After a 2012 court ruling invalidated an old tax break for small-business investors, California entrepreneurs laid siege to Sacramento. They persuaded allies in the California Senate to whip up a bill that would rescue them from an estimated $120 million in back tax payments, only to see the bill watered down by amendments. Now, as … Continue reading ““Do or Die” Moment for Foes of Retroactive Tax in California”
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FilmTrack Receives $20,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=38080242-cf16-4da6-9cd5-1fbcffdf65c3 Date 8/27/2013 Company Name FilmTrack Mailing Address 11846 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604 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, contract … Continue reading “FilmTrack Receives $20,000,000 New Funding Round”
Sangamo BioSciences Acquires Ceregene for $1,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=903ecdb7-a04b-4405-b99e-112fc105da6f Date 8/27/2013 Company Name Ceregene Mailing Address 9381 Judicial Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Using gene therapy delivery systems, Ceregene’s primary focus is the discovery and development of novel genetic therapeutics for the treatment of neurological disorders. Ceregene aims to be the leader in the field of Central Nervous … Continue reading “Sangamo BioSciences Acquires Ceregene for $1,000,000”
Histogen Wins Legal Ruling in Saga of Entrepreneurial Perseverance
[Corrected 8/27/13, 5:50 pm. See below.] Back in 2011, when a federal judge in San Diego issued a summary judgment for San Diego-based Histogen in a patent dispute, CEO Gail Naughton proclaimed, “We are happy now to have this matter officially behind us.” That didn’t exactly turn out to be the case. SkinMedica, the Carlsbad, … Continue reading “Histogen Wins Legal Ruling in Saga of Entrepreneurial Perseverance”
Why Good Drugs Sometimes Fail: The Bexxar Story
Quite a few biotech entrepreneurs go to work each day operating under the assumption that clinical trial data is king. If you put together a rock-solid dataset from a big clinical trial that says your experimental drug beats today’s standard of care, then you’re onto something big, or so the line of thinking goes. Everything … Continue reading “Why Good Drugs Sometimes Fail: The Bexxar Story”
Nativo Obtains $950,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac7694e4-8315-4cce-92d1-a706e43a8b9e Date 8/26/2013 Company Name Nativo Mailing Address 111 West Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90802 Company Description We believe the future of advertising is about engagement rather than interruption, and we believe that native advertising will be the primary choice of advertisers and publishers that care about user experience. Website http://www.nativo.net … Continue reading “Nativo Obtains $950,000 New Financing”
Praedicat Secures $4,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76982e3d-cc95-4d4e-9e9a-44820e68f737 Date 8/24/2013 Company Name Praedicat Mailing Address 3525 Eastham Drive Culver City, CA 90232 Company Description Praedicat is dedicated to improving the underwriting and management of liability catastrophe risk. Our multidisciplinary team leverages cutting-edge technology to solve problems for clients. Our patent-pending technology delivers information extracted from scientific literatures on emerging … Continue reading “Praedicat Secures $4,000,000 New Funding”
Misfit Shine and the Pros and Cons of Wearable Fitness Trackers
I don’t like being encumbered. That’s why I stopped wearing a wristwatch years ago, around the time I got my first mobile phone. That’s also why I’ve long looked askance at activity-tracking bracelets like the Fitbit Flex, the Nike FuelBand, and the Jawbone UP. I liked the idea of having more data about my exercise … Continue reading “Misfit Shine and the Pros and Cons of Wearable Fitness Trackers”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Vical, Sequenom, Sophiris, and More
There was a lot of news for this cowboy to round up in San Diego’s life sciences sector this week. Applied Proteomics and Acutus Medical each raised $28 million from venture investors, while Vical and Sequenom disclosed substantial staff cuts. Here’s my rundown of the good, bad, and ugly. —San Diego’s Vical (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VICL]]) said … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Vical, Sequenom, Sophiris, and More”
XIFIN Acquires PathCentral for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f5993f2-c75b-4c53-aef3-52331653c909 Date 8/22/2013 Company Name PathCentral Mailing Address 8949 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description PathCentral is the first and only company to provide all the tools required by community pathology practices to increase revenues, improve operating efficiencies, and ensure patient safety, in a single integrated and affordable platform. Website … Continue reading “XIFIN Acquires PathCentral for Undisclosed Sum”
DermTech Raises $5.6M to Develop New Test for Deadliest Skin Cancer
