Zeltiq Aesthetics, a Pleasanton, California start-up that aims to provide a non-invasive alternative to cosmetic surgery and liposuction to remove unwanted body fat filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last Wednesday to go public. Details of the offering including underwriters and share price are not yet available. The company’s pioneering CoolSculpting technique, as its...
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Foursquare Labs Inc., a social network revolving around locations and activities of interconnected “friends” has raised $50 million in a fresh round of financing. The number is more confirmation of just how sizzling the social networking sector is, especially when combined with another ultra hot investing field, mobile tech. And the new round has lead backers...
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DrChrono, a start-up with eyes on making waves in digital medical records has announced that it closed a seed round of financing, its first institutional round. The funding was sourced by several prominent venture capital firms and angels, including General Catalyst, Charles River, 500 Startups and other individuals, two of whom are Gmail/Google alumni. The round...
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Unless you are still in the camp that believes Google+ isn’t similar to the German’s creating the Atlantic Ocean leviathan destroyer called “Bismarck” in 1936, well … you’re just in a very small camp. Highlighted by some remarks made by Google founder and current CEO Larry Page in yesterday’s Google earnings call, the relatively low...
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Indian officials are seriously considering whether or not to put incentives in place in the venture capital arena domestically due to an imbalanced trend toward later stage investments. The official Indian government’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is concerned that the majority of private capital is flowing to well established companies while true start-ups...
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Capitalizing on a year of explosive growth, leading Business Intelligence software manufacturer Jaspersoft Corporation has raised $11 million in a new funding round led by existing investors Red Hat and SAP Ventures. New investor Quest Software chipped in, as did several other existing investors, including Morgenthaler Ventures and Doll Capital Management. Jaspersoft had a record...
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