DFINE Obtains $25,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed432806-8219-42cb-b150-424954c499ed&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name DFINE Mailing Address 3047 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description The company develops electrosurgical systems for treating tissue. Website http://www.dfineinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The financing enables DFINE to make a greater investment in its launch of … Continue reading “DFINE Obtains $25,000,000 New Financing Round”

PunchTab Receives $4,400,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d936f3b-b529-44ed-ba07-617911d94158&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name PunchTab Mailing Address Undisclosed Redwood City, CA 94061 Company Description Using PunchTab publishers, retailers and application vendors can deploy a tightly integrated reward program to their users in minutes with no development or marketing costs. Consumers can immediately authenticate through popular social networks and start earning loyalty … Continue reading “PunchTab Receives $4,400,000 Series A Round”

VeloMedix Obtains $1,045,230 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7fab260-dfd8-46dd-868b-7c2e0890c648&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name VeloMedix Mailing Address 1445 Adams Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description VeloMedix, Inc. is a therapeutic hypothermia company that safely cools much more rapidly than competitive technologies. Website http://www.velomedix.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,045,230 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “VeloMedix Obtains $1,045,230 New Round”

Quantenna Communications Obtains New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=44d769d6-a734-4b1a-8fff-a906a9d3e7c0&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name Quantenna Communications Mailing Address 3450 W Warren Ave Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Quantenna Communications Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next generation MIMO based wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Website http://www.quantenna.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “Quantenna Communications Obtains New Round”

Lenco Acquires iLoop Mobile for $42,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc5c9c11-042d-4375-b97b-d0916e51f2e6&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name iLoop Mobile Mailing Address 25 Metro Drive San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Loop Mobile is the leader in mobile services and technology for interactive mobile marketing, mobile advertising and mobile content distribution. The company’s patent-pending mFinity platform makes it fast and easy for brands, marketing agencies, … Continue reading “Lenco Acquires iLoop Mobile for $42,000,000”

X-Body Secures $3,545,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0961d8df-7373-4e43-a171-0924cbbc48b5&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name X-Body Mailing Address 100 Beaver Street Waltham, MA 02453 Company Description The company’s mission is to apply its innovative capabilities to the discovery of human antibodies against high-value therapeutic targets. X-BODY has entered into a number of alliances with other corporations to generate antibody therapeutic candidates. Website … Continue reading “X-Body Secures $3,545,000 New Financing”

Mention Mobile Garners $250,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0a21305-2711-4ff3-ae21-47345cc04508&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name Mention Mobile Mailing Address 7223 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 Company Description Mention Mobile is a young innovative development company that specializes in incorporating real friends into casual social games on facebook & mobile devices. Website http://www.mentionmobile.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Mention Mobile Garners $250,000 New Financing Round”

Comprehend Systems Garners $1,200,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae2a7adc-1a01-4133-83ca-1777f3d65c61&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name Comprehend Systems Mailing Address 235 Alma Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Our mission is to create tools that help understand, explore, and analyze data across multiple, disparate datasources. Our first product, Comprehend Clinical, ultimately improves and accelerates clinical trials to help bring new, safer treatments … Continue reading “Comprehend Systems Garners $1,200,000 Seed Round”

SoundTracking Garners $4,750,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0af25aac-3753-4291-a55b-322def2236d2&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name SoundTracking Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description With almost a million users and six million songs shared daily, Schematic Labs’ social music sharing app SoundTracking. Website http://www.soundtracking.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,750,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes SoundTracking co-founder Steve Jang … Continue reading “SoundTracking Garners $4,750,000 Series A Round”

Bitzer Mobile Secures $4,750,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88e7be29-b45f-4ebf-ae3e-4f606830fec6&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name Bitzer Mobile Mailing Address 440 N Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Bitzer provides a platform that allows IT personnel to mobilize existing enterprise applications very rapidly. They can do that securely by consolidating all enterprise data inside a secure container that is completely under their … Continue reading “Bitzer Mobile Secures $4,750,000 Series A Financing Round”

