In the world of e-commerce, Amazon is going one way, and everyone else is going the other. Amazon has cornered the market on commodities and price-driven shopping, it seems, but what’s still up for grabs is the luxury market. One of the more interesting tech companies in that sector is Demandware (NYSE: [[ticker:DWRE]]), the Burlington, … Continue reading “Demandware and the Future of Retail: A Post-IPO Snapshot”
Meet Siri’s Little Sister, Lola. She’s Training for a Bank Job.
Whatever you want Lola to get, Lola will get it for you. As long as it has something to do with your bank account. Lola is a new virtual personal assistant that BBVA Compass, the North American subisidiary of Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Viczaya Argentaria, started testing on its website Tuesday. She’s the co-creation … Continue reading “Meet Siri’s Little Sister, Lola. She’s Training for a Bank Job.”
Semprus, Nara, UberSense, & More Names from the Boston Deal Roundup
This week’s deal headlines show a healthy mix of startup funding, acquisitions, and IPO news across both the tech and healthcare industries. —PatientKeeper, a Waltham, MA-based maker of software for physician workflow, said it raised $6.25 million from existing investors like Flybridge Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and Whitney & Co. The money comes atop a … Continue reading “Semprus, Nara, UberSense, & More Names from the Boston Deal Roundup”
UberSense Obtains $1,140,040 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84f32a17-bb0f-4f4d-b3f5-2c811dbc13fc&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name UberSense Mailing Address 69 Calumet St Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 Company Description At UberSense, we empower people to become better athletes. Sports lead to healthier, happier and active lives; to learn a sport and reach your maximum potential we believe in the need for quality feedback on … Continue reading “UberSense Obtains $1,140,040 New Financing Round”
ConnectEDU Receives $1,945,453 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e7adab7-43e2-4e77-902b-5c1d6a4254e2&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name ConnectEDU Mailing Address 600 Atlantic Ave. 20th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Company Description ConnectEDU is the nation’s leading technology firm dedicated to providing students, educators and employers with comprehensive solutions to successfully navigate education and employment transitions. Website http://www.connectedu.net Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,945,453 … Continue reading “ConnectEDU Receives $1,945,453 New Financing”
ConnectEDU Obtains $1,945,453 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e7adab7-43e2-4e77-902b-5c1d6a4254e2&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name ConnectEDU Mailing Address 600 Atlantic Ave. 20th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Company Description ConnectEDU is the nation’s leading technology firm dedicated to providing students, educators and employers with comprehensive solutions to successfully navigate education and employment transitions. Website http://www.connectedu.net Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,945,453 … Continue reading “ConnectEDU Obtains $1,945,453 New Funding Round”
Nara Obtains $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06116f94-dfd7-48f4-ba7a-800c75e81566&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Nara Mailing Address Undisclosed Cambridge, MA 02481 Company Description Based in Cambridge, MA, Nara is a team of creative artists, neuroscientists, astrophysicists, computer scientists, and technology and internet industry veterans who grew tired of the web in its current state and decided to take action. Rather than … Continue reading “Nara Obtains $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
Avalara Lands $20,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d992910-28bc-48f9-ba3c-ea84a835b3f7&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Avalara Mailing Address 435 Ericksen Ave. N.E. Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Company Description Avalara was founded by a team of tax and software industry veterans to fulfill a vision of delivering an affordable, scalable sales tax solution. Thus making what was not economically feasible in the past … Continue reading “Avalara Lands $20,000,000 New Financing Round”
Chill.com Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=959ef5f7-a0ae-47a2-84e9-2d209d9c2575&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Chill.com Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90210 Company Description The company develops social video technologies. Website http://www.chill.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the financing to accelerate the development and distribution of its intelligent social video … Continue reading “Chill.com Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding Round”
Kyriba Lands $3,000,016 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=591aa0f7-be7c-4f03-b15d-aee7e38d8119&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Kyriba Mailing Address 4250 Executive Square San Diego, CA 92037 Company Description Kyriba is a leading provider of Treasury solutions delivered under the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Website http://www.Kyriba.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,016 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Kyriba Lands $3,000,016 New Funding”
