Acquia Adds $55M as World Goes Online

Let the good times roll in enterprise tech. One of Boston’s fast-rising Internet startups has some more cash to throw around. Acquia, a Web content management software company, says it has raised $55 million in equity financing, led by new investor Centerview Capital Technology. Its previous investors, including New Enterprise Associates and Split Rock Partners, … Continue reading “Acquia Adds $55M as World Goes Online”

Trinity’s Fred Wang on Thinking Outside the Silicon Valley Box

When it comes to investing in technology startups, anywhere beyond Silicon Valley is considered a “secondary market.” It’s just not possible to find a comparable density of super angel investors, venture capital firms, and tech startups anywhere else. Of the nearly $31 billion that venture firms have invested nationwide through the first half of 2015, … Continue reading “Trinity’s Fred Wang on Thinking Outside the Silicon Valley Box”

Acquia Secures $55,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d2ec0790-4ef4-4593-ac8f-350504a19063 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Acquia Mailing Address 25 Corporate Drive 4th Floor Burlington, MA 01803 USA Company Description Acquia is a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal web collaboration and publishing platform. Website http://www.acquia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $55,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Acquia Secures $55,000,000 New Funding Round”

Phantom Cyber Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e42b5f2f-0298-40c6-a5a2-d34a4f26aa41 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Phantom Cyber Mailing Address 2995 Woodside Road Woodside, CA 94062 USA Company Description Security threats arrive with unprecedented diversity, volume and velocity. Ever-increasing complexity due to products and platforms to manage. A crippling drought of expert personnel. Website http://www.phantom.us Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Phantom Cyber Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding”

Paintzen Receives $7,200,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4abbaabc-d1b1-41d7-93ed-a2ddb53a88ea Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Paintzen Mailing Address 242 West 30th Street New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description Paintzen is a revolutionary painting service, here to make the process of finding a trustworthy painter for your next home or office paint job effortless. Inspired by the desire to free clients from … Continue reading “Paintzen Receives $7,200,000 Series A Financing Round”

Individual Digital Garners $100,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf3d403c-6a70-44ce-aeb1-d7a2e41c76e0 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Individual Digital Mailing Address 195 Plymouth Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Company Description Individual Digital, Inc. is a digital media company focused on developing an online advertising platform to provide businesses with a means of delivering targeted messaging. Website http://www.individualdigital.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $100,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Individual Digital Garners $100,000 New Funding Round”

aWhere Lands $3,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4341d4d0-67a1-4d1a-a922-8f01a74c6d19 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name aWhere Mailing Address 4891 Independence St. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 USA Company Description aWhere, Inc. offers a suite of products and solutions that help manage your retailers’ data and make store-level decisions depending on whether you’re a manufacturer, broker, distributor, or a retailer. Website http://www.awhere.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “aWhere Lands $3,000,000 New Financing”

Civitas Learning Lands $60,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81f85c24-933e-4097-af73-f01f7019085b Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Civitas Learning Mailing Address 100 Congress Street Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Using a cloud-based predictive analytics platform and engaging applications, the company delivers personalized, real-time recommendations directly to students, faculty, advisors and administrators to inform decisions, big and small, across the student lifecycle. Website http://www.civitaslearning.com … Continue reading “Civitas Learning Lands $60,000,000 New Round”

Cabot Microelectronics Acquires NexPlanar for $142,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=75374646-9a51-4c57-836f-40993785b5ac Date 9/28/2015 Company Name NexPlanar Mailing Address 7175 NW Evergreen Parkway Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA Company Description NexPlanar builds the next generation of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pads for the semiconductor device industry. Our propriety nano-domain technology coupled with patented molded grooves and the unique ability to tune the pads results … Continue reading “Cabot Microelectronics Acquires NexPlanar for $142,000,000”

You42 Acquires Earbits for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f35c404-6b96-411f-92e3-9f81a7e9e27b Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Earbits Mailing Address 957 Lake Street Venice, CA 90291 USA Company Description Earbits is personalized streaming radio with cojones. No ads, no commercials, no subscriptions…just a slick website with plenty of things to keep you busy. Explore and connect with killer bands across a huge variety of … Continue reading “You42 Acquires Earbits for Undisclosed Sum”

