| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.03.2020 | AristaMD Raises $18M to Expand eConsults Platform to Improve Patient Outcomes | What You Should Know:
– AristaMD has raised $18 million in Series B led by Cigna Ventures and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF), with participation from Avalon Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Stanford Health Care.
– Now more t... |
| 13.11.2019 | COI Pharmaceuticals Acquires Calporta by Merck for $576M | SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–COI Pharmaceuticals, the Community Of Innovation established by Avalon Ventures, today announced the acquisition of Calporta Therapeutics, Inc. by Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Calporta ... |
| 11.09.2019 | GlaxoSmithKline to Acquire Sitari | SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Avalon Ventures today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the acquisition of Sitari Pharmaceuticals by GSK. Sitari has been developing a novel treatment for celiac d... |
| 30.04.2018 | Every Boston Venture Firm, Listed | The reports on 1Q 2018 are in: 1,683 venture-backed companies raised $28.2 billion in funds last quarter, according to industry database Pitchbook. It's the fourth quarter in a row that has seen over $20 billion in venture capital, and $28.... |
| 01.02.2018 | Is too much money being invested in oncology? | Oncology is to funding as gravity is to everything else – but is it over the top? Is cancer investment too much, too little or just right?
“I’ve been asking this for a number of years,” said Jay Lichter, managing director at Avalon Ventures... |
| 23.03.2017 | Can S.D. Prosper Without a Unicorn? | San Diego People in the local startup community like to talk about a few big topics on a regular basis: raising money, finding talent, and San Diego’s inhospitable habitat for breeding unicorns.
The unicorn topic in particular repeatedly ... |
| 01.10.2016 | Meet Rich Levandov, Partner at Avalon Ventures | Still investing from seed to Series A rounds, Rich was one of the first investors in Zynga
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark Cuban (... |
| 22.07.2016 | A Q&A with AristaMD CEO: The shifting landscape of the specialist referral software sector | San Diego-based AristaMD’s fundraise this week reflects the latest health IT startup to throw its hat into the physician referral space. The software company’s strategy is to improve communication between primary care physicians and special... |
| 20.07.2016 | Synthorx receives $10M to pivot toward treatments | The influx of capital will fund a significant evolution at Synthorx, which has been focused on validating their synthetic biology technology. The additional resources will allow them to begin developing treatments, pivoting from a platform ... |
| 18.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 18, 2016 | Aria Systems raised $50M; Verizon led $57M in Jana; Vera closed $17M Series B funding
Vyopta, provider of video collaboration analytics, closed its very first round of venture capital, netting the company a $5 million Series A led by AVX Pa... |
| 09.11.2015 | Avalon Ventures and GSK Expand Collaboration; Invest $10M in Iron Horse Therapeutics | Avalon Ventures and GSK are expandind their collaboration to fund and launch early-stage life science companies in San Diego.
The collaboration is now worth up to a potential additional $60m in combined funding and earn-outs per company.
Un... |
| 14.09.2015 | Life sciences investor Avalon Ventures raising $300 million in 11th fund | The biotech investment landscape has changed, of course, since 2012. On top of that, Avalon has made some bold investment choices in the past few years – highlighted in part by its partnership with GlaxoSmithKline, launched in 2013, that wi... |
| 14.09.2015 |
Avalon Ventures Gets Commitments Of $103M In New, $300M Fund
| La Jolla-based venture capital investor Avalon Ventures has just received a $103M commitment to a new, $300M fund, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The filing indicates that, so far, the fund has 26 investors in the first sale.... |
| 17.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 17, 2015 | LeadPages secured $27M; Doctor On Demand closed $50M; Mapbox landed $52.6M
Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides video visits with board-certified physicians on a patient's smartphone closed a $50 million round of Series B fi... |
| 15.06.2015 | Avalon Ventures launches 3 biotech startups with GSK | Adrenergics is developing a medication geared toward dilated cardiomyopathy — a heart muscle disease that results in inefficient pumping of blood. It doesn’t disclose whether the drug’s a biologic or small molecule.
