| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.08.2024 | Revolutionizing Healthcare: Moximed and PayZen Lead the Charge | In the evolving landscape of healthcare, two companies are emerging as beacons of innovation: Moximed and PayZen. Both are tackling significant challenges in the medical field, albeit from different angles. Moximed is addressing the physica... |
| 17.08.2024 | Moximed: $91 Million (Series D) Closed To Improve Knee Osteoarthritis Care | Moximed, an innovative medical device company with a goal of improving the standard of care for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), announced the closing on $61 million of Series D preferred stock financing with an option to close on up t... |
| 11.11.2016 | Term Sheet — Friday, November 11 | ET CETERA
The air is crisp, the U.S. election is finally over, and I’m getting ready to spend the weekend talking about startup things with a bunch of startup founders in Lisbon.
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| 22.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 22, 2016 | Qubit landed $40M Series C investment; Taskbob secured $4.5M; Chainalysis raised $1.6M funding
Topgolf Entertainment Group (TEG), a parent company of Topgolf, Topgolf Media and Topgolf International, secured a sizable minority investment by... |
| 19.10.2015 | Morgenthaler Private Equity Recapitalizes Trachte | Morgenthaler Private Equity recapitalized Trachte, Inc., an Oregon, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of preassembled and modularized control buildings.
In the transaction, whose amount was not disclosed, Morgenthaler partnered with the existing... |
| 21.08.2015 | Polytek Development Completes Recapitalization with Morgenthaler Private Equity | Polytek Development Corp., a Easton, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of liquid mold rubbers and casting plastics, completed a recapitalization with Morgenthaler Private Equity.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Morgenthaler Private ... |
| 24.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 24, 2015 | Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund closed $300M; Voxel8 received $12M; AdAgility raised $1.6M
AdAgility, a provider of personalized, on-site and mobile, cross-selling solutions, raised $1.6 million to further accelerate its already impressive ... |
| 09.02.2015 | Five reasons to come to Splash Health 2015 on 2/12/2015 | Learn why healthcare will be insanely different in 25 years
Healthcare as we know it will be dramatically different in a decade, and insanely different in 25 years. That's our prediction. It's not so bold really. Many people have the same v... |
| 11.12.2014 | [Update] Lending Club IPO Shows The Profit Potential For Financial Technology Investments | Lending Club’s $5.4 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange is more than just the largest IPO for a U.S.-based tech company this year, it’s also planting the flag for an entire ecosystem of startup companies engaged i... |
| 25.11.2014 | Morgenthaler Private Equity Sells RotoMetrics | Morgenthaler Private Equity, the Cleveland and Boston-based private equity team focused on lower middle market buyouts, sold RotoMetrics, a near Saint Louis, Missouri-based manufacturer of precision rotary tooling and related accessories fo... |
| 27.05.2014 | [Confirmed] Intuit Adds Check To Its Finance Stable In $360M Deal | [Update: Intuit has announced its acquisition of the mobile payment and bill management services company, Check, in a $360 million deal.]
We had reported earlier Tuesday that the deal would be around $350 million, according to people with k... |
| 01.05.2014 | Morgenthaler, ATV vets team up for new $172M early-stage life science venture capital fund | Carusi said in a statement that a lively IPO market, improvements at the FDA and interest from large corporate players to invest in and acquire life science companies has created a lot of promise in the sector, making it appealing for inves... |
| 16.04.2014 | ForSight VISION5 Completes $15M Series C Financing | ForSight VISION5, a Menlo Park, CA-based developer of non-invasive products to replace eye drops and provide sustained therapy for major anterior segment eye diseases including glaucoma, dry eye, and allergy, completed a $15m Series C finan... |
| 26.02.2014 | NuoDB Raises $14.2M Round Led By Dassault Systèmes For Its Distributed Database Management System | NuoDB, a Cambridge, Mass.-based database company that specializes in distributed database management, today announced that it has raised a $14.2 million funding round led by Europe’s second-largest software company Dassault Systèmes. Previo... |
| 04.10.2013 | Amplify at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay is next week! | First come. First serve. Get complimentary tickets before they run out!
