Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f363ab1-c260-46ad-98fa-26b6f2bd3ef8 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Area 1 Security Mailing Address 2750 Sand Hill Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Area 1 Security is developing threat intelligence product focused on eliminating targeted, socially engineered cyber attacks. Area 1 Security was founded by CEO Oren Falkowitz, security experts from NSA and MIT, … Continue reading “Area 1 Security Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
BuildZoom Obtains $10,600,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fe0d376b-ba2e-4abf-8e77-2bfdd252325f Date 10/14/2015 Company Name BuildZoom Mailing Address 501 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description BuildZoom helps homeowners find reliable contractors, and BuildZoom helps reliable contractors promote their business. BuildZoom is a resource that helps people make smarter decisions about their most valued possession: their home. We do this … Continue reading “BuildZoom Obtains $10,600,000 Series A Funding”
Audentes Therapeutics Garners $65,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8acefdf4-1452-4b06-a85d-2c80b8782450 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Audentes Therapeutics Mailing Address 101 Montgomery Street. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description Audentes is a biotechnology company committed to the development and commercialization of innovative new treatments for people with serious, rare muscle diseases through the application of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy technology. Website … Continue reading “Audentes Therapeutics Garners $65,000,000 Series C Funding”
PubNub Garners $5,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6deaa2d-4bea-4943-8693-32e8df1e9638 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name PubNub Mailing Address 1045 17th St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description PubNub is a blazingly fast cloud-hosted messaging service for building real-time web and mobile apps. Hundreds of apps and thousands of developers rely on PubNub for delivering human-perceptive real-time experiences that scale to millions … Continue reading “PubNub Garners $5,000,000 Series C Funding”
Bracket Computing Obtains $46,400,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=098c40c8-619b-48ef-a909-67a498720646 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Bracket Computing Mailing Address 320 Soquel Way Sunnyvale, OR 94085 USA Company Description Bracket Computing is a leader in Virtual Infrastructure Software that spans multiple heterogeneous clouds with one set of advanced security, data management, and networking infrastructure. Founded in 2011, Bracket Computing serves some of the … Continue reading “Bracket Computing Obtains $46,400,000 New Financing Round”
23andMe Garners $115,000,000 Series E Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2beb7170-1a2f-49f4-b3d3-c06a6107f3ad Date 10/14/2015 Company Name 23andMe Mailing Address 1390 Shorebird Way Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description 23andMe is focused on empowering individuals to access, explore, and better understand their genetic information, making use of recent advances in DNA analysis technologies and proprietary web-based software tools. Website http://www.23andme.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “23andMe Garners $115,000,000 Series E Financing”
Zugata Secures $3,200,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=35e970ea-4a20-4384-936e-d9435dcf7df0 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Zugata Mailing Address 425 Sherman Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Performance reviews focused on helping employees reach their potential. Zugata helps you get continuous feedback from the people you work with, offers recommendations for your improvement and tracks your progress. Website http://www.zugata.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Zugata Secures $3,200,000 Seed Funding Round”
Eleven James Garners Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0bb580d1-63bd-4ec3-8879-0d5958f29641 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Eleven James Mailing Address 500 Seventh Avenue 17th Floor New York, NY 10018 USA Company Description Our Concierge will develop a personalized watch profile based on your preferences and lifestyle to ensure every timepiece you receive exceeds your expectations. Website http://www.elevenjames.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Eleven James Garners Series A Financing Round”
Lenddo Lands Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d907e96e-0559-4d57-a4b3-e107e1c572b9 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Lenddo Mailing Address 36 Cooper Square 4th Floor New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description Lenddo is the world’s first credit scoring service that uses your online social network to assess credit. Website http://www.lenddo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Lenddo Lands Series B Funding”
