Sonendo Obtains $20,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=757e2b79-87a3-44c8-9720-097ef3643310&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Sonendo Mailing Address 26051 Merit Circle Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Company Description Founded in 2006 as Dentatek Corporation by life science-focused accelerator Fjord Ventures, LLC, Sonendo is a privately-held pre-revenue stage company developing innovative technologies to transform endodontic therapy. Website http://www.sonendo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Sonendo Obtains $20,000,000 New Funding Round”

BlockBeacon Garners $500,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5bcde1c0-5e0c-4209-877d-1ff574143c7c&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name BlockBeacon Mailing Address 501 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description BlockBeacon is a communication platform enabling a hyper-local world of real-time commerce. For consumers, we are a real-time discovery tool that allows locals to tap into a live view of their city and discover … Continue reading “BlockBeacon Garners $500,000 Seed Round”

Kuapay Lands $4,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1dad8a66-a89c-40c0-85a2-56736660c556&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Kuapay Mailing Address 201 Wilshire Blvd 2nd Floor Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Founded in 2010, Kuapay is a mobile payment company that’s dedicated to making your life easier. Based in Santa Monica, CA, we’re a smart, young team of engineering wizards and creative dreamers with … Continue reading “Kuapay Lands $4,000,000 New Financing Round”

BillMyParents Receives $3,815,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5bb5dccf-8777-4e79-a4b5-c54668254b1f&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name BillMyParents Mailing Address 6440 Lusk Blvd San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description BillMyParents, Inc. is a financial solutions company focused on helping teens and young adults between the ages of 13 and 18 to manage spending. Website http://www.billmyparents.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,815,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “BillMyParents Receives $3,815,000 New Financing”

Quantum OPS Secures $1,050,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81f4203a-1d7f-46f0-b7ae-c9826760e208&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Quantum OPS Mailing Address 3805 Transportation Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46818 Company Description QuantumOPS is an orthopedic technology company for today’s sophisticated operating suite professionals. Our products combine ingenuity and 21st century technology designed to deliver superior clinical outcome for patients, surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists everywhere. We … Continue reading “Quantum OPS Secures $1,050,000 Series A Financing Round”

Lycera Secures $20,999,999 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=42a58218-9d4d-4bd3-88ce-ef1ae57e98a2&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Lycera Mailing Address 2800 Plymouth Rd NCRC Building 26 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Company Description Lycera is an early-stage pharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drugs to treat immune disorders. Lycera’s technology platforms include proprietary small molecules that modulate a target, which is central to cellular bioenergetics along with … Continue reading “Lycera Secures $20,999,999 New Funding”

Gemmus Pharma Receives Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7ffcaf3-c702-48fa-a8cf-685dfb7cc8b1&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Gemmus Pharma Mailing Address 409 Illinois Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description Gemmus Pharma is a drug development company founded in 2007 to commercialize in-licensed technology from a major pharmaceutical company. Gemmus’ lead candidate is a cardiovascular drug currently marketed in Asia that has been repurposed … Continue reading “Gemmus Pharma Receives Series A Funding Round”

LOC-AID Technologies Obtains $5,782,438 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3be45a0-2390-4105-948f-6d219d7f4dd7&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name LOC-AID Technologies Mailing Address 50 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description LOC-AID Technologies, Inc., the world’s largest mobile location data gateway, manages multi-carrier complexity for mobile brands and operates the most secure, privacy-protected location aggregation platform for wireless providers. Website http://www.loc-aid.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “LOC-AID Technologies Obtains $5,782,438 New Funding”

BenVenue Medical Lands $25,000,000 Series D Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d1ffe8a-f7da-4721-9648-6ff32e11fdba&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name BenVenue Medical Mailing Address 3052 Bunker Hill Lane Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Benvenue Medical, Inc. is developing innovative, minimally invasive surgical solutions to treat spinal disorders. Website http://www.benvenuemedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes The spine company intends … Continue reading “BenVenue Medical Lands $25,000,000 Series D Round”

SoloPower Secures $10,787,484 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5cca5780-51ff-4e64-a485-b8adba620352&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name SoloPower Mailing Address 5981 Optical Court San Jose, CA 95138 Company Description SoloPower, Inc. is a technology leader in the field of thin film photovoltaics (PV) for low-cost module manufacturing and delivery of solar electricity for a variety of uses including grid-connected commercial, residential and distributed power … Continue reading “SoloPower Secures $10,787,484 New Funding Round”

ColorModules Garners $1,300,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2aa0caf2-69fb-4c31-bfaf-0f2a87d09359&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name ColorModules Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10013 Company Description ColorModules Inc., a New York-based visual product recommendation engine. Website http://www.colormodules.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Golden Seeds

