Uplinq Mobile Developers Conference

Uplinq is a new mobile developers conference hosted by Qualcomm. Brew developers and those considering Brew MP can find answers to questions and accelerate their business models globally as they target the enormous installed base of Brew devices and profit from major new opportunities. And for developers focused on Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and other … Continue reading “Uplinq Mobile Developers Conference”

Amdocs Open Innovation

Info and registration here. On May 25th, 2010 Amdocs will be hosting an Open Innovation Event at Seattle’s Edgewater Hotel. This will be an engaging discussion around innovation and how to harness it for creating a more competitive advantage in this increasingly connected mobile lifestyle. Hear from Amdocs, Service Providers and emerging “start-ups” on what … Continue reading “Amdocs Open Innovation”

Biotech’s $1 Billion Tax Credits Are Up for Grabs! OK, Now Everybody Relax

The rules regarding the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Credit have now been released by the Treasury Department. You can read the fact sheet, and detailed description of the legislation yourself, but here are 10 key points I came away with after reading them. 1. The first thing that everyone can do is relax. In contrast … Continue reading “Biotech’s $1 Billion Tax Credits Are Up for Grabs! OK, Now Everybody Relax”

WEDC Regional Innovation and Jobs Summit

Information and registration here. On May 26, 2010 the Washington Economic Development Commission, Governor’s Office, Department of Commerce, Washington Economic Development Association and the House and Senate Committees on Economic Development will join with regional partners to convene the Regional Innovation and Jobs Summit in Tacoma WA. The Summit will bring together our state’s rich … Continue reading “WEDC Regional Innovation and Jobs Summit”

Logical Therapeutics Snags $10M to Make Pain Relievers Safer on the Gut

Logical Therapeutics has secured $10 million to pursue its idea for a safer way to relieve chronic arthritis pain. The Waltham, MA-based company has nailed down the $10 million out of a financing round that could be worth as much as $16.9 million over time, according to a regulatory filing today with the Securities and … Continue reading “Logical Therapeutics Snags $10M to Make Pain Relievers Safer on the Gut”

Classical Gas: Hazardous Material Handling and Storage

Join Airgas for a luncheon seminar on safe handling and storage of gases, chemicals, and how to comply with fire codes. Airgas speakers will talk about ways to achieve new efficiencies in refrigerant processing, and services that include container delivery and pick-up. More information and online registration is here.

Partner to Survive: The Campbell Alliance Dealmakers Survey

This presentation and panel discussion is focused on the factors that are driving industry partnerships forward. What therapeutic areas, mechanisms of action, and target market segments are of most interest to large pharma and biotech companies? How have deal-making priorities changed? What are the areas of interest at large pharma and biotech companies. What development … Continue reading “Partner to Survive: The Campbell Alliance Dealmakers Survey”

Successful App to Market Strategies

What are the ingredients of a successful wireless application? The Mobile Carrier and Location-Based Services special interest groups of CommNexus have joined forces to organize a roundtable discussion on Apps that work and Apps that don’t. Sprint’s Erich Hasselmann will moderate an expert panel discussion about which strategies, markets, and sales channels have been effective … Continue reading “Successful App to Market Strategies”

Biotech Entrepreneurs Offer Tips For Winning an SBIR—Including a Top 10 List of Dos and Don’ts

The latest organization to spring fully formed from the brow of San Diego’s Life Sciences community was not Athena, but the San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange, which Denise profiled in March when the SDEE was preparing to hold its first meeting. I’d guess close to 140 people turned out earlier this week for the group’s second … Continue reading “Biotech Entrepreneurs Offer Tips For Winning an SBIR—Including a Top 10 List of Dos and Don’ts”

Delphi, OnStar Work With Google and Others to Connect Your Smart Phone to Your Car

With everybody spending more time with their smart phones, and more time in their cars, it is only inevitable that Detroit-area automotive companies and suppliers would want to find a better way to join those two worlds. Delphi, the Troy, MI-based auto parts supplier, and OnStar, General Motors’ in-vehicle communications subsidiary, are both working with … Continue reading “Delphi, OnStar Work With Google and Others to Connect Your Smart Phone to Your Car”

