Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8d8b65f1-5ea1-424c-bf99-98f9c5d62f0d Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Patient iP Mailing Address 106 Cobblestone Court Drive Victor, NY 14564 USA Company Description The patented Patient iP solution bridges many of the most significant and costly gaps encountered when sponsors and contract research organizations conduct clinical trials: timely patient identification and enrollment. Website http://www.patientip.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Patient iP Secures $2,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
CustomerMatrix Secures $10,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eab41200-2f10-42ad-aaee-bde4a481d96f Date 1/26/2016 Company Name CustomerMatrix Mailing Address 54 West 40th Street New York, NY 10018 USA Company Description CustomerMatrix Cognitive Engine amplifies the value of existing IT investments by converging all of the data and knowledge around an organization and its processes, while applying cognitive intelligence to empower users with recommendations … Continue reading “CustomerMatrix Secures $10,500,000 New Funding Round”
Boxed Garners $100,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a21f07f1-e76e-432f-92be-e79c53f21764 Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Boxed Mailing Address 3181 Wilson Blvd. New York, NY 22201 USA Company Description Boxed makes wholesale savings convenient for you; whether you’re a college student without a car, a busy professional without time, or a new parent without the ability to make an all-day warehouse club trek. … Continue reading “Boxed Garners $100,000,000 Series C Funding”
The Zebra Lands $17,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd32a51d-521a-4d26-8b06-54b91f7a02de Date 1/26/2016 Company Name The Zebra Mailing Address 301 Chicon St. Austin, TX 78702 USA Company Description The Zebra simplifies car insurance by allowing drivers to anonymously compare dozens of insurance companies in real-time. Drivers begin seeing estimated quotes with as little as two pieces of information. Real-time updates provide a … Continue reading “The Zebra Lands $17,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Sony Electronics Acquires Altair Semiconductor for $212,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e6149900-46b3-42f6-b456-9ad4ca0f9fbc Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Altair Semiconductor Mailing Address 1400 Preston Rd. Plano, TX 75093 USA Company Description Altair is a fabless semiconductor company based in Israel that is developing state of the art, ultra low power mobile WiMAX silicon solutions optimized for handsets and handheld devices. Website http://www.altair-semi.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Sony Electronics Acquires Altair Semiconductor for $212,000,000”
Wellbe Receives $1,343,583 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5203b27a-3451-43df-b563-d917ab7d6350 Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Wellbe Mailing Address 8040 Excelsior Drive Madison, WI 53717 USA Company Description Wellbe was founded in 2009 by James Dias, who has built a career in connecting the needs of real people to technologies that can improve their lives. Looking at a fragmented healthcare system that can’t … Continue reading “Wellbe Receives $1,343,583 New Round”
Unitive Lands $750,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=92589521-5ab5-4d73-a030-e0d1d109d1d0 Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Unitive Mailing Address 4512 South Miami Blvd. Durham, NC 27709 USA Company Description Unitive tracks all decisions made and records data on all applicants and candidates that come through the system. Get reports to track improvement of diversity objectives across departments, divisions and your entire organization. Website … Continue reading “Unitive Lands $750,000 Series A Funding”
Wevorce Secures $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fd44b8c-1f51-4a8a-80b7-4395ae93c129 Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Wevorce Mailing Address 142 George St. San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description Our approach is designed around the needs of families. Not only will we work together to negotiate an equitable, sustainable parenting plan, we’ll provide you with the tools to help you succeed long after … Continue reading “Wevorce Secures $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Mobo Systems Receives $40,000,576 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ca770e6-80e9-4297-bda5-21727107bb5a Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Mobo Systems Mailing Address 26 Broadway 24th Floor New York, NY 10004 USA Company Description The company provides pre-order food services online or via text message. Website http://www.gomobo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,576 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 7 investors … Continue reading “Mobo Systems Receives $40,000,576 New Round”
Cadre Secures $50,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6ce3335-8891-40a2-b15b-52603ac77ad9 Date 1/26/2016 Company Name Cadre Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10017 USA Company Description Building a more efficient economy for the world’s most impactful buyers and sellers. Cadre provides technology-enhanced real estate investment opportunities. Website http://www.cadre.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Cadre Secures $50,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
