Symantec Acquires LiveOffice for $115,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=026051af-ce87-4aca-9d6d-29898e1159d7&Preview=1 Date 1/16/2012 Company Name LiveOffice Mailing Address 2780 Skypark Drive Torrance, CA 90505 Company Description LiveOffice Managed Messaging Services is a leading provider of message archiving, anti-spam/anti-virus, and compliance solutions for businesses. The service ensures the integrity of emails and instant messages, simplifies the discovery process and helps companies protect themselves … Continue reading “Symantec Acquires LiveOffice for $115,000,000”

PandoDaily Lands $2,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f0c7452-11e8-4009-bb42-deb49e8f84e8&Preview=1 Date 1/16/2012 Company Name PandoDaily Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We have one goal here at PandoDaily: To be the site-of-record for that startup root-system and everything that springs up from it, cycle-after-cycle. Website http://www.pandodaily.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “PandoDaily Lands $2,500,000 New Financing Round”

Brainient Lands $1,800,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=267799b3-910e-4ad7-8fb1-e623f59a9961&Preview=1 Date 1/16/2012 Company Name Brainient Mailing Address 444 Broadway Fifth Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description Brainient is a company focused on making video ads more effective. We have three products in the wild: BrainAds – the first personalised video retargeting platform in the world, BrainRolls – a simple solution … Continue reading “Brainient Lands $1,800,000 New Funding”

WISErg Lands $1,532,759 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c128bf18-62fd-491e-8a15-2b3eaf831192&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2012 Company Name WISErg Mailing Address 93 S. Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description WISErg Corporation is a Pacific Northwest bio resource company based in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 2010, WISErg’s primary focus is on deriving valuable renewable resources from compostable feedstock. Website http://www.wiserg.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “WISErg Lands $1,532,759 New Financing Round”

Walk Score Secures $2,000,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5ca8105-6587-4654-96ea-ae896a59ae75&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2012 Company Name Walk Score Mailing Address 3503 NE 45th St Seattle, WA 98105 Company Description Walk Score’s mission is to promote walkable neighborhoods. Walkable neighborhoods are one of the simplest and best solutions for the environment, our health, and our economy. Walk Score was inspired by the work of … Continue reading “Walk Score Secures $2,000,000 Series A Financing”

Rover.com Obtains $1,832,536 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=79f040a8-52fd-426e-9a3e-f96cdfdbccc6&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2012 Company Name Rover.com Mailing Address 1000 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description At Rover.com, our mission is to allow dog owners to easily tap into the 40 million U.S. dog-owning households as well as a myriad of other pet lovers-including professionals – to meet their dog care needs. … Continue reading “Rover.com Obtains $1,832,536 New Round”

Axonia Medical Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0375e629-f92c-4497-92b0-a88f8f5764f7&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2012 Company Name Axonia Medical Mailing Address 4321 Roxbury Lane Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Company Description The concept of Axonia’s technology, which is spun out of the University of Pennsylvania, hinges on the production of axons, the long thin parts of nerve cells that carry signals to distant target cells. Unlike … Continue reading “Axonia Medical Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding”

AQT Solar Receives $18,700,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f1eb5fc-9fe0-4650-b124-a99290bf2d4c&Preview=1 Date 1/14/2012 Company Name AQT Solar Mailing Address 1145 Sonora Court Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description AQT Solar is at the forefront of capital-efficient thin-film solar cell manufacturing technology. Its mission is to achieve the best cost/performance ratio of any solar cell manufacturer. Website http://www.aqtsolar.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “AQT Solar Receives $18,700,000 Series B Financing”

“Independent of Exit”: Talking Evernote with Gary Little

Earlier today I grabbed some time with Gary Little, who’s been a partner at Menlo Park, CA-based Morgenthaler Ventures since 1998 and has led the company’s investments in Evernote, the fast-growing Silicon Valley startup that aims to help you “remember everything.” I’ve long been intrigued by CEO Phil Libin’s publicly stated ambition to make Evernote … Continue reading ““Independent of Exit”: Talking Evernote with Gary Little”

