In the cutthroat game of recruiting, companies are constantly eyeing the competition. Textio, a Seattle startup using machine learning to help improve the performance and reduce the bias of job listings, is taking the lid off a massive data trove it has amassed over the last two years to help its customers see how they … Continue reading “Textio’s Data Sharing Points to Machine Learning Business Model”
Goldman Funnels $51M Into Cloud Tech Company That Fights Fake Drugs
An increased incidence of counterfeit drugs around the world has people worried about the health problems they can cause, among other issues. That’s sparked a wave of interest in companies that are creating technologies to potentially sniff out counterfeit drugs. Now, a Massachusetts business that tracks and documents the authenticity of pharmaceutical drugs globally has … Continue reading “Goldman Funnels $51M Into Cloud Tech Company That Fights Fake Drugs”
With $19M, Axial Becomes Latest Startup to Target Gut-Brain Connection
We’re still a long way from understanding how the trillions of bacteria that live in and on our bodies, known collectively as the human microbiome, affect our health and well-being. Despite those unknowns, a steady drip of companies have launched in recent years to explore those links and make drugs for a range of diseases. … Continue reading “With $19M, Axial Becomes Latest Startup to Target Gut-Brain Connection”
Tetra Discovery Raises $10M Series A, Advances Alzheimer’s Drug
Alzheimer’s drug research has been a fraught area of medicine lately. With last week’s failure of Eli Lilly’s high-profile Phase 3 study of solanezumab, an experimental Alzheimer’s drug, arguably the most promising treatment in development for the memory loss disease is no longer headed to market. The trial’s failure also “puts a dent” in the … Continue reading “Tetra Discovery Raises $10M Series A, Advances Alzheimer’s Drug”
LovePop Secures $4,095,777 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6e0b0b0-5556-4335-841d-c079f5bc0397 Date 11/30/2016 Company Name LovePop Mailing Address 61 Chatham St. 5th Floor Boston, MA 02109 USA Company Description LovePop sells 3D pop-up greeting cards online. Website http://www.lovepopcards.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,095,777 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 19 investors participated in the offering. The … Continue reading “LovePop Secures $4,095,777 New Financing”
Tetra Discovery Partners Secures $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6edca247-7e61-4b81-93d4-175e0124b334 Date 11/30/2016 Company Name Tetra Discovery Partners Mailing Address 910 Rosewood Avenue SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 USA Company Description Our research focuses on developing new treatments for depression based on subtype-selective modulation of phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B). PDE4 in neurons is responsible for the hydrolysis of cAMP. We and our colleagues … Continue reading “Tetra Discovery Partners Secures $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
ServiceAide Secures $12,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7f524f0-2a6f-40b1-9313-af420fe8e18b Date 11/30/2016 Company Name ServiceAide Mailing Address 2635 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description ServiceAide Cloud Service Management is a powerful yet simple to use SaaS ITSM product available worldwide. ServiceAide was created around the core concept of connecting data to create coherent information that can revolutionize … Continue reading “ServiceAide Secures $12,000,000 New Funding Round”
Baker Garners $2,914,453 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6108a0a8-0e2b-4931-9cd9-374454fbbc3b Date 11/30/2016 Company Name Baker Mailing Address 1644 Platte Street Denver, CO 80202 USA Company Description Baker provides a unique cannabis buying experience from the best dispensaries around. Using the Baker mobile app, regular cannabis customers get access to Baker-only discounts, can order ahead and skip the line, and earn free … Continue reading “Baker Garners $2,914,453 New Funding”
Arrowhead Shares Plunge Amid Layoffs, Canceled Liver Drug Programs
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday that it has canceled the development of three experimental drug candidates for liver diseases and plans to lay off part of its workforce, sending the company’s stock down nearly 60 percent in after-hours trading. Arrowhead’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARWR]]) stock price was $1.77 a share as of 7:39 p.m. in New York, down from … Continue reading “Arrowhead Shares Plunge Amid Layoffs, Canceled Liver Drug Programs”
Trump Tabs Fiscal, Social Conservatives To Run U.S. Health Agencies
