It was a slow week for tech news in San Diego, perhaps due to a post-Uplinq lull following Qualcomm’s annual conference for wireless app developers. We did find a spurt of cleantech news, however, so plug in, turn on, and tune in. Your Xconomy briefing begins now. —San Diego’s chumby industries, which has developed a … Continue reading “Chumby Plugs Into Connected TV, San Diego Slowly Regaining Jobs, Ecotality Begins Rollout of Public Charging Stations, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Greenstart, Pandora, Google-Admeld—The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News
Occasionally, readers write in asking us to slow down a bit so they’ll have time catch up on all the startup news. Well, last week was a slow one around here, mainly because I was in Boston all week helping with Xconomy’s big annual XSITE conference. And this week will be quiet too, as I’m … Continue reading “Greenstart, Pandora, Google-Admeld—The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News”
Concert Pharmaceuticals Hits $4 Million Milestone in GSK Alliance
Lexington, MA-based Concert Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has moved three novel drug candidates forward in its pipeline—one of which earned it a $4 million milestone payment from GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: [[ticker:GSK]]). The European drug giant allied with Concert on an HIV program in 2009, and the molecule, called CTP-298, is now the lead compound in … Continue reading “Concert Pharmaceuticals Hits $4 Million Milestone in GSK Alliance”
Pfizer’s Idea to Fix the Drug Development Crisis, Which Probably Won’t Work (But Just Might)
Big companies love acronyms, and Pfizer is no exception. So when I heard the world’s biggest drugmaker talk about using its CTI network to validate POMs, it sounded like some Dilbert-style, soul-crushing initiative going nowhere. Writing off this latest initiative would be the safe bet, as many have tried and failed to revitalize the unproductive … Continue reading “Pfizer’s Idea to Fix the Drug Development Crisis, Which Probably Won’t Work (But Just Might)”
E&Y Names Six San Diego Execs as Local Entrepreneurs of Year
Ernst & Young, the global consulting and accounting firm, selected six San Diego executives for its 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year awards on the 25th anniversary of the program, which has expanded to recognize business leaders and entrepreneurs in more than 140 cities and more than 50 countries. The firm also bestowed its San Diego … Continue reading “E&Y Names Six San Diego Execs as Local Entrepreneurs of Year”
Rants, Raves, and Rap. Pre-Lunch Soundoff at XSITE Was a Hit.
When we asked readers two weeks ago to send their biggest gripes with or suggestions for the innovation community, we told them to not hold back. Well, we got we asked for at XSITE 2011: The Entrepreneurship Era. For example: “These laws don’t need to be tweaked, they need a shotgun murder and a burial … Continue reading “Rants, Raves, and Rap. Pre-Lunch Soundoff at XSITE Was a Hit.”
OwnerIQ Lands $7,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ece6da49-17a5-4f57-b9bd-b4be31521199&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2011 Company Name OwnerIQ Mailing Address 320 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210 Company Description OwnerIQ operates a network of consumer self-support Web sites for common household product categories. The company is pioneering the concept of Ownership Targeting, providing brand advertisers with highly customized programs to precisely target consumers based on … Continue reading “OwnerIQ Lands $7,000,000 New Funding Round”
ClariPhy Communications Garners $14,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ee1bf91-4ef4-4cf0-bfb6-56e653c9f976&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2011 Company Name ClariPhy Communications Mailing Address 7585 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description ClariPhy Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets complex physical-layer products (ICs) for high-speed communications. ClariPhy’s initial products, which target 10-Gbit/s optical networks in the enterprise market, significantly lower the … Continue reading “ClariPhy Communications Garners $14,000,000 New Financing”
Crescendo Bioscience Lands $31,019,775 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8332f09c-f928-48a1-a652-ca65e0da9b7c&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2011 Company Name Crescendo Bioscience Mailing Address 341 Oyster Point Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Crescendo Bioscience is developing a broad range of quantitative, objective diagnostic tools to provide Rheumatologists with deeper clinical insights to more effectively manage patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Website http://www.crescendobio.com Transaction … Continue reading “Crescendo Bioscience Lands $31,019,775 Series C Financing”
CityPockets Secures $735,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f689c2ab-0b27-4734-8cd4-bf055eb1d9fd&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2011 Company Name CityPockets Mailing Address 154 Grand St. Fifth Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description At CityPockets, we believe that daily deals can help you save a lot of money and expose you to new activities, restaurants, and services. That’s why we’ve created the simplest and most effective … Continue reading “CityPockets Secures $735,000 New Funding”
