Stantum lands $13M for multi-touch touchscreens

French touchscreen maker Stantum Technologies announced that it just brought in $13 million in a second round of funding to expand its sales operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia and advance research on next-generation multi-touch products. Formerly called JazzMutant, Stantum says it was the… Continue Reading

Crocus snags $15.8M to develop magnetic memory chips

French semiconductor maker Crocus Technology has raised $15.8 million in second round financing, in addition to $4.1 million from OSEO, France’s public agency for funding innovation.

The company plans to use the round for continued development of its magnetic random access memory (MRAM) chips, which can… Continue Reading

Xytis gets $7.5M to work on central nervous system disorders

Xytis, a privately-held biotech company based in both the U.S. (Irvine, CA) and Europe (London, England and Nyon, Switzerland) has raised a new round of series B funding. The company specializes in making treatments for patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders.

The $7.5 million round… Continue Reading

Life-science briefing: Friday, April 11, 2008

Life-science briefing: Friday, April 11, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Stent maker IDev Tech raises $25M (VentureWire)
Xytis gets $15M for brain-injury drugs (VentureWire)
Diagnostic maker Iris Biotech plans to go public, launch breast-cancer test (Edgar)
RiverVest Venture Partners raises $75M life-science fund (release)
Concentric Medical names Maria Sainz CEO (release)

[Note: I’m a little sad to announce that this will… Continue Reading

Life-science briefing: Thursday, March 6, 2008

Life-science briefing: Thursday, March 6, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

France’s TxCell raises €11M for cell therapy (release)
Healthcare IT firm TriHealix takes in $7M (release)
Healthcare-software provider Anodyne Health acquires Piedmont Healthcare (release)
CEO, CFO resign at inhaled-drug biotech Topigen (release)

France’s TxCell raises €11M for cell therapy – TxCell, a French cell-therapy biotech, raised €10.5 million ($16… Continue Reading