McLuhan said that the medium is the message. Here at Xconomy, we agree, and we think it even goes for the venues we pick for our events. When we hold a big conference in a university lecture hall, the message we’re sending is: deep thoughts and nuanced arguments coming. If we gather at the campus … Continue reading “New Napa Speakers: Kawasaki on Startups, Ashenfelter on Wine”
Category: San Diego
Otonomy Raises $49M to Advance 3 Drugs for Treating Ear Diseases
Otonomy, the San Diego biopharmaceutical startup developing new treatments for diseases and disorders of the ear, has refined its strategy, raised capital, and advanced three drug candidates in the three and a half years since David Weber stepped in as CEO. And today Otonomy says it has secured $49 million in a new Series D … Continue reading “Otonomy Raises $49M to Advance 3 Drugs for Treating Ear Diseases”
BioPharma Learns From Marvel, Begins Real Life Search For “X-Men”
Biopharma employees read, as you might expect, a wide spectrum of scientific journals and trade publications. What might be surprising is that their reading lists appear to have expanded recently to include classic Marvel comics. What’s led me to this conclusion? The Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB has sponsored an Innovation Challenge on the InnoCentive Website … Continue reading “BioPharma Learns From Marvel, Begins Real Life Search For “X-Men””
Otonomy Secures $49,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dbef6156-e14d-44fd-a78f-64637c913b50 Date 4/30/2014 Company Name Otonomy Mailing Address 6275 Nancy Ridge Drive San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Otonomy is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drug therapies for disorders of the inner and middle ear. Website http://www.otonomy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $49,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds … Continue reading “Otonomy Secures $49,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Red Hat Acquires Inktank for $175,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=197cce9b-7feb-4c6f-bb73-ff88d64c6a9a Date 4/30/2014 Company Name Inktank Mailing Address 707 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90017 USA Company Description Inktank is a professional services and support company that was founded in 2012 by several creators of Ceph, including Sage Weil, cofounder of DreamHost and CEO and Chief Architect of Ceph. The company is … Continue reading “Red Hat Acquires Inktank for $175,000,000”
CleverPet Feeder is Like a Dance Dance Revolution for Dogs
While Dan Knudsen was getting his doctorate in neurosciences at UC San Diego, he studied auditory perception and learning, using behavioral, electrophysiological, and computational techniques. While Leo Trottier was enrolled in UC San Diego’s graduate program in cognitive science, he published research on visual processing, and was interested in the idea of using a video … Continue reading “CleverPet Feeder is Like a Dance Dance Revolution for Dogs”
As Tag Service Expands, San Diego’s Tealium Secures $20M Financing
San Diego-based Tealium, which provides Web-based technology that enables corporate marketing teams to manage their metadata tags, says it has secured $20 million in debt financing to help fuel the company’s global expansion. Tealium has previously raised over $27 million in venture capital since it was founded six years ago. In a phone interview yesterday, … Continue reading “As Tag Service Expands, San Diego’s Tealium Secures $20M Financing”
Milwaukee Has Startup Ecosystem Elements, Awaits Chain Reaction
Obviously the startup communities on the coasts are different than those in “flyover country” (as it is often referred to). I’d like to comment on some of the differences between two startup communities I am familiar with: Boston and Milwaukee. While I grew up in Milwaukee, I left after high school to go to MIT … Continue reading “Milwaukee Has Startup Ecosystem Elements, Awaits Chain Reaction”
Verdezyne Gets $48M to Advance Industrial Biotechnology in Malaysia
President Obama and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak applauded a business deal in Malaysia yesterday, as the Malaysian agricultural conglomerate Sime Darby Berhad agreed to lead a $48 million investment in Verdezyne, the Carlsbad, CA-based industrial biotech. The deal is expected to make Sime Darby the single largest investor in Verdezyne, which has committed itself … Continue reading “Verdezyne Gets $48M to Advance Industrial Biotechnology in Malaysia”
Tealium Secures $20,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d368802e-1a84-4bbe-9fde-35bdaff2c68c Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Tealium Mailing Address 11085 Torreyana Road San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Tealium is the global leader in Tag Management, serving some of the most demanding clients worldwide. Website http://www.tealium.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Funding proceeds will be … Continue reading “Tealium Secures $20,000,000 New Financing”