Cherry Receives $750,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7d7d5b3-1b99-4335-a9b3-e6e396ef482f&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name Cherry Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Cherry is the carwash that comes to you. Park anywhere, check in online, and we’ll wash your car right where you left it. $29 per wash, tip’s included. Website http://www.cherry.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $750,000 … Continue reading “Cherry Receives $750,000 Seed Round”

Intent Media Lands $20,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f26457ac-a9ea-4d99-95f2-80b6af8823a5&Preview=1 Date 11/8/2011 Company Name Intent Media Mailing Address 180 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 Company Description Intent Media is a online advertising startup launched by the founding team of Site59. Website http://www.intentmedia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Intent Media will use the … Continue reading “Intent Media Lands $20,000,000 Series B Financing”

Drug Development—Industry Knowledge for the Non-Scientist

BayBio presents one-day class delivering an overview of the discovery, development, and regulatory processes for bringing a new drug to market. Participants will learn about the business and scientific decisions involved in moving a product forward from basic research into preclinical and clinical trials, as well as a detailed consideration of the regulatory requirements of … Continue reading “Drug Development—Industry Knowledge for the Non-Scientist”

Get Launched!

Wayne State University’s Blackstone LaunchPad hosts this student business-plan competition where entrepreneurs compete for $5,000 in prizes. Josh Linkner, CEO and founder of Detroit Venture Partners, will deliver the keynote address. The event is free and open to the public. For details and registration, click here.

Could Detroit Become the Silicon Valley of Social Entrepreneurship?

The first rule of starting any entrepreneurial venture is: Find a problem that needs solving. Detroit, as we all know, has some big social problems: poverty; crime; homelessness; abysmal literacy rates; rampant unemployment. It should hardly be a surprise, then, that a motivated young class of social entrepreneurs has sprung up in the city, and … Continue reading “Could Detroit Become the Silicon Valley of Social Entrepreneurship?”

The Stroke Prevention War is On: FDA Approves J&J/Bayer Contender

Late Friday, the FDA approved rivaroxaban (Xarelto), a blood-thinning drug made by New Brunswick, NJ-based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: [[ticker:JNJ]]) and Bayer. The approval came just two months after an advisory panel to the FDA posted a negative review of the drug, which suggested the companies should have to perform new trials to gain approval … Continue reading “The Stroke Prevention War is On: FDA Approves J&J/Bayer Contender”

Startup Weekend New York City

During this 54-hour event, budding entrepreneurs will work with people of different skillsets to build a web or mobile application that can form the basis of a credible business.Mentors include Matt Healey of Foursquare, McAdory Lipscomb Jr. of CEOCoach.net, and Emma Persky of Hashable. Register here.

MindShift Acquired by Best Buy as Retailer Expands IT Services

Best Buy is looking to a local IT services firm to spruce up its business, announcing today that it is acquiring Waltham, MA-based MindShift Technologies for $167 million. The deal gives Best Buy (NYSE: [[ticker:BBY]]) more power behind its services offering as the company faces competition in its retail operation from online sources like Amazon. … Continue reading “MindShift Acquired by Best Buy as Retailer Expands IT Services”

Ustream, Coraid, Gogobot: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers

Time to round up the latest local funding and deals numbers. Some of this is catch-up from last week. $500 million—The amount of a planned secondary stock offering by Mountain View, CA-based professional networking service LinkedIn (NYSE: [[ticker:LNKD]]), according to a November 3 regulatory filing. The company’s principal shareholders include LinkedIn founder and CEO Reid … Continue reading “Ustream, Coraid, Gogobot: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”

San Diego BizTech Roundup: Battelle, QuickPlay Come to Town, Qualcomm Growth Continues

