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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 18, 2015
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o Zillow Completes $2.5 Billion Deal for S.F.-Based Trulia, Eliminates Jobs
o Mountain View-Based Axcient Raises $25 Million in New Funding
o Message Systems Lands $27 Million in New Funding Round
o San Francisco's Notey Raises $1.6 Million in Seed Funding
o Study: Calif. Had More Tech Exits in '14 Than Next Five States Combined
> 10 Difficult Coworkers and How to Cope With Them
o Briefly Noted: Dance Biopharm, Versaworks - NavisHealth Solutions, blinkx
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o Zillow Completes $2.5 Billion Deal for S.F.-Based Trulia, Eliminates Jobs
San Francisco -- Nearly seven months after first announcing the deal, Seattle-based Zillow, operator of the nation's most visited real estate website, said on Wednesday it has completed its $2.5 billion all-stock acquisition of San Francisco-based challenger Trulia. The combined company will operate under the name Zillow Group, which will serve as the parent to real estate and home-related brands Zillow, Trulia, New York City's real estate marketplace StreetEasy and rental search brand HotPads. In connection with the acquisition, the companies have eliminated approximately 280 positions, primarily in San Francisco and Bellevue, Wash., due primarily to redundancies in sales and administration, and plans to cut another 70 jobs at the end of the second quarter. Zillow Group will be left with approximately 2,000 employees. Paul Levine, previously Trulia's COO, has been named president of Trulia, reporting to Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff. Pete Flint, the co-founder and former CEO of Trulia, has joined the company's board of directors. The new Zillow Group on Wednesday began trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "Z."
http://www.zillowgroup.com/
http://zillowgroup.mediaroom.com/2015-02-17-Zillow-Completes-Acquisition-of-Trulia-for-2-5-Billion-in-Stock-Forms-Zillow-Group-Family-of-Brands
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o Mountain View-Based Axcient Raises $25 Million in New Funding
Mountain View, Calif. -- Axcient, a Mountain View-based provider of cloud-based business recovery services, said on Wednesday it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding, led by Industry Ventures. Previous backers Allegis Capital, Peninsula Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Thomvest Ventures also participated in the round, which the company will use to bolster sales and marketing, nearly double the size of its R&D team and finance its reseller compensation program. In addition, the company raised a significant growth debt facility, which it plans to announce in the coming weeks. Axcient's Business Recovery Cloud is designed to mirror an organization's entire business in the cloud to ensure that IT operations never go down.
http://axcient.com/
http://axcient.com/axcient-raises-25-million/
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o Message Systems Lands $27 Million in New Funding Round
San Francisco -- Message Systems, a San Francisco- and Maryland-based provider of email infrastructure with major operations in San Francisco, said on Wednesday it has landed $27 million in a new round of funding, increasing the company's backing to $65 million since its inception. New investor Hercules Technology Growth Capital joined previous investors LLR Partners and NewSpring Capital in this round. Separately, the company announced an $8 million line of credit for working capital purposes, also from Hercules. The company will use the new capital to help drive adoption of SparkPost, its new public cloud email service, through accelerated development and expanded sales and marketing activities. The news comes just two weeks after Message Systems announced its acquisition of Port25 Solutions, maker of a popular email delivery software product.
http://www.messagesystems.com
http://www.messagesystems.com/about-us/press-releases/message-systems-raises-27-million-new-funding-hercules-technology-growth
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o San Francisco's Notey Raises $1.6 Million in Seed Funding
San Francisco -- Notey, the San Francisco- and Hong Kong-based developer of a platform designed to help users find curated blogs on more than 500,000 topics, said it has raised $1.6 million in a new round of seed funding. Investors included Steve Kirsch, the founder of Infoseek, OneID and CoinTrust; Hugo Barra, the vice president of international at Xiaomi; and Ryan Holmes, the founder and CEO of Hootsuite. "What differentiates us from RSS readers and blog directories is that we're focused on the content," said co-founder Catherine Tan. "We've structured the site based on topics, rather than creating a list of bloggers. On top of that, we also curate… We think having that human touch makes all the difference."
http://www.notey.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/notey-raises-us16mm-creating-a-window-to-the-blogosphere-300037206.html
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o Study: Calif. Had More Tech Exits in '14 Than Next Five States Combined
New York -- California led the nation with more than 520 private tech company exits last year, more than the next five highest states combined, according to a new report from CB Insights. New York came in a distant second with over 150 exits, and Massachusetts was the only other state with more than 100. All told, 46 states and Washington, DC had at least one tech exit in 2014. The complete rankings are available at the link below.
https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/tech-exits-state-ranking/
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o Briefly Noted:
(Brisbane, Calif.) Brisbane-based Dance Biopharm, a biotechnology firm focused on the development of inhaled insulin products to treat diabetes, said on Wednesday it has raised $9.5 million through convertible note and warrants financing. Participants included a syndicate of individual and institutional investors. The company said it will use the bulk of the proceeds to fund human clinical studies and manufacture drugs and devices for clinical studies, as well as for working capital.
http://dancebiopharm.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dance-biopharm-completes-95-million-private-financing-300037501.html
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Versaworks, a developer of mobile health technology products, said on Wednesday it has changed its name to NavisHealth Solutions and hired Jon Mello as its COO. Mello previously served as an executive vice president at Beacon Partners.
