Boston-based DataXu, whose bidding engine helps online advertisers decide which advertising purchases are most likely to pay off in the form of conversions or click-throughs, has raised $11 million in new funding, according to an announcement today. New investor Menlo Ventures of Menlo Park, CA, led the round, which was joined by existing investors Flybridge … Continue reading “DataXu Raises $11M More for Ad-Buying Platform”
How to Build a Profitable IT Company: Three Questions with Laplink CEO Thomas Koll
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. I’m talking about migrating people’s files and programs from their old computer to their new computer. Sure, IT guys do this for employees all the time, but who knew you could build a profitable and sustainable business around it? Meet Laplink, a Bellevue, WA-based company … Continue reading “How to Build a Profitable IT Company: Three Questions with Laplink CEO Thomas Koll”
Mobile Madness Innovation Showcase
Here at Xconomy we love organizing forums and events—in fact our next one, Mobile Madness: The New Future of Computing, is tomorrow. There are only two downsides to putting on events. They’re relatively small (reaching hundreds of people rather than thousands, the way we can online), and pretty soon, they’re over. To counteract those two … Continue reading “Mobile Madness Innovation Showcase”
Qualcomm CEO Outlines Vision for Wireless Internet, Experts Explain Memjet’s Pluses and Minuses, Tech Coast Angels Slow Investment Activity, & More San Diego BizTech News
Qualcomm’s chairman and CEO says the San Diego wireless company is in the driver’s seat when it comes to setting the agenda for the wireless industry. We’re here to tell you what that means, so you don’t miss the on-ramp. —When Paul Jacobs was named to head San Diego’s Qualcomm five years ago, the No. … Continue reading “Qualcomm CEO Outlines Vision for Wireless Internet, Experts Explain Memjet’s Pluses and Minuses, Tech Coast Angels Slow Investment Activity, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Scientists from Sapphire Energy, UCSD, Scripps, and Protelica Show Genetically Modified Algae Can Make Important Drugs
Scientists in San Diego and Hayward, CA, have demonstrated the feasibility of using algae to produce commercial levels of human therapeutic proteins that are currently being used to treat emphysema and other diseases, or are in clinical trials for use to boost the immune system. “The bottom line from the study is that the algae … Continue reading “Scientists from Sapphire Energy, UCSD, Scripps, and Protelica Show Genetically Modified Algae Can Make Important Drugs”
Vertex Maps Out Combo Drug Game Plan for Treating Hepatitis C
HIV has taught the pharmaceutical industry that the best way to fight an infectious virus that resists a single drug is to make a cocktail that attacks the virus in more than one way. Vertex Pharmaceuticals and its competitors are now following a similar formula with new therapies for hepatitis C. Vertex, the Cambridge, MA-based … Continue reading “Vertex Maps Out Combo Drug Game Plan for Treating Hepatitis C”
Dendreon Leans on California 9-1-1 Software Vendor to Keep Provenge Trains on Time
If Dendreon makes any information technology screw-ups with its experimental treatment for prostate cancer, it could be a matter of life and death for patients. That’s why the Seattle-based biotech company has turned to a custom software vendor with a reputation for supporting the California 9-1-1 system for 12 years with zero downtime. The Dendreon … Continue reading “Dendreon Leans on California 9-1-1 Software Vendor to Keep Provenge Trains on Time”
Berners-Lee to Share Reins at World Wide Web Consortium with Former IBM, Lucent, Novell Exec
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the Cambridge, MA-based World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the standards underlying the global network, has a new co-captain. It’s Jeffrey Jaffe, a technology industry veteran who served most recently as chief technology officer and executive vice president of products at Waltham, … Continue reading “Berners-Lee to Share Reins at World Wide Web Consortium with Former IBM, Lucent, Novell Exec”
SensAble Receives $8,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58b1f5fc-5499-4e09-adae-1473c415aed9&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name SensAble Mailing Address 15 Constitution Way Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description Founded in 1993, SensAble Technologies is a leading developer of 3D touch-enabled (force feedback) solutions and technology that allow users to not only see and hear an on-screen computer application, but to actually ‘feel’ it. The … Continue reading “SensAble Receives $8,000,000 New Funding”
Postabon Secures $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b04693f2-c1a3-4ab9-9520-a22e1f57c796&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name Postabon Mailing Address 61 Garfield Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Company Description Postabon was founded by three Harvard students in 2009…because nothing inspires a search for discounts like student loans. We’ve since connected with a number of like minded “deal finders” who’ve helped us with our tech and … Continue reading “Postabon Secures $1,000,000 New Funding”
