| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 27, 2014 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o Report: Sunnyvale-Based Yahoo Bids $250 Million for Fullscreen o Menlo Park-Based SRI Spins Off Consumer AI Technology Firm Kasisto o Pythian Acquires San Francisco-Based Blackbird.io o San Francisco-Based UrbanSitter Lands New $200,000 Investment o Redwood City-Based Tidemark Names Bud McGann as Chief Revenue Officer o San Jose Company Named Winner in "Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs" > Seven Facts to Breathe Life into Your Business o Briefly Noted: Durect - Oxford Finance _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Seven Facts to Breathe Life into Your Business --EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio --Don't Miss Summer Rates On All Bay Area Tech Wire Advertising --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 Report: Sunnyvale-Based Yahoo Bids $250 Million for Fullscreen Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Looking to expand its reach to young consumers, Sunnyvale-based Yahoo has bid around $250 million to acquire Los Angeles-based Fullscreen, a media group that creates content for thousands of YouTube channels, Sky News reported. Other potential bidders could be investment firm The Chernin Group, AOL and Comcast, though the latter two are seen as less likely. Fullscreen said its network draws 365 million monthly subscribers who generate 3 billion video views. http://www.fullscreen.com/ http://news.sky.com/story/1289983/yahoo-and-chernin-vie-for-youtube-partner _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based SRI Spins Off Consumer AI Technology Firm Kasisto Menlo Park, Calif. -- SRI International, a nonprofit research and innovation organization based in Menlo Park, said it has launched a new artificial intelligence spin-off called Kasisto, which aims to improve the consumer experience on mobile devices through intelligent conversation. SRI, which also spun off Apple's Siri, said the new technology will allow companies to integrate branded conversational virtual personal assistants into their mobile apps. "Now consumers expect a more human-like experience when interacting online," said Norman Winarsky, the vice president of SRI Ventures. "Kasisto represents a new user experience -- one that is context aware, personalized and more effective." Kasisto's initial customers are in the financial services industry. http://www.kasisto.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sri-international-launches-new-venture-kasisto-to-bring-next-generation-virtual-personal-assistant-technology-to-the-enterprise-264725891.html _____________________________________________ o Pythian Acquires San Francisco-Based Blackbird.io San Francisco -- Pythian, a Canadian provider of data management consulting services, said it has acquired San Francisco-based Blackbird.io, a DevOps and data services provider formerly known as PalominoDB and DriveDev. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pythian said the acquisition will help it fill increased demand for agile development, operations and technology delivered as a service. "As adoption of SaaS increases, a rapidly growing proportion of the demand for the world's leading data and infrastructure expertise becomes embedded in a DevOps delivery model," said Pythian.CEO Andrew Waitman. "The acquisition of Blackbird.io is key to our long-term strategy to aid the growing service-based markets." Blackbird.io's San Francisco office will become Pythian's first West Coast location, with CEO Laine Campbell leading the company's open-source database group. http://www.pythian.com http://blackbird.io/ http://www.pythian.com/news-releases/pythian-acquires-blackbird-io-to-expand-data-management-services/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based UrbanSitter Lands New $200,000 Investment San Francisco -- UrbanSitter, the San Francisco-based developer of an online and mobile service designed to connect parents and babysitters through mutual acquaintances, said it has landed a new $200,000 investment from Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's A-Grade Investments. The news comes four months after the company raised $15 million in its second round of funding, led by DBL Investors. It now has raised nearly $23 million since its inception two years ago. UrbanSitter's platform shows parents and sitters how they are connected through Facebook contacts. Sitters post profile pages with information such as availability and hourly rates, and parents can view their reviews, certifications and experience. The site also allows users to book and pay for services. http://www.urbansitter.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140626005878/en/UrbanSitter-Receives-200k-A-Grade-Investments#.U62CMZRdXng _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Tidemark Names Bud McGann as Chief Revenue Officer Redwood City, Calif. -- Tidemark, a Redwood City-based developer of enterprise performance management and analytics tools, has named Bud McGann as its chief revenue officer. McGann most recently was a vice president and general manager at SAP's SuccessFactors, and previously held sales roles at Hyperion Solutions, Oracle, ADP, Valchemy, IBM, Saba Software and Primavera Systems. The company also has named Steve Daly as its vice president of corporate development and Mark Macaluso as its vice president of customer success. Daly was the vice president of strategic accounts at SuccessFactors, while Macaluso was the vice president of worldwide sales engineering at MarkLogic. http://www.tidemark.com http://www.tidemark.com/news-press/press/tidemark-taps-sales-strategy-and-customer-success-executives-from-oracle-sap-ibm-and-successfactors-to-continue-to-drive-the-companys-growth _____________________________________________ o San Jose Company Named Winner in "Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs" San Jose, Calif. -- PicturePoint On-line, a San Jose-based producer of online videos for businesses, non-profits and other organizations, has been named one of six grand prize winners in Comcast Business and Inc. Magazine's "Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs" program. The national competition awards cash and services to entrepreneurs leveraging technology to grow their business and enhance profitability. Winners, selected during a two-week public voting period, will receive $20,000 cash, a trip to New York and one-on-one consultation from business experts, including Marcus Lemonis and Robert Irvine. A complete list of winners is available at the link below. http://business.comcast.com/resource-library/press-releases/details/2014/06/26/comcast-business-names-grand-prize-winners-in-innovations-4-entrepreneurs-program?NewsItemID=93d94347-2963-62fe-b0b5-ff0000efc36d&IsPremium=False _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Seven Facts to Breathe Life into Your Business You've heard of the "facts of life." There also are facts of business life that entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs need to know. 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