How Will Microsoft Become a Top Player in Health IT? Through Partnerships, Providers, and Pluck, Says GM Michael Raymer

If you talk to doctors and healthcare companies, you’ll hear a fair bit of skepticism about whether Microsoft will ever amount to much of a major force in health technology. Of course, Microsoft is plenty used to skepticism. Crushing it, that is. That’s why the Redmond, WA, software company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MSFT]]) has been seriously ramping … Continue reading “How Will Microsoft Become a Top Player in Health IT? Through Partnerships, Providers, and Pluck, Says GM Michael Raymer”

Putting My iPad’s Geocaching App to the Test, on a Vlog in the Woods

Today’s column is in video form, which is a first for me. I was out hiking with my dog Rhody in the Blue Hills Reservation south of Boston last weekend when a few realizations hit me at once. 1) I had my 3G iPad with me 2) I had my camera with me 3) I … Continue reading “Putting My iPad’s Geocaching App to the Test, on a Vlog in the Woods”

Who Needs VCs? Steven Quay’s Atossa Genetics Seeks Fast IPO For Breast Cancer Test

Most biotech firms toil as obscure private companies for years to prove their ideas work in the clinic. They have to hustle non-stop for venture capital to keep the doors open just long enough to someday cash out with an IPO. Steven Quay is betting he’s found a shortcut. Quay, the veteran Seattle biotech CEO, … Continue reading “Who Needs VCs? Steven Quay’s Atossa Genetics Seeks Fast IPO For Breast Cancer Test”

Vertex Awaits Results of Hepatitis C Drug Trial, Helicos and Pfizer Cut Jobs, St. Jude Acquires LightLab, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News

Looks like life sciences companies reclaimed their territory in our headlines this week. We saw news of funding deals, acquisitions, and layoffs, and profiles on drugmakers and device developers. —Rockland, MA-based BioSphere Medical (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BSMD]]), which makes bio-engineered microspheres to be injected to cut off the blood supply to tumors, vascular malformations, and uterine fibroids, … Continue reading “Vertex Awaits Results of Hepatitis C Drug Trial, Helicos and Pfizer Cut Jobs, St. Jude Acquires LightLab, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”

Cocodot Secures $2,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0056b04-d0c5-42a9-a3b5-3c54eebc88ab&Preview=1 Date 5/21/2010 Company Name Cocodot Mailing Address P.O. Box 3904 Hollywood, CA 90078 Company Description The company operates an eco-friendly social website for event planning and invitations. Website http://www.cocodot.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes from the financing were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Cocodot Secures $2,000,000 New Round”

Cyntellect Receives $9,000,000 Series E Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11aca172-f03e-4593-a115-92aa78c32ba8&Preview=1 Date 5/21/2010 Company Name Cyntellect Mailing Address 6620 Mesa Ridge Road San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Cyntellect is a company dedicated to commercializing platform solutions and services, that will enable scientists to efficiently and accurately exploit living cells. The company has launched commercial products and services and has established business … Continue reading “Cyntellect Receives $9,000,000 Series E Financing”

C.R. Bard Acquires FlowCardia for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa3c0d69-da2a-4bcd-810c-9f0593cecddd&Preview=1 Date 5/21/2010 Company Name FlowCardia Mailing Address 745 North Pastoria Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description FlowCardia, Inc. is a medical device company founded in 2002 to design and develop innovative technologies to facilitate the crossing of totally occluded coronary and peripheral arteries. Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) are considered one of … Continue reading “C.R. Bard Acquires FlowCardia for Undisclosed Sum”

GenoLogics Raises $1M

GenoLogics, the Victoria, BC-based developer of software for biologists and physicians, has raised another $1 million of equity financing out of a round that could be worth $1.5 million, according to a regulatory filing. GenoLogics previously raised $5 million in February 2009 from OVP Venture Partners, Yaletown Venture Partners, and GrowthWorks Capital. We profiled the … Continue reading “GenoLogics Raises $1M”

