Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=07ecce19-dd11-495c-8620-fe46f498727c&Preview=1 Date 8/6/2012 Company Name TuneIn Mailing Address 29 W. 17th Street 10th Floor New York, NY 10011 Company Description The company provides radio content and tools online. Website http://www.tunein.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $16,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes TuneIn will use the new funding to scale the company’s … Continue reading “TuneIn Obtains $16,000,000 New Round”
Tag: Google Ventures
LevelUp Leads “Cambrian Explosion” of Mobile Payments & Rewards
Don’t bet against Boston-based SCVNGR. That’s what I’ve been hearing lately. You take that much talent and that much money and throw them at a big market, like mobile payments or rewards programs or local deals—call it what you want—something’s going to stick. That something seems to be LevelUp, the mobile app created by founder … Continue reading “LevelUp Leads “Cambrian Explosion” of Mobile Payments & Rewards”
Firespotter Labs Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd6bf279-7dba-4cd3-a9bf-3ac2b46e8ffa&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Firespotter Labs Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94039 Company Description Ideas are sparks. Of the brightest that catch our attention, only a few can be coaxed into full-blown fires, and doing so under adverse conditions takes skill and expertise. Firespotter Labs takes the business of ideas … Continue reading “Firespotter Labs Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Pocket Receives $5,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b7a57eb-ac9c-4bb3-9ab6-e15de4a33fc7&Preview=1 Date 7/19/2012 Company Name Pocket Mailing Address 562A Belvedere Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Pocket lets you save what you find on the web to watch and read on any device, at anytime. It’s been called a DVR for the web him in by the New York Times, Business … Continue reading “Pocket Receives $5,000,000 Series B Financing”
Egnyte Receives $16,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2494f492-b7d2-48d4-bf5e-da5a3f6a8a95&Preview=1 Date 7/17/2012 Company Name Egnyte Mailing Address 1890 N. Shoreline Blvd. First Floor Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Egnyte is run by a team of seasoned executives with a strong track record of building companies in the Hi technology sector. Drawn from companies such as Oracle, Cisco and others, the … Continue reading “Egnyte Receives $16,000,000 Series C Financing”
Copious Obtains $5,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dfc3d5c2-9094-412b-8d65-cfeca4120573&Preview=1 Date 7/12/2012 Company Name Copious Mailing Address 164 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Founded in January 2011, Copious is a social marketplace for buying from and selling to people, not strangers. Copious is backed by Foundation Capital, Embarcadero Ventures, The Blackberry Partners Fund, Google Ventures and a handful … Continue reading “Copious Obtains $5,500,000 Series A Round”
Pocket Change Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=293ef1ac-62ed-4ba3-9fd8-1b61174a4780&Preview=1 Date 7/11/2012 Company Name Pocket Change Mailing Address 181 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We want to drive more value for game developers while improving the user experience for users. We’ve built a monetization platform for mobile game developers. Our platform enables iOS & Android game developers to … Continue reading “Pocket Change Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Boom or Bust? 11 Big Bets on the Future of Boston Tech
Just past the midway point of 2012, let’s take stock of the Boston-area technology scene. Not just because we care about what’s happening in the local community (which we do), but because what’s happening in the local community could have a big impact on some of the most important sectors in technology and business—across the … Continue reading “Boom or Bust? 11 Big Bets on the Future of Boston Tech”
Freshplum Lands $1,400,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b416925-acaa-4f13-bfce-5be4089a5151&Preview=1 Date 6/27/2012 Company Name Freshplum Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Freshplum is a small team of engineers based in San Francisco. Our goal is to bring the decision-making power of data science to companies who sell goods and services electronically. Website http://www.freshplum.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Freshplum Lands $1,400,000 Seed Financing”
Yesware Nabs $4M Series A for “Platform Expansion”
Cambridge, MA-based Yesware has landed $4 million in Series A funding to further develop its trove of communication tools for sales people. The new cash infusion was led by new investor IDG Ventures and included Yesware seed backers Google Ventures, Foundry Group, and Golden Venture Partners, says CEO Matthew Bellows. The new lead investor is “really … Continue reading “Yesware Nabs $4M Series A for “Platform Expansion””
