MEARS Technologies Receives $1,412,758 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6cc1ed3-fb9a-40bb-916f-5d73fa61c641&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name MEARS Technologies Mailing Address 189 Wells Ave 3rd Floor Newton, MA 02459 Company Description MEARS Technologies is dedicated to delivering a stream of innovative solutions to the global semiconductor industry. We focus on enabling the continued improvement of silicon semiconductor performance at ever finer geometries and increased … Continue reading “MEARS Technologies Receives $1,412,758 New Financing”

PatientKeeper Garners $6,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=399d1515-7235-40ce-8565-a0cfb60c3dc8&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name PatientKeeper Mailing Address 880 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description PatientKeeper, Inc. provides physicians with software that delivers clinical and financial benefits. Only PatientKeeper is designed to support a physician through the entire day. Website http://www.patientkeeper.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “PatientKeeper Garners $6,000,000 New Financing Round”

GoChime Obtains $630,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a53652b-e7c3-4a0b-8fec-da215de8c256&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name GoChime Mailing Address Undisclosed Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description GoChime is THE platform through which brands & their fans reach out to help. People get access to deals and solutions when they need them most. Website http://www.gochime.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $630,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “GoChime Obtains $630,000 New Funding Round”

NexSteppe Garners $16,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70133068-976a-4792-8148-6d03e0ded94b&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name NexSteppe Mailing Address 4417 Vista Del Preseas Malibu, CA 90265 Company Description NexSteppe is dedicated to pioneering the next generation of scalable, reliable, cost-effective feedstock solutions for the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries. Website http://www.nexsteppe.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “NexSteppe Garners $16,000,000 New Financing”

Music Dealers Lands $2,180,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac13d6b1-c3ff-4d20-a0c8-7b632ed8beeb&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name Music Dealers Mailing Address 328 S. Jefferson St Chicago, IL 60661 Company Description In the last year alone, Music Dealers has connected hundreds of music-makers to music-buyers, and put hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of independent artists. Website http://www.musicdealers.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Music Dealers Lands $2,180,000 Series B Financing”

Omada Health Garners $850,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4820863e-8198-416f-aa8b-0a5d92bc8f07&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name Omada Health Mailing Address 615 Grant Street Floor 3 San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description We’re revolutionizing health care through group-based programs for chronic disease prevention. Focused disease prevention is the next great opportunity in health. We’re combining behavioral science, human-centered design, and new technology to transform … Continue reading “Omada Health Garners $850,000 Seed Financing Round”

GlassPoint Solar Garners $1,500,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e723810e-0a63-43a7-80f1-5ac452d95168&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name GlassPoint Solar Mailing Address 46485 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description GlassPoint specializes in building large-scale solar collector systems that are optimized for delivering solar industrial process heat. From our Fremont, California headquarters we manage our global supply chain to maintain our position as the price … Continue reading “GlassPoint Solar Garners $1,500,000 New Funding Round”

Buffer Receives $400,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bbe475e0-4c8d-42d8-9a6e-85e6d795bbd0&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name Buffer Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Buffer makes your life easier with a smarter way to schedule tweets. Work out all your tweets at one point in time during the day. Then fill up your Buffer with your tweets and Buffer schedules them … Continue reading “Buffer Receives $400,000 New Funding”

Purfresh Secures $400,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e67e3f7-5268-4ca2-8ef3-87875e565a19&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name Purfresh Mailing Address 47211 Bayside Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Purfresh is a leader in clean solutions for food and water. Its chemical-free, ozone-based family of products has been approved by the FDA, EPA and USDA to kill deadly, food-borne pathogens such as E. coli and … Continue reading “Purfresh Secures $400,000 New Round”

SurDoc Obtains $4,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abc266dd-74da-4936-b84e-dc4026e9aada&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name SurDoc Mailing Address 1370 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description SurDoc Corp. is a new startup that launched in December of 2011 to redefine PC backup and cloud-sharing of documents. Website http://www.surdoc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “SurDoc Obtains $4,000,000 New Funding Round”

