The votes have been tallied, and the winner of the Republican primary in Kentucky’s 4th congressional district is…Thomas Massie. With 45 percent of the popular vote, Massie, a Tea Party constitutional conservative, fended off a couple of establishment-backed competitors in the race. That means he will be the heavy favorite (in the red state) to … Continue reading “Thomas Massie, SensAble Founder and MIT Grad, Wins GOP Primary in KY”
MakeDirect Turns $2M Series A Round from DFJ into a Fresh Start
Taking another crack at building a company, Duy Huynh thinks MakeDirect, his latest New York-based startup, can scale up quickly by breaking old traditions in manufacturing. The company’s e-commerce site lets consumers buy furniture direct from the factory, but moreover, Huynh is shaking up his own strategy to exploit opportunities for growth. MakeDirect’s site launched … Continue reading “MakeDirect Turns $2M Series A Round from DFJ into a Fresh Start”
Ra Pharma Pours $8.6M Into Discovery Tech and New Rare-Disease Drug
Today Ra Pharmaceuticals CEO Doug Treco will make a presentation at a conference in Las Vegas that will cap off the Cambridge, MA-based company’s weeklong unveiling. On May 16, Ra announced it had closed an $8.6 million tranche of its $27 million Series A round. And today Treco will be describing the four-year-old company’s technology … Continue reading “Ra Pharma Pours $8.6M Into Discovery Tech and New Rare-Disease Drug”
TripAdvisor Q&A: The Future of Travel and the Social Web
TripAdvisor has been thinking about social technologies for a while now. Back in 2006, the Newton, MA-based Web company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TRIP]]) rolled out a new social network, called Traveler Network, to help its users connect and share travel reviews with each other. The firm’s CEO and co-founder, Steve Kaufer, helped lead the project from beginning … Continue reading “TripAdvisor Q&A: The Future of Travel and the Social Web”
Seattle Genetics Follows the Science, Taking on Rare Lymphoma No. 3
Sometimes when a drug hits the market, it can take on a life of its own. Researchers start using their imaginations—and their own grant money—to pursue applications the drugmaker itself might never have envisioned. And sometimes, those researchers make important new discoveries, which can provide the company with a running start on a potentially lucrative … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics Follows the Science, Taking on Rare Lymphoma No. 3”
StyleSaint Receives $1,500,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f099c094-c46f-4f58-9880-6d96c3fc8da2&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name StyleSaint Mailing Address 228 Main St Venice, CA 90291 Company Description StyleSaint was founded with a rebellious vision: to create a collaborative fashion brand driven by the inspiration of our Creative Collective – a global web of editors “tearing and sharing” their love of fashion. Website http://www.stylesaint.com … Continue reading “StyleSaint Receives $1,500,000 Seed Financing Round”
DotLoop Secures $7,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=947c1254-840b-45a4-a190-283367771ad0&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name DotLoop Mailing Address 700 W Pete Rose Way Cincinnati, OH 45209 Company Description DotLoop is a company on the cutting edge of technology development which takes forward thinking to the extreme. In just a short time, we have completely streamlined the buying and selling process for real … Continue reading “DotLoop Secures $7,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
AxioMed Spine Garners $5,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecd6bd97-e0b8-4ca6-82b8-908fa86424c7&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name AxioMed Spine Mailing Address 5350 Transportation Blvd. Garfield Heights, OH 44125 Company Description AxioMed Spine Corporation, located in Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 2001 to develop products for restoring native function to patients with degenerative spine disease; thus advancing the standard of care beyond fusion and first … Continue reading “AxioMed Spine Garners $5,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
CardioInsight Technologies Receives $7,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6b5f35b-1644-4b0b-aaea-e9b7348bcc04&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name CardioInsight Technologies Mailing Address 11000 Cedar Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106 Company Description We are a medical device company in Cleveland, Ohio commercializing patented electrocardiographic imaging technology developed at Case Western Reserve University. Our technology noninvasively images electrical activity on the surface of the heart. Website http://www.cardioinsight.com Transaction … Continue reading “CardioInsight Technologies Receives $7,500,000 New Funding”
VirtuOz Secures $18,364,326 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7e86b0a-4dc5-4fb0-ba96-19652ff5fee4&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name VirtuOz Mailing Address 6001 Shellmound St. Emeryville, CA 94608 Company Description We are a pioneering software provider of intelligent, multilingual conversational customer support and virtual sales Agents. We transform the customer sales and support experience online by providing Virtual Agents that interact with customers via chat and … Continue reading “VirtuOz Secures $18,364,326 Series B Round”
