Seahorse Bioscience Lands $5,000,000 Series D Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=163d03df-bba3-4a54-a6a4-7d96a88ecc91&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Seahorse Bioscience Mailing Address 16 Esquire Road North Billerica, MA 01862 Company Description We design and manufacture consumable sensors and custom injection molded Labware in our Seahorse Labware facility in Massachusetts. Website http://www.seahorsebioscience.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes Seahorse … Continue reading “Seahorse Bioscience Lands $5,000,000 Series D Round”

mCaddie Secures $600,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33fcd44e-71df-45eb-ad09-b4c6e8a98d50&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name mCaddie Mailing Address P O Box 3514 Portland, ME 04104-3514 Company Description mCaddie Inc. (creators of AccelGolf) is a team of young but experienced developers based out of Portland, Maine. We are leveraging cutting edge web and mobile technology to marry self improvement and social networking for … Continue reading “mCaddie Secures $600,000 New Financing Round”

Currensee Receives $6,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8bc78e7-f31b-43ef-9dd7-c3a72c0568fd&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Currensee Mailing Address 77 North Washington Street Boston, MA 02114 Company Description Currensee is the first Forex trading social network where like-minded traders can connect with each other and share unique ideas, insights and data based on the actual trading activity of the community. On Currensee, traders … Continue reading “Currensee Receives $6,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

Smilebox Receives $2,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fb024be-7ce5-40c2-99b7-da26ca601ef4&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Smilebox Mailing Address 8201 164th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Company Description Smilebox™ makes it easy to connect with friends and family in a more creative and compelling way. Unlike existing solutions that focus on organizing, editing and sharing photos or sending pre-packaged greetings, Smilebox enables users … Continue reading “Smilebox Receives $2,000,000 New Round”

Proacta Garners $1,100,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7162429a-1c31-4d45-8e8b-a3cd1dfe3475&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Proacta Mailing Address 9255 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Proacta is developing a new generation of cancer drugs that uniquely target physiological attributes of solid tumors. Proacta’s first lead program, a hypoxia targeted small-molecule prodrug, is designed to improve the outcomes of current … Continue reading “Proacta Garners $1,100,000 New Financing Round”

Alibris Acquires Monsoon for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb18d75f-f3d0-4c7e-98d5-a2d58d66f265&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Monsoon Mailing Address 520 NW Davis Street Portland, OR 97209 Company Description Monsoon is the best solution for marketplace selling for three simple reasons: Our experience, our solutions, and our customer support. Website http://www.monsoonworks.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial … Continue reading “Alibris Acquires Monsoon for Undisclosed Sum”

Visage Mobile Obtains $4,500,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85420335-dfc4-4f2b-ba48-09d597459c18&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Visage Mobile Mailing Address 500 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Visage Mobile, the recognized expert in MVNO development and operations, delivers a broad range of services to companies interested in offering branded wireless services. Website http://www.visagemobile.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Visage Mobile Obtains $4,500,000 Series B Round”

Adura Technologies Secures $12,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=788409e1-6032-45f0-b0a5-737400170c10&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Adura Technologies Mailing Address 101 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Adura Technologies is a clean energy technology venture applying low-power wireless mesh networking to the lighting controls market. We design, manufacture and commission our lighting management solutions. Our mission is to provide cost effective … Continue reading “Adura Technologies Secures $12,000,000 New Funding Round”

ngmoco Secures $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c01d63df-3390-49bf-899d-93f3989ac3b0&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name ngmoco Mailing Address 164 South Park Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company is focused on publishing games for the iPhone. Website http://www.ngmoco.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes With its recent round of funding, ngmoco will grow … Continue reading “ngmoco Secures $25,000,000 Series C Financing Round”

Solta Medical Acquires Aesthera Corporation for $6,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5eeaa8f4-3280-4333-99fd-03b69e53c675&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Aesthera Corporation Mailing Address 6634 Owens Dr. Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description At the forefront of advancements in the field of light based aesthetic treatments, Aesthera has developed breakthrough Photopneumatic Therapy (PPx) bringing an unprecedented array of firsts to physicians and patients: First no pain treatments, the … Continue reading “Solta Medical Acquires Aesthera Corporation for $6,000,000”

