Biotech startup Invenra has raised $2 million in new equity financing. The cash will be used as “operating capital” as the cell-free antibody maker continues to add employees and line up sales prospects, vice president of business development Mark Kubik said Wednesday. The company, based in Madison, WI, is one of a select few using … Continue reading “Invenra Snags $2M, Expects to Raise $1M More in Next Month”
Human Longevity Names Mark Winham as COO
Human Longevity, the San Diego-based genomics company founded by J. Craig Venter, has named Mark Winham as Chief Operating Officer. Winham, who was previously the COO of Millennium Health and spent 10 years at Life Technologies (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific), will report directly to Venter, who remains CEO. According to a statement from … Continue reading “Human Longevity Names Mark Winham as COO”
Digital Textiles Printer Spoonflower Sews Up $25M Investment
Textiles startup Spoonflower is reviving North Carolina’s legacy in the fabrics business with a new, digital twist. Now the company has $25 million in additional capital to expand its reach. Durham, NC-based Spoonflower announced the new funding Wednesday. North Bridge Growth Equity, a Boston-based firm, led the investment, which included participation from Bull City Venture … Continue reading “Digital Textiles Printer Spoonflower Sews Up $25M Investment”
BluDiagnostics Gets Shot at Silicon Valley VCs After WI Pitch Contest
BluDiagnostics is still a three-person startup that hasn’t raised any outside capital, but it will soon have a chance to scoop up some serious cash in California. The Madison, WI-based healthtech company on Tuesday night won the second annual “Pressure Chamber” pitch contest organized by the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce. The event was held … Continue reading “BluDiagnostics Gets Shot at Silicon Valley VCs After WI Pitch Contest”
Dallas’s Health Wildcatters Accelerator Announces Third Class of Startups
The Health Wildcatters accelerator in Dallas announced its third class of startups Wednesday, including companies in digital health, medical devices, and telemedicine. Notably, women entrepreneurs lead half of the 10 startups, the accelerator says. One of the companies, Houston’s Noninvasix, was part of the inaugural cohort of startups at the Texas Medical Center’s accelerator, TMCx. … Continue reading “Dallas’s Health Wildcatters Accelerator Announces Third Class of Startups”
Velostrata Lifts Veil On New Hybrid Cloud Model, Raises $14M
San Jose, CA-based startup Velostrata emerged from stealth mode today with $14 million in hand and a new option for businesses that are wary of storing their data in the Web-based servers of the “public cloud.’’ Velostrata’s software makes it possible for companies to tap into the computing power available from that shared Web-based infrastructure, … Continue reading “Velostrata Lifts Veil On New Hybrid Cloud Model, Raises $14M”
Mobee Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1572e599-9ae9-4100-8f6f-372c145c106b Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Mobee Mailing Address 1 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description The easiest way to earn cash & rewards by visiting business you already frequent. Website http://www.getmobee.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The company intends to use the … Continue reading “Mobee Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Round”
Onapsis Receives $13,824,346 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b02048cb-fea1-4eac-8428-8339cd52e0d4 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Onapsis Mailing Address 101 Arch Street 17th Floor Cambridge, MA 02110 USA Company Description Onapsis Inc. is the leading provider of solutions to protect ERP systems from cyber-attacks. Through our innovative software solutions, our global customers can secure their SAP and Oracle business-critical platforms from espionage, sabotage … Continue reading “Onapsis Receives $13,824,346 Series B Funding”
Modumetal Garners New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d29c6d71-401e-47f1-9c40-f4c08175ca38 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Modumetal Mailing Address 1443 N. Northlake Way Seattle, WA 98103 USA Company Description The mission of Modumetal is to revolutionize the design and manufacture of automobiles, aircraft, armor and building materials in a way that has never before been realized since the deployment of mass production concepts. … Continue reading “Modumetal Garners New Funding Round”
ReShape Medical Lands $38,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93a94f78-d5c4-4dc5-ae25-f1fdfa98695e Date 8/26/2015 Company Name ReShape Medical Mailing Address 100 Calle Iglesia San Clemente, CA 92672 USA Company Description ReShape DuoTM is the first and only non-surgical, dual-intragastric balloon treatment designed for those who want a fast track to weight loss without the risks of surgery or side effects of drugs. Website … Continue reading “ReShape Medical Lands $38,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
