Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b8fc491-5221-42a4-ba35-1211b77a6ffa&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Grid2Home Mailing Address 404 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Company Description Grid2Home is a communications software company at the forefront of Smart Energy 2.0 connectivity technologies. Our software solutions provide the two-way data communication necessary to make the Smart Grid a reality. Website http://www.Grid2Home.com … Continue reading “Grid2Home Secures $2,049,999 New Round”
Service-now.com Obtains $10,980,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20111913-1b4b-40d5-a8ec-9fdb553fa5fd&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Service-now.com Mailing Address 12225 El Camino Real Solana Beach, CA 92130 Company Description Service-now.com is championing a new approach to IT Service and Asset Management through modern application development, delivery and pricing. We offer the first and only On Demand, Web 2.0 solution (AJAX and SOAP enabled) … Continue reading “Service-now.com Obtains $10,980,000 New Funding Round”
Phoenix Energy Technologies Garners $5,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0bd9318-cd58-4b1b-bc2b-b191f7e440d7&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Phoenix Energy Technologies Mailing Address 8949 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description In today’s competitive business environment, the proper management of energy and utility assets will make a critical difference in overall financial performance. Energy is typically the second or third largest operating expense line … Continue reading “Phoenix Energy Technologies Garners $5,000,000 New Financing Round”
Allot Communications Acquires Ortiva Wireless for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18f69b08-634d-4dfb-851c-66686d815780&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Ortiva Wireless Mailing Address 4225 Executive Square La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description OrtivaTM Wireless delivers the smoothest video, clearest audio, and richest multimedia experience to mobile users under highly variable wireless network conditions. Our mobile network operator solutions extend the coverage and expand the availability of … Continue reading “Allot Communications Acquires Ortiva Wireless for Undisclosed Sum”
Castlight Health Receives $100,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2de8db3b-1474-4d2c-96b7-18d691e54153&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Castlight Health Mailing Address 685 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Castlight Health (formerly Ventana Health Services) was founded in 2008 to empower consumers with the knowledge to make informed health care shopping decisions. The rising cost of health care has put an increased burden … Continue reading “Castlight Health Receives $100,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
CrestaTech Receives $13,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3cd530b0-70ca-483d-a1ce-1f0749b1030d&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name CrestaTech Mailing Address 3900 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Founded in 2005, CrestaTech is the first company to provide a software defined RF IC solution that is fully programmable to work with the widest variety of wireless standards. Website http://www.crestatech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “CrestaTech Receives $13,000,000 New Funding Round”
Tegile Systems Secures $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b4a0913-9cab-4e8f-8a12-243977eafee9&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Tegile Systems Mailing Address 8000 Jarvis Ave Newark, CA 94560 Company Description Tegile Systems is pioneering a new generation of enterprise storage arrays that balance performance, capacity, features and price for virtualization, file services and database applications. Website http://www.tegile.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Tegile Systems Secures $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
IncellDx Obtains $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6f0aa07-dbe9-4c62-90f7-4f567bb11505&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name IncellDx Mailing Address 1700 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94027 Company Description IncellDx is molecular diagnostics company Dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare one cell at a time. By combining molecular diagnostics with high throughput cellular analysis, we focus on critical life threatening diseases such as HIV/AIDs, HPV/Cervical … Continue reading “IncellDx Obtains $6,000,000 New Round”
IncellDx Secures $6,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c6f0aa07-dbe9-4c62-90f7-4f567bb11505&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name IncellDx Mailing Address 1700 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94027 Company Description IncellDx is molecular diagnostics company Dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare one cell at a time. By combining molecular diagnostics with high throughput cellular analysis, we focus on critical life threatening diseases such as HIV/AIDs, HPV/Cervical … Continue reading “IncellDx Secures $6,000,000 New Funding”
Weduary Secures $1,250,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d05d0802-5d11-4b09-9674-58b7668f1741&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Weduary Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Weduary lets you create social and beautiful wedding websites in minutes. While we pride ourselves on the ease of creating a good looking wedding website (complete with plenty of customization options), we truly differentiate from other “wedding … Continue reading “Weduary Secures $1,250,000 Seed Financing”