Two big pieces of the Trump healthcare puzzle have fallen into place. The President-elect’s transition team has nominated Georgia Republican congressman Tom Price to be Health and Human Services secretary. It has also tabbed Indiana health consultant Seema Verma to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In a statement, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), … Continue reading “Trump Tabs Fiscal, Social Conservatives To Run U.S. Health Agencies”
The Tough Questions You Must Discuss Before You Take the Money
If all goes well, the day will come when just one small thing will stand between you and funding for your startup: your signature on a term sheet. Most founders quickly sign on the line and get back to the business of growing their business. Smart ones set aside the paperwork, grab their business partners, … Continue reading “The Tough Questions You Must Discuss Before You Take the Money”
When Innovation Is Not Enough: How GreatCall Has Grown Its Market
In the 10 years since David Inns joined San Diego-based GreatCall as CEO, he has seen a proliferation of innovative healthtech startups that are targeting baby boomers who are in or nearing retirement. A lot of these digital health companies are trying to connect with senior living communities, typically at events like the annual Aging … Continue reading “When Innovation Is Not Enough: How GreatCall Has Grown Its Market”
Saver Rate Ends Today for State of the Biotech Union
We’re only one week away from our annual Bay Area life sciences forum, State of the Biotech Union—and this is your last chance to save $120. This special event takes place on Tuesday, December 6th, at the Amgen campus in South San Francisco. This year, we’re holding a series of post-election discussions to assess where … Continue reading “Saver Rate Ends Today for State of the Biotech Union”
Celgene Invests More in GNS Healthcare For Machine Learning Software
Celgene has made a second investment in GNS Healthcare and is tapping into the firm’s data analytics software to boost Celgene’s drug discovery and development efforts. Under an agreement announced Tuesday, Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) has licensed the rights to use GNS Healthcare’s “Reverse Engineering and Forward Simulation” software. The technology crunches reams of health data—from … Continue reading “Celgene Invests More in GNS Healthcare For Machine Learning Software”
480 Biomedical Lands $5,999,999 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=439ce256-8392-4f35-8a60-6d59b187720e Date 11/29/2016 Company Name 480 Biomedical Mailing Address 480 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472 USA Company Description 480 Biomedical focuses on the development of a bioresorbable scaffold for treating occlusive disease in the superficial femoral artery. Website http://www.480biomedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,999,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “480 Biomedical Lands $5,999,999 New Financing Round”
Silexica Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a150d0ea-cf4d-4820-967c-8b5632451709 Date 11/29/2016 Company Name Silexica Mailing Address 19495 Via Real Drive Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Company Description Modern software applications increasingly push processor boundaries. The industry has responded by moving to multicore architectures. Multicore development techniques and tools, however, have not experienced the same levels of innovation and progress. Website http://www.silexica.com … Continue reading “Silexica Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
SynGen Receives $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fecea5a1-29df-4b2c-8adf-e2d2a8dce7ff Date 11/29/2016 Company Name SynGen Mailing Address 100 Howe Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825 USA Company Description We are in the business of inventing and commercializing products that utilizes single-use sterile plastic cartridge disposables and dedicated, highly automated mechanical medical devices to isolate and capture stem and progenitor cells from peripheral and … Continue reading “SynGen Receives $1,000,000 New Financing”
Dick’s Sporting Goods Acquires GameChanger for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cfde0474-9dfe-4567-962f-23478f5b979d Date 11/29/2016 Company Name GameChanger Mailing Address 86 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 USA Company Description GameChanger provides free stat tracking and team management tools for baseball, softball and basketball teams. Website http://www.gc.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the deal … Continue reading “Dick’s Sporting Goods Acquires GameChanger for Undisclosed Sum”
TermScout Secures $3,200,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=840ad2ef-4ebd-4298-81f0-049fd35e35bc Date 11/29/2016 Company Name TermScout Mailing Address 726 Front St. Louisville, CO 80027 USA Company Description We are intensely focused on sourcing immense quantities of data, putting it through our proprietary refinement process and providing valuable sales intelligence for our customers. The TermScout team maintains a shared focus on providing information … Continue reading “TermScout Secures $3,200,000 Series A Funding”
