Aponia Laboratories Lands $1,169,025 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ace0455b-2308-4762-8188-c3bb39121793 Date 3/30/2015 Company Name Aponia Laboratories Mailing Address 67 Orchard Place Greenwich, CT 06830 USA Company Description Aponia Laboratories, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company that produces a series of clinically proven prescription pain relief products. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,169,025 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Aponia Laboratories Lands $1,169,025 New Funding Round”

Jama Software Receives $20,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1a2a859a-cac0-4308-a07e-1d9929a645f1 Date 3/30/2015 Company Name Jama Software Mailing Address 135 SW Taylor Portland, OR 97204 USA Company Description We’ve designed Jama’s products for every organization seeking to be more agile, achieve real efficiencies and create measurable business value for their customers, employees and partners. Website http://www.jamasoftware.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Jama Software Receives $20,000,000 New Funding”

Arborlight Garners $1,700,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e89d097e-0bb9-4a70-b614-be207a995d78 Date 3/30/2015 Company Name Arborlight Mailing Address 1600 Huron Pkwy Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA Company Description Arborlight is an integrator of LED components, optics, and embedded systems to achieve complex illumination solutions in a wide variety of applications ranging from architectural and medical lighting to automotive displays and scientific apparatus. … Continue reading “Arborlight Garners $1,700,000 New Round”

Waygum Lands $1,500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd3c7a9c-43f1-4d6d-abb6-5e0ea7b85c2d Date 3/30/2015 Company Name Waygum Mailing Address Undisclosed Dublin, CA 94568 USA Company Description Waygum is a Mobile App Platform that delivers the last mile mobile layer for Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). Website http://www.waygum.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Waygum Lands $1,500,000 New Funding”

JSwipe Obtains New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e2ca5a4-4da1-4c23-8bae-cdbc7fb41b91 Date 3/30/2015 Company Name JSwipe Mailing Address PO Box 8599 New York, NY 10116 USA Company Description JSwipe, a mobile application that gives young Jewish singles a Tinder-like service to spark up new romances and friendships, aims to disrupt a landscape that has been more or less dominated by JDate.com. Website … Continue reading “JSwipe Obtains New Financing”

Red Canary Lands $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fab5ce56-d78e-498c-9247-8c39f4dbed3b Date 3/30/2015 Company Name Red Canary Mailing Address 2531 West 62nd Court Denver, CO 80221 USA Company Description Red Canary was founded to bring world-class endpoint threat detection and response to every business. We were using the Carbon Black endpoint data recorder for incident response. We realized that the data used … Continue reading “Red Canary Lands $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round”

Convercent Secures $10,524,998 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dfa4d861-fa10-4b3a-851b-ab26a2d0783b Date 3/30/2015 Company Name Convercent Mailing Address 929 Broadway Greenwood Village, CO 80203 USA Company Description Convercent brings culture and compliance together in the first integrated cloud application so that companies can promote the good and manage the bad in an intelligent and productive way. Website http://www.convercent.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Convercent Secures $10,524,998 New Financing Round”

LandlordStation Secures $750,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=390e4067-f7db-406f-871f-072424793540 Date 3/30/2015 Company Name LandlordStation Mailing Address 2633 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75204 USA Company Description Our goal is to provide you with the best service possible. We provide all the tools necessary for landlords and property managers to manage their listings, tenants, vendors, and data in a simple and easy … Continue reading “LandlordStation Secures $750,000 New Financing Round”

EyeQ Raises $1.2M for Personalized Shopping

[Updated 3/30/15, 12:25 p.m. See below.] The ease and prevalence of online shopping can make it hard for many consumers to see physical stores as anything other than show rooms. One Austin, TX, company, eyeQ, is attempting to bring consumers back to physical retail stores by using data about the shoppers themselves. The company’s technology … Continue reading “EyeQ Raises $1.2M for Personalized Shopping”

Food Delivery App DoorDash Pushes Forward With $40M Series B

Given the bevy of food delivery apps available on the market, including DoorDash and the $40 million Series B it announced yesterday, it begs a question: Who’s going to make the app to help you decide which delivery service to choose? The two-year-old DoorDash, which touts itself as a technology business with an on-demand delivery … Continue reading “Food Delivery App DoorDash Pushes Forward With $40M Series B”

