The Bright Side of Nuclear Winter: Opportunities in the New, New Economy

During the Internet revolution of the late ’90s, a well-known investor at a “Keiretsu Forum” boldly proclaimed that the division of the Internet landscape was akin to the great land grab of the 19th century. “In two years it will all be over,” he predicted. He was right, but for precisely the wrong reason. Two … Continue reading “The Bright Side of Nuclear Winter: Opportunities in the New, New Economy”

Entra Pharmaceuticals Inc Secures $4,200,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98cb0fdd-0f3f-4eab-93d0-aad51e24d22b&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2009 Company Name Entra Pharmaceuticals Inc Mailing Address 950 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description The company is developing various drug delivery technologies. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,200,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

Anacor Pharmaceuticals Obtains $50,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=947b6ce8-95c9-4853-817f-c487ea91b736&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2009 Company Name Anacor Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 1020 East Meadow Circle Palo Alto, CA 94303-4230 Company Description Anacor is developing novel pharmaceuticals for a variety of inflammatory and infectious diseases based on its proprietary, small-molecule, boron-based chemistry. Website http://www.anacor.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Anacor Pharmaceuticals Obtains $50,000,000 New Financing”

SpotMixer Secures $9,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f6e9c67a-a810-494a-a510-ef406ab6bf7a&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2009 Company Name SpotMixer Mailing Address 955-A Charter St. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description SpotMixer, a service from One True Media, empowers businesses to expand their marketing reach through online video advertising. Website http://www.spotmixer.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “SpotMixer Secures $9,000,000 Series B Funding”

Indevus, Maker of ‘Male Menopause’ Drug, Agrees to $370M Takeover by Endo

Indevus Pharmaceuticals has reached the end of its road. The Lexington, MA-based biotech company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:IDEV]]) said today it has agreed to be acquired by Endo Pharmaceuticals for $370 million, or $4.50 a share in cash. The acquisition, approved by the boards of both companies, also has a sweetener clause which could kick in another … Continue reading “Indevus, Maker of ‘Male Menopause’ Drug, Agrees to $370M Takeover by Endo”

Quidel CEO Announces Retirement

San Diego’s Quidel (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QDEL]]), which specializes in rapid medical diagnostic tests, said in a filing today that CEO Caren Mason plans to retire on June 1. Quidel says the company’s board has initiated a search for her replacement. A statement released by Quidel chairman Mark Pulido hailed Mason for “double digit organic revenue growth,” … Continue reading “Quidel CEO Announces Retirement”

FEI Buys Intellection for $2.8M

Hillsboro, OR-based FEI (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FEIC]]), a maker of nanotech imaging tools, announced today it has acquired the assets of Intellection Holdings, a Brisbane, Australia-based firm that makes automated mineralogy equipment. The deal was worth $2.8 million, and seems to strengthen FEI’s position in global mining applications.

Alexion Settles Legal Dispute

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:[[ticker:ALXN]]) reports it will pay $25 million to PDL BioPharma (NASDAQ:[[ticker:PDLI]]) to license a patent related to humanizing antibodies and to settle a legal dispute between the two companies. Cheshire, CT-based Alexion says the license enables the firm to commercialize its humanized antibody eculizumab (Soliris)—now approved to treat a rare blood disorder called … Continue reading “Alexion Settles Legal Dispute”

Northstar Neuroscience Shuts Down, Ending Experimental Depression Trial

Northstar Neuroscience is toast. The Seattle-based medical device company, which failed to develop an electrical stimulation machine that would enable stroke patients to regain arm movement, said today its board has decided to shut down the company and liquidate its assets. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NSTR]]) will lay off most of its remaining employees as it … Continue reading “Northstar Neuroscience Shuts Down, Ending Experimental Depression Trial”

EMC Confirms Acquisition of Some SourceLabs Assets and Staff to Bolster Cloud Business, Denies Swik.net Part of Deal

