Cell Biosciences Obtains $13,000,866 Series F Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b752e116-71c9-433e-8ea8-4c420e76d728&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name Cell Biosciences Mailing Address 3040 Oakmead Village Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Cell Biosciences is a private life sciences company focused on defining the future of protein analysis. Our company develops instrumentation systems, software and assay products that drive discoveries in fields ranging from fundamental … Continue reading “Cell Biosciences Obtains $13,000,866 Series F Funding Round”

CrowdStar Obtains $23,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b57c2ece-506f-444b-97a9-787e12c27b23&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name CrowdStar Mailing Address Undisclosed Burlingame, CA 94010 Company Description Crowdstar was founded in 2008 and is one of the top Social Gaming companies in the world. Website http://www.crowdstar.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $23,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company said it would use the … Continue reading “CrowdStar Obtains $23,000,000 New Financing”

Impact Dialing Garners New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1378b635-1f5f-4b32-b94e-a866bec20f3e&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name Impact Dialing Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Impact Dialing provisions servers and phone lines on-demand, so you get the resources you need without paying a premium. Website http://www.impactdialing.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Impact Dialing Garners New Round”

Revel Systems Secures $3,700,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58407ec4-40b9-4a77-b69b-f7a0f3d760b7&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name Revel Systems Mailing Address 88 1st St. Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Revel Systems is an iPad-based Point of Sale system for restaurants and retail establishments. Revel Systems’ cloud-based POS system is quick, intuitive and powerful. Website http://www.RevelSystems.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Revel Systems Secures $3,700,000 New Financing Round”

FSAStore Secures $800,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=773f2a6b-caad-404f-a9e2-0ed09e804a9f&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name FSAStore Mailing Address 244 5th Ave. New York, NY 10001 Company Description FSAStore.com is the only one-stop-ecommerce site exclusively stocked with FSA eligible products and services so there are no guessing games about what is and isn’t reimbursable by an FSA. Website http://www.FSAStore.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “FSAStore Secures $800,000 Series A Financing”

Terra-Gen Power Lands $55,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30ec95ec-7f33-46e3-8a1b-3e04dab51529&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name Terra-Gen Power Mailing Address 1095 Avenue of the Americas 25th Floor New York, NY 10036 Company Description Terra-Gen Power is a renewable energy company focused on geothermal, wind and solar generation. Terra-Gen Power owns 1,131 MW (net equity) in twenty-one operating renewable energy projects across the Western … Continue reading “Terra-Gen Power Lands $55,000,000 New Funding Round”

QD Vision Receives $22,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fc76e3f-3499-420d-95cb-632ba3a445c2&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name QD Vision Mailing Address 313 Pleasant St Watertown, MA 02472 Company Description Our leading edge solutions will give customers decisive performance and manufacturing advantages in the competitive market for flat panel displays. Because our solutions use standard OLED device structures, customers with installed manufacturing equipment can leverage … Continue reading “QD Vision Receives $22,000,000 New Funding”

CaseNET Secures $3,255,153 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d5c8c12-e972-4b29-bce2-7f31df61a529&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name CaseNET Mailing Address 23 Crosby Drive Bedford, MA 01730 Company Description The company is a developer of care management software for workers’ compensation and health care organizations. Website http://www.casenetinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,255,153 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “CaseNET Secures $3,255,153 New Funding”

Javelin Semiconductor Secures $4,000,000 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=defadcb7-4f76-45d8-aa9b-ca21a11e2e16&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2011 Company Name Javelin Semiconductor Mailing Address 3801 S. Capital of Texas Highway Austin, TX 78704 Company Description Javelin Semiconductor develops mixed-signal CMOS ICs for wireless communications. The company is based in Austin, Texas, a recognized center of mixed-signal semiconductor design talent. Backed by leading technology investors, Javelin was founded … Continue reading “Javelin Semiconductor Secures $4,000,000 Series C Funding Round”

Accelrys Buys Sweden’s Contur

San Diego-based Accelrys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ACCL]]), which outlined its scientific Software-as-a-Service strategy for me just a couple months ago, says it has acquired privately-held Contur Software AB of Stockholm, Sweden, in a deal valued at $13.1 million. Accelrys says Contur provides Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) software that enables scientific organizations to document their R&D. and to … Continue reading “Accelrys Buys Sweden’s Contur”

IPO Pipeline Pumps Up the Volume in First Quarter

A recent study of IPO filings by the Ernst & Young accounting firm shows that 47 companies filed for initial public offerings during the quarter that ended March 31, and a total of 125 companies are waiting to go public on U.S. markets. Of the 125 companies in the pipeline, 25 are based in California, … Continue reading “IPO Pipeline Pumps Up the Volume in First Quarter”

