A juicy excerpt from billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen‘s new autobiography caused plenty of chatter around Seattle and the broader tech world this past week, and considering that he’s starting a book tour, I guess that’s the point. The stunning vignette, in the excerpt published in Vanity Fair, was a scene in which Allen writes that … Continue reading “Allen vs. Gates and Ballmer, Amazon Takes on Apple, Intellectual Ventures Whips Up a Market, & More in the Seattle-Area Tech Roundup”
Xconomy’s New Frontier of Innovation: New York
You know what they say about New York City: If you can make it here….But let’s skip the clichés and old song lines and get straight to the big news. Welcome to Xconomy New York, the sixth outpost in our rapidly expanding network of local news sites about innovation. So, all you Big Apple entrepreneurs, … Continue reading “Xconomy’s New Frontier of Innovation: New York”
Tom Maniatis, Molecular Biology Pioneer, Seeks to Help Build a Kendall Square in NYC
Tom Maniatis doesn’t fit the profile of a typical New York economic booster, who is usually a politician or big-time businessman. Maniatis is one of the pioneers of modern molecular biology, who wrote a definitive how-to manual on genetic engineering in the early 1980s. He spent 30 years at Harvard University and co-founded one of … Continue reading “Tom Maniatis, Molecular Biology Pioneer, Seeks to Help Build a Kendall Square in NYC”
Words of Wisdom from the Dumbest Guy in the Room: A Q&A with San Diego Serial Entrepreneur Neil Senturia
The way Neil Senturia talks about his “rules” for entrepreneurship reminds me of the way the Pirates of the Caribbean adhere to the pirate code—which is to say the code of conduct among buccaneers is really more what you would call guidelines than actual rules. Senturia describes his rules as immutable and inviolate. But if … Continue reading “Words of Wisdom from the Dumbest Guy in the Room: A Q&A with San Diego Serial Entrepreneur Neil Senturia”
As Google Retools its Search Engine, Content Farms Lose Traction
If you’ve noticed a recent change when you do an Internet search using Google, you’re not alone. Google is trying to improve the quality of the results it delivers to Web searchers and in a major way. Google is so focused on search result quality that they’re paying extra attention to items they believe negatively … Continue reading “As Google Retools its Search Engine, Content Farms Lose Traction”
Biotix Raises $2M to Help Fund Growth
Biotix, a San Diego company that supplies pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, and other laboratory consumables, has raised $2 million of a planned $4 million Series B equity round, according to a recent regulatory filing. Biotix plans to use the proceeds “to help with the growth that we’ve experienced and expand our current operations,” spokeswoman Mickie … Continue reading “Biotix Raises $2M to Help Fund Growth”
CollabRx Snags ASCO Partnership
Palo Alto, CA-based CollabRx, a developer of web-based applications to help connect cancer patients and researchers, is announcing today it has formed a partnership with the largest association of cancer physicians—the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Under the collaboration, ASCO will provide CollabRx with access to all its published content, and make CollabRx’s Targeted Therapy … Continue reading “CollabRx Snags ASCO Partnership”
Movik, Fresh With $25M and Telecom Vet as CEO, Looks to Connect with Carriers to Speed Up Internet Content on Mobile Devices
Last week news hit that Littleton, MA-based mobile IT startup Movik Networks scored $25 million in a Series C financing, so I caught up with CEO John St. Amand to figure out just what the company is going to do with all that money. The company, founded in 2007, develops hardware boxes for wireless operators … Continue reading “Movik, Fresh With $25M and Telecom Vet as CEO, Looks to Connect with Carriers to Speed Up Internet Content on Mobile Devices”
Txteagle Lands $8,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d25f06fa-f2a0-4a7d-b2b1-acf0473be520&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Txteagle Mailing Address 36 Gloucester St. Boston, MA 02115 Company Description txteagle helps global organizations learn, educate and grow in emerging economies by leveraging the power of the mobile phone. Through a network of over 2.1 billion mobile phone subscribers across almost 100 developing countries, txteagle leverages … Continue reading “Txteagle Lands $8,500,000 Series A Financing”
Rocket Fuel Secures $6,600,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=45be94a2-89f0-4d36-be91-239094dd090e&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Rocket Fuel Mailing Address 350 Marine Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Rocket Fuel has built advertising distribution technology that attempts to select the best impressions for each advertisement. Website http://www.rocketfuelinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,600,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Rocket Fuel Secures $6,600,000 Series C Financing”
Oraya Therapeutics Garners $15,875,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89167852-3d0a-4fe1-9740-3bf4835c6d1f&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Oraya Therapeutics Mailing Address 8000 Jarvis Ave Newark, CA 94560 Company Description Founded in 2006, Oraya is funded by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, Synergy Life Science Partners, Scale Venture Partners, and Domain Associates. The company’s first commercial application, the IRay system, is currently undergoing clinical trials for … Continue reading “Oraya Therapeutics Garners $15,875,000 Series C Financing Round”
Marseille Networks Obtains $4,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd58e8f6-2944-4a19-860a-a456b388a66e&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Marseille Networks Mailing Address 3211 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description As the leader of a new wave of fabless semiconductor companies and creator of chip virtualization and Quad-HD video processing technology, Marseille has pioneered a method allowing it to bring new chips to market … Continue reading “Marseille Networks Obtains $4,500,000 Series B Financing”