Socialcam Garners Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a3c8374-bc4b-4ddd-9eba-e26047a19fa3&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Socialcam Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Socialcam is a new mobile video application coming to both iPhone and Android. Socialcam makes it fast, easy and fun to capture, share and view high quality movies of life’s moments with friends and family. Website http://www.socialcam.com … Continue reading “Socialcam Garners Seed Round”
Signpost Receives $3,750,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3eec686d-9cea-49e0-b6fd-3e2200918187&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Signpost Mailing Address 333 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 Company Description We make it easy (and free!) for anyone to post, rate and discover great deals: everything from the weekend-only sample sale and the too-good-to-be-true happy hour, to those hidden finds you only hear about when … Continue reading “Signpost Receives $3,750,000 Series A Financing”
Pontiflex Lands $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3dc647a-2312-42b5-82f9-d09475a00e20&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name Pontiflex Mailing Address 45 Main Street Suite 1101, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description Pontiflex powers a new kind of mobile advertising platform: Signup Ads. Signup Ads are a simple and 100% opt-in way for people to hear more from brands they like. People can sign up without … Continue reading “Pontiflex Lands $3,000,000 New Financing”
OrthoAccel Obtains $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7ca8a25-706f-4ee8-9a3e-f88493aaadca&Preview=1 Date 5/1/2012 Company Name OrthoAccel Mailing Address 6575 West Loop South Bellaire, TX 77401 Company Description The AcceleDent System is currently in a randomized controlled clinical trial at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. This trial was enrolled under an Investigational Device Exemption. FDA will be reviewing … Continue reading “OrthoAccel Obtains $10,000,000 New Funding”
Digital Publishing: The End of Print?
The average San Franciscan is more likely to get their media from a screen than from a paper, so it’s no surprise that newspapers and magazines are shutting down all around us; the editorial space and the way we consume news has changed. What will editorial look like years from now? Will curated content really … Continue reading “Digital Publishing: The End of Print?”
San Diego BizTech Roundup: Independa, Zui.com, Bandsintown, and More
It was a light week for tech news in San Diego. Our roundup today is short and sweet. —Fueled by strong growth over the past nine months, San Diego’s Zui.com introduced “Facetube,” a social network intended to empower pre-teens to share age-appropriate content. The company that began in 2008 as KidZui also re-branded itself earlier … Continue reading “San Diego BizTech Roundup: Independa, Zui.com, Bandsintown, and More”
Berwick’s Advice: Cost-Effectiveness Is Here to Stay
Dr. Donald Berwick, the former administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, held his post from July 2010 until December 2011 (about 18 months if you’re counting), before resigning in the face of sustained Senate opposition to confirmation. He has kept a fairly low profile since his departure from the agency, but he … Continue reading “Berwick’s Advice: Cost-Effectiveness Is Here to Stay”
Future of Genome Sciences Panel, UW event
The panel discussion on the Future of Genome Sciences includes Bruce Alberts, editor of Science magazine; Natalie Angier, science writer for The New York Times; Andrew White, Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics Services at UNC, and Keith Yamamoto, vice chancellor for research at UCSF. Maynard Olson, UW professor of genome sciences and medicine and a … Continue reading “Future of Genome Sciences Panel, UW event”
Hologic Buys Gen-Probe for $3.7B, Making Molecular Diagnostics Push
Hologic has made big-money acquisitions before, and today it’s making another sizable one. The Bedford, MA-based maker of women’s health products (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HOLX]]) said today it has agreed to purchase San Diego-based Gen-Probe (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GPRO]]), a molecular diagnostics company, for $3.7 billion, or $82.75 a share. The price represents a 20 percent premium over Gen-Probe’s … Continue reading “Hologic Buys Gen-Probe for $3.7B, Making Molecular Diagnostics Push”
New Health IT Initiative Takes Cognitive Medical Beyond Military
Doug Burke, president of Cognitive Medical Systems, tells me this morning the San Diego-based health IT startup is implementing a wireless clinical support system for the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina. The startup will integrate its health IT system and analytics platform with handheld devices that doctors and other health care providers can use … Continue reading “New Health IT Initiative Takes Cognitive Medical Beyond Military”
Social-Loco 2012
From the event registration page: “The future of the social-location revolution 2012 Dive into social and mobile web convergence, and what that means for SMB, big brands and consumers (SoLoMo is here) Join Facebook, Waze, Nokia, foursquare, Banjo and more Connect with consumer brands, agencies, investors and the tech industry on stage, exhibitor floor and in … Continue reading “Social-Loco 2012”
