Huntingon, NY-based AccuVein raised $22.5 million in a Series B, according to a press release. AccuVein makes a handheld tool that projects light on a patient’s skin to illuminate the veins. That allows physicians, nurses, and other caregivers to draw blood or insert IVs without having to prick the patient multiple times. The funding round … Continue reading “AccuVein Draws $22.5 Million”
Roka Bioscience Pulls in $20 Million
Roka Bioscience, a Warren, NJ-based of diagnostic tools for industrial markets, raised $20 million in a Series C, according to a press release. Roka’s lead product—an assay for food-safety testing—is expected to hit the market later this year. Roka was formed in 2009 as a spinoff from Gen-Probe (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GPRO]]), a San Diego-based maker of … Continue reading “Roka Bioscience Pulls in $20 Million”
How I Decide What to Write About-And Why I Might Not Cover Your Company
Dharmesh Shah, the co-founder of HubSpot and the author of the blog OnStartups, shared a post last week that really hit home. It was called “Dear Friend: Sorry: My Heart Says Yes, But My Schedule Says No.” Dharmesh explained that his e-mail inbox is perpetually overloaded with requests from people who want to meet with … Continue reading “How I Decide What to Write About-And Why I Might Not Cover Your Company”
Seattle’s pinch/zoom Designs BBC iPad Video App, Learns to Keep It Simple
Less is more. Obvious marketing messages fall flat. Users are more sophisticated than you think. Those were some of the big lessons that Seattle mobile design shop pinch/zoom took away from its latest big project: designing the new iPad video player application for the BBC, the international TV powerhouse. The new app, called iPlayer Global, … Continue reading “Seattle’s pinch/zoom Designs BBC iPad Video App, Learns to Keep It Simple”
InEnTec Raises $20M for Growth of Garbage-to-Gas Tech
Here’s something you hear far too rarely following the Great Recession: positive growth news for a Northwest cleantech company. Bend, OR-based InEnTec has raised $20 million in growth capital, as part of a round that could grow to the $70 million range. The company’s “plasma-enhanced melter” technology takes refuse—anything from common household garbage to industrial … Continue reading “InEnTec Raises $20M for Growth of Garbage-to-Gas Tech”
Biogen Gets Euro Approval, BSX Shows Solid Q2, Alkermes Tries Again, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
We saw several headlines surrounding clinical development by New England-area drugmakers this week. —Weston, MA-based Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BIIB]]) said that it nabbed a conditional approval from the European Commission to market a long-acting version of fampridine (Fampyra) to adult patients with multiple sclerosis who have walking disability. The agency has also asked Biogen to … Continue reading “Biogen Gets Euro Approval, BSX Shows Solid Q2, Alkermes Tries Again, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Oblong Industries Lands $15,575,006 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d33c6ce8-0894-49ea-a779-b00384b8613a&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 Company Name Oblong Industries Mailing Address 923 E. 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Company Description Oblong is developing gesture-recognition technologies. Website http://www.oblong.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,575,006 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing-amended. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Adesto Technologies Secures $17,356,914 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68bc6a80-a76e-46bb-abc4-a837fc8834da&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 Company Name Adesto Technologies Mailing Address 1225 Innsbruck Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Company Description Adesto Technologies was founded in 2006 by a team of experienced semiconductor memory developers. The company’s mission is to turn CBRAM technology into a platform of memory solutions that spans from the lowest cost, lowest … Continue reading “Adesto Technologies Secures $17,356,914 Series C Round”
PathoGenetiX Lands $3,999,996 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aec1a402-4025-48f1-8b67-64e77eeea734&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 Company Name PathoGenetiX Mailing Address 12 Gill Street Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description PathoGenetiX has pioneered commercial applications of single molecule DNA, RNA and protein analysis. The company’s innovative technologies address high value unmet needs in bio-security, human diagnostics, and food and drug contaminant monitoring. Addressable segments of these … Continue reading “PathoGenetiX Lands $3,999,996 New Financing”
Crashlytics Secures $800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1778b25-40a4-4c8e-8560-95b20214df52&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 Company Name Crashlytics Mailing Address 719 Boylsto Street Boston, MA 02116 Company Description On its minimal website, Crashlytics states it is developing an amazingly simple way to locate and fix crashes in your apps (and more). Website http://www.beta.crashlytics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Crashlytics Secures $800,000 New Financing”
