With $2.3M in New Funding, Bump Network Steers to Business
Bruce V. Bigelow
[Clarified 11/8/12, 9:30 am. See below.] Web entrepreneur Mitch Thrower is bumping up the funding at San Diego’s Bump.com, the online social network for ...
San Diego’s 3D Robotics Raises $5M as Wired Editor Resigns to Be CEO
Bruce V. Bigelow
Chris Anderson, who resigned a few days ago as the editor in chief of Wired magazine to become the full-time CEO of 3D Robotics, says today the San Diego-based ...
San Diego’s Ambit Biosciences Raises $25M to Advance Leukemia Drug
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Ambit Biosciences has gone through several course changes in the 12 years since it was founded. But Ambit CEO Michael Martino says the San ...
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Shire, Thesan, ViaCyte, and More
Bruce V. Bigelow
What do Thesan Pharmaceuticals, ViaCyte, and Reflexion Health have in common? Each one disclosed that it raised a significant amount of capital. We have that ...
In San Diego Talk, Venter Says Biofuels ‘Dead’ Without Carbon Policy
Bruce V. Bigelow
Blunt to the bone, human genome pioneer J. Craig Venter flatly declared in San Diego this week that algae-based biofuels “are just dead” unless the federal ...
Sapphire Energy & Institute for Systems Biology Partner on Biofuels
Bruce V. Bigelow
San Diego’s Sapphire Energy and Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have established a strategic partnership that is intended to significantly ...
Veteran Exec Kevin Hell, former DivX Head, Named On-Ramp Wireless CEO
Bruce V. Bigelow
After raising at least $44 million in venture capital and demonstrating its wireless networking technology in smart grid field trials, San Diego’s On-Ramp ...
ViaCyte CEO Says $10M Grant Will Move Stem Cell Therapy to Trial
Bruce V. Bigelow
A $10.1 million grant the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded to ViaCyte last week will be used to move the San Diego diabetes company’s ...
Reflexion Health Raises $4.5M to Advance Idea for ‘Prescribed Software’
Bruce V. Bigelow
Reflexion Health, a San Diego startup developing a system that uses Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensing system to help physical therapy patients with their ...
Shire Hunts More Deals Amid Reawakening Interest in Stem Cell R&D
Bruce V. Bigelow
[Updated 10/29/09 12:20 pm. See below.] As the Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa convenes its second annual investor and partnering forum in San Diego this morning, ...
