[Updated at 4:10 p.m. with more statistics and a correction, see below] Washington is one of the few states where Amazon.com collects sales taxes and sends the money to the government. But Washington is still losing hundreds of millions of dollars each year to sales tax “leakage” from online retail sales. In Thursday’s forecast of … Continue reading “Online Sales “Leakage” Costing WA About $740M Over Two Years—Even With Amazon Collecting Sales Taxes”
Illume Gets $2.4M to Stop Distracted Drivers
Needham, MA-based Illume Software, maker of the iZUP mobile app, announced it has raised $2.4 million in new financing from the Massachusetts Technology Development Corp. and individual investors. As we’ve previously reported, Illume’s software aims to stop people from talking or texting on their mobile phones while driving. The company started in 2009 and has … Continue reading “Illume Gets $2.4M to Stop Distracted Drivers”
FivePrime Nabs Partner, Solazyme’s $100M IPO Plan, Where Blockbuster Drugs Come From, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News
I was a teensy bit preoccupied this week organizing and moderating our first life sciences event this week at Xconomy San Francisco, but managed to keep up with a few of the big headlines that crossed my desk. —FivePrime Therapeutics, the South San Francisco-based developer of protein drugs, said this week it struck a deal … Continue reading “FivePrime Nabs Partner, Solazyme’s $100M IPO Plan, Where Blockbuster Drugs Come From, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News”
How to Enchant Your Way to Tech Success, Kawasaki Style
You’re a technology entrepreneur—more power to you. You’ve built a great product that solves a real problem—congratulations. Unfortunately, that’s only half the battle. Maybe even less than half. Now you have to make the world believe in you and your product. That’s the part of entrepreneurship that many innovators and startup founders aren’t prepared for. … Continue reading “How to Enchant Your Way to Tech Success, Kawasaki Style”
Still River Systems Garners $11,498,989 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=402228e3-857e-49cc-bc1b-f0435e2a4415&Preview=1 Date 3/18/2011 Company Name Still River Systems Mailing Address 300 Foster St Littleton, MA 01460 Company Description Still River Systems is dedicated to providing physicians and their patients access to high quality, cost-effective proton therapy solutions, and to helping establish this superior treatment modality as a standard of care for patients … Continue reading “Still River Systems Garners $11,498,989 New Financing”
CoolPlanetBioFuels Lands Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99fe6e76-8c4a-4c34-9f1e-d903e17c85d5&Preview=1 Date 3/18/2011 Company Name CoolPlanetBioFuels Mailing Address 543 Calle San Pablo Camarillo, CA 93012 Company Description CoolPlanetBioFuels, based in Camarillo, California, is developing a revolutionary thermal/mechanical processor that directly inputs raw biomass such as woodchips, crop residues and non-food fuel crops, and produces distinct gas streams for catalytic upgrading to conventional … Continue reading “CoolPlanetBioFuels Lands Series B Financing”
BrightSource Energy Lands $122,468,202 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec268097-3476-4720-95e0-79f78167bfbd&Preview=1 Date 3/18/2011 Company Name BrightSource Energy Mailing Address 1999 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Company Description Bright Source Energy develops utility-scale solar power plants using high-temperature solar thermal technology that concentrates sunlight and converts the resulting heat into electricity. Website http://www.brightsourceenergy.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $122,468,202 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “BrightSource Energy Lands $122,468,202 New Financing”
MyoScience Obtains $18,800,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=80bbe98a-7bfa-408a-bcae-9c90356e744e&Preview=1 Date 3/18/2011 Company Name MyoScience Mailing Address 525 Chesapeake Dr Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Develops novel technology with applications in cosmetic surgery. Website http://www.myoscience.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $18,800,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Zebra Imaging Receives $584,919 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0fa15479-e972-4860-9102-acf169276385&Preview=1 Date 3/18/2011 Company Name Zebra Imaging Mailing Address 9801 Metric Blvd Austin, TX 78758 Company Description Zebra Imaging develops digital hologram technology that provides high-resolution 3D images in monochrome or color without distortions. Website http://www.zebraimaging.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $584,919 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Zebra Imaging Receives $584,919 New Financing”
Google Invests in CoolPlanetBioFuels
CoolPlanetBioFuels of Camarillo, CA, said today that it has collected a Series B financing round from Google Ventures, the investing wing of the Mountain View, CA, search giant. The amount of the investment was not specified. CoolPlanetBioFuels says it’s developing a “thermal/mechanical” fractionation technology that extracts hydrocarbons from stripped corncobs, corn stalks, wood chips, and … Continue reading “Google Invests in CoolPlanetBioFuels”
Beringea Drops $4m On MatsSoft
Beringea, the private equity firm based in Farmington Hills, MI, said it invested $4.2 million in British IT firm MatsSoft. The company, headquartered in Bedford, England, makes workflow, management software.
