What Company Is Offering:
iContract delivers solutions for managing contracts that are faster, easier and less expensive to implement.Powered by a Simplified Common User Interface (SCUI) that makes every user an "expert" by learning just two simple, reusable views and is backed by highly evolved data architecture built by technologists with considerable and unique experience in building contract management solutions for the Life Sciences industry. This deep understanding and straightforward approach shows in everything they do. IContracts comprehensive suite of solutions manages all aspects of a Life Science company's chargeback, rebate and Medicaid processes as well as other incentive agreements and Government Pricing compliance at all levels.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Edison Venture Fund announced a $4 million investment in iContracts based in Three Bridges, NJ. The proceeds will be used to expand development, marketing and sales.
The contract management solutions are designed for the unique requirements of Life Sciences manufacturers and distributors. The comprehensive suite of fully integrated solutions manages chargeback, rebate and Medicaid processes. iContract also complies with government pricing regulations and incentive agreements.
John Martinson, Managing Partner, and two Edison Director Network members, serve on iContract's Board of Directors. Flint Lane is the CEO of another Edison success, Billtrust. Rob LeClair is a pharma contract expert and CFO of Octagon Research, the leader in FDA submissions. Rob Finn, Associate conducted Edison's due diligence.
More at:www.icontracts.com
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Cequint provides technology that enables wireless carriers to offer enhanced Caller ID services
What Company Is Offering:
Cequint provides technology that enables wireless carriers to offer enhanced Caller ID services. The company's City ID product is a patent-protected Caller ID feature that automatically displays the city and state beneath the number of every wireless call received.City ID covers over 20,000 cities in North America, including suburbs and even neighborhoods within larger metropolitan areas. City ID represents the first enhancement in wireless Caller ID technology in nearly a decade and is realizing enormous pent up demand from carriers, manufacturers, and end customers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cequint Inc., a Seattle-based developer of caller ID technology for mobile phones, has expanded its Series B round to a total of $7.1 million, according to a regulatory filing. iSherpa Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backer Benaroya Capital.
More at:www.cequint.com
Cequint provides technology that enables wireless carriers to offer enhanced Caller ID services. The company's City ID product is a patent-protected Caller ID feature that automatically displays the city and state beneath the number of every wireless call received.City ID covers over 20,000 cities in North America, including suburbs and even neighborhoods within larger metropolitan areas. City ID represents the first enhancement in wireless Caller ID technology in nearly a decade and is realizing enormous pent up demand from carriers, manufacturers, and end customers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cequint Inc., a Seattle-based developer of caller ID technology for mobile phones, has expanded its Series B round to a total of $7.1 million, according to a regulatory filing. iSherpa Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backer Benaroya Capital.
More at:www.cequint.com
MeetUp Inc., the New York-based "Web meets world" company, has raised $7.5 million
What Company Is Offering:
Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MeetUp Inc., the New York-based "Web meets world" company, has raised $7.5 million in Series D funding. The round had been announced earlier this month, but without a dollar amount. Union Square Ventures led the round, while other shareholders include Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Omidyar Network.
More at:www.meetup.com
Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MeetUp Inc., the New York-based "Web meets world" company, has raised $7.5 million in Series D funding. The round had been announced earlier this month, but without a dollar amount. Union Square Ventures led the round, while other shareholders include Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Omidyar Network.
More at:www.meetup.com
SpectraGenics Inc is developer of OTC consumer cosmetic medical devices, has called down around $30 million of a $37 million
What Company Is Offering:
SpectraGenics, a leader in light-based therapeutic beauty devices, gives men and women the freedom to incorporate clinically-proven aesthetic technologies into their personal care regimen with out the inconvenience and investment associated with professional treatments.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpectraGenics Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based developer of OTC consumer cosmetic medical devices, has called down around $30 million of a $37 million Series E round, according to a regulatory filing. Aisling Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers like De Novo Ventures, Technology Partners, GVC (Japan) and Vivo Ventures.
