RockYou! Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=34649eaa-5dc4-45f6-abbd-2b6fc8556536&Preview=1 Date 11/17/2009 Company Name RockYou! Mailing Address 585 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description RockYou! creates and distributes the most popular self-expression widgets on the web. RockYou!’s viral accessories can be used to enhance the look and feel of any blog, personal website, and are used on social networks … Continue reading “RockYou! Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding”

Joyent Lands New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8c0274b-5fa7-480a-9b83-a48f1a74608f&Preview=1 Date 11/17/2009 Company Name Joyent Mailing Address 767 Bridgeway 3rd floor Sausalito, CA 94965 Company Description Since 2004, Joyent has been delivering web application hosting Infrastructure as a Service – long before it was ever called Cloud Computing. Over the years, Joyent’s infrastructure has been proven to be extremely stable, flexible … Continue reading “Joyent Lands New Financing Round”

QuorumLabs Secures $5,300,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9938ed0-dc78-4a89-89d0-ae53ee5eb72a&Preview=1 Date 11/17/2009 Company Name QuorumLabs Mailing Address 47200 Bayside Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description QuorumLabs onQ™ was engineered from the ground up to provide enterprise level business continuity without the complexity or cost of traditional solutions. onQ One-Click Recovery puts all of your applications and data back online within minutes … Continue reading “QuorumLabs Secures $5,300,000 Series A Round”

Superfeedr Lands New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dca0476a-be81-4624-ab0a-d6545a56643b&Preview=1 Date 11/17/2009 Company Name Superfeedr Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We’re the same guys behind Notifixious… a bunch of 20 and 30-something boys hooked into XMPP and exciting technologies! Website http://www.superfeedr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Superfeedr Lands New Funding”

MyPunchbowl.com Acquires Group Travel Site I’m In, Transforms It Into Party Vendor Directory

Framingham, MA-based Punchbowl Software, the company behind party planning site MyPunchbowl.com, said today that it has acquired the assets of I’m In, a group vacation website formerly owned by Waltham, MA-based GroupGo. Punchbowl’s founder and CEO Matt Douglas says the local search tools created by I’m In have enabled MyPunchbowl to launch a new local … Continue reading “MyPunchbowl.com Acquires Group Travel Site I’m In, Transforms It Into Party Vendor Directory”

CloudCamp Boston

Xconomy has forged a unique partnership with CloudCamp to make December 10 an incredible day of cloud computing. Our morning forum will be followed in the afternoon by CloudCamp—a more technical examination of could computing: an unconference where early adopters-including end users, IT professionals, and vendors of cloud computing technologies-exchange ideas for the advancement of … Continue reading “CloudCamp Boston”

Paul Allen Diagnosed with Cancer

[Updated 11/16/09 6pm. See below] Microsoft co-founder and renowned technologist Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer, as of early this month, according to an e-mail message sent from Allen’s sister, Jody Allen Patton, to employees of Seattle-based Vulcan and its affiliates this afternoon. The message was sent to Xconomy … Continue reading “Paul Allen Diagnosed with Cancer”

Trubion CEO Peter Thompson Steps Down, Arch’s Gillis To Step Up Temporarily

[Updated: 5:55 pm Pacific, 11/16/09] Trubion Pharmaceuticals, the Seattle-based company developing new drugs for autoimmune diseases and cancer, said today that its founding CEO, Peter Thompson, has resigned and director Steve Gillis of Arch Venture Partners will step in to fill the void as executive chairman. Trubion (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TRBN]]) said today that Thompson is leaving … Continue reading “Trubion CEO Peter Thompson Steps Down, Arch’s Gillis To Step Up Temporarily”

Rift Reported Between Founders and Board at Futuristic Carmaker Aptera

Paul Wilbur, a Detroit auto industry veteran who was named CEO of Carlsbad, CA-based Aptera 14 months ago, gave no indication of internal turmoil at the futuristic car’s headquarters when he appeared last week at an event sponsored by Cleantech San Diego. But as Darryl Siry reports today on Wired’s Autotopia blog, a prolonged power … Continue reading “Rift Reported Between Founders and Board at Futuristic Carmaker Aptera”

