Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=569615f8-703f-495f-bd75-fb74ae1a21f7 Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Colorescience Mailing Address 2141 Palomar Airport Road Carlsbad, CA 92011 USA Company Description Colorescience’s high-performance mineral-based cosmetics were created to help achieve a clear, even complexion and protect skin from the damaging effects of the sun and environment. Website http://www.colorescience.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Colorescience Obtains $6,500,000 New Round”
GridGain Systems Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b9d2d8a-efbd-4c13-834c-3c7a08d4388c Date 2/18/2016 Company Name GridGain Systems Mailing Address 1065 East Hillside Blvd. Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description GridGain develops software for companies who see real time big data as a strategic asset and who need live data business analytics and processing. Website http://www.gridgain.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “GridGain Systems Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding”
Vera Receives $17,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8dd437bc-f62f-4264-aa99-54dce20ab968 Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Vera Mailing Address 318 Cambridge Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Vera secures any kind of data, wherever it goes. Your need to protect confidential data extends past the borders of your business. With Vera, you can protect any kind of data – from Office … Continue reading “Vera Receives $17,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Eqis Secures $15,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c2df58ec-9390-436d-9fc6-b19b2e933f2e Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Eqis Mailing Address 1000 4th St. San Rafael, CA 94901 USA Company Description Equis is a fee-based asset management platform (TAMP) serving financial advisors by providing investors access investment strategies historically available only to high net worth individuals and institutions. Website http://www.public.eqis.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Eqis Secures $15,000,000 New Financing”
Chronogolf Lands $1,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa084d62-8582-4cd6-bca0-d385439d62ad Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Chronogolf Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Chronogolf facilitates interactions between golf courses and golf players by leveraging the potential of web applications, cloud infrastructure and mobility. They differ from the competition by going beyond the simple processing of tee-time bookings and they … Continue reading “Chronogolf Lands $1,500,000 New Funding Round”
PayActiv Obtains $9,200,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b5e74895-817c-405a-b985-eb37a1f885ab Date 2/18/2016 Company Name PayActiv Mailing Address 4300 Stevens Creek Blvd. San Jose, CA 95129 USA Company Description PayActiv provides employers with secure infrastructure and tools to increase employee productivity and engagement by reducing employee financial stress. Website http://www.payactiv.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,200,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “PayActiv Obtains $9,200,000 Seed Financing”
Aria Systems Garners $50,000,000 Series E Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=748d857a-80a4-4ab1-a02e-fb258f46cf72 Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Aria Systems Mailing Address 575 Market Street 32nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Aria Systems is the premier provider of on-demand billing and customer management solutions for software-as-a-service, gaming & entertainment companies. The Aria solution integrates a sophisticated billing engine with customer support and … Continue reading “Aria Systems Garners $50,000,000 Series E Round”
Qualia Media Obtains $5,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e021a430-ccf7-4436-b742-299767808a30 Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Qualia Media Mailing Address 37 W. 28th Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Qualia, a leader in cloud-based intent targeting and cross-screen audience association, empowers marketers with the ability to target and respond to real-time expressions of consumer intent — as well as … Continue reading “Qualia Media Obtains $5,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Gooten Garners $1,350,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed9e98a6-33ff-421d-895a-40f64052ea6f Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Gooten Mailing Address 79 Madison Ave. Manhattan, NY 10016 USA Company Description Gooten is a custom print fulfillment service that enables businesses to simplify product fulfillment through the world’s best manufacturers. Gooten offers an intuitive API, iOS and Android SDKs for white-labeled print sales, a Shopify App … Continue reading “Gooten Garners $1,350,000 New Financing”
HowGood Garners $2,692,782 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1799c2bc-4aea-4ff8-a8d8-fd33d40c0d1c Date 2/18/2016 Company Name HowGood Mailing Address 93 Commercial Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 USA Company Description HowGood gives consumers trustworthy knowledge of the true cost of their food. Bridging the information gap between the food we buy, the farmer who grows it, and the path it takes to a store, paves … Continue reading “HowGood Garners $2,692,782 New Round”