CadheRx is building anti... |
| 14.06.2015 | 3 essential roles in any business: Finders, minders, and grinders | When a startup is successful beyond anyone’s imagination, a question naturally arises: Why did it take off? Ask 10 people involved with the company and you’ll get 10 different stories: for one, it was the founder; for another, early access ... |
| 14.06.2015 | 3 essential roles in any business: Finders, minders, and grinders | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When a startup is successful beyond anyone’s imag... |
| 03.04.2015 | With VCs riding unicorns just to collect their logos, we all stand to lose | Today’s market observers are seeing a new trend: big-name VC firms that are traditionally known for early-stage investing are increasingly jumping into later-stage deals. Why? Just to get these unicorns into their portfolios.
According to C... |
| 01.04.2015 | Online to Offline Commerce is the Holy Grail of the Internet | For Jon Carder, founder and CEO of Mogl, driving online to offline commerce is like the Holy Grail of the internet. That’s because, as he explains, it’s difficult to track somebody who sees an online ad and then goes to purchase the offer i... |
| 15.02.2015 | How to ‘predict’ the future: Thesis-driven investing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Avalon Ventures doggedly sticks to its three-pron... |
| 15.02.2015 | How to ‘predict’ the future: Thesis-driven investing | Avalon Ventures doggedly sticks to its three-pronged investment strategy, and we’ve had repeated success with it. While some have referred to this success as prescience, it’s more sophisticated (and more interesting) than looking into a cry... |
| 23.09.2014 | Kinvey Raises $10.8M Series B to Quickly Corner the Enterprise IT Market | Mobile Backend as a Service startup Kinvey announced Tuesday it has raised $10.8 million in Series B financing to fuel the growth of the startup's product offering and team.
New investors NTT DOCOMO Ventures and Verizon Ventures participate... |
| 22.09.2014 | Thyritope Biosciences to Receive up to $10M in Series A Financing | Thyritope Biosciences, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based developer of therapeutics that target thyroid stimulating auto-antibodies, will receive up to $10m in Series A financing and R&D support.
Backers included Avalon Ventures and GlaxoSmith... |
| 22.09.2014 | Silarus Therapeutics to Receive up to $10M in Series A Financing | Silarus Therapeutics, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based developer of therapeutics for the treatment of anemia and iron overload disorders, will receive up to $10m in Series A financing and R&D support.
Backers included Avalon Ventures and Gla... |
| 23.05.2014 | Drones-with-software maker Skycatch takes off with a new $13.2M in tow | Cute little drones are really cool right now — Box’s Aaron Levie even brought one out onstage at the BoxDev conference two months ago for no reason other than to entertain the audience.
In fact, they’re so lovable, that the company behind t... |
| 26.03.2014 | Indix Raises $8.5M in Series A-1 Financing | Indix Corporation, a Seattle, WA-based SaaS, Big Data product intelligence platform company, closed an $8.5m of a $9m Series A-1 round of financing.
The round was co-led by Avalon Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners.
The company intends to ... |
| 26.03.2014 | SaaS & Big Data startup Indix raising $9M afresh led by Avalon and Nexus | Indix Corporation, a SaaS and Big Data product intelligence platform company, on Wednesday announced that it has closed $8.5 million of a $9 million Series A-1 round of financing, co-led by Avalon Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. This i... |
| 09.01.2014 | Avelas’ luminous mapping technology to guide breast cancer surgery attracts $6.85M | Avalon Ventures led the round and new investors Torrey Pines Investment, WuXi AppTec and an unnamed investor also took part.
One advantage of Avelas’ platform is that it can help surgeons evaluate tumor samples in real-time. According to th... |
| 22.11.2013 | Sitari Pharmaceuticals Raises $10M in Series A Financing | Sitari Pharmaceuticals, a San Diego, CA-based developer of treatments for multiple disease indications, with an initial focus on celiac disease, raised $10m in Series A financing.
The company, which has been formed and funded by Avalon Vent... |
| 22.11.2013 | First drug discovery startup emerges from GSK-Avalon deal to take on celiac disease | Jay Lichter, managing director of Avalon Ventures, said that the market opportunity for such a solution lies in the fact that the only existing treatment for celiac is for people to maintain a gluten-free diet. That might be doable at home,... |
| 23.10.2013 | Teambox cierra una ronda de $5 millones liderada por Avalon Ventures | 23/10/2013
Nota de Prensa
TEAMBOX CIERRA UNA RONDA DE FINANCIACIÓN DE $5 MILLONES LIDERADA POR AVALON VENTURES.
