We’ve experienced a slew of “system” failures in the last years—corporate, regulatory, financial and technological—with disastrous results. Toyota suffered a huge hit to its sales and corporate prestige. The damage to the Gulf of Mexico is still being tabulated. And we’re even now trying to fully restart the economy after it was crippled by the … Continue reading “Focus on Discovery, Not Decision-Making, Is Key To Success”
Swedish’s Young Social-Media Ace Coaches Docs in the Ways of the Web
Dana Lewis, at 22, found a job telling doctors what to do. It has nothing to do with deciding which diagnostic test to run, what drug to prescribe, or how much they can bill for an MRI. It has everything to do with how physicians can better communicate with patients over the Web in the … Continue reading “Swedish’s Young Social-Media Ace Coaches Docs in the Ways of the Web”
Accio Energy, With New CEO, Uses Physics to Harvest Wind Energy Without Turbines
It’s hard to hear the term “wind power” without picturing the giant, bladed turbines that are currently used to generate this kind of renewable energy. Ann Arbor, MI-based Accio Energy is trying to shake this up. The company is using fundamental physics to produce wind power without turbines—a transformation that could make wind energy more … Continue reading “Accio Energy, With New CEO, Uses Physics to Harvest Wind Energy Without Turbines”
IBM Acquires Netezza and OpenPages, Boston Scientific Buys Asthmatx, Massachusetts Startup Financing Rebounds, & More Boston-Area Deals News
Big Blue is gobbling up all of New England’s IT companies—or at least that’s the impression you’d get from this week’s deals news. —IBM (NYSE: [[ticker:IBM]]) announced it will acquire Waltham, MA-based OpenPages for an undisclosed sum. The Waltham firm, whose backers include Goldman Sachs, Globespan Capital Partners, Matrix Partners, Mesirow Financial, Sigma Partners, and … Continue reading “IBM Acquires Netezza and OpenPages, Boston Scientific Buys Asthmatx, Massachusetts Startup Financing Rebounds, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Rocket Fuel Receives $10,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed5fd52e-904d-4dd5-b71c-bf4b90622067&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name Rocket Fuel Mailing Address 350 Marine Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Rocket Fuel Inc. is a well-funded advertising technology company in Silicon Valley. Website http://www.rocketfuelinc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Rocket Fuel will use these funds to … Continue reading “Rocket Fuel Receives $10,000,000 Series B Round”
SAY Media Acquires Six Apart for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78cbed3c-49c4-4914-95ce-057a4ab992ef&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name Six Apart Mailing Address 548 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Six Apart has offices on three continents working to help people everywhere communicate using the Web. We hope we’re making it easier for you. Website http://www.sixapart.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round … Continue reading “SAY Media Acquires Six Apart for Undisclosed Sum”
MerchantCircle Acquires TimeBridge for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e19ad82-5320-4a90-8e65-5fd28dc43cd3&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name TimeBridge Mailing Address 1600 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94709 Company Description TimeBridge’s one-step scheduling allows users to quickly determine the best time to meet, establish meeting-centric trust networks and automatically provision an online shared meeting space. TimeBridge transforms Microsoft Outlook into a hub for collaborative web services … Continue reading “MerchantCircle Acquires TimeBridge for Undisclosed Sum”
Sharp Corporation Acquires Recurrent Energy for $305,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=79d6bc84-df1e-4271-a734-fa1d34110e91&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name Recurrent Energy Mailing Address 300 California Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Recurrent Energy is transforming the solar energy marketplace–bringing solar to the mainstream via our turnkey Solar as a Service offering. We are exclusively focused on serving the needs of organizations with large … Continue reading “Sharp Corporation Acquires Recurrent Energy for $305,000,000”
WiSpry Receives $6,483,417 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3470b5a2-0c39-4f4e-9401-39f3235b8aac&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name WiSpry Mailing Address 20 Fairbanks Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description WiSpry is a fabless, radio frequency (RF) semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California and was formed in October 2002 through a spin-off of the RF/Wireless business unit of Coventor, Inc., the market-leading MEMS software company. Website http://www.wispry.com … Continue reading “WiSpry Receives $6,483,417 Series C Funding”
Involver Lands $1,308,626 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e4a348c4-d64e-48b8-bab7-b37c88740463&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name Involver Mailing Address 611 Mission St.7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Involver’s platform powers over 30 applications built specifically for marketers engaging their audiences through Facebook, the iPhone, Twitter, and other social media channels. Website http://www.involver.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,308,626 Transaction … Continue reading “Involver Lands $1,308,626 New Funding Round”
OtherInBox Lands $1,500,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c44e4d86-cb11-4e9d-ac60-5da13da81e72&Preview=1 Date 9/22/2010 Company Name OtherInBox Mailing Address 701 Brazos Street Austin, TX 78701 Company Description OtherInbox, Inc. is an Austin-based company that builds technology to automatically organize emails from online shopping and social networking sites. Website http://www.OtherInBox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “OtherInBox Lands $1,500,000 Series A Funding Round”
Lego on The Building Blocks of the New Enterprise
From the event site: “The Clearvale SecondFloor Speaker Series, in partnership with Eastwick Communications, is proud to present our second event featuring Tormod Askildsen, Head of Community Development at LEGO. A leader and innovator in community engagement, Askildsen will engage local leaders in a conversation about best practices.” Information and RSVP form here.