Innovation Hub: XPRIZE Founder Tackles Entrepreneurship

Peter Diamandis is, I think it’s fair to say, an optimist. After all, how many other space-obsessed kids ended up founding an International Space University? Or inaugurated an XPRIZE, to inspire a new generation of passenger spacecrafts? But Diamandis’s current obsession is entrepreneurship, and the idea that the economy is radically shifting to accommodate a … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: XPRIZE Founder Tackles Entrepreneurship”

Seattle Roundup: Ignition Fund, Lighter Capital, WISErg, HBO, and More

The big news this week is that Ignition Partners, an active investor in business-focused startups, is gearing up for another venture fund that could come in at $200 million. We’re also tracking a new investment in Lighter Capital, WISErg’s Series B, HBO’s Seattle expansion, and a healthcare IT partnership for Caradigm. Earlier in the week … Continue reading “Seattle Roundup: Ignition Fund, Lighter Capital, WISErg, HBO, and More”

In New Gene-Editing World, Doudna Applies Both Brake and Gas Pedal

Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, led the group of 18 scientists who published a letter last week in Science magazine calling for urgent discussions on efforts to change the DNA of sperm, eggs, and embryos—known collectively as the human germline. Through the work of Doudna and others, what once seemed like science … Continue reading “In New Gene-Editing World, Doudna Applies Both Brake and Gas Pedal”

Colorado Roundup: Schoolrunner, FullContact, Red Canary

Three bits of funding news from Colorado-based startups: Impact fund backs Schoolrunner: Schoolrunner, a three-year-old edtech startup in Denver that claims its software delivers “moneyball for schools,” closed a $1.5 million seed round with an investment from the Colorado Impact Fund this week. The reference to the book and movie “Moneyball” emphasizes Schoolrunner’s focus on … Continue reading “Colorado Roundup: Schoolrunner, FullContact, Red Canary”

MCW Women in Science Series: Evidence-based Management of Age-related Macular Degeneration

From the event organizer: “The Medical College of Wisconsin invites the public to attend the Women in Science Series. Women in Science is an opportunity to meet outstanding female scientists and physicians and learn about their cutting-edge research. This Series is an enlightening program of five presentations, in lay language, designed to draw attention to … Continue reading “MCW Women in Science Series: Evidence-based Management of Age-related Macular Degeneration”

MCW Women in Science Series: Fat! Have We Misunderstood Obesity All Along?

From the event organizer: “The Medical College of Wisconsin invites the public to attend the Women in Science Series. Women in Science is an opportunity to meet outstanding female scientists and physicians and learn about their cutting-edge research. This Series is an enlightening program of five presentations, in lay language, designed to draw attention to … Continue reading “MCW Women in Science Series: Fat! Have We Misunderstood Obesity All Along?”

MCW Women in Science Series: Role of Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

From the event organizer: “The Medical College of Wisconsin invites the public to attend the Women in Science Series. Women in Science is an opportunity to meet outstanding female scientists and physicians and learn about their cutting-edge research. This Series is an enlightening program of five presentations, in lay language, designed to draw attention to … Continue reading “MCW Women in Science Series: Role of Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis”

MCW Women in Science Series: She Blinded Me With Science

From the event organizer: “The Medical College of Wisconsin invites the public to attend the Women in Science Series. Women in Science is an opportunity to meet outstanding female scientists and physicians and learn about their cutting-edge research. This Series is an enlightening program of five presentations, in lay language, designed to draw attention to … Continue reading “MCW Women in Science Series: She Blinded Me With Science”

MI Angel Fund Invests $1.7M in Arborlight to Speed Commercialization

I hear and see a lot of startup ideas, but few have impressed me like Arborlight’s LightWell indoor lighting product. Imagine very real-seeming daylight illuminating the center of a windowless office building, as if a skylight and clear weather were conspiring to improve your mood. The company’s potential was instantly clear. It seems the Michigan … Continue reading “MI Angel Fund Invests $1.7M in Arborlight to Speed Commercialization”

GreenLight Business Model Competition

Spartan Innovations, a startup accelerator associated with Michigan State University, hosts this event, which draws entrepreneurs from around Michigan to compete for $50,000 in prizes. Participants will pitch their ideas or new start-ups to a panel of judges and network with angel and venture capital investors from across the state. The competition is open to … Continue reading “GreenLight Business Model Competition”