Teambox, la compañía tecnológica dedicada a la gestión de trabajo colaborativo online, ha anunciado el cierre de una ronda de... |
| 22.10.2013 | Teambox Raises $5M in Series A Financing | Teambox, a Redwood City, California-based provider of innovative collaboration and business communications tools, raised $5m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Avalon Ventures, with participation from the Data Collective Fund.
The ... |
| 10.09.2013 | Standing Cloud Acquired by SF’s AppDirect, Will Remain in Boulder | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Standing Cloud, a venture-backed startup in Boulder, has been acquired by AppDirect for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Tuesday.
Standing Cloud was developing a ... |
| 23.05.2013 | Happy Cloud Raises $4.25M in Series A Funding | Happy Cloud, a NYC-based a game service, raised $4.25m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Avalon Ventures, with participation from Jesselson Capital and Shaman Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to grow the team and launc... |
| 23.04.2013 | Avalon Ventures and GlaxoSmithKline Team up to Launch 10 Life Science Startups in San Diego | Avalon Ventures teamed up with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to fund and launch up to ten early-stage life science companies in San Diego, CA.
The venture capital firm will identify promising new technologies focusing on early-stage discovery acros... |
| 23.04.2013 | Nanigans Closes $5.8M in Series A.1 Funding | Nanigans, a Boston, Mass.-based provider of an advertising technology which leverages lifetime value, closed $5.8m in Series A.1 funding.
The round was led by existing investor Avalon Ventures, which had led the series a round in August 201... |
| 03.04.2013 | Seattle Roundup: Indix, Haiku, Livemocha, WebTuner, and More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A handful of interesting local companies have raised significant capital in the last week, including Indix and Haiku Deck, and stealthy WebTuner, which added to an earlier rou... |
| 01.04.2013 | Proximal Data Raises $2M in Series B Funding | Proximal Data, a San Diego, CA-based provider of server-side caching solutions specifically designed for virtualized environments, raised $2m in Series B funding.
Backers included existing investor Avalon Ventures and new investor Divergent... |
| 21.03.2013 | Tapad Closes $6.5M Series B Funding | Tapad, a New York-based provider of unified cross-device advertising solutions, closed its $6.5m Series B round of funding.
Backers included Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVC) and existing investors FirstMark Capital and A... |
| 13.02.2013 | LoopIt Receives Seed Funding from Avalon Ventures | LoopIt, a Boston, MA-based developer of a conversation engine for online shopping advices, received a seed funding from Avalon Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Co-Founded by Geraldine Laybourne and Andrew Lau, LoopIt aims... |
| 19.01.2013 | LoopIt Raises Seed Funding | LoopIt, a conversation engine that allows consumers to ask friends across social networks for shopping advice and opinions, has raised a seed funding.
The amount of the round, which was led by Avalon Ventures, was not disclosed.
The company... |
| 16.01.2013 |
Avalon Ventures Backs LoopIt
| San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt, according to the companies. Size of the funding was not announced. LoopIt is based in Cambridge, Mass., ... |
| 28.12.2012 | On the prowl for more laughs, Cheezburger gobbles up cash | Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh
Cheezburger Network, the Seattle online comedy network behind Fail Blog, I Can Has Cheezburger, The Daily What and dozens of other sites, has raised an additional $5 million in funding.
A SEC filing today notes that ... |
| 07.12.2012 | Lessons from Southeast Asia: trials and tribulations of a young VC | James Chan is chief hustler at Silicon Straits, and concurrently principal at Neoteny Labs. He is currently kicking the cans around on a couple of fronts, some of which you might hear about soon.
It’s not easy to be a young venture capital... |
| 07.12.2012 | Lessons from Southeast Asia: trials and tribulations of a young VC | James Chan is chief hustler at Silicon Straits, and concurrently principal at Neoteny Labs. He is currently kicking the cans around on a couple of fronts, some of which you might hear about soon.
It’s not easy to be a young venture capitali... |
| 06.12.2012 | Avelas Biosciences Closes $7.65M Series A Financing | Avelas Biosciences, a San Diego, CA-based developer of fluorescent technologies that advance a technology for cancer surgery, has closed a $7.65m Series A financing.
Founded on technology generated by scientist Roger Tsien, Ph.D., and led b... |
| 20.11.2012 | Kaltura Raises $25M in Funding | Kaltura, a NYC-based open source video platform, had raised $25m in funding.
