NextBio takes $8M for scientific search engine

NextBio, a search engine that scours the net specifically for information related to the life sciences, has raised $8 million in a third round of funding from Newbury Ventures. Targeted at researchers, the Cupertino, Calif. based service, provides mostly journal articles, scientific news, and updates… Continue Reading

NextBio semantic search promises new opportunities for health researchers

NextBio semantic search promises new opportunities for health researchers

The Internet long ago shed its ethereal status as a meeting ground for researchers and scientists, but that doesn’t mean it has lost its utility for those groups. New technologies, now mainly aimed at general consumer applications, are also being turned to more specialized purposes.

Semantic… Continue Reading

NextBio, a search engine for life-science data, raises $7 million

See Matt Marshall’s story here.

Life science search engine NextBio raises $7M, led by Newbury Ventures

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NextBio, a Cupertino, Calif. company that has built a search engine for life sciences, has raised $7 million in a second round of funding led by Newbury Ventures, and including other undisclosed investors

VentureBeat first wrote about the company here.

The company in 2005 raised $1.1… Continue Reading

Nextbio is latest search engine — for healthcare research community

Nextbio is latest search engine — for healthcare research community

Nextbio is a new search engine for the biotech-health industry, something you could have seen coming a mile away.

The nation’s multi-trillion dollar healthcare industry is the equal sister to the information technology sector. In IT, you have plenty of niche search engines, such as Koders… Continue Reading