Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ffc3b060-c6b1-418d-a26a-dcb9805672a0&Preview=1 Date 10/6/2010 Company Name Involver Mailing Address 611 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Involver is the web’s most trusted social marketing platform supporting 80,000 brands and agencies and interacting with more than 200,000,000 fans. Involver’s platform powers over 30 applications built specifically for marketers engaging their audiences through … Continue reading “Involver Receives $6,999,999 Series C Financing”
MakeOver Solutions Receives $1,999,996 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=471e859c-1679-4db8-86a9-0c34fa1ea0be&Preview=1 Date 10/6/2010 Company Name MakeOver Solutions Mailing Address 509 Madison Ave New York, NY 10022 Company Description Makeover Solutions is a marketing company focused on innovative use of technology to build highly targeted communities of women users interested in beauty and beauty care conversations. Whether powering its client sites or building … Continue reading “MakeOver Solutions Receives $1,999,996 New Financing”
NW Cleantech Open Names Nanocel, Puralytics, and Arcimoto as Finalists
The Cleantech Open Pacific Northwest regional finalists, out of a pool of 15 semifinalists, were announced at NW the Cleantech Open at the Bell Harbor Conference Center yesterday. Of the participants, who have gone through months of training, consulting, and business planning in preparation for the competition, three—Seattle-based Nanocel, Beaverton, OR-based Puralytics, and Eugene, OR-based … Continue reading “NW Cleantech Open Names Nanocel, Puralytics, and Arcimoto as Finalists”
Qualcomm Ending Its Own Direct-to-Consumer TV Service
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) today confirmed media reports from yesterday, saying it has decided to stop offering its Flo TV direct consumer mobile television service to new customers. In a statement this afternoon, the San Diego wireless giant said it also has stopped selling its Qualcomm pocket-sized personal TV. The company says it anticipates there will … Continue reading “Qualcomm Ending Its Own Direct-to-Consumer TV Service”
Kyriba Raises $10.6M
Kyriba, which provides Web-based software that enables companies to better control their daily cash management tasks, says it has raised $10.6 million in a new financing round led by Iris Capital and existing investor BRED Banque Populaire. Kyriba, which was founded in 2000 and has headquarters in Paris and San Diego, says the funding will … Continue reading “Kyriba Raises $10.6M”
Strategy at San Diego’s Chumby Coming to Fruition Under New CEO
San Diego’s Chumby Industries, creator of the consumer gadget that is a plush toy, alarm clock, Web terminal, and video and music player, raised an additional $3 million in debt, options, and rights to securities, according to a regulatory filing yesterday. The latest funding, which co-founder and investor Steve Tomlin describes as “no real news…simply … Continue reading “Strategy at San Diego’s Chumby Coming to Fruition Under New CEO”
Where Will the Next Gleevec Come From? Xconomy Forum Looks At the Edge of Cancer R&D
The past decade of cancer research and development was mainly about getting targeted. Chemotherapy that kills all kinds of cells—cancerous and healthy—is still a mainstay of treatment, but more targeted cancer drugs like Roche’s bevacizumab (Avastin) and Novartis’ imatinib (Gleevec) finally broke through and fulfilled at least some of their promise. They showed drugs could … Continue reading “Where Will the Next Gleevec Come From? Xconomy Forum Looks At the Edge of Cancer R&D”
The Soapbox: RevenueLoan and Bonanza Join Ace Lineup at Xconomy’s VC Crossfire
We’re tapping into a hot issue at our next big Xconomy Forum, called “VC Crossfire” on October 28 at Amazon’s brand new South Lake Union headquarters. We’ve assembled a stellar cast of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs (Bob Nelsen, Tom Alberg, Martin Tobias, Chris Henney) to talk about something that affects everybody in the Northwest innovation … Continue reading “The Soapbox: RevenueLoan and Bonanza Join Ace Lineup at Xconomy’s VC Crossfire”
Threatmetrix Collects $12.1M
Los Altos, CA-based ThreatMetrix, which helps online businesses prevent fraud by authenticating the hardware devices people use to log in to e-commerce sites and other services, today announced the closing of a $12.1 million Series C funding round. Tenaya Capital (formerly Lehman Brothers Ventures) led the round, which also included existing investors U.S. Venture Partners, … Continue reading “Threatmetrix Collects $12.1M”
Omnicell Buys Pandora Data Systems
Mountain View, CA-based Omnicell (NASDAQ: [[ticker:OMCL]]), a maker of systems that restrict and automate access to medications and anesthesia in hospitals, said today that it has acquired Pandora Data Systems of Scotts Valley, CA. Pandora makes software that analyzes hospital records to detect “medication diversion,” i.e. theft, and meet regulatory requirements. Terms of the deal … Continue reading “Omnicell Buys Pandora Data Systems”
With $10 Million Series B Round, Viewdle Turns Its Face Recognition Technology on Consumers