Girls in Tech, Thomson Reuters and Vator are holding Amplify next week. Amplify is an event focused on empowering women to take leadership roles in the entrepreneur eco... |
| 25.09.2013 | Calling all female entrepreneurs! Amplify is Oct. 8 | Join leading female investors and entrepreneurs at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Oct. 8
Are you a female entrepreneur with a really cool company or idea? Do you want a chance to mingle with some top VCs (mostly women), such as Renata Q... |
| 16.09.2013 | Convo Raises $5 Million To Double Its Staff, Work To Accelerate Modern Business | Yammer, Convo and Jive are among the business products seeking to provide collaborative enterprises with tooling to allow their respective denizens to work in better harmony and at a faster pace. Each has its own merits and scale: Yammer’s ... |
| 16.09.2013 | Convo Raises $5M in Series A Funding | Convo (formerly known as Scyrbe), a San Francisco, California-based provider of a cloud collaboration service, raised $5m in Series A funding.
The backer was Morgenthaler Ventures. In conjunction with the Series A, Morgenthaler Managing Dir... |
| 16.09.2013 | Convo Announced $5M in Series A Funding |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Cloud-based collaboration service, today announced a $5 million Series-A investment from Morgenthaler Ventures.
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| 12.09.2013 | Morgenthaler partners form new $175M fund to invest in cloud, fintech, & health IT | Three partners from Morgenthaler Ventures have spun out a new management company and raised an inaugural fund, dubbed the Canvas Venture Fund.
The managing directors behind the new fund, Gary Little, Rebecca Lynn, and Gary Morgenthaler, wil... |
| 12.09.2013 | Morgenthaler partners form new $175M fund to invest in cloud, fintech, & health IT | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Three partners from Morgenthaler Ventures have sp... |
| 08.08.2013 | GSK launches $50M fund to invest in pioneering bioelectronics technology | It is looking to invest in three different sets of companies:
New start-up companies that aim to pursue the vision of bioelectronic medicines.
Existing companies with technologies that are interacting with the peripheral nervous system thro... |
| 30.07.2013 | Digital Health Meets The Voice: Startup Contest Puts VCs On Stage | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When Morgenthaler Ventures partner Rebecca Lynn organized the first “DC to VC” startup and healthcare policy showcase in 2010, there weren’t any competitions, challenges, or h... |
| 24.07.2013 | Why health care needs Apple | Apple has a huge opportunity to innovate in digital health.
The Silicon Valley technology giant has yet to confirm any new health and fitness gadgets — including its hotly anticipated “iWatch.” If you were hoping yesterday’s Apple earnings ... |
| 24.07.2013 | Why health care needs Apple | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Apple has a huge opportunity to innovate in digital health.
The Silicon Valley technology giant has yet to confirm any new health and f... |
| 26.06.2013 | Socrata Closes $18M Series B Financing | Socrata, a Seattle, WA-based cloud software company that focuses on democratizing access to data in government, closed an $18m Series B financing.
The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Mo... |
| 16.05.2013 | Silicon Valley investors ponder the “next big thing” in health care | So you’ve developed a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) or medical device that will drastically change the way we deliver health care.
Just a few years ago, you may have faced a prolonged struggle to gain investment. Practice Fusio... |
| 16.05.2013 | Silicon Valley investors ponder the “next big thing” in health care | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
So you’ve developed a cloud-based electronic heal... |
| 28.04.2013 | Scioderm Completes $16M Series A Financing | Scioderm, a Raleigh, NC-based developer of novel dermatology therapeutics, completed a $16m Series A financing.
