| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 15, 2014 ============================================ Mid Atlantic Marketing Summit - Sept. 19, 2014 www.mamsummit.com o Mountain View-Based NetBase Lands $15.2 Million in Fourth Round o San Francisco-Based BetterDoctor Lands $10 Million in First Round o Palo Alto-Based Issuu Raises $10 Million in Second Round of Funding o Berkeley-Based Captricity Raises $10 Million in Second Round o San Francisco-Based Bay Dynamics Secures $8 Million in First Round o LivingSocial Names eBay Executive Gautam Thakar as New CEO o Briefly Noted: Bechtel, Tegile Systems, Continuent, RiskIQ _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 --Human Services Agency IT Director - City and County of San Francisco --5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Conference - Sept. 16, 2014 Use Code "Techwire" --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 Mountain View-Based NetBase Lands $15.2 Million in Fourth Round Mountain View, Calif. -- NetBase, the Mountain View-based developer of a social analytics platform, said on Tuesday it has landed $15.2 million in its fourth round of funding from previous backers Thomwest Ventures, Altos Ventures and WestSummit Capital, as well as new investor SAIF Partners. The company now has raised $51.8 million since its inception. "This new funding will enable NetBase to accelerate the go-to-market trajectory that has already seen the company triple its size in just 2 1/2 years," said CEO Peter Caswell. "We will expand both people and programs." NetBase's platform is designed to process billions of social media posts daily to give clients insights on areas such as marketing, sales and public relations. Clients include AMC Networks, American Airlines, Arby's, Coca-Cola, Kenneth Cole, Ogilvy, SAP, Taco Bell, Walmart and YUM! http://www.netbase.com http://www.netbase.com/press-release/netbase-completes-15-2-million-round-expansion-funding/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based BetterDoctor Lands $10 Million in First Round San Francisco -- BetterDoctor, the San Francisco-based developer of a doctor search service, said on Tuesday it has landed $10 million in its first round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Previous backers SoftTechVC and Lifeline Ventures also participated. The company said it will use the funds to expand its staff and continue developing its doctor ranking algorithm, which is based on metrics such as education, certification, sub-specialty, research, referrals and consumer ratings. The company also plans to expand its web and mobile apps to new platforms. "Our vision is to take the guessing game out of selecting the right doctor," said CEO Ari Tulla, who co-founded the company with CTO Tapio Tolvanen. "With the help of new funding, we are getting closer to the vision every day." http://www.betterdoctor.com https://betterdoctor.com/health/betterdoctor-raises-10-million-in-series-a-funding/ _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based Issuu Raises $10 Million in Second Round of Funding Palo Alto, Calif. -- Issuu, the Palo Alto-based developer of a digital publishing and content discovery platform, said on Tuesday it has raised $10 million in its second round of funding. Investors included the KDDI open innovation fund and previous backer Sunstone Capital of Denmark. "This investment will give us additional resources to continue to develop new and innovative solutions for publishers and brands," said CEO Joe Hyrkin. Specifically, the company will use the proceeds to increase its publisher base, develop new product features and expand its staff. Issuu's platform currently delivers more than 5 billion page views across 17 million magazines, catalogs and newspapers to over 80 million visitors a month. The company now has raised $21.5 million in funding since its founding in 2006. http://issuu.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140715006368/en/Issuu-Attracts-10MM-Funding#.U8WIr5RdXng _____________________________________________ o Berkeley-Based Captricity Raises $10 Million in Second Round Berkeley, Calif. -- Captricity, the Berkeley-based developer of a multi-channel data capture platform designed to convert information from static documents into machine readable data, said on Tuesday it has raised $10 million in its second round of funding, led by Atlas Venture. Social+Capital also participated in the round, which increases the company's total backing to $14 million. Chris Lynch, a partner at Atlas, has joined the company's board of directors. Captricity was founded by Kuang Chen, whose PhD research in Tanzania and Uganda revealed the need to transform paper-based documents into digital data to improve organizations' efficiency and service. Since commercializing its technology in 2011, the company has processed data for clients across sectors such as health, government and enterprise, including the FDA, Symantec, Humana, Georgia's Department of Ethics and Broward Community College. http://www.captricity.com http://captricity.com/founders-desk-captricity-raises-series-b-funding/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Bay Dynamics Secures $8 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Bay Dynamics, a San Francisco-based developer of information risk intelligence tools designed to help companies identify insider threats, compromised systems or corporate espionage, said on Tuesday it has secured $8 million in its first round of funding from Comcast Ventures. Co-Founder and CEO Feris Rifai said the company will use the proceeds to bolster its technology. Bay Dynamics' core product, called Risk Fabric, helps users identify potential risks and security events based on employee activities and behaviors across the organization. http://www.baydynamics.com http://www.baydynamics.com/Company/News/2014/07/Bay-Dynamics-Raises-8-Million-in-Series-A-Funding-to-Fuel-Exponential-Growth.htm _____________________________________________ o LivingSocial Names eBay Executive Gautam Thakar as New CEO Washington, DC -- Daily deals giant LivingSocial on Tuesday named eBay executive Gautam Thakar as its new president and CEO, succeeding co-founder Tim O'Shaughnessy, who announced plans to step down in January. He will officially take over by mid-August, with O'Shaughnessy transitioning to an advisory role. Thakar had spent the past decade in leadership roles at San Jose-based eBay, including the CEO of Shopping.com and general manager of eBay's advertising business. "We knew we wanted a new CEO with the ability to drive the business forward with energy, vision and deep e-commerce knowledge," said O'Shaughnessy. "The board and I met with a number of exceptional candidates, and we all believe that Gautam is the perfect fit for the future of LivingSocial." http://www.livingsocial.com https://corporate.livingsocial.com/blog/2014/07/15/livingsocial- names-gautam-thakar-ceo-president/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based engineering, project management and construction giant Bechtel said it will collaborate with two U.S. national security laboratories to fund multiyear positions for early-career professionals in critical cybersecurity fields. The company will work with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories to recruit and cultivate cybersecurity experts. http://www.bechtel.com/2014-07-14.html (Newark, Calif.) Newark-based Tegile Systems, a developer of flash-driven storage arrays for databases, virtualized server and virtual desktop environments, on Tuesday named Narayan Venkat as its CMO. Venkat most recently served as the vice president of products and marketing at Violin Memory, and previously was vice president of the cloud infrastructure business unit at VMware. http://www.tegile.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/flash-virtualization-industry-veteran-joins-tegile-executive-team-as-chief-marketing-officer-267154921.html (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Continuent, a developer of open source database clustering and replication tools, on Tuesday named Ari Valtanen as its vice president of products. Valtanen previously co-founded Solid Information Technology and later oversaw big data growth initiatives at IBM. He also will serve on the company's board of directors. http://www.continuent.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140715005141/en/Continuent-Strengthens-Executive-Management-Team-Appoints-Ari#.U8WLbZRdXng (San Francisco) San Francisco-based RiskIQ, a developer of technology that analyzes web and mobile assets to detect malware, fraud and brand infringements, on Tuesday named Erik Laird as its executive vice president of sales. Laird most recently was vice president of sales for HP Enterprise Security Products' largest territory. 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