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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 15, 2016
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Campaigns & Marketing Summit - Washington, D.C. - Dec. 1
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o Fremont-Based Royole Lands $80M Investment to Kick Off Fourth Round
o San Francisco-Based Sauce Labs Lands $70 Million in New Funding
o Santa Clara-Based DataStax Acquires Fremont's DataScale
o Palo Alto-Based Sysorex to Acquire Assets of Integrio Technologies
o S.F.-Based Prosper Marketplace Names David Kimball as New CEO
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o Briefly Noted: Blanc & Otus, Cloudwords
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o Fremont-Based Royole Lands $80M Investment to Kick Off Fourth Round
Fremont, Calif. -- Royole, a Fremont-based maker of flexible displays, flexible sensors and smart devices, said on Tuesday it has raised $80 million from Warmsun Holding Group to kick off its fourth round of funding, which values the company at approximately $3 billion. The company said it will use the proceeds to bolster its research and development, production, and sales activities. Royole, which previously had raised $200 million since 2012, said it expects to expand on the round with several more investments. "We continue to work with a number of other investors to conclude Series D funding," said founder and CEO Bill Liu. Royole utilizes flexible electronics technologies to create flexible displays, flexible sensors, and smart device electronics, including its 3D virtual mobile theater.
http://www.royole.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/royole-corporation-receives-80m-in-series-pre-d-funding-with-3b-market-valuation-300363002.html
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o San Francisco-Based Sauce Labs Lands $70 Million in New Funding
San Francisco -- Sauce Labs, the San Francisco-based developer of a cloud-based platform for the automated testing of web and mobile apps, said on Tuesday it has landed $70 million in a new round of funding from Centerview Capital Technology, IVP and Adams Street Partners. Buno Pati, a partner at Centerview, and Sandy Miller, a general partner at IVP, have joined the company's board of directors. The company said it will use the funds to bolster its platform, extending its mobile offering as well as increasing capacity and performance. In addition, Sauce Labs plans to add sales, marketing and customer success personnel. Charles Ramsey, the company's CEO, said the new funding "speak[s] volumes about what the company has accomplished and the incredible market opportunity that lies in front of us."
https://saucelabs.com
https://saucelabs.com/news/sauce-labs-secures-70-million-in-new-funding-to-continue-acceleration
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o Santa Clara-Based DataStax Acquires Fremont's DataScale
Santa Clara, Calif. -- DataStax, a Santa Clara-based developer of database software for cloud applications based on Apache Cassandra, said on Tuesday it has acquired Fremont-based DataScale, a provider of cloud-based management services for data infrastructure. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the acquisition, the company also announced plans to release a fully managed database service, DataStax Managed Cloud, on Amazon Web Services early next year. "Together we will accelerate our customers' ability to deliver cloud applications that provide real-time value, by offering another powerful option for deploying and managing those systems at epic scale," said CEO Billy Bosworth.
http://www.datastax.com
http://datascale.io/
http://www.datastax.com/2016/11/datastax-acquires-datascale-unveils-plans-for-datastax-managed-cloud
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o Palo Alto-Based Sysorex to Acquire Assets of Integrio Technologies
Palo Alto, Calif. -- Sysorex, a Palo Alto-based developer of analytics software, said it will acquire certain assets of Virginia-based Integrio Technologies, a provider of IT integration and engineering services to local, state and federal agencies. Under the deal, the company will pay $1.8 million in cash and 530,000 shares of stock, as well as assume approximately $3 million in Integrio's debt. The value of the deal could rise by as much as $1.2 million, depending on the company's performance over the next three years. Integrio, which has approximately 40 employees, focuses on network performance, secure wireless infrastructure, software application lifecycle support and physical cyber security. "We believe that the purchase of Integrio's federal government contracts… will enhance Sysorex's Storage and Computing and Professional Services business segment offerings for key government customers," said Sysorex CEO Nadir Ali. "We believe it also provides additional opportunities for Sysorex to sell its AirPatrol and LightMiner products to Integrio's customer base."
http://www.sysorex.com
https://integrio.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161114006502/en/Sysorex-Announces-Intent-Purchase-Assets-Integrio-Technologies
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o S.F.-Based Prosper Marketplace Names David Kimball as New CEO
San Francisco -- Prosper Marketplace, the San Francisco-based developer of an online marketplace for consumer credit, said on Tuesday it has promoted David Kimball from chief financial officer (CFO) to CEO. He succeeds Aaron Vermut, who had led the company for more than two years, and will remain on its board of directors. Kimball joined the company as CFO in March, and previously spent nine years overseeing a variety of finance functions at USAA. "David's leadership capabilities, combined with his experience in consumer credit, are a huge asset to the company," said Pat Grady, a partner at investment firm Sequoia Capital. "We're thrilled to have him take the company through its next phase of growth."
https://www.prosper.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161114006551/en/Prosper-Marketplace-Names-David-Kimball-Chief-Executive
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based tech PR agency Blanc & Otus on Tuesday named Tony Hynes as its new CEO. Hynes most recently was a partner at WPP boutique agency North of Nine Communications, and earlier was general manager and executive vice president at Weber Shandwick. He also will also serve as executive vice president at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a sister company of Blanc & Otus.
http://www.blancandotus.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161115005686/en/Blanc-Otus-Appoints-Tony-Hynes-CEO
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Cloudwords, a developer of software designed to speed time to market for global campaigns and localized content, has named Sam Pederson as its vice president of growth strategy and partnerships and Scott Schwalbach as its senior customer advocate. Pederson previously held global marketing and sales roles at Marketo, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Kaspersky Lab, while Schwalbach spent 17 years as an international program manager at Microsoft.
https://www.cloudwords.com/press/cloudwords-hires-top-marketing-and-localization-industry-experts-from-marketo-and-microsoft
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