Yesware Obtains $4,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6440ba5e-c80d-4290-91e8-d55320d69e8d&Preview=1 Date 6/20/2012 Company Name Yesware Mailing Address 15 Main St. Watertown, MA 02472 Company Description The company provides an online e-mail service optimized for the sales process. Website http://www.Yesware.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Yesware Obtains $4,000,000 Series B Round”
The Climate Corporation Lands $50,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb71e681-ef72-4178-8e49-27777e8dc2e8&Preview=1 Date 6/14/2012 Company Name The Climate Corporation Mailing Address 420 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The Climate Corporation is the first service to provide affordable and easy-to-use weather coverage to protect revenue and control costs for the millions of businesses impacted by the weather. Website http://www.climate.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “The Climate Corporation Lands $50,000,000 Series B Round”
Roqbot Lands $1,200,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1697d7e1-8011-4b64-ab1a-cf4915b58589&Preview=1 Date 6/13/2012 Company Name Roqbot Mailing Address Undisclosed Oakland, CA 94601 Company Description Be the DJ at your favorite bars, restaurants, gyms and more! Roqbot lets you decide what gets played, discover new music, and connect with other DJs right from your phone. Website http://www.roqbot.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Roqbot Lands $1,200,000 Seed Round”
Ready or Not, Genomics is Coming to a Hospital Near You
First came genomics for scientists. Then came genomics for Big Pharma. But this year, at a faster pace than many industry insiders anticipated, we’re seeing genomics enter the world of real-life care for patients. This idea would have sounded like science fiction a couple years ago. It took researchers 13 years and about $3 billion … Continue reading “Ready or Not, Genomics is Coming to a Hospital Near You”
SCVNGR Garners $12,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=45b6e4f1-2b23-423c-8f78-4382e2f8fe31&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2012 Company Name SCVNGR Mailing Address 175 Second Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description SCVNGR is a geo-gaming platform that enables anyone to quickly and easily build location-based mobile games, tours, and interactive experiences that can be enjoyed from any mobile device. Website http://www.scvngr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “SCVNGR Garners $12,000,000 New Funding Round”
Boston Deals Span Skill Tests, Mobile Offers, and Cloud Archiving
Updated 6/6/12, 4:20 am. See below. New England tech startups took the funding spotlight this week, for their offerings ranging from cloud archiving to online skill tests. —Newton, MA-based cloud archiving startup Sonian raised $13.6 million led by new investor OpenView Venture Partners. The deal also included Sonian investors Prism VentureWorks and Summerhill Venture Partners, and … Continue reading “Boston Deals Span Skill Tests, Mobile Offers, and Cloud Archiving”
Smarterer Scores Series A, Looks to Replace Resumés with Skill Matching
That Boston tech startup with too many vowels is at it again. Smarterer, a creator of crowdsourced skills tests online, is announcing today a $1.75 million Series A round from previous investors True Ventures and Google Ventures. The deal, which also includes about a dozen angel investors (some of them are new to the company), … Continue reading “Smarterer Scores Series A, Looks to Replace Resumés with Skill Matching”
Smarterer Lands $1,750,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=30584143-0253-4b03-a724-bb6adb6ffc01&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Smarterer Mailing Address 500 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118 Company Description Smarterer provides crowd-sourced tests that allow you to get scored and ranked on digital, social, and technical tools. Scores can be shared for reputation, competition, and fun. Add questions to improve your score. Website http://www.smarterer.com Transaction … Continue reading “Smarterer Lands $1,750,000 Series A Financing”
Optimizely’s Assault on the One-Size-Fits-All Web
Dan Siroker has a habit of looking at the future and imagining something very different from the present. Back in 2007, when George W. Bush was still president, he left his plum product-manager job at Google to work for a junior Illinois senator named Barack Obama, as director of analytics for the candidate’s presidential campaign. … Continue reading “Optimizely’s Assault on the One-Size-Fits-All Web”
Recorded Future, GreenBytes, Seahorse, & More Boston-Area Dealmakers
We saw plenty of deals coming out of local cleantech, IT, life sciences, and electronics startups. —Last week Cambridge, MA-based Recorded Future raised a $12 million venture financing round from Balderton Capital, Google Ventures, Atlas Venture, and In-Q-Tel. The startup’s software scours information on the Web to answer questions on subjects from civil unrest to the … Continue reading “Recorded Future, GreenBytes, Seahorse, & More Boston-Area Dealmakers”