More at:www.spectragenics.com
SpectraGenics, a leader in light-based therapeutic beauty devices, gives men and women the freedom to incorporate clinically-proven aesthetic technologies into their personal care regimen with out the inconvenience and investment associated with professional treatments.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpectraGenics Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based developer of OTC consumer cosmetic medical devices, has called down around $30 million of a $37 million Series E round, according to a regulatory filing. Aisling Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers like De Novo Ventures, Technology Partners, GVC (Japan) and Vivo Ventures.
More at:www.spectragenics.com
HourTown is the most intelligent way for small business owners to schedule their customers and market their services online
What Company Is Offering:
HourTown is the most intelligent way for small business owners to schedule their customers and market their services online.
HourTown makes it easy for new and existing customers to connect with your business and schedule an appointment online. It helps manage your schedule, markets your services and notifies you when someone schedules an appointment. There's nothing to install and it works on any computer.
How It Works:
HourTown Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of online scheduling software for small business owners, has secured $450,000 of a $1 million Series A round led by Baseline Ventures, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.hourtown.com
HourTown is the most intelligent way for small business owners to schedule their customers and market their services online.
HourTown makes it easy for new and existing customers to connect with your business and schedule an appointment online. It helps manage your schedule, markets your services and notifies you when someone schedules an appointment. There's nothing to install and it works on any computer.
How It Works:
HourTown Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of online scheduling software for small business owners, has secured $450,000 of a $1 million Series A round led by Baseline Ventures, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.hourtown.com
Deposco offers next-generation supply chain solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers
What Company Is Offering:
Deposco offers next-generation supply chain solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and 3PL’s. Past supply chain solutions were limiting due to their expense, closed architecture, lack of mobility, and inability to share with partners. Our SaaS delivery model, rapid implementation and easy customization drive quick ROI with minimal up-front investment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Deposco, the industry’s leading authority on next-generation supply chain solutions for manufacturers, distributors, retailers and third party logistics providers, today announced the completion of a strategic investment with the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. This marks the first strategic investment for the rapidly growing supply chain solutions provider.
“We are pleased to have UPS, one of the most influential logistics solutions providers in the world, as an investor,” said Chris Clark, Chief Executive Officer and President of Deposco. “Their knowledge and operational experience in logistics and supply chain management will greatly enhance Deposco’s ability to deliver superior technology to the supply chain solutions marketplace.”
More at:www.deposco.com
Deposco offers next-generation supply chain solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and 3PL’s. Past supply chain solutions were limiting due to their expense, closed architecture, lack of mobility, and inability to share with partners. Our SaaS delivery model, rapid implementation and easy customization drive quick ROI with minimal up-front investment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Deposco, the industry’s leading authority on next-generation supply chain solutions for manufacturers, distributors, retailers and third party logistics providers, today announced the completion of a strategic investment with the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. This marks the first strategic investment for the rapidly growing supply chain solutions provider.
“We are pleased to have UPS, one of the most influential logistics solutions providers in the world, as an investor,” said Chris Clark, Chief Executive Officer and President of Deposco. “Their knowledge and operational experience in logistics and supply chain management will greatly enhance Deposco’s ability to deliver superior technology to the supply chain solutions marketplace.”
More at:www.deposco.com
Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers
What Company Is Offering:
Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers. The company offers an innovative service leveraging paid search tactics combined with in-store merchandising practices for application against eCommerce efforts. SearchNet, the company’s network of retail and comparison shopping sites, offers manufacturers the opportunity to use CPC bids to heighten their position within search results and product listings across the network, and provides retailers the opportunity to merchandise, monetize and maximize their eTail efforts through HitList. At both ends of the spectrum, Searchandise Commerce’s services are designed to engage prospects at the point of purchase to increase revenue and sales.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Guidester, Inc. today announced its re-launch as Searchandise Commerce, shifting the company’s focus from navigational tools to search-based merchandising services. The company has added to its executive team with key appointments from ATG and Google and secured $7.5 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Cloquet Capital Partners, LLC with participation from existing investors DFJ Gotham, Wheatley Partners, Milestone Venture Partners, Inflection Point Ventures and Tim Draper. The Series C funds will be used to expand sales, marketing and general growth initiatives.
