The increased need for technology-driven, home-based healthcare services is accelerating faster than innovation can keep up. And in the fast-paced world of high-tech start-ups, recognizing the many “blind sides” of taking your product to market is paramount in maintaining the proper speed as you build a business. If focus equals getting from point A to … Continue reading “San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum: A Case Study on Independa and the Multiple Dimensions of Focus”
Pathway Medical’s Future in Seattle Uncertain as Bayer’s Medrad Lets Lease Option Expire
Pathway Medical Technologies, the Kirkland, WA-based medical device company acquired in August for $125 million by Bayer’s Medrad unit, is sending signs that it may soon be leaving the Northwest. Pathway currently has a lease on a 50,000 square foot facility, with room for its 170 employees, in Kirkland. Pathway’s lease on the building extends … Continue reading “Pathway Medical’s Future in Seattle Uncertain as Bayer’s Medrad Lets Lease Option Expire”
University of Michigan Awards $34K in Grants, Business Accelerator Space
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced the recipients of the Fall 2011 Dare to Dream grant program and TechArb tenancy. Based on business plans submitted to a panel of judges, Dare to Dream awarded funding totaling $34,500 to the … Continue reading “University of Michigan Awards $34K in Grants, Business Accelerator Space”
Cloud Identity Summit
Ping Identity and Google host this afternoon conference on the future of cloud security. Speakers include Nishant Kaushik, chief architect at Identropy, Donald Murphy, identity architect at M&T Bank, and Eric Sachs, product manager, security and CIO at Google. Register here.
SNS Predictions Dinner
Join Stategic News Service for an evening of dining and discussion with Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy & Agricultural Affairs. The event will also feature Mark Anderson, CEO of Strategic News Service, speaking on the economic landscape and technology predictions for 2012. Register here.
Tech Tidbits: Black Duck, Care.com, and TwinStrata Raise Funds
Some sizable tech company financings announced in the past day or so. These are mid-stage or growth-stage companies, not early-stage startups: —TwinStrata, a Natick, MA-based data storage and backup company, closed its Series B round at $8 million, led by Avalon Ventures. Xconomy reported on this round in progress back in August. TwinStrata is led … Continue reading “Tech Tidbits: Black Duck, Care.com, and TwinStrata Raise Funds”
Yammer is Not Just Facebook for Enterprises: A Deep Dive with CEO David Sacks
It took enterprise social networking startup Yammer 18 months to gain its first million users, nine months to add its second million, and only six months to add its third million. At that rate of increase, according to my calculations, the startup will have 20 million users by late 2012, and 7 billion by 2014. … Continue reading “Yammer is Not Just Facebook for Enterprises: A Deep Dive with CEO David Sacks”
Clovr Changes Name to Linkable Networks, Nabs Investment from Citi Ventures to Push Card-Linked Offers
Less than a year after announcing its seed financing, Boston-based Clovr Media is changing its name to Linkable Networks and is adding another big-name investor to its roster. The digital media startup is announcing today that it has received an undisclosed investment from Palo Alto, CA- and Shanghai-based Citi Ventures, a unit of Citigroup. As … Continue reading “Clovr Changes Name to Linkable Networks, Nabs Investment from Citi Ventures to Push Card-Linked Offers”
Join Xconomy Tonight for New York Life Sciences 2031
What is the 20-year outlook for the life sciences industry in New York City? That’s the topic of our first public event in NYC: Life Sciences 2031. We have a great panel of experts from across the industry lined up for what’s sure to be a lively discussion. They are: Barbara Dalton, VP of venture … Continue reading “Join Xconomy Tonight for New York Life Sciences 2031”
Patricia Beckmann, Co-Inventor of Enbrel, to Join “The Immunex Impact” Dec. 1
Patricia Beckmann has covered lots of bases in biotech—science, venture capital, entrepreneurship, and state officialdom. But once an Immunoid, always an Immunoid. So I’m excited to have her join Xconomy as one of the speakers at our next big Seattle life sciences event, “The Immunex Impact,” on Dec. 1. For those who may have lost … Continue reading “Patricia Beckmann, Co-Inventor of Enbrel, to Join “The Immunex Impact” Dec. 1″
Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Advisory Council on Technology at NY Tech Meetup
Tuesday night’s NY Tech Meetup took on a new spin when a special guest took the stage. Though it was interesting to spot David Tisch of TechStars in the audience, what was most notable was that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spoke at the monthly gathering of local technology entrepreneurs and innovators for the first time … Continue reading “Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Advisory Council on Technology at NY Tech Meetup”
MassChallenge Matures: Breaking Down the Final 26 Startups & Their Accelerator Experience