Lucid Commerce Lands $8,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1aa9ce4d-c37f-497e-b3c5-a97da75c4121&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 Company Name Lucid Commerce Mailing Address 159 S. Jackson St Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Lucid Commerce provides on-demand business intelligence that combines automatic data consolidation, organization, and analysis for direct marketing companies. Website http://www.lucidcommerce.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Lucid Commerce Lands $8,000,000 Series C Funding”
InEnTec Secures $20,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d3f79240-3f67-427f-aba1-c4f26f92797b&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 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 Secures $20,000,000 New Funding”
just.me Obtains $600,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=676c94d7-91cf-4c69-821f-2be887fa8630&Preview=1 Date 7/29/2011 Company Name just.me Mailing Address 2158 Wellesley Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description The company is developing technologies in the social and mobile spaces. Website http://www.just.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $600,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Google … Continue reading “just.me Obtains $600,000 New Funding Round”
Mirador Nabs EU Approval
Seattle-based Mirador Biomedical, the developer of a device to prevent dangerous bleeding episodes in hospitals, said today it has gotten clearance from regulators to start selling the product in the European Union. The company won FDA approval last October, and since then, its device has been used in more than 2,000 procedures in more than … Continue reading “Mirador Nabs EU Approval”
Codexis To Make Household Cleaners
Redwood City, CA-based Codexis (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CDXS]]), the maker of industrial enzymes from renewable sources, said today it has formed a collaboration with Italy-based Chemtex to develop sustainable alcohols for use in household detergents. The companies said they plan to develop new detergent alcohols from cellulosic biomass sources, in hopes of taking a piece of the … Continue reading “Codexis To Make Household Cleaners”
Ford, TechShop Partner on Detroit Location to Help Everyday Inventors Create, Build—and Commercialize—New Technologies
At first glance, the nondescript office park at 800 Republic Drive in Allen Park, MI, is notable only for being situated next to the Detroit Lions’ practice facility. That’s set to change on Nov. 18, when the building will be transformed into TechShop Detroit, a joint project between Ford and TechShop, the DIY communal fabrication … Continue reading “Ford, TechShop Partner on Detroit Location to Help Everyday Inventors Create, Build—and Commercialize—New Technologies”
Vertex Smashes Wall Street Sales Expectations In Hepatitis C Drug Debut
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is off to a running start in the marketplace with its brand new hepatitis C drug. The Cambridge, MA-based company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VRTX]]) said today that it generated $74.5 million in sales of telaprevir (Incivek) in the quarter that ended June 30. That’s an especially big number as far as new pharmaceutical rollouts go—Wall … Continue reading “Vertex Smashes Wall Street Sales Expectations In Hepatitis C Drug Debut”
National Science Foundation Unveils a Startup School Modeled on Steve Blank’s Lean LaunchPad
Incubator madness has reached all the way to Washington, D.C. The National Science Foundation announced today that with the help of private-sector partners, it plans to put at least $5 million per year into a new program, the Innovation Corps or I-Corps, aimed at helping university scientists and engineers build startups around their technologies. The … Continue reading “National Science Foundation Unveils a Startup School Modeled on Steve Blank’s Lean LaunchPad”
Plexxi Pulls In $20M More for Mysterious Networking Tech
Plexxi, an aggravatingly stealthy networking startup in Nashua, NH, said today it has raised a $20 million Series B equity round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Previous investors Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners also participated in the financing. The company has raised a little over $28 million to date. According to its sparse … Continue reading “Plexxi Pulls In $20M More for Mysterious Networking Tech”
Imprivata Signs On Scottish Healthcare System
Lexington, MA-based Imprivata, a security tech company focused on health IT applications, said today it has landed a multimillion-dollar deal with NHS Scotland to provide secure access technology to that country’s healthcare workers. No further financial details were given in the release, but another report puts the price at 1.8 million pounds (just under U.S. … Continue reading “Imprivata Signs On Scottish Healthcare System”
$60M Brightens Up BridgeLux