Madison Reed Obtains $16,100,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=532b254a-fe0b-4d6f-a4b7-942fbebaf6a2 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Madison Reed Mailing Address 500 2nd Street First Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Madison Reed is revolutionizing every aspect of the home hair care market through superior formulation of professional grade products that are healthier for you and your hair, reinventing the discovery and … Continue reading “Madison Reed Obtains $16,100,000 Series C Financing”

Medium Garners $57,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7e53789-b69d-404b-84d4-eee21d05c4ee Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Medium Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Medium is based on the belief that the sharing of ideas and experiences is what moves humanity forward. The Internet is the greatest idea-sharing tool ever imagined, but they’ve only scratched the surface of its capabilities. … Continue reading “Medium Garners $57,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

Randstad Acquires RiseSmart for $100,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dc37a60-c40a-4e5f-9014-6749a4ae2f25 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name RiseSmart Mailing Address 2055 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member’s unique profile, freeing senior-level professionals to … Continue reading “Randstad Acquires RiseSmart for $100,000,000”

PulsePoint Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac4bacc1-f3fb-42ac-98fe-5ba7a51e7eb3 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name PulsePoint Mailing Address 20 Broad Street 6th Floor New York, NY 10005 USA Company Description PulsePoint is an award winning digital media and advertising technology company offering integrated tools and insights that help marketers and publishers engage and grow their audience. Website http://www.pulsepoint.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction … Continue reading “PulsePoint Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing”

Rentrak Acquires SponsorHub for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17e4e15b-7814-49bd-abb1-19d2f6f8afd3 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name SponsorHub Mailing Address 37 E. 18Th Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description SponsorHub is a platform that allows brands to easily identify, assess and sponsor the right events, on a scalable level. We offer unbiased ratings across a broad range of qualified events…from … Continue reading “Rentrak Acquires SponsorHub for Undisclosed Sum”

CRISPR Update Could Make Gene Edits Easier, Discoverers Say

The popular gene-editing system known as CRISPR/Cas9 has become an indispensable biological research tool, and it also holds profound therapeutic, environmental, ethical, and business implications. Now it has a cousin. Researchers at several institutions, including CRISPR/Cas9 pioneer Feng Zhang at the Broad Institute, have published a paper in the journal Cell describing a CRISPR system that … Continue reading “CRISPR Update Could Make Gene Edits Easier, Discoverers Say”

Wisconsin Roundup: Epic, Engineered Propulsion, Scanalytics, & More

Here are some of the past week’s major headlines from Wisconsin’s tech and innovation community: —The CEO and CFO of Cambridge University Hospitals have stepped down amid financial pressures partly tied to a $300 million implementation of electronic health records software developed by Verona-based Epic Systems, according to British media reports and a note to … Continue reading “Wisconsin Roundup: Epic, Engineered Propulsion, Scanalytics, & More”

Dextro Refines Its Video Discovery Strategy with Sight, Sound & Motion

Just a few months after unveiling its software to analyze live video in real-time, Dextro is trying to up its game in the somewhat frothy video discovery sector. CEO and co-founder David Luan says his New York-based company took the wraps off a new service Thursday that helps businesses with extensive video libraries make their content discoverable. “We … Continue reading “Dextro Refines Its Video Discovery Strategy with Sight, Sound & Motion”

Rising Tide Fund Aims to Get More Women Comfortable with Investing

A new Silicon Valley-based angel fund meant to get women more comfortable with investing officially launched today with support from the Kauffman Foundation. The Rising Tide Fund employs a collaborative investing model, with nine seasoned women angel investors serving as advisers to 90 women—all accredited investors—from across the United States, who will be non-managing members … Continue reading “Rising Tide Fund Aims to Get More Women Comfortable with Investing”

TeamSnap to Add League Services, Double User Base After $10M Funding

TeamSnap has always done well at biding its time. The six-year-old Boulder, CO-based startup provides Web and mobile apps meant to help players, coaches, parents, and league officials, among many types of teams, manage everything from rosters to practices to game schedules. Rather than focusing on corporate partnerships or gaining users quickly for advertising purposes, TeamSnap … Continue reading “TeamSnap to Add League Services, Double User Base After $10M Funding”

