Chronix Biomedical Obtains $1,741,389 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b2ffa6e-c71a-430d-b3fc-612339000da0&Preview=1 Date 9/15/2010 Company Name Chronix Biomedical Mailing Address 1735 North First Street San Jose, CA 95112 Company Description Chronix Biomedical is pioneering a breakthrough approach to the diagnosis and management of chronic diseases and cancer. It has developed proprietary technology that measures and categorizes circulating nucleic acids, DNA sequences circulating in … Continue reading “Chronix Biomedical Obtains $1,741,389 New Round”

Funambol Obtains $4,607,026 Series C Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e486fa36-8a3d-49fc-888d-7bb0040c3247&Preview=1 Date 9/15/2010 Company Name Funambol Mailing Address 643 Bair Island Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Funambol is the company behind Sync4j, the world-leading open source mobile application server. Sync4j is the open standard solution for the development, software provisioning and management of all wireless services: data synchronization, remote device … Continue reading “Funambol Obtains $4,607,026 Series C Funding Round”

Omni Science Technology Receives $1,710,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47119ad1-51ce-4d44-99b6-b0f67d67edaa&Preview=1 Date 9/15/2010 Company Name Omni Science Technology Mailing Address 235 Alma Street 1st Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Undisclosed Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,710,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

Orbotix Receives New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18f81bd5-fad6-4b7e-99f9-e462c6835dc7&Preview=1 Date 9/15/2010 Company Name Orbotix Mailing Address 1401 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description Orbotix is a Boulder based startup that works with consumer electronics companies and developers to bring phone controlled open devices to market. Website http://www.Orbotix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Orbotix Receives New Round”

Xplair Names John Madrid as CEO

San Diego-based xplair Technology, which was founded in April, 2009 to provide web-based mortgage management portfolio services and support, today named John Madrid as CEO, effective immediately. Madrid was previously the chief information officer at Vericrest Financial. As CEO, Madrid is responsible for overseeing xplair’s daily operations, focusing specifically on the technological build-out of the … Continue reading “Xplair Names John Madrid as CEO”

ShopWell Names Kim as CEO, Launches Beta Site

Palo Alto, CA-based ShopWell Solutions, which offers consumers personalized nutrition advice, said today that former Yahoo executive L. Jasmine Kim has been appointed chief executive officer. Kim is a veteran of consumer-facing businesses such as BabyCenter.com, LVMH Moet Hennessey Luis Vuitton, and Procter & Gamble. ShopWell, which was spun out of Palo Alto-based product design … Continue reading “ShopWell Names Kim as CEO, Launches Beta Site”

Genentech CEO Leaves Dendreon Board

Seattle-based Dendreon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]) said today that Ian Clark, the CEO of Roche’s U.S.-based Genentech unit, is resigning from the Dendreon board. Clark was named to the Dendreon board just 11 months ago, along with former Eli Lilly executive Pedro Granadillo, as part of the company’s effort to add more board expertise in sales, marketing, … Continue reading “Genentech CEO Leaves Dendreon Board”

Seattle Genetics Snags Genmab Deal

Seattle Genetics, the developer of targeted antibody drugs, said today it has provided a license to Denmark-based Genmab to develop “empowered antibodies” against a target called Tissue Factor antigen found on numerous solid tumors. Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) is getting an undisclosed upfront fee, and retains an option to co-develop any drugs it wants on … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics Snags Genmab Deal”

SimpliVT Brings in $9.2M

SimpliVT, a Waltham, MA-based stealth-mode startup founded by software entrepreneur Doron Kempel, has wrapped up a $9.2 million equity-based round of funding from eight unnamed investors, according to an SEC filing. The company does not yet have a website revealing its products or technology, though Kempel told me on the phone that his startup is … Continue reading “SimpliVT Brings in $9.2M”

RealNetworks Acquires Backstage Technologies, Commits to Making GameHouse Social

Seattle-based digital entertainment services company RealNetworks (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RNWK]]) has acquired Canadian social games company Backstage Technologies for an undisclosed amount. The deal, according to Real, will add valuable game engineering and monetizing expertise to Real’s digital gaming division, GameHouse, as it works on its own expansion into the social gaming marketplace. “As we transform RealNetworks, … Continue reading “RealNetworks Acquires Backstage Technologies, Commits to Making GameHouse Social”

