Lithium Helps Companies Rev Up Customer Support by Deputizing ‘Superfans’

If you need help with a glitchy Logitech mouse or webcam and you happen to stop by the company’s online support forum, you might notice a bunch of posts from a guy calling himself KachiWachi. Since 2006, when he started contributed to the forum, KachiWachi has answered more than 45,000 questions from Logitech customers. He … Continue reading “Lithium Helps Companies Rev Up Customer Support by Deputizing ‘Superfans’”

UW Scores $40M for Biofuels, Cocrystal’s Fight Against HepC, The Women’s Biotech Network, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News

We had an unusual mix of headlines this week on RNA interference, biofuels, and a quiet little startup in Bothell with Icos pedigree. —There weren’t any major life science company financings to report this week, but the state’s academic centers had something to crow about with $80 million in new federal grants going to the … Continue reading “UW Scores $40M for Biofuels, Cocrystal’s Fight Against HepC, The Women’s Biotech Network, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”

Excerpt from “The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America”

No particular group, right or left or somewhere else, is immune from the sense that change is accelerating at an ever faster pace with each passing year. The experience of too-rapid change, whether trivial or profound, is a characteristic of modernity. Information technologies are perhaps the sentinel sources and examples of what Alvin Toffler called “future shock” in 1970, right … Continue reading “Excerpt from “The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America””

Intel Capital Leads $13M Round for SweetLabs in Bid to Re-Invent Desktop Experience

SweetLabs scored what could be construed as a Google seal of approval in April 2010 when the San Diego startup, then known as OpenCandy, landed $5 million in a Series B round of venture funding led by Google Ventures. Today, the four-year-old startup says it has scored a similar coup—raising $13 million in a Series … Continue reading “Intel Capital Leads $13M Round for SweetLabs in Bid to Re-Invent Desktop Experience”

The Polaris Express: Dogpatch Labs Says Goodbye Pier 38, Hello Palo Alto and Dublin

It’s official: Waltham, MA-based Polaris Venture Partners is announcing a couple of moves related to its network of Dogpatch Labs startup incubators. One bit of news involves the fate of the original Dogpatch in San Francisco. The other piece is about a brand new (and long-awaited) international site that is opening today. (Dogpatch Labs already … Continue reading “The Polaris Express: Dogpatch Labs Says Goodbye Pier 38, Hello Palo Alto and Dublin”

Xconomist of the Week: Pfizer’s Barbara Dalton to Speak at Our NY Life Sciences 2031 Forum

As Pfizer’s vice president of venture capital, Barbara Dalton will bring two valuable perspectives to Xconomy’s Life Sciences 2031 panel discussion on October 13: that of a VC and that of a pharma executive. Dalton, who was trained in immunology and virology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, began her career as a research scientist … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Pfizer’s Barbara Dalton to Speak at Our NY Life Sciences 2031 Forum”

Sage Science Lands $2,032,203 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5409eb0e-6170-46af-ba80-e4a7dfb8e92b&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name Sage Science Mailing Address 500 Cummings Center Beverly, MA 01915 Company Description Sage Science develops and manufactures convergent instrumentation and consumable products which we sell directly to scientists and through bioscience tools suppliers. We seek to consolidate labor and new engineering and chemistry technologies to create new … Continue reading “Sage Science Lands $2,032,203 New Round”

SweetLabs Secures $13,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c862559-bcde-4056-bdec-8f97a5387e4b&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name SweetLabs Mailing Address 656 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92120 Company Description OpenCandy was started by founding and early members of DivX, at which we were responsible for distributing hundreds of millions of DivX software downloads, and now we want to use what we’ve learned to help … Continue reading “SweetLabs Secures $13,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Blekko Lands $30,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=595b3b42-2e4c-4f1a-971d-6ff554274150&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name Blekko Mailing Address 100 Marine Pkwy Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Company Description blekko is a better way to search the web by using slashtags. slashtags search only the sites you want and cut out the spam sites. use friends, experts, community or your own slashtags to slash … Continue reading “Blekko Lands $30,000,000 New Round”

