| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 15, 2012 ============================================ Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 http://mamsummit-baltimore-2012.eventbrite.com/ o Redwood City-Based YottaMark Raises $24 Million in Fourth Round o Carlyle to Lead Management Buyout of Getty Images o San Francisco-Based SocialPandas Lands $1.5M in Seed Funding o San Francisco-Based Ustream Names Brad Hunstable as CEO o Tech Heavyweights Take Part in $10 Million Round for EverFi > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 o Briefly Noted: Influitive, SIIA - 2013 CODiE Awards _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies --3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 --BA: Turn Sunshine into Savings -- Go Solar With Your Home or Office --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 Redwood City-Based YottaMark Raises $24 Million in Fourth Round Redwood City, Calif. -- YottaMark, the Redwood City-based developer of a platform designed to bring traceability and transparency to the food supply chain, said on Wednesday it has raised $24 million in its fourth round of funding, led by Westbury Partners. New investors Fairhaven Capital and General Mills Ventures, as well as previous backers ATA Ventures, Thomvest Ventures and Granite Ventures also participated in the round, which the company will use to bolster sales and marketing for its HarvestMark platform. YottaMark now has raised $53 million since its inception. The company's platform is used by more than 300 brands, including The Kroger Co., Driscoll's Strawberry Associates, Sun World and Calavo. http://www.yottamark.com/ http://www.harvestmark.com http://news.yottamark.com/press-releases/yottamark-receives-$24-million-in-funding-for-leading-food-traceability-solution.aspx _____________________________________________ o Carlyle to Lead Management Buyout of Getty Images San Francisco -- Private equity giant The Carlyle Group said on Wednesday it will acquire a controlling stake in Seattle-based Getty Images, a large creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products, from San Francisco-based owner Hellman & Friedman. The deal is part of a $3.3 billion management buyout of the company, expected to close later this year. Mark Getty, the co-founder and chairman of Getty Images, and the Getty family will roll substantially all of their ownership interests into the transaction. Management, including co-founder and CEO Jonathan Klein, also will invest significant equity. Hellman & Friedman acquired the company in 2008. "We will harness Carlyle's financial resources and global network to help take Getty Images to the next stage of product innovation and global growth," said Eliot Merrill, managing director of The Carlyle Group. Founded in 1995, Getty Images was the first company to license imagery online. http://www.gettyimages.com http://www.carlyle.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120815005509/en/Carlyle-Group-Getty-Images-Management-Acquire-Getty _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based SocialPandas Lands $1.5M in Seed Funding San Francisco -- SocialPandas, a San Francisco-based startup developer of social selling apps, said on Wednesday it has landed $1.5 million in a round of seed funding, led by by True Ventures. Several angel investors, including former executives from Salesforce.com, VMware and Apple, also participated, along with the Alchemist Accelerator. The company will use the funds to fuel product development for a launch in 2013. SocialPandas is building a social selling platform designed to convert relationships and activities on social networks -- including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn -- into actionable leads and revenue. The platform finds and ranks new leads by surfacing relevant activities and contact profiles across social networks. http://www.socialpandas.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120815005287/en/SocialPandas-Secures-1.5-Million-Seed-Funding-Led _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Ustream Names Brad Hunstable as CEO San Francisco -- Ustream, the San Francisco-based developer of an interactive platform for live and social video streaming, on Wednesday named co-founder Brad Hunstable as its permanent CEO. He had been serving as the company's interim CEO since Nov. 2011. "The board has been very impressed by Brad's leadership as interim CEO," said Gen Isayama, a Ustream board member and partner at DCM. "The board is very excited by Ustream's opportunity to extend its leadership in the live, social video space to capture a dominant share of live broadcasting revenues." Hunstable co-founded Ustream more than five years ago. The company's technology is designed to let broadcasters create their own customizable channels with social and notification features. http://www.ustream.com _____________________________________________ o Tech Heavyweights Take Part in $10 Million Round for EverFi Washington, DC -- Several heavy-hitters from the technology industry have taken part in a new $10 million round for EverFi, the Washington, DC-based developer of an education technology platform designed to teach life skills such as student loan management and alcohol prevention. Investors included Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Twitter founder Evan Williams and Rethink Education. Previous backers New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Tomorrow Ventures (the investment arm of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt), Allen and Company and Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen also participated in the round, which comes two years after the company initially raised $11 million. "Our new investors have collectively built some of the most powerful networks in the world, and that experience will be extremely helpful as we build ours," said CEO Tom Davidson. EverFi's platform focuses on tough issues facing students, including financial literacy, student loan management, digital literacy, cyberbullying awareness, online safety, alcohol abuse prevention, sexual assault awareness and new skill areas to be announced later this year. The company teams with major corporations and foundations to provide the programs at no cost to K-12 schools. http://www.everfi.com http://www.everfi.com/about/news/press-releases/seriesb _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Intelligence & Insights on the Future of Communications. This one-day conference, organized by Potomac Tech Wire and Capitol Communicator, will bring together 300+ executives from the marketing, advertising, technology and communications sectors to discuss major issues facing the industry. The themes will focus on emerging technologies and trends in marketing communications. Topics will include: metrics, mobile, social media, multi-platform campaigns, online video campaigns, experiential advertising, B2B, PR, and much more. 7:45 am – 6:00 pm. Oct. 18, 2012. Super Early Bird Rate thru Aug. 10, 2012. Register at: http://mamsummit-baltimore-2012.eventbrite.com/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) Influitive, developer of a platform for advocate marketing with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Toronto, on Wednesday named Victor Belfor as its vice president of business development. Belfor most recently served as the vice president of strategic alliances at RingCentral. he will work out of San Francisco. http://influitive.com/victor-belfor-joins-influitives-executive-team-as-vice-president-of-business-development/ (Washington, DC) The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and information industries, on Wednesday opened nominations for its 2013 CODiE Awards, which annually honor the top products and services in the information industry, as well as excellence in corporate achievement. The awards, now in their 28th year, will feature 27 categories. http://www.siia.net/codies/2013/ =================================================== 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 > The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies. Bridge Bank’s Technology Banking Division serves venture-backed and non venture-backed companies from inception to IPO. Bridge Bank's product offering includes growth capital, equipment and working capital credit facilities and treasury management solutions, along with a full line of international products and services and financing secured by domestic, government and foreign receivables. For details, visit www.bridgebank.com ____________________________________________ > 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC Is your business positioned to capture your share of the over $120 billion global cybersecurity market expected by 2017? The 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit addresses the urgency of America's need to remain cyber secure. Join us as we assemble a stunning array of cybersecurity experts such as His Excellency Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia; John C. (Chris) Inglis, Deputy Director, NSA; Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, Director, DISA; Eugene Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky Lab; Gen. 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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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