eMerge Health Solutions Garners $250,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc233d22-f8e3-4197-8d9a-d5f0159819c8&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name eMerge Health Solutions Mailing Address 2925 Vernon Pl. Cincinnati, OH 45219 Company Description eMerge has command-driven voice templates for operative note, nursing, pathology and pharmaceutical documentation modules suitable for ambulatory surgery centers, operating rooms, emergency rooms, hospital floor nursing needs and nursing homes. Website http://www.emergeendo.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “eMerge Health Solutions Garners $250,000 New Financing”

Mashery Obtains $11,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f7fbb3b-882f-4d5c-8154-6968d0371dc6&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name Mashery Mailing Address 717 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Mashery is the leading provider of web services and API management solutions enabling software-driven companies to unlock and accelerate their web services channel. Website http://www.mashery.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Mashery Obtains $11,000,000 New Funding”

iRhythm Technologies Garners $15,000,000 Series C Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0365ac78-2ca3-495c-821e-d3c90e0d2790&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name iRhythm Technologies Mailing Address 650 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description iRhythm Technologies has developed a novel cardiac rhythm monitoring device that is dramatically superior to any currently available monitor due to its radically simplified design and ease-of-use. Website http://www.irhythmtech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “iRhythm Technologies Garners $15,000,000 Series C Round”

Helium Secures $10,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa30c740-689c-457f-85c7-0dda00e2537a&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name Helium Mailing Address 200 Brickstone Square Andover, MA 01810 Company Description Helium is the online destination to learn what you need and share what you know. Helium goes beyond search, bringing together real advice from real people on a wide variety of topics. Helium combines citizen journalism … Continue reading “Helium Secures $10,000,000 New Funding”

Sophos Acquires Astaro for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c2d7e42-5d1e-4898-85a6-f4a37d5eae2f&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name Astaro Mailing Address 260 Fordham Rd Wilmington, MA 01887 Company Description The company delivers Network Assurance appliances to secure networks for businesses worldwide. Website http://www.astaro.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

PerkinElmer Acquires Geospiza for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f8ea7b0-7422-4bad-ac20-c3f3b71cc5a3&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name Geospiza Mailing Address 100 West Harrison North Tower Seattle, WA 98119 Company Description Geospiza is a leading developer of enterprise-class software systems for workflow management of genetic analysis. Website http://www.geospiza.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction … Continue reading “PerkinElmer Acquires Geospiza for Undisclosed Sum”

GoPro Lands New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f88f164-bcea-4202-9d21-59cd37de8857&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name GoPro Mailing Address 2450 Cabrillo Hwy. South Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Company Description The company manufactures and sells a wearable HD camcorder. Website http://www.GoPro.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will utilize the proceeds to fund further international … Continue reading “GoPro Lands New Round”

Welltok Obtains $1,727,288 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eba43352-c8a4-4c88-bce2-8899738aa6f7&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2011 Company Name Welltok Mailing Address 1530 15th Street Denver, CO 80202 Company Description Our social platform allows health plans to rapidly participate in the health care community in a new and powerful way, thus strengthening engagement and collaboration with their members. Website http://www.Welltok.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Welltok Obtains $1,727,288 New Financing”

Qualcomm Convenes Town Hall Meeting at Critical Juncture

At the market research and consulting firm CCS Insight, Boston-based analyst John Jackson says he views San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) as a company “that faces some tectonic shifts in an industry that used to be known as the telecom industry.” Now telecom has converged with computing and the Internet, and Jackson says it’s all … Continue reading “Qualcomm Convenes Town Hall Meeting at Critical Juncture”

Delmia Pushes Its Digital Manufacturing Software Beyond Automobiles

When I was in elementary school, we played kickball during recess. There weren’t any umpires, so we had to police ourselves. If there was an intractable dispute, we would yell “Do Over!” and simply repeated the play. No harm, no foul. However, things are little more complicated–and expensive– in the adult world. For manufacturers of … Continue reading “Delmia Pushes Its Digital Manufacturing Software Beyond Automobiles”

Bioscience on the Brink

What happens when the brightest researchers in Seattle get together to talk, eat, drink and listen to each other? Join SpreadingScience on May 24 for the organizational meeting of BioScience on the Brink. For more information, click here.

In the Age of Health Reform, Healthcare IT to the Rescue?

Talking about health insurance is a good way to clear a room. It is a rare person who is excited to interact with their insurance company or who can understand the explanation of benefits they receive in the mail detailing all of the things that the insurance carrier has decided not to pay on their … Continue reading “In the Age of Health Reform, Healthcare IT to the Rescue?”