Backers include new investors Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc., and ORIX Ventures, and existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Intel Capital, .406 Ventu... |
| 05.11.2012 | This is not your mom's Silicon Valley | There is a systemic shift happening across the startup world as everyone becomes an entrepreneur
With most of the high-profile social networking stocks (Facebook and Zynga, in particular) down in the public market, it's no wonder that some ... |
| 18.10.2012 |
Avalon Ventures Backs Selectable Media
| San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media, to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exch... |
| 18.10.2012 | Selectable Media Raises $2M in Series A Funding from Avalon Ventures | Selectable Media, a New York, NY-based provider of solutions that enable consumers to unlock digital content, has raised $2m in Series A funding from Avalon Ventures.
The company intends to use the capital to grow across all platforms and d... |
| 02.10.2012 | More CIA Money For NoSQL: In-Q-Tel Backs Cloudant | Today cloud-hosted database provider Cloudant announced it has received both a custom development agreement and an undisclosed investment from In-Q-Tel, an independent non-profit venture capital firm funded by the CIA and other U.S. intelli... |
| 19.07.2012 | It's not a seed bubble, it's a systemic economic shift | A Venture Shift panel weighs in on whether or not we're in a seed bubble
Venture Shift got off to a rockin’ start with opening remarks from Vator's Bambi Francisco on the merits and downside of the JOBS Act, and Bullpen Capital's Paul Marti... |
| 11.07.2012 | Kinvey Raises $5 Million For Mobile And Web App Backend As A Service | Kinvey, the TechStars startup out of Boston that provides a unique backend as a service (BaaS), has closed $5 million in a new Series-A round of financing, led by Avalon Ventures with Atlas Venture following on. Kinvey previously raised a $... |
| 21.06.2012 | Juliet Marine’s “Ghost” Ship Emerges from Stealth Startup, Gears Up for War | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
About an hour north of Boston, in a city by the sea, there’s a project underway to reinvent the marine industry. More specifically, the marine defense industry.
Imagine a boat... |
| 20.04.2012 | Chumby calls it quits after tricky move from hardware to software | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Above: Remember Chumby?
Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ardvaark/
A lovable touchscreen gadget with beanbag mystique called ... |
| 01.02.2012 | MOGL Raises $10M in Second Funding Round | MOGL, a Solana-Beach, California-based provider of a platform that leverages game mechanics and human psychology to offer multiple incentives that motivate consumers to return again and again to member restaurant venues, today announced tha... |
| 31.01.2012 | Dining Out? Mogl Grabs $10 Million For Its Gamified, Charitable Loyalty Program | Would you like some gamification with your french fries? Well, one San Diego-based startup is willing to bet you just might. Mogl, which describes itself as not only “a party in your wallet” but also a “four letter word you can say in front... |
| 07.12.2011 | Aratana Therapeutics Closes $15M Series B Financing | Aratana Therapeutics, a Kansas City, KS-based animal health company developing innovative medicines for companion animals, has closed a $15m Series B financing.
Backers include existing investors MPM Capital, Avalon Ventures and Cultivian V... |
| 10.11.2011 | Standing Cloud Raises $3M | Standing Cloud, a Boulder, Colorado-based provider of cloud application management services, has raised an additional $3m in financing.
Backers include existing investors Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures.
The round brings the company’s tot... |
| 08.11.2011 | Chart.io Secures $3.15M in Series A Funding | Chart.io, a San Francisco-based cloud business intelligence platform, secured $3.15m in a Series A funding.
The round was led by Avalon Ventures, with participation from Bullpen Capital.
This investment brings the total amount raised by the... |
| 18.01.2011 | LOLcats creator Cheezburger rakes in $30M | The misspelled company gets backing from Foundry Group and others
It’s really, really hard to write about Cheezburger because it’s so easy to get sucked into the memes and lose track of time. The publisher of LOLcats, FAIL blog, and other m... |
| 18.01.2011 | Cheezburger, With Dreams of Domination in Internet Humor, Grabs $30M From Foundry Group, Madrona, Avalon, SoftBank | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Cheezburger became a viral Internet success story on little more than the moxie of its founders and a shoestring budget. But now it has opted to take big-time venture capital ... |
| 10.01.2011 | Avalon Ventures Closes $200M Venture Capital Fund | Avalon Ventures, a La Jolla, California-based venture capital firm, has closed its ninth fund at $200m.