Global Analytics Raises $10M Amid Possible Deal

San Diego’s Global Analytics Holdings says it has raised $10 million of a targeted $14 million round that consists of equity investments, options, and rights to securities, according to a recent regulatory filing. The company provides consulting services for business customers and specializes in developing software for statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and neural networks. The … Continue reading “Global Analytics Raises $10M Amid Possible Deal”

Report: SEC Probing 3Com for Potential Insider Trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether a surge in call option trading on 3Com shares just hours before the announcement that Hewlett-Packard would take over the Marlborough, MA-based networking equipment maker for $2.7 billion was a result of insider knowledge of the deal, Bloomberg and other outlets are reporting today. Trading in call … Continue reading “Report: SEC Probing 3Com for Potential Insider Trading”

Last Day to Bid on Lord of the Rings Online Collector’s Edition! Auction Benefiits Science Club for Girls, Technology Underwriting Greater Good

It’s day 6 of our 7-day auction to raise funds for two of our favorite causes, Science Club for Girls and Technology Underwriting Greater Good. So hurry to eBay, because as of this writing you’ve only got about 20 hours left to bid on the amazing Lord of the Rings Online Collector’s Edition boxed set, … Continue reading “Last Day to Bid on Lord of the Rings Online Collector’s Edition! Auction Benefiits Science Club for Girls, Technology Underwriting Greater Good”

DocuSign Scores Second Century Investment

Seattle-based DocuSign announced today it has received a strategic investment from Second Century Ventures, the VC fund of the National Association of Realtors. The amount was undisclosed, but the cash will be used to speed up and extend DocuSign’s efforts with residential and commercial real estate customers. DocuSign was founded in 2003 and makes software … Continue reading “DocuSign Scores Second Century Investment”

What Wireless Carriers Want from Startups, and Other Insights from VC Tom Huseby at Mobile Northwest

Tom Huseby says he’s finally able to go home and not worry about seeing his family’s savings stuffed under his mattress. “The panic is over,” he says. “All of a sudden, things are getting a lot better. It doesn’t feel much better now, but it is.” Huseby, a noted Seattle-based venture capitalist with SeaPoint Ventures, … Continue reading “What Wireless Carriers Want from Startups, and Other Insights from VC Tom Huseby at Mobile Northwest”

$875K for Swipely

Swipely, a Providence, RI-based startup that was quietly launched earlier this year, has raised $875,000 of a planned $1 million equity financing, according to an SEC document filed last week. Angus Davis—a co-founder of the voice-based Internet search and services provider Tellme Networks, which was sold to Microsoft (NASDAQ:[[ticker:MSFT]]) and became a subsidiary of the … Continue reading “$875K for Swipely”

FDA Shoots Down Genzyme’s Latest Bid for Pompe Drug Approval

Even more bad news from Genzyme (NASDAQ:[[ticker:GENZ]]). Following the news on Friday about new contamination found in treatments made at the Cambridge, MA-based biotech firm’s Allston, MA, plant, the company says today the FDA informed it that the agency won’t approve its application to market Pompe disease drug alglucosidase alfa (Lumizyme) made in large-scale batches … Continue reading “FDA Shoots Down Genzyme’s Latest Bid for Pompe Drug Approval”

Ex-Microsoftie Don Dodge Going to Google

It turns out that Don Dodge—famous among entrepreneurs for putting a personal face on Microsoft’s operations in New England, until his unceremonious termination earlier this month—was only in job limbo for about about an hour and a half. Dodge sends Xconomy word this morning that he has been hired by Microsoft archrival Google. Vic Gundotra, … Continue reading “Ex-Microsoftie Don Dodge Going to Google”

Alkermes to Seek FDA Approval of Anti-Addiction Drug

Cambridge,MA-based biotech Alkermes said this morning that its long-acting naltrexone injection (Vivitrol) was more effective in treating opioid drug dependence than placebo in a Phase III clinical trial. The 250-patient clinical trial compared urine samples of patients who took the firm’s once-per-month injection of naltrexone versus those who took placebo over the last 20 weeks … Continue reading “Alkermes to Seek FDA Approval of Anti-Addiction Drug”

A Day of Straight Talk on Cloud Computing, Coming December 10

Where is “the cloud”? It’s everywhere and nowhere; it’s the power of algorithms distributed across entire networks but concentrated down to the screen of your wireless laptop; it’s the sum of all the world’s on-demand computing jobs, churning away in big data centers in secure, undisclosed locations, flinging their inputs and outputs across the electronic … Continue reading “A Day of Straight Talk on Cloud Computing, Coming December 10”

