MaxLinear, a Carlsbad, CA, fabless semiconductor company developing broadband radio-frequency designs that enable TV on any device, is introducing two tuner-and-demodulator designs that provide a single-chip solution for all terrestrial TV applications. In a related announcement, MaxLinear says its MxL101SF design was selected by Sigma Designs for its latest hybrid set top box, which combines … Continue reading “MaxLinear Advances Chips for TV”
Jobzle.com Launched in Providence by Brown U. Students to Help College Kids Get Jobs
Brown University student Walker Williams is leading the launch of a new online job service for college students, Jobzle.com, through a marketing campaign that began this week in Providence and is expected to spread to other universities in Rhode Island in the days and weeks ahead. Jobzle is initially focusing on serving students in the … Continue reading “Jobzle.com Launched in Providence by Brown U. Students to Help College Kids Get Jobs”
Arena Prepares to Release Big Obesity Study, Minnow Medical Goes Into ‘Commercialization Mode,’ Metabasis Hires Strategic Adviser, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) plans to announce results of a 4,000-patient clinical trial of its obesity drug lorcaserin this month. But Northern California rival Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]) announced results of its own obesity drug first. Get the skinny on all this and the rest of San Diego’s life sciences news. —San Diego’s Arena Pharmaceuticals is … Continue reading “Arena Prepares to Release Big Obesity Study, Minnow Medical Goes Into ‘Commercialization Mode,’ Metabasis Hires Strategic Adviser, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Baseball, the Red Sox, and the (Swedish) Innovation Economy
The Baseball World Cup qualification series started this week over here in Sweden, as well as in several other countries in Europe. South Korea, Canada, the Dutch Antilles, and Sweden will meet each other at a field in the Stockholm suburb Sundbyberg. The finals will take place at the end of the month in Italy. … Continue reading “Baseball, the Red Sox, and the (Swedish) Innovation Economy”
What Will Seattle Biotech Be Like in 20 Years? Xconomy Event Looks Far Into Region’s Future
[Updated, 3:15 pm Sept. 11 with added “burst” from Immune Design.] Seattle biotech has taken its share of lumps lately, but beyond the next quarter or next year, what kind of life sciences potential really exists here in the Northwest? Over the next 20 years, will this area have grown as a world leader in … Continue reading “What Will Seattle Biotech Be Like in 20 Years? Xconomy Event Looks Far Into Region’s Future”
Ambit Biosciences, In Third Incarnation, Gears Up for Pivotal Study of Leukemia Drug
Biotech companies run into walls all the time, and either reinvent themselves or die. If they’re fortunate, they get one shot at a turnaround. San Diego-based Ambit Biosciences is getting a third chance, and this time it has some hard data, not just a flashy concept, to offer. Ambit got started in May 2000, just … Continue reading “Ambit Biosciences, In Third Incarnation, Gears Up for Pivotal Study of Leukemia Drug”
Lilipip, With Recent Focus on Animated Ads, Looks to Keep Growing Without Venture Capital
From architecture to kids’ videos to online animated ads, Ksenia Oustiougova’s path to founder of Seattle online ad company Lilipip has been unusual. To start, the company was funded not by investors, but on credit cards. The good news: after shutting down the kids’ video version of Lilipip and retooling to its current incarnation, Oustiougova … Continue reading “Lilipip, With Recent Focus on Animated Ads, Looks to Keep Growing Without Venture Capital”
San Diego’s EvoNexus Incubator Selects First Gaggle of Fledgling Startups
EvoNexus, the non-profit incubator launched in San Diego three months ago, has selected its inaugural group of new technology companies to be hatched. Cathy Pucher, the incubator’s executive director, tells me the first clutch of startups getting support from EvoNexus were culled from about 45 applicants. The contenders came from a surprisingly diverse number of … Continue reading “San Diego’s EvoNexus Incubator Selects First Gaggle of Fledgling Startups”
Targeted Genetics Lives On, CellCyte Charged With Fraud, Theraclone Finds HIV Weakness, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
There were some striking highs and lows in Seattle biotech this week. —Seattle-based Targeted Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TGEN]]), the stalwart of gene therapy, needed a lifeline if it was going to survive any longer, and it got one at the last minute this week from Cambridge, MA-based biotech giant Genzyme (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GENZ]]). Targeted is handing over … Continue reading “Targeted Genetics Lives On, CellCyte Charged With Fraud, Theraclone Finds HIV Weakness, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Startups Gear Up for Scavenger Hunt of Boston’s Innovation Hotspots, to Benefit Young Entrepreneurs
