| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- March 14, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Shares of S.F.-Based Castlight Health Soar 149% Following IPO o Palo Alto-Based Xapo Raises $20 Million in First Round o San Francisco-Based salesforce.com Names Colin Powell to Board o San Francisco-Based Hello Vino Acquires Corkbin o Report: Equinix to Build World's Third Largest Data Center Outside DC o Briefly Noted: SanDisk - SK Hynix _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Create Your Own Hiring Opportunity - 5 Behaviors Decision-Makers Find Irresistible --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 Shares of S.F.-Based Castlight Health Soar 149% Following IPO San Francisco -- Shares of San Francisco-based Castlight Health soared 149% on their first day of trading Friday, after the developer of enterprise healthcare cloud software raised $177.6 million in its initial public offering. The company priced 11.1 million shares at $16 each -- above its original estimate of $13-$15. The stock, now trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CSLT," closed Friday at $39.85. Castlight, co-founded in 2008 by current federal CTO Todd Park, is a developer of cloud-based software designed to help organizations gain better control over their health care costs. The software uses predictive modeling and epidemiologic analytics to help employers identify high-risk patients and estimate future costs of care, allowing them to implement benefit plans that address these specific challenges. http://www.castlighthealth.com/ http://www.castlighthealth.com/castlight-health-announces-pricing-of-initial-public-offering/ _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based Xapo Raises $20 Million in First Round Palo Alto, Calif. -- Xapo, a Palo Alto-based developer of products designed to manage virtual Bitcoins, said on Friday it has raised $20 million in its first round of funding, led by Benchmark. Fortress Investment Group and Ribbit Capital also participated. "We envision a long and adventurous journey ahead and believe our new partners have strengthened our team and widened the opportunity for Bitcoin's growth," wrote founder and CEO Wences Casares in a blog post. Xapo has developed a "Vault," which lets users insure Bitcoin storage for long term savings, as well as a "Wallet," designed to give users immediate access to Bitcoins for day-to-day purchases. https://xapo.com/ http://blog.xapo.com/post/79358015546/introducing-xapo _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based salesforce.com Names Colin Powell to Board San Francisco -- Salesforce.com, the San Francisco-based maker of customer relationship marketing software, on Friday named former Secretary of State Colin Powell to its board of directors. Powell has been friends with Marc Benioff, the chairman and CEO, salesforce.com, for more than 15 years, and was instrumental in helping the company set up its charitable foundation in 2000. The retired four star general, who also served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a limited partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, as well. The appointment increases the size of the board to 11 members. http://www.salesforce.com https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/news-releases/salesforcecom-announces-appointment-of-general-colin-powell-to-its-board-of-directors-250311871.html _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Hello Vino Acquires Corkbin San Francisco -- Hello Vino, the San Francisco-based developer of a wine recommendations app for Apple and Android devices, said on Friday it has acquired Corkbin, developer of a social networking app that lets wine enthusiasts save and share photos of their purchases. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hello Vino said the acquisition will add a social dimension to its current offering, which has an installed base of approximately 1.7 million users. Additional app features will include the ability to gift wines to friends and interact with tastemakers. http://hellovino.com http://www.corkbin.com/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hello-vino-acquires-social-wine-app-corkbin-250308151.html _____________________________________________ o Report: Equinix to Build World's Third Largest Data Center Outside DC Redwood City, Calif. -- Equinix, a Redwood City-based owner and operator of data centers, could soon build the world's third largest data center outside of Washington, DC. According to The Loudoun (Va.) Times, the company has filed plans to build a 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Ashburn, Va., where it already operates eight other data centers. The proposed six-building campus would create approximately 70 jobs, and increase the county's available data center space to more than 5 million square feet. "Their vision of growth in Loudoun is significant, and is further evidence of the importance of Data Center Alley as a technology location," Buddy Rizer, the director of Loudon County's Department of Economic Development, told the publication. http://www.equinix.com/ http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/data_center_in_ashburn_would_be_among_worlds_largest234 _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Milpitas, Calif.) Milpitas-based flash storage company SanDisk said it has filed a civil suit against Korea's SK Hynix for the alleged theft of trade secrets. The company is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, as well as an injunction and other remedies, and has filed a criminal complaint with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department against a former employee who left the company in 2008 to work for SK Hynix. http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2014/sandisk-files-lawsuit-against-sk-hynix-for-theft-of-trade-secrets/ =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Create Your Own Hiring Opportunity - 5 Behaviors Decision-Makers Find Irresistible Many job seekers express confidence in finding a new job this year, according to a recent survey, but many are also frustrated as they struggle to find a job matching their qualifications and salary preferences. 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