Searchandise Commerce combines best practices from paid search and in-store merchandising. For manufacturers, Searchandise Commerce provides an innovative service for leveraging cost-per-click (CPC) marketing to affect placement on search results, product showcases and product listings across SearchNetTM, the company’s network of leading retailers and comparison shopping engines including PriceGrabber, Become.com and Buy.com. The service has been developed to provide manufacturers with the tools to manage reach, rank and revenue through familiar paid search tactics and like any point-of-purchase effort, participation gives manufacturers a tool to impact buyers when they are in active buying mode.
More at: http://www.searchandise.net
Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers. The company offers an innovative service leveraging paid search tactics combined with in-store merchandising practices for application against eCommerce efforts. SearchNet, the company’s network of retail and comparison shopping sites, offers manufacturers the opportunity to use CPC bids to heighten their position within search results and product listings across the network, and provides retailers the opportunity to merchandise, monetize and maximize their eTail efforts through HitList. At both ends of the spectrum, Searchandise Commerce’s services are designed to engage prospects at the point of purchase to increase revenue and sales.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Guidester, Inc. today announced its re-launch as Searchandise Commerce, shifting the company’s focus from navigational tools to search-based merchandising services. The company has added to its executive team with key appointments from ATG and Google and secured $7.5 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Cloquet Capital Partners, LLC with participation from existing investors DFJ Gotham, Wheatley Partners, Milestone Venture Partners, Inflection Point Ventures and Tim Draper. The Series C funds will be used to expand sales, marketing and general growth initiatives.
Searchandise Commerce combines best practices from paid search and in-store merchandising. For manufacturers, Searchandise Commerce provides an innovative service for leveraging cost-per-click (CPC) marketing to affect placement on search results, product showcases and product listings across SearchNetTM, the company’s network of leading retailers and comparison shopping engines including PriceGrabber, Become.com and Buy.com. The service has been developed to provide manufacturers with the tools to manage reach, rank and revenue through familiar paid search tactics and like any point-of-purchase effort, participation gives manufacturers a tool to impact buyers when they are in active buying mode.
More at: http://www.searchandise.net
Heatwave Interactive is an entertainment production company has received a $7.5 million series “A” investment
About Company:
Heatwave Interactive is an entertainment production company developing original and licensed games that crossover to film and television. Staffed by veterans from multiple media industries, Heatwave’s team members are credited with over 50 commercial video games including Wing Commander (series), Battlefield 2 (series), Ultima Online (series), Star Wars (various), Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, and Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa. Supporting the Central Studio is a Board of Advisors, including Jason Bell, CEO of Chrysalis Games, formerly of Turbine, Atari, EA, and Kesmai; Ann E. Kronen, formerly of Atari, Humongous Entertainment, Disney, Phillips, and Broderbund Software; and Charles J. Weber, CEO of Weber Communications, formerly of LucasFilm Ltd.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Heatwave Interactive announced that it has received a $7.5 million series “A” investment from Syncom Venture Partners for the initial funding of “Central Studio” which will develop new and licensed Video Game IP for exploitation across multiple media channels.
“Heatwave’s Central Studio has assembled veteran talent from the interactive games, film, television and music industries to create a production studio with a unique business approach,” said Anthony Castoro, Heatwave’s President and Chief Creative Officer. “Games are a powerful platform for creating mainstream brands and IP, however the game industry is notorious for missed deadlines, excessive ‘crunch,’ and formulaic licensed games. Heatwave has taken lessons from game industry veterans as well as seasoned professionals from other media sectors to create a new model that is more disciplined and provides a more productive creative environment. The result is an entity that will generate successful new game IP that will easily crossover to other media formats.”
