socalTECH

JULY 8, 2020

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer VelosBio says it has raised $137M in a Series B funding roudn, to go towards its oncology efforts. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Viking Global Investors, Wellington Management Company, as well as the company's existing investors.

San Diego 113

San Diego Class Capital Pricing 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2021

San Diego-based sales and marketing software developer Seismic has raised $170M in a Series G funding round, the company said this morning, and is now valued at $3 billion. Rowe Price, according to the company. Rowe Price, according to the company. Seismic has now raised $440M in total funding.

San Diego 113

San Diego Coach Sales Training 113

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The president’s State of the Union address was wide-ranging, as they tend to be, but those who tuned in heard mention of two hot health policy topics: price transparency and drug pricing reform.

Pricing 61

Pricing Funding Venture Capital San Diego 61

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. . Image Credits: Facebook.

Marketing 246

Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

San Diego-based Odonate Therapeutics , a startup that says it is hoping to develop chemotherapy drugs, is looking to raised $182.5M The company has set its estimated IPO price range at between $24.00 in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. and $27.00 The company's IPO is being underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co.,

San Diego 113

San Diego Pricing Capital Funding 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2021

San Diego- and New Jersey-based OncoSec Medical, a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on treatment of cancer, said today that it is raising $42.0M The company said it is offering of 7,711,284 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.45, with an expected close on January 25th.

San Diego 113

San Diego Activity Research Pricing 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has joined the unicorn club, saying this morning that it has raised $92M in a Series F funding, which values the company at approximately $1.6 Rowe Price, its existing investors. Seismic has now raised a total of $270M in funding.

San Diego 113

San Diego Sales Pricing Activity 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

KnGrid said the two are working on a cloud-based service for utilities to send grid conditions and pricing signals to connected electric vehicles. The company apparently has a prototype, electric car charging system implemented at the University of California, San Diego. KnGrid was founded by Stephen G. Davis and David Hawkins.

Orange County 100

Orange County Funding San Diego Pricing 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2016

San Diego-based biopharmaceutiacls developer Viking Therapeutics says it has raised $12.5M in a common stock purchase agreement, from Aspire Capital Fund. per share, with the remaining $12M to be purchase over the next 30 months at prices based on the market price. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Pricing Capital Funding 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

San Diego-based Qualcomm has upped its offer for fellow semiconductor developer NXP Semiconductor N.V. saying that it has increased its offer to $127.50 in cash per share for NXP. Qualcomm had previously offered $110.00 per share in cash to acquire NXP. The bid raises Qualcommm's offer for NXP to a total of $44.0 READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego Pricing Capital Funding 113

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Today, a startup that is doing this in the specific area of distressed property is announcing a round of growth funding to ramp up its team and expand its business. The funding is being led by QED Investors; Founders Fund, Susa Ventures, Navitas Capital, and Prudence Holdings also participated.

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Sophiris Bio said this morning that it has raised $2M in funding from Aspire Capital Fund, and received commitments of up to $13M more, to help fund its efforts to develop a treatment for localized prostate cancer. sophiris venture capital pipe biotech lifescience' READ MORE>>.

San Diego 138

San Diego Venture Capital News Pricing 138

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2015

San Diego-based GovX , which operates an online, e-commerce site specifically serving active, reserve and veteran U.S. in combined Series A and B funding. The funding was led by Alestra Ltd. The funding was led by Alestra Ltd. The company says it has now raised $21M in funding. READ MORE>>.

Commerce 100

Commerce San Diego Pricing Activity 100

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Receptos is trading flat after its initial public offering, after pricing last night at $14.00 The developer of biopharmaceuticals for treating immune and metabolic diseases priced at the low end of its estimated IPO range, which was $14.00 READ MORE>>.

San Diego 159

San Diego Pricing Venture Capital Acquisition 159

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2015

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer aTyr Pharma has raised a big, $76M Series E funding round, the company said late Tuesday. According to aTyr, the funding as led by Sofinnova Ventures and an un-named, large institutional investor. The funding also included T. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Venture Capital Pricing Capital 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

Frank Slootman , the CEO of San Diego-based ServiceNow , headed up the software developer''s very successful IPO last year. Pure Storage, which is based in Silicon Valley, announced the addition of Slootman to its board today, along with a huge, $150M funding. That funding came from T. READ MORE>>.

Redpoint 147

Redpoint San Diego Software Development Pricing 147

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2018

San Diego-based Obalon Therapeutics , a publicly held developer of medical devices to treat obesity, has raised $10M in a private placement, the company said this week. The company said it 5,494,506 shares of common stock at a price of $1.82 per share in the offering. Obalon trades on the NASDAQ as OBLN. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Pricing Invest Funding 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2012

Publicly held biopharmaceuticals firm MediciNova , which is based in San Diego, said last night that it has raised $20M in funding in a deal with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC. Medicinova said that Aspire will purchase the $20M in common stock at market prices.

