Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=595a4222-0e6f-40ee-9526-a410f0d93529 Date 11/12/2015 Company Name ScrollMotion Mailing Address 7 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Our solution makes it easy for businesses to create the same engaging mobile content, distribute it globally, and track it securely. We can help transform the way your employees work, sell and communicate in … Continue reading “ScrollMotion Obtains $11,370,238 New Round”
Fossil Group Acquires Misfit Wearables for $260,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e9d229c7-c8eb-404e-9e9c-234448b21893 Date 11/12/2015 Company Name Misfit Wearables Mailing Address 839 Mitten Road Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description We are developing highly wearable sensor products and services for wellness and medical applications. Website http://www.misfitwearables.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $260,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Additional financial terms of the transaction … Continue reading “Fossil Group Acquires Misfit Wearables for $260,000,000”
Startupbootcamp Joins Fintech Surge in New York with New Accelerator
Another player has joined the rush to nurture fintech startups in New York. On Wednesday, Startupbootcamp, a network of accelerators, introduced its Startupbootcamp FinTech Accelerator in New York with the backing of Thomson Reuters, MasterCard, Santander, and Rabobank. Startupbootcamp, founded in 2010 and based in London with operations around the world, also runs fintech accelerators in London and … Continue reading “Startupbootcamp Joins Fintech Surge in New York with New Accelerator”
Perfecto Mobile Adds $35M to Test Apps Before They Reach Users
A buggy mobile app is one of the surest ways to turn off consumers. Perfecto Mobile helps businesses troubleshoot an app before it gets in the hands of users, then enables them to monitor and analyze performance after the app is released. And the Woburn, MA-based company just got a big boost from investors, to the tune … Continue reading “Perfecto Mobile Adds $35M to Test Apps Before They Reach Users”
WaVe, Voyager Get $170M Combined in Biotech’s Latest IPO Tests
Two privately held biotechs in the Boston area priced IPOs on Tuesday with similar estimates about their value. One of them hit its mark, thanks to some help from a few insiders, but the other fell a bit short. WaVe Life Sciences, of Cambridge, MA, priced 6,375,000 shares at $16 apiece, raising $102 million. That’s … Continue reading “WaVe, Voyager Get $170M Combined in Biotech’s Latest IPO Tests”
Big Changes Coming to Bizdom’s Detroit Accelerator
I was at a gathering last week when I first heard the rumors: Bizdom, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert’s startup accelerator in downtown Detroit, was supposedly closing its doors. Details were scarce among partygoers, but more than one journalist I talked to said the incubator was going to wind down operations, a plan seemingly confirmed … Continue reading “Big Changes Coming to Bizdom’s Detroit Accelerator”
Amplyx Raises $40.5M to Advance Drug for Deadly Fungal Infections
Sometime after the Irish drug giant Shire acquired San Diego-based Lumena Pharmaceuticals last year, Lumena CEO Mike Grey went back to work on a new startup—but he wouldn’t say too much about what he was working on. He is now. Grey and a couple of other key executives from Lumena have joined Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, one … Continue reading “Amplyx Raises $40.5M to Advance Drug for Deadly Fungal Infections”
Perfecto Mobile Receives $35,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d3106e7-01e5-4b6a-8312-3a8a7f39b404 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Perfecto Mobile Mailing Address 200 Quannapowitt Parkway Wakefield, MA 01180 USA Company Description Perfecto Mobile is a global leading provider of cloud-based testing, automation and monitoring solutions for mobile applications and websites, utilizing a wide selection of REAL mobile devices accessible via the web. Website http://www.perfectomobile.com Transaction … Continue reading “Perfecto Mobile Receives $35,000,000 New Funding”
Spiro Receives $1,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51d84253-637d-40fd-80b4-b1b155291e74 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Spiro Mailing Address 745 Atlantic Ave. Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description Spiro takes its name from the Latin spirare which means to breathe. We aim to be a breath of fresh air in a world where sales solutions are often soul sucking, time wasting, data entry … Continue reading “Spiro Receives $1,500,000 New Funding”