Now Showing on Gas Station TV: Impulse Buying!!!!
You’re pumping gas in the middle of an errand-filled Saturday afternoon. A commercial for the eatery down the road on the screen appears above the pump. Suddenly, your stomach growls. You head to the restaurant, armed with a coupon the pump had just spit out. For Gas Station TV, based in Birmingham, MI, that scenario … Continue reading “Now Showing on Gas Station TV: Impulse Buying!!!!”
$10.8M for Doximity
Emergence Capital Partners and InterWest Partners have put $10.8 million into a Series A financing round for San Mateo, CA-based Doximity, the company announced yesterday. Started by Epocrates founder Jeff Tangney, Doximity is developing smartphone and tablet software that allows doctors to consult with colleagues securely and share text messages, high-resolution images, and other patient-care … Continue reading “$10.8M for Doximity”
Jawbone Opening Seattle Office
San Francisco-based Jawbone, which makes noise-canceling Bluetooth headsets, is the latest Bay Area tech company to move into the Seattle job market. This job ad, first reported by GeekWire, says Jawbone is looking for experienced engineers for its expansion into Seattle. The ad gives no timeline for when an office might be open. Facebook, Zynga, … Continue reading “Jawbone Opening Seattle Office”
Jawbone Gets $49M
Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has invested $49 million in Jawbone, the San Francisco-based maker of noise-canceling Bluetooth mobile headsets and other audio technology, according to a report that first appeared in All Things D. Andreessen Horowitz partner Ben Horowitz has joined Jawbone’s board. The company, formerly known as Aliph, was founded in 1999 and has … Continue reading “Jawbone Gets $49M”
Intel Buys NVP-backed Silicon Hive
Santa Clara, CA-based Intel has acquired Silicon Hive, a developer of programmable parallel processor technology based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, according to an announcement today. Silicon Hive was spun out by Philips Electronics in 2007 with help from San Mateo, CA-based New Venture Partners. The company already had a close technology collaboration with Intel, which … Continue reading “Intel Buys NVP-backed Silicon Hive”
Accelrys Partners with Oxford Nanopore
San Diego’s Accelrys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ACCL]]), which recently outlined its revised strategy for me, has signed a partnership agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to develop software that will make it possible to get real-time analyses of experimental data from Oxford’s single molecule analysis system. Accelrys says its Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology for Pipeline Pilot uses … Continue reading “Accelrys Partners with Oxford Nanopore”
Ariad Opts to Sell Cancer Drug with Merck
Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:[[ticker:ARIA]]), a Cambridge, MA-based developer of cancer drugs against specific biological targets, said today that it has taken its option to co-promote its experimental drug ridaforolimus with its partner Merck & Co. (NYSE:[[ticker:MRK]]) for treating soft tissue and bone sarcomas. As part of Ariad’s license deal with Merck in May 2010, it has … Continue reading “Ariad Opts to Sell Cancer Drug with Merck”
Amylin Suspends Obesity Drug Development, Sapphire Energy Partners with Monsanto, 23andMe Gets Connected to UCSD’s Fowler, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
On this St. Patrick’s Day, it seems only appropriate to lead our roundup of biotech news with an item from San Diego’s Sapphire Energy, the algal biofuels startup using biotech tools to develop emerald-green crude. We’ve got the rest of the life sciences news too, as well as a hearty “Top o’ the morning” to … Continue reading “Amylin Suspends Obesity Drug Development, Sapphire Energy Partners with Monsanto, 23andMe Gets Connected to UCSD’s Fowler, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
EntropySoft Raises $3.5M to Up U.S. Presence
