small drugmaker in Baltimore, MD, Retrophin has already made its money back—and then some. New York- and San Diego, CA-based Retrophin (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RTRX]]) this morning sold what’s known as a priority review voucher to French drugmaker Sanofi in a deal worth $245 … Continue reading “Retrophin Turns Asklepion Voucher Into $245M Sanofi Payday”
With Undisclosed Siemens Funding, CyberFlow Closes $4M Seed Round
San Diego network security startup CyberFlow Analytics said it has closed out its seed funding round after raising a total of $4 million from Toshiba America Electronic Components, angel investors, and Siemens Venture Capital, which did not disclose the size of its investment. As part of the deal, CyberFlow also formed a strategic partnership with … Continue reading “With Undisclosed Siemens Funding, CyberFlow Closes $4M Seed Round”
CyberFlow Analytics Secures $4,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecc929cb-fc75-458a-92cf-078524cf5fda Date 5/27/2015 Company Name CyberFlow Analytics Mailing Address 4250 Executive Square San Diego, CA 92037 USA Company Description CyberFlow Analytics has developed a disruptive approach to address cyber security that uses analytical and algorithm based technology. Current security solutions have allowed 90% of organizations to be compromised with a growth of … Continue reading “CyberFlow Analytics Secures $4,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Chef’d Receives $5,250,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6b208a3b-eaea-435a-876b-1fc05a1693ea Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Chef’d Mailing Address 2301 Rosecrans El Segundo, CA 90245 USA Company Description Fresh pre-portioned Ingredients delivered to your door. Reorder what you like, when you like. No subscriptions! Enrich your life by creating memorable delicious experiences of love through our hand-cultivated recipes. Website http://www.chefd.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Chef’d Receives $5,250,000 New Funding Round”
PatientPop Lands Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4aa08105-2eee-410f-817e-acbf141206e9 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name PatientPop Mailing Address 1221 2nd Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA Company Description Founded in 2014, PatientPop was conceived with one simple goal in mind: Help practices grow automatically. We understand the challenges doctors face simply focusing on patient care and running their practice. Many practices don’t … Continue reading “PatientPop Lands Seed Financing”
After Orexigen Gaffe, What Role for Drugs Amid Obesity Crisis?
Two recent happenings prompted this column. First, Orexigen Therapeutics drew fire from, well, nearly everyone earlier this month for an improper release of data related to its weight-loss drug Contrave. The second happening is Memorial Day weekend. I’m assuming you, like me, did not spend the long weekend hunting and gathering, sharpening your arrowheads, and … Continue reading “After Orexigen Gaffe, What Role for Drugs Amid Obesity Crisis?”
HelloTech Receives $2,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c35b254f-d05c-4782-a0b4-637dd73533b3 Date 5/26/2015 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 Receives $2,000,000 New Funding Round”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Illumina, Veracyte, Otonomy, Kite & More
Out west this week, the news flow was breezy. There were a sprinkling of diagnostics showers led by Illumina, which is in a patent fight with a Roche subsidiary, and Veracyte, which presented promising data for its lung test. It also seemed to be a week for pharma collaborations. Two pairs of partners signed pacts, … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Illumina, Veracyte, Otonomy, Kite & More”
Companion Medical Receives Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cfacf41d-6a86-46f9-8e19-84339fe15cad Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Companion Medical Mailing Address Undisclosed San Diego, CA 92107 USA Company Description Companion Medical is focused on the development of products to improve healthcare with easy-to-use medical devices that utilize state-of-the-art technologies. Website http://www.companion-medical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Companion Medical Receives Series B Round”
EY Names Regional Finalists in 2015 Entrepreneur of Year Award
EY, the accounting and professional services firm formerly known as Ernst & Young, today named the founders and CEOs of 15 companies in San Diego and Imperial Counties for its 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in this region. The awards are intended to honor entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such … Continue reading “EY Names Regional Finalists in 2015 Entrepreneur of Year Award”
Neuro Startup Challenge Winners Try To Commercialize NIH Inventions
The winning teams were announced today in the Neuro Startup Challenge, a two-year-old virtual accelerator that helps academic researchers and entrepreneurs build companies around promising technologies developed by NIH researchers. The 13 winners include a team from the Medical College of Wisconsin, which is launching a startup called Angio360 Diagnostics to commercialize a blood-based test … Continue reading “Neuro Startup Challenge Winners Try To Commercialize NIH Inventions”