Boston-area technology entrepreneurs may not get much work done on Friday, October 9. If Highland Capital Partners can drum up enough interest, hundreds of high-tech employees will be spending that afternoon combing Boston for digital clues as part of what it is calling “The Quest for Innovation.” It’s a high-tech scavenger hunt intended to raise … Continue reading “Startups Gear Up for Scavenger Hunt of Boston’s Innovation Hotspots, to Benefit Young Entrepreneurs”
EnterpriseDB Corporation Secures $3,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03c7f28f-d056-4b12-a427-f256afe35f71&Preview=1 Date 9/10/2009 Company Name EnterpriseDB Corporation Mailing Address 235 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 Company Description EnterpriseDB provides and supports enterprise-class database products that are based on time-tested open source, that are broadly compatible with proprietary databases and that are robustly reliable and scalable. Website http://www.enterprisedb.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “EnterpriseDB Corporation Secures $3,000,000 New Funding”
OptionEase Obtains $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b067dc8-8cc0-4347-b716-84f98ef80162&Preview=1 Date 9/10/2009 Company Name OptionEase Mailing Address 31351 Rancho Viejo Road San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Company Description OptionEase is a comprehensive Software as a Service (SaaS), which satisfies all audit requirements regarding FAS 123(R) – Accounting for Employee Stock Options. The OptionEase web based system is credible and flexible enough … Continue reading “OptionEase Obtains $1,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
GainSpan Corporation Secures New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47cf37fd-35a8-46ea-9039-2460b563cc73&Preview=1 Date 9/10/2009 Company Name GainSpan Corporation Mailing Address 125 S. Market Street San Jose, CA 95113-2292 Company Description GainSpan brings Wi-Fi sensor networks to life. The company’s semiconductor and software solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices. Website http://www.gainspan.com … Continue reading “GainSpan Corporation Secures New Funding”
VitaPath Genetics Obtains $6,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8d3a103a-a3ce-45b8-86ee-dd29899eea18&Preview=1 Date 9/10/2009 Company Name VitaPath Genetics Mailing Address 348 Hatch Drive Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description The company is a developer of molecular diagnostics designed to help patients and their doctors correct genetic mutations that can result in diseases. Website http://www.vpgenetics.com. Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “VitaPath Genetics Obtains $6,000,000 Series A Financing”
TweepML Helps Share Twitter Groups
Marcelo Calbucci, the founder of Sampa and Seattle 2.0, announced today his team has launched TweepML, a service and format for Twitter users to share lists of other users quickly and efficiently. The service makes it easier to follow multiple Twitter users at once (at a given company, say), instead of having to find them … Continue reading “TweepML Helps Share Twitter Groups”
Calling All WordPress/PHP/Apache/Linux Gurus—Particularly the Ones With Pagers
As we’ve grown Xconomy.com over the last few years, we’ve prided ourselves on keeping our operations lean and mean, in no small part by making the most of DIY technologies and virtual working arrangements. But every once in a while—say when a bitchy little worm wiggles its way through WordPress sites across the Web—we’re reminded … Continue reading “Calling All WordPress/PHP/Apache/Linux Gurus—Particularly the Ones With Pagers”
Investment in Washington Startups Totaled $25M (or $51.4M, Depending on How You Count) in August
Last month sure seemed like a busy one for Seattle-area startup financings, especially for summer. But the hard data paints a much more modest picture. Venture capitalists invested $25 million into four companies headquartered in Washington state last month, according to data provided to Xconomy by ChubbyBrain, a New York-based information services company that develops … Continue reading “Investment in Washington Startups Totaled $25M (or $51.4M, Depending on How You Count) in August”
Mzinga Adds $6.1 Million
Mzinga, the Burlington, MA, startup that offers tools for online community management and corporate learning management, has raised $6.1 million in new equity financing, according to regulatory forms filed yesterday. Executives told Mass High Tech that the financing is an extension of Mzinga’s $32.5 million Series A round of March 2008 and involved two existing … Continue reading “Mzinga Adds $6.1 Million”
Smilebox Buys Preclick
Redmond, WA-based Smilebox, a photo services startup, said today it has acquired Preclick, a New Jersey maker (with Seattle developers) of photo organizing and printing software for retailers like WalMart, Costco, and Walgreens. Financial terms were not disclosed. Smilebox was founded in 2005 and launched its service, which lets people create electronic greeting cards, photo … Continue reading “Smilebox Buys Preclick”
$20M for Verivue