The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with participation from Technology Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Dr. Ch... |
| 14.03.2013 | “In The Studio,” Morgenthaler’s Mark Goines Invests In Products For “Really Small Businesses” | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
“In the Studio” this week welcomes a Silicon Valley veteran with decades of operational and investing experience under his belt, an active bo... |
| 05.03.2013 | NuoDB, Morgenthaler Ventures Talk Disruption in Databases | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The database startup that is closest to my office, if not my heart, has a compelling story. Roughly speaking, it’s one of these “if it really works, it is a game changer” type... |
| 21.02.2013 | Adara Secured $20M in Funding | Adara Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based provider of global marketing solutions, secured $20m in funding.
The round was led by QuestMark Partners, with participation from previous investors August Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, ONSET Ventures... |
| 13.02.2013 | The winner of Vator Splash SF is... PokitDok! | The Kive Company has taken home the People's Choice award!
The ballots are in! They have all been counted and recounted, and we have a winner for this year's Vator Splash SF:
It's PokitDok!
Pokitdok is a price transparent health marketplace... |
| 12.02.2013 | Here are the 10 finalists for Vator Splash SF! | Don't forget to vote for your favorite startup on Wednesday night!
The day we've all been waiting for is only a day away! That's right, Vator Splash SF is finally happening tomorrow night!
We here at Vator have got 10 great startups on deck... |
| 28.12.2012 | VC predictions for 2013 | VCs weigh in on e-commerce, mobile, health, personal finance, adtech, and more
The world didn’t end last week, and there are a loooot of angry doomsday preppers out there who are finding out there are no refunds on underground bunkers. So i... |
| 05.12.2012 | Morgenthaler Ventures to raise $200M for new fund | Firm's tenth fund will focus on early stage IT companies
Who says venture capital is slowing down? Yesterday it was revealed that Sequoia Capital was looking to raise a new fund, mere months after raising $1 billion and they were not the on... |
| 10.10.2012 | Device for EMTs to transmit patient information from ambulances grabs venture prize | Based on its own research interviewing EMTs and healthcare providers across the country, the Walnut Creek, California company concluded that about half of vital patient data is currently lost. And that data could be critical for the treatme... |
| 10.10.2012 | Meet The Three Most Fund-able Health Companies From The DC To VC Showcase | Today, Morgenthaler Ventures and Health 2.0 concluded its “DC to VC” startup showcase, a nationwide contest that aims to find the most promising and “fund-able” young businesses in health IT looking for funding. From hundreds of applicants,... |
| 10.10.2012 | Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines | Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Startup Showcase, a collaboration between Morgenthaler Ventures and the Health 2.0 Conference, I saw firsthand how health IT startups are tackling big, real-world problems. Coming from a world where a photo-... |
| 19.09.2012 | The Three Greatest Pivots in Medtech | Probably my favorite pivot of all time. Conceptus was originally founded on (and named after) the idea of enabling conception by opening blocked fallopian tubes with a novel catheter technology. What they found during early testing was that... |
| 18.09.2012 | Morgenthaler Names Finalists for Health IT Pitch Fest; We've Got the Graphics & Videos | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
For three years running, Menlo Park, CA-based Morgenthaler Ventures has organized a fall event called DC to VC, with a focus on the conditions for health IT innovation in an e... |
| 06.09.2012 | Doximity Raises $17M in Series B Financing | Doximity, a San Mateo, CA-based professional network for physicians, has raised $17m in Series B financing.