Practice Fusion Secures $23,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=093512c2-0d53-4c19-b06f-bfdcb498357a&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Practice Fusion Mailing Address 501 Folsom Street First Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Practice Fusion addresses the critical needs of today’s healthcare environments by providing a revolutionary application and delivery model for physicians and patients at no cost. Website http://www.practicefusion.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Practice Fusion Secures $23,000,000 Series B Funding”
Logicworks Receives $7,600,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aaf8b41e-d72f-4fea-ac53-978c80493306&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Logicworks Mailing Address 155 Avenue of the Americas Fifth Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description Logicworks exclusively delivers enterprise hosting and cloud solutions to sophisticated, high-growth clients in need of high-availability for their most critical applications and content. Clients can reduce capital expenses, operating overhead and … Continue reading “Logicworks Receives $7,600,000 New Financing Round”
Alteryx Receives $6,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dffcb5c-681f-4deb-8aaf-4e4b4b24a1e4&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Alteryx Mailing Address 190 S. Glassell Street Orange, CA 92866 Company Description Alteryx is dedicated to creating technology that lets people easily invent smart and extensible solutions to business problems. We seek to inspire ingenuity in our customers and employees by bringing freedom, flexibility and creativity to … Continue reading “Alteryx Receives $6,000,000 New Funding”
Poggled Lands $5,599,997 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64795f1d-b76d-4c8d-a433-14887a491b60&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Poggled Mailing Address 512 N. McClurg Court Chicago, IL 60611 Company Description Poggled sells hugely discounted drink deals and party packages to bars and nightclubs that aren’t available anywhere else, including at the door. Website http://www.poggled.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,599,997 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Poggled Lands $5,599,997 New Financing”
Cloudwords Lands $3,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3abbf0a-c91b-437c-a9a0-7cb07f66a0ae&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Cloudwords Mailing Address 400 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description We are a web-based translation platform with centralized project management and translation vendors rated by the community. Fast, Easy, Effective. Website http://www.Cloudwords.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Cloudwords Lands $3,000,000 New Funding Round”
Marin Software Receives $16,000,000 Series E Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23163238-815b-4f97-ac49-87645fad383d&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Marin Software Mailing Address 123 Mission Street 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Marin Software was founded in April 2006 by experienced search marketers and enterprise software experts. Marin Search Marketer addresses the workflow, analysis and optimization needs of professional search marketers, saving time and … Continue reading “Marin Software Receives $16,000,000 Series E Financing Round”
Kiip Secures $4,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=97f0703d-5a90-469d-9de3-a48c476de56a&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Kiip Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company designs mobile gaming advertising technologies. Website http://www.kiip.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company said it would use the funding proceeds to build out its platform and product. … Continue reading “Kiip Secures $4,000,000 New Round”
Liazon Obtains $12,600,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e277008c-1a01-41f3-9a3b-61c38a1135e3&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Liazon Mailing Address Undisclosed Buffalo, NY 14203 Company Description The company provides employee benefits services. Website http://www.liazon.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,600,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes This capital infusion will allow us to dramatically expand our national sales and marketing footprint and continue to … Continue reading “Liazon Obtains $12,600,000 New Funding”
Pluribus Networks Lands $17,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a53186a0-b836-40b6-9262-af0c745bfa5e&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Pluribus Networks Mailing Address 1808 Embarcadero Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description The company’s mission is to drive the third wave of virtualization into the ethernet hardware market, deliver virtualized switches and distributed Netvisor operating system for true network virtualization with a fully programmable fabric, and … Continue reading “Pluribus Networks Lands $17,500,000 New Funding”
Solix BioSystems Obtains $16,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e8823244-e719-4829-94dc-095f839dccc6&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name Solix BioSystems Mailing Address 430 B. North College Ave Fort Collins, CO 80524 Company Description Solix Biofuels is a direct intellectual descendant of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program started in 1978 to explore ways to produce biodiesel from algae. When the program concluded in … Continue reading “Solix BioSystems Obtains $16,000,000 Series B Financing”
PlaceIQ Lands $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b8b5bb1c-40b1-4cab-9773-c648ffc37011&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2011 Company Name PlaceIQ Mailing Address 1426 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description The company is developing location-based technologies. Website http://www.PlaceIQ.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor IA Ventures Venture Investor Social Leverage Venture … Continue reading “PlaceIQ Lands $1,000,000 New Financing”
Countdown to Michigan 2031: Release The Hackers!