Akamai Acquires Cotendo for $268,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f74af6d9-1e5d-45cb-b08b-ddaadc8a5faf&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name Cotendo Mailing Address 530 Lakeside Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Cotendo is a content delivery network and an innovator of software-focused CDN technologies. Cotendo’s full suite of content delivery applications is addressing an important unmet need that Internet content providers have for application-level flexibility and sophisticated … Continue reading “Akamai Acquires Cotendo for $268,000,000”

PlumWillow Garners $255,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a1d1be0-6aa8-4629-982f-04c4103f6699&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name PlumWillow Mailing Address 86 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Company Description PlumWillow is a social shopping site where teens will be empowered to shop together, customize an avatar, make wardrobe choices from various retailers, design their own outfits, and share these choices with friends and family; … Continue reading “PlumWillow Garners $255,000 New Funding”

Tracks Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=633246e6-c586-42c2-ad94-09064595aed7&Preview=1 Date 12/22/2011 Company Name Tracks Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 Company Description Tracks is a new way to make social photo stories. Make a track for vacations, hanging out, or just keeping up with friends and family around the world. Website http://www.tracks.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 … Continue reading “Tracks Garners $1,000,000 New Financing Round”

TechShop Mines Detroit’s Innate DIY Culture With New Location

[Corrected on 12/30/11, 1:25 p.m. See below.] Roughly 18 months after Menlo Park, CA-based TechShop announced it was partnering with Ford on a new location in metro Detroit, the communal, membership-based DIY maker space is ready to welcome the public next week at an open house on Dec. 27. [Paragraph has been updated to reflect … Continue reading “TechShop Mines Detroit’s Innate DIY Culture With New Location”

Seattle Angel Conference: A New Idea for Drafting New Investors

It’s one of the most nagging questions for Seattle-area technology entrepreneurs: How do you get more of the region’s tech wealth invested in local startups? Business veteran John Sechrest sees a possible answer in Oregon, where investors have created a series of events that help get newbie angels into the game. He’s hoping to replicate that … Continue reading “Seattle Angel Conference: A New Idea for Drafting New Investors”

Tutorspree Reveals Sequoia Capital Led Its Seed Round

New York-based startup Tutorspree revealed that its $1 million seed round was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, Thrive Capital, SV Angel, and individual investors. Tutorspree is an online platform that lets tutors across the country post profiles to offer their expertise and receive reviews from the students they work … Continue reading “Tutorspree Reveals Sequoia Capital Led Its Seed Round”

Game Peripheral Maker Razer Raises $50M in First Round

Carlsbad, CA-based Razer bills itself as a maker of “professional gaming” hardware, which always struck me as an oxymoron, like “jumbo shrimp.” Nevertheless, Razer just demonstrated how serious it is, raising $50 million in a Series A round venture round led by the IDG-Accel China Capital Fund, a global investment fund established by IDG and … Continue reading “Game Peripheral Maker Razer Raises $50M in First Round”

IBM Gets Emptoris, Nuance Buys Vlingo, & More Boston-Area Deals News

Acquisitions and IPO announcements dominated the deals news in New England this week. —Boston-based Third Rock Ventures put $34 million in Series A funding into Ember Therapeutics, a startup that’s developing drugs to fight obesity in a new way. Ember, also of Boston, is harnessing new understanding of the bodily tissue known as brown fat, … Continue reading “IBM Gets Emptoris, Nuance Buys Vlingo, & More Boston-Area Deals News”

Cyber-Ark Closes $40M, Looks to Go Big in Security

Strange name. Big money. Newton, MA-based Cyber-Ark Software said today it has raised $40 million in investment led by Goldman Sachs and Jerusalem Venture Partners. The deal includes the purchase of stock from existing shareholders as well as growth capital. Cyber-Ark had previously raised $25 million in venture and angel capital. Cyber-Ark works in the … Continue reading “Cyber-Ark Closes $40M, Looks to Go Big in Security”