SmartVault Receives $1,306,598 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=08d2eccd-793b-4136-a933-29655047e60a Date 10/14/2015 Company Name SmartVault Mailing Address 720 North Post Oak Road Houston, TX 77024 USA Company Description Founded in 2008, SmartVault is striving to give people a better life at work. So in your business, you can spend less time and money filing, retrieving, copying and sharing files and more … Continue reading “SmartVault Receives $1,306,598 New Funding Round”
Roikoi Lands $1,700,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd47e798-8b03-4b88-90b4-fd26705d298a Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Roikoi Mailing Address 106 E 6th St. Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Sourcing tools give great access to passive candidates, but struggle to assess talent and fit. Referral programs provide a great signal on talent and fit but only surface active candidates. Website http://www.roikoi.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Roikoi Lands $1,700,000 New Round”
Medrobotics Lands $2,400,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=42fb2731-723d-40bd-948b-8937536711b9 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Medrobotics Mailing Address 475 Paramount Drive Raynham, MA 02767 USA Company Description Medrobotics has exclusive worldwide licenses for its technologies from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh as well as additional robust development of its own intellectual property portfolio. The Company has an operational facility … Continue reading “Medrobotics Lands $2,400,000 New Financing”
Astute Medical Receives $19,999,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5cec0437-368f-452f-8886-08a92f279fab Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Astute Medical Mailing Address 3550 General Atomics Court San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description Astute Medical’s mission is to identify and validate protein biomarkers of severe acute disease.Our focus is community and hospital acquired acute conditions that require rapid diagnosis and risk assessment. Our emphasis is … Continue reading “Astute Medical Receives $19,999,999 New Round”
Lyra Health Lands $35,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d9c467b-f4b1-485a-8327-246d842ff2ae Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Lyra Health Mailing Address 200 Park Road Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description Lyra Health’s mission is to transform behavioral health care through technology with a human touch — to get more patients the care they need when they need it. If you are an engineer or … Continue reading “Lyra Health Lands $35,000,000 New Funding”
Luxendo Secures $6,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=052ad8a2-d289-4c38-ae42-30b9c5f7bc73 Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Luxendo Mailing Address Undisclosed San Diego, CA 94025 USA Company Description When compared to conventional microscopy, the SPIM technology allows for significantly reduced sampling times (factor 1000x) and higher resolution with highly reduced damaging side effects on the living objects. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Luxendo Secures $6,000,000 Series A Round”
Moven Secures $12,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=273f3886-1223-40ee-bee0-51d0af67a15b Date 10/14/2015 Company Name Moven Mailing Address 6B Union Avenue Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 USA Company Description At Moven, our aim is to be the service you choose to live better with your money… making the way you spend, save, and live smarter. Movenbank is not your typical bank. Website http://www.moven.com Transaction … Continue reading “Moven Secures $12,000,000 Series B Financing”
Ana Mari Cauce Named 33rd University of Washington President
The University of Washington Board of Regents today erased the “interim” in front of President Ana Mari Cauce’s title, selecting her to be the first woman to hold the position on a permanent basis in the university’s nearly 154-year history. Despite spending upwards of $160,000 on an outside search firm, the regents found the next … Continue reading “Ana Mari Cauce Named 33rd University of Washington President”
Post-IPO, Rapid7 Buys Logentries to Grow Data Analytics Offerings
Rapid7 scooped up Logentries for $68 million today in the Boston cybersecurity company’s first acquisition since going public in July. The acquisition of Boston-based Logentries broadens the capabilities of Rapid7 (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RPD]]), which primarily sells software that helps organizations find security flaws in their IT infrastructure, check whether they’ve been fixed, and detect and respond … Continue reading “Post-IPO, Rapid7 Buys Logentries to Grow Data Analytics Offerings”
Map of Boston Coworking Spaces: Healthy Mix or Bubble Trouble?
For tech industry observers, coworking giant WeWork is the perfect symbol of the bubble that we may or may not be in right now. The New York-based company—which operates coworking spaces in 12 U.S. cities, as well as locations in the U.K., Israel, and the Netherlands—raised $433.9 million in its latest funding round at a … Continue reading “Map of Boston Coworking Spaces: Healthy Mix or Bubble Trouble?”
