Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70d767c0-7c53-43f0-b61e-c01183ce68f8&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Gaikai Mailing Address 65 Enterprise Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Company Description Gaikai is a revolutionary new technology that lets you play any game online in your browser. In the age of the cloud, when all your documents, email, photos and videos are instantly reachable online, it seems … Continue reading “Gaikai Receives $5,000,000 Series D Round”
SpectraWatt Obtains $12,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e593f2f0-1a08-4b61-8274-41a9224c78b0&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name SpectraWatt Mailing Address 7175 NW Evergreen Pkwy Hillsboro, OR 97124 Company Description SpectraWatt will manufacture and supply photovoltaic cells to solar module makers. In addition to focusing on advanced solar cell technologies, SpectraWatt will concentrate development efforts on improvements in current manufacturing processes and capabilities to reduce … Continue reading “SpectraWatt Obtains $12,000,000 New Funding Round”
Bloom Health Lands $5,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52fb1084-31a0-4976-8e1c-6df8daa5ff7f&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Bloom Health Mailing Address 10 S. 5th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Company Description We are a company dedicated to finding better health care together, serving employers, employees & individuals. Using a defined contribution approach, we help employers determine how much to spend on health care, and help … Continue reading “Bloom Health Lands $5,000,000 New Funding Round”
InnovaLight Lands $18,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ffba3933-4d85-4257-acdd-2fa00202d967&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name InnovaLight Mailing Address 965 East Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085-4521 Company Description Innovalight is developing a disruptive alternative to currently available light-activated power generating products that rely on expensive, rigid, and often toxic materials. Website http://www.innovalight.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “InnovaLight Lands $18,000,000 New Funding Round”
JDS Uniphase Corporation Garners $2,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a2edcf0a-a66e-4323-8afb-2fbafd120560&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name JDS Uniphase Corporation Mailing Address 430 N. McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU), a worldwide leader in optical technology, designs and manufactures products for fiberoptic communications, as well as for markets where its core optics technologies provide innovative solutions for industrial, … Continue reading “JDS Uniphase Corporation Garners $2,000,000 New Financing”
Aggregate Knowledge Garners $9,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=072ebfae-732d-4406-8292-3186b474441c&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Aggregate Knowledge Mailing Address 1510 Fashion Island Blvd. San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description Aggregate Knowledge offers the industry’s first online Collective Discovery Service, which emulates the way people naturally discover and shop for products and information offline. Built atop a sophisticated, super computing architecture, Aggregate Knowledge … Continue reading “Aggregate Knowledge Garners $9,000,000 Series C Funding”
Clean Power Finance Receives $6,900,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88ed4e83-5926-4190-8b2a-659a655cb1a0&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Clean Power Finance Mailing Address 222 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4004 Company Description Clean Power Finance is the leading provider of integrated software, services and financing solutions to the solar industry. Website http://www.cleanpowerfinance.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,900,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Clean Power Finance Receives $6,900,000 New Financing Round”
Nordic Windpower Lands $38,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=02224cb8-7639-4d7e-b632-efe3320658a1&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Nordic Windpower Mailing Address 125 University Ave Berkeley, CA 94710 Company Description Nordic Windpower was formed to commercialize the ground-breaking Nordic technology for wind turbines. Website http://www.nordicwindpower.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $38,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Nordic Windpower will use the funds, of … Continue reading “Nordic Windpower Lands $38,000,000 Series C Round”
Stylesight Obtains $5,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c4b55196-bc4a-4b53-a140-8c55212d082b&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Stylesight Mailing Address 25 West 39th Street 14th Floor New York, NY 10018 Company Description Stylesight is a team of seasoned and accomplished industry insiders whose extensive careers traverse the fields of fashion design, trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, merchandising and apparel manufacturing. We understand the business of … Continue reading “Stylesight Obtains $5,000,000 Series B Funding”
TraderTools Secures $1,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2de3e881-2b39-4ca6-ab79-c32fd61a344f&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name TraderTools Mailing Address 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Company Description TraderTools LLC is a provider of business solutions, software and services to financial institutions trading FX. TraderTools’ Liquidity Management Platform is the only system to integrate the four disciplines of electronic FX trading: pricing, dealing, … Continue reading “TraderTools Secures $1,300,000 New Financing Round”
Dot Hill Systems Acquires Cloverleaf Communications for $12,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=918f9078-68fc-45f9-9c13-136533ae09f4&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2010 Company Name Cloverleaf Communications Mailing Address 3 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury, NY 11797 Company Description Cloverleaf Communications develops data storage systems. The Cloverleaf iSN is an intelligent storage management network system that can work with multiple types of data storage and with computer servers running the Linux, UNIX, and … Continue reading “Dot Hill Systems Acquires Cloverleaf Communications for $12,000,000”
NSTC Breakfast Meeting: New Privacy Law Deadline Looms
As of March 1, minding your own business may not be enough. That’s when the new Massachusetts Privacy Laws take effect, and the compliance requirements are not necessarily straightforward. The speakers at this North Shore Technology Council breakfast—MacDonnell Ulsch and John Colucci—are experts in risk management and legal compliance. They will focus on how to … Continue reading “NSTC Breakfast Meeting: New Privacy Law Deadline Looms”
How Will Green Return the Green?