Tech Talent Shortage, One of this Year’s Major Storylines, Illustrated in National Study by Job-Search Site Dice

If you want another bit of evidence that the technology job market is really competitive, job-search site Dice is out with a new study that ranks states according to their estimated shortage of new tech workers. Xconomy locations, which align with the top innovation clusters nationally, are well represented atop the list for having the … Continue reading “Tech Talent Shortage, One of this Year’s Major Storylines, Illustrated in National Study by Job-Search Site Dice”

Mass Tech Hub State House Day

This event, put on by the state’s Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, will take a deep dive into the importance of the digital and IT sectors in Massachusetts. Entrepreneurs and legislators will gather at this one. Check this site out for more info.

Google Buys Sparkbuy, Less Than Two Months After Seattle Startup’s Product Launch

Sparkbuy, a consumer electronics shopping site based in Seattle, has been purchased by Google (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GOOG]]), the startup announced today on its website. The company, which has been around for less than a year, had raised about $1 million, led by Benaroya Ventures and angel investor Geoff Entress. Terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed, but … Continue reading “Google Buys Sparkbuy, Less Than Two Months After Seattle Startup’s Product Launch”

Ann Arbor Spark Names Board

Ann Arbor SPARK named the following community leaders to its board: Ric DeVore, regional president of PNC;Marty Kahn,CEO of ProQuest; Mike Miller, head of Google’s local office;Conan Smith, Washtenaw County commissioner and executive director of Michigan Suburbs Alliance;Thomas Zurbuchen, director of University of Michigan’s Center for Entrepreneurship, and Dr. Susan Martin, president of Eastern Michigan … Continue reading “Ann Arbor Spark Names Board”

Web Innovators Group 30

Check out the June version of the WebInno series of events. A crop of companies—which will soon be announced—in the mobile and Web IT spaces will present to the audience and showcase on the sidelines. There will be plenty of networking, too, at this event, which you can register for here.

iTegris Raises $4.6M

iTegris, a stealth-mode Bellevue, WA-area startup headed by former Ignition Partners entrepreneur-in-residence Kurt Kolb, has raised about $4.6 million in equity financing according to a new SEC filing. iTegris’ web page is the standard placeholder, but the metadata search description says the company’s “focus in on helping companies to effectively manage their software and IP … Continue reading “iTegris Raises $4.6M”

Mass Innovation Nights #27

Four products—as voted by prospective audience members—will demo at this 27th installment of Mass Innovation Nights. Check out the crop of contenders in the Web and IT space, and sign up for the Westborough event here

Kobo Seattle Expanding

Kobo, the Canadian company that makes an e-reader for Borders, plans to expand its presence in Seattle, according to this interview with The Seattle Times’ Brier Dudley. Kobo, which is out with a new touchscreen version of its e-reader today, previously hired Amazon.com alum Todd Humphrey as its business development director. Now, Dudley reports that Kobo … Continue reading “Kobo Seattle Expanding”

LinkedIn, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Garageband: The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News

Last week’s Xconomy event Beyond Mobile: Computing in 2021 (nicely summarized by freelancer David Needle) kept me pretty busy, but the news rolled on: —The biggest buzz of the week, of course, was over the initial public offering by Mountain View, CA-based LinkedIn (NYSE: [[ticker:LNKD]]), which brought the company some $352 million in new funds. … Continue reading “LinkedIn, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Garageband: The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News”

Qualcomm Identifies First GPS+Glonass Smartphone

Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs said earlier this month the San Diego wireless giant has developed technology that enables smartphones to use either GPS or Russia’s Glonass satellite location capabilities. Today, Qualcomm says the first GPS+Glonass-capable phone is the MTS 945, available from Russian mobile operator and retailer MTS. It’s an Android-based phone made … Continue reading “Qualcomm Identifies First GPS+Glonass Smartphone”

VuClip Sees $8M

Milpitas, CA-based VuClip announced in a blog post that it has raised $8 million in Series C financing from New Enterprise Associates and Jafco Ventures. The company makes software that transcodes video clips for delivery to more than 5,000 types of mobile devices used around the world. The company said it will use the funds … Continue reading “VuClip Sees $8M”

GainSpan Gains $10.2M

GainSpan, a San Jose, CA-based maker of Wi-Fi modules embedded in a range of devices, has increased the size of a recent round of equity-based funding to $10.15 million, according to an amended regulatory document filed last week. The company reported in November 2010 that it had raised $5.1 million in the round, with part … Continue reading “GainSpan Gains $10.2M”