MoneyStream Secures $500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74a476d6-3683-412c-8f3e-33c5bb5ecc4c Date 8/26/2015 Company Name MoneyStream Mailing Address 10 Jackson St. Los Gatos, CA 95030 USA Company Description MoneyStream aggregates banking, bill pay, record keeping, payment scheduling and cash flow management into a single online service and displays it via a visual cognitive calendar, and informs consumers on how much money will … Continue reading “MoneyStream Secures $500,000 New Funding”
Velostrata Garners $14,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=332d9b58-3731-4280-8a81-3e1b220d5271 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Velostrata Mailing Address 2880 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description Velostrata’s unique technology decouples compute from storage – providing the first real-time hybrid cloud solution that streams production workloads to and from the cloud in minutes, leaves the storage on-premises, and optimizes performance end-to-end. … Continue reading “Velostrata Garners $14,000,000 Series A Round”
Zero Motorcycles Obtains $7,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d09fefa-ed81-49d1-b6aa-536799074281 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Zero Motorcycles Mailing Address 380 El Pueblo Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA Company Description Zero Motorcycles is the next step in motorcycle evolution and represents the ultimate electric motorcycle technology. Website http://www.zeromotorcycles.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Zero Motorcycles Obtains $7,000,000 New Funding”
PBworks Lands $600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=143f7399-73f6-4919-bad8-5b70a74265b6 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name PBworks Mailing Address 1 Waters Park Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description PBworks is the world’s largest provider of hosted business and educational workspaces. We host over one million, serve millions of users per month, and 96% of PBworks business users would recommend PBworks to … Continue reading “PBworks Lands $600,000 New Funding Round”
Intercom Garners $35,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6faa2c8-6d21-405d-8065-61f2b62093fc Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Intercom Mailing Address 149 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Intercom is a customer relationship management and messaging tool for web app owners. Website http://www.intercom.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $35,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The company, which saw revenues grow … Continue reading “Intercom Garners $35,000,000 Series C Round”
RackWare Secures $1,739,680 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f38a12dd-5272-4945-a1d1-6e0f3df1cee3 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name RackWare Mailing Address 1900 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description RackWare has developed a series of enterprise solutions to bring “intelligence and automation to the cloud.” The RackWare Management Module (RMM) helps businesses scale across private, public, or hybrid cloud environments, without changing applications. Website … Continue reading “RackWare Secures $1,739,680 New Financing Round”
MOCACARE Receives $2,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d2ee5773-9bd4-437d-8981-6f9589ad91eb Date 8/26/2015 Company Name MOCACARE Mailing Address 887 Federation Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description MOCACARE’s mission is to improve the quality of life for its users by creating solutions that bring together the very best in health, technology, science, and comfort. Website http://www.mocacare.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “MOCACARE Receives $2,000,000 New Financing Round”
PreNav Obtains $1,200,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d80565b-ffbc-407d-88f6-999e56272813 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name PreNav Mailing Address 887 Industrial Rd. San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description PreNav develops next-gen hardware and software for drones (multi-copters). We enable precise navigation in complex environments, e.g. near-ground, indoors, or around structures, while avoiding obstacles like trees and buildings. Website http://www.prenav.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “PreNav Obtains $1,200,000 Seed Financing”
Fluxx Obtains $10,200,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de76d81e-09a6-4f0b-ba01-aeca80c65e96 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Fluxx Mailing Address 575 Sutter Street 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description Our mission is to develop software that enables a transparent, accessible, and more connected grants management ecosystem, allowing more vital resources to flow to the people and organizations working to make the … Continue reading “Fluxx Obtains $10,200,000 Series A Funding”
Providence Medical Technology Obtains $12,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1278c4ed-af5d-499a-886e-c8620407c531 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Providence Medical Technology Mailing Address 3650 Mt. Diablo Ave. Lafayette, CA 94549 USA Company Description A privately-held medical device company developing minimally invasive solutions addressing the $1 billion worldwide cervical spine market. Commercializing the DTRAX platform of minimally invasive posterior cervical implants and instruments to treat cervical … Continue reading “Providence Medical Technology Obtains $12,000,000 New Financing”
