| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 23, 2014 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o San Francisco-Based Thumbtack Raises $30 Million in Third Round o Mountain View-Based Golgi Launches After Raising $5 Million in Funding o AOL Acquires PrecisionDemand to Bolster San Mateo-Based Adap.tv o San Francisco-Based Wikia Acquires Community Platform Huddler o WSJ: Google Developing Tablet with Advanced Vision Capabilities > The One Leadership Secret You Can’t Ignore o Briefly Noted: 2014 TiE50 Awards _____________________________________________ > 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 Thumbtack Raises $30 Million in Third Round San Francisco -- Thumbtack, the San Francisco-based developer of a service designed to introduce customers to several available and qualified professionals, said it has raised $30 million in its third round of funding, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management. The company, which now has raised $49 million since its inception, will use the proceeds to "significantly" grow its staff and bolster product development. "There are many services that provide listings of professionals with ratings and phone numbers, but end there," said co-founder and CEO Marco Zappacosta. "Thumbtack goes much farther -- instead of just showing you information, we connect you with professionals ready to do your job within hours." The average project on Thumbtack is $600, in categories led by Personal Training, Catering, Moving, Interior Painting and Singing Lessons. The company said it sends an estimated $1.8 billion worth of business annually to 63,000 paying professionals. http://www.thumbtack.com/ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/thumbtack-reveals-tremendous-growth-helping-130000990.html;_ylt=AwrBJSAah39TBFAARRXQtDMD _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Golgi Launches After Raising $5 Million in Funding Mountain View, Calif. -- Golgi, the Mountain View-based developer of a data transfer platform designed to hasten loading times for connected devices and mobile apps, said it has launched operations after raising $5 million in funding from Openmind Networks. The company, founded last year by Openmind, said its goal is to help developers and engineers retain the 79% of consumers who stop using an app after two bouts of poor functionality. Its tools let developers create data-transfer code, which they can plug into their programs. The platform then keeps apps up-to-date with the latest messages, news, profile updates, high scores and notifications from connected devices. "All it takes is the blink of an eye for someone to decide whether they want to keep using an app or device," said CTO Brian Kelly. "Golgi helps protect developers from building a great product only to see it fail because they're not experts in data transport between devices." http://www.golgi.io http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140522006259/en/Golgi-Officially-Launches-Kill-Spinning-Wheel-Slow-Loading#.U3988nJdXng _____________________________________________ o AOL Acquires PrecisionDemand to Bolster San Mateo-Based Adap.tv New York -- Looking to bolster its platform capabilities around TV and digital video, AOL has acquired New York-based PrecisionDemand, a developer of tools designed to target TV and measure its results more effectively. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PrecisionDemand will become part of San Mateo-based Adap.tv, developer of a programmatic video ad platform that AOL acquired for $405 million last summer. "PrecisionDemand will be a key component of our advanced TV targeting, attribution and optimization technology available in the market," wrote Toby Gabriner, the CEO of Adap.tv, in a blog post. http://www.precisiondemand.com http://blog.adap.tv/2014/05/21/bringing-greater-precision-to-tv-advertising-welcoming-precisiondemand-to-the-family/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Wikia Acquires Community Platform Huddler San Francisco -- Wikia, the San Francisco-based developer of a platform that allows users to form new web communities around any subject or participate in over 400,000 existing communities, said it has acquired San Francisco-based Huddler, a developer of community-driven sites with roots in retail and affiliate advertising. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wikia said the acquisition bolsters its talent and commerce technologies, while expanding its lifestyle communities focused on subjects such as fashion, technology and outdoors. "The acquisition allows us to embrace an unduplicated audience of over 12 million who convene and connect around their passions in areas like technology, fashion, sports and other lifestyle pursuits," said Wikia CEO Craig Palmer. Wikia has retained Huddler co-founders Ted and Dan Gill, as well as a majority of the company's engineering, product and business development staff. Huddler's more than 20 sites will continue to operate independent of the Wikia platform. http://www.wikia.com http://www.huddler.com/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wikia-acquires-huddler---expands-technology-team-and-lifestyle-audience-in-communities-for-superfans-260316451.html _____________________________________________ o WSJ: Google Developing Tablet with Advanced Vision Capabilities Mountain View, Calif. -- Google is developing a new 7-inch tablet computer with advanced vision capabilities, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Mountain View-based company next month plans to release about 4,000 of the prototype devices to developers, who will then attempt to come up with practical applications for the technology. The Journal reported that the tablets will come equipped with two back cameras, infrared depth sensors and advanced software that can capture precise 3-D images of objects. Google in February released a similar prototype smartphone. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303749904579578833557306544 _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 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: (Santa Clara, Calif.) TiE SV, the Silicon Valley chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs, has named the winners of its 2014 TiE50 awards. The annual awards honor the 50 hottest tech startups from around the world in the categories of Software, Mobile, Internet of Things, Clean Tech and Life Sciences. Companies were selected by a judging panel of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and CEOs, who scored nominees on business model, IP value and leadership team. The complete list of winners is available at the link below. http://www.tie50.net/TiE50Awards/TiE50_Winners_2014.asp =================================================== 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. The ideal candidate has 5-10 years of work experience at a top-tier investment bank, private equity or debt fund, or venture capital firm with solid accounting and financial modeling acumen, an interest in technology companies and a desire to work closely with the venture capital and private equity communities. Additional requirements include a disciplined attention to detail, a team orientation, and a personality that thrives in a fun, performance driven environment. Please forward your resume to mpickle@orix.com Visit our website at http://orixventures.com/ ____________________________________________ > Tech + Travel Demo Event – May 22, 2014 It's that time! Summer is approaching and the travel bug is getting ready to bite. Come join us at the Crocker Galleria and check out the hot new apps and technologies geared towards making your travels less stressful and more fun. Get an hands on experience with these cool new products local to San Francisco! Free to attend. 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