The big news of the week (and year) is Picnik’s acquisition by Google. But read on for some other notable deals from the Northwest as well. —Seattle-based Picnik, the popular photo-editing software startup, was bought by Google in a deal of undisclosed size. The folks at Picnik seem pretty happy, and it sounds like a … Continue reading “PhotoRocket Opens Financing Round, Alliance of Angels Has Record 2009, Picnik Gets Bought by Google, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
San Diego’s Printer Industry Veterans Offer Some Insights Into Memjet’s Technology
One of the most surprising personnel moves announced in San Diego so far this year came in early January, when former Qualcomm COO Len Lauer was named to head Memjet, a startup the Wall Street Journal described as “a closely held company most people have never heard of.” Lauer’s move was puzzling. As a wireless … Continue reading “San Diego’s Printer Industry Veterans Offer Some Insights Into Memjet’s Technology”
Monster and Eons Founder Jeff Taylor Starts Incubator as Protest to Startups Fleeing Boston
Monster.com and Eons.com founder Jeff Taylor thinks entrepreneurs are bluffing when they cite Boston’s harsh winter weather as the reason for fleeing the city for operations elsewhere, such as California’s Silicon Valley. “The real objection is that it’s hard to get discovered in Boston, and that our resource-rich community feels like it’s locked behind closed … Continue reading “Monster and Eons Founder Jeff Taylor Starts Incubator as Protest to Startups Fleeing Boston”
Ion Torrent Systems Unveils New Gene Machine, Introducing Watson to Moore’s Law
The world of DNA sequencing is buzzing about a startup based in Guilford, CT, and San Francisco called Ion Torrent Systems. This stealthy operation, which is advised by Harvard genomics pioneer George Church and supported by a partner in Seattle, finally pulled off the veil last weekend on a tool that uses semiconductors to generate … Continue reading “Ion Torrent Systems Unveils New Gene Machine, Introducing Watson to Moore’s Law”
TransMedics Obtains $35,400,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d555f0ad-dca3-4fdf-9175-7decc080fd30&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name TransMedics Mailing Address 200 Minuteman Road Andover, MA 01810 Company Description TransMedics has developed a revolutionary new system that enables living organ transplants. Website http://www.TransMedics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $35,400,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Flagship … Continue reading “TransMedics Obtains $35,400,000 New Funding”
Desktone Receives $5,400,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6eb6c864-35b8-4dec-bea2-b6819a50ea98&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Desktone Mailing Address 100 Apollo Drive Chelmsford, MA 01824 Company Description The company was founded in 2006 to address market demands for easy-to-implement, low-maintenance enterprise desktops. As essential as PCs are for business, they have become too complicated and expensive to manage and use. We believe that … Continue reading “Desktone Receives $5,400,000 New Funding Round”
Hyland Software Acquires eWebHealth for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=916dc7f8-b3f9-4daa-a0e1-f75a1116d10a&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name eWebHealth Mailing Address 55 Walkers Brook Drive Reading, MA 01867 Company Description eWebHealth is a leading provider of medical record workflow solutions. We help hospitals and health facilities overcome the inefficiencies of managing paper-based medical records to improve productivity, profitability and patient care. Website http://www.ewebhealth.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Hyland Software Acquires eWebHealth for Undisclosed Sum”
Konarka Technologies Receives $20,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4358286-e8de-458d-88f0-4e18e445d686&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Konarka Technologies Mailing Address 116 John Street Lowell, MA 01852 Company Description Konarka builds power plastic that converts light to energy anywhere. The company develops and manufactures light-activated power plastic that is inexpensive, lightweight, flexible and versatile. Website http://www.konarka.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Konarka Technologies Receives $20,000,000 New Financing”
Cleveland Heartlab Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=615b377f-4884-4751-8025-3b5662646116&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Cleveland Heartlab Mailing Address 10265 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106 Company Description Cleveland HeartLab, LLC is a specialty clinical laboratory and disease management company focused on novel molecular biomarker technologies and the creation of proprietary diagnostic tests. Cleveland HeartLab (CHL) operates a CAP-accredited and CLIA-certified Clinical Laboratory … Continue reading “Cleveland Heartlab Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
Home-Account Lands New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f9c87c6-c4f9-4bb3-8f7e-006df6c9bfe3&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Home-Account Mailing Address 188 King Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Home-Account offers consumers a service that facilitates mortgage solutions and credit help for consumers to obtain mortgages. Website http://www.home-account.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Home-Account Lands New Financing”