Entrepreneurs in the clean technology sector face challenges unique to cleantech and the Pacific Northwest. A panel of experts, moderated by Jesse Berst, founding editor of Cleantech News, explores these challenges and opportunities, including financing, regulatory and policy frameworks, and partnerships. More information on the event web site.
TCN Breakfast Roundtable: Pitching a Business Plan
How do you target, locate, approach, and close with venture capitalists, angels and strategic investors? This interactive panel discussion with leading New England entrepreneurs may help find the answer. Speaker list and registration information on the TCN event listing.
MIT MBA “Tech Trekkers” in Seattle
No, not Trekkies. These Trekkers are MIT Sloan MBAs who are testing Seattle’s economic waters. Join them for an evening of networking and hear what they’ve learned from potential Seattle employers including RealNetworks, Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, T-Mobile, and Adobe. For more information or to attend, please email Paul Denning at [email protected].
DataSphere Raises $10.8M to Help Media Companies Manage Hyperlocal Websites (and Make Money)
Bellevue, WA-based DataSphere, an Internet software and advertising sales company, has raised $10.8 million in equity and options, according to a filing with the SEC. The investors in the round were not disclosed, but the company is backed by the venture firm Ignition Partners, also based in Bellevue. John Connors of Ignition is listed on … Continue reading “DataSphere Raises $10.8M to Help Media Companies Manage Hyperlocal Websites (and Make Money)”
Verdiem Nabs $4.7M To Help Make Computers Use Less Energy
Verdiem, the Seattle-based developer of software that helps computers use less energy, has raised $4.7 million in new equity financing out of a round that could be worth as much as $5.9 million, according to a regulatory filing. The filing doesn’t say who is pumping in the new capital, although it says eight investors have … Continue reading “Verdiem Nabs $4.7M To Help Make Computers Use Less Energy”
$2M for NoblePeak Vision
NoblePeak Vision of Wakefield, MA, has collected $2 million out of an intended $6.8 million round of equity funding, according to a December 30 regulatory filing. Founded in 2002 by Bell Labs veterans and formerly known as Noble Device Technologies, the company makes shortwave infrared imaging sensors used in night-vision security cameras for surveillance at … Continue reading “$2M for NoblePeak Vision”
The 12 Days of Xconomists: Leading Innovators Give Their Top Advances of the Past Decade
Over the last few weeks, as the holiday season heated up and the decade wound down, we reached out to our distinguished network of Xconomists—who include many of the top technologists, scientists, and business innovators in our three cities—and asked them (and a few more tech and life sciences leaders) to describe the most important … Continue reading “The 12 Days of Xconomists: Leading Innovators Give Their Top Advances of the Past Decade”
Echo Nest Raises $1.3M
The Echo Nest, a Somerville, MA-based music search and recommendation startup, has raised $1.3 million in new equity financing, according to a regulatory filing today. The investors weren’t disclosed in the filing, but the company’s directors include Eliott Katzmann of Commonwealth Capital Ventures (which led a previous funding round in September 2008). Xconomy profiled The … Continue reading “Echo Nest Raises $1.3M”
Consumer Electronics Show Offers Showcase for San Diego Tech Companies
[Corrected 1/5/10, 2:45 pm. See below.] “Connectivity” will be one of the prevailing themes at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, according to analyst John F. Bright of the investment banking firm Avondale Partners. And several San Diego firms are poised to get connected at the show, which officially begins Thursday in Las Vegas. [Correction: … Continue reading “Consumer Electronics Show Offers Showcase for San Diego Tech Companies”