Heatwave’s innovative business model is designed to minimize the risks traditionally associated with developing new entertainment properties. “We internally fund the development of new concepts and screen them through an exhaustive evaluation process,” explained Donn Clendenon, CEO of Heatwave. “Once a concept makes it through this process, Heatwave raises development funds, partners with talented developers and leverages strategic relationships to bring our products to market. This model enables designers and artists to be creative and innovative while at the same time reducing the risk for investors, publishers and strategic partners.”
More at:www.heatwaveinteractive.com
Heatwave Interactive is an entertainment production company developing original and licensed games that crossover to film and television. Staffed by veterans from multiple media industries, Heatwave’s team members are credited with over 50 commercial video games including Wing Commander (series), Battlefield 2 (series), Ultima Online (series), Star Wars (various), Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, and Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa. Supporting the Central Studio is a Board of Advisors, including Jason Bell, CEO of Chrysalis Games, formerly of Turbine, Atari, EA, and Kesmai; Ann E. Kronen, formerly of Atari, Humongous Entertainment, Disney, Phillips, and Broderbund Software; and Charles J. Weber, CEO of Weber Communications, formerly of LucasFilm Ltd.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Heatwave Interactive announced that it has received a $7.5 million series “A” investment from Syncom Venture Partners for the initial funding of “Central Studio” which will develop new and licensed Video Game IP for exploitation across multiple media channels.
“Heatwave’s Central Studio has assembled veteran talent from the interactive games, film, television and music industries to create a production studio with a unique business approach,” said Anthony Castoro, Heatwave’s President and Chief Creative Officer. “Games are a powerful platform for creating mainstream brands and IP, however the game industry is notorious for missed deadlines, excessive ‘crunch,’ and formulaic licensed games. Heatwave has taken lessons from game industry veterans as well as seasoned professionals from other media sectors to create a new model that is more disciplined and provides a more productive creative environment. The result is an entity that will generate successful new game IP that will easily crossover to other media formats.”
Heatwave’s innovative business model is designed to minimize the risks traditionally associated with developing new entertainment properties. “We internally fund the development of new concepts and screen them through an exhaustive evaluation process,” explained Donn Clendenon, CEO of Heatwave. “Once a concept makes it through this process, Heatwave raises development funds, partners with talented developers and leverages strategic relationships to bring our products to market. This model enables designers and artists to be creative and innovative while at the same time reducing the risk for investors, publishers and strategic partners.”
More at:www.heatwaveinteractive.com
Allvoices is global media destination that provides multiple perspectives around news and events
What Company Is Offering:
Allvoices is global media destination that provides multiple perspectives around news and events. The website content ranges from first hand accounts, local news, global news, blogs, to user generated videos and images. We encourage people to contribute and share from anywhere around the world using cell phones and computers to create news and to participate in existing news by sharing views, articles, images and videos. Allvoices provides the tools to let people on the ground create and break the news and to share their story with the rest of the world. We want the global community to share and have real discussions with the rest of the world. Allvoices makes local news and events global by enabling a global community.
How It Works:
To contribute on allvoices you have to register on the site. The registration process is fairly simple. You can sign up for allvoices by going to the Login page and clicking on the "Click here to register" link. You will be asked to enter some basic information and you will then be able to sign up and start contributing to allvoices. You can also register on the event page itself, by starting to contribute, you will be automatically prompted to register before you start contributing.
Contributions are defined by the following actions - contribution or submission of breaking news (from computer or cell phone), sharing videos, news URLs, images, perspectives, asking a question, answering a question, commenting, user profile, and sharing content with a friend via email or sms. All contributions require you to create an account with allvoices. If you are contributing from a cell phone for the first time, allvoices will accept your submission without registering, but you will later need to register with allvoices.
More at:http://www.allvoices.com/
Allvoices is global media destination that provides multiple perspectives around news and events. The website content ranges from first hand accounts, local news, global news, blogs, to user generated videos and images. We encourage people to contribute and share from anywhere around the world using cell phones and computers to create news and to participate in existing news by sharing views, articles, images and videos. Allvoices provides the tools to let people on the ground create and break the news and to share their story with the rest of the world. We want the global community to share and have real discussions with the rest of the world. Allvoices makes local news and events global by enabling a global community.
