Kelly said by email he would start at Iona next month and the company’s website said it would begin business from June.
Month: April 2012
MiRagen Therapeutics gains $20m
Remeditex Ventures, a US-based venture capital (VC) firm set up by former executives at Hunt Petroleum and technology transfer professionals at Texas University’s UT Southwestern Medical Center, led MiRagen’s round, and was joined by peers Atlas Venture, Boulder Ventures and Broadview Ventures, as well as Amgen.
Terascala stores strategic cash
Steve Butler, chief executive of Terascala, said: “Our pioneering work in developing a software stack that delivers optimized, scalable I/O [input/output] on industry-standard storage appliances enables organizations to accelerate big data applications, and clearly, industry leaders are taking notice.”
Luca withdraws flotation
Last month, Luca set the upper limit of its flotation range at $110.5m.
Liazon trusts in Fidelity
Alongside Fidelity Biosciences as co-lead of Liazon’s round was venture capital (VC) firm Bessemer Venture Partners.
BDMI backs Dealvertise
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) provided the money to Dealvertise, which was founded in June by Berlin-based incubator Found Fair Ventures.
Rib-X sets flotation range
Rib-X had been expected to raise up to $80m with a market capitalisation of $212m.
Sandbox opens in San Francisco
Sandbox provides seed funding to companies that participate in the Excelerate Labs incubator program in Chicago and the Foundry through the Sandbox Venture Fund, as well as Blue Cross.
Astellas links with Drais Pharmaceuticals
Astellas will transfer ownership of ASP3291, a potential treatment of ulcerative colitis in phase IIa study, from its pipeline to Telsar Pharma, a virtual company that will be operated by the Drais executive team.
Evernote takes $100m memo
News provider Business Insider said venture capital firm Meritech Capital Partners led Evernote’s latest round.
Viddy gains media angels
News provider VentureBeat said actor Will Smith’s Overbook Entertainment and rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, along with singer Shakira, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, soccer star Gerard Pique, Skull Candy chairman Jeff Kear, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee and Omniture founder Josh James have all invested or partnered with Viddy.
DimensionU plays for more backing
At the end of 2010, Tabula Digital (now DimensionU) raised $2m to take its then-total to more than $20m.
Ark.com grows with seed round
Online sales database Salesforce, corporate venturing unit Intel Capital, and China-based media group Tencent were reportedly among Ark’s $4.2m round.
Coresonic sells to MediaTek
The Sweden based chip intellectual property company exits to the Taiwan based company, after being being backed by SEB Venture Capital in 2010.