CiiNOW Obtains $13,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4da5b66-0024-4b79-8959-3649c8d17310&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name CiiNOW Mailing Address 450 Ferguson Dr Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description CiiNOW is a white label cloud platform that enables game publishers, retailers and carriers to tap into the lucrative $60 billion gaming market as it rapidly transitions from physical media formats to digital distribution. Website … Continue reading “CiiNOW Obtains $13,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

Ustream Lands $17,324,795 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6edf58b0-7106-4e71-91b5-37fa596ba21f&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name Ustream Mailing Address 274 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Ustream is a platform for live online interactive video broadcasts that lets people everywhere connect, interact and engage with one another more deeply. Ustream.TV allows anyone with a camera, computer, and Internet connection to broadcast … Continue reading “Ustream Lands $17,324,795 New Round”

3-V Biosciences Receives $12,019,643 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=da7332d9-b0de-4b12-950b-e561e1510d69&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name 3-V Biosciences Mailing Address 1050 Hamilton Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description 3-V Biosciences was founded by The Column Group (TCG) and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB) in March 2007. In April 2007, the original laboratory was opened in Zürich, Switzerland in close proximity to … Continue reading “3-V Biosciences Receives $12,019,643 New Round”

Pluto Games Garners $500,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f442a07-e26e-4714-87ed-f7925c47ed2c&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name Pluto Games Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Pluto Games is committed to bringing the best educational games to children around the world. We want to integrate brilliant technology with world-class creative talent to develop products that foster children’s creativity, curiosity, and knowledge of … Continue reading “Pluto Games Garners $500,000 Seed Financing Round”

Gain Fitness Secures $650,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f80192a-f877-443b-8a32-fb5bcf3fae45&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name Gain Fitness Mailing Address 564 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description We customize workout plans based on an individual’s body, goals, and lifestyle. Our algorithmic workouts are built from the collective knowledge of certified trainers, fitness experts, and the principles of exercise science. Website http://www.gainfitness.com … Continue reading “Gain Fitness Secures $650,000 Seed Funding Round”

Lattice Semiconductor Acquires SiliconBlue Technologies for $62,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ccfdc9fa-a9a9-4bd1-aa71-88c671a33ebe&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name SiliconBlue Technologies Mailing Address 3255 Scott Blvd. Bld. 7 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description SiliconBlue has built from ground up, the first single-chip, reprogrammable, ultra-low power FPGA optimized for handheld, mobile applications. Website http://www.siliconbluetech.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $62,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms … Continue reading “Lattice Semiconductor Acquires SiliconBlue Technologies for $62,000,000”

Jun Group Lands $2,500,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f065118-7602-411b-af7b-c7aee27af017&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name Jun Group Mailing Address 554 5th Avenue 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Company Description Jun Group has been a leader in social video since 2005. We’re privately held, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Our clients are Fortune 500 brands, major entertainment companies, and … Continue reading “Jun Group Lands $2,500,000 New Funding Round”

PlaceIQ Garners $4,200,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=845de9f2-9ebc-4c51-958d-ca1ac1830939&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name PlaceIQ Mailing Address 1426 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description The company is developing location-based technologies. Website http://www.PlaceIQ.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor U.S. Venture Partners Venture Investor Valhalla Partners … Continue reading “PlaceIQ Garners $4,200,000 New Funding”

Xeris Pharmaceuticals Garners $1,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b8582b2-5fee-432a-a116-c809375a3291&Preview=1 Date 12/12/2011 Company Name Xeris Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 3925 West Braker Lane Third Floor Austin, TX 78759 Company Description Xeris is an Austin, Texas-based specialty pharmaceutical company developing patient-friendly injectables for indications in diabetes, epilepsy, and immunology. The company’s disruptive formulation and delivery technologies allow for the subcutaneous delivery of highly … Continue reading “Xeris Pharmaceuticals Garners $1,500,000 Series A Round”

Working the Trade Show Effectively

This lunch and learn session will help train staff in how to work a trade show booth properly. Topics of discussion include planning and goal setting; effective communication tactics; qualifying and gathering leads; personal behavior, habits and grooming; and successful lead follow-up. For details, click here.

