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Qualcomm Takes on Network Bottlenecks, Google Buys Gizmo5, a Cluster of Analytics Startups Emerges, & More San Diego BizTech News [Xconomy VC/Deals]

Roundup, software as a service, wireless Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: San Diego serial entrepreneur Michael Robertson is going to have to find something else to do now that Gizmo5, the VoIP (voice-over-Internet-protocol) company he founded in 2003, has become part of a certain search giant ...

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Ex-Microsoftie Don Dodge Going to Google [Xconomy VC/Deals]

people, Microsoft, google Wade Roush wrote: It turns out that Don Dodge—famous among entrepreneurs for putting a personal face on Microsoft’s operations in New England, until his unceremonious termination earlier this month—was only in job limbo for about about an hou...

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Inside iRobot: A Search for Medical Droids [Xconomy VC/Deals]

Robotics, Healthcare IT, Life Sciences Ryan McBride wrote: Robots have already found limited work in healthcare by assisting surgeons with operations and physical therapists with rehabilitating patients, among other jobs. So why can’t robots keep an eye on seniors and give them t...

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What Wireless Carriers Want from Startups, and Other Insights from VC Tom Huseby at Mobile Northwest [Xconomy VC/Deals]

wireless, Mobile, Venture Capital Gregory T. Huang wrote: Tom Huseby says he’s finally able to go home and not worry about seeing his family’s savings stuffed under his mattress. “The panic is over,” he says. “All of a sudden, things are getting a lot bett...

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$875K for Swipely [Xconomy VC/Deals]

startups, deals, IT Ryan McBride wrote: Swipely, a Providence, RI-based startup that was quietly launched earlier this year, has raised $875,000 of a planned $1 million equity financing, according to an SEC document filed last week. Angus Davis—a co-founder of the voice-based Int...

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Fate Therapeutics Bags $30M Venture Deal, Led by OVP, to Develop “Industrialized” Stem Cells [Xconomy VC/Deals]

Biotech, VC, Stem Cells Luke Timmerman wrote: Fate Therapeutics, the San Diego-based company on a quest to develop techniques that make stem cell research practical for the pharmaceutical industry, has raised $30 million in a Series B round of venture financing. Kirkland, WA-based OVP...

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