http://navishealth.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/navishealth-appoints-industry-veteran-jon-mello-as-chief-operating-officer-300037160.html
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based blinkx, developer of an Internet video search engine, on Wednesday named Sudhi Herle as its chief product officer. Herle, who will lead the product, engineering and operations teams across the company, previously served as the global head of enterprise products at Samsung.
http://www.blinkx.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blinkx-appoints-sudhi-herle-as-chief-product-officer-300037226.html
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> 10 Difficult Coworkers and How to Cope With Them
Getting along with coworkers mostly means minding your own business. However, there are some coworkers who need a little handling. It’s not difficult once you’ve spotted the behaviors. Here we describe 10 of the most difficult coworkers. http://fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire
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> Free 1 Hour Training: Building Secure Android Apps
Please join nVisium, a leading provider of web and mobile application security services, for SecCasts Live: Building Secure Android Apps, a FREE online training on Wednesday, February 18th, 2015. Jack Mannino, nVisium's CEO, will lead the one hour session that will examine the Android security model and demonstrate techniques for securely building Android apps. You can register for SecCasts Live here: http://bit.ly/1DmsOGQ. For more information on nVisium please visit: https://nvisium.com/ or email contact@nvisium.com.
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> Chief Information Security Officer (CISCO) - San Francisco Airport (SFO)
Applicants must have federal security clearance at the SECRET level or higher within the last ten years to apply. Requires background working with business stakeholder groups to develop and deliver an organization-wide cyber security agenda with a track record of assessing threats and vulnerabilities at an organizational level and delivering specific remediation actions and initiatives. Requires a unique blend of people skills and an uncanny ability to move swiftly to resolution in a fast-paced and complex environment. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is $132,626 to $169,260 plus outstanding benefits including retirement plan. Send resume and cover letter by February 27, 2015 to apply@ralphandersen.com. Details on requirements in full brochure at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/sfo_chief_information_security_officer.html or contact Ms Heather Renschler or Mr. Greg Nelson at 916-630-4900.
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> Senior Level DOT.NET Developer - Washington DC - Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center Information Technology department provides and supports a variety of applications, systems and tools to staff, performers, patrons and other constituents to enable this mission to be accomplished. The senior .Net/Sharepoint developer will develop, maintain, enhance and support this set of solutions. Responsibilities Include: Provide software development, enhancement and support for complex .NET (primarily C#) based software used by the Kennedy Center, including Visual Studio 2010 and MVC applications both Windows and ASP.NET based. SQL Server 2008 R2 T-SQL database development ability is also a requirement. Responsibilities include providing business process analysis, custom software development and production system support. Experience: Five or more years of total IT lifecycle experience with three or more years mid-level, hands-on full lifecycle C#, or Java development in a business environment. Full requirements at link below. Experienced in multi-tiered application development. The position holder must be able to independently complete assignments on schedule as well as function as part of a larger team of developers, systems analysts, and business units. For more information and to submit resumes online, click here
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> Intellectual Property Services/Patent Applications Drafted
ROARK IP (www.roarkip.com) provides a wide range of services relating to intellectual property including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and licensing. We charge $3600.00 (excluding government filing and drafting fees) to prepare a utility patent application for filing with the US Patent & Trademark Office in the mechanical and electrical technology areas. Sample patents drafted include: 6,134,944; 6,158,244; 6,225,635; 6,226,346; 6,417,754; 6,490,469; 6,515,737; and 6,850,920. Flat fee, no surprise billing offered. We are located in San Jose. If you are interested, please contact us at roarkintellectualproperty@gmail.com.
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> Manager, Marketing Websites -- Bloomberg BNA - Washington, DC
Bloomberg BNA, a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals, seeks a Manager of Marketing Websites to direct and manage the design, development, optimization, administration, and maintenance of the Bloomberg BNA corporate and internal websites. RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead the strategy, design, and development of marketing and internal websites. Proactively present new and innovative ways to optimize the performance. Ensure that all external sites are optimized for SEO. Manage the development and maintenance process for CMS and e-commerce platforms. REQUIREMENTS: 7 years' experience in developing and maintaining corporate and e-commerce web sites. Management level HTML, and CSS code aptitude; preferred experience with other scripting languages. Apply online by clicking here.
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> Senior Software Developers - Falls Church, Va.
THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. is seeking talented Senior Software Developers with extensive full lifecycle software development experience to support application development efforts in Washington, D.C. and our corporate office in Falls Church, VA. Candidates will be responsible for developing software and portal applications, interact with stakeholders and developers to perform business requirements, execute the development of approved designs and work packages, perform complex system builds and deployments, perform unit testing and provide post deployment management. Required skills: C#, ASP. NET, .NET Framework, Web Forms/Services, SQL Server, JavaScript, JQuery, TFS, Source Safe, Stored Procedures, Ajax, SOAP, JQuery. Some SP experience and knowledge of federal security guidelines. Must be U.S. government cleared/clearable. Present qualifications to developers@centechgroup.com and reference this PTW posting. EOE/M/F/Disabled/Vets
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