Any company that aspires to get a listing on the stock market had better be ready for marathon hours with investors, accountants, and lawyers. But there’s a special thicket of challenges to work through when you’re introducing yourself to the NASDAQ the way Seattle-based Allozyne is. The privately-held biotech company is taking the backdoor route … Continue reading “Allozyne Looks to Rustle Up Interest on Wall Street With Backdoor IPO”
Idera Takes Beating on Loss of Merck KGaA Cancer Collaboration, But Remains Committed to Toll-Like Receptors
On July 7, shares of Cambridge, MA-based Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:IDRA]]) plummeted 16% to $1.73 after it announced that Germany’s Merck KGaA had decided to halt development of a cancer drug the two companies had been working on together. When Idera’s drug, called IMO-2055, was given in combination with two commonly used chemo drugs and … Continue reading “Idera Takes Beating on Loss of Merck KGaA Cancer Collaboration, But Remains Committed to Toll-Like Receptors”
Yesware’s E-mail Plug-In Works “Down In The Trenches” With Salespeople to Close Deals and Kill Data Entry
Cambridge, MA-based Yesware kicked off late last year with the aim of building an entirely new e-mail system, one that would help salespeople close their deals and help enterprises actually understand their sales forces, says CEO and founder Matthew Bellows. It even raised $1 million on this premise. Then the company’s board spoke up. You … Continue reading “Yesware’s E-mail Plug-In Works “Down In The Trenches” With Salespeople to Close Deals and Kill Data Entry”
Compuware Scoops Up DynaTrace, Medtronic Buys Salient Surgical, Avedro Snaps Up $25M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
Boston-area IT, energy, and life sciences firms are making up for a short week last week with plenty of headlines on acquisitions and venture investments this time around. —Waltham,MA-based business software maker DynaTrace was bought by Detroit-based Compuware (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CPWR]]) for $256 million in cash, a deal that closed on July 1. DynaTrace, whose technology … Continue reading “Compuware Scoops Up DynaTrace, Medtronic Buys Salient Surgical, Avedro Snaps Up $25M, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Jawbone Receives $70,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8820f8a3-eb43-42ca-9679-054b07c3390d&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name Jawbone Mailing Address 99 Rhode Island Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company designs and sells mobile audio products, such as the Jawbone, a wireless headset. Website http://www.jawbone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $70,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will … Continue reading “Jawbone Receives $70,000,000 New Financing”
Badgeville Lands $12,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=90fb6f70-ddd0-4007-af72-b4711b6cab33&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name Badgeville Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Badgeville is a white label Social Rewards & Analytics Platform We make it easy to increase the loyalty and engagement of your web audience. Website http://www.badgeville.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Badgeville Lands $12,000,000 Series B Financing”
MemSQL Receives $2,100,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23cb32b2-50e2-4309-b920-c3bfc588aec0&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name MemSQL Mailing Address 380 10th St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description MemSQL is a scalable, memory-optimized database that offers orders of magnitude improvements in write and read performance and greatly simplifies application development and maintenance. Website http://www.memsql.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,100,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “MemSQL Receives $2,100,000 New Funding Round”
ShipWire Lands New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa6f69fc-db13-4060-aa29-d96d2689491b&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name ShipWire Mailing Address 2185 Park Blvd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Small and medium-sized businesses spend more than $50B a year bringing bulk merchandise into the US, managing the inventory, and packing and shipping individual orders. For most of these businesses, shipping is an inefficient and … Continue reading “ShipWire Lands New Round”
EverNote Garners $50,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c42b2fc-379f-4c0c-91c5-dbca4a1342fb&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name EverNote Mailing Address 333 Evelyn Ave Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at anytime, from anywhere. Website http://www.evernote.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “EverNote Garners $50,000,000 Series D Round”
