| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Dec. 18, 2013 ============================================ Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 http://www.dewexpo.com o San Francisco-Based Planet Labs Lands $52 Million in Second Round o San Mateo-Based Datameer Raises $19 Million in Fourth Round o Cupertino-Based Soundhawk Launches with $5.7 Million in Funding o Mountain View-Based Elance Merges with Redwood City's oDesk o Menlo Park-Based Facebook Acquires San Francisco's SportStream > Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 o Briefly Noted: Black Pearl Systems - Lyve Minds, Global Semiconductor Alliance _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --Siteworx Complimentary Report: Best Practices: Digital Asset Management --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --Investment Adviser Executive --Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 --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 San Francisco-Based Planet Labs Lands $52 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based operates of Earth imaging satellites, said on Wednesday it has raised $52 million in its second round of funding, which the company will use to significantly expand its operations. New investors Yuri Milner, Industry Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital and Ray Rothrock joined previous backers DFJ, Capricorn, O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective and AME Cloud Ventures. With funding in hand, Planet Labs plans to launch Flock 1, the largest constellation of Earth imaging satellites ever launched. "With this financing, we are well positioned for 2014 to launch Flock 1 and enter commercial service," said co-founder Robbie Schingler. Over the past year, the company has launched four satellites on three rockets. http://www.planet-labs.com/ http://blog.planet-labs.com/2013/12/18/planet-labs-raises-52m-in-series-b-financing/ _____________________________________________ o San Mateo-Based Datameer Raises $19 Million in Fourth Round San Mateo, Calif. -- Datameer, a San Mateo-based developer of self-service big data analytics tools for Hadoop, said on Wednesday it has raised $19 million in its fourth round of funding, led by San Francisco-based Next World Capital (NWC). Workday, Citi Ventures and Software AG also took part in the round, as did previous backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Redpoint Ventures. Ben Fu, a partner at NWC, will join the company's board of directors. Datameer said it will use the proceeds to scale operations and fuel international expansion. "This funding is entirely about allowing us to meet the nonstop global demand for our product," said CEO Stefan Groschupf. http://www.datameer.com http://www.datameer.com/company/news/press-releases/datameer-secures-19million-global-demand-self-service-bigdata-analytics-hadoop.html _____________________________________________ o Cupertino-Based Soundhawk Launches with $5.7 Million in Funding Cupertino, Calif. -- Soundhawk, the Cupertino-based developer of a wireless device designed to help users improve their hearing, said on Wednesday it has officially launched operations after raising $5.7 million in funding, led by True Ventures. The company will use the funds to help launch its new product, which the company calls "a small, elegantly designed wearable device" that will work in concert with a smartphone app to adjust to an individual's unique hearing profile and environment. The company was founded by Rodney Perkins, who also founded the California Ear Institute at Stanford. "Soundhawk is the culmination of a lifetime of hard work in the hearing sciences to bring a life-changing device to the mass market," said Perkins. http://www.soundhawk.com/ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/Soundhawk-Raises-57-Million-to-Help-You-Hear-the-World-the-Way-You-Want-1863750.htm http://www.trueventures.com/2013/12/13/welcoming-soundhawk-2/ _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Elance Merges with Redwood City's oDesk Mountain View, Calif. -- Elance, the Mountain View-based operator of a marketplace for online work, said on Wednesday it has merged with Redwood City-based oDesk, developer of an online workplace for freelancers. Elance CEO Fabio Rosati will serve as CEO of the combined company, which will be renamed upon closing of the deal. It will continue to operate both the elance.com and odesk.com platforms. Thomas Layton, the executive chairman of oDesk, will retain his role. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in the next four months, were not disclosed. "This merger will create unprecedented access and flexibility for people to find job opportunities regardless of their location, and will allow businesses of all sizes to more easily access the best available talent," said Rosati. https://www.elance.com/ http://www.odesk.com https://www.elance.com/q/press/elance-and-odesk-announce-merger _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Facebook Acquires San Francisco's SportStream San Francisco -- Facebook has acquired San Francisco-based SportStream, developer of a platform designed to find social media posts for sports leagues, teams and players, the company announced on its website. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We set out 18 months ago to help fans better connect around all the best moments in sports," wrote the company. "Joining Facebook provides an amazing opportunity for us to greatly expand on our original vision." The company, which is backed by Vulcan Capital, aims to surface the "highest quality" tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram media, stats and news in sports. "We expect to make an impact on the more than 1 billion people who use Facebook as well as the many valued sports media businesses and professionals, teams, leagues and players that use Facebook to better connect with fans," wrote SportStream. http://sportstream.com/ http://www.facebook.com _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 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. 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