Electronic Arts hits extremes with cute games for girls and hardcore violent titles with brothels
[Updated with video of the Old Republic game]
Game maker Electronic Arts is showing off 12 games at the E3 conference today, and they range all the way from cute and cuddly Littlest Pet Shop Online titles to the dark and hellish Dante’s Inferno.
The company is focused… Continue Reading
Osprey picks up $3.8M more for immune disease treatments
Osprey Pharmaceuticals, a drug maker focusing on inflammatory and immune disease medications, added $3.8 million to its first round of funding, bringing its total to $14.8 million, according to VentureWire. The San Francisco company says the new money was needed to see its lead drug… Continue Reading
Medem channels $1.7M for online medical services
Medem, the company that operates the consumer-facing iHealth Network, has raised $1.7 million of an anticipated $2 million round of debt financing and rights. It plans to raise the rest before the end of the year. The network sends patients appointment reminders, prescription renewals and… Continue Reading
Signostics wins FDA approval for portable ultrasounds
Signostics Medical, maker of more affordable, compact and portable ultrasound devices, announced today that it has gotten the stamp of approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company says the price and convenience of its palm-sized product could disrupt… Continue Reading
Clarient closes $40M for cancer diagnostics
Clarient, an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based provider of cancer diagnostic and identification tests, has brought in $40 million from Oak Investment Partners. The first $30 million chunk of financing came in March, and the company could score $10 million more from the firm depending on terms… Continue Reading
Satiety secures $7.5M bridge for tummy tuck shortcut
Satiety, maker of a minimally-invasive device that shrinks stomach capacity via the mouth, has landed a $7.5 million bridge loan from its existing investors — a group that includes Skyline Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Three Arch Partners, Venrock and medical inventor… Continue Reading
Hyperion brings in $13M for gastrointestinal relief
Hyperion Therapeutics, maker of pharmaceuticals to treat hepatology and gastrointenstinal conditions, has raised $13 million of an anticipated $15 million round of debt, according to VentureWire. Contributors have not been disclosed, but the South San Francisco, Calif. company had previously raked in $40 million in… Continue Reading
Cardiac monitor maker iRhythm looks to insiders for $6.5M
iRhythm Technologies, maker of a recently-launched cardiac monitoring device, has raised an additional $6.5 million in a first round of funding from existing investors, bringing the two-year-old round’s total to $19 million. Based in San Francisco, the company will use the money to more widely… Continue Reading
Skydeck + Google Voice = free phone management
Do you live and die by your cellphone? Salespeople and plumbers are among the core demographic for Skydeck , a voice-to-text service that manages phone calls, text messages, voicemail and contacts. The company launched its product in January, at a $9.95 per month subscription rate.
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PlexPress raises $2.8M to enhance gene expression
PlexPress, maker of technology that can measure which genes are being expressed and how in a given environment, has raised $2.75 million in seed funding to commercialize its lead product, called TRAC. Based in Los Altos, Calif., the company says this offering could rapidly accelerate… Continue Reading
GE kicks off $6B health care campaign
Modeled after its expansive Ecomagination clean energy campaign, General Electric has launched Healthymagination a $6 billion strategy to jumpstart health care innovation in the next six years — including $3 billion that will go directly toward development of products designed to make health care more… Continue Reading
Revascular adds $3M to clear arteries
Revascular Therapeutics, maker of a device that helps doctors clear blockages in major arteries, has tacked on $3 million to a second round of funding, bringing its total to $11 million, reports VentureWire. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company hopes to add $1 million more to fully… Continue Reading
Sadra Medical raises $30M for aortic valve replacement
Sadra Medical, which is developing a procedure to replace the aortic valve (for the less medically-savvy, that’s part of your heart), has raised $30 million in a third round of funding. The Campbell, Calif., company dubs its procedure “percutaneous aortic valve replacement,” and it involves… Continue Reading
iPhone ads not your path to wealth
“Top iPhone apps make $400 to $5,000 per day” reads a headline over at Silicon Alley Insider. The right way to read the article, and any others citing a new report by iPhone ad server AdWhirl, is to scroll to the bottom. There, you’ll find… Continue Reading
Autonomic snags $20M to treat headaches
Autonomic Technologies, maker of implantable devices that can soothe severe headaches, has raised $20 million in a second round of funding led by InterWest Partners. The Menlo Park, Calif. company is one of three biotech firms InterWest has recently backed, including antiviral creator Eiger BioPharmaceuticals… Continue Reading
23andMe gets $11M boost to decode your DNA
23andMe, the company that deciphers consumers’ genomes for them, has raised $11 million of an anticipated $24.26 million second round of capital. The company was cofounded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
The firm didn’t disclose its recent investors, but peHub noted this… Continue Reading
Satoris closes $1.1M for Alzheimer’s diagnostics
Satoris, a Redwood City, Calif. company that makes bloodstream-based diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease, says it has raised $1.12 million toward an anticipated $1.5 million bridge round, which will be used to commercialize its lead product, reports VentureWire.
The plan is to market the tests to… Continue Reading
Healthline’s semantic search engine adds treatment and doctor search
Healthline Networks, a health search engine that uses semantic technology to help you understand your symptoms and the best drugs to treat them, is adding two new features today: TreatmentSearch and DocSearch. Now you can use Healthline’s technology to not only find out why you’re… Continue Reading
Spansion sees 50-fold better performance with novel use of memory in servers
Spansion is announcing today that its EcoRAM flash memory can speed up the performance of some server applications by 50 to 100 times compared to traditional memory chips. It will be interesting to see if this innovation can help pull Spansion out of bankruptcy proceedings.
EcoRAM,… Continue Reading
iScience sees $20.5M for eye surgery instruments
iScience Interventional, maker of surgical tools for eye operations, has closed a prolonged sixth round of funding at $20.5 million after facing a bit more of a challenge due to the economic climate. The money will be used to commercialize its line of micro-catheters used… Continue Reading