Disqus Talks Up $10M Round

Daniel Ha, CEO and co-founder of Disqus, the San Francisco startup whose commenting system is used by the publishers of 750,000 websites, said in a blog post today that his company has secured $10 million in Series B venture financing from new investors North Bridge Venture Partners and existing investor Union Square Ventures. North Bridge partner … Continue reading “Disqus Talks Up $10M Round”

Did ViaSat Network Carry Live Feed of Commando Raid on Osama bin Laden?

In an interview on the PBS News Hour last night, CIA Director Leon Panetta describes the U.S. raid on the Pakistan compound where Osama bin Laden was killed—saying that neither he nor President Obama watched the actual shooting of bin Laden as it happened inside the main building. Yet both were apparently watching a live … Continue reading “Did ViaSat Network Carry Live Feed of Commando Raid on Osama bin Laden?”

C21 BioVentures

From the conference website: “As 2011 progresses there are both new opportunities and new challenges for biotech companies, pharmaceutical partners and investors. C21 provides a platform to network with your peers, learn from new business models and pre-schedule face-to-face meetings with the partners and investors you need to succeed. With podium presentations, leadership sessions and two-full … Continue reading “C21 BioVentures”

RPX, Defensive Patent Firm, Goes from Zero to $160M IPO in Less than Three Years—Thoughts from Boston Investor CRV

As examples of ultra-fast growth in the tech world, people like to talk about Groupon and Zynga. While they are phenomenal success stories, neither of those companies is publicly traded yet—nor, for that matter, are Twitter or Facebook. Well, how about a different kind of tech company that started in 2008 and held its IPO … Continue reading “RPX, Defensive Patent Firm, Goes from Zero to $160M IPO in Less than Three Years—Thoughts from Boston Investor CRV”

TaskRabbit Takes In $5M Series A

San Francisco-based TaskRabbit, an online service-networking startup with roots in Boston, said today it has closed $5 million in Series A financing led by Shasta Ventures, with Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital, Floodgate, Collaborative Fund, and 500 Startups also participating in the round. The company, led by founder and CEO Leah Busque, runs a marketplace … Continue reading “TaskRabbit Takes In $5M Series A”

Varian Bought By Applied Materials

Santa Clara, CA-based Applied Materials (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMAT]]) said today it was buying Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VSEA]]), a Gloucester,MA-based provider of ion implantation products for semiconductor chips, in a definitive merger agreement, paying $63 per share in cash. The $4.9 billion transaction represents a 38 percent premium on Varian’s 30 day average closing stock price, and … Continue reading “Varian Bought By Applied Materials”

New Jersey Technology Council Bootcamp

This day-long conference is designed for entrepreneurs and executives of seed to early stage technology companies, and will cover topics ranging from intellectual property to outsourcing. Speakers include Scott Barnett, founder of Bluenog and CEO of Evident Software. Register here.

OnSwipe’s Platform for Beautifying iPad Web Pages Attracts Investors

On April 14, OnSwipe co-founder Jason Baptiste marched onto the stage at TechStars’ first New York Demo Day and told the audience of venture capitalists, “We’re not raising a Series A, we’re raising a Series Awesome.” In fact, his company was on the verge of locking up a funding round—one he felt so secure about … Continue reading “OnSwipe’s Platform for Beautifying iPad Web Pages Attracts Investors”

Blue Marble Energy Joins Ensemble Cast at Alternative Fuels Confab May 19

Oil, one of my college buddies who majored in chemical engineering once told me, is in everything. He was talking about not just the fuel that goes in your car, but also the petrochemicals in the laptop you type on, the chair you sit on, the clothes you wear, and the pharmaceuticals you take. Kelly … Continue reading “Blue Marble Energy Joins Ensemble Cast at Alternative Fuels Confab May 19”

Toyota Invests in WiTricity, Gambling.com Goes for $2.5M on Sedo, eBay Buys FigCard to Roll Into PayPal, & More Boston-Area Deals News

Acquisitions and financing headlines were prominent this week for companies in the Web, mobile, and enterprise IT spaces. —TA Associates and Summit Partners, growth equity firms with offices in Boston and Silicon Valley, nabbed a controlling share of the Germany-based online gaming company Bigpoint, by investing $350 million in recapitalization financing. Previous Bigpoint shareholder Comcast … Continue reading “Toyota Invests in WiTricity, Gambling.com Goes for $2.5M on Sedo, eBay Buys FigCard to Roll Into PayPal, & More Boston-Area Deals News”