The Incredible Shrinking Seed Stage and Other Venture Trends of 2014

By now the 2014 data for venture capital investments from the most important regions of the world have been compiled and disseminated. When laid out next to each other, some fascinating themes emerge. It’s no surprise that the U.S. continues to set the pace with over $48 billion invested in 4,356 companies, compared to 2013, … Continue reading “The Incredible Shrinking Seed Stage and Other Venture Trends of 2014”

East Coast Biotech Roundup: Hemophilia, Levin, Vertex, Semma & More

[Updated, 3/30/15, 8:20 am ET, see below] For those looking to get away from the broader biotech indices’ plummet this week (the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ: [[ticker:IBB]]) fell 7 percent), we’ve got your comfort food here: a feature about gene therapy’s long quest to cure hemophilia, a scientific journey that began in the 1980s. We’ve … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Hemophilia, Levin, Vertex, Semma & More”

BetterCloud Gets $25M, Doubles Down on Cloud Office IT Management

The evolution of New York-based BetterCloud continues with its latest raise of $25 million. Accel led the round, announced Thursday, with Greycroft Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, Millennium Technology Value Partners, and New Amsterdam Growth Capital participating. This brings BetterCloud’s total funding to $47 million since its founding in 2011, and it also … Continue reading “BetterCloud Gets $25M, Doubles Down on Cloud Office IT Management”

West Coast Biotech Roundup: Amgen/deCODE, Calico, Orexigen & More

For sheer volume, San Diego carries the week’s West Coast biotech news, with everything from trial failures (Lpath, MEI Pharma) to stock sales and deals (Retrophin, Vical, Mast) to good product news (Orexigen, Conatus). For scientific impact, however, Amgen tips the scales with the big publication of Icelandic genomic data from its subsidiary DeCode Genetics. … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Amgen/deCODE, Calico, Orexigen & More”

As Pharma Collaborations Gain Importance, GSK Opens Second Outpost

After establishing a “first-of-its-kind collaboration” with San Diego’s Avalon Ventures in 2013, the British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened a small office in San Diego to manage its R&D partnerships and to prospect for more deals on the West Coast. The move reflects an effort by GSK to get closer to the scientific innovators … Continue reading “As Pharma Collaborations Gain Importance, GSK Opens Second Outpost”

Facebook Looks to Double Boston Headcount, Bring Talent From Outside

V-shaped drones that beam Internet signals to the world? Virtual-reality experiences for social networking? Facebook may be working on such far-out projects, but the social media giant’s Boston-area office remains focused on grittier areas like data storage, compilers, networking, and security. Those are traditional strengths of the region, after all—though so is robotics. What’s new … Continue reading “Facebook Looks to Double Boston Headcount, Bring Talent From Outside”

Security Innovation Garners $4,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c4ba0150-8e71-44f1-abed-3e7ed41070ff Date 3/27/2015 Company Name Security Innovation Mailing Address 187 Ballardvale Street Wilmington, MA 01887 USA Company Description Security Innovation is an authority on application security and leading independent provider of risk assessment, risk mitigation and education services to mid-size and Fortune 500 companies. Website http://www.securityinnovation.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Security Innovation Garners $4,000,000 New Financing Round”

Kitchenbowl Garners $1,000,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=187f1bb2-d41c-4fb8-b882-bac116c51ac3 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name Kitchenbowl Mailing Address 500 Yale Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 USA Company Description Kitchenbowl is a place to showcase your kitchen creations and inspire one another. It’s a collaborative photo cookbook, authored by people you trust. As an early adopter, you’ll have the chance to be featured, … Continue reading “Kitchenbowl Garners $1,000,000 Seed Round”

Calient Technologies Obtains $14,749,343 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97cc3e6f-55fa-4e1a-aef7-9f6150770053 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name Calient Technologies Mailing Address 25 Castilian Drive Goleta, CA 93117 USA Company Description Calient Technologies is a leading provider of intelligent, photonic switching systems and software that help service providers scale their networks for expanding bandwidth demands and deliver new wavelength services. Website http://www.calient.net Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Calient Technologies Obtains $14,749,343 New Financing Round”

DoorDash Obtains $40,000,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c1826829-db80-439b-ac6e-50c479961c38 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name DoorDash Mailing Address 565 Stanford Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description DoorDash enables delivery in areas where it was not available. Our mission is to empower small business owners to offer delivery in an affordable and convenient way. We are achieving this mission first by … Continue reading “DoorDash Obtains $40,000,000 Series B Round”