Fundraising Notes: Walk Score, Demand Energy, Mad Fiber, Rover, WISErg

Seattle-based Walk Score, an online service that ranks rental properties, cities, and neighborhoods by how pedestrian-friendly they are, has raised $2 million in a Series A round that could still grow slightly. The company’s recent federal regulatory filing says 11 investors were involved, although more money was added since the form was filed with the … Continue reading “Fundraising Notes: Walk Score, Demand Energy, Mad Fiber, Rover, WISErg”

Systems Biology & the Microbiome

The Institute for Systems Biology will hold its annual scientific symposium this year on April 15-16, with the theme of “Systems Biology and the Microbiome.” Scientists will be discussing systems approaches to health, climate change, biofuels, and sustainability. For more information on speakers and the agenda, click here.

Five Companies Making Noise: ByteLight, HeyWire, Rapid7, Tap Lab, & Vivox

Heading into the holiday weekend, I thought I’d pull out a few highlights from recent discussions I’ve had with some Boston-area tech companies that are generating buzz. None of them will be taking the holiday off, I’m guessing. So here’s a snapshot of five companies in different fields, and at different stages (with some common … Continue reading “Five Companies Making Noise: ByteLight, HeyWire, Rapid7, Tap Lab, & Vivox”

Axonia Medical Raises $1 Million in Seed Financing

[Corrected 1/16/12, 1:20 p.m. See below.] When Xconomy’s biotech editor Luke Timmerman first wrote about Axonia Medical in January 2011, he wondered if the Kalamazoo, MI-based startup would be able to raise the investment funds it needs, given the cautious venture-capital climate and the unprecedented nature of Axonia’s nerve-regeneration technology. The startup produces living, functional tissue-engineered nerve … Continue reading “Axonia Medical Raises $1 Million in Seed Financing”

MakerBot Industries Prints a New Dimension in Product Creation at CES

Three-year old MakerBot Industries in Brooklyn unveiled its new Replicator 3D printers at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, demonstrating how its technology can be used to create most anything users want to design—within a certain size, that is. A wide range of objects can be produced through 3D printing, which … Continue reading “MakerBot Industries Prints a New Dimension in Product Creation at CES”

With TV App, Dijit Hopes to Ride Out the Coming Apple Revolution in TV

I have a lot of Apple gear, and I’m pretty happy with it. There’s just one problem. The better Apple’s stuff gets, the less patience I have for everyone else’s clunky hardware and software. Televisions and all the boxes we hook up to them are the worst offenders. No two TV manufacturers or set-top-box makers … Continue reading “With TV App, Dijit Hopes to Ride Out the Coming Apple Revolution in TV”

Seattle Genetics Sees Updated Side Effect Warning in Drug Label

Seattle Genetics is getting some new warnings, including one new language about a potentially deadly brain infection, put into the FDA-approved prescribing information of its lone marketed product. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) said today it is working on an update to the label for brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), which will include a boxed warning about the … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics Sees Updated Side Effect Warning in Drug Label”

How to Turn a Mobile Health Application into a Real Business

2011 has been a big year for health sciences technology and, specifically, mobile health. Venture capital investors, looking for the next big thing, are beginning to invest in companies developing mobile applications in the health and wellness sector. Smartphones are making new health care applications feasible, and one doesn’t have to look far to see … Continue reading “How to Turn a Mobile Health Application into a Real Business”

The Boston Life Sciences Newsmakers: Civitas, Blend, Forma, & More

Development deals, clinical advances, startup funding, and new hires made up the New England life sciences news this week. —Chelsea, MA-based Civitas Therapeutics, a spinout from the Waltham, MA, biotech Alkermes (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALKS]]), said that its inhaled form of the Parkinson’s disease drug L-dopa performed well in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The study aimed … Continue reading “The Boston Life Sciences Newsmakers: Civitas, Blend, Forma, & More”

