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Stocktwits Raises Funding Round

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San Diego-based stock messaging service Stocktwits has just raised a new funding, which the company said came from its existing investors, plus strategic Asian financial technology investors, and strategic investors in the fund and ETF business in North America. funding round. funding round.

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No Vital Signs Apparent at Wireless Health Specialist Awarepoint

Xconomy

Awarepoint, the San Diego healthtech startup that specialized in real-time location systems for tracking medical equipment and people in hospitals and clinics, has gone 404. A separate tip, sent to me Tuesday by direct message on Twitter from a pseudonym, said the company shut down on May 24. CEO Tim Roche did.

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StockTwits Acquires Mobile App SparkFin to Add Fintech Services

Xconomy

StockTwits, the Twitter-like social media platform for sharing stock market tips and ideas, has acquired San Diego’s SparkFin, a fintech mobile app for discovering and sharing stocks and other investment ideas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Dauntless Takes Flight with New Business Model for Starting Biotechs

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First came Inception Sciences , a holding company for spinning out biotech startups established by Versant Ventures and Peppi Prasit, the veteran San Diego drug developer. Even though Dauntless was founded almost exactly a year ago, CEO Joel Martin has been trying to maintain a low profile, saying, “We don’t want to tip our hand.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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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.” Heather McPhaul is the founder of AgingGal.com , a funny little blog about aging and other inconveniences. She just spoke at TED EX in San Diego.