Ustream.TV Receives $2,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7639eff-cf2a-46e2-aa9f-aebcd32f8c27&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Ustream.TV Mailing Address 274 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Ustream.TV is a platform for live online interactive video broadcasts that lets people everywhere connect, interact and engage with one another more deeply. Ustream.TV allows anyone with a camera, computer, and Internet connection to broadcast … Continue reading “Ustream.TV Receives $2,000,000 New Funding”

Pioneers of the Inevitable Garners New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cb084ec3-c91e-4408-b52a-af322e1bd18e&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Pioneers of the Inevitable Mailing Address 2 Shaw Alley 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Songbird is built by Pioneers of the Inevitable, a group of designers and developers who believe in the promise of an open customizable media player. In the past, some members … Continue reading “Pioneers of the Inevitable Garners New Financing Round”

Canopy Financial Lands $62,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4216df0-363c-4e76-866c-b5d5c65b802b&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Canopy Financial Mailing Address 201 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Canopy Financial provides innovative technology solutions that connect healthcare and financial services. Serving some of the world’s largest healthcare and financial institutions, Canopy powers the development and delivery of complete healthcare banking services for … Continue reading “Canopy Financial Lands $62,500,000 New Financing Round”

Arxan Technologies Obtains $4,047,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b62ef55-8e24-4238-824c-b93394292a5d&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Arxan Technologies Mailing Address 703 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Arxan was founded in 2001 using advanced technology developed at the CERIAS Institute (Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security), a top academic research institute and an NSA Center of Excellence … Continue reading “Arxan Technologies Obtains $4,047,000 New Funding”

VeraCyte Obtains $10,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad7be632-7040-483f-b4d7-bb66428f898c&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name VeraCyte Mailing Address Undisclosed South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Operates as an early stage cancer diagnostics company. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers … Continue reading “VeraCyte Obtains $10,500,000 New Financing Round”

FoodBuzz Lands $750,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cb968873-05fe-4a0b-bc01-bd6d289d2fad&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name FoodBuzz Mailing Address 921 Front St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description We love Food! In fact, we’re passionate about our adventures in all things edible. Be it dining out, cooking at home, discovering a new flavor, drooling over a food blog, or swapping recipes with friends, … Continue reading “FoodBuzz Lands $750,000 New Financing Round”

SpinalMotion Receives New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9cede5c9-0778-4ad3-914d-bebd8484f0a7&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name SpinalMotion Mailing Address 201 San Antonio Circle Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description SpinalMotion is dedicated to preserving motion in the spine for patients with degenerative disc disease. Website http://www.spinal-motion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “SpinalMotion Receives New Funding”

Trellis Bioscience Lands $11,450,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1d1eeff-8a53-4411-863c-c1599065540b&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Trellis Bioscience Mailing Address 2-B Corporate Drive South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Trellis Bioscience, Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology platform for discovery and selection of very rare cells that produce ideal proteins such as antibodies, selected for specificity, selectivity, affinity, secretion rate and other … Continue reading “Trellis Bioscience Lands $11,450,000 New Financing”

Akros Silicon Secures $1,950,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08f246dd-d6df-48c6-aff6-c6893fa1dfa6&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Akros Silicon Mailing Address 275 Turn Pike Drive Folsom, CA 95630 Company Description Akros Silicon Inc. is Venture Capital-backed fabless semiconductor company located in Folsom California. Website http://www.akrossilicon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,950,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Akros Silicon Secures $1,950,000 New Funding”

SeaMicro Secures $15,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=07c06074-52f8-4e20-8a24-cb62e1c82f4e&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name SeaMicro Mailing Address 5225 Betsy Ross Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Backed by the premier investors in Silicon Valley and with leading corporate sponsorship, SeaMicro is building solutions that revolutionize the data center landscape. Currently in stealth mode, SeaMicro is led by a team of … Continue reading “SeaMicro Secures $15,000,000 New Funding”