SecondMarket Lands $15,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e181fb31-af37-453a-b77f-ea2ae5c4080a&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name SecondMarket Mailing Address 26 Broadway 12th Floor New York, NY 10004 Company Description SecondMarket is the largest centralized marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets, such as auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, collateralized debt obligations, limited partnership interests, private company stock, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, restricted securities … Continue reading “SecondMarket Lands $15,000,000 Series B Financing”

ngmoco Acquires Freeverse for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=405c91a8-f717-4e32-b92d-7d73f5c39c88&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Freeverse Mailing Address 45 Main St Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac and iPhone platforms. Our developed and published titles have been honored with six Apple Design Awards. With 2 of the Top … Continue reading “ngmoco Acquires Freeverse for Undisclosed Sum”

Appia Acquires Handango for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d5a9fcc5-f13f-47a9-87ce-dfa7a7c38f53&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2010 Company Name Handango Mailing Address 5615 High Point Drive Irving, TX 75038 Company Description Handango is the leading provider of smartphone content globally. Leveraging its network of more than 16,000 content partners and its vast distribution network, Handango seamlessly delivers the smartphone marketplace to millions of consumers on the … Continue reading “Appia Acquires Handango for Undisclosed Sum”

Microsoft, Amazon Tie Patent Knot

Seattle-area tech giants Amazon and Microsoft have signed a patent cross-license agreement that gives each company some access to the other’s patent portfolio, and covers a broad range of technology, including Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader and its use of Linux-based servers. Financial terms of the deal weren’t given, but Microsoft says Amazon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMZN]]) will … Continue reading “Microsoft, Amazon Tie Patent Knot”

Arzeda CEO Resigns; Company Looks to Prove Technology, Conserve Cash

Arzeda CEO Michael Martino is out. Martino, the former CEO of Bothell, WA-based Sonus Pharmaceuticals, has resigned his job as CEO of the Seattle designer-enzyme startup, and plans to take a new position with a biotech company in San Diego, according to an e-mail he sent today to friends and colleagues. Martino’s resignation is effective … Continue reading “Arzeda CEO Resigns; Company Looks to Prove Technology, Conserve Cash”

Dendreon To Spend $460M on Provenge Push This Year, Looks for Payoff in 2011

Dendreon raised $630 million from investors last year to gear up for the commercial push of its new drug for prostate cancer, and the Seattle-based company plans to spend a lot of it this year. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]) plans to use about $460 million of its cash in 2010—about triple what it burned through … Continue reading “Dendreon To Spend $460M on Provenge Push This Year, Looks for Payoff in 2011”

How Microsoft’s New Mobile Approach Stacks Up with Apple and Google

Pretty soon you might not be able to tell the difference between Microsoft and its most hated rivals. At least in the mobile sector. This would be good news for Microsoft. That’s my take after thinking more about Microsoft’s announcement last week of its heir apparent to Windows Mobile—the Windows Phone 7 Series operating system. … Continue reading “How Microsoft’s New Mobile Approach Stacks Up with Apple and Google”

Report: Thermo Fisher Bids to Take Over Millipore

According to a report today from the Bloomberg news agency, Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: [[ticker:TMO]]), the Waltham, MA-based supplier of laboratory instruments and equipment to the life sciences industry, has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Billerica, MA-based Millipore (NYSE: [[ticker:MIL]]) for $6 billion. Millipore makes diagnostic and laboratory equipment for biotech firms. Bloomberg attributed … Continue reading “Report: Thermo Fisher Bids to Take Over Millipore”

Iron Mountain Drinks in Mimosa

Boston-based paper and digital archiving giant Iron Mountain (NYSE: [[ticker:IRM]]) said today that it has acquired Santa Clara, CA-based Mimosa Systems for $112 million in cash. Mimosa makes e-mail archiving software for companies that use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Web Access through Microsoft’s Exchange Server. “By combining Mimosa’s on-premises archive with our cloud-based technologies, Iron … Continue reading “Iron Mountain Drinks in Mimosa”

NIH Chief Stresses Economic Impact of Federal Biomedical Funding

Cancer and certain types of mental illness are diseases that appear ripe for research breakthroughs, according to Francis Collins, who just marked his sixth month as director of the National Institutes of Health. “I’m always loath to say what’s on the brink of some big breakthrough,” says Collins, who met with local reporters while attending … Continue reading “NIH Chief Stresses Economic Impact of Federal Biomedical Funding”

Icahn Making His Move On Genzyme

Carl Icahn is now officially making moves on the Boston area’s two biggest biotech companies. After boosting his stake in the slumping Cambridge, MA-based firm Genzyme, Icahn is now seeking representation on its board, according to the company. Icahn has been making similar plays for control at Genzyme’s neighbor, Biogen Idec, for years. Icahn has … Continue reading “Icahn Making His Move On Genzyme”