Verivue, the Westford, MA-based maker of multimedia distribution switches for cable and telecom operators, has raised $20.1 million in an equity offering, according to regulatory forms filed yesterday. PE Hub, citing a Venture Wire report, says new investor Sigma Partners took the lead in the round. Verivue raised a $40 million Series B round in … Continue reading “$20M for Verivue”
Spire Sells Off Catheter Biz
Spire Corp. of Bedford, MA, said today it is divesting its hemodialysis catheter business in order to focus exclusively on making equipment for solar photovoltaic module manufacturing. Bard Access Systems is buying the catheter division for $15 million. “The divestiture of the hemodialysis catheter business at this time is clearly in Spire’s best strategic interest,” … Continue reading “Spire Sells Off Catheter Biz”
Anadys Starts Hep C Trial
San Diego-based Anadys Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ANDS]]) said today it has started a mid-stage clinical trial of its lead drug candidate, ANA598, for patients with hepatitis C. The study will enroll 90 patients on the drug or a placebo, in combination with the standard treatments—pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin. Initial results on the anti-viral activity of … Continue reading “Anadys Starts Hep C Trial”
A123 Unveils IPO Terms: The Power of Nine?
A123Systems, the Watertown, MA-based advanced battery manufacturer that hopes to provide lithium ion batteries for the next generation of electric and hybrid vehicles, today revealed the expected stock price for its initial public offering. The company will seek to sell 25 million shares of its common stock at $8.00 to $9.50 per share, according to … Continue reading “A123 Unveils IPO Terms: The Power of Nine?”
Online Video Best Practices: Engagement and Storytelling
This MITX event focuses on video storytelling practices for entrepreneurs. The event description: “Online video has surpassed traditional text-based online content in becoming one of those most powerful and effective ways to communicate and engage with online audiences on deeper level than ever before. One of the most compelling online video strategies today is storytelling, … Continue reading “Online Video Best Practices: Engagement and Storytelling”
Vivus, Rival to Arena and Orexigen, Nails Big Results in Clinical Trials of Obesity Drug
The obesity drug competition just got tougher for a pair of San Diego-based companies. Shares of Mountain View, CA-based Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]) shot up this morning after it said its experimental obesity drug helped people lose a substantial amount of weight in a pair of clinical trials with more than 3,750 patients. Vivus reported the … Continue reading “Vivus, Rival to Arena and Orexigen, Nails Big Results in Clinical Trials of Obesity Drug”
CEOs to Follow on Twitter, What Tweaks VCs, What Entrepreneurs Should Copy, Making Cleantech Pay, & Other Recent Boston Blog Posts to Peruse
Coming out of the long weekend, with summer vacations over, I can feel the pace of entrepreneurial action quicken. With a lot of people out of town or chillin’ the past few weeks, I thought it might be a good time to highlight some interesting recent blog posts you might have missed from various local … Continue reading “CEOs to Follow on Twitter, What Tweaks VCs, What Entrepreneurs Should Copy, Making Cleantech Pay, & Other Recent Boston Blog Posts to Peruse”
Targeted Genetics Survives Brush With Death, Sells Gene Therapy IP to Genzyme for $7M
Targeted Genetics needed a lifeline and it got one at the last possible minute. The Seattle-based mainstay of gene therapy, which has been running on fumes for months, has struck an 11th-hour deal to stay alive another year by selling off its most valuable intellectual property for $7 million to Genzyme (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GENZ]]). Many of … Continue reading “Targeted Genetics Survives Brush With Death, Sells Gene Therapy IP to Genzyme for $7M”
Minnow Medical Aims to Commercialize Improved Device for Treating Peripheral Artery Disease
Tom Steinke says he founded San Diego’s Minnow Medical out of an abiding conviction of the limitations of the medical stent, a mesh tube inserted in arteries to help prop open clogged blood vessels. Steinke came to this view after spending 20 years developing medical devices in the cardiovascular industry. His previous startup was San … Continue reading “Minnow Medical Aims to Commercialize Improved Device for Treating Peripheral Artery Disease”
Valu Valu Revamps Site for Businesses That Want to Monitor Prices
Seattle-area e-commerce startup Valu Valu has made a strategic shift in the past few months. Instead of continuing to pitch its service primarily to bargain-hunting consumers and resellers, Valu Valu relaunched two weeks ago as an online price monitoring site geared toward businesses. The idea is to give Internet retailers and small businesses an efficient … Continue reading “Valu Valu Revamps Site for Businesses That Want to Monitor Prices”
09/09/09: A Big Day in the Life of the Boston Video Game Industry