Alignment Healthcare Garners $125,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=403491da-44cc-4488-99b0-54eb720504e5 Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Alignment Healthcare Mailing Address 4 Park Plaza Irvine, CA 92614 USA Company Description For the first time, the interests of hospitals, physicians and payers can align to deliver truly excellent, patient-centric care. Our proprietary Alignment Business and Advanced Clinical Model is a platform that enables health care … Continue reading “Alignment Healthcare Garners $125,000,000 New Funding Round”
Verdezyne Obtains $48,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0cfa79b0-f885-4508-a433-55b0cbf21702 Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Verdezyne Mailing Address 2715 Loker Avenue West Carlsbad, CA 92010 USA Company Description Verdezyne employs its biology expertise and proprietary advanced computational algonithms to design and synthesize novel, high-diversity gene libraries for engineering proteins, metabolic pathways, and microorganisms. Website http://www.verdezyne.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $48,000,000 … Continue reading “Verdezyne Obtains $48,000,000 New Round”
Trippy Lands $3,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca825e73-94c4-45ae-be2b-7a701ca1368e Date 4/29/2014 Company Name Trippy Mailing Address 880 Apollo El Segundo, CA 90245 USA Company Description Trippy is the first web and mobile app designed to let your friends plan your trip, helping you travel better. It’s a friend-sourced solution solving the long-standing problem of untrustworthy and irrelevant travel content. Website … Continue reading “Trippy Lands $3,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Access to Capital: Providing Money and Credit to Mainstreet
Access to Capital is a one-day event organized by Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. for small business owners seeking startup, working, or growth capital. This session includes: a panel discussion on alternative versus traditional funding, with access to experts; an opportunity to meet one-on-one with loan officers from over 20 lenders; and access to small … Continue reading “Access to Capital: Providing Money and Credit to Mainstreet”
“Top of Rockies” Honors Xconomy’s Davidson with 2 First Place Awards
We’re proud to report this morning that one of our own has added his name to the summit log in the “Top of the Rockies” journalism competition awards, a program organized by the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Michael Davidson, who joined Xconomy just over a year ago as editor of … Continue reading ““Top of Rockies” Honors Xconomy’s Davidson with 2 First Place Awards”
GroundMetrics Lands $2.7M to Expand Geophysical Survey Technology
San Diego-based GroundMetrics says it has raised over $2.7 million to advance its geophysical sensing technology in an extended Series B financing led by Cowboy Technology Angels, an Oklahoma angel group comprised of alumni and friends of Oklahoma State University. GroundMetrics was founded four years ago with advanced electromagnetic sensing technology developed by Quasar Geophysical … Continue reading “GroundMetrics Lands $2.7M to Expand Geophysical Survey Technology”
Kite Pharma Garners $50,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9cd6d19-cd7b-40b0-986a-7004a396a537 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name Kite Pharma Mailing Address 2225 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA Company Description Kite Pharma, Inc. is a privately held development stage biotechnology company engaged in the design and development of pioneering immune-based targeted therapies to treat different cancer indications. Kite has a portfolio of proprietary … Continue reading “Kite Pharma Garners $50,000,000 New Round”
Xirrus Garners $10,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1361c4c1-0378-44ce-a40f-0d1dd635a1b4 Date 4/28/2014 Company Name Xirrus Mailing Address 2101 Corporate Center Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 USA Company Description The company provides wireless solutions to the enterprise. Website http://www.xirrus.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact technology company for … Continue reading “Xirrus Garners $10,000,000 New Funding Round”
Beauty Is Everywhere, Except On Your TV Screen. Time to Change That.
Your mother probably taught you to turn off the TV when you weren’t watching it. That made sense, back in the day: television sets used to consume a lot of juice. Today, they don’t. If you bought the largest, most electricity-guzzling flat-screen TV you could find and left it on all the time, you’d still … Continue reading “Beauty Is Everywhere, Except On Your TV Screen. Time to Change That.”