In Return to Roots, Understory Raises $7.5M & Relocates HQ to WI
Understory is coming home to Wisconsin with $7.5 million in tow. The weather technology startup, formerly known as Subsidence, was founded in Madison, WI, in 2012 and went through Wisconsin startup accelerator Gener8tor’s first session. A year later, the company received an investment and hands-on mentorship from Bolt in the hardware venture firm’s Boston space. … Continue reading “In Return to Roots, Understory Raises $7.5M & Relocates HQ to WI”
Detroit-Based Weyn Accepted into Silicon Valley Game Accelerator
It can be challenging for Detroit startups to attract the attention of Silicon Valley’s power players, especially when they’re competing in sectors that are firmly planted in the Bay Area. That’s why it’s big news that Weyn, a Motor City mobile gaming company, has been accepted into the Core Labs Game Accelerator, which is affiliated … Continue reading “Detroit-Based Weyn Accepted into Silicon Valley Game Accelerator”
OnKöl, VC Ranking, & Stem Cells: This Week’s Wisconsin Watchlist
A Silicon Valley tie-up, a new, nine-figure fund, and some flattering venture capital news are among these recent headlines from Wisconsin’s innovation community: —OnKöl, a Milwaukee-based startup whose flagship product is aimed at older adults, and ties together myriad home and health-monitoring devices, said it has been selected as a finalist for a 2016 Edison … Continue reading “OnKöl, VC Ranking, & Stem Cells: This Week’s Wisconsin Watchlist”
Tour of Texas: Cars, Insurance, E-commerce & Cloud Demo Day
Greetings, readers. We’re mixing up the usual rotation of roundup news to bring you an innovation “Tour of Texas”—stories on venture capital activity, startup re-branding, e-commerce, and a study of entrepreneurship—from around the state’s major metro areas. Austin: —The Zebra has set its sights on the murky confines of the insurance industry. Founder Adam Lyons … Continue reading “Tour of Texas: Cars, Insurance, E-commerce & Cloud Demo Day”
Akili CEO Gives Inside Look at Startup’s Therapeutic Video Game Play
Akili Interactive Labs is a medical device company that makes mobile video games—and not the other way around. That’s an important distinction for co-founder and CEO Eddie Martucci. “We’re not a consumer company, nor do we want to be,” Martucci told me recently, as we chatted in a conference room at Akili’s new downtown Boston … Continue reading “Akili CEO Gives Inside Look at Startup’s Therapeutic Video Game Play”
Health VR Startup MindMaze Claims Unicorn Status with $100M Raise
MindMaze has a long-term plan to transform medical care using imaging techniques such as virtual reality and augmented reality, and now it has $100 million from investors to explore those possibilities. The startup, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is making San Francisco its U.S. headquarters, drawn here by the Bay Area’s active virtual reality community and … Continue reading “Health VR Startup MindMaze Claims Unicorn Status with $100M Raise”
Drones, Bots & More at Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion, 3/31
If you follow emerging technologies and startups, you’ll notice that “machine learning” seems to be everywhere. So are natural language processing and computer vision. So are drones and connected devices. We’re putting all those things together for a business audience at a very special event on March 31, called Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion. It’s … Continue reading “Drones, Bots & More at Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion, 3/31”
Alcohol Delivery App Thirstie Pours Itself a Double, Acquires DrinkFly
The race to be the top app that people use to order alcohol for delivery took a new turn on Wednesday. New York-based Thirstie has acquired DrinkFly, a Chicago-based company also in the alcohol delivery business. With this deal, Thirstie gets into four new markets, bringing its coverage to more than 22 cities, says CEO Devaraj Southworth. The … Continue reading “Alcohol Delivery App Thirstie Pours Itself a Double, Acquires DrinkFly”
In Murky Regulatory Filings, Idaciti Seeks to Bring Transparency
Scouring public financial documents for information can be a true test of will, with countless pages of numbers and jargon battling to lull a reader to sleep at every glance. Idaciti, a Denver-based startup, is launching a software product today that it contends will do that difficult research for you, while also presenting the findings … Continue reading “In Murky Regulatory Filings, Idaciti Seeks to Bring Transparency”
Dallas Fintech Firm StoneEagle Raises $76M for Payments System
Dallas — A Dallas area fintech company has raised $76 million from San Francisco-based venture firm FTV Capital. StoneEagle Services sells virtual “credit cards” for business-to-business payments to the healthcare and automotive industries, among others. The idea is to digitize traditional processes, such as insurance company payments to healthcare providers or reimbursements for automobile warranty claims. “If … Continue reading “Dallas Fintech Firm StoneEagle Raises $76M for Payments System”
Synlogic Nabs $40M, Prepares To Put Modified Microbes Into Patients