PlatformQ Obtains $2,400,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6fcb18ea-d827-4091-91b1-616b3a748d95&Preview=1 Date 1/13/2012 Company Name PlatformQ Mailing Address 100 Crescent Road Needham, MA 02494 Company Description PlatformQ is the leading producer of live online events for audiences from 500 to 50,000. PlatformQ brings attendees, thought leaders, and product and service providers together in engaging interactive environments. PlatformQ provide marketers with measurable, targeted, … Continue reading “PlatformQ Obtains $2,400,000 Series B Funding”

Extreme Reach Obtains $9,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e389cb06-c50e-4461-ac4f-908fb382b005&Preview=1 Date 1/13/2012 Company Name Extreme Reach Mailing Address 75 2nd Avenue Needham, MA 02494 Company Description Our video advertising technology platform enables advertisers and agencies to manage, execute and track video campaigns across all video mediums (broadcast, cable, online publishing, mobile, VOD). Unlike other platforms, Extreme Reach provides a single-source solution … Continue reading “Extreme Reach Obtains $9,000,000 New Financing”

Koronis Pharmaceuticals Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0cf8e09-849a-4e16-a192-f61108643395&Preview=1 Date 1/13/2012 Company Name Koronis Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 720 3rd Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Koronis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company developing anti-viral therapeutics based on Viral Decay Acceleration(TM). In addition to the Company’s lead product candidate, KP-1461 for AIDS/HIV, the Company has programs directed toward the … Continue reading “Koronis Pharmaceuticals Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round”

Senova Systems Obtains $6,700,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98978acf-74f0-49cd-afb2-cad3cd7b07f0&Preview=1 Date 1/13/2012 Company Name Senova Systems Mailing Address 1230 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Senova Systems , Inc. is a start-up company whose purpose is to commercialize a new break-through technology for measuring pH. Measurement of pH is a critical control parameter in virtually every process industry in the … Continue reading “Senova Systems Obtains $6,700,000 Series B Financing Round”

Kapost Garners $1,500,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6e3ccb4b-0c7b-4c8e-b233-4365400e4142&Preview=1 Date 1/13/2012 Company Name Kapost Mailing Address 1919 14th Street Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description Kapost provides virtual newsrooms that enable publishers to manage and generate content from large networks of contributors. Website http://www.Kapost.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes In addition to upgrading … Continue reading “Kapost Garners $1,500,000 Series B Financing”

Clarimedix Receives New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c99207f3-152a-4068-83b9-d05181df1353&Preview=1 Date 1/13/2012 Company Name Clarimedix Mailing Address 12635 E. Montview Blvd Aurora, CO 80010 Company Description Clarimedix, Inc. is a leading medical device company developing a pipeline of products for diseases associated with vascular dysfunction. Website http://www.clarimedix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The funds … Continue reading “Clarimedix Receives New Financing Round”

Social Game Maker Double Down Sold for Up To $500M

Turns out gambling with digital money can pay off pretty big, too. Seattle’s Double Down Interactive, maker of casino-style videogames for social networks, is being purchased by slot-machine giant International Game Technology for up to $500 million. Rumors of the sale started trickling out this afternoon, and IGT (NYSE: [[ticker:IGT]]) confirmed the purchase just after markets … Continue reading “Social Game Maker Double Down Sold for Up To $500M”

Microsoft, PayPal, Ford, & Facebook: Boston Tech Tidbits

Some big-company-related news to report in the Boston area. Let’s get right to it. —Microsoft Research New England has made three new hires in its social media research group, joining danah boyd. They are professors Nancy Baym from the University of Kansas (specializing in personal connections and online communities); Kate Crawford from the University of … Continue reading “Microsoft, PayPal, Ford, & Facebook: Boston Tech Tidbits”

San Diego Life Sciences News: AnaptysBio, Life, NeuroGenetic & More

There was a whole lot of life sciences news over the past week. Here’s my roundup. —Carlsbad-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]) said it’s taking orders for a benchtop genome sequencer that can to decode an individual’s DNA within 24 hours and at a cost of roughly $1,000. The company priced its new Ion Proton Sequencer … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences News: AnaptysBio, Life, NeuroGenetic & More”

