| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 16, 2013 ============================================ Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 http://www.dewexpo.com o San Francisco-Based Minted Raises $41 Million in Third Round o San Francisco's MapBox Raises $10 Million from Foundry Group o San Jose-Based Move Inc. Acquires FiveStreet o Code for America Names 2014 Government Partners and Fellows o Survey: Telework Now Offered by 88% of Employers > Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 o Briefly Noted: Cooley - Dow Lohnes, Open Networking Foundation _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Patent Applications Drafted --Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 --Free Whitepaper: TechRadar for Digital Customer Experience Technologies --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 Francisco-Based Minted Raises $41 Million in Third Round San Francisco -- Minted, the San Francisco-based developer of an online marketplace for independent design and art, said on Wednesday it has raised $41 million in its third round of funding, led by Technology Crossover Ventures. Allen & Company and previous backer Benchmark Capital also participated, as did Kevin and Julia Hartz, the co-founders of Eventbrite. Minted is an online marketplace that crowd-sources and sells graphic design and art products from thousands of independent designers. The company said it will use the funding to expand its core stationary business and move its model into new categories, including a wall art and party decor businesses. Minted, which previously had raised $11 million, said it was cash-flow positive last year. http://www.minted.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/design-marketplace-minted-raises-41-million-in-its-series-c-financing-doubles-revenue-year-to-date-in-2013-following-cash-flow-positive-year-in-2012-228040421.html _____________________________________________ o San Francisco's MapBox Raises $10 Million from Foundry Group San Francisco -- MapBox, developer of a platform that lets users create interactive maps and integrate them into their apps, with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Washington, DC, said on Wednesday it has raised $10 million in its first round of funding from Foundry Group. It marks the company's first outside funding following three years of boot-strapping. "This round is squarely focused on bringing more amazing people to our team in both San Francisco and Washington, DC," wrote CEO Eric Gundersen in a blog post. "Combined with a rapidly growing userbase, funding lets us plan for years of building the future of geo software, from the ground up." MapBox currently powers maps for companies such as foursquare, Uber, Evernote and Hipmunk. https://www.mapbox.com/ https://www.mapbox.com/blog/10million-funding-foundry-group/ http://www.foundrygroup.com/wp/2013/10/our-investment-in-mapbox/ _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Move Inc. Acquires FiveStreet San Jose, Calif. -- Move Inc., the San Jose-based online real estate firm, said on Wednesday it has acquired Virginia-based FiveStreet, developer of a lead consolidation and response tool for agents, agent-teams and brokerages. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. FiveStreet's technology focuses on the first five minutes after a consumer contacts a Realtor. The company's software consolidates leads from more than 40 sources, then automates the process of responding to, assigning and distributing leads. "This integration is a natural fit to our suite of professional products," said Steve Berkowitz, the CEO of Move. FiveStreet was founded in 2012 by Rusty Klophaus and Sebastian Traeger. Employees are expected to remain with the company. http://news.move.com http://www.fivestreet.com/ http://news.move.com/2013-10-16-Move-Inc-Acquires-FiveStreet-Inc-to-Enhance-Lead-Management-Offerings _____________________________________________ o Code for America Names 2014 Government Partners and Fellows San Francisco -- Code for America (CfA), a San Francisco-based nonprofit that supports digital innovation in government, on Tuesday announced the 10 local governments and 31 fellows that will participate in its 2014 program. The 10 governments, selected from a pool of 50 applicants, are: Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Denver; Lexington, Ken.; Long Beach, Calif.; Mesa, Ariz.; the State of Rhode Island in partnership with the City of Warwick, R.I.; San Antonio, Texas; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Code for America pairs local governments with teams of civic-minded technologists for a year of service. Over the past three years, the program has produced more than 75 web apps in collaboration with 20 municipal governments. A full list of the 31 fellows is available at the link below. http://codeforamerica.org/2013/10/15/2014fellowship_launch/ _____________________________________________ o Survey: Telework Now Offered by 88% of Employers Washington, DC -- Despite reports of companies like Yahoo, Best Buy and HP recently reigning in their telework programs, telework -- the practice of letting employees work from home or remote offices -- is now offered in some form by 88% of employers, according to a new study by global human resources association WorldatWork. "The data from this report shows that only 3% of companies have actually canceled telework programs over the past two years," said Rose Stanley, WorldatWork's practice leader for benefits, work-life, flexibility and recognition. The majority of respondents said the practice has a positive effect on employee engagement, motivation and satisfaction, though to a somewhat lesser degree since measured in 2010. 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