Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea41b9ec-8842-467e-a1d0-c1115fc83a6d&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Care.com Mailing Address 1400 Main St. Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Care.com is an online marketplace connecting people seeking care services with a national and local network of trusted providers. The company provides a simple and safe way for families and individuals to manage their care needs. … Continue reading “Care.com Lands $25,000,008 New Financing Round”
DNAnexus Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ee0a6f12-f622-4486-8644-28d677f3000d&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name DNAnexus Mailing Address 420 Florence St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description DNAnexus is a start-up in biocomputation aiming to transform the future of genetics, alter the course of medicine, help cure cancer! The advent of next-generation DNA sequencing technologies will soon enable one of the holy … Continue reading “DNAnexus Secures $15,000,000 Series B Round”
Udemy Lands $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cacb36aa-a3d6-48af-9a8b-3a4c1e3bce9f&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Udemy Mailing Address Undisclosed Undisclosed, CA 94300 Company Description Udemy is a website that enables anyone to create an online course. Our goal is to provide our teachers with everything they could possibly need to create a great learning experience over the internet. Founded in 2008, we’ve … Continue reading “Udemy Lands $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
GENWI Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9fc19d4e-1f0b-4f5a-b6f9-81a86adb7491&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name GENWI Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description GENWI is the premier cloud based Tablet and Smartphone Publishing Platform. We enable publishers to create and manage interactive, social, and live media apps on iPad, iPhone, Android, and HTML5 (iSites™). Website http://www.genwi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “GENWI Obtains $4,000,000 Series A Round”
LocalResponse Lands $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a14fd605-90a0-4c5a-aecb-e4bb757839ff&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name LocalResponse Mailing Address 37 W. 28th St. Fifth Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description LocalResponse has developed a web-based tool that allows local businesses to respond to check-in posts on social media sites. Website http://www.LocalResponse.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “LocalResponse Lands $5,000,000 New Financing”
Snapette Garners $1,175,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76cbba76-3585-4a24-bfba-4ed06554537f&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Snapette Mailing Address 6 Soldiers Field Park Boston, MA 02163 Company Description Snapette lets the user see images of fashion items and accessories – such as handbags or shoes – that have been uploaded to the Snapette site by wither fashion bloggers, or other Snapette users in … Continue reading “Snapette Garners $1,175,000 New Round”
Black Duck Software Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f00eb4bc-7325-450a-983d-77188e71e42a&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Black Duck Software Mailing Address 265 Winter St. North Entrance Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software in multi-source development at enterprise scale. Website http://www.blackducksoftware.com Transaction … Continue reading “Black Duck Software Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round”
Therapeutic Focus: Bridging the Valley of Death
BayBio presents an afternoon forum for life science industry insiders. From the event description: “Large pharmaceutical companies often tap biotech for novel technologies to replenish the product pipeline. Enter the financial crisis of 2009. Restless investors, dormant equity markets, and limited exit opportunities amplified the risk life science innovation faces in the lab. As the … Continue reading “Therapeutic Focus: Bridging the Valley of Death”
Seattle: Coffee Town with a Software Problem
Are you a highly educated, salmon-eating, coffee-swilling tech worker who likes soccer? Congratulations! You fit pretty easily into the profile of a Seattle consumer, as detailed by this infographic from Zaarly. The startup, which lets people crowdsource their needs by putting a price on specific goods or services, is based in San Francisco and Kansas … Continue reading “Seattle: Coffee Town with a Software Problem”
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann “Shapes an Empire,” Says NYT
Susan Desmond-Hellmann joked to me a couple weeks back in an interview about how UCSF doesn’t quite have the national profile it deserves, partly because it doesn’t have a football team. But this week, at least, UCSF got some major national attention, as the UCSF chancellor got a lot of ink in the New York … Continue reading “UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann “Shapes an Empire,” Says NYT”
Ann Arbor Startup Aims to be ‘Stub Hub of Event Parking’
The success of the Detroit Lions and Tigers has dominated the headlines recently, but perhaps you’ve heard there’s another big game coming up this weekend: The intense in-state rivalry between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan on Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, MI. I’m not planning on going to the game, … Continue reading “Ann Arbor Startup Aims to be ‘Stub Hub of Event Parking’”