Aminex Therapeutics Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f14a20f-02e0-4b53-b890-2c1c815fd89f Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Aminex Therapeutics Mailing Address 11335 NE 122nd Way Kirkland, WA 98034 USA Company Description Aminex Therapeutics, Inc., is a drug development company focused on discovery, development, and commercialization of a new subclass of cancer immunotherapies known as suppressor cell modulators (SCMs). Website http://www.aminextx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Aminex Therapeutics Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Mpirica Health Secures $400,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=693a1082-0f18-4dcc-be31-61ee804d9597 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Mpirica Health Mailing Address 2375 130th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98005 USA Company Description With MPIRICA Enterprise, employers who have self-funded health plans can save money on healthcare costs by steering their workers toward high-quality, fair priced providers. Website http://www.mpirica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $400,000 … Continue reading “Mpirica Health Secures $400,000 New Financing”
Broomly Obtains $1,300,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6fcb583-e77c-4b4b-ad81-ff6cca3e081f Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Broomly Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 98258 USA Company Description All your home needs at a touch of a button. Conveniently book and manage all of your appointments with our app. Website http://www.broomly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Broomly Obtains $1,300,000 Seed Funding Round”
Camino Financial Secures $750,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3cc402ba-0e78-45e4-b19f-9f3490e2a2ab Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Camino Financial Mailing Address 450 N Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91203 USA Company Description Camino Financial advises small business on securing capital and building their business credit. The Company provides access up to $500,000 in business funding and assists its clients in applying for financing. Website http://www.caminofinancial.com … Continue reading “Camino Financial Secures $750,000 Seed Funding Round”
Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Secures $40,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1720ac29-477f-4544-bfbf-b51b61b128e7 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 3210 Merryfield Row San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Amplyx Pharmaceuticals is developing novel, broad-spectrum antifungal agents for the treatment of life-threatening fungal infections. Website http://www.amplyx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,500,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Amplyx will use … Continue reading “Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Secures $40,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
TigerText Secures $50,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=703a6dbf-1789-4c6b-aa55-d2dee2fe8a3b Date 11/11/2015 Company Name TigerText Mailing Address Undisclosed Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA Company Description TigerText’s patent-pending technology allows users to send text messages that delete off of both the sender’s and receiver’s phone after a set period of time. Website http://www.tigertext.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “TigerText Secures $50,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
VideoAmp Garners $15,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd9b9558-5da9-4dc2-8cd9-df1cb6ab6add Date 11/11/2015 Company Name VideoAmp Mailing Address 2043 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA Company Description A video advertising platform built from the ground up to buy, optimize and measure video ads across television, mobile and desktop. Website http://www.videoamp.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “VideoAmp Garners $15,000,000 Series A Financing”
ContentOro Secures $450,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10b788bb-e103-4987-a2d8-824feec8b996 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name ContentOro Mailing Address 201 South Division Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA Company Description ContentOro provides a platform to support a new channel for publishers to sell their book content for use on the web. It is a core value of ContentOro to improve the quality of information … Continue reading “ContentOro Secures $450,000 New Round”
Udacity Lands $105,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8c0b296-3891-4ac9-84c7-2bfc897c3c7f Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Udacity Mailing Address 2390 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Udacity is a totally new kind of learning experience. You learn by solving challenging problems and pursuing udacious projects with world-renowned university instructors (not by watching long, boring lectures). Website http://www.udacity.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Udacity Lands $105,000,000 New Round”
Eyefluence Obtains $14,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=39b787e6-54d7-4877-b33d-4dcad7f45320 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Eyefluence Mailing Address 1164 Cadillac Court Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Eyefluence transforms intent into action through your eyes. We are the leader in eye-interaction technology for head mounted displays (HMDs). Our integrated hardware, software, optical, and UI/UX technologies enable a user to control an HMD … Continue reading “Eyefluence Obtains $14,000,000 Series B Financing”