YuMe Garners $10,000,000 Series D Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f04895f-45b0-45b5-b46c-31ac38ad8ba1&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name YuMe Mailing Address 1204 Middlefield Dr. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description YuMe is the first dedicated broadband video advertising network built from the ground up that offers a brand safe advertising experience that can be delivered to any device – PC, TV, mobile and more – … Continue reading “YuMe Garners $10,000,000 Series D Financing Round”
Airtime Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33f05848-da03-46c7-8acf-7981de60a91a&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Airtime Mailing Address 338 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Airtime aims to help users expand their social network and will be random, realtime and include a live video chat component. Website http://www.airtime.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Airtime Secures New Round”
SunRun Garners $60,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=940f01fc-3e1e-4f23-84c5-976610d3f1a0&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name SunRun Mailing Address 45 Fremont Street, 32nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description SunRun is the nation’s first residential solar electricity provider. Pioneering solar as a service, SunRun offers the only low-cost, zero-hassle way for homeowners to go solar and is also the only company that … Continue reading “SunRun Garners $60,000,000 New Round”
Firebase Lands $1,100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b9c59f6-f2d9-48ed-ba1b-a7852e546b12&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Firebase Mailing Address 153 Townsend St Ninth Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Firebase grew out of Envolve, a group chat service for your website. Since it was founded in 2009 Envolve has grown to be a large service; today it’s embedded on tens-of-thousands of websites … Continue reading “Firebase Lands $1,100,000 New Round”
Vibrynt Receives $2,750,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d96478de-bead-4597-b759-ec0b5618d6c3&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Vibrynt Mailing Address 2570 West Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description The company is developing a medical device. Website http://www.vibrynt.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Airtime Acquires Erly for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f8b84e1-1459-4aa0-9cd1-defad9635203&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Erly Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company is developing social technologies. Website http://www.erly.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties.
Remedy Pharmaceuticals Receives $2,704,222 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a946d55-fb0a-4b87-91da-c3b40a4844dc&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Remedy Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 802 6th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Company Description Remedy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage company developing small molecule drugs targeting NCCa-ATP channels in acute central nervous system injury including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury. Website http://www.remedypharmaceuticals.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Remedy Pharmaceuticals Receives $2,704,222 New Financing”
ReportGrid Obtains $2,793,639 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f2cd684-f59e-4f81-b05e-21a4fe7a891d&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name ReportGrid Mailing Address 2826 11th St Boulder, CO 80304 Company Description Reportgrid provides an API for analytics and reporting that’s powered by our powerful, cloud-scalable analytics database and visualization engine. Website http://www.reportgrid.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,793,639 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “ReportGrid Obtains $2,793,639 Series A Financing”
Silicon Space Technology Lands $5,053,684 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4aebc156-9f13-4e41-978b-9b95140044b3&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Silicon Space Technology Mailing Address 804 Las Cimas Parkway Austin, TX 78746 Company Description The company manufactures and sells integrated circuits (semiconductors). Website http://www.siliconspacetech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,053,684 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Silicon Space Technology Lands $5,053,684 New Round”
San Diego BizTech Roundup: Qualcomm, Helix Wind, and ‘Skqueak’
Here’s a potpourri of San Diego tech news, large and small, fresh from the local fields of innovation. —San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]), the world’s biggest manufacturer of wireless chipsets, said it has renewed its global QPrize venture investment competition for the third time. The $1 million pool is almost double the total pool Qualcomm … Continue reading “San Diego BizTech Roundup: Qualcomm, Helix Wind, and ‘Skqueak’”
San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]), the San Diego wireless technology giant, says today it is joining forces with EvoNexus, the free tech incubator operated by the nonprofit industry group CommNexus. The move adds a new dimension of business and technical expertise to EvoNexus, which relies heavily on volunteer tech executives and others to help mentor entrepreneurs enrolled … Continue reading “San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise”
Stephen Hawking at Seattle Science Festival
Stephen Hawking, the legendary theoretical physicist, will be one of the featured speakers at the Seattle Science Festival on June 16. Lee Hood, the co-founder and president of the Institute for Systems Biology, will also be part of the festivities. For more information, click here.