VentriPoint Receives $1,159,798 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efe4206f-8217-4222-919e-620425e5fec1&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2011 Company Name VentriPoint Mailing Address 100 W. Harrison St North Tower Seattle, WA 98119 Company Description VentriPoint is dedicated to “connecting all the dots”, to improving the diagnosis of heart disease by increasing the accuracy, speed and ease of measuring heart functions using traditional ultrasound and MRI imaging. Website … Continue reading “VentriPoint Receives $1,159,798 New Funding”
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Lands $45,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98aaee1a-8317-4e65-8cd2-556242497227&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2011 Company Name Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Mailing Address 77 Digital Drive Novato, CA 94949 Company Description Ultragenyx is a new startup focused on developing therapeutics for rare diseases. The company is lead by Emil Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D., former CMO of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, and will build on management’s experience in choosing and … Continue reading “Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Lands $45,000,000 Series A Round”
Leveraging Information Technology to Shape Future Healthcare Delivery
UC San Diego Extension’s Healthcare IT Seminar Series has arranged an evening presentation on health IT by John Mattison, a health IT visionary and the chief medical information officer of Kaiser Permanente. Mattison will speak about coming pivotal decisions involving health IT and emerging health information exchange technology, the capability to electronically move clinical information … Continue reading “Leveraging Information Technology to Shape Future Healthcare Delivery”
OwnerIQ Raises $7M More
Boston-based OwnerIQ, an advertising tech startup, has closed a new $7 million financing round from existing investors including Atlas Venture, CommonAngels, Kepha Partners, and the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, as well as new investor Longworth Venture Partners. The news was first reported by Online Media Daily. OwnerIQ, which started in 2006, focuses on targeting advertising … Continue reading “OwnerIQ Raises $7M More”
Sir Mix-A-Lot, Giant Thinkwell to Posse Up
Seattle social-game startup Giant Thinkwell, a TechStars company hatched at a Startup Weekend last year, is getting ready to roll out its first official celebrity-branded game, featuring Seattle hip-hop legend Sir Mix-A-Lot. Word comes via Twitter, where folks are passing around an invite by Giant Thinkwell to help build social-media buzz for the game, called … Continue reading “Sir Mix-A-Lot, Giant Thinkwell to Posse Up”
Greenbean Recycle, WaySavvy, Strohl Medical Take Home XSITE Xpo Prizes
The first time you do something, it’s a novelty. The second time, it’s a pattern. The third time, it’s a tradition. After yesterday, the “Xpo” lightning-presentation portion of Xconomy’s annual XSITE conference now qualifies as a Boston-area tradition—one that’s so fun we think we’ll keep it around for a while. A dozen early-stage startups joined … Continue reading “Greenbean Recycle, WaySavvy, Strohl Medical Take Home XSITE Xpo Prizes”
SeaGen Promotes Dobmeier
Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]), the Bothell, WA-based developer of targeted cancer drugs, said today that Eric Dobmeier has been promoted from chief business officer to chief operating officer. Dobmeier, who joined the company in 2002, has overseen the company’s efforts to license out its technology for linking antibodies to toxins that make them more potent … Continue reading “SeaGen Promotes Dobmeier”
Pulse Raises $9M
Palo Alto, CA-based Pulse, which makes a visual news reader app for iPads, iPhones, and Android devices, said today that it has collected $9 million in Series A financing. New Enterprise Associates, Greycroft Partners, and Lerer Ventures led the round, which will help the company hire more engineers and port the app to additional platforms. … Continue reading “Pulse Raises $9M”
1366 Nabs $150M DOE Loan
The U.S. Department of Energy has offered 1366 Technologies a conditional commitment for a $150 million loan guarantee, the Lexington, MA-based developer of silicon wafers for solar cells announced today.The money will go to expanding 1366’s manufacturing capabilities and building another U.S. facility for producing silicon wafers more cheaply. The company’s first facility is expected to … Continue reading “1366 Nabs $150M DOE Loan”
A Big Thank You to Our Great XSITE 2011 Speakers, Sponsors, Partners—and Attendees
The sun finally came out and heated up the day a bit yesterday—and at our XSITE 2011 conference at Babson College, things were smoking. We had a great crowd of close to 400 speakers and attendees, among them nearly 100 startups, for this year’s event, themed The Entrepreneurship Era. We had inspiring keynotes, insightful chats, … Continue reading “A Big Thank You to Our Great XSITE 2011 Speakers, Sponsors, Partners—and Attendees”
TechShop Detroit Facility (Finally) Will Debut In October