Pathway Genomics’ Marketing Plan for Genetic Tests Draws More Heat

Pathway Genomics’ plan to take genetic testing to the people continues to go badly awry. A House panel disclosed yesterday that it is investigating personal genetic tests sold over the Internet by San Diego-based Pathway and two other companies. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., sent the companies letters seeking information about the accuracy of the tests … Continue reading “Pathway Genomics’ Marketing Plan for Genetic Tests Draws More Heat”

Trius Gets $29.5M Defense Contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded a contract that could be worth as much as $29.5 million through 2015 to San Diego’s Trius Therapeutics to develop novel antibiotics for gram-negative bacterial pathogens. In a statement, Trius says it will use its proprietary Focused Antisense Screening Technology and expertise in structure-based drug design to optimize … Continue reading “Trius Gets $29.5M Defense Contract”

Cray Wins $47M DOE Contract

Seattle-based Cray (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRAY]]) said today it has been awarded a multi-year, $47 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide supercomputing products and support services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The machines will be used for advanced climate modeling and research. Under the terms of … Continue reading “Cray Wins $47M DOE Contract”

Sonus CEO Nottenburg Leaving

Sonus Networks (NASDAQ:[[ticker:SONS]]), a Westford, MA-based provider of telecommunications network products, says that its director and CEO, Richard Nottenburg, plans to step down from his posts by March 2011. Nottenburg, a former Motorola executive who has helmed Sonus since June 2008, will help the firm’s board find his successor, according to the company. He’s led … Continue reading “Sonus CEO Nottenburg Leaving”

LightLab, Medical Imager with MIT Roots, Bought by St. Jude for $90M

It’s been a big two days for LightLab Imaging. Good Morning America featured the Westford, MA, firm’s coronary imaging technology on national television today. And St. Jude Medical, the cardiac devices powerhouse, revealed late yesterday that it has bought the small firm for about $90 million in cash. St. Paul, MN-based St. Jude (NYSE:[[ticker:STJ]]) is … Continue reading “LightLab, Medical Imager with MIT Roots, Bought by St. Jude for $90M”

Mocospace Moves Beyond Feature Phones, Launching Android and iPhone Apps for Mobile Social Networking

Boston-based Mocospace, proprietor of one of the country’s largest mobile social networking services, has long kept its focus on users of feature phones—meaning cell phones that can connect to the Internet via built-in Web browsers but that don’t run separate apps. Now, in a major change of tactics, the company has launched Mocospace apps for … Continue reading “Mocospace Moves Beyond Feature Phones, Launching Android and iPhone Apps for Mobile Social Networking”

Dow Doles Out $3M to Clean Filtration

Dow Venture Capital, the VC arm of Dow Chemical, headquartered in Midland, MI, has contributed $3 million to a $3.5 million Series B Round for Clean Filtration Technologies, based in Redwood City, CA, Dow announced Wednesday. Dow announced its “first closing” of $1.5 million for the company in February, with another $1.5 million anticipated. Wednesday’s … Continue reading “Dow Doles Out $3M to Clean Filtration”

OurStage Lifts Curtain on $2.6M

Chelmsford, MA-based OurStage, which runs an online community where indie bands gain recognition through audience voting in monthly contests, has raised $2.63 million in an offering combining equity, options, and warrants, according to a regulatory filing. In 2009 the company collected $3 million out of an intended $6 million Series B round; its backers then … Continue reading “OurStage Lifts Curtain on $2.6M”

Seventh Sense, Rox Anderson and Bob Langer Startup, Seeks to Collect Blood With No Pain

Seventh Sense Biosystems wants to remove some of the hassle, expense, and pain of collecting blood for medical tests. The secretive startup has recently begun talks with major healthcare companies about its technology, which includes a device for collecting blood samples that almost anyone ought to be able to use without causing pain, says Doug … Continue reading “Seventh Sense, Rox Anderson and Bob Langer Startup, Seeks to Collect Blood With No Pain”

Halozyme Announces Recall, Pathway Genomics Halts Genetic Test Kit Rollout, Vertex Gets Ready for Hepatitis C Results, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

