Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eec10873-9b88-4c0b-89bc-06a643f82319 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name EndoGastric Solutions Mailing Address 1900 O’Farrell Street San Mateo, CA 94404 USA Company Description EGS leverages the most current wisdom in gastroenterology and surgery in developing new transoral incisionless procedures and products to advance the state of the art in treating gastrointestinal diseases. Website http://www.endogastricsolutions.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “EndoGastric Solutions Lands $10,006,610 New Financing”
DocuSign Secures Series F Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c42793d0-d272-4d68-bff1-39e2e27503dc Date 5/27/2015 Company Name DocuSign Mailing Address 221 Main Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description DocuSign was founded in 2003 with one goal: to make electronic signatures as ubiquitous and simple as email. DocuSign delivers the final step in the online customer relationship—the ability to complete a legally binding … Continue reading “DocuSign Secures Series F Funding Round”
SchooLa Receives $18,515,772 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5130e998-5d2c-4a46-b672-6d840f9c76b2 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name SchooLa Mailing Address 601 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Schoola. Let’s make fundraising easy. Let’s keep the money in the community and help local businesses and schools benefit each other. Let’s stop finding space to store cans of popcorn and figuring out ways … Continue reading “SchooLa Receives $18,515,772 New Financing”
Rani Therapeutics Garners Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ae7b174-3af9-4972-b236-a6f54b4e9f3b Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Rani Therapeutics Mailing Address 2051 Ringwood Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 USA Company Description Rani Therapeutics is developing a novel approach for the oral delivery of large drug molecules, which to date can only be delivered through injections. Website http://www.ranitherapeutics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed … Continue reading “Rani Therapeutics Garners Series C Financing Round”
Enervee Receives $3,700,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=116de2d8-f3d7-4572-b507-a84a52560ae6 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Enervee Mailing Address 400 R Street Sacramento, CA 95814 USA Company Description Enervee’s mission is to be the universal energy-saving decision engine that connects consumers, businesses and governments across the world. Website http://www.enervee.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Enervee, which … Continue reading “Enervee Receives $3,700,000 New Financing”
Kos Media Secures Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b3767de-187f-45e7-975e-ef0dc1442cc2 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Kos Media Mailing Address 2930 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 USA Company Description Kos Media operates the digital media destination website DailyKos.com. Website http://www.dailykos.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor
Tegile Systems Obtains $70,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b54c26b9-d0d8-46ef-9a96-f4b63095e629 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Tegile Systems Mailing Address 8000 Jarvis Ave Newark, CA 94560 USA Company Description Tegile Systems is pioneering a new generation of enterprise storage arrays that balance performance, capacity, features and price for virtualization, file services and database applications. Website http://www.tegile.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $70,000,000 … Continue reading “Tegile Systems Obtains $70,000,000 New Funding Round”
PayItSimple Garners $10,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=399dd10b-0e74-48fe-8996-b3670aa3ce71 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name PayItSimple Mailing Address 260 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 USA Company Description PayItSimple Ltd. was founded by veterans of the finance and retails industries. The PayItSimple solution has been patent protected in the United States since 2012. Our mission is to expand and enhance the traditional … Continue reading “PayItSimple Garners $10,000,000 New Financing”
Fetch Rewards Garners $4,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa7945cb-7104-4411-9e45-861eac49048c Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Fetch Rewards Mailing Address 16 N Carroll St. Madison, WI 53703 USA Company Description Scan all of your items as you go Deals are automatically applied Always know how much you’re spending. Make lists so you never forget an item Easily check off items as you shop … Continue reading “Fetch Rewards Garners $4,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
MatterFab Receives $5,750,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0aef30b4-6cd6-430d-aabd-0cb2d9fac509 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name MatterFab Mailing Address 1155 Indiana Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Build on a hardware & software platform that is extensible with apps and plugins to tackle every manufacturing challenge. Quickly tailor the MatterFab platform for new materials and applications. Website http://www.matterfab.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “MatterFab Receives $5,750,000 Series A Financing”