Abroad101 Aims to Be TripAdvisor for Study Abroad, Seeks Series A
There’s a matchmaking startup in town that’s in the midst of raising its Series A round. I’m not talking about an online dating service, though. “We’re like an eHarmony for study abroad programs,” says Mike Stone, co-founder and president of said startup, Abroad101. The Boston-based company was one of the winners of the inaugural section … Continue reading “Abroad101 Aims to Be TripAdvisor for Study Abroad, Seeks Series A”
Biotech IPOs Start to Show Some Modest Signs of Life
[Updated: 2:10 pm ET, 5/2/12] Something feels wrong about putting the words “biotech” and “IPO” together in a headline. This market has been lifeless for so long that few investors even play the game anymore. Biotech entrepreneurs I talk to seem to feel a bit sheepish about saying they are considering an IPO, probably because … Continue reading “Biotech IPOs Start to Show Some Modest Signs of Life”
Wingu Lands Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52d324b5-092e-442d-8bc1-535e1ee68d31&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Wingu Mailing Address 1 Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description At Wingu, the heart of everything we do is the pursuit of accelerated scientific innovation. Science is challenging, and its complexity is increasing. Logistical flaws and lack of process insight hinders progress and conceals dead-ends. … Continue reading “Wingu Lands Series A Financing Round”
Misfit Wearables Receives $7,600,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1021a82f-b771-4162-a9e1-d53e9f3b37c1&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Misfit Wearables Mailing Address 411 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description We are developing highly wearable sensor products and services for wellness and medical applications. Website http://www.misfitwearables.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,600,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “Misfit Wearables Receives $7,600,000 New Funding”
NanoH20 Obtains $60,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e83febf6-b5f5-47f1-bb4b-d855d61953fe&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name NanoH20 Mailing Address 750 Lairport Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Company Description NanoH2O enhances current polymer-based membranes with nanostructured material that allows additional control of key membrane properties. The result is a wide array of advantageous membrane characteristics including improved permeability or flux while maintaining requisite salt … Continue reading “NanoH20 Obtains $60,500,000 New Funding”
NanoH20 Garners $60,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e83febf6-b5f5-47f1-bb4b-d855d61953fe&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name NanoH20 Mailing Address 750 Lairport Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Company Description NanoH2O enhances current polymer-based membranes with nanostructured material that allows additional control of key membrane properties. The result is a wide array of advantageous membrane characteristics including improved permeability or flux while maintaining requisite salt … Continue reading “NanoH20 Garners $60,500,000 New Round”
AVOS Systems Garners Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=221bfef0-3ad7-49f9-a508-3533021c7539&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name AVOS Systems Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description AVOS Systems is an Internet company led by YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Website http://www.avos.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The San Mateo-based startup plans to … Continue reading “AVOS Systems Garners Series A Funding Round”
Cloudmeter Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41c29022-32b3-434a-ac59-8a6c9ecd2ded&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Cloudmeter Mailing Address 812 West Dana Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Cloudmeter, a pioneer in the area of big data capture and analytics, was one of the first companies to identify the potential and needs around leveraging the massive amounts of data that flows though … Continue reading “Cloudmeter Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Adura Technologies Secures $8,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a1215aa2-f4b6-43f3-8b3b-c0fcc230f981&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Adura Technologies Mailing Address 22 4th St. 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Adura Technologies is a clean energy technology venture applying low-power wireless mesh networking to the lighting controls market. We design, manufacture and commission our lighting management solutions. Our mission is to provide … Continue reading “Adura Technologies Secures $8,500,000 Series B Financing”
Circa Secures $750,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee68bdca-fea9-4589-b0c2-d06e9418235b&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Circa Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Circa will re-imagine the way you consume news. We’re crafting an experience that we feel is missing in today’s world of current affairs and building the product that as users, we would want. Our vision is to … Continue reading “Circa Secures $750,000 Seed Funding”