Novare Surgical Systems Garners $6,200,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2984d1fe-05d7-47e7-8296-cc3fe2b5cb54&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Novare Surgical Systems Mailing Address 10440 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description Novare Surgical Systems was originally founded in 1999 to develop, manufacture and market devices for cardiac surgery. RealHand was developed entirely at Novare Surgical and represents a shift in the company’s focus toward devices … Continue reading “Novare Surgical Systems Garners $6,200,000 New Financing”

Neoconix Obtains $7,448,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ab05bea-8d90-49ca-a14d-cd99c7b0588c&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Neoconix Mailing Address 639 North Pastoria Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Neoconix is dedicated to interconnect design, development, integration, manufacturing, and support. We dramatically improve the performance, reliability and cost across a broad range of electronic systems, from consumer products to high performance computing and networking … Continue reading “Neoconix Obtains $7,448,000 New Funding Round”

TargetCast Networks Lands $6,500,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e29d460-3128-4ce9-8c2b-ce681b2c8d94&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name TargetCast Networks Mailing Address 2400 Camino Ramon San Ramon, CA 94583 Company Description TargetCast Networks™ is the breakthrough digital technology that lets venue operators create and post their own, custom designed promotional messages directly on TV sets their customers are already watching…where…and when they’re watching them! TargetCast … Continue reading “TargetCast Networks Lands $6,500,000 Series B Funding”

Satiety Receives $25,300,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af816709-4e7a-40a2-94d7-ced69ec7b500&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Satiety Mailing Address 2470 Embarcadero Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Satiety, Inc. was founded in 2001 through a collaboration of medical device incubators Thomas Fogarty Engineering and The Foundry, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Website http://www.satietyinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,300,000 … Continue reading “Satiety Receives $25,300,000 New Financing”

OptiMedica Corporation Lands $25,035,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd0c64ba-66f8-48ab-964d-d95449585aaa&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name OptiMedica Corporation Mailing Address 3130 Coronado Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description OptiMedica® Corporation is a medical device company dedicated to working with ophthalmologists to evolve standards of care which provide significant benefits to both physicians and patients. Website http://www.optimedica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “OptiMedica Corporation Lands $25,035,000 New Round”

Liaise Garners New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d261e82-6e76-4390-ad33-dcc7b954bd65&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Liaise Mailing Address 440 N Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Liaise was founded in Silicon Valley in 2008 by a pair of ex-Aussies with a singular passion: to help people work faster, smarter and more easily with others. We’ve achieved this goal by developing what … Continue reading “Liaise Garners New Round”

Fluxion Biosciences Lands $1,500,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9b1422bc-da92-47c8-acfd-e017bad40861&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Fluxion Biosciences Mailing Address 384 Oyster Point Blvd. #6 San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Fluxion Biosciences has developed the revolutionary CellFlux microfluidics technology for conducting critical research and drug discovery at the cellular level. The CellFlux platform delivers a robust, high-performance, economical solution for single-cell analysis. … Continue reading “Fluxion Biosciences Lands $1,500,000 New Round”

Radar Networks Receives New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aec8d9aa-ad7d-43a1-ab75-e5285bee9042&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Radar Networks Mailing Address 795 Folsom St. 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Radar Networks spent several years developing core technologies for the next-generation of the Web as well as working on related research with DARPA and SRI International. Website http://www.twine.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Radar Networks Receives New Funding Round”

MontaVista Software Lands $2,729,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b72120cf-67e9-46e2-8e47-e54d30444b48&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name MontaVista Software Mailing Address 2929 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software and development tools for intelligent connected devices and associated infrastructure. MontaVista powers the embedded revolution by providing Open Source GNU/Linux-based software solutions. Website … Continue reading “MontaVista Software Lands $2,729,000 New Round”

Greenplum Receives $22,118,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8cd2299b-1002-4326-bb79-ea1638d27e4f&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Greenplum Mailing Address 1900 South Norfolk Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Greenplum is pioneering the use of open source databases for enterprise-class Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. Greenplum’s family of database products, called Bizgres, comprises solutions suited to installations ranging from departmental data marts to … Continue reading “Greenplum Receives $22,118,000 New Funding Round”