With an original target of $150m, Avalon Ventures IX, LP, was more than 33% oversubscribed by the majority of existing investors who com... |
| 10.01.2011 | Avalon Ventures closes $200 million fund IX | Ninth and largest fund from San Diego investment firm, previously invested in Backupify, Zynga
Avalon Ventures announced Monday that it has closed capital commitments of $200 million for its ninth and largest fund, Avalon Ventures IX, LP.
T... |
| 03.11.2010 | Why Rich Levandov Invested Early in Zynga, and Why It Took Off—Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Consider | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
On the last day of September, San Diego-based Avalon Ventures announced a closing of $161 million for its new fund—Avalon IX—on its way toward an upper target of $200 million.... |
| 05.03.2009 | Simulmedia launches today to bolster TV show promotions | Television channels spend a staggering $10 billion every year on commercial spots promoting their own shows. Riding this wave, Simulmedia launched today to increase the relevance of these ads and ultimately boost program ratings by better e... |
| 09.07.2007 | BioVex raises $22M for cancer-killing viruses | Woburn, Mass.-based BioVex, a biotech working on new ways to attack cancer and infections, raised $22 million in a fifth funding round. Triathlon Medical Ventures led the round, joined by New Science Ventures, Forbion Capital Ventures, Aval... |
| 15.06.2007 | InCode BioPharmaceutics raises $2M to target autoimmunity | InCode BioPharmaceutics, a Lahaina, Hawaii, biotech targeting autoimmune and inflammatory disease, raised $2 million in a second funding round, VentureWire reports (subscription required). The funding was provided by Avalon Ventures.
InCode... |
| - | A Q&A with AristaMD CEO: The shifting landscape of the specialist referral software sector | A few years ago, physician referral software was a popular area for health IT startups. Now they are getting snapped up by larger health IT vendors seeking to diversify their businesses as accountable care organizations, patient-centered me... |
| - | Avelas’ luminous mapping technology to guide breast cancer surgery attracts $6.85M | The development of ways to illuminate cancerous tissue to guide surgeons is a life science innovation that’s attracted a growing amount of interest. Avelas Biosciences has raised $6.85 million as part of a Series B round to advance its fluo... |
| - | Avalon Ventures launches 3 biotech startups with GSK | San Diego-based Avalon Ventures has launched three new biotech startups, as part of an unconventional partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.
Two years ago, the pharma giant and Avalon said they’d fund and co-launch 10 new early-stage life scienc... |
| - | Новости одной строкой: рост выручки Mail.Ru и обвинения в адрес Microsoft | СтартапАфиша представляет подборку новостей, которые не претендуют на событие дня, но при этом не могут остаться без внимания.
РОСТ. Выручка Mail.Ru в третьем квартале выросла на 36,5% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом 2011 года, составив... |
| - | First drug discovery startup emerges from GSK-Avalon deal to take on celiac disease | The $495 million innovation collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline and early-stage investor Avalon Ventures has produced its first fruits in the form of a company initially focused on treating celiac disease.
Sitari Pharmaceuticals launched ... |
| - | Richard Branson Gets Into Carpooling | Septiembre 16, 2014 3 min de lectura
Entrepreneur extraordinaire, billionaire and Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson has jets and yachts galore. He even has a plane that operates underwater. But his newest interest? Carpooling.
Branson part... |
| - | Synthorx receives $10M to pivot toward treatments | Synthorx, a synthetic biology company based in San Diego, has received $10 million in series B financing.
The company will use the money to ramp up efforts to develop advanced protein therapeutics based on its synthetic amino acid platform.... |
| - | Is too much money being invested in oncology? | Between venture capitalists flush with cash and corporate mergers and acquisitions, money is gushing into oncology.
The $1 billion-plus invested in Grail is the grand example, but every week, another big deal is announced. After spending $1... |
| - | Life sciences investor Avalon Ventures raising $300 million in 11th fund | Looks like San Diego life sciences and tech investment firm Avalon Ventures is in the midst of compiling its eleventh fund, looking to raise $300 million.
Fund XI, according to an SEC filing, has raised $103.5 million of the proposed $300 m... |