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Biotech Takes: SBIR re-authorization update

The House just passed a controversial SBIR reauthorization bill with the usual shenanigans by Rep.

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Related Topix: Nydia Velazquez, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Biotech, Science / Technology, Small Business, Personal Finance, Emerging Technology, Representative Niki Tsongas, Representative Peter Welch

Sat Jul 11, 2009

Med Ad News

NEXUS Biosystems Completes Majority Equity and Growth Financing with Telegraph Hill Partners

Jul 7, 2009 - NEXUS Biosystems, Inc. , a leading innovator and worldwide provider of automated sample management systems, today announced the closing of a majority equity and growth financing with Telegraph Hill Partners .

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Poway, CA

The Washington Post

Venture Capital Investments

Mark Heesen , president of the National Venture Capital Association , was online to talk about the third-quarter MoneyTree Venture Capital report, released on Oct.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Financial Services, Accounting, Washington, DC, Science / Technology

CBS News

paidContent - Skype, Netvibes Founders Team To Rival Google OS

This story was written by Robert Andrews. Nevermind Chrome OS for now; there are already a host of alternative operating systems out there.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Software, Open Source Software, Science / Technology, Linux, Emerging Technology, Ubuntu

PR-inside.com

Entrepreneurs Meet Investors July 30 Early-Stage Investment Strong

Register at www.GCC2000.org : with Code MW. "Young companies continue to attract investment capital if they have growth prospects," says David T. Newman, Managing Director of Newman Capital.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Emerging Technology

Fri Jul 10, 2009

GigaOM

Pandora Raises $35M

Internet radio provider Pandora Media has raised $35 million in new funding, peHUB is reporting , just two days after the company celebrated the establishment of a royalty deal that ends years of negotiation with record labels and content owners.

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Related Topix: Startups, Pandora Media, Emerging Technology

Venture Capital Access Online

Riverside Partners Completes Growth Equity Investment in Vocollect,...

Riverside Partners, based in Boston, Mass., is pleased to announce that it has completed a growth equity investment in Vocollect, Inc.

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Related Topix: Computers, Emerging Technology, Boston, MA, Medicine, Nursing

CBS News

paidContent - Confidence In The Valley Is Up Again; Will More IPOs Follow?

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. Never mind that exits are now at a six-year low and that venture capitalists themselves continue to struggle to raise money.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, University of San Francisco

Reuters

Media money moving into mobile

The traditional media industry may be under fire as the weak economy crushes advertising spending, but companies and investors are scrambling to stake out territory in the new world of mobile content.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Emerging Technology

CFO

Venture Capital: the Brightest and the Rest

One of Silicon Valley's biggest success stories is doing his bit to lift the gloom hanging over America's venture-capital industry.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, University of San Francisco

Thu Jul 09, 2009

SocalTECH.com

Emergent Game Technologies Adds $1.9M

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the popular Gamebryo video game development engine, has added another $1.9M in funding to the firm's earlier announced funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

ETaiwanNews.com

Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Taiwan's Kaori Heat Treatment Co. has secured a new supply....Fullstory

Taipei, July 9 Taiwan's Kaori Heat Treatment Co. has secured a new supply contract with a U.S.-based energy systems developer Bloom Energy, which is expected to earn the Taiwan company NT$100 million in revenue this year.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Taiwan, Emerging Technology, Startups, Financial Services, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Investment Services, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

East Bay Business Times

Stem cell startups merge, grab VC cash

A dream team of influential venture capitalists is putting cash and top-drawer talent into the new wave of stem cell technology.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, San Francisco Metro, South San Francisco, CA, MPM Capital, Startups

SocalTECH.com

Somaxon Gets $6M In PIPE

San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals reports today that the publicly held firm has received a $6M, private equity financing.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Emerging Technology

San Jose Mercury News

New venture capital firm brings a bit of sunshine to troubled industry

OK, dear readers, first things first: If you want to pitch your next-big-thing idea to Silicon Valley uber-geek Marc Andreessen, you don't have to e-mail or phone me first.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Social Software, San Francisco Metro, Science / Technology

Business Wire

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists' Confidence Recovers Further in Q2

The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index for the second quarter of 2009 registered 3.37 on a 5-point scale, rising from the previous quarter's reading of 3.03. This is the second consecutive up-tick in VC sentiment since the index revealed a five-year low in confidence in Q4 2008.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, University of San Francisco

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Tech Startups

Biotech Attracting Big $'s: Hyperion Therapeutics Raises $60 Million Series C

Hyperion Therapeutics, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies that address critical unmet needs in the areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, today announced it has closed a $60 million Series C financing.

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Related Topix: Gastroenterology, Medicine, Emerging Technology, Startups, Panorama Capital

MLive.com

Ann Arbor biotech firm NanoBio secures $10 million in venture capital

NanoBio CEO James Baker has positioned the company to survive at least two years with cash on hand.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Emerging Technology

Freshnews

Nextreme Raises $8 Million in Corporate Funding

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, today announced that the company has raised $8 million in additional Series B financing from undisclosed corporate investors.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, CPU, Science / Technology

East Bay Business Times

Relievant Medsystems raises $20 million

Morgenthaler Ventures led a $20 million investment round in Relievant Medsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Morgenthaler Ventures, Startups, Emerging Technology

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