| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Jan. 22, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Palo Alto-Based VMware to Acquire AirWatch in $1.54 Billion Deal o S.F.-Based Sharethrough Raises $17 Million in Debt, Equity Funding o San Francisco-Based StyleSeat Lands $10.2 Million in First Round o Bay Area VC Firms Take Part in Kensho's $10 Million Round o Intel Science Talent Search Names 40 Finalists o General Catalyst Names Donald Fischer as Venture Partner o Briefly Noted: DataDirect Networks, Luna Innovations - Intuitive Surgical _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Don't Quit Your Day Job to Become an Entrepreneur: You Can Do Both! --Digital Entertainment World: Register By 1/21 to Save $200 --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 --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 Palo Alto-Based VMware to Acquire AirWatch in $1.54 Billion Deal Palo Alto, Calif. -- VMware, the Palo Alto-based developer of virtualization and cloud infrastructure technology, said on Wednesday it will acquire Atlanta-based AirWatch, a maker of enterprise mobile management and security tools, in a deal worth $1.54 billion. VMware said the acquisition will expand its End-User Computing group, with AirWatch's mobile offerings complimenting its own portfolio. "With this acquisition VMware will add a foundational element to our end-user computing portfolio that will enable our customers to turbo-charge their mobile workforce without compromising security," said CEO Pat Gelsinger. The deal, which includes $1.175 billion in cash and another $365 million in installment payments and assumed unvested equity, is expected to close later this quarter. http://www.vmware.com http://www.air-watch.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/vmware-acquire-airwatch-120000239.html;_ylt=A2KLOzGb.d9S8SsAWN_QtDMD _____________________________________________ o S.F.-Based Sharethrough Raises $17 Million in Debt, Equity Funding San Francisco -- Sharethrough, the San Francisco-based developer of software that powers in-feed advertising for brands and publishers, said on Wednesday it has raised $17 million in debt and equity funding, which the company will use to further development its core advertising exchange. Elevation Partners, Silver Creek and Patrick Keane joined previous backers North Bridge Venture Partners and Floodgate in the company's fourth round. Other plans include expanding software tools for publishers and increasing engineering and product hiring. Sharethrough's "in-feed" mobile ad technology allows publishers to create and sell native ads directly within their content feeds. Publishing partners include People, Real Simple, Health, Forbes, Popular Mechanics, USA Today Sports Media Group and IBT Media. http://www.sharethrough.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sharethrough-secures-17-million-in-funding-241450231.html _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based StyleSeat Lands $10.2 Million in First Round San Francisco -- StyleSeat, the San Francisco-based developer of an online marketplace for beauty and wellness services, said on Wednesday it has raised $10.2 million in its first round of funding, led by Lightspeed Ventures. Previous backer Lowercase Capital also participated in the round, which the company -- which now has raised $14 million since its inception -- will use to nearly double the size of its team this year to 35 employees. StyleSeat was founded in 2011 when CEO Melody McCloskey wanted a better way to book beauty appointments on-the-go. Now, more than 2 million clients use the technology to book beauty appointments with over 200,000 beauty professionals. Last month, StyleSeat launched a new app for iOS and Android that allows users to book beauty appointments from their smartphones. http://www.styleseat.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/styleseat-raises-102-million-in-series-a-financing-led-by-lightspeed-ventures-241450331.html _____________________________________________ o Bay Area VC Firms Take Part in Kensho's $10 Million Round New York -- Several Bay Area venture capital firms, including Palo Alto's Accel Partners and Mountain View's Google Ventures, have invested in New York-based Kensho, developer of a cloud-based system capable of answering complex financial and market research questions posed in natural language. The investments were part of the company's new $10 million seed round, which also included participation by General Catalyst, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Devonshire Investors and other venture capital firms. The company's virtual market research assistant, known as "Warren," is currently being tested by several asset managers and research teams. The system, built by several veteran software engineers from Google and Apple, is designed to shorten traditional investment research cycles from days to minutes. http://www.kensho.com http://www.marketwatch.com/story/kensho-secures-10-million-in-seed-financing-for-warren-an-intelligent-market-research-assistant-that-can-answer-complex-financial-questions-posed-in-natural-language-2014-01-22-81843052?reflink=MW_news_stmp _____________________________________________ o Intel Science Talent Search Names 40 Finalists Santa Clara, Calif. -- Intel and the Society for Science & the Public (SSP) on Wednesday named their 40 finalists for the Intel Science Talent Search, including eight from the Bay Area. Finalists will gather in Washington, DC from March 6-12 to compete for $630,000 in awards in the nation's oldest pre-college science competition. The top winner will receive $100,000 from the Intel Foundation. Local finalists include Kathy Camenzind, Esha Maiti and Emily Pang of San Ramon, Angela Xiangyue Kong and Sreyas Misra of San Jose, Charles Xin Liu of Palo Alto and Natalie Ng and Vishnu Shankar of Cupertino. The complete list is available at the link below. http://student.societyforscience.org/intel-sts-2014-finalists _____________________________________________ o General Catalyst Names Donald Fischer as Venture Partner Palo Alto, Calif. -- General Catalyst Partners, a Palo Alto- and Massachusetts-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth equity investments, has named Donald Fischer as a venture partner. Fischer most recently spent five years at Greylock Partners, where he led investments in big data, open source, cloud and other enterprise technology markets. There, he helped hatch Typesafe, a software platform for multicore processors and cloud, leading Greylock's first-round investment in the company and serving as CEO for its first year of operations. He also previously was the vice president and general manager of online services at Red Hat. http://www.generalcatalyst.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140121005862/en/Donald-Fischer-Joins-General-Catalyst-Venture-Partner _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based DataDirect Networks (DDN), a provider of data storage and processing tools, has named Molly Rector as its new CMO. Rector, the former CMO of Spectra Logic, succeeds Jeff Denworth, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. http://www.ddn.com/press-releases/datadirect-networks-appoints-industry-veteran-molly-rector-chief-marketing-officer/ (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Virginia-based Luna Innovations, a developer of technology for the telecom, aerospace, automotive, energy and defense markets, said on Wednesday it has sold its shape-sensing technology for medical applications to Sunnyvale-based Intuitive Surgical. 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