FusionOps Receives $12,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93a921fd-551c-4484-b65d-861a56805e7b Date 3/27/2015 Company Name FusionOps Mailing Address 707 California Street Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description FusionOps is a domain-based Business Intelligence (BI) company that brings together cloud, Big Data, and a next-generation, user-friendly BI stack to deliver remarkable insights into your supply chain – in just a few days. … Continue reading “FusionOps Receives $12,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

Shadow Networks Garners $1,913,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5450255d-dd26-4562-9b1c-899ef8cdfd28 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name Shadow Networks Mailing Address 3250 Olcott Street Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Company Description Shadow Networks is a privately-held company led by an experienced management team comprising former executives from Cisco, McAfee, Symantec, Mantech, F5, EDS, and DISA. We are hard at work building a new generation … Continue reading “Shadow Networks Garners $1,913,000 New Round”

Aryaka Receives $16,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6e9fbdcb-5b82-448c-ba53-ba196c3fb433 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name Aryaka Mailing Address 691 S. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Company Description Aryaka delivers cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization with true business results. Website http://www.aryaka.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Most of the new money will be used … Continue reading “Aryaka Receives $16,000,000 New Financing Round”

Beyond Pricing Secures $1,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b36db70b-d0cf-4765-ab2e-bf4efdfc0db9 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name Beyond Pricing Mailing Address 1 Bluxome Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Our team excels at dynamic price modeling, statistics, algorithm design, and real estate analytics. Our focus is on developing pricing software to help hosts & owners maximize the performance of their vacation rental … Continue reading “Beyond Pricing Secures $1,500,000 New Financing Round”

PerceptiMed Obtains $2,959,619 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=610bc8ea-cd2d-4989-adcc-d96035eed1c7 Date 3/27/2015 Company Name PerceptiMed Mailing Address 365 San Antonio Road Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Company Description PerceptiMed was founded in 2011 by experienced and successful industry experts in medicine, engineering, software, and business. PerceptiMed offers products for prescription drug verification, pharmacy remote verification and will-call location systems. Website http://www.perceptimed.com … Continue reading “PerceptiMed Obtains $2,959,619 New Round”

Donuts Builds Domain-Name Business Amid New Land Grab on the Web

In late February, a Google subsidiary won control of the top-level domain name .app with a $25 million bid, the highest price paid so far in an online land rush for new words or phrases that appear to the right of the last dot in a Web address. Amazon subsidiaries scooped up .buy and .spot … Continue reading “Donuts Builds Domain-Name Business Amid New Land Grab on the Web”

Seattle’s Gilliland, Nelsen, Hood, Franklin & More to Gather May 6

Last May, real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle’s report on Seattle’s life science economy had mixed news. The number of businesses was up, but jobs were down. Lake Union, Seattle’s “life sciences epicenter,” was getting more crowded and rents were quickly on the rise. It’s been quite a year since then. Biotech has had an … Continue reading “Seattle’s Gilliland, Nelsen, Hood, Franklin & More to Gather May 6”

Northwestern Mutual Scoops Up Fintech Startup LearnVest

Consumer demand for quicker, simpler, and more affordable money management advice is increasingly pushing the financial industry’s big incumbents to adapt and evolve, oftentimes by snapping up startups that have already built sought-after technology. The latest example is yesterday’s announcement that Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual is buying New York-based financial technology startup LearnVest. “There’s been a … Continue reading “Northwestern Mutual Scoops Up Fintech Startup LearnVest”

What’s Hot in Boston Biotech? Here’s the Agenda

There’s just a few weeks left before our annual biotech extravaganza in Boston. On April 8, we’ll be hosting “What’s Hot in Boston Biotech” at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge. We’ve put together a big lineup of executives, scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors across some of the hottest fields of life sciences … Continue reading “What’s Hot in Boston Biotech? Here’s the Agenda”

Convenience, Not Cleantech Drives Internet of Things Opportunity

Energy savings that come from using networked devices make the concept of the “Internet of Things” an obvious cleantech play. But getting people to adopt these new systems might come down to the technology’s ability to adapt to, and perhaps improve upon, familiar patterns of human behavior—such as checking the refrigerator. Tony Atti, CEO of … Continue reading “Convenience, Not Cleantech Drives Internet of Things Opportunity”

Gelesis Bags $22M More, Ramps Up Trials for Weight-Loss Pill

Over the past year, Gelesis has made the turn from concept to clinic, building up the first data for an anti-obesity pill made out of little particles that swell in the stomach, making a person feel full. With more trials looming, and a second product on the way, the bills are growing—and the Boston startup … Continue reading “Gelesis Bags $22M More, Ramps Up Trials for Weight-Loss Pill”

