| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 26, 2013 ============================================ Special Summer Advertising Rates Now Until Aug. 31, 2013 http://www.bayareatechwire.com/PremAd.html o Reports: Uber Close to Completing Funding Round at $3-$4 Billion Valuation o Google to Sponsor Free Wi-Fi in San Francisco Parks and Plazas o Samsung Ventures Leads $31 Million Round for SolidFire o Survey: Younger Workers Most Likely to Job Hunt While at the Office o Web Series Startupland Surpasses Goal in Kickstarter Campaign o Briefly Noted: Duracell Powermat - Starbucks, Jive Software - San Francisco Giants _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online --Airport CIO/ITT Director --Mobile Commerce World --Patent Applications Drafted --Research Leader – Collaboration and Communications --Director of Business Development --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 Reports: Uber Close to Completing Funding Round at $3-$4 Billion Valuation San Francisco -- Uber, the San Francisco-based on-demand car service, is close to raising as much as $200 million in funding at a valuation expected to fall between $3-$4 billion, multiple media outlets reported. Private equity firm Texas Pacific Group (TPG) is said to be leading the round, which also may include Google Ventures. Sources such as TechCrunch and AllThingsD said the company is in advanced negotiations with the potential investors, and may wrap up the deal in the coming weeks. Uber, which lets clients request a car through their mobile devices, now operates in 35 cities and expects to generate $125 million in revenue this year, AllThingsD reported. The company in 2011 raised $37.5 million at a $330 million valuation from investors including Menlo Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Goldman Sachs. https://www.uber.com/# http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/uber-tpg-3-5b/ http://allthingsd.com/20130725/fast-car-uber-funding-auction-likely-coming-to-a-close-at-3-5b-valuation/ _____________________________________________ o Google to Sponsor Free Wi-Fi in San Francisco Parks and Plazas San Francisco -- Tech giant Google will sponsor a program providing free Wi-Fi at 31 San Francisco parks and plazas, the San Francisco Examiner reported Friday. The Mountain View-based company will pay for the technology with a $600,000 gift to non-profit sf.citi, a group chaired by angel investor Ron Conway. Wireless company iNet will install the equipment for the system, which could be up and running by next spring. "We wanted to create a model project that was done the right way and use it as an example of how to take free Wi-Fi across San Francisco," Supervisor Mark Farrell told The Examiner. http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/free-wi-fi-at-city-parks-part-of-fully-wired-goal/Content?oid=2520434 _____________________________________________ o Samsung Ventures Leads $31 Million Round for SolidFire San Jose, Calif. -- Samsung Ventures, the Korean investment arm of Samsung, with U.S. headquarters in San Jose, has led a new $31 million round of funding for Colorado-based SolidFire, developer of data storage systems designed for large-scale public and private cloud infrastructure. Previous backers New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Valhalla Partners and Novak Biddle Venture Partners also took part in the company's third round. "Samsung Ventures' investment and partnership will have a significant impact on our business," said founder and CEO Dave Wright. "Their worldwide relationships and leadership in flash memory will allow us to expand our reach much further and faster than before." SolidFire now has raised $68 million since its inception. http://www.solidfire.com http://solidfire.com/press-releases/solidfire-delivers-largest-and-fastest-all-ssd-storage-system-to-market,-locks-in-additional-$31-million-in-funding/ _____________________________________________ o Survey: Younger Workers Most Likely to Job Hunt While at the Office Menlo Park, Calif. -- Nearly half of younger workers said they are likely to spend time searching for a new job while at the office, according to a new survey by Menlo Park-based Accountemps. Forty-eight percent of those between the ages of 18-34 indicated they would have no problem job hunting while at work, compared with just 26% of those between the ages of 35-44 and 21% of those between the ages of 45-54. "The grass isn't always greener on the other side, so professionals should first consider how they might improve their current situation before looking for a new job," said Max Messmer, the chairman of Accountemps. "When it is time to move on, conducting the job hunt using company resources is not only unethical, it places the employee at a high risk of being caught in the act." http://accountemps.rhi.mediaroom.com/2013-07-25-Survey-Shows-Younger-Workers-Most-Comfortable-Job-Hunting-While-Employed _____________________________________________ o Web Series Startupland Surpasses Goal in Kickstarter Campaign Washington, DC -- Startupland, a documentary web series chronicling the experiences of five tech companies as they go through an accelerator program at Fortify Ventures, on Friday wrapped up its Kickstarter campaign after surpassing its stated goal of $75,000. The campaign, which launched late last month, attracted $85,295 from 354 investors. Directed by Justin Gutwein, the series, billed as "part storytelling and part startup 'how-to,'" follows the founding teams of five early-stage companies -- LedCyte, RidePost, Snobswap, TrendPo and The Trip Tribe -- as they navigate their way through the often unglamorous but potentially rewarding startup world. http://www.startupland.tv/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/76065318/startupland-a-documentary-series _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Jose, Calif.) Duracell Powermat said on Friday it has begun offering free wireless charging in select Starbucks stores in the Silicon Valley area. Charging will comply with the Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard, so that any PMA-certified device will charge by simply being placed on the tabletop. The expansion of the program follows a test of the wireless charging technology in select Starbucks stores in the Boston area. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/duracell-powermat-starbucks-expand-wireless-110000372.html;_ylt=A2KJ2Ug3bvJRzUcADUXQtDMD (Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Jive Software said it has partnered with the San Francisco Giants to become the presenting sponsor for the @Cafe powered by Jive, the social media hub at AT&T Park. @Cafe, located behind the centerfield bleachers, features a video wall displaying Giants social chatter, including trending Tweets, popular Instagram photos and results from Facebook polls and check-ins. http://investors.jivesoftware.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=780282 =================================================== 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 > The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online Now available online! Listen in to the insightful and entertaining panel of legal and IT experts who debated issues of privacy and big data recently in Menlo Park. Hosted by Concord Law School. 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The Research Leader will deliver intelligence and analysis to our clients and gives end-users insight into the strengths and weaknesses of competing vendors and their offerings; Proactively track and analyze the collaboration and communications marketplace; Attend industry trade shows, analyst conference, webinars and vendor briefings; Present research findings in both live and online events. To apply for this position send your resume to: hr@currentanalysis.com or fax at: 703.421.3077 ____________________________________________ > Director of Business Development Join a growing commercial software company! Be a leader in helping organizations adopt innovative business management software, both in the cloud and self-hosted! 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