Dataxu Garners $11,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dc87031a-92d2-4c92-807a-cf40e3191aeb&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name Dataxu Mailing Address 711 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02111 Company Description DataXu is a cutting-edge Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company formed by MIT alums and professionals. Our product will cause the next revolution in Internet advertising by disrupting how advertising is bought and sold on the Internet. Our proprietary … Continue reading “Dataxu Garners $11,000,000 New Funding Round”
Tilera Corporation Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0615d51-35d0-45b3-9670-1a191cc906f9&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name Tilera Corporation Mailing Address 2333 Zanker Road. San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description Tilera Corporation is an ASIC-based fabless semi-conductor software and hardware design firm. Website http://www.tilera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Tilera says the funding will be used … Continue reading “Tilera Corporation Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding”
AgraQuest Lands $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de353e98-4883-49d5-b3b3-38845b4a5cc4&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name AgraQuest Mailing Address 1540 Drew Avenue Davis, CA 95618 Company Description AgraQuest is a biotechnology company that focuses on discovering, developing, manufacturing and marketing effective, safe and environmentally friendly natural pest management products for the agricultural and institutional and home markets. Website http://www.agraquest.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction … Continue reading “AgraQuest Lands $5,000,000 New Financing”
eXo Receives $6,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cd576b5b-1898-4ec4-94cf-e437cab743db&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name eXo Mailing Address 204 2nd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401-3963 Company Description Exo a developer of Java middleware for cloud computing. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The new funding will go to accelerate ramp up of marketing and … Continue reading “eXo Receives $6,000,000 New Financing Round”
Broadcom Corporation Acquires Teknovus for $123,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=290735d3-67e8-4fec-aeb3-e899acabc463&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name Teknovus Mailing Address 1351 Redwood Way Petaluma, CA 94954 Company Description Teknovus develops and delivers the only proven, fourth-generation EPON chipset with the features and performance to enable fast, easy-to-deploy, low-cost triple-play (voice, data, video) via fiber to the home (FTTH) at 1000 times the bandwidth of … Continue reading “Broadcom Corporation Acquires Teknovus for $123,000,000”
1010data Secures $35,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=079ffbcc-d4dd-4f9b-ae45-012eb4b9c443&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name 1010data Mailing Address 80 Broad St. 31st Floor New York, NY 10004 Company Description 1010data was founded in 2000 by pioneers of large-scale data systems on Wall Street. Drawing on that experience and newly available technologies, the company developed a web-based service and the underlying software that … Continue reading “1010data Secures $35,000,000 New Financing”
DoubleVerify Garners $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29f2be7b-ad41-43e3-9edb-2ed2e45b854a&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name DoubleVerify Mailing Address 575 8th Avenue Seventh Floor New York, NY 10018 Company Description DoubleVerify is a pioneer in online advertising verification. We increase online advertising accountability and transparency by providing agencies, marketers, publishers and ad networks with real-time audit and verification of online advertising transactions. Website … Continue reading “DoubleVerify Garners $10,000,000 Series B Round”
PlumWillow Receives $1,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efe7f628-35f2-417f-82d2-5da1876b26f3&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name PlumWillow Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10000 Company Description PlumWillow is a social shopping site where teens will be empowered to shop together, customize an avatar, make wardrobe choices from various retailers, design their own outfits, and share these choices with friends and family; leading to … Continue reading “PlumWillow Receives $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
TechTarget Acquires ebizQ.net for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20c8e21d-ebe7-4fec-a60f-f7a340c1734e&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name ebizQ.net Mailing Address 271 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801 Company Description ebizQ is the definitive venue for business and IT professionals, vendors, and industry analysts with the need to exchange information on enterprise technologies, problems, and solutions. We focus on enterprise infrastructure including SOA, BPM, integration, … Continue reading “TechTarget Acquires ebizQ.net for Undisclosed Sum”
