| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 10, 2012 ============================================ Sponsored by: Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated Details o Palo Alto-Based DisplayLink Raises $10.4 Million in New Funding o Sunnyvale-Based Blue River Technology Lands $3.1 Million in First Round o Mural.ly Lands Seed Round, Led by Intel Capital o San Jose-Based Fairchild Semiconductor Names Vijay Ullal as President o TechCrunch Disrupt SF Names Startup Battlefield Entrants o Briefly Noted: Agilent Technologies, Tapjoy, salesforce.com, Green Technology Resources - Global Cellphone Buyers _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --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 Palo Alto-Based DisplayLink Raises $10.4 Million in New Funding Palo Alto, Calif. -- DisplayLink, a Palo Alto-based developer of products designed to simplify the connection between monitors and computing devices, said on Monday it has raised $10.4 million in a new round of funding, led by Clydesdale Bank. Previous backers Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital, Cipio Partners, DAG Ventures and DFJ Esprit also participated in the round, which the company will use as working capital to support growth of its semiconductor and software business. "This financing will ensure DisplayLink has the resources necessary to fund its growth," said Chairman Graham O'Keeffe. http://www.displaylink.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910006304/en/DisplayLink%C2%AE-Closes-10.4M-Financing-Support-Growth _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Blue River Technology Lands $3.1 Million in First Round Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Blue River Technology, a Sunnyvale-based developer of computer vision and robotics tools for agriculture, said on Monday it has landed $3.1 million in its first round of funding, led by Khosla Ventures. Steve Blank, Ulu Ventures and Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs also joined the round. "We intend to invest the proceeds of this round in growing our engineering team and accelerating our new product roadmap," said co-founder and CEO Jorge Heraud. Founded last year by two Stanford University alumni, Blue River Technology is developing an alternative to chemical-intensive agriculture. The company's computer vision techniques are used to identify weeds and selectively kill unwanted plants. Ryan Kottenstette of Khosla Ventures has joined the company's board of directors. http://www.bluerivert.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910006479/en/Blue-River-Technology-Raises-3.1-Million-Khosla _____________________________________________ o Mural.ly Lands Seed Round, Led by Intel Capital Palo Alto, Calif. -- Mural.ly, developer of a platform designed to let users create murals of content, said on Monday it has raised an unspecified amount in a seed round of funding, led by Intel Capital. Alta Ventures, 500 Startups and several angel investors also took part. The Argentina-based company, which has an office in Palo Alto, some several members of its management team plan to move to the U.S. in the coming months to help with growth in the region. It already is seeking another round of venture capital for larger-scale promotion and expansion. Mural.ly's web-based platform allows users to map together different content formats, including images, embedded video, links and social media content, onto one unified mural. "Mural.ly is a simple way to collect web content, arrange it visually, and then share it with a group," said co-founder and CEO Mariano Suarez Battan. "We envision people from around the world using our murals collaboratively as works-in-progress, a phenomenon we call `social visual ideation.'" www.mural.ly http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910006648/en/Mural.ly-Launches-Collaborative-Visual-Ideation-Content-Publishing _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Fairchild Semiconductor Names Vijay Ullal as President San Jose, Calif. -- Fairchild Semiconductor, a San Jose-based supplier of power and mobile chips, on Monday named Vijay Ullal as its president and COO. Ullal, most recently president of the Consumer and Automated Solutions Group at Maxim Integrated Products, will be responsible for all of the company's operating activities, including product lines, sales and marketing, technology development, manufacturing and supply chain management. "We have significantly grown our mobile, industrial, appliance and automotive businesses during the last five years as we transition the company to higher value, faster growing markets," said Mark Thompson, Fairchild's chairman and CEO. "Vijay brings to Fairchild a unique set of skills in technology development, product line and operations management plus a track record of success in driving growth through product leadership." http://www.fairchildsemi.com http://www.fairchildsemi.com/news/2012/1209/091012_Chief-Operating-Officer.html _____________________________________________ o TechCrunch Disrupt SF Names Startup Battlefield Entrants San Francisco -- TechCrunch Disrupt SF, the annual San Francisco technology conference presented by AOL technology blog TechCrunch, on Monday named the 28 entrants for its Startup Battlefield. The event, which takes place Monday through Wednesday at The Concourse Exhibition Center, allows emerging companies to demo their products in front of potential partners and investors, with a chance to win a $50,000 grand prize. The winner, to be selected by a six-person judging panel that will include such luminaries as TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, will be announced Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. A complete list of the entrants is available at the bottom link below. http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2012/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910006277/en/TechCrunch-Disrupt-SF-2012-Startup-Battlefield-Contestants _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based measurement technology giant Agilent Technologies said on Monday it plans to raise an unspecified amount through an offering of senior notes. The company said it plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of its 4.45% senior notes due later this month. http://www.agilent.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/agilent-technologies-announces-offering-senior-130300496.html (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Green Technology Resources said on Monday it has signed a letter of intent to acquire e-waste recycling company Global Cellphone Buyers. According to the agreement, Green Technology will have 90 days to conduct due diligence toward a potential deal. http://www.gtsoresources.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910005668/en/GTSO-Signs-Letter-Intent-Acquire-E-Waste-Recycler (San Francisco) Swan Francisco-based Tapjoy, developer of a mobile advertising and publishing platform, on Monday named Patrick Seybold as its vice president of global communications and marketing partnerships. Seybold previously held a variety of leadership roles at Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment, spanning product and corporate communications as well as strategic partnerships and alliances for the PlayStation brand in North America. http://www.tapjoy.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tapjoy-appoints-patrick-seybold-as-vice-president-of-global-communications-and-marketing-partnerships-169157376.html (San Francisco) San Francisco-based salesforce.com, a developer of cloud computing tools designed to help companies better connect with customers, partners and employees, on Monday named Patrick Pelata as executive vice president and chief automotive officer. 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