Swype, Jobs, Clearwire: the One-Minute Week in Seattle Tech Headlines
—Swype, one of the most talked-about startups in the Seattle area, made good on all the attention it’s earned by selling to mobile-software leader Nuance (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NUAN]]) for $102.5 million. Nuance has been gobbling up lots of technology and talent in the past few years, including Tegic Communications, the former home of Swype’s Cliff Kushler. … Continue reading “Swype, Jobs, Clearwire: the One-Minute Week in Seattle Tech Headlines”
Technology You Can Touch
Join NYC Tech Connect for an evening of networking with hard sciences engineers, entrepreneurs, and capital sources. Tech Connect is a public-private partnership funded jointly by the New York City Investment Fund, the Partnership for New York City and the New York City Council, with a mission to foster the development of a stronger entrepreneurial … Continue reading “Technology You Can Touch”
The Genetics Institute Impact: Join Mark Ptashne, Tom Maniatis & Gabe Schmergel on Dec. 14
Quite a few people study genetics in Boston. But there was—and can only be—one true “Genetics Institute.” Even though 15 years have gone by since the company was swallowed up in a corporate merger, the people who made “GI” one of the biotech industry’s pioneers in the ’80s are still making waves throughout the Boston biotech … Continue reading “The Genetics Institute Impact: Join Mark Ptashne, Tom Maniatis & Gabe Schmergel on Dec. 14”
CTIA Convenes Apps & Enterprise Conference Amid Predictions of Explosive Growth
The CTIA wireless industry group convened its annual enterprise and apps conference in San Diego yesterday, and the biggest buzz so far has been around Google and Samsung’s decision to cancel the debut they had planned for both the “Ice Cream Sandwich” version of Android and the Nexus Prime, characterized as the next “pure Google” … Continue reading “CTIA Convenes Apps & Enterprise Conference Amid Predictions of Explosive Growth”
Courtagen Snaps Up $8M
Woburn, MA-based Courtagen Life Sciences, has pinned down an $8 million equity investment from 67 backers, an SEC filing shows. The company raised $7 million in Series A funding in August 2010, under its previous name Avantra Biosciences. Courtagen is developing protein biomarker technology for disease detection. The technology was purchased from the now-bankrupt Decision … Continue reading “Courtagen Snaps Up $8M”
A Preview of Xconomy Forum: New York Life Sciences 2031
Xconomy’s first public event in New York City—a look ahead at the biotech scene over the next 20 years—is coming up this Thursday, October 13. We’ve been chatting with our panelists over the last few weeks, and the consensus is clear: There are a lot of great topics to cover, and the diverse set of … Continue reading “A Preview of Xconomy Forum: New York Life Sciences 2031”
Cleantech Resources for Startup Ventures
Enterprise Forum of New York City presents this evening event, which will showcase the latest in technology platforms for development, utility industries shopping list for new technologies, and venture deal trends. Panelists include Jeffrey Seul of Holland & Night, Nolan Browne of Fraunhofer CSE, and Pradeep Haldar of the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering … Continue reading “Cleantech Resources for Startup Ventures”
Websense Partners With Facebook, Qualcomm Shuffles Top Execs, ViaSat Satellite Set for Launch Next Week, & More San Diego BizTech News
There’s been a lot of tech news in San Diego over the past week, from Web 2.0 startups like SocialIQ that are identifying and measuring social media influencers, to changes in the executive leadership at established companies like Qualcomm. Our roundup begins now. —San Diego’s Websense (NASDAQ: [[ticker:WBSN]]) said it has installed its network security … Continue reading “Websense Partners With Facebook, Qualcomm Shuffles Top Execs, ViaSat Satellite Set for Launch Next Week, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Cleave Biosciences Nabs $42M, Veteran Execs, to Chase Personalized Cancer Therapies
Some big money is being put behind big names at a new biotech company called Cleave Biosciences. The company in Burlingame, CA, founded in the summer of 2010, is emerging from stealth mode today with a $42 million Series A financing from US Venture Partners, 5AM Ventures, Clarus Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, and Astellas Venture Management. … Continue reading “Cleave Biosciences Nabs $42M, Veteran Execs, to Chase Personalized Cancer Therapies”
Agios and Celgene: Anatomy of an Ultra-Valuable Biotech Marriage
It wouldn’t be much of an over-statement to say Cambridge, MA-based Agios’ $150 million cancer-drug development deal with biotech giant Celgene is unprecedented. At least not in the view of Kevin Starr, a partner at Third Rock Ventures, which helped found Agios in 2008, providing part of its $33 million Series A funding. In April … Continue reading “Agios and Celgene: Anatomy of an Ultra-Valuable Biotech Marriage”
How Not to Start a Startup
Startups can be a lot like first girlfriends (or boyfriends). You fall madly, passionately in love, think of them 24/7, talk, walk, eat, drink, breathe them, put everything into them and beyond, but sometimes, despite the passion, it just doesn’t work out. And, actually if you’re willing be to be brutally honest, in retrospect the … Continue reading “How Not to Start a Startup”