San Diego-based DermTech, which is developing a non-invasive diagnostic test for the deadliest form of skin cancer, said it has raised $5.6 million in Series B funding. Jacobs Investment Co., the Del Mar, CA-based investment arm of Qualcomm scion Gary Jacobs, led the new round of financing, which was joined by new and existing individual … Continue reading “DermTech Raises $5.6M to Develop New Test for Deadliest Skin Cancer”
Applied Proteomics Snags $28M to Look for Disease Markers in Blood
San Diego’s Applied Proteomics, founded in 2007 to automate the process of accurately measuring all the protein fragments in a drop of blood, has raised $28 million in a Series C round of financing. With the addition of the latest round of financing, Applied Proteomics has now raised a total of $57 million over the … Continue reading “Applied Proteomics Snags $28M to Look for Disease Markers in Blood”
The 2nd Annual California Asian Business Summit
The Cal-Asia summit brings together global business and government leaders to share and discuss relevant business issues.program provides attendees with insights into international trade, new technologies, green economy, supplier diversity, changes to health care, and how to capture venture capital to help California businesses expand and succeed. The summit opens on September 19th with the … Continue reading “The 2nd Annual California Asian Business Summit”
Needly Lands $987,500 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fcc63e58-8df4-4da2-a0e1-557f84c4c1ca Date 8/21/2013 Company Name Needly Mailing Address 3100 Donald Douglas Loop Santa Monica, CA 90405 Company Description We are revolutionizing multimedia authoring with our ambitious product. Website http://www.needly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $987,500 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Not a solicitation. … Continue reading “Needly Lands $987,500 New Financing”
Ivantis Lands $5,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eba5c1b6-6e84-4503-b070-6c4a52bb7801 Date 8/21/2013 Company Name Ivantis Mailing Address 38 Discovery Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description The company provides medical devices for the treatment of glaucoma. Website http://www.ivantisinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The funds will support the company’s three multinational randomized clinical trials, including … Continue reading “Ivantis Lands $5,000,000 Series B Round”
Morphlabs Garners $10,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f594458d-ebca-4700-94d3-807c18168848 Date 8/21/2013 Company Name Morphlabs Mailing Address 3601 Aviation Boulevard Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Company Description Morphlabs solutions enable enterprises and service providers to easily deploy automated and elastic computing infrastructures to support flexible and high performance applications and processes. Website http://www.morphlabs.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Morphlabs Garners $10,000,000 Series D Financing”
VertiFlex Garners $4,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=193f3789-a6ce-4deb-af4d-8cbf9d8e7e1b Date 8/21/2013 Company Name VertiFlex Mailing Address 1351 Calle Avanzado San Clemente, CA 92673 Company Description Founded in Carlsbad, California in 2005, VertiFlex is dedicated to the creation, development and marketing of stabilization and motion preserving solutions for disorders of the spine. Website http://www.vertiflexspine.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “VertiFlex Garners $4,000,000 New Funding”
DermTech Obtains $5,600,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=092888e8-6356-472d-b84e-8d13df933146 Date 8/21/2013 Company Name DermTech Mailing Address 11099 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description DermTech develops and commercializes qPCR assays for skin samples collected non-invasively using adhesive tape biopsy methods. The Company’s assays can analyze multiple gene targets to assess their level of RNA expression. The Company … Continue reading “DermTech Obtains $5,600,000 Series B Funding Round”
JustFab Acquires ShoeDazzle for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46c249b8-7c4e-4baf-aa2e-bf4444fa0d9a Date 8/21/2013 Company Name ShoeDazzle Mailing Address 2501 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404 Company Description ShoeDazzle’s fashion experts choose the hottest shoes for you every month based on YOUR individual personality and tastes. The shoes we pick for you will express your individuality and sense of style. Distinctive, yet trend-right. … Continue reading “JustFab Acquires ShoeDazzle for Undisclosed Sum”
Seismic Raises $4.5M to Expand Content Management Technology
Seismic, a content management startup based in Encinitas, CA, has raised $4.5 million in a Series A round to build out its cloud-based platform, which pulls live data from various sources for use in charts, reports, graphics, other types of electronic documents. The technology enables users to easily update their sales and marketing content. In … Continue reading “Seismic Raises $4.5M to Expand Content Management Technology”
