Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Bay Area Tech Wire - Oct. 11



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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 11, 2016
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Campaigns & Marketing Summit - Dec. 1 - D.C. (Early Bird Rate)
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o San Francisco-Based Everwise Raises $16 Million in Second Round o Sports Stadium Tech Company VenueNext Raises $15 Million
o San Mateo-Based Evidation Health Raises $15 Million in Funding Round
o Emeryville-based Zymergen Raises $130 Million For Biotech o Redwood City-based E8 Security Raises $12 Million in Second Round o Palo Alto-Based Soundtrap Raises $6 Million from Nordic VC Industrifonden > Campaigns & Marketing Summit - Dec. 1 - Washington, D.C.
o Briefly Noted: Accelerite, PacketZoom, Invoca

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o San Francisco-Based Everwise Raises $16 Million in Second Round

San Francisco -- Everwise, a developer of a platform for employee talent development, announced that it has raised $16 million in its second round of financing. Sequoia Capital led the round with participation from prior investors Canvas Ventures and Webb Investment Network. "Their approach turns conventional professional development on its head by providing, at enterprise scale, the individualized learning experiences required to help the modern knowledge worker," said Joe Dobrenski of Sequoia Capital.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161011005652/en/Everwise-Raises-16-Million-Series-Launches-Platform
https://www.geteverwise.com/
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o Santa Clara-Based VenueNext Raises $15 Million in Second Round

Santa Clara, Calif. -- VenueNext, a Santa Clara-based sports and entertainment venue technology company, announced it has secured $15 million in its second round of financing. The round was led by Causeway Media Partners. The company's technology is used by sports team to improve the mobile experience of attendees. Early adopters of the technology include the San Francisco 49ers and the Orlando Magic.
http://www.venuenext.com/news-room/2016/10/11/raising-15-million-in-series-b-funding-and-scoring-our-first-nhl-team-the-sharks
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o San Mateo-Based Evidation Health Raises $15 Million in Funding Round


San Mateo, Calif. -- Evidation Health, a healthcare analytics company, has closed on a $15 million funding round led by B Capital Group. Existing investors GE Ventures, AMV, Fresco Capital, and new investor Pappas Ventures also participated in the round. "At Evidation Health, we enable rapid evaluation of technology-based approaches that augment or replace traditional interventions -- powered by direct patient participation to prove impact in the real world," says Deborah Kilpatrick, CEO of Evidation Health.
http://www.evidation.com/news/press-releases/evidation-health-closes-15-million-series-b-led-by-b-capital/
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o Emeryville-based Zymergen Raises $130 Million For Biotech

Emeryville, Calif. -- Zymergen, a technology company focused on machine learning and biology, announced that it has raised $130 million in its second round of funding led by SoftBank Group. The round also includes prior lead investor Data Collective (DCVC), as well as return investors True Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, DFJ, Innovation Endeavors, Obvious Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures. New investors include Iconiq Capital, Prelude Ventures, and Tao Capital Partners. Zymergen said it has developed a proprietary platform, which uses robots and machine learning, to engineer microbes faster and more predictably that current technology.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161010006215/en/Zymergen-Announces-130-Million-Series-Funding-Led
https://www.zymergen.com/
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o Redwood City-based E8 Security Raises 412 Million in Second Round

Redwood City, Calif. -- E8 Security, a Redwood City-based behavioral intelligence company for cybersecurity, announced that it has closed on $12 million in its second round funding. DC-based Strategic Cyber Ventures led the round, which brings E8's total funding to date to $21.8 million. All three first round investors in E8 -- March Capital Partners, Allegis Capital, and The Hive -- also participated in the second round. E8 Security said it has developed a behavioral intelligence platform that can measure an organization's risk to a data breach and identify the early warnings signs when critical resources are being targeted.
http://e8security.com/pressrelease/e8-series-b/
https://scvgroup.net/
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o Palo Alto-Based Soundtrap Raises $6 Million from Nordic VC Industrifonden

Palo Alto, Calif. -- Soundtrap, a Palo Alto-based developer of online music and audio recording, announced it has raised $6 million in funding. The round was led by Nordic VC firm Industrifonden, with participation from current investors and additional new investors including Peter Sterky, the former CFO and COO of Spotify. The company, which launched in 2015, said it would use the funding to bring its cloud-based platform to new markets.
http://journal.soundtrap.com/news/
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> Campaigns & Marketing Summit - Dec. 1 - Washington, D.C.


The Campaigns & Marketing Summit on December 1 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. brings together 300+ brand marketers, PR and advocacy professionals, and political campaign strategists to discuss their common tactics, strategies, tools and platforms. It is the only conference to bring together both brand and political marketers. This unique fusion in both speakers and attendees produces fresh insights and empowers attendees to push the boundaries of what's possible in their own fields. One thing you're guaranteed to take away from CAM Summit: actionable strategies and tactics that set you apart from peers. www.camsummitdc.com

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o Briefly Noted:
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Accelerite, a provider of software for enterprise infrastructure, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Dean Hamilton as senior vice president and general manager of the company's IoT Service Enablement Business Unit.
https://accelerite.com/accelerite-appoints-dean-hamilton/

(San Mateo, Calif.) After announcing its recent $4.3 million funding round, PacketZoom announced the appointment of Shlomi Gian as its new CEO. Gian formerly worked at Akamai, where he co-founded the Emerging Mobile Business Unit and served as the Head of Mobile Market Development.
https://packetzoom.com/blog/welcome-shlomi-gian.html

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Invoca, a company developing call intelligence technology, announced that Gregg Johnson has been named the new CEO. Johnson formerly worked as a senior executive at Salesforce.
https://www.invoca.com/press/seasoned-salesforce-marketing-cloud-executive-joins-invoca-ceo/
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