Ignite Game Technologies Lands $7,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68c8733c-2268-4d3c-aedc-dcafa61bdf46&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name Ignite Game Technologies Mailing Address 1 Bluxome Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company is developing online games focused on building a new form of auto racing game. Website http://www.ignitegt.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,500,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Ignite Game Technologies Lands $7,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Scopely Lands New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=134a3822-da0b-4088-88eb-5044a9f5ec49&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name Scopely Mailing Address 3780 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90010 Company Description The hottest new consumer web startup in Los Angeles, Scopely is in stealth mode preparing to disrupt a segment of the social web that is ripe for innovation. The Scopely team includes 12 senior engineers … Continue reading “Scopely Lands New Financing Round”
Advanced Diamond Technologies Obtains $5,200,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ba9d428e-60b7-45ba-9e7a-92965d9a6527&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name Advanced Diamond Technologies Mailing Address 429 B Weber Road Romeoville, IL 60446 Company Description ADT is the licensee to the Argonne portfolio of application and process patents for using, synthesizing and micromachining UNCD films. Website http://www.thindiamond.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,200,000 Transaction Round Series D … Continue reading “Advanced Diamond Technologies Obtains $5,200,000 Series D Funding Round”
Localmind Secures $600,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c77dd491-475b-412c-8129-886fe3797761&Preview=1 Date 7/13/2011 Company Name Localmind Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description Localmind actually differs slightly from fellow Q&A apps like Opinionaided or Locql, because Localmind’s real-time, location-based platform sits on top of existing check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla. Localmind actually allows you to ask questions of users … Continue reading “Localmind Secures $600,000 New Round”
Abine Lands $5.2M A Round
Cambridge, MA-based Abine, an online privacy startup, said today it has raised a $5.2 million Series A financing round co-led by Atlas Venture and General Catalyst Partners. Abine, founded in 2008, is led by CEO Bill Kerrigan. The company is developing online privacy and security software for consumers.
Cloudflare, Ignite, Zettaset, Karma: A Mid-Week Funding Roundup
Usually, stories about venture funding rounds go straight into the “News Xpress” section of Xconomy. But once in a while there’s a day with so many funding announcements that we decide to round them up in a quick list instead of publishing a bunch of separate items. Today was one of those days. —San Francisco-based … Continue reading “Cloudflare, Ignite, Zettaset, Karma: A Mid-Week Funding Roundup”
Lockerz Acquires AddToAny
Seattle social networking startup Lockerz has acquired AddToAny, a software company that provides “share” buttons on websites. Terms were not disclosed. Lockerz, led by Amazon.com veteran Kathy Savitt, is positioning itself as a kind of younger alternative to Facebook. It’s organized around “PTZ,” a system of points that users gather by doing regular social functions … Continue reading “Lockerz Acquires AddToAny”
Swype Adds $6M
Seattle mobile-startup Swype, which makes input software for mobile devices, has closed a $6 million Series C financing round led by Ignition Partners and previous investors Samsung Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, Benaroya Capital, Docomo Capital. Swype’s main product allows people using touchscreen devices like smartphones enter text by sliding their finger across the virtual keyboard, … Continue reading “Swype Adds $6M”
Crittercism Wins Funding
San Francisco-based Crittercism, a startup offering a plugin that helps developers track and debug their iOS and Android mobile apps, said today that it has obtained seed funding from a syndicate including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures, AOL Ventures, and individual investor Lucas Nealson, an early engineer at Facebook. … Continue reading “Crittercism Wins Funding”
Qualcomm Promotes Grob to CTO
San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]), the world’s largest developer of wireless chips used in mobile devices, says today that Matt Grob has been promoted to executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). The company says Roberto Padovani decided to transition out of his role as CTO. As the wireless giant’s technology leader, Grob will … Continue reading “Qualcomm Promotes Grob to CTO”
Insider Trader Pleads Guilty in SeaGen Case
Zishen Fan, of Chino Hills, CA, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to charges that he traded on insider information on Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) in 2010, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western Washington. Fan’s brother, Zizhong “James” Fan, now deceased, was at the time a manager … Continue reading “Insider Trader Pleads Guilty in SeaGen Case”
Mitek Moves to Nasdaq
San Diego’s Mitek Systems, which signaled its plans to move to the Nasdaq exchange a couple of months ago, says its shares will begin trading on Nasdaq Thursday. The move is an added bit of credibility for Mitek, which has emerged over the past two years as a leading provider of mobile payment and transaction … Continue reading “Mitek Moves to Nasdaq”
CyPhy Scores More Cash
CyPhy Works, the Boston-area robotics startup led by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner, has raised an additional $1.2 million in equity financing, according to a regulatory filing. The investors in the round weren’t disclosed, but John Simon and Anita Jones are listed on the form as directors of the company, which was originally called The Droid … Continue reading “CyPhy Scores More Cash”