Viewdle is one of those technology startups that probably should have stayed in stealth mode a lot longer. The San Jose, CA-based company created a stir around the time of its public launch back in September 2007 with demos that promised real-time facial recognition for digital video—a still-unsolved problem that, if definitively licked, could help … Continue reading “With $10 Million Series B Round, Viewdle Turns Its Face Recognition Technology on Consumers”
CIC Startup Micronotes Emerges From Stealth to Help Yodlee Appify Online Banking
The online banking space is taking a cue from Apple’s iTunes App Store. No, you won’t be seeing Sudoku puzzles or restaurant recommendation tools on your online banking interface, but you will be seeing plug-ins designed to enhance your online personal finance management experience. The marketplace for these apps, unveiled yesterday, is the Yodlee FinApp … Continue reading “CIC Startup Micronotes Emerges From Stealth to Help Yodlee Appify Online Banking”
The Echo Nest Powers Up With $7 Million Series B Round, Out To Connect Independent Music App Developers with Commercial Partners
The Echo Nest, a Somerville, MA-based music data service powering interactive music applications, announced today that it has closed a $7 million Series B investment, led by new investor Matrix Partners and joined by existing backer Commonwealth Capital Ventures. The startup, founded by two MIT Media Lab PhDs, did not disclose the full amount of … Continue reading “The Echo Nest Powers Up With $7 Million Series B Round, Out To Connect Independent Music App Developers with Commercial Partners”
Novartis-backed Genomics Institute Names Martin Seidel as New Director, Replacing Peter Schultz
One of San Diego’s top biomedical research centers has a new boss. H. Martin Seidel, the longtime No. 2 official at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), has been hired as the permanent replacement for founding director Peter Schultz. Seidel, who has served as interim director of GNF since Schultz stepped down … Continue reading “Novartis-backed Genomics Institute Names Martin Seidel as New Director, Replacing Peter Schultz”
Mimecast Expands in Boston Area, Taps E-mail Pioneer in Michigan to Drive Growth
Nathaniel Borenstein is a man you either love or hate. Or both. There’s nothing in between. If you have more than 24,000 unread e-mails in your inbox, like I do, you curse the day he was born, even if you enjoy being able to communicate with friends and business contacts in real-time, for free. Borenstein … Continue reading “Mimecast Expands in Boston Area, Taps E-mail Pioneer in Michigan to Drive Growth”
A Cure for the Common Conference: HealthCamp Brings Consumer-Driven Health Care to Life
As many clinicians will tell you, there is no single change that will radically improve health care for everyone. Technology is often regarded as the secret sauce, but really, it is only an enabler. There is no silver bullet that will cause everyone to suddenly adopt healthy habits of eating, sleeping, and exercise. Yet if … Continue reading “A Cure for the Common Conference: HealthCamp Brings Consumer-Driven Health Care to Life”
Truste Goes Mobile, Amyris Goes Public, EA Hires nPario, & More Bay Area BizTech News
I’m a day behind with our usual roundup of the previous week’s major business and technology stories from Xconomy San Francisco. So, without further ado: —Having driven past Box.net’s cheeky anti-Microsoft billboard on U.S. 101 many times, I finally got to meet the company’s young CEO, Aaron Levie, who told me why SharePoint is a … Continue reading “Truste Goes Mobile, Amyris Goes Public, EA Hires nPario, & More Bay Area BizTech News”
Smart Grid Demo Projects Nabs $89M More, Green Startups Compete at Cleantech Open, Isilon & F5 Are Primed for Buyouts, and More Seattle-Area Deals News
Where are all the tech deals? I thought things were supposed to speed up as autumn set in, not slow down. But there wasn’t a single financing deal for Seattle tech companies that we tracked down over the last week. Still, a number of potential negotiations did work their way into the spotlight. Take a … Continue reading “Smart Grid Demo Projects Nabs $89M More, Green Startups Compete at Cleantech Open, Isilon & F5 Are Primed for Buyouts, and More Seattle-Area Deals News”
Equifax Acquires SD’s Anakam
Atlanta-based Equifax said Monday it has acquired Anakam, a privately held identity security and management software developer in San Diego. Terms of the transaction, which closed October 1, were not disclosed. Anakam, founded in 2004, specializes in multi-factor identity authentication technology that can replace key cards and other methods for verifying a person’s identity. The … Continue reading “Equifax Acquires SD’s Anakam”
One Ecosystem Per Child: Walter Bender and OLPC Reunite to Enhance Learning and Grow Economies in Developing Nations
Walter Bender and the One Laptop per Child organization are back together again. The architect of the Sugar learning environment at the heart of every XO laptop, who had teamed with OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte to launch the project but split with the organization 30 months ago, saying it had lost its way as a … Continue reading “One Ecosystem Per Child: Walter Bender and OLPC Reunite to Enhance Learning and Grow Economies in Developing Nations”
