| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 24, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o San Francisco-Based Yelp Acquires European Counterpart Qype o Sofinnova Ventures Leads $34.5 Million Round for Mirna Therapeutics o Redwood City-Based Seven Networks Names Mark Harris as CFO o Global Semiconductor Alliance Names Finalists for GSA Awards o Briefly Noted: Hercules Technology Growth Capital, bliknx _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --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 San Francisco-Based Yelp Acquires European Counterpart Qype San Francisco -- Yelp, the San Francisco-based operator of a popular local business reviews site, said on Wednesday it has paid approximately $50 million in cash and stock to acquire Germany-based Qype, Europe's largest local reviews site. Yelp said the acquisition will accelerate its international expansion, adding more than 2 million reviews and 15 million unique visitors a month across 13 countries. "We have built a solid foundation in Europe and this acquisition should significantly increase our international presence," said Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp's co-founder and CEO. "Qype's established European sales force will also bring more local business owners into the Yelp ecosystem." http://www.yelp.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/yelp-acquires-qype-provides-preliminary-071500878.html _____________________________________________ o Sofinnova Ventures Leads $34.5 Million Round for Mirna Therapeutics Menlo Park, Calif. -- Sofinnova Ventures, a life sciences-focused investment firm with offices in Menlo Park and La Jolla, has led a new $34.5 million round of funding for Texas-based Mirna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical firm developing cancer therapeutics. New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pfizer Ventures, Osage University Partners, Correlation Ventures and several previous investors also took part. Mirna will use the proceeds to advance its lead product candidate through human studies. Michael Powell, a general partner at Sofinnova Ventures, will join the company's board of directors. http://www.mirnarx.com http://www.sofinnova.com http://www.mirnarx.com/pdfs/Mirna_PR_Series_C_FINAL.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Seven Networks Names Mark Harris as CFO Redwood City, Calif. -- Seven Networks, a developer of mobile tools designed to manage smartphone signaling and data traffic on wireless networks, on Wednesday named Mark Harris as its new CFO. Harris most recently served as the CFO of Nimsoft, and previously held other CFO and financial management positions in the telecom and banking sectors. "With Mark’s financial expertise deeply rooted in the computer software industry, he'll be a great fit for us and the company's future growth," said CEO Ross Bott. Seven's mobile software and services are designed to help mobile carriers cut network access requests by up to 40% by eliminating unnecessary and redundant network traffic caused by mobile apps. http://www.seven.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121024005328/en/Networks-Announces-Mark-Harris-Chief-Financial-Officer _____________________________________________ o Global Semiconductor Alliance Names Finalists for GSA Awards Santa Clara, Calif. -- The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) on Wednesday unveiled the nominees for its annual GSA Awards, which will be announced Dec. 13 in Santa Clara. The program honors the achievements of semiconductor companies in 11 categories, ranging from outstanding leadership to financial accomplishments. A complete look at the 34 finalists is available at the link below. https://www.gsaglobal.org/2012/10/2012-global-semiconductor-alliance-award-nominees-announced/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Hercules Technology Growth Capital, a provider of senior secured loans to venture-backed technology companies, has named Mark Solovy and Derek Jensen as managing directors in its technology group and Ben Bang as senior counsel. Solovy most recently served as a managing director at Sikich Corporate Finance, Jensen was a senior executive at Citigroup and UBS and Bang was an attorney at Chapman and Cutler. In addition, the firm also has named Lesya Kulchenko, Vincent Tsai and Andrew Merget as senior associates on its technology investment team. http://www.htgc.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121023006646/en (San Francisco) San Francisco-based bliknx, developer of a video search engine, on Wednesday named Dan Slivjanovski as its senior vice president of marketing. 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