With all the drama this year around newspapers, including the Boston Globe‘s near-death experience and the actual demise of several other papers such as the Seattle P-I and the Rocky Mountain News, there’s been slightly less hoopla over the fate of magazines. They’re dealing with many of the same problems as newspapers, including a falloff … Continue reading “Digital Magazines Emerge—But Glossy Paper Publishers Haven’t Turned the Page on the Past”
Crispy Gamer Acquires GamerDNA for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73556ef1-deae-426d-98b7-f15f7a644aef&Preview=1 Date 12/18/2009 Company Name GamerDNA Mailing Address 585 Massachusetts Ave 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description GamerDNA is building a community for the millions of people around the world who are passionate about the immersive, engaging experiences that can be found through games. Website http://www.gamerdna.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Crispy Gamer Acquires GamerDNA for Undisclosed Sum”
Equipois Lands $1,250,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8950dc0b-e857-4bbf-a6b8-d1747a7e88d3&Preview=1 Date 12/18/2009 Company Name Equipois Mailing Address 6601 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038 Company Description The company is a developer of technology for heavy lifting, targeted at reducing workplace injuries. Website http://www.equipoisinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,250,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Equipois Lands $1,250,000 Series B Financing”
StrongMail Systems Acquires The Email Advisor for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84e1a4f9-f2e0-45f7-aea0-37e8effb19a9&Preview=1 Date 12/18/2009 Company Name The Email Advisor Mailing Address 9112 W. 96th Place Saint John, IN 46373 Company Description Email is an obsession-really. It’s the industry we love but it isn’t a marketing channel that can stand on its own anymore. To get the most out of your email programs, they … Continue reading “StrongMail Systems Acquires The Email Advisor for Undisclosed Sum”
Quantivo Corporation Lands $4,600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84ef1324-76b0-49ea-b834-d72d189a6dfb&Preview=1 Date 12/18/2009 Company Name Quantivo Corporation Mailing Address 2000 Alameda de Las Pulgas San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description We founded a company to create a new way to address what we saw as a fundamental problem in understanding, handling, and responding to highly complex patterns within transactional data, believing that … Continue reading “Quantivo Corporation Lands $4,600,000 New Funding Round”
Optony Secures $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dcd01693-6bc1-45f5-83d7-dae692a43a68&Preview=1 Date 12/18/2009 Company Name Optony Mailing Address 2855 Kifer Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Optony is a commercial scale solar research, technology and consulting firm based in Silicon Valley, California. We are actively collaborating with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to … Continue reading “Optony Secures $6,000,000 New Round”
Tioga Energy Receives $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea2c3f12-42ce-4cf4-91f7-fd8408e14c60&Preview=1 Date 12/18/2009 Company Name Tioga Energy Mailing Address 2755 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Tioga Energy boosts the adoption of enterprise-scale renewable energy and fast-tracks the path to clean, dependable power. Our comprehensive Power Purchasing Agreements (PPAs) allow businesses and organizations to go green quickly without having to … Continue reading “Tioga Energy Receives $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Cancer: What People Really Want to Know
The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research and Gilda’s Club Seattle are organizing an event titled “Cancer: What People Really Want to Know” on January 16. Nora Disis of the University of Washington and Brian Till of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are among the featured speakers for this event, which seeks to let people … Continue reading “Cancer: What People Really Want to Know”
Biogen Idec Bid for Facet Biotech Shot Down, But the Show’s Not Over
