| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- March 26, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Emeryville-Based TubeMogul Files to Raise Up to $75 Million in IPO o San Francisco-Based CircleUp Raises $14 Million in Second Round o Redwood City-Based Tactile Launches with $11.2 Million in Funding o Chipmaker Intel Acquires San Francisco-Based BASIS Science o Local Venture Capital Firms Top Forbes' 2014 Midas List o Verizon Picks Palo Alto as Primary Site for Data Analytics R&D Center o Briefly Noted: Fast Orientation - Mach37, Cyan _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Startup Marketing Conference SF, March 27: Last Chance to Register --Create Your Own Hiring Opportunity - 5 Behaviors Decision-Makers Find Irresistible --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --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 Emeryville-Based TubeMogul Files to Raise Up to $75 Million in IPO Emeryville, Calif. -- TubeMogul, the Emeryville-based developer of a video buying platform for advertisers, on Wednesday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $75 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company has yet to disclose specific details of the offering, such as the number of shares to be sold or their expected price range. It plans to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TUBE." TubeMogul's self-serve platform lets customers plan, buy, measure and optimize their digital video advertising spend. http://www.tubemogul.com http://www.tubemogul.com/press-ipo-pr/ http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449278/000119312514116024/d658316ds1.htm _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based CircleUp Raises $14 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- CircleUp, the San Francisco-based developer of a crowdfunding site designed to pair consumer entrepreneurs with investors, has raised $14 million in its second round of funding, led by Canaan Partners. Previous backers Google Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Maveron and Rose Park Advisors also participated. All told, 67 early-stage companies are currently using the platform to raise funds, with CircleUp collecting a commission. Most of the companies produce food or packaged goods. The company, which will use the latest funds to expand its service, also raised $7.5 million a year ago. https://circleup.com _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Tactile Launches with $11.2 Million in Funding Redwood City, Calif. -- Tactile, a stealthy Redwood City startup founded by former Salesforce executive Chuck Ganapathi, said it has officially launched operations after raising $11.2 million in its first round of funding from Accel Partners and Redpoint Ventures. The company, which has developed a personal sync platform, also released its inaugural app called Tact, which syncs data needed for salespeople to build stronger customer relationships. "In my 18 years in enterprise software, I've never met an end-user who isn't frustrated by disconnected, company-mandated tools," said Ganapathi, the company's CEO. "In our personal lives, we have come to expect everything -- photos, music, documents -- to be available everywhere and instantly up to date." Ganapathi was previously the senior vice president of products at Salesforce, responsible for building the company's flagship Sales Cloud, Chatter, and Mobile products. http://www.tactile.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tactile-unveils-personal-sync-platform-for-professionals-and-announces-112m-from-accel-partners-and-redpoint-ventures-252229581.html _____________________________________________ o Chipmaker Intel Acquires San Francisco-Based BASIS Science Santa Clara, Calif. -- Making its push into wearable device technology, Santa Clara-based Intel said it has acquired San Francisco-based BASIS Science, developer of a wrist-based health tracker designed to measure fitness and sleep. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BASIS' wrist-based health tracker uses four types of sensors to calculate steps taken, calories burned and sleep quality, as well as physiological metrics like heart rate. Intel said its strategy is to create wearable reference devices, SoCs and other technology platforms ready to be used by developers of wearable products. "The acquisition of BASIS Science provides immediate entry into the market with a leader in health tracking for wearable devices," said Mike Bell, the vice president and general manager of Intel's New Devices Group. "As we accelerate our position in wearables, we will build upon this foundation to deliver products that bring people greater utility and value." Intel Capital took part in an $11.75 million funding round the company closed in October. Other backers include iNovia Capital, Dolby Family Trust, Stanford University, Peninsula-KCG, Mayfield Fund, DCM and Norwest Venture Partners. http://www.mybasis.com/ http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2014/03/25/intel-completes-acquisition-of-basis-science-inc _____________________________________________ o Local Venture Capital Firms Top Forbes' 2014 Midas List New York -- Three Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Menlo Park-based Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Palo Alto-based Accel Partners, have the most partners on Forbes' newly released 2014 Midas List, an annual ranking of the world's 100 top venture capitalists based on all exits above $200 million over the past five years. Sequoia tops the list with nine partners, buoyed by several key IPOs and a $3 billion return as the sole investor in Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp. Accel (eight) and Kleiner Perkins (five) round out the top three, with Greylock Partners, Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Meritech Capital Partners tied with four. The compete list of both firms and individual venture capitalists is available at the links below. http://www.forbes.com/midas/ (Top individuals) http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/03/26/top-firms-of-the-2014-midas-list/ (Top firms) _____________________________________________ o Verizon Picks Palo Alto as Primary Site for Data Analytics R&D Center Palo Alto, Calif. -- Telecom giant Verizon said on Wednesday it has selected Palo Alto as the site of its new data analytics research and development center, where the company will conduct data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine-learning activities. The company sited the large base of big data and analytics talent in Silicon Valley. One of the immediate goals of the new team will be to help develop intelligent systems to improve the efficiency of many critical aspects of the company's infrastructure. "We are heading in the direction of building intelligent systems that can automatically sense issues and then use algorithms to make decisions in real time to address a problem before it becomes significant," said Ashok Srivastava, Verizon's chief data scientist. The new data analytics team will also help Verizon's business units develop new products and services in areas such as education, healthcare and IT and connected machines. Under Srivastava's guidance, the team has hired more than 35 new employees, with most of those jobs located in Palo Alto. Verizon said it plans to continue hiring throughout 2014 for an unspecified number of remaining open positions. http://www.verizon.com http://newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/news-articles/2014/03-26-palo-alto-selected-for-verizon-center/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Menlo Park, Calif.) Menlo Park-based Fast Orientation, a developer of technology designed to let IT organizations query, reason about and respond to enterprise events in real time, has been selected as one of five startups accepted into the spring class of Mach37, a new cybersecurity accelerator located near Washington, DC. All will take part in an intensive 90-day program, and receive a $50,000 investment in exchange for a small amount of equity to help develop and launch their ideas. http://www.fastorientation.com https://www.mach37.com/explore/cohort-companies/ (Petaluma, Calif.) 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