Why We Think Investing in Antibiotics Makes Sense

In 20-plus years treating people with infectious disease, Dr. Gavin McLeod has seen plenty of patients with HIV, transplants or cancer, hospitalized from respiratory distress caused by a secondary infection from a virus or bacteria. Sometimes McLeod or his Stamford (Connecticut) Hospital colleagues could diagnose the problem: perhaps it was cytomegalovirus, a common secondary infection … Continue reading “Why We Think Investing in Antibiotics Makes Sense”

Synthetech Acquired for $19.2M

Columbia, MD-based W.R. Grace & Co said today it has entered into an acquisition agreement with Albany, OR-based Synthetech, to purchase the chemical manufacturer for approximately $19.2 million. Synthetech manufactures fine chemicals, specializing in organic synthesis, biocatalysis, and chiral technologies, for use in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Its products are used in drugs to … Continue reading “Synthetech Acquired for $19.2M”

Zillow Promotes Spencer Rascoff to CEO, Rich Barton Stays on as Executive Chairman

Zillow, the Seattle-based real estate website, mobile platform, and mortgage marketplace, said today that it has promoted chief operating officer Spencer Rascoff to CEO. Rascoff, who joined Zillow as part of its original executive team in 2005, is taking the place of co-founder Rich Barton, who has served as chief executive since the company’s founding. … Continue reading “Zillow Promotes Spencer Rascoff to CEO, Rich Barton Stays on as Executive Chairman”

Play140 Looks Into the Future of Social Gaming, Sees the Past (Text-Based Games)

The grand ballroom of the Royal Sonesta hotel in Cambridge, MA, was jam-packed last night and had a collective energy that I haven’t felt in a long time. Hundreds of people were on hand for the Web Innovators Group meeting, organized by venture capitalist David Beisel (formerly of Venrock, now with NextView Ventures). I had … Continue reading “Play140 Looks Into the Future of Social Gaming, Sees the Past (Text-Based Games)”

Two San Diego Startups Launching at Demo Fall 2010

Startup technology CEOs from such far-flung locales as Singapore, Cairo, Lisbon, and Lund, Sweden, have gathered at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA, today to pitch their companies at Demo Fall 2010, the annual technology conference. While the schedule includes some prominent Silicon Valley CEOs as speakers (Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey … Continue reading “Two San Diego Startups Launching at Demo Fall 2010”

Joule Gets Biofuel Bacteria Patent

Cambridge, MA-based Joule Unlimited, a biofuels technology company, announced today it has been granted a U.S. patent for an engineered bacterium that produces liquid hydrocarbon fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide. The company says it is the first to patent a direct, single-step, continuous process (based on photosynthesis) for producing hydrocarbon fuels without using raw … Continue reading “Joule Gets Biofuel Bacteria Patent”

Lightower Buys Lexent

Boxborough, MA-based Lightower Fiber Networks, a bandwith service provider and operator of data-transporting fiber networks, said today that it is acquiring New York City-based Lexent Metro Connect, which provides custom-built dark fiber networks. The company is not revealing how much it paid for Lexent, but has said that the acquisition will expand its base in … Continue reading “Lightower Buys Lexent”

Get Satisfaction Snags $6M to Crowdsource Customer Support—To Other Customers

You may have heard of Valleywag, the tech gossip site owned by Gawker Media. But you’ve probably never heard of Valleyschwag—a short-lived startup where subscribers could sign up to receive monthly grab-bags full of surplus promotional goodies. Late one night in 2006, the Valleyschwag team updated its website with a new feature, sent out an … Continue reading “Get Satisfaction Snags $6M to Crowdsource Customer Support—To Other Customers”

Winshuttle Goes from Bootstrapped to World Beater With $12M (First Financing Round)

Bothell, WA-based Winshuttle said today it has raised $12 million in growth equity financing from Summit Partners. It’s big news for the business software company, which hasn’t taken outside financing until now. Winshuttle, which has been one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. over the last few years, bootstrapped its way to profitability … Continue reading “Winshuttle Goes from Bootstrapped to World Beater With $12M (First Financing Round)”

