Thursday, June 18, 2015

Bay Area Tech Wire -- June 18

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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 18, 2015
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Shares of Fitbit Spike in Market Debut Following IPO
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Milpitas-Based Sikka Software Raises $10.5 Million in Third Round
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San Jose-Based Cypress Semiconductor Increases Offer for ISSI
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Redwood City-Based Arrayent Names Cyril Brignone as New CEO
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San Jose-Based 8x8 Completes Acquisition of QSC Assets.
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Tessera Technologies, CEB - Sunstone Analytics
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o Shares of Fitbit Spike in Market Debut Following IPO

San Francisco -- Shares of San Francisco-based Fitbit spiked nearly 50% in Thursday's late trading, hours after the maker of connected fitness tracking devices price its initial public offering (IPO) above expectations. The company sold 22.4 million shares for $20 each -- up from earlier estimates of $17-$19 -- with stockholders also raising an additional $284 million through the sale of another 14.2 million shares. The stock began trading early Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FIT." Fitbit's platform combines connected health and fitness devices with software and services, including an online dashboard and mobile apps, data analytics, motivational and social tools and virtual coaching. The company has sold more than 20.8 million devices since its inception in 2007, including 10.9 million last year alone.
http://www.fitbit.com/ 
http://investor.fitbit.com/press/press-releases/press-release-details/2015/Fitbit-Announces-Pricing-of-Initial-Public-Offering/default.aspx 
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447599/000119312515226162/d944861ds1mef.htm (IPO filing)
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o Milpitas-Based Sikka Software Raises $10.5 Million in Third Round

Milpitas, Calif. -- Sikka Software, the Milpitas-based developer of a retail healthcare cloud platform, said on Thursday it has raised $10.5 million in its third round of funding, led by OrbiMed. Previous backers Sierra Ventures and ATA Ventures also participated in the round, which the company will use to bolster its sales and marketing activities and continue growing across key practice areas. "With over 14,700 installations, we continue to grow in dental, audiology, veterinary, optometry and adjacent markets in both the United States and worldwide," said founder and CEO Vijay Sikka. Steve Yecies, a venture partner at OrbiMed, will join the company's board of directors.
http://www.sikkasoft.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150618005274/en/Sikka-Software-Raises-10.5-Million-Series-Increase#.VYLLsflViko 
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o San Jose-Based Cypress Semiconductor Increases Offer for ISSI

San Jose, Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor, a San Jose-based developer of semiconductors for a range of embedded systems, has again raised its offer to acquire Milpitas-based Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. (ISSI), topping a competing bid. Cypress said it will pay $21.25 a share, $1 more than its previous offer and $0.25 more than the latest bid from Uphill Investment. Cypress and ISSI initially agreed to a $674 million deal on June 10, sparking the bidding war. Cypress' latest offer also includes a "ticking fee," which will add $0.10 a share for each additional quarter required to obtain regulatory approval for the deal. "Given our revised offer… we have clearly addressed all outstanding issues and concerns relative to the Uphill Agreement," wrote T.J. Rodgers, the president and CEO of Cypress, in a letter to ISSI's management. "Compared to the Uphill Agreement, Cypress's offer is now superior with respect to both price and terms."
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=114414 
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o Redwood City-Based Arrayent Names Cyril Brignone as New CEO

Redwood City, Calif. -- Arrayent, the Redwood City-based developer of an Internet of Things platform designed to let consumer brands deliver connected products, has named Cyril Brignone as its new CEO. Brignone, most recently the company's vice president of field operations and general manager of Europe, succeeds founder Shane Dyer, who will remain an advisor. Brignone previously co-founded Vator.tv, where he served as COO. Arrayent's clients include Whirlpool, Pentair, Maytag Commercial Laundry, Chamberlain/LiftMaster, Monster Products and Mattel.
http://www.arrayent.com
http://www.arrayent.com/arrayent-appoints-cyril-brignone-ceo/ 
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o San Jose-Based 8x8 Completes Acquisition of QSC Assets.

San Jose, Calif. -- 8x8, a San Jose-based developer of cloud-based unified communications and contact center tools, said on Thursday it has completed its $3 million deal to acquire certain assets Quality Software Corp. (QSC), a developer of quality management tools and analytics. The deal, which includes QSC's proprietary software and all associated intellectual property, was first announced earlier this month. Ryan Morrissey, the CEO of QSC, will become the company's senior director of product strategy, while the company's engineering team in Romania will compliment existing R&D resources in the U.S. and U.K.
http://www.8x8.com 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150618005411/en/8x8-Completes-Acquisition-Quality-Software-Corporation#.VYLKZvlViko 
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(San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Tessera Technologies, a licensor of mobile, storage and integrated circuit technologies, on Thursday named Steve Teig as its CTO. He succeeds Craig Mitchell, who has been serving in dual roles as CTO of Tessera and president of the company's Invensas subsidiary, where he now will dedicate more of his time. Teig previously founded Tabula, where he served as president and CTO from 2003-2015, and previously was the CTO and chief scientist at Cadence Design Systems.
http://ir.tessera.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=918470 

(San Francisco) The Virginia-based Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a provider of research and analysis services focused on corporate strategy and operations, said it has acquired web-based resume screening and analytics software from San Francisco-based Sunstone Analytics. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Developers of the software will join CEB's Talent Management product team. The software uses advanced analytics and machine learning to let clients instantly screen candidates, scoring their attributes like work experience, education, tenure and performance.
http://news.executiveboard.com/2015-06-17-New-Resume-Screening-and-Analytics-Technology-Boosts-Hiring-Accuracy-and-Efficiency 

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