7 Xpo Startups at XSITE on June 14 (and Looking for a Few More)
Here at Xconomy we are coming down the home stretch of preparations for our biggest annual event: XSITE 2012, on June 14 at Babson College. That’s (gasp) just over three weeks away. XSITE 2012 is our fourth annual full-day conference and celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship—involving not just startups, but also big companies, universities, and … Continue reading “7 Xpo Startups at XSITE on June 14 (and Looking for a Few More)”
Shifting Code Program Helps Retrain MI Professionals for IT Jobs
According to Monster.com, there are currently 841 open software and IT development jobs in Michigan. Compare that to 319 jobs in manufacturing, 487 in healthcare, and a dismal 46 in creative and design. It’s something I hear often in my line of work: There is a severe shortage of software development talent in Michigan, and … Continue reading “Shifting Code Program Helps Retrain MI Professionals for IT Jobs”
Bay Lights Project Turns to Tech Leaders to Bridge Funding Gap
“What if we thought of it as a canvas, rather than a bridge?” That’s the question that occurred to Ben Davis as he was sitting outside the San Francisco Ferry Building one Saturday morning in September 2010, gazing at the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Not long after, he got a chance … Continue reading “Bay Lights Project Turns to Tech Leaders to Bridge Funding Gap”
Yottaa, Looking More Like Akamai, Gets $9M for “Anti-Lean” Approach
Coach Wei has been busy lately. The founder and CEO of Boston-based Yottaa is busy running a tech company on two continents. Not only that, but he’s trying to pioneer a new approach to building an enterprise software and Web infrastructure company—one that can iterate and release products almost as fast as a consumer Web … Continue reading “Yottaa, Looking More Like Akamai, Gets $9M for “Anti-Lean” Approach”
Bye, SocialEyes: Startup Drops Video Chat, Goes Mobile with Sidecar
SocialEyes, a startup with roots in RealNetworks and financial backing from Bellevue, WA’s Ignition Partners, is changing directions. The company unveiled a group video-chat service tied to Facebook just last spring. But the startup left that product in the dust a few months later, after realizing there wasn’t a clear path to making it work … Continue reading “Bye, SocialEyes: Startup Drops Video Chat, Goes Mobile with Sidecar”
Undaunted by Wall Street “Penalty Box,” Keryx Focuses on Kidney Drug
On April 2, shares of New York-based Keryx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:KERX]]) fell a stomach-churning 65 percent to $1.74 after the company announced that a late-stage trial of its colon cancer drug failed. But CEO Ron Bentsur was unfazed. In fact, he was so confident in the company’s other drug candidate—a treatment for kidney dialysis patients—that … Continue reading “Undaunted by Wall Street “Penalty Box,” Keryx Focuses on Kidney Drug”
Launching and Growing a Sustainable Startup Business
The Equinox Center and the Startup Leadership Program (SLP) have organized an evening event to discuss what it takes to successfully launch and grow a green business. The session is also going to cover some of the most critical sustainability issues facing any start-up business in the region. The Equinox Center, an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit-research … Continue reading “Launching and Growing a Sustainable Startup Business”
Yottaa Garners $9,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b012a494-a6ec-4345-b571-3f582cb2bab4&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Yottaa Mailing Address 101 Summer St Boston, MA 02110 Company Description Founded in April 2009, Yottaa Inc is a Boston and Beijing based cloud computing company. Driven by the pursuit for a better Internet, Yottaa aspires to empower a new generation of interactive experience by innovating at … Continue reading “Yottaa Garners $9,000,000 Series B Round”
Seahorse Bioscience Obtains $9,400,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e4e031c8-87ff-4a13-9b55-4ee98ba79c94&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Seahorse Bioscience Mailing Address 16 Esquire Road North Billerica, MA 01862 Company Description We design and manufacture consumable sensors and custom injection molded Labware in our Seahorse Labware facility in Massachusetts. Website http://www.seahorsebioscience.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,400,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Seahorse Bioscience Obtains $9,400,000 New Funding”