[Update: 5:26 pm Eastern, 12/17/09] Biogen Idec failed to persuade shareholders to approve its $450 million hostile takeover bid for Redwood City, CA-based Facet Biotech, but a statement today suggests that this particular corporate dance isn’t over yet. Shareholders of Facet (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FACT]]) turned down Cambridge, MA-based Biogen’s offer of $17.50, and now that the … Continue reading “Biogen Idec Bid for Facet Biotech Shot Down, But the Show’s Not Over”
TechStars Expansion to Seattle Fueled by Boston Success, Says Brad Feld
Yesterday’s official announcement that TechStars, the startup boot camp and seed-stage investment fund, is coming to Seattle next fall has a lot of us here buzzing with anticipation. Founded in Boulder, CO, in 2007, the program invites about 10 small tech startups for three months of training and mentorship, and awards $6,000 per founder in … Continue reading “TechStars Expansion to Seattle Fueled by Boston Success, Says Brad Feld”
Assay Depot Founders Morphed Their Biotech Startup Into e-Commerce Provider of Drug Discovery Services
The three co-founders of San Diego’s Assay Depot started the company in 2006 as a for-hire cancer research outfit, with the big idea of creating a Web-based system that would make it super easy for biomedical researchers to order assays, screening tests, and other lab services. “We were building the website and we really wanted … Continue reading “Assay Depot Founders Morphed Their Biotech Startup Into e-Commerce Provider of Drug Discovery Services”
Crispy Gamer Absorbs Cambridge’s GamerDNA
New York-based Crispy Gamer, an online video game review site, has acquired GamerDNA of Cambridge, MA, which attempted to build a community website that used real-time game play information to generate video game recommendations for community members. Jon Radoff, the founder of GamerDNA, announced the merger in a blog post today. The transition isn’t a … Continue reading “Crispy Gamer Absorbs Cambridge’s GamerDNA”
Calixa Gets Acquired, Pfēnex signs Merck to Licensing Deal, Local Biotechs Report From Breast Cancer Symposium, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
San Diego’s Calixa Therapeutics will be celebrating the holidays in style, after getting acquired by a Massachusetts-based company in the biggest deal of the week. Start your countdown to Christmas here with a rundown of the latest biotech news. —Lexington, MA-based Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CBST]]) completed its $92.5-million buyout of San Diego antibiotic drug developer … Continue reading “Calixa Gets Acquired, Pfēnex signs Merck to Licensing Deal, Local Biotechs Report From Breast Cancer Symposium, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Sequenom Down Syndrome Results “Deliberately Doctored,” Says Partner Xenomics
Sequenom has maintained for months that it “mishandled” clinical test results of a noninvasive prenatal test for Down syndrome, but one of its partners is now accusing the company of committing fraud by having “deliberately doctored” the data. New York-based Xenomics said in October that it is suing San Diego-based Sequenom (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SQNM]]), for as … Continue reading “Sequenom Down Syndrome Results “Deliberately Doctored,” Says Partner Xenomics”
Aveo Pharmaceuticals Eyes $86.3M IPO
Aveo Pharmaceuticals indicated late yesterday that it wants to take the plunge into the public markets, filing papers with the SEC to raise up to $86.25 million in an initial public offering. It’s a brave move, considering that public markets have been stingy to biotech firms seeking IPOs in recent years. The Cambridge, MA-based company … Continue reading “Aveo Pharmaceuticals Eyes $86.3M IPO”
Regulus Adds IP from Baltimore Lab
Regulus Therapeutics, the Carlsbad, CA-based developer of microRNA therapies, said today it has obtained an exclusive license from the lab of David Baltimore at Caltech to make drugs that affect a pair of microRNAs thought to be related to inflammation. Regulus is getting worldwide exclusive rights to develop drugs against miR-146 and miR-155. Baltimore is … Continue reading “Regulus Adds IP from Baltimore Lab”
Neurocrine Gets $10M From Venrock
Neurocrine Biosciences, the San Diego-based biotech company, said today it raised about $10 million through a stock offering to Venrock Associates. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NBIX]]) said it sold 4.78 million shares of Neurocrine at $2.09 apiece to Venrock. That’s about an 8 percent discount to the market price of $2.27 at yesterday’s close.
