Xconomy

JANUARY 7, 2020

When a group of scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals wanted to start a new biotech after the company’s 2011 acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb , Celgene provided seed funding. Eventually Celgene kicked in $35 million more for a research collaboration, an equity stake, and an exclusive option to acquire the startup, PharmAkea Therapeutics.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

An obvious place to look for help is the venture community—Bruce Booth of Atlas Ventures pointed out in a recent blog that venture capital is doing well, and is positioned to do even better in the future. Losses in over-capitalized “vintage years” over the last two decades have left institutional investors (e.g.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

According to her blog , the Material Mix software features a disruptive technology that commoditizes the trade of reusable materials within the current waste collection industry. Carmen says Material Mix is a Capital Innovators and Arch Grants partner, and Clean Tech Open Semifinalist. Then in May 2011, she earned an M.B.A.

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Xconomy

MAY 14, 2019

Founded in 2011, the company adapted traditional data security safeguards by monitoring not only computers in customer data centers but also the laptops, smartphones and other devices that employees increasingly use outside the workplace.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

General Assembly (GA) launched in early 2011 with an incubator in New York City that was a cross between a co-working space and a startup university. The deal underscores the growing demand for software coding and other digital skills—and employers’ increased willingness to turn to non-traditional sources to find talent.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. Editor’s picks.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Biotech CEO Jonathan Lim co-founded Ignyta in 2011 to commercialize a new approach to diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis, based on discoveries that showed how changes in methyl group molecules associated with the human genome could change the way genes function. He had closed on $6 million in financing just a few months earlier.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Five years ago, in November 2011, a company from Princeton, NJ, called Pharmasset shared news that would have an impact on millions of people around the world with hepatitis C. It bought Pharmasset in November 2011 for $11 billion and continued PSI-7977’s stellar run of clinical data.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The company inked a partnership with French firm Servier on a heart failure microRNA drug and a few other cardiovascular programs in 2011. The new company will be run by Miragen’s current management team, led by president and CEO William Marshall, while Signal’s team, led by Samuel Riccitelli, will step down.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. Commercial.

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