The Echo Nest Garners $7,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32a146b3-4004-421b-b8bb-c4ec8c77e87f&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name The Echo Nest Mailing Address 48 Grove Street Somerville, MA 02144 Company Description The Echo Nest’s Fanalytics™ platform applies an unprecedented understanding of the music web to help you better target and build your online fan base. Here are a few of the marketing tools powered by … Continue reading “The Echo Nest Garners $7,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Memoir Systems Secures $5,125,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a7740fc-0973-4431-913f-46180809b26f&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Memoir Systems Mailing Address 440 North Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Memoir Systems is enabling technology to help accelerate system memory performance. Memoir was founded by Sundar Iyer and Da Chuang in Mar 2009. Memoir’s founders have a background both in academia and Industry; and … Continue reading “Memoir Systems Secures $5,125,000 New Financing”
SocialShield Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c484409-22b6-4b2b-b881-a1c6c14f2c01&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name SocialShield Mailing Address Undisclosed San Bruno, CA 94066 Company Description The company operates an online child security monitoring service. Website http://www.socialshield.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Rostampour said Social Shield plans to use its new-found capital to hire a … Continue reading “SocialShield Obtains $10,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Viewdle Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d939c633-a207-41b4-ac2f-b84d1b6d95df&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Viewdle Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Viewdle was founded in 2007, with the vision of helping people share and tag all of their photos and videos on any media creation device — from servers to laptops to mobile phones — through visual analysis … Continue reading “Viewdle Obtains $10,000,000 Series B Round”
Hipmunk Lands $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9bc6e48-c621-447c-8965-b96b58dd1f31&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Hipmunk Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company operates an online travel website. Website http://www.hipmunk.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will hire additional people and roll out new travel services. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Hipmunk Lands $1,000,000 New Funding”
ThreatMETRIX Secures $12,100,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a585293-6e61-4488-b5ea-ddd0b0a7f5ca&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name ThreatMETRIX Mailing Address 5150 EI Camino Real Los Altos, CA 94022 Company Description The company provides fraud control device fingerprinting solutions. Website http://www.threatmetrix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,100,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes We anticipate using the funding for general operating capital, expansion of … Continue reading “ThreatMETRIX Secures $12,100,000 Series C Round”
Passenger Receives $7,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99a9c84a-1d6f-4de2-8be9-1b5d4735fa5b&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Passenger Mailing Address 5900 Wilshire Blvd. 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036 Company Description Passenger enables simple deployment of private brand communities that provide companies with actionable insight, while empowering consumers through ownership of ideas. Website http://www.thinkpassenger.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Passenger Receives $7,500,000 New Financing”
Yahoo! Acquires Dapper for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0df3d0f-1163-4e86-92bb-a0b09e5fb08c&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Dapper Mailing Address 4025 Lockridge Street San Diego, CA 92191 Company Description Dapper is a US company with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded by Eran Shir and Jon Aizen in late 2005, Dapper aims to make it easy and possible for anyone to extract and reuse … Continue reading “Yahoo! Acquires Dapper for Undisclosed Sum”
Xceive Corp Obtains $1,124,136 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4da3e09-4fe0-44c9-b736-b14d84975062&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Xceive Corp Mailing Address 3900 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Xceive is a fabless semiconductor company founded in July 2001, with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Xceive’s mission is to become the leading producer of RF-to-baseband transceiver ICs for TVs and set-top boxes, a … Continue reading “Xceive Corp Obtains $1,124,136 New Round”
Clustrix Obtains $500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=523fb862-b6f1-47ea-a1d3-f67b0205e486&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name Clustrix Mailing Address One Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Clustrix is an early stage, very well funded start up. We are building the next generation of highly scalable distributed infrastructure products. Our products make it possible to scale infrastructure just by adding nodes – … Continue reading “Clustrix Obtains $500,000 New Round”
