Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=66bcfbbd-ea20-42e2-8ff3-51d0b4f813cb&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Dowley Security Systems Mailing Address 747 N. Shepherd Dr Houston, TX 77007 Company Description Dowley distinguishes itself as a premier turnkey provider delivering world class “security hardening” of our customer’s critical infrastructure assets. Website http://www.dowley.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,413,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Dowley Security Systems Lands $4,413,000 New Funding”
GameSalad Receives $3,498,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=69762173-d62b-404c-b091-610c66bb54fc&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name GameSalad Mailing Address 3925 W. Braker Ln. 3rd Floor Austin, TX 78759 Company Description The company operates a service that allows users to create videogames for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Website http://www.gamesalad.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,498,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “GameSalad Receives $3,498,000 New Round”
Calpont Lands $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=747f4f6c-7264-4eca-a153-61184d1d693d&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Calpont Mailing Address 2801 Network Blvd Frisco, TX 75034 Company Description Provides database appliances for information processing applications. Website http://www.calpont.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
212 Resources Lands $855,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d8d7da7f-720c-4d58-b325-63be154f3ff0&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name 212 Resources Mailing Address 14950 Heathrow Forest Parkway Houston, TX 77032 Company Description 212 Resources, based in Midway, Utah, is a natural resource recovery company specializing in the reclamation of valuable hydrocarbons and fresh water from oil and gas exploration and production processes. Website http://www.212resources.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “212 Resources Lands $855,000 New Funding”
Lion Street Receives $684,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2830ecd0-5a2a-4a1f-aa75-64bf57869ea1&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Lion Street Mailing Address 515 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 Company Description Lion Street, Inc. is a privately held financial services distribution company based in Austin, TX. Lion Street provides elite independent life insurance producers and financial advisors access to the financial products, intellectual capital, and specialized … Continue reading “Lion Street Receives $684,000 New Funding”
Prognosis Health Information Systems Lands $4,540,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d3849435-91a2-4dd4-965d-71990fcef430&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Prognosis Health Information Systems Mailing Address 1010 Lamar Houston, TX 77002 Company Description Prognosis Health Information Systems, Inc. was established in 2006 with a clearly defined mission: Delivering on the vast potential of electronic medical records by providing highly affordable, functional and usable information systems to hospitals … Continue reading “Prognosis Health Information Systems Lands $4,540,000 New Round”
CenseoHealth Secures New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=601837ae-783e-42fa-b1ce-9212c8381bcc&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name CenseoHealth Mailing Address 4055 Valley View Lane Dallas, TX 75244 Company Description CenseoHealth was formed to meet the need for an integrated risk adjustment program that had an impact beyond its own departmental silo. Website http://www.censeohealth.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “CenseoHealth Secures New Financing”
Seno Medical Instruments Lands $7,356,900 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d43ae2c6-147e-4b21-ae75-982e05cd3f58&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Seno Medical Instruments Mailing Address 3838 Medical Drive San Antonio, TX 78229 Company Description Seno Medical, Inc. was formed to commercialize a new modality in cancer screening and diagnosis: opto-acoustic imaging. Unlike most screening techniques, which rely on anatomical imaging, Seno’s goal is to bring functional imaging … Continue reading “Seno Medical Instruments Lands $7,356,900 New Financing”
AirWalk Communications Receives $383,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecfe6cb8-e371-4da0-8e4c-aecc8954fe61&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name AirWalk Communications Mailing Address 1830 North Greenville Ave. Richardson, TX 75081 Company Description AirWalk Communications Inc. is a CDMA Radio Access Network (RAN) developer supplying voice and data platforms to address hotspots, blind spots and in-building/campus networks. Website http://www.airwalkcom.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $383,000 Transaction … Continue reading “AirWalk Communications Receives $383,000 New Funding”