The round, which brings the company’s total funding to $27m, was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with participation from existing inve... |
| 05.09.2012 | Fundraising: Doximity, a professional network exclusively for physicians, raises $17 million | Solution/product: Doximity is a professional network where physicians can connect with colleagues, do referral searches and communicate using its HIPAA-compliant communication tools. One in seven U.S. physicians use the network. Medical sch... |
| 14.05.2012 | Femanomics: 105 Women Venture Capitalists & Angel Investors You Should Know | I know what you’re thinking. You are thinking there has been a lot of talk about women investors, or rather, the lack of women venture capitalists and angel investors. You can read about it, here, here, here, and here. You can read the outr... |
| 27.02.2012 | PeopleMatter Raises $14M in Series C Funding | PeopleMatter, a Charleston, S.C.-based provider of talent management solutions, has raised $14m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with participation from existing investors Noro-Moseley Partners, C&B Capit... |
| 07.02.2012 | Xconomy Event Tonight: Building the 100-Year Company at Evernote | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Perhaps you’ve been meaning to buy a ticket to our big Silicon Valley event with Evernote CEO Phil Libin tonight, but you keep forgetting. Well, now’s the time to take action.... |
| 18.01.2012 | Evernote Wants to Make Your Memories More Magical | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Cloud-based notekeeping service Evernote found its first 20 million users through sheer geek appeal. Hardcore users (full disclosure: that includes me) love the ability to upl... |
| 13.01.2012 | "A 100-Year Firm Is Independent of Exit": Talking Evernote with Morgenthaler's Gary Little | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Earlier today I grabbed some time with Gary Little, who’s been a partner at Menlo Park, CA-based Morgenthaler Ventures since 1998 and has led the company’s investments in Ever... |
| 10.01.2012 | SohoOS’s Small Business Management Suite Gets An $8M Vote Of Confidence | A year ago, Mangrove Capital Partners invested $1.75 million in SohoOS and its small-business management service. Today the company is announcing that Morgenthaler Ventures is leading a second round of financing to the tune of $8 million (i... |
| 10.01.2012 | Join Us This Friday for a Tweetchat with Morgenthaler Ventures' Gary Little on "The 100-Year Company" | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
If you tune your Twitter client to the hashtag #xcevernote this Friday at 11:00 am Pacific time / 2:00 pm Eastern time, you’ll be able to join me and Gary Little, a partner at... |
| 22.12.2011 | Making memes just got easier: Skitch for iPad launches | One of the best-selling Mac apps rolls out iPad version after Evernote acquisition in August
Photo editing has gotten easier over the last few years since it has been added as tools in other platforms such as Google's Picasa and Flickr's Pi... |
| 10.11.2011 | Affordable Car Loans: A Look At The Winner(s) Of The Founder Showcase Pitch Competition | Last night, over 500 people gathered in San Francisco for the eighth Founder Showcase, a quarterly startup pitch event that brings together technology CEOs, investors, and early-stage startups for a night of networking and pitchin’. The eve... |
| 28.09.2011 | Fundly Raises $5M in Funding | According to a written statement, Fundly, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based cloud-based social fundraising platform for non-profits, has raised $5m in funding.
The round was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with participation from existing seed invest... |
| 27.09.2011 | Mark Goines' first investment as a VC: Fundly | Non-profit fundraising platform Fundly raises $5M from Morgenthaler and other firms
When Mark Goines invests in a company, you know it’s one to watch. The angel-turned-VC has just made his first investment as a partner at Morgenthaler Ventu... |
| 03.08.2011 | Lending Club gets $25M in round led by Union Square | The personal loan and investing platform has raised $77.7M to date
Union Square Ventures is banking on personal loans and peer-to-peer investing as it leads a $25 million into Lending Club, a platform where users can take out personal loans... |
| 26.05.2011 | Morgenthaler Ventures Launches Nationwide Competition to Find Startup Ideas in Health IT | Morgenthaler Ventures, a venture capital firm, launched “DC to VC: HIT Startup Showcase” a nationwide competition called designed to find the best startup ideas in health IT.
