Powerhouse Dynamics, a home energy usage monitoring startup in Newton, MA, raised $225,000 last spring and let slip to journalists in November that it was raising more. Now there’s confirmation of that: the company has closed a $1.02 million financing round, according to a February 2 regulatory filing. According to a Powerhouse announcement, The round … Continue reading “$1M for Powerhouse Dynamics”
Cell Therapeutics Nears Judgment Day, AVI Biopharma Awaits Results, HemaQuest Gets $6M & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
The Seattle biotech beat is about to get a dose of drama over the next week, as one of the oldest companies in town prepares for a make-or-break moment in suburban Washington, D.C. —Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CTIC]]]) is getting ready for a critical decision next Wednesday, when a panel of cancer drug experts will … Continue reading “Cell Therapeutics Nears Judgment Day, AVI Biopharma Awaits Results, HemaQuest Gets $6M & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Seattle Needs an “Incubator” Culture
If Seattle is to occupy a future place of dominance in the biotech world, it must foster more of an “incubator” culture. There is a “valley of death” between the well-funded labs of academia and private venture funding that is difficult to cross. The National Institutes of Health funds non-profit institutions like universities for fundamental … Continue reading “Seattle Needs an “Incubator” Culture”
Amazon Said to Buy Touchscreen Startup: Implications for the Kindle and E Ink Display
Seattle-based Amazon has acquired Touchco, a touchscreen technology company based in New York, according to a report in the New York Times, which cites an anonymous source with knowledge of the deal. The acquisition raises some interesting questions about the future of the Kindle device, Amazon’s competition with Apple, and the role of technology firm … Continue reading “Amazon Said to Buy Touchscreen Startup: Implications for the Kindle and E Ink Display”
Tepha Receives $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=da8ba487-2e0a-4e20-8cd7-7edc26945db6&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2010 Company Name Tepha Mailing Address 99 Hayden Avenue East Wing Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description Tepha is a medical device firm engaged in the development of a new range of absorbable devices for therapeutic applications. Website http://www.tepha.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Tepha Receives $3,000,000 New Financing”
PowerHouse Dynamics Garners $1,020,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71792396-046f-484f-a80d-f022ca22dba4&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2010 Company Name PowerHouse Dynamics Mailing Address 233 Needham St 3rd Fl Newton, MA 02464 Company Description PowerHouse dynamics was founded in 2008 by a group of individuals who are passionate about the need to address the energy and climate challenges facing the world, and who believe in the “3P” … Continue reading “PowerHouse Dynamics Garners $1,020,000 New Funding Round”
Allergan Acquires Serica Technologies for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5bb12dd7-4f68-4859-8b6b-313e2067ac0b&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2010 Company Name Serica Technologies Mailing Address 200 Boston Ave Medford, MA 02155 Company Description Serica is a medical device company pioneering the most sophisticated silk-based biomaterial platforms for tissue rejuvenation in the industry. The company leverages the elegance, purity, and strength of natural silk in combination with advances in … Continue reading “Allergan Acquires Serica Technologies for Undisclosed Sum”
Lens Vector Garners $30,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a0d7842-86ff-40cf-8374-f4f4976df4e5&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2010 Company Name Lens Vector Mailing Address 2307 Leghorn Street Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description LensVector has developed breakthrough optical technology that can shape, steer and focus light without mechanical movement. LensVector replaces the complex, bulky and often fragile mechanical systems of a camera module with simple, solid-state components … Continue reading “Lens Vector Garners $30,000,000 New Financing Round”
Verint Systems Acquires Iontas for $14,800,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99056ec8-8bdc-4962-be23-5d91c9a8cac7&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2010 Company Name Iontas Mailing Address 1927 Lohmans Crossing Austin, TX 78734 Company Description Iontas’s goal is simple: to help our customers increase productivity and reduce costs. We do this by improving the performance and effectiveness of key business processes throughout their organization. Our pragmatic process improvement approach delivers process … Continue reading “Verint Systems Acquires Iontas for $14,800,000”
BlueKai Brings In Big Money, Siemens Licenses HealthVault, Intellectual Ventures Buys Avistar Patents, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
Deal activity picked up a bit in the Northwest this week. But most of the action was in two or three big deals in the software and Internet sectors, with a smattering of deals in biotech and clean IT. —Portland, OR-based Coaxis raised $10 million in growth capital from Updata Partners, based in Virginia and … Continue reading “BlueKai Brings In Big Money, Siemens Licenses HealthVault, Intellectual Ventures Buys Avistar Patents, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
$9M for Syndax Pharmaceuticals
