Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e27607e-63a8-4186-90f0-d83474165e34&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Exablox Mailing Address 475 Lincoln Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Company Description Exablox is a data storage company that is replacing the traditional storage stack with an integrated experience across local and web storage. Website http://www.oneblox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,474,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Exablox Lands $5,474,999 New Funding”
New Relic Lands $15,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d6dbf28e-9cc5-4085-9ba8-d9cd81386aee&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name New Relic Mailing Address 139 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description New Relic, Inc. offers RPM(TM), a subscription-based Rails Performance Management solution that enables developers to quickly and cost effectively detect, diagnose and fix application performance problems in real time. Website http://www.newrelic.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “New Relic Lands $15,000,000 New Financing”
Prism Solar Technologies Lands $4,485,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cece713-b9a5-48b2-b894-891caf9303e0&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Prism Solar Technologies Mailing Address 180 South Street Highland, NY 12528 Company Description Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. manufactures a new type of photovoltaic module that uses transparent holographic optical elements in its design. This innovative, patented holographic technology, collects and spectrally selects useful wavelengths from the sun … Continue reading “Prism Solar Technologies Lands $4,485,000 New Funding”
ServiceMesh Lands $15,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0f8686c-9a23-4378-86ed-cda6520cc2e6&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name ServiceMesh Mailing Address 233 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description ServiceMesh enables Agile IT operating models for global 2000 clients to improve their business agility while simultaneously lowering capital spending and operating costs. Website http://www.servicemesh.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “ServiceMesh Lands $15,000,000 New Funding Round”
Angie’s List Obtains $114,314,304 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91d83ee4-997a-4bd4-bd23-54767ef1cc9e&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Angie’s List Mailing Address 1030 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Company Description Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI) is a growing collection of homeowners’ real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie’s List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies … Continue reading “Angie’s List Obtains $114,314,304 New Round”
FanFueled Obtains $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a60fafae-48a6-4877-b88e-adf5667402bf&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name FanFueled Mailing Address 400 N. State St Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description FanFueled is a social ticketing platform that transforms Fans into promoters. FanFueled gives fans easy ways to tell their friends on Facebook and Twitter about events they are attending. Website http://www.fanfueled.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “FanFueled Obtains $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Medley Health Secures $20,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c46b63d2-23a1-4727-9ffa-66293bf1cfb7&Preview=1 Date 11/16/2011 Company Name Medley Health Mailing Address 4160 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA 94568 Company Description Medley Health is an innovative, entrepreneurial, technology-driven company. It’s backed by top-tier investors and a management team with deep business expertise in healthcare, Internet and web services, as well as next-generation communications technologies. Website http://www.medleyhealth.com … Continue reading “Medley Health Secures $20,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Nordhoff Retiring from Gen-Probe Board
Henry “Hank” Nordhoff, who served as CEO for 15 years at San Diego-based Gen-Probe (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GPRO]]) is retiring as chairman at the San Diego maker of biomedical diagnostic products, according to a statement from the company today. Nordhoff, 69, joined Gen-Probe as CEO in 1994, about two years after the company was spun out from … Continue reading “Nordhoff Retiring from Gen-Probe Board”
Intel Invests in Urban Airship, Inks Deal for Portable PC Apps
Those guys in Portland are pretty busy these days. Urban Airship, the Oregon-based supplier of push notifications and other services for mobile app developers, is being named today as one of the first two investments from a new $100 million mobile application-focused investment fund from the venture arm of tech giant Intel (NASDAQ: [[ticker:INTC]]). The … Continue reading “Intel Invests in Urban Airship, Inks Deal for Portable PC Apps”
TEDx Women: The Conversation Continues
Women in Bio, a biotech industry networking group for women, is helping organize the local version of TEDx Women on Dec. 1. For more information on the local event, and the international scope of what TEDx Women is working on that day, click here.