WhiteGlove Health Obtains $7,700,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1a659bad-8402-488c-9b0e-0e009968e137&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2010 Company Name WhiteGlove Health Mailing Address 1601 S. Mopac Expwy Austin, TX 78746 Company Description WhiteGlove Health, a leader in service-driven healthcare, is focused on changing healthcare on a national level by lowering the cost while improving the consumers’ healthcare experience. As a medical care provider, we offer self-insured … Continue reading “WhiteGlove Health Obtains $7,700,000 Series C Round”
New Frontiers in Life Sciences Analytics
Leaders in life sciences analytics from Pfizer, Centocor/Johnson & Johnson, and U.C. San Diego offer their insights in how analytics is transforming life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology, and related research. San Diego is on the cutting edge in applying new information technology tools. The San Diego Software Industry Council has organized this event to highlight research … Continue reading “New Frontiers in Life Sciences Analytics”
Wireless Life Sciences Alliance Commercialization Day
Commercialization Day, which is open to the public, follows a two-day, invitation-only wireless health investor’s meeting & convergence summit. The all-day event is intended to provide insights into the most promising opportunities in the convergence of wireless technology, healthcare, clinical trials, medical devices, and diagnostics. Get yourself invited to the invitation-only sessions, and get more … Continue reading “Wireless Life Sciences Alliance Commercialization Day”
Managing Growth When Your Light Remains Under a Bushel
More than two-thirds of the products made by San Diego’s D&K Engineering are complex electromechanical devices that were developed confidentially for the military and major manufacturers. The engineering company has grown to $50 million in revenues through “word-of-mouth” marketing. Now D&K Engineering is considering worldwide expansion. The San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum explores what key … Continue reading “Managing Growth When Your Light Remains Under a Bushel”
American Sentinel University Garners $9,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49ff9cf3-9dfd-4f3d-914a-2d1111643a4b&Preview=1 Date 3/7/2010 Company Name American Sentinel University Mailing Address 2260 South Xanadu Way Aurora, CO 80014 Company Description American Sentinel University exists to enable our students to achieve their educational and professional goals. Our high quality online degree programs have been designed so that our students can maximize their Return on … Continue reading “American Sentinel University Garners $9,000,000 New Funding”
NWEN Breakfast Buzz: Funding, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Info and registration here. Who: What keeps you up at night? How to fund your business tops the list for many entrepreneurs, and never more than in 2010. Hit with a barrage of funding (or not so much funding) options, how do you choose: bootstrapping, debt, angel and VC financing, other? What better way than … Continue reading “NWEN Breakfast Buzz: Funding, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
NWEN Think Tank: Space Exploration and Earthbound Technology
Info and registration here. Space research has always pushed the limits of what was achievable, and continues to be fertile ground for commercial spin offs and opportunities for entrepreneurs. How has space exploration led to new and transformative solutions to earth bound problems? Join us and find out how research and products developed for space … Continue reading “NWEN Think Tank: Space Exploration and Earthbound Technology”
DeltaPoint Wins OEN Angel Investment
Portland, OR-based DeltaPoint has won $170,000 in the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network’s angel investment competition today. DeltaPoint is developing diagnostic software that performs “virtual biopsies” on suspected cancers, starting with breast cancer. The company was a finalist in the OEN event’s “launch stage” category. Portland-based Enjoy Life, which says it is the producer of the first … Continue reading “DeltaPoint Wins OEN Angel Investment”
Cell Therapeutics Offers Execs Big Cash Bonuses As Stock Trades Below a Buck
[Updated: 6:17 pm Eastern, 3/5/10, with company comment.] Cell Therapeutics stock is trading at less than a buck, but the company’s board still rewarded its senior management with a big boost in the annual bonus column. The Seattle biotech company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CTIC]]) made the disclosure in a regulatory filing after markets closed for the week … Continue reading “Cell Therapeutics Offers Execs Big Cash Bonuses As Stock Trades Below a Buck”
Seattle’s Loss: DocVerse Bought by Google (Maybe as a Bridge to Microsoft)
It’s the second notable Google acquisition in these parts, coming on the heels of Seattle-based Picnik getting bought by the search giant earlier this week. DocVerse, a collaborative-document software startup founded in the Seattle area in 2007 by former Microsofties and MIT alums Shan Sinha and Alex DeNeui, has been acquired by Google, according to … Continue reading “Seattle’s Loss: DocVerse Bought by Google (Maybe as a Bridge to Microsoft)”