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, a Waltham, MA-based developer of cancer therapies, has pulled in $9 million of a planned $16 million in a mixed offering of equity, options, and warrants, according to an SEC filing. Syndax’s past investors include Domain Associates and MPM Capital, which led a $40 million Series A round in 2007. The company launched … Continue reading “$9M for Syndax Pharmaceuticals”
All-Star Lineup of Guest Judges Set For Thursday Night’s Battle of the Tech Bands Seattle vs. Boston Smackdown
We are barely 24 hours away from the biggest, most definitive East Coast vs. West Coast smackdown since Facebook got away: the Battle of the Tech Bands 3, which will take place Thursday night at the Middle East Nightclub in the heart of Central Square here in Cambridge, MA. We have five great bands—three winners … Continue reading “All-Star Lineup of Guest Judges Set For Thursday Night’s Battle of the Tech Bands Seattle vs. Boston Smackdown”
Ironwood Climbs 3.6 Percent on IPO Debut Day, Shows Investor Interest—Albeit Tepid—in Biotech
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals showed today that an IPO market does exist for a serious biotech company without a moneymaking product on the market, but that investors’ appetite for the speculative business of drug development is modest. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech company set its initial public offering price at $11.25—a far cry from its forecasted price range … Continue reading “Ironwood Climbs 3.6 Percent on IPO Debut Day, Shows Investor Interest—Albeit Tepid—in Biotech”
ViaSat on New Trajectory Following Deal to Create Satellite-Based High-Speed Internet
It was a big deal in October when ViaSat (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VSAT]]), the Carlsbad, CA-based specialist in satellite-based communications technologies, announced it was acquiring WildBlue Communications, a suburban Denver, CO-based internet service provider. The acquisition, once revealed, made a lot of sense. As a satellite-based provider of high-speed Internet service in mostly rural communities, WildBlue made … Continue reading “ViaSat on New Trajectory Following Deal to Create Satellite-Based High-Speed Internet”
Smart Medical Devices Panel
Healthcare is still on the agenda, at least in this month’s area events. This panel of engineering and life sciences industry experts focuses on the role that Smart Medical Devices have to play in helping to deliver higher quality healthcare at a lower cost. Register here.
1366 Technologies Wraps Up $5.2M
1366 Technologies, a Lexington, MA-based company developing more efficient photovoltaic panels, has raised a $5.2 million Series B round from North Bridge Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners, says company president Frank van Mierlo. An SEC filing puts the total offering amount for the round at $6.2 million, but van Mierlo says the round closed … Continue reading “1366 Technologies Wraps Up $5.2M”
Coaxis Coaxes $10M from Updata
Portland, OR-based Coaxis, the parent company of Viewpoint Construction Software, has raised $10 million in growth equity funding from Virginia and New Jersey-based Updata Partners. The money will be used to fuel the company’s international expansion in marketing and product distribution. Viewpoint’s software, which is built on Microsoft’s .NET platform, is used by construction firms … Continue reading “Coaxis Coaxes $10M from Updata”
CyPhy Works Finds $1.8M
CyPhy Works, the robotics startup led by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner, has raised $1.75 million in a round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing. The filing does not identify the investors in CyPhy, but the Cambridge, MA, venture firm General Catalyst Partners is listed as a promoter of the startup. Greiner, who is … Continue reading “CyPhy Works Finds $1.8M”
NanoString Adds Exec Chairman
NanoString Technologies, the Seattle-based developer of genetic analysis tools, said today it has named William Young as its new executive chairman. Young is the chairman of Cambridge, MA-based Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]]]), and formerly was chairman and CEO of Monogram Biosciences, and chief operating officer of Genentech. NanoString is still seeking a permanent CEO to … Continue reading “NanoString Adds Exec Chairman”
Ericsson Buys SinglePoint Biz
Bellevue, WA-based SinglePoint, a mobile software firm, announced it has sold its mobile aggregation business to Ericsson (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ERIC]]) for an undisclosed price. The assets will give the Swedish giant connections to mobile operators that will bolster its text messaging reach in the U.S. SinglePoint is focused on mobile marketing and advertising; its messaging service … Continue reading “Ericsson Buys SinglePoint Biz”
Picnik Vs. Flickr: A Growth Comparison
Just a quick observation here. Seattle-based Picnik, the popular photo-editing startup, said yesterday it has reached the “1 billion photos edited” mark. Is this a big deal? Well, if you compare the growth of Picnik to that of arguably the world’s top social storage site for photos, Flickr, it could be a very revealing milestone. … Continue reading “Picnik Vs. Flickr: A Growth Comparison”
RainDance Hires New CEO
RainDance Technologies, a Lexington, MA-based microfluidics company, has appointed Sirshendu Roopom Banerjee as its new president and CEO, the company announced today. Banerjee most recently served as director of healthcare investment banking at Leerink Swann and succeeds RainDance CEO Christopher McNary, who has taken the position of chief commercial officer at the company.
