{"id":406307,"date":"2010-03-09T03:20:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T08:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=67372"},"modified":"2010-03-09T03:20:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T08:20:21","slug":"google-buys-docverse-madrona-backs-shopigniter-isb-gets-mystery-gift-more-seattle-area-deals-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/406307","title":{"rendered":"Google Buys DocVerse, Madrona Backs ShopIgniter, ISB Gets Mystery Gift, & More Seattle-Area Deals News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Roundup<\/a>, deals<\/a>, VC<\/a><\/div>\n

\t\tGregory T. Huang wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the week since Google’s acquisition of Picnik, the Northwest deals scene came back to earth a little bit. But there was a decent amount of activity in software, Internet, mobile, and cleantech, much of it from Oregon-based companies.<\/p>\n

—Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology<\/strong> received a five-year, $6 million gift from a venture capitalist in California<\/a> who wishes to remain anonymous, as Luke reported. The cash will be used to help the Institute move to a new facility that\u2019s twice as large as its current location, recruit new faculty, and support research on personalized medicine, biofuels, and global health.<\/p>\n

—DocVerse<\/strong>, the collaborative-document software startup that was founded in Seattle but moved to San Francisco in 2008, was bought by Google for an undisclosed price<\/a>. The startup’s technology might help Google Docs work (or compete) better with Microsoft Office. DocVerse was started in 2007 by former Microsofties and MIT alums Shan Sinha and Alex DeNeui.<\/p>\n

—Portland, OR-based DeltaPoint<\/strong> won $170,000 in angel investment capital<\/a> at an annual Oregon Entrepreneurs Network startup competition. The company is developing diagnostic software that performs \u201cvirtual biopsies\u201d on suspected cancers.<\/p>\n

—Medford, OR-based UpWind Solutions<\/strong> raised $10 million in Series B funding<\/a>, according to an SEC filing. The investors weren\u2019t disclosed, but the form lists Michael Linse of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mark Lewis of MissionPoint Capital as directors of the company. UpWind provides operations and maintenance services for utility-scale wind projects<\/p>\n

—Bellevue, WA-based Ignition Partners<\/strong> participated in a $23 million growth equity round for San Francisco-based Cloudmark<\/a>, a mobile-messaging security firm. The round was led by Summit Partners and joined by Nokia Growth Partners, both new investors.<\/p>\n

—Scott Kveton, the co-founder and CEO of Portland-based mobile startup Urban Airship<\/strong> talked about his company’s recent funding round from True Ventures and Founder’s Co-op. But even more interesting was his account of his team’s guerrilla marketing tactics (involving donuts and danishes)<\/a> outside the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference last summer, which helped Urban Airship connect with customers early on.<\/p>\n

—Portland-based ShopIgniter scored $3 million in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group<\/a> in Seattle. Former Madrona venture partner Matt Compton has become ShopIgniter’s CEO, and Madrona co-founder and managing director Tom Alberg has joined the company’s board. ShopIgniter<\/strong> started in 2008 and is looking to meld the worlds of commerce and social media in a new way.<\/p>\n

—Seattle-based Vulcan Capital, Paul Allen’s venture outfit, participated in a $15 million Series E round for Audience<\/strong><\/a>, a Mountain View, CA-based voice processing semiconductor firm. New Enterprise Associates, Tallwood Venture Capital, and VentureTech Alliance also participated in the funding. The round follows another infusion of $15 million about a year ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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