Synlogic just inked its first partnership, with AbbVie, last week. Today the Cambridge, MA-based startup got the cash needed to get to another first: tests of its genetically altered microbes in human patients. Synlogic has raised a $40 million Series B round led by new investor Orbimed HealthCare Fund Management. The company—founded in 2014 by … Continue reading “Synlogic Nabs $40M, Prepares To Put Modified Microbes Into Patients”
Talla Garners $3,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf00ca38-c6f4-4013-82d9-458db3b7bdc2 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Talla Mailing Address 281 Walnut Street Brookline, MA 02445 USA Company Description Meet your new assistant, Talla. Hanging out right in your Slack, Hipchat, or Gchat, Talla responds to natural language and can answer questions, automate workflows, schedule meetings, and much more. Website http://www.talla.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Talla Garners $3,500,000 New Financing Round”
Thermedical Secures $3,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36a2a55e-5973-4598-ac04-60637d750482 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Thermedical Mailing Address 150 Bear Hill Road Waltham, MA 02451 USA Company Description THERMEDICAL is developing preclinical prototypes for Saline-Enhanced Radio Frequency (SERF) ablation systems. Website http://www.thermedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 4 investors participated … Continue reading “Thermedical Secures $3,500,000 New Round”
Synlogic Obtains $40,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95a8fa6c-a348-4412-9db5-f4c465907a26 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Synlogic Mailing Address 130 Brookline St. Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Company Description Synlogic leverages the most advanced technology platform available for the creation of synthetically engineered, therapeutic microbes with the potential to make significant advancements in the treatment of disease. Website http://www.synlogictx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Synlogic Obtains $40,000,000 Series B Round”
APImetrics Lands $175,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=677c0f0a-5049-40f3-b7a9-a62c3650269e Date 2/17/2016 Company Name APImetrics Mailing Address 1235 17th Avenue Seattle, WA 98112 USA Company Description APImetrics builds on 3 years experience gained working on the challenge of API abstraction and management that is critical to every App and Web Service in use today. By combining elements gained from API management … Continue reading “APImetrics Lands $175,000 New Round”
Akarna Therapeutics Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2c23beed-fc6a-4737-be25-32c4af28f6f6 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Akarna Therapeutics Mailing Address 1012 Second Street Encinitas, CA 92007 USA Company Description Akarna Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule therapeutics that target inflammatory and fibrotic diseases for which there is no approved treatment. Website http://www.akarna.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Akarna Therapeutics Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round”
ZeaKal Secures $5,300,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb6b8e33-7dc2-425a-84ce-9f36fb95ecc6 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name ZeaKal Mailing Address 4365 Executive Drive San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description ZeaKal is a plant science company developed from the incubation pipeline of Kapyon Ventures. The company’s HME technology has been shown to vastly increase the yield and oil content of multiple crops – meaningfully … Continue reading “ZeaKal Secures $5,300,000 Series B Funding Round”
SAP Acquires Roambi for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97310644-a3b0-498d-939a-3d4f477150e7 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Roambi Mailing Address 120 S. Sierra Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075 USA Company Description With a focus on simplicity and aesthetics, Roambi delivers business information that’s designed to be used. The intuitive and engaging use experience reinvents how people interact with information and drives the highest levels … Continue reading “SAP Acquires Roambi for Undisclosed Sum”
Wavefront Secures $11,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e7899fe-55e6-4714-8c30-436fd4615c84 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Wavefront Mailing Address 471 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Wavefront comes with an advanced alerting system that uses the Wavefront query engine. This allows the user to craft powerful alert conditions, much more powerful than plain old threshold based alerts. Website http://www.wavefront.com Transaction … Continue reading “Wavefront Secures $11,500,000 Series A Round”
Cala Health Garners $17,999,994 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7de60b84-4064-4e1b-b9b2-7ff818b9701e Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Cala Health Mailing Address 875 Mahler Road Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description Cala Health is developing novel therapies based on recent neuroscience discoveries from Stanford University. We are working with leading scientists, physicians, innovators and engaged users to reimagine what’s possible. Stay tuned for more information. … Continue reading “Cala Health Garners $17,999,994 New Funding Round”
