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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- April 13, 2016
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Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - April 22 - Washington, D.C.
http://www.mamsummit.com
o San Francisco-Based Affirm Raises $100 Million in Fourth Round
o San Francisco-Based NodeSource Raises $10 Million in First Round
o Redwood City-Based OpenGov Acquires Ontodia
o San Bruno-Based Freshdesk Acquires AI Startup Airwoot
o San Francisco-Based Swyft Names Gower Smith as New CEO
> Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - April 22 - Washington, D.C.
o Briefly Noted: Ikonopedia - Welch Road Imaging, Ellie Mae
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o San Francisco-Based Affirm Raises $100 Million in Fourth Round
San Francisco -- Affirm, the San Francisco-based financial services technology company led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, said on Wednesday it has raised $100 million in its fourth round of funding, led by Founders Fund. Previous backers Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Jefferies also participated, along with other new investors. The company said it will use the new capital to increase its loan distribution capacity, grow its merchant clientele -- which increased from 100 to more than 700 over the past year -- and expand new financial product offerings beyond point-of-sale financing. Additionally, Affirm said it has hired former Avangate executive and Amazon sales leader Len Eschweiler as its senior vice president of retail. Affirm gives shoppers the flexibility to buy now and make monthly payments for their purchases. The company uses technology and analytics designed to look beyond traditional FICO scores in assessing customers' credit-worthiness.
https://www.affirm.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160413005530/en/Affirm-Secures-100-Million-Series
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o San Francisco-Based NodeSource Raises $10 Million in First Round
San Francisco -- NodeSource, a San Francisco-based developer of enterprise-grade tools for the open source Node.js project, said on Wednesday it has raised $10 million in its first round of funding. RRE Ventures led the round, which also included participation from previous backers Crosslink Capital and Resolute.vc. The company, which raised $3.4 million in a seed round last year, said it will use the additional financing to accelerate the development of products and services for clients adopting Node.js. NodeSource's clients include NASA, HomeAway, Condé Nast and Craftsy.
http://www.nodesource.com
https://nodesource.com/press-releases/nodesource-secures-funding
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o Redwood City-Based OpenGov Acquires Ontodia
Redwood City, Calif. -- OpenGov, a Redwood City-based developer of financial intelligence, planning and transparency tools for governments, said on Wednesday it has acquired New York-based Ontodia, a provider of open data and performance management tools using CKAN, an open-source data-portal for governments. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ontodia co-founders Joel Natividad and Sami Baig, two well known CKAN open data experts, will join the company, along with all of Ontodia's other employees, and will work in OpenGov's New York office. "In the future, technology will play a huge role in tracking the trillions of dollars that flow through state and local governments, helping to better allocate resources and share best practices," said Joe Lonsdale, the co-founder and chairman of OpenGov. "Open-source platforms have an important role to play in furthering a transparent ecosystem that supports government decision making, and I'm excited about how Ontodia will allow us to extend OpenGov's impact." CKAN powers Data.gov, the home of U.S. government's open data initiative, Data.gov.uk, and hundreds of other open data projects for cities, counties, states and national governments.
http://www.opengov.com
http://www.ontodia.com
http://opengov.com/blog/opengov-acquires-open-data-leader-ontodia/
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o San Bruno-Based Freshdesk Acquires AI Startup Airwoot
San Bruno, Calif. -- Freshdesk, a San Bruno-based developer of cloud-based customer service software, said on Wednesday it has acquired India-based Airwoot, a startup that uses machine learning to help brands deliver high-speed customer service on social media. Financial terms of the deal -- Freshdesk's fifth acquisition in the past 12 months -- were not disclosed. The company said the move will help deepen its social support capabilities. "Delivering customer support via social media continues to be a challenge for many companies given the high volume of noise in the medium," said Girish Mathrubootham, the founder and CEO of Freshdesk. "Airwoot's AI technology provides us a powerful platform to power the social engagement centers of the future."
http://www.freshdesk.com
http://www.airwoot.com/
http://www.pressreleaserocket.net/freshdesk-acquires-social-customer-service-startup-airwoot-to-help-brands-engage-at-scale/435097/
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o San Francisco-Based Swyft Names Gower Smith as New CEO
San Francisco -- Swyft, a San Francisco-based developer of automated retail technology, on Wednesday named Gower Smith, the co-founder of ZoomSystems, as its CEO. Smith in 2002 started ZoomSystems, which launched the first automated retail store in 2005. He then co-founded Swyft in 2013. The company's platform incorporates automated retail hardware, a cloud-based SaaS platform and managed services, allowing retailers to quickly enter the automated retail segment in high-profile locations such as malls and airports.
http://swyftstore.com/
http://swyftstore.com/press-releases/gower-smith-appointed-ceo/
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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:
(Menlo Park, Calif.) Texas-based Ikonopedia said it has completed the first completely remote installation of its structured breast reporting software at Welch Road Imaging in Menlo Park. The structured breast reporting and MQSA management system is designed to improve reporting efficiency and optimize facility operations.
http://www.ikonopedia.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ikonopedia-completes-first-ever-100-percent-remote-installation-of-its-structured-breast-reporting-software-300249730.html?tc=eml_cleartime
(Pleasanton, Calif.) Pleasanton-based Ellie Mae, a provider of on-demand software and services to the residential mortgage industry, on Wednesday named Alex Hughes as its vice president of investor relations. Hughes previously established and led the IR functions at Dolby Laboratories and Chegg.
http://www.elliemae.com/about/news-reports/press-releases/alex-hughes-joins-ellie-mae-as-vice-president-of-investor-relations
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