By U-T San Diego How do you start a thriving biotech company? The most painful way might be as follows: You’re Jay Lichter, managing partner of Avalon Ventures, and you’re driving your car near the post office in La Jolla,… Read More
When it comes to getting venture capital (VC) deals done, the science and the financial terms naturally take center stage, but the personalities of the players need to mesh, too, for the best outcomes. “I’m an investor, and I’m judged… Read More
Indix will use the money to accelerate product development and scale up marketing and sales in the US by Deepti Chaudhary Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal Mumbai: Indix, a data and analytics start-up based in Seattle and Chennai,… Read More
Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report Kevin Kinsella is the founder of Avalon Ventures. He has specialized in the formation, financing and/or development of more than 100 early- stage companies, including: Athena Neurosciences (acquired by Elan plc [ELN]); Onyx Pharmaceuticals [ONXX]; Sequana… Read More
Business Review Weekly By Ben Hurley It’s a story journalists have heard many times. The rise of the citizen journalist, equipped with a high-resolution camera, a blog and an opinion, is one day going to put media companies out of… Read More
Kaltura named by Fast Company as One of The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Israel by Nadav Shemer
Two-year-old La Jolla pharmaceutical to work on drug discoveries By Bradley J. Fikes UT San Diego RQx Pharmaceuticals could get more than $111 million under a drug discovery deal announced Tuesday with biotech giant Genentech. Two-year-old RQx is researching new… Read More
BioWorld Today By Randy Osborne Avalon Ventures scored again for the third time in recent weeks, as antibiotics-focused RQx Pharmaceuticals Inc. is expected to make public today a deal worth as much as $111 million with Genentech, part of Roche… Read More
xconomy by Bruce V. Bigelow RQx Pharmaceuticals, founded in 2010 to commercialize a scientific breakthrough with the potential to create a new class antibiotics, has signed a drug discovery collaboration with Genentech, the Roche subsidiary based in South San Francisco.
Business Insiders by Heather R. Huhman Internal business communications can be a challenge for managers and CEOs, who want employees to be able to connect and collaborate in the easiest, most cost-effective way possible. That’s why new software is cropping… Read More
Television, with an advertising market that dwarfs any part of the digital landscape, has long been an attractive target for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Many companies set out to bring Internet-style, targeted advertisements to that market, but after more than… Read More
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The Wall Street Journal By Scott Denne Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News Television, with an advertising market that dwarfs any part of the digital landscape, has long been an attractive target for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Many companies set out to bring… Read More
Bruce V. Bigelow Afraxis, a San Diego biopharmaceutical founded in 2007, says today it has licensed exclusive global rights for all of its proprietary drug compounds to Genentech, the Roche subsidiary based in South San Francisco, CA. While details of… Read More
BostInno by Walter Frick Avalon Ventures announced this morning that it has led a seed investment in LoopIt, a social shopping startup founded out of Redstar Ventures. Redstar isn’t a VC firm, but a “foundry” that helps start companies based on… Read More
Press Release Product development, broad cloud service provider support and rising adoption of cloud storage fuel momentum Natick, MA – January 22, 2013 – TwinStrata, an innovator in cloud-integrated storage solutions, today highlighted results for its fiscal year ended December… Read More
BostInno by Walter Frick Back in 2009, Cambridge startup Backupify was targeting the consumer market with its cloud backup application, helping users store a copy of their data from GMail and elsewhere. That same year some of the company’s investors… Read More
BostInno by Walter Frick Avalon Ventures announced this morning that it has led a seed investment in LoopIt, a social shopping startup founded out of Redstar Ventures. Redstar isn’t a VC firm, but a “foundry” that helps start companies based on… Read More
Combine the exciting social Zynga poker fun you know and love with real money prizes and what do you get? The all-new ZyngaPlusPoker! Connect with people that share your passion for online poker and challenge them to thrilling games where… Read More
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jan 07, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Lead Program Focused on the Oral Treatment of MPS III Acquisition Augments Existing Analytical Capabilities and Expertise in Glycobiology BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. BMRN -0.90% announced today that it has… Read More