Audience Garners $15,000,000 Series E Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0fde8d3-0866-4790-9822-52ce5fd1d705&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Audience Mailing Address 440 Clyde Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Audience is a voice processor company that enables clear communications anywhere with noise suppression technology based on the intelligence of the human hearing system. The technology is applicable across a broad range of consumer products … Continue reading “Audience Garners $15,000,000 Series E Financing”
NetBase Solutions Receives $9,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cff8914d-3260-40a9-92eb-8063413b683d&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name NetBase Solutions Mailing Address 2087 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description We are the insight discovery company. Founded by innovators Jonathan Spier and Michael Osofsky, NetBase develops and markets a next-generation semantic technology that reads and understands the English language. This technology is the basis … Continue reading “NetBase Solutions Receives $9,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Altor Networks Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47edb364-853b-42ef-a985-818a714cc4d8&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Altor Networks Mailing Address 350 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Altor Networks empowers virtual data center administrators by delivering unprecedented visibility and security for the virtual network. Website http://www.altornetworks.com/ Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes This new … Continue reading “Altor Networks Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
ExactTarget Acquires CoTweet for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a9a4ba3-c478-485e-97b2-b2354e16fe1b&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name CoTweet Mailing Address Pier 38 San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description CoTweet develops a web-based platform which allows companies to manage multiple Twitter accounts, including team tools to manage Twitter marketing campaigns and workflow. Website http://www.cotweet.com/ Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A … Continue reading “ExactTarget Acquires CoTweet for Undisclosed Sum”
EnergyHub Secures $3,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d851987-0d1c-499a-b7ce-1d589e7be8eb&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name EnergyHub Mailing Address 232 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 Company Description EnergyHub produces smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools that strengthen the relationship between consumers and utilities and solve the energy problems of today and tomorrow. Website http://www.energyhub.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “EnergyHub Secures $3,000,000 Series A Funding”
Pivot3 Garners $25,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2595d483-a83b-4df9-a922-4c93809d759d&Preview=1 Date 3/2/2010 Company Name Pivot3 Mailing Address 816 Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701 Company Description Pivot3 Transforms How Customers Invest in Storage. The founding team, developers and marketers of early custom RAID controllers with credit for over 50 storage patents, shared a vision for a storage virtualization architecture that required no … Continue reading “Pivot3 Garners $25,000,000 New Funding Round”
WTIA Spring Energy Technology Series: Smart Grid
Info and registration here. Heard all the buzz about “Clean Tech” but don’t know the facts? Starting your own energy tech business and need connections to potential customers, partners or investors? Interested in working in the energy technology industry but don’t know where to navigate? Then G.E.T. Smart — at our WTIA Spring Energy Technology … Continue reading “WTIA Spring Energy Technology Series: Smart Grid”
Picnik CEO on Getting Bought by Google, and How It Affects Startups and Consumers
Google’s acquisition of Seattle-based photo editing company Picnik is the deal of the year—and maybe more—for the local tech startup community. It just closed this morning, and terms aren’t being disclosed, but suffice to say Picnik’s leadership and team of 20-odd employees will make out pretty well. What’s more, the acquisition adds a bookend to … Continue reading “Picnik CEO on Getting Bought by Google, and How It Affects Startups and Consumers”
Zafgen Grabs $8.1M More in B Round
Zafgen, a Cambridge, MA-based startup focused on new obesity treatments, has raised $8.1 million in a third closing of its $28 million Series B round, a company spokeswoman confirmed this afternoon. The funding was revealed today in this SEC filing. The company, which has now raised $30 million, received the fresh capital from previous backers … Continue reading “Zafgen Grabs $8.1M More in B Round”
Google Buys Picnik, Developing Its Strength in Photo Editing and Storage
Well, this is no big surprise. Seattle-based Picnik was on everybody’s list as a local tech company with great potential to be acquired. The photo-editing startup announced today it has been bought by Google. Terms of the deal weren’t given, but this is big news for a startup community that hasn’t seen a major tech … Continue reading “Google Buys Picnik, Developing Its Strength in Photo Editing and Storage”
MIT Enterprise Forum Start-up Clinic
Here’s another installment of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge’s start-up clinics, where startup CEOs dish on their businesses and get audience feedback. This one will highlight Neotron, developers of neutron detectors, and Teravio, a company developing THz sensor technology. Register online.
