This is awesome. NYT Bits Blog has a story today on Silicon Valley startup DrChrono and how it raised $2.8 million from Yuri Milner, in addition to the $1.3 million funded by Y-Combinator and 500 Startups, among others. DrChrono is an electronic medical record (EMR) platform that’s taking advantage of the growing popularity of iPads in [...]
Read more iPad EMR startup DrChrono attracts $2.8M
Brisk VC activity surrounding makers of flash storage systems continues apace. The latest funding success is Solid Fire, which just added $25 million to its bank account. It’s not hard to see why it was able to pry open those checkbooks. The Boulder, Colo.-based startup combines two of the hottest trends in IT, SSDs (solid [...]
Read more SolidFire is the latest flash storage funding winner with $25M
What does a former Apple exec that’s responsible for the iconic iPod do when the thermostats on the market are too lame for his new green home? He brings design and software savvy to bear on the problem. The result is the puck-like Nest, from Tony Fadell’s startup of the same name. It’s a learning, connected thermostat [...]
Read more Nest: The iPod of smart thermostats
Sure, you can go to Gazelle.com and get cash for your old electronics, but some folks want instant gratification. For instance, the kind of people that use their local Redbox instead of queuing up a DVD on Netflix. Enter ecoATM, a startup that makes the automated “eCycling” system of the same name. Since it’s in [...]
Read more Video: ecoATM in action
At $50 to $100 per square foot, smart glass — glass that reacts to a brief charge to change color — is too big of a budget-buster for most home and business owners. For now, one of the most common uses of this technology called thermally insulating fenestration are used in auto-dimming mirrors in high-end [...]
Read more Smart glass costs set to drop
BrightFarms CEO, Paul Lightfoot , has a new twist on the green roof theme. His startup plans to drastically reduce the time it takes to get vegetables and other produce from the farm to your grocers’ shelves — and improve the environment — by growing them on their rooftops. The eco-goodness doesn’t end at shorter [...]
Read more BrightFarms: Fresher, greener food is as close as your rooftop
Hot on the heals of flash storage all-stars Fusion-io and Violion Memory, comes Pure Storage, a startup that’s making some bold claims about its tech, particularly surrounding costs. Pure Storage, which just emerged out of stealth, has attracted $55 million in funding, including $30 million in a just-announced series-C round of funding led by Redpoint [...]
Read more Pure Storage enters flash startup race
Can you guess what industry lays claim to that energy consumption stat? It’s the telecom industry, specifically the 16,000 legacy TDM (time-division multiplexing) phone switches in the U.S. and Canada, which account for 15 terawatts of juice yearly or “roughly 0.4% of all electricity used in those two countries,” according to of Access Venture Partners’ [...]
A fair assessment, judging by the press its getting by winning The North American Car of the Year title. And if you’re in any way invested in the EV ecosystem, there’s reason to be happy. GE spokesman Robert Peterson thinks that the other General’s win (GM) is significant because it represents a not only a [...]
Read more GE: “Everyone is talking about the Volt”
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