ZeroStack Garners $5,600,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8cfb2f27-203b-4e15-a455-d58444a06794 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name ZeroStack Mailing Address 201 Ravendale Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description ZeroStack delivers the industry’s first complete, scale-out private cloud that converges compute, storage, networking and management services. With ZeroStack, customers can drastically reduce time to value for IT, and lower software, hardware and operational … Continue reading “ZeroStack Garners $5,600,000 Series A Funding”
BlackRock Acquires FutureAdvisor for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=598730bf-5f2f-492f-a039-7a08539c9a83 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name FutureAdvisor Mailing Address 580 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Company Description FutureAdvisor takes academically researched portfolio management principles and applies them to your situation. Our recommendation algorithms are based on these principles and academic works. Website http://www.futureadvisor.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “BlackRock Acquires FutureAdvisor for Undisclosed Sum”
Becton Dickinson Company Acquires Cellular Research for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d511a616-ffb7-4c2c-a19b-e338ba1fa5ec Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Cellular Research Mailing Address 3183 Porter Drive Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA Company Description Cellular Research, Inc., is a new biotechnology research and development company founded in 2011 by innovators from Silicon Valley and Stanford University. Our mission is to revolutionize life science research by enabling high … Continue reading “Becton Dickinson Company Acquires Cellular Research for Undisclosed Sum”
Augury Garners $7,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06220ee2-1ec6-42fd-a3d2-737cf15f76f1 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Augury Mailing Address 110 Fifth Ave. 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 USA Company Description We are bringing Predictive Maintenance to new markets. By listening to a machine we can tell if it is working properly, has a malfunction and even predict future failures. Website http://www.augury.com Transaction … Continue reading “Augury Garners $7,000,000 Series A Financing”
KeyMe Secures $5,375,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=402adae5-9de3-414c-969b-74f487f538bc Date 8/26/2015 Company Name KeyMe Mailing Address 45-50 30th Street Long Island City, NY 11101 USA Company Description Choose from a wide selection of key designs including sports, designer, college, and a bottle opener key. Just scan your key with the KeyMe app and choose the design. We’ll take care of … Continue reading “KeyMe Secures $5,375,000 New Funding Round”
Pana Lands $1,350,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77065f10-2b4c-44bc-b7be-e85c99bbc787 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Pana Mailing Address Undisclosed Boulder, CO 80301 USA Company Description We are on a mission to connect the globe and empower people by making travel simple, personal, and delightful. Website http://www.pana.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,350,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Pana Lands $1,350,000 Seed Financing”
Able Lending Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=767db874-1bee-469c-9da5-7755348dbe9a Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Able Lending Mailing Address 503 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Able is creating a new way to empower main street entrepreneurs. We believe in the power of collaboration, and that together, we can help the Fortune 5 Million get the credit they need to … Continue reading “Able Lending Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing”
Encore Vision Obtains $2,500,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f410691a-657f-4195-8869-dcf30f2424e7 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Encore Vision Mailing Address 1120 South Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76104 USA Company Description Quality vision is one of the most important contributors to a great quality of life. Encore Vision was formed to create a breakout solution to the global issue of presbyopia and to improve … Continue reading “Encore Vision Obtains $2,500,000 Series C Financing Round”
Spoonflower Garners $25,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94a40b58-3505-4691-8aa4-bcf4e8bcb59b Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Spoonflower Mailing Address 2810 Meridian Parkway Durham, NC 27713 USA Company Description At Spoonflower we make it possible for individuals to design, print and sell their own fabric, wallpaper and gift wrap. It was founded in May 2008 by two Internet geeks who had crafty wives but … Continue reading “Spoonflower Garners $25,000,000 New Funding Round”
ServiceMax Obtains $82,000,000 Series F Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7383182c-f0a4-4c82-8071-c905dd96249a Date 8/26/2015 Company Name ServiceMax Mailing Address 3875 Hopyard Rd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA Company Description ServiceMax is the complete field service software solution helping companies of all sizes manage contracts, scheduling, and parts, while also providing solutions for social, portals, and analytics — all delivered in the cloud to any … Continue reading “ServiceMax Obtains $82,000,000 Series F Funding Round”