Trius Puts the Brakes on IPO Plan, While It Adjusts to New FDA Clinical Guidelines
[Updated: 4:05 pm Eastern, 3/5/10, with company comment] San Diego will have to wait a while longer for another biotech IPO. Trius Therapeutics, the San Diego-based developer of an antibiotic against dangerous MRSA infections, said this week it has postponed its plan to go public while it adapts to new guidelines from the FDA that … Continue reading “Trius Puts the Brakes on IPO Plan, While It Adjusts to New FDA Clinical Guidelines”
ImThera Medical Generating Buzz Over Neurostimulation for Sleep Apnea
Some 800,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed each year with obstructive sleep apnea, in which the tongue relaxes during the onset of sleep to the point of physically blocking much of the upper airway. The condition often causes repeated interruptions of sleep, which can lead to increased blood pressure, coronary problems, and diabetes. The … Continue reading “ImThera Medical Generating Buzz Over Neurostimulation for Sleep Apnea”
Register Now for Mobile Madness—Only a Handful of Seats Left; Plus, A Mass Mobile Month Video
The impressive lineup of speakers we’ve assembled for next Tuesday’s Xconomy Forum, Mobile Madness: The New Future of Computing, is doing the trick–we’ve sold most of the available seats at Microsoft’s New England R&D Center, and only have about 20 more available. Now’s your chance to secure one of the last seats. If you missed … Continue reading “Register Now for Mobile Madness—Only a Handful of Seats Left; Plus, A Mass Mobile Month Video”
UpWind Solutions Raises Cash
Medford, OR-based UpWind Solutions, a provider of operations and maintenance services for utility-scale wind projects, has raised $10 million out of a $29 million round of Series B preferred stock, according to a regulatory filing. The investors weren’t disclosed, but the SEC form lists Michael Linse of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mark Lewis … Continue reading “UpWind Solutions Raises Cash”
Life Tech to Sequence Breast Cancer Genomes
Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) the Carlsbad, CA-based maker of gene sequencing instruments and lab supplies, said today it is joining an effort with two partners to sequence the genomes of 14 women with an aggressive form of breast cancer. The partnership, with the Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute and U.S. Oncology in Woodands, TX, will … Continue reading “Life Tech to Sequence Breast Cancer Genomes”
Neurocrine Nabs $20M
Neurocrine Biosciences, the San Diego biotech company developing treatments for neurological and endocrine disorders, said today it has raised gross proceeds of about $20 million in a stock offering. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NBIX]]) sold 9.1 million shares at $2.20 apiece. Jefferies & Co., the sole book-running manager of the offering, has a 30-day option to … Continue reading “Neurocrine Nabs $20M”
Amazon, Cozi, Pathway, Talyst, and VholdR Among Winners at WTIA Awards Bash
Pardon me if I’m still a little hung over, but last night was a blast. Eight hundred techies packed into the Showbox SoDo in Seattle for the 15th annual Industry Achievement Awards organized by the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA). The awards recognize excellence in local tech companies, and the winners were selected by a … Continue reading “Amazon, Cozi, Pathway, Talyst, and VholdR Among Winners at WTIA Awards Bash”
Where’s World Wide Wade? Four Encores
I regret to report that both I and my column are going on a bit of a hiatus, as I’ve been seated as a juror on an extended civil trial in Boston. To fill some airtime, I thought I’d direct you to a few old columns that are special favorites of mine or that have … Continue reading “Where’s World Wide Wade? Four Encores”
Ekos, Swedish Aim to Shake Up Stroke Treatment with Ultrasound Brain Clot Buster
Innovation stories don’t get more local than this. A local medical device company provides an innovative tool to a local doctor, who gets money from local taxpayers to test the idea. And, before you dismiss this as some irrelevant insider-y project, an independent expert from Boston has said publicly that this Seattle collaboration may transform … Continue reading “Ekos, Swedish Aim to Shake Up Stroke Treatment with Ultrasound Brain Clot Buster”
Una Ryan Searching for Riches to Deliver Inexpensive Diagnostics to the Poor
This week I spoke with veteran biotech executive Una Ryan at her office about her strategy for raising money to advance the cause at the Harvard spinout Diagnostics For All. So it was no surprise to spot her just a few hours later at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, networking with accomplished … Continue reading “Una Ryan Searching for Riches to Deliver Inexpensive Diagnostics to the Poor”
The Pharmaceutical R&D Model is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It
Research is the lifeblood of the biotech and pharmaceuticals business. The pharma and biotech industry spent some $65 billion dollars on R & D in 2008, according to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association. That’s a tremendous amount of money considering that the FDA only approved 24 new drugs (21 new molecular entities and 3 … Continue reading “The Pharmaceutical R&D Model is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It”
