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Cheers to the Environment: PurposeEnergy Aims to Make Brewing More Sustainable

Erin Kutz 2/9/10

When Eric Fitch decided to start his own company a few years back after working on a string of other startups, he knew clean energy was the way to go. “I couldn’t escape the gravity of this renewable energy thing,” he says.

He thought the industrial and manufacturing arenas would be the best targets, as industries such as transportation were already teeming with renewable energy innovators. Luckily for Fitch, he had... Read more »

Biotech, people, cancer

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Infinity’s New CEO, Veteran Dealmaker, Seeks to Deliver on Company’s Early Promise

Luke Timmerman 2/9/10

The story of Infinity Pharmaceuticals can be told through three people. Steve Holtzman got the company started, and raised the money for the company’s proprietary chemistry. Julian Adams brought the focus on cancer drugs. Now it’s... Read more »

Roundup, deals, VC

Amazon Buys Touchco, Infinia Raises More Cash, the Truth About Photobucket, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

Gregory T. Huang 2/9/10

Another quiet week for deals in the Northwest as we head into the depths of winter. Nevertheless, there were a few notable deals in software, hardware, and energy.

—Kennewick, WA-based Infinia snapped up another $11.5 million... Read more »

IT, deals, marketing

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How to Win Influencers and Friend People: Pursway Raises $6M, Arrives in Boston

Wade Roush 2/9/10

If you change your tech startup’s name, you might get a one-line notice from the business press. If you get a prominent firm to invest in your technology, particularly if it’s a sizeable amount or if... Read more »

cleantech, funding, renewable energy

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Fallbrook Technologies Spinoff Viryd Raises Another $5M for Wind Power Innovation

Bruce V. Bigelow 2/8/10

Viryd Technologies, a wind turbine technology startup spun out last May by San Diego’s Fallbrook Technologies, has secured a $5 million investment that includes a Chinese maker of automotive components.

Viryd was founded near... Read more »

Biotech, Weight Loss, Drugs

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Zafgen’s Mysterious Weight Loss Drug Advances Into First Trial for Obese Women

Luke Timmerman 2/8/10

Zafgen arrived on the Boston biotech scene about 18 months ago with blue-chip venture backing, a highly regarded scientist as CEO, and an audacious idea. The Cambridge, MA-based company was developing a powerful new weight loss... Read more »

cleantech, Solar, VC

Infinia Raises $11.5M To Make New Solar-Power Generators, Entices Paul Allen Again

Luke Timmerman 2/5/10

cleantech, people, startups

The Outlook for Solar: Q&A With Borrego Solar CEO Mike Hall

Bruce V. Bigelow 2/5/10

Roundup, deals, IPOs

Ironwood Goes Public, Glasshouse and BG Medicine Aim to Do the Same, Vivox Collects $6.8M, & More Boston-Area Deals News

Rebecca Zacks 2/5/10

Software, IT, startups

Datacastle, with Aussie Connections, Moves Into Corporate Data Management

Gregory T. Huang 2/4/10

Biotech, Antibiotics, clinical trials

Optimer Passes Second Big Trial of Drug for Deadly Bacteria

Luke Timmerman 2/4/10

Xconomy, music, events

See You Tonight at Battle of the Tech Bands: Come for Boston!

Erin Kutz 2/4/10
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Biotech, incubators, startups

Seattle Needs an “Incubator” Culture

Matthew Scholz 2/4/10

If Seattle is to occupy a future place of dominance in the biotech world, it must foster more of an “incubator” culture. There is a “valley of death” between the well-funded... Read more »

Biotech, Global Health, people

Synchronicity is Not Just an Album by The Police. Nor is Serendipity Just a John Cusack movie.

Richard Gayle 2/1/10

The most incredible things happen when scientists with a common interest have an opportunity to simply talk with one another. On a bone-chilling December night, 50 Seattle researchers from more than... Read more »

innovation, Funding Gap, startups

Addressing the Innovation “Valley of Death:” It’s the Products, Stupid!

Duane J. Roth 1/26/10

Several articles published in the press this past year have emphasized the importance of technology innovation in creating high-paying jobs and fueling our nation’s economy. Janet Rae-Dupree’s aptly titled New York... Read more »

Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, startups

VCs Are Not Evil: What Entrepreneurs Need To Know

Jasper Kuria 1/25/10

Venture capitalists are not evil. That is the message that Bill Bryant, the prominent Seattle venture capitalist and venture partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, had for Seattle technology entrepreneurs earlier this... Read more »

Innovation Economy, Venture Capital, startups

Working Our Way Out of San Diego’s Capital Formation Drought

Martha Dennis 1/25/10

As Xconomy has reported on many occasions, hometown venture capital firms have been receding from the startup scene in San Diego. This new reality might not seem apparent because the broader... Read more »

cleantech, energy, startups

Achieving New Heights in Energy Efficiency in 2010

Nathan Rothman 1/13/10

If 2009 was the year that energy efficiency was elevated from a “nice-to-have” to a “must-have,” then 2010 will be the year that we go from talking about energy efficiency to... Read more »

startups, funding, Economy

Be of Good Cheer in New Year, All Ye Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders

Mike Elconin 1/12/10

Biotech, Genomics, cancer

Five Disruptive Biotech Ideas to Watch in the Coming Decade

David Walt 1/8/10

cleantech, nanotech, Biotech

Top Five Innovations to Watch in the Coming Decade

Robert Nelsen 1/7/10

Biotech, Genomics, people

Five Biotechnologies That Will Fade Away This Decade

Stephen Friend 1/6/10

startups, trends, Technology

The Startup Whisperer’s 2010 Technology Predictions

Matt Hulett 1/4/10

India, innovation, Entrepreneurship

India’s Innovation Front Lines 2009 (Part 4): Billionaire Democracy

Vinit Nijhawan 1/4/10
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