It’s a banner day for the Boston-area gaming industry. In what’s either a bizarre coincidence, a piece of arcane marketing numerology, or just a sign that the enormous PAX gaming conference in Seattle has ended, three local companies in the console and online gaming markets picked 09/09/09 to take the lid off big new products. … Continue reading “09/09/09: A Big Day in the Life of the Boston Video Game Industry”
OVP Company Does 14 Genomes
Complete Genomics, the Mountain View, CA-based company with a goal of sequencing full human genomes for $5,000, is announcing today that it has completed 14 full human genome sequences for commercial customers like March. The company says it has a dozen customers, including Pfizer, Duke University, the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, and the … Continue reading “OVP Company Does 14 Genomes”
VeriVue Secures $20,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30312a8d-a5d3-4d9f-8899-d4f2a6e84e75&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name VeriVue Mailing Address 3 Carlisle Road Westford, MA 01886 Company Description The growth and popularity of digital media has created a whole new set of challenges for network operators. Delivering large files at high bit rates from ever-expanding content libraries drives rapid and unpredictable growth in video … Continue reading “VeriVue Secures $20,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Riot Games Obtains $8,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=670999c2-e67a-45bf-8b3c-c01968727a5e&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name Riot Games Mailing Address P.O. Box: 10736 Jefferson Blvd. Culver City, CA 90230 Company Description Riot Games Inc., founded in 2006, is an independently funded video game development company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Website http://www.riotgames.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Riot Games Obtains $8,000,000 Series B Funding”
Mzinga Garners $6,100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5cf65a2-8d05-4c95-ad71-ee6d24e34ad4&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name Mzinga Mailing Address 154 Middlesex Turnpike Burlington, MA 01803 Company Description Mzinga is the leading provider of business social media solutions to drive growth, innovation, and learning. Its combination of highly scalable technology, rich domain expertise, and moderation services enables businesses to harness the collective intelligence of … Continue reading “Mzinga Garners $6,100,000 New Financing”
BLADE Network Technologie Receives $10,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7238e628-23f3-4e97-9c75-7cd494ee343f&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name BLADE Network Technologie Mailing Address 2350 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description BLADE is the leading supplier of Gigabit and 10G Ethernet network infrastructure solutions that reside in blade servers and server and storage racks. Website http://www.bladenetwork.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 … Continue reading “BLADE Network Technologie Receives $10,000,000 Series B Funding”
Jobvite Secures $8,250,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9f41760-2f6a-49ce-857b-80fa99434ca1&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name Jobvite Mailing Address 270 East Lane Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description We help growing companies find and hire the best candidates faster, with less effort, and lower cost. If you are a fast growing company, an ambitious company, a company that wants to set the world on … Continue reading “Jobvite Secures $8,250,000 Series B Financing Round”
Hara Software Lands $14,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f6f699c6-f965-4865-abc6-8d72ab1197c7&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name Hara Software Mailing Address 2055 Woodside Rd. Redwood City, CA 94061 Company Description The company develops online software to reduce carbon footprint. Website http://www.hara.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Jafco … Continue reading “Hara Software Lands $14,000,000 Series B Round”
EverNote Corporation Secures $2,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fc06263-0d0c-4b62-a260-c62944861ac0&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 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 Secures $2,000,000 New Funding Round”
Yardbarker Receives $1,510,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a3b2b98-7b93-48c5-b554-cfb2dcb2de08&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name Yardbarker Mailing Address 5741 Doyle Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description Yardbarker is a new kind of sports site. There are no editors… just sports fans. It’s simple. Users submit links to the best sports content from around the web. The community rates quality. You see the … Continue reading “Yardbarker Receives $1,510,000 New Financing Round”