Alafair Biosciences Obtains $702,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=15d5ebb4-fd13-4a52-8bae-c03a49fb2a40&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Alafair Biosciences Mailing Address 3267 Bee Caves Rd Austin, TX 78746 Company Description Alafair has been funded by research grants and is currently conducting pilot animal studies and developing additional product formulations. The company has a sponsored research agreement with the University of Texas, and has acquired … Continue reading “Alafair Biosciences Obtains $702,000 New Financing”
Ambiq Micro Lands $250,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8982c86e-df39-41a4-8caf-c0df9034d43a&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Ambiq Micro Mailing Address 303 Camp Craft Road Westlake Hills, TX 78746 Company Description The company is developing next-generation energy-efficient microcontrollers. Website http://www.AmbiqMicro.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor DFJ Mercury
ViroXis Garners $1,010,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=92172716-7dfe-4ea3-86ae-c5a8153350e1&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name ViroXis Mailing Address 1261 Silicon Drive San Antonio, TX 78249 Company Description The company develops botanical pharmaceuticals. Website http://www.viroxis.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,010,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Greer Capital Advisors
MedMark Services Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c9d7842-c266-41d7-91ef-d47bb880475f&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name MedMark Services Mailing Address 401 E. Corporate Drive Lewisville, TX 75057 Company Description MedMark Services develops and operates outpatient clinics that provide healthcare services to military veterans, active military personnel, and economically disadvantaged patients. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality healthcare services to achieve patient … Continue reading “MedMark Services Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing Round”
TerraSpark Geosciences Receives $17,440,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e4e6959d-90de-4c51-8919-e1627000440e&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name TerraSpark Geosciences Mailing Address 1300 W Sam Houston Pkwy S Houston, TX 77042 Company Description Through its unique blend of industry experience, geoscience expertise and computer science skills, TerraSpark creates breakthrough software solutions and consulting services that lead to better exploration and production decisions – enabling the … Continue reading “TerraSpark Geosciences Receives $17,440,000 New Funding”
Simplifi Holdings Garners $603,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5ee10d43-54f0-4754-9d64-ef1a25bceac1&Preview=1 Date 3/31/2012 Company Name Simplifi Holdings Mailing Address 1407 Texas Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 Company Description Simpli.fi is a full-service, Demand-Side Platform or DSP. Practically this means that we help Advertisers, Networks, and Agencies to purchase display (e.g. banners) inventory on an impression-by-impression basis from thousands of publishers across all … Continue reading “Simplifi Holdings Garners $603,000 New Funding”
Innovation Showcase, Presented by the Technology Alliance
The Innovation Showcase, a program by the Technology Alliance that features presentations from local startup companies, will be held April 10 in Seattle. The developer of ultrasound technology for treating ear aches, the maker of an ultra-thin endoscope, and a technology to prevent key loss will all be described at the forum. For more information, … Continue reading “Innovation Showcase, Presented by the Technology Alliance”
The Sharing Economy
From the event website: “A new collaborative economy is emerging. One in which access trumps ownership and individuals can transform underutilized assets into capital and community connections. Join us as we explore the social, economic and environmental impact of Collaborative Consumption and how peer to peer marketplaces are changing the way we live in cities, … Continue reading “The Sharing Economy”
Xconomist of the Week: Andy Ory on the Real Opportunity for Acme Packet
Acme Packet is not the easiest technology company to write about. If you’re not careful, you end up bogging down in things like SIP trunking, IMS deployments, session delivery solutions, and other Internet Protocol networking lingo. Fortunately, Acme Packet’s co-founder and CEO, Andy Ory, makes things easy. Ory has led the Bedford, MA-based company (NASDAQ: … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Andy Ory on the Real Opportunity for Acme Packet”
Coming Soon to Detroit: Live Bus Arrival Times Via Text Message?
The horrors of Detroit’s bus system and the hour-plus wait times riders regularly experience are well documented. In a city where so many people are carless, it’s a particularly galling problem. But if all goes according to plan, Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) bus riders may soon be able to have live route information sent … Continue reading “Coming Soon to Detroit: Live Bus Arrival Times Via Text Message?”
