| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 26, 2012 ============================================ Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 http://mamsummit.com/baltimore2012/ o Palo Alto-Based Medallia Lands $35M Investment from Sequoia Capital o S.F.-Based Duck Duck Moose Lands $7 Million in First Round o Redwood City-Based V-Key Raises $4 Million in First Round o Union City-Based Abaxis to Receive $17.25M in Settlement with Cepheid o Mountain View-Based PayByGroup Launches in Public Beta o AOL's Patch Unveils New Format Emphasizing Social Media > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 o Briefly Noted: Yahoo CFO, Interlex Communications - SenaReider _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Free Live DMW Webinar On Hack Attacks and Cloud Security with Akamai --Distilled Intelligence 2.0 - October 11-12, 2012 --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --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 Medallia Lands $35M Investment from Sequoia Capital Palo Alto, Calif. -- Medallia, the Palo Alto-based developer of web-based software designed to capture, understand and act on customer feedback, said on Wednesday it has landed a $35 million investment from Sequoia Capital. The company said it will use the new capital to bolster its platform, which captures customer feedback from surveys and social media to help clients improve the experience of their patrons. Last year, Medallia sent more than 160 million survey invitations and received over 30 million completed customer surveys for clients such as Four Seasons, Honeywell, Sephora, and Toyota Financial Services. The company said its 10-month-old product for the hospitality industry already is in use by more than 10,000 hotels. On Wednesday, it announced its new social feedback product for the retail industry. "This investment will accelerate our ability to help more companies improve their customer experience," said CEO Borge Hald. Doug Leone, a partner at Sequoia, and Steve Walske, the former CEO of Parametric Technology, will join the company's board. http://www.medallia.com http://www.medallia.com/news/item/medallia-announces-35-million-investment-from-sequoia-capital/ _____________________________________________ o S.F.-Based Duck Duck Moose Lands $7 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Duck Duck Moose, a San Francisco-based developer of educational apps for children, said on Wednesday it has landed $7 million in its first round of funding, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Stanford University also participated in the round, which the company will use to grow its family of apps, expand its executive team and add illustrators, animators and engineers. The company's paid apps have so far been downloaded more than 2.4 million times since its launch in 2008. The apps are designed to teach nursery rhymes and songs, introduce early learning concepts in literacy and math and encourage creative play through drawing and storytelling. All feature original characters and stories developed by Duck Duck Moose's creative team, and include music produced by two of the founders. http://www.duckduckmoosedesign.com/ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/duck-duck-moose-raises-7-million-in-series-a-financing-from-lightspeed-venture-partners-sequoia-capital-and-stanford-university-2012-09-26 _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based V-Key Raises $4 Million in First Round Redwood City, Calif. -- V-Key, a Redwood City-based developer of mobile app intrusion protection and intelligence tools, said on Wednesday it has raised $4 million in its first round of funding from IPV Capital, a venture capital firm based in China. The company will use the proceeds to bolster its research and development activities, as well as expand its sales and support operations in the U.S. and Asia Pacific. V-Key's V-Guard technology is designed to protect mobile apps from threats through a combination of heuristic correlation algorithms and a mobile virtual machine firewall wrapper. "We have a strong pipeline of innovations and will leverage this round of funding to speed our commercial efforts and gain wider customer adoption," said co-founder and CEO Benjamin Mah. http://www.v-key.com http://www.v-key.com/news/SECURES_FOUR_MILLION_FUNDING _____________________________________________ o Union City-Based Abaxis to Receive $17.25M in Settlement with Cepheid Union City, Calif. -- Abaxis, a Union City-based maker of instruments and consumables for the medical, research and veterinary markets, said on Wednesday it will receive $17.25 million as part of patent settlement with Sunnyvale-based Cepheid. The company had filed suit over several of its patents relating to reagent and chemical compositions and processes. With the settlement, all pending litigation has been dismissed. "This will allow both companies to move forward with ongoing activities in sales, development and manufacturing without the distraction of protracted litigation," said Clint Severson, the chairman and CEO of Abaxis. http://www.abaxis.com http://www.cepheid.com http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115152&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1738342&highlight= _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based