AvidXchange Obtains $14,500,007 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a027582-5155-4069-a067-1a34db569294 Date 11/29/2016 Company Name AvidXchange Mailing Address 1111 Metropolitan Avenue Charlotte, NC 28204 USA Company Description AvidXchange provides end-to-end automated bill payment solutions for your company. Website http://www.avidxchange.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,500,007 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 2 investors participated in the offering. … Continue reading “AvidXchange Obtains $14,500,007 New Round”
100state’s Growth Highlights Increasing Popularity of Coworking
Launching a technology business out of a garage may put it in some esteemed company, but in certain areas at certain times of year—like Wisconsin in November—the founders would probably want to move their workspace inside. For a startup that’s budget-conscious but would rather not work from a private residence, one option is leasing shared office … Continue reading “100state’s Growth Highlights Increasing Popularity of Coworking”
The Journey to a Machine That Transcribes Speech as Well as Humans
As a student at the elite Tsinghua University in the early 1980s, Xuedong Huang confronted the same challenge as all other Chinese computer users. “In China, typing was fairly difficult with a Western keyboard,” says Huang, now a Microsoft (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MSFT]]) distinguished engineer and its chief speech scientist. To answer that challenge, he helped develop … Continue reading “The Journey to a Machine That Transcribes Speech as Well as Humans”
Amicus Shares Fall On Another Bump in Rough Road To U.S. Fabry Nod
After more than a decade of ups and downs, Amicus Therapeutics in May won its first drug approval, of Fabry disease pill migalastat (Galafold), in Europe. But the Cranbury, N.J. company won’t see the drug sold in the U.S. for at least a few more years. Amicus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FOLD]]) said this afternoon that the FDA … Continue reading “Amicus Shares Fall On Another Bump in Rough Road To U.S. Fabry Nod”
Natural Pesticides Maker Marrone Bio Gets EPA Nod on Biofumigant
A biological fumigant developed by Marrone Bio Innovations is one step closer to joining the pest-control toolkit of strawberry farmers after clearing a key regulatory hurdle. Marrone Bio (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MBII]]) announced Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has registered the Davis, CA-based company’s biofumigant, called MBI-601 EP. The biofumigant was developed to control and suppress … Continue reading “Natural Pesticides Maker Marrone Bio Gets EPA Nod on Biofumigant”
Bluebridge Sells Business Units for $8M to Focus on Emplify’s Growth
Bluebridge, a Fishers, IN-based software company specializing in mobile apps for churches, employers, and tourism entities, announced last week that it sold off two of its business units in order to devote its energy to Emplify, its fast-growing employee engagement app. PushPay‘s e-church division, based in Redmond, WA, acquired Bluebridge Churches, while Tucson, AZ’s Simpleview … Continue reading “Bluebridge Sells Business Units for $8M to Focus on Emplify’s Growth”
Today Only: Save $120 for The State of Cybersecurity on 12/8
Join us next Thursday, December 8, for The State of Cybersecurity, where you’ll hear the who’s who of business and tech leaders address questions about data security, IT strategy in the age of cyber threats, and much more. It all starts at 1:30pm at WGBH in Boston. And to save you a little extra cash, … Continue reading “Today Only: Save $120 for The State of Cybersecurity on 12/8”
Iris Plans Uses Telemedicine to Innovate Delivery of End-of-life Care
Austin—Iris Plans is using telemedicine for an often overlooked part of health care: advanced care planning. Iris recently announced a partnership with the University of Utah Health Plans, and is now providing technology-enabled advanced care planning for about 50,000 members. Iris has created an online office where doctors, nurses, or social workers can advise patients … Continue reading “Iris Plans Uses Telemedicine to Innovate Delivery of End-of-life Care”
Should We Rewrite the Human Genome?
Scientists are engineering a new living thing: a radically modified version of the lowly bacterium E. coli. In an article in Science from August, researchers at Harvard University described an ongoing project to build the genetic code of E. coli from scratch, but with major revisions to create a new strain unlike any in existence. The modified E. coli is … Continue reading “Should We Rewrite the Human Genome?”