Qualcomm Takes on Network Bottlenecks, Google Buys Gizmo5, a Cluster of Analytics Startups Emerges, & More San Diego BizTech News

San Diego serial entrepreneur Michael Robertson is going to have to find something else to do now that Gizmo5, the VoIP (voice-over-Internet-protocol) company he founded in 2003, has become part of a certain search giant to the north. We have that news and more. —Google confirmed that it’s buying San Diego-based Gizmo5, a six-year-old company … Continue reading “Qualcomm Takes on Network Bottlenecks, Google Buys Gizmo5, a Cluster of Analytics Startups Emerges, & More San Diego BizTech News”

Inside iRobot: A Search for Medical Droids

Robots have already found limited work in healthcare by assisting surgeons with operations and physical therapists with rehabilitating patients, among other jobs. So why can’t robots keep an eye on seniors and give them their medications? Bedford, MA-based iRobot (NASDAQ:[[ticker:IRBT]]) made headlines last month with the announcement of its recently created healthcare division, which is … Continue reading “Inside iRobot: A Search for Medical Droids”

Fate Therapeutics Bags $30M Venture Deal, Led by OVP, to Develop “Industrialized” Stem Cells

Fate Therapeutics, the San Diego-based company on a quest to develop techniques that make stem cell research practical for the pharmaceutical industry, has raised $30 million in a Series B round of venture financing. Kirkland, WA-based OVP Venture Partners led the deal, which included the three venture firms that co-founded the company two years ago—Arch … Continue reading “Fate Therapeutics Bags $30M Venture Deal, Led by OVP, to Develop “Industrialized” Stem Cells”

ZoomAtlas—Helping You Reconnect With Friends from The Old Neighborhood

Say you’d like to look up an old friend from high school. You have no idea what happened to him after college, and you can’t find him on Facebook. But you do remember the address of his house down the street from your childhood home. What if there was a Web-based map where you could … Continue reading “ZoomAtlas—Helping You Reconnect With Friends from The Old Neighborhood”

Brightcove Debuts “Express” Video Hosting

To make it easier for small Web publishers to host videos on their sites, Cambridge, MA-based Brightcove will announce today that it is rolling out an “Express Edition” service starting at $99 per month. The company’s previous lowest-end offering cost several hundred dollars per month. At the new $99 monthly level—which doesn’t require a monthly … Continue reading “Brightcove Debuts “Express” Video Hosting”

Swipely Receives $875,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=770f8fdd-0b04-4daf-adf4-ff619576460d&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Swipely Mailing Address 150 Chestnut Street Providence, RI 02903 Company Description Swipely is a Tech & Digital Media Community. Website http://www.swipely.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $875,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor First Round Capital

DocuSign Receives New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1bb05b7-5f29-451d-b763-f9191739cfc3&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name DocuSign Mailing Address 701 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description DocuSign was founded in 2003 with one goal: to make electronic signatures as ubiquitous and simple as email. DocuSign delivers the final step in the online customer relationship—the ability to complete a legally binding agreement over … Continue reading “DocuSign Receives New Round”

Global Analytics Lands $10,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=214f95a3-759f-4039-aca9-6436e93e0ff3&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Global Analytics Mailing Address 5230 Carroll Canyon Road San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Analytic solutions are now part of mainstream business processes. In many industries, the use of analytics has matured to a point where it is impossible to compete without them. Analytics is now at … Continue reading “Global Analytics Lands $10,000,000 New Round”

Fate Therapeutics Lands $30,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82ae2aa0-df0c-451e-9d26-d03f926c685e&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Fate Therapeutics Mailing Address 10931 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description The company’s revolutionary platform focuses on both regenerative and reprogramming medicine. Fate’s regenerative medicine platform involves developing drugs that awaken adult stem cells in the body to repair damaged cells and tissues. … Continue reading “Fate Therapeutics Lands $30,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

Zynga Game Network Secures $180,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2cf4a247-39c3-4e1e-ac42-2729782f9bea&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Zynga Game Network Mailing Address 365 Vermont St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Zynga Game Network is the #1 social gaming company on the web. Zynga was founded specifically to add a social element to casual online games because we love games, and we love them … Continue reading “Zynga Game Network Secures $180,000,000 Series B Financing”