Rival Buyout Offer for Amicas

Boston-based radiology information management company Amicas (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMCS]]), which had been on the verge of a buyout by Chicago- and San Francisco-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo, said today it has received a rival offer from Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MERG]]), a Milwaukee, WI-based provider of radiology workflow management software. The Merge offer of $6.05 per … Continue reading “Rival Buyout Offer for Amicas”

Chairman Bill Young: Next Biogen Idec CEO May Be a Scientist

The future leader of Biogen Idec might be as familiar with a petri dish as he or she is with a spreadsheet. That’s according to Bill Young, who took over as Biogen’s chairman of the board on January 1. Young is on the board committee that’s searching to replace CEO Jim Mullen, who announced last … Continue reading “Chairman Bill Young: Next Biogen Idec CEO May Be a Scientist”

Survey Finds Venture Deal Terms Improving, But Still Below Historical Levels

Even though venture capital funding plunged dramatically in 2009, it was nevertheless encouraging when the VC surveys that came out in January showed an uptick in venture deals during the fourth quarter—like a ski jump into 2010. Now the Cooley Godward Kronish Venture Financing Report for the fourth quarter of 2009 gives us another piece … Continue reading “Survey Finds Venture Deal Terms Improving, But Still Below Historical Levels”

Sony Electronics Outlines its 3D Strategy, Fallbrook Files For IPO, Electronics Recycler EcoATM Raises Venture Round, & More San Diego BizTech News

It was a great week for innovation in San Diego, with Fallbrook Technologies filing for an IPO and Sony Electronics previewing its 3D strategy (along with some new products) after opening the doors of its new $160-million North American headquarters. —Sony Electronics showed off its new 11-story North American headquarters building in San Diego during … Continue reading “Sony Electronics Outlines its 3D Strategy, Fallbrook Files For IPO, Electronics Recycler EcoATM Raises Venture Round, & More San Diego BizTech News”

Boston-Power Adds Ex-GM Exec to Board, Prepares to Take On Automotive Battery Market

Around the time Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad, a funny Photoshopped picture began making the rounds on the Web, showing Jobs with four iPhones crudely lashed together with duct tape. The picture’s unspoken message, of course, was that the iPad is just a big iPhone. Well, something like that is actually coming true in … Continue reading “Boston-Power Adds Ex-GM Exec to Board, Prepares to Take On Automotive Battery Market”

Allurent Garners $2,000,000 Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6cc11b21-5bfb-4056-b0ba-41fab8ea88df&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name Allurent Mailing Address 222 Third Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description At Allurent, we are passionate about transforming online shopping from a dull, utilitarian and often frustrating task into an enticing and entertaining experience that parallels and even surpasses the physical store. We are convinced that online … Continue reading “Allurent Garners $2,000,000 Series C Funding”

CollabNet Acquires Danube for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=078e7bf2-aef6-4452-bee1-135bb599a7d4&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name Danube Mailing Address 520 SW Sixth Ave Portland, OR 97204 Company Description Founded in 2000, Danube Technologies, Inc. provides software and training exclusively focused on the Scrum method of agile software development. The company’s ScrumWorks® Pro and ScrumWorks Basic products are licensed to more than 125,000 software … Continue reading “CollabNet Acquires Danube for Undisclosed Sum”

Pulmonx Secures $32,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fff829b6-7a0e-4da7-b50f-224af1c71f6c&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name Pulmonx Mailing Address 700 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Pulmonx is an innovative medical technology company engaged in the design, development and manufacture of therapeutic devices for the treatment of patients with severe emphysema. Website http://www.pulmonx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $32,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Pulmonx Secures $32,000,000 New Round”

Allux Medical Secures $2,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6cc11b21-5bfb-4056-b0ba-41fab8ea88df&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name Allux Medical Mailing Address 1455 Adams Ave Building 15 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description The company is developing devices for the treatment of hyper-reactive airway mucosa. Website http://www.alluxmedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The funding will help the … Continue reading “Allux Medical Secures $2,000,000 Series C Financing”

GreenRoad Receives $10,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ed5d8ea-1010-483d-9a06-544922647793&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name GreenRoad Mailing Address 3 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Company Description GreenRoad develops driver safety and risk management technologies that reduce accident rates and lower costs. Our solutions empower drivers to manage their own safety by giving instantaneous, in-vehicle feedback—without privacy invasions. As a result, … Continue reading “GreenRoad Receives $10,000,000 New Round”

Sonoa Systems Receives $14,100,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=282234f6-abe2-4483-bb1b-89b9ca346ad1&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name Sonoa Systems Mailing Address 2380 Walsh Ave Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Sonoa Systems is an exciting Silicon Valley startup that is creating an innovative approach to deploying applications to simplify IT infrastructure and significantly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership. Website http://www.sonoasystems.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Sonoa Systems Receives $14,100,000 New Financing”

