| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 24, 2012 ============================================ Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates http://www.bayareatechwire.com/Advertising_Info.html o Palo Alto-Based VMware to Acquire Nicira in $1.2 Billion Deal o Palo Alto-Based Apigee Raises $20 Million in New Funding o San Francisco-Based Xamarin Raises $12 Million in First Round o Confidence of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Falls in Q2 o Quarterly VC Investments Surpass Q1 Levels, Fall Short of 2011 > Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates o Briefly Noted: PixyKids - Kazaana, Lippincott, Skyera, Skype _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates --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 Palo Alto-Based VMware to Acquire Nicira in $1.2 Billion Deal Palo Alto, Calif. -- VMware, the Palo Alto-based virtualization and cloud infrastructure giant, said it will acquire Palo Alto-based Nicira, developer of a network virtualization platform, in a deal worth approximately $1.2 billion. Under the agreement, VMware will pay $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million of assumed unvested equity awards. The deal is expected to close during the second half of 2012. "The acquisition of Nicira adds to our portfolio of networking assets and positions VMware to be the industry leader in software-defined networking," said CEO Paul Maritz. Nicira's platform allows clients such as AT&T, eBay, Fidelity and Rackspace to create isolated virtual networks and services that are completely decoupled and independent from the physical network. http://www.vmware.com/ http://nicira.com/ http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-nicira-07-23-12.html _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based Apigee Raises $20 Million in New Funding Palo Alto, Calif. -- Apigee, a Palo Alto-based developer of API technology designed to help packets of information flow from one app to another, said on Tuesday it has raised $20 million in a new round of funding, led by Focus Ventures. Previous backers Bay Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, SAP Ventures and Third Point Ventures also participated in the round, which the company will use to rapidly scale development, marketing and sales of its API platform, while also expanding into new markets. "As demand for APIs and apps climb, we are using the additional funding to accelerate our time-to-market and expand into new vertical markets with industry-specific API solutions," said CEO Chet Kapoor. Apigee's flagship platform is a cloud-based service designed to help businesses deliver, manage and measure APIs and the applications built on them. Current clients include Walgreens, Netflix, Bechtel and Getty Images. http://www.apigee.com http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/apigee-closes-20-million-funding-round-to-seize-increasing-api-market-demand-1683052.htm _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Xamarin Raises $12 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Xamarin, a San Francisco-based developer of mobile app development software that helps users creative native iOS, Android and Windows apps, said on Tuesday it has raised $12 million in its first round of funding. Charles River Ventures, Ignition Partners and Floodgate participated in the round, which the company will use expand its slate of mobile developer tools, as well as build a sales and marketing team. Founded less than a year ago by veteran software entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Miguel de Icaza, Xamarin has now been used by more than 150,000 developers and has more than 7,500 paying customers. "We've had a tremendous first year, validated by more than 12,000 new developers per month, and millions of dollars in revenue,": said Friedman, the company's CEO. "This funding will enable us to scale our success and better deliver on our mission, bringing millions more developers to mobile." http://xamarin.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120724005404/en/Xamarin-Raises-12M-Businesses-Address-Mobile-Developer _____________________________________________ o Confidence of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Falls in Q2 San Francisco -- The confidence of Silicon Valley venture capitalists dropped during the second quarter, according to new report by Mark Cannice, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of San Francisco School of Management. Based on a survey of 30 Bay Area venture capitalists, the new Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index came in at 3.47 on a scale of five (with five indicating high confidence and one indicating low confidence). The index fell from 3.79 a quarter ago. "Concerns over macro issues such as the fate of Europe, regulatory constraints in the life science arena and disappointment in the Facebook IPO overshadowed a steady confidence in the positive technology trends that are centered in the Valley and faith in entrepreneurs to build innovative business models to leverage these technological trends in relevant market segments," wrote Cannice. The full report is available at the link below. http://www.scribd.com/doc/100875070?secret_password=1zaz5diyv4u543ypf6h5 _____________________________________________ o Quarterly VC Investments Surpass Q1 Levels, Fall Short of 2011 Washington, DC -- Venture capitalists invested $7.0 billion into U.S. companies during the second quarter, up $1 billion from the previous quarter but down $1 billion from the same time in 2011, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. In Silicon Valley, companies raised $3.2 billion in the quarter, up from $2.1 billion last quarter and $3.1 billion a year ago. "If funding levels in the second half of the year remain consistent with the first half of the year, VC investing in 2012 will fall short of the nearly $30 billion invested in 2011 but will exceed the $23 billion invested in 2010," said Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner of the venture capital practice at PwC US. "Software and Internet companies continue to be attractive industries for VCs since most of these companies tend to be capital efficient and don’t require large amounts of capital to operate." The software industry received the highest level of funding for all industries with $2.3 billion -- the highest total for the sector since the second quarter of 2001. Life sciences investing, meanwhile, declined for the fourth straight quarter, most notably in the biotechnology sector. http://www.pwc.com/us/en/press-releases/2012/2012-q2-moneytree.jhtml _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates According to a recently released study by eMarketer, online advertising is expected to generate $39.5 billion in sales this year…Increase your sales revenue. Advertise with the Tech Wire and enjoy special summer rates. http://www.bayareatechwire.com/Advertising_Info.html |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Menlo Park, Calif.) Menlo Park-based PixyKids, developer of an interactive social media platform for kids 6-12, said on Tuesday it has officially launched in open beta and changed its company name to Kazaana. The company also has named Shai Samet, founder of the kidSAFE Seal Program and a children's privacy expert, to its board of advisors. http://www.kazaana.