Cybersecurity Firm Proficio Raises $12M in Private Equity Round
Proficio, a Carlsbad, CA-based startup providing cybersecurity protection services for middle market companies, has raised $12 million in an investment round led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. The Los Angeles-based private equity firm provided funding from its Kayne Partners Fund Group, which invests in high-growth technology businesses. Proficio, founded in Irvine, CA, in 2010, specializes … Continue reading “Cybersecurity Firm Proficio Raises $12M in Private Equity Round”
Cerahelix Lands $510,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c983462c-ca22-478a-870b-32e911e2d1de Date 11/28/2016 Company Name Cerahelix Mailing Address 20 Godfrey Drive Orono, ME 04473 USA Company Description Cerahelix and the helix NFM is based on a patented process that uses DNA to make a nano-ceramic coating to provide faster filtration at high purity. Website http://www.cerahelix.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $510,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Cerahelix Lands $510,000 New Funding”
Fullbridge Secures $3,713,950 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef8c37ec-576e-4a1d-b89f-b3d9f790d151 Date 11/28/2016 Company Name Fullbridge Mailing Address 38 Chauncy Street Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description We empower students and young adults to succeed in the global economy. Website http://www.fullbridge.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $3,713,950 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 12 investors participated in the … Continue reading “Fullbridge Secures $3,713,950 New Round”
Palantir Technologies Obtains $19,999,995 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2258cf0a-3228-4f49-a7c4-6520b8ffe71b Date 11/28/2016 Company Name Palantir Technologies Mailing Address 100 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Palantir’s analytical platform is revolutionizing information analysis and management, providing superior human-driven systems needed to explore and analyze the subtle connections that exist within vast networks of heterogeneous information. Website http://www.palantir.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Palantir Technologies Obtains $19,999,995 New Financing Round”
Stripe Obtains $150,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=262bcaee-0df8-4032-ad51-c0b8be8992d8 Date 11/28/2016 Company Name Stripe Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Stripe is a simple, developer-friendly way to accept payments online. We believe that enabling transactions on the web is a problem rooted in code, not finance, and we want to help put more websites … Continue reading “Stripe Obtains $150,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Exactor Secures $3,300,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fb79700-0832-4e0b-a69b-77f06eb6f687 Date 11/28/2016 Company Name Exactor Mailing Address 7202 E 87th Street Indianapolis, IN 46256 USA Company Description Exactor Sales Tax Software is a fully automated sales tax compliance system to calculate sales taxes and file sales tax returns to over 10,000 jurisdictions. Website http://www.exactor.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,300,000 … Continue reading “Exactor Secures $3,300,000 New Round”
Amazon Acquires Biba for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71f044c7-09e7-4a6a-b5ff-48a2ed066a1f Date 11/25/2016 Company Name Biba Mailing Address 101 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Online Meetings and Communication. Biba is the best way to work across distance. Website http://www.biba.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not … Continue reading “Amazon Acquires Biba for Undisclosed Sum”
Lantos Technologies Secures $500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=28a2a5c6-c451-421c-aa4f-4b978383e2bc Date 11/24/2016 Company Name Lantos Technologies Mailing Address 201 Edgewater Drive Wakefield, MA 01880 USA Company Description Lantos Technologies is working to commercialize a 3D digital scanner capable of measuring ear canal shape and tissue compliance. This method will eliminate the uncertainties associated with manual fits, greatly improving the performance of … Continue reading “Lantos Technologies Secures $500,000 New Round”
Ad Lightning Secures $2,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d35b4823-7668-4aa8-959b-ef13c456b2eb Date 11/24/2016 Company Name Ad Lightning Mailing Address 240 2nd Ave S Seattle, WA 98104 USA Company Description Ad Lightning’s complete set of Ad Quality tools save time, improve page performance and eliminate costly user experience problems for Publishers and Ad Platforms. Website http://www.adlightning.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 … Continue reading “Ad Lightning Secures $2,000,000 New Funding Round”
Hornet Garners $8,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c5c7c21-f25b-4d64-a832-d4549bca78cc Date 11/24/2016 Company Name Hornet Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Hornet is the premier gay social network app–where gay people meet one another and form meaningful relationships nearby and afar. Unlike straight people, the gay 2.5% of mankind need a Gay GPS to find their likes … Continue reading “Hornet Garners $8,000,000 New Round”
Perch Interactive Lands $999,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17d241bb-54ec-4248-83e8-90d8695c5fa3 Date 11/24/2016 Company Name Perch Interactive Mailing Address 265 Canal Street New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description PERCH is a natural extension of the shopping experience. As customers touch and pick up products, PERCH places experiential media right at the moment when they are most engaged with the product. PERCH … Continue reading “Perch Interactive Lands $999,999 New Round”
