| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 15, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Milpitas-Based Vuclip Raises $13 Million in Fourth Round of Funding o San Mateo-Based InboundWriter Raises $2.5 Million, Names CEO o Hayward-Based Intarcia Raises $210 Million, Plans Move to Boston o True Ventures Leads $650,000 Round of Seed Funding for Always Prepped o San Jose-Based Peaxy Lands $2.5 Million in Seed Funding o Briefly Noted: Picarro, Solta Medical, Skybox Imaging, CEA Awards _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Social Media Outlook - The Shifting Terrain of Social Usage - Nov. 27, 2012 --Corporate Tickets at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows --Chief Marketing Officer --GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --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 Milpitas-Based Vuclip Raises $13 Million in Fourth Round of Funding Milpitas, Calif. -- Vuclip, a Milpitas-based developer of mobile video services, said it has raised $13 million in its fourth round of funding, led by SingTel Innov8. Previous backers New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Jafco Ventures also participated in the round, which will be used to expand the company's market presence in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, as well as to further develop the company's media and advertising platform. Vuclip currently provides mobile video to 45 million monthly active users worldwide. The company's service allows users to search, discover and share online videos, and play them on any Internet-enabled device. http://www.vuclip.com/ http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/vuclip-secures-13m-in-series-d-funding-from-singtel-innov8-jafco-ventures-and-nea-1726543.htm _____________________________________________ o San Mateo-Based InboundWriter Raises $2.5 Million, Names CEO San Mateo, Calif. -- InboundWriter, the San Mateo-based developer of an online content optimization system for writers, said on Thursday it has raised $2.5 million in a new round of funding and hired Skip Besthoff as its CEO. Participants in the round included previous backers Castile Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures, Formative Ventures and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III, as well as new investor Crosslink Capital. Besthoff is a long-time board member and investor in the company through Castile Ventures. Most recently, he has been instrumental in crafting the enterprise market expansion strategy for InboundWriter, which was launched on Thursday and will be the company's focus in the coming year. The company's cloud-based software incorporates real-time information gathered from the web to automate the process of optimizing online content. http://www.inboundwriter.com http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/11/15/505616/10012727/en/InboundWriter-Announces-New-CEO-and-Adds-2-5-Million-in-Funding.html _____________________________________________ o Hayward-Based Intarcia Raises $210 Million, Plans Move to Boston Hayward, Calif. -- Intarcia Therapeutics, a Hayward-based biotechnology firm, said on Thursday it has raised $210 million through two separate financing deals. The deals included $160 million from a preferred stock private placement and $50 million in private debt. Investors included previous backers New Enterprise Associates (NEA), New Leaf Venture Partners and Venrock, as well as new investors The Baupost Group, Farallon Capital Management and others. With the financing in place, Intarcia said it plans to relocate its headquarters to Boston, while keeping its early development capabilities and manufacturing site in Hayward. Intarcia is developing a treatment of type 2 diabetes that uses a matchstick-size, miniature osmotic pump that is inserted subcutaneously and provides continuous and consistent drug therapy. http://www.intarcia.com http://www.intarcia.com/media/press-releases/2012-nov-15-itca650.html _____________________________________________ o True Ventures Leads $650,000 Round of Seed Funding for Always Prepped Palo Alto, Calif. -- True Ventures, the Palo Alto-based venture capital firm, has led a new $650,000 round of seed funding for Always Prepped, a Washington, DC-based education technology startup, the company announced on Thursday. Other participants included angel investors Hooman Radfar, the founder and chairman of AddThis, and Todd Gibby, a former executive vice president at Blackboard. Always Prepped, which launched in private beta this past June, is the developer of a dashboard that aggregates students' performance data for teachers. The goal is to let teachers more easily analyze and share metrics from a multitude of tools they use, such as Khan Academy, Edmodo, Engrade, ClassDojo and others. "We know that teachers use assessment tools, behavior tracking apps, attendance systems and other programs to monitor student progress, but the problem is the data's everywhere," said founder and CEO Fahad Hassan. "By creating one centralized dashboard to manage all of these data points, we’re filling a major void in education." http://www.alwaysprepped.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121115005941/en/Prepped-announces-650k-seed-funding _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Peaxy Lands $2.5 Million in Seed Funding San Jose, Calif. -- Peaxy, a San Jose-based software-based data storage and management startup, said on Thursday it has emerged from stealth mode after raising $2.5 million in a seed round, and has begun discussions with more investors in anticipation of its first institutional round. Federico Faggin, one of the company's top investors, will serve as chairman of the board. Peaxy's Hyperfiler is designed to simplify the storage and management of large amounts of data. An early version of the technology is currently being evaluated by several large customers, with a full product release scheduled for late 2013. http://www.peaxy.net http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/storage-software-startup-peaxy-emerges-from-stealth-mode-179523151.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Corporate Tickets at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Thank your employees with skiing and riding at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. No Risk, money back on unused tickets. Kid, youth and adult ticket rates. Prices go up after December 5 http://www.squaw.com/the-mountain/lift-tickets-and-passes/corporate-tickets?WT.mc_id=3RD0114 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Picarro, a developer of stable isotope and gas concentration measurement systems, on Thursday named Subra Sankar as its vice president of engineering. Sankar previously served as the vice president of engineering at Artium Technologies, a company he co-founded, and earlier was the senior director of engineering at Illumina. http://www.picarro.