Something is brewing in Southeastern Michigan, and it smells more like innovation than beer. Inside a former brewery in Ann Arbor, MI just northeast of Kerrytown, a group of techies and recent college graduates stare at computer screens, sustained by a copious supply of Diet Coke and fruit juice boxes. There are no leases or … Continue reading “Countdown to Michigan 2031: Release The Hackers!”
BSX Buys S.I. Therapies
Natick, MA-based medical devices firm Boston Scientific (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BSX]]) paid $5.13 million in cash last November to acquire Israel-based S.I. Therapies, according to a report in the Israel business publication Globes. The Natick firm could pay a total of $24.3 million for S.I., a developer of a re-entry cardiac catheter, if certain milestones are reached. … Continue reading “BSX Buys S.I. Therapies”
$2.8M for Autonet Mobile
Autonet Mobile, a San Francisco-based company that makes Wi-Fi hotspots for personal, corporate, and emergency vehicles, has raised $2.8 million in an offiering of equity, debt, and options, according to a regulatory filing. The investors in the round weren’t named, but Autonet’s website lists Morgenthaler Ventures and Easton Capital as previous backers. Autonet was founded … Continue reading “$2.8M for Autonet Mobile”
HelloFax, Anyleaf, Gmail Fail—The 1-Minute Summary of Last Week’s Bay Area Biztech News
Time for the summary of last week’s news from Xconomy San Francisco. —On the heels of Y Combinator’s climactic Winter 2011 Demo Day on March 23, I continued my profiles of “YC W11” startups with a look at HelloFax, which lets users paste signatures into digital documents, thereby hastening the demise of the fax machine. … Continue reading “HelloFax, Anyleaf, Gmail Fail—The 1-Minute Summary of Last Week’s Bay Area Biztech News”
Acadia Extends Allergan Pact a Year
San Diego-based Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ACAD]]), which specializes in developing novel biopharmaceuticals for central nervous system disorders, has extended a collaboration agreement with Irvine, CA-based Allergan (NYSE: [[ticker:AGN]]) to develop new therapeutics for glaucoma and other disorders. Acadia says the drug development partnership established in 2003 was extended through next March. Acadia has two … Continue reading “Acadia Extends Allergan Pact a Year”
AnaBios Raises $800K From Angels
San Diego-based AnaBios, a contract research organization that deploys assays and develops databases to assess drug safety and efficacy, says it has closed on $800,000 of a planned $2 million Series A investment round led by the Tech Coast Angels. The Tech Coast Angels-affiliated Angel Capital Entrepreneur (ACE) Fund also is participating. In a statement … Continue reading “AnaBios Raises $800K From Angels”
Mpire Now AdXpose, Raises $3M
Seattle-based advertising company Mpire has a three-fer today: It’s raised another $3 million, named a new CEO, and is making the switch to its AdXpose platform very official by changing the name of the company. Mpire—now known just as AdXpose—told Xconomy about a year ago that it was ditching its previous Widgetbucks advertising network to … Continue reading “Mpire Now AdXpose, Raises $3M”
Christoph Westphal Leaving GSK’s SR One to Focus on Longwood Founders Fund
[Update: 3:12 pm ET] Christoph Westphal, the Boston-based biotech mover/shaker, is leaving GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: [[ticker:GSK]]) later this year to focus on Longwood Founders Fund and other business interests, according to a press release this morning. Westphal is currently president of SR One, GSK’s venture capital arm. London-based GSK is also an investor in Longwood Founders … Continue reading “Christoph Westphal Leaving GSK’s SR One to Focus on Longwood Founders Fund”
The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford—Class 4: Customer Hypotheses
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part four. Part one is here, two is here and three is here. Syllabus is here. Week 4 of the Class Last week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Value Proposition (their company’s product … Continue reading “The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford—Class 4: Customer Hypotheses”
Sony Consolidates Gaming, San Diego’s Slow Recovery, Connect’s Hall of Fame Inductee, & More San Diego BizTech News
As part of the anticipatory celebration for today’s official debut of Xconomy’s sixth website in New York City, I profiled New York’s Enterproid, which was Qualcomm’s grand prize winner in its 2011 QPrize competition. Get that and catch up on the rest of San Diego’s innovation news. —Andrew Toy, Alexander Trewby, and David Zhu founded … Continue reading “Sony Consolidates Gaming, San Diego’s Slow Recovery, Connect’s Hall of Fame Inductee, & More San Diego BizTech News”