Medley Health Garners $1,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51ed6bb6-afc1-4a14-b50b-de4d30898e52&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Medley Health Mailing Address 4160 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA 94568 Company Description Medley Health is an innovative, entrepreneurial, technology-driven company. It’s backed by top-tier investors and a management team with deep business expertise in healthcare, Internet and web services, as well as next-generation communications technologies. Website http://www.medleyhealth.com … Continue reading “Medley Health Garners $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
Aquantia Secures $29,999,993 Series F Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f717b79c-817d-4899-b349-f750fd02d1ed&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Aquantia Mailing Address 700 Tasman Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Aquantia is focused on delivering 10GBASE-T physical layer silicon to drive the expansion of 10GE in the data center. Aquantia possesses a unique depth of experience in communications with solid backing from the venture capital community. … Continue reading “Aquantia Secures $29,999,993 Series F Round”
Simulmedia Secures $6,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=12d2a1c5-06dc-442f-b85b-8dae257f8184&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Simulmedia Mailing Address 670 Broadway, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10012 Company Description Simulmedia is a company aimed at helping television companies improve ratings by lifting the effectiveness of tune-in programming spots. Website http://www.simulmedia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Simulmedia Secures $6,000,000 Series C Round”
Boulder Ionics Obtains $4,300,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=610f8ec1-7c71-4dbf-b49e-1b9ef8ff01e9&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Boulder Ionics Mailing Address 18300 West Highway 72 Arvada, CO 80007 Company Description Boulder Ionics is a rapidly growing start-up that produces ionic liquids and ionic liquid based electrolytes for demanding electrochemical applications. Using a proprietary high-throughput synthesis platform, Boulder Ionics is able to manufacture ultra-high-purity ionic … Continue reading “Boulder Ionics Obtains $4,300,000 Series A Round”
How to Launch a Website While Protecting Yourself and Your Customers
Connect, in partnership with the Latham & Watkins law firm, has organized this workshop on best practices for launching a website. It can be a daunting process given the many commercial factors and legal implications that come into play. From pre-launch to completion, what are the steps necessary to ensure a successful launch? The experts … Continue reading “How to Launch a Website While Protecting Yourself and Your Customers”
Biocom Annual Orange County Open House
Let’s Bowl. Join Biocom at its complimentary annual Orange County Open House. Strike up conversations with fellow bowlers while learning how Biocom can save you and your company money. Dinner and drinks are provided, but the turkey you will have to earn at this one of a kind event. More information is here.
New Ways to Raise Capital under the JOBS Act
President Obama recently signed the bipartisan JOBS Act into law proclaiming, “This bill is a potential game changer” for start-ups and small businesses. In order to help San Diego’s innovators get a head start on the multiple new ways to access capital provided by the JOBS Act, Connect in partnership with Allen Matkins, Ernst & … Continue reading “New Ways to Raise Capital under the JOBS Act”
Biotech Briefing: Life Sciences for the Non-Scientist
BioTech Primer provides classes, services, and products to help educate the non-science professional in the basics of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. This all-day seminar is for forward-thinking, non-science professionals, whose products or services are tied to the industry, and who recognize the importance of improving their skills and competencies by increasing their knowledge of scientific concepts. … Continue reading “Biotech Briefing: Life Sciences for the Non-Scientist”
Uplinq 2012 Wireless Ecosystem Conference
[Updated with special discount from Qualcomm. See below.] Uplinq 2012 is the Qualcomm-sponsored mobile developers conference that offers technical education and vital business connections across multiple leading platforms, including Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8, HTML5, and Brew. Uplinq 2012 is for developers writing for multiple operating systems who need a cross-platform view of how to … Continue reading “Uplinq 2012 Wireless Ecosystem Conference”
Incubate E Factor
Learn how you can accelerate your startup with the help of an incubator program! You will be able to hear how and why teams get selected, what do incubators look for in a perfect proposal, how can you get the most out of an accelerator program. We are excited to have: Dave McClure (@davemcclure), the … Continue reading “Incubate E Factor”
SF AppShow
The SF AppShow is the premier App event — We discover and break the hottest apps. Past presenters have been featured in the New York Times, BBC, CNN, and the iTunes App Store home page after appearing in the SF AppShow! – Cocktails and appetizers for app industry folks. 5:30pm – 7 pm. – Exclusive … Continue reading “SF AppShow”
FailChat: UX Comes First
Welcome to FailChats, based on the internationally renowned FailCon: the first conference on startup failures and how to prepare for and recover from them. Join User Experience expert Kate Rutter of LUXr, as she shares common mistakes made by founders in the early stages of product design. She’s joined by Ellen Dunne (Lumatic) and Jesse … Continue reading “FailChat: UX Comes First”
Raising Capital after the JOBS Act: Where’s the Money Now?