Celion Networks Acquires Alpha Innotech for $17,900,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd61deab-3cfc-4054-a72b-053543c609a9&Preview=1 Date 9/9/2009 Company Name Alpha Innotech Mailing Address 2401 Merced St San Leandro, CA 94577 Company Description Founded in 1992, Alpha Innotech Corporation develops, manufactures and markets digital imaging and detection systems for the Life Science research and Drug Discovery markets. Our goal is to combine instruments, reagents and bioinformatics software … Continue reading “Celion Networks Acquires Alpha Innotech for $17,900,000”
San Diego’s Sapphire Energy Plans Bio-Refinery in New Mexico as ‘Algaeus’ Begins Promotional Cross-Country Tour
I got a phone call from Tim Zenk, a spokesman for San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, shortly before the hoopla began this afternoon in San Francisco, where a Toyota Prius hybrid electric car is setting out on an eco-friendly cross-country tour. Instead of using conventional gasoline, the Prius (which has been christened “Algaeus”) will use a … Continue reading “San Diego’s Sapphire Energy Plans Bio-Refinery in New Mexico as ‘Algaeus’ Begins Promotional Cross-Country Tour”
Marketfish Rolls Out New Web Platform, Resembles aQuantive, Says Clark Kokich
Last month, we broke the story of Marketfish, the Seattle-based online marketing startup that has raised an undisclosed sum of money from prominent local investors, including the Alliance of Angels. Today, Marketfish launched a beta version of its new online platform, which helps marketing agencies and businesses find and rent direct mail and e-mail lists … Continue reading “Marketfish Rolls Out New Web Platform, Resembles aQuantive, Says Clark Kokich”
SEC Charges CellCyte With Stem Cell Fraud
CellCyte Genetics, the Bothell, WA-based company that once said it was on the verge of entering clinical trials with a stem cell compound to repair the heart, has been charged with violating federal securities laws by making false statements to investors. Today in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the company, its former CEO, and former … Continue reading “SEC Charges CellCyte With Stem Cell Fraud”
Revolutionizing Vaccine Development
Vaccines are one of the most cost effective medical treatments in modern civilization, and have saved close to a billion lives to date. Still, there are just 25 human vaccines that exist worldwide, and virtually all of them have been developed in a highly trial-and-error manner, without much understanding of how the immune system actually responds … Continue reading “Revolutionizing Vaccine Development”
A Recap of Penny Arcade Expo: The Ultimate Destination for Gaming Fans
Pacific-Northwest Armani Exchange it isn’t, but it is totally the height of Geek Chic. Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) has become the ultimate destination for gaming fans. Since 1995, every gamer has dreamed of being able to sneak into E3: the video game industry’s annual closed-to-the-public trade convention, where new games and products are introduced and … Continue reading “A Recap of Penny Arcade Expo: The Ultimate Destination for Gaming Fans”
San Diego Venture Group’s Seventh Annual Venture Summit
Former SEC Chairman Christopher Cox kicks off the venture group’s annual venture summit with a luncheon keynote speech in what is believed to be the largest gathering of VCs in Southern California. Afterward, attendees can choose between afternoon sessions that focus either on the life sciences or technology. Information and online registration is here.
Web Innovators Group 23 + An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bootstrapping PR
The 23rd meeting of the Web Innovators Group will feature the usual array of “main dish” and “side dish” presentations by pre-venture-funded startups, plus plenty of opportunities for networking. But as a bonus, organizer David Beisel is putting together a post-session panel scheduled for 8:00 pm on how technology entrepreneurs can reach out to the … Continue reading “Web Innovators Group 23 + An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bootstrapping PR”
WBBA Annual Meeting
The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association is holding its annual meeting at 7 am on Nov. 6 at the Seattle Sheraton. This year’s keynote will be given by Elias Zerhouni, the former director of the National Institutes of Health. For more information, click here.
Cray Inks $40M Korean Contract
Seattle-based Cray, the supercomputing company, announced today it has signed a multi-year contract with the Korea Meteorological Administration worth more than $40 million. Cray (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRAY]]) will deliver a next-generation supercomputer (capable of more than 600 trillion calculations per second), as well as service and support, to the Seoul-based weather forecasting and climate research organization. … Continue reading “Cray Inks $40M Korean Contract”
PlumChoice Plucks $14.7M
PlumChoice, a Billerica, MA-based company that provides remote technical support to home and business computer users, announced today that it has raised $14.7 million in Series E funding from existing investor Edison Venture Fund and others. An unnamed limited partner at Edison also provided “a substantial first-time investment,” according to the company. PlumChoice most recently … Continue reading “PlumChoice Plucks $14.7M”