EMC Buys NetWitness to Bolster RSA Security
Consider this the latest round in the Boston-area data security war. Hopkinton, MA-based EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]), the data storage giant, said today it has acquired NetWitness, a Virginia-based network security company. Financial terms weren’t given, but EMC says the deal is not expected to have a material impact on the firm’s revenue or earnings per … Continue reading “EMC Buys NetWitness to Bolster RSA Security”
Forerun, Smarterer Raise New Venture Rounds to Aid Doctors, Job Seekers
Catching up on a couple of small Boston-area company financings, while we wait to hear from mobile-ad firm Jumptap on what’s up with its latest $20 million (or something) equity round. —Waltham, MA-based Forerun, a maker of patient-charting software for doctors in emergency departments, said it has raised $2 million in Series C financing led … Continue reading “Forerun, Smarterer Raise New Venture Rounds to Aid Doctors, Job Seekers”
Columbia University’s Tech Transfer Guru, Orin Herskowitz, on Turning IT, Biotech, and Cleantech Ideas Into Businesses
Orin Herskowitz, executive director of Columbia Technology Ventures, is sipping gourmet coffee at a bistro across the street from the Manhattan Mall, but he hardly needs the caffeine to amplify his excitement about the innovation scene at his college. Columbia Technology Ventures—the Ivy League university’s main technology-transfer initiative—has chalked up an impressive list of accomplishments … Continue reading “Columbia University’s Tech Transfer Guru, Orin Herskowitz, on Turning IT, Biotech, and Cleantech Ideas Into Businesses”
Tobira Pegs Nodality Vet Andrew Hindman as CEO
Tobira Therapeutics, a Manalapan, NJ-based developer of therapies to treat HIV, has named Andrew Hindman president and CEO, according to a news release. Hindman was most recently senior v.p. of development at Nodality, a San Francisco-based developer of molecular diagnostic tools. Tobira is in phase 2b testing of Cenicriviroc, a drug that targets two co-receptors—one … Continue reading “Tobira Pegs Nodality Vet Andrew Hindman as CEO”
How Gigamon’s Founders Bootstrapped a Networking Hardware Company to Profitability
Ted Ho, the CEO of Gigamon, jokes that in its early days, the Milpitas, CA-based network appliance maker had four chief financial officers: the founders’ wives. “Every time we would run out of cash, we’d go back to our wives and say ‘Hey CFO, I need more money,” Ho says. But that’s the way it … Continue reading “How Gigamon’s Founders Bootstrapped a Networking Hardware Company to Profitability”
The World’s Most Social City Meets Social Media: Why One Hot Investor Thinks New York Is on Fire as a Tech Startup Hub
It’s no secret to anyone looking at venture activity that New York has blossomed over the past few years as a startup mecca. Riding a wave of investments in Web , media, and advertising startups, the city has recently climbed past Boston to become the second greatest center (after the Bay Area) of high-tech deal … Continue reading “The World’s Most Social City Meets Social Media: Why One Hot Investor Thinks New York Is on Fire as a Tech Startup Hub”
Pfizer Sells Drug-Delivery Innovator to KKR
Global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: [[ticker:KKR]]) will purchase Pfizer’s Capsugel unit for $2.375 billion in cash, according to a statement from Pfizer (NYSE: [[ticker:PFE]]). Capsugel, which manufactures hard capsules and other drug-delivery systems, generated $750 million in sales last year, making it the world’s leading capsule maker, Pfizer says. The Peapack, NJ-based … Continue reading “Pfizer Sells Drug-Delivery Innovator to KKR”
Xconomy Expands to New York—the Country’s Hottest Hub of Tech Startups and Entrepreneurship
Every time I visit the Big Apple, a line from Stevie Wonder’s Living for the City flashes in my mind: “New York, just like I pictured it, skyscrapers and everything.” But my mental picture of New York has evolved dramatically in the last few years—not the skyscrapers part, of course, but the “everything” that’s going … Continue reading “Xconomy Expands to New York—the Country’s Hottest Hub of Tech Startups and Entrepreneurship”
Fast Gets Faster: Zipline’s Moai Seeks to Speed Up Mobile Game Development by Knocking Down Language Barriers