New York Angels Step Up to Fund Local Biotech and Medtech Startups

Shortly after Milena Adamian joined the San Francisco office of Easton Capital in 2007, she got involved in two local angel groups, Life Science Angels and Health Tech Capital. Adamian, who is a cardiologist by training, was drawn to the opportunity to support fledgling entrepreneurs—some of whom were developing new drugs and devices that she … Continue reading “New York Angels Step Up to Fund Local Biotech and Medtech Startups”

$3.3M for Everloop

Everloop, a Danville, CA-based startup offering a protected online social network for “tweens” aged 8 to 13, has raised $3.27 million in equity-based financing in a round that could go as high as $3.58 million, according to a regulatory filing last week. The investors in the round have not been identified, but a report from … Continue reading “$3.3M for Everloop”

Vertex, On Deadline, Wins FDA Approval for Hepatitis C Drug

[Update: 12:03 pm ET, with pricing info] Vertex’s big day has arrived. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech company has gotten clearance from the FDA to start marketing telaprevir (Incivek) as a new treatment for patients in the U.S. with hepatitis C. The new drug, a protease inhibitor designed to fight the liver-damaging virus, is now approved … Continue reading “Vertex, On Deadline, Wins FDA Approval for Hepatitis C Drug”

BzzAgent Bought by Tesco’s Dunnhumby, Brings Social Marketing Expertise to Retail Giant

Boston social-marketing company BzzAgent said today it is being acquired by U.K.-based consumer analytics firm Dunnhumby, a subsidiary of retail giant Tesco. Terms were not disclosed, but various media reports put the acquisition price at $60 million, contingent on BzzAgent hitting certain milestones. BzzAgent started in 2001 and has amassed a network of 800,000 consumer … Continue reading “BzzAgent Bought by Tesco’s Dunnhumby, Brings Social Marketing Expertise to Retail Giant”

Bluebird Bio Looks to Move Past Hot Papers, Charge Ahead in Clinic With Gene Therapy

[Correction: 10:22 am 5/24/11] Bluebird Bio is one of those fortunate companies that can say the top peer-reviewed journals in biomedical research—Science and Nature—have run articles featuring its two lead drug candidates while they are still at the earliest phase of development. CEO Nick Leschly doesn’t want to sound ungrateful—the buzz doesn’t hurt—but he seems … Continue reading “Bluebird Bio Looks to Move Past Hot Papers, Charge Ahead in Clinic With Gene Therapy”

Sangamo Shows Early Promise Against HIV, Hemophilia at Gene Therapy Revival Meeting

Word on the street in Seattle last week was that Big Pharma was sniffing around quite a bit at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy annual meeting being held downtown. There was a lot more optimism at this confab than in years past, and Richmond, CA-based Sangamo Biosciences was one of the companies … Continue reading “Sangamo Shows Early Promise Against HIV, Hemophilia at Gene Therapy Revival Meeting”

Active Network Teed Up for IPO This Week, InterDigital Opens Local Lab, Aptera Ready to Move Production Out of California, & More San Diego BizTech News

The big news this week, if it happens, will be the Active Network’s IPO. But we’ve also rounded up all the other important developments from San Diego’s tech community, and our briefing begins now. —The San Diego-based Active Network could have a market valuation that is close to $1 billion if its IPO takes place … Continue reading “Active Network Teed Up for IPO This Week, InterDigital Opens Local Lab, Aptera Ready to Move Production Out of California, & More San Diego BizTech News”

How to Make Money in Biotech With No Hope of Going Public, Slim Odds of Getting Acquired

Most biotech entrepreneurs I’ve met have a dream that ends one of two ways. They will either take their company public, or sell their startup to a giant drugmaker. Those are the paths to making money, making venture investors happy, and getting the resources needed to take a new drug all the way to the … Continue reading “How to Make Money in Biotech With No Hope of Going Public, Slim Odds of Getting Acquired”

Brighter.com Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29138f5f-af84-4dae-a0c9-f3bbc17f6326&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Brighter.com Mailing Address 501 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Brighter features top-rated dentists at the most affordable prices. Cut your dental costs in half! Website http://www.brighter.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Brighter.com Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Singulex Garners $7,475,513 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=805e87d5-7077-4f90-8381-88bfbbe33991&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Singulex Mailing Address 1650 Harbor Bay Parkway Alameda, CA 94502 Company Description Singulex is an early stage biotechnology company with research and development laboratories in St. Louis and commercial operations in Hayward, California. Singulex has obtained exclusive license to all intellectual property around its core technology and … Continue reading “Singulex Garners $7,475,513 New Round”

