alien technology receives investment TJ's Weblog

Alien Technology - a low cost RFID developer has received the substantial amount of USD 38 mio for further growth. Another example that investors are confident that RFIDs will produce sustainable sales results. [...] Read More


raising your return on innovation investment TJ's Weblog

Strategy+business has a well drafted article on that topic. It appeals more to larger companies but still has some good thoughts. [...] Read More


JPMorgan's 33rd Annual Technology Conference TJ's Weblog

I had the pleasure to be at JPMorgan's 33rd Annual Technology Conference here in San Francisco last Thursday. The conference is designed to help analysts and press people to better understand what public companies do and how their strategy will turn into better profits and revenues. Each company has a 45 minutes pitch incl. Q&A with the audience. The cr�me de la cr�me of NASDAQ was there and some selected private [...] Read More


Alien Technology Awarded Contract to Support Implementation of Navy RFID Project Supplychainer

Alien Technology Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by Wright Brothers Institute to help support the broad deployment of advanced RFID capabilities for supply chain management demonstrated in the Navy's Bangor RFID Evaluation (BRE) Project. Alien will work with partner CACI International Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions for defense and BRE's prime contractor, to deliver RFID technology and products - including Alien Gen2 RFID readers [...] Read More


Alien Technology Valued at $577 Million The RFID Weblog

Here is an interesting tidbit about venture capital activity involving RFID companies. Quan Ventures recently exited its investment in Alien Technology, bringing more than a 2-for-1 return to investors. In the process, Alien Technology was valued at $577 Million, as noted in the Quan Ventures website (News section) in this single paragraph: On January 17th, Quan Ventures II closed on the sale of its Alien Technology shares to an existing Alien investor. [...] Read More