Applied Proteomics Receives $28,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3373c806-c96c-4f58-8746-7a591e645034 Date 8/20/2013 Company Name Applied Proteomics Mailing Address 3545 John Hopkins Court San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description To pioneer the best proteomics platform, API adopted an industrial approach to combine improved instrumentation, faster computing and extensive genome annotations with regimented standard operating procedures, extensive quality controls, and documented processes spanning … Continue reading “Applied Proteomics Receives $28,000,000 Series C Round”
Sequenom Discloses 75 Layoffs as Part of Cost-Cutting Reorganization
San Diego-based Sequenom (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SQNM]]), which specializes in molecular diagnostics and genetic analysis, plans to lay off 75 employees, or nearly 13 percent of its workforce, as part of a cost-cutting plan, according to a regulatory filing today. Most of the employees being terminated were notified today, although voluntary and involuntary layoffs began July 1. … Continue reading “Sequenom Discloses 75 Layoffs as Part of Cost-Cutting Reorganization”
Technology to Assess Neurons Gives New Life to San Diego’s Afraxis
San Diego’s Afraxis, which ceased to exist in January after the neuroscience startup licensed its entire library of drug compounds to Roche’s Genentech, has sprung back to life with proprietary technology that was not part of the $187.5 million deal. Afraxis developed the technology to help assess the effectiveness of potential drug compounds in disorders … Continue reading “Technology to Assess Neurons Gives New Life to San Diego’s Afraxis”
Who Should Biotech Pros Follow on Twitter? An Update for 2013
[Updated: 12:07 pm PT] Twitter is where the biotech industry comes to trade news, analysis, and gossip every day. This has been true for a couple years. The 140-character blogging platform just keeps gaining strength every day as more people join, more people figure out how they can contribute in a meaningful way, and more … Continue reading “Who Should Biotech Pros Follow on Twitter? An Update for 2013”
Sparql City Obtains $9,999,970 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a2b1f8fe-38a1-41ad-801b-5767e93d1cd5 Date 8/19/2013 Company Name Sparql City Mailing Address 9920 Pacific Heights Boulevard San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description SPARQLBASE addresses the often complex world of understanding and manipulating Big Data. The SPARQLBASE product is designed for direct use by Data Analysts and Data Scientists without the need for complex programming skills. … Continue reading “Sparql City Obtains $9,999,970 New Funding”
Blackline Systems Receives New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32c9ce8f-bf14-4408-91fb-c2cf8ffae43d Date 8/19/2013 Company Name Blackline Systems Mailing Address 21300 Victory Blvd 12th Floor Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Company Description BlackLine provides accounting and finance teams with better visibility and control over the entire financial close. Our Financial Close Suite replaces manual, error-prone, spreadsheet-based processes with automation, control and visibility. Website http://www.blackline.com … Continue reading “Blackline Systems Receives New Funding Round”
Sparql City Garners $10,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=138447a0-f976-486b-be0c-ee4f6a9d3ab3 Date 8/19/2013 Company Name Sparql City Mailing Address 9920 Pacific Heights Boulevard San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description SPARQLBASE addresses the often complex world of understanding and manipulating Big Data. The SPARQLBASE product is designed for direct use by Data Analysts and Data Scientists without the need for complex programming skills. … Continue reading “Sparql City Garners $10,000,000 New Funding Round”
Biotech VCs, Stung by Startup Returns, Elbow into Royalty Financing
The new landscape for venture capital investing does not seem to leave much room for classic company formation. Investor after investor has shut down or moved beyond startups into what seem like greener pastures. So it should come as no surprise that at least a few VC firms are now expanding into the royalty space, … Continue reading “Biotech VCs, Stung by Startup Returns, Elbow into Royalty Financing”
High-Speed Rail or Hyperloop? Let’s Try Both, and Reward the Winner
It’s been a bumpy week for high-speed rail advocates in California. On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times published a story saying that groundbreaking on the first section of the “bullet train” route linking L.A. and San Francisco will likely slip into 2014—more than two years behind schedule. Then on Monday, aerospace and automotive mogul Elon … Continue reading “High-Speed Rail or Hyperloop? Let’s Try Both, and Reward the Winner”
SnapMD Obtains $600,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0996c84e-986f-4536-9279-18a38ae35c6f Date 8/16/2013 Company Name SnapMD Mailing Address 121 Lexington Drive Glendale, CA 91203 Company Description SnapMD will play a pivotal role in transforming medical care in America. Our goal is to make the highest quality of care available to all. We recognize that America needs accountable, affordable and high quality health … Continue reading “SnapMD Obtains $600,000 Seed Financing”
