Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Gets $55M For Immunotherapy Efforts Houston-based Bellicum Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has raised $55M in a Series C funding, to go towards development of its cellular immunotherapy products. According to Bellicum, the funding came from RA Capital Management, LLC, Perceptive Advisors, LLC, Jennison Associates LLC (on behalf of certain clients), Sabby Capital, LLC, Ridgeback Capital Management, venBio Select, Redmile Group, LLC, AJU IB Investment and others. The fundi (More info...) posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 (More)(Full story) Compare Metrics Becomes Edgecase Austin-based Compare Metrics has renamed itself Edgecase, and launched a new product aimed at online retailers. The company--which develops solftware tools to help retailers create online shopping and product discovery experiences--said its clients now include retailer such as Crate & Barrel, Urban Decay, Golfsmith, Rebecca Minkoff, Wasserstrom, and others. The company is backed by Allegro Ventures, Austin Ventures, Floodgate, Hurt Family Inves (More info...) posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014(Full story) Theatro Finds $8.8M Dallas-based Theatro, which is developing wearable, voice-enabled mobile communications devices, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, bringing its total raised to $8.8M. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, and also included earlier backing from angel investors. Khosla's Ben Ling joins the company's board as part of the funding. Theatro, which is led by Chris Todd, said the funding will go towards sales, marketing, and its product. Theatro's device (More info...) posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 (More)(Full story) Newgistics Bolsters Board With Retailing Vets Austin-based e-commerce provider Newgistics said this morning that it has bolstered its board of directors. The company said it added Andrea Weiss of Retail Consulting and Robert Rosenblatt, most recently of interim president of Ideeli.com, to its board. Weiss has been President of Guess?, and also served as an executive for Limited Brands and Ann Taylor, in addition to serving on the boards of such companies as Chico's, Pep Boys, Cracker Barrel Old (More info...) posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014(Full story) |
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