Domain Elite Invests $6.5M in GI Device Maker to Expand in China
When Domain Associates unveiled an initiative to commercialize new healthcare technologies in China last year, partner Brian Halak said one of the big challenges would be getting biomedical innovators to license their technologies for the huge, but still-developing market. The venture firm, which is based in San Diego and Princeton, NJ, has been thinking outside … Continue reading “Domain Elite Invests $6.5M in GI Device Maker to Expand in China”
Connectivity Receives $6,350,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c26ecec-7f1e-434c-8f6b-97f2a3688edf Date 4/25/2014 Company Name Connectivity Mailing Address PO Box 864 Burbank, CA 91503 USA Company Description Truly understanding your customers, their behaviors, interests and demographics is critical to improving online opinions and increasing revenue. Website http://www.connectivity.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,350,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The funds … Continue reading “Connectivity Receives $6,350,000 Series A Round”
CalciMedica Garners $2,499,999 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e564f36e-5e3e-4142-b5e6-ed64fcadb7fa Date 4/25/2014 Company Name CalciMedica Mailing Address 505 Coast Blvd S. La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Company Description The company is developing drugs focused on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Website http://www.calcimedica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,499,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “CalciMedica Garners $2,499,999 New Financing Round”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Illumina, Vital Therapies, and More
Some big trends in molecular diagnostics, wireless health, and Big Data are converging, and San Diego seems to be one of the places where they are coming together. A few examples are here, along with the rest of the week’s life sciences news. —The Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center, based in Menlo Park, CA, and … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Illumina, Vital Therapies, and More”
Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?
For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. Lately the pressure of continuous disruption has forced them to step up the pace. More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies? The answer – there … Continue reading “Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?”
As Websense Leaves Town, Iboss Network Security Takes Center Stage
When fraternal twins Paul and Peter Martini founded a startup now known as iboss Network Security in San Diego in 2003, another local company was already becoming one of the dominant providers of Web gateway security technology. For the next decade or so, iboss operated in the background while San Diego’s Websense rose into the … Continue reading “As Websense Leaves Town, Iboss Network Security Takes Center Stage”
How To Fund a “Fat Startup”
These days, we focus a lot more on lean startups than startups that require capital to get going. The entire industry has moved away from the “fat” startup category. Investors expect that you will have your product launched, customer acquisition model fleshed out fully, and a team in place before Series A. However, infrastructure software, … Continue reading “How To Fund a “Fat Startup””
Sotera Wireless Obtains $20,704,787 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7d857aa-d0bb-4f22-b0d9-40f0aec68b22 Date 4/23/2014 Company Name Sotera Wireless Mailing Address 10020 Huennekens Street San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Our vision is to revolutionize patient safety by enabling the early detection of deterioration in patients who are mobile and free to move about in the hospital or the home. With adequate warning … Continue reading “Sotera Wireless Obtains $20,704,787 New Round”
Four Ways to Build a Better Ecosystem for Tech Startups in San Diego
Through all the ups and downs of building TakeLessons over the past eight years, I can say with certainty that San Diego’s ecosystem for tech startups is better now than I’ve ever seen it. That said, we have reached a crucial juncture. Our entrepreneurial community can either take San Diego to the next level by … Continue reading “Four Ways to Build a Better Ecosystem for Tech Startups in San Diego”
Digital Health Event Highlights Innovation, Wireless Clinical Trials
Last summer, a team of researchers at San Diego’s Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) began a clinical study called “Wired for Health” to assess whether wireless sensors and related technologies could “bend the curve” on health care spending. At the time, institute director Eric Topol said it would be “one of the first robust, cross-industry … Continue reading “Digital Health Event Highlights Innovation, Wireless Clinical Trials”
A Big Day for Xconomy: Introducing Elise Craig and Alex Lash