Mindjet Reaches Cloud Altitude with Mind-Mapping Tools

Ask Scott Raskin to name the number-one innovation that changed the world of project management and business collaboration, and he has a surprising answer: the whiteboard. It’s not that the answer is nonsensical—Raskin may well be right. It’s that it’s coming from the CEO of Mindjet, a San Francisco software company devoted to helping workers … Continue reading “Mindjet Reaches Cloud Altitude with Mind-Mapping Tools”

Reinventing Fire-An Evening with Amory Lovins

Dramatically reducing the nation’s hunger for fossil fuels could lower our impact on the environment and increase energy security. But wouldn’t it also require a dramatic shift in humankind’s approach to the planet? The answer is an emphatic, ‘No,’ says Amory Lovins, cofounder, chairman, and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute. Aided by an array … Continue reading “Reinventing Fire-An Evening with Amory Lovins”

Register Now for NY Venture Forum for a Chance to Win $50 from Gilt

Attention, procrastinators! If you still have some last minute shopping to do, you’re going to love this offer. The next 20 people to purchase Holiday Special or Startup Special tickets between now and December 23rd for our upcoming New York event—Xconomy Forum: New York’s Venture Emergence—will be entered into a drawing to win one of … Continue reading “Register Now for NY Venture Forum for a Chance to Win $50 from Gilt”

HopStop Keeps its Edge in Pedestrian Navigation Despite Competition

Even for natives of busy cities, it is not always easy to know the fastest way to get around town on foot or by public transit. It would be nice to find out about planned changes to subway lines and bus routes, for example, before rushing to stops that might not be in service. That … Continue reading “HopStop Keeps its Edge in Pedestrian Navigation Despite Competition”

Immigrants Fill Top Ranks of Venture-Backed Tech Startups

Immigrant entrepreneurs are playing important roles at U.S. technology startups, with immigrants serving in key management and product development positions at 37 of the top 50 venture-backed companies—or roughly three out of every four of the startups—according to a study released yesterday. “It’s clear that America gains a great deal when we’re open to talent, … Continue reading “Immigrants Fill Top Ranks of Venture-Backed Tech Startups”

Video: Tuan Ha-Ngoc on Learning from Science Whizzes at GI

Tuan Ha-Ngoc remembers feeling like he belonged in the bottom 10 percent in terms of intelligence at Genetics Institute when he was getting started in the 1980s. Looking back, he says he loved it. “Most of the people at Genetics Institute in the 1980s were much smarter than I am,” Ha-Ngoc said. “What a fantastic … Continue reading “Video: Tuan Ha-Ngoc on Learning from Science Whizzes at GI”

The Move to Value-Based Pricing for Prescription Drugs

The standard marketing value equation taught in business school states value equals utility or benefits less costs. Because the relationship between the price of medicines and the value they deliver isn’t always clear, there are those who would argue that the established marketing value equation has not been universally applied by the pharmaceutical industry. The … Continue reading “The Move to Value-Based Pricing for Prescription Drugs”

Nuance’s Vlingo Purchase Seen As Survival Move Against Apple, Google

It’s hard to believe that two companies that have spent the last three years suing each other really mean it when they say that together they will be stronger. I’m talking about speech recognition competitors Cambridge, MA-based Vlingo and Burlington, MA-based Nuance Communications. The two software makers announced Tuesday that Nuance would acquire the younger, … Continue reading “Nuance’s Vlingo Purchase Seen As Survival Move Against Apple, Google”

GMZ Energy Secures $14,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2cda739f-e248-4558-a876-239fcb63dec5&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name GMZ Energy Mailing Address 11 Wall Street Waltham, MA 02453 Company Description These thermoelectric materials exhibited the first fundamental improvements in almost 50 years. GMZ Energy, a venture-funded company, was founded in 2007 to commercialize materials and devices that leverage these discoveries. Solid state approaches to cooling … Continue reading “GMZ Energy Secures $14,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Aushon Biosystems Lands $1,955,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16f1e0a3-beb8-4a3b-9b92-a765aad3602e&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Aushon Biosystems Mailing Address 43 Manning Rd. Billerica, MA 01821 Company Description Aushon BioSystems Inc. is a small, privately owned corporation applying advanced engineering and systems-engineering approaches to the challenges of developing life science markets. Aushon is leveraging its advanced engineering capabilities to develop a set of … Continue reading “Aushon Biosystems Lands $1,955,000 New Funding”