ParkWhiz Acquires BestParking for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fe230203-3268-4dd1-b9c0-88e3b8a59b8f Date 1/26/2016 Company Name BestParking Mailing Address 165 East 72 Street New York, NY 10021 USA Company Description BestParking is a parking search engine that steers drivers towards the cheapest and most convenient parking facilities in 105 cities and 115 airports throughout North America. Website http://www.bestparking.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount … Continue reading “ParkWhiz Acquires BestParking for Undisclosed Sum”
Johnson Controls-Tyco Merger Brings Companies Scale, Tax Savings
Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls announced it has merged with Tyco, in a deal that the two said will deliver cost and tax savings to the combined company, which like Tyco will be headquartered in Cork, Ireland. Johnson Controls’ (NYSE: [[ticker:JCI]]) product line includes heating and cooling equipment for buildings. CEO Alex Molinaroli said Tyco’s (NYSE: [[ticker:TYC]]) … Continue reading “Johnson Controls-Tyco Merger Brings Companies Scale, Tax Savings”
The Hottest Trend at This Year’s Detroit Auto Show? Not Cars
There is never an official theme at the annual North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), held last week in Detroit, but one usually emerges as automakers showcase their latest innovations, hoping to one-up each other while garnering consumer and media interest. One year it was electrification; another year, it was infotainment. This year, the buzzword … Continue reading “The Hottest Trend at This Year’s Detroit Auto Show? Not Cars”
As Markets and Controversies Swirl, Editas Aims For $100M CRISPR IPO
Editas Medicine is pushing ahead with plans to go public. An IPO for the Cambridge, MA-based company would make it the first among the handful of biotechs that are betting on the groundbreaking CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system to develop human therapeutics. In a regulatory filing posted today, Editas said it would aim to sell 5.9 … Continue reading “As Markets and Controversies Swirl, Editas Aims For $100M CRISPR IPO”
Xconomy’s EXOME Presents: What’s Hot in Boston Biotech
After an unprecedented multi-year bull run, biotech is facing headwinds once again. Drug companies have become a target in an election year, putting pricing strategies under a microscope. Valuations have tumbled, drying up a fertile ground for IPOs. Yet biotech innovation continues apace, particularly in Boston. New ways of harnessing the immune system to battle … Continue reading “Xconomy’s EXOME Presents: What’s Hot in Boston Biotech”
ISpot.tv Measures Ad Effectiveness in World of Fragmented TV Viewing
The Super Bowl, its 50th incarnation now less than a fortnight away, is one of the few remaining events on the calendar that qualify as must-see, appointment television viewing for a mass audience. And many of us come for the commercials as much as the football game. The rest of the year, television viewers—if that’s … Continue reading “ISpot.tv Measures Ad Effectiveness in World of Fragmented TV Viewing”
DataXu Snaps Up $10M Strategic Investment From Sky
One of Boston’s most heavily funded private tech companies just got another injection of capital. Advertising software company DataXu received a $10 million investment from Sky, the European media and broadcasting giant. DataXu has now raised at least $65 million since it was founded in 2007, according to SEC filings. Previous backers include Thomvest Ventures, … Continue reading “DataXu Snaps Up $10M Strategic Investment From Sky”
Looking Back on Key Acquisitions of WI Companies in the Past 5 Years
It takes a while for mergers and acquisitions to play out. While immediate insights from investors and industry observers can help their audience understand why a deal happened and what implications it will have for the parties involved, some time must pass before a thorough assessment can be made. Five years later seems like an … Continue reading “Looking Back on Key Acquisitions of WI Companies in the Past 5 Years”
LiveIntent Hires New Prez to Make E-Mail “Next Big Thing” in Adtech
With a new president onboard, e-mail advertising technology company LiveIntent may have some aggressive growth plans in store. On Monday, the company announced it hired Jason Kelly, who previously was CEO at Sociomantic, president at Millennial Media, and chief revenue officer at Admeld. Those companies were acquired by Dunnhumby, AOL, and Google, respectively. That track record of … Continue reading “LiveIntent Hires New Prez to Make E-Mail “Next Big Thing” in Adtech”
The Race to Integrate IoT Devices and Create a Truly Connected Home
In case you haven’t heard, the Internet of Things is the latest thing. The IoT movement, where manufacturers take formerly offline devices and update them with Internet capabilities, will encompass 20 to 30 billion gadgets by 2020, according to a 2014 report by McKinsey & Company. Data from CB Insights show that funding to IoT startups eclipsed … Continue reading “The Race to Integrate IoT Devices and Create a Truly Connected Home”