French software firm EntropySoft, which has U.S. headquarters in Cambridge, MA, said yesterday it has closed $3.5 million in new financing led by Alven Capital. EntropySoft, which makes business software for managing data and documents between different content management systems, said it will use the money to boost its technology, expand its sales team, and … Continue reading “EntropySoft Raises $3.5M to Up U.S. Presence”
Myomo Follows “Path of Perseverance,” Rolls Out Next-Gen Robotic Arm System for Stroke Patients
A rehab-robotics startup out of MIT is getting a second lease on life. And if the company succeeds in reaching the masses with its latest effort, a lot of stroke patients might just feel the same way. Myomo, a Cambridge, MA-based rehabilitation and medical tech firm, announced this week it has rolled out version 2.0 … Continue reading “Myomo Follows “Path of Perseverance,” Rolls Out Next-Gen Robotic Arm System for Stroke Patients”
Android Smartphone Web Browser Is 52 Percent Faster than iPhone Browser, Study Finds
As if the smartphone wars weren’t fierce enough already, now comes an additional piece of ammunition for defenders of Google’s Android mobile operating system. On average, the Web browser pre-installed on Android phones loads Web pages 52 percent faster than the Safari browser on Apple’s iPhone, according to a study released today. In other words, … Continue reading “Android Smartphone Web Browser Is 52 Percent Faster than iPhone Browser, Study Finds”
Tekmira Sues Alnylam, Alan Aderem Bolts to Seattle BioMed, Dendreon’s Warhorse Retires, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
This week’s big headlines came from a couple of personnel moves, and one potentially nasty trade secrets lawsuit. —Dendreon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]) said that David Urdal, the chief scientific officer who lived through the company’s roller coaster story over the past 15 years, plans to retire at the end of 2011. Urdal, 62, says it’s time … Continue reading “Tekmira Sues Alnylam, Alan Aderem Bolts to Seattle BioMed, Dendreon’s Warhorse Retires, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Former Boston Scientific Exec and UCSD Physician Team Up at Startup Topera Medical
Here’s an interesting development involving figures in the medical devices scenes of Boston and San Diego. Topera Medical, a secretive startup launched in 2008 in San Diego, has established a new headquarters in the Boston area to develop a catheter system for rapidly identifying the source of irregular heart rhythms in each patient. The Lexington, … Continue reading “Former Boston Scientific Exec and UCSD Physician Team Up at Startup Topera Medical”
Speedbump App Alerts Parents To Teen Speeding, But Keeps Mum on Good Behavior
If teen drivers were given the choice between the thrill of speeding or the freedom from parents knowing their every whereabouts, they’d choose the latter. Or at least that’s the assumption that Lunenberg, MA-based father-son startup WirelessESP is betting on with its new mobile app, Speedbump. “It sets up that psychological game,” says Dick Fischer, … Continue reading “Speedbump App Alerts Parents To Teen Speeding, But Keeps Mum on Good Behavior”
EntropySoft Obtains $3,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51615b02-877e-4d52-ab3f-e1dec820d10d&Preview=1 Date 3/17/2011 Company Name EntropySoft Mailing Address 185 Alewife Brook Parkway Cambridge, MA 02138 Company Description EntropySoft aims to become the undisputed global leader for connectivity and interoperability by providing the best software for connectivity and content transfers. Website http://www.entropysoft.net/cms Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “EntropySoft Obtains $3,500,000 New Round”
Jawbone Receives $49,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e6ded1f8-bdb0-47ce-a0b8-110aaa861fa4&Preview=1 Date 3/17/2011 Company Name Jawbone Mailing Address 99 Rhode Island Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company designs and sells mobile audio products, such as the Jawbone, a wireless headset. Website http://www.jawbone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $49,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Rahman said the … Continue reading “Jawbone Receives $49,000,000 New Funding Round”