NanoBio, Merck to Collaborate on Gates-Funded RSV Vaccine

The acronym RSV is one that often inspires dread in the hearts of parents—it stands for Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and it hospitalizes 75,000 to 125,000 children under the age of one each year, infecting almost all children by the age of two. RSV can also have a life-threatening impact on the elderly. There is a … Continue reading “NanoBio, Merck to Collaborate on Gates-Funded RSV Vaccine”

Greenstart Accelerator Hatches Four Energy Startups

Will the startup accelerator model that’s proved so popular and successful in the Web and mobile sectors also help to boost entrepreneurship in other industries, such as healthcare and cleantech? In a tottering economy that needs all the job-creating companies it can get, that’s a crucial question. And here in the Bay Area, it’s been … Continue reading “Greenstart Accelerator Hatches Four Energy Startups”

LifeImage Wraps Up $8M in New Funding

[Updated 12/9/11 at 11:45 am. See below.] LifeImage, a Newton, MA-based startup that develops technology for sharing digital medical images via the Internet cloud, has taken in $8 million in new equity-based funding, according to a document filed with the SEC. In January LifeImage boosted its Series B financing to $12 million, with money from Stamford, CT-based … Continue reading “LifeImage Wraps Up $8M in New Funding”

SF’s Prescience Sharpens New Biotech Business Model in San Diego

[Updated 12/12/11 11:20 am to clarify terms for startups. See below.] After spending much of her career in the tech sector, Melinda Richter has been pondering a provocative question for the life sciences industry. “Billionaires are a dime a dozen in tech,” she says, “but it’s hard to find an entrepreneur in the life sciences … Continue reading “SF’s Prescience Sharpens New Biotech Business Model in San Diego”

Seattle Genetics, Millennium Look to Broaden Reach of Hodgkin’s Drug

Seattle Genetics and its partner, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, are following one of the well-traveled roads in cancer drug development. It’s about first gaining experience in the market by treating a small group of the very sickest patients, then working backwards until your drug eventually becomes part of the standard of care for more … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics, Millennium Look to Broaden Reach of Hodgkin’s Drug”

EnVivo, Biogen, Momenta, & Other Boston-Area Life Sciences Newsmakers

Drugs, conglomerates, medical nutrition companies, and biotechs dominated the New England life sciences news this week. —EnVivo Pharmaceuticals of Watertown, MA, said its experimental schizophrenia drug EVP-6124 demonstrated statistically significant improvements in patient cognitive function in a Phase 2b study. Patients also demonstrated improvements in what are known as negative schizophrenia symptoms, such as inability … Continue reading “EnVivo, Biogen, Momenta, & Other Boston-Area Life Sciences Newsmakers”

Life Image Garners $8,050,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d862094b-f3c3-4f47-99fe-fa6db8f58104&Preview=1 Date 12/9/2011 Company Name Life Image Mailing Address 300 Washington St. Newton, MA 02458 Company Description Life Image, Inc. is a venture-backed startup company developing Web-based applications and services that help eliminate the problems associated with lack of access to patients’ medical-imaging history.The founders of the company are veterans of this … Continue reading “Life Image Garners $8,050,000 New Financing”

Edmodo Receives $15,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f367f639-6122-4150-8e65-d4fb5b26b99b&Preview=1 Date 12/9/2011 Company Name Edmodo Mailing Address 60 E. 3rd Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social … Continue reading “Edmodo Receives $15,000,000 Series B Financing”

NexTag Acquires FanSnap for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bca8e588-7b68-499e-9338-eb17222ed03e&Preview=1 Date 12/9/2011 Company Name FanSnap Mailing Address 120 Hawthorne Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description FanSnap is the live event ticket search engine for fans. Our mission is to provide the most comprehensive, accurate, fast and easy-to-use resource for fans to find the tickets they desire to sports, concerts, and … Continue reading “NexTag Acquires FanSnap for Undisclosed Sum”

NanoString Nails Breast Cancer Study, Challenging Genomic Health

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies has made a big bet that the future of the company depends on turning its genetic analysis research tool into a diagnostic workhorse. Today, it presented some hard data that suggests it is on its way. The company reported today that its instrument, called nCounter, was able to predict whether or not … Continue reading “NanoString Nails Breast Cancer Study, Challenging Genomic Health”

Amazon’s New Billing Partner Points to Kindle Fire In-App Payments

As company “announcements” go, this one barely qualifies. Bango, a UK-based provider of mobile billing services, says it has “signed an agreement to provide services to Amazon.” And that’s that. But it actually says a whole lot. It’s pretty easy to guess what Bango’s providing here—most likely, it’s in-app payments for the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s … Continue reading “Amazon’s New Billing Partner Points to Kindle Fire In-App Payments”

Point Inside Faces a Big Competitor as Google Starts Mapping Indoors

When you run a startup that focuses on mapping the floor plans of retail stores, there’s this inevitable question: What happens when Google, the company that has already mapped the entire world, decides to do the same thing as you? Josh Marti, the CEO of Seattle-based Point Inside, has heard it plenty of times. “And … Continue reading “Point Inside Faces a Big Competitor as Google Starts Mapping Indoors”

Lpath Looks to Raise $10 Million Through Secondary Offering

San Diego’s Lpath (OTC: [[ticker:LPTN]]), a biotech developing specialized monoclonal antibodies for cancer and other diseases, intends to raise about $10 million through a secondary offering of stock and warrants, according to a recent regulatory filing. The company is working to advance two related drug candidates within an emerging field of medical science that targets … Continue reading “Lpath Looks to Raise $10 Million Through Secondary Offering”

