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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 14, 2017
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o Logitech Completes $85 Million Deal for San Francisco-Based ASTRO Gaming
o San Francisco-Based Flo Lands $5 Million in First Round of Funding
o San Francisco-Based Blackbird Air Lands $2.5 Million in Funding
o Quantum Names Raghu Rau as Chairman, Hires Turnaround Firm
o Mill Valley-Based SunLink Names Martin Lynch as First COO
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o Briefly Noted: Freshworks, Cylance, Unity Technologies
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o Logitech Completes $85 Million Deal for San Francisco-Based ASTRO Gaming
Newark, Calif. -- Logitech International, the Swiss maker of personal peripherals with U.S. headquarters in Newark, said on Monday it has completed its $85 million acquisition of San Francisco-based ASTRO Gaming, a developer of headsets for professional gamers and enthusiasts. The deal was first announced in July. Logitech said the acquisition will make it the largest maker of headsets, mice, keyboards and streaming webcams for PC and console gamers. "ASTRO is the leading player for premium console headsets and is the preferred headset for console esports athletes," said Ujesh Desai, the vice president and general manager of Logitech G, when the deal was announced last month. "It's a perfect complement to Logitech G's focus on PC gaming."
http://www.logitech.com
http://www.astrogaming.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170811005526/en/Logitech-Acquires-ASTRO-Gaming
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o San Francisco-Based Flo Lands $5 Million in First Round of Funding
San Francisco -- Flo, the San Francisco-based developer of an AI-driven women's health platform, said it has raised $5 million in its first round of funding, led by Flint Capital. Supermodel Natalia Vodianova also participated, along with angle investors, and joined the company's board of directors. Flo launched its period tracker in 2015, and has attracted more than 10 million monthly active users. The company recently launched several new features, including personalized health insights and a closed anonymous community of experts and peers. "Users can simply download Flo to track periods, but then continue to use it to better understand their body, feel calm and confident about their health," said founder Yuri Gurski. The company said it will use the latest funds to accelerate growth and expand its presence in the U.S. market. It also plans to partner with top medical research centers and universities to advance female health science.
https://flo.health
https://flo.health/2017/08/11/flo-reaches-10m-mau-raises-5m-series-advance-womens-health/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/flo-reaches-10m-mau-and-raises-5m-in-series-a-to-advance-womens-health-300503363.html?tc=eml_cleartime
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o San Francisco-Based Blackbird Air Lands $2.5 Million in Funding
San Francisco -- Blackbird Air, a San Francisco-based tech startup offering short-haul regional flights, said it has raised $2.5 million in a new round of funding from several individual and institutional investors, including Social Capital. Founded by Rudd Davis, the former president of USA Today's Travel Media Group who later helped build Hilton's content delivery systems, Blackbird uses proprietary data and technology to select routes, set schedules, sell individual seats and allow users to "air pool" to top destinations. The company's app is designed to match available aircraft with demand, digitally "crowdsourcing" flights and mapping potential routes. As a result of the optimization, seats to popular destinations start at $124.
http://www.flyblackbird.com/
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o Quantum Names Raghu Rau as Chairman, Hires Turnaround Firm
San Jose, Calif. -- Quantum, a San Jose-based developer of technology for capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets, on Monday named Raghu Rau as its new chairman, and said it has hired turnaround firm AlixPartners to help it drive financial improvements. Rau, a current board member and former CEO of SeaChange, International, succeeds Paul Auvil, who will remain on the board "The board and our senior management team will be working closely with the firm to aggressively pursue cost savings that will also enhance our ability to invest in growth initiatives," said Rau. The company also announced that Gregg Powers has resigned from its board.
http://www.quantum.com/
http://investors.quantum.com/ph oenix.zhtml?c=69905&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2293713
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o Mill Valley-Based SunLink Names Martin Lynch as First COO
Mill Valley, Calif. -- SunLink, a developer of solar energy technology, software and services, on Monday named Martin Lynch as its inaugural chief operating officer (COO). Lynch most recently was responsible for worldwide engineering program management and operations at Beamreach Solar, and previously held worldwide engineering and operations executive roles at Xicato and 2Wire. Michael Maulick, president and CEO of SunLink, said that Lynch is "imminently qualified to help guide the company through this period of rapid expansion and our next stage of evolution."
http://www.sunlink.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170814005125/en/Technology-Veteran-Martin-Lynch-Joins-SunLink-Executive
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Bruno, Calif.) San Bruno-based Freshworks, a developer of cloud-based business software, has named Sidharth Malik to the newly created position of chief revenue officer. Malik most recently served as managing director of India at Akamai Technologies, and previously held sales leadership and general management roles at Microsoft, IBM and Salesforce.
http://www.freshworks.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/08/prweb14591038.htm
(Irvine, Calif.) Cylance, an Irvine-based cybersecurity firm with major operations in the Bay Area, has named Brian Robins as its chief financial officer (CFO). Robins most recently served as the CFO of AlienVault, and previously was the vice president and CFO of global business services at CSC and executive vice president and CFO of Verisign.
https://www.cylance.com/en_us/about/news---press/cylance-appoints-brian-robins-as-chief-financial-officer.html
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based Unity Technologies, maker of a development platform for creating 2D, 3D, VR and AR games, has named Robynne Sisco and Max Levchin as independent board members. Sisco is the chief financial officer (CFO) of Workday, while Levchin is the co-founder and CEO of Affirm and the co-founder of PayPal.
http://unity3d.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170810005999/en/Max-Levchin-Robynne-Sisco-Join-Unity-Technologies
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