Every time I look at Gist, it’s a little different. Given it’s a scrappy startup trying to navigate the worlds of e-mail, social networking, business software, and Web search—each a huge market opportunity, each hugely competitive—this is probably a good thing. The Seattle company, backed by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital and Colorado-based Foundry Group, is … Continue reading “Gist Opens to the Public, Wants to Own the Nexus of E-mail, Search, and Social Networks”
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Jeff Bezos Invests in Robots, MySpace Confirms iLike Purchase, Cell Therapeutics Sells Stock, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
It was a bit of a quiet week for Northwest deals, with some local venture dollars going to other parts of the country. Nevertheless, there was activity in gaming, music, robotics, biotech, and cleantech. —Seattle-based Tuusso Energy completed a $2 million financing round led by Pivotal Investments, based in Portland, OR. The deal was made … Continue reading “Jeff Bezos Invests in Robots, MySpace Confirms iLike Purchase, Cell Therapeutics Sells Stock, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
Smith & Tinker Raises Total of $29M, Looks to Merge Online Games with Collectible Toys
In one of the Seattle area’s biggest tech financings this year, Bellevue, WA-based Smith & Tinker has raised a total of $29 million in venture funding to deliver and market a hybrid game for kids that bridges the online and offline worlds. The latest funding round was led by new investor DCM, based in Silicon … Continue reading “Smith & Tinker Raises Total of $29M, Looks to Merge Online Games with Collectible Toys”
Washington Venture Investing Gravitates to Biotech—The Regional Top 10 List
It stands to reason in a downturn, when investors get more cautious, the last place they’d want to park money is in a sector where it takes huge sums, agonizing stretches of time, and slim odds of a profit. That’s biotech in a nutshell, yet even in the downturn, it’s where some of the biggest … Continue reading “Washington Venture Investing Gravitates to Biotech—The Regional Top 10 List”
Brad Feld’s Latest Investment: Students
Yet another Boston-area innovation institution has been hit by the recession: the summer internship. Jackie Wilbur, the director of the Career Development Office at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, says that in this year’s tight job market, many local startups that would ordinarily take on Sloan students as summer interns simply can’t afford it. Enter … Continue reading “Brad Feld’s Latest Investment: Students”
Dendreon and Cell Therapeutics Sell Stock, Microsoft Buys BigPark, Calistoga Raises $30M, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
The days have gotten longer, and deals are really flowing in the Northwest. In the past week, there has been quite a bit of activity across different sectors of biotech, energy, and software. —Luke reported that Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CTIC]]) sold $20 million worth of common stock, and warrants to buy stock, to a … Continue reading “Dendreon and Cell Therapeutics Sell Stock, Microsoft Buys BigPark, Calistoga Raises $30M, & More Seattle-Area Deals News”
How Foundry Group Got the Gist of T.A. McCann’s Startup: Anatomy of a Software Deal
Every deal has a back story you can learn from. In the case of Gist—the Seattle software startup that announced yesterday it raised $6.75 million in Series A funding from Foundry Group and Vulcan Capital—the key connection came about because of a timely combination of blogs and social networks. Which is fitting because Gist is … Continue reading “How Foundry Group Got the Gist of T.A. McCann’s Startup: Anatomy of a Software Deal”
Gist Gets $6.75M From Vulcan, Foundry Group
Gist, a Seattle startup developing an online service intended to help people organize information from disparate sources on the Web in a single location, has raised $6.75 million in a Series A round of financing, according to a statement. Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture firm, led the new round of financing, which included contributions … Continue reading “Gist Gets $6.75M From Vulcan, Foundry Group”
Gist Lands $6,750,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5674d16d-6675-4a08-b413-eca38b4d19a5&Preview=1 Date 5/5/2009 Company Name Gist Mailing Address 1st Ave South Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description We are focused on delivering real user value and rapidly iterating based on customer input. If you are interested in the team, please visit our jobs page to see what we are looking for. Website http://www.gist.com … Continue reading “Gist Lands $6,750,000 Series A Funding”
