Deadline Soon! Get Your Application in to HATCH to Pitch Your #Startup at SXSW

Posted Sun, 02/05/2012 - 12:10 by HATCHPITCH

HATCH is a pitch competition at the SXSW 2012 Startup Village for startups with revolutionary ideas. Fifteen finalists will be selected to present their business plans to a panel of corporate, angel, and venture investor judges in front of a well-connected SXSW audience on March 11th, 2012 in Austin, TX. The event, presented by Houston Technology Center, is geared toward tech startups with an interesting or disruptive product and strong growth potential.

Visual prosthetics co VisionCare raises $20m - Globes

Posted Sun, 02/05/2012 - 09:57 by Anonymous

Visual prosthetics co VisionCare raises $20m
Globes
Visual prosthetics company VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc. has raised an additional $4 million in its fifth financing round led by Danny Naveh's Agate Medical Investments LP, bringing the round to a total of $20 million.

Real Estate Mongolia: 20 Pre-IPO Questions With Christopher De Gruben - M.A.D

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 20:57 by Anonymous

Real Estate Mongolia: 20 Pre-IPO Questions With Christopher De Gruben
M.A.D
Asia Pacific Investment Partners is trying to raise capital currently, as is your Real Estate Mongolia Fund. Your company is the only one that ostensibly has no property in it yet. Why your company?” Your answer? Mr. de Gruben: I would like to start by ...

Bluetooth-accessory startup Mosoro gets $1.5M in funding - VentureBeat

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 15:03 by Anonymous


VentureBeatBluetooth-accessory startup Mosoro gets $1.5M in funding
VentureBeat
Mosoro, a startup that makes Bluetooth hardware with complimentary smartphone apps, has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding. Mosoro creates “appcessories,” or Bluetooth devices with dedicated companion apps for iOS and Android.

CMOS timing startup raises $2.3 million - Power Management Design Line

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:15 by Anonymous

CMOS timing startup raises $2.3 million
Power Management Design Line
All of the company's existing investors, including NESTA Investments, Capital-E Partners, and EV, participated in the latest round of financing. The company was founded in 2005 and its first products are due to be announced in the first quarter of 2012 ...

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Auxogyn raises $20 million - San Francisco Business Times (blog)

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 10:37 by Anonymous

Auxogyn raises $20 million
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
... to survive inside the mother, closed the final tranche of a $20 million Series A financing. The company raised the first tranche of this round in May 2010, with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , TPG Biotech and Merck Serono Ventures giving money.

Startup MyCare gets $1M in seed funding - Mass High Tech

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 08:31 by Anonymous

Startup MyCare gets $1M in seed funding
Mass High Tech
By Rodney H. Brown MyCare Inc., a Connecticut healthcare information technology company, has raised $1 million in new funding, with $500000 coming from Connecticut Innovations, according to a release. In addition to Connecticut Innovations (CI), ...

Gift finder co Bday raises $2m - Globes

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 03:31 by Anonymous

Gift finder co Bday raises $2m
Globes
Facebook birthday gift finding application Bday has raised $2 million in its first financing round from Tel-Ad Electronics Ltd. and launched its Bday Gift Finder. The company will use the proceeds to expand its technology and products.

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Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: What Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know About IPOs

Posted Thu, 02/02/2012 - 00:20 by kberzon

Come hear from David Weild, former vice chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, and one of the world's top experts on IPOs what you, as an entrepreneur, need to know about achieving liquidity for your investors and making money for yourself.

Fashion Tech Startup Boom: Why It's Happening and How They Get Funded - Fashionista

Posted Wed, 02/01/2012 - 16:44 by Anonymous

Fashion Tech Startup Boom: Why It's Happening and How They Get Funded
Fashionista
In recent news, Fab.com (a design ecommerce site) acquired Fashionstake, an ecommerce/micro-finance startup we've written about a few times. Fab.com is one of the biggest success stories among ecommerce startups. And while fashion has been a relatively ...