Ground Truth, Urban Airship Team Up with Verizon
Verizon Wireless announced today it is working with Seattle-based Ground Truth and Portland, OR-based Urban Airship (among other companies) to provide tools for the Verizon Developer Community. Financial details of the partnerships were not given. Ground Truth’s technology will help developers access aggregate data on demographics and mobile Web usage on their applications (for Android, … Continue reading “Ground Truth, Urban Airship Team Up with Verizon”
WWHI Names Head of Commercial Engineering
The West Wireless Health Institute today named Eric Collins as its senior vice president of commercial engineering, according to a statement released today. Collin, who previously directed Motorola Labs’ DigitalDNA Systems Architecture Laboratory, will oversee a team developing the institute’s strategies for converting concepts for wireless health products into comprehensive, ready-for-market solutions. Collins, who has … Continue reading “WWHI Names Head of Commercial Engineering”
Molecular Response Names CEO
Molecular Response, a privately held molecular diagnostic services company based in San Diego, has named Cyrus Mirsaidi as CEO, according to a statement from the company. The molecular diagnostics startup identifies only the San Diego-based Biotech Investment Group as an investor on its website. Molecular Response says it was founded to reduce risk and increase … Continue reading “Molecular Response Names CEO”
Boston Vs. Silicon Valley: Lawsuits Filed Against Adobe, Google, PacBio (Who’s Next?)
OK, four lawsuits filed in a month—all in the same direction—makes a trend. (Though two are from the same company.) September is shaping up to be the month of Boston versus Silicon Valley, when it comes to tech and life sciences companies trying to protect their intellectual property. —The news today is that Newton, MA-based … Continue reading “Boston Vs. Silicon Valley: Lawsuits Filed Against Adobe, Google, PacBio (Who’s Next?)”
Recurve Nails the Science of Selling Home Energy Retrofits
For Californians who want to make their houses greener and more energy-efficient, installing solar panels is often the first strategy that comes to mind. And there are many innovative Bay Area companies ready to help people do that, as I’ll describe in a story coming later this week. But Recurve president Matt Golden argues that … Continue reading “Recurve Nails the Science of Selling Home Energy Retrofits”
Bonanza for Bonanzle: Startup Changes Name, Buys 1000Markets, Leads Social Commerce Wave
The Seattle-based online marketplace Bonanzle is on the move today. The company announced it has changed its name to Bonanza (it now uses Bonanza.com), and has acquired 1000Markets, an online community of marketplaces for niche products and artisan crafts, also based in Seattle. (See this blog post on the phase-out of 1000Markets.) Financial terms of … Continue reading “Bonanza for Bonanzle: Startup Changes Name, Buys 1000Markets, Leads Social Commerce Wave”
Laser Light Lands $13M for 3-D Cinema
Salem, NH-based Laser Light Engines, a maker of laser-driven light sources for 3-D and digital projectors, said today it has closed a $13 million Series B financing round from existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures and Harris & Harris Group, and from existing strategic partner IMAX. Laser Light, which is developing a custom light source for … Continue reading “Laser Light Lands $13M for 3-D Cinema”
AvidBiotics Creates Novel Proteins that Kill Bacteria on the Farm, in the Lab, in the Body
Dave Martin is one of the people in biotech who has truly seen it all. In the ’80s, the industry’s early days, he was head of R&D at Genentech. His latest passion, which he’s pursuing with business partner Jim Knighton, is taking shape at a lean startup in South San Francisco called AvidBiotics. Their wager … Continue reading “AvidBiotics Creates Novel Proteins that Kill Bacteria on the Farm, in the Lab, in the Body”
What Becomes a Legend Most? San Diego’s Legend3D Boasts 700 Percent Growth