[Updated 10/14/11. See below] And then there were 26. Startup teams competing for $1 million in cash prizes, that is. Welcome to the final stage of MassChallenge 2011. MassChallenge, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a Boston-based startup accelerator program now in its second year. It may very well be the world’s largest incubator of … Continue reading “MassChallenge Matures: Breaking Down the Final 26 Startups & Their Accelerator Experience”
San Diego’s Economic Engine Boosted by High-Tech Jobs, Wages
San Diego’s high-tech sectors did not escape unscathed from the great recession of 2007-2009, but a new study says local technology industries have had a disproportionate effect in boosting the regional economy in recent years. Using state employment data, the study released yesterday by the National University System Institute for Policy Research counted just over … Continue reading “San Diego’s Economic Engine Boosted by High-Tech Jobs, Wages”
Amgen Mulls R&D Cuts, Thong Le Named WBBA Chairman, NanoString’s Version 2.0, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
The Seattle biotech community got an energetic new leader this week, but there was also some more grim news about budget cuts coming at one of the biggest local life sciences employers. —Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]), the Thousand Oaks, CA-based biotech giant, is looking to “improve focus” and “re-allocate resources” in its $2.9 billion R&D budget, … Continue reading “Amgen Mulls R&D Cuts, Thong Le Named WBBA Chairman, NanoString’s Version 2.0, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Sequenom Plans $19M Lab in North Carolina, Illumina Shares Plunge, PatientSafe Advances Device, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
It was a full and busy week for life sciences news in San Diego, with interesting advances in wireless health and a variety of deals. I’m planning at least one more report from the Wireless Health 2011 Conference, but in the meantime, here’s everything else. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Burdue said yesterday that San Diego-based … Continue reading “Sequenom Plans $19M Lab in North Carolina, Illumina Shares Plunge, PatientSafe Advances Device, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Boston Xconomists and Area Innovators Gather for Special Xconomy Event: The Photos
As you may or may not know, it’s not just Xconomy’s staff editors who are powering our website with thoughtful reflections on the happenings in each of our city’s high-tech and innovation communities. We have more or less a dream team of innovators in each city who write for our Xconomist Forum, submitting posts on … Continue reading “Boston Xconomists and Area Innovators Gather for Special Xconomy Event: The Photos”
VC Keeps up Hot Pace, 2011 Could Mark 10-Year Peak, CB Insights Says
Market meltdowns, international turmoil, stubborn unemployment—none of the lingering macro-economic troubles seem to be holding back the momentum for venture investing in 2011, according to a report on third-quarter investments from research firm CB Insights. The latest tally from the firm’s venture capital database shows venture investments reaching $7.9 billion in the quarter across 790 … Continue reading “VC Keeps up Hot Pace, 2011 Could Mark 10-Year Peak, CB Insights Says”
TwinStrata Receives $8,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fe9f57a2-35d5-42a2-8681-13470d36880d&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name TwinStrata Mailing Address 24 Prime Pkwy. Natick, MA 01760 Company Description To help companies address the challenges related to protecting and managing the growth of business application data, TwinStrata is delivering on its vision for intelligent storage clouds (ISC) solutions. ISC focus on key business needs for … Continue reading “TwinStrata Receives $8,000,000 Series B Funding”
BIND Biosciences Garners $4,750,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb5144e9-25fb-4c66-8ce6-fc25439b96c3&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name BIND Biosciences Mailing Address 64 Sidney Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description BIND Biosciences, Inc. is a venture backed biopharmaceutical company focused on engineering targeted therapeutics. BIND’s technology was developed by world class laboratories at MIT and Harvard. Website http://www.bindbio.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,750,000 Transaction … Continue reading “BIND Biosciences Garners $4,750,000 New Funding Round”
InEnTec Receives $22,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=729ee286-7fe6-462d-86b2-d2c9c2203ada&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name InEnTec Mailing Address 595 SW Bluff Drive Bend, OR 97702 Company Description InEnTec’s technology, called the Plasma Enhanced Melter or PEM, uses the power of plasma to break materials apart into their elemental components (such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen) and then transform those elements into synthesis … Continue reading “InEnTec Receives $22,000,000 New Funding Round”