April was a dry month for life sciences news, but May has been roaring with Halozyme’s product recall, Pathway Genomics’ aborted sales plan, and funding news—lots of funding news. Your Xconomy life sciences briefing begins now. —San Diego’s Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HALO]]) and its manufacturing partner, Baxter Healthcare, announced that they are voluntarily recalling Hylenex, … Continue reading “Halozyme Announces Recall, Pathway Genomics Halts Genetic Test Kit Rollout, Vertex Gets Ready for Hepatitis C Results, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”

InsideTrip Goes Mainstream, Rates Itinerary Quality, Provides Broad Lessons in Online Travel

Think about the last time you flew anywhere. How would you rate the overall experience? Unless you’re a bird, there were probably things that could have been a lot better—legroom, connection time, delays, quality of service, and so on. In fact, the general level of misery in air travel feels like it’s always going up. … Continue reading “InsideTrip Goes Mainstream, Rates Itinerary Quality, Provides Broad Lessons in Online Travel”

Redfin, Bonanzle, TisBest Win Seattle 2.0 Awards

The second annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of local software startups and tech entrepreneurs, took place in Seattle last night. Jonathan Sposato, the former CEO of Picnik (recently acquired by Google) gave the keynote talk. The award winners were Glenn Kelman of Redfin (best entrepreneur blog), Eric Koester from Cooley (best service provider to … Continue reading “Redfin, Bonanzle, TisBest Win Seattle 2.0 Awards”

How to Make Money from Saving Energy: Tales of Innovation at the SDG&E Energy Showcase

Conservation is a big deal in California. While per capita energy usage has climbed approximately 50 percent from 1975 to 2005, according to presentations by former California Energy Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld, California managed to keep the growth of energy consumption at about  2 percent per capita over the same period—largely by requiring aggressive energy conservation … Continue reading “How to Make Money from Saving Energy: Tales of Innovation at the SDG&E Energy Showcase”

Alder’s Long-Awaited Arthritis Data, Ikaria Plots $200M IPO, Emerald’s Resurrection, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News

Get ready for a double-dose of your usual Seattle biotech roundup, as I was too slammed to give you the regular weekly shot of news last Thursday. —Six months after Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: [[ticker:BMY]]) wrote a big check to Bothell, WA-based Alder Biopharmaceuticals, we can see why. Xconomy had the exclusive on how ALD518 generated … Continue reading “Alder’s Long-Awaited Arthritis Data, Ikaria Plots $200M IPO, Emerald’s Resurrection, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”

Just For Women: Pixability’s Bettina Hein Crafts Boston-Area Network for Female CEOs

When Bettina Hein ran a tech company in Europe, about one out of 100 executives she met were women. “It was so exotic for me to be a female entrepreneur in technology,” she says. The CEO of Cambridge, MA-based Pixability, a startup that makes low-cost marketing videos for businesses, said she was encouraged that there … Continue reading “Just For Women: Pixability’s Bettina Hein Crafts Boston-Area Network for Female CEOs”

OurStage Garners $2,630,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=967afef3-a072-4fbf-9514-033f84627b8e&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name OurStage Mailing Address 321 Billerica Rd Chelmsford, MA 01824 Company Description OurStage is where the world’s music fans come to discover, enjoy and reward the best emerging artists – and where the world’s artists come to find their fans, get amazing gigs and launch their careers. Website … Continue reading “OurStage Garners $2,630,000 New Round”

NeuroTherapeutics Pharma Obtains $43,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a06ed8d4-54f0-466a-b242-9333c4495766&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name NeuroTherapeutics Pharma Mailing Address 8420 West Bryn Mawr Avenue Chicago, IL 60631 Company Description NeuroTherapeutics Pharma (NTP) is an early stage company focused on the development of therapies for CNS disorders with an initial focus on epilepsy. Website http://www.ntprx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $43,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “NeuroTherapeutics Pharma Obtains $43,000,000 Series B Financing”

BrightSource Energy Secures $150,000,000 Series D Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9e39c1c-4c96-4635-ab11-020389df2db5&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name BrightSource Energy Mailing Address 1999 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Company Description Bright Source Energy develops utility-scale solar power plants using high-temperature solar thermal technology that concentrates sunlight and converts the resulting heat into electricity. In its prior incarnation 20 years ago as Luz Inc., this team … Continue reading “BrightSource Energy Secures $150,000,000 Series D Funding Round”

