Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=672cf8e7-295e-4d6e-8663-4bdc9317890a&Preview=1 Date 7/8/2009 Company Name Sonian Mailing Address Undisclosed Dedham, MA 02026 Company Description Sonian is a technology platform and hosted services company on a mission to help millions of organizations world-wide manage their critical IT functions such as archiving, search, compliance, e-discovery and storage management. The Sonian platform is easy to … Continue reading “Sonian Garners $4,100,000 New Financing”
Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc. Secures $18,600,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db7ee5ad-d81c-42d9-a40e-eb14cb86d88c&Preview=1 Date 7/8/2009 Company Name Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc. Mailing Address One Oak Park Drive, 2nd Floor Bedford, MA 01730 Company Description Rapid Micro Biosystems is providing innovative products for faster detection of microbial contamination in the manufacture of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and personal care products. The Company’s Growth Direct™ System detects contamination … Continue reading “Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc. Secures $18,600,000 Series A Financing Round”
EndoGastric Solutions Secures $7,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85eeb030-833d-4339-b3d2-e9b062f9a96b&Preview=1 Date 7/8/2009 Company Name EndoGastric Solutions Mailing Address 8210 154th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Company Description EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. (FKA Esophyx) is the pioneer in endoluminal procedures for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal diseases, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obesity. EGS’ mission is to utilize the most current wisdom … Continue reading “EndoGastric Solutions Secures $7,500,000 New Financing”
PlanarMag Lands Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26e50f75-3654-4a39-8d7b-4528a4028e2b&Preview=1 Date 7/8/2009 Company Name PlanarMag Mailing Address 2945 Ramco West Sacramento, CA 95691 Company Description PlanarMag is advancing the magnetic components industry into the world of microelectronics. Drawing from practices used in the integrated circuit industry, PlanarMag applies advanced design and process technology to develop innovative solutions for wired and wireless … Continue reading “PlanarMag Lands Series B Financing”
Lpath Replaces Its Outside Auditor
Five days after its June 24 annual meeting, San Diego’s Lpath (OTC:[[ticker:LPTN]]) dismissed the accounting firm LevitZacks for undisclosed reasons, according to a recent SEC filing. The biotech had recommended retaining the accounting firm to shareholders. In its SEC filing, Lpath noted that LevitZacks had expressed uncertainty about Lpath’s ability to continue as a going … Continue reading “Lpath Replaces Its Outside Auditor”
Amgen’s Dmab Works in Cancer Trial
Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]), the world’s largest biotechnology company, said today that its lead experimental drug, denosumab, reached all its goals in a clinical trial of more than 2,000 women with breast cancer. Women with breast cancer often have tumors spread to their bones, and the drug, “dmab,” was able to delay the time it took … Continue reading “Amgen’s Dmab Works in Cancer Trial”
Northwest VCs React to Prometheus Energy’s Funding and Partnership with Shell
Last week, we reported that Prometheus Energy, the Redmond, WA-based liquid natural gas producer, closed a $10 million investment from Shell Technology Ventures in a deal that is still resonating in the local alternative energy community. Prometheus, led by co-founder and chief executive Kirt Montague, has gone through many ups and downs since its formation … Continue reading “Northwest VCs React to Prometheus Energy’s Funding and Partnership with Shell”
Earth Class Mail Gains New Partner
Earth Class Mail, a Seattle-based company that delivers physical mail digitally announced today that it is working with Kansas City, MO-based Perfect Output to create a combined document and mail-processing service. Financial details were not released. Earth Class Mail, which creates digital forms of paper letters and mail for businesses, will provide key technology for Perfect … Continue reading “Earth Class Mail Gains New Partner”
UWEB Summer Symposium: Biomaterials, Entrepreneurship, Innovations, Translation
The University of Washington is hosting the BEIT2009 conference August 26-28 to discuss innovations in biomaterials. Speakers include David Walt of Tufts University (co-founder of San Diego-based Illumina), Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina (co-founder of Research Triangle Park, NC-based Liquidia Technologies), and UW bioengineering professor Buddy Ratner (co-founder of Redmond, WA-based Healionics). … Continue reading “UWEB Summer Symposium: Biomaterials, Entrepreneurship, Innovations, Translation”
5AM Ventures Beats Goal for 3rd Fund