Ebyline Garners $5,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91cbc434-a01d-4afd-9f78-a4a6d43fc4cf&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Ebyline Mailing Address 15250 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Company Description Ebyline is a Los Angeles-based startup, founded in August 2009 on the concept that a marketplace for buying and selling quality news can help publishers maintain their mission of distributing high-quality content while also reaching … Continue reading “Ebyline Garners $5,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Idle Games Secures $14,590,645 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f60e3642-a91a-43be-adf5-98be8b3a5d45&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Idle Games Mailing Address 180 Sansome St. 16 Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Idle Games is creating the next generation of social games. Casual yet social, massively multi-player games tailor-made for the social networks and their audience Website http://www.idle-games.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Idle Games Secures $14,590,645 New Funding Round”
Knewton Secures $33,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=60d0de8c-d03d-4f18-8ad9-119440c3edd5&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Knewton Mailing Address 19 Union Sq. W. New York, NY 10003 Company Description Knewton has developed the industry’s most powerful adaptive learning engine, customizing educational content to meet the needs of each student. Whereas traditional classrooms and textbooks provide the same material to every student, Knewton dynamically … Continue reading “Knewton Secures $33,000,000 Series D Round”
Stylesight Obtains $3,052,497 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb40f272-6d14-4b2c-ab05-a7d8afea45e3&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Stylesight Mailing Address 25 West 39th Street 14th Floor New York, NY 10018 Company Description Stylesight is a team of seasoned and accomplished industry insiders whose extensive careers traverse the fields of fashion design, trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, merchandising and apparel manufacturing. We understand the business of … Continue reading “Stylesight Obtains $3,052,497 New Financing”
Pinkdingo Lands $1,400,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1549472-79aa-4225-85be-6521bcf499fc&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Pinkdingo Mailing Address 11 Rowayton Avenue Second Floor Norwallk, CT 06853 Company Description Pinkdingo is a young startup looking to breathe new life into the charity space by helping nonprofits to better retain their donors. Website http://www.pinkdingo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,400,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “Pinkdingo Lands $1,400,000 Seed Funding Round”
Wayin Garners New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3d26273f-e902-48c2-a396-01783341eebb&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Wayin Mailing Address 1534 Plaza Lane Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description Wayin is a unique mobile engagement service connecting users and enterprise partners anywhere, anytime. Wayin offers a new, fun, entertaining way for both users and enterprise partners to post photos, ask questions, play live games, share … Continue reading “Wayin Garners New Financing”
Lemon.com Obtains $10,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f9e90ce-d7d6-4483-a0cb-2dc16f0e58ad&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Lemon.com Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description With Lemon, you can organize all of your receipts, paper and digital, and squeeze out the useful information from them. Website http://www.lemon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Lemon.com Obtains $10,000,000 New Financing Round”
Social Finance Lands $2,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e616e17-e341-45c5-94dd-9f5438a90297&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Social Finance Mailing Address 220 Halleck Street San Francisco, CA 94129 Company Description Social Finance (SoFi) was founded in early 2011 by a team of Stanford GSB alumni who recognized that the current practices of student lending had become impractical in the face of a changing world … Continue reading “Social Finance Lands $2,000,000 New Financing”
Movable Ink Obtains $1,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd854dc4-fc5a-4619-a70d-02e25407919c&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Movable Ink Mailing Address 902 Broadway 4th Floor New York, NY 10010 Company Description Movable Ink creates a live container that can live inside emails, letting companies share current and relevant information from their websites with users based on time, location, social context and what kind of … Continue reading “Movable Ink Obtains $1,300,000 New Funding”
Onepager Receives $350,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b8976a6-50a9-4569-a7f6-a844e5604197&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Onepager Mailing Address 154 Grand St New York, NY 10013 Company Description Onepager is the easiest way for small business owners to setup a professional looking website in minutes. Website http://www.onepagerapp.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $350,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Onepager Receives $350,000 Seed Financing”