Stream.io Secures $1,716,641 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b75da41-af9d-4d11-b856-ddaa69dee461 Date 8/26/2015 Company Name Stream.io Mailing Address Undisclosed Boulder, CO 80302 USA Company Description Stream.io makes development tools that help companies drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to build feeds for their mobile apps and websites. Website http://www.stream.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,716,641 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Stream.io Secures $1,716,641 New Round”
EDF Renewable Energy Acquires OwnEnergy for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e33d8836-cfe2-439f-a057-feaac2b80fbd Date 8/26/2015 Company Name OwnEnergy Mailing Address 45 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Company Description OwnEnergy partners with landowners to develop renewable energy projects, with an initial focus on 10 – 80 MW wind energy projects. Our partners take an active role in the development and installation process in return … Continue reading “EDF Renewable Energy Acquires OwnEnergy for Undisclosed Sum”
Modumetal Raises Cash to Make Durable Parts for Oil and Gas Sector
Modumetal, the Seattle company making corrosion-resistant metal alloys and coatings with applications in industries including oil and gas, has received $33.5 million in new capital from investors including Chevron Technology Ventures, BP Ventures, and ConocoPhillips. The funding, described as an expansion round in a news release Tuesday and detailed in an SEC filing, was led … Continue reading “Modumetal Raises Cash to Make Durable Parts for Oil and Gas Sector”
Biz2Credit Preps for More Partnerships & Revenue in Small Biz Lending
The demand for small-business lending services is an ever-growing part of the financial world. New York-based Biz2Credit is positioning itself to keep riding this trend. Like others in this sector, co-founder and CEO Rohit Arora says Biz2Credit exists to address gaps in lending when businesses qualify for loans but have difficulty finding the right financing. Biz2Credit’s … Continue reading “Biz2Credit Preps for More Partnerships & Revenue in Small Biz Lending”
With $24M Series B, Avegant Prepares to Launch Video Player Headset
Avegant, a Redwood City, CA-based tech startup with roots in Ann Arbor, MI, announced this week that it has raised $24 million in Series B funding. Lian Luo, a Chinese mobile gaming company, led the round, with participation from the Bunting Family Fund and returning investors Intel Capital and NHN Investments. Avegant’s lead consumer product … Continue reading “With $24M Series B, Avegant Prepares to Launch Video Player Headset”
Houston Medical Device Executive Larry Lawson Becomes a Goose
Larry Lawson’s nearly five decades of being in healthcare’s entrepreneurial trenches leaves him with a lot of practical advice, he says, and that’s something he’s ready to pass on to the next generation. “I can tell them what not to do,” he says only half-jokingly. “That’s critically important.” Lawson started his career at Johnson & … Continue reading “Houston Medical Device Executive Larry Lawson Becomes a Goose”
FluGen Snags $9.4M for Phase I Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine
[Corrected 8/25/15, 2:14 pm. See below.] Madison, WI-based biotech startup FluGen has raised $9.4 million, which the company will use to start clinical trials on humans for its flagship vaccine candidate, designed to protect against multiple types of influenza, president and CEO Paul Radspinner said Monday. The new financing follows a $3.4 million bridge round that … Continue reading “FluGen Snags $9.4M for Phase I Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine”
Spare5 Raises $10M to Gather More Human Insights for the Internet
Seattle startup Spare5 is pairing human and machine intelligence to give businesses insight into things like what photo will best sell a vacation rental property. The company’s model for tapping people’s spare brain power to complete valuable micro-tasks is finding a host of uses among data-driven commerce and content companies. Founded less than a year … Continue reading “Spare5 Raises $10M to Gather More Human Insights for the Internet”
Private Code Academies Stake Their Claims in San Diego
Private “coding academies”—vocational schools that provide accelerated training for software development jobs—have begun to sprout in San Diego. The newest arrival, Origin Code Academy, is recruiting students for its first class on Sept. 21, and says it is the first coding education provider in San Diego “to guarantee its students a software development job within … Continue reading “Private Code Academies Stake Their Claims in San Diego”
ClearSky Combining Storage, Networking to Advance IT Infrastructure
[Updated, 12:45pm. See below] The Boston tech industry is entering a new age of enterprise IT. Long known for its companies in data storage, networking, and business software, the local sector is seeing a boom in startups that have a new spin on these traditional fields. One of them is ClearSky Data, a roughly two-year-old … Continue reading “ClearSky Combining Storage, Networking to Advance IT Infrastructure”