The contest is open to any entrepreneur seeking seed or Series A ... |
| 18.05.2011 | Morgenthaler Ventures Adds Angel Mark Goines as Partner, Upping Consumer Web Cred | Morgenthaler Ventures is one of those Valley firms who did incredibly well during the Valley’s telecom/networking/enterprise software glory years. For all the dot com headlines in the late 1990s, enterprise software has long been the core o... |
| 18.05.2011 | Mark Goines: Angel no more | Goines goes from heavy hitting angel investor to VC with Morgenthaler Ventures
Today, Morgenthaler Ventures is adding a big hitter to its ranks. Mark Goines, famed for his angel investments in high-growth companies like Mint, BabyCenter, an... |
| 11.05.2011 | Pageonce secures $15M for mobile finance app | The app allows users to keep track of their budgets through alerts, visual grids, and financial tips
Those of us who are truly irresponsible with money need mobile finance apps for our phones. Just like we need push updates from Facebook an... |
| 22.11.2010 | Galleon Pharmaceuticals lands $10M for sleep apnea, COPD drug | Early this year, he received a patent for a combination drug that includes S-Nitrosothiol, a compound involved in several steps of the breathing process. S-Nitrosothiol can trigger the body’s normal response to low oxygen levels, causing in... |
| 07.10.2010 | Aneesh Chopra, Obama’s Chief Technology Officer, Talks About Health IT Geek Squads, Entrepreneurship Prizes, and “Data as a Policy Lever” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
“In the Obama Administration, entrepreneurs are welcome.” So said Aneesh Chopra, chief technology officer of the United States, in a keynote speech yesterday at “DC to VC,” a ... |
| 04.08.2010 | Elon Musk, Jason Calacanis Speak at Founder Showcase Pitch Event | Last night the Founder Showcase held its quarterly event in Mountain View, featuring pitches by ten seed-stage startups, as well as talks by Maholo CEO Jason Calacanis and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The Founder Showcase is an open star... |
| 09.06.2010 | MassDevice Q&A: Practice Fusion founder and CEO Ryan Howard | To raise the seed money for Practice Fusion, founder Ryan Howard sold his house and car.
“I was really going all in,” the 34-year-old CEO told MassDevice.
Howard might have made a smart bet. According to Practice Fusion, the company has the... |
| 15.11.2009 | Evernote, the startup that boosts your memory, raises $10 million | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Evernote, which lets you record almost any type o... |
| 15.11.2009 | Evernote, the startup that boosts your memory, raises $10 million | Evernote, which lets you record almost any type of data and recall it when you need it, just raised $10 million in a second round of venture-backed financing. It was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with more funding from earlier investors inc... |
| 17.08.2009 | Force10 lands $30M for networking hardware | Force10 Networks, developer of 10-gigabit networking hardware, has raised $30 million in equity, according to regulatory filings. The San Jose, Calif. company previously raised $125 million in its last, sixth round of funding in 2007. Past ... |
| 10.08.2009 | ForSight startup takes in $6M for advanced eye care | ForSight Vision4, the fourth vision technology startup incubated by ForSight Labs, has brought in $6 million in venture capital, reports VentureWire. While no investors in this recent round were named, the firm’s past companies have been ba... |
| 07.07.2009 | Relievant Medsystems raises $20M to treat lower back pain | Relievant Medsystems, maker of minimally invasive procedures used to treat chronic lower back pain, has brought in $20 million in private equity from Morgenthaler Ventures, Canaan Partners, Emergent Medical Partners and ONSET Ventures.
Base... |
| 18.06.2009 | ForSight subsidiary spies $12M for more advanced eye care | ForSight Labs, an incubator for opthalmic and eye care startups, has taken in $12 million for its third company, ForSight Vision3, a stealthy developer of technology for eye care, reports VentureWire. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., the compan... |
| 11.06.2009 | Sans IPO, Bayhill secures $350M in Genentech licensing deal | Months after giving up on its IPO hopes last year — when the market was especially brutal for lifescience companies — Bayhill Therapeutics has landed a licensing deal worth $25 million in upfront cash and equity with Genentech. It could bri... |
| 01.06.2009 | Transcend Medical sees $20M for glaucoma device | Transcend Medical, maker of devices used to treat glaucoma, brought in $20 million of an anticipated $40 million round of equity, reports VentureWire. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., the company brought in $9.4 million in a first round of fund... |
| 19.05.2009 | Satiety secures $7.5M bridge for tummy tuck shortcut | Satiety, maker of a minimally-invasive device that shrinks stomach capacity via the mouth, has landed a $7.5 million bridge loan from its existing investors — a group that includes Skyline Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures, ... |
| 06.04.2009 | Autonet turns cars into WiFi hot-spots. But will it survive car sales crisis? | San Francisco startup Autonet Mobile says it’s developed a technology that solves the long-standing problem of getting reliable internet connectivity in cars.