Livermore, CA-based BridgeLux, which is developing epitaxial manufacturing techniques for building cheaper LED lights, has collected $60 million in Series E financing, according to a report today in Dow Jones VentureWire. Craton Equity Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, led the round, which could increase to as much as $80 million, according to the … Continue reading “$60M Brightens Up BridgeLux”
Hearsay Social Gets $18M
San Francisco-based Hearsay Social, which helps large, multi-location companies coordinate social media marketing activities by their branch managers, said today that it has collected $18 million in Series B funding. New backer New Enterprise Associates led the round, which was joined by existing investor Sequoia Capital. The company launched in February with $3 million in … Continue reading “Hearsay Social Gets $18M”
drchrono’s iPad App for Doctors Wins “Meaningful Use” Certification
Drchrono, a Y Combinator-backed startup in Mountain View, CA, that offers an iPad-based electronic health record (EHR) system for physicians, said today that its software has been certified by a group responsible for determining whether practices using the software are eligible to collect incentive payments from the Department of Health and Human Services. InfoGard, an … Continue reading “drchrono’s iPad App for Doctors Wins “Meaningful Use” Certification”
Boston Scientific Beats Street Expectations, Buys Back Shares, and Eyes China Expansion
Today Natick, MA-based Boston Scientific (NYSE: [[ticker:BSX]]) announced second-quarter sales of $1.975 billion and earnings excluding special items of $0.17 a share, which beat analyst expectations by nearly a dime. Sales of its neuromodulation devices were up 16 percent, and the company reported sales increases in many of its product lines. It also said the … Continue reading “Boston Scientific Beats Street Expectations, Buys Back Shares, and Eyes China Expansion”
AHAlife Nabs $6 Million, Adds New Board Members
AHAlife.com in New York says it raised $6 million in a financing round led by venture firm DCM, according to a press release. AHAlife.com is an e-commerce site for purchasing hard-to-find lifestyle products curated by so-called tastemakers that include fashion designer Donna Karan, filmmaker (and famously protective wife) Wendi Murdoch, and chef Daniel Boulud. FirstMark … Continue reading “AHAlife Nabs $6 Million, Adds New Board Members”
Crowdtap Raises $7M in Series A Round, Plans New Hires
New York’s Crowdtap said in a press release today that it has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Foundry Group. Crowdtap is an online network that lets marketers of brands—including Old Navy, Adidas, Pepperidge Farm, Pinkberry, and Bing—reach out to targeted groups of consumers for word-of-mouth marketing. The consumers who participate receive … Continue reading “Crowdtap Raises $7M in Series A Round, Plans New Hires”
Bydureon Sent Back to FDA
San Diego-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMLN]]), Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly (NYSE: [[ticker:LLY]]), and Waltham, MA-based Alkermes (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALKS]]) said today that they have re-submitted an application to the FDA, for clearance to start marketing exenatide once-weekly (Bydureon) as a new treatment for diabetes in the U.S. The agency turned down an earlier application, asking the companies … Continue reading “Bydureon Sent Back to FDA”
Instructables, A Mecca for Makers, Reflects Eric Wilhelm’s Passion for Building Stuff—and Telling the Story
People who work hard, the old saying goes, often play just as hard. But for many tech entrepreneurs, the converse is also true: all that play sometimes generates new ideas for work. That’s definitely the story behind San Francisco-based how-to site Instructables, which grew in part out of founder Eric Wilhelm’s obsession with kitesurfing. Wilhelm … Continue reading “Instructables, A Mecca for Makers, Reflects Eric Wilhelm’s Passion for Building Stuff—and Telling the Story”
Qrious Seeks to Crack Smartphone App Market, Capture Data on Folks You Meet at Events
Conferences and other business events offer the chance to make new professional contacts, but wading through the masses of attendees can be a nightmare. Marching around with a guest list does not make it much easier. Enter seven-month-old Qrious, a New York startup working on an app that lets smartphones sift through contacts people make … Continue reading “Qrious Seeks to Crack Smartphone App Market, Capture Data on Folks You Meet at Events”
Rich Barton & Co. Try a Location-Linked Photo-Sharing App: Trover
That dang Rich Barton is one busy dude. Fresh off the public-market debut of Zillow (NASDAQ:[[ticker:Z]]), the Seattle uber-entrepreneur (he also founded Expedia) is trying to boost the user base of another one of his ventures, the location photo-tagging startup Trover. Yes, indeed—another location/mobile/photo/social play. As we saw with yesterday’s news that Seattle’s PhotoRocket had … Continue reading “Rich Barton & Co. Try a Location-Linked Photo-Sharing App: Trover”
$25M in State Funding Will Support Entrepreneurs, Startups