Intelligize Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ea8f4e7-c25e-4ccd-9eba-32494b4db33e&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Intelligize Mailing Address 304 Park Ave South 11th Floor New York, NY 10010 Company Description In today’s economic climate, the concept that “time is money” is an overriding consideration and lawyers facing amplified price competition and pressures on profit margins are increasingly looking to game-changing technologies to … Continue reading “Intelligize Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round”

VYou Obtains $3,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c121ea9-ff97-457b-8fd2-ea1766e933b8&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name VYou Mailing Address 594 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description VYou allows people to broadcast video structured as conversations, offering the most personal form of social interaction on the web. VYou lets you get advice from experts, interact with your favorite celebrity or organization, and communicate … Continue reading “VYou Obtains $3,000,000 Series A Round”

Dunnhumby Acquires BzzAgent for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e8262b9-80ae-49d8-a1c0-b9437244114a&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name BzzAgent Mailing Address 500 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02118 Company Description BzzAgent, Inc. is a word-of-mouth marketing and media company that enables companies to organize and manage honest, real-world conversations between everyday consumers. BzzAgent’s innovative process and platform allows it to develop systemized campaigns that help accelerate … Continue reading “Dunnhumby Acquires BzzAgent for Undisclosed Sum”

GainSpan Obtains $10,150,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=04fb5af4-b129-4d95-b4ec-518a4d2f8c94&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name GainSpan Mailing Address 125 S. Market Street San Jose, CA 95113-2292 Company Description GainSpan brings Wi-Fi sensor networks to life. The company’s semiconductor and software solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices. Website http://www.gainspan.com Transaction … Continue reading “GainSpan Obtains $10,150,000 New Round”

Everloop Secures $3,273,469 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8445cbfb-359c-435b-a892-acd593e4aec5&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Everloop Mailing Address 9000 Crow Canyon Rd. Danville, CA 94506 Company Description Targeting tween girls and boys ages 8 to 13, Everloop’s mission is to give tweens a protected space where they can connect with friends they know, express themselves, play games, collaborate on projects and discover … Continue reading “Everloop Secures $3,273,469 New Funding”

Software AG Acquires Terracotta for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=26e487db-c83b-4d44-8b72-8a36d91afde9&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Terracotta Mailing Address 650 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Terracotta, Inc. delivers plug-in capacity and availability for Java applications at runtime with no application code changes. Website http://www.terracottatech.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the … Continue reading “Software AG Acquires Terracotta for Undisclosed Sum”

Rent the Runway Garners $15,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=69168a24-68a0-4325-a756-845c8ac6aed4&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Rent the Runway Mailing Address 304 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 Company Description What if your closet was big enough to hold all the latest runway trends? What if, just for a night, you could experiment a little – say, try a one-shoulder dress in a … Continue reading “Rent the Runway Garners $15,000,000 New Funding Round”

Google Acquires Sparkbuy for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20bb3660-2b36-4828-82d9-03b99dd3f86f&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2011 Company Name Sparkbuy Mailing Address 6100 4th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108 Company Description The company is developing an as yet unspecified Internet service. Website http://www.sparkbuy.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Explosive Market Growth: LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy and a Discussion of Online-to-Offline Commerce With Demos

The hottest area of retail these days might be so-called online-to-offline sales, as represented by companies such as Groupon and rival LivingSocial. Founded in 2007, LivingSocial now claims 85 million users, and reportedly takes in more than $50M in monthly revenue. LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy chats with North Bridge Ventures’ Dayna Grayson is this MIT … Continue reading “Explosive Market Growth: LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy and a Discussion of Online-to-Offline Commerce With Demos”

Mongo SF

A multi-track, one-day conference that brings together 10gen executives, customers, open source aficionados and MongoDB developers. Information and registration here.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Gives Lift to Skyhook Wireless By Following CEO Ted Morgan on Twitter

If you’re a loyal reader of Xconomy, and have followed stories such as VC Varsity, you know we aren’t above finding a sports angle to our coverage of the innovation community. Skyhook Wireless is no exception. The company was founded by Ted Morgan and Michael Shean and named in part because of their love of … Continue reading “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Gives Lift to Skyhook Wireless By Following CEO Ted Morgan on Twitter”

Separating Hype from Reality in Alternative Fuels: the Photo Gallery

Even though the sun was finally out in Seattle, dozens of folks from the worlds of cleantech, life sciences and high tech got together to share thoughts and network at Xconomy’s latest event, “Separating Hype from Reality in Alternative Fuels.” Our panelists and presenters dove into the past and future of biofuels, the need for … Continue reading “Separating Hype from Reality in Alternative Fuels: the Photo Gallery”