Barry Sandrew, whose imaging expertise as a Harvard neuroscientist led him to a mid-life career change in Hollywood, tells me the company he founded in San Diego remains on course with a 700 percent growth rate over the past year. As I reported in May, Sandrew founded San Diego-based Legend Films in 2001 as a … Continue reading “What Becomes a Legend Most? San Diego’s Legend3D Boasts 700 Percent Growth”
ActiFio Adds $16M for Data Management
Waltham, MA-based ActiFio, a data management software startup, has raised $16 million from undisclosed investors, according to a regulatory filing. Bob Hower, general partner at Advanced Technology Ventures, is listed on the form as a director, and the Boston Business Journal has confirmed that ATV is a new investor in the company. Earlier this year, … Continue reading “ActiFio Adds $16M for Data Management”
MeYou Health Enters Social Gaming Realm with Daily Challenge for Improving Well-Being
Could social gaming be used to improve people’s health? Boston-based MeYou Health appears to think there’s a good chance the answer to that question is “yes.” The group plans to release an online social game this week called Daily Challenge, which attempts to get players and their friends on Facebook to adopt healthy behaviors and … Continue reading “MeYou Health Enters Social Gaming Realm with Daily Challenge for Improving Well-Being”
Michigan Venture Funds: A List of Recent Closings and Firms Raising Money Now
It’s not exactly a secret that this isn’t the greatest time for venture capital. Returns over the past decade have gone negative after the heady dotcom bubble years, and with the recession lingering many funds have either closed or found themselves significantly smaller as it became harder and harder to attract capital. These national trends … Continue reading “Michigan Venture Funds: A List of Recent Closings and Firms Raising Money Now”
August Startup Financings in MA Rose Slightly to $143M, With Plenty of Smaller Deals
Startup deal-making in Massachusetts rebounded slightly last month. Thirty companies brought in $143.6 million in equity-based financing deals, which was almost a 10 percent increase from July’s total of $131.4 million, according to data provided by private company intelligence platform CB Insights. It’s not anything like the surge we saw in June, when Bay State … Continue reading “August Startup Financings in MA Rose Slightly to $143M, With Plenty of Smaller Deals”
ZymoGenetics Will Be Missed. How Seattle Biotech Can Recover and Thrive
I agree with Carl Weissman’s recent Xconomy column about the ZymoGenetics acquisition when he says that Seattle needs to be a place where biotech startups thrive. Unfortunately, his column didn’t put forth any novel solutions for making this happen (I know this wasn’t his point in writing the article). I am also in agreement that … Continue reading “ZymoGenetics Will Be Missed. How Seattle Biotech Can Recover and Thrive”
Smartsheet Raises New Cash, Amazon Bets on Cirtas, RealNetworks Buys Backstage, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
Thea is taking some time off, so that means the biotech guy in the house has to write up the weekly tech roundup. I’ll try not to say anything too dumb. —Bellevue, WA-based Smartsheet, the developer of software to help people collaborate on projects, raised $1.5 million in a new equity round led by Madrona … Continue reading “Smartsheet Raises New Cash, Amazon Bets on Cirtas, RealNetworks Buys Backstage, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
A One-Size-Fits-All License Agreement: The Holy Grail of Tech Transfer?
One common complaint I hear from biotech entrepreneurs is that negotiating a license agreement with a university can be a nightmare. There are universities—some of them within the very top echelons of academia—that are infamous for having technology transfer people who are described as very difficult to work with. It’s not that surprising that these … Continue reading “A One-Size-Fits-All License Agreement: The Holy Grail of Tech Transfer?”