VC Model Is Not Broken: Insights from Brad Feld of TechStars and Foundry Group
It’s always good to hear an outside perspective. Last night, Boulder, CO-based entrepreneur and investor Brad Feld, the co-founder of Foundry Group, Mobius Venture Capital, and TechStars, gave a talk at the Palace Ballroom in Seattle. The event was organized by Dave Schappell of TeachStreet and T.A. McCann of Gist. The crowd amounted to well … Continue reading “VC Model Is Not Broken: Insights from Brad Feld of TechStars and Foundry Group”
$55M for Boston-Power, Sequenom Plows Ahead with Exact Sciences Takeover Attempt, Nuance Announces $175M Stock Sale, & More Boston-Area Deals News
Everything else around here is frozen solid this week (hello, minus two degrees real-feel!), but the tech and life sciences deals are flowing. —Two Massachusetts firms—Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALNY]]) of Cambridge and Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CBST]]) of Lexington—inked a marketing deal focused on Alnylam’s RNAi-based treatment for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Under the terms … Continue reading “$55M for Boston-Power, Sequenom Plows Ahead with Exact Sciences Takeover Attempt, Nuance Announces $175M Stock Sale, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
FirstDocs’ Series A Round: $3M
FirstDocs, a Westwood, MA, startup whose software automates the way law firms and corporate legal departments create, share, store, and retrieve legal documents, disclosed on January 9 that it had garnered an unspecified amount of Series A funding from Boulder, CO-based Foundry Group. Today, Private Equity Hub reports based on regulatory filings that the amount … Continue reading “FirstDocs’ Series A Round: $3M”
FirstDocs Inc Garners New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad1f86bd-c45d-4fda-b88c-e0fc1e5de338&Preview=1 Date 1/9/2009 Company Name FirstDocs Inc Mailing Address 200 Lowder Brook Drive Westwood , MA 02090 Company Description Founded by a close community of experts in business law, business process automation, knowledge process outsourcing, document analysis technologies, and data security, FirstDocs delivers a spectrum of legal document automation and acceleration services … Continue reading “FirstDocs Inc Garners New Funding Round”
Pie Digital Obtains New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=77ff2150-d781-49c6-91f5-2d86cff4a35b&Preview=1 Date 9/30/2008 Company Name Pie Digital Mailing Address 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Pie has developed an affordable software platform, desktop device and service that, together, dramatically simplify the installation, maintenance and expansion of home computing equipment and networks. Website http://www.piedigital.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Pie Digital Obtains New Funding Round”
Lijit Networks Secures $7,100,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c308ba8f-9375-4906-b3f1-17923b5c6501&Preview=1 Date 8/12/2008 Company Name Lijit Networks Mailing Address 1050 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description The company operates a social networking and blog search service. Website http://www.lijit.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,100,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Lijit will use the proceeds from this financing to launch … Continue reading “Lijit Networks Secures $7,100,000 Series C Funding Round”
Topspin Media Secures Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e7d6c297-c443-40c5-80c0-e3a408e22e66&Preview=1 Date 7/8/2008 Company Name Topspin Media Mailing Address 1538 20th St First Floor Santa Monica, CA 90404 Company Description Topspin is a media technology company dedicated to developing leading-edge marketing software and services that help artists and their partners build businesses and brands. We help artists manage their catalogs, connect with … Continue reading “Topspin Media Secures Series B Financing”
Zynga Game Network Secures $5,026,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b28ec085-cc2a-423c-b9c1-7522f055c7c9&Preview=1 Date 6/30/2008 Company Name Zynga Game Network Mailing Address 365 Vermont St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Zynga Game Network is the #1 social gaming company on the web. Zynga was founded specifically to add a social element to casual online games because we love games, and we love them … Continue reading “Zynga Game Network Secures $5,026,000 New Round”