Genentech, ImmunoGen ‘Smart Bomb’ for Breast Cancer Clears Big Hurdle
Genentech has been saying for years that it has confidence in a supercharged version of its hit breast cancer drug, and today it cleared a major hurdle on the way to making it a reality. The South San Francisco-based company, a unit of Roche, said today that trastuzumab emtansince (T-DM1) passed its biggest clinical trial … Continue reading “Genentech, ImmunoGen ‘Smart Bomb’ for Breast Cancer Clears Big Hurdle”
Searching for a VC Heart of Gold at Rock Stars of Innovation Summit
Reading between the lines, it seemed as if Chuck McDermott was trying to set the tone—or maybe just the backbeat—for San Diego’s “Rock Stars of Innovation Summit” when he chose a 1979 John Stewart hit as the closing song for Tuesday night’s VC jam session. McDermott, who is a general partner in the Boston office … Continue reading “Searching for a VC Heart of Gold at Rock Stars of Innovation Summit”
Steve Blank Hands A New Owner’s Manual to Startup Founders
If you look closely at the cover of Steve Blank’s new book, The Startup Owner’s Manual, you’ll see that it shows an exploded view of the transmission from an automobile engine. Leonardo da Vinci invented the exploded view more than 500 years ago, and it has stayed with us as a visualization tool, because it’s … Continue reading “Steve Blank Hands A New Owner’s Manual to Startup Founders”
Genoa Pharma Aims To Satisfy Big Pharma’s Hunger for IPF Drugs
One of the hot areas of drug development these days can be filed under the header of “deadly lung scarring condition we don’t understand very well.” But the scientific knowledge of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is improving fast, and a new San Diego startup called Genoa Pharmaceuticals is betting it can satisfy Big Pharma’s hunger for … Continue reading “Genoa Pharma Aims To Satisfy Big Pharma’s Hunger for IPF Drugs”
Boston FIRST Robotics 2012: Rebound Rumble in Pictures
March usually brings droves of cheering fans to big arenas for basketball games, so the scene at Boston University’s Agganis Arena last Saturday seems fitting for the season. Except it was squat robots, not tall athletes, that were shooting hoops. The event was the Boston edition of FIRST Robotics, a worldwide robotics building competition for … Continue reading “Boston FIRST Robotics 2012: Rebound Rumble in Pictures”
Kibits Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d7b802e-735a-49a4-a126-7a08cd806058&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Kibits Mailing Address One Cambridge Center Sixth Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description We’re the makers of Kibits, a micro-social networking app. Kibits lets people create and connect with groups on-the-fly by leveraging unambiguous real-world relationships, such as existing contacts and Facebook friends, calendar appointments, and physical … Continue reading “Kibits Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Axikin Pharmaceuticals Garners $2,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa3aad53-015c-4399-acc0-89fb3483c562&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Axikin Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 10835 Road To The Cure San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description The Axikin discovery biology and portfolio of small molecules focuses on novel GPCR and kinase targets central to the inflammatory process, the antagonism of which is predicted to ameliorate allergic respiratory disorders … Continue reading “Axikin Pharmaceuticals Garners $2,000,000 New Funding”
YogiPlay Receives $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a039e0ac-98d3-4162-99a1-93ae91836d72&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name YogiPlay Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Our team of experienced educators partnered with the best developers to create the ultimate learning experience on tablets and smartphones. Website http://www.beta.yogiplay.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “YogiPlay Receives $1,000,000 New Funding”
NeurogesX Secures $975,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1be4ca4b-3272-4c33-9547-9c94c6991025&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name NeurogesX Mailing Address 2215 Bridgepointe Parkway San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description NeurogesX is a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the development novel treatments for improved relief of neuropathic pain and improved quality of life for neuropathic pain patients using advanced neuroscience insights and innovative … Continue reading “NeurogesX Secures $975,000 New Funding”
Violin Memory Lands $50,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29101360-a373-43ed-8831-e07518c238dc&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Violin Memory Mailing Address 685 Clyde Ave Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Violin Memory is the ultimate solution for the company who is looking to accelerate their business critical applications and virtualize their Data Center storage with a scalable flash memory array that delivers unprecedented sustainability … Continue reading “Violin Memory Lands $50,000,000 Series D Round”
InsightsOne Obtains $4,300,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ceab3a81-4355-4ad3-b30f-ec6679ac82a6&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name InsightsOne Mailing Address 2953 Bunker Hill Lane Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description InsightsOne empowers consumer marketers to exploit the unprecedented power of Big Data to grow profits and increase consumer engagement. Website http://www.insightsone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,300,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “InsightsOne Obtains $4,300,000 Series A Funding”
Kabam Acquires Gravity Bear for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f27df3c-beae-4dd5-a133-6f63f3d3d07d&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Gravity Bear Mailing Address Undisclosed Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Gravity Bear is a new breed of social games company formed in 2008 with the goal of blending the best in online social platforms with the latest in modern game design. Led by company co-founder and gaming … Continue reading “Kabam Acquires Gravity Bear for Undisclosed Sum”
Avira Acquires SocialShield for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d246edee-1c0a-40ed-9e6b-de24dddb15fc&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name SocialShield Mailing Address Undisclosed San Bruno, CA 94066 Company Description The company operates an online child security monitoring service. Website http://www.socialshield.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.
