We just got another great prize to give out to one lucky attendee of our upcoming XSITE 2009 event: a Garmin Nuvi 310 GPS unit, courtesy of the generous souls at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. Only the next 10 folks to buy tickets for XSITE—the Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship—will be eligible … Continue reading “Next 10 to Sign Up for XSITE 2009 are Eligible to Win a Garmin GPS System—So Hurry Up and Navigate to the Registration Site”
EMC Appeals to DDUP Employees
In an effort to increase the pressure on the board of Data Domain (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DDUP]]) to accept EMC’s $30 per share acquisition offer and reject NetApp’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NTAP]]) competing offer, EMC CEO Joseph Tucci issued an open letter to Data Domain employees today. Under EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]), Data Domain employees would have “a great and … Continue reading “EMC Appeals to DDUP Employees”
After Years of Red Ink, Vical Says DNA-Based Vaccines ‘Ready for Prime Time.’
For a lesson in surviving tough times, look no further than San Diego’s Vical. (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VICL]]) The vaccine developer has endured two decades of red ink and by any sort of business logic should have folded its tent long ago. Instead, Vical is slowly but steadily advancing its “naked DNA” technology for use as a … Continue reading “After Years of Red Ink, Vical Says DNA-Based Vaccines ‘Ready for Prime Time.’”
Prepared Response Raises $6.3M, Cell Therapeutics Loses Debt, RealNetworks Gets Into Netbooks, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
Deals in the Northwest have slowed down a bit in the past week. But there were some new partnerships formed, as well as a trickle of funding deals, in software, entertainment, cleantech, and biotech (the biggest deal came this morning). —Seattle-based NanoString Technologies raised $30 million in a third-round venture financing led by new investor … Continue reading “Prepared Response Raises $6.3M, Cell Therapeutics Loses Debt, RealNetworks Gets Into Netbooks, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
Where Innovation Happens—A Still-Forming Map of Boston’s Growing Tech Lab Cluster
Where does technological innovation happen around Boston? What are the sources of new software and hardware creations? You’ve probably heard about Google and Microsoft moving to Cambridge in the past couple of years—but did you know Microsoft has two labs in Cambridge, not one? Or that another Silicon Valley company has a research lab just … Continue reading “Where Innovation Happens—A Still-Forming Map of Boston’s Growing Tech Lab Cluster”
NanoString Nabs $30M in Third Venture Round (Which It Hopes Will Be The Last)
NanoString Technologies, a Seattle-based maker of genetic analysis tools, has nailed down $30 million in a third-round venture financing to boost sales of its first product, just as it was running low on cash while it tries to prove itself in the marketplace. The round was led by Clarus Ventures, and was joined by NanoString’s … Continue reading “NanoString Nabs $30M in Third Venture Round (Which It Hopes Will Be The Last)”
Pulmatrix, With One Drug for Multiple Bugs, Aims to Fundamentally Change Flu Treatment
Back in September, I wrote in this space that if a global flu pandemic ever strikes, public health officials might turn to a Lexington, MA-based startup company called Pulmatrix. The pandemic (a bit overblown, I must say) did strike. And yes, the public health officials have been calling Pulmatrix. This company’s technology is nowhere near … Continue reading “Pulmatrix, With One Drug for Multiple Bugs, Aims to Fundamentally Change Flu Treatment”
NanoString Technologies Receives $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c7b2c45-3cd4-4827-a736-5ddfb2deb728&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name NanoString Technologies Mailing Address 530 Fairview Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 Company Description NanoString™ Technologies is developing a patent pending platform for single molecule identification and digital quantification. The NanoString™ system uniquely barcodes individual target molecules, scans them, and delivers a literal inventory of target molecules in … Continue reading “NanoString Technologies Receives $30,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Gather.com Garners $5,300,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf4e90d2-a67a-4457-ae80-360e1b6573ec&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name Gather.com Mailing Address 99 Summer Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02110 Company Description Gather will make money by displaying advertising to people who use Gather’s services. It just seems fair that we share our advertising revenue with you based on the quality and popularity of the content … Continue reading “Gather.com Garners $5,300,000 New Round”
Continuity Engine Inc Secures $1,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59b4fd62-b8e9-4b0e-ad07-4ec2577af7f1&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name Continuity Engine Inc Mailing Address 73 Hannah Lane Monroe, CT 06468 Company Description Software applications exist to help businesses with their big problems; like financial management, sales force automation and inventory. But in most businesses there are those other processes, the information that frequently falls between the … Continue reading “Continuity Engine Inc Secures $1,500,000 New Funding”