PatientPop Lands Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4aa08105-2eee-410f-817e-acbf141206e9 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name PatientPop Mailing Address 1221 2nd Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA Company Description Founded in 2014, PatientPop was conceived with one simple goal in mind: Help practices grow automatically. We understand the challenges doctors face simply focusing on patient care and running their practice. Many practices don’t … Continue reading “PatientPop Lands Seed Financing”
Lifesquare Receives Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eecbd502-374a-42db-8ce3-6e69fd815f26 Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Lifesquare Mailing Address 2744 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Mission: Lifesquare aims to become a ubiquitous symbol for and access point to just in time health information for consumers and the medical professionals and family members who care for them. Website http://www.lifesquare.com … Continue reading “Lifesquare Receives Seed Funding Round”
Hale Health Receives Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95ba123b-ca2a-4fd5-84c1-cedc476206ec Date 5/27/2015 Company Name Hale Health Mailing Address 50 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Hale is a remote care platform that lets clinical teams streamline triage, automate follow-up, and increase practice capacity — all while delivering an incredible patient experience. Hale collects information based on reported symptoms … Continue reading “Hale Health Receives Seed Financing Round”
To Expand Cloud Services, EMC Buys Virtustream for $1.2 Billion
EMC, the Hopkinton, MA-based data storage titan, is buying privately held Virtustream for $1.2 billion as it builds out its cloud-storage services business and seeks to attract customers. Virtustream is an enterprise-class managed cloud software provider that EMC believes will help it better deliver customers a hybrid cloud storage model. Hybrid cloud storage allows customers … Continue reading “To Expand Cloud Services, EMC Buys Virtustream for $1.2 Billion”
Bluebird Adds to CAR-T Arsenal With Five Prime Antibody Deal
[Updated 5/27/15 12:45 pm. See below.] Bluebird Bio is expanding its technology reach with antibodies from Five Prime Therapeutics as part of its plan to develop next-generation cancer therapies. Cambridge, MA-based Bluebird (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BLUE]]) specializes in gene therapy, and its progress treating sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia, both rare blood disorders, is one of the … Continue reading “Bluebird Adds to CAR-T Arsenal With Five Prime Antibody Deal”
Houston 2035: A Look Back at A Look Forward
Last Thursday, in front of a packed house of more than 300 people, we took a day to explore how today’s innovations will shape Houston over the next 20 years. Our attendees took to Twitter to share their thoughts—we’ve aggregated some of the highlights in the Storify below. Houston 2035: A Look Forward Special thanks … Continue reading “Houston 2035: A Look Back at A Look Forward”
Three Colorado Startups Win $25K Contracts From Statewide Challenge
The makers of apps that help college students find mentors, tourists find activities, and commuters find perks took home the $25,000 top prizes as the winners of the second Go Code Colorado challenge. The competition is sponsored by the state in an effort to help startups find ways to use and commercialize the publicly available … Continue reading “Three Colorado Startups Win $25K Contracts From Statewide Challenge”
Fetch Rewards Snags $4M to Help Grocery Shoppers Sniff Out Deals
While more companies are diving into the online grocery shopping and delivery industry, Fetch Rewards is betting on a mobile app that aims to improve the in-store buying experience by helping shoppers find discounts, make lists, and more easily pay at the checkout lane. Now, more investors are betting on the idea, too. Madison, WI-based … Continue reading “Fetch Rewards Snags $4M to Help Grocery Shoppers Sniff Out Deals”
List of ‘Unicorns’ With Billion-Dollar Valuations Climbs to 108
What’s worth $1 billion? Drones, HR benefits software, and the offerings of 106 other private companies worldwide who have “unicorn” valuations, according to a private business data provider CB Insights. The New York-based company has created a real-time unicorn tracker to keep record of the number of startups that received $1 billion or higher valuations … Continue reading “List of ‘Unicorns’ With Billion-Dollar Valuations Climbs to 108”
Exosuits, Startups, and VCs Swarm Around Harvard Robotics Meetup
If you want to catch a glimpse of venture capitalists in their natural habitat, check out the robotics meetups around town. That’s a takeaway from one such gathering of researchers and demos last Wednesday, hosted by the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. A quick look around the room and you’d … Continue reading “Exosuits, Startups, and VCs Swarm Around Harvard Robotics Meetup”
To Back Startups, PureTech Heads Across the Pond For $160M London IPO
PureTech got the financial support of a big U.K. investment manager last year. Now the Boston firm wants the backing of a whole other group of London investors too. PureTech, the creator of a slew of local startups at the nexus of healthcare and technology, this morning filed papers to go public in England. It’s … Continue reading “To Back Startups, PureTech Heads Across the Pond For $160M London IPO”
After Orexigen Gaffe, What Role for Drugs Amid Obesity Crisis?