EMC has acquired some of the assets and personnel of Seattle’s SourceLabs and will integrate them into its cloud computing business, the Hopkinton, MA-based company confirmed today. But contrary to news reports over the weekend, EMC has not acquired all of SourceLabs—nor has it acquired the Swik.net open-source documentation project run by SourceLabs, an EMC … Continue reading “EMC Confirms Acquisition of Some SourceLabs Assets and Staff to Bolster Cloud Business, Denies Swik.net Part of Deal”

Survey Shows VC-Backed IPOs Hit 31-Year Low In ’08

Venture-backed companies are no doubt ready to put 2008 in the past. Year-end reports show a dismal number of initial public offerings and M&A deals last year, after a flurry of tech companies canceled plans to go public and buyout activity slowed to its lowest level in five years.  Thomson Reuters and the National Venture … Continue reading “Survey Shows VC-Backed IPOs Hit 31-Year Low In ’08”

Qualcomm Strikes Deal With China’s Largest Cell Phone Maker, Volcano Moves to Buy Axsun, Life Technologies Buys Visigen, & More San Diego BizTech News

Innovation never sleeps, but the pace of San Diego business and technology news yawned a little over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Still, there were plenty of noteworthy developments to round up for the first Monday of 2009. Oh, and by the way, Happy New Year!The end of December brought news from faraway China … Continue reading “Qualcomm Strikes Deal With China’s Largest Cell Phone Maker, Volcano Moves to Buy Axsun, Life Technologies Buys Visigen, & More San Diego BizTech News”

How to Integrate an Acquired Company: Lessons from IBM

These days, mergers and acquisitions are an increasingly important part of corporate strategy. But when one company acquires another, a lot of things have to happen to make the deal right. In fact, most mergers fail—and most of the time, it’s not because of the strategy behind the deal or the negotiation process. Instead, the … Continue reading “How to Integrate an Acquired Company: Lessons from IBM”

Biogen Idec Takes Aim at New Parkinson’s Paradigm

Biogen Idec will get an early glimpse next week into whether it has created an important new innovation for Parkinson’s disease. If the company’s drug candidate lives up to its promise, it could be one of the early movers in a new class of medicines that minimize the secondary symptoms and keep standard therapy from … Continue reading “Biogen Idec Takes Aim at New Parkinson’s Paradigm”

ZymoGenetics’ New Boss Sees Parallels to Dark Days at Immunex

ZymoGenetics is enduring one of the ugliest stretches in its 28-year history. Now the Seattle-based biotech company is hoping that Doug Williams, an executive who lived through both the darkest days and finest moments at Immunex in the 1990s, will be able to engineer one more turnaround. Williams, 50, took over as CEO of ZymoGenetics … Continue reading “ZymoGenetics’ New Boss Sees Parallels to Dark Days at Immunex”

India’s Innovation Front Lines, Part 7: Of Trains, Countryside, and The Great Indian Laughter Challenge

Mumbai-Delhi, Tuesday, December 23—I boarded the overnight train to Delhi at Bombay Central Terminal (the mixed use of old and new city names for Bombay is a metaphor for old and new India—the old structures retain the original Bombay, and everything new is named Mumbai). I had forgotten to print out my e-ticket and was … Continue reading “India’s Innovation Front Lines, Part 7: Of Trains, Countryside, and The Great Indian Laughter Challenge”

Hey Life Sciences Fans, Remember The Deals Back in 2008…

I recently had coffee with a venture capitalist at the Starbucks across the street from Biogen Idec’s (NASDAQ:[[ticker:BIIB]]) headquarters in Kendall Square, and he asked me what I thought were the biggest life sciences deals of 2008. The question is really tough to answer, both because the answers are somewhat subjective and I didn’t want … Continue reading “Hey Life Sciences Fans, Remember The Deals Back in 2008…”

