| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 19, 2014 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o San Francisco-Based 6Sense Emerges from Stealth After Raising $12 Million o Menlo Park-Based DCM Leads $14 Million Investment in Sansan o S.F.-Based HandUp Crowned Winner of Challenge Cup Startup Competition o Telecom Giant AT&T to Acquire DirecTV for $48.5 Billion o DOJ Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers with Cyber Espionage > The One Leadership Secret You Can’t Ignore o Briefly Noted: PubMatic - Mocean Mobile, Coherus BioSciences _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --The One Leadership Secret You Can’t Ignore --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 San Francisco-Based 6Sense Emerges from Stealth After Raising $12 Million San Francisco -- 6Sense, the San Francisco-based developer of a predictive intelligence engine designed to help B2B companies improve their sales and marketing efforts, said on Monday it has emerged from stealth after landing $12 million in its first round of funding. Battery Ventures and Venrock co-led the round, which also included participation from Silicon Valley Bank. Roger Lee, a general partner at Battery Ventures, and Brian Ascher, a partner at Venrock, have joined the company's board. 6Sense's platform uses time-sensitive behavioral data to uncover new sales leads and prioritize prospects The technology predicts which products prospects will buy, how much they will buy and when. Customers include NetApp, Cisco, CBS Interactive, Xactly, Blue Jeans, Pure Storage and CSC. http://www.6sense.com https://6sense.com/about-us/news/press-releases/ _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based DCM Leads $14 Million Investment in Sansan Menlo Park, Calif. -- Sansan, the Japan-based provider of a cloud-based contact management service, said on Monday it will enter the U.S. market after raising $14 million in a round of funding led by Menlo Park-based DCM. Other investors included Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, Nikkei Digital Media, Energy and Environment Investment and GMO Venture Partners. Launched in 2007, Sansan's service transcribes business cards and uploads them into a cloud-based contact management platform. Those contacts are then organized around critical business data, such as who met whom, when, where and why. The company currently boasts more than 2,000 corporate customers in Japan. http://www.sansan.com/en/ http://dcm.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140519005372/en/Sansan-Closes-14M-Venture-Led-DCM#.U3pgYtJdXng _____________________________________________ o S.F.-Based HandUp Crowned Winner of Challenge Cup Startup Competition San Francisco -- HandUp, the San Francisco-based developer of a system that lets users give directly to homeless people and others in need through text messages and web donations, on Saturday was crowned winner of the inaugural Challenge Cup startup competition at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. The company will receive a $150,000 investment, as well as a range of support services from Washington, DC-based startup hub 1776. Judges selected HandsUp over seven other finalists, who were among 64 regional winners in the bracket-style competition. Other category winners included (Education) Washington, DC-based EduCanon, developer of an online learning environment to build and share interactive video lessons; (Energy) U.K.-based PlugSurfing, developer of an app helping electric vehicle drivers find and pay for charging throughout Europe; and (Health) Chicago-based CancerIQ, developer of a web-based service giving oncologists access to a curated repository of similar patients, guidelines and providers. Each is eligible to receive a $100,000 investment. https://handup.us/ http://challengecup.1776dc.com/news/announcing-our-challenge-festival-grand-champion-handup/ _____________________________________________ o Telecom Giant AT&T to Acquire DirecTV for $48.5 Billion Dallas -- Looking to significantly bolster its pay TV offerings, telecom giant AT&T said on Sunday it will pay $48.5 billion to acquire satellite TV provider DirecTV. Under the deal, AT&T will pay $95 a share in a combination of cash and stock. The acquisition would make the combined company the nation's second largest pay TV provider, with DirecTV boasting approximately 20.3 million subscribers and AT&T about 5.7 million for its U-verse service. "This is a unique opportunity that will redefine the video entertainment industry and create a company able to offer new bundles and deliver content to consumers across multiple screens -- mobile devices, TVs, laptops, cars and even airplanes," said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. The news comes three months after Comcast announced its own $45.2 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable, in a marriage of the nation's two largest cable providers. http://about.att.com/story/att_to_acquire_directv.html _____________________________________________ o DOJ Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers with Cyber Espionage Washington, DC -- The Department of Justice on Monday charged five Chinese military hackers with breaking into the computer systems of six U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products organizations, and stealing trade secrets. It marks the first time the U.S. has filed charges against state-sponsored hackers. "The range of trade secrets and other sensitive business information stolen in this case is significant and demands an aggressive response," said Attorney General Eric Holder. A grand jury in Pennsylvania on Monday inducted the five for computer hacking, economic espionage and other related offenses. Victims of the attack include Westinghouse, subsidiaries of SolarWorld, U.S. Steel, ATI, Alcoa and the United Steelworkers union. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/May/14-ag-528.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| The One Leadership Secret You Can’t Ignore We've all had setbacks and obstacles in our personal and professional lives. How does an effective leader react and respond to setbacks? Here, we’ll talk about one of the most important core leadership secrets – five simple and quick daily practices any leader can use to work through a professional setback. http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based PubMatic, developer of an ad sales platform for online publishers, said on Monday it has acquired Mocean Mobile, developer of a mobile ad server for publishers formerly known as Mojiva. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PubMatic said the acquisition bolsters its existing mobile offering, specifically by supplementing the company's mobile app, mobile web and tablet capabilities with a mobile ad server. http://pubmatic.com/press/2014/PubMatic-Acquires-Ad-Serving-Company-Mocean-Mobile.php (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Coherus BioSciences, a developer of biosimilar therapeutics aimed at expanding patient access to medications, said on Monday it has raised $55 million in its third round of funding. New investors KKR & Co., Venrock, RA Capital Management, Rock Springs Capital and Fidelity Biosciences joined previous backers Sofinnova Ventures, Lilly Ventures and Vivo Capital in the round. http://www.coherus.com/press-releases/coherus-biosciences-secures-55-million-series-c-financing/ =================================================== 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 > The One Leadership Secret You Can’t Ignore We've all had setbacks and obstacles in our personal and professional lives. How does an effective leader react and respond to setbacks? Here, we’ll talk about one of the most important core leadership secrets – five simple and quick daily practices any leader can use to work through a professional setback. http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire ____________________________________________ > Associate Director – ORIX Ventures ORIX Ventures is seeking Associate Directors for its growing venture lending group. With opportunities based in both Seattle, Washington and Hartford, Connecticut, the Associate Director will lead venture lending transactions through deal evaluation, term sheet, due diligence, company analysis, modeling, documentation and close. The Associate Director will work closely with senior ORIX Ventures management, equity investors and management teams to successfully grow the ORIX Ventures platform. Qualified candidates should have a history of professional and academic achievement, strong analytical and organizational skills, and an understanding of the growth company space. 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