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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 4, 2015
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o San Francisco-Based Mirror Raises $8.8 Million in First Round
o San Francisco-Based Blend Lands $6.3 Million in First Round
o Palo Alto-Based Diffbot Lands Investment from Bloomberg Beta
o San Jose-Based 8x8 to Acquire Assets of Quality Software Corp.
o Worldwide Chip Sales Increase for 24th Straight Month
o Briefly Noted: Francisco Partners - ShoreGroup, Glu Mobile - Tencent
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o San Francisco-Based Mirror Raises $8.8 Million in First Round
San Francisco -- Mirror, the San Francisco-based developer of a peer-to-peer trading platform focused on access to financial markets, said it has raised $8.8 million in its first round of funding, led by Route 66 Ventures. Previous backers RRE Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures and Tim Draper also took part in the round, which increased the company's total funding to $12.8 million. Pascal Bouvier, a general partner at Route 66 Ventures, will join the company's board. Mirror said it is building a smart contracts platform that enables peer-to-peer trading, using bitcoin, to "democratize" access to financial markets. The company uses blockchain technology -- the technology that underlies bitcoin and helps create a public, online ledger to verify transactions in digital currencies -- to allow users to create and exchange financial contracts. Formerly known as Vaurum, the company launched a trading service in 2014 and changed it name late last year. "We plan to use this new financing to continue to build out our engineering team and scale international operations," said co-founder and CEO Avish Bhama
https://mirror.co
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/mirror-secures-additional-88-million-for-peer-to-peer-trading-platform-2025994.htm
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o San Francisco-Based Blend Lands $6.3 Million in First Round
San Francisco -- Blend, the San Francisco-based developer of a social media app aimed at members of Generation Z, said on Thursday it has raised $6.3 million in its first round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Other participants included Metamorphic Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, Great Oaks Capital, the Al Nowais family from Dubai's Waha Capital and previous investors CAA Ventures, Foundation Capital, Galvanize Ventures and BaseVC. NEA's Sheel Tyle will join the company's board of directors. Blend said it will use the proceeds to expand its platform, refine its "nomination" concept and bolster its brand monetization strategy. Since the company's initial $2.7 million seed round in March 2014, co-founders Akash Nigam, Matt Geiger and Evan Rosenbaum have incorporated the concept of the nomination to its original trend-sharing platform. Now, users start a trend (such as a movement, inside joke or challenge) and nominate their friends, favorite brands, charities or celebrities to join them. Verified accounts, such as brands, are able to nominate the entire user base for a trend of their choosing. In return, the brands reward the users with the "best content" with gifts and discount codes.
http://www.blend.la
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blend-closes-63-million-in-series-a-to-expand-gen-z-social-app-300093988.html
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o Palo Alto-Based Diffbot Lands Investment from Bloomberg Beta
Palo Alto, Calif. -- Diffbot, the Palo Alto-based developer of a tool that uses computer vision and natural language processing to help developers find, extract and understand objects from any Web page for use in their apps, said on Thursday it has landed a new investment from Bloomberg Beta. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "With only a small team and some seed funding, we built a product that operates at scale across the entire Web, is used by some of the biggest players in technology and generates revenue," said CEO Mike Tung. "Our interest in Bloomberg Beta as an investor was not driven by money, but rather the experience and leadership that their team will add to our own." Diffbot powers applications for companies such as Cisco, Adobe, Microsoft and eBay.
https://www.diffbot.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150604005228/en/Bloomberg-Beta-Investment-Diffbot#.VXCBsdJViko
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o San Jose-Based 8x8 to Acquire Assets of Quality Software Corp.
San Jose, Calif. -- 8x8, a San Jose-based developer of cloud-based unified communications and contact center tools, said on Thursday it will pay $4.3 million in cash and stock 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, is expected to close later this month. Ryan Morrissey, the CEO of QSC, will become the company's senior director of product strategy, cloud quality management solutions, Separately, 8x8 said it has completed its previously announced $25.7 million acquisition of U.K.-based DXI.