Narvii Nabs $6.5M for Amino Apps Connecting Doctor Who, Anime Fans

[Updated 11:55 a.m. with CEO comments.] Narvii, the Techstars Boston alumni startup that runs Amino, a group of mobile app communities for people interested in everything from Harry Potter to makeup, has raised $6.5 million from investors, according to a new SEC filing. Boston-based Narvii has raised at least $8.3 million from investors since its 2011 founding, … Continue reading “Narvii Nabs $6.5M for Amino Apps Connecting Doctor Who, Anime Fans”

West Coast Biotech Roundup: Gilead, Conatus, Exelixis, and More

Those of you who thought that DreamWorks’ Shrek franchise ended in 2010 with Shrek Ever After may have been surprised when a new installment played out over the past week with the big green ogre re-imagined as a former hedge-fund-manager-turned biotech executive. Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, called down the wrath of the Twitter-verse … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Gilead, Conatus, Exelixis, and More”

Retrieve Technologies Receives New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3083add0-1eed-4442-b5f0-0b03f77564c6 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Retrieve Technologies Mailing Address 250 Commercial Street Manchester, NH 03101 USA Company Description Before starting Retrieve Technologies we worked at larger private and public software companies (Softdesk, Autodesk, Oracle, TomTom, etc.) We recognize one of the toughest challenges to growing and running a business is implementing effective … Continue reading “Retrieve Technologies Receives New Funding Round”

Onshape Receives $80,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0920851-47be-4b1f-a0a4-17590cab78f1 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Onshape Mailing Address One Alewife Center Cambridge, MA 02140 USA Company Description Onshape is the first and only full-cloud 3D CAD system that lets everyone on a design team work together using any web browser, phone, or tablet. Website http://www.onshape.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $80,000,000 … Continue reading “Onshape Receives $80,000,000 New Round”

Narvii Lands $6,500,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=687a5ff7-d661-4886-9a58-52e511a9dc14 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Narvii Mailing Address 12 Ship Avenue Medford, MA 02155 USA Company Description Amino, Narvii’s flagship product, is a mobile-first community platform for long-tail interests, organizations and brands. Website http://www.narvii.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Narvii Lands $6,500,000 New Financing”

lifeIMAGE Garners $5,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f81b2d9-c75c-4283-89cc-fab8b3986bd9 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name lifeIMAGE Mailing Address 300 Washington St. Newton, MA 02458 USA Company Description The nation’s top hospitals and health systems are using the lifeIMAGE platform to receive medical images from anywhere, incorporate them into their local systems, share results with patients and providers, and develop new referral relationships. … Continue reading “lifeIMAGE Garners $5,000,000 New Financing”

Aquam Receives $13,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4add86f-2ae0-4128-a77e-a801992abe9b Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Aquam Mailing Address ?7710 Kenamar Ct. San Diego, CA 92121 USA Company Description The Aquam group will fully address the failing infrastructure problem that has been plaguing the world for decades, providing infrastructure support, rehabilitation and diagnostics to inside and outside infrastructure systems. Website http://www.aquamcorp.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Aquam Receives $13,000,000 New Funding Round”

StreamSets Obtains $12,500,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31d2b11a-0306-4dd8-89ce-9e11698af1ca Date 9/25/2015 Company Name StreamSets Mailing Address 2 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Founded in 2014, StreamSets provides Continuous Ingest technology for the next generation of big data applications. Its enterprise-grade infrastructure accelerates time-to-analysis by bringing unprecedented transparency and processing to data in motion. Website http://www.streamsets.com Transaction … Continue reading “StreamSets Obtains $12,500,000 Series A Financing”

Auris Surgical Robotics Receives $149,549,998 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7df0d11-e621-46f2-b0a9-a86198385ed2 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Auris Surgical Robotics Mailing Address 125 Shoreway Road San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. engages in the development of robotics technology for medical applications. The company designs novel dualarm microsurgical system for ophthalmic surgery. The company was incorporated in 2007. Website Undisclosed … Continue reading “Auris Surgical Robotics Receives $149,549,998 New Financing Round”

Snapcard Lands $305,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03cd5baf-27f5-4748-90c2-ff284be83247 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Snapcard Mailing Address 660 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description SNAPCARD was founded in 2013 in order to help consumers spend their digital currencies. Since then we have been rethinking the way that merchants accept digital currency. It is our focus to help merchants … Continue reading “Snapcard Lands $305,000 New Round”