Clean Filtration Receives $1,500,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78b68c63-1cd6-4e7d-9f84-8d5011754691&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name Clean Filtration Mailing Address 2653 Spring Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc. engineers efficient, next generation, water treatment technology. The CFT Turboclone™ is a high capacity filtration system for drinking, waste and process water applications. The CFT Turboclone™ uses a non-consumable, proprietary … Continue reading “Clean Filtration Receives $1,500,000 Series B Financing Round”

Google Acquires Simplify Media for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=22572703-ab98-4213-9328-089e0139320b&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name Simplify Media Mailing Address 805 Veterans Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description The company offers software that lets users share iTunes music across platforms. Website http://www.simplifymedia.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Cubic Corporation Acquires Impeva Labs for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af55a298-fe7e-42eb-9b89-fc4baa518ba6&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name Impeva Labs Mailing Address 2570 West El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040-1309 Company Description Impeva Labs is the leading supplier of global asset management optimization (tracking, monitoring and security) solutions that enable the most efficient transportation of goods by providing a Continuous Chain of Custody (C-3) … Continue reading “Cubic Corporation Acquires Impeva Labs for Undisclosed Sum”

Cisco Systems Acquires CoreOptics for $99,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36cdc37b-ad2c-4360-a2fb-fe847dd6dc49&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name CoreOptics Mailing Address 2841 Junction Ave. San Jose, CA 95134-1921 Company Description CoreOptics, with operations in Nuremberg, Germany, San Jose, California and Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, develops and manufactures subsystems for ultra high-speed optical networking applications in the telecommunications and information technology industries. CoreOptics current portfolio includes … Continue reading “Cisco Systems Acquires CoreOptics for $99,000,000”

Extension Entertainment Obtains New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1e83550-47d8-4144-a754-9858940a9310&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name Extension Entertainment Mailing Address 199 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10012 Company Description ExtensionFM is a browser extension for Chrome that turns the entire web into your personal music library. As you browse, ExtensionFM runs in the background indexing every MP3 file you come across, building a … Continue reading “Extension Entertainment Obtains New Funding Round”

Inova Labs Lands $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0a26d1a4-1fb7-4ab0-b860-2d2612ccbcd1&Preview=1 Date 5/20/2010 Company Name Inova Labs Mailing Address 3500 Comsouth Rd. Austin, TX 78744 Company Description The company has developed a portable oxygen concentrator product line. Website http://www.lifechoiceoxygen.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds for nationwide and international … Continue reading “Inova Labs Lands $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Without a Thriving Detroit, Michigan Cannot Catch that Train to Prosperity

When I attended Wayne State University in Detroit back in the mid-’80s, scattered around downtown Detroit were white pillars that supported… nothing. They looked as though they were part of a kind of ancient Roman ruin—but these pillars were brand new. They were the beginnings of Detroit’s People Mover, a raised monorail that was to … Continue reading “Without a Thriving Detroit, Michigan Cannot Catch that Train to Prosperity”

MicroGreen Polymers Raises $6.9M More to Move Fast Into Consumer Products

Score one for materials science. Arlington, WA-based MicroGreen Polymers said today it has raised $6.9 million in Series B funding, including a new strategic investment from Waste Management (NYSE: [[ticker:WM]]), based in Houston, TX. Existing investors WRF Capital, Northwest Energy Angels, and other private investors also participated. MicroGreen says the money will be used to … Continue reading “MicroGreen Polymers Raises $6.9M More to Move Fast Into Consumer Products”

Arsenal Medical, Startup Linked to Langer and Whitesides, Adds $10M

Arsenal Medical, a stealthy biotech startup based in Watertown, MA, has tapped its existing base of investors to pump in another $10 million in the second installment of its Series C round of funding, R. Scott Rader, the company’s CEO, says. The financing, which was initially revealed in an SEC filing that went online yesterday, … Continue reading “Arsenal Medical, Startup Linked to Langer and Whitesides, Adds $10M”