5AM Ventures, a life sciences-focused early stage venture capital firm, has surpassed its $150 million target for its third fund, reports PE Hub. An SEC filing that indicates 5AM, which has offices in Waltham, MA, and Menlo Park, CA, has raised $159.2 million from 34 investors. Companies in the firm’s portfolio include Pulmatrix, a Lexington, … Continue reading “5AM Ventures Beats Goal for 3rd Fund”
Somaxon Renews its Insomnia Drug Application, Raises $6M
San Diego’s Somaxon Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: [[ticker:SOMX]]) says it has submitted a revised new drug application for its insomnia drug doxepin (Silenor), and the biotech raised about $6 million in a private stock placement to see it through the NDA process. As I noted in February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration turned down Somaxon’s initial … Continue reading “Somaxon Renews its Insomnia Drug Application, Raises $6M”
Economics of Cleantech
Ultra Light Startups hosts this forum. They write: “The ‘Economics of Cleantech’ meetup will focus on discussing today’s energy problems, the economics and challenges of bringing new technologies to market, and the role that startups play in environmentally sustainable economies… How can we fund (and start) the right companies, choose the right technologies, and efficiently … Continue reading “Economics of Cleantech”
Hologic Device Approved by FDA
Bedford, MA-based Hologic (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HOLX]]) announced that the FDA has approved its permanent contraception device, called Adiana. Offering a less-invasive alternative to tubal ligation—a surgical procedure that is one of the most common forms of contraception worldwide—the device can be inserted via catheter through the vagina in a 15-minute procedure. Hologic gained European approval for … Continue reading “Hologic Device Approved by FDA”
Let’s Rock: Five Finalists Selected for Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands
And then there were five. Here at Xconomy, we have made our selections for the five finalists who will compete at our inaugural Battle of the Tech Bands in Seattle, to be held on the evening of Thursday, July 30 at the WTIA Summer Celebration at the Pyramid Alehouse. We are looking forward to putting … Continue reading “Let’s Rock: Five Finalists Selected for Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands”
Web Innovators Group 22
The Web Innovators Group meeting, featuring three “main dish” and six “side dish” presentations from local pre-venture-funded Web startups, returns to the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge on July 15 after a short spring hiatus. Main dish presenters: * Planet Cazmo (Pileated Pictures) – Michael E. Levine * Thunder Thimble (thoughbot) – Chad Pytel * … Continue reading “Web Innovators Group 22”
The Angel View on San Diego’s VC Landscape: Q&A With Tech Coast Angels’ Mayer and Elconin
Ralph Mayer got involved in Southern California’s Tech Coast Angels almost as soon as he moved to San Diego a decade ago, after working on computer-assisted design technologies at Chelmsford, MA-based Adra Systems and its sister company, MatrixOne. Now Mayer is chairman of the board of governors at the Tech Coast Angels, which bills itself … Continue reading “The Angel View on San Diego’s VC Landscape: Q&A With Tech Coast Angels’ Mayer and Elconin”
Immuneering, Led by Young CEO and Mentor, Aims to Pick Which Cancer Drugs Should Work
Cancer drugs are notorious for offering slim odds of helping patients live longer, while guaranteeing they’ll suffer some unhappy side effects. Lots of scientists are searching for clues in the genome for how to select people most likely to benefit from a drug, while sparing everyone else. Boston-based Immuneering thinks there’s a better place to … Continue reading “Immuneering, Led by Young CEO and Mentor, Aims to Pick Which Cancer Drugs Should Work”
Prometheus Partners with Big Oil, Qliance Raises $4M, Microsoft May Sell Razorfish, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
The activity in the Northwest picked up a little bit around the holiday weekend. In the past week, we’ve seen some interesting deals in alternative energy, healthcare, and software. —Seattle-based Qliance Medical Management raised $4 million in venture capital led by Second Avenue Partners, with participation from New Atlantic Ventures and Clear Fir Partners, as … Continue reading “Prometheus Partners with Big Oil, Qliance Raises $4M, Microsoft May Sell Razorfish, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
The “Least Worst,” General Catalyst’s Two-for-One Sale, Turning Your Umbrella Upside Down, and Other Gems From Xconomy’s Star-Studded Venture Panel
“The rest of the economy is now dealing with the uncertainty that we deal with every day in a good economy. We do that by choice, they’re doing it now out of necessity.” The scene was XSITE, the Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, held on June 24 at Boston University. The speaker was … Continue reading “The “Least Worst,” General Catalyst’s Two-for-One Sale, Turning Your Umbrella Upside Down, and Other Gems From Xconomy’s Star-Studded Venture Panel”
Cadence, Aiming to Reduce Narcotics Use in Hospitals, Gears Up to Market IV Pain Reliever