Seattle Genetics Starts Lymphoma Trial
Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) and its partner, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, said today they are starting a clinical trial of the brentuximab vedotin “empowered antibody” for patients newly diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. The drug has been shown effective in a small study for patients with relapsed forms of Hodgkin’s, and is currently being tested … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics Starts Lymphoma Trial”
Ironwood Pharma IPO Price Cut Could Be Only Half the Story
This may not be the bellwether for the IPO market that people were hoping for in the life sciences industry. Cambridge, MA-based Ironwood Pharmaceuticals priced its initial public offering of at least 16.67 million shares last night at $11.25 per share, far below the $14 to $16 range that the firm proposed last month. Smart … Continue reading “Ironwood Pharma IPO Price Cut Could Be Only Half the Story”
Google Pours “Incredible” Computing Power into Antibody Drug Discovery With Adimab
Google is the undisputed king of Internet search and advertising, but its second act as a company might be to invent a new computer model for efficiently discovering targeted antibody drugs. “Google is committing incredible resources to it. Incredible resources,” says Tillman Gerngross, the founder and CEO of Lebanon, NH-based Adimab. “The infrastructure alone is … Continue reading “Google Pours “Incredible” Computing Power into Antibody Drug Discovery With Adimab”
San Diego’s aFraxis Studies Drug Candidates to Treat Fragile X Syndrome
Fragile X syndrome is the second leading cause of mental retardation, after Down syndrome. Caused by a defect on the X chromosome, the syndrome affects boys more frequently and severely than girls; one-third of men with Fragile X are autistic and have trouble with communication and social interaction. There is no cure or specific medical … Continue reading “San Diego’s aFraxis Studies Drug Candidates to Treat Fragile X Syndrome”
Informal Incubators: Startup Workspaces Sprouting Up in Unlikely Places (Including an Expelled MIT Frat House)
When Mahmoud Arram looked around last spring to move his web startup Sponty from his apartment to a real, live office space (to better accommodate the interns he needed to hire), he sought three things: a door that closed, lots of whiteboard space, and “access to really smart people.” “It’s good to be able to … Continue reading “Informal Incubators: Startup Workspaces Sprouting Up in Unlikely Places (Including an Expelled MIT Frat House)”
Cell Therapeutics FDA Panel Primer: What You Need to Know to Be Ready Next Week
Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics will find out in seven days whether it has a legitimate shot at getting a new cancer drug on the U.S. market. This company has a long and controversial history, and it is guaranteed to generate noise over the next week from stock market bulls and bears. So I figured it might … Continue reading “Cell Therapeutics FDA Panel Primer: What You Need to Know to Be Ready Next Week”
Mpire Drops Widgetbucks, Switches Strategy to Be All About Optimizing and Verifying Online Ads
It has certainly been a busy week in the online advertising sector. On Monday, Bellevue, WA-based BlueKai announced it had raised $21 million in Series C funding in its effort to help transform how companies use customer data to design ad campaigns. And Seattle-based ad technology startup AdReady has formed a partnership with Internet radio … Continue reading “Mpire Drops Widgetbucks, Switches Strategy to Be All About Optimizing and Verifying Online Ads”
All Eyes On Ironwood IPO, Icahn Seeks Biogen Board Seats, Boston Scientific Settles with J&J, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
So there was good news and bad news for the New England life sciences community in the past week, but industry watchers this week are all waiting to see how the Ironwood IPO story plays out. —Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his associates notified Cambridge, MA-based Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:[[ticker:BIIB]]) of their plans to nominate three … Continue reading “All Eyes On Ironwood IPO, Icahn Seeks Biogen Board Seats, Boston Scientific Settles with J&J, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Obtains $9,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=57d11f21-be06-4f36-8f3a-2018059d2eb5&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Syndax Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 460 Totten Pond Road Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a Waltham, MA-based, oncology-focused biotechnology company that is building a portfolio of new oncology products to extend and improve the lives of patients by developing and commercializing novel cancer therapies … Continue reading “Syndax Pharmaceuticals Obtains $9,000,000 New Financing”