Vostu Lands $2,774,583 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca7d8d66-29e6-494a-840e-9413f59eed95&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Vostu Mailing Address 55 Fifth Avenue 18th floor New York, NY 10003 Company Description The company operates a social gaming service. Website http://www.vostu.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,774,583 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

NanoViricides Receives $5,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58e7c8f1-775e-4d57-beb9-c9f17503d045&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name NanoViricides Mailing Address 135 Wood Street West Haven, CT 06516 Company Description NanoViricides (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) has assembled a world class team to lead us to success. We have brought together highly experienced individuals with strong expertise in their respective areas. Our team possesses the combined expertise … Continue reading “NanoViricides Receives $5,000,000 New Round”

Inspirato Lands $15,499,866 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c7afe33e-ef37-4fd4-bdfd-8103649078aa&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Inspirato Mailing Address 1637 Wazee Street Denver, CO 80202 Company Description The company operates a website that enables users to find expensive vacations at lower prices. Website http://www.inspirato.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,499,866 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “Inspirato Lands $15,499,866 Series B Financing”

Quantum OPS Obtains $1,050,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=81f4203a-1d7f-46f0-b7ae-c9826760e208 Date 6/29/2012 Company Name Quantum OPS Mailing Address 3805 Transportation Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46818 USA Company Description QuantumOPS is an orthopedic technology company for today’s sophisticated operating suite professionals. Our products combine ingenuity and 21st century technology designed to deliver superior clinical outcome for patients, surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists everywhere. … Continue reading “Quantum OPS Obtains $1,050,000 Series A Funding”

SD Life Sciences Roundup: Arena, PatientSafe, MEI Pharma, & More

Here’s my roundup of new developments from San Diego’s life sciences cluster over the past week. —After initially rejecting a new drug application from San Diego’s Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]), the FDA approved lorcaserin (Belviq)—the first new weight-loss drug to be approved in 13 years. With some two-thirds of Americans considered overweight or obese, the … Continue reading “SD Life Sciences Roundup: Arena, PatientSafe, MEI Pharma, & More”

Gates Foundation Looks to Make More Equity Bets in Biotech

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has looked at a lot of different ways to get the most bang for every buck it puts into global health. Now its new global health leader, Trevor Mundel, says he hopes to do that by making more equity investments in biotech companies. Mundel, a former Novartis executive, said … Continue reading “Gates Foundation Looks to Make More Equity Bets in Biotech”

Xconomy Xchange: Eventbrite and the Online-to-Offline Economy-A Conversation with Kevin and Julia Hartz & Friends

Some of today’s fastest-growing Internet startups are actually trying to get people off the Internet. They’re using the Web to channel attention toward things in the offline world. Think of the way Groupon sends hordes of deal-seekers to restaurants, the way Zipcar or Uber direct people who need wheels to available cars—or, increasingly, the way … Continue reading “Xconomy Xchange: Eventbrite and the Online-to-Offline Economy-A Conversation with Kevin and Julia Hartz & Friends”

“Engineering is For Helping People”: Xconomist of the Week Yoky Matsuoka

We had an amazing lineup of speakers at our first-ever forum on the future of robotics at SRI International in Menlo Park back in May. But I was especially excited to have the opportunity to do an on-stage interview with Yoky Matsuoka, whose pioneering studies of “neurobotics” have brought us closer to a future where … Continue reading ““Engineering is For Helping People”: Xconomist of the Week Yoky Matsuoka”

After Big Oops, Vertex Plows Ahead With Cystic Fibrosis Drug Combo

Vertex Pharmaceuticals shot itself in the foot last month when it reported on some encouraging partial results from an ongoing clinical trial, then later had to correct some faulty statistics. Now it’s had time to run the final analysis from that study, and while the numbers have changed a little, the conclusion hasn’t: It still looks … Continue reading “After Big Oops, Vertex Plows Ahead With Cystic Fibrosis Drug Combo”

Context Relevant Raises $1.3M to Democratize Data Science

From DNA sequencing to high finance to time-wasting games, our ever-growing networks of powerful computers are generating piles of data about virtually every facet of life. That makes it a pretty good time to be a high-level data scientist. Stephen Purpura should know—he’s one of them. Educated at Harvard and Cornell, the former Microsoftie has seen the … Continue reading “Context Relevant Raises $1.3M to Democratize Data Science”

Qualcomm Steps into the Sun with Focus on Mobile OS Development

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) Chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs kicked off the wireless technology giant’s annual conference for mobile software developers in San Diego yesterday with a message that was akin to declaring “Our time has come.” Jacobs made this point by offering a few staggering factoids: —Annual sales of smartphones now exceed PCs, and are … Continue reading “Qualcomm Steps into the Sun with Focus on Mobile OS Development”