MIT Sloan BioInnovations 2010 Conference
This year’s BioInnovations conference, sponsored by the MIT Sloan BioMedical Business Club, brings together more than 300 healthcare pioneers to discuss life sciences technology, policy, and commercialization. Xconomy is partnering on this event, which will feature CEOs, academics, consultants, and investors from names such as Microsoft, Partners HealthCare System, Genzyme, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Register here.
Millipore To March Down the Aisle with Merck KGaA, Not Thermo Fisher
Reports last week that Billerica, MA-based life sciences equipment supplier Millipore was in merger talks with Waltham, MA-based Thermo Fisher Scientific were half right. Millipore was in merger talks—but it has settled on suitor Merck KGaA, the German pharmaceutical and chemicals giant. And Millipore is fetching a higher price than the earlier reports suggested, too. … Continue reading “Millipore To March Down the Aisle with Merck KGaA, Not Thermo Fisher”
Poole, Gerrity Join MOD Squad
Seattle-based MOD Systems announced that former Microsoft vice president and social technologist Will Poole and former Coinstar and Naverus CEO Dan Gerrity have joined the company’s board of directors. Poole is co-chairman of Redwood City, CA-based NComputing, while Gerrity is vice president of business development at Bellevue, WA-based Intellectual Ventures. MOD board member Kyleen Cane … Continue reading “Poole, Gerrity Join MOD Squad”
Sensata Sets IPO Terms
Sensata Technologies, a maker of sensors and switches headquartered in Attleboro, MA, has set its initial public offering of 31.6 million shares at $18 to $20 a share, according to a filing with the SEC. Sensata Technologies Holding, a public limited liability company incorporated in the Netherlands, is offering 26.3 million shares, and selling shareholders … Continue reading “Sensata Sets IPO Terms”
Cell Therapeutics Gets New Day in Front of FDA
Cell Therapeutics has been walking a “tight-wire act” for more than a year, and now we’ll see if the company keeps its balance or crashes to the ground on March 22. That’s the date FDA has now set for a re-scheduled a meeting of cancer drug experts who will recommend whether the Seattle-based company ought … Continue reading “Cell Therapeutics Gets New Day in Front of FDA”
Awarepoint Raises $10M to Accelerate Its Sensor Network for Hospitals
JAFCO Ventures of Palo Alto, CA, has stepped in as lead investor in a $10 million round announced today by San Diego’s Awarepoint, which provides wireless sensor systems to help hospitals monitor the real-time location of equipment and patients. Existing investors Cardinal Partners and Venrock Associates joined in the Series E round. As I explained … Continue reading “Awarepoint Raises $10M to Accelerate Its Sensor Network for Hospitals”
Optimer Nets $51.5M
San Diego-based Optimer Pharmaceuticals, the developer of an antibiotic for a dangerous hospital infection, said today it has raised $51.5 million through a secondary stock offering after deducting expenses. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:OPTR]]) sold about 4.9 million shares of common stock at $11 a share. Jefferies & Co. was the sole book-running manager in the … Continue reading “Optimer Nets $51.5M”
Enrollment Begins at Founder Institute After Inaugural Class Completes Training
School’s out for the Founder Institute’s inaugural class in San Diego, which started with 22 students in November and last week graduated 13 entrepreneurs who are moving forward to develop 12 startup companies, according to Jeanine Jacobson, a San Diego organizer. After starting the four-month mentoring program for startup founders in San Francisco a year … Continue reading “Enrollment Begins at Founder Institute After Inaugural Class Completes Training”
Athenahealth Taps Sermo Docs for Opinions on Electronic Health Records
What do doctors think about electronic health records? That’s a question at the heart of a newly announced partnership between Athenahealth and Sermo, according to the companies’ press release this morning. Athenahealth (NASDAQ:[[ticker:ATHN]]), the Watertown, MA-based provider of Internet software and services for medical practices, is tapping Cambridge, MA-based Sermo’s online community of physicians to … Continue reading “Athenahealth Taps Sermo Docs for Opinions on Electronic Health Records”
Russ Wilcox Steps Down at E Ink—Smart Energy Venture Next?
