Thursday, July 30, 2015

Bay Area Tech Wire -- July 30

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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 30, 2015
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Featured Job: Enterprise Architect - SFO

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S.F.-Based InsideView Lands $32.5 Million in Equity and Debt Funding
o San Francisco's Spectrum Equity Invests $41 Million in PicMonkey
o San Francisco-Based Autopilot Raises $7 Million in New Funding
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Redwood City-Based HopeLab Names Margaret Laws as CEO
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Report: Demand for Cybersecurity Pros Grows, While Shortage Remains
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LiveOps, Digital Shadows
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o S.F.-Based InsideView Lands $32.5 Million in Equity and Debt Funding

San Francisco -- InsideView, the San Francisco-based developer of a big data platform that triangulates data from more than 40,000 sources and feeds it into sales and marketing systems, said on Thursday it has raised $32.5 million in a new round of equity and debt funding. Spring Lake Equity Partners led the round, which also included participation from previous backers Big Sky Partners, Foundation Capital, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Split Rock Partners. Jeff Williams, a partner at Spring Lake, will join the company's board of directors. InsideView is used by more than 20,000 companies to inform and increase the success of their sales and marketing teams. The company plans to use the latest proceeds to fuel the growth of its expanding product line. "We are seeing more traditional industries like commercial real estate, banking and manufacturing adopt our products to gain a competitive advantage in their increasingly competitive markets," said CEO Umberto Milletti. "Working with [Spring Lake] brings us closer to an important market like financial services and helps us prepare for our future."
http://www.insideview.com/ 
http://www.insideview.com/insideview-secures-32-5-million-in-new-funding-to-invest-in-three-hot-product-areas-marketing-products-apis-and-its-big-data-platform/ 
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o San Francisco's Spectrum Equity Invests $41 Million in PicMonkey

San Francisco -- Spectrum Equity, a private equity firm based in San Francisco and Boston, said on Thursday it has invested $41 million in PicMonkey, the Seattle-based developer of a web-based photo editing and graphic design service. Founded in 2012, PicMonkey offers basic online photo editing as well as touch-up and advanced effects. Most of the site is free, while premium effects "bolt on" as a monthly or annual subscription. "It is rare for us to see a user community as passionate and loyal as this one," said Pete Jensen, managing director of Spectrum Equity. "We think this is only the beginning of what this company can do." Jensen and Ethan Choi of Spectrum Equity will join the company's board of directors. Spectrum previously had invested in online subscription businesses such as Ancestry.com, SurveyMonkey, Prezi and Lynda.com.
http://www.picmonkey.com 
http://www.spectrumequity.com/news/picmonkey-receives-investment-from-spectrum-equity 
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o San Francisco-Based Autopilot Raises $7 Million in New Funding

San Francisco -- Autopilot, the San Francisco-based developer of a multi-channel marketing automation platform, said on Thursday it has landed $7 million in a new round of funding., increasing its total backing to $20.5 million. New investors Salesforce Ventures and Stage One Capital joined Blackbird Ventures, Garnett Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Tim Draper in the round. Autopilot said it platform aims to fill the void between basic email software and complex marketing software. "In the past, very few companies could even dream of using marketing automation because the barrier to entry has been too steep," said co-founder and CEO Mike Sharkey. "Autopilot is making it possible for businesses of any size to create personalized customer experiences at scale, and at an affordable entry point." Clients include Cambium Networks, Dolby, Freshdesk, Narrative and PandaDoc.
http://www.autopilothq.com 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150730005368/en/Autopilot-Closes-7-Million-Strengthening-Company%E2%80%99s-Position#.VbpXL_NViko 
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o Redwood City-Based HopeLab Names Margaret Laws as CEO

Redwood City, Calif. -- HopeLab, a Redwood City-based developer of technology products aimed at motivating positive health behavior in kids and young adults, has named Margaret Laws as its new president and CEO. She succeeds Pat Christen, who will become a managing director of The Omidyar Group, HopeLab's parent. Laws previously spent 17 years in a number of roles at the California HealthCare Foundation, including director of public financing and policy and director of the Innovations for the Underserved program. She also founded the CHCF Health Innovation Fund, a fund investing in healthcare technology and service companies that improve access to and lower costs of healthcare. HopeLab was founded in 2001 by Pam Omidyar, the wife of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
http://www.hopelab.org
http://www.hopelab.org/2015/07/29/media-release-margaret-laws/
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o Report: Demand for Cybersecurity Pros Grows, While Shortage Remains