Sportsman Tracker’s Mobile App Helps Hunters Find Their Prey
It’s fall, and to a segment of Michigan’s population, that means one thing: The start of hunting season. A Grand Rapids, MI-based hunting-tech startup, Sportsman Tracker, unveiled a new mobile app late last month at San Francisco’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference in anticipation of the season, and company CEO Jeff Courter says the app’s algorithm is … Continue reading “Sportsman Tracker’s Mobile App Helps Hunters Find Their Prey”
Startups: Make a Prediction and Win a Ticket to Seattle 2035 on Oct. 30
We are less than three weeks away from Seattle 2035, and we’re excited to announce that we have a block of 25 complimentary startup tickets to give to entrepreneurs building the future of Seattle. Our goal with Seattle 2035 is to explore ways the city and region can maintain and expand it’s role in global innovation. We have an outstanding … Continue reading “Startups: Make a Prediction and Win a Ticket to Seattle 2035 on Oct. 30”
CyPhy Captures $22M as New FAA Drone Rules Lift Off
The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to green-light commercial drone use earlier this year appears to be spurring the deployment of even more capital into the fledgling sector. The latest beneficiary is CyPhy Works, the Danvers, MA-based drone startup founded by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner. CyPhy announced a $22 million Series B round today led by … Continue reading “CyPhy Captures $22M as New FAA Drone Rules Lift Off”
5 Risk Management Practices Innovators Should Follow
High-tech and investment company startups plan for big successes – and this planning should include putting in place features that startup leaders may think are only necessary for established companies. However, whether business is boom or bust, new business leaders should seriously consider tried-and-true best practices. Before you launch your business with customers or take … Continue reading “5 Risk Management Practices Innovators Should Follow”
Houston Entrepreneur Boosts Biotech Ecosystem by ‘Energizing Health’
Houston entrepreneur Brian Lang describes his interest in innovation as something that runs the full spectrum of life. That can be seen in the healthcare innovation events he has helped to put together, from the Pediatric Pitch competition at South By Southwest this past spring to the upcoming Louisville Innovation Summit, a healthcare-focused conference in … Continue reading “Houston Entrepreneur Boosts Biotech Ecosystem by ‘Energizing Health’”
Seattle to Mars: Exploring Substance and Hype in a New Era of Space
We’ve reached a new level of excitement about space in Seattle, and across the country, with “The Martian” as the No. 1 film at American movie theaters for the second weekend in a row. This adds to an already amazing year in which humanity has landed a probe on the surface of a comet, taken … Continue reading “Seattle to Mars: Exploring Substance and Hype in a New Era of Space”
CyPhy Works Receives $22,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=01397749-14cb-4259-908e-8712892162b9 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name CyPhy Works Mailing Address 16C Electronics Ave. Danvers, MA 01923 USA Company Description We’re a product company, but our products are accessible, reliable, and practical robots designed to help real world problems. We don’t design general-purpose robots, hoping that some day they’ll have a use. Our robots … Continue reading “CyPhy Works Receives $22,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Cybereason Lands $59,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a01375ff-b905-4e8e-a8e1-d5beae04689e Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Cybereason Mailing Address 222 Berkeley Street 13th Floor Boston, MA 02116 USA Company Description Founded in 2012 by a team of ex-military cybersecurity experts, Cybereason is designed to detect complex cyber attacks and address the gap between detection and response. Website http://www.cybereason.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Cybereason Lands $59,000,000 Series C Round”
Gratafy Obtains $4,300,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ac7907f-dd59-4049-9fb1-7423e2c8f25f Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Gratafy Mailing Address 1008 Western Ave Seattle, WA 98109 USA Company Description Gratafy was founded to give people the opportunity to give and receive experience-based gifts in a new and unique way. We feature gifts like drinks and desserts at amazing local and national restaurants, bars, hotels … Continue reading “Gratafy Obtains $4,300,000 New Funding Round”
Patara Pharma Secures $33,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d8e1491d-9675-4e4e-83fb-27b67256d451 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Patara Pharma Mailing Address 11455 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 USA Company Description Patara Pharma is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing new therapeutics that target debilitating allergic and inflammatory diseases and conditions in orphan or focused patient populations. Website http://www.patarapharma.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction … Continue reading “Patara Pharma Secures $33,000,000 Series A Financing”
FabFitFun Lands $3,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9fefea12-ba62-4050-bc86-6a235a916a3e Date 10/13/2015 Company Name FabFitFun Mailing Address 325 S. Robertson Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA Company Description FabFitFun is a women’s lifestyle brand and community for everything beauty, fashion, wellness, and beyond. Our seasonal boxes are a great way for members to discover curated products that make them feel good … Continue reading “FabFitFun Lands $3,500,000 New Funding Round”