Vu1 Corporation Lands $500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=44fd8004-b15a-4cdd-b829-6dded7ac27e8&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name Vu1 Corporation Mailing Address 557 Roy Street Seattle, WA 98109 Company Description Vu1 (“view one”) Corporation is setting a new global standard for safe, sustainable, energy-efficient lighting. We plan to transform the world and safe-keep its environment by accelerating innovation and the adoption of next generation energy-efficient … Continue reading “Vu1 Corporation Lands $500,000 New Funding Round”
Oil Purification Systems Lands $2,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=346fdab8-872d-4c37-babb-217734a3fef9&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name Oil Purification Systems Mailing Address 4 Research Drive Shelton, CT 06484 Company Description Oil Purification Systems, Inc. (OPS) is the developer of the OPS-1, a patented onboard oil refining system that streamlines oil maintenance routines for large vehicles and industrial equipment. Website http://www.oilpursys.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Oil Purification Systems Lands $2,500,000 New Financing Round”
Cc Betty Secures $1,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e9c97453-fd99-4dbb-80cc-52afbf2b47ba&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name Cc Betty Mailing Address 3340 Hillview Ave Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description Email is our original social network, our to-do list, our means of collaboration, it’s where we get things done, and as a result is prone to clutter and confusion. Cc:Betty works as a personal … Continue reading “Cc Betty Secures $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
Solazyme Garners $57,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be140b68-c450-4ceb-b16c-d7203cd711aa&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name Solazyme Mailing Address 225 Gateway Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Solazyme is a biotechnology company devoted to harnessing the energy-harvesting machinery of photosynthetic microbes to produce valuable products. Exploiting microbial photosynthesis, a biochemical system benefiting from 2.5 billion years of evolutionary optimization yet brought … Continue reading “Solazyme Garners $57,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
AquaGenesis Lands Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=04edf875-7e67-44d4-a412-d996965de620&Preview=1 Date 6/9/2009 Company Name AquaGenesis Mailing Address 750 B Portola Street San Francisco, CA 94129 Company Description An innovative, clean technology currently used industrially to make high purity water for pharmaceutical and medical applications – now adopted for salt and chemical free residential, commercial, food and beverage water treatment and conditioning … Continue reading “AquaGenesis Lands Series A Round”
Pacific Health Summit–Focus on Multidrug-Resistant TB
The Pacific Health Summit will focus this year on the problem of fighting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The World Health Organization estimates that TB affects 2 billion people worldwide, and 500,000 new cases of multidrug resistant form emerge each year. The Summit brings together leading figures in global health across all sectors including: Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO; … Continue reading “Pacific Health Summit–Focus on Multidrug-Resistant TB”
Snow Leopard Growls at Windows 7
Apple announced today at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco that its new operating system, Snow Leopard, will ship in September, just a month before Microsoft’s Windows 7. In the speech unveiling Snow Leopard, Apple senior vice president of software engineering Bertrand Serlet said Snow Leopard represents real improvement over the current Apple … Continue reading “Snow Leopard Growls at Windows 7”
ULocate Launches Where on Palm Pre
Most eyes in the mobile industry are on San Francisco today, where Apple unveiled the latest version of its smart phone platform, the $199 iPhone 3GS, at its Worldwide Developer Conference. But that hasn’t diminished the buzz around Palm’s newest phone, the $200 Palm Pre, which hit stores on Saturday and has already sold at … Continue reading “ULocate Launches Where on Palm Pre”
Zumobi Makes Apps for Palm Pre
Seattle-based Zumobi, a mobile software startup, announced today it has created two new applications for the Palm Pre. Released Saturday, the Palm Pre is the first smartphone to run Palm’s operating system. The new apps are the Today Show and Sporting News Baseball, which provide news and information from their respective hosts. The Zumobi network … Continue reading “Zumobi Makes Apps for Palm Pre”
MOD Systems to Sell Music, Movies Without DRM in Retail Stores
Digital rights management took another hit today. MOD Systems, a Seattle, WA-based creator of digital delivery systems for media, announced it has signed deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI Music, along with several groups of independent labels, to sell more than 5.2 million music tracks and 4,000 movies … Continue reading “MOD Systems to Sell Music, Movies Without DRM in Retail Stores”
