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New York-based Payfone, a remote payment processing service backed by American Express, Verizon, and Rogers Communications, among other investors, has appointed Paul Tocatlian as VP of Engineering. Prior to Payfone, Tocatlian was VP of engineering and customer support at Minerva Networks. He has also spent time at Navio Systems, Bytemobile, Propel Software, BEA Systems and Novell. PRESS […]

As the number of employees at New York-based, venture-backed startups grows, more of them are looking for "something a little different," say industry observers. And a little closer to home.

Simon Johnson, former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund, doesn’t think the United States economy is nearly as troubled as is often portrayed.

J. Moore Partners, a San Francisco-based, tech-focused investment bank, has opened an office in Bethesda, Md. Heading the office is Managing Director Kathryn Stewart, who spent more than 10 years covering healthcare and technology as a partner at Alex.Brown and post-acquisition as a managing director at Deutsche Bank. PRESS RELEASE: J. Moore Partners, the technology-focused […]

San Diego-based OneRoof Energy, a solar leasing company, has received $3 million from the clean tech investor Black Coral Capital, money that will be used to expand its current markets and launch into new ones, including Hawaii. The company raised $50 million from Black Coral, Hanwha International, and U.S. Bancorp last fall to help create […]

In January of 2011, Sequoia's Mark Kvamme moved from California to Ohio for a six-month-long economic development project. By last August, Kvamme had acquired an Ohio driver’s license, along with a new farm. Is he ever coming back?

Rembrandt Venture Partners, an 8-year-old venture firm on Sand Hill Road, has just hired Scott Irwin as its newest general partner. It’s a natural move for Irwin, who has been a general partner at El Dorado Ventures since early 2005. For starters, Irwin’s commute isn’t changing much. Until its move to new offices off University Drive earlier […]

Adimab, a Lebanon, New Hampshire-based maker of an antibody discovery platform, has raised what it’s calling an “oversubscribed” Series F financing. Neither terms nor investors are being disclosed. The company has already raised roughly $25 million since its 2007 founding, including from Polaris Venture Partners, Borealis Ventures, and Google Ventures. PRESS RELEASE: Adimab, LLC, a leader […]

The hugely anticipated public offering of the social networking site is not likely to spawn as many angel investors as did Google and other notable VC-backed companies