InvestCloud Secures $45,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f5f29e4-b481-47b0-ae77-7645a5ef5730 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name InvestCloud Mailing Address 8800 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA Company Description InvestCloud intuitive design is focused on usability and the interaction between the computer and the user for financial tasks. The result is a clean and obvious result that has been designed by users for … Continue reading “InvestCloud Secures $45,000,000 New Financing Round”
Verengo Secures $3,005,164 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=302aa8ee-686b-4b8a-ab1a-a3f5a04f17ee Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Verengo Mailing Address 20285 South Western Ave. Torrance, CA 90501 USA Company Description Californians lead the nation in energy efficiency — and Verengo leads the way in providing solar solutions to homeowners throughout Southern California. Website http://www.verengosolar.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $3,005,164 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Verengo Secures $3,005,164 New Financing”
VentureBeat Receives $1,606,992 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aca4eb2f-8715-4c4b-a4c1-028ddd6349e4 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name VentureBeat Mailing Address 22 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description VentureBeat’s mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. It is the successor to SiliconBeat, co-founded and written by Matt Marshall. Website http://www.venturebeat.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “VentureBeat Receives $1,606,992 New Funding”
MiNDERA Lands $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3bb8a1d8-b9d0-461e-b3b1-56aebd88537c Date 10/13/2015 Company Name MiNDERA Mailing Address 329 Oyster Point Blvd. 3rd Floor South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description We are an emerging software startup. Based on the principles of lean and self-management, at Mindera we believe that building software can be crafted in a simple and fast manner. … Continue reading “MiNDERA Lands $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Optimizely Obtains $58,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62648490-b8c3-4b1c-a447-6063417de48a Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Optimizely Mailing Address 631 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description The company provides a service that allows users to perform automated A/B testing of websites. Website http://www.optimizely.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $58,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes With this latest investment, … Continue reading “Optimizely Obtains $58,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Health Gorilla Garners $2,406,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=72930219-63ee-4f3c-8188-65bf95ca7bbe Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Health Gorilla Mailing Address 256 Gibraltar Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Company Description Health Gorilla is a first online healthcare marketplace for clinicians to place electronic orders, get results and communicate. Health Gorilla delivers aggregated real-time clinical test results data to the Point Of Care in a … Continue reading “Health Gorilla Garners $2,406,000 Series A Funding”
EverString Secures $65,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a9a16b0-1252-48f2-8a69-7fdd08ed27a5 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name EverString Mailing Address 1850 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404 USA Company Description EverString’s predictive analytics platform helps B2B companies identify and engage with the best customer prospects. We enable companies to unlock customer insights buried in their internal data and also connect it with the vast … Continue reading “EverString Secures $65,000,000 Series B Round”
Boostinsider Secures $1,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=959125bb-9307-4ff2-907c-91228063f6e0 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Boostinsider Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Our service can save entrepreneurs a lot of time so they can focus on making their products. Marketing, especially word of mouth marketing should be easy. We’ve worked with brands large and small including apps, games, … Continue reading “Boostinsider Secures $1,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
Boomtrain Garners $12,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23694243-47d9-40d3-bb3f-e8c181080c84 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Boomtrain Mailing Address 450 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description News, entertainment, comedy and drama. Incredible shows. All made for the web. All on boomtrain. Website http://www.boomtrain.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Boomtrain has raised more … Continue reading “Boomtrain Garners $12,000,000 Series A Funding”
ShopWell Solutions Lands $3,400,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f3f624f-9e33-4fbf-9869-fe2d8c9b28e4 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name ShopWell Solutions Mailing Address 100 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description ShopWell is a free food information site that scores products on how well they meet your unique needs. With easy-to-understand nutrition information and customized product scores, ShopWell gives you easy tools to find … Continue reading “ShopWell Solutions Lands $3,400,000 New Financing”