A $100 Gift Card Isn’t Worth $100, Says GiftRocket

If you’ve already bought someone a gift card for the holidays, don’t read the rest of this article. It’ll just make you feel bad. Okay, still with me? It turns out most gift cards are worth less than their face value. Quite a lot less—at least, judging from the resale value of gift cards on … Continue reading “A $100 Gift Card Isn’t Worth $100, Says GiftRocket”

Lessons on Bouncing Back From Disaster

Disaster is defined by Merriam-Webster as a sudden or great misfortune or failure. In 2006, NPS Pharmaceuticals had certainly experienced its own “disaster.” With much of the company’s resources dedicated to building a commercial infrastructure in anticipation of FDA approval of its lead product for osteoporosis, the company was thrown a curve ball. NPS received … Continue reading “Lessons on Bouncing Back From Disaster”

Fab.com Raises $40M from Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher

Just five months after raising $8 million in a Series A funding round, New York-based daily-deals site Fab.com announced it has brought in a $40 million Series B. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, First Round Capital, Baroda Ventures, SoftTech VC, and actor Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade Investments. … Continue reading “Fab.com Raises $40M from Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher”

Mobile Startups Kinvey and Urban Airship Team Up, Share Stories

This is a tale of two CEOs whose reputations precede them. It is a short tale. The news today is that Cambridge, MA-based Kinvey and Portland, OR-based Urban Airship have formed a technology partnership involving mobile applications. Basically, Kinvey will handle the data back-end for mobile app developers whose apps reach end users through “push … Continue reading “Mobile Startups Kinvey and Urban Airship Team Up, Share Stories”

Twilio, Edmodo, Uber: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers

Here’s your one-stop, data-driven roundup of deals news around the San Francisco Bay Area in the last few days. $110 million—The cash price fetched by Jobs2Web, the San Mateo, CA-based online talent recruiting company purchased this week (PDF) by SuccessFactors (NYSE: [[ticker:SFSF]]). The San Francisco-based maker of cloud-based human resources management software is itself in the midst of … Continue reading “Twilio, Edmodo, Uber: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers”

Everyday Health is Out to Dominate Media via Video, Apps, and Social

When dot-com entrepreneurs Benjamin Wolin and Michael Keriakos founded Everyday Health in 2002, everyone thought they were nuts. Their idea was to take well-known offline brands in the health industry and give them an online presence—a strategy that during the depths of the dot-com bust seemed mighty risky. “When we told people we wanted to … Continue reading “Everyday Health is Out to Dominate Media via Video, Apps, and Social”

Microsoft, GE Pool Health IT Resources to Form New Company in Seattle

Microsoft and General Electric are mashing together some of their health IT business lines to create a new company in Seattle that will attempt to bring more efficiencies to the massively inefficient $2.6 trillion U.S. healthcare industry. The new company, which doesn’t yet have a name, will be a 50/50 joint venture between Microsoft (NASDAQ: … Continue reading “Microsoft, GE Pool Health IT Resources to Form New Company in Seattle”

The Genetics Institute Impact: Agenda for Xconomy’s Big Event Dec. 14

[Update: Noon ET, 12/9/11] We’re less than a week away from Xconomy’s biggest event of the year for the Boston biotech community, “The Genetics Institute Impact.” This is shaping up to be a truly special reunion for the people who built one of Boston’s pioneering life sciences companies, and who are still making waves in … Continue reading “The Genetics Institute Impact: Agenda for Xconomy’s Big Event Dec. 14”

Zipline’s Wolf Toss Game Goes for Hat Trick Debut on iOS, Android, Chrome

Rolling out a game on two platforms at once is so passé. Why not three at once? That’s the target for Seattle game startup Zipline Games, which is showing off its new game today on iOS, Android, and Google’s Chrome Web browser. “No one’s been crazy enough to hit three platforms, so we thought we’d … Continue reading “Zipline’s Wolf Toss Game Goes for Hat Trick Debut on iOS, Android, Chrome”

Qualcomm Puts $100M into Life Fund, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

There seemed to be a paucity of news from San Diego’s life sciences sector over the past week, which makes our briefing especially brief. —San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) established a $100 million fund for investing in wireless health and related health IT startups. The fund will be managed by Qualcomm Ventures, which already has … Continue reading “Qualcomm Puts $100M into Life Fund, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”

Cambrooke Foods Aims to Help Nourish Patients with Metabolic Disorders

Ayer, MA-based Cambrooke Foods might be a bit deceiving on the surface. It is not a maker of packaged foods the average shopper would pick up at the grocery store. And its founders have no background in the food, health, or nutrition industries. Cambrooke’s founders, David and Lynn Paolella, come from architecture and jeweler backgrounds, … Continue reading “Cambrooke Foods Aims to Help Nourish Patients with Metabolic Disorders”