Threadsy Secures $500,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc2d5a39-1bbe-4c1a-b711-ea587668c0d0&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Threadsy Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Threadsy is a new kind of messaging experience created for anyone to use. It combines all of your existing accounts in one place and enhances them with relevant information from your social networks and the public web. … Continue reading “Threadsy Secures $500,000 New Funding Round”

Spartek Medical Secures $3,177,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ef81551-136b-4741-92c3-f459ab7e11c2&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Spartek Medical Mailing Address 11000 Marina Village Parkway Alameda, CA 94501 Company Description The company is developing spinal implant technologies. Website http://www.spartekmedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,177,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Undisclosed M&A Terms Venture Investor Trellis Health Ventures

Ubicom Garners $4,437,900 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0a1c273-5cec-4523-9418-f514431aba37&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Ubicom Mailing Address 195 Baypointe Parkway San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Ubicom develops communications and media processor (CMP) and software platforms that address the unique demands of real-time, interactive applications and multimedia content delivery in the digital home. Website http://www.ubicom.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Ubicom Garners $4,437,900 New Funding Round”

Melodis Lands $4,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=532c759a-0643-458c-a51e-f8bf065ab7fa&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Melodis Mailing Address 1731 Technology Drive San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description At Melodis, we understand how sound is generated, propagated and perceived. Our diverse, talented team and our multidisciplinary approaches have made possible the creation of solutions that have never been feasible before. Website http://www.melodis.com Transaction … Continue reading “Melodis Lands $4,000,000 New Round”

Booyah Garners $5,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=281a894f-c03f-4a19-a3f3-fa2a10684086&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name Booyah Mailing Address 170 A University Avenue Second Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Booyah has developed an online GPS game that allows users to check in at real world locations to unlock rewards. Website http://www.booyah.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Booyah Garners $5,000,000 New Funding Round”

Oracle Corp. Acquires HyperRoll for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e90e4bdc-c9e6-4309-95e7-b8ee9e85f7bd&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name HyperRoll Mailing Address 700 E. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description HyperRoll, Inc., the world’s leading provider of data warehouse performance acceleration software, is dedicated to improving the performance, availability and value of business data. Its HyperRoll Data Performance Management Suite™ sets new standards … Continue reading “Oracle Corp. Acquires HyperRoll for Undisclosed Sum”

BroadHop Secures $4,250,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c2ec131e-4103-4129-834f-b13adf6256ba&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2009 Company Name BroadHop Mailing Address 1401 17th Street Denver, CO 80202 Company Description Founded in 2003 and privately held, BroadHop has become the leader in the service and policy management space, with over 50+ real world deployments with leading Service Providers around the world. Website http://www.broadhop.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “BroadHop Secures $4,250,000 New Financing Round”

Boston Scientific Pays $716M to Settle Patent Dispute with J&J

Boston Scientific has agreed to pay $716 million to Johnson & Johnson to settle 14 lawsuits related to patent disputes in the field of interventional cardiology. Both companies make products in that field that seek to be less invasive alternatives for patients with cardiovascular disease, who otherwise might be headed toward open-heart surgery. Natick, MA-based … Continue reading “Boston Scientific Pays $716M to Settle Patent Dispute with J&J”

Pet Holdings Teams Up with Dogster

Seattle-based Pet Holdings, owners of I Can Has Cheezburger and other humor websites, has formed a partnership with Dogster, a San Francisco-based social networking site, whereby Dogster will sell ads for Pet Holdings’ animal-related sites. The news was reported by TechCrunch, which also notes that the Cheezburger network will hit one billion page views this … Continue reading “Pet Holdings Teams Up with Dogster”

Gilbane Conference Boston

Gilbane Group, the Cambridge, MA-based analyst and consulting firm focused on enterprise content management challenges, will hold its sixth annual conference in Boston, December 1-3. The conference will cover everything from Microsoft Sharepoint to XBRL, and from mobile search to Google Wave. Complete conference program and registration info is at www.gilbaneboston.com. Xconomy readers can save … Continue reading “Gilbane Conference Boston”