Boston Heart Lab Lands $10,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a739b096-a5a2-4b90-987d-66266384a075&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Boston Heart Lab Mailing Address 2 Central Street Framingham, MA 01701-4163 Company Description Boston Heart Lab is a healthcare company that provides cardiovascular disease (CVD) management. Through our combination of proprietary lipid testing capability, sophisticated tools, advanced therapy guidelines, and patient support services, we are providing physicians, … Continue reading “Boston Heart Lab Lands $10,000,000 New Round”
Laser Light Engines Receives $13,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0581098f-4333-4915-9363-efb7c02feb59&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Laser Light Engines Mailing Address 8 C Industrial Way Salem, NH 03079 Company Description Laser Light Engines is a new company developing an innovative digital light source to upgrade the future cinema experience. Website http://www.laserlightengines.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds … Continue reading “Laser Light Engines Receives $13,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Data Impact Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4b51439-b413-45f6-9b9d-185be9550f95&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Data Impact Mailing Address 5432 Bolsa Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Company Description With its online invoice presentment and payment and robust online document repository, Data Impact is restructuring the infrastructure through which businesses get paid for their goods and services. Website http://www.dataimpact.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture … Continue reading “Data Impact Receives $5,000,000 New Funding Round”
Panaya Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83460edf-3d65-43d5-af9e-1a84b37b2eaf&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Panaya Mailing Address 2480 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Company Description Panaya is a solution for SAP business analysts and implementers, which significantly reduces the time, costs and risks involved in SAP implementation, maintenance and upgrade. Website http://www.panayainc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 … Continue reading “Panaya Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing Round”
Nexant Lands $43,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76bdf237-95a6-4d09-a7cb-50887b8d10c8&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Nexant Mailing Address 101 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Nexant is a provider of intelligent grid software and clean energy solutions—pioneering, developing, and advancing electric power grid and alternative energy technologies and services. Website http://www.Nexant.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $43,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Nexant Lands $43,000,000 New Financing Round”
Aryaka Networks Obtains $14,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d434c654-81a7-4319-8d5e-51ae22e39ea5&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Aryaka Networks Mailing Address 691 S. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Company Description Aryaka Networks, Inc. delivers cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization with true business results. Website http://www.aryaka.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The company announced the launch … Continue reading “Aryaka Networks Obtains $14,000,000 Series A Round”
Qumu Garners $8,750,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fcf6bcc-9b4d-4d34-a9dd-b077cc28b5eb&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Qumu Mailing Address 1100 Grundy Lane San Bruno, CA 94066 Company Description Qumu’s software solution enables organizations to easily capture, manage, publish and distribute live and on-demand video content while leveraging existing IT infrastructure. Website http://www.qumu.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “Qumu Garners $8,750,000 New Funding”
Quintic Receives $4,055,108 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77ec446a-cf95-49c4-9a62-b9cc41d11331&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Quintic Mailing Address 3211 Scott Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Quintic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that provides low-power cost-effective wireless connectivity solutions for consumer electronics, as well as personal computers and its peripherals. Quintic was founded in Silicon Valley in 2005 by seasoned … Continue reading “Quintic Receives $4,055,108 New Funding”
Aura Biosciences Receives $1,425,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b549343-00fe-471c-8b92-d3ef1aacecb8&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Aura Biosciences Mailing Address One Broadway, 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Aura Biosciences is a next generation biotech company – combining the expertise of leading academic institutions through research and licensing agreements, with the flexibility and efficiency of a dedicated team of in-house scientists, deal-makers, … Continue reading “Aura Biosciences Receives $1,425,000 New Round”
Angie’s List Garners $22,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=439f9846-7aef-4f95-9d78-d2b22983d863&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Angie’s List Mailing Address 1030 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Company Description Angie’s List is a growing collection of homeowners’ real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie’s List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform … Continue reading “Angie’s List Garners $22,500,000 New Funding”
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Receives $8,000,800 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5751e8cb-4813-4721-9a75-5ba6b774a53b&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 575 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description The company is developing a novel drug-device therapy for the treatment of breakthrough pain. Website http://www.acelrx.com/ Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $8,000,800 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory … Continue reading “AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Receives $8,000,800 New Financing”
Sadra Medical Obtains $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62205534-04f1-4689-988c-d17145d4bff6&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2010 Company Name Sadra Medical Mailing Address 160 Knowles Drive Los Gatos, CA 95032 Company Description Sadra Medical is dedicated to developing innovative new therapies for the treatment of aortic valve disease. By developing minimally invasive alternatives to traditional surgical valve replacement, the company seeks to help improve patient care … Continue reading “Sadra Medical Obtains $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
Global Health Trivia Night
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute is organizing a global health trivia night on Sept. 22. For more information on how to register for this free event, click here.
