Archive for the ‘Stanford spinoffs’ Category

Affinity Circles (Stanford) Announces the Launch of inCircle Jobs (01/03/2011)

April 11, 2011

Affinity Circles is a social networking site that connects job seekers to inside connections in their target companies. Affinity Circles started as a way for Stanford University students to stay in touch with their friends and colleagues.

From the company’s blog:
In our continuing effort to connect job seekers with inside connections at the places they want to work, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new service, inCircle Jobs. read full blog post

MokaFive (Stanford) Suite 3.0 Cuts Time & Costs of Windows 7 Migrations (12/8/2010)

December 17, 2010

MokaFive is a next generation desktop virtualization company founded in 2005 by a group of PhDs from Stanford University and their professor, Dr. Monica Lam.

From the company’s press release:
MokaFive™, the virtual desktop management company, today announced the release of MokaFive Suite 3.0, which introduces full support for Windows 7, improved security features and multi-tenant capabilities for managed service providers. MokaFive Suite 3.0 presents a high performance, secure and cost-effective alternative to VDI. read full press release

ASSIA (Stanford) Announces Availability of Licenses for Key DSL Phantom Mode Technology (12/1/2010)

December 13, 2010

ASSIA Inc. was founded by Stanford University Professor Emeritus Dr. John Cioffi to build world-class management systems for DSL service providers.

From the company’s press release:
ASSIA Inc., the leading provider of high-performance software tools for Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks, today announced that it is making available licenses to essential patents for DSL Phantom Mode Technology. DSL Phantom Mode significantly increases the speeds of DSL services provided over multiple copper pairs. read full press release

Anthony Bettencourt Named Coverity (Stanford) CEO and Chairman of the Board (11/22/2010)

December 13, 2010

Coverity, Inc. develops a portfolio of software integrity products to discover defects. Its Coverity Prevent product started as the Stanford Checker.

From the company’s press release:
Coverity, Inc., the software integrity leader, today announced Anthony Bettencourt as chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board. Seth Hallem, Coverity founder and CEO, will serve on the board of directors and as a strategy and technology advisor to Bettencourt and the company. read full press release

OptiMedica’s (Stanford) Catalys Precision Laser System Study Published in Science Translational Medicine (11/17/2010)

November 18, 2010

OptiMedica is a medical device company focused in the area of cataract therapeutics. The company formerly developed and commercialized the PASCAL Method of retinal photocoagulation, which was developed at Stanford.

From the company’s press release:
Global ophthalmic device company OptiMedica Corp. has announced that results from a clinical study of its Catalys Precision Laser System were published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Translational Medicine (“Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery with Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography,” Volume 2, Issue 58, November 17, 2010). The data showed that, when compared to manual techniques, the Catalys Precision Laser System helped surgeons achieve significant improvement in precision during several critical steps of cataract surgery. read full press release

Coverity (Stanford) Offers Software Integrity Report To Provide Visibility into Software Supply Chain (11/3/2010)

November 4, 2010

Coverity develops a portfolio of software integrity products to discover defects. Its Coverity Prevent product started as the Stanford Checker.

Coverity, Inc., the software integrity leader, today announced the new Coverity Software Integrity Report as part of the new Coverity 5.3 release, which highlights the findings of software code tested with Coverity® Static Analysis. This report is specifically designed to help development organizations, line of business managers, and business executives know what software defects they are shipping in their products. Specifically, the report will be released with new automated, component-level reporting that breaks down project visibility by team and by code source. This enables customers to understand defect risk and severity by third party suppliers, open source, and quality of code by internal team. read more

Coverity (Stanford) Scan 2010 Open Source Integrity Report Reveals High Risk Software Flaws in Android (11/2/2010)

November 4, 2010

Coverity develops a portfolio of software integrity products to discover defects. Its Coverity Prevent product started as the Stanford Checker.

Coverity, the software integrity leader, announced today the results of the Coverity Scan 2010 Open Source Integrity Report. This report is the result of the largest public-private sector research project focused on open source software integrity, originally initiated between Coverity and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2006. The results from the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report detail the findings of analyzing more than 61 million lines of open source code from 291 popular and widely-used open source projects such as Android, Linux, Apache, Samba and PHP, among others. read more

Coverity (Stanford) Ranked One of The Fastest Growing Companies in North America in Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500™ (10/28/2010)

November 1, 2010

Coverity develops a portfolio of software integrity products to discover defects. Its Coverity Prevent product started as the Stanford Checker.

Coverity, the software integrity leader, today announced that it ranked number 201 in Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500™, Deloitte’s ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. The rankings are based on the percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the period from 2005-2009. read more

Coverity (Stanford) Announces Record Growth and Exceeds 1,000 Customers (10/27/2010)

November 1, 2010

Coverity develops a portfolio of software integrity products to discover defects. Its Coverity Prevent product started as the Stanford Checker.

Coverity, Inc., the software integrity leader, announced a year of record growth, achieving 94 percent Q4 bookings growth over the same quarter last year and closing the 2010 fiscal year with 32 percent year over year revenue growth. Coverity also announced that it has exceeded 1,000 customers as a result of rapid adoption from a wide range of industries including consumer electronics, mobile, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, software vendors, financial services, universities and academic research organizations. read more

ASSIA (Stanford) Secures $20.8 Million in New Funding (10/26/2010)

November 1, 2010

ASSIA was founded by Stanford University Professor Emeritus Dr. John Cioffi to build world-class management systems for DSL service providers.

ASSIA Inc., the leading provider of high-performance software tools for Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks, today announced that it has secured $20.8 million in strategic investment financing. New investors Telefonica, AT&T, and Sandalwood Partners join current investors Mingly China Growth Fund, SFR Development, Sofinnova Partners, Stanford University, Swisscom Ventures, and T-Ventures. ASSIA previously announced an early close of $10 million in this financing round. read more