Biodesix announced recently that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded to the company patent number 7,736,905. The patent relates to the company’s first product Veristrat, which is used to identify non-small cell lung cancer patients likely to respond to therapy with erlotinib (Tarceva). Specifically, the patent is for the [...]
HepQuant LLC and The University of Colorado have completed a licensing agreement that allows HepQuant to continue development of a CU diagnostic technology for evaluating liver disease. The Colorado-based company originally licensed the technology in 2008 when it also received a $100,000 seed grant from the CU Technology Transfer Office. The underlying technology [...]
February 17, 2010 – 1:19 pm
Graphic.ly announced its acquisition of iFanboy today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Graphic.ly, a 2009 Boulder TechStars alum now headed by Micah Baldwin, seeks to create the iTunes of digital comics including a store to purchase comics and related materials, digital delivery optimized for reading on a computer or mobile [...]
February 3, 2010 – 3:07 pm
The Founder Institute, a incubator program started by Adeo Ressi of The Funded, announced it is coming to Denver this spring with a four-month program beginning in April. Like many startup incubators, the Founder Institute offers a variety or programming including structured training classes and access to experienced mentors to support new entrepreneurs. [...]
February 2, 2010 – 5:15 pm
The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) announced its official launch yesterday. The goal of CID4, a not-for-profit entity formed in 2009, is to bridge the gap between basic research, which is usually grant funded, and product commercialization in the life science industry. CID4 was formed through a collaboration of [...]
January 28, 2010 – 3:16 pm
AmideBio, LLC announced that it has closed a round of seed funding. The source and the amount of funding were not disclosed by the company. The proceeds of the round will be used to complete initial product optimization using its recombinant hydrid manufacturing technology. AmideBio has an exclusive license, announced two week ago, [...]
January 21, 2010 – 5:34 pm
NewsGator announced that it has acquired Tomoye, which provides a community and social platform for organization’s using SharePoint. Along with its product offering, Tomoye brings a strong presence in the government sector including the social community for the US Army with over 150,000 users. NewsGator, whose previous customer base was concentrated in the [...]
January 19, 2010 – 3:25 pm
GlobeImmune, Inc. today announced a $17.5M Series E Preferred Stock financing round. The round was led by Generali Financial Holding and BSI SA, both new investors, and participated in by several existing investors. Both the new investors are focused in the healthcare market. According to GlobeImmune CEO Timothy C. Rodell M.D. , [...]
January 15, 2010 – 11:24 am
Today, OneRiot announced the broad availability of RiotWise, an ad network for the real-time web. The network can provide contextually relevant ads to real-time applications, clients and search engines. Developers have flexibility in displaying the ads from traditional banner displays to integration into the real-time stream. Based on its pilot, OneRiot reports [...]
January 13, 2010 – 5:11 pm
miRagen Therapeutics announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board. The board will be led by miRagen’s Chief Scientific Adviser and Co-Founder Eric Olson, Professor and Chairman of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Among the first appointees to the board is Thomas Cech who won the Nobel Prize [...]