Boston -- While the demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to grow, there's an ongoing shortage of qualified candidates, according to a new report from Burning Glass Technologies. While the bulk of cybersecurity hiring still is being done by government agencies and defense contractors, the report found that hiring has taken off recently in industries handling consumer data like finance (up 137% in the past five years), healthcare (up 121%) and retail (up 89%). In 2014, there were 238,158 postings for cybersecurity-related jobs nationally, accounting for 11% of all IT jobs. Over the past five years, that number has grown three times faster than the number of overall IT jobs. On average, cybersecurity jobs command a $6,500 annual salary premium and take 8% longer to fill. "Employers are demanding high skill levels for cybersecurity workers -- more education, more certifications, more experience and more industry knowledge than other IT careers," said Matthew Sigelman, the CEO of Burning Glass. "These aren't problems that lend themselves to quick-fix solutions, and it suggests that the shortage of cybersecurity workers is likely to persist, at least until the education and training system catches up."
http://burning-glass.com/research/cybersecurity/ 
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> Enterprise Architect - SFO

The EA for SFO is focused on developing and delivering a holistic view and framework for the Airport’s IT strategy, processes, and roadmap. Requires 5 years of senior level experience as an application and information systems architect; experience in the development of platforms, languages, and technologies is required. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is $123,578 to $157,742 plus outstanding benefits. Brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com. To apply, send a compelling cover letter and a comprehensive resume to apply@ralphandersen.com. Apply immediately; position open until filled. Confidential inquiries welcomed to Heather Renschler or Greg Nelsen at (916) 630-4900.

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o Briefly Noted:

(Redwood City, Calif.) LiveOps, a developer of cloud contact center and customer service tools, said on Thursday it will relocate its corporate headquarters from Redwood City to Cedar Park, Texas by Sept. 1. The company also said it plans to open a new satellite office for engineering and operations staff in Silicon Valley. All of the company’s 80 Redwood City-based employees have been offered positions at the new Texas location or the new Silicon Valley facility.
http://www.liveops.com/ 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150730006401/en/LiveOps-Announces-Cedar-Park-Texas-Corporate-Headquarters#.VbqFSfNViko

(San Francisco) Digital Shadows, developer of a data analysis platform for cyber situational awareness with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, has named Stuart McClure to its board of directors. McClure is the founder and CEO of Cylance, and previously served as the CTO of McAfee.
http://www.digitalshadows.com/ 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150729005198/en/Digital-Shadows-Appoints-Stuart-McClure-Board-Directors 

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> Front End JavaScript Engineer -- First Opinion, Inc. -- San Francisco

First Opinion, Inc. in San Francisco is looking for an experienced Front End Engineer who can assist us in architecting and developing web based applications. With tens of thousands of users contacting our doctors, we are in search of a candidate who would take pride in keeping our services fast and reliable. Responsibilities: Build and
contribute to complex interactive web applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams. Essentials: Highly proficient in JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Understand key server-side web development concepts. Ability to build and work with SPA’s Technologies: While not all skills below are required, we will be favoring candidates who have experience working with the following technologies: Backbone.js, Marionette.js, AMD / Require.js, WebSockets, WebRTC, Grunt, Less, Mocha, Chai, Selenium, Linux, Git/Github, Python, PostgreSQL, Vagrant. Please email resumes to: paula-anne@firstopinionapp.com
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> Enterprise Architect - SFO

The EA for SFO is focused on developing and delivering a holistic view and framework for the Airport’s IT strategy, processes, and roadmap. Requires 5 years of senior level experience as an application and information systems architect; experience in the development of platforms, languages, and technologies is required. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is $123,578 to $157,742 plus outstanding benefits. Brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com. To apply, send a compelling cover letter and a comprehensive resume to apply@ralphandersen.com. Apply immediately; position open until filled. Confidential inquiries welcomed to Heather Renschler or Greg Nelsen at (916) 630-4900.
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