Windows Phone’s Good-Karma Strategy for Courting Developers
When it decided to attack the smartphone market with a new version of its mobile operating system, Microsoft did something that might sound a bit counterintuitive: Starting in last place, it dug the hole a little deeper. By tossing out the old version of Windows Mobile and starting anew, the company knew it would piss … Continue reading “Windows Phone’s Good-Karma Strategy for Courting Developers”
Aastrom Reports Positive Phase 2 Trial Results
Aastrom Biosciences (Nasdaq: ASTM), a developer of experimental therapies for severe, chronic cardiovascular diseases, announced yesterday that it had achieved positive 12-month final results from a Phase 2 clinical trial testing ixmyelocel-T as a treatment for critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients with no revascularization options. CLI is a severe form of cardiovascular disease in the legs, … Continue reading “Aastrom Reports Positive Phase 2 Trial Results”
CardioDx Passes Trial, Determining When Chest Pain Is No Big Deal
Chest pain is one of the big reasons people go to the ER or to see their primary care doc. Often when people get there, it’s hard to tell who has serious heart disease or something less serious. Now Palo Alto, CA-based CardioDx is presenting study results that say its new blood test, in certain … Continue reading “CardioDx Passes Trial, Determining When Chest Pain Is No Big Deal”
Facecash, Vyatta, Ginzametrics: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers
Time for our irregularly scheduled, data-driven roundup of news from the Bay Area technology world, starting with three separate $25 million items: $25 million—The amount raised back in August by Redwood City, CA-based Personal Capital, which on Friday launched a financial media site called Daily Capital. The news aggregator collects finance-related content from 500 sources. … Continue reading “Facecash, Vyatta, Ginzametrics: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers”
DrinksOnTap 11 – Pre-Holiday Edition
Mobile developers can network and show off their apps at this informal event. Sign up here to get into the mix.
2nd Annual Punchbowl Mixer
Punchbowl is putting its party planning skills to the test with this networking event for area Web entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and marketers. RSVP here to make sure you get on the list.
Fenugreen and Dynamo Micropower Nab Top Spots at Kauffman’s Startup Open
Two Massachusetts companies, Fenugreen and Dynamo Micropower, took home the grand prizes this week at Startup Open, a competition put on by the Kauffman Foundation that recognizes startups with high-growth potential. Cambridge, MA-based Fenugreen develops all-natural food packaging material called FreshPaper that’s designed to give produce two to four times the shelf life it sees … Continue reading “Fenugreen and Dynamo Micropower Nab Top Spots at Kauffman’s Startup Open”
Acceleration 2011: Nutter Early Stage Life Sciences Conference
Speakers from Pfizer, Novartis, Atlas Venture, Longwood Founders Fund, SR One, Halloran Consulting Group, Concert Pharmaceuticals and more will assemble at this half-day life sciences conference. It’s targeted at med device, pharma, and biotech entrepreneurs, executives, and angel, seed, and venture capital investors. Register here.
Avaxia Pulls in $2M from Angels to Fund Development of Cow-Derived Drug
The phrase “pharmaceutical manufacturing” doesn’t generally evoke visions of dairy farms. But it does for Barbara Fox, co-founder and CEO of Lexington, MA-based Avaxia Biologics, which is developing a drug derived from cow’s milk. And she’s succeeding in getting investors to share her vision: On November 10, Avaxia announced that it had closed $2.2 million … Continue reading “Avaxia Pulls in $2M from Angels to Fund Development of Cow-Derived Drug”
Into the Swarm: San Diego’s Swarmology Mines Online Conversations for Health Data
Swarmology, a San Diego provider of social media analytics for healthcare clients, is stepping into the light today, disclosing initial funding of $1.2 million and the debut of its website. The company, founded last December by pharmaceutical and health IT executive Malcolm Bohm, provides targeted, Web-based marketing services for its customers by analyzing online conversations … Continue reading “Into the Swarm: San Diego’s Swarmology Mines Online Conversations for Health Data”
Google Ventures’ Wesley Chan: From Voice to VC, Speaking at Mobile Madness NW
As Wesley Chan puts it, he was working at Google when there were still doors for desks, dogs running wild, and tarps covering the computers to ward off leaks from the roof. These days, he’s working on scrappy startups again—but this time, it’s as a partner at Google Ventures, based at the company’s Seattle campus. … Continue reading “Google Ventures’ Wesley Chan: From Voice to VC, Speaking at Mobile Madness NW”
The Immunex Impact: A Trivia Quiz
Did you know that an Immunex employee once ended up swimming with the otters at the Seattle Aquarium during a company holiday party? Or that Immunex executives once mocked an uptight Big Pharma partner from Wayne, NJ by producing a video spoof on “Wayne’s World,” the comedy sketch from Saturday Night Live? Yes, these are … Continue reading “The Immunex Impact: A Trivia Quiz”
Turnaround CEO Shores Up Strategy for Unigene Based on Big Pharma Partnerships