Image Vision Labs Secures $3,769,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74bdef8a-73a9-4a64-bc87-5df1a3f37845&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Image Vision Labs Mailing Address 312 N. Powell Parkway Anna, TX 75409 Company Description We are the pioneer in the automated content moderation and compliance industry. Our visual recognition and detection solutions help enterprises, web publishers, advertisers and mobile operators who deal with large quantities of video, … Continue reading “Image Vision Labs Secures $3,769,000 New Funding”
Famigo Lands $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b66d2ca0-67b4-4681-aaf2-99668b07a040&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Famigo Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 73301 Company Description We know parents are ridiculously busy, increasingly mobile, and generally just want things to work. That’s why we’ve developed Famigo.com and Famigo Sandbox. They’re both simply designed to make your life a whole lot easier and a bit … Continue reading “Famigo Lands $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Blueprint Health Graduates First Class at Demo Day
A new NYC incubator, Blueprint Health, started up in January with a goal of fostering entrepreneurship in an often-overlooked corner of the booming technology sector: health IT. Today the incubator, part of the TechStars network, held its first demo day, which attracted an standing-room-only audience of 500 venture capitalists and health IT professionals. Blueprint Health … Continue reading “Blueprint Health Graduates First Class at Demo Day”
Late Add: John Mendlein Joins “Reinventing Biotech” Lineup April 3
We already have a jam-packed lineup of creative entrepreneurs at next week’s big Xconomy event, but hey, you know what they say about the more the merrier? That’s what I figured this week when John Mendlein, one of the more successful biotech executives on the West Coast, agreed to be one of the speakers at … Continue reading “Late Add: John Mendlein Joins “Reinventing Biotech” Lineup April 3″
Wayne State Launches Pre-Seed Fund For Student Tech Startups
Wayne State University has launched a new pre-seed fund supporting student-run tech startups, the first of its kind in Detroit. The Warrior Fund, which is made possible through a grant from the Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, will be administered by the tech transfer office and Blackstone Launch Pad. A total of $25,000 is available … Continue reading “Wayne State Launches Pre-Seed Fund For Student Tech Startups”
Announcing XSITE June 14: Evernote, Uber, Zaarly, IBM’s Watson, & More
Innovators, start your engines. The economy is ramping up, and so is the innovation scene here in Boston and across the U.S. For the past three years—starting with the theme “The Recovery Starts Here” when the economy was still in the tanks back in mid-2009—Xconomy has held a full-day event each June called XSITE, the … Continue reading “Announcing XSITE June 14: Evernote, Uber, Zaarly, IBM’s Watson, & More”
Roche Raises Illumina Takeover Bid to $51/Share
Roche has raised the stakes in its ongoing hostile takeover bid for San Diego-based Illumina (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ILMN]]) The Switzerland-based healthcare giant said it has raised its offer to $51 a share for Illumina, a 15 percent premium over its original offer in January of $44.50 a share. The new bid values Illumina, the market leader … Continue reading “Roche Raises Illumina Takeover Bid to $51/Share”
Oncothyreon Grabs $47M in Stock Offering
Seattle-based Oncothyreon has raised a lot more money to run clinical trials of its experimental cancer treatments. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONTY]]) said today it has raised $47 million from an underwritten stock offering, in which it sold 11.75 million shares to investors at $4 apiece. The company could end up getting another $7.1 million if … Continue reading “Oncothyreon Grabs $47M in Stock Offering”
Can Willow Garage’s “Linux for Robots” Spur Internet-Scale Growth?
Robot builders have a lot to learn from Internet entrepreneurs. That’s one of the main arguments you’ll hear from the engineers at Willow Garage, a unique startup in Menlo Park, CA, that’s developing hardware and software for a new generation of personal robots. You can’t name a single Internet company, they say, that would have … Continue reading “Can Willow Garage’s “Linux for Robots” Spur Internet-Scale Growth?”
