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Redwood City, California-based biotech company Atreca Inc has closed $56 million in Series A funding. The investors included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mission Bay Capital and GlaxoSmithKline. Brookline Group LLC was the placement agent. PRESS RELEASE REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Atreca, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics based on a deep understanding […]
NYLON, which is backed by Diversis Capital LLC, has appointed Melissa Giannini as editor-in-chief. Giannini will be replacing Michelle Lee. Previously, Giannini was deputy editor at NYLON. Based in New York City, NYLON is a provider of pop culture, beauty, music and fashion content. PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Melissa Giannini […]
WorkWell Prevention and Care, which is backed by Chrysalis Ventures, has named George Vieth as CEO. Vieth will be replacing Liz Griggs who is leaving the company. Prior to joining WWPC, Vieth was CEO of Landmark Healthcare. WWPC is a provider of prevention, diagnostic and treatment services for the workers’ compensation sector. PRESS RELEASE SAN […]
Denver, Colorado-based 915 Labs, a food processing and packaging technology provider, has recently secured $3 million in funding. The company’s backers include New Ground Ventures and Theorem Ventures. PRESS RELEASE Centennial, Colorado – November 4, 2015—915 Labs, the exclusive provider of a revolutionary new food processing and packaging technology called Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization (MATS), exceeded […]
17 Media LLC, a photo sharing and live video streaming app provider, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Infinity Venture Partners and Prometheus Capital led the round. In addition to the funding, Akio Tanaka, managing partner of Infinity Venture Partners and Wang Sicong, chairman of Prometheus Capital, have been added to 17 Media’s […]
Hivemapper, which is building a 3D map for drone fliers, has raised $3 million in seed funding, according to a blog post. Spark Capital led the round with participation from Harrison Metal, Google Ventures, Homebrew Capital, Founder Collective, Accelerator Ventures, Subversive Capital, Russ Siegelman, Adam Nash, and Brian Totty.
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Novira Therapeutics Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new treatments for chronic hepatitis B virus infection. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal that is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of this year. Novira is backed by Versant Ventures, 5AM Ventures and Canaan […]
La Jolla, California-based Kura Oncology Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating solid tumors and blood cancers, has raised $50 million for its IPO after pricing its 6.25 million shares at $8 per share. The stock began trading Thursday on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “KURA.” Citigroup and Leerink Partners are serving as lead […]
Palo Alto, California-based Cask Data Inc, an open source big data software company focused on developers, has secured $20 million in Series B funding. Safeguard Scientifics Inc led the round with participation from other investors that included Battery Ventures and Ignition Partners. PRESS RELEASE PALO ALTO, Calif. and RADNOR, Pa., Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — […]
San Francisco-based cloud-based networking company Teridion has appointed Dave Ginsburg as chief marketing officer and Kevin Kramer as vice president of worldwide sales. Previously, Ginsburg worked at Pluribus Networks where he served as CMO while Kramer was most recently vice president of worldwide sales and business development at Graphite Systems. Teridion’s is backed by Jerusalem […]