Pinpoint Pickup, the Car-Booking Startup Facing off Against Uber, has Seven Cities Under its Belt—and Wants More

For anyone who’s ever stood in the rain waiting for a cramped bus, or wondered if that hurried call to the taxi dispatcher was going to pay off, there’s now a quick way to book a pricier, but more luxurious ride by tapping a few times on your smartphone. I’m not talking about Uber, the … Continue reading “Pinpoint Pickup, the Car-Booking Startup Facing off Against Uber, has Seven Cities Under its Belt—and Wants More”

NeuroVigil Raises Seed-Stage Financing

San Diego-based NeuroVigil, which has developed a wireless sensor and related technology to analyze human brainwave patterns, says it has closed its first round of financing. In its statement Monday, the startup did not identify the amount of funding or investors, saying only that the round “was led by an anonymous American industrialist and technology … Continue reading “NeuroVigil Raises Seed-Stage Financing”

Charles River VC, a $300M Investor in Intellectual Ventures, Says Patents Are Huge Market, Not a “Dirty World”

Quick, which Boston- and San Francisco-area venture firm has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the burgeoning—and controversial—market of intellectual property and patent protection over the past five years? If you said Charles River Ventures, you are correct. In fact, CRV is the only big venture investor behind Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, WA-based firm … Continue reading “Charles River VC, a $300M Investor in Intellectual Ventures, Says Patents Are Huge Market, Not a “Dirty World””

PlumChoice Lands $25,600,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1213ca2b-cc29-4627-a97e-477fe65da95a&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name PlumChoice Mailing Address 5 Federal Street Billerica, MA 01821 Company Description PlumChoice’s premium remote computer and technology service is available to home and business PC users, business travelers, telecommuters, college students, persons with limited mobility and any PC user with Internet access. The company’s remote services include … Continue reading “PlumChoice Lands $25,600,000 New Funding”

SustainX Garners $5,600,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=517c8957-6151-4ecc-813e-8afb59644b11&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name SustainX Mailing Address 7 Commerce Ave. West Lebanon, NH 03784 Company Description SustainX is an energy storage technology developer whose solution is cost effective, low maintenance, non-toxic, and highly efficient. The technology is being developed to provide a solution for enhancing the value of renewable energy, commercial … Continue reading “SustainX Garners $5,600,000 New Funding”

TaskRabbit Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7852f995-8da3-49cb-8e94-9d2ddec475ac&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name TaskRabbit Mailing Address 102 Bartlett St. Charlestown, MA 02129 Company Description The company operates a website that enables users to find people to do tasks for them. Website http://www.TaskRabbit.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Capitalizing on its success in … Continue reading “TaskRabbit Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

BioAmber Secures $45,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c18305f3-ce19-48e1-bbcc-67974bdc39f8&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name BioAmber Mailing Address 3850 Annapolis Ln. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 Company Description BioAmber (formerly DNP Green Technology) is a renewable chemistry company. We use agricultural crops and transform them into green chemicals that directly substitute petrochemicals (chemicals derived from fossil fuels). Website http://www.Bio-Amber.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “BioAmber Secures $45,000,000 Series B Financing”

PowerReviews Receives $10,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e146f751-a870-4454-8d9c-11b54142ddf9&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name PowerReviews Mailing Address 665 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description PowerReviews has launched a Web-based portal for consumer reviews of products ranging from shoes to housewares. Website http://www.powerreviews.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The new funding will be … Continue reading “PowerReviews Receives $10,000,000 New Financing”

Gigwalk Receives $1,700,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9ef9560e-70a7-414b-949b-13694aad14ba&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name Gigwalk Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description We turn iPhones into a second paycheck and instantly connect businesses to the talented Gigwalk community workforce to do Gigs using the Gigwalk iPhone App. Website http://www.gigwalk.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,700,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Gigwalk Receives $1,700,000 New Financing”

Center’d Lands $1,500,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e8664a03-1081-4620-9c3f-22dfe65bd0a4&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name Center’d Mailing Address 695 Oak Grove Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description The company operates an online community platform to assist people in getting to know other people in their local community. Website http://www.centerd.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Center’d Lands $1,500,000 New Round”

GoingOn Networks Garners $200,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5113c485-3df3-4f96-9dfb-65d2d20fe358&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name GoingOn Networks Mailing Address 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description GoingOn Community Platform enables academic institutions to deliver new, more engaging models of knowledge management and social collaboration across their campuses, and to their broad network of constituents. Website http://www.goingon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “GoingOn Networks Garners $200,000 New Financing”