Swrve Garners $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c8f9303-ff69-400a-be80-678879ef428b Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Swrve Mailing Address 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Swrve’s real-time personalization allows design, product and marketing teams to continually test and adjust their games, maximizing engagement across an unlimited range of players. Website http://www.swrve.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Swrve Garners $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
CircleUp Obtains $30,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32aec831-84d5-42cb-99ad-a9c13a698bb2 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name CircleUp Mailing Address 818 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description For years, we saw passionate entrepreneurs struggle to find the support they need to grow their businesses. Companies were often forced to reach out to friends and family—a long and often awkward process. Investors … Continue reading “CircleUp Obtains $30,000,000 Series C Funding”
ClassPass Secures $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7668bec-18a1-49df-bcfd-03c60b6ae377 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name ClassPass Mailing Address 114 West 26th Street New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description ClassPass is a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms and studios, making working out more accessible. Since launching in early 2013, ClassPass has facilitated over 60,000 reservations at 1,000+ different classes … Continue reading “ClassPass Secures $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
Fiverr Garners $60,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4869699e-c264-4451-a155-80b02d53fa9d Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Fiverr Mailing Address 460 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 USA Company Description On Fiverr there are millions of Gigs, from sellers around the world. You’ll find a diverse number of services offered from essential business tasks to fun and personalized gifts. Website http://www.fiverr.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Fiverr Garners $60,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
Transfix Lands $12,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c98f3fd3-1589-4043-b754-bb6cad8b80ad Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Transfix Mailing Address 675 Avenue of the Americas 3rd Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description Transfix provides free, industry-leading technologies and ethical brokerage services to independent over-the-road truck drivers and small carriers. Website http://www.transfix.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “Transfix Lands $12,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Broomly Garners $1,300,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6fcb583-e77c-4b4b-ad81-ff6cca3e081f Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Broomly Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 98258 USA Company Description All your home needs at a touch of a button. Conveniently book and manage all of your appointments with our app. Website http://www.broomly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Broomly Garners $1,300,000 Seed Financing Round”
Abcam Acquires AxioMx for $45,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=979bc256-af2b-46d2-87be-c4e993508155 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name AxioMx Mailing Address 688 E Main Street Branford, CT 06405 USA Company Description AxioMx has developed synthetic recombinant antibody libraries with greater than ten billion unique clones. Diversity in our libraries is restricted to the most variable positions in the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of natural antibody … Continue reading “Abcam Acquires AxioMx for $45,000,000”
OneRooftop Receives Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9bc1c8c2-2e30-4fd2-8344-0e27ac5f2a28 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name OneRooftop Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description OneRooftop provides your guests the booking experience they deserve. We go above and beyond to ensure guests are wowed from the initial inquiry through check-in. Website http://www.onerooftop.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “OneRooftop Receives Seed Funding Round”
Hive Lands Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=38cfadc4-8aaf-4916-9b56-149df235543e Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Hive Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Get started fast. If your team knows how to use a computer, they already know how to use Hive. With Hive, you can see all your team’s actions, messages and files on one dashboard. Website http://www.hiveteams.com … Continue reading “Hive Lands Seed Funding Round”
Parabola Lands Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab882889-4c48-4b3a-a005-30825dd3959d Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Parabola Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Parabola is a data analytics tool that makes complex ad-hoc analysis easy to create and to consume. Website http://www.parabola.io Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds … Continue reading “Parabola Lands Seed Financing”