It seems like the pace of mobile and casual game development is already pretty fast. But the folks at Seattle’s Zipline Games think it could be faster. Today, the startup is unveiling the beta version of its new Moai mobile-game development platform. The idea is to take friction out of game-building by offering a single … Continue reading “Fast Gets Faster: Zipline’s Moai Seeks to Speed Up Mobile Game Development by Knocking Down Language Barriers”
Biotechies Need to Get Serious About Antibiotics, Where There is Money to Be Made
There are lots of exceptions to the rules in the biotech business, and a big one jumped out me this past week, related to antibiotics. One day, Reuters ran a story about the overall abysmal state of the world’s pipeline of new antibiotics. Next day, there were reports about how San Diego-based Optimer Pharmaceuticals appears … Continue reading “Biotechies Need to Get Serious About Antibiotics, Where There is Money to Be Made”
FRX Polymers Garners $1,682,147 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91e1757e-0d07-49d9-9604-64e96bff1885&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2011 Company Name FRX Polymers Mailing Address 200 Turnpike Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 Company Description Welcome to FRX Polymers (FRX), the clear choice for Flame Retardancy. Our polymers are fully transparent, high flowing and due to their high phosphorus content, are inherently non-burning. FRX Polymers is developing Homopolymers and Copolymers … Continue reading “FRX Polymers Garners $1,682,147 New Financing Round”
AdXpose Garners $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4663c11-f532-4152-aa26-aa246df8b2d4&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2011 Company Name AdXpose Mailing Address 1418 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 Company Description AdXpose delivers everything people need to find the best deals online. Leveraging our proprietary metasearch and pricing analytics engine, AdXpose’s universal shopping experience offers the broadest selection of both new and used items, from the Web’s … Continue reading “AdXpose Garners $3,000,000 New Round”
Ranker.com Receives $1,300,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ae0f62e-3320-4eb5-b168-9d32565bd1c5&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2011 Company Name Ranker.com Mailing Address 7080 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA 90028 Company Description Ranker is an operating system for Lists. Okay, that was pretty nerdy. But basically, Ranker is an easy, fun and social way to rank anything. By hooking up our 5 million+ item database to a drag … Continue reading “Ranker.com Receives $1,300,000 Series A Financing”
Autonet Mobile Lands $2,822,487 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=841405a4-20f3-4494-8bab-22ce73ada50b&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2011 Company Name Autonet Mobile Mailing Address 1700 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description We create a wireless network that allows you to connect to the Internet using your smartphone, laptop, or any other Wi-Fi-enable device. Autonet Mobile lets up to 20 people to connect at once in … Continue reading “Autonet Mobile Lands $2,822,487 New Funding”
UCSD Green Business Summit
UC San Diego Extension is hosting a Green Business Summit for business and university leaders to learn the latest in sustainability business trends. Presentations will be made by author Will Marre, architect James Timberlake, and UC San Diego Sustainability Director Dave Weil. A walking tour of UCSD’s “sustainable green open house” will take attendees through … Continue reading “UCSD Green Business Summit”
Advancing Algal Biofuels to Economic Viability
The San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology has organized a two-day symposium on the economic viability of algae-based biofuels. Presentations will cover state of the art technologies in algal molecular genetics, biochemistry, and synthetic genomics. The first day of the symposium will include science speakers from the commercial side of algae biofuels research and development. … Continue reading “Advancing Algal Biofuels to Economic Viability”
Driving Life Sciences Discovery in 2011 and Beyond: Acquire or Partner?
For life sciences startups driving the discovery of new products, a key decision is whether to acquire a company or invest in partnerships and collaborations. Biocom has organized a panel of leading experts to discuss key factors in the decision-making process and where they are focusing their efforts. Registration and networking begin at 7 a.m., … Continue reading “Driving Life Sciences Discovery in 2011 and Beyond: Acquire or Partner?”