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funding, Private Equity, Fund-Raising

Near Record Pace of Private Equity Fund-Raising Hit Wall in September

Bruce V. Bigelow 1/8/09

Fund-raising by private equity firms slowed dramatically during the last three months of 2008, so much so, in fact, that an analysis shows an 18 percent overall decline among fund-raising by U.S. firms compared to 2007—all of it due to the Q4 meltdown.

An analysis published today in the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst newsletter found that 99 funds raised about $43 billion during the fourth quarter, a roughly 57 percent... Read more »

Biotech, Hepatitis C, Drugs

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Anadys Shares Boom on Hepatitis C Finding

Luke Timmerman 1/8/09

Anadys Pharmaceuticals is skyrocketing today. Shares in the San Diego-based biotech shot up more than 80 percent after it reported its experimental hepatitis C drug was able to wipe out more than 99 percent of the... Read more »

Software, Analytics, business intelligence

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Not Everyone is Shrinking: Business Analytics Technology Fuels Expansion at ParAccel

Bruce V. Bigelow 1/8/09

At a time when many tech companies are reducing their payrolls, San Diego’s ParAccel just announced it’s moving into a new headquarters to accommodate its rapid growth. The venture-backed company, which develops business analytics technologies that... Read more »

Life Sciences, Startup, China

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Huya Bioscience Taps Into China For Novel Drug Candidates

Bruce V. Bigelow 1/8/09

If there was an “ah-ha!” moment for Huya Bioscience International, it occurred in 2004, when founder Mireille Gingras was working as a consultant for mid-size biotech companies.

“I was looking for opportunities for in-licensing compounds in... Read more »

Biotech, Hepatitis C, Life Sciences

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Hepatitis C Drug From Anadys Shows Quick Virus-Killing Punch

Luke Timmerman 1/8/09

An early peek at data from Anadys Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ANDS) suggests the company may have a promising new drug in the works for hepatitis C. The San Diego-based biotech is announcing results today from the... Read more »

VC, Life Sciences, people

San Diego’s Forward Ventures Moves Toward a Lean and Virtual Future

Bruce V. Bigelow 1/7/09

Biotech, cancer, Allergies

Supersized Ambitions: VentiRx Aims to be Extra-Large Player in Cancer, Allergy Medicines

Luke Timmerman 1/7/09

digital media, wireless, people

Proclaiming the iPod is Dying, MP3.com’s Founder Launches A Web Site for Downloading Music to Your Cell Phone

Seth Hettena 1/6/09

deals, IPOs, VC

Survey Shows VC-Backed IPOs Hit 31-Year Low In ’08

Ryan McBride 1/5/09

deals, VC, buyouts

Qualcomm Strikes Deal With China’s Largest Cell Phone Maker, Volcano Moves to Buy Axsun, Life Technologies Buys Visigen, & More San Diego BizTech News

Bruce V. Bigelow 1/5/09
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Xconomist Forum - Insight & Opinion

innovation, ideas, people

What Will Change Everything?

Linda Stone 1/1/09

What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see? The Internet, television, antibiotics, automobiles, electricity, nuclear power, space travel, and cloning—these inventions were born out of dreams,... Read more »

IT, people, Data Storage

A Call For Good Data Stewardship Before The Digital Deluge

Fran Berman 12/23/08

Everybody knows that America’s crumbling roads, bridges, power plants, and other physical infrastructure won’t make it into the future without costly maintenance, retrofitting, and construction. It’s expensive but necessary: Our civil... Read more »

Biotech, Politics, people

Biotech “Walks With Light,” But If We Don’t Start Explaining it Better, We’re “Cuckoo”

H. Stewart Parker 12/22/08

For the last 17 years my office at Targeted Genetics looked out closely onto a pretty major intersection, busy with cars and pedestrians going to and from downtown Seattle. For years... Read more »

Biotech, Politics, cleantech

Innovation Will Set America Back on Track

Robert Nelsen 12/4/08

Software, innovation, management

Innovating New Winners in Established Markets

Brent Frei 11/17/08
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San Diego-Area Local Events

January 13

Hard Times and the Venture Outlook for Software Startups

DLA Piper San Diego - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
January 14

Business Continuity Planning for the Big One and Other Major Disasters

Barney & Barney San Diego - 7:30 - 9:00 am
January 21

The Next Fork in the Road: Opotek as a Case Study

The Salk Institute - 5:00 - 8:00 pm
January 21

Biocom Hosts Update on Capital Markets at Its January Breakfast Meeting

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January 23

BioFuels, BioMedicines & Farming from the Sea and Maritime Technologies Needed to Develop Them

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