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| 05.11.2021 | KLA Corporation Announces Opening of $200 Million Second Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan | KLA Corporation announced the official opening of its second U.S. headquarters, a $200 million facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Following its 2018 announcement to invest and break ground in Ann Arbor, KLA opens its new campus with a locally... |
| 05.11.2021 | KLA Announces Grand Opening of $200 Million Second Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan | MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced the official opening of its second U.S. headquarters, a $200 million facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Following its 2018 announcement to invest an... |
| 18.10.2017 | Ann Arbor Unicorn: After $70M Series D, Duo Security Valued at $1.1B | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated at 1:05 p.m. on 10/17/2017 to add comments from Duo CEO Dug Song; see below.] Ann Arbor, MI-based cybersecurity startup Duo Security today announced that it has close... |
| 05.01.2016 | Ann Arbor biotech upstart grabs $62M round and a PhII drug from AstraZeneca | Millendo CEO Julia Owens
Three years after Ann Arbor, MI-based Atterocor got started with a lead program for adrenal cancer, the biotech is now ready to launch into its next big stage of development after in-licensing a mid-stage drug from ... |
| 24.10.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 10/24/15 | NASDAQ acquired SecondMarket Solutions; Time bought Hello Giggles; Docker picked up Tutum
NASDAQ acquired transaction software provider SecondMarket Solutions. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
SecondMarket will be integrated i... |
| 19.10.2015 | Dyson acquires Sakti3 for $90M to help commercialize ‘breakthrough’ solid-state battery tech | Dyson, the U.K. company famous for its bagless vacuum cleaners, has acquired solid-state battery company Sakti3 in a deal worth $90 million.
The news comes just seven months after Dyson announced a $15 million investment in the company, a s... |
| 20.03.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/20/15 | InsideSales, Conversa Health, Glooko, Health Catalyst, Shuddle, Clearpath, GelSight, 1Mainstream
(Come mingle with hundreds of top venture capitalists representing $10B-plus in capital under management, including Khosla Ventures, Greylock a... |
| 16.03.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Pinterest raises $367M at $11B valuation
Pinterest, that company that lets millions of people “pin” pictures and other conte... |
| 16.03.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | 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!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 16.03.2015 | Dyson Invests $15M In Michigan Battery Tech Firm Sakti3 | Batteries are often still the main limiting factor when it comes to most electronic devices we use every day, and that includes electric vehicles. That’s why Dyson has invested $15 million into Sakti3, a Michigan-based firm that is developi... |
| 16.03.2015 | The Race is on to double the iPhone's Battery Life & beyond
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Search | The topic of batteries has been in the news a lot lately. In February we learned that Apple had been sued by an advanced battery company called A123 Systems for "employee raiding" or poaching. The technology could be for a car bat... |
| 15.03.2015 | Dyson powers $20M investment into solid-state battery company Sakti3 | Dyson may be more famous for vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, and bladeless fans, but the British electronics giant is spreading its wings with the news that it’s investing $15 million in Michigan-based solid-state battery company Sakti3. Exis... |
| 15.03.2015 | Dyson powers $20M investment into solid-state battery company Sakti3 | 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!
Dyson may be more famous for vacuum cleaners, han... |
| 21.08.2014 | Sakti3 Claims Breakthrough, a Sign of Life for Next-Gen Batteries | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Corrected, 9:35 pm.] Ask an engineer why we power our cars with gasoline rather than electric batteries and you’ll get a geeky answer: energy density. Said another way, gasol... |
| 26.06.2014 | Ann Arbor SPARK Snags $500K From MEDC to Establish New Angel Fund | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The business development agency Ann Arbor SPARK said on Wednesday that it has been awarded $500,000 from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to continue the M... |
| 18.01.2013 | Boeing’s Dreamliner batteries “inherently unsafe”—and yours may be too | A battery incident on an ANA 787 Dreamliner was the last straw for the FAA.
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| 12.04.2011 | Countdown to Michigan 2031: All In On Cleantech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Michigan may have potential in medical devices and software but in the end, the state’s high tech future, for better for worse, is really tied to cleantech.
For one thing, it ... |
| 13.09.2010 | Cheaper, faster electric cars by next year? | A lithium-ion battery developer raises $4.2M and may bring better performing EVs to the road
A new era of mass-produced, elecric vehicles for the average driver is upon is, and the venture capital industry is trying to embrace it.
To wit: S... |
| 10.09.2010 | Sakti3 Raises $4.2M from General Motors Ventures and Itochu Technology Ventures | Sakti3, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based developer of lithium-ion batteries, received a $4.2m investment from General Motors Ventures and Itochu Technology Ventures.
The new capital will enable the company, a spin-out of the University of... |
| 10.09.2010 | Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Sakti3 Gets $4.2 Million from GM, Itochu to Speed Up Commercialization Efforts | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Sakti3, an Ann Arbor, MI-based lithium-ion battery maker, announced today that it has brought in $4.2 million from General Motors Ventures and Itochu Technology Ventures to pu... |
| 21.04.2010 | Auto Battery Developer Sakti3 Gets $7M in Series B Funds; Company Stays Low Key | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When I last met Ann Marie Sastry, she was shivering in the cold, leaky basement of Detroit’s Cobo Hall at January’s auto show, talking about how her company, Ann Arbor, MI-bas... |
| 01.04.2010 | Khosla-backed Sakti3 bags $7M for advanced batteries | The advanced battery market appears to be dominated by several companies — Panasonic and Siemens on the high end, with A123Systems, Johnson Controls-Saft and Valence Technologies still up and coming. So it’s surprising to see a new name amo... |
| 01.04.2010 | Khosla-backed Sakti3 bags $7M for advanced batteries | 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!
The advanced battery market appears to be dominat... |
| 01.04.2010 | Sakti3 Raises $7M in Series B Financing | Sakti3, Inc., an Ann Arbor, MI-based developer of innovative lithium-ion batteries, completed its $7m Series B round of financing from new investor Beringea and previous investor Khosla Ventures.
The investment from Beringea was made throug... |
| - | Dyson acquires solid-state battery startup Sakti3, plans $1 billion investment in a battery factory | Dyson, a vacuum cleaner manufacturer turned tech company, acquired Michigan-based solid-state battery startup Sakti3 for $90 million and announced plans to build an important $1 billion battery factory to mass produce the next generation ba... |