Expedia Exec Durchslag Resigns

Expedia Worldwide president Scott Durchslag has abruptly resigned, according to media reports (first spotted at TechFlash). GeekWire reports that a spokeswoman declined to say why Durchslag left Bellevue, WA-based Expedia (NASDAQ: [[ticker:EXPE]]) about a year after joining, and there wasn’t an SEC filing reflecting the departure before word got out, which indicates it wasn’t a … Continue reading “Expedia Exec Durchslag Resigns”

Extreme Reach Expands with Acquisition, $9M Credit Line

Some interesting developments in ad distribution and video this week. Needham, MA-based Extreme Reach, the maker of a video-ad platform for TV and Web, has secured more money for its growth and has made an important acquisition. Extreme Reach said today it has closed a $9 million credit facility with TD Bank. The company also … Continue reading “Extreme Reach Expands with Acquisition, $9M Credit Line”

Universal Display Sees Its OLED Technology Shine through Samsung at CES

When Samsung Electronics unveiled its new 55-inch screen organic LED television at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Universal Display (Nasdaq: [[ticker:PANL]]) in Ewing, NJ saw its own prospects rise. Organic LED (OLED) technology uses razor-thin layers of organic semiconductor material to generate light and electronic displays. It is an alternative to traditional LED and LCD … Continue reading “Universal Display Sees Its OLED Technology Shine through Samsung at CES”

VirtuOz Says Virtual Agents are “Siri for the Enterprise”

2011 was a very big year for natural language processing (NLP)—the science of teaching computers to communicate with humans in plain English (or French, or Japanese). First IBM’s Watson beat Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Then Apple captivated mobile consumers with the iPhone 4S, which included an enhanced version of Siri, the voice-driven … Continue reading “VirtuOz Says Virtual Agents are “Siri for the Enterprise””

Microsoft Claims Patent Licenses on 70% of Android Phones

Microsoft’s “Android isn’t free” campaign continues to roll along, with the Redmond software behemoth today announcing a patent licensing deal with handset maker LG to cover Google’s mobile operating systems. With this deal, Microsoft says it’s got licenses covering more than 70 percent of all U.S.-sold smartphones running Google’s Android operating system. The LG deal … Continue reading “Microsoft Claims Patent Licenses on 70% of Android Phones”

Greenwashing

[Editor’s Note: We asked selected Xconomists a series of questions designed to zero in on the big issues of the year, including “What would you be willing to throw a punch over?”] In both of my fields of distributed renewable energy infrastructure and environmental composites, I would throw a punch at corporations and/or public sector … Continue reading “Greenwashing”

Social TV Startup GetGlue Plots Expansion With $12M in New Funding

Tech entrepreneur Alex Iskold has always been a huge entertainment fan, especially when it comes to his favorite TV shows, but a few years back he was frustrated by what he saw as a major void in social media. “Even though I was on Facebook and Twitter, it was hard for me to find out … Continue reading “Social TV Startup GetGlue Plots Expansion With $12M in New Funding”

Q4 Venture Deals, Dollars Stayed Strong, Making 2011 Best in a Decade

Venture capital deals backed off just a tad during the last three months of 2011, but remained strong enough to carry VC activity during the year to a new high-water mark, according to data being released today by CB Insights, a financial data firm that maintains a venture capital database. VCs invested $7.6 billion in … Continue reading “Q4 Venture Deals, Dollars Stayed Strong, Making 2011 Best in a Decade”

CaseNET Receives $3,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=da276b1f-9730-479d-89ca-634ae2f95abc&Preview=1 Date 1/12/2012 Company Name CaseNET Mailing Address 36 Crosby Drive Bedford, MA 01730 Company Description The company is a developer of care management software for workers’ compensation and health care organizations. Website http://www.casenetinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “CaseNET Receives $3,000,000 New Financing”

