Bay Area Tech Wire -- Oct. 30

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Incorporated Click here  o South San Francisco-Based Veracyte Prices IPO o San Francisco-Based Appthority Names Paul Stich as New CEO o Sunnyvale-Based LitePoint Acquires ZTEC Instruments o Google Co-Founders Are No. 17 on Forbes' "Most Powerful People" List o Speculation Grows that Floating Barges Are Google Data Centers o Senate Confirms Tom Wheeler as New FCC Chairman o Briefly Noted: Icon Venture Partners - 9Lenses, Immune Design, Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Investment Adviser Executive --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 --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 South San Francisco-Based Veracyte Prices IPO South San Francisco -- Shares of South San Francisco-based Veracyte began trading on the NASDAQ Wednesday, hours after the thyroid cancer diagnostics company priced its initial public offering (IPO). The company is selling 5 million shares for $13 each, the low end of its expected price range of $13-$15. Shares, now trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "VCYT," were down 1% by midday. The IPO comes four months after Veracyte raised the final tranche of a $28 million round of funding. Its first product, the Afirma Thyroid FNA Analysis, utilizes a gene expression test to help reduce unnecessary surgeries as part of thyroid cancer diagnosis. http://www.veracyte.com/  http://www.veracyte.com/media/press-releases/?id=84  http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000110465913078943/a13-16266_17s1mef.htm  _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Appthority Names Paul Stich as New CEO San Francisco -- Appthority, the San Francisco-based developer of an app risk management service, on Wednesday named Paul Stich as its new CEO. He succeeds co-founder Anthony Bettini, who remains on the board of directors. Stich most recently served as the president and CEO of Internet security company Dasient, which was acquired by Twitter early last year. He also has been the president and CEO of Counterpane Internet Security, and held senior executive positions with IBM, KPMG and McAfee. Appthority, which is backed by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and Venrock, is developer of a service that has analyzed more than 2 million iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone apps to discover hidden behaviors that pose security and privacy risks. https://www.appthority.com  https://www.appthority.com/press-releases/appthority-appoints-paul-stich-as-ceo  _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based LitePoint Acquires ZTEC Instruments Sunnyvale, Calif. -- LitePoint, a Sunnyvale-based developer of wireless test products, said it has acquired ZTEC Instruments, a manufacturer of modular wireless test products with offices in New Mexico and Florida. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Combining [ZTEC's] technology with LitePoint's powerful modulation software enables us to provide the wireless industry a peerless solution for design verification testing of components and chipsets," said Brad Robbins, the COO of LitePoint. http://www.litepoint.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131029005116/en/LitePoint-Acquires-ZTEC-Instruments  _____________________________________________ o Google Co-Founders Are No. 17 on Forbes' "Most Powerful People" List Mountain View, Calif. -- Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the co-founders of Mountain View-based Google, are tied for No. 17 on Forbes' newly released 2013 list of The World's Most Powerful People. Russian President Vladimir Putin tops the list, followed by Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Other notables from the technology world include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (No. 6), Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos (No. 15), Apple CEO Tim Cook (No. 19) and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg (No. 24). The complete list is available at the link below. http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/ _____________________________________________ o Speculation Grows that Floating Barges Are Google Data Centers San Francisco -- Speculation is growing that a pair of mysterious barges anchored in San Francisco and Portland, Maine are floating data centers owned by Menlo Park-based Google, Computerworld reported. The publication said that Google received a patent for floating data centers in 2009. Google has not commented on the barges, which are modular structures about 40 feet wide and 70-80 feet long. "This appears to be an offshore data center," Rob Enderle, an analyst at Enderle Group, told Computerworld. "You can use water for cooling and there are a number of creative ways to get energy. More likely these will be moved around to provide localized support or backup as needed." http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9243598/Mysterious _barges_in_Maine_and_San_Francisco_ignite_Google_rumors  _____________________________________________ o Senate Confirms Tom Wheeler as New FCC Chairman Washington, DC -- The Senate has unanimously confirmed Tom Wheeler as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), nearly six months after President Obama nominated the managing director of investment firm Core Capital Partners for the role. Wheeler succeeds Julius Genachowski, who in March announced his plans to step down. Wheeler joined Core in 2005 after previously co-founding SmartBrief, an online targeted news service. He also has served as president of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), and has been an informal advisor to Obama on telecom policy issues. "Tom Wheeler will be a strong advocate for consumers and the public interest at a time when the FCC is facing decisions that will shape the future of our nation's telephone network and the wireless, broadband and video industries," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. http://www.core-capital.com/tom_wheeler.aspx  http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=c1d94663-b0e6-4ad9-b41d-856e84ad8b96&ContentType_id=77eb43da-aa94-497d-a73f-5c951ff72372&Group_id=4b968841-f3e8-49da-a529-7b18e32fd69d _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Menlo Park, Calif.) Menlo Park-based based Icon Venture Partners said it has invested $1.1 million in 9Lenses, a Virginia-based developer of organization intelligence software. The company, whose platform is designed to change the way companies gather, analyze and act on organizational insight, previously had raised first-round funding from Kinetic Ventures and the Corporate Executive Board. 9Lenses said it will use the latest investment to expand sales and marketing activities and accelerate new product development. http://www.9lenses.com  http://iconvp.com/  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11274692.htm (San Francisco) Immune Design, a Seattle-based biotechnology company with office in San Francisco, said on Wednesday it has raised $32.5 million in its third round of funding, led by The Column Group and new investor Topspin Partners. The company, which is developing immune-based therapies for cancer and other chronic conditions, could raise up to $16.5 million in the near term under the deal. http://www.immunedesign.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/immune-design-raises-up-to-49-million-series-c-financing-229843871.html  (Bethesda, Md.) 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