| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 12, 2014 ============================================ Digital Entertainment World http://www.dewexpo.com o Sunnyvale-Based Sideband Networks Lands $6 Million in First Round o San Francisco's Yevvo Raises $3.7 Million in First Round o Sunnyvale-Based Miramar Labs Raises $10 Million in Fourth Round o Fremont-Based Oorja Closes Fifth Round of Funding o WSJ: Opower Confidentially Files for Initial Public Offering > Digital Entertainment World o Briefly Noted: Shutterfly, Cadence Design Systems - TranSwitch _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --There's No Such Thing as a Bad Idea When Brainstorming -True or False? --Digital Entertainment World --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --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 Sunnyvale-Based Sideband Networks Lands $6 Million in First Round Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Sideband Networks, a Sunnyvale-based developer of network performance monitoring tools, said on Wednesday it has raised $6 million in its first round of funding. The company, which launched in November, did not disclose the identities of the investors. It plans to use the proceeds to bolster product development and marketing. "Network performance monitoring and analytics continues to become a priority for many companies,” said CEO Zane Taylor. "With this round of funding, we will continue to grow our solution with more features and capabilities, maintaining our vision of bringing true predictive intelligence to our customers." Sideband also has named Roger Choplin, a 20-year veteran of Oracle, as its vice president of engineering. http://www.sidebandnetworks.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140212005328/en/Sideband-Networks-Closes-6-Million-Series-Funding#.UvuEQGJdXng _____________________________________________ o San Francisco's Yevvo Raises $3.7 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Yevvo, developer of a live mobile video platform with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Israel, said on Wednesday it has raised $3.7 million in its first round of funding, led by Israel-based Aleph. Entrée Capital also took part in the round, which follows the company's earlier $500,000 angel round. Yevvo said it will use the latest funds to scale its product, an iOS app that lets users send live video links to their followers through tweets. "The next generation of social is not about sharing, but rather taking part," said co-founder and CEO Ben Rubin. "With Yevvo, people enjoy the ability to immediately go live with their friends and viewers." http://www.yevvo.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140212005409/en/YEVVO-Secures-Funding-Grow-Participatory-Media-Landscape#.UvuAUWJdXng _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Miramar Labs Raises $10 Million in Fourth Round Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Miramar Labs, a Sunnyvale-based medical device company focused on the field of dermatology, said on Wednesday it has raised $10 million in its fourth round of funding. Aisling Capital, Cross Creek Capital, Domain Associates, Morgenthaler Ventures and RusnanoMedInvest took part in the round, which the company will use to expand sales activities, support commercialization efforts in Europe and bolster research and development. Miramar's miraDry System delivers energy non-invasively under the arm, destroying sweat glands. http://miradry.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/miramar-labs-secures-10-million-in-series-d-funding-245185111.html _____________________________________________ o Fremont-Based Oorja Closes Fifth Round of Funding Fremont, Calif. -- Oorja, a Fremont-based developer of liquid fuel cell technology, said on Wednesday it has raised an unspecified amount in its fifth round of funding, which including new investor Mingxin China Growth Fund along with previous backer DAG Ventures. Oorja said it will use the proceeds to continue supplying its OorjaPac fuel cells to the material handling industry, as well as expand into the telecom industry and grow its distribution network. Customers in the materials handling industry use the cells, which are powered by methanol, as on-board battery chargers, keeping vehicle batteries in a constant state of charge. http://www.oorjafuelcells.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140212005263/en/Oorja-Closes-Series-Funding-Global-Expansion-Multi-Billion#.UvuqbGJdXng _____________________________________________ o WSJ: Opower Confidentially Files for Initial Public Offering San Francisco -- Opower, the Virginia-based developer of home energy management software with major operations in San Francisco, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO), The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group reportedly will serve as lead underwriters, though other details remain undisclosed. Companies with less than $1 billion in annual revenue are able to file confidentially under the 2012 JOBS Act. Six-year-old Opower, which counts New Enterprise Associates (NEA) as its largest investor, has developed a platform that uses big data analytics and behavioral science to help utility customers lower their bills. The company has more than 400 employees and 90 utilities as clients. In 2010, it raised $50 million in its third round of funding, co-led by Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. http://opower.com/ http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303874504579377884271084674?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303874504579377884271084674.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Digital Entertainment World 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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