1366 Technologies Obtains $5,200,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7e35704-8df8-42a8-8d41-4412fe78177c&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name 1366 Technologies Mailing Address 45 Hartwell Avenue North Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description 1366 Technologies is making silicon solar cells competitive with coal. Our goal is to build on the success of multi-crystalline solar cells and manufacturing capacity to accelerate the transition to solar. Our products and … Continue reading “1366 Technologies Obtains $5,200,000 Series B Funding”
Cyphy Works Lands $1,750,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d4554895-282b-49a0-828c-cb29d9699920&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Cyphy Works Mailing Address 11 Gage Road Wayland, MA 01778 Company Description The company is a robotics startup that is developing unmanned aerial vehicle technologies. Website http://www.cyphyworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Cyphy Works Lands $1,750,000 New Round”
COAXIS Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d1c6b063-566d-4cb4-9af1-a334fbebc521&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name COAXIS Mailing Address 1515 SE Water Avenue Portland, OR 97214 Company Description Coaxis, Inc. partners with its customers to enhance their success by delivering innovative solutions and services that meet today’s most demanding business challenges. Website http://www.coaxis.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “COAXIS Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding”
Factual Garners $1,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0a3266c4-e783-4c3d-bb6c-6c820233982d&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Factual Mailing Address 11111 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90025 Company Description Factual is a platform where anyone can share and mash open data on any subject. For example, you might find a directory of California restaurants, a database of endocrinologists, or a list of American … Continue reading “Factual Garners $1,000,000 New Funding Round”
Single Touch Interactive Lands $1,900,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c3ec31f-c968-430c-9929-76b0c614c367&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Single Touch Interactive Mailing Address 2235 Encinitas Blvd Encinitas , CA 92024 Company Description Single Touch is a pioneer and leader in customized easy-to-use wireless solutions. Single Touch’s Patent Pending technology drives adoption by reaching new data subscribers, generating new revenue streams for carriers and content owners. … Continue reading “Single Touch Interactive Lands $1,900,000 New Financing Round”
CardioInsight Technologies Obtains $6,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=165cb502-25e9-4d03-becf-dd5a9b1c8f4a&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name CardioInsight Technologies Mailing Address 11000 Cedar Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-3052 Company Description We are a medical device company in Cleveland, Ohio commercializing patented electrocardiographic imaging technology developed at Case Western Reserve University. Our technology noninvasively images electrical activity on the surface of the heart. Patented algorithms are … Continue reading “CardioInsight Technologies Obtains $6,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Clean Filtration Lands $1,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6200420-dcf4-4988-9b29-a01411e16b63&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 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 Lands $1,500,000 New Financing”
Glam Media Obtains $50,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bff27ed3-ec30-418b-ac47-a14eed98876e&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Glam Media Mailing Address 8000 Marina Blvd. Brisbane, CA 94005 Company Description Glam.com is a unique entertainment website covering the worlds of fashion, beauty, and celebrity style, while providing women a shopping experience available nowhere else. The team that designed and built Glam.com was handpicked from the … Continue reading “Glam Media Obtains $50,000,000 New Round”
Gigamon Lands $22,800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7be14722-04f4-4095-b830-ae1f1b16270e&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Gigamon Mailing Address 736 South Hillview Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Gigamon™ invents innovative network monitoring switches used to retrieve traffic from your network and send customized data streams to your security and monitoring tools. As the leader in intelligent data access technology, Gigamon has deployed … Continue reading “Gigamon Lands $22,800,000 New Financing”
