| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 1, 2013 ============================================ Sponsored By: TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas http://www.telcovisiononline.com o San Jose-Based Wrike Raises $10 Million in First Round o Palo Alto-Based CPI Acquires Radant Technologies Inc. o Morgenthaler, Health 2.0 Name Winners of DC to VC HIT Startup Showcase o Menlo Park-Based Foundation Capital Names Mitali Pattnaik as EIR o Fremont-Based Mounza Launches Apps for On-Campus Recruiting > TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas o Briefly Noted: Etherios, Realtor.com - San Jose Sharks, Tobii Technology, Fairchild Semiconductor _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Concord Law School "Meet the Dean" Reception - San Jose - Oct 10 --Search Services Without a Fee --Service Co-ordinator/Customer Service Representative --TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas --Chief Information Officer/IT Director - City of Mountain View --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 Jose-Based Wrike Raises $10 Million in First Round San Jose, Calif. -- Wrike, a San Jose-based developer of project management and collaboration software, said on Tuesday it has raised $10 million in its first round of funding from Bain Capital Ventures. The company, which previously had been self-funded, currently provides the premium version of its product to more than 4,000 customers. "We deliberately pursued a lean and pragmatic growth strategy to build the best product in the space, one that people would love and use every day," said Andrew Filev, the company's founder and CEO. As part of the investment, Todd MacLean, managing director of Bain Capital Ventures, and Tim Maly, a senior vice president at SurveyMonkey, have joined Wrike's board of directors. http://www.wrike.com http://www.baincapitalventures.com http://www.wrike.com/news/wrike-secures-10-million-series-a-from-bain-capital-ventures _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based CPI Acquires Radant Technologies Inc. Palo Alto, Calif. -- Communications & Power Industries (CPI), a Palo Alto-based developer of microwave, radio frequency, power and control products, said on Tuesday it has acquired Massachusetts-based Radant Technologies Inc. (RTI), a maker of advanced composite radomes, reflector antennas and structures for defense, aerospace and naval clients. A radome is a weatherproof structure that encloses and protects a microwave antenna. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CPI will operate RTI, which has approximately 180 employees, as an independent division based in Stow, Mass. Co-founder Jean-Claude Sureau, who has been serving as RTI's president and CEO, will continue to lead the organization. Joe Caldarelli, the CEO of CPI, said his company now can "offer an even broader portfolio of RF products to customers who are already working with CPI to support their defense and communications systems." http://www.cpii.com http://www.radanttechnologies.com/ http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/communications-power-industries-acquires-radant-134400113.html _____________________________________________ o Morgenthaler, Health 2.0 Name Winners of DC to VC HIT Startup Showcase Santa Clara, Calif. -- Venture capital firm Morgenthaler Ventures and Health 2.0 have announced the winners of their DC to VC HIT Startup Showcase, a Santa Clara-based competition designed to identify promising health IT startups seeking funding. After eight on-stage presentations, the judges selected San Francisco-based Amplify Health as the winner of the enterprise solutions category and New York-based Kinsa as the winner of the consumer solutions category. The two People's Choice winners were Benefitter and OMSignal. A complete rundown of the winners and finalists is available at the top link below. http://www.morgenthaler.com/wp-content/uploads/Winner-Release-2013-DC-to-VC-Sept-30-2013-final1.pdf (PDF) http://www.amplifyhealth.com https://www.kinsahealth.com/ http://www.benefitter.com/ http://www.omsignal.com/ _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Foundation Capital Names Mitali Pattnaik as EIR Menlo Park, Calif. -- Foundation Capital, the Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, on Tuesday named Mitali Pattnaik, a former product and marketing lead at Twitter and Google, as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR). Pattnaik will focus on building a new consumer-focused company, exploring areas such as education, mobile and collaborative consumption. Pattnaik most recently was a lead on the revenue product team at Twitter, managing several of the social media giant's ad products. Earlier, she was a consumer products lead for Google, where she built Google Offers and scaled it for 10 cities. It marks the fourth high-profile addition to Foundation's team this year, following the hiring of partners Anamitra Banerji, Adit Singh and Jonathan Ehrlich. http://www.foundationcapital.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131001006690/en/Foundation-Capital-Names-Mitali-Pattnaik-Entrepreneur-Residence _____________________________________________ o Fremont-Based Mounza Launches Apps for On-Campus Recruiting Fremont, Calif. -- Mounza, a Fremont-based startup, said on Tuesday it has launched iPhone and Android career networking apps designed to help students discover on-campus recruiting opportunities. The company said it consolidates information about career events on or near campus, such as career fairs, information sessions, workshops, professor talks, entrepreneurship panels and hackathons. The company initially will focus on Stanford and UC Berkeley in partnership with over 25 on-campus organizations, including Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the Associated Students of Stanford and the Berkeley EECS department. https://www.mounza.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mounza/id564659323?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mounzaapp _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas TelcoVision is the conference to attend for Tier 2-4 broadband service providers charged with developing their company’s move to an all-IP broadband network. Join key influencers from across the broadband industry to network, learn and come away with actionable strategies which will maximize your investments in the systems and services that power your network and grow your business. 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Under the agreement, the Sharks will provide realtor.com with exposure inside SAP Center, as well as national and regional television and radio broadcasts for all regular season home games. http://news.move.com/2013-10-01-Realtor-com-and-the-San-Jose-Sharks-Sign-Exclusive-Sponsorship-Agreement (Mountain View, Calif.) Sweden-based Tobii Technology, a developer of eye tracking and gaze interaction technology, said on Tuesday it has opened a new office in Mountain View. The company has named Carl Korobkin, its vice president of OEM solutions in the U.S., to manage the office. Korobkin will look to forge relationships with hardware and software companies to bring eye tracking and gaze interaction into consumer products. http://www.tobii.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131001006390/en/Tobii-Opens-Office-Silicon-Valley-Support-Growing (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Fairchild Semiconductor, a developer of power and mobile semiconductor products, on Tuesday named Chris Allexandre as its senior vice president of worldwide sales. Allexandre most recently was the vice president of EMEA regional sales and applications and distribution at Texas Instruments (TI). http://www.fairchildsemi.com/about-fairchild/media-center/press-releases/20131001-Chris-Allexandre.html =================================================== 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 > Concord Law School "Meet the Dean" Reception - San Jose - Oct 10 Concord Law School hosts a reception in conjunction with the State Bar of California Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 10th, 7pm-9pm. Meet Dean Greg Brandes and area alumni on the rooftop garden at The Loft Bar And Bistro, 90 S 2nd Street, San Jose. 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