Corporate VC Investing Drops in Q1, Mobile Funding Poised to Jump

Deals made by the venture capital arms of major companies fell for the fourth straight quarter—a clear sign that corporate VCs are being more conservative than independent investment firms are—according to a report released today by New York-based deal tracker CB Insights. Corporate VCs participated in 11 percent of all venture deals in the first … Continue reading “Corporate VC Investing Drops in Q1, Mobile Funding Poised to Jump”

Wiggio Receives $155,832 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70e21ee1-c509-4aee-ac05-9f053802bd90&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Wiggio Mailing Address 77 Huron Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Company Description On Wiggio, you can share and edit files, manage a group calendar, poll your group, post links, set up conference calls, chat online and send mass text, voice and email messages to your group members. Each … Continue reading “Wiggio Receives $155,832 New Financing”

Dog Vacay Secures New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86db1b06-0f68-47b6-a1f9-e9b626e5faab&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Dog Vacay Mailing Address 1410 2nd St Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Our company motto is ‘Why should humans have all the fun?’ because creating positive experiences for dogs is our mission. Dog Vacay is a community where dog lovers can connect with one another to … Continue reading “Dog Vacay Secures New Financing”

Big Frame Receives $3,000,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=757661e5-2cfa-4907-80aa-e9f889a54e15&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Big Frame Mailing Address 8228 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90046 Company Description Big Frame is a media company that provides marketing and production resources for the biggest YouTube Influencers, and creates video advertising campaigns for top brands that reach the right audience next to premium content. … Continue reading “Big Frame Receives $3,000,000 Seed Funding”

Practice Fusion Obtains $34,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d412f47-94e2-4288-a723-4ec6a69cf321&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Practice Fusion Mailing Address 420 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Practice Fusion addresses the critical needs of today’s healthcare environments by providing a revolutionary application and delivery model for physicians and patients at no cost. Website http://www.practicefusion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $34,000,000 … Continue reading “Practice Fusion Obtains $34,000,000 Series C Financing”

IQ Engines Receives $3,800,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e68fc91-fd51-4689-806f-701d7223443d&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name IQ Engines Mailing Address 2039 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704 Company Description IQ Engines recognizes and labels photos, monetizing images by matching them to relevant retailers and advertisers. Our image recognition engine is fast, accurate and scalable. We provide image intelligence service via a defined API interface … Continue reading “IQ Engines Receives $3,800,000 Series B Funding Round”

GoingOn Networks Obtains $2,250,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0ec99750-1b14-449c-adf1-7c4939a3a8e6&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name GoingOn Networks Mailing Address 450 Sansome Street 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description GoingOn Community Platform enables academic institutions to deliver new, more engaging models of knowledge management and social collaboration across their campuses, and to their broad network of constituents. Website http://www.goingon.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “GoingOn Networks Obtains $2,250,000 New Financing Round”

ShopWell Solutions Obtains $400,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59fe2934-5e42-40f3-ac8b-aa8cba0ffbff&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name ShopWell Solutions Mailing Address 100 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description ShopWell is a free food information site that scores products on how well they meet your unique needs. With easy-to-understand nutrition information and customized product scores, ShopWell gives you easy tools to find better … Continue reading “ShopWell Solutions Obtains $400,000 New Funding”

Rocket Fuel Garners $50,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5354b9b5-de71-4e15-a544-b5d9bd459999&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Rocket Fuel Mailing Address 350 Marine Parkway Second Floor Marina Park Center Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Rocket Fuel has built advertising distribution technology that attempts to select the best impressions for each advertisement. Website http://www.rocketfuelinc.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Rocket Fuel Garners $50,000,000 New Financing”

Rocket Fuel Secures $50,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5354b9b5-de71-4e15-a544-b5d9bd459999&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Rocket Fuel Mailing Address 350 Marine Parkway Second Floor Marina Park Center Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Rocket Fuel has built advertising distribution technology that attempts to select the best impressions for each advertisement. Website http://www.rocketfuelinc.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Rocket Fuel Secures $50,000,000 New Funding Round”

Aptus Endosystems Obtains $25,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1a769786-f837-4f0a-b3d5-dabee69a25e6&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Aptus Endosystems Mailing Address 777 N. Pastoria Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Aptus Endosystems is a privately held, well-funded, emerging medical device company that is engaged in the development of next generation minimally invasive endograft devices, delivery systems and fixation technology for the treatment of Abdominal … Continue reading “Aptus Endosystems Obtains $25,000,000 New Financing Round”

Affinity Solutions Secures $15,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf9803ab-9aaf-413f-a1b9-0a905b5d5571&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Affinity Solutions Mailing Address 1180 Avenue of the Americas 3rd Floor New York, NY 10036 Company Description Founded in 1998, Affinity Solutions has grown to become the leading provider of loyalty programs for top financial institutions, insurance companies, and publishers in the U.S. Website http://www.affinitysolutions.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Affinity Solutions Secures $15,000,000 New Round”