One of the most common drugs in the world, acetaminophen pain reliever that’s found in Tylenol and Excedrin, got some bad press last week. An FDA advisory panel recommended new restrictions be placed on the drug because it can cause liver failure at high doses. So if you’re San Diego-based Cadence Pharmaceuticals, and the future … Continue reading “Cadence, Aiming to Reduce Narcotics Use in Hospitals, Gears Up to Market IV Pain Reliever”
Excel Venture Unveils $125M Fund to Make Life Sciences Ideas Cross Over to IT, Energy
Here’s a rare bit of good news from the venture capital world. Boston-based Excel Venture Management has nailed down a $125 million fund to invest in new life sciences companies that it hopes will have broad potential to shake up a variety of industries, including information technology and alternative energy. Excel has been operating for … Continue reading “Excel Venture Unveils $125M Fund to Make Life Sciences Ideas Cross Over to IT, Energy”
Qliance Raises $4M To Expand New Primary Care Model, Circumvent Health Insurers
Qliance Medical Management, the Seattle-based company that doesn’t accept health insurance for primary care medical services, has raised $4 million in venture capital to expand its practice in Washington and to other states around the country. The financing was led by Seattle-based Second Avenue Partners, and also included New Atlantic Ventures and Clear Fir Partners. … Continue reading “Qliance Raises $4M To Expand New Primary Care Model, Circumvent Health Insurers”
Qliance Medical Management Inc. Receives $4,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5a8fb31-3f67-485b-8845-f472886841f3&Preview=1 Date 7/7/2009 Company Name Qliance Medical Management Inc. Mailing Address 509 Olive Way, Medical Dental Building Seattle, WA 98101 Company Description Qliance’s unique approach to providing primary care has grown out of frustration with an unmanageable, expensive insurance system and a desire to put good, affordable, personalized primary healthcare back in … Continue reading “Qliance Medical Management Inc. Receives $4,000,000 New Round”
Nexus Biosystems Inc. Receives Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=27cbb360-d717-44a2-9a79-67055ff12c12&Preview=1 Date 7/7/2009 Company Name Nexus Biosystems Inc. Mailing Address 12140 Community Road Poway, CA 92064 Company Description NEXUS Biosystems, a privately held company based in Poway, California, USA, has since 1996 been a developer and provider of enabling technologies and automation systems for pharmaceutical, biotech, agrochemical and academic research institutions worldwide. … Continue reading “Nexus Biosystems Inc. Receives Series A Funding Round”
Zosano Pharma Garners $30,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a23bf65-57b9-4aa7-a33e-07f4849bc2db&Preview=1 Date 7/7/2009 Company Name Zosano Pharma Mailing Address 34790 Ardentech Court Fremont, CA 94555 Company Description Zosamo Pharma (FKA The Macroflux Corporation) is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel proprietary products via the Macroflux® technology. Website http://www.zosanopharma.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Zosano Pharma Garners $30,000,000 New Financing”
Plato Networks Lands $7,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fa95a6d-3b20-4e69-96a1-14d73a28fadf&Preview=1 Date 7/7/2009 Company Name Plato Networks Mailing Address 2855 Kifer Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description The company develops fabless Ethernet PHY chips and single-chip CMOS 10GBASE-T PHY. Website http://www.platonetworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Plato Networks Lands $7,500,000 New Round”
Relievant Medsystems Obtains $20,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9aa4c4a7-92b5-4298-93ea-d73f61eef3a6&Preview=1 Date 7/7/2009 Company Name Relievant Medsystems Mailing Address 2688 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Relievant MedSystems is a medical device company developing novel products to treat lower back pain using a minimally invasive therapeutic approach. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. … Continue reading “Relievant Medsystems Obtains $20,000,000 Series C Funding”
Fisher Plaza Fire Felt from Seattle to East Coast: Lessons from a Data Disaster
In case you missed it over the holiday, an electrical fire and power outage at Fisher Plaza near Seattle Center late on Thursday night disrupted a number of websites and services, including those of local tech companies Redfin, Survey Analytics, and Big Fish Games, as well as Microsoft’s Bing Travel site (formerly Farecast), Verizon’s DSL … Continue reading “Fisher Plaza Fire Felt from Seattle to East Coast: Lessons from a Data Disaster”
R.W. Beck Bought by SAIC
SAIC, the San Diego government contractor also known as Science Applications International Corp., has acquired R.W. Beck, a Seattle-based engineering consulting firm, according to an announcement made today by SAIC (NYSE: [[ticker:SAI]]). Financial details were not released. R.W. Beck was founded 67 years ago and specializes in business and technical consulting services in the energy … Continue reading “R.W. Beck Bought by SAIC”