Zero Motorcycles Garners $26,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e712da86-9d96-4fd1-99dd-243da94d28ab&Preview=1 Date 3/17/2011 Company Name Zero Motorcycles Mailing Address 1 Victor Square Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Company Description Zero Motorcycles is the next step in motorcycle evolution and represents the ultimate electric motorcycle technology. Unencumbered by conventional thinking about how we design, manufacture, and sell high performance electric motorcycles, we’re on a … Continue reading “Zero Motorcycles Garners $26,000,000 New Round”
Jumio Garners $6,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03881616-ac9d-4488-a905-d2ca1667313e&Preview=1 Date 3/17/2011 Company Name Jumio Mailing Address 1971 Landings Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description The company provides an online and mobile payment system. Website http://www.jumio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed, however the company is preparing to launch … Continue reading “Jumio Garners $6,500,000 New Funding”
Pawngo Obtains $2,022,461 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cc9c383-7b4e-4c92-9e16-8ab63518248c&Preview=1 Date 3/17/2011 Company Name Pawngo Mailing Address 7208 S. Tucson Way Centennial, CO 80112 Company Description A Pawn Loan is simply a cash advance secured by an asset that you already own at a fixed price and term. Unlike a bank, I will loan money on almost anything of value and … Continue reading “Pawngo Obtains $2,022,461 New Round”
Intellectual Ventures: Troubled Japan Plant’s Technology is Like a Model T Compared to TerraPower’s Next-Gen Nuclear Systems
Intellectual Ventures, the invention lab headed by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, says the technology behind its nuclear-energy startup TerraPower is vastly more advanced than the earthquake-damaged nuclear reactors currently making dire headlines from Japan. In a blog post Wednesday, Intellectual Ventures said all of its employees based in the Tokyo office were safe, … Continue reading “Intellectual Ventures: Troubled Japan Plant’s Technology is Like a Model T Compared to TerraPower’s Next-Gen Nuclear Systems”
From Human Tissue Supplier to R&D Contractor to BioBank Builder, Asterand Seeks Its Future
When Asterand acquired BioSeek last year, the company wasn’t just buying another fast growing San Francisco area startup. Asterand was buying a big chunk of its future. Faced with slowing growth in its core business of supplying drug makers with human tissue, the Detroit-based company has been trying to position itself as a full scale … Continue reading “From Human Tissue Supplier to R&D Contractor to BioBank Builder, Asterand Seeks Its Future”
Tekmira Sues Alnylam for $1 Billion, Accusing Partner of Misusing RNAi Trade Secrets
[Updated 10:40 am ET, with Alnylam response] Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, the Vancouver, BC-based maker of technology to deliver RNA interference therapies, has filed a lawsuit against Cambridge, MA-based Alnylam Pharmaceuticals seeking damages of more than $1 billion because of what Tekmira’s CEO calls “relentless and egregious” misappropriation of trade secrets. Tekmira filed the legal complaint (see full … Continue reading “Tekmira Sues Alnylam for $1 Billion, Accusing Partner of Misusing RNAi Trade Secrets”
Growth in TV Access, Capabilities, Driving Demand for MaxLinear’s Technologies
A seemingly insatiable demand for technology that can process TV signals and accommodate proliferating technical needs is helping to drive the growth at MaxLinear (NYSE: [[ticker:MXL]]), according to Kishore Seendripu, chairman and CEO of the Carlsbad, CA-based semiconductor design company. In a presentation yesterday afternoon at Roth Capital Partners growth conference for small cap companies, … Continue reading “Growth in TV Access, Capabilities, Driving Demand for MaxLinear’s Technologies”
FivePrime Nabs $495M Deal With Human Genome Sciences to Develop Cancer Drug
