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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- June 13, 2017
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o Embattled Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Takes Leave of Absence
o Mountain View-Based NowRx Lands $2 Million in Seed Funding
o South San Francisco-Based Plenty Acquires Bright Agrotech
o Bay Area VC Firms Line Up to Invest in CognitiveScale
o Mountain View-Based Coursera Names Jeff Maggioncalda as New CEO
> 13 Workplace Communication Tips Today's Young People Need to Know
o Briefly Noted: Cavirin Systems, RingCentral, Anaplan
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o Embattled Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Takes Leave of Absence
San Francisco -- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced Tuesday he will take a leave of absence following several months of heavy scrutiny about workplace culture at the San Francisco-based rideshare giant. He did not specify a timeframe, writing in an email to employees that the absence "may be shorter or longer than we might expect." Day-to-day operations will be handled by others, with Kalanick only stepping in to assist with major decisions. The news comes just weeks after Kalanick's mother was killed in a boating accident, which also seriously injured his father. But it also follows the release of an internal report authored by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recommending several changes amidst allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation toward employees. Chief among those recommendations, which the company's board has pledged to adopt, is that "some of the responsibilities that Mr. Kalanick has historically possessed should be shared or given outright to other members of senior management." Kalanick said he will use some of the time away to reflect on his management style. "If we are going to work on Uber 2.0, I also need to work on Travis 2.0 to become the leader that this company needs and that you deserve," wrote Kalanick. The entire email to employees is available on TechCrunch through the bottom link below.
https://newsroom.uber.com/covington-recommendations/
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/uber-ceo-leave-of-absence/
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o Mountain View-Based NowRx Lands $2 Million in Seed Funding
Mountain View, Calif. -- NowRx, the Mountain View-based operator of a mobile app pharmacy service that provides free same-day delivery of prescriptions to consumers, said it has raised $2 million in a new round of seed funding, Identities of the investors were not disclosed. The company's app lets customers upload photos of paper prescriptions, pay their regular insurance co-pay, consult with a pharmacist through video chat and schedule delivery of medications. Customers with urgent needs also have the option of paying $5 for one-hour delivery. "The large chain pharmacies are reluctant to offer free delivery because of the essential incentive to attract customers into their brick and mortar locations so they can upsell them on all of the other products in the store," said CEO Cary Breese. "By operating inside highly automated, low-overhead warehouse locations, NowRx will be able to achieve the same or better operating margins as the largest players in the industry." The company, in fact, said it expects to become profitable later this year, and plans to further streamline its operations by deploying automated robotics to dispense prescriptions. NowRx currently serves customers across the San Francisco peninsula, with plans to expand into two new warehouse locations in the Bay Area. Future plans include expansion into other markets across California and nationwide.
http://www.nowrx.com
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/nowrx-reinvents-pharmacy-model-with-one-hour-on-demand-delivery-prescription-medications-2221486.htm
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o South San Francisco-Based Plenty Acquires Bright Agrotech
South San Francisco -- Plenty, a South San Francisco-based developer of indoor vertical farms that combine agriculture and crop science with machine learning, IoT, big data and sophisticated environmental controls, said on Tuesday it has acquired Wyoming-based Bright Agrotech, a developer of vertical farming production system technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Plenty said the acquisition will help it to realize its plans to build field-scale indoor farms around the world. The company plans to bring local produce to communities everywhere by using 1% of the water, less than 1% of the land, and none of the pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or GMOs of conventional agriculture. The addition of Bright will help that effort. Bright has partnered with small farmers for more than seven years to start and grow indoor farms, providing high-tech growing systems and controls, workflow design, education and software.
http://www.plenty.ag/
https://brightagrotech.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170613005517/en/Plenty-Acquires-Bright-Agrotech-Globally-Scale-Impact
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o Bay Area VC Firms Line Up to Invest in CognitiveScale
Austin, Texas -- Several Bay Area venture capital firms, including Palo Alto-based Norwest Venture Partners, Santa Clara-based Intel Capital, San Francisco-based Microsoft Ventures and the Menlo Park-based Westly Group, have invested in Texas-based CognitiveScale as part of that company's new $15 million funding round. CognitiveScale, which develops industry-specific machine intelligence software, said it will use the proceeds to further develop its augmented intelligence products. The company has now raised $50 million since its inception. "We have delivered real and measurable outcomes with some of the largest banks, healthcare and retail organizations, and are delighted to see the great client and investor demand for our enterprise AI products," said CEO Akshay Sabhikhi.
