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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- March 23, 2016
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Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - April 22 - Washington, D.C.
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o San Francisco-based Checkr Raises $40 Million in Second Round
o San Francisco-Based VR Headset Developer FOVE Raises $11M in First Round
o GI Partners, Allscripts to Acquire Netsmart Technologies
o San Francisco-based Thoma Bravo to Sell InfoVista to Apax Partners
o SolarCity Closes on $131 Million Equity Fund To Finance Solar Projects
o Briefly Noted: 3Q Digital, Actian, Pandora, GigOptix, Inc.
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o San Francisco-based Checkr Raises $40 Million in Second Round
San Francisco -- Two years after its founding, Checkr, a San Francisco-based provider of background check software, has raised $40 million in its second round of venture capital, which was led by the Y Combinator Continuity Fund, with participation form Institutional Venture Partners and Accel. Checkr's current clients, which include Uber, Instacart, GrubHub, and DoorDash, process over 300,000 background checks per month, according to the company. With the new financing, the company said it will expand its offering to service a wider variety of companies, including peer-to-peer commerce and marketplace businesses, as well as larger enterprises. Checkr's early customers in these spaces include Warby Parker, Zenefits, and Workable.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160323005414/en/Checkr-Raises-40-Million-Series-led-Combinator
https://checkr.com
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o San Francisco-Based VR Headset Developer FOVE Raises $11M in First Round
San Francisco -- With a stated goal of accelerating mass production of its eye-tracking virtual reality headset in the fall of 2016, San Francisco-based FOVE announced it has raised $11 million in its first round of venture capital. Originally developed at the University of Tokyo, FOVE's head-mounted display features eye-tracking technology, orientation sensing, and head position tracking, which combined enable users to experience high precision control and a more immersive and natural interaction with virtual characters." The company's new funding round was led by Colopl VR Fund, with the participation of Hon Hai venture capital fund, 2020, and Samsung Venture Investment.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160322006667/en/FOVE-Raises-11-Million-Series-Funding
http://www.getfove.com/
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o San Francisco-based Thoma Bravo to Sell InfoVista to Apax Partners
San Francisco -- Thoma Bravo, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, on Wednesday announced it has signed an agreement to sell InfoVista, a provider of service performance assurance solutions for IP-based network and application services, to Apax Partners. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Thoma Bravo acquired Paris-based InfoVista in 2012 through a "take-private" acquisition on the Euronext exchange, setting the stage for the company to accelerate its growth as a private company. During its partnership with Thoma Bravo, InfoVista more than doubled its size through organic growth and complementary acquisitions, according to the investment firm. The deal with Apax is subject to "consultation with the relevant employee representative bodies before entering into final negotiations."
http://www.thomabravo.com
http://www.infovista.com
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o GI Partners, Allscripts to Acquire Netsmart Technologies
San Francisco -- GI Partners, a San Francisco-based middle market private equity firm, along with Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, announced on Wednesday a partnership to acquire Kansas-based Netsmart Technologies, Inc. Financial details of the deal were not released. Netsmart is a provider of software designed for the health and human services sector, including electronic health records, patient management, billing, scheduling and clinical care delivery. Under the deal, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. will merge its Allscripts' homecare software business unit with Netsmart.
http://www.gipartners.com/news/gi-partners-to-acquire-netsmart-technologies
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o SolarCity Closes on $131 Million Equity Fund To Finance Solar Projects
San Mateo, Calif. -- SolarCity, the San Mateo-based residential and commercial solar company, closed a new equity fund to finance over $131 million in residential, commercial and military solar projects. The financing partner was not disclosed. The fund covers the capital cost of solar equipment and installation.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/solarcity-announces-new-fund-to-finance-over-131-million-in-solar-projects-300239898.html
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> Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - April 22
Now in its fifth year, the annual summit has become the "must-attend" annual marketing event for the DC region and beyond. The summit brings together 400+ CMOs, Senior Marketers, Agency Professionals and Technology Executives from the DC area. The event features dozens of case studies, keynotes, presentations and networking breaks on the most important issues facing marketers in 2016-2017. For more information, go to: www.mamsummit.com
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Mateo, Calif.) 3Q Digital, a Harte Hanks company that provides digital marketing services, has named Ellen Corrigan as its vice president of business development. Corrigan spent the previous 10 years at iCrossing in a variety of roles including search strategy, business development, and client services, working with clients such as LEGO, Charles Schwab HSN, and Travelocity.
http://www.3QDigital.com
(Palo Alto, Calif.) Actian, a provider of enterprise data management, data integration and big data analytics, announced that Tony Kavanagh has joined the company as chief marketing officer. Kavanagh joins Actian from DataStax, where he built the global marketing teams, rebranded the company and "moved it from a niche player to the market leader in two years," according to the announcement.
http://www.actian.com
(Oakland, Calif.) Pandora announced that it is expanding the size of its board of directors from nine to ten seats, with the addition of Tony Vinciquerra who will be the fourth independent director added in the past 12 months. Vinciquerra has served as the chairman and CEO of Fox Networks Group.
http://investor.pandora.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=227956&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2150567
(San Jose, Calif.) GigOptix, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor communications components, said that Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co., will be making a $5.0 million investment in the company.
http://ir.gigoptix.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=225697&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2150142
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