Xpenditure Garners $5,700,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=63cb3f2c-574a-4728-9115-ce022a096868 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Xpenditure Mailing Address 1177 Avenue of the Americas 7th Floor New York, NY 10036 USA Company Description Xpenditure is a revolutionary mobile & web based expense management solution that eliminates expense reports as we know them today. This by automating all steps of the expense management process, … Continue reading “Xpenditure Garners $5,700,000 Series A Financing Round”
Nimbix Receives $2,541,671 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a2383922-efa3-44ea-9ed7-4a9645727830 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Nimbix Mailing Address 1432 Waverly St. Houston, TX 77008 USA Company Description At Nimbix, while leveraging multiple available technologies for computationally intensive applications, we are focused on making hardware accelerator-based platforms available to our customers for consumption and tackling the challenges of application and software development on … Continue reading “Nimbix Receives $2,541,671 Series B Financing”
K4Connect Lands $1,900,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=66eadf5d-1093-47a5-946f-982299814b42 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name K4Connect Mailing Address 19 W Hargett St. Raleigh, NC 27601 USA Company Description K4Connect is a systems integration company connecting any number of disparate devices, systems and applications into a single cohesive system – whether in your home, office, or anywhere in-between. Website http://www.k4connect.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “K4Connect Lands $1,900,000 Seed Financing”
Househappy.org Receives $952,738 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be3945a1-33d9-4350-b03c-0973b8ef7c25 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Househappy.org Mailing Address 239 NW 13th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 USA Company Description Househappy’s mission is to simplify property search and make information accessible to everyone. Househappy is a free, user-generated real estate platform that’s intuitive and easy to use. Website http://www.househappy.org Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Househappy.org Receives $952,738 New Funding”
Simply Measured Garners $4,654,142 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=61d0b37e-156c-4580-911f-daa46bdafea8 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Simply Measured Mailing Address 2211 Elliott Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 USA Company Description Simply Measured helps marketers get social media data and create beautiful, custom reports in Excel and online. We take a different approach to analytics, rather than a rigid dashboard, we empower non-technical marketers and … Continue reading “Simply Measured Garners $4,654,142 New Round”
Nora Therapeutics Obtains $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6b343460-8757-432f-a43a-83f2af9112d4 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name Nora Therapeutics Mailing Address 530 Lytton Ave. 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Nora Therapeutics is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutics to address clinical unmet needs in reproductive medicine. Website http://www.noratherapeutics.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Nora Therapeutics Obtains $1,000,000 New Funding”
SteelBrick Garners $48,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=22345639-29aa-4f79-9fa1-e953dd183397 Date 10/13/2015 Company Name SteelBrick Mailing Address 1730 S El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description SteelBrick provides easy-to-use Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) apps for high-growth salesforce.com customers. SteelBrick CPQ is 100% native on Salesforce, so users can create accurate and professional sales quotes quickly and error-free, without leaving the … Continue reading “SteelBrick Garners $48,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
With EMC, A More Muscular Dell Could Mean Boost for Startup Scene
News about Dell Computer’s purchase of Massachusetts-based EMC has for the most part honed in on the sheer size of the deal, the largest acquisition ever in the technology industry. Those on the ground in Austin, TX, say they hope that the deal means a more muscular Dell will translate into a healthier local tech … Continue reading “With EMC, A More Muscular Dell Could Mean Boost for Startup Scene”
PTC Buys Qualcomm’s Vuforia to Add Augmented Reality to IoT Biz
In a day where EMC’s $67 billion sale to Dell dominated headlines, another New England company made a less attention-grabbing acquisition that advances its move into the “Internet of Things.” PTC (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PTC]]), a Needham, MA-based company best known for its computer-aided design and product development software, said it’s buying Vuforia, Qualcomm’s vision-based augmented reality … Continue reading “PTC Buys Qualcomm’s Vuforia to Add Augmented Reality to IoT Biz”
Tech Untangles the Brambles of Politics at the New York Tech Meetup
Seeing through the murky veil of politics gets harder and harder as rhetoric rather than results make headlines. At last week’s New York Tech Meetup (NYTM), there were a couple of examples of ways technology can help government be more efficient (see slideshow)—and one demo that could call out politicians for ignoring their constituents. Maria Yuan … Continue reading “Tech Untangles the Brambles of Politics at the New York Tech Meetup”