Rainforest QA Secures $12,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb8a82cd-f5c0-4f81-9330-bc535f7493d5 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Rainforest QA Mailing Address 325 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Rainforest is new-school QA. We are based in San Francisco. We’re making it easier to deploy bug-free websites. We care about helping people to build amazing products. We’re hiring! Website http://www.rainforestqa.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Rainforest QA Secures $12,000,000 Series A Financing”
PokitDok Secures New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7165d88-a3df-4dc7-b40c-dec70ae1321a Date 2/17/2016 Company Name PokitDok Mailing Address 28 E. 3rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description PokitDok provides platform APIs to easily integrate healthcare business transactions into any app, website or service for the delivery of new healthcare business models and patient-centered experiences. Website http://www.pokitdok.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “PokitDok Secures New Funding”
Seven Bridges Receives $45,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b012fc8-0582-44b6-9960-fd15c34bb589 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Seven Bridges Mailing Address 525 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Seven Bridges is the biomedical data analysis company accelerating breakthroughs in genomics research for cancer, drug development and precision medicine. Website http://www.sbgenomics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $45,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “Seven Bridges Receives $45,000,000 Series A Funding”
Qapital Lands $3,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=da5646aa-6051-44c7-ac5d-3c05ee83487d Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Qapital Mailing Address 33 W 17th St. 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 USA Company Description Our goal is simple: create a banking app people love using. Everything we do is about creating an experience that makes banking practical, beautiful and fun. Our vision is about helping … Continue reading “Qapital Lands $3,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
Knewton Secures $52,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af26ca10-6831-4de7-9e0f-4903601e335a Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Knewton Mailing Address 100 5th Avenue New York, NY 10011 USA Company Description Knewton has developed the industry’s most powerful adaptive learning engine, customizing educational content to meet the needs of each student. Website http://www.knewton.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $52,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Knewton Secures $52,000,000 New Financing”
Hometeam Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b52ea413-0b8b-4ca5-a612-521f12c98c9d Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Hometeam Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Powered by compassion and strengthened by technology, Hometeam is moving home care forward, improving the lives of families and Caregivers. Website http://www.hometeamcare.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Hometeam Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing”
Kontakt.io Secures $5,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03a4e732-e1f7-4e34-9bed-57c994a82554 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Kontakt.io Mailing Address 99 Hudson St. 5th Floor New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description Kontakt.io was founded in 2013 with the goal of helping the visually impaired navigate public spaces more easily, and experience cultural wonders with the same appreciation as anyone else. Website http://www.kontakt.io Transaction … Continue reading “Kontakt.io Secures $5,000,000 New Financing Round”
Procore Technologies Receives $29,999,992 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51d73591-d07d-4d25-b202-7c4af116edfb Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Procore Technologies Mailing Address 6309 Carpinteria Ave. Carpinteria, CA 93013 USA Company Description Procore was founded in 2002 and provides contractors with software and services thatimprove the efficiency of construction projects. Procore’s web-based softwarecoordinates the project management activities of contractors, architects, and otherproject team members. Website http://www.pro-core.com … Continue reading “Procore Technologies Receives $29,999,992 New Financing”
Actelis Networks Garners $2,045,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=478e05ac-4525-434a-a274-04ad995cb8ed Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Actelis Networks Mailing Address 47800 Westinghouse Drive Fremont, CA 94539 USA Company Description Actelis Networks is the leading provider of Carrier Ethernet over Copper networking equipment. Website http://www.actelis.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,045,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 21 investors … Continue reading “Actelis Networks Garners $2,045,000 New Funding Round”