Atlantis Technologies Cleans Up at Angels’ Quick Pitch Competition
Atlantis Technologies is a San Diego cleantech startup that has developed proprietary, low-energy, chemical-free water desalination systems for treating industrial wastewater—especially the 1 trillion gallons of salty wastewater created each year by the oil and gas industry ‘s fracking practices. In a presentation last week, Atlantis CEO P.M. Curran said the company is now seeking … Continue reading “Atlantis Technologies Cleans Up at Angels’ Quick Pitch Competition”
Jana, Formerly Txteagle, Unveils Strategy for “Giving 2 Billion People a Raise”—A Talk with CEO Nathan Eagle
One of the Boston area’s most intriguing tech startups—because of its global reach—has emerged from a fairly quiet period with a new name and a refined mission. Boston- and San Francisco-based Txteagle, a mobile research and marketing startup focused on developing countries, has rebranded itself as Jana (pronounced “Jah-nuh”). The name is Sanskrit for “people,” … Continue reading “Jana, Formerly Txteagle, Unveils Strategy for “Giving 2 Billion People a Raise”—A Talk with CEO Nathan Eagle”
Skyword Receives $1,350,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9507599-6cc0-4d25-8e9a-09ae8d525810&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Skyword Mailing Address 234 Congress St. fourth floor Boston, MA 02110 Company Description Skyword is the leader in Search-Driven Media (SDM). Skyword enables brands to acquire and engage customers through efficient forecasting, creation and placement of brand-aligned content that precisely matches consumer search. Clients include Proctor & … Continue reading “Skyword Receives $1,350,000 New Funding Round”
RemoteReality Lands $2,010,463 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33864091-2398-42f9-957a-3d4813a3c583&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name RemoteReality Mailing Address 1700 West Park Drive Westborough, MA 01581 Company Description Develops panoramic video Web cameras and related software. RemoteReality designs high performance, custom optics and develops image processing, object tracking and pan-tilt-zoom camera controller software to address a critical physical security problem – the need … Continue reading “RemoteReality Lands $2,010,463 New Round”
Zenprise Secures $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=051f7680-d040-4f1a-966a-08625fec0c63&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Zenprise Mailing Address 1600 Seaport Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Zenprise provides service-management software that delivers real-time, automated diagnosis and resolution of problems across the Microsoft Exchange environment. Website http://www.zenprise.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The investment will … Continue reading “Zenprise Secures $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
MATRIXX Software Receives $12,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f0dd9611-4930-44b2-b2d6-23c1dee6f9e9&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name MATRIXX Software Mailing Address 779 E. Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description MATRIXX Software was formed to develop solutions that help Service Providers (SPs) address the growing volume and complexity of services that require online charging. Data and media services are exploding, yet revenue per … Continue reading “MATRIXX Software Receives $12,000,000 New Round”
Aicent Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4afb1ee3-b85d-4ef4-9712-2a86c85d1905&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Aicent Mailing Address 2540 North First Street 2nd Floor San Jose, CA 95131 Company Description Leveraging our strong expertise in IP technologies, GSM/CDMA data and Internet network management, wireless data solutions, and telecommunications services, Aicent is playing a critical role in the convergence of the Internet and … Continue reading “Aicent Receives New Round”
Nuclea Biotechnologies Obtains $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ede86f79-42b1-461a-8830-589df27e6bab&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Nuclea Biotechnologies Mailing Address 105 South Street Pittsfield, MA 01201 Company Description Nuclea Biotechnologies’ primary mission is to conduct genomic research in the oncology field so as to discover biomarkers and gene or protein expression profiles that are unique to oncologic diseases. Website http://www.nucleabiomarkers.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Nuclea Biotechnologies Obtains $3,000,000 New Round”
OvaScience Lands $6,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5cbece13-edf3-42f2-a6b5-f927819e6829&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name OvaScience Mailing Address 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 Company Description The company is applying innovative science to improve the quality of eggs (oocytes) and increase the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF). OvaScience’s proprietary technology, exclusively licensed from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, enables … Continue reading “OvaScience Lands $6,000,000 Series A Round”
Stickery Secures New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2414265-ccb5-4bc3-a3a0-73d2189a09ae&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Stickery Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Stickery aims to make mobile games that are not just fun for kids, but useful for parents. Mobile games for kids need to get out of the “euphoria” phase of sensory stimulation into the “eureka” phase of … Continue reading “Stickery Secures New Financing”