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced yesterday that the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) has awarded $25 million to six metro Detroit organizations that will support entrepreneurs in launching and growing startup companies throughout the state. The funding comes from the state’s 21st Century Jobs fund, which is focused on the commercialization of cutting-edge technologies … Continue reading “$25M in State Funding Will Support Entrepreneurs, Startups”
Lenddo Sells Microloans in Philippines, Eyes Expansion to World’s Emerging Middle Class
As a serial tech entrepreneur, Jeffrey Stewart has spent a lot of time working with outsourcing companies in developing countries, such as the Philippines. And he was always struck by a common complaint he heard from his workers in those countries. “They couldn’t access loans,” Stewart says. So earlier this year, he and fellow entrepreneur … Continue reading “Lenddo Sells Microloans in Philippines, Eyes Expansion to World’s Emerging Middle Class”
RentPrefs, With Matchmaking Approach to Apartment Rentals, Rolls Out Beta Service
Anyone try to rent an apartment lately? (I have.) Anyone annoyed by the process—the repeated posts, the inability to sift based on preferences that actually matter, the difficulty of getting in touch with realtors? (I am.) Cambridge, MA, startup RentPrefs is making its bet that I’m not the only one. The company was founded by … Continue reading “RentPrefs, With Matchmaking Approach to Apartment Rentals, Rolls Out Beta Service”
Trius and Bayer Sign Deal, Brooks Buys Nexus Biosystems, Wildcat Discovery Gets $7.5M Financing, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Against a backdrop of rising worries over the U.S. economy, we saw San Diego life science companies forming new partnerships, raising new funding, and closing some new deals over the last week. We also saw drops in share prices at two of our biggest life science companies. Your briefing is ready now. —San Diego’s Trius … Continue reading “Trius and Bayer Sign Deal, Brooks Buys Nexus Biosystems, Wildcat Discovery Gets $7.5M Financing, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Detroit Deals Stay Sluggish in Q2, Ready for Some Magic
Detroit startups have less than sunny results to report for fundraising in second quarter of 2011. There were just two startups in the area that inked investments from April through June, and those deals added up to a meager $2.21 million, according to the MoneyTree Report, compiled by the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers, … Continue reading “Detroit Deals Stay Sluggish in Q2, Ready for Some Magic”
PowerInbox Sees the Future of Social Software Platforms, and Its Name Is… E-mail
If you’re like most people, you do a lot of your personal communicating via Facebook and text messages, but you handle most of your business matters over e-mail. In fact, you probably spend far too much of your workday on e-mail (some estimates say 30 percent), and you wish you could be more efficient and … Continue reading “PowerInbox Sees the Future of Social Software Platforms, and Its Name Is… E-mail”
Hearsay Social Obtains $18,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ab323ec-33eb-4741-a504-59a80c990026&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Hearsay Social Mailing Address Undisclosed Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description The company provides an online service that allows businesses to track social media for their local branches. Website http://www.hearsaysocial.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The company will use … Continue reading “Hearsay Social Obtains $18,000,000 Series B Funding”
BridgeLux Lands $60,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=619812ec-c0cc-43d4-9a80-9ee2e6f6e454&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name BridgeLux Mailing Address 101 Portola Ave. Livermore, CA 94551 Company Description BridgeLux is a leading developer and provider of high power indium gallium nitride light emitting diodes (InGaN LEDs) which provide an efficient, reliable source of blue, green, or white light in various solid state lighting, mobile … Continue reading “BridgeLux Lands $60,000,000 Series E Funding Round”
Yext Garners $10,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9036d107-5740-4bc9-8837-d8b75830e16a&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Yext Mailing Address 75 9th Ave, 8th Fl New York, NY 10011 Company Description Yext is the Next Yellow Pages, offering superior local services for advertisers, publishers and users. We help local businesses get found, maximize yield for our publishing partners, and answer local searches for internet … Continue reading “Yext Garners $10,000,000 Series D Round”
Plexxi Receives $20,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=606823b0-3d84-4ccb-bdf5-8cd16f42152a&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Plexxi Mailing Address 100 Innovative Way Nashua, NH 03062 Company Description The network must evolve. Connecting what you want, where you want, and how you want – without the complexity, rigidity, and fragility of traditional hierarchical networks – is just the beginning of a whole new frontier … Continue reading “Plexxi Receives $20,000,000 Series B Funding”
