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Boston
Biotech, deals, startups

Ironwood Files to Go Public, Seeks to Raise as Much as $172.5M

Luke Timmerman 11/20/09

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is gearing up for the possibility of an IPO. The Cambridge, MA-based developer of a new treatment for bowel disorders like for irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation said it may raise as much as $172.5 million from investors through the deal, according to a prospectus filed late today.

The proposed offering would be underwritten by JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, and Wedbush PacGrow Life Sciences. The prospectus doesn’t list how many shares... Read more »

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Seattle
Public Companies, startups, trends

Google Demos Chrome OS, Microsoft Links Into LinkedIn, Amazon Ramps Up for Holidays, & More Big Company News

Gregory T. Huang 11/20/09

It’s been a busy week around here for the big tech companies. At Xconomy, we don’t usually report on things like product releases from Microsoft or sales figures from Amazon—our main focus is on new ideas,... Read more »

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Boston
IT, deals, VC

Mind, Body, & Cash: Lighter Living Raises $3M

Ryan McBride 11/20/09

Pilates is famous for shaping up peoples’ buttocks, tummies, and thighs. But what can the popularity of this fitness phenomenon and the market for health products do for investment portfolios? Cambridge, MA-based Lighter Living, which operates... Read more »

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San Diego
Synthetic Biology, Industrial Chemicals, Biofuels

After Re-Engineering Itself, Verdezyne Sets Course to Develop Biofuels and “Green” Industrial Chemicals

Bruce V. Bigelow 11/20/09

After Carlsbad, CA-based Verdezyne disclosed last month that it plans to raise more than $15 million in venture funding, I arranged to sit down with Damien Perriman, the company’s vice president of business development.

As it... Read more »

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Seattle
deals, startups, Investments

Under the Radar Deals: 12 Northwest Financings You Haven’t Heard About

Gregory T. Huang 11/20/09

We hope to make this a regular feature in our Xconomy cities. It’s a look at small financings of private companies in tech, life sciences, and cleantech. These are deals in the roughly $100,000 to $1... Read more »

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Seattle
people, Technology, events

Microsoft Will Buy Twitter, Adobe to Buy Picnik, and Other Bold Predictions for 2010

Gregory T. Huang 11/19/09

It wasn’t so much the predictions as the discussion that was most interesting at last night’s annual predictions dinner, organized by the Washington Technology Industry Association. Will Twitter be acquired in 2010, and why? Who... Read more »

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San Diego
automotive, cleantech, Cutbacks

Futuristic Carmaker Aptera Disputes Internal Rift, Acknowledges Cutbacks

Bruce V. Bigelow 11/19/09

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San Diego
Biofuels, startups, Collaborations

Big Energy Collaborations Seen to Jump-Start Emerging Biofuels Technologies

Bruce V. Bigelow 11/19/09

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Seattle
Venture Capital, startups, strategy

Dan Levitan on Maveron’s Bay Area Expansion, Its Latest Stealth Startup, and His First Starbucks

Gregory T. Huang 11/19/09

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Seattle
Roundup, Biotech, people

The Icos Alumni Guide, Trubion CEO Resigns, OVP Leads $30M Fate Deal, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News

Luke Timmerman 11/19/09

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Seattle
startups, Internet, trends

RealSelf, Backed by Second Avenue and Rich Barton, Blazes Trail with Cosmetic Review Site

Gregory T. Huang 11/18/09

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San Diego
Biotech, cleantech, Research Labs

Biotech Meets Cleantech: GenVault Aims to Deep Six the Laboratory Deep Freeze

Denise Gellene 11/18/09

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Xconomist Forum - Insight & Opinion

Boston
Entrepreneurship, startups, Education

On Founding a Company Fresh Out of College

Kevin Vogelsang 11/18/09

On May 18th of 2009, I signed the papers to legally incorporate my first company. Three weeks later, I graduated from MIT with my BS in biological engineering. Fast forward, and after... Read more »

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Boston
startups, deals, VC

Negotiating a Better Series A Deal

Sim Simeonov 11/12/09

[Updated 11/18/09, see below] This post is about how to get a better deal from VCs investing in your first round of financing. It is also about how to... Read more »

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Seattle
Economy, Markets, IPOs

Cautious Perspectives on Recovery in the IPO, M&A, and Credit Markets

Taft Kortus 11/12/09

The second half of 2009 provided a good measure of optimism, easing some of the pain investors felt toward the end of 2008 and in early 2009. The stock market has... Read more »

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Seattle
startups, entrepreneurs, Mentorship

The Rise of Agile Organizational Development

Andy Sack 11/9/09

There’s lots of buzz in the startup community about agile software development; there are software programs, books, and seminars on the topic, and even huge firms like IBM are now touting... Read more »

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Seattle
Biotech, people, Entrepreneurship

It Takes a Village to Raise an Entrepreneur: Cultivating the Emerging Seattle Talent Pool

Anthony Rodriguez 11/4/09

It can be argued that among talent, cash and technology, no factor is more critical to a start up than talent. The talent drives innovation, attracts the venture capital and makes... Read more »

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San Diego
Biotech, Hepatitis C, HIV

Combination Drugs Are The Future for Hepatitis C

Steve Worland 11/3/09

Combination therapy has been a central component of treatment for certain viral diseases for more than 15 years. The benefits of combination therapy can arise from activation of multiple host pathways,... Read more »

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