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/picarro-expands-executive-team-subra-133000167.html (Hayward, Calif.) Hayward-based Solta Medical, a developer of aesthetic energy devices to address a range of skin issues, on Thursday named Lisa Parr as its vice president of regulatory affairs and clinical affairs. Parr most recently served as the vice president of clinical, regulatory and quality affairs at Tria Beauty. http://www.solta.com/investors/news-releases-and-calendar (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Skybox Imaging, a remote sensing startup using microsatellites and cloud services to provide customers with high-resolution images of the earth through a web-based platform, on Thursday named Tobias Nassif as its senior vice president of operations. Nassif most recently served as the vice president of satellite operations and engineering at Intelsat. http://www.skybox.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121115005255/en/Skybox-Imaging-Names-Tobias-Nassif-SVP-Operations (Arlington, Va.) The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) on Thursday announced the winners of the CEA Technology Leadership Awards and the CEA Technology Achievement Award, which honor individual accomplishments in industry technology and standards programs. A complete list of the recipients is available at the link below. http://www.ce.org/News/News-Releases/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/CEA-Names-Four-Technology-Standards-Award-Winners.aspx =================================================== 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 > Social Media Outlook 2013: The Shifting Terrain of Social Usage - Nov. 27 Social Media Outlook 2013 is part of the Potomac Tech Wire breakfast series that brings together senior executives in the Mid-Atlantic to discuss technology and marketing issues in a conversational, roundtable environment moderated by the editor of Potomac Tech Wire. Topics include: Is Facebook losing its "mindshare" dominance, especially among younger demographics? What were some of the most Innovative social media campaigns and strategies in 2012? Will Tumblr, Pinterest, and Google+ continue to experience rapid growth in 2013? Is social media advertising ready for prime time? Featuring a great panel of speakers from top local companies and 3 Presentations on Social Media along with a Keynote by renowned Author/Blogger Rohit Bharagava on "Top 7 Social Media Trends in 2013". Special Early Bird rate going on now. Register at: http://www.potomactechwire.com/seminar69.html ____________________________________________ > Corporate Tickets at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Thank your employees with skiing and riding at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. No Risk, money back on unused tickets. Kid, youth and adult ticket rates. 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Advanced degree (MBA) or demonstrable equivalent business acumen desirable. If you are interested in this role, please send your resume to bill.hoffman@trustedforce.com along with a cover note explaining in a paragraph or two why your experience is well aligned. Please use the subject title CMO in the email. ____________________________________________ > GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support Looking to beef up your Federal, State and Local Government Sales? To date, Winvale has supported more than 1500 companies wanting to enhance their public sector practice with a full spectrum of GSA Schedule development, government sales, marketing and channel management services. From GSA Schedule development and simple fulfillment-based programs on up to full-scale channel management, lead generation, sales and distribution services, Winvale allows companies to mitigate their risks and lower the costs associated with entering the government marketplace. Contact us to find out how Winvale can help you build and scale an effective public sector practice. Join companies like Oracle, BMC, Symantec, Intel-GE by partnering with Winvale today. Call 202-296-5505 or visit http://www.winvale.com/gsa_schedule_consulting_inquiry Send inquiries to sales@winvale.com ____________________________________________ > webMethods Consultants Software AG USA Now Hiring: Senior and Principal Level Consultants HUB City Locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Toronto: Travel 75-100%. Software AG is the world's leading independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software featuring the webMethods product suite that provides an integrated platform for SOA, ESB & Integration, BPM and BAM. Our Global Consulting Services Department is seeking consultants for all of our practice groups to architect, develop, and deliver technical solutions to solve our clients’ most pressing business process challenges. 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SaaS Entrepreneur is divided into the following chapters - Foreword, Introduction, SaaS and the Power of Communities and Analytics, Marketing, Selling and Pricing Your SaaS System, Sales Organization and Compensation in SaaS, SaaS Business Metrics, Operations and Infrastructure in SaaS, Dvelopment and SaaS, Customer Service and SaaS, Professional Services in SaaS, Legal Issues, SLAs, Taxes and VAT in SaaS, International Markets and SaaS. Virtual DVD contains goals and success checklists with over 600 checklist item, videos, templates, sample docs and spreadsheets. Over 200 tables/figures. Purchase today for $49.99 at: http://www.softletter.com/SoftletterStore/tabid/249/p/saas-entrepreneur-the-definitive-guide-to-succeeding-in-your-cloud-application-business/Default.aspx Send inquiries rickchapman@softletter.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 ____________________________________________ > 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. 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Apply online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/about/positions.jsp?jvi=oW3aWfwP ____________________________________________ > 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. ____________________________________________ > 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 ____________________________________________ Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. Bay Area Tech Wire has various advertising offerings ideal for jobs listings, events, service offerings, and office space for rent. 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