OncoMed Shares Fall After Discouraging News on Pancreatic Cancer Drug
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals has been adept at bringing in partners like GlaxoSmithKline and Celgene to help fund its cancer stem cell work. But the Redwood City, CA, company took a big hit this morning, as word emerged that one of its most advanced drugs—a potential cancer treatment that’s part of an alliance with GlaxoSmithKline—isn’t performing as … Continue reading “OncoMed Shares Fall After Discouraging News on Pancreatic Cancer Drug”
Texas Roundup: ATI, CPRIT, Techstars Austin, Mend, Epic Provisions
Happy Monday. Let’s catch up with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas. —Techstars Austin has a new face at the top. Amos Schwartzfarb, who founded BlackLocus and sold the company to Home Depot in 2012, is the three-year-old accelerator program’s latest managing director. Techstars Austin plans to announce its latest group of 10 startups … Continue reading “Texas Roundup: ATI, CPRIT, Techstars Austin, Mend, Epic Provisions”
From Airbnb to Uber: An MIT Sloan Tour of Bay Area Tech
I’ve always been curious about the West Coast, especially San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Growing up in India and then working in the oil & gas industry in Latin America and Texas, I didn’t have much opportunity (or reason) to visit the Bay Area. Now that I’m an MBA student at MIT Sloan, I want … Continue reading “From Airbnb to Uber: An MIT Sloan Tour of Bay Area Tech”
Dorsata Lands $1,100,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82c88a81-82bb-4f70-9bc3-b2bea5ec8f42 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Dorsata Mailing Address 16 Cavendish Ct. Lebanon, NH 03766 USA Company Description Dorsata provides a software platform that allows clinicians to improve collaboration and review clinical care pathways. Over 1500 clinicians already use the software every day to reduce the amount of time spent doing tasks like … Continue reading “Dorsata Lands $1,100,000 Seed Financing Round”
Convergent Dental Secures $20,915,171 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4df283e7-c29f-4214-93bf-d92d72207851 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Convergent Dental Mailing Address 2 Vision Drive Natick, MA 01760 USA Company Description Convergent Dental, Inc., is a privately owned dental equipment and technology company and developer of Solea™, the world’s first computer-aided, CO2 laser system to ever be cleared by the FDA for both hard and … Continue reading “Convergent Dental Secures $20,915,171 New Financing”
DataXu Receives $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efd5210c-1b7e-48ed-a027-dde9f59f9267 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name DataXu Mailing Address 281 Summer St. 4th Floor Boston, MA 02210 USA Company Description DataXu is a cutting-edge Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company formed by MIT alums and professionals. Our proprietary technology is a high-performance real-time, automated, self-learning decision-support system that matches advertisers, publishers, and web users at a … Continue reading “DataXu Receives $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
Identity Theft Guard Solutions Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47cec63b-9127-46ef-85e6-1c45fb3075b3 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Identity Theft Guard Solutions Mailing Address 10300 SW Greenburg Road Portland, OR 97223 USA Company Description Identity Theft Guard Solutions, LLC, doing business as ID Experts, provides software and services to simplify privacy and security incident response management. Website http://www2.idexpertscorp.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 … Continue reading “Identity Theft Guard Solutions Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round”
iRule Secures $3,005,374 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11da18ec-eef0-414f-a6c0-bd0b1ea42524 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name iRule Mailing Address 1555 Broadway Detroit, MI 48226 USA Company Description We started as two enthusiast geeks with a passion for movies, home theater, and consumer electronics. Website http://www.iruleathome.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,005,374 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 1 … Continue reading “iRule Secures $3,005,374 New Funding Round”
Unreel Entertainment Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6dccbfe1-aa68-41cd-8223-09baa4766328 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Unreel Entertainment Mailing Address 565 Trinidad Ln. Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description Founded in 2015 by Dan Goikhman, Krish Arvapally, Ryan James, and Akshay Arvapally, Unreel is on a mission to map and index the world’s digital media, to go beyond the meta-data and surface … Continue reading “Unreel Entertainment Receives $1,000,000 Seed Round”
Uphold Secures $1,918,852 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4ca5444-024a-4fa8-ad37-24c7f07e86ab Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Uphold Mailing Address 301 Battery Street 7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Starting now, holding and moving money is as easy, instant and free as email. Enjoy the benefits of bitcoin with the familiarity and stability of the money you use every day. Website … Continue reading “Uphold Secures $1,918,852 New Financing Round”