SecondMarket Cocktail & Conversation: Identifying and Retaining Talent
As companies face unprecedented demographic, economic and competitive challenges, recruitment and retention remains a top concern. These challenges are even more pronounced for today’s startup companies on the front lines of the talent wars. On November 9th, SecondMarket is hosting a Cocktails & Conversations event, which will focus on “Identifying & Retaining Talent.” The event will … Continue reading “SecondMarket Cocktail & Conversation: Identifying and Retaining Talent”
Detroit Startup iRule Wants to Control Your Universe
About three years ago, two buddies who worked together at an automotive company were fed up with paying thousands of dollars for the universal remote controls required to manage their home theaters. Itai Ben-Gal, an engineer, lamented to Victor Nemirovsky, a computer programmer, that he wished he could just use his iPhone to control his … Continue reading “Detroit Startup iRule Wants to Control Your Universe”
Amgen Looking to Improve Focus and “Re-allocate Resources” for R&D, Say More Oct. 24
Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company, just sent a signal to its staff that cuts could be coming soon to its R&D operations. Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) is based in Thousand Oaks, CA, and has R&D operations in Seattle, South San Francisco, and Cambridge, MA. News of potential cuts to Amgen’s R&D operations were reported earlier … Continue reading “Amgen Looking to Improve Focus and “Re-allocate Resources” for R&D, Say More Oct. 24″
NanoString Rolls Out Souped-Up DNA Analysis Instrument at Genetics Confab
[Update: 7:45 am Pacific 10/13] NanoString Technologies has spent much of the last year talking about its foray into diagnostic applications for its basic genetic analysis tool, but today it’s talking to researchers simply about getting some more oomph out of the machine. Seattle-based NanoString said today, in an announcement at the International Congress of … Continue reading “NanoString Rolls Out Souped-Up DNA Analysis Instrument at Genetics Confab”
Next-Generation Sequencing and the Looming Era of the $1,000 Genome
From academia to industry and from popular press to Wall Street, the amount of attention and coverage devoted to new sequencing technologies is unprecedented. But in a world of real research, clinical and diagnostic needs—and real, pressing deadlines—how can your organization actually take advantage of sequencing today? Biocom has organized a panel discussion to explore … Continue reading “Next-Generation Sequencing and the Looming Era of the $1,000 Genome”
Box, Qumu, Zenprise: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers
Time for our occasional data-driven roundup of local business and technology news. From biggest to smallest: $81 million—A Series D expansion round formally announced yesterday for Box.net, the Palo Alto, CA-based enterprise document sharing startup. The round involved new investors Salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz … Continue reading “Box, Qumu, Zenprise: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers”
Pfizer, deCode Genetics Strike Deal To Look For New Lupus Drug Targets
Companies like Pfizer that constantly need to develop new drugs never got much return on the investment in genomics a decade ago. But Pfizer is showing some renewed interest in genomics through a partnership being announced today with deCODE Genetics, the Iceland-based genomics company. deCODE, a 15-year-old operation which Arch Venture Partners and Polaris Venture … Continue reading “Pfizer, deCode Genetics Strike Deal To Look For New Lupus Drug Targets”
Overland Set to Ring Turnaround Bell with Disruptive Technology at a Disruptive Price
With yesterday’s introduction of a new line of data storage products, San Diego’s Overland Data (NASDAQ: [[ticker:OVRL]]) has set out to make a name for itself in the same high-tech market where it has been operating for the past 31 years. Since it began making IBM-compatible 9-track tape drives in 1980, Overland Storage has been … Continue reading “Overland Set to Ring Turnaround Bell with Disruptive Technology at a Disruptive Price”
Incubator Payoff? TechStars, 500 Startups Alums Among the Tech Deals in the Last Week
We caught a fresh wave of tech startup financings, from companies working on improving e-mail, shopping, wellness, video surveillance, and enterprise computing. Here’s a quick rundown: —Boston-based HelpScout, developers of software for managing group collaboration across a single e-mail address, announced the closing of its $435,000 equity round. The TechStars Boston graduate told me when … Continue reading “Incubator Payoff? TechStars, 500 Startups Alums Among the Tech Deals in the Last Week”
How Will Your Doctor Use Your Genome? Ask Our Panel Oct. 24