Sotera Wireless Raises $7M
San Diego’s Sotera Wireless, which specializes in non-invasive technology for measuring patients’ vital signs, has raised $7 million in a combination of debt, rights to acquire securities, and securities, according to a recent regulatory filing. Almost $350,000 in additional funding consists of warrants convertible to preferred shares that have not been exercised. Sotera, which was … Continue reading “Sotera Wireless Raises $7M”
EA Buys PopCap Games for up to $1.3B, Says Seattle Company Will Keep Doing its Thing
[Updated at 3:40 pm] Never mind about that IPO. Electronic Arts announced today that it’s buying Seattle casual gaming company PopCap Games in a deal that could be worth up to $1.3 billion. The initial price is $650 million in cash and $100 million in EA (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ERTS]]) stock, with later performance-based payouts that could … Continue reading “EA Buys PopCap Games for up to $1.3B, Says Seattle Company Will Keep Doing its Thing”
2011 Babson College Summer Venture Program Demo Day
Ten undergraduate and MBA teams will show off what they’ve done in the past 10 weeks at Babson’s Summer Venture Program. Register here to attend and check out their products and progress.
Intellectual Ventures Steps Up Legal Battle with Memory Manufacturers, Brings H-P, Best Buy & Others Along for the Fight
[Updated at 2:30 pm with details of ITC complaint] Now it’s really getting serious. Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, WA-based intellectual property and invention firm, is stepping up its fight against a pair of Asian memory manufacturers with a complaint to the International Trade Commission seeking to block the companies’ products from being imported to the … Continue reading “Intellectual Ventures Steps Up Legal Battle with Memory Manufacturers, Brings H-P, Best Buy & Others Along for the Fight”
$1.7M for MotherKnows
MotherKnows, a Menlo Park, CA-based startup building an online health record system for parents, said today that it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. Among the startup’s backers are First Round Capital, Giza Ventures, Charles River Ventures, The Band of Angels, former Google Health product manager Maneesh Arora, and other individual investors. “MotherKnows is … Continue reading “$1.7M for MotherKnows”
Margarita Barry Leads Army Of Young Entrepreneurs To Detroit
[Corrected 7/12/11, 4:05 pm.See below.]Margarita Barry is throwing a party. Who: Entrepreneurial, creative people in their 20s or 30s Where: Detroit When: Now RSVP: www.iamyoungdetroit.com Barry, 26, is the founder of I am Young Detroit, a web site [An earlier version mistakenly described the website as a social networking site. We regret the error.]that offers … Continue reading “Margarita Barry Leads Army Of Young Entrepreneurs To Detroit”
When Complaining Customers Hit Twitter and Facebook, Assistly is There
Alex Bard likes to start off his description of Assistly, the San Francisco startup where he’s CEO, with an old quote from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. It goes something like this: If you make a customer unhappy in the physical world, he might tell six friends. But if you make the same customer unhappy on … Continue reading “When Complaining Customers Hit Twitter and Facebook, Assistly is There”
Gilead Expands Low-Cost HIV Drug Program
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GILD]]), the world’s largest maker of HIV drugs, said today it has expanded its global access program to offer HIV/AIDS drugs at low prices in poor countries. The Foster City, CA-based company said four Indian partners and the Medicines Patent Pool Foundation will get access to the experimental drug elvitegravir, the experimental … Continue reading “Gilead Expands Low-Cost HIV Drug Program”
Seattle Genetics’ New ‘Empowered Antibody’ Looks Clean in FDA Staff Documents
The FDA staff has been known to dish out some unhappy surprises in briefing documents ahead of FDA advisory committees, and to make withering comments about the inadequacy of new drugs, but there wasn’t really any of that in this morning’s analysis of a new drug application from Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]). The FDA staff … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics’ New ‘Empowered Antibody’ Looks Clean in FDA Staff Documents”
San Diego’s Assay Depot Creates Private e-Commerce Sites for Pfizer, Other Big Pharmas
Entrepreneurs are often advised to stay nimble during the startup years of a new venture, so they can quickly change direction as new business opportunities present themselves. But San Diego’s Assay Depot could qualify as a case study in agility. The venture that began five years ago as a clinical research organization (CRO) dramatically changed … Continue reading “San Diego’s Assay Depot Creates Private e-Commerce Sites for Pfizer, Other Big Pharmas”
Mojiva Raises $25 Million
New York-based Mojiva—the parent company of the mobile ad network, Mojiva, and the mobile ad serving platform, Mocean Mobile—raised $25 million in a Series C, according to a press release sent to Xconomy. The round was led by Shamrock Capital Advisors, with participation from previous investors Pelion Venture Partners and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments.
