Xconomy

MARCH 26, 2018

Although there are still several days remaining in the first quarter of 2018, EY reports the number of first-quarter IPOs is 44 percent higher than the 25 offerings that occurred in the first quarter of 2017. IPO activity has been ticking up, with 36 IPOs raising more than $12.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. While Pinterest and Tumbler have seen activity increases approaching 100%, The Verge reports that Facebook usage has declined in the U.S.

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Tech.Co

JULY 29, 2020

The change will affect “nearly all” of Google’s 200,000 employees, including contractors and full-time workers, according to The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the news. In a blog post in May, Google announced it would begin reopening its offices from early July this year. Remote Working: What Is Twitter Doing?

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Xconomy

APRIL 5, 2019

CEO Michael Smallwood launched the Carlsbad, CA-based company in 2017. Bitmo’s mobile app allows users to send and receive digital gift cards that can be switched between a number of stores. The company says it has about 130 national brands on the platform, including Nike, Nordstrom, and Old Navy.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

Much attention was focused this past year on the impact of social media on the 2016 presidential election, as reports emerged about the use of these platforms by entities linked with Russia to spread false, misleading, or inflammatory political messages.

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Xconomy

MARCH 8, 2019

In early 2017, Scott Gottlieb was considered the most moderate of the potential candidates to head the Food and Drug Administration, which is the most powerful regulator of medical products in the world. It wasn’t a high bar to clear. Still, Gottlieb had spent time in the George W. His potential financial conflicts, combined.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Note: Ben Fidler co-authored this report.] Gene therapy and more standard forms of care are up for discussion, too. If you’re not ASH-saturated by now, stay tuned: We’ll have more hematology coverage later this week. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma The first competition in the CAR-T field will be in adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

With a community forum, along with its aims to offer easily accessible and readable annual reports (you can view reports for 2017, 2018 and 2019 on its site), Monzo champions transparency. Monzo was included in our 10 Innovative UK-Based Tech Startups Making Moves in 2017. million users. How does Monzo work?

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

In late 2017, a federal watchdog unit assigned a working group to keep an eye on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and to sound an alert if those alternate currencies showed signs of becoming a risk to the stability of the US financial system. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2019

That’s according to PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association’s Venture Monitor report, released this week, which tallied nearly 9,000 deals made last year, through which venture investors sunk $130.9 billion compared to 2017, continuing a trend of bigger checks going to fewer deals. billion into companies.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2017

“More dollars, fewer deals” has been a prevailing trend in venture funding over the past couple of years, and it was evident again in the three months that ended September 30, according to the latest Venture Monitor report. Venture firms invested $21.5

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

According to the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA)’s latest California Life Sciences Industry Report , California is home to more than 3,400 life sciences companies. In 2017, these companies directly employed more than 311,000 Californians, Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

It was Iconiq that put a whopping $80 million into ServiceTitan just last year — and while the 2017 cash infusion may have been larger, the company’s valuation has continued to rise.

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Xconomy

APRIL 10, 2018

million into 37 startup companies throughout San Diego County during the first three months of 2018, maintaining roughly the same level of venture funding seen in recent quarters, according to the Venture Monitor Report. million invested during the final three months of 2017, according to Venture Monitor data.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2018

subsidiary, Firmenich—which reported about $3.3 billion in sales in 2017—said Thursday it had had agreed to buy Senomyx for $1.50 But since then its stock price has fallen significantly, dropping below $1 per share multiple times in the past two years, which nearly got the listing booted from the Nasdaq exchange.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again.

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Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

companies during the first three months of 2018—marking the strongest single quarter in at least a dozen years, according to the Venture Monitor Report released today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). billion that VCs invested in the first quarter of 2017. billion into U.S.

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Xconomy

APRIL 4, 2017

billion , they also eased off the throttle in terms of their investment activity during the first quarter of 2017, according to data released today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). According to the latest Venture Monitor report, VCs invested slightly more than $16.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. While Pinterest and Tumbler have seen activity increases approaching 100%, The Verge reports that Facebook usage has declined in the U.S.

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Xconomy

APRIL 6, 2017

Thirty-seven venture-backed companies in the San Diego area collected almost $350 million in new funding during the first three months of 2017, according to data released this week as part of the latest Venture Monitor report from the National Venture Capital Association and Seattle-based PitchBook.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We continue our look ahead to some of the clinical data due in 2017 that could shape healthcare practice and sway investor sentiment for years to come. Editor’s note: Ben Fidler and Frank Vinluan contributed to this report.] Editor’s note: Ben Fidler and Frank Vinluan contributed to this report.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

According to recent reports , 93 percent of online experiences start with a search engine. Inbound data, including site page visits, blog reads, and actual orders linked to content are much more relatable to return-on-investment than email blasts, sound-bites delivered, and TV show ratings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Seek out and mingle with reporters at business events. Reporters are always looking for content, so they rarely turn away professionals they meet at conferences or events. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/24/2017.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

The CRISPR news this week doesn’t need a metaphor; the drama that MIT Technology Review reported can stand alone. Everyone is waiting until 2017, when huge studies of the drugs’ ability to prevent heart attacks and strokes start to provide data. STAT found the figures in Editas’s quarterly earnings report.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. in 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Cambridge, MA-based Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) and partner Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IONS ), of Carlsbad, CA, reported positive data from a second Phase 3 trial of spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen (Spinraza), which could become the first approved therapy for the disease by the end of this year. DEALS, DELAYS, AND DATA….

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The funding could be as much as $100 million, and the first grants will be announced in 2017. —The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), whose drug-value analyses set the pharma industry’s teeth on edge , issued a new report on PD-1 inhibitors , part of the first wave of cancer immunotherapy drugs to be approved.

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Xconomy

JUNE 24, 2016

—IBM’s Watson Health group said that a commercial product could arrive in 2017 that uses machine learning to digest patient scans, medical records, and other information to help doctors with care decisions. Savara now aims to pull together a funding round to support a future IPO, David Holley reports.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

In other Google-related news, Recode reported that Bill Maris, the founder and president of Google Ventures (now called GV), has left the firm and will be replaced by David Krane. The new company, expected to launch in 2017, will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “BIVV” when the split is complete. . —The U.S. —David H.

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2016

The first commercial product to come out of the effort is likely to hit in 2017. That means doctors should be able to use Watson to read and digest health records, lab results, radiology reports, and relevant medical literature.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

The first point to acknowledge is that if the reports are right, it would be the first time Apple has departed from its traditional two-year upgrade cycle. The company might be planning something splashy for 2017, the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone. Doesn’t sound like much of an innovation. (Or I’ll come back to that below.)

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Two “triple” combination regimens for CF , which are meant to expand the reach of its CF drugs, will begin Phase 2 trials by the end of the year, and two additional new CF drugs will start clinical testing in 2017. Alex Lash contributed to this report. The news came with some caveats, however, as TheStreet.com explains here.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

A Phase 2 trial of the drug, AMX0035, should start in late 2016 or early 2017. Alex Lash contributed to this report. —Cambridge-based PixarBio is raising $30 million in a reverse merger with an undisclosed public entity. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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