When Ashleigh Palmer joined Boonton, NJ-based biotech company Unigene Laboratories as CEO in mid-2010, he faced a turnaround challenge that others might have considered way too daunting. The 30-year-old company was struggling to make money from a disjointed set of assets, which included a promising but, in Palmer’s view, under-marketed technology that could be used … Continue reading “Turnaround CEO Shores Up Strategy for Unigene Based on Big Pharma Partnerships”
A Post-Demo Day Look at Three Rock Health Startups-WeSprout, Pipette, and BrainBot
A confession: When I first heard that a recent Harvard Business School MBA named Halle Tecco intended to start an incubator for healthcare startups in San Francisco, I was more than a little skeptical. It seemed to me that all of the successful incubators, such as Y Combinator, succeed by picking Internet and mobile startups. … Continue reading “A Post-Demo Day Look at Three Rock Health Startups-WeSprout, Pipette, and BrainBot”
A Look Back on Three Years Of Life Sciences Growth, During an Economic Downturn
This week, The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) will host its Governor’s Life Sciences Summit and Annual Meeting. Nearly 1,000 leaders of Washington’s life sciences community are expected attend. The summit celebrates the importance of the life sciences industry to our state’s economic future, which is critical, as life sciences remains one of Washington’s … Continue reading “A Look Back on Three Years Of Life Sciences Growth, During an Economic Downturn”
Global Hawk Spy Plane Offers Glimpse of Future Robotics at Xconomy 6X6 Event on December 1
Think of it as a flying beluga whale. At least, that’s the way Xconomy’s San Diego editor Bruce Bigelow, once described the Global Hawk robot spy plane. And I have to say, I am personally very excited that this reconnaissance craft extraordinaire will be one of the featured presentations at our 6X6: Six Cities, Six … Continue reading “Global Hawk Spy Plane Offers Glimpse of Future Robotics at Xconomy 6X6 Event on December 1”
Reinventing the Board Part II: The Role of the Chair in Increasing Board Effectiveness
Technology companies’ boards of directors need better leadership. I made a case last month about reinventing the board of directors by treating the board as a team and doing annual assessments against company needs. Boards that are structurally more aligned with their company’s operations are better able to help them achieve success-or at least reduce … Continue reading “Reinventing the Board Part II: The Role of the Chair in Increasing Board Effectiveness”
Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals Lands $250,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c0ce2576-9291-4953-a4d8-60596d01fe6b&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address Undisclosed Providence, RI 02902 Company Description The company is a Providence-based drug discovery venture aiming to develop small molecule therapeutics to treat schizophrenia and other cognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals Lands $250,000 Seed Financing Round”
Zoomingo Lands $1,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5628478b-414f-4b47-8133-844a1b94e6bc&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Zoomingo Mailing Address Undisclosed Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Zoomingo (which stands for “Zoom-in and go”) is a shopping discovery application that helps you find the best sales in local retail stores in town. Website http://www.zoomingo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Zoomingo Lands $1,300,000 New Funding”
Vyatta Obtains $12,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2208c4ea-b314-4f28-be4f-369df0215f2c&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Vyatta Mailing Address 1301 Shoreway Road Belmont, CA 94002 Company Description Vyatta is the ancient Sanskrit word meaning open, a fitting name for a company that was created to bring commercial-quality, open-source networking products to market. Open source has created a profound change in the market place, … Continue reading “Vyatta Obtains $12,000,000 New Round”
Salorix Lands $3,500,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb2aec16-7dff-4c55-846e-7efea26a838c&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Salorix Mailing Address 2855 Kifer Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Salorix, Inc. works with the world’s largest brands and agencies to simplify and scale social media engagement. Website http://www.salorix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The funding will … Continue reading “Salorix Lands $3,500,000 Series A Funding”
Minted Lands $5,500,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=87b7f5d7-31e2-401c-abab-8a983855a0cc&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Minted Mailing Address 300 Broadway San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description Minted is a global community of independent graphic designers and an online store that prints and sells the best of their designs in the form of paper goods. Website http://www.minted.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Minted Lands $5,500,000 Series B Funding”
LiveLeaf Bioscience Secures $2,597,537 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4648cf59-4986-4eac-a83d-cf969bafdc9b&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name LiveLeaf Bioscience Mailing Address 1200 Industrial Road 9B San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description After years of research, LiveLeaf has developed a deep understanding of this elusive cellular chemistry at the heart of plant immunity. Combining knowledge from several scientific fields LiveLeaf has developed the unique LiveXtract … Continue reading “LiveLeaf Bioscience Secures $2,597,537 New Funding Round”