San Diego 140

San Diego Pricing Capital Funding 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

BigMachines , a developer of cloud-based software for product configuration, pricing, quoting, and proposals, has scored funding from San Diego private quity investor JMI Equity. Financial details of the new funding were not disclosed.

Equity 140

Equity San Diego Pricing Software 140

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. The investment will be used for product development initiatives.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Xconomy

JULY 8, 2020

Dave Johnson has known UC San Diego physician and cancer reseacher Thomas Kipps for nearly 20 years.

San Diego 121

San Diego Develop Development UCSD 121

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

We’ve also seen a substantial inflow of venture capital from all over the world.”. Our research revealed a saturation level causing unprecedented challenges, starting with exorbitant housing prices and runaway operating costs that accelerate a startup’s “burn rate”—its monthly spending.

Southern California 224

Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

San Diego-based ShowUhow , a developer of an online web site focused on video instruction guides for manufacturers and retailers, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The firm said the Series A funding came from Syncom Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 145

San Diego Guide Web Help 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

San Diego-based OncoSec Medical said Tuesday that it has raised $7.5M OncoSec said it sold 2,142,860 shares of its common stock at a price of $3.50 OncoSec said it sold 2,142,860 shares of its common stock at a price of $3.50 in a registered direct offering, with un-named, institutional investors. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Research Pricing Funding 100

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2019

Read more about the company’s history and its recent $40 million financing round hedge fund Viking Global Investors here. Viking’s investment was a note that will convert into the company’s common stock after the initial public offering at a discount—equal to 90 percent of the price per share of the.

Funding 79

Funding Pricing Invest Develop 79

Xconomy

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Before you fly off, or drive, or simply unplug, check out our preview of what could be next year’s top clinical studies; the tumult in big pharma’s on again-off again relationship with consumer healthcare; big names on the move in the nation’s capital; and a flurry of year-end deals. Happy holidays, everyone.

Pricing 73

Pricing Sales Study News 73

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

San Diego-based TargeGen , a firm developing small molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF) and polycythemia vera (PV), has been acquired by Sanofi-aventis, in a deal worth as much as $560M, the firm said Wednesday. TargeGen had raised over $113M in venture funding from A.M.

Enterprise Partners 140

Enterprise Partners San Diego Acquisition Pricing 140

Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

The New York-based startup said Tuesday that the new funding round, which is being led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group, brings its total investment to $35 million. Billie, a monthly subscription service for shaving and body care products for women, has raised $25 million.

Product 90

Product Services Invest Pricing 90

Xconomy

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Founders of a company considering the various available fundraising options often ask the challenging question: Why take venture capital money, which may significantly dilute the founders and might result in a loss of control of the company? Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Pricing 40

Pricing Venture Capital Capital Networking 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

San Diego-based Cadence Pharmaceuticals , which licenses, develops, and commercializes biopharmaceuticals, said Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to raise approximately $86.6M from a group of venture capital investors. Rowe Price Associates. Tags: cadence pipe pharmaceuticals venture lifescience capital.

San Diego 100

San Diego Venture Capital Pricing Capital 100

Xconomy

MAY 9, 2019

billion in new capital late Thursday as it priced an initial public offering that set its market capitalization at $82.4 That price is near the lowest end of the range Uber set at $44 to $50 in the amended prospectus it filed on April 26. Ride-hailing giant Uber secured $8.1

Marketing 88

Marketing Pricing News Capital 88

Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The venture investment, which the San Diego startup announced Tuesday, is one of only a few so-called mega-rounds—$100 million or more—recorded this year in the region. (In Thompson to its board of directors. In Southern California, rounds that large are more often raised by life sciences companies.)

Southern California 110

Southern California San Diego Software Invest 110

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Local Capital – I do believe that you’ll struggle to get a community started without some local capital.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

In San Diego, the complaints often focus on the relative scarcity of venture capital and hometown VC firms. So when the San Diego Venture Group recruited Mark Suster of Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures to give the keynote talk Tuesday night for Startup Week San Diego, more than 800 people filled a downtown auditorium.

Venture Capital 49

Venture Capital San Diego Truecar Web 49

Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says. They also queried 15 VC firms.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Pricing Invest Report 40

Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2017

Japan’s Murata Manufacturing has acquired Arctic Sand Technologies of Burlington, MA, and plans to combine Arctic Sand’s low-power semiconductor technology with its San Diego-based subsidiary, Peregrine Semiconductor. The purchase price was $68 million, according to a Peregrine spokeswoman.

San Diego 63

San Diego Mobile Pricing Technology 63

Xconomy

AUGUST 25, 2017

This week saw some skirmishes in the drug price debate, new plans to expand the. Those of us who stepped outside with eclipse glasses, pin-hole projectors, or even colanders found a brief respite from the news. But developments in health policy and life sciences march onward. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Pricing 49

Pricing News Develop Development 49