NS1 Garners Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=35800492-84de-4db0-a7d3-d1560e337c01 Date 11/24/2016 Company Name NS1 Mailing Address 16 Beaver Street 3rd Floor New York, NY 10004 USA Company Description NS1 converges real-time user, network, and infrastructure data to optimize delivery of mission critical applications and websites. Website http://www.ns1.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “NS1 Garners Series B Round”
Sightbox Secures $1,800,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0fadbcc5-37d2-4a79-8155-897599c0c4ba Date 11/24/2016 Company Name Sightbox Mailing Address 921 SW Washington Street Portland, OR 97205 USA Company Description Our team handles all the details. From calling the office to shipping your contact lenses. All you need to do is show up for your exam. Website http://www.sightbox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Sightbox Secures $1,800,000 New Financing Round”
Albert Garners $2,500,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5111fbbb-8d2f-4729-98ae-ccb486c3eb36 Date 11/24/2016 Company Name Albert Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA Company Description We built Albert on the idea that the best financial advice should be simple and jargon-free. We made it easy to take action directly from the app, and we made it free. Website http://www.meetalbert.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Albert Garners $2,500,000 Seed Round”
Cellectar Announces $8M Stock Offering, Sending Shares Lower
Another day, another stock offering from Cellectar Biosciences. The Madison, WI-based biotech, which announced a $3.3 million stock offering in September 2015 and then said in April that it had raised $8 million from investors, now says it’s raising another $8 million in an offering that’s expected to close on Nov. 29. Cellectar’s pipeline includes … Continue reading “Cellectar Announces $8M Stock Offering, Sending Shares Lower”
MSU Foundation Invests $5M in Red Cedar Ventures Fund
Michigan State University faculty and students working to get their startups to market have a new tool in their arsenal: Red Cedar Ventures, a $5 million fund created by the MSU Foundation. Dave Washburn, executive director of the MSU Foundation, says Red Cedar Ventures will deploy money to university entrepreneurs or those commercializing university inventions … Continue reading “MSU Foundation Invests $5M in Red Cedar Ventures Fund”
Two More Deaths In Trial Halt Juno’s Top CAR-T Treatment Again
Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:JUNO]]), a developer of experimental “CAR-T” cancer therapies derived from a patient’s own immune cells, reported this morning that two more patients have died during a trial of its most advanced product, a treatment for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The Phase 2 trial, dubbed Rocket, is now on hold for … Continue reading “Two More Deaths In Trial Halt Juno’s Top CAR-T Treatment Again”
Boston Tech Watch: Dyn’s Payday, Self-Driving Car Tests, Akamai HQ
Before everyone bolts town for Thanksgiving, let’s take a look at some notable recent headlines in the Boston-area tech community: —This week’s big deal was Oracle’s acquisition of Dyn, the Manchester, NH-based Internet infrastructure firm targeted in a recent distributed denial-of-service attack that temporarily shut down many popular websites. The companies didn’t disclose financial terms, … Continue reading “Boston Tech Watch: Dyn’s Payday, Self-Driving Car Tests, Akamai HQ”
Amyloid Hypothesis Takes a Hit As Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug Fails Again
Weeks earlier than expected, Eli Lilly delivered news this morning that will affect not just millions of patients with Alzheimer’s disease but also will rekindle fierce debate about the underlying cause of the memory-robbing disorder. Eli Lilly (NYSE: [[ticker:LLY]]) said that solanezumab, an experimental Alzheimer’s drug, failed a long-anticipated, high-stakes Phase 3 trial known as … Continue reading “Amyloid Hypothesis Takes a Hit As Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug Fails Again”
Apptopia Garners $2,700,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f68c3c7-826e-4c7c-b0e4-937da38856e4 Date 11/23/2016 Company Name Apptopia Mailing Address 71 Summer Street Cambridge, MA 02110 USA Company Description Apptopia provides services in: app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics … Continue reading “Apptopia Garners $2,700,000 New Financing Round”
indico Secures $1,200,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c49e16d7-fb84-46d7-9e6d-b94e531f8727 Date 11/23/2016 Company Name indico Mailing Address 129 South Street Needham, MA 02111 USA Company Description Combine your skills with the power of machine learning to discover the true potential of your text and image data. Use indico’s text and image analysis to create transformative tools. In the examples below, we’ll … Continue reading “indico Secures $1,200,000 New Round”
HelpShift Lands $2,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d50b1ce1-0e93-4c37-9a9a-423aa465c6fe Date 11/23/2016 Company Name HelpShift Mailing Address 369 Pine Street San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Helpshift is an in-app customer support platform that enables mobile apps to improve customer experience, drive higher ratings and increase retention. Website http://www.helpshift.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “HelpShift Lands $2,000,000 Series B Financing Round”