GateRocket Refuels with $2M
GateRocket, a Bedford, MA, company that makes testing and debugging equipment for field-programmable gate arrays or FPGAs, has raised just under $2 million in new equity financing, according to a regulatory filing. That comes on top of a $3 million Series A funding round in September 2008 led by New Atlantic Ventures, the Massachusetts Technology … Continue reading “GateRocket Refuels with $2M”
SeeWhy Brings in $2M
Andover, MA-based SeeWhy, which makes analytics software that helps website owners determine why visitors abandon shopping carts and online forms, said yesterday that it has raised $2 milion in new equity financing from its current investors, including UK-based Delta Partners. The startup said the funds would help it boost sales, marketing and SaaS support for … Continue reading “SeeWhy Brings in $2M”
Adimab Proves Fast Antibody Discovery Tool to Merck, Roche; Snags New Deal With Pfizer
Adimab has an audacious goal for speeding up the way antibody drugs are discovered, and apparently it’s delivering the goods. The Lebanon, NH-based biotech company is announcing today it has collected milestone payments from its first two corporate partners, Merck and Roche, and built on that experience to grab a pair of additional partnerships with … Continue reading “Adimab Proves Fast Antibody Discovery Tool to Merck, Roche; Snags New Deal With Pfizer”
Anadys Hepatitis C Drug Shows Early Sign of Viral-Killing Punch, Without Dreaded Rash
Anadys Pharmaceuticals has bet the company on its experimental drug for hepatitis C, and an early peek at clinical trial results show the San Diego company is still in the game. Anadys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ANDS]]) is announcing today it has captured data from the first 44 patients who were randomly assigned to get a low dose … Continue reading “Anadys Hepatitis C Drug Shows Early Sign of Viral-Killing Punch, Without Dreaded Rash”
Zulily Zips Out of Stealth and Raises $4.6M, Led by Maveron and Ex-Blue Nilers
I’m no expert in online retail, but this seems pretty interesting. Seattle-based Zulily has emerged from stealth mode and is announcing today a $4.6 million Series A funding round led by Maveron, the Seattle venture capital firm founded by Howard Schultz and Dan Levitan. Maveron is known for its investments in consumer and tech businesses … Continue reading “Zulily Zips Out of Stealth and Raises $4.6M, Led by Maveron and Ex-Blue Nilers”
Chicken Little is History, Now It’s Time for Old School VC
“Biotech is Broken!” “Pharmaceuticals Out of Balance!” “Venture Capital abandoning Biotech Sector!” Lately articles on the state of biotech scream out like spinning headlines on the MovieTone News Reels from seventy years ago: “Millions out of work!” or “War in the Pacific!” Since I’m penning my article on Pearl Harbor Day, the dramatic headlines pop … Continue reading “Chicken Little is History, Now It’s Time for Old School VC”
CTI Heading to FDA Panel
Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CTIC]]), the Seattle-based developer of pixantrone for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, said today that the experimental treatment will be reviewed by an FDA advisory panel on February 10. The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will review the evidence for pixantrone and make a recommendation to the agency, which will ultimately decide whether to clear … Continue reading “CTI Heading to FDA Panel”
Dendreon Nails Down $409M, Stewart Parker Gets Itch to Return, Seattle Genetics Finds New Partner, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
‘Tis apparently the season to cram in as much biotech news as possible before taking a holiday breather. —Dendreon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]) snapped up a total of $409 million through a stock offering. The Seattle-based biotech company sold 15 million shares in an initial piece of the financing that brought in $356 million, and secured the … Continue reading “Dendreon Nails Down $409M, Stewart Parker Gets Itch to Return, Seattle Genetics Finds New Partner, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Invent a Cool Clothing Site, Now Leave the Country—Fan Bi, Blank Label, and The Case for the “Founders Visa”
Twenty-two-year-old Fan Bi is the mastermind behind Blank Label, an online clothier where fashion-conscious young men can use sophisticated “configurator” software to design their own dress shirts from a variety of fabrics and collar, cuff, and pocket styles. Tailors in Shanghai assemble shirts from the designs and ship the finished articles back to the U.S., … Continue reading “Invent a Cool Clothing Site, Now Leave the Country—Fan Bi, Blank Label, and The Case for the “Founders Visa””
Gaterocket Obtains $2,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=473e5089-0e2b-404c-abf6-c9e95f558475&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name Gaterocket Mailing Address 19 Crosby Drive Bedford, MA 01730 Company Description GateRocket offers the industry’s first Device Native™ verification solution for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). This product can cut in half the time it takes to develop the electronic products that enrich our lives every day. … Continue reading “Gaterocket Obtains $2,000,000 New Round”
Zulily Lands $4,600,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a87992c-6cbe-4138-868a-470a7564f24a&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name Zulily Mailing Address 505 5th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Just what is zulily? It’s a fabulous new online store offering daily sales on top-quality apparel, gear and other goodies for moms, babies and kids. Members can enjoy savings of up to 70% off retail … Continue reading “Zulily Lands $4,600,000 New Financing Round”