AppNexus Secures $50,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e889c2d-3547-41ff-88c4-0dbc2d570748&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name AppNexus Mailing Address 37 East 18th Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10003 Company Description The AppNexus cloud was engineered to provide all the building blocks of a robust, cost-efficient, and instantly scalable enterprise infrastructure. Innovative yet dependable, the AppNexus infrastructure brings you cloud computing without limitations. … Continue reading “AppNexus Secures $50,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
ATX Innovation Secures $2,050,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=89cebcc6-b278-4c1b-9168-b759fe39656b&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2010 Company Name ATX Innovation Mailing Address 804 Congress St. Austin, TX 78701 Company Description The company provides a mobile application that allows users to purchase food and drinks at restaurants and bars. Website http://www.tabbedout.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,050,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “ATX Innovation Secures $2,050,000 New Round”
Isilon, F5 Being Primed for Buyouts, Reports Say
Both Seattle-based Isilon Systems (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ISLN]]) and F5 Networks (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FFIV]]) are rumored to be potential candidates for acquisitions, according to two recent reports. Isilon, which has a market value of $1.52 billion, may be shopping itself around to possible buyers, according to a report by Bloomberg. The Bloomberg story cites two anonymous sources briefed … Continue reading “Isilon, F5 Being Primed for Buyouts, Reports Say”
Insights in Wireless & Mobile Health
The San Diego Venture Group welcomes experts from the West Wireless Health Institute, Kleiner Perkins, PhiloMetron, and Qualcomm to discuss how entrepreneurs have the opportunity to revolutionize healthcare. Registration and networking begins at 7 a.m., or online registration is here.
Exoskeletons In My Closet: What Raytheon’s Robotic Suit Really Means for the Field
Last week, Waltham, MA-based defense contractor Raytheon (NYSE: [[ticker:RTN]]) unveiled its latest prototype “exoskeleton.” This is a powered robotic suit that a soldier or worker could strap on in the field to enable them to load heavy equipment faster, carry supplies or munitions using less energy, or—let’s face it—just look ultra-cool. Raytheon said in a … Continue reading “Exoskeletons In My Closet: What Raytheon’s Robotic Suit Really Means for the Field”
Qualcomm Reportedly Moving to Close Flo TV Operation
Last year, Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) announced during the CTIA Wireless trade show that it was introducing a handheld personal TV to help boost interest in its Flo TV business, which has been flagging. This year, it looks like the San Diego wireless giant will be confronting reports of a planned shutdown of its Flo TV … Continue reading “Qualcomm Reportedly Moving to Close Flo TV Operation”
VentiRx Cancer Drug Passes Early Trial
VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, the San Diego and Seattle-based drug developer, said today its experimental treatment for cancer passed its initial clinical trial in 33 patients. The drug, VTX-2337, was found to be safe and well-tolerated in the study and showed increasing signs of activity as doses escalated, the company said. The drug is designed to stimulate … Continue reading “VentiRx Cancer Drug Passes Early Trial”
Vivus Sells Erectile Treatment for $23.5M
Vivus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VVUS]]), the Mountain View, CA-based developer of an obesity drug, said today it has sold its marketed treatment for erectile dysfunction. Lakewood, NJ-based Meda agreed to pay $23.5 million for the assets related to transurethral alprostadil (Muse). Meda has been business partners with Vivus in Europe since 2000, Vivus said. Selling the Muse … Continue reading “Vivus Sells Erectile Treatment for $23.5M”
Fred Hutch Wins $14M Grant to Establish Cancer Immunotherapy Trial Center
Seattle researchers have lived through the ups and downs of cancer immunotherapy, and now they are seizing a growing leadership position in the field. Martin “Mac” Cheever, a scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, has been awarded a five-year, $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health … Continue reading “Fred Hutch Wins $14M Grant to Establish Cancer Immunotherapy Trial Center”
ModeRNA, Stealth Startup Backed By Flagship, Unveils New Way to Make Stem Cells
ModeRNA Therapeutics, a new startup out of Cambridge, MA-based Flagship VentureLabs, announced it has developed a method for producing human induced pluripotent stem cells, which are embryonic-like stem cells that are formed by reprogramming adult stem cells. Flagship and three other scientists co-founded the startup this summer with an undisclosed amount of Series A funding, … Continue reading “ModeRNA, Stealth Startup Backed By Flagship, Unveils New Way to Make Stem Cells”
ClairMail Raises $13.8M
