| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 12, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Burlingame-Based Igenica Lands $33 Million in Third Round o Palo Alto-Based Lemon Raises $8 Million for "Smarter Wallet" o Emeryville-Based Gracenote Acquires Mountain View's Bulldog United o Palo Alto-Based MetricStream Acquires San Jose-Based TBD Networks o Sweden's Mancx Opens U.S. HQ in San Francisco, Raises $1.65 Million o Google Ventures Co-Leads $1.2 Million Seed Round for Roqbot o Obama Honors Nation's Top Math and Science Teachers o Briefly Noted: Enecsys, Zurb - Pattern Tap, Causata, Actian _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Five Ways to Define Success: How to Determine What Success Means to You --Executive Briefing - Product Portfolio Briefing --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Burlingame-Based Igenica Lands $33 Million in Third Round Burlingame, Calif. -- Igenica, a Burlingame-based biopharmaceutical firm developing antibodies for the treatment of cancer, said on Tuesday it has raised $33 million in its third round of funding, led by new investor Third Rock Ventures. Previous backers The Column Group, Orbimed Advisors and 5AM Ventures also participated in the round, which increased the company's total funding to $55 million since its launch in 2009. Igenica said it will use the proceeds to advance its monoclonal antibody pipeline toward clinical trials. "Third Rock's investment highlights the broad potential of Igenica's antibody technology and provides strategic flexibility as we execute our operating and business plans," said David Goeddel, the company's executive chairman http://www.igenica.com http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/12/4555748/igenica-closes-33-million-in-series.html _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based Lemon Raises $8 Million for "Smarter Wallet" Palo Alto, Calif. -- Lemon, a Palo Alto-based developer of mobile money management app, said on Tuesday it has raised $8 million in its first round of funding, led by Maveron, the consumer-tech-focused firm co-founded by Starbucks' Howard Schultz. Lightspeed Venture Partners, CampVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, The Social+Capital Partnership and several individuals also participated in the round. The company will use the proceeds to fuel the launch and future expansion of its new Smarter Wallet, which digitizes and stores all of the items traditionally carried in a physical wallet. The platform allows users to snap photos of each item in their wallet -- such as credit, loyalty and ID cards, as well as receipts, tickets and coupons -- with a smartphone. Once saved to a secure account, the data is accessible from anywhere using a unique four-digit PIN. "This powerful new wallet framework, combined with our transaction management tools, empower users to take total control over their finances with a fresh new perspective," said founder and CEO Wences Casares. http://www.lemon.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120612006195/en/Lemon.com-Raises-8M-Series-Investment-Launches-Smarter _____________________________________________ o Emeryville-Based Gracenote Acquires Mountain View's Bulldog United Emeryville, Calif. -- Gracenote, an Emeryville-based provider of music and video content and technologies, said on Tuesday it has acquired Mountain View-based Bulldog United, a developer of video fingerprinting technology for smart TVs. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gracenote said the acquisition will allow it to incorporate a combination of video fingerprinting technology and its existing audio fingerprinting technology into its automatic content recognition platform, known as Gracenote Entourage. This will allow next generation smart TVs to identify movies, TV programs and commercials from any source, including cable and satellite boxes, Blu-ray players and streaming services. Once the content is recognized, the TVs would then be able to steer viewers to VOD services to view related movies and TV programs, or interact with apps and advertising promotions. Bulldog United CEO Don Gordon will join Gracenote as vice president of broadcast solutions. http://www.gracenote.com http://www.gracenote.com/press/06/12/2012/ _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based MetricStream Acquires San Jose-Based TBD Networks Palo Alto, Calif. -- MetricStream, a Palo Alto-based developer of governance, risk and compliance tools, said on Tuesday it has acquired San Jose-based TBD Networks, a developer of software used in the hands-on transformation of existing IT infrastructure when key functions move to the cloud. