Friday, May 29, 2015

Bay Area Tech Wire -- May 29

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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 29, 2015
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Shutterfly Urging Stockholders to Rebuff Proxy Fight, Maintain Board
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Sunnyvale-Based Fortinet to Acquire Meru Networks for $44 Million
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Cupertino-Based Apple Acquires Augmented Reality Startup Metaio
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S.F.-Based Business Capital Obtains $5M Investment for Hortau
o KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Names Ronald Martell as Chairman
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Briefly Noted: Vasona Networks

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o Shutterfly Urging Stockholders to Rebuff Proxy Fight, Maintain Board

Redwood City, Calif. -- Shutterfly, the Redwood City-based operator of a digital photo and personalized products site, on Thursday urged shareholders to rebuff a proxy battle started by activist investor Marathon Partners. New York-based Marathon, a 5.4% stakeholder, is looking to replace a third of Shutterfly's board, including CEO Jeff Housenbold -- a move the company said "creates needless risk of distraction from execution of the company's strategy as well as management attrition." In the letter, signed by Housenbold and Chairman Philip Marineau, Shutterfly said it has agreed to add Marathon Managing Partner Mario Cibelli to its board immediately after the company's upcoming annual meeting, as well as another mutually acceptable candidate within six months if none of Marathon's nominees are elected. Marathon reportedly has expressed concerns about Shutterfly's acquisition strategy and compensation.
http://www.shutterfly.com 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150528006775/en/Shutterfly-Mail-Letter-Stockholders#.VWhc2tJViko 
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o Sunnyvale-Based Fortinet to Acquire Meru Networks for $44 Million

Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Fortinet, the Sunnyvale-based developer of cybersecurity tools, said it will pay approximately $44 million to acquire Meru Networks, a Sunnyvale-based developer of wireless networking technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the deal, expected to close by the end of September, Fortinet will pay $1.63 a share in cash. "The acquisition of Meru Networks maps to our overall security vision of combining strong network security with ubiquitous connectivity," said Ken Xie, the founder, chairman and CEO of Fortinet. Meru was founded in 2002 and completed its initial public offering in 2010. The company, which has more than 300 employees, reported 2014 revenue of $90.9 million. Separately, Fortinet also announced the launch of a new mobile security subscription service called FortiGuard.
http://www.fortinet.com 
http://www.merunetworks.com 
http://www.fortinet.com/press_releases/2015/fortinet-announces-agreement-to-acquire-meru-networks.html
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o Cupertino-Based Apple Acquires Augmented Reality Startup Metaio

Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple has acquired German augmented reality startup Metaio, TechCrunch reported. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," the Cupertino-based company told TechCrunch, which obtained a legal document showing the transfer of shares. In a message posted on its website, Metaio told visitors that its "products and subscriptions are no longer available for purchase," sand that downloads of previous purchases will be available through Dec. 15. In addition, email support will continue through the end of June. The acquisition is expected to help Apple bolster its virtual reality efforts.
http://www.metaio.com/ 
http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/28/apple-metaio/#.5mcfp4:qoL4 
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o S.F.-Based Business Capital Obtains $5M Investment for Hortau

San Francisco -- Business Capital, a San Francisco- and Connecticut-based commercial finance and debt restructuring firm, said it has secured a $5 million growth capital facility for Hortau, a San Luis Obispo-based maker of technology-enabled soil monitoring and irrigation management systems for agricultural applications. Hortau's products support wireless management of crops and are designed to improve yields, reduce environmental impact and energy costs, and maximize fertilizer and water efficiency. The company currently has 5,000 monitoring stations and 25,000 sensors installed across over 600 farms in the U.S. and Canada.
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http://hortau.com/ 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150528005388/en/Business-Capital-Secures-Growth-Financing-Company-Delivering#.VWdV29JViko 
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o KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Names Ronald Martell as Chairman

South San Francisco -- KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, a South San Francisco-based developer of monoclonal antibodies designed to treat severe diseases such as cancer, has named board member Ronald Martell as its executive chairman. Martell, most recently the CEO of Sevion Therapeutics, succeeds Ted Love, who will continue to act as lead independent director on the company's board. Martell earlier led both NeurogesX and Poniard Pharmaceuticals.
http://kalobios.com/ 
http://ir.kalobios.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=915394 
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o Briefly Noted:

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Vasona Networks, a developer of platforms for mobile network capacity and resource management and intelligence, on Friday named Ron Robinson as senior vice president of worldwide sales, Ron Howe as senior vice president of global operations and Uri Bechar as vice president of engineering. Robinson most recently was the senior vice president of global sales at Fastback Networks, Howe was senior vice president of global services and support at Harmonic and Bechar was vice president of engineering at Radware.
http://www.vasonanetworks.com 
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/vasona-networks-grows-executive-team-as-deployments-expand-worldwide-2024522.htm 

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