Two recent happenings prompted this column. First, Orexigen Therapeutics drew fire from, well, nearly everyone earlier this month for an improper release of data related to its weight-loss drug Contrave. The second happening is Memorial Day weekend. I’m assuming you, like me, did not spend the long weekend hunting and gathering, sharpening your arrowheads, and … Continue reading “After Orexigen Gaffe, What Role for Drugs Amid Obesity Crisis?”
CyPhy Works Obtains New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46d275db-61e1-4497-a2f6-32cf96fa3015 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name CyPhy Works Mailing Address 16C Electronics Ave. Danvers, MA 01923 USA Company Description The company is a robotics startup that is developing unmanned aerial vehicle technologies. Website http://www.cyphyworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “CyPhy Works Obtains New Financing Round”
Ovuline Secures $3,219,992 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=336ecf6c-5050-4e67-9e07-de034d75ac0d Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Ovuline Mailing Address 10 Magaine Street Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Company Description Ovuline helps couples conceive faster. Going way beyond fertility calendars and period trackers, Ovuline tells couples when they are fertile and exactly what to do each day to maximize their chances of getting pregnant. Ovuline … Continue reading “Ovuline Secures $3,219,992 New Round”
Ombitron Secures $200,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb0b1a3d-c5e5-42f8-b407-e71b8799be70 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Ombitron Mailing Address 821 2nd Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 USA Company Description Ombitron creates hardware and software solutions specifically for the Internet of Things (also called Machine to Machine (M2M)) market. Ombitron specializes in cellular gateways combined with cloud based software to provide a fully managed, easy … Continue reading “Ombitron Secures $200,000 New Financing”
HelloTech Receives $2,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c35b254f-d05c-4782-a0b4-637dd73533b3 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name HelloTech Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA Company Description HelloTech is changing the way consumers purchase and get support for new technology. Utilizing an on demand, verified and trained workforce, HelloTech will provide in home support and consultation for consumers looking to manage and upgrade … Continue reading “HelloTech Receives $2,000,000 New Funding Round”
Munchery Lands $85,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a728a8d9-93fd-45fd-89ce-16cbbe9d2ba5 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Munchery Mailing Address 375 Alabama Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Munchery’s mission is to bring the personal chef experience to everyone. Eating delicious and healthy food from a professional chef shouldn’t be a luxury or dream. Instead, we’re reinventing things through an online marketplace … Continue reading “Munchery Lands $85,000,000 New Funding”
SI-BONE Garners $21,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e94fa6e-93b1-4b29-9d40-1bb92c75dd10 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name SI-BONE Mailing Address 3055 Olin Avenue San Jose, CA 95128 USA Company Description SI-BONE is committed to providing high-quality innovative medical devices for the treatment of SI Joint dysfunction. SI-BONE is a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of SI Joint dysfunction. Website http://www.si-bone.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “SI-BONE Garners $21,000,000 New Financing Round”
Conformiq Obtains $2,312,958 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b90f83c9-7972-476f-846a-2bc7811c568d Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Conformiq Mailing Address 12930 Saratoga Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Company Description Conformiq’s vision since its inception has been to help product development organizations deliver better products to market faster through the use of its innovative test tools and methods. Website http://www.conformiq.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Conformiq Obtains $2,312,958 New Round”
Siluria Technologies Secures $5,798,177 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aef93b01-a8e1-4aeb-b08b-3d79486f8215 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Siluria Technologies Mailing Address 409 Illinois St. San Francisco, CA 94158 USA Company Description Siluria is the first company to provide industry with an economically viable and commercially scalable alternative to petroleum. We are building a world of plenty, using cutting-edge technology to convert one of the … Continue reading “Siluria Technologies Secures $5,798,177 New Round”