Iron Mountain Acquires Mimosa Systems for $112,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59bfad20-464f-4f1a-a8de-72532fb85771&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name Mimosa Systems Mailing Address 3200 Coronado Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Mimosa Systems provides information immediacy, discovery and continuity for the new generation of critical enterprise information. Website http://www.mimosasystems.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $112,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Iron Mountain acquires Mimosa … Continue reading “Iron Mountain Acquires Mimosa Systems for $112,000,000”

Wal-Mart Stores Acquires VUDU for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9465b958-2cf3-4775-ad88-c4e7cdd515e8&Preview=1 Date 2/22/2010 Company Name VUDU Mailing Address 2980 Bowers Ave Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description VUDU is a revolutionary new product that will transform the way you get and watch movies. VUDU is instantaneous—no more driving to the video store, no more relying on the mail, no more waiting for … Continue reading “Wal-Mart Stores Acquires VUDU for Undisclosed Sum”

Using Analytics to Design a Better User Experience

The San Diego Software Industry has organized this event and recruited speakers from Certona, Adobe’s Omniture business unit, Social Media 404, and FICO to explain how to use analytics to design a user experience to meet your business needs. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., or register online here.

What Angel Investing is All About

This full-day seminar provides an overview of the angel investing process, including the details of finding, evaluating, and structuring deals, and developing angel-entrepreneur relationships. This highly interactive program provides practical information on best practices in angel investing. More information and online registration is here.

Through the Looking Glass to Biotech’s Future

Biocom celebrates its very merry un-birthday at a very merry dinner party. The nonprofit group plans to take San Diego’s biotech and medical device industries through the looking glass, to view what the future has in store for the life sciences industry. Online registration is here.

How to Deliver a Presentation

This full-day workshop on the art of the presentation offers participants an opportunity to practice, get feedback, watch a videotapes of their presentations, and one-on-one coaching for each participant. Learn how to quickly plan for any presentation, deliver clear and concise presentations, deliver a presentation in a way that connects with scientific and non-scientific audiences. … Continue reading “How to Deliver a Presentation”

Amazon Kindle E-Books Expand Reach

Seattle-based Amazon.com announced today that its Kindle Digital Text Platform can now be used by authors and publishers to upload their electronic books in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian to the Kindle Store. The service is already available for English, French, and German books. Amazon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMZN]]) also said yesterday that its Kindle application is now … Continue reading “Amazon Kindle E-Books Expand Reach”

ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar Meets with Bill Gates, Advises Local Startups, Speaks at UW

There’s no better way to kick off a Seattle visit than to have a two-hour meeting with Bill Gates. That was Arun Majumdar’s morning yesterday. The director of ARPA-E, the new $400 million research agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, was on tour to promote novel energy R&D programs and get feedback from innovators … Continue reading “ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar Meets with Bill Gates, Advises Local Startups, Speaks at UW”

Breakfast Seminar: Enernet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy featuring Bob Metcalfe

Think the Internet has no place in solving the world’s energy problems? Think again. Ethernet inventor and Polaris partner Bob Metcalfe will explain how the lessons learned in building the Internet (particularly when it comes to networking) can be applied to meeting needs for clean and cheap energy, at this Mass. Technology Leadership Council breakfast … Continue reading “Breakfast Seminar: Enernet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy featuring Bob Metcalfe”

$1.25 Million for Fluent Mobile

Fluent Mobile, the Boston, MA-based maker of a leading iPhone news-aggregating app called Fluent News Reader, has raised $1.25 million in equity-based funding, according to a regulatory filing. Fluent executives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the round. While the regulatory filing did not list the company’s investors, it identified Guy Bradley, … Continue reading “$1.25 Million for Fluent Mobile”

Alliance of Angels 10-Minute Pitch Clinic

Get inside tips on how to hone a 10-minute business pitch in order to wow angel investors, at this interactive workshop held by the Alliance of Angels.  Hear the group’s ideas on best practices for pitches, and get direct feedback on the messaging surrounding your startup. Buy your ticket here.

Leveraging New and Emerging Technologies to Enable Patient-Centered Primary Care

Learn about the role technology plays in the shift to patient-centric primary care, where patients take greater responsibility for their own healthcare treatments and management. Panelists at this Mass. Technology Leadership Council event will discuss the technologies and tools surrounding medical record keeping and information exchange. Register on the Eventbrite site.