Bay Area Tech Wire -- Aug. 21

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 21, 2014 ============================================ 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit -$150 off with code "TechWire" www.billingtoncybersecurity.com/2014summit o San Francisco-Based Xamarin Raises $54 Million in Third Round o San Mateo's Alfresco Software Lands $45 million in New Funding Round o Palo Alto-Based Jaunt Raises $27.8 Million in Second Round o San Francisco's The Resumator Raises $15 Million in Funding o Sunnyvale-Based Trimble Acquires Manhattan Software o Redwood City-Based Lastline Secures $10 Million in New Funding o S.F.-Based Lookout to Open Technology Development Center in Boston o FTC Settles Charges with Credit Karma, Fandango, Over Mobile Apps o Survey: Tech CEOs Expect Continued Industry Growth Through 2017 > Billington Cybersecurity Summit - $150 off with code "TechWire" o Briefly Noted: Udemy, Pure Storage, mCube, Advisor Software _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Interop New York - Attend NY's Biggest IT Event - Sept. 29-Oct. 3 --Lease SoMa. Live Mosso. --Senior Analyst - Consumer Services US --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 - $150 off Use Code "Techwire" --EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio --Don't Miss Summer Rates On All Bay Area Tech Wire Advertising Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Xamarin Raises $54 Million in Third Round San Francisco -- Xamarin, the San Francisco-based creator of an enterprise mobile development platform, said on Thursday it has secured $54 million in its third round of funding. Participants included Charles River Ventures, Floodgate, Ignition Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Lead Edge Capital. The company, which now has raised $82 million since its inception, said it will use the latest proceeds to bolster its mobile app development platform and cloud services, as well as to expand its sales and marketing teams globally. "This funding enables us to aggressively expand our product portfolio and Xamarin’s market presence around the world," said co-founder and CEO Nat Friedman. Xamarin's mobile app development platform is designed to produce fully native iOS and Android apps using a single, shared C# code base. Clients include Dow Jones, Bosch, McKesson, Halliburton, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cognizant, GitHub, Rdio and WebMD. http://xamarin.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140821005179/en/Xamarin-Raises-54-Million-Series-Funding-Company%E2%80%99s#.U_YfnsVdXng  _____________________________________________ o San Mateo's Alfresco Software Lands $45 million in New Funding Round San Mateo, Calif. -- Alfresco Software, a U.K.-based developer of enterprise content management software with U.S. headquarters in San Mateo, said on Thursday it has raised $45 million in a new round of funding. Sageview Capital led the round, which also included participation by previous backers Accel Partners, Mayfield Fund and SAP Ventures. The company plans to use the proceeds to add sales people, bolster marketing, and expand development activities. Alfresco, which now has raised $65.4 million since its inception, currently serves more than 1,800 active customers, including Amnesty International, Cisco, FOX, Harvard Business Publishing, KLM, LexisNexis, NASA, New York Philharmonic, Office Depot, PGA Tour, Saks Fifth Avenue and Sony Entertainment. Ned Gilhuly, founding partner at Sageview Capital, will join the company's board of directors. http://www.alfresco.com http://www.alfresco.com/news/press-releases/alfresco-closes-45-million-investment-accelerate-disruption-enterprise-content  _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based Jaunt Raises $27.8 Million in Second Round Palo Alto, Calif. -- Jaunt, a Palo Alto-based developer of hardware, software and other tools to enable cinematic virtual reality, said on Thursday it has raised $27.8 million in its second round of funding, led by Highland Capital Partners. Google Ventures and previous backers Redpoint Ventures, British Sky Broadcasting, Peter Gotcher and Blake Krikorian also participated in the round, which increases the company's total funding to more than $34 million. Alex Taussig, a partner at Highland Capital, will join the company's board of directors. Jaunt's platform uses proprietary algorithms and computational photography software to create omnidirectional 3D experiences. The company said it will use the funding to scale its technology, bringing it to mass audiences. http://www.jauntvr.com https://jaunt.squarespace.com/funding-announcement _____________________________________________ o San Francisco's The Resumator Raises $15 Million in Funding San Francisco -- The Resumator, a developer of recruiting software with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Pittsburgh, said it has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, led by Boston-based growth equity firm Volition Capital. Other participants included previous backers Rincon Venture Partners and Birchmere Ventures and new investors Blue Cloud Ventures and Riverfront Ventures. The company, which now has raised $18 million since its inception in 2009, said it will use the proceeds to deepen its penetration into key markets, expand its data and engineering teams and establish new products and partnerships. It counts more than 2,200 clients, including HubSpot, Major League Baseball, Bit.ly and Wedding Wire. http://www.theresumator.