Arena Obesity Drug Was Effective by ‘Slim Margin,’ FDA Staff Raises Rat Cancer Concern; Shares Tumble

Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARNA]]) has spent a dozen years working on developing a new drug with potential to help millions of people lose weight. Now U.S. regulators have had a chance to comb through detailed clinical trial results, and found it passed one of the two common standards for effectiveness of an obesity drug by … Continue reading “Arena Obesity Drug Was Effective by ‘Slim Margin,’ FDA Staff Raises Rat Cancer Concern; Shares Tumble”

Punchbowl Changes Domain Name, Looks to Prevail in Tough Climate for Parties

Here’s an interesting snapshot of a lean, consumer-oriented Internet startup that has survived the recession so far—and is looking to take its business to a new level. Framingham, MA-based Punchbowl Software, an online party-planning company, said today it has surpassed one million registered users as of a few weeks ago. That number includes senders and … Continue reading “Punchbowl Changes Domain Name, Looks to Prevail in Tough Climate for Parties”

World Economic Forum Helps Burnish San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless, a Specialist in Low-Power, Low Data Rate Technology

San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless already seemed to have plenty of momentum before the World Economic Forum of Geneva, Switzerland, included the San Diego wireless startup on its list of 31 companies designated as 2011 “technology pioneers.” The startup was founded in 2008 to develop a specialized, end-to-end wireless system for low data rate communication across … Continue reading “World Economic Forum Helps Burnish San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless, a Specialist in Low-Power, Low Data Rate Technology”

Michigan’s Emerging Startup Economy—A Conversation with Renaissance Venture Capital’s Chris Rizik

On Labor Day, the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund announced the final close of its fund, bringing the total raised to just under $50 million. The Ann Arbor-based Renaissance is a fund of funds: instead of investing money directly into startups, it invests in other venture funds, thereby hedging its bets in one sense, but also … Continue reading “Michigan’s Emerging Startup Economy—A Conversation with Renaissance Venture Capital’s Chris Rizik”

Cequint Acquired for $112.5M, DataSphere Raises $10M From OVP, Hydrovolts Prepares For Big Business, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

Over the last week, as summer waves goodbye, the autumn deals have started rolling in. Take a look at the highlights: —Seattle-based startup DigitalScirocco rolled out of stealth a few months ago, and into a deal with US Presswire last week. The digital content marketplace teamed up with the sports wire service to build out … Continue reading “Cequint Acquired for $112.5M, DataSphere Raises $10M From OVP, Hydrovolts Prepares For Big Business, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”

Who Knew? Part 3: Xconomy Uncovers Even More Strange-But-True Facts About Boston’s Innovation Leaders

We’re back! After a long hiatus, Xconomy has returned with more strange-but-true facts from the world of New England innovation. And in this latest installment, our third so far, things are getting seriously offbeat. Who once acted as press secretary for not one, but two of the four leaders of the Tiananmen Square revolt—and which … Continue reading “Who Knew? Part 3: Xconomy Uncovers Even More Strange-But-True Facts About Boston’s Innovation Leaders”

Seattle Doesn’t Need a Biotech Anchor Tenant. It Needs to Be a Place Where Startups Thrive

Over the past week or so, I have been asked by a number of people, both privately and in the media, what I think about the acquisition of Seattle-based ZymoGenetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ZGEN]]) by Bristol-Myers Squibb. As is usually true in Seattle, the prevailing reaction following the announcement was some moaning and gnashing of teeth, with … Continue reading “Seattle Doesn’t Need a Biotech Anchor Tenant. It Needs to Be a Place Where Startups Thrive”

SG Biofuels Raises $9.4M

Encinitas, CA-based SG Biofuels says today it has closed on $9.4 million in Series A financing raised from Flint Hills Resources, a privately held refining and petrochemical company based in Wichita, KS; Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]), a biotechnology tools company based in Carlsbad, CA; and existing investors, who were not identified. SG Biofuels has been … Continue reading “SG Biofuels Raises $9.4M”