At a growing media startup like Xconomy, there’s no task more thrilling than welcoming new editors and writers on board. Today is especially exciting, because I’ve got not one but two additions to tell you about. First, I’m extremely pleased to announce that Elise Craig has joined us as the new Editor of Xconomy San … Continue reading “A Big Day for Xconomy: Introducing Elise Craig and Alex Lash”
PaxVax Secures $6,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=317e59c2-86bb-4209-9a40-ebf61cbe5c32 Date 4/21/2014 Company Name PaxVax Mailing Address 3985A Sorrento Valley Boulevard San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description PaxVax is a privately held, fully integrated vaccine company, based in Menlo Park, California, USA. Established in 2007, in response to the global threat of the H5N1 pandemic, our founders set out to … Continue reading “PaxVax Secures $6,000,000 New Financing Round”
Minerva’s Plan to Disrupt Universities: A Talk with CEO Ben Nelson
[Updated, see below] Traditional four-year universities have always had to compete for students. They’re vying not only against each other, but against community colleges, the military, online institutions like University of Phoenix, and, in an age of increasing economic pressure on the middle class, the work world. (Some 34 percent of U.S. high school graduates … Continue reading “Minerva’s Plan to Disrupt Universities: A Talk with CEO Ben Nelson”
VCs Invest $243M in San Diego Startups in Q1, Tech Drought Continues
[Corrected 4/18/14, 7:40 am See below.] Venture capital firms invested $243 million in 23 deals in the San Diego area during the first quarter that ended in March, according to data from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters. It was a strong upturn in the amount of capital … Continue reading “VCs Invest $243M in San Diego Startups in Q1, Tech Drought Continues”
First-Quarter Venture Funding at $9.6B in U.S., Highest Since 2001
Right out of the gate, venture capital funding surged nationwide during the first three months of 2014—driven largely by substantial investments in expansion-stage IT and software companies, according to the MoneyTree Report being released today. Eight of the ten biggest deals involved IT, software, or Web companies based in Northern California. (The top 10 deal … Continue reading “First-Quarter Venture Funding at $9.6B in U.S., Highest Since 2001”
Bitvore Lands $4,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a919f62d-d00e-4e1b-906f-b06ddc231a3a Date 4/18/2014 Company Name Bitvore Mailing Address 8915 Research Dr. Irvine, CA 92618 USA Company Description We were founded on the principle that your time is too valuable to spend doing things the right tools can do better. Data collection and analysis is a task that’s not just monumental, it’s a … Continue reading “Bitvore Lands $4,500,000 New Financing Round”
Nervana Systems Obtains $600,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de7e80c0-6440-4888-9158-d5b1f7ef49ba Date 4/18/2014 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 Obtains $600,000 Seed Financing”
With IPO Expectations Reset (Again), Vital Therapies Begins Trading
Shares of San Diego’s Vital Therapies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VTL]]) traded slightly above its IPO price this morning, in the company’s first day of trading. The biotherapeutic company raised $54 million in its initial public offering, after pricing 4.5 million shares last night at $12 per share, for an initial market cap of approximately $253 million. That … Continue reading “With IPO Expectations Reset (Again), Vital Therapies Begins Trading”
Edico Genome Aims at Data Bottleneck in Genome Sequencing
With the arrival of next-generation gene sequencing machines like the Illumina (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ILMN]]) HiSeq X Ten, medicine has been moving to develop new ways of using genomic data to treat patients. Last month, for example, J. Craig Venter unveiled plans to sequence the entire genome of every patient entering the UC San Diego Moores Cancer … Continue reading “Edico Genome Aims at Data Bottleneck in Genome Sequencing”
Enplug Lands $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b8a3cc7-3da2-4513-abdf-71257b50ed07 Date 4/17/2014 Company Name Enplug Mailing Address 6029 Bristol Parkway Culver City, CA 90230 USA Company Description Enplug is a network of over 10,000 interactive billboards in restaurants, bars, clubs, and other high foot-traffic locations. Using smartphones, viewers can quickly engage with brands, venue owners, and other customers. Built on cutting-edge … Continue reading “Enplug Lands $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
HardTech Labs Enrolls 4 in Cross-Border Manufacturing Accelerator
HardTech Labs, a San Diego accelerator program that gives startups access to low-cost manufacturing in Tijuana, has selected four companies to serve as a beta class. The idea is to help the co-founders and mentors identify the skills that are most important to entrepreneurs and to iron out problems. The cross-border program, announced last month, … Continue reading “HardTech Labs Enrolls 4 in Cross-Border Manufacturing Accelerator”
How I Raised Seed Capital from a Sand Hill Road VC in 24 Hours