Postmore Garners Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d3f59057-8053-4fd7-9b9f-3e0b3c286297 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Postmore Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Easily manage everyone’s involvement with Postmore. Manage. Postmore’s iOS app sits on the employee’s phone. They know exactly what to create and what’s OK to post while HQ retains control. Website http://www.postmore.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction … Continue reading “Postmore Garners Seed Financing”
Bedly Receives Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5dc45251-1ff0-459c-b82d-ac6ed2d8d017 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Bedly Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Bedly is transforming the way people live by providing renters with a housing experience built for the 21st century. Bedly offers the simplicity and flexibility that helps empower people to live on their own terms. Website … Continue reading “Bedly Receives Seed Funding Round”
8 Obtains Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c1c8758-1170-4ac0-8dcb-e1200076067a Date 11/11/2015 Company Name 8 Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description 8 lets anyone create interactive videos about the products they love, right from their phone. In under 30 seconds a user can create a short video, scan a product from our product list of over 200 … Continue reading “8 Obtains Seed Financing Round”
Zum Secures Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd7ca6c5-ed3a-427a-9f03-e650b0cea0af Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Zum Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description As busy parents ourselves, we’ve crafted a worry-free process that will give you back your time and your peace of mind. Your dedicated family assistant to our technology, a lot happens behind the scenes to deliver … Continue reading “Zum Secures Seed Financing Round”
Telepat Secures Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1210ba9d-4e1f-49db-9d1e-f79701e0e727 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Telepat Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Telepat empowers modern apps for the IoT age. You can plug Telepat into a myriad of platforms, apps and services out there. Website http://www.telepat.io Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Telepat Secures Seed Funding Round”
Simplifeye Receives Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d039f2d6-376d-4c35-9f08-3dc6e828b3cd Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Simplifeye Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 USA Company Description Simplifeye helps you move through your days effortlessly, leaving us with the job of where you need to be next, who the patient is, and what you will be doing. Simplifeye helps your practice be more … Continue reading “Simplifeye Receives Seed Funding”
Sync Ninja Lands Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e6ed5ff4-cd2d-43fa-b6c1-8826138c5395 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Sync Ninja Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10023 USA Company Description Sync Ninja takes your code and turns it into services that you can call via an API. With Sync Ninja, you can link services into a complex backend, run them in multiple global locations to … Continue reading “Sync Ninja Lands Seed Funding Round”
Sous Obtains Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=416777c4-fe9a-4563-9211-ded785dbfe0b Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Sous Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10017 USA Company Description Sous is a mobile-first platform for professional kitchens that aims to help chefs more effectively manage their kitchen, from communicating with line cooks to sharing recipes to more easily purchasing and tracking goods from vendors. Website … Continue reading “Sous Obtains Seed Financing”
Vesper Garners Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f18b4ac7-29a0-4a13-a9dd-ec05641c52f3 Date 11/11/2015 Company Name Vesper Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10019 USA Company Description Office managers and business owners spend 20 hours/week on basic office tasks, like restocking supplies and scheduling repairs. Vesper takes care of it all. Website http://www.getvesper.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Vesper Garners Seed Round”
With Roche Deal, Cellular Dynamics Wades Deeper Into Drug Discovery
Cellular Dynamics International has long touted the potential for its manufactured human stem cells to help researchers identify and formulate new drugs. It got a strong endorsement from Swiss pharma giant Roche on Tuesday with a deal worth up to $83 million that Cellular Dynamics says is its largest partnership to date. The Madison, WI-based … Continue reading “With Roche Deal, Cellular Dynamics Wades Deeper Into Drug Discovery”
Idea Behind Warp Drive’s New Cancer Attack Was Hiding In Plain Sight
[Corrected, 11/12/15, 4:17pm. See below.] The way pharmaceuticals work is often described as keys fitting locks. A drug goes into the body and finds its target because it matches up with a small stretch of biological material within cells or on their surface. But there are all kinds of biological doors which have no locks—no … Continue reading “Idea Behind Warp Drive’s New Cancer Attack Was Hiding In Plain Sight”