Guildery Lands $2,100,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4040c438-e1df-4780-ad9e-9505c399aa38 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Guildery Mailing Address 220 Main Street Los Altos, CA 94022 USA Company Description We eliminate the guesswork for you. We curate decorative fabric collections so you can pick accessories that are guaranteed to coordinate. Website http://www.guildery.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,100,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “Guildery Lands $2,100,000 Seed Financing Round”
Mode Media Obtains $30,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff57e9b5-9de1-4e79-898a-b588ba91f6a1 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Mode Media Mailing Address 2000 Sierra Point Parkway 10th Floor Brisbane, CA 94005 USA Company Description Mode Media is a unique entertainment website company covering the worlds of fashion, beauty, and celebrity style, while providing women a shopping experience available nowhere else. The team that designed and … Continue reading “Mode Media Obtains $30,000,000 New Round”
Rubrik Obtains $41,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb00d724-8860-4fec-9b4c-c3fb05fa1b0d Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Rubrik Mailing Address 299 South California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description Our Mission: To transform complex IT into simple, beautiful and complete products. We liberate you from the shackles of legacy IT by bringing web-scale technology and consumer design to the enterprise. Website http://www.rubrik.com … Continue reading “Rubrik Obtains $41,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Outset Medical Garners $60,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21aba341-cc55-4f47-a597-ff599f9c30b9 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Outset Medical Mailing Address 1830 Bering Drive San Jose, CA 95112 USA Company Description Dialysis has remained largely unchanged for decades – until now. Tablo is a new hemodialysis system designed to put the patient before the machine. A system designed for simplicity. A system designed for … Continue reading “Outset Medical Garners $60,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
HP Acquires ConteXtream for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b7ea5f4c-ea33-46ce-90d3-4965c9875b17 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name ConteXtream Mailing Address 1043 N. Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description ConteXtream provides scalable per stream Grid edge routing, using clustered, high performance computing hardware, enabling full-rate quality, broadband IP media services. Website http://www.contextream.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “HP Acquires ConteXtream for Undisclosed Sum”
Guerrilla RF Receives $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=24ec1c2d-a64f-4f5c-9b5d-5c6cb68ab0d0 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Guerrilla RF Mailing Address 1196 Pleasant Ridge Road Greensboro, NC 27409 USA Company Description Our high performance RF and Microwave IC products enable new levels of range and coverage area in wireless systems. Aimed at various infrastructure applications, our products utilize our patent pending technologies, world class … Continue reading “Guerrilla RF Receives $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Flywheel Lands New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=df4f81b5-ba9e-405c-a76f-e500ef90bac5 Date 5/26/2015 Company Name Flywheel Mailing Address 2 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description The company is developing a taxi cab application for the mobile phone. Website http://www.flywheel.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Specific proceeds purposes were not disclosed by the … Continue reading “Flywheel Lands New Financing Round”
Brit & Co Receives $23,100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f700595-f4d6-4ccf-b7f1-0013b82c1ffc Date 5/25/2015 Company Name Brit & Co Mailing Address 188 King St San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Brit & Co’s content hub is online at Brit.co or available on mobile devices. The team also designs and builds software applications, the first of which is Weduary, a social wedding website … Continue reading “Brit & Co Receives $23,100,000 New Funding”
Seattle Roundup: Seattle Angel Conference, UW Business Plans, & More
In addition to significant fundraising news from iSpot.tv, Glowforge, and Ignition Partners, we’re tracking the winners of the University of Washington’s business plan competition, Seattle Angel Conference, and more. First, here’s a recap of Xconomy Seattle stories this week, followed by a few other notable developments: —Peach expanded to San Diego. We looked at how … Continue reading “Seattle Roundup: Seattle Angel Conference, UW Business Plans, & More”
The Big M Manufacturing Convergence
Learn about new technologies and emerging trends in this conference devoted to advanced manufacturing. Click here for details.
