Rumor: TalkShoe closing in on $5M round
A source tells us that online community calling and podcasting site TalkShoe is in talks on a round of funding. The total is said to be $5 million and would likely come from Third Security, a Virginia-based private equity and venture capital firm.
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Cell imager and manipulator Cyntellect collects $15.1M
San Diego’s Cyntellect, a laboratory equipment maker focused on tools that image and manipulate living cells, raised $15.1 million in a fourth funding round. The company’s technology, which it says is based upon principles from the semiconductor industry, uses lasers to capture fluorescent cell images,… Continue Reading
Intrexon picks up $25M for gene therapy
Intrexon, a Blackburg, Va., developer of engineered gene therapies it calls “transcriptional therapeutics,” raised $25 million in a third round of financing provided by Third Security. Earlier funding rounds were provided by Third Security and NewVa Capital Partners.
Intrexon is at work on drugs based on… Continue Reading