Purchasing a Tesla or a Chevy Volt can have its advantages, but what if you could turn your current car into an electric one and get all the benefits just by purchasing an add-on?

Unfortunately that’s not possible yet, but what is possible is to get a head-up display system without having to buy an entirely new and pricey car, thanks to a new company called Navdy.

Navdy, which is opening up pre-orders today for its product, has created a head-up display that can be set up in virtually any current car model on the market.

Here’s our roundup of all of the notable funding news of the day:

Accel Partners and existing investors just dropped a new $25 million into Vectra Networks, a security startup deeply connected to U.S. national security officials. Calling itself “the leader in real-time detection of cyberattacks in progress,” Vectra previously raised $17.8 million before it even launched. The startup specializes in enterprise network security.

Publication dans la revue Nature (Advanced online publication in Nature) : des chercheurs de l'Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB ont découvert les mécanismes moléculaires régulant l'initiation tumorale et les fonctions des cellules souches cancéreuses dans le cancer de la peau.
 

As everyone in biotech knows, the last eighteen months have been an unprecedented time in the public capital markets.   2014 is on track to become the best year ever for life science IPOs, topping both 2013 and 2000.  Last week was the busiest single week – with eight IPOs – since February 2000.  Over 120 life science companies have gone public since the beginning of last year.

This staggering volume of deals has brought nearly $10B of public equity financing to emerging life science players, at attractive prices, which serves as much-needed growth capital to advance their pipelines.