| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 12, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Shares of Mountain View-Based MobileIron Jump 22% Following $100M IPO o San Francisco-Based Freshdesk Raises $31 Million in New Funding Round o Redwood City-Based Sencha Names Art Landro as New CEO o Huff Post: Federal Government Aiming to Lure Tech Talent to Washington o San Francisco-Based Voxer Promotes Irv Remedios to President o Briefly Noted: San Francisco - America's Coolest City, Bigcommerce, GuideSpark _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Seven Facts to Breathe Life into Your Business --Don't Miss Summer Rates On All Bay Area Tech Wire Advertising --Associate Director – ORIX Ventures --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 Mountain View-Based MobileIron Jump 22% Following $100M IPO Mountain View, Calif. -- Shares of Mountain View-based MobileIron rose 22% on their first day of trading Thursday, hours after the developer of a mobile-first IT platform for businesses priced its initial public offering (IPO). The company is selling 11.1 million shares for $9 each -- the middle of its target range of $8-$10 -- aiming to raise approximately $100 million. Shares, now listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "MOBL," closed at $11.02. MobileIron is backed by Foundation Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Big Basin Partners. http://www.mobileiron.com/en http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470099/000119312514233936/d685840d424b4.htm _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Freshdesk Raises $31 Million in New Funding Round San Francisco -- Freshdesk, a San Francisco-based developer of cloud-based customer support software, said on Thursday it has raised $31 million in a new round of funding, led by Tiger Global Management. Accel Partners and Google Capital also participated in the round, which the company will use to accelerate global expansion and ramp up research and development for Freshservice, the company's IT service desk product launched in January. Since launching in 2011, Freshdesk has raised $44 million in funding. The company currently serves 23,000 clients, including 3M, Hugo Boss and Petronas. Its flagship product allows organizations to support their customers through emails, phone calls, websites, forums and social media channels. http://www.freshdesk.com https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-capital-accel-partners-back-122000230.html _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Sencha Names Art Landro as New CEO Redwood City, Calif. -- Sencha, a Redwood City-based provider of tools and services for developers creating HTML5 desktop and mobile apps, on Thursday named Art Landro as its new CEO. He succeeds Michael Mullany, who will remain on the company's board of directors. Landro was most recently the CEO of Netherlands-based Cordys, and previously was the president of MontaVista Software, a division of Cavium Networks. Sencha's investors include Sequoia Capital, Radar Partners and JAFCO Ventures. More than 2 million developers at more than 150,000 companies use the the company's products to build desktop and mobile apps. http://www.sencha.com/ http://www.sencha.com/company/press/sencha-appoints-art-landro-as-ceo/ _____________________________________________ o Huff Post: Federal Government Aiming to Lure Tech Talent to Washington Washington, DC -- On the heels of the HealthCare.gov debacle, the federal government is now looking to lure IT talent away from Silicon Valley, The Huffington Post reported Thursday. A newly launched in-hour government startup, Washington, DC-based 18F, is aiming to lure civic-minded coders and engineers with the promise of large-scale projects that potentially could reach millions of Americans. "This is the place to get big things done," co-founder Hillary Hartley told the publication. "If you build something [in government] and it's successful, it is going to touch an enormous amount of people. And that's intoxicating." Despite a lack of company perks and stock options, federal organizations are increasingly attempting to build startup tech culture in DC, where outdated methods and internal politics often cripple technology projects. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/11/washington-tech_n_5475316.html _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Voxer Promotes Irv Remedios to President San Francisco -- Voxer, a San Francisco-based developer of push-to-talk and multimedia messaging technology, said on Thursday it has promoted Irv Remedios to the role of president. Remedios previously served as the company's head of product, and earlier served as the vice president of product at Mr. Number. "Having led product strategy for Voxer over the last year with a focus on integrating customer needs into our product offerings, Irv is well-qualified to lead our overall strategy and drive our presence in the enterprise communications space," said founder and CEO Tom Katis. Founded in 2007, Voxer has raised $30 million in funding from Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund and other investors. http://www.voxer.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140612005308/en/Voxer-Names-Irv-Remedios-President#.U5nGiJRdXng _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Los Angeles) San Francisco is America's Coolest City, according to a new poll by Ranker.com. The poll, which drew more than 16,000 votes, ranked 55 U.S. cities. San Francisco beat out New York, Seattle, Chicago and New Orleans to claim the top spot. The complete list is available at the link below. http://www.ranker.com/list/america_s-coolest-cities/places-to-go?var=2&utm_expid=16418821-20.yBAHnVOzRImdrRFeNt_7UQ.1 (San Francisco) Bigcommerce, the Texas-based developer of an e-commerce platform that powers online stores, on Thursday named Tim Schulz as its senior vice president of product management, based in the company's San Francisco office. Schulz most recently led strategic partnerships and business development strategy for Google's Product Listing Ads business. http://www.bigcommerce.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140612005244/en/Google-Executive-Tim-Schulz-Joins-Bigcommerce-Brand#.U5nD1JRdXng (Menlo Park, Calif.) Menlo Park-based GuideSpark, developer of an employee communications platform featuring HR-related multimedia content, on Thursday named Theresa Strickland as its vice president of people and culture and Dharam Rai as its vice president of content services. 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