Amid Gene Editing Worry, A Return To Biotech’s 1st “Asilomar Moment”

Biotechnology leaders—and the rest of us—should “count to 10” as they read the March 19 call in Science to consider limits on using revolutionary new gene-editing techniques for germline gene therapy. The techniques are powerful and simple to use and key scientists, worried about misuse, want us to pause, confer, and set limits. But we … Continue reading “Amid Gene Editing Worry, A Return To Biotech’s 1st “Asilomar Moment””

Flagship Ventures Raises Sails for $537M Fund, Its Largest to Date

Flagship Ventures of Cambridge, MA, a major early-stage biotech investor, said today it has closed a $537 million fund, the largest in the firm’s 15-year history. Flagship initially set out to match the $269 million of its previous fund, Flagship senior managing partner and CEO Noubar Afeyan (pictured) said, but biotech momentum changed those plans. … Continue reading “Flagship Ventures Raises Sails for $537M Fund, Its Largest to Date”

Back Office Cloud App Provider FinancialForce.com Raises $110M

FinancialForce.com, whose applications for back office business functions like billing and hiring are based on the Salesforce1 cloud infrastructure, announced late Wednesday it has raised $110 million to fund its continued growth. San Francisco-based FinancialForce reported revenue growth late last year that, if maintained, would put the company on pace to bring in $50 million … Continue reading “Back Office Cloud App Provider FinancialForce.com Raises $110M”

Char Software Obtains $34,999,988 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a35d8c13-cbd5-4b04-8f1f-0a28e2c2ac74 Date 3/26/2015 Company Name Char Software Mailing Address 141 Tremont Street 7th Floor Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description Char Software, Inc. is a Boston based software company focused exclusively on building interactive web and mobile software for its clients and our team possesses deep technical and business experience in the … Continue reading “Char Software Obtains $34,999,988 New Funding Round”

Gelesis Secures $22,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a3f0eb9-9b4d-426c-adb4-456d58c0271a Date 3/26/2015 Company Name Gelesis Mailing Address 222 Berkeley St. Boston, MA 02116 USA Company Description Gelesis is a Boston-based company developing a breakthrough treatment for obesity and other related co-morbidities. Website http://www.gelesis.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $22,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds from the financing will be … Continue reading “Gelesis Secures $22,000,000 New Financing”

Neurovance Receives $5,499,459 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9900bb70-942b-4c68-a432-4996cff1bd98 Date 3/26/2015 Company Name Neurovance Mailing Address 43 Thorndike Street Cambridge, MA 02141 USA Company Description Neurovance is a clinical stage neuroscience-focused company. Following development of centanafadine SR (formerly EB-1020 SR) for adult ADHD, Neurovance will develop centanafadine SR for adolescent and pediatric ADHD. Website http://www.neurovance.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Neurovance Receives $5,499,459 New Funding”

aPriori Technologies Lands $6,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3936e114-1e83-4159-882c-5f150e9d4ebe Date 3/26/2015 Company Name aPriori Technologies Mailing Address 300 Baker Avenue Concord, MA 01742 USA Company Description aPriori is a venture-backed company developing an innovative platform of cost management software solutions for the discrete manufacturing industry. Website http://www.apriori.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “aPriori Technologies Lands $6,000,000 New Funding Round”

Silk Therapeutics Garners $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18e06693-5888-4927-81ce-cbcf716a6fdc Date 3/26/2015 Company Name Silk Therapeutics Mailing Address 196 Boston Ave. Medford, MA 02155 USA Company Description The founders of Silk Therapeutics are world-renowned for pioneering silk science to improve human health. Dr. Greg Altman (CEO) and Dr. Rebecca Horan (COO) have worked together for more than 15 years developing silk-based … Continue reading “Silk Therapeutics Garners $2,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

CookBrite Garners $384,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be86a6b7-a83f-4ac0-bc4a-8c9b5f8de241 Date 3/26/2015 Company Name CookBrite Mailing Address 4719 86th Avenue SE Mercer Island, WA 98040 USA Company Description Cookbrite is a startup that is being built to last, founded and led by a team of successful entrepreneurs, brilliant technologists and world-class designers from the tech, mobile, and food industries. With experience … Continue reading “CookBrite Garners $384,000 New Financing Round”