| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 22, 2014 ============================================ Intel's IDF14- Sept. 9-11. Use Code CDPTWM for Complimentary Day Pass https://secure.idfregistration.com/IDF2014/ o Yahoo to Buy San Francisco-Based Flurry to Boost Mobile Products o San Francisco-Based Taulia Raises $27 Million in Fourth Round o Menlo Park-Based Quantifind Raises $12 Million in New Funding Round o Campbell-Based Rainmaker Systems Raises Funds, Searches for New CEO o Livermore-Based Access Acquires Hawaii Records Management > Intel's IDF14 - Use Code CDPTWM for Complimentary Day Pass o Briefly Noted: ITRenew, Cadigan Talent Ventures, USGI Medical, Pandora, xMatters _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Intel's IDF14 San Francisco. September 9–11 --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 --Human Services Agency IT Director - City and County of San Francisco --5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Conference - 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 Yahoo to Buy San Francisco-Based Flurry to Boost Mobile Products Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Aiming to strengthen its mobile products, Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said it will acquire San Francisco-based Flurry, developer of an analytics platform designed give users a better understanding of mobile consumer behavior. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though TechCrunch tabbed the purchase price at between $300 million and $1 billion. Following the closing, Flurry will remain in its current offices. "As part of Yahoo, Flurry will continue to serve the application developer community in the way we always have, only better," said Simon Khalaf, the company's president and CEO, Flurry. "We will have access to more resources to speed up the delivery of great products." Flurry's platform has helped developers optimize and personalize their apps since 2008. Approximately 170,000 developers currently use the company's Analytics product. http://www.flurry.com/ http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/92461312524/yahoo-to-acquire-flurry-to-strengthen-mobile-products http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140721006254/en/Yahoo-Acquire-Flurry-Strengthen-Mobile-Products#.U816X1bpZG4 http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/21/yahoo-is-buying-mobile-analytics-firm-flurry-for-north-of-200m/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Taulia Raises $27 Million in Fourth Round San Francisco -- Taulia, the San Francisco-based developer of web-based software designed to help clients optimize their financial supply chain and payment terms with suppliers, said on Tuesday it has raised $27 million in its fourth round of funding, led by QuestMark Partners. Previous backers Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, Lakestar and DAG Ventures also participated in the round, which the company will use to improve its market traction, increase hiring efforts and expand its global presence. Taulia, which is on pace to have its second straight 300% revenue growth year, also plans to expand its San Francisco headquarters. Taulia provides supplier financing through cloud-based invoice, payment and dynamic discounting tools. Clients include Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Pfizer, Pacific Gas & Electric and Hallmark. http://www.taulia.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140722006120/en/Taulia-Raises-27-million-Continues-Rapid-Growth _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Quantifind Raises $12 Million in New Funding Round Menlo Park, Calif. -- Quantifind, a Menlo Park-based of technology designed to help brands understand and identify which marketing strategies are impacting business outcomes, said on Tuesday that it has raised $12 million in a new round of funding. Comcast Ventures and Iris Capital co-led the round, which also included previous backers AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners. The company will use the funding to accelerate investments in its product development, as well as grow its sales and client services teams. Ari Tuchman and John Stockton, two physicists from Stanford, co-founded Quantifind in 2009, with the goal of helping businesses find meaningful signals that drive revenue. http://quantifind.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140722005520/en/Quantifind-Raises-12-Million-Strategic#.U86z7-NdXng _____________________________________________ o Campbell-Based Rainmaker Systems Raises Funds, Searches for New CEO Campbell, Calif. -- Rainmaker Systems, a Campbell-based developer of B2B e-commerce tools, said on Tuesday it has raised $2.5 million of a targeted $3.2 million recapitalization in a convertible note financing. In addition, Don Massaro has resigned as the company's president and CEO. The company has named Chairman Jim Hopkins as acting CEO, while it searches for a success with experience in learning management systems. Rainmaker, which has used a portion of the proceeds of the financing to repay its outstanding indebtedness to Comerica Bank and Agility Capital, also said it plans to shift its business model, focusing more on ViewCenteral, its web-based training-for-profit platform. http://www.viewcentral.