Akamai Takes High-Definition to the Internet

Engineers long ago figured out how to deliver high-definition TV signals via over-the-air broadcast and cable, but the Internet is a different animal. Trying to squeeze that much data through a home or office Internet connection can lead to stutter and long “buffering” delays. For some time now, Akamai has been working on upgrades to … Continue reading “Akamai Takes High-Definition to the Internet”

Intel Labs Seattle Shows Off New Sensing Interfaces, Self-Charging Robot, Wireless Power

Yesterday’s annual open house at Intel Labs Seattle, near the UW campus, did not disappoint. I got a whirlwind tour from incoming lab director Dieter Fox (who also talked with me about Intel and the future of robotics). In attendance were some prominent members of the Intel brass like chief technology officer Justin Rattner, and … Continue reading “Intel Labs Seattle Shows Off New Sensing Interfaces, Self-Charging Robot, Wireless Power”

MooBella’s Revamped Ice Cream Machines Debut at MIT After $18M Financing Deal

MooBella was having no trouble finding people willing to try out its make-your-own ice cream machines last week at MIT. If only designing market-ready versions of the machines—which are now more than a decade in the making—were as easy. Xconomy got the inside scoop recently on how MooBella has spent the last couple of years … Continue reading “MooBella’s Revamped Ice Cream Machines Debut at MIT After $18M Financing Deal”

AppBank Helps Facebook Users Make Money, Looks to Become the Ad King for Social Apps

It’s always good to hear about another small Seattle startup that’s bootstrapped and already profitable. Yesterday it was Appature, today it’s AppBank. They may share the first three letters of their names (and bootstrapped profitability), but after that they’re about as different as two Internet software companies can be. AppBank is a six-person company focused … Continue reading “AppBank Helps Facebook Users Make Money, Looks to Become the Ad King for Social Apps”

Flying High at Babson: Len Schlesinger Wants to Create the Equivalent of the Airline Industry’s Star Alliance for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Len Schlesinger wryly refers to himself as president of the finest business school between Route 128 and I-495. And indeed, Wellesley, MA-based Babson College is, for many folks around Boston (and elsewhere), often over-shadowed by Hub institutions I don’t need to name. Yet Babson is also one of the country’s top business schools. I’m not … Continue reading “Flying High at Babson: Len Schlesinger Wants to Create the Equivalent of the Airline Industry’s Star Alliance for Teaching Entrepreneurship”

SAIC Founder J. Robert Beyster Calls Moving Company HQ from San Diego to D.C. ‘Inevitable’—But Says He Probably Would Not Have Done It

The timing of my lunch yesterday with SAIC founder J. Robert Beyster was pretty close to impeccable, since it came just four days after the defense contractor formally announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from San Diego to McLean, VA. The departure of a Fortune 500 headquarters with a 40-year history in one city … Continue reading “SAIC Founder J. Robert Beyster Calls Moving Company HQ from San Diego to D.C. ‘Inevitable’—But Says He Probably Would Not Have Done It”

Amylin CEO, Putting Boardroom Coup Behind Him, Turns Up Heat on New Diabetes Drug

The first half of this year, Amylin Pharmaceuticals CEO Dan Bradbury was absorbed in the closest thing corporate America has to political warfare—a boardroom challenge from billionaire Carl Icahn and another unhappy shareholder, Eastbourne Capital. The second half has been more about doing the basics Amylin (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMLN]]) must do if the San Diego diabetes … Continue reading “Amylin CEO, Putting Boardroom Coup Behind Him, Turns Up Heat on New Diabetes Drug”

AVI Biopharma Settles Into New Digs, Scopes Out Seattle Biotech Talent Pool

The day I stopped by to visit Seattle’s newest biotech company, the building was chilly on one side and hot on the other. An assistant wasn’t sure at first where the light switch was in the conference room. Nobody answered right away when I called from the security phone outside. “Hopefully the next time you … Continue reading “AVI Biopharma Settles Into New Digs, Scopes Out Seattle Biotech Talent Pool”

Intel Labs Seattle’s New Director, Dieter Fox, on Why the Future of Robotics Matters to Intel