Expensify Lands $1,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b4a593a-7fa6-4247-8e15-647b0d5bb078&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Expensify Mailing Address 548 Market St San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Expensify is all about getting your expenses reimbursed quickly and easily, and the first step in that is telling us what you bought. Website http://www.expensify.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Expensify Lands $1,000,000 New Funding Round”

Trivascular Garners $30,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c5b6b09-5751-4312-abbd-72f1a10c8e2e&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Trivascular Mailing Address 3910 Brickway Blvd Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Company Description Trivascular is developing novel endovascular repair devices to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Website http://www.trivascular2.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The Series B financing will fuel further … Continue reading “Trivascular Garners $30,000,000 Series B Round”

Mercantila Receives $500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20225e51-2c72-481a-b8ea-75ac558f3d22&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Mercantila Mailing Address 665 Chestnut Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description We are a collection of hundreds of specialty stores. Each Mercantila specialty store is focused on one product category; each offers our unique blend of unbeatable selection and expert advice, backed by our … Continue reading “Mercantila Receives $500,000 New Funding”

Sezmi Receives $25,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94919647-8c93-4512-aa40-9eb1ddc60301&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Sezmi Mailing Address 1301 Shoreway Road Belmont, CA 94002 Company Description The evolution of digital media has introduced tremendous innovations in video entertainment that collectively represent the most significant disruption in the TV industry since the introduction of cable TV. Website http://www.sezmi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Sezmi Receives $25,000,000 New Financing Round”

Teknovus Secures $5,600,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6b64e1f2-6284-4ed1-b809-ab0b09d4bf1a&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Teknovus Mailing Address 1351 Redwood Way Petaluma, CA 94954 Company Description Teknovus develops and delivers the only proven, fourth-generation EPON chipset with the features and performance to enable fast, easy-to-deploy, low-cost triple-play (voice, data, video) via fiber to the home (FTTH) at 1000 times the bandwidth of … Continue reading “Teknovus Secures $5,600,000 New Funding”

Chelsio Communications Obtains $17,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=290a8d33-2755-42c0-9213-ab831a0ee9ef&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Chelsio Communications Mailing Address 370 San Aleso Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Chelsio Communications is leading the convergence of networking, storage and clustering interconnects with its robust, high-performance and proven protocol acceleration technology. Website http://www.chelsio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $17,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Chelsio Communications Obtains $17,000,000 New Financing”

Outright Secures $5,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bfa1690-2133-4888-8847-b1608761ad58&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Outright Mailing Address 393 E Campbell Ave Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description Outright was created after watching a number of small businesses like ourselves struggle to capture all of their business deductions, often piecing together a number of different solutions. Whether it was sticking every possible receipt … Continue reading “Outright Secures $5,000,000 Series B Funding”

CyberHeart Receives $3,600,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=076c8f89-b46c-4145-8333-b5ed4ff66416&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name CyberHeart Mailing Address 570 Del Rey Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The company is developing a non-invasive radiosurgical system for cardiac applications. Utilizing the most accurate robotic radiosurgical system and the only system able to dynamically detect, track, and correct for motion, this proprietary technology will … Continue reading “CyberHeart Receives $3,600,000 New Financing”

Celion Networks Garners $15,000,000 Series D Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1cb66b10-2c1a-40b2-be10-cebdc1d5b0fa&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Celion Networks Mailing Address 3000 Sand Hill Rd Bld 4 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Celion is a fast growing enterprise, that uses the growing market of private companies and Standard Small Companies to find ground to help others by sharing their innovative products and services. … Continue reading “Celion Networks Garners $15,000,000 Series D Financing Round”

Powervation Lands New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6acba640-1ef7-49c0-8f1b-f9c307168f1b&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Powervation Mailing Address 495 N Whisman Rd Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Powervation provides a new class of Auto-control™ digital power IC solutions that optimize power-supply performance and efficiencies for manufacturers of electronic systems used in Computing, NetComms, storage and other applications. In a simple yet … Continue reading “Powervation Lands New Financing Round”