BrightRoll Secures $30,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=464e8b05-e657-4202-9d74-dfee9d7f4366&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name BrightRoll Mailing Address 450 Sansome St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description BrightRoll helps major brands execute smart video ad campaigns across the industry’s leading publishers, including over half of top 250 websites in the United States. Website http://www.brightroll.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “BrightRoll Secures $30,000,000 Series D Round”
Boundary Lands $4,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b165bba-72dc-42d6-829c-0f68135a02aa&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Boundary Mailing Address 1475 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Boundary provides a real-time, SaaS-based solution for high-volume, high-resolution monitoring of cloud environments. Boundary is designed for organizations whose businesses depend on continuous, real-time operations. Website http://www.boundary.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Boundary Lands $4,000,000 Series A Funding”
Trippy Lands $1,750,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33c9a163-ba34-404e-b523-51c5bb52d31b&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Trippy Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Trippy is the first web and mobile app designed to let your friends plan your trip, helping you travel better. It’s a friend-sourced solution solving the long-standing problem of untrustworthy and irrelevant travel content. Website http://www.trippy.com Transaction … Continue reading “Trippy Lands $1,750,000 New Funding”
ThisMoment Secures $7,300,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a48f951-dd52-42fc-bd33-55d009d9c842&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name ThisMoment Mailing Address 424 15th St San Francisco, CA 94100 Company Description ThisMoment is a company focusing on the idea of “You over Time.” Our service allows people to capture – both as individuals and in collaboration with their family and friends – meaningful Moments in their … Continue reading “ThisMoment Secures $7,300,000 Series A Financing”
Clovis Oncology Lands $130,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd20c204-b49a-4983-aace-1915326081aa&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Clovis Oncology Mailing Address 2525 28th Street Boulder, CO 80301 Company Description Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents in the U.S., Europe and additional international markets. Website http://www.Clovisoncology.com Transaction Type IPO Transaction Amount $130,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Clovis Oncology Lands $130,000,000 New Financing”
NexGen Storage Garners $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7d90333-69d0-480a-87e1-2454990b4ac0&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name NexGen Storage Mailing Address 361 Centennial Parkway Louisville, CO 80027 Company Description NexGen Storage delivers the industry’s first SAN solutions with configurable, deterministic performance and Quality of Service (QoS) for virtual server environments. Website http://www.nexgenstorage.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “NexGen Storage Garners $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
Clovis Oncology Obtains $130,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd20c204-b49a-4983-aace-1915326081aa&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name Clovis Oncology Mailing Address 2525 28th Street Boulder, CO 80301 Company Description Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents in the U.S., Europe and additional international markets. Website http://www.Clovisoncology.com Transaction Type IPO Transaction Amount $130,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Clovis Oncology Obtains $130,000,000 New Financing Round”
WP Engine Receives $1,200,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bdc3a26-240c-4ef1-b6aa-3effff6ad072&Preview=1 Date 11/15/2011 Company Name WP Engine Mailing Address 701 Brazos St Austin, TX 78701 Company Description WPEngine offers a WordPress VIP-type experience for smaller-scale websites. The service includes top-notch support, one-click backups, optimization for speed and scalability, and security features that include automatic software upgrades. Website http://www.wpengine.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “WP Engine Receives $1,200,000 New Financing”
Geron Dumps Stem Cell R&D Programs, Axes 38% of Workforce
[Update: 3:35 pm PT] Geron, for better or worse, has been the poster child for embryonic stem cell therapies for a decade. And now with a new CEO at the helm, that’s all in the past. Menlo Park, CA-based Geron (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GERN]]) said today it is getting out of the business of developing stem cell … Continue reading “Geron Dumps Stem Cell R&D Programs, Axes 38% of Workforce”
2011 World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization and Co-Creation
The theme of the 2011 World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization and Co-Creation is “Bridging Mass Customization & Open Innovation.” Information here, registration here.