[Updated 9:55 a.m. and 1:35 p.m., see below] Russell Wilcox, until recently the president and CEO at Cambridge, MA-based display technology pioneer E Ink, has left the company, Xconomy has learned. In his 13 years with E Ink, Wilcox rose from the level of vice president of business development to the leadership helm, and engineered … Continue reading “Russ Wilcox Steps Down at E Ink—Smart Energy Venture Next?”
Napera Networks Evolves, Moves Into Purely Cloud-Based IT Security
Startups almost never end up doing what they started out doing. The key is, can they adjust to the market and find enough paying customers before they run out of money? Here’s an interesting case study in the making: Napera Networks. The computer-network security startup, based in Mercer Island, WA—are there any other startups there?—is … Continue reading “Napera Networks Evolves, Moves Into Purely Cloud-Based IT Security”
Mass Mobile Month Is Here!
March 2010 is Mass Mobile Month, a celebration of mobile technology innovation in New England. Who says so? Xconomy and the 22 other local organizations that have banded together to highlight the remarkable string of mobile-related events happening around town in March. Actually, the fun started in mid-February and will continue into early April—but today, … Continue reading “Mass Mobile Month Is Here!”
Microsoft HealthVault Makes Pitch to Hospitals, Tries to Crack Tough Nut of Health-IT Adoption
One of the big questions surrounding the burgeoning field of healthcare IT is, who is going to push to adopt the technology—patients, doctors, or hospitals? After much thought, it seems Microsoft is banking on the latter. The Redmond, WA, company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MSFT]]) is announcing a new software system geared toward hospitals today at the 2010 … Continue reading “Microsoft HealthVault Makes Pitch to Hospitals, Tries to Crack Tough Nut of Health-IT Adoption”
Qualcomm Ventures Leads Funding for Visage Mobile, Venture Deal Terms Favor Investors (Still), Leap Wireless Forms Joint Venture, & More San Diego BizTech News
It was a light week in San Diego for tech news, perhaps balancing the blizzard of life sciences news that blanketed our region. Good thing that’s the only kind of blizzard we see around here. —When I met last summer with Qualcomm Venture’s Nagraj Kashyap, he told me the corporate venture arm of San Diego’s … Continue reading “Qualcomm Ventures Leads Funding for Visage Mobile, Venture Deal Terms Favor Investors (Still), Leap Wireless Forms Joint Venture, & More San Diego BizTech News”
With VCs Ready to Hold Office Hours For Entrepreneurs, Venture Café Gets a Test Drive
For most entrepreneurs, a beta stage or beta product is a crucial way to flesh out new ideas, and find out what works and what doesn’t for their business. And it’s no different for a new endeavor meant to create community and dialog between entrepreneurs and investors in the Boston area. That endeavor would be … Continue reading “With VCs Ready to Hold Office Hours For Entrepreneurs, Venture Café Gets a Test Drive”
Light Sciences Oncology Sits Tight, Awaits Key Cancer Trial Results This Summer
The suspense is excruciating for the people at Bellevue, WA-based Light Sciences Oncology. They have been waiting almost a year longer than expected for results from a couple of cancer studies that could make or break their company. They have no idea if they are waiting because their drug is a big success, helping cancer … Continue reading “Light Sciences Oncology Sits Tight, Awaits Key Cancer Trial Results This Summer”
FDA Refuses to Accept Adventrx Pharma’s New Drug Application
Adventrx Pharmaceuticals (NYSE Amex: [[ticker:ANX]]), the San Diego biotech that sprang back to life in January with a new drug application, says in a statement today that it has received a “refuse to file letter” from the FDA—which basically means it’s back to the drawing board. Adventrx cut its workforce to just two employees almost … Continue reading “FDA Refuses to Accept Adventrx Pharma’s New Drug Application”
Inaugural Meeting of San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange
Moderator Scott Thacher, CEO of Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, will lead a panel discussion on “How I Started My Company and Why” with company founders Richard Lin of Explora Biolabs, Gonul Velicelebi of CalciMedica, Jiwu Wang of Allele Biotech, and Douglas Lappi of Advanced Targeting Systems. Attendance is free; donations welcome. More information is available online here.