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120724005492/en/PixyKids-Launches-Family-Centric-Social-Platform-Beta-Company (San Francisco) Brand strategy and design firm Lippincott on Tuesday named Tim Cunningham as senior partner and head of its San Francisco office. Cunningham most recently was managing director at MRM Worldwide in San Francisco as well as chief strategy officer for the agency globally. In addition, he has held several leadership roles in the strategy and analytics practice at Digitas. http://www.lippincott.com/ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/tim-cunningham-joins-lippincott-as-senior-partner-in-san-francisco-2012-07-24 (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Skyera, a developer of solid-state storage systems, said on Tuesday it has formed a new advisory board, naming Tong Zhang and Ken Takeuchi as its first two members. Zhang is an associate professor in electrical, computer and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, while Takeuchi is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering at Chuo University. http://skyera.com/ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/skyera-forms-technical-advisory-board-2012-07-24 (Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based communications software maker Skype, a division of Microsoft, on Tuesday named Elisa Steele as its corporate vice president of marketing. Steele most recently served as the executive vice president and CMO of Yahoo, and previously was the senior vice president of corporate marketing at NetApp. http://www.skype.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120724006311/en/Skype-Names-Elisa-Steele-Corporate-Vice-President =================================================== 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 > Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates According to a recently released study by eMarketer, online advertising is expected to generate $39.5 billion in sales this year…Increase your sales revenue. Advertise with the Tech Wire and enjoy special summer rates. http://www.bayareatechwire.com/Advertising_Info.html ____________________________________________ > Marketing Events Coordinator Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, a mid-size law firm is currently seeking a Marketing Events Coordinator with 3+ years of marketing events experience in a corporate environment to provide administrative support to the Marketing Department. This position reports directly to the Marketing Manager to plan, coordinate and manage all aspects of client seminars and receptions, sponsorship events, Firm events and retreats, and other special events. Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one-on-one and small group settings with business partners and outside vendors. Additionally, candidate must be a self-starter, detail oriented, have the ability to organize and prioritize a number of tasks and complete them under time constraints. Strong computer, backend web development, HTML and graphics skills are required. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is preferred. Salary: DOE. Please include your salary requirement. Submit your resume and cover letter to the following link (or copy and paste the link to your web browser) https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=1185751 ____________________________________________ > Senior Manager, eCommerce -- Redwood City, CA The Sr. Manager of eCommerce will provide leadership on key eCommerce initiatives within Shutterfly.com to continuously improve our customer shopping experience. Reporting to the Sr Director of eCommerce, this seasoned eCommerce professional will use site analytics to drive informed business recommendations, develop site tests aimed at optimizing business goals and serve as the business lead for selected eCommerce projects. This role is focused on driving a compelling and frictionless eCommerce experience for our customers. It is perfect for someone who is interested in using his/her business acumen, eCommerce expertise, and analytic skills to drive exceptional short- and long-term business results. Apply online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/about/positions.jsp?jvi=oW3aWfwP ____________________________________________ > Account Manager Come join PaperG, just named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America, as we reinvent modern advertising. A PaperG Account Manager works as a key member of the Accounts team, where they will support PaperG's media company partners and help them thrive using PaperG's technology. Qualifications: College degree. A friendly and engaging personality - a must!. Excellent computer and Internet knowledge. High energy level. Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented. Knowledge of online advertising industry a strong plus. Send your resume to careers@paperg.com In your email or cover letter, let us know why PaperG interests you. ____________________________________________ > Sr. Financial Analyst Veracyte is a molecular diagnostics company that is pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology. Our Finance team seeks an individual who will report to the CFO, with the ability to develop and maintain long-range financial models for the company's strategic plan, produce product revenue projections and forecasts and prepare financial analyses. They will also be able to analyze trends, manage components of the operating plan process, participate in the valuation of potential business development opportunities, and collaborate with R&D, Commercial and Operations functions. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and highly diverse team environment is critical. To be a successful candidate you will have at least 4 years of finance/accounting experience, with a proven track record of incorporating applications of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cash management, and be an expert in Excel. It's important that you have experience in life sciences and knowledge/experience with Microsoft GP is a plus, as is an MBA. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your expertise to an important, emerging area in diagnostics. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@veracyte.com For additional information, see our website www.veracyte.com ____________________________________________ Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. Bay Area Tech Wire has various advertising offerings ideal for jobs listings, events, service offerings, and office space for rent. 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