There were some interesting portents of things to come in San Diego’s emerging cleantech sector last week. Here is our Monday morning roundup of the news you need to know. —Battelle’s Bhima Vijayendran told me he’s on the lookout for new business opportunities with local San Diego companies, as both an R&D partner and as … Continue reading “San Diego BizTech Roundup: Battelle, QuickPlay Come to Town, Qualcomm Growth Continues”

Hark Sounds Off: 1 Billion Listens, and a Quietly Profitable Company

Updated 11/11 with clarification What does 1 billion sound like? At Seattle startup Hark, it’s this clip of Harry Potter deploying the “expelliarmus” spell to disarm an enemy. Expelliarmus! That little incantation marked the 1 billionth play of a sound bite on Hark, which has amassed a huge catalog of snippets, speeches, and quotes on … Continue reading “Hark Sounds Off: 1 Billion Listens, and a Quietly Profitable Company”

Ariad’s Second Cancer Drug Found Safer Than Expected in Early Review of Key Study

Ariad Pharmaceuticals CEO Harvey Berger has been fielding questions from investors for months about how much toxicity his company’s experimental cancer drug might be causing to the pancreas. The final verdict isn’t in yet, but an interim analysis being released today suggests the drug is safer than most thought it would be. The preliminary results … Continue reading “Ariad’s Second Cancer Drug Found Safer Than Expected in Early Review of Key Study”

NPS Charts Positive Results on Parathyroid Drug

NPS Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NPSP]]) wild week continues today with the release of Phase 3 trial results on NPSP558, its experimental drug to treat hypoparathyroidism, a rare endocrine disorder characterized by insufficient levels of parathyroid hormone. The study shows that in 53 percent of patients, the drug achieved its treatment endpoint, namely that patients were able to halve … Continue reading “NPS Charts Positive Results on Parathyroid Drug”

NanoString Grabs $20M From GE, Former Genzyme CEO to Pursue Molecular Diagnostics

NanoString Technologies has pulled in another $20 million to capitalize on its genetic analysis instrument for researchers, and to pursue the lofty goal of creating a workhorse diagnostic tool that enables more personalized medicines. The Seattle-based company is announcing today it has raised $20 million in its Series D venture financing, which includes new investors … Continue reading “NanoString Grabs $20M From GE, Former Genzyme CEO to Pursue Molecular Diagnostics”

TechStars Honchos David Cohen & Andy Sack: The Post-Demo Day Download

If you want a glimpse at the leading edge of tech startups, TechStars Demo Day is a fine place to go prospecting. In just 60 minutes of total pitch time, you’ve got a damn good idea of the industries, customers, ideas, and technologies that top entrepreneurs and investors think are ripe for innovation. And the … Continue reading “TechStars Honchos David Cohen & Andy Sack: The Post-Demo Day Download”

Former DoubleClick CEO Takes the Reins at Benchmark Capital-Backed 1stdibs

David Rosenblatt has taken a seat in the chief executive’s office again, this time at online luxury marketplace 1stdibs in New York. Rosenblatt, former CEO of DoubleClick, was appointed CEO of 1stdibs on Nov. 3 in conjunction with an undisclosed investment from Benchmark Capital. Rosenblatt says this is 1stdibs’s first outside funding since its founding … Continue reading “Former DoubleClick CEO Takes the Reins at Benchmark Capital-Backed 1stdibs”

XL Hybrids, With New D.I.Y. Approach, Gears Up to Go Beyond Vehicle Retrofits

If you want something done right, the old saying goes, do it yourself. That’s exactly what XL Hybrids, a Boston-based transportation tech startup, is up to these days. Despite a thin layer of gloom that pervades much of the cleantech industry, XL Hybrids is advancing in its quest to make commercial vans and trucks greener … Continue reading “XL Hybrids, With New D.I.Y. Approach, Gears Up to Go Beyond Vehicle Retrofits”

Groupon: The IPO With More Sizzle, and Money, Than the Entire Biotech IPO Class of 2011