Cars and the TCP/IP protocol — the protocol that regulates transmission from send... |
| 23.03.2009 | Ardian pumps in $47M for high blood pressure device | Ardian , developer of a device that could help treat high blood pressure, has brought in $47 million in a third round of funding led by Medtronic and including Emergent Medical Partners , Advanced Technology Ventures , Morgenthaler Ventures... |
| 19.03.2009 | Lending Club raises $12M more for peer-to-peer loans | Lending Club, a website where people looking to borrow money can connect with lenders, has raised $12 million in a second round of funding.
Given the extent to which credit has dried up, it’s not hard to see why borrowers would be intereste... |
| 17.03.2009 | Optical transceiver company OneChip Photonics secures $16.5M | OneChip Photonics , a company that that develops and manufactures optical transceivers for broadband applications, just raised $16.5 million in a second round of funding from DCM, BDC Venture Capital , GrowthWorks Canadian Fund and Morgenth... |
| 13.02.2009 | Medical device maker Emphasys on the auction block | Emphasys Medical, maker of a valve that diverts air to only the healthy parts of lungs in emphysema patients, has put itself up for sale after the Food and Drug Administration rejected its lead product in December. This is the second relati... |
| 04.02.2009 | Stealthy R2 Semiconductor nabs $2M | Chip startup R2 Semiconductor, based in Sunnyvale, Calif. just brought in $2 million of an anticipated $12 million first round of funding, according to peHUB. The investment came from Sigma Partners and Morgenthaler Venture Partners. The co... |
| 03.02.2009 | David Morgenthaler: Mid-market private equity firms could thrive in tough times | Promoted
This Patient Experience Checklist Is Your Key To Success in 2021
As healthcare systems strive to recover from losses due to the pandemic, patient acquisition and retention have never been more urgent, and patient experience has nev... |
| 21.01.2009 | Ardian nabs $30M to treat heart failure | Ardian, maker of a device used to treat symptoms of congestive heart failure, just brought in $30 million of an anticipated $60 million third round of capital, according to peHUB. Backers of the Menlo Park, Calif. company include Advanced T... |
| 06.01.2009 | Force10 and Turin merge, pool their capital and clients | Network builder Force10 Networks has merged with Ethernet services provider Turin Networks to create a powerhouse in both spaces, with an impressive list of clients, numbering 1,300 (including eHarmony and Facebook), reports peHUB. More sig... |
| 05.01.2009 | Search Obama’s donors thanks to spreadsheet startup Blist | Change.gov, the website where President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team can interact with constituents, just unveiled a neat tool using startup technology — through Blist, the simple database for non-experts, the team is sharing its gi... |
| 11.12.2008 | Jaspersoft raises $12.5M for open source business intelligence | Jaspersoft, a provider of open-source business intelligence software, has raised $12.5 million in new funding. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, with participation from leading open-source company Red Hat and Jaspersoft’s previous... |
| 04.12.2008 | Catalyst Biosciences Raises $40M from Boston-Area Backers and Other Firms | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Cambridge, MA-based venture firm HealthCare Ventures and several other backers have invested $40.4 million in a Series C round of financing for Catalyst Biosciences, a South S... |
| 04.12.2008 | Catalyst lands $40M to combat disease-causing proteins | Catalyst Biosciences has raked in $40.4 million in third-round funding to continue engineering an enzyme called protease to fight disease-causing proteins. The technology has the potential to affect many different diseases, including cancer... |
| 25.11.2008 | Set-top box co. Sezmi cuts staff despite new $33M | Personalized television service Sezmi announced that it has laid off about 20 of its employees even though it just brought in a $33 million tranche of an anticipated $51.5 million third round of funding. The Belmont, Calif. company cited th... |
| 13.11.2008 | Morgenthaler Ventures closes $400M ninth fund | updated
Morgenthaler Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif. venture firm focused on early-stage investments in information technology and life sciences, has completed a $400 million raise for its ninth fund to date.
