| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 25, 2013 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o San Francisco-Based Prosper Marketplace Raises $25 Million in Funding o San Jose's Ranovus Raises $11 Million in New Funding Round o San Francisco-Based Gyft Lands $5 Million in First Round o San Jose-Based Bestronics Names Nat Mani as New CEO o Perkins Coie Hires Former DC Mayor for Palo Alto Practice o Briefly Noted: Fortumo, Moxie Software _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Search Services Without a Fee --Service Co-ordinator/Customer Service Representative --TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas --Chief Information Officer/IT Director - City of Mountain View --IDF13 San Francisco --The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online --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 San Francisco-Based Prosper Marketplace Raises $25 Million in Funding San Francisco -- Prosper Marketplace, the San Francisco-based operator of an online peer-to-peer lending platform, said it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding, led by previous backer Sequoia Capital. New investor BlackRock and several other previous investors also participated. The company said it has seen loan originations triple from $9 million to $32 million a month since bringing in a new management team in January. "This round of financing will be instrumental as we continue to invest in our infrastructure, products and customer acquisition in order to further fuel our growth," said CEO Stephan Vermut. Prosper now has announced $45 million in funding this year alone. http://www.prosper.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130924006926/en/Prosper-Marketplace-Announces-25-Million-Capital-Raise _____________________________________________ o San Jose's Ranovus Raises $11 Million in New Funding Round San Jose, Calif. -- Ranovus, a maker of interconnect products for data centers and communications networks, with dual headquarters in San Jose and Canada, said it has raised $11 million in a new round of funding. Investors in the round included Azure Capital Partners, T-Venture, BDC Venture Capital and OMERS Ventures. Hamid Arabzadeh, Ranovus' chairman, president and CEO, said the latest funding will carry the company through the "market validation phase" of its product portfolio. The company launched in early 2012. http://www.ranovus.com http://www.ranovus.com/ranovus-round-financing/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Gyft Lands $5 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Gyft, the San Francisco-based developer of a platform that allows users to buy, send and redeem gift cards through mobile devices, said on Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in its first round of funding. A-Grade Investments, Social+Capital Partnership, Karlin Ventures, Haas Portman and entrepreneur David Sacks participated in the round, which the company will use to continue development and scale its business. Gyft, which raised its initial seed round last year from Google Ventures, Founder Collective and 500 Startups, currently works with more than 300 retailers. "By having the gift card handy, customers are more likely to use that gift card and even spend two to three times the value of the card," said co-founder and COO CJ MacDonald. http://gyft.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gyft-announces-5-million-series-a-225189682.html _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Bestronics Names Nat Mani as New CEO San Jose, Calif. -- Bestronics, a San Jose-based provider of manufacturing, engineering and test services to original equipment manufacturers, on Wednesday named Nat Mani as its new CEO. Mani had served as the company's president since last year, after previously serving as the senior vice president of sales and marketing at Sanmina-SCI. He succeeds co-founder James Choe, who had served as CEO from 1986 until his recent retirement. Bestronics is majority-owned by the private equity firm First Capital Partners. http://www.bestronicsinc.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130925005377/en/Nat-Mani-Appointed-CEO-President-Bestronics _____________________________________________ o Perkins Coie Hires Former DC Mayor for Palo Alto Practice Palo Alto, Calif. -- Former Washington, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty has joined the business development team of corporate law firm Perkins Coie, where he will focus on expanding the firm's Emerging Company & Venture Capital practice in Palo Alto. Fenty, most recently special counsel at Klores Perry Mitchell, served as Washington's mayor from 2007-2011. "His experience in the public and private sectors will be invaluable to many of our emerging company clients as they navigate the complexities of growing their businesses," said Buddy Arnheim, chair of the practice. Since leaving office, Fenty has provided advice and business development consulting to companies including Rosetta Stone, Everfi and CapGemini. He also serves as a special advisor with Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. http://www.perkinscoie.com/news/news_detail.aspx?news=1498 _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based mobile payments company Fortumo on Wednesday named Jacob Hauskens as its vice president of sales and business development. Hauskens previously led Sony VAIO’s PC messaging and monetization platform while at Sony Electronics. http://fortumo.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130925005529/en/Fortumo-Adds-VP-Companies-Monetize-Mobile-Users (Sunnyvale, Calif.) 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