Neurocrine Biosciences Lands $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=96fd2273-c4ed-4de5-8182-6058277d9b97&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name Neurocrine Biosciences Mailing Address 12780 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) of San Diego is a product based biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products to treat unmet medical needs. Website http://www.neurocrine.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Neurocrine Biosciences Lands $10,000,000 New Funding”
ReTel Technologies Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=401e442a-e512-4ba7-b2f8-17dd03fa98da&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name ReTel Technologies Mailing Address 5807 S Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 Company Description ReTel Technologies, Inc. is an advanced analytics provider focused on capturing powerful data and insight from physical environments. ReTel has partnered with some of the world’s leading consultancies, research universities and technologists to develop … Continue reading “ReTel Technologies Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round”
StreamLink Software Garners $600,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bb1ea19-b9e1-4668-bb20-fb0d7c4a444c&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name StreamLink Software Mailing Address 1900 Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114 Company Description StreamLink Software began as nonprofit executives saw a need for solutions to common management issues. When it became clear there was gap in quality, affordable products, StreamLink Software was formed to develop them. As StreamLink’s … Continue reading “StreamLink Software Garners $600,000 Series A Financing”
Quantenna Communications Obtains $4,500,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08d1ff2e-d641-48da-8ee1-1bfa59280722&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name Quantenna Communications Mailing Address 3450 W Warren Ave Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Quantenna Communications Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next generation MIMO based wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Website http://www.quantenna.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Obtains $4,500,000 Series D Financing Round”
RepairPal Receives $7,350,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad23b78c-b589-490c-8a71-261d3f995389&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name RepairPal Mailing Address 5900 Hollis Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description Located in Emeryville, California, RepairPal was founded in 2007 by a group of automobile enthusiasts and entrepreneurs who were frustrated by the expensive and tedious process of fixing and maintaining their vehicles. They created RepairPal to … Continue reading “RepairPal Receives $7,350,000 New Round”
Bella Pictures Lands $10,300,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16c7b802-665a-4b40-9468-c205e3a1d52c&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name Bella Pictures Mailing Address 114 Sansome St. Floor 3 San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Bella Pictures is an innovative company that is transforming the wedding photography industry. Bella was founded by a team of professionals with backgrounds in photojournalism, e-commerce and marketing. The unique set of … Continue reading “Bella Pictures Lands $10,300,000 New Round”
Inertia Beverage Group Lands $14,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=527dd164-2b72-4b98-b96e-e335d1308772&Preview=1 Date 12/17/2009 Company Name Inertia Beverage Group Mailing Address 1190 Airport Blvd. Napa, CA 94558 Company Description Inertia Beverage Group, based in Napa, California, is the premier provider of web-based technology used by wineries to manage direct sales and marketing. Inertia’s REthink Engine technology is at the heart of the direct … Continue reading “Inertia Beverage Group Lands $14,000,000 New Funding Round”
SmartDrive Extends VC Round to $25M
San Diego’s SmartDrive Systems, which reported raising $12 million in venture capital funding in October, now says it has raised a total of $25 million. “We had always had the goal to have the round at about this size,” CEO Greg Drew tells me. The round was led by existing investors Oak Investment Partners of … Continue reading “SmartDrive Extends VC Round to $25M”
TechStars, the Startup Boot Camp, Coming to Seattle Next Fall, Led by Andy Sack
Yes, it’s another big rumor confirmed today… TechStars, the two-year-old seed-stage investment fund and boot camp for tech startups, announced it is expanding to Seattle in the fall of 2010. Seattle entrepreneur and investor Andy Sack will lead the local effort as executive director. Sack has previously served as a mentor in Boston and in … Continue reading “TechStars, the Startup Boot Camp, Coming to Seattle Next Fall, Led by Andy Sack”
Ontela Merges with Newly Independent Photobucket, Looks to Combine Companies’ Reach on Web and Mobile
OK, so there was truth to the rumors. But this is no ordinary merger or acquisition. Seattle-based Ontela, the mobile imaging startup focused on getting pictures off your camera phone, announced today it is merging operations with Photobucket, the Denver, CO-based photo sharing site. Financial details of the merger weren’t announced. The new, combined entity … Continue reading “Ontela Merges with Newly Independent Photobucket, Looks to Combine Companies’ Reach on Web and Mobile”
Acceleron Pharma Reports $10.9M Financing