Aviary Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d596c7b7-d7db-436e-877d-b90f29145261&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Aviary Mailing Address 1135 Railroad Ave Hewlett, NY 11557 Company Description Aviary’s robust suite of online creative tools is fundamentally democratizing digital creation. Whereas the market for digital goods was once reserved exclusively for creators using proprietary desktop software, Aviary is delivering creative applications that allow anyone … Continue reading “Aviary Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing Round”

SugarSync Obtains $10,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5782ba3b-5423-4124-9dad-591eefb366ab&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name SugarSync Mailing Address 1810 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description An innovator in digital media and information synchronization, SugarSync develops software and services that dramatically simplify the way people organize and access digital content. Website http://www.sugarsync.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “SugarSync Obtains $10,000,000 New Funding”

LogRhythm Obtains $15,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c5d747f6-8868-4f91-bfaf-dc58826b6eaa&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name LogRhythm Mailing Address 4780 Pearl East Circle Boulder, CO 80301 Company Description LogRhythm’s comprehensive log management and analysis software helps companies to efficiently comply with government regulations, secure their networks and optimize their IT infrastructure. LogRhythm’s log management system automates the collection, identification, centralization, archival and recovery … Continue reading “LogRhythm Obtains $15,000,000 New Funding Round”

VolunteerSpot Lands $1,500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d6e6fcd-b3bf-44e6-b7b1-6de065ed6ad4&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name VolunteerSpot Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 78701 Company Description VolunteerSpot launched in Spring, 2009 with the mission of enabling ANYONE to quickly mobilize and coordinate volunteers in their community, congregation and social network. VolunteerSpot’s simple sign up application makes it easy for community members to participate and … Continue reading “VolunteerSpot Lands $1,500,000 New Funding”

Skyonic Garners $9,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c35eb13-4402-4638-8cef-fa0e1e330fd0&Preview=1 Date 6/28/2012 Company Name Skyonic Mailing Address 900 S. Capital of Texas Hwy Austin, TX 78746 Company Description At Skyonic, we believe that clean air and economic growth are not mutually exclusive. We believe that mineralizing CO2 emissions is the best-available method for reversing global warming. Website http://www.skyonic.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Skyonic Garners $9,000,000 New Financing Round”

Arena Shares Boom on FDA Approval of Obesity Drug

Arena Pharmaceuticals has faced long odds in its quest to win FDA approval for a new obesity drug, but it overcome the obstacles today. The San Diego-based biotech company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) and its partner Eisai Pharmaceuticals of Japan won clearance from the FDA to start selling lorcaserin (Belviq) as a treatment for obesity in addition … Continue reading “Arena Shares Boom on FDA Approval of Obesity Drug”

Explore the Online-to-Offline Economy with Eventbrite on August 7

In its infancy, toddlerhood, and adolescence, the Web was pretty much stuck in its own little world. Most Web content and service providers were keen to keep people online for as long as possible (think Farmville). But as the Web matures, it’s going through an interesting transformation. It’s turning outward and taking a more practical, … Continue reading “Explore the Online-to-Offline Economy with Eventbrite on August 7”

Avalara Rings Up $20M Growth Round Led by Battery Ventures

Fast-growing sales tax software provider Avalara wasn’t out looking for additional investment cash, after raising a $21 million round just last year. But when Battery Ventures came knocking, the Bainbridge Island, WA, company couldn’t say no. “They’d researched the market, they’d researched Avalara, they’d really done a lot of homework. And they came to us … Continue reading “Avalara Rings Up $20M Growth Round Led by Battery Ventures”

Ed-Tech Startup K12 Kit Looks to Revamp Social Networks for Schools

In case you haven’t noticed, we have quite the education-tech cluster forming around Boston. May I direct your attention westward, out to Worcester, MA, and a new startup called K12 Kit, which is making its software broadly available today. The idea is to provide a cloud-based software platform for K-12 schools and their students to … Continue reading “Ed-Tech Startup K12 Kit Looks to Revamp Social Networks for Schools”

Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown

Ultra Light Startups presents an evening of eight startup pitches, with feedback from an expert panel, and plenty of time for networking both before and after the event. Panelists include  Owen Davis of NYC Seed, Avi Fogel of Majorlee Investments, Daniel Klaus of K2 Media Labs, and Mark Wachen of DreamIt Ventures. Register here.

Todacell Helps Brands Curate Mobile Ads, Helps Itself to More Cash

As the advertising industry marches deeper into the wireless frontier, getting the most out of mobile devices becomes more crucial for marketers. New York-based Todacell has developed an ad network platform that can help marketers pick the right mobile ads to catch the attention of individual consumers, no matter what smartphone or tablet they are … Continue reading “Todacell Helps Brands Curate Mobile Ads, Helps Itself to More Cash”