TwitVid Secures $6,500,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d810232d-254c-414c-aa39-772e19179e40&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name TwitVid Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description Twitvid is the leading video sharing service for Twitter, providing the fastest, easiest way to share videos. In three simple steps, videos are shared with all your friends and followers via your Twitter stream. Website http://www.twitvid.com Transaction … Continue reading “TwitVid Secures $6,500,000 Series B Funding Round”

Yieldex Lands $10,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf49cbbd-1e98-4dfe-bb7c-97908bfccad6&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name Yieldex Mailing Address 204 E 2nd Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description Yieldex is a developer of software for the allocation of advertising inventory with the objective of CPM optimization. Website http://www.yieldex.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes We … Continue reading “Yieldex Lands $10,000,000 Series C Financing”

NetBase Solutions Receives New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f8bf865-04c4-4205-9d0c-8495b2402337&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name NetBase Solutions Mailing Address 2087 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description We are the insight discovery company. Founded by innovators Jonathan Spier and Michael Osofsky, NetBase develops and markets a next-generation semantic technology that reads and understands the English language. This technology is the basis … Continue reading “NetBase Solutions Receives New Financing”

BidPal Network Garners $5,600,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cb18d01d-4131-4d5b-8b55-e817d29482c5&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name BidPal Network Mailing Address 8425 Woodfield Crossing Indianapolis, IL 46240 Company Description BidPal Network has developed an innovative solution that wirelessly automates and accelerates the auction process. BidPal’s system enables guests to place bids on silent auction items at any time and from anywhere during the event. … Continue reading “BidPal Network Garners $5,600,000 Series B Financing”

NeoPhotonics Acquires Santur for $46,700,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d31c37a3-2067-48e4-a98c-ff09648977b8&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name Santur Mailing Address 40931 Encyclopedia Circle Fremont, CA 94538 Company Description Santur’s mission is to enable next generation optical networks by providing innovative, reliable and affordable optical components. Website http://www.santurcorp.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $46,700,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The acquisition price was made … Continue reading “NeoPhotonics Acquires Santur for $46,700,000”

Authentix Obtains $15,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a3e063a7-fe5f-44ce-a97b-f1e1b3047c3c&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2011 Company Name Authentix Mailing Address 4355 Excel Parkway Addison, TX 75001 Company Description Authentix has a long history of providing effective authentication, traceability and banknote processing solutions to Fortune 500 and Government clients. Authentix was formed in 2003 from the merger of Isotag and Biocode, thus combining two of … Continue reading “Authentix Obtains $15,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Netezza CEO Jim Baum Out at IBM, On to New “Non-Competitive” Venture

Former Netezza chief executive Jim Baum has left IBM, Xconomy has learned. Baum was the CEO of Marlborough, MA-based Netezza since early 2009 and oversaw the “big data” analytics company’s $1.7 billion acquisition by IBM almost exactly a year ago. Baum was not reachable for comment, but a spokesperson for IBM (NYSE: [[ticker:IBM]]) confirmed that … Continue reading “Netezza CEO Jim Baum Out at IBM, On to New “Non-Competitive” Venture”

Connect Lists Finalists for San Diego’s Most Innovative Product Awards

Connect, the San Diego nonprofit group for innovation and entrepreneurship, says it has selected three finalists in eight categories for the region’s 24th annual Most Innovative New Product (MIP) Awards competition. The 24 finalists were culled from more than 140 nominations submitted, according to a statement from Connect. The finalists in each category are evaluated … Continue reading “Connect Lists Finalists for San Diego’s Most Innovative Product Awards”

Stealthy Karuna Licenses Schizophrenia Drugs from Vanderbilt

When Xconomy first reported the launch of a new biotech company called Karuna Pharmaceuticals in January, the Boston startup declined to reveal much about what it was working on, except to say it had two drug-development initiatives in schizophrenia. Last week, Karuna unveiled one of those programs: a group of compounds that it has licensed … Continue reading “Stealthy Karuna Licenses Schizophrenia Drugs from Vanderbilt”

CustomMade, With New Bucks Under Its Belt, Revamps Online Model for Customization

First of all, please don’t call CustomMade a “mass customization” startup. That phrase refers to the cluster of companies, many of them in the Boston area, that specialize in offering consumers personalized goods online—everything from clothing to jewelry to artwork. No, CustomMade is different. At least that’s what co-founder and CEO Mike Salguero would have … Continue reading “CustomMade, With New Bucks Under Its Belt, Revamps Online Model for Customization”