Biodesy Receives $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88f27189-72e6-476a-a2ce-ca10cadfddfd Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Biodesy Mailing Address 384 Oyster Point Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description Biodesy has developed a unique and highly sensitive means of detecting conformational change in proteins and other biological molecules. Our technology, based on a phenomenon called ‘second-harmonic generation’ (SHG), can monitor structural … Continue reading “Biodesy Receives $10,000,000 Series B Round”
Plain Vanilla Obtains $7,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5969b292-ac58-4c79-848f-d04c8e29af87 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Plain Vanilla Mailing Address 169 11th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Based in San Francisco and Reykjavik, Iceland the Plain Vanilla team includes amazing illustrators, motion artists, musicians, graphic designers and programmers who are passionate about creating amazing games. Plain Vanilla is developing QuizUp, … Continue reading “Plain Vanilla Obtains $7,500,000 New Financing”
Wingz Receives $11,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3a572fe-7140-4227-b27c-eaafd87da03f Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Wingz Mailing Address 26 Boardman Place San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Scheduled airport rides for travelers’ peace of mind. Wingz drivers are amazing trusted people from your local community. Website http://www.wingz.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Wingz Receives $11,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Canvs Lands $5,600,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fa7d951-7654-4c79-8d73-130593329100 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Canvs Mailing Address 11 W 25th St. 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description Developed by Mashwork, an industry-leading social media insights firm, Canvs is the only qualitative Social TV platform to provide nuanced insights into audience behavior at scale. Website http://www.canvs.tv Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Canvs Lands $5,600,000 Series A Round”
BaubleBar Obtains $20,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=942ea2cc-af2a-40cd-8952-327169a5c20e Date 1/25/2016 Company Name BaubleBar Mailing Address 740 Broadway New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description The company operates a website that offers fashion jewelry at deep discounts for limited periods of time. Website http://www.baublebar.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “BaubleBar Obtains $20,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
Zemanta Lands $3,227,311 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1150e40e-1128-4b53-a122-38ef60f85b0c Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Zemanta Mailing Address 33 West 17th St. New York, NY 10011 USA Company Description Zemanta recommends your content to diverse network of engaged communities and brings new readers to your site. Website http://www.zemanta.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,227,311 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Zemanta Lands $3,227,311 New Financing”
Kurtosys Systems Obtains $5,279,174 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=27579947-4bcf-4d52-a67e-487df2b42106 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Kurtosys Systems Mailing Address 134 Fifth Avenue 3rd Floor New York, NY 10011 USA Company Description Kurtosys is a global provider of digital technology to the financial sector. Since 2002, our team of industry experts have been using digital media to transform the way that financial information … Continue reading “Kurtosys Systems Obtains $5,279,174 New Funding”
Roger Lands $1,000,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb28289d-d973-44bd-b7f5-d9ab7c83a41d Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Roger Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10025 USA Company Description As a group of expats living abroad we were tired of the impersonal text and email. We missed using our voices. We thought it should be easier to talk with the people we care most about, … Continue reading “Roger Lands $1,000,000 Seed Round”
Atlas Wearables Receives $500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=05bffedc-c880-461a-8d93-f1683bbaf667 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Atlas Wearables Mailing Address 72110 White Horse Trail Austin, TX 78757 USA Company Description Atlas is the first fitness tracker in the world that automatically tracks everything. With the on-wrist display you can track every movement across your entire workout and get live feedback to improve form … Continue reading “Atlas Wearables Receives $500,000 New Round”
Dorsata Receives $1,100,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82c88a81-82bb-4f70-9bc3-b2bea5ec8f42 Date 1/25/2016 Company Name Dorsata Mailing Address 16 Cavendish Ct. Lebanon, NH 03766 USA Company Description Dorsata provides a software platform that allows clinicians to improve collaboration and review clinical care pathways. Over 1500 clinicians already use the software every day to reduce the amount of time spent doing tasks like … Continue reading “Dorsata Receives $1,100,000 Seed Funding Round”