GloStream Receives $2,145,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d15e5bb3-3672-4e15-bf95-416b777cb2b6&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name GloStream Mailing Address 1050 Wilshire Dr. Troy, MI 48084 Company Description GloStream was founded by two software developers who met on a Web site dedicated to the exchange of IT projects over the Internet. The two technology professionals with a gift for translating ideas into technological reality … Continue reading “GloStream Receives $2,145,000 New Round”
Cymbet Obtains $600,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f1c9618-75c7-49b1-afff-9b6f22509a02&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Cymbet Mailing Address 18326 Joplin Street NW Elk River, MN 55330 Company Description Cymbet Corporation is a privately held technology company that designs and manufactures thin film power backup devices such as rechargeable thin film batteries for semiconductor, sensor, medical and related electronic applications. The company has … Continue reading “Cymbet Obtains $600,000 New Financing Round”
Traxpay Obtains $4,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b8f9e46-fa82-4f51-a89a-3b3a49f8baeb&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Traxpay Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Traxpay is a payment platform for companies large and small to safely and securely manage their B2B payment processes online, in real time, 24/7, via a cloud-based, user-friendly software solution. Website http://www.traxpay.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Traxpay Obtains $4,000,000 New Funding Round”
Freshplum Lands $1,400,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b416925-acaa-4f13-bfce-5be4089a5151&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Freshplum Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Freshplum is a small team of engineers based in San Francisco. Our goal is to bring the decision-making power of data science to companies who sell goods and services electronically. Website http://www.freshplum.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Freshplum Lands $1,400,000 Seed Financing”
Solum Obtains $17,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f87dc7e6-7a29-4899-aa87-8931f6a63526&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Solum Mailing Address 1916 Old Middlefield Way Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Solum makes a field-deployable measurement tool that can give immediate answers on soil nutrient needs. Fertilizer is a major cost for commodity crops, amounting to 40-50% of the operating expense for corn. It is … Continue reading “Solum Obtains $17,000,000 New Round”
Abiquo Secures $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fdc7d96-c7e7-49ae-a115-9391a810bd68&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Abiquo Mailing Address 203 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Abiquo is a leading developer of Cloud management solutions founded in 2006. Abiquo envisions a future where private and public Clouds are fully interoperable and vendor neutral. The company embraces an open-source model where … Continue reading “Abiquo Secures $3,000,000 New Round”
Rally.org Garners $7,900,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=206ef165-a5bf-42c8-a3b9-af4a2de6f60a&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Rally.org Mailing Address 144 2nd St. First Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Rally is a social fundraising tool that harnesses the power of storytelling, making it easy to raise more money. Website http://www.rally.org Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,900,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “Rally.org Garners $7,900,000 Series A Funding Round”
SanDisk Acquires Schooner Information Technology for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6519092f-30bc-444f-ab18-9994b9237338&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Schooner Information Technology Mailing Address 501 Macara Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description The company’s goal is to help financial sector and Internet consumer-facing companies achieve high performance and scalability at a fraction of their current costs. Website http://www.schoonerinfotech.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “SanDisk Acquires Schooner Information Technology for Undisclosed Sum”
CasaHop Obtains $1,200,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=030d95a0-ff0f-4871-9a84-ab4a782129d7&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name CasaHop Mailing Address 560 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description CasaHop is the newest trend in travel that uses your existing social networks to pair you up with people you can trust, for exchanges that make you feel at home. It’s simple: Join, Connect, and Swap. … Continue reading “CasaHop Obtains $1,200,000 New Financing”
Taboola.com Secures $10,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=21d7233c-3da8-4364-8833-e480adc0a267&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Taboola.com Mailing Address 19 West 21st street (off of 5th Avenue) New York, NY 10011 Company Description Taboola is widely recognized as the world’s leading video discovery and distribution platform with over 130M uniques a month seeing Taboola recommendations, and half a billion recommendations created a day. … Continue reading “Taboola.com Secures $10,000,000 Series C Financing”