FivePrime Therapeutics said last summer that there was “significant interest” in its lead protein drug for cancer, and now we can see that interest has translated into a big new partnership. South San Francisco-based FivePrime said today it has secured a $50 million upfront payment, plus as much as $445 million in additional milestones, as … Continue reading “FivePrime Nabs $495M Deal With Human Genome Sciences to Develop Cancer Drug”
Bluebird Bio Inks AFM Development Deal
Cambridge, MA-based Bluebird Bio, a gene therapy company, said today it has signed an agreement with the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM) to develop a treatment for beta-thalassemia (a genetic blood disorder) and sickle cell anemia. The deal is worth $1.4 million upfront, plus as much as $2.8 million in credit to manufacture clinical trial … Continue reading “Bluebird Bio Inks AFM Development Deal”
See You Tonight at Bay Area Life Sciences 2031
Will the San Francisco Bay Area continue to be the world’s No. 1 hub for life sciences innovation 20 years from today? What kind of impact can we expect this next wave of GenenExers to make? Or will San Francisco lose its mojo to other places with high quality of life and low cost of … Continue reading “See You Tonight at Bay Area Life Sciences 2031”
SustainX Scores $14.4M from GE, Others
West Lebanon, NH-based SustainX, an energy-storage startup out of Dartmouth College, said today it has received $14.4 million in financing from GE Energy Financial Services and other investors including Cadent Energy Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, and Rockport Capital. SustainX, which started in 2007, uses compressed air in above-ground vessels to store energy in an efficient … Continue reading “SustainX Scores $14.4M from GE, Others”
Viterbi Joins Advisory Board at On-Ramp Wireless
Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi has joined the strategic advisory board at San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless, which has been developing wireless networking technology capable of connecting billions of hard-to-reach devices throughout a metropolitan or broad multi-county region. Viterbi is president of the Viterbi Group, a technical advisory and investment company, and serves as a visiting professor … Continue reading “Viterbi Joins Advisory Board at On-Ramp Wireless”
Zediva Launches Online DVD Viewing
Sunnyvale, CA-based Zediva today launched a service aimed at disrupting the DVD rental market currently dominated by companies like Netflix and Coinstar’s Redbox. For $1.99 per DVD, Zediva members can watch a movie that’s physically playing on a DVD player at Zediva’s data center and streaming remotely over the Internet to a computer, tablet, smartphone, … Continue reading “Zediva Launches Online DVD Viewing”
Amylin and Takeda Suspend Obesity Study to Consider Metreleptin Data
The hits just keep coming for San Diego’s Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMLN]]), and not in a good way. Amylin and Japanese strategic partner Takeda Pharmaceutical said today they have suspended a clinical trial examining the safety and effectiveness of an obesity drug candidate that combines pramlintide acetate, a synthetic analog of the natural hormone Amylin, … Continue reading “Amylin and Takeda Suspend Obesity Study to Consider Metreleptin Data”
Innovation Has Deep Roots That Require Constant Tending
In the 15th century, British noblemen decided that they needed brighter colors for their coats of arms to help their armies more easily distinguish them on muddy battlefields. They naturally approached suppliers in their own nation. But when British tradesmen refused to accept this innovative approach to their traditional ways, the noblemen turned to Germany, … Continue reading “Innovation Has Deep Roots That Require Constant Tending”
Pricelock Locks In $12M
Redwood City, CA-based Pricelock, an online service that helps businesses buy fuel and carbon credits at guaranteed prices, said yesterday that it has raised $12 million in Series B financing. New investors Barclays, RenaissanceRe Ventures, and Travelers Insurance joined existing investor Artiman Ventures in the round. The company also has backing from Goldman Sachs. “This … Continue reading “Pricelock Locks In $12M”
