| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 17, 2013 ============================================ Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 http://www.dewexpo.com o San Francisco-Based Stitch Fix Lands $12 Million in Second Round o Burlingame-Based Biodesy Raises $15 Million, Names New CEO o Menlo Park-Based Bessemer Venture Partners Invests $25M in Anaqua o S.F.-Based Data Elite Launches Venture Lab for Big Data Startups o Lockheed Martin to Lift Furloughs of 2,400 Employees > Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 o Briefly Noted: Citrix Systems, AppDynamics _____________________________________________ > 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 Stitch Fix Lands $12 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- Stitch Fix, the San Francisco-based developer of an online personal shopping platform for women, said on Thursday it has raised $12 million in its second round of funding, led by Benchmark. The company also announced three key hires, naming Lisa Bougie as its chief merchandising officer, Meredith Dunn as its vice president of styling and Jennifer Olsen as its CMO. In addition, new board members will include Bill Gurley, a general partner at Benchmark, Marka Hansen, the former president of North America at Gap and Banana Republic; and John Fleming, the former chief merchandising officer of Walmart and CEO of Walmart.com. Founded in 2011, Stitch Fix uses a combination of proprietary styling algorithms and trained stylists to ship five hand-selected items to clients to try on at home. Customers then keep what they like and return what they don't. "We are traditionally cautious about investing in fashion or e-commerce businesses, but Stitch Fix has created an exceptional model set to rival traditional retail," said Gurley. http://www.stitchfix.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131017005317/en/Stitch-Fix-Raises-12-Million-Series-Funding _____________________________________________ o Burlingame-Based Biodesy Raises $15 Million, Names New CEO Burlingame, Calif. -- Biodesy, a Burlingame-based biotechnology startup developing tools to measure protein structure and function in real time, said on Thursday it has raised $15 million in its first round of funding from 5AM Ventures, Pfizer Venture Investments and Roche Venture Fund. The company also has named Greg Yap, most recently an entrepreneur in residence at GE. as its CEO, with founder Joshua Salafsky taking over as chief scientific officer. Biodesy said it will use the proceeds to further develop and commercialize its platform, which it said potentially could have a broad impact in drug discovery, structural biology and clinical biomarkers. http://www.biodesy.com http://www.biodesy.com/news/ _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Bessemer Venture Partners Invests $25M in Anaqua Menlo Park, Calif. -- Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, said on Thursday it has invested $25 million in Anaqua, a New York-based developer of intellectual asset management (IAM) software and services. Founded in 2004, Anaqua offers software that helps companies protect their intellectual property, including inventions, patents, trade secrets, brands and trademarks, and helps law firms improve their IP practices. The company said its clients include Microsoft, Ford, Kimberly-Clark, Eastman Chemical and Coca-Cola. Bob Goodman, a partner at BVP will join Anaqua's board of directors, while another BVP partner, Alex Ferrara, will become a board observer. The latest investment follows a growth equity investment Anaqua received from Insight Venture Partners in July. http://www.anaqua.com/ http://www.bvp.com/ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/bessemer-venture-partners-invests-25m-in-anaqua-1841985.htm http://www.bvp.com/blog/bvp-invests-anaqua-fund-future-ip-management _____________________________________________ o S.F.-Based Data Elite Launches Venture Lab for Big Data Startups San Francisco -- A newly launched venture lab and early stage fund is aiming to help Bay Area big data startups get off the ground. San Francisco-based Data Elite said it plans to select 5-10 companies for its inaugural three-month program, which is scheduled to begin in January. Those picked will receive at least a $150,000 investment, work space, mentoring and introductions to potential follow-on investors. The entity formed by Tasso Argyros, the founder of Aster Data, and Stamos Venios, who has held M&A and investment positions with companies in Europe and Israel, counts The Social+Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway and Anand Rajaraman among its backers. Applications are now being accepted for individuals and teams until Dec, 15th. http://www.data-elite.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131017005440/en/Announcing-Data-Elite-Silicon-Valley%E2%80%99s-Venture-Lab _____________________________________________ o Lockheed Martin to Lift Furloughs of 2,400 Employees Bethesda, Md. -- Hours after Congress voted in favor of a deal to end the government shutdown, defense technology giant Lockheed Martin said on Thursday the move will mean the end of furloughs for more than 2,400 of its employees. "We expect all U.S. government facilities to open, stop work orders to be lifted and for our operations to return to normal as soon as our customers are all back in place and have informed us that we may resume many critical programs that were halted during the shutdown," the company said in a statement. The agreement late Wednesday ended the 16-day shutdown, funding the government through Jan. 15. Lockheed, which operates Bay Area facilities in Livermore, Mountain View, San Jose and Sunnyvale. urged government officials to avoid the possibility of yet another shutdown early next year. "While we welcome today's news, we urge Congress and the administration to focus on long term solutions to confront the difficult fiscal issues facing our country," the company said. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2013/october/1017hq-statement-on-end-shutdown.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is the best place to connect with content creators and owners, enabling technology providers, digital distributors and device manufacturers to create the infrastructure and technology partnerships necessary to monetize digital content. The three-day event brings together leading industry executives from games, music, video and publishing to discuss, deliberate, debate and celebrate the issues, opportunities and successes driving the digital entertainment industry. 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