Soceaniq Lands $749,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9dd2c97b-1bb1-4da0-a439-f804b2c102cb&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Soceaniq Mailing Address 26 Brookford Street Cambridge, MA 02140 Company Description A Cambridge startup incorporated in 2011 that offers clients personalized messages to customers based on up-to-the-minute information about the search preferences and social media posts. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $749,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Soceaniq Lands $749,000 New Round”
FitOrbit Receives $9,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=660a658d-dd83-469f-aae2-29c87a24d2d2&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name FitOrbit Mailing Address 11611 San Vicente Los Angeles, CA 90049 Company Description The company operates a website that connects people to professional personal trainers online. Website http://www.fitorbit.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “FitOrbit Receives $9,000,000 New Financing”
Machinima Receives $35,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9431bb25-8f23-47a0-a1cc-3746a80c1d83&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Machinima Mailing Address 140 South Citrus Ave Los Angeles, CA 90040 Company Description Machinima is the premiere online entertainment network showing original videos from your favorite video games. Watch thousands of trailers, gameplay, montages, music videos and original machinima series and movies created in World of Warcraft, … Continue reading “Machinima Receives $35,000,000 New Funding”
Zurex Pharma Lands $6,200,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e091984-7de1-4474-a0cc-92aeb3fea9e4&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Zurex Pharma Mailing Address 510 Charmany Drive Madison, WI 53719 Company Description Zurex Pharma, Inc. is a specialty pharma and medical technology company with a novel antimicrobial technology platform. Our company’s mission is to develop and commercialize a portfolio of new antimicrobial products designed to prevent healthcare … Continue reading “Zurex Pharma Lands $6,200,000 Series A Financing”
ReCellular Secures New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0338e965-fa83-4adb-b263-eecbc84dd020&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name ReCellular Mailing Address 2555 Bishop Circle West Dexter, MI 48130 Company Description ReCellular’s comprehensive commitment to environmental protection has won numerous national and local awards. All phones and accessories that cannot be reused are recycled; the company recycles thousands of tons of electronic scrap every year. Website … Continue reading “ReCellular Secures New Funding Round”
Xfire Lands $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=664b1093-5503-45f3-a05d-2685413f0c14&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Xfire Mailing Address 200 Middlefield Rd Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description XfireTM is a new, free tool that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them easily. Website http://www.xfire.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Xfire Lands $3,000,000 New Round”
Netronome Systems Lands $11,197,633 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0951d6ba-bf7c-478f-a67c-40ab1db7aff6&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Netronome Systems Mailing Address 5201 Great America Pkwy Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Netronome is a leader in network content flow analysis and virtual machine technologies. Initially we are targeting security and application acceleration in both network appliances and network switches. However, we envisage an increasing … Continue reading “Netronome Systems Lands $11,197,633 New Financing”
SoloPower Receives $7,100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb9a0475-7686-43cf-8bc1-746c3a173ec6&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 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 Receives $7,100,000 New Financing”
Shocking Technologies Garners $10,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cd68d33f-3748-49e6-a840-c33bb809d055&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Shocking Technologies Mailing Address 5870 Hellyer Avenue San Jose, CA 95138 Company Description Shocking Technologies develops applications for it’s patented voltage switchable dielectric materials. Applications include ESD protection for Printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s) and Semiconductor Packages. Website http://www.shockingtech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,500,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Shocking Technologies Garners $10,500,000 New Financing Round”
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Garners $17,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bdbe52f0-9ccc-4079-96df-dc98e7992107&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 260 East Grand Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description KaloBios is a vertically integrated therapeutic antibody company using its proprietary antibody engineering, humaneering and expression technologies for the development of a pipeline of antibody therapeutics. Website http://www.kalobios.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Garners $17,000,000 New Financing Round”