The Lean Launchpad at Stanford—Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses
Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part two. Part one is here. Syllabus here. By now the nine teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad Class were formed, In the four days between team formation and this class session we tasked them … Continue reading “The Lean Launchpad at Stanford—Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses”
Report: Zillow Hires Bankers Ahead of IPO
Seattle real-estate website Zillow.com has hired Citigroup to manage an initial public offering, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed sources. Bloomberg said its sources didn’t identify any timeline for a possible Zillow IPO. The company hasn’t yet filed an S-1 prospectus to declare its IPO plans, which would identify its underwriters, and reveal how much cash it … Continue reading “Report: Zillow Hires Bankers Ahead of IPO”
Harvest Power Hauls In $51.7M Led by Al Gore’s Investment Firm
This is one of the bigger cleantech deals we’ve seen around the country. Waltham, MA-based Harvest Power, a waste-to-energy startup that’s building a plant near Vancouver, BC, said today it has raised a $51.7 million Series B financing round led by Generation Investment Management, a London-based firm co-founded by Al Gore and David Blood. New … Continue reading “Harvest Power Hauls In $51.7M Led by Al Gore’s Investment Firm”
StudentMentor Matches Mentors and Protégés Online
[Editor’s note: due to an editing oversight, this story was originally published under the byline Wade Roush. It was actually written by freelance contributor Elise Craig. Sorry Elise!!] When StudentMentor.org co-founders Ashkon Jafari and Stephanie Bravo were in college, they felt lost. Bravo, a first-generation college student, had her sights set on medical school, but … Continue reading “StudentMentor Matches Mentors and Protégés Online”
What’s Next for Skyhook Wireless? Location Tech for Games, E-Books, and, Yes, Android Phones
Skyhook Wireless may have won the audience favorite vote during the “location smackdown” at Xconomy’s Mobile Madness conference last week, but people in the tech-business community are still wondering: what’s next for the firm? Boston-based Skyhook, founded in 2003, is a pioneer in location-positioning technology for mobile devices. The company’s software determines the precise location … Continue reading “What’s Next for Skyhook Wireless? Location Tech for Games, E-Books, and, Yes, Android Phones”
Geoffrey Moore: Why Middle Managers Are the New Kings, Stiff-arming Shortsightedness, & the Money “Chasm” in the Mobile-Social Sphere
Author, consultant, and venture capitalist Geoffrey Moore has written a half-dozen books—his latest comes out later this year—including the classic “Crossing the Chasm,” an analysis of how businesses can push through the deadly barriers to broad adoption. This Friday, he’ll be a keynote speaker at the Washington Innovation Summit sponsored by the Technology Alliance. Booking … Continue reading “Geoffrey Moore: Why Middle Managers Are the New Kings, Stiff-arming Shortsightedness, & the Money “Chasm” in the Mobile-Social Sphere”
World Energy Backs Retroficiency, American Superconductor Gets Finnish Firm, BuyWithMe Buys LocalTwist, & More Boston-Area Deals News
This week’s deal news spanned companies working on marketing, energy, daily deals, medical devices, and beauty products. —Retroficiency, a Boston-based software-as-a-service firm focused on energy efficiency, announced it had raised $800,000 in funding from Worcester, MA-based energy management services firm World Energy (NASDAQ: [[ticker:XWES]]). Angel investors, including Jean Hammond and Jill Preotle, also provided funding … Continue reading “World Energy Backs Retroficiency, American Superconductor Gets Finnish Firm, BuyWithMe Buys LocalTwist, & More Boston-Area Deals News”