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o San Carlos-Based NatureBox Lands $30 Million in Third Round
o San Mateo-Based Wonder Workshop Raises $6.9 Million in New Funding
o EY Names Finalists for Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year
o comScore Acquires Menlo Park-Based Proximic
o Menlo Park-Based Delphix Names Stewart Grierson as CFO
o Briefly Noted: NASA Ames Research Center, GlobalLogic, AtScale
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o San Carlos-Based NatureBox Lands $30 Million in Third Round
San Carlos, Calif. -- NatureBox, the San Carlos-based developer of an online service that delivers nutritionist-approved snacks to subscribers, said on Tuesday it has raised $30 million in its third round of funding, led by Global Founders Capital. New investors Neuberger Berman Private Equity Funds, Kensington Capital Holdings, Valley Oak Investment Partners, John Foraker and Neil Tolaney joined previous backers General Catalyst Partners, Canaan Partners and Softbank Capital in the round. The company, which also landed $18 million last April, now has raised $60 million since its inception in 2012. NatureBox said it will use the proceeds to support its aggressive expansion plans, as the company prepares to bring its direct-to-consumer model to new categories, channels and markets. "We always knew these opportunities were in our future, but now we can pursue them much faster," said co-founder and CEO Gautam Gupta.
https://naturebox.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/naturebox-raises-30-million-in-series-c-round-funding-securing-nearly-60-million-to-date-300077629.html
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o San Mateo-Based Wonder Workshop Raises $6.9 Million in New Funding
San Mateo, Calif. -- Wonder Workshop, a San Mateo-based developer of robots designed to teach kids the concepts of coding, said on Tuesday it has raised $6.9 million in funding. New investor WI Harper Group and previous backers Madrona Venture Group, CRV, Maven Ventures, Bright Success Capital and angels took part in the round, which brings the company's total funding to $15.9 million. The company will use the latest proceeds to expand into new markets and develop manufacturing and strategic business channels. "The additional funding will help us invest even further in content for our community such as new apps, school curricula, weekly challenges, the monthly magazine and more," said co-founder and CEO Vikas Gupta. Since launched in late 2014, Wonder Workshop's Dash & Dot robots come with four free apps designed to help kids explore multiple play experiences that match their development stages. The company recently named Raghu Sethuraman as its COO and Ned Ward as its vice president of marketing.
http://www.makewonder.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wonder-workshop-raises-additional-69-million-to-expand-platform-for-playful-robots-that-help-children-learn-to-code-300077381.html
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o EY Names Finalists for Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year
San Francisco -- Accounting and advisory giant Ernst & Young has announced the 24 finalists for its EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 Award in the Northern California region. All were selected by a panel of independent judges from more than 50 semifinalists and 100 original nominations. Winners will be announced June 11 in San Francisco. Regional winners are eligible for consideration for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national winner, will be announced at a gala in Palm Springs this November. The complete list of finalists is available at the link below.
http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/PNW_NCAL_Finalists
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o comScore Acquires Menlo Park-Based Proximic
Menlo Park, Calif. -- comScore, the Virginia-based provider of digital audience measurement services, said on Tuesday it has acquired Menlo Park-based Proximic, a developer of analytics tools designed to help bring more transparency to digital advertising. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. comScore said it plans to use Proximic's pre-bid technology to enhance the brand safety and content categorization capabilities in its products. "Proximic's solutions will help us create a higher quality environment where buyers are given better context and brand protection regarding what they are purchasing, and sellers are better able to receive fair value for their inventory," said Mike Brown, the CTO of comScore.
http://www.comscore.com
http://www.proximic.com/
http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2015/5/comScore-Acquires-Proximic-to-Bolster-Pre-Bid-Solutions-for-Buyers-and-Sellers
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o Menlo Park-Based Delphix Names Stewart Grierson as CFO
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Looking ahead toward a possible initial public offering (IPO), Menlo Park-based Delphix, developer of a Data as a Service platform, on Tuesday named Stewart Grierson as its new CFO. Grierson, named by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as Public Company CFO of the Year in 2009, previously held key roles in the IPOs of ArcSight and ONI Systems. He also is a member of the board of directors for Ruckus Wireless. "We're focused on scaling operations across international theaters as we prepare for an IPO," said Jedidiah Yueh, the founder and CEO of Delphix. "Stewart's leadership in both finance and operations will help us build a solid foundation."
http://www.delphix.com
http://www.delphix.com/2015/05/05/delphix-appoints-award-winning-it-executive-stewart-grierson-as-chief-financial-officer/
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The Delicate Art of Persuading Your Boss
You’ve got a brilliant idea to transform the business. Or maybe you're just trying to stop the stupid train from rolling over the great work your team has done. You make your case to your boss, but she's not convinced. What next? Real leaders take a step back and get serious about the persuading.
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o Briefly Noted:
(Moffett Field, Calif.) Space agency NASA has named Eugene Tu as the new director of its Ames Research Center in Moffett Field. Tu most recently served as the director of exploration technology at Ames, where he led four technology research and development divisions.
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-new-director-of-ames-research-center/
(San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based GlobalLogic, a provider of software R&D services, on Tuesday named Mark Kizzar as head of its new media and commerce business unit. Kizzar most recently served as Accenture's managing director for Orange County Calif., and earlier was the vice president of sales at HP Enterprise Services.
https://www.globallogic.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/globallogic-hires-veteran-executive-mark-kizzar-to-lead-new-business-unit-300077075.html
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based AtScale, a developer of software designed to let information professionals work with Hadoop, on Tuesday named Bruno Aziza as its chief marketing officer (CMO) Aziza most recently served as the CMO of Alpine Data Labs, and previously was the vice president of worldwide marketing at SiSense.
http://www.atscale.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atscale-appoints-big-data-veteran-bruno-aziza-as-chief-marketing-officer-300077468.html
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