NeuroLogica Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3af86df8-8ecc-44fb-b210-6649ed84f752&Preview=1 Date 1/12/2012 Company Name NeuroLogica Mailing Address 14 Electronics Ave Danvers, MA 01923 Company Description NeuroLogica Corporation, located in the Boston metro area, conceives, designs, engineers, manufactures and markets innovative medical imaging equipment for healthcare facilities and private practices worldwide. Website http://www.neurologica.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “NeuroLogica Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round”

Jumio Obtains $25,556,014 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c162721e-0cc4-422b-88e9-4b0be6a790d7&Preview=1 Date 1/12/2012 Company Name Jumio Mailing Address 1971 Landings Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description The company provides an online and mobile payment system. Website http://www.jumio.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $25,556,014 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Undisclosed

Urtak Garners $500,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd9e2fe2-169f-4d0c-b21f-99358da75db8&Preview=1 Date 1/12/2012 Company Name Urtak Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 Company Description We started the Urtak project because we wanted a way to find out what any group of people think about any subject. There was no place to go to find this kind of information, and no way … Continue reading “Urtak Garners $500,000 Seed Financing”

Facebook’s Parikh: Mum on Google+, Lots to Say About Infrastructure

First things first: Yes, Facebook engineering director Jay Parikh has some thoughts about Google’s move to boost Google Plus above other social sources in its search stream. And no, he can’t say anything about it. Twitter has been out front in criticizing Google’s newest social-signals revamp—named Search Plus Your World—and Facebook Seattle adviser Hadi Partovi … Continue reading “Facebook’s Parikh: Mum on Google+, Lots to Say About Infrastructure”

How to Create Buzz Around Your Startup

SecondMarket sponsors an evening panel discussion on startup marketing. From the event listing: “In the current climate of constant innovation and emergence of new startups, it’s essential to generate buzz around your company to attract new investors, customers, and talent. Join SecondMarket for an evening of Cocktails & Conversations and a candid discussion on ‘How to … Continue reading “How to Create Buzz Around Your Startup”

Elemental Pounces on Feds’ Push to Hush Loud Commercials

Our long national nightmare of TV commercials that are too loud is finally nearing its end—and Portland, OR-based Elemental Technologies is angling to help its network customers keep their programming audio nice and steady. Elemental, whose investors include Seattle’s Voyager Capital and Alliance of Angels, is known mainly for its video-processing products. The company, which … Continue reading “Elemental Pounces on Feds’ Push to Hush Loud Commercials”

Rock Health Gathers Healthcare & Technology Stars: A Photo Gallery

In short order, startup incubator Rock Health has become one of the Bay Area’s hubs for entrepreneurs working on technology ideas that could change healthcare delivery. Formed last year to test whether the startup accelerator model pioneered by organizations like Y Combinator and TechStars will work in the healthcare industry, Rock Health has already graduated … Continue reading “Rock Health Gathers Healthcare & Technology Stars: A Photo Gallery”

Ignition’s Artale: 2012 is the Year of Cloud Applications

For all of you who’ve felt like cloud computing is some kind of foreign territory that you might never visit or fully understand, take heart. Ignition Partners managing director Frank Artale, who specializes in the sector, says everyone else has spent most of the past two years just figuring out what in the hell is going … Continue reading “Ignition’s Artale: 2012 is the Year of Cloud Applications”

From Flingo to Lantos to Shodogg: U.S. Startups Carve Out Niche at CES

For the first time ever, the International Consumer Electronics Show created a zone called Eureka Park specifically to showcase startups from across the country. Fledgling companies have come to CES before and can still be found elsewhere at the conference, but Eureka Park is a new way to highlight them at the 2012 show. At … Continue reading “From Flingo to Lantos to Shodogg: U.S. Startups Carve Out Niche at CES”

Ex-Groupon Exec Puts Indie Movies Online at Startup Prescreen

When Shawn Bercuson and his family went to Park City, UT, exactly one year ago, they may have been the only people not in town to attend the famous Sundance Film Festival, which is held there every January. “I do enjoy movies, but my family and I go skiing every year during Sundance,” he says. … Continue reading “Ex-Groupon Exec Puts Indie Movies Online at Startup Prescreen”