Social Genius Receives $1,320,384 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f840367-6ffd-4bb1-bbec-a5d41df5408b&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Social Genius Mailing Address 125 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description AudioVroom is the next generation in social music that allows you to exchange music profiles and stream your favorite music legally from the internet. Website http://www.audiovroom.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,320,384 Transaction … Continue reading “Social Genius Receives $1,320,384 New Funding Round”
Cleave Biosciences Receives $42,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f8326ed-17ca-43d6-b0c8-cd1f62c2d45b&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Cleave Biosciences Mailing Address Undisclosed Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description The big idea at Cleave is to develop small-molecule chemical compounds that will interact with certain protein pathways that get thrown out of whack in patients with cancer. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $42,000,000 … Continue reading “Cleave Biosciences Receives $42,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
ARRIS Acquires BigBand Networks for $53,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d769785-9638-410d-b92a-8af8ea65ed6f&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name BigBand Networks Mailing Address 475 Broadway Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description BigBand Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBND) designs, manufactures, sells and supports platforms for broadband multimedia services. These platforms are built on the company’s NativeMedia technology uniquely capable of communicating and processing video, voice and data in … Continue reading “ARRIS Acquires BigBand Networks for $53,000,000”
QWiPS Receives $1,250,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6945438c-b42a-4020-a4cf-5a57d1002162&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name QWiPS Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description QWiPS is fun, easy-to-use, social voice utility that lets you add your spoken voice to the social conversation. Website http://www.qwips.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,250,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The funding will be … Continue reading “QWiPS Receives $1,250,000 Series A Round”
Kiwi Crate Secures $2,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6f244786-4055-4d37-8056-9d68b7112a1b&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Kiwi Crate Mailing Address 244 Merritt Road Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description Kiwi Crate was built out of a passion for hands-on fun that encourages creativity and curiosity in children. I had a deep appreciation for these projects, but often found that my greatest intentions fell … Continue reading “Kiwi Crate Secures $2,000,000 New Round”
Ampulse Receives $7,300,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e62d583c-536c-4a43-a5aa-ed98e4a635f8&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Ampulse Mailing Address 1767-A Denver West Boulevard Golden, CO 80401 Company Description Ampulse is a virtual company that has been spun out of ORNL to commercialize the Lab’s flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Website http://www.ampulse.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Ampulse Receives $7,300,000 New Funding Round”
Stem Cell Therapy: A Process With a Promise
Stem cells hold the promise of ushering in a new era of regenerative medicine, as scientists and engineers have made significant progress in directing these powerful cells towards use in drug screening models and replacements for failing tissues. More recently, scientists have developed even more efficient and alternative methods for reprogramming cells into their desired … Continue reading “Stem Cell Therapy: A Process With a Promise”
Qliance Medical Names Erika Bliss New CEO
Seattle-based Qliance Medical Management, the company Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell and Drew Carey have supported to deliver primary care medical services in a new way, has shuffled around its executive team. Erika Bliss, one of the primary care physicians who founded Qliance in 2006, has been promoted to become president and CEO, while co-founder Norm … Continue reading “Qliance Medical Names Erika Bliss New CEO”
Smoke on the Water: Fireworks at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit
I spent the early part of this week attending the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit and, despite the fact that the Cleveland Clinic stubbornly insists on holding its conference in Cleveland (aka The Mistake on the Lake), it was well worth attending. Cleveland is an interesting town. Once upon a time, when old white men … Continue reading “Smoke on the Water: Fireworks at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit”
Matt McIlwain on the Traits of a Successful Entrepreneur
Matt McIlwain of Madrona Venture Group will be the guest speaker on Nov. 7 at the UW Foster School of Business. McIlwain will talk about “the traits of a successful entrepreneur.” For more information on how to register, click here.