Behind NTT DoCoMo’s $45.5M Stake in PacketVideo
NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese wireless communications provider, has invested $45.5 million to acquire a 35 percent stake in PacketVideo, the only operating company of San Diego digital media provider NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ: [[ticker:WAVE]]). In a statement released last night, PacketVideo says the all-cash transaction is intended to strengthen DoCoMo’s position as a provider of music … Continue reading “Behind NTT DoCoMo’s $45.5M Stake in PacketVideo”
Day Moves to Black Coral Capital
Rob Day, a former principal at Wilmington, MA-based cleantech investor @Ventures, has announced that he’s moving to Black Coral Capital, a new energy-focused private equity fund with offices in Boston, Montreal, and New York. Day said in a note to colleagues that he will be helping to launch the firm’s investment activities. He’s joined at … Continue reading “Day Moves to Black Coral Capital”
Finding Your Inner Geek: Social Media and Twitter Basics
From the website of Media Awaken, a social media consulting company founded by Maria Thurrell: “Going social in today’s online world can be overwhelming, especially for business-owners looking to reap the benefits of these new technologies. In 2008 alone, there were more than 130 million blogs documented on the web, at least 350 different social … Continue reading “Finding Your Inner Geek: Social Media and Twitter Basics”
Boston iPhone Developers Drinks and Demos 2.0
From the event website: “Want to meet other Boston area iPhone developers? Please join us on Tuesday evening, July 21st, in a private room at the Asgard, a pub restaurant in Cambridge from 6:00-10:00 PM for our second drinks and demo night. This will be an informal meetup for local iPhone developers. Come have a … Continue reading “Boston iPhone Developers Drinks and Demos 2.0”
Taxing Times for Amazon in Japan, U.S.
Taxes aren’t fun for anyone, but recent events have put online retail leviathan Amazon.com in a “Boston Tea Party” mood. In the digital age, what does “physical presence,” the usual definition of a taxable company, really mean? —Amazon may owe 14 billion yen, or about $119 million, to Japanese tax authorities according to the Japanese … Continue reading “Taxing Times for Amazon in Japan, U.S.”
Krakoff Leaves Sigma
Roger Krakoff, a five-year venture partner at Boston-based Sigma Partners, has left the firm to form his own fund, according to a report on Dow Jones VentureWire. After planning the new firm for about six months, Krakoff left Sigma on July 1. A 10-year venture capitalist, Krakoff is currently raising money for his new IT-focused … Continue reading “Krakoff Leaves Sigma”
Akamai Delivers Live, High-Quality Video to the iPhone
For a long time, watching video on the Apple iPhone meant YouTube or nothing—and it only worked if you were within range of a Wi-Fi network. But now Cambridge, MA-based content distribution firm Akamai is helping many of its customers optimize live and recorded video for direct delivery to iPhones. Which, in effect, turns Apple’s … Continue reading “Akamai Delivers Live, High-Quality Video to the iPhone”
With Accounting Troubles in the Past, BakBone Gets Back to Business
Jim Johnson was named CEO of San Diego’s BakBone Software in late 2004, but he has only recently been focusing his full attention on what he was hired to do: expanding the company’s business and product lines. Embarking on something of a shopping spree in May, Johnson oversaw BakBone’s purchase of the assets of Santa … Continue reading “With Accounting Troubles in the Past, BakBone Gets Back to Business”
That Neighborhood Solar Nut is Now a Keynote Speaker
As a longtime advocate for sustainable building design, I have spent decades listening to people associate solar energy with ugly black boxes on the roof of the house that belonged to the neighborhood nutcase. I’m here to tell you those days are gone forever. I now find myself sharing the dais with the owners of those early solar … Continue reading “That Neighborhood Solar Nut is Now a Keynote Speaker”
EMC Raises Data Domain Offer
Determined not to be outbid by rival NetApp for data deduplication software maker Data Domain, Hopkinton, MA-based EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]) today increased its takeover offer to $33.50 per share. In a letter to Data Domain’s board of directors, EMC CEO Joseph Tucci said the EMC offer is “far superior” to the latest $30-per-share bid from … Continue reading “EMC Raises Data Domain Offer”
Theraclone Gets Funding for HIV
Theraclone Sciences, the Seattle-based developer of antibody drugs formerly known as Spaltudaq, said today it has received additional funding from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative to continue developing antibodies that could lead to an AIDS vaccine, or new treatment. The HIV virus has dodged past attempts to develop antibody-based treatments or vaccines, because it mutates … Continue reading “Theraclone Gets Funding for HIV”
Press Ganey to Add Boston Office