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloud-based-recruiting-platform-the-resumator-secures-15-million-in-growth-financing-271830241.html  _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Trimble Acquires Manhattan Software Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Marking its third acquisition in as many months, Sunnyvale-based Trimble, a developer of software aimed at making field and mobile workers more productive, said it has acquired Manhattan Software, a developer of real estate and facility management software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manhattan Software, which is based in London and maintains Americas' headquarters in Boston, currently has more than 350 clients and 270 full-time employees. Trimble said the acquisition will allow it to offer building owners, facilities and real estate managers with end-to-end property, asset and facilities management systems. . http://www.trimble.com/  http://www.manhattansoftware.com  http://www.trimble.com/news/release.aspx?id=081914b  _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Lastline Secures $10 Million in New Funding Redwood City, Calif. -- Lastline, the Redwood City-based developer of an advanced malware defense platform, said on Thursday it has raised $10 million in a new round of funding. New investors Dell Ventures and Presidio Ventures joined previous backers Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures in the round, which increased the company's total funding to $24 million since its founding in 2011. Lastline's malware defense platform is designed to protect large organizations from threats entering networks through the web, files and email. The software uses sandboxing technology to inspect network traffic, attachments and URLs for malware, without relying on traditional signature-based approaches. http://www.lastline.com  http://www.lastline.com/company/press-releases/lastline-secures-10-million-funding-round  _____________________________________________ o S.F.-Based Lookout to Open Technology Development Center in Boston San Francisco -- Lookout, the San Francisco-based developer of a mobile security platform that earlier this month announced $150 million in new funding, has announced plans to open a technology development center in Boston. The company said it will occupy a 16,000-square-foot facility in the city's Financial District, with plans to hire as many as 50 new employees in engineering, sales and marketing over the next 12-18 months. Lookout CEO Jim Dolce, himself a Boston native, called the city "an ideal location to attract talented employees and connect with sales prospects in the financial services and healthcare industries." Lookout's cloud-based platform is currently used by more than 50 million users worldwide. The Boston office will be Lookout's fourth, in addition to those in London, Tokyo and San Francisco. http://www.lookout.com  https://www.lookout.com/news-mobile-security/lookout-opens-boston-office  _____________________________________________ o FTC Settles Charges with Credit Karma, Fandango, Over Mobile Apps San Francisco -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday settled charges against San Francisco-based Credit Karma and L.A.-based Fandango, whose mobile apps allegedly left users' personal information, including credit card and Social Security numbers, vulnerable to interception. Among other things, the complaints allege that the companies disabled a process called SSL certificate verification that would have protected consumers’ information. The settlements, first announced in March, require Fandango and Credit Karma to establish programs designed to address security risks during the development of their apps, and undergo independent security assessments every other year for the next 20 years. http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/08/ftc-approves-final-orders-settling-charges-against-fandango?utm_source=govdelivery  _____________________________________________ o Survey: Tech CEOs Expect Continued Industry Growth Through 2017 Santa Clara, Calif. -- The CEOs of U.S. technology companies believe the industry's growth will continue unabated for the next few years before peaking in 2017, according to a new survey by KPMG. The survey of 53 tech CEOs found that 40% expect their greatest profits in 2017, with another 23% seeing highest profits in 2018 and beyond. At the same time, 36% plan to increase their company's headcount by 11%-25% percent over the next three years, with another 21% planning a smaller increase. "While some industry observers wonder whether the tech run will continue, our survey of tech CEOs and their three-year view makes clear these leaders see strong revenue and hiring growth ahead," said Gary Matuszak, the global chair of KPMG's Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. "This extends what we saw in our survey of tech executives in KPMG's 12-month industry outlook." http://www.kpmg.com/US/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/tech-ceo-infographic.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| $150 Discount for 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 16, 2014 (Use Code "TechWire" for discount) Take advantage of an incredible opportunity to network with top thought leaders in cybersecurity. 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New hires include Paul Sebastien, as vice president and general manager of Udemy for Organizations; Richard Qiu, as vice president of business development; and Dave Arnold, as vice president of finance and operations. http://press.udemy.com/udemy-expands-leadership-team-with-three-new-executive-hires/  (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Pure Storage, a developer of all-flash enterprise storage arrays, has named Tim Riitters as its CFO. Riitters most recently spent 10 years in finance roles at Google, and previously held leadership positions at both Siebel Systems and Deloitte. http://www.purestorage.com/company/pure-storage-names-tim-riitters-cfo.html  (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based mCube, a developer of MEMS motion sensors, said it has launched a new unit, called Ten Degrees, to focus on indoor navigation. The company has developed a core navigation engine that takes advantage of positioning information available from virtually all smartphones. It was officially established in April, and is led by CEO Ramesh Raman. http://www.tendegrees.net/  (Walnut Creek, Calif.) Walnut Creek-based Advisor Software, a developer of web-based wealth management tools for financial advisors, has named Charles Brown as its vice president of business development. 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