DreamBox Learning Obtains $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f108dbdc-d5f1-4e5c-bab5-586c5f168771 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name DreamBox Learning Mailing Address 305 108th Ave NE 2nd Floor Bellevue, WA 98004 USA Company Description DreamBox Learning’s team brings an unprecedented combination of experiences. We’re entrepreneurs, educators, creative designers, and technologists. Website http://www.dreambox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “DreamBox Learning Obtains $6,000,000 New Round”
Spare5 Lands $10,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c32fd6f3-eaff-4799-85e1-f059959c3fb6 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name Spare5 Mailing Address 1008 Western Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 USA Company Description Spare5 is designed to be the default do work now app for every smartphone owner on the planet. A tremendous opportunity exists to better people’s lives by making time they spend on mobile devices more … Continue reading “Spare5 Lands $10,000,000 Series A Round”
Cargo Chief Secures $10,017,593 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43916542-d9e1-4344-8954-4545fec546b6 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name Cargo Chief Mailing Address 1060 La Avenida Street Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Cargo Chief is a sophisticated freight broker whose mission is to partner with carriers, brokers, load boards, aggregators and consolidators of trucking services to offer the best value in trucking for our … Continue reading “Cargo Chief Secures $10,017,593 New Funding Round”
Nok Nok Labs Secures $8,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff462f80-07bd-4d87-b6ee-95917a985776 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name Nok Nok Labs Mailing Address 4151 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Nok Nok Labs is backed by veterans of the security industry from PGP, Netscape, PayPal & Phoenix and have deep experience in building Internet scale security protocols and products. Based in Palo … Continue reading “Nok Nok Labs Secures $8,000,000 Series C Round”
BlueData Lands $20,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ae0e69a-1dd1-4210-b489-bad0f7ad13c8 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name BlueData Mailing Address 148 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94014 USA Company Description BlueData is a company building the next-generation fast and secure big data private cloud for enterprises. We simplify big data infrastructure and eliminate complexities involved with big data deployments. In essence, we democratize big … Continue reading “BlueData Lands $20,000,000 Series C Financing”
Coursera Obtains $49,500,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=afc616f8-3357-4140-a432-be765f8024ea Date 8/25/2015 Company Name Coursera Mailing Address 1975 W El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us. Website http://www.coursera.org Transaction Type … Continue reading “Coursera Obtains $49,500,000 Series C Funding Round”
Greenhouse Software Obtains $35,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=027ec34d-a986-4af2-b9bd-df7b29150776 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name Greenhouse Software Mailing Address 455 Broadway 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description I launched Greenhouse with a single goal: Make companies great at hiring. The response has been phenomenal. As more and more organizations have moved to Greenhouse, insurmountable recruiting bottlenecks have vanished, and … Continue reading “Greenhouse Software Obtains $35,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
DreamBox Learning Lands $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f108dbdc-d5f1-4e5c-bab5-586c5f168771 Date 8/25/2015 Company Name DreamBox Learning Mailing Address 305 108th Ave NE 2nd Floor Bellevue, WA 98004 USA Company Description DreamBox Learning’s team brings an unprecedented combination of experiences. We’re entrepreneurs, educators, creative designers, and technologists. Website http://www.dreambox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “DreamBox Learning Lands $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Austin Cancer Drugs Developer Mirna Therapeutics Files for an IPO
Mirna Therapeutics, an Austin, TX-based biotech, is the latest Texas life sciences company to file to go public. The company filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Monday for an initial public offering worth $80.5 million on the Nasdaq stock market with the ticker symbol “MIRN.” The company is currently developing its lead … Continue reading “Austin Cancer Drugs Developer Mirna Therapeutics Files for an IPO”
Constellation Pharma Plots IPO Run As Genentech Passes on Buyout Deal
For all the hoopla that surrounds option-to-buy deals in biotech, the “buy” part is really just an option. Sometimes such deals lead to an acquisition, and sometimes they don’t. Case in point: Constellation Pharmaceuticals, which is plotting a new course after longtime partner Genentech decided against buying the company, Xconomy has learned. Keith Dionne, the … Continue reading “Constellation Pharma Plots IPO Run As Genentech Passes on Buyout Deal”