venture

Met one of the team members this weekend. They operate out of Boston and Seattle and invest in life science and information technology businesses.

Quoted: Polaris Venture Partners invests in seed and early stage companies and in growth equity companies with substantial operating income. We have over $2 billion under management and current investments in more than 60 companies.

Quoted: 米iRobot（アイロボット）社は、掃除ロボット「Roomba（ルンバ）」や軍事ロボット「Packbot」などで知られるロボット専業メーカーである。会長を務めるヘレン・グレイナー氏に「Roomba」の魅力や今後の展開について話を聞いた。

RPMはローカルにインストールしたソフトウェアとクラウド・サービスの双方を利用して、RoRアプリケーションのパフォーマンス上の問題を開発者が理解するのを助けるサービスだ。Railsの開発者は、まずパフォーマンス情報をNew Relicのサーバに送り続ける標準的プラグインをインストールする。次にRPMダッシュボードを使って、開発したコードの中でボトルネックを生じている部分を割り出す。

sweet devon

Quoted: TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review venture capital sources worldwide.

Maybe the bluedot founders can badmouth a few people here ;-)

Just noticed that StartPad tenant, Right Sized Media (formerly Entertonement), raised a reported $5M round!

Quoted: Right Sized Media operates through a website called Entertonement, a place for people to find pop culture quotes and share ...

Quoted: Amp'd Mobile: Amp'd Mobile takes the crown for money-burning, with $360 million that ended in bankruptcy. The company's major problem was its customers' ability to pay.

Love it!

Quoted: Like CEOs, marketers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists, lawyers tell their own specialized tales.

Seattle-based Escapia, a company that is developing web-based applications for managing vacation rentals, has raised $2M in funding. The funding is being led by Buerk Dale Victor, an existing investor in the firm. The company also said other individual investors also participated. The firm