Dot Hill Buys Cloverleaf Communications
Dot Hill Systems (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HILL]]), which provides data storage equipment, says today it is buying Woodbury, NY-based Cloverleaf Communications, a privately held software developer. Dot Hill says the deal, which calls for issuing about $9.5 million in Dot Hill shares and $2.5 million in cash, will significantly broaden its capabilities in virtual data storage, data … Continue reading “Dot Hill Buys Cloverleaf Communications”
Report: Apple Snaps Up Quattro Wireless, Joins the Mobile Advertising Business
After Google acquired mobile advertising network AdMob in November for $750 million, the chief marketing officer at Waltham, MA-based Quattro Wireless, an AdMob rival, told me Quattro wasn’t worried about having Google as a competitor. “We actually think [the Google-AdMob deal is] great for the industry, because it really shows the importance of the mobile … Continue reading “Report: Apple Snaps Up Quattro Wireless, Joins the Mobile Advertising Business”
New President/COO at Brightcove
Brightcove, the online video hosting startup in Cambridge, MA, has created a new president/chief operating officer position and appointed Adobe Systems veteran David Mendels to the role. Mendels was a founder of Macromedia (now part of Adobe) and led that firm’s acquisition of Allaire Company, the first business started by Brightcove founder and CEO Jeremy … Continue reading “New President/COO at Brightcove”
Stephen Wolfram Talks Bing Partnership, Software Strategy, and the Future of Knowledge Computing
There is something oddly human about Stephen Wolfram using his iPhone to look up the mass of the “cascade hyperon,” a subatomic particle with who-knows-what properties. That’s what Wolfram, one of the world’s most distinguished experts in physics and computing, was doing on the day we spoke a few weeks ago. Maybe it stood out … Continue reading “Stephen Wolfram Talks Bing Partnership, Software Strategy, and the Future of Knowledge Computing”
Intellikine Tests First Cancer Drug in Humans, Just Two Years After Opening Labs
Intellikine has only been cooking up new drugs in the laboratory for a little more than two years, and now its first candidate is being tested in human beings. The San Diego-based biotech dosed the first patient in a clinical trial of INK128 just before Christmas Day, says Intellikine CEO Troy Wilson. The experimental drug, … Continue reading “Intellikine Tests First Cancer Drug in Humans, Just Two Years After Opening Labs”
Former Idera Pharma CEO at Helm of AesRx, New Startup With Sickle Cell Drug
Stephen Seiler has been hunting for cash to advance an experimental therapy for sickle cell disease into initial human studies. And the veteran biotech executive, the former CEO of Cambridge, MA-based Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:[[ticker:IDRA]]), has founded a startup in Newton, MA called AesRx to carry out his goal. Seiler said he has provided an undisclosed … Continue reading “Former Idera Pharma CEO at Helm of AesRx, New Startup With Sickle Cell Drug”
EMC Makes Bold Move into ‘GRC’ Market With Archer Acquisition…But Is It the Last?
It turns out regulation and government mandates aren’t always bad for business. A generation of new software companies is emerging to serve businesses who need to comply with a skein of regulations put in place over the last decade to fight financial and accounting fraud, prevent database breaches, and generally make businesses more transparent and … Continue reading “EMC Makes Bold Move into ‘GRC’ Market With Archer Acquisition…But Is It the Last?”