Takeda Pharmaceutical Acquires Intellikine for $310,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c3decc5-ad56-4290-ab23-4154fb33d394&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Intellikine Mailing Address 10931 N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description Intellikine is a leader in the discovery and development of novel, small molecule therapies targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. Website http://www.intellikine.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $310,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Under … Continue reading “Takeda Pharmaceutical Acquires Intellikine for $310,000,000”

Tolera Therapeutics Obtains $883,333 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0defd380-2152-4416-969a-8ffd543ad6fe&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Tolera Therapeutics Mailing Address 350 E. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Company Description Building upon research done at the University of Kentucky and the Cleveland Clinic, Tolera Therapeutics is developing and commercializing therapies for the immune suppression / modulation market with the goal of addressing unmet medical … Continue reading “Tolera Therapeutics Obtains $883,333 New Financing”

ScaleArc Lands $5,330,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=96ecb0ed-3e87-4942-bb01-1301aa725ba4&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name ScaleArc Mailing Address 2200 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description ScaleArc is the pioneer in a new category of database infrastructure software that simplifies the way database environments are deployed and managed, and lowers costs without any changes to applications or databases. Website http://www.scalearc.com … Continue reading “ScaleArc Lands $5,330,000 Series B Funding”

Presidio Pharmaceuticals Receives $6,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad67ca36-a755-4ab5-bc87-56c722815d41&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Presidio Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 1700 Owens Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Company Description Presidio is focused on developing novel and established therapeutic modalities and small molecule compounds for the treatment of HIV-1, HCV and other chronic virus infections. Website http://www.presidiopharma.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Presidio Pharmaceuticals Receives $6,000,000 New Financing”

IntegenX Secures $5,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c9a8b5b-350f-4298-b04a-6a6d0dacd836&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name IntegenX Mailing Address 5720 Stoneridge Drive Pleasanton, CA 94588 Company Description IntegenX designs, manufactures and markets automation systems enabling reliable microsample preparation and analysis for the life sciences. Website http://www.integenx.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “IntegenX Secures $5,000,000 New Financing”

Stion Obtains $130,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e4d2e2d3-1088-4c6b-a681-7b0dff7b0272&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Stion Mailing Address 6321 San Ignacio Avenue San Jose, CA 95119 Company Description Stion Corporation (formerly NStructures) is a solar photovoltaics company developing high-efficiency thin-film modules. The Company is aiming to minimize the total installed system costs of solar electricity. Website http://www.stion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Stion Obtains $130,000,000 New Round”

Razer Lands $50,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1312c080-97d3-45d5-93b6-8a0a30ff2f0f&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Razer Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We are the only gaming hardware company in the world with dedicated gaming user interface research and development labs, and our technology and designs are incubated in three dedicated design centers located in facilities in California, Singapore … Continue reading “Razer Lands $50,000,000 New Round”

Tactus Technology Garners $6,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85023327-f69c-4061-aa7e-a9a53de6b185&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Tactus Technology Mailing Address 34175 Ardenwood Blvd Fremont, CA 94555 Company Description Tactus Technology is the developer of a new tactile user interface for touch-screen devices. Tactus provides a new dimension of user interface with a fundamentally unique solution: application-controlled, completely transparent physical buttons that rise up … Continue reading “Tactus Technology Garners $6,000,000 Series A Round”

Tutorspree Obtains $1,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ed5d8eb-6274-49b5-b03e-037d4e943378&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Tutorspree Mailing Address 36 East 12th Street New York, NY 10003 Company Description Tutorspree is a market place for high quality tutoring. Our tutors are all educators, and our students, well, they’re the best. The idea behind Tutorspree goes all the way back to high school. Back … Continue reading “Tutorspree Obtains $1,000,000 New Funding Round”

