| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 13, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Mountain View-Based Addepar Lands $50 Million in Third Round o BlazeMeter Raises $6.5 Million, Opens North American HQ in San Francisco o San Jose-Based Fairchild Semiconductor Acquires Xsens o Los Altos-Based Talend Names Ashley Stirrup as CMO o Online Publishers Association Names Jason Kint as New CEO o Briefly Noted: Maxta, ItsOn, Skyera, ITRenew _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Associate Director – ORIX Ventures --Tech + Travel Demo Event – May 22, 2014 --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 Mountain View-Based Addepar Lands $50 Million in Third Round Mountain View, Calif. -- Addepar, the Mountain View-based developer of a financial technology platform for the investment management industry, said on Tuesday it has raised $50 million in its third round of funding co-led by Yammer founder and former PayPal COO David Sacks and Valor Equity Partners. Formation 8 Partners, money manager Stanley Druckenmiller and real estate mogul Harrison LeFrak also participated. Addepar said its platform delivers interactive investment analysis and reporting technology, replacing decades-old technology systems still used to track and manage some of the largest investment portfolios. The company had previously raised $16 million from investors including Peter Thiel and Blumberg Capital. http://www.addepar.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140513005636/en/Addepar-Raises-50M-Series-Financing#.U3I8SYFdXng _____________________________________________ o BlazeMeter Raises $6.5 Million, Opens North American HQ in San Francisco San Francisco -- BlazeMeter, the Israel-based developer of a self-service web and mobile performance testing platform, said on Tuesday it has raised $6.5 million in its first round of funding and established its North American headquarters in San Francisco. Previous investor YL Ventures led the round, which also included participation from Glilot Capital. The company, which had been working from U.S. offices in New York, will use the funds to further develop its platform and grow its business in North America. BlazeMeter's cloud-based platform allows users to run tests that scale from 1,000 to more than 1 million concurrent users across multiple geographic locations. "The new funding will enable BlazeMeter to release many new features that will make this testing process even easier and more agile," said founder and CEO Alon Girmonsky. The company currently has more than 15,000 customers, including Citi, Nike, Walmart, Thomson Reuters, Adobe, Disney, Cubic Corporation, KGM Gaming and Pfizer. http://blazemeter.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140513005115/en/BlazeMeter-Secures-6.5-Million-Financing-Led-YL#.U3I4JYFdXng _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Fairchild Semiconductor Acquires Xsens San Jose, Calif. -- Fairchild Semiconductor, a San Jose-based developer of low- and high-power semiconductors, said on Tuesday it has acquired Xsens, a Netherlands-based supplier of 3D motion tracking products for the industrial, health, fitness and entertainment markets. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition gives Fairchild an immediate footprint in the fast-growing 3D motion tracking market. "We can supply our customers with unique and differentiated sensor-focused solutions for a variety of end markets, including both traditional industrial and mobile markets, as well as emerging markets such as smart interconnected devices, wearables and more," said Vijay Ullal, the president and COO of Fairchild. Founded in 2000, Xsens has deployed tens of thousands of motion sensors and motion capture products in areas such as 3D character animation, rehabilitation and sports science, and robot and camera stabilization. Customers include Electronic Arts, NBC Universal, Daimler, Autodesk, ABB and Siemens. Xsens, which also has offices in Los Angeles, will operate as an independent subsidiary of Fairchild. http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ http://www.xsens.com http://www.fairchildsemi.com/about-fairchild/media-center/press-releases/20140513-Xsens.html _____________________________________________ o Los Altos-Based Talend Names Ashley Stirrup as CMO Los Altos, Calif. -- Talend, the Los Altos-based developer of big data integration software, on Tuesday named Ashley Stirrup as its CMO, leading the company's global marketing strategy, operations and product management. Stirrup most recently was the senior vice president of solution marketing at ServiceSource, and previously was the vice president of product marketing at Taleo. The news comes five months after Talend announced $40 million in funding from Bpifrance, Iris Capital, Silver Lake Sumeru, Balderton Capital and Idinvest Partners. http://www.talend.com http://www.talend.com/about-us/press/talend-appoints-ashley-stirrup-as-chief-marketing-officer _____________________________________________ o Online Publishers Association Names Jason Kint as New CEO Washington, DC -- The Online Publishers Association (OPA), a New York-based non-profit trade organization for digital publishers, has named Jason Kint as its new CEO, based in Washington, DC. Kint spent the past seven years as the senior vice president and general manager of CBS Interactive's Sports Division, helping grow CBSSports.com into a major player in fantasy sports and the live streaming of major sporting events. He succeeds Pam Horan, who will end her 10-year tenure with the organization on May 30. http://www.online-publishers.org/index.php/opa_news/press_release/online_publishers_association_names_jason_kint_ceo _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Maxta, developer of a storage platform for virtualized environments, on Tuesday named Carolyn Crandall as its vice president of marketing. Crandall most recently served as the vice president of corporate and field marketing at Nimble Storage. http://www.maxta.com/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-nimble-storage-executive-carolyn-crandall-joins-maxta-as-vice-president-of-marketing-259045721.html (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based ItsOn, developer of a cloud-based services platform for mobile operators, on Tuesday named Jose Lorenzo as its senior vice president of sales for the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. Lorenzo previously held roles for companies such as Openwave Systems, Aepona, Alcatel, Vertel, HP and Telefonica. http://www.itsoninc.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/itson-hires-jose-lorenzo-svp-120000372.html;_ylt=A0LEV02BNHJT6DkA.mxXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEz OXE0NmxsBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM3OF8x (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Skyera, a developer of solid-state storage systems, on Tuesday named Kirk Law as its vice president of engineering. Law previously held various vice president positions for NetApp, where he had worked since 2002. http://www.skyera.com/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skyera-adds-top-talent-to-executive-team-with-kirk-law-as-new-vp-of-engineering-259034601.html (Newark, Calif.) Newark-based ITRenew, a provider of enterprise IT asset disposition services and data sanitization software, on Tuesday named Daniel Niclas as its vice president of products and services. 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