Deal Radar 2009: HSA Global

HSAGlobal provides a SaaS platform for the long-term condition management and chronic care management segments of healthcare internationally. The web-based software addresses the requirements of providers and clients in the home and community care, long-term and aged care, mental health care, chronic care and corporate wellness segments of the health sector. >>>

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Deal Radar 2009: FTRANS

FTRANS provides accounts receivable outsourcing and credit management solutions. It helps small companies manage their accounts receivables so they can have greater access to working capital and increase their cash on hand. The Atlanta-based company focuses on outsourcing the accounts receivables (A/R) of small and mid-size businesses. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Confidela

As readers descended on TechCrunch last week, weighing in on the blog’s decision to publish confidential Twitter documents the microblogging service stored on Google Apps that were sent by a hacker to TechCrunch, Twitter users posted hundreds of tweets expressing their opinions and major media outlets joined the fray with stories that were variations on the same theme: how to ensure security in the cloud? >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Offerpal

Offerpal is an advertising platform that monetizes social media by awarding users virtual currency in exchange for completing ad offers. Founders Anu Shukla and Mitch Liu combined their experience in online personalization, cost per action (CPA) advertising and optimization technologies to create a technology platform for the social media marketplace. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: RadarFind

As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on its new bill to rein in health costs, entrepreneurs across the country continue to do their part to make the lumbering, disjointed health system more efficient. The latest such company in the Deal Radar spotlight is RadarFind Corporation, which develops integrated real-time location systems (RTLS) for tracking mobile medical equipment and patients. Designed by physicians and hospital administrators specifically for the hospital environment, it has been developed based on over two years of qualitative research conducted with more than 60 hospitals. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Aravo

According to AMR, the overall supply management market grew 11% in 2007 with continued double-digit growth expected. They project a $4.3 billion market by 2012, and the market currently stands at about $3.3 billion. Today’s Deal Radar covers the origins and growth of a SaaS player in the market, Aravo . >>>

Deal Radar 2009: SharesPost

It’s a problem that is not going to go away any time soon: How to make private equity liquid? SharesPost, a marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of private equity and automates the sale of private company stock, is one company offering a solution. Currently operating in public beta, the company was founded by Greg Brogger, who has spent his career in the private equity world. The Santa Monica, California-based company was founded as a means to address the economic crisis, which has made initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions rare. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Publicity Guaranteed

Today’s Deal Radar looks at a company that seems to be attempting to change the direction of an industry that has been notoriously difficult to measure. Publicity Guaranteed allows companies seeking publicity to pay for results as they go along, rather than having to pay a retainer or for billable hours. The company has introduced a performance-based model to public relations, a model which has so far been popular in online marketing.  >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Life:WIRE

Life:WIRE offers a cost-effective solution for users to proactively manage their disease and health conditions by giving any regular cell phone the capability to be a health management tool. This web-driven solution is gaining traction in the market through case management trials and research studies.  >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Convio

Convio provides online constituent relationship management (eCRM) solutions for nonprofit organizations. Founder Vinay Bhagat noticed the lack of automation and [high] member attrition rates while volunteering at a public television station pledge drive, and saw that the traditional nonprofit engagement channels of direct mail, telemarketing and individual solicitation suffered from limitations that often conflicted with the mission of the organization. Bhagat founded Convio in April of 1999, believing that the Internet could transform how nonprofits build relationships and raise funds. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Colosa

Deal Radar returns to a hot topic, enterprise open source, via an area that it has not covered recently: business process management. South America-based Colosa develops software solutions that help companies automate approval-based workflow processes by interconnecting people and systems across the organization. The company offers a free open source application, ProcessMaker®, which is an AJAX-enabled, SOA, web-based application that allows users across single and multiple sites to create and share workflows, create custom forms, route processes, and improve management control.  >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Critical Media

CNN’s ratings soared last Thursday evening as viewers tuned in to coverage of Michael Jackson’s death, demonstrating that traditional broadcast news still has a strong pull. But when it’s not a case of breaking news, broadcasters, advertisers and publishers are still trying to figure out what forms twenty-first century media and its distribution will take. Tonight’s Deal Radar company is one answer to that question. Founded in 2002, Critical Media provides real-time broadcast media capture, search, syndication and information services. Headquartered in New York City, the company was founded by Sean Morgan, one of the founders of Pinnacor (formerly known as Screaming Media). His experience with Pinnacor taught him that TV was a powerful medium for forming public opinion around products, people and competitors, yet the ability to track broadcasts in real-time was unavailable. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: AnyWare Group

As US lawmakers argue over the specifics of President Obama’s proposed healthcare overhaul and Americans’ call for affordable healthcare grows more strident, Deal Radar continues its coverage of companies that are using technology to make healthcare delivery cheaper and more flexible. AnyWare Group is a Canadian provider of remote access solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations across North America. The company is focused on providing healthcare workers the information they need, when and where they need it. The team has expertise in healthcare networks, applications and user requirements and provides customers with a unique vendor experience on their e-Health projects. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: KidZui

KidZui, today’s Deal Radar company, was founded by Cliff Boro, Vidar Vignisson, and Tom Broadhead with the aim of keeping kids safe on the Internet, empowering them to benefit from the best aspects of the Internet, and allowing parents to use KidZui as a means of engaging with their kids and their interests. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Awarepoint

Whether it’s a box of dressings or a piece of equipment costing thousands of dollars, hospitals and other medical facilities can sacrifice their quality of care and lose money when they don’t have a solid grip on their supply chain. To help ensure this doesn’t happen, Awarepoint has developed a real-time location solution (RTLS) system to track assets and handle management challenges faced by healthcare institutions. >>>