Dossia Doubles List of Key Health Record Adopters with Intel and Pitney Bowes
More big companies are giving electronic health records a go. The Cambridge, MA-based nonprofit Dossia says that two of its founding members, computer chip giant Intel and mail system provider Pitney Bowes, are offering its electronic health records system to at least some of their workers. The next big test will be how many Intel … Continue reading “Dossia Doubles List of Key Health Record Adopters with Intel and Pitney Bowes”
Why BlackBerry Needs Real Innovation, and How Boston Can Help
Heads up, stodgy bankers and business road warriors: in case you haven’t noticed the blatant signs over the past 12 months or so, your trusty BlackBerry is no longer cool. Yeah, I know you think that because you recently traded in your old-school model with scroll wheel for the sleek black Tour or Bold 2, … Continue reading “Why BlackBerry Needs Real Innovation, and How Boston Can Help”
Zafgen Lands $8,100,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=19162828-8ae5-4f6f-ab74-718c0cc59378&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name Zafgen Mailing Address 5 Cambridge Center Floor 2 Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description The company is developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of obesity. Website http://www.zafgen.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,100,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Zafgen Lands $8,100,000 Series B Financing”
Google Acquires Picnik for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b0d711b-bd77-4c37-b730-d81a59dc8462&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name Picnik Mailing Address Undisclosed Seattle, WA 98100 Company Description The Picnik team is headquartered in downtown Seattle. We love making great software for real people, eating the food at Pike Place Market, and taking pictures that bring to life great memories of times we’ve had with family … Continue reading “Google Acquires Picnik for Undisclosed Sum”
AwarePoint Corporation Obtains $10,000,000 Series E Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f7a3f44-3040-40b8-99fa-6c8c193704af&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name AwarePoint Corporation Mailing Address 225 Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Company Description In 2002, the founders of Awarepoint™ recognized that despite the tremendous potential of active RFID technologies to improve operational efficiency in medium and large businesses, there were no solutions on the market that offered good … Continue reading “AwarePoint Corporation Obtains $10,000,000 Series E Financing Round”
Artisan Pharma Lands $22,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d5d75c6-2e2f-4a6f-8d65-de3b5c11a532&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name Artisan Pharma Mailing Address 230 Third Avenue Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Artisan Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing best-in-class critical care and hospital-based therapeutics to patients. Website http://www.artisanpharma.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The proceeds from … Continue reading “Artisan Pharma Lands $22,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Soompi Media Secures $282,077 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84305b2d-ab4a-4d4a-87de-145d2777db27&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name Soompi Media Mailing Address 185 Clara St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Soompi.com is a community fan site focused on Korean and Asian pop entertainment, dramas, music, celebrities and movies. We are the longest running site dedicated to bringing you the best in Korean music & … Continue reading “Soompi Media Secures $282,077 New Financing Round”
Endpoint Garners $1,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a70793e0-f66b-4089-bcd2-73b19a9cecb3&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name Endpoint Mailing Address 690 Texas Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The endpoint team is comprised of individuals who are the best-in-industry in design. engineering, testing, quality and client service. The endpoint team has experience across a broad range of therapeutic areas and global implementations. Website … Continue reading “Endpoint Garners $1,700,000 New Funding”
CalStar Products Receives $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a39d939-92d7-4f19-800e-e6764c58ca0f&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name CalStar Products Mailing Address 6851 Mowry Ave Newark, CA 94560 Company Description The company develops environmentally friendly building materials. Website http://www.calstarproducts.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Nth Power Venture Investor Westly … Continue reading “CalStar Products Receives $15,000,000 New Round”
Bit.ly Lands $1,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7bdc998a-94a5-486c-9cf5-25746ce29f1d&Preview=1 Date 3/1/2010 Company Name Bit.ly Mailing Address 416 West 13th St. New York, NY 10014 Company Description bit.ly is a utility that allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). You can share a shortened link from the website, our mobile site (m.bit.ly) and bookmarklets. Website http://bit.ly Transaction Type Debt … Continue reading “Bit.ly Lands $1,500,000 New Financing”
A Non-Invasive Window Into the Brain
Severe neuropathologies are usually diagnosed after significant, largely irreversible brain damage already has occurred. Hear Philip Low, the founding chairman and CEO of NeuroVigil, whose goal is to reliably provide access to patients’ own brain health in real time. He has developed groundbreaking computational techniques that allow for a rapid quantification, analysis, and classification of … Continue reading “A Non-Invasive Window Into the Brain”