Monday, July 21, 2014

Bay Area Tech Wire -- July 21

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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 21, 2014
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o Santa Rosa-Based VisiQuate Raises More Than $6 Million in Third Round
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Pleasanton-Based Ellie Mae to Expand into New Headquarters Site
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Oakland-Based Zhone Technologies Names James Norrod as New CEO
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Pleasanton-Based DayNine Lands Investment from Pamlico Capital
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UNYQ Design Raises $1.05 Million on seedchange Platform
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Briefly Noted: PowerVision, eASIC, Shutterfly

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o Santa Rosa-Based VisiQuate Raises More Than $6 Million in Third Round

Santa Rosa, Calif. -- VisiQuate, a Santa Rosa-based developer of web-based business analytics software, said on Monday it has raised more than $6 million in its third round of funding, led by Chicago-based First Analysis. The company, which caters to clients in the healthcare, energy and other large business markets, said it will utilize the proceeds for growth. "We are planning to direct proceeds from the financing towards continued product innovations and enhancements, including further advancing our operational BI and workflow solutions as well as increased business development and client services talent," said founder and CEO Brian Robertson. Howard Smith, managing director of First Analysis, will join the company's board of directors.
http://www.visiquate.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140721005315/en/VisiQuate-Receives-Significant-Series-Funding-Analysis-Accelerate#.U81zX-NdXng
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o Pleasanton-Based Ellie Mae to Expand into New Headquarters Site

Pleasanton, Calif. -- Ellie Mae, a developer of web-based automated software tools to the residential mortgage industry, said on Monday it has signed a long-term lease for more than 100,000 square feet of office space that will become the site of the company's new corporate headquarters in Pleasanton. The company, which currently occupies two smaller buildings in Pleasanton, will nearly double its existing office space when it moves into the new space -- the top three floors of 4420 Rosewood Drive in California Center -- next spring. Ellie Mae's headcount has approximately doubled to 500 over the past two years. "The additional space will enable us to continue to grow our staff to meet the needs of our expanding customer base," said founder and CEO Sig Anderman.
http://www.elliemae.com/ 
http://www.elliemae.com/ellie-mae-to-expand-into-new-headquarters-site/ 
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o Oakland-Based Zhone Technologies Names James Norrod as New CEO

Oakland -- Zhone Technologies, an Oakland-based maker of IP multi-service access tools for network operators, has named James Norrod as its new president and CEO. He succeeds Mory Ejabat, who will remain executive chairman. Norrod previously served as the CEO of Infinite Power Solutions, Segway, Telebit, ITK, CGX and Octocom. Earlier, he spent a decade with IBM. "As Zhone's new CEO, Jim will manage the day-to-day operations while I will continue to provide strategic oversight," said Ejabat.
http://www.zhone.com/ 
http://www.zhone.com/about/news/2014/norrod-ceo.en-us 
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o Pleasanton-Based DayNine Lands Investment from Pamlico Capital

Pleasanton, Calif. -- DayNine Consulting, a Pleasanton-based provider of Workday human capital management software, said on Monday it has landed a "significant" equity investment from Pamlico Capital. Financial terms of the deal, the company's first institutional funding, were not disclosed. The company said it will use the funds to support "aggressive" international expansion, and also further develop its tools. DayNine's management and employees will retain a majority stake in the company, with a member of Pamlico joining its board of directors. "Pamlico's investment provides DayNine strong financial and advisory resources with which to build upon our significant presence in the Workday ecosystem," said Tim Ramos, the co-founder and CEO of DayNine.
http://www.daynine.com 
http://www.pamlicocapital.com/ 
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o UNYQ Design Raises $1.05 Million on seedchange Platform

San Francisco -- seedchange, the San Francisco-based developer of a platform for early-stage investing, said on Monday that San Francisco's UNYQ Design has raised $1.05 million through its platform. UNYQ lets amputees design customized covers for prosthetic legs, turning them into fashion accessories. UNYQ began working with seedchange in the spring. The company launched its e-commerce site in May and completed its funding round six weeks later.
http://www.unyq.com 
http://www.seedchange.com 
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seedchange-announces-funding-of-unyq-six-weeks-after-online-product-launch-267963941.html 
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o Briefly Noted:


(Belmont, Calif.) Belmont-based PowerVision, a medical device company developing the world's first fluid-based accommodating intraocular lens, on Monday named Douglas Koch to its scientific advisory board. Koch is chair of the ophthalmology department and a professor of ophthalmology, at Baylor College of Medicine.
http://powervisionlens.com/ 
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/powervision-appoints-ophthalmology-thought-leader-douglas-d-koch-md-to-its-scientific-advisory-board-267937881.html 

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based eASIC, a developer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), on Monday named Richard Deranleau as its CFO and senior vice president of finance. Deranleau previously served as the senior vice president of finance and CFO of a $1.1 billion operating unit of Fujitsu, and earlier was the CFO of Brocade Communications .
http://www.easic.com/easic-appoints-richard-deranleau-as-chief-financial-officer/ 

(Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Shutterfly, the operator of a digital photo and personalized products site, on Monday named Gautam Srivastava as its senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Srivastava most recently served as the senior vice president of human resources and marketing at LSI, and earlier held numerous roles at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
http://ir.shutterfly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=860741

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Hear from top cybersecurity officials, companies and investors at this must-attend annual event now in its fifth year. The current director of the NSA, the Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity at DHS and the Cybersecurity Coordinator at the White House will keynote at the conference and takes questions. Also on the agenda are senior cybersecurity officials at the FBI, DoD, DARPA, NIST, Goldman Sachs, AT&T, as well as a leading venture capitalist from Kleiner Perkins and government contractors. To register go to www.billingtoncybersecurity.com/2014summit For a $150 discount to the event, use discount code "TECHWIRE"

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