Din Receives $3,000,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=40c69f9c-9706-4b0e-8a51-ff83bb717cd1 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Din Mailing Address 1007 Howard Ave. San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description Din Executive Chef Stephen Beaumier sets the week’s menu, drawing on his own creative inspiration and culinary collaboration with the world’s finest restaurants. Website http://www.din.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Din Receives $3,000,000 Seed Financing Round”

G-banker Secures $17,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bae3fd86-a2e2-4cf9-8118-35246de6525f Date 9/25/2015 Company Name G-banker Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10017 USA Company Description Gold purse earnings derived by Beijing Network Technology Co., Ltd. to solve gold liquidity Internet products. Website http://www.g-banker.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $17,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “G-banker Secures $17,000,000 Series B Round”

Wayin Receives $15,400,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e1906f5-33b0-46f1-bd07-582a8dd5d209 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Wayin Mailing Address 1623 Blake Street Denver, CO 80202 USA Company Description Wayin, based in Denver, is a leading mobile and web engagement platform that enables conversations between individuals, brands, and enterprises with their fans, customers and employees. Website http://www.wayin.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,400,000 … Continue reading “Wayin Receives $15,400,000 New Round”

FanDuel Acquires AlphaDraft for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c3fcb1b8-a760-44e0-983c-157fa3bfce78 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name AlphaDraft Mailing Address 3824 Cedar Springs Rd. Dallas, TX 75219 USA Company Description AlphaDraft operates an online fantasy sports service. Website http://www.alphadraft.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the companies.

Amino Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9320af89-62af-48b5-8311-d385a2804989 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Amino Mailing Address 469 Moody St Waltham, MA 02453 USA Company Description Communities have long been an integral part of the Internet, online places where people can connect and share their passions and interests. And communities can have great network dynamics, where they increase in value as … Continue reading “Amino Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding Round”

Ziosk Obtains $100,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c1d8ace-97a2-49d6-bf7a-2c289813c4b3 Date 9/25/2015 Company Name Ziosk Mailing Address 12404 Park Central Drive Dallas, TX 75251 USA Company Description Ziosk is the creator of the first entertainment, ordering and pay-at-the-table tablet for the restaurant market. The industry leader commanding 95 percent of the installed tabletop tablet market, Ziosk has deployed more than 150,000 … Continue reading “Ziosk Obtains $100,000,000 New Financing Round”

Ahead of Rivals, Arrowhead Unveils Clinical Data for Hepatitis B Drug

Arrowhead Research (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARWR]]) released data Thursday showing humans and chimpanzees treated with the company’s hepatitis B virus (HBV) candidate during Phase IIa clinical trials had significantly lower levels of antigens. Shares in the company opened at $9.01, up 33 percent from the previous day’s $6.74 closing price. (The company sent out a press release … Continue reading “Ahead of Rivals, Arrowhead Unveils Clinical Data for Hepatitis B Drug”

Surgical Robotics Serial Entrepreneur’s Stealth Startup Raises $149M

Most young companies that had raised close to $184 million over the last two years would be clamoring for press attention by now. But not Auris Surgical Robotics. The San Carlos, CA-based medical robotics company remained firmly in stealth mode as tech reporters learned via its SEC filing this week that it had raised $149.5 … Continue reading “Surgical Robotics Serial Entrepreneur’s Stealth Startup Raises $149M”

Exelixis Hires Three Veeps As Market Plans Loom For Two Drugs

San Francisco Bay Area biotech firm Exelixis (NASDAQ: [[ticker:EXEL]]) is bringing on board three new executives in anticipation of two drugs gaining FDA approval. The company, trying to turn around a bad run the past few years, as Xconomy wrote about in June, hired William Berg as senior VP of medical affairs, Jonathan Berndt as … Continue reading “Exelixis Hires Three Veeps As Market Plans Loom For Two Drugs”

Here’s What Convinced Me to Order a $2,000 Glowforge Laser Cutter

I haven’t told my daughters yet that we’re getting this new tool that has captured my imagination and will soon help them make their own toys—and who knows what else. But I just ordered a Glowforge laser cutter and engraver from the eponymous Seattle startup, and I have to say, I’m pretty excited. Disclosures: Even … Continue reading “Here’s What Convinced Me to Order a $2,000 Glowforge Laser Cutter”

