{"id":210010,"date":"2010-01-21T18:45:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T23:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=59619"},"modified":"2010-01-21T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T23:45:19","slug":"occulogix-raises-1-7m-in-round-targeting-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/210010","title":{"rendered":"OccuLogix Raises $1.7M in Round Targeting $5M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Life-Sciences\/\">Life Sciences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Venture-Capital\/\">Venture Capital<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/biomedical-diagnostics\/\">Biomedical Diagnostics<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Bruce V. Bigelow wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OccuLogix, a biotech startup founded near Toronto, Canada, in 1996 to develop ophthalmic treatments for age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma, apparently has relocated in San Diego, according to an SEC filing. In its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1299139\/000114036110002244\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">Form D<\/a> filed today, OccuLogix discloses that it has raised more than $1.7 million from investors in a round that intends to raise $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The company is listed as a Toronto-area company on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/companies\/occulogix-inc.\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoovers.com\/company\/OccuLogix_Inc\/ryhjhki-1.html\">Hoover&#8217;s<\/a>. But OccuLogix, which is now doing business as TearLab, lists a San Diego address in its SEC filing and on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tearlab.com\/us\/company.htm\">website<\/a>. The company describes itself as an &#8220;in-vitro diagnostics company developing and commercializing novel, lab-on-a-chip technologies that enable eye care practitioners to test for highly sensitive and specific biomarkers in tears at the point-of-care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postFooter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-diego\/2010\/01\/21\/occulogix-raises-1-7m-in-round-targeting-5m\/#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/reprints\/>Reprints<\/a> | Share: &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=RT%20@Xconomy%20OccuLogix%20Raises%20$1.7M%20in%20Round%20Targeting%20$5M%20http:\/\/xconomy.com\/?p=59619\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/twitter.gif\" alt=\"Retweet\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-diego\/2010\/01\/21\/occulogix-raises-1-7m-in-round-targeting-5m\/&#038;t=OccuLogix%20Raises%20$1.7M%20in%20Round%20Targeting%20$5M\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/facebook.gif\" alt=\"Facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-diego\/2010\/01\/21\/occulogix-raises-1-7m-in-round-targeting-5m\/email\/  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/email.gif\" alt=\"Email\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?publisher=bfda184d-6684-4f7a-a23f-ca4ed4db9287&amp;title=OccuLogix+Raises+%241.7M+in+Round+Targeting+%245M&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xconomy.com%2Fsan-diego%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Focculogix-raises-1-7m-in-round-targeting-5m%2F\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/share.gif\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t     \t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1f220440bef440ac73a856b41f4d4899&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=1f220440bef440ac73a856b41f4d4899&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/prkV1ZjOALe6H5vFxHzXd_62sc4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/prkV1ZjOALe6H5vFxHzXd_62sc4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/prkV1ZjOALe6H5vFxHzXd_62sc4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/prkV1ZjOALe6H5vFxHzXd_62sc4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Xconomy_Full\/~4\/wMTzmHmB0DI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Sciences, Venture Capital, Biomedical Diagnostics Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: OccuLogix, a biotech startup founded near Toronto, Canada, in 1996 to develop ophthalmic treatments for age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma, apparently has relocated in San Diego, according to an SEC filing. In its Form D filed today, OccuLogix discloses that it has raised more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}