Seed Funding, .300 Batting Averages, Overthinking Investments, & More Takeways from Xconomy’s Consumers, the Cloud, and Beyond

Here’s a good cure for the Mondays: an evening panel of venture capitalists whose collective portfolio includes companies like Zynga, DataXu, Backupify, HubSpot, Grockit, and more. I’m talking about our Xconomy Xchange: Consumers, the Cloud, and Beyond—New Rules for Innovation, held this past Monday night at WilmerHale in Boston. The panel featured Jeff Fagnan of … Continue reading “Seed Funding, .300 Batting Averages, Overthinking Investments, & More Takeways from Xconomy’s Consumers, the Cloud, and Beyond”

UW, WSU Get $80M Federal Grants to Spur Biofuels Industry

We have a lot of biomass here in the Northwest (i.e., trees) and a lot of smart scientists at the University of Washington and Washington State University. Now the federal government is kicking in some money to see what the Northwest can do to combine the biomass and the brain mass to produce the kind … Continue reading “UW, WSU Get $80M Federal Grants to Spur Biofuels Industry”

Onyx Turns in FDA Application for Second Cancer Drug

Onyx Pharmaceuticals was delayed a bit in its quest to start selling another cancer drug in the U.S., but now it has gotten its application together and hit the ball into the FDA’s court. South San Francisco-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]) said today it has turned in its application to start selling carfilzomib in the … Continue reading “Onyx Turns in FDA Application for Second Cancer Drug”

Moneyball—It’s Not Just About Baseball

Are we trying to sell jeans here or are we trying to win baseball games?—Billy Beane, Oakland A’s General Manager Baseball scouts used to judge players on looks. Moneyball, as a method, revolutionized the evaluation of baseball talent. It correlates, connects and coagulates all performance metrics (aka stats) to determine offensive or defensive production per player. … Continue reading “Moneyball—It’s Not Just About Baseball”

Flite Builds an App Store for Advertisers

Back in August I wrote about Flite, a San Francisco startup that transformed itself from a developer of Web widgets into a cloud-based platform for rich-media, interactive ads. Today the company is taking another step, introducing a marketplace for ad components or mini-apps where advertisers will be able to pick and choose which apps to … Continue reading “Flite Builds an App Store for Advertisers”

Achievers, Yammer, Zenverge: Bay Area BizTech By the Numbers

Time for our periodic rendition of the local deals keeping the Bay Area technology sector humming. $300 million—The amount of fresh capital being handed over to newly independent Investor Growth Capital of New York and Menlo Park, CA, by its parent company Investor AB, as Xconomy’s Arlene Weintraub explained yesterday. $160 million—The valuation San Francisco- … Continue reading “Achievers, Yammer, Zenverge: Bay Area BizTech By the Numbers”

Sailthru Turns $8M Series A, Led by RRE Ventures, Into Plan to Double Staff

New York’s Sailthru plans to expand with its freshly minted $8 million Series A funding and nearly double its staff within 12 months, according to its CEO and founder Neil Capel. The startup announced last week it completed the financing round, which was led by RRE Ventures with participation from AOL Ventures, DFJ Gotham Ventures, … Continue reading “Sailthru Turns $8M Series A, Led by RRE Ventures, Into Plan to Double Staff”

San Diego’s Innovation Economy, and What it Takes to Recruit “The Young and Restless”

As the chief operating officer of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. (EDC), Lauree Sahba says, “Our region’s future as a technology center of excellence depends on our ability to attract and retain the next generation of innovators and young talent.” Yet Sahba frets that the renowned research institutions and balmy weather that drew … Continue reading “San Diego’s Innovation Economy, and What it Takes to Recruit “The Young and Restless””

Why Amazon’s Tablet Matters: It’s Not a Computer. It’s a Store.

Updated 11 am Pacific The tech world is going into hype-tastic overdrive today with the release of Amazon’s new tablet computer. If the predictions and previews are correct, the new device could be a big competitor to the market-defining Apple iPad and cement Amazon as a major player in the computing game. But this isn’t … Continue reading “Why Amazon’s Tablet Matters: It’s Not a Computer. It’s a Store.”