How It Works:
To contribute on allvoices you have to register on the site. The registration process is fairly simple. You can sign up for allvoices by going to the Login page and clicking on the "Click here to register" link. You will be asked to enter some basic information and you will then be able to sign up and start contributing to allvoices. You can also register on the event page itself, by starting to contribute, you will be automatically prompted to register before you start contributing.
Contributions are defined by the following actions - contribution or submission of breaking news (from computer or cell phone), sharing videos, news URLs, images, perspectives, asking a question, answering a question, commenting, user profile, and sharing content with a friend via email or sms. All contributions require you to create an account with allvoices. If you are contributing from a cell phone for the first time, allvoices will accept your submission without registering, but you will later need to register with allvoices.
More at:http://www.allvoices.com/
vi.sualize.us allows you to remember your favorite images around the web, and share them with everyone
What Company Is Offering:
vi.sualize.us is a web application to remember pictures you like around the web. You can say it's a way to bookmark your favorite images and share them with everyone.
— vi.sualize.us allows you to remember your favorite images around the web, and share them with everyone.
Within two clicks, you can save the image reference in your account, and easily look at it whenever you want to, just as your new favorite picture deserves. All without thinking about what computer you stored it in: always online, always available.
How It Works:
With their bookmarklet button or our Firefox extension there's nothing more to worry about. Two clicks and you will never forget that picture!Everyone can use vi.sualize.us for free. The server and infrastructure are supported by the ads displayed on some of the pages on the site.Even if you bookmarked a picture as private, the picture must be hosted and accessible by everyone in its original location. In the Gmail case, the Thumbnail Robot can't login into your account and retrieve the image. One patch to this could be to temporary host the image in a service like imageshack.us
More at:http://vi.sualize.us/
vi.sualize.us is a web application to remember pictures you like around the web. You can say it's a way to bookmark your favorite images and share them with everyone.
— vi.sualize.us allows you to remember your favorite images around the web, and share them with everyone.
Within two clicks, you can save the image reference in your account, and easily look at it whenever you want to, just as your new favorite picture deserves. All without thinking about what computer you stored it in: always online, always available.
How It Works:
With their bookmarklet button or our Firefox extension there's nothing more to worry about. Two clicks and you will never forget that picture!Everyone can use vi.sualize.us for free. The server and infrastructure are supported by the ads displayed on some of the pages on the site.Even if you bookmarked a picture as private, the picture must be hosted and accessible by everyone in its original location. In the Gmail case, the Thumbnail Robot can't login into your account and retrieve the image. One patch to this could be to temporary host the image in a service like imageshack.us
More at:http://vi.sualize.us/
Mytalk.at is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts to 1000 characters with link, photo, video
What Company Is Offering:
Mytalk.at is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts to 1000 characters with link, photo, video.
You can connect with friends by sharing short messages called Topic post.
You can find a new friends about your interest, and You can talk about common topics with your friends or others.
This is a great way to meet friends and keep up on what they are doing.
Mytalk.at support your adsense and widget code in your page.(ex: google adsense code, analyst code, ....)
How It Works:
By posting about your topic, other people are responsive to your post, your topic, also you.
If already it exixst other people's post about your topic, you can join together with your new post. By joining Mytalk.at for free, you can get your own page.
Enter your username, email address and choose a password. It's that simple, fast and free!
More at:http://www.mytalk.at/
Mytalk.at is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts to 1000 characters with link, photo, video.
You can connect with friends by sharing short messages called Topic post.
You can find a new friends about your interest, and You can talk about common topics with your friends or others.
This is a great way to meet friends and keep up on what they are doing.
Mytalk.at support your adsense and widget code in your page.(ex: google adsense code, analyst code, ....)
How It Works:
By posting about your topic, other people are responsive to your post, your topic, also you.
If already it exixst other people's post about your topic, you can join together with your new post. By joining Mytalk.at for free, you can get your own page.
Enter your username, email address and choose a password. It's that simple, fast and free!
More at:http://www.mytalk.at/
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