Glyde Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31c62e2b-72c7-4d40-a251-fd26c9f7b6e1&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Glyde Mailing Address 555 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Buying and selling online should be easy, safe, and economical. However, today buyers and sellers face a choice of paying full price at a retail store or navigating complicated online marketplaces. We believe there is … Continue reading “Glyde Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Thomson Reuters Acquires Sabrix for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f550dc74-2bf6-41b7-b195-8f896535b25d&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2009 Company Name Sabrix Mailing Address 12647 Alcosta Boulevard San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description Sabrix is the leading provider of Consolidated Transaction Tax Management software and services, enabling tax and IT professionals to manage sales, use and VAT with consistent accuracy, control, and efficiency. Website http://www.sabrix.com/ Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Thomson Reuters Acquires Sabrix for Undisclosed Sum”

Biocom Legislative Roundtable with Assemblyman Jose Solorio

Jose Solorio, a Democrat representing Orange County’s 69th Assembly District, was recently appointed to chair the Select Committee on Regional Approaches to Addressing the State’s Water Crisis. Solorio, who represents Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana, also serves on the Assembly’s appropriations, education, and transportation committees, and is chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Insurance. … Continue reading “Biocom Legislative Roundtable with Assemblyman Jose Solorio”

Trademarks: A Practical Primer for High Tech Executives

Business, academic and legal leaders discuss issues surrounding trademark use that are important for high tech business executives to know. Presentations cover practical tips on when to register a trademark, how to get the most value from your trademarks, and whether to rely on state, federal or common law protections. More information and online registration … Continue reading “Trademarks: A Practical Primer for High Tech Executives”

Intellectual Property Do’s and Don’ts for Startups

Procopio law firm partner Richard E. Campbell explains what software and Internet founders need to know about creating intellectual property: what it is, how to protect it, use it, and avoid losing it. Campbell is the leader of Procopio’s patent prosecution and counseling group. He concentrates primarily on intellectual property in electronics, communications, and software. … Continue reading “Intellectual Property Do’s and Don’ts for Startups”

San Diego Venture Group Dinner and PitchFest

The San Diego Venture Group Hosts its 10th Annual “PitchFest” Business Plan Competition Dinner. Hear three finalists present their business plans and visions. Based on your ballot vote, the venture group will present the winner with a $20,000 check. The three finalists will be selected from 10 semi-finanlists: Automedics Medical Systems; EcoATM; ElliptiGO; Extrabux; Hadronex; … Continue reading “San Diego Venture Group Dinner and PitchFest”

Using Employee Ownership to Build the Company You Want

Sharing equity ownership with a startup company’s early employees provides critical advantages that help the company grow on your own terms. Speakers include Martin Staubus, director of consulting for the Beyster Institute at UCSD’s Rady School of Business; Jeff Young, chairman and general manager of San Diego-based ATA Engineering; and Robert Scherer, president and founder … Continue reading “Using Employee Ownership to Build the Company You Want”

Advancing a Stem Cell Treatment for Diabetes

Recent breakthroughs have enabled E. Edward Baetge’s team at San Diego-based Novocell to develop and patent an innovative stem cell therapy that yields functional pancreatic, insulin-producing cells using human embryonic stem cells. Baetge outlines development of a potential therapy that injects such stem cells into the bodies of diabetics to replace cells that no longer … Continue reading “Advancing a Stem Cell Treatment for Diabetes”

EverNote Corporation Garners $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d06eeb9-9923-471f-ae14-4172dc155179&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2009 Company Name EverNote Corporation Mailing Address 333 Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at anytime, from anywhere. Website http://www.evernote.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “EverNote Corporation Garners $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

Mobile Northwest 2009

Info and registration here. This one-day conference and networking event — sponsored by Miller Nash LLP — is for mobile-focused companies and developers who continue to innovate and break ground in the growing mobile industry. The technology industry is a stronghold for innovation, new products and new ways of doing business. The Third Annual MobileNorthwest … Continue reading “Mobile Northwest 2009”

Avnera Raises $8M Equity Round to Advance Wireless Audio Chip Technology

A consumer tech company has scored one of the bigger equity financing rounds in the Portland area this fall. Beaverton, OR-based Avnera, a fabless semiconductor company that makes chips for wireless audio applications, has raised about $8 million in equity financing out of a total offering of $10 million, according to a regulatory filing with … Continue reading “Avnera Raises $8M Equity Round to Advance Wireless Audio Chip Technology”