Green Plug Garners Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d86482c0-c565-4329-8876-c0a32b7842b9&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Green Plug Mailing Address Bishop Ranch 2 2694 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description Green Plug’s founder was the co-founder of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) and he knows the results that are possible by aligning the interests of global manufacturers through standards. The … Continue reading “Green Plug Garners Series B Round”
Yammer Receives $10,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9b6be11-b427-4464-ab5d-c95e5eeea6a8&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name Yammer Mailing Address 410 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: ‘What are you working on?’As employees answer that question, a feed is created … Continue reading “Yammer Receives $10,000,000 Series B Financing”
BrightRoll Garners $10,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fafbd095-f520-40a9-b4ca-e8cafc53ab3d&Preview=1 Date 2/3/2010 Company Name BrightRoll Mailing Address 450 Sansome St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description BrightRoll helps major brands execute smart video ad campaigns across the industry’s leading publishers, including over half of top 250 websites in the United States. Dozens of advertising agencies are using BrightRoll to execute campaigns … Continue reading “BrightRoll Garners $10,000,000 Series C Round”
Technology Access Foundation Leadership Breakfast
The Technology Access Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that seeks to help students of color develop technology industry skills, is organizing is 9th annual leadership breakfast on March 10. Author Eric Liu will be the keynote speaker. For more information, click here.
XL Hybrids Charges Up with $850K
Somerville, MA-based XL Hybrids, formerly known as Entergem Ventures, has collected $850,000 out of a planned $1.2 million in capital in a sale of warrants and convertible promissory notes, according to a regulatory filing published yesterday. Founded by a group of MIT-affiliated cleantech entrepreneurs, the two-year-old startup is focused on helping organizations acquire and manage … Continue reading “XL Hybrids Charges Up with $850K”
Google Funds Research on Mobile Sensing at UW, Energy Efficiency at UC San Diego
With all the froth around big tech company earnings, device announcements, and mobile app stores, it’s refreshing to see some long-term research in computing being funded. Google announced today it has awarded $1.35 million ($900,000 up front) to the University of Washington for work on mobile data collection for public health and environmental monitoring, and … Continue reading “Google Funds Research on Mobile Sensing at UW, Energy Efficiency at UC San Diego”
Frank Quattrone, Star Banker of Technology Ventures, Talks Wistfully of the Good Old Days—Before Netscape’s IPO
[Editor’s note 2/3/10, 3:15 pm: Robert Kibble, who conducted the chat with Frank Quattrone at this event, took issue with aspects of this story. See comments below.] At a time when the IPO market appears to be loosening a bit, controversial former investment banker Frank Quattrone appeared before a regular meeting of the San Diego … Continue reading “Frank Quattrone, Star Banker of Technology Ventures, Talks Wistfully of the Good Old Days—Before Netscape’s IPO”
Z2Live CEO David Bluhm on Game Community’s “Overwhelming Disappointment” in Apple iPad
The honeymoon is over for Apple. Although it has been quite fashionable to bash the iPad tablet device announced last week, it did seem like a promising platform for gaming and other entertainment apps—at least to an outside observer. Now the truth comes out. Last week, the local gaming and iPhone app developer community gathered … Continue reading “Z2Live CEO David Bluhm on Game Community’s “Overwhelming Disappointment” in Apple iPad”
Economics Bloggers See Innovation, Immigration as Paths to Recovery
Despite official data showing that the U.S. economy is out of recession, leading economics bloggers remain cautious about the nation’s economic prospects, with almost half saying that conditions are worse than the official numbers indicate. But government policies boosting entrepreneurship and allowing more high-skilled immigrants into the country could bolster recovery, bloggers say. That’s all … Continue reading “Economics Bloggers See Innovation, Immigration as Paths to Recovery”
Unica Buys MakeMeTop
Unica, a Waltham, MA-based provider of marketing software, announced yesterday that it has made its second acquisition of 2010 with its purchase of the MakeMeTop search marketing business from UK-based Microchannel. Unica (NASDAQ:[[ticker:UNCA]]) did not reveal financial details of its latest acquisition. Last month the firm said it bought the e-mail marketing firm Pivotal Veracity … Continue reading “Unica Buys MakeMeTop”