Trius, Developer of Antibiotic for Deadly MRSA Bacteria, Passes Key Test
Trius Therapeutics, the San Diego-based biotech company, has passed an important milestone in its quest to develop a more convenient, more effective antibiotic against deadly MRSA bacterial infections that people tend to get in the hospital. Trius released results today from a study in which 188 patients with severe skin infections were randomly assigned to … Continue reading “Trius, Developer of Antibiotic for Deadly MRSA Bacteria, Passes Key Test”
Her Interactive’s Nancy Drew Games Help Solve the Mystery of Girl Gamers
On a desk, two magnifying glasses lie atop a small stack of books bound in a style reminiscent of a stately Victorian library. In any other video game company’s office they might seem out of place, but Bellevue, WA-based Her Interactive makes video games based on the written adventures of girl detective Nancy Drew, whose … Continue reading “Her Interactive’s Nancy Drew Games Help Solve the Mystery of Girl Gamers”
Adventrx Raises $2M
San Diego’s Adventrx Pharmaceuticals (NYSE Amex: [[ticker:ANX]]) says it has raised about $2 million through a private placement sale of stock that is convertible into Adventrx’s common stock at a price of slightly more than 11 cents a share. The investor, who was not identified, also will receive warrants to buy more than 8 million … Continue reading “Adventrx Raises $2M”
Display Technology That Shines Like Butterfly Wings, Venture Capital Resets Business, Promising Start-Ups Recognized, & More San Diego BizTech News
San Diego has retained its status among the country’s top regions for innovation, but the hometown venture community is contracting to the point where venture funding is back where it was in the 1990s. —Qualcomm is getting ready to deliver its latest innovation, a display screen for mobile devices that provides great visibility outdoors. The … Continue reading “Display Technology That Shines Like Butterfly Wings, Venture Capital Resets Business, Promising Start-Ups Recognized, & More San Diego BizTech News”
GamerDNA Launches Twitter Tool
At the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles last week, Cambridge, MA-based GamerDNA, an online community for hard-core video gamers, launched a new service called TweetMyGaming. The site shows a real-time stream of all Twitter messages mentioning video game titles. The idea, as with GamerDNA’s other services, is to help gamers see which games are … Continue reading “GamerDNA Launches Twitter Tool”
Alder Expands Partnership with Schering-Plough, Adds “Significant” Upfront Cash
Alder Biopharmaceuticals, the Bothell, WA-based developer of antibody drugs, is announcing today it has broadened its four-year-old partnership with Kenilworth, NJ-based drug giant Schering-Plough. The new deal calls for Alder to develop new targeted therapies against an undisclosed target on cells associated with a common neurological disease. Financial terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed, … Continue reading “Alder Expands Partnership with Schering-Plough, Adds “Significant” Upfront Cash”
VoxOx Launches Text Callback Service for International Calls
After launching a beta version of its free VoxOx universal communications service in November, San Diego’s TelCentris is rolling out a revision today that could make it easier for VoxOx users to place low-cost international calls. The privately held startup says it has updated its SMS (text messaging) service so that you can place an international call … Continue reading “VoxOx Launches Text Callback Service for International Calls”
GenArts Inks Major Visual Effects Software Deal with Lucasfilm
If you’re watching a movie, a commercial, or a TV sports promo and you see a special effect with an especially stunning glow, glint, flash, flare, light ray, starburst, sparkle, explosion, or atmospheric wave, there’s a good chance it was created using software from Cambridge, MA-based GenArts. The venture-backed startup, launched in 1996 by MIT … Continue reading “GenArts Inks Major Visual Effects Software Deal with Lucasfilm”
Aileron Snags $40M From Quartet of Pharma Giants to Develop New Class of Drugs
The biotech world will be buzzing today about something called “stapled peptides.” That’s because Cambridge, MA-based Aileron Therapeutics, a pioneering developer of this new class of drugs, has secured $40 million in venture capital from an ensemble cast of investors that includes four of the world’s biggest drugmakers. Aileron’s latest investment round was led by … Continue reading “Aileron Snags $40M From Quartet of Pharma Giants to Develop New Class of Drugs”
Verdiem Releases Energy-Saving Software Stats from Seattle, Chicago, Honolulu
Seattle-based Verdiem has some encouraging news today from around the country—and its own backyard. The maker of energy-saving software for personal computers is announcing results from trials performed by the city governments of Seattle, Chicago, and Honolulu. These customers have been using Verdiem’s product over a period of months to a year, in an effort … Continue reading “Verdiem Releases Energy-Saving Software Stats from Seattle, Chicago, Honolulu”