Senova Systems Obtains $600,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad4ba482-83fc-43cb-8e84-eb9fe4379e88 Date 1/24/2016 Company Name Senova Systems Mailing Address 1230 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Company Description Senova Systems, Inc. is a start-up company whose purpose is to commercialize a new break-through technology for measuring pH. Measurement of pH is a critical control parameter in virtually every process industry in the … Continue reading “Senova Systems Obtains $600,000 New Funding”
Akili Interactive Secures $30,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08a8084c-df09-453b-a781-780f179d3949 Date 1/23/2016 Company Name Akili Interactive Mailing Address 500 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 USA Company Description At Akili, we’re in the process of building clinically-validated cognitive therapeutics, assessments, and diagnostics that look and feel like high-quality video games. Our aim is to develop a new type of Electronic Medicine™ that … Continue reading “Akili Interactive Secures $30,500,000 New Financing Round”
Malwarebytes, Once A Teen Vision, Raises $50M for Security Software
When Marcin Kleczynski was 12, he downloaded a pirated video game into his family’s shared computer, infecting it with malware. That would have landed most kids in big trouble. But in Kleczynski’s case, the mistake led to much different consequences. Now 26, Kleczynski heads the profitable company Malwarebytes, which announced Thursday it raised $50 million … Continue reading “Malwarebytes, Once A Teen Vision, Raises $50M for Security Software”
Heat Biologics Seeks More Cash for Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy Push
Cancer drug developer Heat Biologics is looking to raise $12.5 million through a stock offering as the company continues mid-stage clinical trials for its bladder cancer immunotherapy. Durham, NC-based Heat (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HTBX]]) disclosed the plans in a securities filing, but the company did not say how many shares it will sell, nor did it set … Continue reading “Heat Biologics Seeks More Cash for Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy Push”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: StemCells, Five Prime, Qualcomm & More
Bad weather has brought parts of the South and the Eastern seaboard to a halt today, but out west, we’re wearing our gumboots and splashing onward. While the rain drums steadily down, the news flow this week includes trade secret theft accusations, Senate drug-price investigations, big cash payouts to departing executives, big FDA approvals, and … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: StemCells, Five Prime, Qualcomm & More”
Armed With $30M, Akili Plans Bigger Trial of Therapeutic Video Game
Akili Interactive Labs has worked for five years to develop mobile video games that can help assess and treat cognitive disorders—and with that work, to accumulate enough clinical evidence to convince the FDA of the games’ benefits. Akili purposefully set the bar high for commercializing its technology, and the finish line may be almost in … Continue reading “Armed With $30M, Akili Plans Bigger Trial of Therapeutic Video Game”
Seattle Roundup: Airbnb Regulations, Sendachi, Health IT, & More
Seattle lawmakers are moving toward regulations of short-term rentals facilitated by the likes of Airbnb, which says its guests generated some $138 million in direct spending in the city. In other news, Sendachi, a DevOps-focused IT services company, raised $10 million; Seattle healthcare IT companies Wellpepper and EveryMove announced significant new customers; a startup from … Continue reading “Seattle Roundup: Airbnb Regulations, Sendachi, Health IT, & More”
Aereo Vets Working on Wireless Internet Tech at Project Decibel
Chet Kanojia certainly is persistent. His last startup, streaming television service Aereo, took on the broadcasting industry and lost. Now, Kanojia appears poised to take on big incumbents again with a new venture, Project Decibel. The Boston-based startup isn’t saying much about what it’s been working on since it formed in late 2014, but it … Continue reading “Aereo Vets Working on Wireless Internet Tech at Project Decibel”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Alkermes, Zafgen, Snowmaggedon & More
Winter Storm Jonas is headed for the East Coast, and the panicked grocery shopping and traffic nightmares have already begun. It’s impacted biotech too, postponing what would have been one of the most closely watched FDA advisory panels in recent memory. So hurry up and grab your bread and milk before you get snowed in—but … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Alkermes, Zafgen, Snowmaggedon & More”
LearnLaunch Panel Predicts A.I.’s Future in the Classroom
The slow rise of artificial intelligence technologies in education seems to be playing out in much the same way that it has in other industries. A.I. is starting to demonstrate usefulness for specific applications, like helping teachers grade assignments and students sharpen their writing skills. But some technologies are still years away from reality, let … Continue reading “LearnLaunch Panel Predicts A.I.’s Future in the Classroom”