It took longer than expected but TechShop will finally open…uh, shop in Detroit this fall. The Menlo Park, CA-based company, a self-described “membership-based, do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication studio” will open a 12,000 square foot facility at Ford Motor facility in 800 Republic, Allen Park, MI in October, TechShop CEO Mark Hatch tells Xconomy in an … Continue reading “TechShop Detroit Facility (Finally) Will Debut In October”
Regeneron Shares Halted As FDA Weighs Eye Drug
Trading in shares of Tarrytown, NY-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:REGN]]) was halted today in advance of an FDA advisory panel meeting to discuss the company’s treatment for age-related macular degeneration, aflibercept (also known as VEGF Trap-Eye), according to a press release. On June 15, the FDA released documents ahead of the meeting that indicated the agency believes … Continue reading “Regeneron Shares Halted As FDA Weighs Eye Drug”
Performable Picked Up by HubSpot
Cambridge, MA-based HubSpot, a marketing tech company, has acquired fellow Cambridge startup Performable, which focuses on marketing automation. Terms of the deal weren’t announced, but Performable’s 18-person team, including founder and CEO David Cancel, will join HubSpot (now more than 260 strong) at the latter company’s headquarters on First Street. Cancel will become HubSpot’s chief … Continue reading “Performable Picked Up by HubSpot”
In New York Ad Technology is All the Rage
New York City is home to many famed industries, from finance to theater. It’s also the longtime hub of the advertising industry, which for many years called Madison Avenue home. It’s no surprise, then, that NYC has sprouted dozens of advertising technology startups—companies that are developing new ways for advertisers to find their target audiences … Continue reading “In New York Ad Technology is All the Rage”
An Ode to Error: Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Being Wrong
Is your world view marked by a sense of hopelessness? Do you obsess about past errors? Do you tend to minimize or overlook positive news? If your answers are yes, you may not be clinically depressed. Maybe you’re just being realistic. Depressed people are often told they’re just not looking at things the right way. … Continue reading “An Ode to Error: Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Being Wrong”
Constellation Pharma Raises More Money and Further Defines Pipeline
When Xconomy last checked in on Cambridge, MA, epigenetics startup Constellation Pharmaceuticals, in the fall of 2009, CEO Mark Goldsmith declined to disclose details about the company’s pipeline. These days, he’s willing to be a little more forthcoming. On June 6, during the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, Constellation announced it had … Continue reading “Constellation Pharma Raises More Money and Further Defines Pipeline”
Xtime Garners $3,000,000 Series F Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=22efcea7-8e49-428d-9755-8524c3c05e8c&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name Xtime Mailing Address 1400 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Xtime is the leading provider of Service CRM and scheduling solutions for automotive dealerships. Xtime gives automotive dealerships the ability to schedule more service appointments per working day, driving profitability through increased customer-paid service. Website … Continue reading “Xtime Garners $3,000,000 Series F Financing Round”
Dell Acquires RNA Networks for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d21b3d5b-2e14-4f2a-b425-2b4c32a1f0eb&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name RNA Networks Mailing Address 34 NW 1st Ave Portland, OR 97209 Company Description The customers of RNA networks, inc. run the globe’s most challenging enterprise IT applications, implementing solutions which deliver immediate business benefit. RNA’s products address critical business needs by accelerating applications in datacenter environments where … Continue reading “Dell Acquires RNA Networks for Undisclosed Sum”
BeachMint Lands $23,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce0f9dda-5dbb-4584-bd5d-e1c77df2d023&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name BeachMint Mailing Address Undisclosed Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description The company is developing social commerce sites catering to individual vertical markets. Website http://www.beachmint.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $23,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The new funding will be used to grow the existing brands, … Continue reading “BeachMint Lands $23,500,000 New Financing Round”
Vivecoach Secures $1,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d28812c6-6f8d-4a2f-a63d-01c0f6eea635&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name Vivecoach Mailing Address 1047 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Social gaming has been like a tidal wave in the entertainment business. Hundreds of millions of people are engaging their social networks and using mobile devices to participate in social games. So why not … Continue reading “Vivecoach Secures $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