2010 Venture Capital Oscar Predictions
Even though Oscar buzz is not yet in the air, it is pretty clear what film titles will rule in 2010. So sit back, grab your popcorn…the envelopes please. Precious: The statuette goes to this film about the Greenback, which continues to be really hard to come by. The venture industry weathered a swift-yet-painful contraction … Continue reading “2010 Venture Capital Oscar Predictions”
The Echo Nest Lands $1,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ad186f8-731e-47a8-aeda-eecc849811d9&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name The Echo Nest Mailing Address 48 Grove Street Somerville, MA 02144 Company Description The Echo Nest’s Fanalytics™ platform applies an unprecedented understanding of the music web to help you better target and build your online fan base. Here are a few of the marketing tools powered by … Continue reading “The Echo Nest Lands $1,300,000 New Financing Round”
Verdiem Corporation Garners $4,700,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=da4b30cc-fba8-4d87-ba2d-799db0bb0e9c&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name Verdiem Corporation Mailing Address 1601 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 Company Description Verdiem is the leading developer of power management software for PC networks. Verdiem’s SURVEYOR software provides measurable energy and cost savings, simplified and automated management of PC power options, and painless implementation that comes with … Continue reading “Verdiem Corporation Garners $4,700,000 New Financing Round”
DataSphere Obtains $10,800,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b6cba90-8ffc-4dd9-b4c5-ad22e2827379&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name DataSphere Mailing Address 15395 SE 30th Place Bellevue, WA 98007 Company Description DataSphere Technologies, Inc. is a Software as a Service (SaaS) Web technology company built by a group of senior online technologists and Web marketers. With decades of experience in driving traffic and site design at … Continue reading “DataSphere Obtains $10,800,000 New Funding Round”
ValenTx Receives $22,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5c50aad-bd11-4599-966a-f3976ed97611&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name ValenTx Mailing Address 200 Homedale Rd Carpinteria, CA 93013 Company Description The company is developing less invasive treatments for morbid obesity. Website http://www.valentx.com/ Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes With this financing we will continue our Company’s development with the … Continue reading “ValenTx Receives $22,000,000 Series B Round”
DNA Games Obtains $2,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f11b2420-f131-49e2-9e46-183274b6ce1c&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name DNA Games Mailing Address 71 Stevenson Blvd San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Casual and social game development studio DNA Games. Website http://www.dnagamesinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
SiBEAM Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f890aa1-33a5-42f5-8673-56992e229d38&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name SiBEAM Mailing Address 555 N. Mathilda Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description SiBEAM is a fabless semiconductor company and founding member of the WirelessHD™ Consortium. A pioneer in developing intelligent millimeter wave technologies for wireless communications, SiBEAM is the first to build 60GHz chipsets using standard CMOS … Continue reading “SiBEAM Secures New Round”
Intuity Medical Garners $64,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de6c0c31-d69f-4b48-ae92-a154fcb37219&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name Intuity Medical Mailing Address 350 Potrero Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Intuity Medical was founded with the mission of simplifying diabetes management for persons living with diabetes. We are currently developing the first All-in-One™ blood glucose monitoring system designed to make testing easy, convenient and discreet. … Continue reading “Intuity Medical Garners $64,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
LegalCloud Receives New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1a8febb-933f-449c-9922-f97c2ae6811a&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name LegalCloud Mailing Address 360 Gate Five Road Sausalito, CA 94965 Company Description The company provides virtual data center services for law firms. Website http://www.nscaled.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The firm will replicate 100% of its existing infrastructure to provide … Continue reading “LegalCloud Receives New Financing”
Acquires ShoZu for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3461c916-7932-419c-9f81-f4fd32a5577e&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name ShoZu Mailing Address 600 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description ShoZu operates a service that allows users to update all of their favorite sites with one click from their cell phone. Website http://www.shozu.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms … Continue reading “Acquires ShoZu for Undisclosed Sum”
Rally Software Secures $16,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ee92daf-f20b-47f6-a7ad-02a28d7ef3e8&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2010 Company Name Rally Software Mailing Address 3333 Walnut St Boulder, CO 80301 Company Description One way to describe Rally is to say we are absolutely dedicated to making your development organization faster, leaner and more agile. In fact, we think helping you be “on time and on budget” is … Continue reading “Rally Software Secures $16,000,000 New Round”
