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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- March 29, 2017
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Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit (April 21st) - Speakers & Agenda Released
http://mamsummit.com/agenda/
o San Francisco-Based Carbon Health Raises $6.5 Million in First Round
o South San Francisco-Based Antiva Biosciences Lands $22M in Third Round
o Santa Clara-Based Intel Names Aicha Evans as Chief Strategy Officer
o Japanese IoT Company Claims Top Prize in Startup World Cup Finals
o Report: Millions of College Emails and Passwords Being Shared on Dark Web
o Briefly Noted: Datos IO, Cvent - Top Hotels for Meetings and Events
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o San Francisco-Based Carbon Health Raises $6.5 Million in First Round
San Francisco -- Carbon Health, the San Francisco-based developer of a mobile connected healthcare network, said on Wednesday it has raised $6.5 million in its first round of funding, led by BuildersVC. Other participants included Javelin Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures and Bullpen Capital, as well as angel investors Aaron Patzer, Elad Gil and Russ Fradin. The company said it will use the proceeds to accelerate development and start rolling out its platform to independent healthcare practices nationwide. The platform integrates with clinics, insurance companies, pharmacies, labs and medical imaging centers, giving patients access to all of their providers through their mobile devices. The technology allows them to carry out tasks such as scheduling appointments, making payments, filling prescriptions and accessing medical records. "We've been perfecting the model for the past six months through our primary care clinic in San Francisco," said founder and CEO Eren Bali. "I'm excited to finally expand our practice in the Bay Area and roll out our practices nationwide."
http://www.carbonhealth.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170329005423/en/Carbon-Health-Raises-6.5M-Reimagine-Healthcare-Led
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o South San Francisco-Based Antiva Biosciences Lands $22M in Third Round
South San Francisco -- Antiva Biosciences, a South San Francisco-based biopharmaceutical firm developing topical drugs for the treatment of pre-cancerous lesions caused by HPV infection, said it has raised $22 million in its third round of funding, led by Brace Pharma Capital. New investors NS Investment, Osage University Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments, as well as previous backers Canaan Partners and Sofinnova Ventures also participated. Vinzenz Ploerer, the president and CEO of Brace Pharma Capital, has joined the company's board of directors. Antiva said it will use the proceeds to advance its lead drug candidate, known as ABI-1968 into clinical studies. "Despite the introduction of prophylactic HPV vaccines more than 10 years ago, there are tens of millions of women living with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, and over 260,000 deaths globally from cervical cancer each year," said Gail Maderis, president and CEO of Antiva. "Our goal is to make treating this precancerous condition as routine as treating a yeast infection." This financing will help us advance, bringing it one step closer to the women who need it."
http://www.antivabio.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/antiva-biosciences-closes-22-million-series-c-financing-300430002.html
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o Santa Clara-Based Intel Names Aicha Evans as Chief Strategy Officer
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Intel, the Santa Clara-based chipmaking giant, on Wednesday named Aicha Evans as its chief strategy officer, helping to drive the company's evolution from a PC-centric company to a data-centric company. Evans joined Intel in 2006, and for the past nine years has been a senior vice president responsible for wireless communications. Most recently, she was also general manager of the Communication and Devices Group. "Her new role reflects her strong strategic leadership across Intel's business, most importantly in 5G and other communications technology," said CEO Brian Krzanich. Intel said it is conducting an internal and external search for a new general manager of its Communication and Devices Group.
https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-appoints-chief-strategy-officer/
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o Japanese IoT Company Claims Top Prize in Startup World Cup Finals
San Francisco -- UniFa, a Japanese IoT startup focused on tracking the physical and mental growth of kindergarteners, took home first place and a $1 million investment from San Jose-based Fenox Venture Capital at last weekend's inaugural Startup World Cup finals in San Francisco. The event was the culmination of a global series of 15 regional pitch competitions. UniFa has developed a personal robot called Meebo, a smart thermometer and a smart bed that collects data from children at kindergarten to give parents a better idea of their child's well-being. Second place went to Open Bionics, the U.K.-based developer of a 3D printer for robotic arms, and third place went to Ahlijasa, developer of an on-demand laundry service from Indonesia. Judges at the event included Tim Draper of DFJ, David Cohen of Techstars, Kevin Hale of Y Combinator, Eric Feng of KPCB, Alireza Masrour of Plug & Play Ventures, Lisa Suennen of GE Ventures and Edith Yeung of 500 Startups. A complete look at all the finalists is available at the links below.
http://www.startupworldcup.io/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170328005646/en/Fenox-VC%E2%80%99s-Startup-World-Cup-2017-1000000
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o Report: Millions of College Emails and Passwords Being Shared on Dark Web
Washington, DC -- Cyber criminals are sharing credentials to .edu email accounts at an alarming rate, according to a new report from the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance. For the report, researchers fromsecurity firm ID Agent reviewed email domains for the 300 largest higher education institutions in the U.S., and found nearly 14 million email addresses and passwords belonging to faculty, staff, students and alumni on the dark web over a span of eight years. Nearly 80% have been discovered over the past year, alone. Credentials from the University of Michigan topped the list, followed by Penn State University, the University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, The Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, New York University, the University of Florida, Virginia Tech University and Harvard University. Most of the .edu addresses are fake, a hacktivist, who used the name "DeadMellox" told Digital Citizens, adding that "most people simply create and then sell them, instead of actually taking them from a site." The fake e-mails then can be used to scam others in the university and college communities, or to take advantage of discounts offered on software and various other products. "Higher education institutions have deployed resources and talent to make university communities safer, but highly skilled and opportunistic cyber criminals make it a challenge to protect large groups of highly-desirable digital targets," said Adam Benson, the organization's deputy executive director. "We shared this information from cybersecurity researchers to create more awareness of just what kinds of things threat actors are capable of doing with an .edu account."
http://www.digitalcitizensalliances.org/news/press-releases-2017/cyber-criminals-sharing-millions-of-higher-education-institutions-e-mails-and-passwords-on-the-dark-web/
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Datos IO, a developer of application-centric data management technology, on Wednesday named Peter Smails as its vice president of marketing and business development. Smails previously served as the vice president of product marketing with Dell EMC, and earlier held executive sales and marketing roles at Hitachi Data Systems and CA Technologies.
http://datos.io
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170329005442/en/Datos-IO-Appoints-Peter-Smails-Dell-EMC
(San Francisco) The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville tops Cvent's newly released 2017 list of the nation's top hotels for meetings and events. The list, compiled by analyzing meeting and event booking activity through the company's supplier network, also includes three Las Vegas properties -- The Venetian and Palazzo Resort, Hotel & Casinos (No. 2); ARIA Resort & Casino (No. 3); and Mandalay Bay Resort (No. 10) -- in the top 10. Locally, the San Francisco Marriott Marquis ranks No. 50, the Hilton San Francisco Union Square No. 75 and the Hyatt Regency San Francisco No. 80. The complete list is at the link below.
http://www.cvent.com/en/supplier-network/top-100/2017-top-us-meeting-hotels.shtml
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