Google Sued by Skyhook, Big Funding Rounds for Crowdsourcers Get Satisfaction and uTest, & More Bay Area BizTech News
And I thought August was busy. As September entered its third week (where did the summer go, exactly?), the news on acquisitions, fundings, product launches, and lawsuits accelerated to a manic pace. —Google was on the receiving end of a pair of lawsuits filed by Boston-based Skyhook Wireless on Wednesday. A pioneer in location-finding software … Continue reading “Google Sued by Skyhook, Big Funding Rounds for Crowdsourcers Get Satisfaction and uTest, & More Bay Area BizTech News”
SumTotal Buys Softscape
Mountain View, CA-based human resources software maker SumTotal Systems announced today that it has acquired rival Softscape of Wayland, MA. Softscape had a “head start in the HR software industry” and had developed “many advanced features” that made it an attractive merger target, according to the SumTotal announcement. “With the acquisition of Softscape, SumTotal has created … Continue reading “SumTotal Buys Softscape”
Motorola Buys Aloqa
Aloqa GmbH, the Palo Alto, CA- and Munich, Germany-based maker of a cross-platform mobile app that automatically notifies users about interesting nearby events and services, has been acquired by Schaumburg, IL-based Motorola for an undisclosed sum, according to a Motorola press release today. It’s part of a general expansion for Motorola into mobile services; as … Continue reading “Motorola Buys Aloqa”
Cirtas Decloaks, Collects $10M
San Jose, CA-based Cirtas Systems, which makes storage appliances that seamlessly link on-site enterprise storage servers to cloud storage services, emerged from stealth mode today and said it has collected $10 million in Series A venture financing. New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Amazon provided the funding. The company’s $70,000 BlueJet Cloud Storage Controller … Continue reading “Cirtas Decloaks, Collects $10M”
L-1 Acquired by Safran and BAE in $1.6B Merger Deal
L-1 Identity Solutions, a Stamford, CT-based maker of biometric technologies for security and identification, said today it has agreed to be acquired by French aerospace and defense company Safran for $12 per share in a merger transaction. As part of the deal, L-1 is first selling off a chunk of its business to U.K.-based BAE … Continue reading “L-1 Acquired by Safran and BAE in $1.6B Merger Deal”
Qualcomm Promotes Mollenkopf
San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [ticker:QCOM]) today announced the promotion of Steve Mollenkopf to executive vice president and group president, recognizing his oversight responsibilities of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) and Qualcomm MEMS Technologies. In a statement issued by the company, Qualcomm chairman and CEO, Paul Jacobs, says “aligning our current and future … Continue reading “Qualcomm Promotes Mollenkopf”
Boston Scientific to Inhale Asthmatx in $194M Buyout
Boston Scientific (NYSE:[[ticker:BSX]]) is upping its investment in a new way of treating severe asthma. The Natick, MA-based medical device giant says today it has inked a deal to acquire Sunnyvale, CA-based Asthmatx for $193.5 million. Boston Scientific, which had previously been an investor in Asthmatx, has presumably been following the California firm’s progress for … Continue reading “Boston Scientific to Inhale Asthmatx in $194M Buyout”
Lee Hartwell, at 70, Tackles Personalized Medicine, Education in Latest Career Phase
Lee Hartwell would be excused if he wanted to rest on his laurels at the age of 70 and enjoy the sort of retirement that you read about in personal finance magazines. Instead, he’s now setting out to do the most ambitious things of his career. He wants to change the way the world thinks … Continue reading “Lee Hartwell, at 70, Tackles Personalized Medicine, Education in Latest Career Phase”
Do You Know Where Your Child (or Husband or Girlfriend) Is? Whereoscope Can Tell You
This is the eighth in a series of profiles of companies funded this summer by Paul Graham’s Mountain View, CA-based startup incubator, Y Combinator. Every day millions of people check in or submit geotagged updates using mobile-friendly services like Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, SCVNGR, Google Latitude, and Facebook Places, sharing their locations with the whole social-networking … Continue reading “Do You Know Where Your Child (or Husband or Girlfriend) Is? Whereoscope Can Tell You”