AnchorFree Obtains $52,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b39db33a-13b0-4438-983d-ed94f7a1cf51&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name AnchorFree Mailing Address 450 National Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield application addresses a market of over 1.6 billion Internet users, in need of secure browsing, privacy, and freedom online. Hotspot Shield secures all Internet communications and web browsing and protects each user’s … Continue reading “AnchorFree Obtains $52,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
EMC Acquires Syncplicity for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de45eab7-867b-46d9-8af9-87c9dab63380&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Syncplicity Mailing Address 1134 Crane Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Syncplicity was founded with a simple vision: Your computer should empower you, not slow you down. Our goal is to create a new way of managing files to liberate people from worrying about how and … Continue reading “EMC Acquires Syncplicity for Undisclosed Sum”
Gen9 Lands $395,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b7f8d7e-ff44-4f3e-a20e-e3d9a8944b11&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Gen9 Mailing Address 500 Technology Sq. Cambridge, MA 01239 Company Description The company is developing synthetic biology technologies. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $395,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Zurex Pharma Receives $6,200,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e091984-7de1-4474-a0cc-92aeb3fea9e4 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Zurex Pharma Mailing Address 2113 Eagle Drive Middleton, WI 53562 Company Description Zurex Pharma, Inc. is a specialty pharma and medical technology company with a novel antimicrobial technology platform. Our company’s mission is to develop and commercialize a portfolio of new antimicrobial products designed to prevent healthcare … Continue reading “Zurex Pharma Receives $6,200,000 Series A Funding Round”
Wireless Health Summit Showcases Incentive Prizes as Tool for Change
About 275 technologists and healthcare industry executives are gathering in downtown San Diego tomorrow as the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) convenes its Seventh Annual Convergence Summit at the Grand Hyatt. “The overarching theme of the summit this year is ‘How do we move from innovation to institutional and personal adoption of the tools and technologies … Continue reading “Wireless Health Summit Showcases Incentive Prizes as Tool for Change”
Healthcare Unbound
The Center for Business Innovation presents The Ninth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference & Exhibition, with a special focus on Remote Monitoring, Home Telehealth, mHealth, eHealth, Social Media & Gaming for Promoting Wellness, Managing Diseases, and Facilitating Accountable Care. From the conference announcement: “Innovative technologies are driving opportunities to serve health consumers in new ways and … Continue reading “Healthcare Unbound”
Ember CEO: Silicon Labs Acquisition for $72M Is “Right Thing for the Company”
It seems like it takes most tech companies about 10 years to run their course—if they survive the first few years, that is. Boston-based Ember is no exception. The wireless-networking firm said today it is being acquired by Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SLAB]]) of Austin, TX, for an initial price of $72 million plus earnouts. Silicon … Continue reading “Ember CEO: Silicon Labs Acquisition for $72M Is “Right Thing for the Company””
Google Makes Room for Cornell Engineering Campus at its NY Offices
The $2 billion applied science and engineering college campus planned for New York is still years away from opening its doors, but Google stepped in today to give the project a head start. Google CEO Larry Page hit the city this morning to announce his company would let CornellNYC Tech occupy 22,000 square feet at … Continue reading “Google Makes Room for Cornell Engineering Campus at its NY Offices”
99designs Crowdsources Its Own New Website Design
Crowdsourcing design startup 99designs is putting its own product to the test with a competition to redesign its homepage. The company, which connects businesses in need of design help with freelancers willing to compete for design work, wrote a request of its own, asking its 158,000 registered designers to revamp its site for a chance … Continue reading “99designs Crowdsources Its Own New Website Design”