When you can sequence an entire human genome for less than $5,000, and the price is diving fast to $1,000, what kinds of questions will your doctor be able to ask about you? Once all the DNA sequences get generated, and software companies start figuring out better ways to analyze/interpret/visualize all the data, then the … Continue reading “How Will Your Doctor Use Your Genome? Ask Our Panel Oct. 24”
Integrating Social Media with Your Business Strategies
Janet Tyler, president of Airfoil Public Relations, will describe 10 ways that companies incorporate social media into their business strategies to gain new corporate customers, strengthen and broaden existing customer relationships, and bolster their reputations in their industry. Microsoft Senior Public Relations Manager Amy Messano will detail how Microsoft used social media to grow and … Continue reading “Integrating Social Media with Your Business Strategies”
Sales Mastery From the Top Down
Denise Roberts of SalesPartners Troy will discuss mindset, behaviors, and creating an environment where team members hold themselves accountable for their commitments and support each other in reaching an organization’s goals
Onyx Gets $160M in Settlement With Bayer for Cancer Drug, Royalty Stream on Next Treatment
Onyx Pharmaceuticals has snapped up a $160 million upfront payment as part of a legal settlement with Bayer, its longtime partner. South San Francisco-based Onyx (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]) said today it has restructured its partnership with Bayer for the marketing of their existing drug sorafenib (Nexavar) for kidney and liver cancers, while striking a new agreement … Continue reading “Onyx Gets $160M in Settlement With Bayer for Cancer Drug, Royalty Stream on Next Treatment”
LocalResponse Raises $5M for Social Marketing Platform
New York-based LocalResponse announced that it has closed a $5 million funding round from Cava Capital, Vodafone Ventures, Advancit Capital, and Progress Ventures, with participation from previous investors. LocalResponse makes tools that allow companies to detect when people are “checking in” to places where their products are sold—so they can offer them coupons and the … Continue reading “LocalResponse Raises $5M for Social Marketing Platform”
OvaScience Uses Stem Cells to Revive Fertility
Boston-based OvaScience is emerging from stealth mode with a technology designed to improve in vitro fertilization by rejuvenating tired eggs. Yesterday the company unveiled its technique, which is based on technology it licensed from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. OvaScience co-founder Jonathan Tilly—director of the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology at MGH—will talk … Continue reading “OvaScience Uses Stem Cells to Revive Fertility”
Checking In from the Meebo Bar: A Social Startup’s Latest Big Swing at Bat
“Meebo has a culture of doing what we call ‘big swings at bat’ every 12 to 18 months,” Seth Sternberg is saying. “We try something new, a hard project that’s highly innovative. And either it’s going to flame out wildly, or succeed wildly. If it works, great. If not, oh well, it was an experiment. … Continue reading “Checking In from the Meebo Bar: A Social Startup’s Latest Big Swing at Bat”
Wanderfly’s Technology Feeds Wanderlust on The New York Times’ Travel Pages
For vacationers who are unsure of where to go for their next trip, New York’s Wanderfly is bringing its recommendation technology to a broad audience of travelers. Last Wednesday, technology from Wanderfly began running on some 1,000 travel pages hosted by The New York Times, according to Christy Liu, co-founder and director of marketing for … Continue reading “Wanderfly’s Technology Feeds Wanderlust on The New York Times’ Travel Pages”
Zulily’s $43M Leads the Seattle-area Pack in End-of-Summer Fundraising Tally
They grow up so quick! Zulily, which offers daily “flash sales” on moms-and-kids items, easily led the field for angel and venture financing deals in Washington in August. That’s according to monthly data compiled by our partners at CB Insights, which tallied $79 million in overall financings across tech, biotech and cleantech companies for the … Continue reading “Zulily’s $43M Leads the Seattle-area Pack in End-of-Summer Fundraising Tally”
Modo Labs, Open Source Spinoff from MIT, Wants to Be the JBoss of Mobile Design
Any question about the impact MIT is having on the field of mobile software design can be answered with two words: Modo Labs. The Cambridge, MA-based startup grew out of the MIT Mobile Framework, an open source project that began in 2007 with the goal of helping developers build mobile websites for universities. The plan … Continue reading “Modo Labs, Open Source Spinoff from MIT, Wants to Be the JBoss of Mobile Design”
Courtagen Grabs $8M, Nuance Buys Swype, OpenView Eyes Expansion Stage Investments, & More Boston-Area Deals News
The death of Steve Jobs dominated the tech news world in the last week, even on this coast, but we still saw some deals headlines from New England IT and life sciences players. —Agios Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, MA-based developer of cancer-starving drugs, added $20 million to the already $130 million collaboration it inked with New … Continue reading “Courtagen Grabs $8M, Nuance Buys Swype, OpenView Eyes Expansion Stage Investments, & More Boston-Area Deals News”