Climber.com Acquires Affinity Circles for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51bef89f-9f3d-4496-ab82-767e3293931c&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name Affinity Circles Mailing Address 701 B Street Sunnyvale, CA 92113 Company Description With inCircle, Associations have the tools they need to continually engage and retain their members. Members stay close to their organizations because they’re continually engaged with authenticated opportunities, wherever they are on the Web. And … Continue reading “Climber.com Acquires Affinity Circles for Undisclosed Sum”

Plum District Lands $20,000,000 Series C Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a4f5bcf-57ec-413c-b811-36ac7190378c&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name Plum District Mailing Address 77 Stillman St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The site differentiates itself by catering its local deals–including day camps, groceries and spa treatments–to busy mothers. Website http://www.PlumDistrict.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The $20 … Continue reading “Plum District Lands $20,000,000 Series C Funding”

Bill.com Receives $15,500,000 Series D Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18c84433-3e35-4559-9ac9-5c303bd6274b&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name Bill.com Mailing Address 3200 Ash Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Bill.com is an online bill management service that simplifies and automates business finances. Bill.com allows companies to pay, receive and send bills with the click of a mouse, saving substantial time so companies can focus … Continue reading “Bill.com Receives $15,500,000 Series D Financing Round”

StageIt Secures New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2edda4c5-6e58-4141-a1e9-71c5312f647b&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name StageIt Mailing Address 731 Market St San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Stageit isn’t about broadcasting concerts online. It’s about sharing the amazing moments that happen in between. Did a friend drop by to jam? Stageit. Got a new tune you’re working on? Stageit. Getting ready to … Continue reading “StageIt Secures New Financing”

Flow Garners $3,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=87f2c8cc-4503-4626-b70d-238b7a25b5e4&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name Flow Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 Company Description The fast and easy way to build real-time, data-rich apps. Website http://www.flow.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Birnberg Group Venture … Continue reading “Flow Garners $3,000,000 Series A Funding”

Cross Pixel Media Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e38f3f6-d4f4-4c84-9af1-d641112c96f2&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name Cross Pixel Media Mailing Address 494 8th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Company Description Cross Pixel is the leading provider of high performance audience data for the online advertising industry. Cross Pixel is the only provider of audience data that operates in a fully transparent format; our … Continue reading “Cross Pixel Media Obtains $1,500,000 Series A Round”

Collective Intellect Lands $4,915,787 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c7edd4aa-4312-494a-bddb-cdaf4e9ad1fd&Preview=1 Date 12/8/2011 Company Name Collective Intellect Mailing Address 2040 14th St. Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description Business Intelligence expertise transferred to Media IntelligenceCollective Intellect, Inc. specializes in comprehensively tracking, filtering and ranking media content for the Fortune 500. The founders have worked in Business Intelligence for years, creating tools to solve … Continue reading “Collective Intellect Lands $4,915,787 New Funding Round”

OneMed Forum SF 2012

From the event website: “The 5th Annual OneMedForum San Francisco 2012 January 9 -12th has grown in size and stature to become one of the most important gatherings shaping the future of health and medicine globally. It provides an efficient means to meet the management of the firms shaping the future of the rapidly changing … Continue reading “OneMed Forum SF 2012”

ViaSat’s High-Capacity Satellite Nears Start of Commercial Operations

A new kind of countdown has begun. Carlsbad, CA-based ViaSat (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VSAT]]) says it recently transmitted the first test data to ViaSat-1, the highest capacity communications satellite ever launched into space. The satellite, launched Oct. 19 from Russia’s Baikonour Cosmodrome, successfully relayed e-mail, streaming video, and Web browsing data to ViaSat’s WildBlue high-speed data network. … Continue reading “ViaSat’s High-Capacity Satellite Nears Start of Commercial Operations”

Affymax Passes FDA Panel Scrutiny, Looks to Challenge Amgen Anemia Drug

Wall Street didn’t give Affymax much of a chance at success today in front of an FDA advisory committee, but the Palo Alto, CA-based company clearly proved its skeptics wrong. Affymax (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AFFY]]) received a 15-1 positive recommendation from an expert panel of FDA advisors today, who said the benefits of its experimental anemia drug … Continue reading “Affymax Passes FDA Panel Scrutiny, Looks to Challenge Amgen Anemia Drug”

Genentech’s Two-Drug Strategy Raises the Bar in Breast Cancer

Two drugs together aren’t always better than one, but today Genentech is making the argument that two antibody treatments in combination are the way to go for certain patients with breast cancer. Genentech, the South San Francisco-based unit of Roche, is announcing today results from a clinical trial that shows patients were able to live, … Continue reading “Genentech’s Two-Drug Strategy Raises the Bar in Breast Cancer”