LinkSmart Lands $4,700,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59d2eb62-80a6-457f-b861-395fc8cfa1a8&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name LinkSmart Mailing Address 1805 11th Street Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description LinkSmart provides text-linking optimization solutions for web publishers. Its cloud-based Total Link Management (TLM) solution analyzes, manages and dynamically optimizes text-linked keywords. Website http://www.linksmart.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “LinkSmart Lands $4,700,000 New Financing Round”
Blue Jean Networks Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e6145e79-e9b1-49f7-ae14-c20221622d71&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Blue Jean Networks Mailing Address 4521 S. Hulen St Fort Worth, TX 76109 Company Description At Blue Jean Networks, our mission is to make video communications as easy and pervasive as audio communications, enabling more effective collaboration at work, at home, and on the road. Our cloud-based … Continue reading “Blue Jean Networks Obtains $25,000,000 Series C Funding”
Remembering Walter Zable and Cubic’s Era of Electronics Innovation
San Diego’s local newspapers served up big stories today about the death of Walter J. Zable, who founded San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (NYSE: [[ticker:CUB]]) in 1951 and continued to serve as chairman and CEO for the next 61 years. Today the little electronics business he started in a Point Loma garage is a stalwart defense … Continue reading “Remembering Walter Zable and Cubic’s Era of Electronics Innovation”
NJ Shocker: Roche to Shutter Nutley R&D Site
Swiss drug giant Roche said today it would close its 80-year-old research site in Nutley, NJ—a move that will slash 1,000 jobs in the U.S., as the company consolidates its R&D activities in Basel and Schlieren, Switzerland and Penzberg, Germany. The company will continue to maintain a separate biotech research site in South San Francisco, where … Continue reading “NJ Shocker: Roche to Shutter Nutley R&D Site”
Top Detroit Tech Companies Launch Program to Beef Up Talent
It’s a criticism that’s often heard in Michigan tech circles: The biggest challenge in growing the local IT sector is a glaring lack of talent. It’s not that we don’t produce people capable of filling the many open tech jobs here, it’s that we have a hard time keeping them in the state. A new … Continue reading “Top Detroit Tech Companies Launch Program to Beef Up Talent”
Roche Deal Gives Seaside a Leg Up in Autism Race
Two years ago, Xconomy pinpointed a growing “autism mini-cluster” in Boston—a bevy of startups seeking to develop drugs to treat the condition and other brain disorders. Now one resident of that cluster has a major partner on board to help it meet that goal: Cambridge, MA-based Seaside Therapeutics, which announced on June 19 that it … Continue reading “Roche Deal Gives Seaside a Leg Up in Autism Race”
San Diego’s ServiceNow In Starting Gate for IPO This Week
ServiceNow, the San Diego provider of Web-based IT management services, is expected to become a public company this week, after submitting final changes to its IPO in a series of regulatory filings and setting a range between $15 and $17 per share for the 11.65 million shares of its offering. The IPO, which amounts to … Continue reading “San Diego’s ServiceNow In Starting Gate for IPO This Week”
Comparison Buying App ShopAdvisor Targets Blogs With Newest Update
Maynard, MA-based Evoqu has been flying somewhat under the radar, but its mobile app ShopAdvisor hasn’t exactly been doing the same. It now boasts a combined 2.5 million users across its iPhone, iPad, and Android editions. And today, the company, which earlier this month revealed raising a $1.95 million seed round, is releasing a new … Continue reading “Comparison Buying App ShopAdvisor Targets Blogs With Newest Update”
Drawbridge Ads Follow You from Desktop to Smartphone
Drawbridge founder and CEO Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan is reimagining the way advertisers target consumers. When Google acquired mobile advertising network AdMob back in 2009, Sivaramakrishnan, the company’s lead applied research scientist, went along with it. But six months after starting work at Google, she decided to strike out on her on in the mobile ad space. … Continue reading “Drawbridge Ads Follow You from Desktop to Smartphone”
Nara Pockets $4M for Neuroscience-driven, Personalized Web Discovery
Tom Copeman says he moved to Boston from Southern California in 2010 to be near the best and brightest in neuroscience and computer science. He wanted to tap East Coast PhDs to tackle a tech problem that’s decidedly not as associated with Boston: consumer Web search. “There’s so much inundation with information on the Web … Continue reading “Nara Pockets $4M for Neuroscience-driven, Personalized Web Discovery”
Primus Green Energy Primes Its Pumps to Make High Octane Bio-Gasoline
Weaning the country off its addiction to petroleum is a lofty dream many renewable fuel companies undertake. Last Friday, the folks at Hillsborough, NJ-based Primus Green Energy revealed their plans to ease our reliance on traditional gasoline, as it opened the doors to its demo plant. The eleven-year-old company developed technology that coverts biomass, such … Continue reading “Primus Green Energy Primes Its Pumps to Make High Octane Bio-Gasoline”