PlumChoice Garners $2,000,000 Series D Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d5af8f93-732e-4f30-9d10-266103e98365&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2009 Company Name PlumChoice Mailing Address 5 Federal Street Billerica, MA 01821 Company Description PlumChoice’s premium remote computer and technology service is available to home and business PC users, business travelers, telecommuters, college students, persons with limited mobility and any PC user with Internet access. The company’s remote services include … Continue reading “PlumChoice Garners $2,000,000 Series D Financing”

DFINE Lands $35,000,000 Series D Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a376415a-bae7-4c3a-85fb-3c7e7e1bb496&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2009 Company Name DFINE Mailing Address 3047 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description The company develops electrosurgical systems for treating tissue. Website http://www.dfineinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $35,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor BBT Fund Venture … Continue reading “DFINE Lands $35,000,000 Series D Round”

Superfish Obtains $5,300,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e24dda6-8c34-4af9-ab3e-9d7329a88b75&Preview=1 Date 1/5/2009 Company Name Superfish Mailing Address 741 Barron Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Superfish Inc is a visual search engine startup with office in Israel and silicon valley. Website http://www.superfish.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,300,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Superfish Obtains $5,300,000 Series B Round”

What Will Change Everything?

What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see? The Internet, television, antibiotics, automobiles, electricity, nuclear power, space travel, and cloning—these inventions were born out of dreams, persistence, and imagination. What game-changing ideas can we expect to see in OUR lifetimes? As each year winds to a close, John Brockman, a … Continue reading “What Will Change Everything?”

10 Technology Predictions From The Startup Whisperer

Here are my 2009 technology predictions. It was getting harder and harder since my post is starting to look a lot like everyone else’s posts. I look forward to a better year for the world in 2009. Drum roll please… 10. Video finally takes off Overall consumption of video increases significantly on Web. I have … Continue reading “10 Technology Predictions From The Startup Whisperer”

Economic Forecast Conference 2009

enterpriseSeattle, a regional economic development group, is hosting its 37th annual economic forecast on Jan. 15 at the Seattle Sheraton. Experts from The Conference Board, Federal Reserve Bank, and Puget Sound Economic Forecaster will be there to share their insights into what’s to come in 2009. The conference will also feature an interactive discussion with … Continue reading “Economic Forecast Conference 2009”

Oregon’s Top Tech Stories

The Oregonian’s Mike Rogoway posted his list of the top tech stories of 2008 today. He highlights the emergence of Portland’s social-networking startups, as well as a few lowlights like Hewlett-Packard’s cutbacks in Vancouver, WA and Corvallis, OR, and the death of Portland’s municipal Wi-Fi network. Check out the full story here.

Five Bands Selected to Compete in Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands 2

The suspense is over—or is just starting, depending on your point of view. After reviewing dozens of MP3s and MySpace pages, and convening an epic, knock-down, drag-out selection meeting, Xconomy’s editors and guest judges have picked five bands—Anomopoly, The Dirty Truckers, EneROCK, The Main Drag, and Seymore Willie—to compete for audience approbation and big prizes … Continue reading “Five Bands Selected to Compete in Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands 2”

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You: The Untold Story of How a San Diego VC Backed Broadway’s Jersey Boys

Among San Diego’s venture capitalists, I’d say that Kevin Kinsella ranks among the foremost riskophiles. Since the formation of his first Avalon Ventures fund some 25 years ago, he has shown a willingness to take chances where even angels fear to tread—and an uncanny knack for making the right bet. Kinsella’s success in backing—and often … Continue reading “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You: The Untold Story of How a San Diego VC Backed Broadway’s Jersey Boys”

Seattle’s Top 10 Innovation Stories of the Half-Year (and Others We Just Plain Liked)

OK, I’m not usually a big fan of end-of-the-year lists. But given that Xconomy Seattle has been up and running for almost exactly six months (since June 16), Luke and I thought it would be fun and informative to share our site’s top 10 most-read stories so far—and why we think they were important or … Continue reading “Seattle’s Top 10 Innovation Stories of the Half-Year (and Others We Just Plain Liked)”

iForem Receives $423,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d013425-6ae7-470a-8499-00c2a6285eb8&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name iForem Mailing Address 350 Marine Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Company Description iForem Inc. offers online storage and financial management services. Website http://www.iforem.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $423,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Gabriel Venture Partners