An Entrepreneur’s First Co-Founder: The Community
To do great work, you need community. I don’t think people generally comprehend just how important it is. If you’re not the social type, perhaps you can get more work done today and tomorrow working behind closed doors. But if you do this long enough, you start to lose touch with the world. Your work … Continue reading “An Entrepreneur’s First Co-Founder: The Community”
Avila Sets Out to Take on Vertex, CombinatoRx Nails FDA Approval, Millipore Opts for Merck KGaA over Thermo Fisher, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
Stories of drugmakers, deals, health IT companies, and even some nonprofits made it a busy life sciences news week for us. —Waltham’s Avila Therapeutics is on a quest to outdo well-known Boston drugmaker Vertex Pharmaceuticals when it comes to treating hepatitis C, Luke wrote last week. The company’s drugs rely on forming covalent bonds to … Continue reading “Avila Sets Out to Take on Vertex, CombinatoRx Nails FDA Approval, Millipore Opts for Merck KGaA over Thermo Fisher, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Kwedit Obtains $3,300,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7e1edba-0439-428b-b7da-173519d1f3dc&Preview=1 Date 3/5/2010 Company Name Kwedit Mailing Address 565 Clyde Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description We believe everyone should be able to reap the benefits of using the Internet, no matter what methods of payment you choose to use. Kwedit was created to help consumers who have the will and … Continue reading “Kwedit Obtains $3,300,000 New Round”
Kineto Wireless Secures $9,000,000 Series E Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4ca6573-f81a-4a86-a1a1-1e2a34e73399&Preview=1 Date 3/5/2010 Company Name Kineto Wireless Mailing Address 1601 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology, the 3GPP standard for extending mobile voice, data and IMS services over fixed IP access networks. Mobile and integrated operators … Continue reading “Kineto Wireless Secures $9,000,000 Series E Funding”
Posterous Secures $4,400,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1acd633-c970-4caf-a97a-2f49e6342196&Preview=1 Date 3/5/2010 Company Name Posterous Mailing Address 555 4th St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Posterous is the dead simple way to put anything online using email. We launched in July 2008 and we’ve been steadily growing and adding features. Website http://www.posterous.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,400,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Posterous Secures $4,400,000 New Round”
Google Acquires DocVerse for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=578c5456-2ada-4cfe-86c4-328b51b63d22&Preview=1 Date 3/5/2010 Company Name DocVerse Mailing Address 340 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description DocVerse has a world-class advisory team consisting of thought-leaders from organizations including EMC Documentum, Microsoft, and others. Website http://www.docverse.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the … Continue reading “Google Acquires DocVerse for Undisclosed Sum”
Adamis and La Jolla Pharma Kill Merger Deal
Two San Diego biotechs, Adamis Pharmaceuticals and La Jolla Pharmaceutical, said today they have agreed to terminate their merger agreement, which was signed three months ago. The Nasdaq market also delisted La Jolla Pharmaceutical today, saying the company is operating only as a “public shell” with minimal assets and operations. La Jolla Pharmaceutical said that … Continue reading “Adamis and La Jolla Pharma Kill Merger Deal”
Summit, Ignition Back Cloudmark
Cloudmark, a mobile-messaging security firm based in San Francisco, has raised $23 million in growth equity led by Boston-based Summit Partners and joined by Nokia Growth Partners, Ignition Partners, and Industry Ventures. Bellevue, WA-based Ignition was an existing investor, along with Industry Ventures, while Summit and Nokia are new investors. The deal is Cloudmark’s first … Continue reading “Summit, Ignition Back Cloudmark”
Seattle 2.0 Goes from Calbucci to Cabala
Seattle 2.0 founder Marcelo Calbucci said today he has named television reporter Jennifer Cabala the new president and editor-in-chief of the organization, in charge of business and editorial content. Cabala previously was a TV journalist with KING 5 and Q13 (Fox) based in Seattle. Calbucci says he will continue as a blogger and advisor to … Continue reading “Seattle 2.0 Goes from Calbucci to Cabala”
Innovation Summit Highlights Drug Development, Cleantech, and Potential Impact of Drought
The La Jolla Research & Innovation Summit held yesterday at the Salk Institute was a smaller and a much more modest affair than the inaugural summit that Connect CEO Duane Roth organized last year. I have some impressions from the morning presentations: —Climatologist Dan Cayan of UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography explained why multiple computerized … Continue reading “Innovation Summit Highlights Drug Development, Cleantech, and Potential Impact of Drought”