Aspen Aerogels Receives $9,572,609 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f305b27-bef7-4217-997a-117ab9d8a46d&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Aspen Aerogels Mailing Address 30 Forbes Road Building B Northborough, MA 01532 Company Description Aspen Aerogels is nanotechnology at work in oil pipelines, natural gas and military ships, building and construction, boots and jackets and much, much more. Website http://www.aerogel.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $9,572,609 Transaction … Continue reading “Aspen Aerogels Receives $9,572,609 New Financing”
Teleflex Acquires Semprus BioSciences for $30,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7fe1a948-a8fe-453f-9830-25c9c60d4bfe&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Semprus BioSciences Mailing Address One Kendall Street Building 1400 1st Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description Semprus BioSciences is a venture-backed biotechnology company developing functional surfaces to prevent medical device complications. Our initial product development efforts are focused on the first implantable and permanently antimicrobial surface technology. … Continue reading “Teleflex Acquires Semprus BioSciences for $30,000,000”
PatientSafe Solutions Secures $5,457,523 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f4f91e6-d1c6-4222-a427-b3d2ee50430f&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name PatientSafe Solutions Mailing Address 5375 Mira Sorrento Place San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description We believe nurses are the center of the care system. They’re the healthcare professionals who patients spend the most time with once they’re admitted, and who make sure the care continues when they’re … Continue reading “PatientSafe Solutions Secures $5,457,523 New Financing”
FastPay Receives $25,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d778284-a491-474b-a5d0-df39d0a11e39&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name FastPay Mailing Address 9300 Wilshire Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Company Description FastPay is a tech-enabled finance platform servicing the digital ecosystem. Formed by seasoned marketing, media and finance executives, FastPay tailors innovative funding solutions designed to meet your specific needs. FastPay is a no-nonsense approach to helping … Continue reading “FastPay Receives $25,000,000 New Financing”
Tangent Medical Technologies Garners $3,375,004 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecb9d62e-c598-4879-8b99-14d8c1016fb5&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Tangent Medical Technologies Mailing Address 8170 Jackson Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Company Description Tangent Medical Technologies, Inc., is a development stage medical device development company formed in 2009 as a spinout from the University of Michigan’s Medical Innovation Center fellowship program. Website http://www.tangentmedical.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Tangent Medical Technologies Garners $3,375,004 New Financing Round”
Kapow Events Obtains $700,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0300d67a-deba-4820-991f-dd1e696cb49d&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Kapow Events Mailing Address 211 W Wacker 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60606 Company Description Kapow is a unique event marketplace where business professionals responsible for planning team building, client entertainment and company events can get access to exclusive promotions, venues, ideas and custom event development. Kapow members … Continue reading “Kapow Events Obtains $700,000 New Round”
CloudOne Obtains $1,700,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1153bad5-ee4f-449d-847c-e0c4f82eba74&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name CloudOne Mailing Address Undisclosed Chicago, IL 60601 Company Description CloudOne delivers all the benefits of the Rational software development tools you already rely on, with the added value of an elastic, on-demand model. You gain a global collaboration platform to support distributed development for every phase of … Continue reading “CloudOne Obtains $1,700,000 New Funding Round”
Swink Obtains $750,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a3fa764-197c-4ae5-a5d7-0aeadc5a5fd5&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Swink Mailing Address 1001 North Point Street No 707 San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description A personalized sports highlight of one or more video clips created through the Swink indexing process. Website http://www.swink.tv Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Swink Obtains $750,000 New Financing Round”
Pantheon Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e9bda99-f17b-430c-8d40-24dfdee5f541&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Pantheon Mailing Address 301 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Pantheon lets you effortlessly develop and run Drupal sites that are fast, stable and secure. Website http://www.getpantheon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Pantheon will use the round … Continue reading “Pantheon Obtains $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