http://www.cognitivescale.com
https://www.cognitivescale.com/press-release/cognitivescale-crosses-50-million-venture-funding/
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o Mountain View-Based Coursera Names Jeff Maggioncalda as New CEO
Mountain View, Calif. -- Coursera, the Mountain View-based developer of an online platform for higher education, on Tuesday named Jeff Maggioncalda as its new CEO. He will succeed Rick Levin, who had led the company for three years and will remain a senior advisor. Maggioncalda previously served as the founding CEO and president of Financial Engines, where he spent 18 years. "The Coursera board and management team ran a comprehensive executive search, and Jeff emerged as our unanimous choice," said board member Scott Sandell, the managing general partner at investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA). "He brings terrific energy and experience leading high-growth companies with a user-first strategy." Founded in 2012, Coursera partners with 150 universities and education institutions to offer courses, specializations and degrees. The company currently boasts 26 million registered users. Aside from NEA, backers include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GSV Capital, International Finance Corporation, Laureate Education and Learn Capital.
https://www.coursera.org/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170613005460/en/Coursera-Names-Jeff-Maggioncalda-CEO
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> Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Baltimore - Sept. 15 (Flash Sale)
The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit: Baltimore will be held on Sept. 15 at Pier 5 Hotel in Baltimore. Now in its sixth year, the annual summit has become the "must-attend" marketing event for the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. The summit brings together 300+ CMOs, Senior Marketers, Agency Professionals and Technology Executives from throughout the Mid-Atlantic area. The event features dozens of case studies, keynotes, and presentations on the most important issues facing marketers in 2018.
http://mamsummit.com/
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o Briefly Noted:
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Cavirin Systems, a provider of continuous security assessment and remediation for hybrid clouds, containers and data centers, said on Tuesday it has formed a security advisory board. Initial members include Robert Rodriguez, the chairman and founder of SINET; and Izak Mutlu, the former CISO of Salesforce.com.
https://www.cavirin.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170613005587/en/Cavirin-Establishes-Security-Advisory-Board-Industry-Luminaries
(Belmont, Calif.) Belmont-based RingCentral, a provider of cloud business communications and collaboration tools, on Tuesday named Kenneth Goldman to its board of directors. Goldman most recently served as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Yahoo, and previously was the CFO of Fortinet and Siebel Systems.
https://www.ringcentral.com/whyringcentral/company/pressreleases/pressreleases-2017/kenneth-goldman-joins-ringcentral-board-of-directors.html
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Anaplan, developer of a cloud platform for connected planning, on Tuesday named Anup Singh as its executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Singh most recently served as the CFO of Nimble Storage, which was acquired earlier this year by HP Enterprise, and earlier was the CFO of Clearwell Systems and Warranty Corporation of America.
https://www.anaplan.com/press-releases/anaplan-appoints-anup-singh-executive-vice-president-chief-financial-officer/
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> Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Baltimore - Sept. 15 (Flash Sale)
The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit: Baltimore will be held on Sept. 15 at Pier 5 Hotel in Baltimore. Now in its sixth year, the annual summit has become the "must-attend" marketing event for the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. The summit brings together 300+ CMOs, Senior Marketers, Agency Professionals and Technology Executives from throughout the Mid-Atlantic area. The event features dozens of case studies, keynotes, and presentations on the most important issues facing marketers in 2018.
http://mamsummit.com/
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> 13 Workplace Communication Tips Today's Young People Need to Know
Texting- and social media-obsessed Millennials aren't always prepared to navigate the business world, which primarily "runs" on email and face-to-face communication. Here, we share 13 dos and don'ts to help them communicate productively in the big leagues.
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