Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Bay Area Tech Wire -- Nov. 14

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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 14, 2012
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Bay Area Dominates New Deloitte Technology Fast 500
o Palo Alto-Based 10gen Lands Investments from Intel Capital, Red Hat
o Walnut Creek-Based Beyond Lucid Technologies Lands New Funding
o Communications Giant Nokia to Acquire Berkeley-Based earthmine
o San Francisco-Based Spruce Media Lands $15M in Debt Financing
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Briefly Noted: Sanmina-SCI, Nebula, Amarantus BioSciences

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o Bay Area Dominates New Deloitte Technology Fast 500

San Francisco -- Bay Area companies occupy four of the top five spots in the newly released 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing tech, media, telecom, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Companies are ranked by their revenue growth from 2007-2011. Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors leads the list, with revenue growth of 279,684%, followed by Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks (166,938%). Milpitas-based FireEye and Sunnyvale-based Aerohive Networks rank Nos. 4 and 5, respectively. All told, Bay Area companies make up 20% of the list, which is available in its entirety through the links below.
http://www.deloitte.com/us/fast500/ (Main page)
http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents/TMT_us_tmt/us_tmt_fast500_rankings_111212.pdf (PDF of Rankings)
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o Palo Alto-Based 10gen Lands Investments from Intel Capital, Red Hat

Palo Alto, Calif. -- 10gen, a developer of database software with U.S. offices in Palo Alto and New York, said on Wednesday it has landed new investments from Intel Capital and Red Hat. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company said it will use the proceeds to further bolster its product development efforts. The news comes nearly six months after 10gen -- the maker of NoSQL database platform MongoDB -- raised $42 million in a round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
http://www.10gen.com 
http://www.10gen.com/press/10gen-announces-strategic-investment-intel-capital-and-red-hat 
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o Walnut Creek-Based Beyond Lucid Technologies Lands New Funding

Walnut Creek, Calif. -- Beyond Lucid Technologies, the Walnut Creek-based developer of a documentation platform serving the ambulance, fire and industrial emergency response industries, said on Wednesday it has landed a six-figure investment in the form of a convertible note from Dalmore Investments, an angel fund based in Minneapolis. "This infusion will help us grow the team that will transform emergency response," said co-founder and CEO Jonathon Feit. Beyond Lucid's Mediview platform utilizes tools such as GPS and telehealth in a bid to make emergency response safer, more efficient and cost-effective. The news comes five months after the company also landed an investment from Carnegie Mellon University's Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund, a venture fund.
http://www.beyondlucid.com 
http://beyondlucid.com/Company/NewsandEvents/NewsRelease14
November2012.aspx 
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o Communications Giant Nokia to Acquire Berkeley-Based earthmine

Berkeley, Calif. -- Finnish communications technology giant Nokia said late Tuesday it will acquire Berkeley-based earthmine, developer of an end-to-end 3D street level imaging system. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close by the end of this year, were not disclosed. The earthmine staff will join Nokia's Location & Commerce business, with Berkeley becoming a key site for the development of 3D reality capture technology. "We could not hope for a better place to fulfill and accelerate our mission of indexing the world in 3D." said John Ristevski, the co-CEO of earthmine. The company's system includes collection hardware, ocessing workflows, cloud hosting and client software.
http://www.earthmine.com 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121113006929/en/Nokia-Acquire-earthmine 
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o San Francisco-Based Spruce Media Lands $15M in Debt Financing

San Francisco -- Spruce Media, a San Francisco-based developer of marketing technology used by advertisers, agencies and trading desks on Facebook, said on Wednesday it has secured $15 million in debt financing from Square 1 Bank. The company said it plans to use the financing to accelerate sales growth and further expand its technology development team. Spruce also said it plans to expand into additional U.S. cities, invest in its technology build out and provide additional infrastructure for both its managed service and self-service business units.
http://www.sprucemedia.com 
http://www.square1bank.com 
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(San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Sanmina-SCI, a provider of electronics manufacturing services, said it will change its name to Sanmina on Thursday, in line with its product portfolio branding strategy. The company was founded in 1980 as Sanmina, but changed its name in 2001 when it merged with SCI Systems.
http://investor.shareholder.com/sanm/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=721201 

(Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Nebula, which is developing a system that will allow businesses to build large private computing clouds, said on Wednesday it has promoted Jesse Andrews to vice president of product management. Andrews most recently served as the company's director of technology, and previously co-founded ANSO Labs and was the director of Rackspace Cloud Builders.
http://www.nebula.com 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121114006360/en/Nebula-Appoints-OpenStack-Co-Creator-Jesse-Andrews-VP

(Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Amarantus BioSciences, a biotechnology firm developing treatments and diagnostics for Parkinson's disease and Traumatic Brain Injury, said on Wednesday it has landed $1.1 million in funding through two separate transactions. The company said it issued a convertible promissory note to an undisclosed institutional investor for $600,000, and entered into an unrelated equity financing arrangement with a separate institutional fund that assists public companies in financing operations and expansion.
http://www.amarantus.com
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> Marketing Events Coordinator

Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, a mid-size law firm is currently seeking a Marketing Events Coordinator with 3+ years of marketing events experience in a corporate environment to provide administrative support to the Marketing Department. This position reports directly to the Marketing Manager to plan, coordinate and manage all aspects of client seminars and receptions, sponsorship events, Firm events and retreats, and other special events. Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one-on-one and small group settings with business partners and outside vendors. Additionally, candidate must be a self-starter, detail oriented, have the ability to organize and prioritize a number of tasks and complete them under time constraints. 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 
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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
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