There is a New Clinical Trial of a Novel Drug for African Sleeping Sickness. Who Cares?
I do. Millions of Africans do. Two of the world’s wealthiest people do. And against all odds, two U.S. biotech companies do too. The story starts in Africa where about 7,000 new cases of sleeping sickness happen each year. If diseases could be classified as cruel and unusual, sleeping sickness would be at the top … Continue reading “There is a New Clinical Trial of a Novel Drug for African Sleeping Sickness. Who Cares?”
Amag Rebounds from FDA Handwringing, Looks To Stock Pipeline Through Acquisitions
Exactly two years ago, Lexington, MA-based Amag Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMAG]]) took a giant step forward in its effort to morph from a manufacturer of diagnostic-imaging products to a developer of cutting-edge drugs. The company introduced its first therapeutic product, ferumoxytol (Feraheme), an intravenous injection to treat iron deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease. Investors … Continue reading “Amag Rebounds from FDA Handwringing, Looks To Stock Pipeline Through Acquisitions”
Wag.com, Facebook, Skype, Iota, Moai: The 1-Minute Week in Seattle Tech News
A short holiday week still left us with plenty of good tech news to chew over in the Puget Sound region. Here’s the quick version of the headlines and deep dives from the past seven days here at Xconomy Seattle, from big players and VCs to startups and researchers: —Cue the circa-2000 sock puppet jokes—Amazon.com … Continue reading “Wag.com, Facebook, Skype, Iota, Moai: The 1-Minute Week in Seattle Tech News”
Seattle Genetics’ FDA Panel Preview: What You Need to Know This Week
[Updated: 6:50 am PT] This is the week Seattle Genetics, a 14-year-old company, will have its biggest coming-of-age experience on its way to becoming a real grown-up. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) is getting ready to make its best possible argument for FDA approval of its new “empowered antibody” drug aimed at a pair of rare … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics’ FDA Panel Preview: What You Need to Know This Week”
How’s That Stretchy, Bendy Stuff Working Out for Ya? MC10 Looks to Turn Flexible Sensors and Solar Cells Into a Growth Business
Marc Andreessen, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-venture-capitalist, said something interesting in last weekend’s New York Times magazine interview. It wasn’t his “there’s no tech bubble” spiel, or even his prediction that we’ll all be riding around in self-driving cars in 10 to 20 years, thanks to Google. No, it was that he singled out “wearable computing”—portable … Continue reading “How’s That Stretchy, Bendy Stuff Working Out for Ya? MC10 Looks to Turn Flexible Sensors and Solar Cells Into a Growth Business”
Cyphy Works Secures $1,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4dad5d23-3352-43e2-980b-31fadb14de16&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name Cyphy Works Mailing Address 11 Gage Road Wayland, MA 01778 Company Description The company is a robotics startup that is developing unmanned aerial vehicle technologies. Website http://www.cyphyworks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “Cyphy Works Secures $1,200,000 New Financing Round”
ClipSync Lands New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03139dce-c31d-4ccc-a907-4a77bd5ab2b1&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name ClipSync Mailing Address Pier 33 South Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description ClipSync is a revolutionary platform powering the Social TV revolution. We reconstruct the natural gestures of group social interaction into a uniquely enriched online experience, augmenting any type of video into a Social experience, … Continue reading “ClipSync Lands New Round”
MoPub Lands $6,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41519e5e-2e5a-45e2-b587-5ac98bceb8f2&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name MoPub Mailing Address 512 2nd St. Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Control your ad inventory, monetize effectively and understand user engagement on your iPhone and Android apps. Website http://www.mopub.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will … Continue reading “MoPub Lands $6,500,000 New Funding Round”
Pivot Medical Garners $2,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1afba40c-4640-4686-a280-8682d19c7b87&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name Pivot Medical Mailing Address 550 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company operates as a medical research company. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. Amount may include options, warrants or other rights … Continue reading “Pivot Medical Garners $2,000,000 New Funding Round”