Jonathan Bush and Girish Navani, Two Major Figures in Health IT, to Headline Xconomy Xchange

There are literally billions of dollars at stake in this contest: Across the U.S., electronic health records (EHR) vendors are hustling to get physicians to buy their products as the federal government forges ahead with a multibillion-dollar effort to increase usage of the records. The race was ignited by the February 2009 passage of the … Continue reading “Jonathan Bush and Girish Navani, Two Major Figures in Health IT, to Headline Xconomy Xchange”

Tryton Medical Obtains $20,000,000 Series D Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7cc371ca-a6bc-4e1e-a69f-5a7dbb20258b&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Tryton Medical Mailing Address 1000 Park Forty Plaza Durham, MA 27713 Company Description Tryton Medical, Inc. is the leading developer of stents that are designed to definitively treat bifurcation lesions. 540,000 bifurcation coronary lesions are sub-optimally treated every year with a variety of time consuming and technically … Continue reading “Tryton Medical Obtains $20,000,000 Series D Round”

SG Biofuels Garners $9,400,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c03c456a-5abb-4ced-bba1-295fd0648249&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name SG Biofuels Mailing Address 132 N. El Camino Real Encinitas, CA 92024 Company Description SG Biofuels is a bioenergy crop company that is meeting the global demand for sustainable plant oil by using breeding and biotechnology to develop and produce elite seeds of Jatropha. Website http://www.sgfuel.com Transaction … Continue reading “SG Biofuels Garners $9,400,000 Series A Round”

SandForce Receives $25,000,000 Series D Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11d74482-55ce-479a-b6da-33abde4261a0&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name SandForce Mailing Address 12950 Saratoga Ave Saratoga, CA 95070 Company Description SandForce, Inc., is transforming data storage by pioneering the use of commodity flash memory in enterprise and client computing applications with its innovative SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors. By delivering unprecedented reliability, performance and energy efficiency, … Continue reading “SandForce Receives $25,000,000 Series D Financing”

Get Satisfaction Obtains $6,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=043b1cfe-cd08-40ad-bb12-db1b580d4c57&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Get Satisfaction Mailing Address 400 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Satisfaction is people-powered customer service for absolutely everything. More specifically, though, it’s a place where communities of customers come together to answer each others questions, share ideas with each other or with an organization, … Continue reading “Get Satisfaction Obtains $6,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

SimpliVT Lands $9,189,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9adc7a90-1baf-45a1-ace8-2b8283df6607&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name SimpliVT Mailing Address 850 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Undisclosed Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,189,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

Perceptis Garners $6,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce482f28-a628-4a17-85a4-28eae44432d0&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Perceptis Mailing Address 1250 Old River Rd. Cleveland, OH 44113 Company Description Perceptis is a leading provider of advanced help desk, customer support services and business intelligence to higher education. We provide 24/7 support for IT, Financial Aid, Human Resources, Recruitment, Admissions, Enrollment, Retention, Facilities and General … Continue reading “Perceptis Garners $6,000,000 New Financing Round”

Thump Games Obtains $690,041 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=45302275-9a95-40f5-9b12-26a2dcaad7b2&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Thump Games Mailing Address 1102 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Thump Games has developed an online sports game called Thump Football. Website http://www.ThumpGames.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $690,041 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A … Continue reading “Thump Games Obtains $690,041 New Round”

ShopWell Solutions Secures $1,050,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae7c63cf-b15e-4477-87d0-53ed3cf353f1&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name ShopWell Solutions Mailing Address 100 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description ShopWell is a free food information site that scores products on how well they meet your unique needs. With easy-to-understand nutrition information and customized product scores, ShopWell gives you easy tools to find better … Continue reading “ShopWell Solutions Secures $1,050,000 New Financing Round”

supyo Lands $200,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e5b7aaea-89b4-4b02-93b2-8f86751c9b2a&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name supyo Mailing Address 338 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company is developing unspecified Internet technologies. Website http://www.supyo.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed

Ciranova Garners New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a8cf90a6-5bc9-4d3d-9dd8-9fdc8a2130d7&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Ciranova Mailing Address 100 N. Winchester Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 Company Description Ciranova™ is an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) startup company, focused on building language-based cell generator technology for custom analog and mixed signal (AMS) integrated circuit design. The complexity of deep submicron processes has grown … Continue reading “Ciranova Garners New Financing”

Informifi Receives Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f35e9982-c74f-49de-88e0-b9a44ec20dbb&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Informifi Mailing Address 2030 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description So whether you’re a celebrity gossip hound, a sports nut, a political junkie or anything at all really, Informifi is the one-stop-shop for all your real-time news needs. Website http://www.Informifi.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Informifi Receives Series A Funding Round”

JumpPost Obtains $1,149,999 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c22e23b-7a50-40b4-8ada-1b07c57c35a1&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name JumpPost Mailing Address 416 W 13th St. New York, NY 10014 Company Description JumpPost is building a pre-market for apartment rentals, where you can find and secure the best apartments in your city (New York for now), months before they would normally come onto the market. Website … Continue reading “JumpPost Obtains $1,149,999 New Round”

Infochimps Obtains $340,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b526b573-1126-4485-89a3-b11286533ede&Preview=1 Date 9/14/2010 Company Name Infochimps Mailing Address 1214 W. 6th St Austin , TX 78703 Company Description The company provides an online structured data API service. Website http://www.infochimps.org Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $340,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Infochimps Obtains $340,000 New Funding Round”

Boston Big Data Summit

From the event website: “The Boston Big Data Summit is a forum for Boston-area end users, vendors and investors interested in Big Data applications.  Our 3-hour evening meetings aim to give busy database professionals the opportunity to stay on top of Big Data topics, share in-the-trench experiences and network with peers.” Information and registration here.

Ironwood Pharma Passes Third Big Clinical Trial With Constipation Drug, Shares Climb

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals went public earlier this year after passing its first two pivotal clinical trials. Now the company has cleared its third major clinical hurdle, which sent the Cambridge, MA-based company’s shares (NASDAQ:[[ticker:IRWD]]) up by more than 15 percent in after-hours trading. Ironwood’s experimental drug reached its goal of relieving abdominal pain/discomfort and helping reduce … Continue reading “Ironwood Pharma Passes Third Big Clinical Trial With Constipation Drug, Shares Climb”

UTest Raises its Largest Round Yet, $13 Million, to Scale Up Crowdsourced Software Testing Community

UTest, which helps big companies crowdsource their software quality assurance (QA) testing to a community of 30,000 freelance testers, said today that it has raised $13 million in Series C financing. It’s one of the largest venture funding rounds ever collected by a crowdsourcing company, and from the size of the round, “you should take … Continue reading “UTest Raises its Largest Round Yet, $13 Million, to Scale Up Crowdsourced Software Testing Community”

Santarus Adds Two Drugs

Santarus, the San Diego-based drug developer, said today it has acquired two biotech drugs. Santarus (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SNTS]]) said it has acquired recombinant human C1 inhibitor (Rhucin) for hereditary angioedema from Netherlands-based Pharming Group for a $15 million upfront free and a $5 million milestone payment. Santarus is also getting a humanized anti-VLA1 antibody drug for … Continue reading “Santarus Adds Two Drugs”

HP to Pay $1.5B for ArcSight

Palo Alto, CA-based Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: [[ticker:HPQ]]) said today that it has agreed to purchase Cupertino, CA-based ArcSight (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ARST]]) for $43.50 per share or about $1.5 billion. ArcSight makes software that helps large companies guard against online theft, fraud, espionage, and other cyberattacks. “The combination of HP and ArcSight will improve security, reduce risk and … Continue reading “HP to Pay $1.5B for ArcSight”

Book of Odds, With Book Deal in Tow, Is Updating Website to Help Consumers Make Sense of Risks in Everyday Life

The Book of Odds isn’t betting its future on any one thing, and founder and president Amram Shapiro see that as one of its strengths. “A lot of websites and startups are one-trick ponies,” Shapiro says. “Everything really has to work or pretty much they’re out of it. We think of ourselves as a 10- … Continue reading “Book of Odds, With Book Deal in Tow, Is Updating Website to Help Consumers Make Sense of Risks in Everyday Life”