| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 23, 2012 ============================================ 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC http://cybersecurity-2012.eventbrite.com o Campbell-Based AOptix Raises $42 Million in Fifth Round o San Francisco-Based Mocana Raises $25 Million in Fourth Round o Alameda-Based AbsolutData Secures $20 Million Investment o Menlo Park-Based Shasta Ventures Leads $14M Round for Typesafe o San Jose-Based Convergent.io Lands $10 Million in First Round o White House Names First Class of Presidential Innovation Fellows > 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC o Briefly Noted: Nlyte Software, Kixeye _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Electric Vehicles Forums in Boston and New York --Breakfast Forum: Implementing Analytics for Software and SaaS Providers --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --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 Campbell-Based AOptix Raises $42 Million in Fifth Round Campbell, Calif. -- AOptix, a Campbell-based developer of technology that uses optics to transform identity verification and wireless communications, said on Thursday it has raised $42 million in its fifth round of funding, increasing its total backing to $123 million. Previous investors Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northgate Capital and W Capital Partners participated in the round and were joined by a new investor, True Ventures. The proceeds will be used to support product development, sales and marketing as the company prepares to launch several new products. AOptix's founders originally invented adaptive optics technologies to help astronomers see farther into space. The company later worked with DARPA and the U.S. military to develop advanced mobile wireless networks for high speed air-to-ground and air-to-air communications. It now provides tools for identity verification using iris recognition and a range of other biometric techniques for aviation security and immigration control, as well as wireless communications technology. http://www.aoptix.com http://www.aoptix.com/news-events/press-releases/244-aoptix-closes-42-million-series-e-funding _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Mocana Raises $25 Million in Fourth Round San Francisco -- Mocana, a San Francisco-based developer of mobile and smart device security technology, said on Thursday it has raised $25 million in its fourth round of funding, led by Palo Alto-based Trident Capital. Previous backers Intel Capital, Shasta, Southern Cross and Symantec also participated in the round, which the company will use to scale its platform, a combination of software and network services designed to secure connected devices and the information, apps and services that run on them. The company now has raised $47 million since its inception. Alberto Yépez, Trident Capital's managing director, will join the Mocana's board of directors. https://www.mocana.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120823005350/en/Mocana-Secures-25-Million-Funding _____________________________________________ o Alameda-Based AbsolutData Secures $20 Million Investment Alameda, Calif.-- AbsolutData, an Alameda-based provider of data analytics services, said on Thursday it has landed a $20 million investment from Fidelity Growth Partners India. The company, which also has significant operations in India, said it will use the new capital to scale to meet growing demand for advanced and big data analytics. "We now serve some of the largest and most reputed retail, consumer goods, technology and hospitality companies, across [the] U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific," said CEO Anil Kaul. "This investment will enable us to further strengthen our ability to service the increasing demand from our global clients." Kabir Narang, director at Fidelity Growth Partners India, has joined the company's board of directors. http://www.absolutdata.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120823005591/en/AbsolutData-Raises-20M-Fidelity-Growth-Partners-India _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Shasta Ventures Leads $14M Round for Typesafe Menlo Park, Calif. -- Shasta Ventures, the Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, has led a new $14 million round of funding for Massachusetts-based Typesafe, developer of a software platform for multicore, parallel and cloud apps. Juniper Networks and previous backers Greylock Partners and Francois Stieger also took part in the round, which the company will use to grow and further develop its platform. Typesafe was founded by the creators of Scala language and Akka middleware. http://typesafe.com/ http://www.shastaventures.com http://typesafe.com/company/news/24499 _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Convergent.io Lands $10 Million in First Round San Jose, Calif. -- Convergent.io, a San Jose-based enterprise infrastructure startup, said on Thursday it has raised $10 million in its first round of funding, from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Founded by XenSource veterans Andrew Warfield, Keir Fraser and Ramana Jonnala, the company is developing storage technology that uses a flexible software approach along with high-performance, commodity hardware. "We are building a solution that enables customers to make better use of both existing