PayByGroup Launches in Public Beta Mountain View, Calif. -- PayByGroup, the Mountain View-based developer of a free, web-based app designed to coordinate group payments to merchants, has announced its official public beta launch. The company, an alumnus of Silicon Valley startup accelerator 500 Startups, was founded by Camilo Acosta (CEO), Frank Langston (COO) and Dan Oblinger (CTO), who were frustrated by the lack of an easy way to coordinate group purchases. "For many people, finding out who is committed and what everyone owes takes quite a bit of time, energy and coordination, and frankly can be quite uncomfortable," said Acosta. "The platform is a game-changer in terms of eliminating the friction often associated with these activities and providing a simple channel for users to spread the word to potential participants via email, Facebook and Twitter." Group purchase coordinators choose how to split the cost, and are able to track the progress of their "event.". Once the funding goal has been met, the organizer is notified, the credit cards of participants charged and the funds transferred to the organizer's bank account within 3-5 days. http://paybygroup.com/ _____________________________________________ o AOL's Patch Unveils New Format Emphasizing Social Media New York -- Patch, AOL's hyperlocal news business, has launched a new version of its site that puts a heavy emphasis on social media, MediaBistro reported. The new format features a news feed, much like Facebook, with posts organized into groups created either by local editors or community members. Jon Brod, the co-founder and CEO of Patch, called the new format "the marriage of Journalism with a big J and the social elements of a community platform." http://www.patch.com http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/patch-new-site-launch-social-mobile-website_b15396 _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 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. Register at: http://mamsummit.com/baltimore2012/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Yahoo has named Ken Goldman as its new CFO, effective Oct. 22. Goldman, most recently the CFO of Fortinet, will succeed Tim Morse, who has been with the company since 2009. Morse will depart later this fall. Goldman earlier served as the senior vice president of finance and administration and CFO of Siebel Systems, and was the CFO of Excite@Home, Sybase, Cypress Semiconductor and VLSI Technology http://pressroom.yahoo.net/pr/ycorp/239042.aspx (Monterey, Calif.) San Antonio-based marketing communications firm Interlex Communications said on Wednesday it has acquired Monterey-based ad agency SenaReider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. SenaReider's client roster has included Del Monte, The North Face, the Florida Tomato Committee and Birds Eye. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/interlex-acquires-california-based-agency-171372071.html =================================================== 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 > Free Live DMW Webinar On Hack Attacks and Cloud Security with Akamai Online media and entertainment companies have become a key target with the rise of the hacktivist movement. Seeking to make political statements, hacktivists focus in on high-traffic or high-profile media sites, bent on embarrassing them by making their Web sites unavailable - or worse. Ensnared in this growing trend media, sites are often caught off guard in their ability to defend themselves against such attacks. Don't let that happen to you! When you register for this Digital Media Wire-hosted webinar, you will also receive a white paper on DDoS defense from Akamai entitled, “Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms.” Sign Up Here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/475021255 ____________________________________________ > Distilled Intelligence 2.0 - October 11-12, 2012 Distilled Intelligence 2.0 is the event that energizes startups and investors. Entreprenuers have until September 21st to apply to the pitch competition created by Fortify.vc and compete for $100K. Last fall's Distilled Intelligence (DI) 1.0 featured 55 companies representing a cross-section of technology including cyber security, educational technology, clean/green tech, critical infrastructure, enterprise software, medical IT, mobile commerce, consumer internet, and social platforms. Since DI 1.0: More than $27 million has been invested into presenting companies; 15 of the involved companies participated in world-class accelerator programs including TechStars, 500 Startups, and TheFort.vc; DI companies have created hundreds of jobs; and Two of DI companies have been acquired. Tickets are on sale at www.distilledintelligence.com for investors and entrepreneurs. ____________________________________________ > Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! "SaaS Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide to Succeeding in Your Cloud Application Business." 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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. 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