Cooliris Secures $4,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2cf4e9f6-1bf6-4c33-b8f5-03cdc71232de&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Cooliris Mailing Address 3000 El Camino Real Building 4 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Cooliris, Inc. was founded in January 2006 with a simple mantra: “Think outside the browser”. We are dedicated to building products that make accessing and discovering the Web more exciting, efficient, and … Continue reading “Cooliris Secures $4,000,000 New Financing”

Cellerant Therapeutics Lands $3,119,100 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97d26a49-0022-494e-8274-06e39fb60995&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Cellerant Therapeutics Mailing Address 1561 Industrial Road San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description Cellerant Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing and commercializing the use of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cell-based therapies for the treatment of a variety of cancers and autoimmune diseases. Website http://www.cellerant.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Cellerant Therapeutics Lands $3,119,100 New Round”

Solyndra Receives $219,200,000 Series E Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21685610-c4c7-42eb-a44f-0d449533e790&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Solyndra Mailing Address 47700 Kato Road Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description The company is developing high efficiency photovoltaics for the generation of solar power. Website http://www.solyndra.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $219,200,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Solyndra Receives $219,200,000 Series E Funding Round”

Success Metrics Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f29b173f-ea32-4570-b318-12b80a2e9f50&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Success Metrics Mailing Address 153 Kearny St. San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Success Metrics provides analytic applications that turn raw business data into the actions that drive results. By uniquely combining business visibility with in-depth best practice analysis and prescriptive insight, Success Metrics is able to … Continue reading “Success Metrics Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round”

ConnectBeam Lands $997,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a18308e7-a603-4f62-9be8-12e263ededac&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name ConnectBeam Mailing Address 605 Ellis Street Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Connectbeam brings the ‘Web 2.0’ information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build … Continue reading “ConnectBeam Lands $997,000 New Financing Round”

BioImagene Obtains New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fec85509-e165-4548-99f9-178015c64fe6&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name BioImagene Mailing Address 919 Hermosa Ct. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description In the life sciences and healthcare industry, two-thirds of the data is in the form of images. The process of extracting meaningful information and knowledge from image data is still manual, inefficient, inaccurate and expensive. At … Continue reading “BioImagene Obtains New Funding Round”

Everyone.net Secures $335,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00f55df2-f5c9-44a3-9b95-17aeb017645a&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Everyone.net Mailing Address 2635 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134-2041 Company Description Everyone.net is the market leader in providing Software as a Service (Saas) messaging to service providers and businesses worldwide. Website http://www.everyone.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $335,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Everyone.net Secures $335,000 New Financing”

ZillionTV Obtains $20,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e928a0d0-6319-4499-bc2b-1979e5d3e628&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name ZillionTV Mailing Address 3131 Jay Street Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description The company is developing a television set top box and system for Internet over TV. Website http://www.zilliontv.tv Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “ZillionTV Obtains $20,000,000 New Funding”

GTronix Receives $3,249,900 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efbd78d1-ade5-4a54-af63-1b93c7ed6908&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name GTronix Mailing Address 46832 Lakeview Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Founded in 2003, GTronix is a fabless semiconductor company developing novel analog technology to extract real-world sensory information for portable consumer electronic products. Website http://www.gtronix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,249,900 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “GTronix Receives $3,249,900 New Financing”

Rezolve Group Obtains $24,999,900 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c450d59e-a735-49ff-82a3-1c4054ea48c0&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Rezolve Group Mailing Address 9738 Lincoln Village Drive Sacramento, CA 95827 Company Description The company provides financial aid services to students. Website http://www.rezolvegroup.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $24,999,900 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor FTVentures Venture Investor … Continue reading “Rezolve Group Obtains $24,999,900 New Round”