Much to many entrepreneurs’ chagrin, having an idea is not enough to start a company. Being able to fundraise is just as important as the big idea. I’ve been very frank in sharing how one of my startup companies failed because I did not have sufficient funding to compete, so I know how long and … Continue reading “How I Raised Seed Capital from a Sand Hill Road VC in 24 Hours”
The Young Turks Secures $4,000,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70b5f38a-a8b5-4319-b645-1b74b421ee9e Date 4/16/2014 Company Name The Young Turks Mailing Address 6230 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA Company Description TYT Network is a Multi-Channel Network of online video talk shows, consisting mostly of TYT owned-and-operated shows and a select group of outside partners. Website http://www.tytnetwork.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “The Young Turks Secures $4,000,000 Seed Financing”
LogicMonitor Receives $7,499,999 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=585174fe-cba6-4485-9a68-e65940e1b57c Date 4/16/2014 Company Name LogicMonitor Mailing Address 901 Olive St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA Company Description LogicMonitor provides SaaS-based data center monitoring of physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT infrastructures. The software provides performance monitoring, historical trending, reporting, and email/SMS alerting to proactively warn IT staff of potential issues before they … Continue reading “LogicMonitor Receives $7,499,999 New Financing”
NeoStem Acquires California Stem Cell for $124,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b4f2dd1-0de8-4b76-be55-3c053f1a3c2a Date 4/16/2014 Company Name California Stem Cell Mailing Address 5251 California Ave Irvine, CA 92617 USA Company Description California Stem Cell, Inc. is a privately held company focused on the manufacturing of high-purity human cells for therapeutic development and clinical application. Since its founding in Irvine, Calif., in 2005, CSC has … Continue reading “NeoStem Acquires California Stem Cell for $124,000,000”
Vital Therapies Lands $54,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=261b4c47-9bf7-4b64-b2d0-c28e13698802 Date 4/16/2014 Company Name Vital Therapies Mailing Address 15010 Avenue of Science San Diego, CA 92128 USA Company Description Vital Therapies, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTL) is a new company formed in 2003 to continue the development of the ELAD (Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device) System, which augments the metabolic functions of a patient’s … Continue reading “Vital Therapies Lands $54,000,000 New Funding Round”
Scripps Unveils New Drug Development Arm, Signs J&J as First Partner
Venture capital firms have long nurtured biotechnology startups that make use of discoveries from non-profit research centers—but the roster of such VC firms has been shrinking. To fill the gap in that financial ecosystem, both research institutions and pharmaceutical companies have been trying out new roles—and meeting each other in the middle. The Scripps Research … Continue reading “Scripps Unveils New Drug Development Arm, Signs J&J as First Partner”
Office on iPad: Reports of its Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
The day that iPad users and Microsoft Office suite lovers have been waiting for has finally arrived. Now the fate of dozens of third-party applications like Prezi and SlideShark hang in the balance. In a break with tradition, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the release of Office iPad on March 27. Under former CEO Steve … Continue reading “Office on iPad: Reports of its Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated”
Drones, Oculus, WhatsApp & the Future of Communication
[Corrected 4/14/14, 6:13 pm. See below.] Facebook is aiming to become a telco. Drones are the towers. Oculus are the phones. WhatsApp is the service. Twenty-one billion dollars is cheap for a next-generation telco. There is more behind the WhatsApp and Oculus deals than the apparent need to bring teens and gamers under Facebook’s fold. Facebook and … Continue reading “Drones, Oculus, WhatsApp & the Future of Communication”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Celladon, Halozyme, Zogenix, & More
A big drop in biotech stocks set the backdrop for much of the news out of San Diego’s life sciences community this week. The tide rises, and the tide falls. But the surf is forever—at least in San Diego. —A broad selloff in biotech stocks has prompted widespread concern that the biotech bubble is popping. … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Celladon, Halozyme, Zogenix, & More”
They Still Call it Telemedicine? Tracking the Evolution of HealthIT.
Recently, the Houston Technology Center asked me to join a panel discussion on “The Future of Telemedicine” at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. I was a bit surprised as I’ve never thought of myself as being part of the telemedicine industry. My business partner, Bryan Haardt, and I last year co-founded Decisio Health to sell software … Continue reading “They Still Call it Telemedicine? Tracking the Evolution of HealthIT.”