Bay Area Tech Wire -- Aug. 6

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 6, 2014 ============================================ Mid Atlantic Marketing Summit - Sept. 19, 2014 www.mamsummit.com o S.F.-Based Doctor On Demand Raises $21 Million in First Round o Menlo Park-Based TesoRx Pharma Raises $10 Million in Second Round o San Francisco-Based Splice Machine Adds $3 Million to Second Round o San Francisco-Based Campus Quad Hires Two Key Executives o Worldwide Semiconductor Sales on Pace to Break Annual Record > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 o Briefly Noted: PokitDok, Hercules Technology Growth Capital _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --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 - 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 S.F.-Based Doctor On Demand Raises $21 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Doctor On Demand, the San Francisco-based developer of a service that provides video visits with board-certified physicians, said on Wednesday it ahs raised $21 million in its first round of funding, led by Venrock. Shasta Ventures and angel investor Richard Branson also took part in the round, which the company will use to expand its staff, build its network of physicians and add new offerings. Bryan Roberts, a partner at Venrock, has joined the company's board of directors. The company also announced that patients can now conduct video visits with physicians on their desktop computers, as they have been able to do on their smartphones and tablets. In addition, cable giant Comcast said it will offer the Doctor On Demand service to all of its U.S. employees. The service is now available in 46 states. Patients provide a list of their symptoms and can instantly connect to a board-certified doctor in their state. Physicians can then diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for patients when clinically appropriate. Each video visit costs $40. http://www.doctorondemand.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140806005222/en/Doctor-Demand-Announces-21-Million-Series-Financing#.U-JC6eNdXng  _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based TesoRx Pharma Raises $10 Million in Second Round Menlo Park, Calif. -- TesoRx Pharma, a Menlo Park-based specialty pharmaceutical firm, said on Tuesday it has raised $10 million in its second round of funding from new and previous private investors. Specific identities of the investors were not disclosed. The company will use the proceeds to prepare for Phase 3 trials of TSX-002, an oral formulation of unmodified testosterone, as well as to advance its pipeline and build out its commercial manufacturing facilities. In conjunction with the financing, TesoRx also announced the hiring of Michael Oefelein to lead clinical development operations and regulatory strategy for TSX-002 and other TesoRx programs. Oefelein previously served as the chief medical officer at Digirad and vice president and global therapeutic area head at Allergan Medical. http://www.tesorx.com http://www.tesorx.com/pdf/TesoRx%20Announces%20Funding,%20Patent%20and%20CMO.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Splice Machine Adds $3 Million to Second Round San Francisco -- Splice Machine, the San Francisco-based creator of a SQL-on-Hadoop database for big data applications,  said on Wednesday it has added another $3 million to its second round of funding, closing the round at $18 million. The latest investments came from Correlation Ventures, along with database industry luminaries Roger Sippl and Roger Bamford. Sippl was the founder, chairman and CEO of Informix, and Bamford was one of the founding members of Oracle's database team. The company, which announced the first $15 million of the round -- from Interwest Partners and Mohr Davidow Ventures -- in February, said it will use the latest proceeds to accelerate its product development and build out the sales and marketing teams. http://www.splicemachine.com  http://www.splicemachine.com/splice-machine-adds-3-million-to-series-b-financing/  _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Campus Quad Hires Two Key Executives San Francisco -- Campus Quad, the San Francisco-based creator of a communication and analytics platform for mobile students, on Wednesday named Amelia Hurlbut as its COO and Jack Neinken as its vice president of sales. Hurlbut most recently was the director of operations at Disney English, a Walt Disney Company chain of children’s extracurricular private language schools in China. Neinken most recently was the vice president of sales at Instructure. "Their combined track record in the areas of operations, marketing and sales will play a pivotal role in accelerating adoption of the Campus Quad platform on college and university campuses nationwide this fall and beyond," said founder and CEO Frances Cairns. http://www.campusquad.co  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140806005493/en/Campus-Quad-Announces-Executive-Appointments-Company-Gears#.U-JBreNdXng  _____________________________________________ o Worldwide Semiconductor Sales on Pace to Break Annual Record Washington, DC -- The global semiconductor industry is on pace for record annual sales through the first half of 2014, according to new figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The organization said that chip sales reached $82.7 billion during the second quarter, up 5.4% from the previous quarter and 10.8% from the prior year. Year-to-date sales during the first half of 2014 were 11.1% higher than they were at the same point in 2013, which was a record year for semiconductor revenues. "Through the first half of 2014, the global semiconductor market has demonstrated consistent, across-the-board growth, with the Americas region continuing to show particular strength," said Brian Toohey, president and CEO of the SIA. "Looking forward, macroeconomic indicators -- including solid U.S. GDP growth announced last week -- bode well for continued growth in the second half of 2014 and beyond." http://www.semiconductors.org/news/2014/08/04/global_sales_report_2014 /global_semiconductor_industry_on_pace_for_record_sales_through_first_half_of_2014/  _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 Leading marketers, technologists and agency professionals from throughout the region come together at this annual event to discuss major marketing, social, digital and advertising trends, along with dozens of case studies, presentations and keynotes. Now in its third year and co-produced by Potomac Tech Wire, this summit is becoming a "must attend" event for the region's marketing community. For more information: www.mamsummit.com |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Mateo, Calif.) San Mateo-based PokitDok, developer of a cloud-based platform for healthcare purchases, has announced five new additions to its leadership team. New hires include: Adam Grant (senior vice president of customer success), David George (senior vice president of business development), Brandon Nosacka (vice president of business development), Natalie Cann (vice president of marketing) and Lisa Suennen (board of directors). https://pokitdok.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140805005353/en/PokitDok-Expands-Executive-Team-Ushering-Era-E-commerce#.U-EYUeNdXng  (Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Hercules Technology Growth Capital, a provider of secured loans to venture-backed technology companies, said it has added three investment professionals to its team focused on the energy & renewable technology sector. The new additions include: Brian Sapp (managing director), Micah Merrick (principal) and Catherine Jhung (principal). http://www.htgc.com/  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140806005117/en/Hercules-Expands-Energy-Renewable-Technology-CleanTech-Team#.U-IjV-NdXng =================================================== 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 > Lease SoMa. Live Mosso. Between Mid-Market and Tech Gulch, Mosso is a vibrant apartment community in San Francisco’s new heart of innovation. 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