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o S.F.-Based ThousandEyes Raises $20 Million in Second Round
o San Francisco-Based Nginx Lands $20 Million in New Funding
o San Francisco-Based Insikt Raises $16 Million in Second Round
o S.F.-Based Hired Lands $15 Million, Launches Sales Marketplace
o Santa Clara-Based Appcito Raises $7.5 Million in First Round
o San Mateo-Based Remotium Names Stephanie Fohn as New CEO
o Hayward-Based Seeo Closes Largest Funding Round Since Inception
o Briefly Noted: Invuity, Icontrol Networks, Gigamon, MarkLogic
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o S.F.-Based ThousandEyes Raises $20 Million in Second Round
San Francisco -- ThousandEyes, a San Francisco-based developer of network performance management tools, said on Tuesday it has raised $20 million in its second round of funding, led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Salesforce Ventures, previous backer Sequoia Capital and angels also took part in the round, which the company will use to accelerate product development, expand its presence in North America and Europe and launch a free version of the ThousandEyes product. ThousandEyes, which emerged from stealth in 2013, has developed a platform designed to help users monitor, troubleshoot and analyze the delivery of any application or service. Clients include Equinix, Flextronics, ServiceNow, Twitter and eBay. Stefan Dyckerhoff, managing director at Sutter Hill Ventures, has joined the company's board.
https://www.thousandeyes.com/
https://www.thousandeyes.com/press-releases/20-million-series-b
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o San Francisco-Based Nginx Lands $20 Million in New Funding
San Francisco -- Nginx, a San Francisco-based developer of technology designed to boost the performance of web applications, said on Tuesday it has raised $20 million in a new round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). e.ventures, Runa Capital, Index Ventures and CEO Gus Robertson also took part in the round, which the company will use to fuel product development, bolster marketing and expand geographically outside the U.S. Nginx's platform is used by companies such as Netflix, Pinterest, Airbnb, Box, Instagram, SoundCloud and Zappos to boost the performance of their web applications.
http://www.nginx.com
http://www.nea.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nginx-closes-20-million-to-deliver-the-modern-web-experience-300006478.html
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o San Francisco-Based Insikt Raises $16 Million in Second Round
San Francisco -- Insikt, the San Francisco-based developer of a platform that lets any brand lend to its customers and any accredited investor invest in consumer loan portfolios, said on Tuesday it has raised $16 million in its second round of funding, led by Revolution Ventures. Previous backers Firstmark Capital and Serengeti Asset Management, as well as new investors Jefferies and Atalaya Capital Management also participated in the round, which increased the company's total funding to more than $100 million since its inception in 2012. Founded by Progreso Financiero founder James Gutierrez, Insikt is the developer of Lendify, a cloud-based tool that lets any retail store, online brand or bank make loans or provide purchase financing to its customers under its own brand name. "The traditional banking system, since 2008, has seen massive drops in credit availability," said Gutierrez. "We are working to fill that void."
https://insikt.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141209005342/en/Innovative-Financial-Technology-Company-Insikt-Raises-100#.VIc299LF_ng
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o S.F.-Based Hired Lands $15 Million, Launches Sales Marketplace
San Francisco -- Hired, the San Francisco-based operator of a curated career marketplace for the technology industry, said on Tuesday it has landed $15 million in its second round of funding, increasing its total backing to $32.7 million. New investors Silicon Valley Bank, Comcast Ventures and Lumia Capital joined previous backers Crosslink Capital, Sierra Ventures, SoftTech and SherpaVentures in the round. The company said it will use the proceeds to expand into new verticals and geographic markets. After expanded its marketplace from San Francisco to New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston and London this year, the company said it plans to expand to a new city every six weeks in 2015. Hired also said it has launched a new marketplace strictly for sales professionals, initially available in San Francisco.
http://www.hired.com
https://blog.hired.com/announcing-a-new-sales-marketplace-and-15-million-in-funding/
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o Santa Clara-Based Appcito Raises $7.5 Million in First Round
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Appcito, a Santa Clara-based developer of cloud application infrastructure tools, said on Tuesday it has raised $7.5 million in its first round of funding. Participants included March Capital Partners, Atlas Venture, The Fabric and an investment syndicate led by communications technology entrepreneur Cheng Wu. The company's subscription service is designed to simplify and optimize cloud application delivery. "Appcito makes it extremely simple for operations teams to improve the performance, security and end-user experience of cloud applications," said CEO Kamal Anand.
http://www.appcito.com
http://www.appcito.com/company/news/appcito-closes-7-5m-series-a-funding/
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o San Mateo-Based Remotium Names Stephanie Fohn as New CEO
San Mateo, Calif. -- Remotium, a San Mateo-based developer of mobile virtualization technology, on Tuesday named Stephanie Fohn as its new president and CEO. She succeeds founder Sinan Eren, who will continue as chief product officer. Fohn most recently served as the CEO of WhiteHat Security, and previously was the president and COO of SecurityFocus. She earlier held executive positions at Tripwire and Pilot Network Services. Hiro Rio Maeda, the managing director of investor Draper Nexus Ventures, said that Fohn's "combination of early stage start-up leadership experience and wide network of enterprise contacts" will help "take the company to the next level." Remotium's platform is designed to let user access enterprise applications from any mobile device.
http://www.remotium.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stephanie-fohn-takes-helm-at-remotium-300006562.html
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o Hayward-Based Seeo Closes Largest Funding Round Since Inception
Hayward, Calif. -- Seeo, a Hayward-based maker of advanced lithium polymer batteries, said on Tuesday it has closed its "largest funding round to date." Financial terms were not disclosed. Samsung Ventures joined previous backers Khosla Ventures and GSR Ventures in the round, which the company will use to accelerate the commercialization of its ultra-high energy density batteries, which are used in electric vehicles. Currently, Seeo has cells cycling with an energy density of 350 Wh/kg, with a future target of 400 Wh/kg, roughly twice the level of batteries used in today's electric vehicles. The company's technology was originally developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with sponsorship from the Department of Energy.
http://www.seeo.com
http://seeo.com/news-2014december9-funding-samsung
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(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Invuity, a developer of surgical photonics devices, on Tuesday named Paul Davison as its vice president of research and development and Doug Heigel as its vice president of operations. Davison most recently was the vice president and general manager of ConMed, while Heigel held operations management roles at Solta Medical, Argonaut Technologies and Biomolecular Technologies.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/invuity-announces-two-leadership-appointments-300006665.html
(Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Icontrol Networks, a developer of connected home software and devices, on Tuesday named Ken Hahn as its CFO and Steve Gribbon as its senior vice president of worldwide sales. Hahn most recently was the executive vice president and COO of QuinStreet, while Gribbon was the senior vice president of sales at ADT.
http://www.icontrol.com/press-releases/icontrol-networks-adds-two-senior-executives-company-leadership/
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Gigamon, a developer of traffic visibility networking tools, on Tuesday named Scott Sullivan as its vice president of worldwide channel sales. Sullivan most recently served as the senior vice president of worldwide sales for channels and alliances at VSS Monitoring.
http://www.gigamon.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigamon-appoints-scott-sullivan-vice-president-of-worldwide-channel-sales-300006669.html
(San Carlos, Calif.) San Carlos-based MarkLogic, a developer of database software designed to help clients process large amounts of data, on Tuesday named Greg Santora to its board of directors. Santora, most recently the CFO of Shopping.com, will serve as chairman of the board's audit committee.
http://www.marklogic.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141209005892/en/Greg-J.-Santora-Joins-MarkLogic-Board-Directors#.VIc2E9LF_ng
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