Pulse Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=10cf6cf3-af9f-4b4f-8bca-1ca48321c052&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name Pulse Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Pulse is an elegant news reading application for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. It incorporates colorful panning story bars and fills them with content from your favorite sources. Pulse redefines news, giving you the opportunity to experience … Continue reading “Pulse Obtains $9,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Shopobot Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7573f41d-ef23-47a0-a1f6-f74f6603ce4e&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name Shopobot Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description Shopobot discovers experts in the user’s social graph to provide advice from friends and trusted sources. Shopobot’s price index crawler monitors prices across many stores and tells users the best time to buy an item. Website http://www.shopobot.com … Continue reading “Shopobot Secures New Round”
Earbits Garners $605,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4933f576-c6b6-45a0-8d78-793d3153b5d7&Preview=1 Date 6/17/2011 Company Name Earbits Mailing Address 957 Lake Street Venice, CA 90291 Company Description Earbits is personalized streaming radio with cojones. No ads, no commercials, no subscriptions…just a slick website with plenty of things to keep you busy. Explore and connect with killer bands across a huge variety of genres. … Continue reading “Earbits Garners $605,000 New Funding”
Converting Gas Guzzlers To Hybrids; ALTe Targets Government And Commercial Fleets With Conversion Kits
ALTe Powertrain Technologies has a lot of room to grow. Both literally and figuratively. Inside the company’s mammoth 150,000 square foot headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI, pieces of white paper arranged on the floor neatly mark the location of soon-to-be assembled parts of its product: A powertrain kit that will convert ordinary gas-powered vehicles into … Continue reading “Converting Gas Guzzlers To Hybrids; ALTe Targets Government And Commercial Fleets With Conversion Kits”
Kinect Hacks Finally Legitimate – Is Skype Next? Microsoft Releases Developer Kit for Motion- and Sound-Sensing Controller
[Updated 2:10 pm with more details throughout] It’s not just for bootleggers anymore. Today, Microsoft (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MSFT]]) is making good on its promises to officially open up the Xbox 360’s Kinect motion sensor, offering a software development kit download for non-commercial uses. That means it’s aimed at “enthusiasts and academics,” some of whom the company … Continue reading “Kinect Hacks Finally Legitimate – Is Skype Next? Microsoft Releases Developer Kit for Motion- and Sound-Sensing Controller”
UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge Awards Top Honors to NeuroMap
The concept for a life sciences startup put together by neuroscientists, a psychiatrist, and MBA student received the top prize—and $57,000 in cash and services—in UCSD’s fifth annual student-managed business plan competition. The proposal for NeuroMap, a seed-stage life sciences startup, was pulled together by Alexey Terskikh, a neuroscientist specializing in development and aging at … Continue reading “UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge Awards Top Honors to NeuroMap”
BioNanomatrix Moves HQ, Awarepoint CEO Talks Strategy, Ambit Raises $30 Million, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
There seemed to be a spate of financings among San Diego’s life sciences companies in recent weeks, and some local CEOs are telling me more deals are in the works. Your briefing begins now. —San Diego has added another startup to its growing cluster of companies developing next-generation genome sequencing and molecular diagnosis technologies. BioNanomatrix, … Continue reading “BioNanomatrix Moves HQ, Awarepoint CEO Talks Strategy, Ambit Raises $30 Million, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Aylus Grabs $16M To Better Enable Mobile Video Calling
Aylus Networks has brought in $16 million in equity financing for its technology that seeks to make video communication on the mobile as seamless and innate as voice communication. The deal, being announced today, was led by London-based m8 Capital, and included previous backers Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. “We believe that video … Continue reading “Aylus Grabs $16M To Better Enable Mobile Video Calling”
Nuance’s Seattle Office: The ‘Other Guys’ from Tegic and Their Fellow Startup Vets Build A Mobile Innovation Hub
Brad Bargen knows a thing or two about being acquired—he’s actually been through it five times, dating back to General Motors’ 1985 deal for Hughes Aircraft. In the latest phase of his career, Bargen is a leader in Nuance Communications’ mobile R&D hub in Seattle, one of the nation’s most longstanding and vibrant innovation centers … Continue reading “Nuance’s Seattle Office: The ‘Other Guys’ from Tegic and Their Fellow Startup Vets Build A Mobile Innovation Hub”
Tapad Nabs $1.8 Million for Ad Technology
New York-based Tapad has raised $1.8 million to develop a technology that allows advertisers to target consumers on mobile devices, according to VentureWire. The company serves “retarget” ads—those that have been viewed on previously visited sites—via mobile browsers and aps. Investors include Firstmark Capital, Lerer Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, and several individuals such as former DoubleClick … Continue reading “Tapad Nabs $1.8 Million for Ad Technology”