TasteMade Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7f11990-9396-44f8-a7d5-1c4c19e4ed99 Date 8/16/2013 Company Name TasteMade Mailing Address 3019 Olympic Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90404 Company Description We created Tastemade with one goal in mind: to connect the world through food. A generation ago the cable industry launched category defining brands in food and lifestyle and we believe the same opportunity exists … Continue reading “TasteMade Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Funding”
Acutus Medical Garners $1,800,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9e9511b-8c1a-412c-a606-a5bd43f247e9 Date 8/16/2013 Company Name Acutus Medical Mailing Address 10840 Thornmint Road San Diego, CA 92127 Company Description Acutus Medical is a San Diego venture-backed medical device company focused on developing a breakthrough technology in the field of electrophysiology. Website http://www.acutusmedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Acutus Medical Garners $1,800,000 New Round”
Seismic Receives $4,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb6484a6-bb4d-46d2-b760-a693505ad05c Date 8/16/2013 Company Name Seismic Mailing Address 685 Second Street Encinitas, CA 92024 Company Description Seismic is the creator of the LiveDoc platform for brand-approved, real-time enterprise content management. Seismic’s cloud-based platform enables business professionals to quickly create customized materials with the most up-to-date content and real-time data by accessing approved … Continue reading “Seismic Receives $4,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Vical, Fate, Arcturus, and More
Amid favorable market conditions for the life sciences industry, another San Diego biotech has filed to go public. We have details, along with other local developments over the past week. —San Diego’s Fate Therapeutics revealed plans to raise as much as $69 million through an IPO. Fate Therapeutics, founded to develop stem cell technology, is … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Vical, Fate, Arcturus, and More”
Restaurant Revolution Technologies Garners $2,753,400 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dfc8d8ff-949a-4fd8-a6e7-540e3adfb62f Date 8/15/2013 Company Name Restaurant Revolution Technologies Mailing Address 1187 Coast Village Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Company Description Restaurant Revolution Technologies, LLC (RRT), was founded in 2008 with a solution engineered to support the many thousands of restaurant and hospitality locations throughout the world that currently serve hundreds of millions … Continue reading “Restaurant Revolution Technologies Garners $2,753,400 New Funding”
TrueVision Systems Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1ad54620-e894-4fb1-b269-87b64193ab84 Date 8/15/2013 Company Name TrueVision Systems Mailing Address 315 Bollay Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Company Description Our company’s mission is to be the leading provider of 3D vision systems for microscopes. TrueVision is the first product of its kind to make digital stereoscopic 3D imaging in such high quality and … Continue reading “TrueVision Systems Receives New Round”
Fate Therapeutics Joins Biotech IPO Conga Line, Reaching for $69M
San Diego-based Fate Therapeutics, the company that made a big splash a few years ago when it rounded up some big-name scientists with aspirations to do big things with stem cells, is the latest biotech startup to fix its gaze on IPO riches. The company filed an initial public offering prospectus today with the Securities … Continue reading “Fate Therapeutics Joins Biotech IPO Conga Line, Reaching for $69M”
Zui Founders Unveil Team Group, Offering Startup Services and Funding
[Corrected 8/14/13, 11:45 am spelling of partner Tom Broadhead.] It wasn’t long after San Diego Web entrepreneurs Cliff Boro and Tom Broadhead sold their kid-friendly Internet startup Zui (founded as KidZui) to Saban Brands of Los Angeles that the wheels began turning. The Zui deal was announced last September. By January, the business partners were … Continue reading “Zui Founders Unveil Team Group, Offering Startup Services and Funding”
Survey: VCs Less Confident in Global Markets, Look to Home Turf
Private-market investors tend to be an optimistic bunch, at least in public—it comes with the territory when you’re betting on unknown or unproven companies and their founders. But a new survey of market confidence from the National Venture Capital Association shows a pretty dour outlook in several cases from VC, private equity, and growth equity … Continue reading “Survey: VCs Less Confident in Global Markets, Look to Home Turf”
StyleSaint Garners $4,300,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd631c9e-9ff3-472b-9f64-17127606c6ce Date 8/14/2013 Company Name StyleSaint Mailing Address 228 Main St Venice, CA 90291 Company Description StyleSaint was founded with a rebellious vision: to create a collaborative fashion brand driven by the inspiration of our Creative Collective – a global web of editors “tearing and sharing” their love of fashion. Website http://www.stylesaint.com … Continue reading “StyleSaint Garners $4,300,000 Series A Funding Round”