San Rafael, CA-based ClairMail, which makes mobile banking software for banks, credit unions, and card services companies, said today that it has raised $13.8 million in late stage funding. The round was led by Investor Growth Capital, a unit of Stockholm-based Investor AB. Joining the round were existing investors JAFCO Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Outlook … Continue reading “ClairMail Raises $13.8M”
Mellmo’s Mobile Visualization Technology for Business Data Gets More Versatile
Mellmo, which makes mobile software for visualizing business intelligence data, just keeps expanding the capabilities of its Roambi graphics display applications for the iPhone and iPad. The Del Mar, CA-based startup announced two weeks ago that it has integrated Roambi with Oracle’s suite of business intelligence products. So the Roambi enterprise server, which connects to … Continue reading “Mellmo’s Mobile Visualization Technology for Business Data Gets More Versatile”
LookSmart Still Isn’t Dead; Finds New Role “Mining Diamonds from the Dirt” in the World of Second-Tier Search Engines
When a public relations group in San Francisco contacted me to see if I’d be interested in meeting with an executive at LookSmart, my first reaction was “LookSmart? They’re still in business?” I’d known people at the 13-year-old company back in the dot-com era, after it went public on the NASDAQ ([[ticker:LOOK]]), won big contracts … Continue reading “LookSmart Still Isn’t Dead; Finds New Role “Mining Diamonds from the Dirt” in the World of Second-Tier Search Engines”
Sanofi-Aventis Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Genzyme
The French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis’s quest to buy the struggling biotech Genzyme has officially turned ugly. This morning Sanofi (NYSE:[[ticker:SNY]]) went directly to the shareholders of Cambridge, MA-based Genzyme (NASDAQ:[[ticker:GENZ]]) with a tender offer of $69 per share, or $18.5 billion total, in a bid to seize control of the biotech company’s lucrative business of … Continue reading “Sanofi-Aventis Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Genzyme”
Entropic Raises $99M, SDSU’s VizLab Pioneers Web-Based Disaster Maps, Avalon Raises $161M for 9th Fund, & More San Diego BizTech News
The Connect Innovation Report that was released last week shows that San Diego’s innovation economy is a mix of contrary signals. We also saw a number of tech sector deals, and we’ve got it all wrapped up for you here. —San Diego’s Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ENTR]], which makes semiconductors for home entertainment networks, raised $99.1 … Continue reading “Entropic Raises $99M, SDSU’s VizLab Pioneers Web-Based Disaster Maps, Avalon Raises $161M for 9th Fund, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Fifteen Green Companies Compete For Finalist Slots at the Cleantech Open Today
Today is the day many in the in the local cleantech community have been waiting for. The Cleantech Open, a national business plan competition for clean technology and energy startups, plans to announce the Pacific Northwest regional finalists at the Bell Harbor Conference Center at Pier 66 in Seattle this evening. This event will bring … Continue reading “Fifteen Green Companies Compete For Finalist Slots at the Cleantech Open Today”
One Laptop Gets $5.6M Grant From Marvell to Develop Next Generation Tablet Computer
The One Laptop per Child Foundation and Santa Clara, CA-based semiconductor maker Marvell have cemented a partnership announced last spring, with Marvell agreeing to provide OLPC with $5.6 million to fund development of its next generation tablet computer, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte tells me. Negroponte says the deal, signed in the past week or so … Continue reading “One Laptop Gets $5.6M Grant From Marvell to Develop Next Generation Tablet Computer”
Vega Therapeutics, With Roots in Michigan and San Diego, Aims High in Fight Against Diabetes
Classic elements of a big biotech story are brewing in a little startup in South San Francisco called Vega Therapeutics. There’s leading-edge science from big names at the University of Michigan and UC San Diego. A proven management team from the Bay Area. If everything comes together, there is potential to shake up the standard … Continue reading “Vega Therapeutics, With Roots in Michigan and San Diego, Aims High in Fight Against Diabetes”
The Grand Challenge of Innovation
Recently, the X Prize Foundation awarded a total of $10 million to three companies at the forefront of building the world’s most efficient cars. It was the culmination of a competition that began in 2008 with 111 teams and was pared down to nine finalists. The competition was rigorous: it demanded teams to engineer and … Continue reading “The Grand Challenge of Innovation”
ClairMail Obtains $13,800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1526dd6a-fdf8-4160-8155-7a8884bae931&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2010 Company Name ClairMail Mailing Address 4 Hamilton Landing Novato, CA 94949 Company Description ClairMail delivers true workforce mobility by extending access to enterprise applications from any mobile device with just one-click. Website http://www.clairmail.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes ClairMail will use the … Continue reading “ClairMail Obtains $13,800,000 New Financing”