Appssavvy Lands $7,100,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7f886a8-e1fb-4733-8508-4f356c1fc4c7&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Appssavvy Mailing Address 594 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description appssavvy is a direct sales team for leading applications and developers in the social media space. Essentially we create a bridge from Madison avenue to the Bay area. Website http://www.appssavvy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Appssavvy Lands $7,100,000 Series A Funding”

Aspen Aerogels Garners $15,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9a84e82-90eb-411c-a596-43f1330db3ae&Preview=1 Date 12/21/2011 Company Name Aspen Aerogels Mailing Address 30 Forbes Road Building B Northborough, MA 01532 Company Description Aspen Aerogels is nanotechnology at work in oil pipelines, natural gas and military ships, building and construction, boots and jackets and much, much more. Website http://www.aerogel.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Aspen Aerogels Garners $15,000,000 New Financing Round”

Millennium: Takeda Acquires San Diego’s Intellikine for $190M Upfront

Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals, which has its cancer drug development operations in Cambridge, MA, said today it is acquiring San Diego-based Intellikine to get ahold of the startup’s portfolio of cancer drugs. Takeda said it has agreed to pay $190 million upfront, plus another $120 million in future milestone payments, to acquire privately held Intellikine. Through … Continue reading “Millennium: Takeda Acquires San Diego’s Intellikine for $190M Upfront”

Qualcomm Co-Founder Irwin Jacobs Plans to Retire from Board

San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) says founding CEO Irwin Jacobs plans to retire from the board this spring, marking his final separation from the San Diego wireless technology giant. Jacobs, 78, co-founded Qualcomm in 1985, and served as chairman and CEO through the company’s first two decades. During the trying early years, Jacobs led a … Continue reading “Qualcomm Co-Founder Irwin Jacobs Plans to Retire from Board”

Digital Lifeboat: Data Backup without the Data Centers

When the veteran entrepreneurs behind Digital Lifeboat settled on a location for their fledgling company, they weren’t concerned with landing one of the hot tech-startup addresses in South Lake Union or Pioneer Square. “Our offices are between the cemetery and the trailer park in Redmond,” co-founder and CEO Steve Teglovic says with a laugh. “That’s … Continue reading “Digital Lifeboat: Data Backup without the Data Centers”

Capitalyze

SecondMarket presents this half-day seminar on how private companies can utilize the secondary market to enable their businesses. Financial and legal experts will cover such topics as the strategic benefits of enabling private company controlled liquidity, and how the secondary market better positions companies for an ultimate M&A or IPO exit. Register here.

Voyager Capital Aims for $125M in New Fund

Seattle-based venture firm Voyager Capital is raising a new fund pegged at up to $125 million, according to a new filing with federal regulators. The VC firm, which also has offices in Portland and Silicon Valley, finished raising its last fund in 2007 at $107 million. Notable investments from that fund included Ontela, which acquired … Continue reading “Voyager Capital Aims for $125M in New Fund”

Zogenix Sets Timetable for New Painkiller Drug

San Diego-based Zogenix (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ZGNX]]) has an update today on its development of an extended-release and acetaminophen-free formulation of the painkiller, hydrocodone bitartrate, which the company plans to market as Zohydro oral capsules. After agreeing on submission requirements for its reformulated drug in a series of meetings with regulators at the FDA, Zogenix says it … Continue reading “Zogenix Sets Timetable for New Painkiller Drug”

T-Mobile to Grow with AT&T Assets, But Who’s the Next Suitor?

Now back on its own, T-Mobile stands to grow its coverage area with some assets from the breakup penalty that AT&T will pay for its failed buyout attempt. But most of the consolation prize will stay with T-Mobile’s German parent company, which has been looking for a way to exit the U.S. market, rather than … Continue reading “T-Mobile to Grow with AT&T Assets, But Who’s the Next Suitor?”

TripAdvisor Going Public and Independent; Boston Tech Scene Yawns

It’s probably the quietest Boston-area public offering of the year. But why? Maybe because it’s a spinoff from an already public company, and the deal was announced back in April. Or maybe because New England doesn’t go wild for its consumer-focused tech companies the way some other regions do. Or maybe everyone is just sick … Continue reading “TripAdvisor Going Public and Independent; Boston Tech Scene Yawns”