Recorded Future, With New VC Round, Seeks Fortune in Defense and Finance
Wish you could use the Web to make reliable predictions about the future? Not just the performance of the stock market, say, but things like, what are my business competitors planning to do in a particular field? Where in the world will there be civil unrest in the coming weeks? What military maneuvers can we … Continue reading “Recorded Future, With New VC Round, Seeks Fortune in Defense and Finance”
Recorded Future, Liquid Metal Battery Raise VC Rounds
Two Boston-area companies that don’t do a lot of talking in the media are making some noise today. They don’t have much in common, except that each is working on a really big technological problem in society with a pretty novel approach (and they’re getting some funding news out before the holiday weekend). As usual, … Continue reading “Recorded Future, Liquid Metal Battery Raise VC Rounds”
Recorded Future Secures $12,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1ec03e81-6e4a-4f90-aa13-088905bc1c12&Preview=1 Date 5/24/2012 Company Name Recorded Future Mailing Address 1430 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02138 Company Description Recorded Future is an early stage company headquartered in the Boston area. We have 15+ employees in various corners of the globe attacking a hard problem – organize the web in a radically new and … Continue reading “Recorded Future Secures $12,000,000 Series C Financing”
Airtime Secures New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33f05848-da03-46c7-8acf-7981de60a91a&Preview=1 Date 5/23/2012 Company Name Airtime Mailing Address 338 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Airtime aims to help users expand their social network and will be random, realtime and include a live video chat component. Website http://www.airtime.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Airtime Secures New Round”
Machinima Receives $35,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9431bb25-8f23-47a0-a1cc-3746a80c1d83&Preview=1 Date 5/22/2012 Company Name Machinima Mailing Address 140 South Citrus Ave Los Angeles, CA 90040 Company Description Machinima is the premiere online entertainment network showing original videos from your favorite video games. Watch thousands of trailers, gameplay, montages, music videos and original machinima series and movies created in World of Warcraft, … Continue reading “Machinima Receives $35,000,000 New Funding”
iPierian Zeroes In on Antibodies for Alzheimer’s, Neurodegeneration
iPierian used to be known as a stem cell company, when stem cells were all the rage. But now it’s taking on a new identity as an antibody drug developer that happens to use stem cells as a tool for discovery. The South San Francisco-based company is announcing today that it has found a new … Continue reading “iPierian Zeroes In on Antibodies for Alzheimer’s, Neurodegeneration”
CustomMade Looks to Expand, Drive New Model for E-Commerce and Retail
Whether you call it e-commerce, digital marketing, or what not, the Boston area has a lot of companies trying to create the future of how people buy stuff online. There are established e-retailers like Wayfair (fka CSN Stores) for home goods; newer companies like Gemvara for buying jewelry and Zmags for doing tablet-based browsing and … Continue reading “CustomMade Looks to Expand, Drive New Model for E-Commerce and Retail”
Boston Deals: Hologic, CustomMade, and the MIT Clean Energy Prize
New England clean energy, life sciences, and Internet startups pulled in funding this week. Plus there was some big acquisition news. —Hologic (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HOLX]]), a Bedford, MA-based maker of women’s health products, said Monday it will acquire San Diego-based molecular diagnostics company Gen-Probe for $82.75 a share, for a total of $3.7 billion. The deal represents a … Continue reading “Boston Deals: Hologic, CustomMade, and the MIT Clean Energy Prize”
Vungle Receives $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f1c311e1-5311-426e-982e-e0049972fd48&Preview=1 Date 5/2/2012 Company Name Vungle Mailing Address 300 Beale St San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Vungle is pioneering video ads for mobile apps. We help mobile app developers acquire users for their apps. We do this through providing a platform to get video ad-creatives made simply and quickly and then … Continue reading “Vungle Receives $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Signpost Grabs $3.75M in Funding, Hires from AOL, and Moves into New Office
New York–startup Signpost says today it closed a $3.75 million Series A funding round led by Spark Capital. Signpost, an advertising platform that helps small merchants get their deals published online, previously raised more than $1 million. Its backers include Google Ventures and angel investors. Signpost isn’t just another Groupon. The company serves as a … Continue reading “Signpost Grabs $3.75M in Funding, Hires from AOL, and Moves into New Office”