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140721006313/en/Rainmaker-Systems-Announces-Capital-Raise-Strategic-Focus#.U865KeNdXng _____________________________________________ o Livermore-Based Access Acquires Hawaii Records Management Livermore, Calif. -- Access, a Livermore-based provider of records and information management services, said on Tuesday it has acquired Hawaii Records Management, a division of Kona Town Storage. Financial terms of the deal, the 68th in company history, were not disclosed. The news comes several weeks after Access also acquired The File Connection in Hawaii. "Hawaii has always been an important market for us and we are delighted to have brought two local companies on board with Access in the past two months," said John Chendo, the company's president. Access currently serves 30 markets in the U.S. and Latin America. http://www.informationprotected.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/access-continues-to-expand-in-hawaii-268115402.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Intel's IDF14 San Francisco. September 9–11. Join us this September to celebrate the most innovative minds in tech: yours. This IDF is all about you: the makers and creators from Silicon Valley and beyond. Register now to catch every insight and demo, and get hands-on with the newest tech in IoT, mobile, wearables, and more. Plus, get the opportunity to meet, greet, and connect in one of our largest Tech Showcases ever. Get your passes now for only $995, use promo code CMKTWM or take advantage of a complimentary day pass, use promo code CDPTWM. https://secure.idfregistration.com/IDF2014/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Newark, Calif.) Newark-based ITRenew, a provider of enterprise IT asset disposition services and data sanitization software, said on Tuesday is has opened a new, larger facility in Toronto. The facility, scheduled to officially open for business Aug. 1, will offer a full range of IT asset disposition services, including data sanitization and asset refurbishing. http://www.itrenew.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/itrenew-expands-facility-in-toronto-canada-268119802.html (San Francisco) Steve Cadigan, the former vice president of talent at LinkedIn, has launched Cadigan Talent Ventures (CTV), a San Francisco-based provider of talent strategies advisory services. The firm, which already counts Twitter, Andreesen Horowitz and Greylock among its clients, assists high growth companies in areas such as change management, acquisition integration and IPO transitions. http://www.cadigantalentventures.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-linkedin-vp-steve-cadigan-launches-cadigan-talent-ventures-to-assist-high-growth-companies-268097811.html (San Clemente, Calif.) San Clemente-based USGI Medical, a developer of endoscopic procedures for obesity, said on Tuesday it has landed a credit facility worth up to $9 million from GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services. The company will use the funds to support additional clinical studies of an incision-less outpatient weight loss procedure. http://www.usgimedical.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140722005196/en/GE-Capital-Agents-9-Million-Senior-Secured#.U86RyONdXng (Oakland) Pandora, the Oakland-based Internet radio service, on Tuesday named Lars Murray as its vice president of industry relations. Murray most recently served as the vice president of digital media at Columbia Records. http://www.pandora.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140722005151/en/Pandora-Hires-Lars-Murray-Vice-President-Industry#.U863GuNdXng (San Ramon, Calif.) San Ramon-based xMatters, a developer of cloud-based tools that let any business process or application trigger two-way communications, on Tuesday named Mark Westover as its CFO. Westover most recently served as the senior vice president of corporate development and finance at LiveOps. http://www.xMatters.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140722005430/en/xMatters-Appoints-Chief-Financial-Officer#.U864eeNdXng =================================================== 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 > Intel's IDF14 San Francisco. September 9–11. Join us this September to celebrate the most innovative minds in tech: yours. This IDF is all about you: the makers and creators from Silicon Valley and beyond. Register now to catch every insight and demo, and get hands-on with the newest tech in IoT, mobile, wearables, and more. Plus, get the opportunity to meet, greet, and connect in one of our largest Tech Showcases ever. 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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" ____________________________________________ > EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio Founded in 2002, EnMasse Design is a design studio specializing in industrial design, mechanical engineering, product development and user interface design. We have experience in designing a range of products from small hand held devices to large systems. We're located in Mountain View. 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