Join Us for a Live ‘Tweetchat’ on the Future of RNAi, With Guest John Maraganore of Alnylam

Usually when I want to chat with someone, I still pick up that 19th century contraption called the telephone or sometimes meet in person. Each of those communications methods has its merits, but you can bring a lot more voices to a conversation through a real-time chat like the ones happening now on Twitter. So … Continue reading “Join Us for a Live ‘Tweetchat’ on the Future of RNAi, With Guest John Maraganore of Alnylam”

Investor Growth Capital Starts Anew as Independent VC Firm, With Evergreen Fund Worth $1.3B

Today Investor Growth Capital (IGC), which has offices in New York City and Menlo Park, CA, announced that it is breaking free of its parent company, Stockholm, Sweden-based Investor AB. The newly independent IGC is hitting the ground with $300 million in fresh capital from Investor AB and a portfolio of companies with a total … Continue reading “Investor Growth Capital Starts Anew as Independent VC Firm, With Evergreen Fund Worth $1.3B”

TechStars Pins Down $24M, Visible Measures Gets $13M Series D, Yesware Announces Seed Funding, & More Boston-Area Deals News

The IT space accounted for most of the deal-making we tracked in New England over the last week. —Boulder, CO-based TechStars said it pulled in $24 million in new funding, which will go to giving each company in its startup incubator programs (in Boulder, Boston, Seattle, and New York) another $100,000 in the form of … Continue reading “TechStars Pins Down $24M, Visible Measures Gets $13M Series D, Yesware Announces Seed Funding, & More Boston-Area Deals News”

CustomMade Lands $2,006,668 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=61e9647c-446e-4fef-8a71-13f6093dab20&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name CustomMade Mailing Address 99 1st St. Cambridge, MA 02141 Company Description CustomMade is the first online marketplace to focus on connecting buyers of custom made furniture, cabinetry, and other products with the skilled artisans who create them. For consumers and members of the design trade, CustomMade is … Continue reading “CustomMade Lands $2,006,668 New Round”

Achievers Secures $24,500,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7902eda8-1a36-48e8-8afa-48cbbf30ff84&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Achievers Mailing Address 1 Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Achievers (formerly I Love Rewards) is passionate about employee rewards and Social Recognition. Our software helps engage employees and inspire performance globally. Achievers’ customers include Deloitte, 3M and Microsoft. The Social Recognition platform provides performance-based … Continue reading “Achievers Secures $24,500,000 Series C Funding Round”

Sony Electronics Acquires Micronics for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0afe0969-f27e-42cf-9c85-2114ea560368&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Micronics Mailing Address 8463 154th Avenue NE Building G Redmond, WA 98052 Company Description Micronics provides comprehensive development services to clients worldwide that bring complementary technologies and/or chemistries for incorporation into a disposable device. Micronics’ services include state-of-the-art rapid prototyping, reagent printing, ability to integrate MEMs, electrodes, … Continue reading “Sony Electronics Acquires Micronics for Undisclosed Sum”

Fundly Lands $5,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93a848bd-de0c-4b33-8181-0e11381aeb70&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Fundly Mailing Address 2390 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description The company operates a website and service that allows users to raise funds for their causes. Website http://www.fundly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Fundly Lands $5,000,000 New Round”

Box.net Lands $50,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=019c07c8-e930-4f8b-9f40-34e48ecb4ff2&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Box.net Mailing Address 220 Portage Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Launched officially in March of 2006, Box.net currently provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality to over 500,000 registered users, serving files to millions of people across the world. Box.net’s unique platform allows personal … Continue reading “Box.net Lands $50,000,000 New Funding Round”

iJento Garners $8,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=515b2a82-38bb-4bed-9962-582d41af27ed&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name iJento Mailing Address 40 Richards Ave 3rd Floor Norwalk, CT 06854 Company Description iJento Datamart delivers a true open architecture platform, that allows you to integrate different data sources to facilitate a single customer view. You can then use your own business intelligence tools or iJento Intelligence … Continue reading “iJento Garners $8,000,000 New Funding Round”

