Solar ink maker Innovalight shines with $15M

Innovalight, a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that has developed solar ink (made of liquid-like solar cells) capable of being printed onto conducting surfaces to generate power, has brought in $15 million of an anticipated $20 million round of equity and rights, according to a filing with… Continue Reading

Spray-on solar ink is coming soon — to paint on roofs and generate energy

Spray-on solar ink is coming soon — to paint on roofs and generate energy

[Update: We've clarified this story to make clear that Innovalight is not involved with this project]

Technology to turn light-absorbing materials into nano-size particles to make so-called solar ink that can be sprayed on to roofs to generate energy, is apparently only three to five years… Continue Reading

Vindicia raises $7.5M more for online billing

Vindicia raises $7.5M more for online billing

Vindicia, which provides companies with online software to help manage web billing and payments, has raised $7.5 million in a fourth round of venture funding.

The Redwood City, Calif., startup is one of several companies (Zuora and Aria Systems are the other ones we’ve covered) trying… Continue Reading

Revance absorbs $8M for topical Botox

Aesthetic drug developer Revance Therapeutics has landed $8 million in venture debt financing from Leader Ventures and Horizon Technology Finance. The money will be used to push its lead compound, a topical form of botulinum toxin type A (popularly known as Botox), through clinical stage… Continue Reading

Innovalight rakes in $5M for solar cell ink

Innovalight rakes in $5M for solar cell ink

Investors Leader Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank have shined on solar cell company Innovalight, providing $5 million in new financing toward the development of silicon solar modules so small they can be painted onto surfaces like ink.

The Sunnyvale, Calif. company uses liquid processing of silicon… Continue Reading

Fast-growing MobiTV raises $5M more to fund equipment purchases; total funding now at $129M

Fast-growing MobiTV raises $5M more to fund equipment purchases; total funding now at $129M

MobiTV, a heavily funded provider of white-label streaming video services, says it is adding a million subscribers to every six months. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company offers video streaming to any internet-connected device, but focuses on working with carriers and operators to provide professionally-produced television on… Continue Reading

VoloMedia raises $3.5M for download advertising and metrics

VoloMedia, a Menlo Park, Calif. advertising and measurement firm that was formerly known as Podbridge, has raised $3.5 million in a second round of financing.

Blended ads and analytics packages are more common in niche advertising markets like VoloMedia’s. The company puts ads into downloadable media… Continue Reading

LS9 takes $3M loan for biofuel plant equipment

LS9, a synthetic biology startup that’s modifying microbes to churn out biofuels, has taken on a $3 million loan toward the construction of a pilot production plant, according to VentureWire.

The loan was provided by Leader Ventures. LS9 has also taken about $20 million to date… Continue Reading

Travel sites Kayak and Sidestep merge, aim to become market leader

Travel sites Kayak and Sidestep merge, aim to become market leader

Updated

Travel search engine Kayak has taken on $196 million in additional funding from a prominent group of investors.

It has separately purchased main rival SideStep for $180 million, as well as $20 million in the company’s bank account for a total of $200, Techcrunch first reported…. 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