Bristol-Myers Squibb Gets Thumbs-Up on Transplant Drug
The FDA approved belatacept (Nulojix), a new drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: [[ticker:BMY]]) to prevent the rejection of transplanted kidneys, according to a press release. The drug was approved to be given by infusion, along with other anti-rejection agents such as corticosteroids. It is the first new drug in a decade for kidney-transplant patients—likely a factor in … Continue reading “Bristol-Myers Squibb Gets Thumbs-Up on Transplant Drug”
Peer39 Wins Support From Venture Community for Non-Cookie-Based Ad Platform
Privacy advocates have long been up in arms about cookies—those data packets that store information about you in your browser, and that have become the basis of some technologies that allow companies to market directly to you. So a couple of years back, the venture community began looking for technology developers who had new approaches … Continue reading “Peer39 Wins Support From Venture Community for Non-Cookie-Based Ad Platform”
Biogen Idec CEO on Move Back to Cambridge: “We’re Working on It”
Biogen Idec, after weeks of speculation in the local real estate market, has confirmed it is considering options to move its headquarters back from the suburbs to Cambridge, MA, as CEO George Scangos seeks to foster a more close-knit culture between the company’s R&D and commercial operations. “We’re working on it. We’ll see if it’s … Continue reading “Biogen Idec CEO on Move Back to Cambridge: “We’re Working on It””
Enphase Files for $100M IPO
Petaluma, CA-based Enphase, which sells microinverters that simplify the installation of residential photovoltaic arrays, filed paperwork Wednesday indicating that it hopes to raise $100 million in an initial public offering on the NASDAQ exchange. As Xconomy observed in a March profile of the company, Enphase’s DC-t0-AC conversion technology allows homeowners to configure solar panels more … Continue reading “Enphase Files for $100M IPO”
RF Biocidics Secures $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9c3da25-2d39-4df1-b253-c1daa1452bf4&Preview=1 Date 6/16/2011 Company Name RF Biocidics Mailing Address 33 Arch Street Boston, MA 02110 Company Description RF Biocidics is developing and commercializing technology that helps disinfect and disinfest pests and pathogens from agricultural food and non-food commodities, both on the surface and interior without chemical pesticides or dangerous radiation. Website http://www.alliedminds.com/Portfolio/RF_Biocidics/index.htm … Continue reading “RF Biocidics Secures $10,000,000 New Funding”
Aylus Networks Lands $16,000,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=856b2bea-042b-4346-84c0-f65873f5e004&Preview=1 Date 6/16/2011 Company Name Aylus Networks Mailing Address 238 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 Company Description Aylus has developed revolutionary share services that will transform the way mobile subscribers communicate in emerging wireless networks. Website http://www.aylus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes This financing … Continue reading “Aylus Networks Lands $16,000,000 Series D Financing”
Ortiva Wireless Receives $2,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c7cb14cb-0ffb-4885-8944-385a1b910d8b&Preview=1 Date 6/16/2011 Company Name Ortiva Wireless Mailing Address 4225 Executive Square La Jolla, CA 92037 Company Description OrtivaTM Wireless delivers the smoothest video, clearest audio, and richest multimedia experience to mobile users under highly variable wireless network conditions. Our mobile network operator solutions extend the coverage and expand the availability of … Continue reading “Ortiva Wireless Receives $2,500,000 New Financing”
Gigi Hill Secures $3,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7bd3babe-a251-49a2-9d2f-39f1fabc95d4&Preview=1 Date 6/16/2011 Company Name Gigi Hill Mailing Address 21520 Yorba Linda Blvd. Yorba Linda, CA 92887 Company Description Gigi Hill is a privately owned direct sales company that designs and manufactures a unique line of high quality handbags and totes that are as practical and functional as they are fashionable. Headquartered … Continue reading “Gigi Hill Secures $3,000,000 Series A Financing”
Lumosity Lands $32,500,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5ac8eeff-43d4-449d-8bd8-72b79d74a0c6&Preview=1 Date 6/16/2011 Company Name Lumosity Mailing Address 153 Kearny Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Lumosity is a cognitive neuroscience research and development company that builds software tools for improving brain health and performance. Lumosity is the first general brain fitness program from Lumos Labs. Website http://www.lumosity.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Lumosity Lands $32,500,000 Series C Financing”
Cambrios Technologies Lands $9,377,769 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9b175e26-791b-4f58-9312-a5954734a178&Preview=1 Date 6/16/2011 Company Name Cambrios Technologies Mailing Address 930 East Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Cambrios’ mission is to use biological technology to transform the way commercial electronic products are made, expand their impact, and reduce their environmental cost. Website http://www.cambrios.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,377,769 Transaction … Continue reading “Cambrios Technologies Lands $9,377,769 New Round”