EMD Serono Staging Battle Against Multiple Sclerosis in Boston, Chief Says
If you don’t already count EMD Serono among the leaders in research of multiple sclerosis treatments in the Boston area, perhaps you haven’t talked to EMD chief executive Fereydoun Firouz. For EMD Serono—the U.S. affiliate of German chemical and drug powerhouse Merck KGaA and its Swiss biotech unit Merck Serono— the Boston area is home … Continue reading “EMD Serono Staging Battle Against Multiple Sclerosis in Boston, Chief Says”
Aileron Therapeutics, Inc Garners $40,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8236efec-9d9d-45f4-9e7c-93dfda02f1dc&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Aileron Therapeutics, Inc Mailing Address 840 Memorial Drive, 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description Aileron Therapeutics is an emerging biopharmaceutical company that is applying its proprietary cell permeable peptide technology to generate breakthrough therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Aileron’s technology is the … Continue reading “Aileron Therapeutics, Inc Garners $40,000,000 Series D Round”
Picaboo Corporation Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58b9f16c-9c26-44d5-a906-633f3f6d951b&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Picaboo Corporation Mailing Address 654 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company provides a client-and-server system for sharing photographs. Website http://www.picaboo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor New Enterprise … Continue reading “Picaboo Corporation Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
Calisolar Lands $60,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1dfcaf5a-c43a-4386-ab2e-7d0cd32ae61b&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Calisolar Mailing Address 985 Almanor Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description CaliSolar is a photovoltaic (PV) company that designs, patents, manufactures and markets solar cells in high volumes for the largest segments of the PV industry. Website http://www.calisolar.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $60,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Calisolar Lands $60,000,000 New Financing Round”
Motally Receives Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b2d7179-6fda-4117-a678-a25a3bdc8174&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Motally Mailing Address 300 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Motally was founded in 2008. The team includes mobile industry veterans from Yahoo Mobile, Oracle, M:Metrics, and Com2Us. The company’s patent-pending technology ensures accurate data collection and analytic reporting from publishers’ mobile websites. Website http://www.motally.com … Continue reading “Motally Receives Series A Financing”
Inigral Receives $2,400,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=946a737e-c43c-4e91-a1bd-a5b6d922de7f&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Inigral Mailing Address 51 Federal San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company develops software that enables collaboration between students, their peers and their instructors through online tools and social networks. Website http://www.inigral.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,400,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Inigral Receives $2,400,000 New Round”
Silicon Clocks Garners $7,100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86a25b15-2b7f-40d9-b2ec-b30324174c28&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Silicon Clocks Mailing Address 39141 Civic Center Drive Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Silicon Clocks is turning its innovative, patented MEMS technology into products designed to solve one of the final integration “hold-outs”: the integration of the resonator function on chip. By putting MEMS technology on top … Continue reading “Silicon Clocks Garners $7,100,000 New Funding”
Tigo Energy Garners $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d1e806c5-18b8-453b-8066-d8872066e5f3&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Tigo Energy Mailing Address 170 Knowles Drive Los Gatos, CA 95032 Company Description Tigo Energy increases output power, up-time, and reliability on existing and new solar installations, resulting in a faster return on investment and lower cost of ownership. Working with energy service providers, panel manufacturers and … Continue reading “Tigo Energy Garners $10,000,000 Series B Round”
Vyatta Garners $10,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fe31125e-8e75-48ce-87b6-f3dc7112a125&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Vyatta Mailing Address 1301 Shoreway Road Belmont, CA 94002 Company Description Vyatta is the ancient Sanskrit word meaning open, a fitting name for a company that was created to bring commercial-quality, open-source networking products to market. Open source has created a profound change in the market place, … Continue reading “Vyatta Garners $10,300,000 New Financing Round”
Sabse Technologies Acquires Jaxtr for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2070f446-2cd4-437e-b904-ab72a779e496&Preview=1 Date 6/8/2009 Company Name Jaxtr Mailing Address 855 Oak Grove Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Jaxtr was founded in October 2005 by Phillip Mobin and Touraj Parang with the mission to bring voice to social networks and blogs. With the free jaxtr service, users can link their phones with … Continue reading “Sabse Technologies Acquires Jaxtr for Undisclosed Sum”