U-Systems Lands $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=80319601-a3c2-4bc2-b1b9-6c1a5e19de83&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name U-Systems Mailing Address 447 Indio Way Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description U-Systems, Inc., founded in Silicon Valley in 1997, designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative ultrasound systems to assist the radiologist in the diagnosis of breast cancer. The company has developed a leadership position in advanced ultrasound … Continue reading “U-Systems Lands $3,000,000 New Financing”
Beyond Lucid Technologies Obtains $500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2bf8c01f-8162-4576-9a97-bcc8d22e846e&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Beyond Lucid Technologies Mailing Address 1411 Creekside Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Company Description Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc., is an IT firm, founded in 2009, that builds mission-critical software that goesbeyond the digitization of prehospital care records, to offer First Responders situational awareness, robust logistical decision support, … Continue reading “Beyond Lucid Technologies Obtains $500,000 New Funding Round”
Jirafe Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e613df3-f639-413b-b99c-6f7c82ae87be&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name Jirafe Mailing Address Undisclosed New York , NY 10001 Company Description The company provides analytics for ecommerce stores. Website http://www.jirafe.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes This investment will further increase Jirafe’s ability to service retailers,support agency partners around the … Continue reading “Jirafe Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
ATX Innovation Obtains $3,510,353 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9878a66f-1a93-4e31-b545-a4180957eee4&Preview=1 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name ATX Innovation Mailing Address 804 Congress St. Austin, TX 78701 Company Description The company provides a mobile application that allows users to purchase food and drinks at restaurants and bars. Website http://www.tabbedout.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $3,510,353 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “ATX Innovation Obtains $3,510,353 New Funding”
CloudOne Receives $1,700,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1153bad5-ee4f-449d-847c-e0c4f82eba74 Date 6/26/2012 Company Name CloudOne Mailing Address 9247 N. Meridian Indianapolis, IN 46260 USA Company Description CloudOne delivers all the benefits of the Rational software development tools you already rely on, with the added value of an elastic, on-demand model. You gain a global collaboration platform to support distributed development for … Continue reading “CloudOne Receives $1,700,000 New Financing”
Status-Report Startup Thinkfuse Acquired by Salesforce
The trend of enterprise software consolidation marches on. On the same day that Microsoft confirmed its $1.2 billion buyout of corporate communication platform Yammer, Seattle startup Thinkfuse announced that it’s being acquired by Salesforce.com. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It doesn’t sound like the Thinkfuse product will be ported over to Salesforce—in its blog post, … Continue reading “Status-Report Startup Thinkfuse Acquired by Salesforce”
Drug Repositioning Conference
Join us in San Francisco for the 2nd Annual Drug Repositioning Conference, where presenters and panelists will share with the audience best practices, new technologies, case studies, and regulatory developments in drug repositioning and indications discovery. Topics & Themes: – Intellectual property issues relating to new use of known drugs – Tool sets for identifying … Continue reading “Drug Repositioning Conference”
“Like” It? Now You Can Also Want It (And Tell Your Network)
A new startup called Want aims to take the “Like” button one step further. Based in Farmington Hills, MI, and backed by the Camelot Venture Group, Want has created a Facebook-integrated social button for online retailers that enables consumers to track what they want to buy while spreading the word across their social network. “People … Continue reading ““Like” It? Now You Can Also Want It (And Tell Your Network)”
Analyzing Social Media: Graffiti and a Tweet Heard Round the World
I’m sitting with Patrick Giblin in the back of Caffé Calabria in North Park, and he’s talking about Graffiti, analytic software developed by 451 Degrees, the business he founded in 2003 to provide a variety of Internet and media-related products and services. Among San Diego’s Internet entrepreneurs, Giblin is one of the ancients. He dropped … Continue reading “Analyzing Social Media: Graffiti and a Tweet Heard Round the World”
CoupFlip, Led by Ex-Googler, Opens in Boston to Go After Unused Groupons
A trio of Dartmouth MBAs are setting their sights on Boston as the starting point for their young Internet company. CoupFlip, whose Web service is open to the masses as of today, is creating a marketplace for consumers to buy and sell daily deals quickly and efficiently. Before you say, “Not another deals site,” well, … Continue reading “CoupFlip, Led by Ex-Googler, Opens in Boston to Go After Unused Groupons”