Former Qualcomm Exec Named CEO of Color Printing Technology Developer
The other shoe dropped today with regard to Len J. Lauer, who announced his resignation before Christmas as Qualcomm’s chief operating officer, which is ostensibly the No. 2 executive post at the San Diego wireless giant. Lauer was named as the president and chief executive officer of Memjet, a privately held company developing innovative color … Continue reading “Former Qualcomm Exec Named CEO of Color Printing Technology Developer”
Biogen Idec CEO Jim Mullen Stepping Down, After Tumultuous Year of Shareholder Activism
[Updated 6:05 pm Eastern 1/4/10] Biogen Idec, the world’s largest maker of multiple sclerosis drugs and an anchor of Boston’s biotech cluster, is looking for a new CEO. The Cambridge, MA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]]) said today that longtime CEO James Mullen is stepping down on June 8, and also will be relinquishing his seat on … Continue reading “Biogen Idec CEO Jim Mullen Stepping Down, After Tumultuous Year of Shareholder Activism”
Sequenom Settles SensiGen Claims
San Diego-based Sequenom (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SQNM]]) disclosed in a regulatory filing it has issued 367,547 additional shares of its common stock, valued at $1.5 million, to settle claims stemming from its acquisition of Ann Arbor, MI-based SensiGen’s molecular diagnostic tests. Sequenom and SensiGen said last January the San Diego biotech was buying a variety of diagnostic … Continue reading “Sequenom Settles SensiGen Claims”
Adventrx Asks FDA to Approve Its Formulation of Anti-Cancer Drug
San Diego-based Adventrx Pharmaceuticals (AMEX: [[ticker:ANX]]), which reduced its workforce to just five executives and announced plans last March to “substantially end” its drug development and business operations, sprang back to life today. The company says it has submitted a new drug application, or NDA, to the Food and Drug Administration for ANX-530, a formulation … Continue reading “Adventrx Asks FDA to Approve Its Formulation of Anti-Cancer Drug”
The Startup Whisperer’s 2010 Technology Predictions
Now that I’ve posted my results for 2009, here are my predictions for 2010. Apple will have another hit with the Apple Tablet (iTablet) – get ready for the cage match between the iTablet and the Amazon Kindle. The Apple Tablet wont be a revolution and certainly wont have the same type of unit distribution … Continue reading “The Startup Whisperer’s 2010 Technology Predictions”
RealNetworks Acquires Varia Mobile
RealNetworks (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RNWK]]) confirmed it has acquired Seattle startup Varia Mobile for an undisclosed price. The news was first reported by TechFlash. Varia makes content distribution and publishing software for mobile phones. The startup was founded in 2007 and already has a strategic alliance with RealNetworks. The deal also fits with Real’s increasing focus on … Continue reading “RealNetworks Acquires Varia Mobile”
Stem Cells: Translation to the Clinic
Seattle’s stem cell community will gather Jan. 8 for a series of talks on current issues pertaining to stem cells and translation to the clinic. Phillipe Menasche, a professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Université de Paris Déscartes, will be the keynote speaker. Speakers from the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center include … Continue reading “Stem Cells: Translation to the Clinic”
Women’s Health: New Markets, Expanding Opportunities
Learn about the latest advances in detecting and treating conditions that impact women’s health. Clinical specialists and industry leader will speak on ways new device technologies are meeting ongoing medical challenges in a variety of women’s health issues. Speaker list and registration details are on the event web site.
The Boston Deals You Missed During the Holidays: Cash for Kala Pharma, Funds for ViewFinity, Silver for SCVNGR, & More
Feeling a bit out of the loop on the New England tech and life sciences news? Don’t fret. We’ve compiled the Boston-area deals you may have missed during the last couple of weeks of 2009. There were enough of them to indicate that tech lawyers and execs were quite busy over the break. —Waltham, MA-based … Continue reading “The Boston Deals You Missed During the Holidays: Cash for Kala Pharma, Funds for ViewFinity, Silver for SCVNGR, & More”
M&A Liquidity Up, IPO Market Still Anemic: Fourth-Quarter Data on Venture Exits Is a Mixed Bag
It’s too early to say whether it’s the beginning of the end of the liquidity drought, or just the end of the beginning. But after seven straight quarters of declining IPO and M&A earnings for venture-backed U.S. companies, there was a ray of hope in the fourth quarter of 2009. Venture-backed firms raised $7.5 billion … Continue reading “M&A Liquidity Up, IPO Market Still Anemic: Fourth-Quarter Data on Venture Exits Is a Mixed Bag”
Qualcomm’s No. 2 Executive Departs Amid Shuffle, Metaplace Closes Virtual World, Startups Refill Coffers, & More San Diego BizTech News
Although the news flow slowed to a trickle over the holidays, we’ve patiently collected all the high-tech news to get you ready to greet the New Year. —San Diego’s Qualcomm announced the resignation of its No. 2 executive, Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer, on Christmas Eve—a move that almost ensured minimal press attention. Lauer, who … Continue reading “Qualcomm’s No. 2 Executive Departs Amid Shuffle, Metaplace Closes Virtual World, Startups Refill Coffers, & More San Diego BizTech News”