OpSource Garners New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab3c1fe8-35de-49ca-bbf2-1d43237a9810&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name OpSource Mailing Address 5201 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description OpSource™ delivers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web applications for on-demand companies, with hundreds of applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported daily. OpSource On-Demand™, the leading Web operations solution, is defining how Web-based … Continue reading “OpSource Garners New Funding Round”

Fotomoto Garners $200,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=531891de-5a39-4df9-b3ce-1d64757b1d90&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Fotomoto Mailing Address 128 King St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Fotomoto helps photographers sell their photos without having to conform to the generic solutions available in the market. Website http://www.fotomoto.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Fotomoto Garners $200,000 New Financing Round”

NetBooks Obtains $1,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=63e74800-dfac-42ec-98c1-1d933de2e135&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name NetBooks Mailing Address 475 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description We’ve taken the best practices from all these thousands of businesses and incorporated them into NetBooks. To help you get the most out of it, we deliver an unheard of level of personalized support. Everyone … Continue reading “NetBooks Obtains $1,000,000 New Round”

ScanR Secures $2,380,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=63e5560b-459c-43f1-a6f2-218c4e91e884&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name ScanR Mailing Address 100 Hamilton Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description scanR develops applications that make it easy to capture information using camera phones. scanR’s services are based on proprietary image processing and data refinement technology and are designed to work with any mobile phone platform. Website … Continue reading “ScanR Secures $2,380,000 New Round”

Apture Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd546915-73d4-4b46-bf79-22bb6b7841a3&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Apture Mailing Address 539 Bryant Street San Mateo, CA 94107 Company Description Apture provides the first rich communication platform that allows people to intuitively experience the web. Website http://www.apture.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Apture Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing”

Truviso Obtains $4,200,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e1d1da2-8b01-42bc-9ce0-2433239ecfa0&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Truviso Mailing Address 1065 E. Hillsdale Blvd Foster City, CA 94404 Company Description The company’s software solution processes huge volumes of incoming data to enable continuous analysis, visibility and action across heterogeneous systems. Truviso’s product fundamentally changes the way enterprise data is processed, analyzed and acted upon. … Continue reading “Truviso Obtains $4,200,000 New Round”

TriReme Medical Obtains $4,998,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36cd70dc-6345-45ec-a51b-2646a842e063&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name TriReme Medical Mailing Address 7060 Koll Center Parkway Pleasanton, CA 94566 Company Description TriReme Medical Inc. is a privately held medical device company based in Pleasanton, California and dedicated to the development and manufacturing of novel stent technology for the treatment of atherosclerotic disease at or near … Continue reading “TriReme Medical Obtains $4,998,000 New Funding”

TimeBridge Garners $2,804,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ad32054-6278-4b94-b0d6-28051be7e9ba&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name TimeBridge Mailing Address 1600 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94709 Company Description TimeBridge’s one-step scheduling allows users to quickly determine the best time to meet, establish meeting-centric trust networks and automatically provision an online shared meeting space. TimeBridge transforms Microsoft Outlook into a hub for collaborative web services … Continue reading “TimeBridge Garners $2,804,000 New Funding Round”

Amitive Receives $15,999,900 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8a94d547-a451-42d1-a9bb-2882c0c1e504&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Amitive Mailing Address 1400 Fashion Island Blvd San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description Mitrix, Inc., a provider of on-demand supply chain management software solutions for distributors, manufacturers, retailers, and logistics services providers. Website http://www.mitrix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,999,900 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Amitive Receives $15,999,900 New Funding”

Igenica Garners $3,099,900 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b00c43cd-f689-461d-a7e1-28a9b7f164a0&Preview=1 Date 12/31/2008 Company Name Igenica Mailing Address 1700 Owens St San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description The company operates as a drug development company for cancer treatment. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,099,900 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor 5AM … Continue reading “Igenica Garners $3,099,900 New Funding Round”