CloudFlare Obtains $20,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b1f9f5c-0675-44ee-8cd9-a11b36718965&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name CloudFlare Mailing Address 49 Zoe Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description CloudFlare is a cloud-based web application performance and security solution that uses the collective knowledge of the Internet to keep websites safe. CloudFlare is born from our experience in building Project Honey Pot, the largest … Continue reading “CloudFlare Obtains $20,000,000 Series B Round”
Citrix Systems Acquires Cloud.com for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c77b665e-384a-4d7d-ae83-b1522d7c240d&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name Cloud.com Mailing Address 20400 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA 95014 Company Description The Cloud.com CloudStack is an open source software product that enables the deployment, management, and configuration of multi-tier and multi-tenant infrastructure cloud services by enterprises and service providers. Website http://www.cloud.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Citrix Systems Acquires Cloud.com for Undisclosed Sum”
LearnVest Receives $19,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb578d69-339c-449f-a072-592e2494fdcd&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name LearnVest Mailing Address 1115 Broadway 12th Floor New York, NY 10010 Company Description LearnVest is the leading independent personal finance website targeting the 70 million women who control over 80% of all consumer spending in the United States. Since its debut as a TechCrunch50 Company in September … Continue reading “LearnVest Receives $19,000,000 Series B Financing”
MomentFeed Lands $1,200,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5146e6b-2c58-4571-a8e3-e61e03a0ab9c&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name MomentFeed Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description MomentFeed is committed to developing “Location-Based Engagements” as a new marketing channel. We do this by making it efficient for large brands to utilize location-based services and technologies to achieve their marketing objectives. This efficiency is driven … Continue reading “MomentFeed Lands $1,200,000 New Financing”
Swype Receives $2,500,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=04dd3112-3e71-4175-9dd3-d2ce583c73f5&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name Swype Mailing Address 701 North 34th St Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Swype is a maker of text-input technology for mobile devices. Website http://www.swypeinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,500,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The company will continue to roll out new versions of … Continue reading “Swype Receives $2,500,000 Series C Funding”
Electronic Arts Acquires PopCap Games for $750,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8976895a-8487-4458-8af4-beedbc6a6be1&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name PopCap Games Mailing Address 2401 4th Ave Seattle, WA 98121 Company Description Here at PopCap our goal is to create fun games that literally everyone can enjoy. Our games are easy to learn, tough to master…and utterly addictive! Website http://www.popcap.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $750,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Electronic Arts Acquires PopCap Games for $750,000,000”
Astrid Garners New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e102ccb2-9ad9-49c9-a98c-3d9f0f99109e&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name Astrid Mailing Address 625 Market Street 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Astrid’s goal is to help over 1 million people lead happier and more productive lives. We think that too many apps are expensive, complicated and boring, so we are committed to making ours … Continue reading “Astrid Garners New Financing Round”
LumiGrow Garners Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10862dc9-aa51-48c5-a4ee-40c2630dbcf6&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2011 Company Name LumiGrow Mailing Address 990 13th St San Francisco, CA 94130 Company Description LumiGrow, Inc., the leading provider of high-efficiency LED lighting solutions for agriculture and horticulture, enables commercial growers and researchers to achieve operational efficiencies, reduce energy consumption and improve crop yields. Website http://www.lumigrow.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “LumiGrow Garners Series A Financing Round”