hardware investments and new storage technology with an integrated storage and networking architecture," said CEO Jonnala. http://www.convergent.io http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120823005384/en/Convergent.io-Secures-10M-Series-Funding-Andreessen-Horowitz _____________________________________________ o White House Names First Class of Presidential Innovation Fellows Washington, DC -- The White House on Thursday announced its first class of 18 "Presidential Innovation Fellows," selected from a poll of nearly 700 applicants. Those selected will spend six months in Washington, DC to work on five specific projects aimed at supporting entrepreneurs, small businesses and the economy, while improving how the federal government serves citizens. "These private sector innovators bring their entrepreneurial expertise to the table that has helped jump-start high-tech companies, increase efficiency and public engagement and redefine how technology is used in business," said U.S. CTO Todd Park. Fellows with local ties include: San Francisco's Ryan Panchadsaram, the founder of Pipette; Oakland's Adam Becker, web developer and co-founder of civic engagement startup GovHub; Fremont's Karl Mehta, serial entrepreneur and founder of PlaySpan; San Francisco's Ian Kalin, Navy veteran and managing director of an energy sector startup; and San Francisco's Nathaniel Manning, robotics entrepreneur and member of the World Economic Forum's Personal Data team and Google's Data Colloquium team. http://www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 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. Michael Hayden (Ret.), Former Dir., CIA & NSA; and Shawn Henry, the FBI's former top cyber cop and cybersecurity experts from the CIA, DHS, INTERPOL Washington, NERC, DOE, NIST, etc. Register today at http://cybersecurity-2012.eventbrite.com (Use discount code PTech for a 15% discount!) |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Menlo Park, Calif.) Menlo Park-based Nlyte Software, a developer of data center infrastructure management tools, has named Mark Harris to the newly created position of vice president of data center strategy. Harris most recently served as the vice president of marketing at Server Technology, and previously held roles at Raritan, Avocent and Cyclades. http://www.nlyte.com/nlyte-software-press-releases/nlyte-software-strengthens-management-team-appoints-industry-veteran-mark-harris-to-new-position-of-vice-president-of-data-center-strategy (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Kixeye, a developer of competitive online combat strategy games, on Thursday named Alan Patmore as its vice president of product. Patmore, who most recently served as the general manager of CityVille at Zynga, will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of product strategy and development. http://www.kixeye.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120823005405/en/Industry-Veteran-Alan-Patmore-Joins-KIXEYE-Vice =================================================== 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 > Electric Vehicles Forums in Boston and New York Register for one of PA’s executive forums "Electric Vehicles, Fact or Fiction?" on Tuesday 11 September in Boston, or Wednesday 12 September in New York. At this cross-sector executive forum, we will break down industry silos, address market challenges and share practical knowledge and success stories. 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Register today at: www.logixml.com/sanmateo LogiXML, the pioneer of web-based business intelligent(BI) software, was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in their 2012 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms report. (February 6, 2012) Survey respondents recognized that “…ease of use goes hand-in-hand with cost as a key strength for LogiXML. [It] is reflected by its customers giving it among the highest scores for ease of use of any vendor in the survey.” Send inquiries to andrea.gemmell@logixml.com ____________________________________________ > A Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference About Keeping Pace in the Tablet Era. The race is on for tablet market supremacy as providers at all levels move at light speed to gain the upper edge. The only thing moving faster than the tablet industry is the demand markets are putting on the devices themselves. The post PC era is upon us and the tablet form factor is accelerating the shift faster than most would have predicted. Keeping up is critical. Getting left behind is a death sentence. Come hear from newly anointed pioneers and leave as one of them yourself. www.modevtablet.com ____________________________________________ > 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. Michael Hayden (Ret.), Former Dir., CIA & NSA; and Shawn Henry, the FBI's former top cyber cop and cybersecurity experts from the CIA, DHS, INTERPOL Washington, NERC, DOE, NIST, etc. Register today at http://cybersecurity-2012.eventbrite.com (Use discount code PTech for a 15% discount!) ____________________________________________ > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Intelligence & Insights on the Future of Communications. 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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. 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