Techstars Mobility Lures New Companies, Documentary Crew to Detroit

The Techstars Mobility accelerator program’s first cohort graduated earlier this month, and the demo day event held to showcase technologies the startups are working on also contained a few surprise announcements, including company updates and a new documentary in the works about the rise of Detroit’s entrepreneurial culture. Ted Serbinski, who manages the Techstars Mobility … Continue reading “Techstars Mobility Lures New Companies, Documentary Crew to Detroit”

Houston’s Wine4Me Gets First Taste of IBM Watson Developer Program

Navigating the scores of wines available on a trip to Napa Valley six years ago, Houston entrepreneur Amy Gross wondered why there wasn’t a more scientific way to pick the perfect glass. “If music can be characterized objectively like Pandora, why can’t wine?” says Gross, recalling a conversation with her husband. “Why do we have … Continue reading “Houston’s Wine4Me Gets First Taste of IBM Watson Developer Program”

Dallas-Based DriverUp Bolsters Lending Marketplace With $20M Series B

DriverUp, a Dallas, TX-based online market for investing in auto loans that launched in February, has received a $20 million Series B funding round that it plans to use to bolster its marketing and product development efforts. DriverUp provides investors access to loans used by consumers to buy cars. Those investors are typically groups such … Continue reading “Dallas-Based DriverUp Bolsters Lending Marketplace With $20M Series B”

Onshape Nabs $80M From Andreessen, Others for Mobile CAD Software

Hardware engineers designing and tweaking products with computer software have traditionally been chained to their desks. But like most industries, these employees are increasingly going mobile, using smartphones and tablets to complete their work. That requires new computer-aided design software that lives on the Web, allowing scattered colleagues to quickly share files and automatically update … Continue reading “Onshape Nabs $80M From Andreessen, Others for Mobile CAD Software”

AppDirect’s 4th Acquisition Brings IoT Scope To App Marketplace Maker

AppDirect, a growing San Francisco company that organizes marketplaces for Web-based software, said today it’s acquiring AppCarousel, which helps companies create app stores for connected cars, smartphones, and other elements of the Internet of Things. The acquisition, under undisclosed terms, adds to a recent growth surge for AppDirect, which announced a $50 million Series D … Continue reading “AppDirect’s 4th Acquisition Brings IoT Scope To App Marketplace Maker”

Stemina, Eyeing Boston VC, Launches Large Autism Diagnostic Study

With a new $2.7 million federal grant in hand, Stemina Biomarker Discovery has launched a 1,500-patient study of its experimental test to diagnose children with autism spectrum disorder. According to the company, it’s the largest clinical trial ever of this type of autism test—one that measures residues in the blood called metabolites. Stemina, a Madison, … Continue reading “Stemina, Eyeing Boston VC, Launches Large Autism Diagnostic Study”

Joylux Garners $3,000,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=42472c18-22ce-4e50-820f-3f913815c187 Date 9/24/2015 Company Name Joylux Mailing Address 1126 34th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122 USA Company Description Joylux is an innovative consumer health and wellness company creating transformational LED-focused products that bring joy to the lives of our customers. Website http://www.joyluxinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Joylux Garners $3,000,000 Seed Funding”

Atigeo Obtains $18,400,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6aac4e0-a124-4dca-a24b-6ffb6694d7d6 Date 9/24/2015 Company Name Atigeo Mailing Address 800 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue, WA 98004 USA Company Description Atigeo is a technology company that inspires compassionate people who integrate information with wisdom for a better world. Our premier software platform, xPatterns, makes data in organizations and ecosystems accessible and secure for discovery, … Continue reading “Atigeo Obtains $18,400,000 New Funding Round”

Premise Lands $50,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f893f04d-d6f2-4243-93cf-20554e46b295 Date 9/24/2015 Company Name Premise Mailing Address 185 Berry Street San Francisco, CA 94307 USA Company Description Premise maps truth from the ground up. We are a technology company building a global network to track macroeconomic and human development trends in real time. Website http://www.premise.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Premise Lands $50,000,000 Series C Financing”

CliniCloud Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=db01a77b-da45-447d-8615-478eb132c74a Date 9/24/2015 Company Name CliniCloud Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description CliniCloud was founded by Dr. Hon Weng Chong and Dr. Andrew Lin, two physicians who have been friends since medical school. They realized that today’s patients are starting to play a more active role in their … Continue reading “CliniCloud Obtains $5,000,000 New Financing Round”