Vitagene Obtains $5,500,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4571168e-6d26-4e65-9f39-7cc435179de8 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Vitagene Mailing Address 330 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Vitagene’s scientists use the latest research supporting general nutrition, genetics and predisposed conditions to provide the most accurate supplements for each customer. Website http://www.myvitagene.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,500,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “Vitagene Obtains $5,500,000 Seed Round”
youAPPi Lands $13,100,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bdf1fc81-e113-4542-874b-aedd94b23987 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name youAPPi Mailing Address 2 Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description youAPPi revolutionizes the way mobile applications and users meet, interact and monetize. Using the youAPPi system, publishers of mobile Apps, acquire a simple and reliable way to target their acquisition and retention resources for … Continue reading “youAPPi Lands $13,100,000 Series B Funding Round”
Triptease Lands $7,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ba3b8ba-7224-49d6-9dae-23e514e0ca7e Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Triptease Mailing Address 419 Park Ave South New York, NY 10016 USA Company Description At the heart of Triptease is our data-driven identification and rules engine. This is not yet-another ‘big-data solution’. We prefer simple, effective segmentation of your web visitors. We look at guest behaviour, identify … Continue reading “Triptease Lands $7,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Mobile Health Firm Medfusion Names Kimberly Labow CEO
Medfusion has named Kimberly Labow CEO of the health IT company, taking the place of former chief executive Vern Davenport. The company gave no reason for the leadership change, saying only that Davenport “recently announced his departure from the company.” Labow rises to the top post after serving as the Cary, NC-based company’s vice president … Continue reading “Mobile Health Firm Medfusion Names Kimberly Labow CEO”
BetterLesson Grabs $6M to Make Teacher Development More Personal
When former teachers Alex Grodd and Erin Osborn started BetterLesson in 2008, their startup was part of a surge of companies creating online repositories of lesson plans and helping educators collaborate with peers near and far. Now, the Cambridge, MA-based company has its sights set on another growing trend in education technology: personalized professional development … Continue reading “BetterLesson Grabs $6M to Make Teacher Development More Personal”
Medical Devices Tie-up: Stryker to Buy Physio-Control for $1.28B
Physio-Control, a progenitor of the Seattle-area medical devices industry, will again become part of a large public company headquartered elsewhere. Kalamazoo, MI-based Stryker (NYSE: [[ticker:SYK]]) has agreed to buy the maker of automated external defibrillators and other devices for $1.28 billion in cash. For Stryker, Physio-Control is the third acquisition announced this month and its 20th since 2010. Stryker … Continue reading “Medical Devices Tie-up: Stryker to Buy Physio-Control for $1.28B”
Gusto, Growing in Denver, Looks to Add 1,000 Area Employees
Striding into the new Gusto office in the heart of Denver’s frantic LoDo neighborhood feels a bit like stepping into a daycare center. But not in the snotty-nosed-kid way. More like the prototypical Silicon-Valley-startup way. Just three stories above the bustling 16th Street Mall, the tricked-out lobby area boasts massive, floor-to-ceiling maps of the region … Continue reading “Gusto, Growing in Denver, Looks to Add 1,000 Area Employees”
As Innovation Economy Grows, San Diego Seeks Dorm Room Entrepreneurs
San Diego’s innovation economy has come a long way since the bitter winter of 2009. As the great recession deepened, venture investments in the region fell to a 12-year low in the first quarter, with less than $101 million invested in 17 companies, according to one venture industry survey. As a point of contrast, venture … Continue reading “As Innovation Economy Grows, San Diego Seeks Dorm Room Entrepreneurs”
Dallas E-commerce Startup FanPrint Connects Athletes to Fans
Dallas — Jerseys of professional athletes, the player’s number featured prominently on the back, are a staple in sports memorabilia. But a Dallas startup wants to make those shirts more personal for those who are wearing them. FanPrint, which was founded in 2012, uses social media to market sports-themed apparel. About 80 percent of its … Continue reading “Dallas E-commerce Startup FanPrint Connects Athletes to Fans”
A.I. Startup Talla Tracks Down $4M From Avalon, Others
The funding deals keep coming for startups developing businesses around artificial-intelligence technologies. The latest is Talla, which is working on a text-based virtual assistant for corporate functions such as recruiting and human resources. We first reported that Cambridge, MA-based Talla was raising a seed round. That deal appears to have closed, as a regulatory filing … Continue reading “A.I. Startup Talla Tracks Down $4M From Avalon, Others”
“Innovation” in a Competitive Startup Economy
Seventy-three percent of U.S. adults agree that we’re living in an age of significant innovation. Indeed, the pace at which new products and services are being developed is truly incredible. In 2014 alone, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a record 300,678 utility patents – the most issued in a single year, ever. … Continue reading ““Innovation” in a Competitive Startup Economy”