Amylin’s Would-Be Savior, Once-Weekly Diabetes Shot, Shows Two-Year Benefit
The dust has settled in the boardroom battle for control over Amylin Pharmaceuticals, and now it’s time to get back to fundamentals. The San Diego-based biotech company hopes to grab the attention of physicians and investors this weekend with some new clinical trial data that suggests its once-weekly shot for diabetes was able to maintain … Continue reading “Amylin’s Would-Be Savior, Once-Weekly Diabetes Shot, Shows Two-Year Benefit”
Calistoga Drug Shrinks Tumors as Study Grows
Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, the Seattle-based biotech company, said today that its lead drug in development was able to at least partially shrink tumors in 12 of the first 24 patients with blood cancers in a clinical trial. The data were presented today at the European Hematology Association meeting in Berlin, Germany. This finding buttresses some more … Continue reading “Calistoga Drug Shrinks Tumors as Study Grows”
Arena Obesity Drug Helps Patients Shed a Few Pounds, Lower Risk of Heart Disease
San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals disappointed a lot of investors a couple months ago when its obesity drug didn’t help people shed as many pounds as hoped. But after combing through the data in greater detail, the company says it has evidence that its drug can help many patients lose weight, and that it leads to … Continue reading “Arena Obesity Drug Helps Patients Shed a Few Pounds, Lower Risk of Heart Disease”
Orexigen Obesity Drug Produces “Modest” Weight Loss, Lowers Cardiovascular Risk
Orexigen Therapeutics, the San Diego-based obesity drug developer, underwhelmed investors back in January with its incremental ability to help patients lose weight. But now the company is presenting more detailed results from a clinical trial that says it had a positive effect on lowering the risk of heart disease while improving patients’ quality of life. … Continue reading “Orexigen Obesity Drug Produces “Modest” Weight Loss, Lowers Cardiovascular Risk”
Coinstar Partners with Game Companies
Bellevue, WA-based Coinstar announced today it has formed a partnership with gaming companies including WildTangent, Spare Change, Rixty, and Aeria Games, to sell prepaid online gaming cards at some 500 Cumberland Farms retail locations this summer, and at more retailers later in the year. Financial terms were not given. Coinstar’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CSTR]]) new digital entertainment … Continue reading “Coinstar Partners with Game Companies”
SplashCast Focuses on Social TV, Looks To Get Acquired
Portland, OR-based SplashCast has been making news in the past day or so, after a report surfaced in TechCrunch that it has discontinued its original product—user-generated content software—and is looking for a buyer after failing to raise a Series B funding round. Rick Turoczy, of the Portland-based blog Silicon Florist, pointed out that when it … Continue reading “SplashCast Focuses on Social TV, Looks To Get Acquired”
For San Diego’s Hometown VCs, It’s Déjà vu All Over Again
Robert Kibble’s arrival in San Diego in 1996 was celebrated as a kind of watershed in some quarters of the region’s emerging information technology community. While a couple of prominent biotech VCs already were established in San Diego by the early 1990s, some local software executives viewed the region as semi-arid when it came to … Continue reading “For San Diego’s Hometown VCs, It’s Déjà vu All Over Again”
Data Domain Dallies with EMC
On Wednesday the board of Santa Clara, CA-based data deduplication company Data Domain (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DDUP]]) voted to accept NetApp’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NTAP]]) sweetened $1.9 billion acquisition offer, which had come in response to a $1.8 billion offer earlier this week from Hopkinton, MA-based EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]). But yesterday Data Domain said its board is “reviewing EMC’s … Continue reading “Data Domain Dallies with EMC”
Seventh Sense Biosystems Developing Tech Akin to Check-Engine Light for the Body
Imagine if we could monitor complex health conditions with a decal on our skin as easily as we look at our check-engine lights to learn of car trouble. Seventh Sense Biosystems, a secretive startup based in Cambridge, MA, tells Xconomy that its technology could transform this vision into reality. It was reported in December that … Continue reading “Seventh Sense Biosystems Developing Tech Akin to Check-Engine Light for the Body”
Cozi Founder Talks About Dell Deal, a Great Mentor, and Why He Had to Start a Company
I recently had a good chat with Robbie Cape, the founder and CEO of Seattle-based Cozi. We talked about some key issues in tech startups and entrepreneurship, as well as the deal his company just landed in April with computer giant Dell—one that is helping drive some much-needed business to his consumer-focused startup. The basic … Continue reading “Cozi Founder Talks About Dell Deal, a Great Mentor, and Why He Had to Start a Company”