Kibits Cuts Through the Chatter with New Micro-Social Network App
Please, Lord, not another social-networking app that helps you connect with 500 more people you don’t actually want to talk to. Or that adds yet more information overload to your life. OK, since it’s Matt Cutler and Dave Greenstein, the former NetGenesis guys, let’s take a closer look. Their free mobile app is called Kibits, … Continue reading “Kibits Cuts Through the Chatter with New Micro-Social Network App”
LiquidGrids Re-Launches Social Media Analytics for Health Industry
San Diego-based LiquidGrids, which unveiled a beta version of its healthcare-focused social media analytics less than five months ago, is re-launching its business today after overhauling its technology. The startup was known as Swarmology when founder Malcolm Bohm outlined the concept for me in November. “We were getting confused with the plethora of other ‘swarms’ … Continue reading “LiquidGrids Re-Launches Social Media Analytics for Health Industry”
MAP Pharmaceuticals Gets Rare Benefit of the Doubt With Migraine Drug
Biotech companies that bet the farm on a single drug usually get crushed when the FDA says ‘No’ to that molecule. It’s the time investors usually shoot first, and ask questions later. But the folks at Mountain View, CA-based MAP Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MAPP]]), have to count themselves fortunate this week. In a rare case for … Continue reading “MAP Pharmaceuticals Gets Rare Benefit of the Doubt With Migraine Drug”
Third Rock’s Mark Levin: ‘Ultra-Super Positive’ on Biotech Innovation
Mark Levin co-founded Boston’s Third Rock Ventures in 2007 with the goal of funding life sciences discoveries through the Valley of Death—when early-stage startups are no longer eligible for federal grants but they haven’t progressed enough to attract the attention of VCs. Third Rock has launched and incubated eight startups, including Foundation Medicine, Warp Drive … Continue reading “Third Rock’s Mark Levin: ‘Ultra-Super Positive’ on Biotech Innovation”
Alcyone Lifesciences Secures $1,800,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59a019c2-8d2a-4a3e-869c-6fc701149977&Preview=1 Date 3/29/2012 Company Name Alcyone Lifesciences Mailing Address 75 Sandy Pond Road Ayer, MA 01432 Company Description Alcyone Lifesciences is focused on developing products for treatment of difficult neuropathological conditions. Website http://www.alcyonels.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,800,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Alcyone Lifesciences Secures $1,800,000 Series A Round”
Xtelligent Media Lands $800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e4cee8fa-b9ee-483b-b0b3-9c8b5ea976de&Preview=1 Date 3/29/2012 Company Name Xtelligent Media Mailing Address 1001 Worcester Rd Floor 2 Framingham, MA 01701 Company Description Xtelligent Media, LLC is an online media company focused on information technology in the healthcare industry. Our series of microsites seek to educate and provide news and intelligence to CIOs, HIM Directors, CFOs … Continue reading “Xtelligent Media Lands $800,000 New Financing”
Sientra Secures $65,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1cd25d57-f9ed-46a2-9c6c-12f3609d5a4c&Preview=1 Date 3/29/2012 Company Name Sientra Mailing Address 6769 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Company Description The company is developing a medical device focused on the plastic surgery and aesthetics market. Website http://www.sientra.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $65,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The new funds bolster Sientra’s … Continue reading “Sientra Secures $65,000,000 Series C Round”
MediaPass Secures $1,750,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ccb224a-9135-4cea-ae75-a58e6ed2531f&Preview=1 Date 3/29/2012 Company Name MediaPass Mailing Address 12100 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025 Company Description MediaPass was founded with big ambitions. It needed to be so simple that anyone with basic blog skills could use it. It had to be able to handle millions of users. It had to work … Continue reading “MediaPass Secures $1,750,000 Series B Financing”
Ed Elements Lands $5,999,999 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=524824d1-396a-4d33-943a-2c5ffa37cd4d&Preview=1 Date 3/29/2012 Company Name Ed Elements Mailing Address 410 Sherman Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Education Elements is a for-profit company founded in 2010 by Anthony Kim, a longtime education technologist who wanted to help schools rethink the structure of schooling and the way technology could strengthen instruction and … Continue reading “Ed Elements Lands $5,999,999 Series A Funding”