The recently enacted Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act represents a significant change to the capital formation regulatory framework. The JOBS Act will affect private companies considering new and alternative capital raising approaches or an IPO, as well as existing public companies, and, of course, the financial intermediaries that advise companies in connection with capital … Continue reading “Raising Capital after the JOBS Act: Where’s the Money Now?”
Michigan State Creates Spartan Innovations to Launch Spin-Offs
Michigan State University is stepping up its efforts to turn research into viable startups with the newly formed subsidiary Spartan Innovations, which will help the university’s faculty and students form spin-off companies based on technology developed at MSU, while also building the local culture of entrepreneurship. “Our goal is to accelerate the formation of companies … Continue reading “Michigan State Creates Spartan Innovations to Launch Spin-Offs”
Taking Open Biology to the Next Level: Notes from the Sage Congress
Last week, attendees of Sage Bionetworks’ 3rd Annual Congress came to San Francisco with the bold charge to speed up drug discovery and ready to stand on the shoulders of the previous two Congresses to take the nascent open source biology movement from a thinking to a doing stage. Pitched as “Building Better Models of … Continue reading “Taking Open Biology to the Next Level: Notes from the Sage Congress”
Big Fish Games Founder Thelen Back in CEO Job
Updated 4:15 pm with comment The surprising announcement that Big Fish Games CEO Jeremy Lewis was stepping aside was a planned change of power that puts the focus on founder Paul Thelen’s expertise in gaming and product development, Thelen says. “It was in the planning with both Jeremy and myself, and the board, for a … Continue reading “Big Fish Games Founder Thelen Back in CEO Job”
Keystone Pipeline Debate: Washington Clean Tech Alliance Event
“The Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada’s pipeline proposal – at least for now – represents an historic win for the environmental movement.” -Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith of Grist “I will build that pipeline if I have to do it myself.” -Mitt Romney The debate over the Keystone Pipeline System is a critical 2012 … Continue reading “Keystone Pipeline Debate: Washington Clean Tech Alliance Event”
SD Life Sciences Roundup: Amylin, Illumina, AstraZeneca Acquires Ardea, & More
Some big changes are underway in San Diego, with AstraZeneca’s big buyout of Ardea Biosciences and Illumina’s ambitious bid to develop an app store. There’s big biology and big data happening too. —Illumina (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ILMN]]), the San Diego maker of DNA sequencing instruments, unveiled its plan to create Basespace Apps, an open platform for genomic … Continue reading “SD Life Sciences Roundup: Amylin, Illumina, AstraZeneca Acquires Ardea, & More”
New NYC Accelerator Boosts Health IT Startups
The New York eHealth Collaborative announced yesterday that it has created a new incubator, called the New York Digital Health Accelerator. The program, which is now accepting applications for its first class of 12 startups, will be run by the collaborative, in cooperation with the New York City Investment Fund. The impetus for the new … Continue reading “New NYC Accelerator Boosts Health IT Startups”