Sulfurcell takes $134M for thin-film solar cells

A German solar startup called Sulfurcell has taken a €85 million investment led by €24 million from Intel Capital, for the development of a thin-film material for solar cells.

Sulfurcell works with CIS / CIGS, respectively copper-indium-sulfide and copper-indium-gallium-selenide. The latter material is used by many… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Gene-silencing developer Santaris raises €20M (PDF release)
Consumer-driven healthcare manager RedBrick Health prescribed $15M (release)
Cardiac Dimensions takes in $36M for heart-valve device (release)
TcLand Expressions gets €8.2M for biomarkers (PDF release)
TheraQuest Bio gets $3M for pain drugs (release)
Brain-software maker NeuroTrax visualizes $1.5M (VentureWire)
ActivBiotics selling off assets… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007

(UPDATED at 6:40pm PT: See below.)

Featured companies: Nereus Phramaceuticals, KFx Medical, NeuroMed Pharmaceuticals, Adnexus Therapeutics, Masimo, Biofisica, Aegera Therapeutics, LymphoSign, InfuScience, Palmetto Infusion Services

Nereus Pharma raises $45M for ocean-derived cancer drugs — San Diego’s Nereus Pharmaceuticals, a biotech that searches for cancer drugs in marine microbes, raised… Continue Reading