MiRagen Lands $41M for MicroRNA Drugs in Cancer, Fibrosis
MiRagen Therapeutics is now ready to move into clinical development, backed by a $41 million financing round that will support trials of a pair of drug candidates for fibrosis and hematological cancers. MRL Ventures and JAFCO led the Series C investment for the Boulder, CO-based company. MiRagen has developed therapies that use microRNAs—single-stranded RNA molecules … Continue reading “MiRagen Lands $41M for MicroRNA Drugs in Cancer, Fibrosis”
Houston’s Fannin Launches New Biotech, Exotect, to Treat Asthma
Asthma treatments have typically focused on treating inflammation and constricted airways. Houston’s Fannin Innovation Studio has launched a company that tackles the disease’s third symptom: reducing overproduction of mucus. The company, called Exotect, is still in the early stages. Stemming from research led by Burton Dickey, chair of the pulmonary department at the University of … Continue reading “Houston’s Fannin Launches New Biotech, Exotect, to Treat Asthma”
In Significant Reversal, Prostate Drug Met Primary Goal After All
After getting something worse than a lump of coal for Christmas last year, Sophiris Bio got an early present for the 2015 holidays— its experimental prostrate drug met the primary goal of a late-stage study. Shares of Sophiris Bio (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SPHS]]) more than quadrupled overnight—opening today at $3.28 from yesterday’s close of 86 cents a … Continue reading “In Significant Reversal, Prostate Drug Met Primary Goal After All”
Australia, Ranked 81st In Innovation, Seeks Lessons From Silicon Valley
People are always swarming in from other countries to set up outposts in Silicon Valley, and that’s what Larry Marshall has been doing on a trip this month. But for Marshall, who flew in from his native Australia, the visit is also a homecoming. Marshall spent 26 years here watching entrepreneurs transform technology breakthroughs into … Continue reading “Australia, Ranked 81st In Innovation, Seeks Lessons From Silicon Valley”
GE, Gilt Groupe, Others Want to Advise NY Lawmakers on Tech Policies
An all-too-familiar refrain rings among certain politicians, who say they are not scientists or that they are neophytes when it comes to technology. The problem is the economy and future job growth are becoming inexorably tied to innovation—so if politicos don’t “get” tech, we may all be collectively screwed. Last week, business advocacy organization the … Continue reading “GE, Gilt Groupe, Others Want to Advise NY Lawmakers on Tech Policies”
VC Panel, New Fund, Pitch Contests Highlight WI Early Stage Symposium
Wisconsin has a ways to go if it wishes to be seen as a hotbed for entrepreneurship nationally. The Badger State finished dead last in the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s state rankings for startup activity. While there are some positive data points, such as Gener8tor being ranked the 14th-best U.S. seed accelerator last year, funds … Continue reading “VC Panel, New Fund, Pitch Contests Highlight WI Early Stage Symposium”
With $379M Deal For Ocata, Astellas Buys Stem Cells For Eye Diseases
Japanese drug firm Astellas Pharma announced late Monday it has agreed to buy Ocata Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:OCAT]]), which is developing regenerative medicines for eye diseases. It’s an all-cash deal worth $379 million, with the Astellas offer of $8.50 a share representing a 79 percent premium to Ocata’s share price at the end of November 6. … Continue reading “With $379M Deal For Ocata, Astellas Buys Stem Cells For Eye Diseases”
Cybric Obtains $1,300,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd1a2077-2f0b-4f79-bf43-a9b68caae48c Date 11/10/2015 Company Name Cybric Mailing Address 2 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02110 USA Company Description Cybric provides a continuous security delivery fabric for today’s modern enterprise infrastructure. Organizations rely on Cybric’s security virtualization to dramatically reduce vulnerability identification and remediation time from months to minutes, whether on-premises or in the … Continue reading “Cybric Obtains $1,300,000 Seed Round”
Wave Systems Secures $490,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f0183d4-7f25-4d66-b00a-f05d47970d17 Date 11/10/2015 Company Name Wave Systems Mailing Address 480 Pleasant Street Lee, MA 01238 USA Company Description Wave Systems is a leading provider of client and server software for hardware-based digital security, enabling organizations to know who is connecting to their critical IT infrastructure, protect corporate data, and strengthen the boundaries … Continue reading “Wave Systems Secures $490,000 New Financing”
Club W Obtains $12,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea703c39-e11d-4d87-8ff3-2fd7bbc42b2b Date 11/10/2015 Company Name Club W Mailing Address 5340 Alla Road Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA Company Description We are an online community of wine enthusiasts committed to taking the hassle, guesswork and pretentiousness out of enjoying a great bottle of wine at a reasonable price. For far too long buying … Continue reading “Club W Obtains $12,000,000 New Round”