MoFuse gets seed funding to create sites for the mobile web

As the mobile web continues to be used more and more with the rise of unlimited data plans, more and more publishers are looking for ways to get their content on it. That’s where MoFuse comes in.

The Providence-R.I.-based company gives users an easy way to… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Monday, Jan. 21, 2008

Life sciences briefing: Monday, Jan. 21, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Joint-implant maker Ascension Orthopedics raises $21M (release)
High-speed sequencer Genome Corp. draws another $250K (GenomeWeb News)
Bausch & Lomb acquires implantable lens maker Eyeonics (release)
Bederra buys up Houston’s Diagnos and its PET-scan diagnostics (release)

High-speed sequencer Genome Corp. draws another $250K — Genome Corp., a Providence, R.I.,… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007

Featured companies: Ablynx, Cardiosolutions, Carigent Thereapeutics, Elusys, Genome Corp., GlobeImmune, Novazone, Targanta Therapeutics, Waterfront Media

UPDATED at 5:45am on 9/27/07

GlobeImmune raises $41M for immune-system therapies — GlobeImmune, a Louisville, Colo., biotech focused on new forms of immunotherapy to treat viral infections and cancer, raised $41.2 million in… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007

(UPDATED at 5:55pm PT: See below.)

Featured companies: Sierra Surgical Technologies, HerbalScience Nutraceuticals, Topigen Pharmaceuticals, EKR Therapeutics, Molecular Partners, Celsense, Glucose Sensing Technologies, Falcon Genomics, Waters, Calorimetry Sciences, Parion Sciences, Gilead Sciences, Isto Technologies, Fluidnet, NABsys

Sierra Surgical raises $7.1M — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sierra Surgical Technologies, a developer… Continue Reading