Wingu Lands Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52d324b5-092e-442d-8bc1-535e1ee68d31&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name Wingu Mailing Address 1 Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description At Wingu, the heart of everything we do is the pursuit of accelerated scientific innovation. Science is challenging, and its complexity is increasing. Logistical flaws and lack of process insight hinders progress and conceals dead-ends. … Continue reading “Wingu Lands Series A Financing Round”
AVOS Systems Garners Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=221bfef0-3ad7-49f9-a508-3533021c7539&Preview=1 Date 4/30/2012 Company Name AVOS Systems Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description AVOS Systems is an Internet company led by YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Website http://www.avos.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The San Mateo-based startup plans to … Continue reading “AVOS Systems Garners Series A Funding Round”
Wander Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fd6388f-2fcf-4da9-ae87-b92e551bb6d7&Preview=1 Date 4/20/2012 Company Name Wander Mailing Address Undisclosed Brooklyn, NY 11211 Company Description Wander, which co-founder Jeremy Fisher describes as a “a way to the see the world through other people eyes” is still under wraps but Fisher reveals that the final product will be “adjacent” to both the curation and … Continue reading “Wander Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding”
CoolChip, Copiun, Wingu Among the Slew of Boston Deals This Week
We saw a number of early stage investments in the past week in New England cleantech, Web, and life sciences startups. —Harvest Power, a Waltham, MA-based developer of technology for converting organic waste to natural gas, soil, and fertilizer, nabbed $110 million in a Series C financing led by True North Venture Partners and American … Continue reading “CoolChip, Copiun, Wingu Among the Slew of Boston Deals This Week”
Google Ventures-Backed Signpost Brings Repeat Business to Daily Deals
The daily deals sector may be overcrowded and highly competitive, but New York’s Signpost is leveraging a different approach to help attract customers to small merchants. The two-year-old startup operates as an advertising platform that gets deals published online on behalf of cafés, spas, restaurants, and other retailers. On the surface that sounds like the … Continue reading “Google Ventures-Backed Signpost Brings Repeat Business to Daily Deals”
Kibits Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2d7b802e-735a-49a4-a126-7a08cd806058&Preview=1 Date 3/30/2012 Company Name Kibits Mailing Address One Cambridge Center Sixth Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description We’re the makers of Kibits, a micro-social networking app. Kibits lets people create and connect with groups on-the-fly by leveraging unambiguous real-world relationships, such as existing contacts and Facebook friends, calendar appointments, and physical … Continue reading “Kibits Secures $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Kibits Cuts Through the Chatter with New Micro-Social Network App
Please, Lord, not another social-networking app that helps you connect with 500 more people you don’t actually want to talk to. Or that adds yet more information overload to your life. OK, since it’s Matt Cutler and Dave Greenstein, the former NetGenesis guys, let’s take a closer look. Their free mobile app is called Kibits, … Continue reading “Kibits Cuts Through the Chatter with New Micro-Social Network App”
Boston’s Deal News: Tracelytics, Tesaro, & A New Innovation Center
This week’s New England dealmakers included a venture capital firm, an e-commerce site, a biotech startup, software makers, and even the city of Boston. —Boston-based OpenView Venture Partners announced it had closed $200 million for its third investment fund, after three months of courting its limited partners. —Shoptiques, a New York-based fashion tech company whose … Continue reading “Boston’s Deal News: Tracelytics, Tesaro, & A New Innovation Center”
Tracelytics Receives $5,200,001 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f5541e86-e88a-4e03-90b2-7d331451b9d7&Preview=1 Date 3/26/2012 Company Name Tracelytics Mailing Address 171 Chestnut Street 2nd Floor Providence, RI 02903 Company Description Tracelytics is the SaaS-based application performance tool that understands scalable web architectures. Erase the boundaries between applications, layers, and machines; start tracing. Website http://www.tracelytics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,200,001 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Tracelytics Receives $5,200,001 Series A Round”
ClearStory Data Secures New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec31a82e-f335-4faf-9454-9a1215d02087&Preview=1 Date 3/20/2012 Company Name ClearStory Data Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description ClearStory Data, a Palo Alto, CA-based company that is developing a new tool for users to conduct self-driven big data exploration. Website http://www.clearstorydata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “ClearStory Data Secures New Funding”