Five Things Industry Can Do to Support True FDA Reform, and Restore Public Confidence
The FDA is one of the easiest punching bags in American politics. Depending on your point of view, it’s either too hard on business with its unreasonable demands, or too soft on those predatory drug companies seeking to profit off Grandma’s illness regardless of whether the products are safe. When it does its job well, … Continue reading “Five Things Industry Can Do to Support True FDA Reform, and Restore Public Confidence”
Gingerd Receives $489,996 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f963017-0458-4d72-8347-5a666c972e10&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name Gingerd Mailing Address 59 Pleasant St. Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Gingerd runs the DailyData, and it says that it believes mobile devices can and will have a significant positive impact on our wellness. Website http://www.getdailydata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $489,996 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Gingerd Receives $489,996 New Funding”
Anaphore Lands $39,895,617 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=86e7c5d3-250e-41c6-b41c-63e6083b5efc&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name Anaphore Mailing Address 10931 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description Anaphore was created through the acquisition of Borean Pharma ApS, a Danish biotechnology company with both a product portfolio and technology platforms for creating improved protein therapeutics. The Danish firm spent six years … Continue reading “Anaphore Lands $39,895,617 New Round”
Fotobabble Garners $575,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dcb16050-40b8-42f0-8700-58d5f15a92d7&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name Fotobabble Mailing Address 79 Rio Vista Avenue Oakland, CA 94611 Company Description Fotobabble is the only social media software service that makes photos, the most shared social content, and makes it more engaging and personal by adding the energy and emotion of human voice. Talking Photos, Fotobabble’s … Continue reading “Fotobabble Garners $575,000 New Financing Round”
Pricetector Lands $2,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d17791ca-8ca1-4706-b4df-bac1384aa04d&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name Pricetector Mailing Address 634 N. Santa Cruz Ave Los Gatos, CA 95030 Company Description Consumers have become apathetic about retailer price protection programs. So Pricetector has created a new kind of social loyalty program that works for both consumers and retailers. Website http://www.pricetector.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Pricetector Lands $2,000,000 Seed Funding”
Facebook Acquires friend.ly for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eabe062d-822d-48c9-9dac-75a0bc95b1bc&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name friend.ly Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Friend.ly is a place to explore friendships and discover people beyond the boundary of your social network. The best way to discover and meet new people, of course, is to talk to them, and there’s really no … Continue reading “Facebook Acquires friend.ly for Undisclosed Sum”
Keynote Systems Acquires DeviceAnywhere for $60,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0a6328d4-4e34-43d0-8777-eaab53207c44&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name DeviceAnywhere Mailing Address 1730 South Amphlett Blvd. San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Whether you are an application developer, a handset manufacturer, or a mobile operator, our user experience management solutions will help you increase the reliability and usability of your mobile products. Website http://www.deviceanywhere.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Keynote Systems Acquires DeviceAnywhere for $60,000,000”
TwoChop Secures $450,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=145aa718-b202-4be8-88ac-1de0fedfcd59&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name TwoChop Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description We take text, images, sounds, music and even data from any site and convert then into interactive fun. Our goal is to gamify the web. Website http://www.twochop.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $450,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “TwoChop Secures $450,000 Seed Funding”