AnsibleWorks Obtains $6,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=96fae794-7208-4493-83a1-466d233e9ea5 Date 8/14/2013 Company Name AnsibleWorks Mailing Address 1482 East Valley Rd Montecito, CA 93108 Company Description AnsibleWorks is the company behind Ansible, the radically simple IT orchestration solution. AnsibleWorks provides an Enterpriseready orchestration platform for IT organizations around an Open Source platform. Website http://www.ansibleworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 … Continue reading “AnsibleWorks Obtains $6,000,000 Series A Round”
Kyriba Raises $18.2M to Grow Services for Corporate Finance Clients
Kyriba, a cloud-based provider of cash-management software for multi-national corporations and other customers, says today it has raised $18.2 million in a Series B round of financing that will be used to enhance its technology and fuel further growth. A new investor, Daher Capital, led the round, and was joined by existing investors Bred Banque … Continue reading “Kyriba Raises $18.2M to Grow Services for Corporate Finance Clients”
Fate Therapeutics Receives $20,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8db54139-ff56-47a9-93bc-00f391bd0df1 Date 8/13/2013 Company Name Fate Therapeutics Mailing Address 3535 General Atomics Court San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description The company’s revolutionary platform focuses on both regenerative and reprogramming medicine. Fate’s regenerative medicine platform involves developing drugs that awaken adult stem cells in the body to repair damaged cells and tissues. Website … Continue reading “Fate Therapeutics Receives $20,000,000 New Funding”
Ivanhoe Secures $600,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=61f64873-2221-4806-88f6-0607d825c573 Date 8/13/2013 Company Name Ivanhoe Mailing Address 21700 Oxnard Street Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Company Description Ivanhoe, incorporated in December in Delaware, is the vehicle musician Neil Young is using to bring his high fidelity music technology to market. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $600,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Ivanhoe Secures $600,000 New Financing”
Ivanhoe Receives $25,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c703d67b-374b-462e-a15a-9a2d82bf4c9f Date 8/13/2013 Company Name Ivanhoe Mailing Address 21700 Oxnard Street Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Company Description Ivanhoe, incorporated in December in Delaware, is the vehicle musician Neil Young is using to bring his high fidelity music technology to market. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Ivanhoe Receives $25,000 New Funding”
Duane Roth: The Connector Who Wired Up an Innovation Economy
The seating capacity of the University of San Diego’s Church of the Immaculata is approximately 900, and it is telling that the memorial service held late Friday morning for Connect CEO Duane Roth was standing room only. The Spanish style church on the USD campus is one of the biggest in San Diego. Somber guests … Continue reading “Duane Roth: The Connector Who Wired Up an Innovation Economy”
Six Reasons Why Giving Scientists Big Bonuses Won’t Fix Pharma R&D
Scientists in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry are an underappreciated bunch. They make decent salaries, but nowhere near the big bucks that go to their bosses. Even when an industry scientist discovers a new drug that helps people and makes billions, he or she almost never gets publicly recognized. They live mostly anonymous middle class … Continue reading “Six Reasons Why Giving Scientists Big Bonuses Won’t Fix Pharma R&D”
Combatant Gentlemen Garners $400,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6fad58d-622d-4000-91f9-598fb46bb5f8 Date 8/12/2013 Company Name Combatant Gentlemen Mailing Address 1326 Scholarship Irvine, CA 92612 Company Description Combatant Gentlemen skips the wholesale middleman to relay our goods directly to the consumer. We save you a large percentage off the merchandise, while still upholding the same quality you would find in the best mens … Continue reading “Combatant Gentlemen Garners $400,000 New Financing”
The Geek Doesn’t Always Get the Girl: A Novelist on Hacking Romance
In today’s Silicon Valley, the hacker wunderkinds are ascendant. Boy-kings are running billion-member social networks, founding massive new venture capital firms, building incubators that churn out hundreds of new startups every year, and even fighting poverty and disease by drilling for water in Ethiopia. Materially, at least, their revenge on whatever high-school cliques once excluded … Continue reading “The Geek Doesn’t Always Get the Girl: A Novelist on Hacking Romance”
In Memoriam: Duane Roth Was a Driving Force in Our Innovation Economy
Duane Roth was a very special person to me and to the San Diego life sciences community. After he took over as the CEO of Connect at the end of 2004, he took on a larger role for the entire technology community—or as Duane would call it, the “Innovation Economy.” For Duane, San Diego has … Continue reading “In Memoriam: Duane Roth Was a Driving Force in Our Innovation Economy”