Groupon raked in so much cash through its initial public offering last week that it could buy the entire class of life sciences companies that have gone public in 2011. For those of you who aren’t following the Groupon melodrama, the Chicago-based online daily deals site raised $700 million last week in its IPO after … Continue reading “Groupon: The IPO With More Sizzle, and Money, Than the Entire Biotech IPO Class of 2011”

Best Buy Co. Acquires mindSHIFT Technologies for $167,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0c88145f-c27b-44ec-9205-6c3922dd43ec&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name mindSHIFT Technologies Mailing Address 309 Waverley Oaks Rd. Waltham, MA 02452 Company Description mindSHIFT is a leading Managed Services Provider (MSP) offering both managed services and professional services to small- and medium-sized businesses. Website http://www.mindshift.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $167,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms … Continue reading “Best Buy Co. Acquires mindSHIFT Technologies for $167,000,000”

Urban Airship Garners $15,100,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd3d3870-d8a4-43a2-a844-5473345d223e&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name Urban Airship Mailing Address 334 NW 11th Ave Portland, OR 97209 Company Description Urban Airship provides an easy, affordable way to deliver real-time push notifications and in-app purchase content for mobile developers. Website http://www.urbanairship.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,100,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Urban Airship Garners $15,100,000 Series C Financing”

NanoString Technologies Obtains $20,000,000 Series D Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=84c5cb27-07b3-4cb4-964b-f233640ca18f&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name NanoString Technologies Mailing Address 530 Fairview Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 Company Description NanoString Technologies is developing a patent pending platform for single molecule identification and digital quantification. The NanoString system uniquely barcodes individual target molecules, scans them, and delivers a literal inventory of target molecules in … Continue reading “NanoString Technologies Obtains $20,000,000 Series D Funding”

iTherx Pharmaceuticals Obtains $3,173,595 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4a345e3-864a-4d1a-aa7f-f67e33cb3b9c&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name iTherx Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 14090 Caminito Vistana San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description iTherX is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for Hepatitis C. This is a disease that affects almost 3% of the world’s population, and is the … Continue reading “iTherx Pharmaceuticals Obtains $3,173,595 New Funding Round”

Oclaro Lands $2,758,328 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2f51f1f-d22a-4b6c-be7b-7f9f0cf8d882&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name Oclaro Mailing Address 2560 Junction Ave. San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Oclaro, with headquarters in San Jose, California, is a Tier 1 provider of innovative optical and laser components and solutions for a broad range of diverse markets, including telecommunications, industrial, consumer electronics, medical and scientific … Continue reading “Oclaro Lands $2,758,328 New Round”

enStratus Secures $3,500,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef133922-0edd-4bcd-ac7f-340814bc7e1f&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name enStratus Mailing Address 1201 Marquette Ave Minneapolis, MN 55403 Company Description enStratus is a cloud infrastructure management solution for deploying and managing enterprise-class applications in public, private and hybrid clouds. enStratus has a multi-cloud architecture that provides security, reliability and cloud independence. Website http://www.enstratus.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “enStratus Secures $3,500,000 Series A Funding”

Milk Garners New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aff5bdd7-7e96-4ea4-b933-976ea4cafbf1&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name Milk Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company develops mobile applications. Website http://www.milkinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Google Ventures

Own Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=818e5268-bfa7-47fe-98cf-de645de0adab&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name Own Mailing Address 1 Market Street Steuart Tower San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We enable businesses to interact intimately with their most important assets — their people. That is why we make the world’s first social point of sale, Own. Website http://www.ownpointofsale.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Own Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding”

Cloudera Lands $40,000,000 Series D Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5af82b83-c001-4b7e-aae3-ded1a9608582&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name Cloudera Mailing Address 210 Portage Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Cloudera was founded to provide enterprise-level support to users of Apache Hadoop. Our founding team has deep expertise in commercial use of open source software and Hadoop. Website http://www.cloudera.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Cloudera Lands $40,000,000 Series D Funding Round”

iVerse Media Obtains $4,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9b51730f-bbe0-47c7-bd2f-5357367d02dd&Preview=1 Date 11/7/2011 Company Name iVerse Media Mailing Address 220 S. 2nd Street Waco, TX 76701 Company Description iVerse Media, LLC is a digital content distributor for mobile platforms. Established in 2008, iVerse has quickly emerged as an innovator and leader in the mobile publishing field specializing in digital comic books. Website … Continue reading “iVerse Media Obtains $4,000,000 New Round”