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Intel Labs Seattle, the research lab run by the chip-making giant near the University of Washington campus, for the lab’s annual open house. It’s an extravaganza that always draws a big crowd from the local tech community. Besides the huge variety of lab demos, one of the most interesting things … Continue reading “Intel Labs Seattle’s New Director, Dieter Fox, on Why the Future of Robotics Matters to Intel”

Zintro’s Pay-by-the-Call Service Connects Investors, Others with Industry Experts

If you spend much time in the business or legal world, “due diligence” is a phrase you hear a lot. It’s the polite term for the time you have to spend figuring out whether a potential client, vendor, investment, acquisition, or partner is legit or phony, smart or just slick. Part of the process involves … Continue reading “Zintro’s Pay-by-the-Call Service Connects Investors, Others with Industry Experts”

vMix Media Receives $2,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59849952-cfc8-4422-a5e3-d32e4f7a7a56&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2009 Company Name vMix Media Mailing Address 12707 High Bluff Drive San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description vMix was founded by artists, musicians and executives from the original MP3.com. At vMix.com we are creating that venue for the artist in all of us. Website http://www.vmix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “vMix Media Receives $2,000,000 New Funding Round”

NeoEdge Networks Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b95d8c5-ff27-4a64-a55e-09a8ae90dba4&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2009 Company Name NeoEdge Networks Mailing Address 45 Broadway Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description NeoEdge is setting out to supercharge the video gaming industry by helping game developers and consumer services offer ad-supported video gaming to consumers. NeoEdge believes in providing consumers choice – to either purchase games … Continue reading “NeoEdge Networks Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round”

Firetide Obtains $8,600,000 Series E Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c459b4ca-bcf1-4657-a559-8f1896daac8e&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2009 Company Name Firetide Mailing Address 140 Knowles Drive Los Gatos, CA 95032 Company Description Firetide, a privately held wireless mesh technology company, develops networking equipment to deploy Wireless Instant Networks quickly, easily and affordably. Website http://www.firetide.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,600,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Firetide Obtains $8,600,000 Series E Financing Round”

OnLive Secures Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e892476a-eba4-4a05-b4f9-b06e9682fa07&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2009 Company Name OnLive Mailing Address 181 Lytton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company is developing networking-based technologies. Website http://www.onlive.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor AT&T, Inc. Venture Investor Lauder … Continue reading “OnLive Secures Series C Funding”

Liftopia Secures $1,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7bfd5530-f342-4201-acfe-d59be4165106&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2009 Company Name Liftopia Mailing Address 1850 Gough St. San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description Liftopia.com was designed to meet a sizeable void within the multi-billion dollar ski resort industry. By offering discounted lift tickets to customers online, Liftopia helps ski resorts to generate incremental demand through airline and hotel-style … Continue reading “Liftopia Secures $1,000,000 Series B Round”

Sequenom Shares Tank After Executives Ousted Over Data Mishandling

Sequenom shares plummeted 44 percent today in after-hours trading after the San Diego-based company said it has ousted CEO Harry Stylli and its head of R&D in the wake of an investigation into mishandling of data for its prenatal genetic test for Down Syndrome. Chairman Harry Hixson, 71, the former president of Amgen, has assumed … Continue reading “Sequenom Shares Tank After Executives Ousted Over Data Mishandling”

Sequenom Ousts CEO Harry Stylli, After Investigating Mishandling of Down Syndrome Test

[Update: 1:58 pm Pacific, 9/28/09] San Diego-based Sequenom has ousted president and CEO Harry Stylli after an investigation by independent members of the company’s board raised “serious concerns” about the mishandling of data to support the company’s non-invasive prenatal test for Down Syndrome, the company said today in a statement. Besides terminating Stylli, the board … Continue reading “Sequenom Ousts CEO Harry Stylli, After Investigating Mishandling of Down Syndrome Test”

Stem Cell Meeting on Torrey Pines Mesa

The 4th Annual Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa is an exclusive, one-day symposium that draws together the biomedical pioneers who are responsible for advancing stem cell research in the hope of discovering cures for debilitating diseases or injuries. The event features researchers from UC San Diego, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Burnham Institute … Continue reading “Stem Cell Meeting on Torrey Pines Mesa”