Press Ganey, the South Bend, IN-based health care improvement consulting company that purchased Boston’s PatientFlow Technology in January, will open a new office outside Boston in Lexington, MA, next month, the company said today. The office, under the direction of Press Ganey vice president and chief information officer Jim Zeoli, will house staff from PatientFlow … Continue reading “Press Ganey to Add Boston Office”
Targeted Genetics Sheds Lease
Targeted Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TGEN]]), the Seattle-based gene therapy company struggling to avoid bankruptcy, said today that it has terminated a lease on a manufacturing facility in Bothell, WA. The company agreed to pay a $500,000 fee to terminate the lease on the facility, which will allow Targeted to avoid $12 million in lease payments through … Continue reading “Targeted Genetics Sheds Lease”
MojoPages Gets Austin Powered, Reaction Design’s Technology is on Fire, ParAccel Raises $22M, & Other San Diego BizTech News
It was a week of deals before the Fourth of July weekend—partnership deals, funding deals, and even some buyout deals. So let’s just deal ’em. —ParAccel, which develops business analytics technologies that accelerate database queries, moved into new digs in San Diego six months ago—after doubling its staff to 60 employees. Now the company, which … Continue reading “MojoPages Gets Austin Powered, Reaction Design’s Technology is on Fire, ParAccel Raises $22M, & Other San Diego BizTech News”
Former CEO Alexis Borisy Voices Mixed Feelings on CombinatoRx Saga
Alexis Borisy stepped down from his chief executive role at drug developer CombinatoRx (NASDAQ:[[ticker:CRXX]]) last week after nine years on the job. His departure was revealed on the same day as the planned merger between Cambridge, MA-based CombinatoRx and Vancouver’s Neuromed Pharmaceuticals. I caught up with Borisy, an Xconomist, on the heels of the merger … Continue reading “Former CEO Alexis Borisy Voices Mixed Feelings on CombinatoRx Saga”
Ramgen, Maker of CO2 Compression Technology, Aims to Fight Climate Change
Forget renewable fuels for a minute. If the world is ever going to get serious about avoiding a global warming catastrophe, then we need to capture carbon dioxide being spewed from power plants into the atmosphere and bury it underground, at least according to one school of thought. The technology to make this practical on … Continue reading “Ramgen, Maker of CO2 Compression Technology, Aims to Fight Climate Change”
Microsoft’s Bing Gets Social, Includes Tweets in Search Results
Twing? Beet? There may have to be a new word for the sound of Twitter results showing up on Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing. Launched just last month, Bing has begun indexing popular Twitter feeds. This means that a search of the names of a few thousand famous people will bring up their Twitter feed … Continue reading “Microsoft’s Bing Gets Social, Includes Tweets in Search Results”
LogMeIn Pulls Off a $107 million IPO, CombinatoRx To Pair With Neuromed, CloudSwitch Turns on $8M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
Finally, an IPO! That, and the rest of the week’s deals news from New England’s tech and life sciences industries below. —Lexington, MA-based Highland Capital Partners reportedly pushed the close of its eighth venture fund back from late June until mid-July to give limited partners more time to contribute. PE Hub’s Dan Primack wrote that … Continue reading “LogMeIn Pulls Off a $107 million IPO, CombinatoRx To Pair With Neuromed, CloudSwitch Turns on $8M, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Theraclone Sciences Garners New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0dc197a5-27df-4792-8fb1-bcd1046164bd&Preview=1 Date 7/6/2009 Company Name Theraclone Sciences Mailing Address 1124 Columbia Street, Seattle Life Sciences Building Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Theraclone Sciences is a Seattle-based, discovery-stage biotech focused on the development of novel therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of infectious disease and inflammation. Our technology harnesses the power of the human … Continue reading “Theraclone Sciences Garners New Financing”
Hyperion Therapeutics Secures $60,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af8f0933-a62f-4ed1-b122-996ac77d3737&Preview=1 Date 7/5/2009 Company Name Hyperion Therapeutics Mailing Address 601 Gateway Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients’ lives through the development and commercialization of therapies that address critical unmet needs and underserved patient populations. The Company’s … Continue reading “Hyperion Therapeutics Secures $60,000,000 Series C Funding”
Prometheus, $10M in Hand, Poised to Deliver Alternative Fuel for Shell Technology Ventures
Kirt Montague is the Comeback Kid of the Seattle cleantech community. We saw the fire in his eyes back in March when he rocked the room with a killer presentation on waste-to-energy at Xconomy’s cleantech forum in Seattle. And we see it again now that his company, Redmond, WA-based Prometheus Energy, which produces liquid natural … Continue reading “Prometheus, $10M in Hand, Poised to Deliver Alternative Fuel for Shell Technology Ventures”