Companion Medical Raises $3M to Get Its Smart Insulin Pen to Market
Companion Medical, a San Diego medical device startup founded about 16 months ago, has raised $3 million in an ongoing Series B financing round led by an investment from Eli Lilly, according to a statement from the company yesterday. “We will use the capital to attempt to achieve FDA clearance of our device as well … Continue reading “Companion Medical Raises $3M to Get Its Smart Insulin Pen to Market”
Building an Agnostic Cloud Infrastructure
Over the last two years I have often been asked: What is the best way to move out of Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other public cloud services? There are many reasons for making such a move, but cost, stability, and planned growth are the primary factors. Many companies that surpass $50,000 a month in … Continue reading “Building an Agnostic Cloud Infrastructure”
Celgene to Use Cypher Genomics’ Data Analytics in Drug Development
Under a collaboration announced today, San Diego-based Cypher Genomics said it would use its biomarker discovery service to help New Jersey’s Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) identify key genetic variants among patients who respond well to specific drugs. If successful, the use of Cypher’s proprietary technology to pinpoint such “functional variants” could enable a drug maker to … Continue reading “Celgene to Use Cypher Genomics’ Data Analytics in Drug Development”
Fate Therapeutics, Riding High on Juno Deal, Raising More Cash
Taking advantage of a healthy bounce on Wall Street, San Diego’s Fate Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FATE]]) said Monday it plans to sell 6 million shares of its common stock through a secondary public offering. All shares of common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by the company. With Fate shares trading at … Continue reading “Fate Therapeutics, Riding High on Juno Deal, Raising More Cash”
Four Tough Questions Startup CEOs Need to Ask to Scale
Mark Organ thinks very differently about how to evolve as a founder-CEO now that he’s on his second company. A decade ago, Mark co-founded customer relations management software company Eloqua. “I held on too long to all the details of the business,” he says. Even though the company had reached several million dollars in revenue, … Continue reading “Four Tough Questions Startup CEOs Need to Ask to Scale”
Clutter Lands $2,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cddf287b-41d0-43d5-b7f8-3054c5ab735e Date 5/19/2015 Company Name Clutter Mailing Address 12400 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA Company Description Clutter makes it easy for you to enjoy a simple and organized home by safely storing your extra stuff and bringing it back to you on demand. You don’t have to waste time, money, … Continue reading “Clutter Lands $2,000,000 New Round”
Battle to Regulate Uber, Lyft Moves From City Halls to State Capitols
[Updated 5/19/15, 10:40 a.m. See below.] The push to regulate increasingly popular ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft has shifted from city halls to state capitol buildings—with implications for the companies’ reputations and expansion plans, as well as the future of transportation systems worldwide. Last year saw passage of the first rules for ridesharing companies—or … Continue reading “Battle to Regulate Uber, Lyft Moves From City Halls to State Capitols”
Still Room For Great Guests at Napa Summit 2015—Request An Invite
“It’s like a mini-Davos.” That’s the way one leading venture capitalist describes Xconomy’s Napa Summit. And while he is perhaps a bit effusive, we do believe our annual retreat in wine country is something special. Maybe you can judge for yourself. We are just two weeks away from Napa Summit 2015, which will take place … Continue reading “Still Room For Great Guests at Napa Summit 2015—Request An Invite”
That First Move Can Be a Doozy: Why Peach Expanded to San Diego
Seattle-based Peach makes its debut in San Diego today, and therein lies a tale. The question, “Where do we expand first?” can be one of the hardest decisions confronting an early stage tech company looking to rapidly scale its business beyond the hometown market. Peach, founded in early 2014 by three ex-Amazon software engineers, began … Continue reading “That First Move Can Be a Doozy: Why Peach Expanded to San Diego”
Telogis Secures $25,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68c0bde6-5a35-41d9-810b-69d2060ef792 Date 5/18/2015 Company Name Telogis Mailing Address 20 Enterprise Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 USA Company Description Telogis’ product portfolio consists of a comprehensive wireless fleet management solution for fleets and a robust, proprietary mapping solution for fleet management companies and other telematics OEMs, enterprise users and systems integrators. Website http://www.telogis.com Transaction … Continue reading “Telogis Secures $25,000,000 New Financing”