Despite its long-held focus on f... |
| 10.11.2008 | Force10 rolls out virtualization products | Force10 Networks, a developer of 10-gigabit networking hardware, will be launching a new line of products over the next half year to help companies set up automated and virtual networks. Currently, it provides routers and switches to web co... |
| 04.11.2008 | OncoMed nabs $93M for stem cell programs | OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, a company working to fight cancer using stem cells, added a $93 million tranche to a second round of funding that now totals $154 million. The money will be used to push its lead antibody candidate through phase-two... |
| 03.11.2008 | Optiscan adds $5M tranche for glucose monitor | Optiscan Biomedical, developer of a less-invasive human glucose monitor for hospitals, received an additional $5 million in a second round of funding that now totals $53 million. The boost came from Wexford Capital, reports VentureWire.
The... |
| 26.10.2008 | ZeroG Wireless raises $17 million for embedded Wi-Fi chips | ZeroG Wireless is announcing today that it has raised $17 million in a second round of funding for its business of designing embedded Wi-Fi chips. This company is looking for the day when billions of everyday gadgets and sensors are connect... |
| 14.10.2008 | Migraine sufferers look elsewhere as Cierra buckles | The headache is over for medical device maker Cierra. Actually it’s all over. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company is out of business after failing to draft enough participants into a clinical trial of a catheter-based technology purporte... |
| 13.10.2008 | Shadowy government project spins off Siri to help direct your affairs | Conspiracy theorists will love this one: A computerized assistant that can help you manage your day to day life, built atop an artificial intelligence platform developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the United S... |
| 27.07.2008 | Morgenthaler closes on $263M for new fund | Morgenthaler Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif. firm focused on life sciences and information technology, has raised $263 million for a new venture fund, its ninth, according to VentureWire. The firm is targeting of $400 million.
Morgenthaler’s... |
| 13.02.2008 | Imeem to acquire flailing music company Snocap? | Imeem, a popular social network for music sharing, is acquiring music site Snocap, which lets bands set their own licensing terms for music downloads, according to TechCrunch.
No source was named, and the amount isn’t being disclosed.
Imeem... |
| 22.10.2007 | Voltage raises $12M more for encryption technology | Voltage Security, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that offers encryption technology to large companies to protect their data, said it has raised $ 12 million fourth round of financing.
Trident Capital led the round with participation from exist... |
| 12.10.2007 | Snocap, music-licensing company, lays off 60 percent of staff | Snocap, the company that wanted to let bands set their own licensing terms for music downloads across the Web, has cut its staff by 60 percent, CNET has confirmed.
The San Francisco company has struggled to define a business model amid quic... |
| 04.09.2007 | Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 | Featured companies: Berkeley HeartLab, Celera Group, the Foundry, Molecular Vision, Morgenthaler Ventures
Former genomics pioneer Celera Group buys Berkeley HealthLab for $195M — Rockville, Md.-based Celera Group, a one-time tie finisher in... |
| 19.07.2007 | Satiety pulls in $30M for obesity device | Satiety, a Palo Alto, Calif., device maker focused on obesity, raised $30 million in a fourth round of funding. Skyline Ventures led the round, joined by HLM Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures, Venrock, Three Arch Partners, Morgenthaler Ve... |
| 03.07.2007 | Stent maker CardioMind raises $33M | CardioMind, a secretive Sunnyvale, Calif., developer of stents designed to prop open blocked arteries, raised $33 million in a third round of funding, VentureWire reports (subscription required). From the VentureWire story:
CardioMind, with... |