How to Secure a Government Contract

Sharon Richards Truvillion, owner of Truvillion Trucking, is the first African-American woman in Detroit to manage aggregate hauling and mass excavation on major construction projects in city, including Ford Field, the McNamara Terminal, and the Compuware headquarters. She’ll discuss how to cut through the red tape to secure government contracts. For more information, click here.

Entrepreneur’s Forum

Automation Alley hosts this free event where up-and-coming tech startups pitch their business plans. Their presentations are then critiqued by attending investors, business professionals, and venture capitalists. For registration and details, click here.

Intro to Market Research

Novice entrepreneurs in the pre-launch stage of development are the target audience for this workshop led by TechTown mentor and business expert Wendy Richardson. Admission is $10 per person and open to the public. To learn more, click here.

Entrepreneurial Leadership Workshop

TechTown, the business incubator located on the campus of Wayne State University, hosts this workshop where leadership coach Richard Gibson will discuss the top 10 factors of the successful entrepreneur. Admission is $10 per person and is open to the public. For more information, click here.

QuickPlay Media Takes Over Network Control Center from Qualcomm’s Flo TV

[Clarification 11/5/11, 11:10 am. See below.] Toronto’s QuickPlay Media says its goal is to stream video to any IP-connected device on behalf of any media network or wireless carrier. To accomplish this, the Canadian startup founded almost eight years ago has raised about $42 million in venture capital, and established several offices in the United … Continue reading “QuickPlay Media Takes Over Network Control Center from Qualcomm’s Flo TV”

AMAG Shares Zoom on CEO Departure and Re-Org Plans

Today, during its third-quarter earnings announcement, Lexington, MA-based AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMAG]]) announced the departure of its CEO, Brian Pereira, and a restructuring plan designed to decrease its operating expenses. Wall Street applauded, pushing the embattled company’s shares up 18 percent to $16.21.The news came just a couple of weeks after shareholders voted down Amag’s plan to … Continue reading “AMAG Shares Zoom on CEO Departure and Re-Org Plans”

This Week’s Xconomy Report on WGBH: Zuckerberg’s Change of Heart, IDing Adults Online, Vocal Cord Repair, and Verastem IPO

Xconomy and the folks at WGBH (Bob Seay, to be precise) are at it again: bringing you the latest and greatest in news from Boston’s innovation community. The Xconomy Report airs every Friday morning at 7:49am on 89.7 FM. To find out about the project that both The Who’s Roger Daltrey and actress Julie Andrews … Continue reading “This Week’s Xconomy Report on WGBH: Zuckerberg’s Change of Heart, IDing Adults Online, Vocal Cord Repair, and Verastem IPO”

Top 3 Takeaways From Our Twitter Chat With Appature’s Kabir Shahani

In advance of his appearance at Xconomy’s “6×6: Six Cities, Six Big Tech Ideas” conference on Dec. 1 in Boston, I did a live tweet chat with Kabir Shahani, the co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based Appature, yesterday. Thanks to all who tuned in and sent us their thoughts; we had a great audience. Appature is … Continue reading “Top 3 Takeaways From Our Twitter Chat With Appature’s Kabir Shahani”

The Rise of CIS (copper, indium, selenium)

The Silicon Valley Photovoltaics Society presents an evening seminar with Greg Ashely of Solar Frontier North America. From the event description: “Solar power is the best option available at the utility scale and as distributed generation, however, we can’t replace one environmental risk (carbon emissions) with another (toxic materials). Recognizing that green energy production must … Continue reading “The Rise of CIS (copper, indium, selenium)”