Triptrotting Secures $1,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=67b33b4a-f0f9-463b-845c-7c0f71c824ab&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2012 Company Name Triptrotting Mailing Address 130 West Union St Pasadena, CA 91103 Company Description Welcome to Triptrotting, a global community of world travelers and local hosts (we call them Triptrotters), who are matched together based on compatibility. Watch the video and see what other Triptrotters have to say. Website … Continue reading “Triptrotting Secures $1,000,000 Series A Funding”
Duo Security Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=202f3555-b432-4999-900f-5d79dd2908b5&Preview=1 Date 2/28/2012 Company Name Duo Security Mailing Address 1327 Jones Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Company Description Duo Security provides strong two-factor authentication as a service built to prevent account takeover and data theft. Duo uses a mobile phone as the second factor to make authenticating easy and convenient. At Duo, … Continue reading “Duo Security Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Scan Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f9f98aa-0b55-4817-a9b1-584597a86535&Preview=1 Date 2/24/2012 Company Name Scan Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Scan is creating disruptive apps that connect the real world with the digital universe in fun and innovative ways. Through QR code, NFC, and other technologies, Scan brings social media, lead generation, and mobile commerce to life … Continue reading “Scan Obtains $1,700,000 Seed Financing Round”
Luminate Garners $10,700,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b95c91d9-f0a4-4142-82a7-db0ebff467b5&Preview=1 Date 2/23/2012 Company Name Luminate Mailing Address 100 View Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description Luminate is a new platform that allows shoppers to buy products from photos seen on websites of our web publishing partners. Our unique capability allows these web publishers to generate incremental revenues by visual commerce … Continue reading “Luminate Garners $10,700,000 Series C Financing Round”
Bionic Panda Games Lands Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c393d574-9ce5-4418-86ca-dcc0699ba845&Preview=1 Date 1/17/2012 Company Name Bionic Panda Games Mailing Address 139 Townsend 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Bionic Panda Games is an Android-focused mobile social games company based in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 2010, the company has assembled a strong team with deep backgrounds in mobile and social … Continue reading “Bionic Panda Games Lands Seed Financing Round”
Nimble Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a262ba8-f5e7-4ed0-a980-3cdadc98f99f&Preview=1 Date 1/6/2012 Company Name Nimble Mailing Address PO Box 3313 Santa Monica, CA 90408 Company Description Nimble’s core benefit lies in its ability to unify email, calendar activities and the most popular social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter), and automatically link this functionality to business contacts. Instead of jumping from application … Continue reading “Nimble Obtains $1,000,000 New Financing”
CoolPlanetBioFuels Obtains Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11087acc-c17d-4a37-9af2-c34b653afbb3&Preview=1 Date 12/29/2011 Company Name CoolPlanetBioFuels Mailing Address 460 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 Obtains Series C Financing Round”
In Search of Next Killer App, SweetLabs Partners with Kabam on Games
SweetLabs co-founder Chester Ng tells me a new class of intense social network games are threatening to disrupt some of the established players in the desktop gaming business, such as Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and Electronic Arts’ Star Wars franchise. Perhaps. Today, as EA releases its much-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic, San Diego-based … Continue reading “In Search of Next Killer App, SweetLabs Partners with Kabam on Games”
Rumble Obtains $15,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8a81a469-62bb-4a52-acdc-6f505fe38446&Preview=1 Date 12/2/2011 Company Name Rumble Mailing Address 1300 Island Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Rumble Entertainment was founded in 2011 with a mission to create the most engaging and fulfilling online game experiences on the planet. All of our games are free-to-play and available across your favorite devices and … Continue reading “Rumble Obtains $15,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Jive, Solaria, Awe.sm: Bay Area Biztech News by the Numbers
It’s been a while since our last data-driven news roundup of Bay Area business and technology news. Here are some of the choicest tidbits from the last few days, from biggest to smallest: $134.6 million—The amount that San Francisco- and Portland, OR-based Jive Software hopes to raise in its upcoming IPO, according to a regulatory … Continue reading “Jive, Solaria, Awe.sm: Bay Area Biztech News by the Numbers”