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MetricStream said it plans to incorporate TBD's vPanorama cloud technology into its own offerings, allowing customers to manage regulatory compliance, privacy requirements, security threats, vulnerability risks and performance metrics across virtual assets in the cloud, as well as on-premise virtual infrastructure. The TBD Networks team will join MetricStream to focus on product innovation and research and development http://www.metricstream.com http://tbdnetworks.com/ http://www.metricstream.com/pressNews/pr_371_metricstream-acquires-vpanorama.html _____________________________________________ o Sweden's Mancx Opens U.S. HQ in San Francisco, Raises $1.65 Million San Francisco -- Mancx, the Sweden-based developer of a community for business answers that allows private individuals to buy and sell their knowledge with others, said on Tuesday it has opened U.S. headquarters in San Francisco and raised $1.65 million in new funding. Almi Invest and Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund led the round, which increased the company's total backing to $3 million. Mancx will use the funds to expand its community for paid business answers through social networks such as LinkedIn and Viadeo. http://www.mancx.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120612005635/en/Mancx-Secures-3-Million-Financing-Opens-Headquarters _____________________________________________ o Google Ventures Co-Leads $1.2 Million Seed Round for Roqbot Mountain View, Calif. -- Google Ventures, the investment arm of Mountain View-based Google, has co-led a $1.2 million seed round for Michigan-based Roqbot, developer of a mobile jukebox app. Detroit Venture Partners also co-led the round, which included participation from Accelerator Ventures, T5 Capital and Penny Black. Patrons at Roqbot locations use an iPhone or Android music app to check in, discover what's playing, request songs, vote on the queue and see the venue's specials. Ultimately, customers crowd-source the music experience at that location. "With just a few clicks, a bar can have a playlist that dynamically adjusts to customer feedback while still letting the business owner maintain control," said co-founder and CEO Garrett Dodge. http://www.roqbot.com http://www.googleventures.com/ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/startup-roqbot-reinvents-the-jukebox-as-mobile-app-raises-12-million-2012-06-12 _____________________________________________ o Obama Honors Nation's Top Math and Science Teachers Washington, DC -- President Obama on Monday named 97 math and science teachers -- including San Francisco math teacher Kentaro Iwasaki -- as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The educators will receive their awards in Washington, DC later this month. The honor is awarded annually to outstanding K-12 science and math teachers. A complete list of winners is available at the link below. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/11/president-obama-honors-outstanding-math-and-science-teachers _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Redwood Shores, Calif.) Enecsys, a U.K.-based supplier of micro inverter products for the global solar market, with North American offices in Redwood Shores, on Tuesday named David White as its CFO. White previously served as the executive vice president and CFO of Nvidia, and also has held executive-level posts at Sanmina-SCI, Candescent Technologies and Conner Peripherals. http://www.enecsys.com/media/news041.php (Campbell, Calif.) Campbell-based product design company Zurb said on Tuesday it will acquire Pattern Tap, a web-based resource for design and product pattern examples. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zurb said Pattern Tap will provide its users with a way to reference ideas, share code snippets and style lists, and gain inspiration for projects. http://www.zurb.com http://www.marketwatch.com/story/silicon-valley-product-design-company-acquires-pattern-tap-design-inspiration-website-2012-06-12 (San Mateo, Calif.) San Mateo-based Causata, a developer of software designed to help companies make better decisions while they engage with customers, on Tuesday named Bharat Patel as its vice president of engineering service and operations. Patel most recently led the corporate technology operations team that supported eBay's core global businesses. http://www.causata.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120612006508/en/Causata-Expands-Management-Team-Seasoned-Engineering-Executive (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Actian, a developer of data management tools designed to let users transact, analyze and take automated action across their business operations, on Tuesday named Mark Milani as senior vice president of its cloud platform. Milani most recently served as the senior vice president of services engineering at Oracle. http://www.actian.com/newsroom/press/mark-milani =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Five Ways to Define Success: How to Determine What Success Means to You Everyone wants to be successful in one way or another. Many often spend their entire lives striving to reach a certain level of success, but they do not take the time to personally define what true success means. 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