Acceleron Pharma, the Cambridge, MA-based developer of biotech drugs for anemia, bone loss, and other ailments, reports in an SEC filing that it has raised $10.9 million in equity financing. The funding includes an $8 million investment that Cambridge-based biotech Alkermes (NASDAQ:[[ticker:ALKS]])made as part of a licensing deal Luke reported early this month, as well … Continue reading “Acceleron Pharma Reports $10.9M Financing”
iPhone Goes Bing
Microsoft announced yesterday that Bing search is now available as a free app on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It includes features like voice search, news, maps, and other location-based services. Bing is already available on BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and a few other mobile platforms. The move to Apple’s iPhone signifies the importance of mobile … Continue reading “iPhone Goes Bing”
AltAir in Biofuels Deal with 14 Airlines
Seattle-based AltAir Fuels announced yesterday it has signed agreements with 14 airlines to negotiate the purchase of up to 750 million gallons of camelina-based jet fuel and diesel. AltAir plans to produce the biofuels at a new facility in Anacortes, WA, which is slated to open in 2012. The participating airlines (which entered into a … Continue reading “AltAir in Biofuels Deal with 14 Airlines”
CyPhy Works Wins UAV Grant
DroidWorks, the stealth-mode robotics company launched early in 2009 by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner, has changed its name to CyPhy Works and has won a $2.4 million research award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study ways of using unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect civil infrastructure such as highways, bridges and dams, … Continue reading “CyPhy Works Wins UAV Grant”
GlassHouse Raises $2M
Framingham, MA-based GlassHouse Technologies, which provides data center management and backup services, has raised $2 million in new equity financing, according to a regulatory filing. The company declined to comment on the funding. GlassHouse’s previous financing round was a $9.8 million Series F investment one year ago led by Cisco Systems. The company nixed plans … Continue reading “GlassHouse Raises $2M”
Biogen Idec Board in Flux, Cubist Acquires Calixa, ImmunoGen Drug Passes Clinical Test, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
Gadzooks, was this a busy news week for the biotech, devices, and healthcare IT sectors in New England. Here’s the lightning round version: —Luke examined Cambridge, MA-based Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]])’s efforts to create antibody drugs that can hit two targets at once. —Cambridge-based Parasol Therapeutics, an MIT spinoff developing treatments and diagnostics for influenza … Continue reading “Biogen Idec Board in Flux, Cubist Acquires Calixa, ImmunoGen Drug Passes Clinical Test, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
QD Vision Sees $10M Round
QD Vision, of Watertown, MA, said today that it has raised $10 million to bankroll the rollout of its quantum dot nanomaterials for use in LED-based solid state lighting and displays. Investors in the round were Boston-area venture firms North Bridge Venture Partners and Highland Capital Partners, as well as In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of … Continue reading “QD Vision Sees $10M Round”
Millipore Taps Langer for Board Seat
Millipore, a large provider of life sciences research products and services, said yesterday that MIT chemist Bob Langer has joined its board of directors. Langer (an Xconomist) is a winner of the 2006 National Medal of Science for his discoveries in polymer science for drug delivery and tissue regeneration, and has licensed his inventions to … Continue reading “Millipore Taps Langer for Board Seat”
ULocate’s Where Is That Rare Beast: A Location-Based Mobile Platform Earning Real Money
As the news cycle slows down with the approach of the holidays, I’ve had a bit of time to attend to my towering backlog of unpublished interviews, including the one below, from a visit to Boston-based uLocate. CEO Walt Doyle and vice president of marketing Dan Gilmartin had me over on November 9 for the … Continue reading “ULocate’s Where Is That Rare Beast: A Location-Based Mobile Platform Earning Real Money”
Cool Device from San Diego’s BeneChill May Improve Odds for Cardiac Arrest Victims
Research over the last several years has shown that lowering the temperatures of unconscious cardiac arrest patients improves their odds of survival without brain damage. This intervention commonly begins in the hospital because most temperature-lowering technologies (water-filled blankets, blood-cooling machines) are not suited for use by ambulance crews. San Diego-based BeneChill wants to put temperature-lowering … Continue reading “Cool Device from San Diego’s BeneChill May Improve Odds for Cardiac Arrest Victims”
Google Senior Exec Alan Eustace on Innovation Strategy and the Technology of the Next Decade
If ever a company defied hyperlocal coverage, it’s Google. Whether you live in Boston or Bosnia, Seattle or Shanghai, Google is a big deal—and it’s getting bigger every day. Whether it’s attracting or gobbling up the best companies and talent in New England or Southern California, or competing with giants like Microsoft (Bing) and Amazon … Continue reading “Google Senior Exec Alan Eustace on Innovation Strategy and the Technology of the Next Decade”
Helicos Raises $6.4M
Helicos Biosciences, the Cambridge, MA-based maker of genetic research instruments, said today it has raised $6.4 million. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HLCS]]) collected the cash by offering a combination stock and warrants. The deal was underwritten by Thomas Weisel Partners.