Harvest Automation Receives $2,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fe389c7-bffb-4b51-a9d1-96fce0120f80&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Harvest Automation Mailing Address 85 Rangeway Rd. Billerica, MA 01862 Company Description Harvest Automation is a material handling robotics company which is focused on a new category of robots we call Cooperative Robots. Website http://www.harvestautomation.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Harvest Automation Receives $2,500,000 New Financing Round”
Sunlogics Receives $7,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b12fccb-31ae-4adf-8e9a-b6beaedecb72&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Sunlogics Mailing Address 2910 Waterview Drive Rochester Hills, MI 48309 Company Description In each vertical that Sunlogics operates, we offer unique and tailored solutions that help companies execute sustainable energy initiatives while minimizing their required capital investments. Website http://www.sunlogics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Sunlogics Receives $7,500,000 New Financing”
Nebula Obtains New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7194b4fa-ed46-4e5a-a28a-daa210f15726&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Nebula Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94035 Company Description Nebula is dedicated to enabling all businesses to easily, securely and inexpensively deploy large private cloud computing infrastructures. The company has developed a hardware appliance that allows any business to easily build a massive private computing cloud … Continue reading “Nebula Obtains New Round”
Oracle Acquires InQuira for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a731d625-8945-4f69-acae-72e8bb4faf27&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name InQuira Mailing Address 900 Cherry Avenue 6th Floor San Bruno, CA 94066 Company Description InQuira’s products and people help organizations deliver the superior user interactions that boost service levels and sales. InQuira’s solutions have been proven in the most demanding customer environments by many of the world’s … Continue reading “Oracle Acquires InQuira for Undisclosed Sum”
AccuVein Obtains $22,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cca0f950-30fc-4b73-badd-6a3488a95d54&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name AccuVein Mailing Address P.O. Box 1303 Huntington, NY 11743 Company Description AccuVein is a global leader in medical imaging solutions. Our breakthrough product, the AV300, allows health care professionals to see a map of peripheral veins on the skin’s surface with the goal of improving venipuncture, the … Continue reading “AccuVein Obtains $22,500,000 Series B Financing”
Visual Revenue Lands $512,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5cef23d3-81fa-44eb-ae90-ae4081476009&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Visual Revenue Mailing Address 450 West 33rd St 14th Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description Based out of midtown New York, NY, Visual Revenue provides a predictive analytics solution that helps online media organizations set a better front page. Our Front Page Automation Platform provides Editors … Continue reading “Visual Revenue Lands $512,000 New Financing Round”
Yext Receives $10,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9036d107-5740-4bc9-8837-d8b75830e16a&Preview=1 Date 7/28/2011 Company Name Yext Mailing Address 75 9th Ave, 8th Fl New York, NY 10011 Company Description Yext is the Next Yellow Pages, offering superior local services for advertisers, publishers and users. We help local businesses get found, maximize yield for our publishing partners, and answer local searches for internet … Continue reading “Yext Receives $10,000,000 Series D Round”
PhotoRocket Cuts Staff, Swaps CEOs, Looks for New Direction
Seattle photo-sharing startup PhotoRocket, stocked with veterans of high-profile companies like Amazon, Microsoft, aQuantive and Qpass, has cut its staff and changed CEOs as it tries to build up the product, including adding new features to make PhotoRocket stand out in a forest of mobile photo apps and services. In an e-mail to Xconomy, founder … Continue reading “PhotoRocket Cuts Staff, Swaps CEOs, Looks for New Direction”
PacBio, Following Fast Behind Rivals, Seeks Answers for Germany’s E.Coli Outbreak
Scary headlines about the E.coli outbreak in Germany have faded, but scientists are still looking to learn about the DNA sequence of this new bacterial invader, and how it evolved to become deadly. Super-cheap, superfast sequencing has made it easier than ever to dig into these kinds of questions, and today, researchers will have an … Continue reading “PacBio, Following Fast Behind Rivals, Seeks Answers for Germany’s E.Coli Outbreak”
Sarah Schmid Suits Up for Xconomy Detroit
Sarah Schmid’s high school and mine were rivals, but I’m not holding it against her. In fact, having a home-grown Michigan journalist take up the reins of Xconomy Detroit is so exciting I’m willing to overlook any number of gridiron defeats and any amount of adolescent cooler-than-thou posturing. Even more exciting is the fact that … Continue reading “Sarah Schmid Suits Up for Xconomy Detroit”