BetterLesson Garners $1,600,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d2924aca-5ed1-41f1-a8a8-5c66a35c4056&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name BetterLesson Mailing Address 1 Camp Street Cambridge, MA 02140 Company Description BetterLesson was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston public schools to connect educators and help them create, organize, and share their curricula. We are focused on aggregating and scaling the most innovative … Continue reading “BetterLesson Garners $1,600,000 Series A Financing”

Parking in Motion Lands Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e466ba9d-e2ac-4421-92c4-80f74a4b018f&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Parking in Motion Mailing Address 1512 11th Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Parking In Motion (PIM), founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, is a provider of dynamic and real-time parking data. PIM offers comprehensive coverage in 500+ cities … Continue reading “Parking in Motion Lands Series A Financing”

Body Shop Bids Lands New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6bbbf4d0-43d1-48c2-befd-e602221c80fc&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Body Shop Bids Mailing Address 600 W Chicago Chicago, IL 60610 Company Description Back in 2005, I walked out of Red Lobster to find a nice big dent in the side of my car, put there by an unknown neighbor in a city I had just moved … Continue reading “Body Shop Bids Lands New Financing”

ClearSlide Lands $11,000,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=469854dd-bcbb-4f77-9f37-48392020fccc&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name ClearSlide Mailing Address 625 2nd Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description We provide a fully web-based service designed specifically for the communication needs of sales teams. We strive to make customer facing interactions more effective and to ultimately help sales close more business. We’ve … Continue reading “ClearSlide Lands $11,000,000 Series A Financing”

Box Lands $62,400,000 Series D Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=019c07c8-e930-4f8b-9f40-34e48ecb4ff2&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Box Mailing Address 220 Portage Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Launched officially in March of 2006, Box currently provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality to over 500,000 registered users, serving files to millions of people across the world. Box.net’s unique platform allows personal … Continue reading “Box Lands $62,400,000 Series D Financing”

Phytel Secures $2,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d35e3ffe-dd26-4bbf-bfe2-f3bc49496bfe&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Phytel Mailing Address 11511 Luna Road Dallas, TX 75234 Company Description At Phytel, we are passionate about physician-driven health improvement. We believe achieving the best health care results largely depends on the physician-patient relationship. Building our capabilities on the foundation of evidence-based guidelines, we provide physicians with … Continue reading “Phytel Secures $2,000,000 New Funding”

From the Kinect to AIDS Vaccines: Rick Rashid Reflects on 20 Years of Microsoft Research

How many top-level Microsoft executives have been in the same job for 20 years? By Rick Rashid’s count, he’s the only one. That sort of continuity says a lot about Microsoft Research, the in-house invention factory that Rashid was recruited from Carnegie Mellon to run in 1991. It’s still growing—up to about 850 PhDs and … Continue reading “From the Kinect to AIDS Vaccines: Rick Rashid Reflects on 20 Years of Microsoft Research”

Accelerate Michigan Announces 53 Semi-Finalists

The 53 semi-finalists in the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition have been announced. The global busi­ness-plan com­pe­ti­tion tar­gets mid-to-late-stage busi­ness startups with the poten­tial to gen­er­ate an imme­di­ate impact on Michigan’s econ­omy, as well as stu­dent con­cepts with longer-term busi­ness viability. (Students can still register up until the September 30 deadline.) At stake is more than … Continue reading “Accelerate Michigan Announces 53 Semi-Finalists”

MongoDB Wizards Work to Make 10gen the Red Hat of Databases

Database designers are the secret wizards of the Web revolution, and they’ve been busy writing new spells. Deep inside the castle at each of today’s leading Web companies there’s at least one custom “NoSQL” database keeping things running: Google has Big Table, Amazon has Dynamo, Facebook built Cassandra, and LinkedIn has Project Voldemort. Seriously. In … Continue reading “MongoDB Wizards Work to Make 10gen the Red Hat of Databases”

Siluria Pockets $20M For Making Cleaner Plastics, Fuels

San Francisco-based Siluria Technologies has raised another $20 million to build on its early lab work, in turning one of the most abundant substances on the planet into a renewable resource for making plastics, fuels, and specialty chemicals. Siluria said today it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing led by The Wellcome … Continue reading “Siluria Pockets $20M For Making Cleaner Plastics, Fuels”