AppDirect Lands $3,250,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=447ad325-7046-466a-837e-7e326732debd&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name AppDirect Mailing Address 650 California St. Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Our Business Application Network allows businesses to easily find the perfect software solution for their needs through our application marketplaces. Businesses can now benefit from one bill for all their applications and one … Continue reading “AppDirect Lands $3,250,000 New Financing”

Genophen Receives $1,453,086 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=090c03cb-ea86-4be8-a809-dd333cf2dd40&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name Genophen Mailing Address 5150 El Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description In minutes, we’ll give you what it took us years to formulate. We provide personalized analysis of your disease risks based on your genetics, environmental and behavioral factors. Website http://www.Genophen.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Genophen Receives $1,453,086 New Round”

Skype Technologies Acquires 3Jam for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=16c78aad-4aff-4082-8815-275452a7c4fc&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name 3Jam Mailing Address P.O. Box 77507 San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description 3jam, Inc., was founded in 2005 to develop new and better ways to keep people in touch with their friends and family. Available for any mobile phone, the 3jam SMS 2.0 text messaging service makes … Continue reading “Skype Technologies Acquires 3Jam for Undisclosed Sum”

Efficient Frontier Acquires Context Optional for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3a9df17b-3c50-4c3c-ae2c-befd89324954&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name Context Optional Mailing Address 30 Maiden Lane Sixth Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Company Description Context Optional arms Fortune 500 brands with the tools and services to help them build, manage, monitor and measure their brand presence across the social web. Website http://www.contextoptional.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Efficient Frontier Acquires Context Optional for Undisclosed Sum”

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Acquires Flixster for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6656b6e-305d-4052-bcb0-d4f08a900695&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name Flixster Mailing Address 208 Utah St 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Flixster is a community for movie fans of all shapes and sizes. Whether you are a die-hard horror fan or lover of romantic comedies (or both), Flixster is a place where you can … Continue reading “Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Acquires Flixster for Undisclosed Sum”

Disqus Lands $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f122bd0-d51a-4ec1-834c-d98d445bf75a&Preview=1 Date 5/4/2011 Company Name Disqus Mailing Address 589 Howard St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Disqus, pronounced discuss, is a service for blog comments. Disqus enables bloggers to make the conversations on their blogs more interactive and manageable. Our distributed comment system connects readers across blog communities, while … Continue reading “Disqus Lands $10,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

Oregon’s RadiSys Acquires San Diego’s Continuous Computing in Deal Valued at $120M

Hillsboro, OR-based RadiSys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RSYS]]), which provides hardware and software for Internet-based telecommunications, has agreed to acquire San Diego’s Continuous Computing, a privately held company whose wireless infrastructure technologies are based on a set of software protocols called Trillium. Under terms of the deal, RadiSys agreed to pay roughly $120 million, which includes $73 million … Continue reading “Oregon’s RadiSys Acquires San Diego’s Continuous Computing in Deal Valued at $120M”

TripIt Travels to iPad

San Francisco-based TripIt, which recently became part of Redmond, WA-based Concur (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CNQR]]), announced today that its mobile trip organizer system is now available in the form of a free app for the Apple iPad. “Now, travelers can access all their trip reservations in one place on the top-ranking tablet—including air, hotel, entertainment and more,” … Continue reading “TripIt Travels to iPad”

The Big Science Challenge With Biofuel: A Chat with ISB’s Nitin Baliga

Talk to any biofuels entrepreneur, and you are likely to hear a passionate riff on why their technology trumps all the up-and-comers. Some, like San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, say you’ve got to harness free sunlight and the magic of photosynthesis, to grow oil-rich algae in open ponds at the scale of modern agriculture. Others, like … Continue reading “The Big Science Challenge With Biofuel: A Chat with ISB’s Nitin Baliga”

RamenCamp: The Art of Bootstrapping

This artfully named event will tackle the subject of bootstrapping. Entrepreneurs can learn how to cheaply market their bootstrapped product, where to find cheap tools for building, how to build a team without a budget, and more, from others who have successfully bootstrapped before them. Register here.

The Mobile Upfront

This day-long event for mobile advertising and media decision-makers will focus on the rapidly maturing mobile space and how advertisers and agencies are leveraging multi-platform strategies to drive the bottom line. Speakers include Matt Freeman, vice chairman and chief innovation officer at McCann; Jon Kamen, chairman & CEO, @radical.media; and Paul Gunning, CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide. … Continue reading “The Mobile Upfront”