http://www.8x8.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150604005407/en/8x8-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-Acquire-Assets-Quality#.VXCUtdJViko
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o Worldwide Chip Sales Increase for 24th Straight Month
Washington, DC -- Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $27.6 billion in April, up 4.8% from the same month a year ago, though down slightly from March, according to new figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). "Year-to-year semiconductor sales increased for the 24th straight month in April, thanks largely to continued growth in the Americas and Asia Pacific regional markets," said John Neuffer, the president and CEO of the SIA. "The global industry has posted higher sales through April than at the same point in 2014, and we expect continued growth for the rest of 2015 and beyond." Additionally, a new industry forecast projects steady market growth for the next three years.
http://www.semiconductors.org/news/2015/06/02/global
_sales_report_2015/global_semiconductor_sales_increase_in
_april_steady_growth_projected_for_next_three_years/
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> Director of Information Technology - City of Berkeley, CA
The Director of Information Technology leads a large municipal department in providing a diverse array of digital services to its employees, citizens, and beyond. Reporting to the City Manager, the Director of IT will be seen as the technology leader working across the organization to ensure a forward-thinking and strategic approach to technology in support of all municipal business units. Bachelor’s degree is required. This position requires six years responsible experience in information technology, four years of which must have been at a supervisory or management level. Salary range $137,772 to $189,396 DOQ, plus benefit package including CalPERS. Detailed brochure by clicking here. Confidential inquiries to Greg Nelson at (916) 630-4900. Submit cover letter and resume to apply@ralphandersen.com prior to Friday, July 3, 2015.
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Francisco Partners, the technology-focused private equity firm, said on Thursday it will make an equity investment in New York-based ShoreGroup, a provider of software and managed services to support network infrastructure. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The funding, expected to close within 60 days, will support the next phase of ShoreGroup's growth in partnership with the company's current leadership team.
https://www.shoregroup.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150604005409/en/Francisco-Partners-Agrees-Strategic-Investment-ShoreGroup#.VXCXsNJViko
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Glu Mobile, a developer and publisher of free-to-play games for smartphones and tablets, said on Thursday it has closed the second tranche of its previously announced investment from Tencent Holdings. In the latest tranche, Tencent purchased 8.5 million shares of Glu for $51 million.
http://www.glu.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150603006509/en/Glu-Mobile-Completes-Tencent-Strategic-Investment#.VXCX6NJViko
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> Director of Information Technology - City of Berkeley, CA
The Director of Information Technology leads a large municipal department in providing a diverse array of digital services to its employees, citizens, and beyond. Reporting to the City Manager, the Director of IT will be seen as the technology leader working across the organization to ensure a forward-thinking and strategic approach to technology in support of all municipal business units. Bachelor’s degree is required. This position requires six years responsible experience in information technology, four years of which must have been at a supervisory or management level. Salary range $137,772 to $189,396 DOQ, plus benefit package including CalPERS. Detailed brochure by clicking here. Confidential inquiries to Greg Nelson at (916) 630-4900. Submit cover letter and resume to apply@ralphandersen.com prior to Friday, July 3, 2015.
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> San Francisco International Airport - Enterprise Architect
This is truly a rare opportunity to join an award winning and progressive organization that is innovating to be the most technologically empowering airport in North America! This newly created position of Enterprise Architect for San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is focused on developing and delivering the strategic technology roadmap for both the short- and long-term. By providing expertise on the design of architectural solutions as well as the establishment of architecture standards, the Enterprise Architect will play an integral role in building a holistic view and framework for the Airport’s technology strategy, processes, and information technology roadmap. Top contenders will be strategic thinkers and strong communicators to ensure proposed technical solutions are aligned with the Airport’s overall objectives, mission, and vision. Requires five years of experience at a senior level as an application and systems architect; experience in the development of platf! Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is $123,578 to $157,742 plus outstanding benefits including retirement plan. Detailed brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/sfo_enterprise_architect.html
To apply, send a compelling cover letter and a comprehensive resume to apply@ralphandersen.com by June 15, 2015. Confidential inquiries welcomed to Heather Renschler or Greg Nelsen at (916) 630-4900.
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> Senior Director, Business Development - Optoro - DC
We are looking to add a Senior Director of Business Development to our growing team to help capitalize on the rapidly rising demand of our enterprise software solution. The Senior Director will be responsible for prospect evaluation, coverage and development across a portfolio of enterprise accounts. We are looking for someone with a forward-thinking and strategic approach to solving business issues and a strong background in selling solution based software in retail, ecommerce or supply chain industries. For more information or to apply, go to: http://optoro.com/careers/join#62042
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