PopCap Survey: Social Gamers Warming Up to Digital Goods
As more people turn to social networks for a video game fix, they’re also getting friendlier with the idea of forking over real cash for in-game virtual currency and items, according to a study commissioned by Seattle’s PopCap Games—the recent Electronic Arts acquisition that’s providing a lot of fuel for EA’s transition into more online … Continue reading “PopCap Survey: Social Gamers Warming Up to Digital Goods”
Plug and Play Winter Expo
Plug and Play Tech Center writes with this event description: “Plug and Play Winter EXPO features Omid Kordestani and Ron Conway as speakers! Looking for innovation? You are invited to Plug and Play’s Winter EXPO on December 8th. Join us for an exclusive peek at emerging technologies, rapid-fire pitches, live demos and networking at Winter EXPO. … Continue reading “Plug and Play Winter Expo”
17 Months of Stories from Xconomy San Francisco
The first anniversary of Xconomy San Francisco, back in June, flew by so fast we didn’t have time to commemorate it. But today, November 14, it’s been 17 months to the day since we turned on San Francisco—the fifth city in our network of six hyperlocal sites. I thought I’d take the occasion to look … Continue reading “17 Months of Stories from Xconomy San Francisco”
Big Solar Project Advances, Perminova Raises $7M, Qualcomm Buys Charging Technology, & More San Diego BizTech News
A 48-percent uptick in new company formations, a funding deal, and two acquisitions made for an encouraging week in San Diego’s innovation economy. This is our roundup of tech sector news. —The California Public Utilities Commission approved five power purchase agreements that Soitec, the photovoltaic chip maker based Bernin, France, negotiated with San Diego Gas … Continue reading “Big Solar Project Advances, Perminova Raises $7M, Qualcomm Buys Charging Technology, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Genetics Institute Mementos: A Slide Show
Rummage through some of the memorabilia from Genetics Institute and a couple things become obvious right away. This was a company full of young, idealistic people that worked hard and knew how to have a good time. There’s the company softball jersey with “DNAces” stitched on the back. There’s a coffee mug that’s supposed to … Continue reading “Genetics Institute Mementos: A Slide Show”
AppBrick Is Out to Add Life To “Flat” E-Books with an Interactive Layer
Vijay Gaur sees the book going in the same direction that the mobile phone has. “We are converting a book into a platform,” says Gaur. “Your phone is becoming more powerful by applications. We are now applying that same concept to books.” That’s the idea behind his Medford, MA-based startup, AppBrick. The company, which graduated … Continue reading “AppBrick Is Out to Add Life To “Flat” E-Books with an Interactive Layer”
Hey, Where Is Everybody Going? The Flight from Healthcare Investing
If you are simply reading the paper or engaging in any random cocktail party conversation these days, it doesn’t take long before you are reading or talking about healthcare. Health and healthcare issues have been a dominant topic in the national media since the 2008 Presidential election and have been constantly in the news as … Continue reading “Hey, Where Is Everybody Going? The Flight from Healthcare Investing”