Automation Alley’s #hack4detroit
Calling all software developers and coders: This second annual hackathon is designed to allow developers to compete in a 24-hour event to solve a technology problem in the city by building an app. The winners will get a $5,000 prize. For more information, click here.
CREATE:Detroit
City planners and urbanists from around the world will be on hand for this “festival of ideas” on how to build a more creative and inclusive city. The event is hosted by Richard Florida, the Creative Class Group, and Rock Ventures. Click here for details.
Chelsea Clinton Shares 20-Year Data on Women’s Progress, Problems
Putting a number on gender inequality issues can bring attention to the scale of such matters. During Internet Week New York, Chelsea Clinton presented data and findings from a report by the No Ceilings project, which gave a snapshot of progress made in support of women around the world. The report also identified key problems that … Continue reading “Chelsea Clinton Shares 20-Year Data on Women’s Progress, Problems”
Sprinkle Camp Demo Day
Sprinkle Camp is a New York City-based program that offers participating software developers an all-expenses-paid weekend in Detroit to build their passion projects. The teams will share what they’ve built at this demo day event that is free and open to the public. To learn more, click here.
Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 Invests $325K in Five Startups
The Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 (MPSF), a $6.8 million statewide investment fund that backs early-stage technology companies, has announced its latest batch of capital deployments. The five companies receiving a total of $325,000 range from an Ann Arbor startup that has developed a smart skylight, to a new online tool for college students looking for … Continue reading “Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 Invests $325K in Five Startups”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Illumina, Veracyte, Otonomy, Kite & More
Out west this week, the news flow was breezy. There were a sprinkling of diagnostics showers led by Illumina, which is in a patent fight with a Roche subsidiary, and Veracyte, which presented promising data for its lung test. It also seemed to be a week for pharma collaborations. Two pairs of partners signed pacts, … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Illumina, Veracyte, Otonomy, Kite & More”
Wisconsin Roundup: Cellectar, Shine Medical, Concordia, & More
Before everyone checks out for the long weekend, here are a few recent headlines from Wisconsin’s innovation and technology community: —Madison-based Cellectar Biosciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CLRB]]) said in its latest quarterly earnings report that patient enrollment in its phase 2 clinical trial of one of its experimental cancer imaging agents is going slower than anticipated. The … Continue reading “Wisconsin Roundup: Cellectar, Shine Medical, Concordia, & More”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Bluebird, Sarepta, Synlogic & More
This week’s headlines are all about second chances and new beginnings. A gene therapy company that survived on bridge loans many years ago is now one of biotech’s biggest stars. A company developing a therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is starting to win back investor confidence after a tumultuous year. And a former Pfizer executive … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Bluebird, Sarepta, Synlogic & More”
BG Medicine Receives $500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=530f72b3-f767-468f-9217-2f8fc8b2cc84 Date 5/22/2015 Company Name BG Medicine Mailing Address 880 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451 USA Company Description BG Medicine is a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel molecular diagnostics based on biomarkers to improve patient outcomes and contain healthcare costs. Website http://www.bg-medicine.com Transaction Type Debt … Continue reading “BG Medicine Receives $500,000 New Funding Round”
Zagster Lands $4,554,575 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d5f0b4ee-ec7d-4309-833c-adbd07d3521d Date 5/22/2015 Company Name Zagster Mailing Address 24 Thorndike Street Cambridge, MA 02141 USA Company Description 71% of Americans say they’d like to bicycle more yet list access to a bike as the number one barrier to doing so. Zagster provides bikes where people live, work and visit; giving them access … Continue reading “Zagster Lands $4,554,575 New Funding Round”