| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 20, 2013 ============================================ Sponsored By: TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas http://www.telcovisiononline.com o Shares of Redwood City-Based Rocket Fuel Nearly Double After IPO o Milpitas-Based FireEye Sees Shares Rise 78% Following IPO o Santa Clara-Based Illumio Raises $34 Million in Second Round o Mountain View-Based Gigya Raises $25 Million in New Funding o Stanford Fares Well in Princeton Review "Entrepreneurship" Rankings > TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas o Briefly Noted: KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Pandora _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas --Chief Information Officer/IT Director - City of Mountain View --IDF13 San Francisco --The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online --Mobile Commerce World --Patent Applications Drafted --Research Leader – Collaboration and Communications --Director of Business Development --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Shares of Redwood City-Based Rocket Fuel Nearly Double After IPO Redwood City, Calif. -- Rocket Fuel, the Redwood City-based developer of a media-buying platform that uses artificial intelligence to improve the success of ad campaigns, saw its shares rise 90% in their market debut on Friday, after the company raised $116 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company late Wednesday priced 4 million shares at $29 each. Its stock, trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "FUEL," closed on Friday at $55.00. http://rocketfuel.com/ http://rocketfuel.com/newsroom/press_release/rocket-fuel-prices-initial-public-offering http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477200/000104746913009132/a2216730zs-1a.htm _____________________________________________ o Milpitas-Based FireEye Sees Shares Rise 78% Following IPO Milpitas, Calif. -- Shares of Milpitas-based FireEye rose 78% in their market debut on Friday after the cybersecurity platform developer raised $303.5 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company late Thursday priced nearly 15.2 million shares at $20 each, above its expected price range of $15-$17. Shares, now trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "FEYE," closed on Friday at $35.60. The company's virtual machine-based security platform is designed to provide real-time threat protection against cyber attacks. http://www.fireeye.com http://www.fireeye.com/news-events/press-releases/read/fireeye-announces-pricing-of-initial-public-offering http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370880/000119312513373183/d529551d424b4.htm _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based Illumio Raises $34 Million in Second Round Santa Clara, Calif. -- Illumio, a stealthy Santa Clara-based developer of security technology for cloud computing, has raised $34 million in its second round of funding, AllThingsD reported. General Catalyst Partners led the round, which also included participation from previous backer Andreessen Horowitz and new investor Formation 8. Additional investments came from salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Box CEO Aaron Levie, the website reported. The company, which focuses on securing applications running on virtual machines, now has raised $42 million since its inception. http://www.illumio.com http://www.generalcatalyst.com/ http://allthingsd.com/20130918/stealth-security-startup-illumio-secures-34-million-from-general-catalyst/ _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Gigya Raises $25 Million in New Funding Mountain View, Calif. -- Gigya, the Mountain View-based developer of a platform designed to help brands better understand and target mobile and socially connected consumers, said it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding, led by Greenspring Associates. Previous backers Benchmark Capital, Mayfield Fund, DAG Ventures and Advance Publications also contributed to the round, which increases the company's total funding to $70 million. The company said it will use the proceeds to expand its domestic and international sales and marketing teams, as well as to bolster product development. Gigya's platform, currently used by approximately 700 clients, is designed to help businesses access and manage identity and behavior data, then use that data to reach consumers with the right messages, on the right platforms at the right time. http://www.gigya.com http://www.gigya.com/press-room/gigya-funding-press-release/ _____________________________________________ o Stanford Fares Well in Princeton Review "Entrepreneurship" Rankings Palo Alto, Calif. -- Stanford University ranks near the top of the list in The Princeton Review's newly released list of the "Top 50 Entrepreneurship Colleges and Business Schools." Stanford ranks No. 6 among graduate schools and No. 7 among undergraduates. More than 2,000 schools were considered for the rankings, which are based on factors including surveys of school administrators; the percentage of faculty, students and alumni involved in entrepreneurial endeavors; money available for entrepreneurial studies and support for school-sponsored business plan competitions. All told, more than 30 data points were considered. Babson College in Massachusetts earned the No. 1 spot among undergraduate programs for the second straight year, as well as No. 2 among graduate programs. The University of Michigan topped the graduate list, up from No. 2 a year ago. The complete rankings are available at the link below. http://www.princetonreview.com/top-entrepreneurial-colleges.aspx _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas TelcoVision is the conference to attend for Tier 2-4 broadband service providers charged with developing their company’s move to an all-IP broadband network. Join key influencers from across the broadband industry to network, learn and come away with actionable strategies which will maximize your investments in the systems and services that power your network and grow your business. Register today at http://www.telcovisiononline.com with code WETV1337 to save $200 or get a FREE expo pass. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (South San Francisco) South San Francisco-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, a developer of drugs to treat severe respiratory diseases and cancer, has named Herb Cross as its new CFO. He will succeed Jeffrey Cooper, who plans to retire later this year. Cross previously served as the CFO of Affymax. http://ir.kalobios.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=791833 (Oakland) Oakland-based Internet radio service Pandora said that underwriters of this week's stock offering exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 2.7 million shares for $25 each. The offering, which includes 15.7 million shares from the company and 5.2 million from current stockholders, is now expected to generate $523 million. It is expected to close on Tuesday. http://press.pandora.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251764&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1856626&highlight= =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas TelcoVision is the conference to attend for Tier 2-4 broadband service providers charged with developing their company’s move to an all-IP broadband network. Join key influencers from across the broadband industry to network, learn and come away with actionable strategies which will maximize your investments in the systems and services that power your network and grow your business. 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Email resume and cover letter to apply@ralphandersen.com prior September 27, 2013. ____________________________________________ > IDF13 San Francisco Intel Developers Forum 2013: 40 billion connected devices by 2020. Which ones will run your software? Take a fresh look at attending IDF13 San Francisco, Sept. 10-12. Software developers can expect to see more software, a focus on mobile and a preview of cross-platform technologies. With more than 45 software sessions, hands-on labs and poster chats planned across multiple OS development, open innovation, big data, services, security and more. For developers, attend the full 3-day conference at a special discount rate of $995 until Aug. 6. 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Moderated by NYU Professor Arthur Miller, the panelists included: Joseph Alhadeff, Chief Privacy Strategist/VP Global Public Policy, Oracle; Ian Ballon, Greenberg Traurig, Executive Director Stanford Law's Center for E-Commerce; Johannes Ernst, Cloudstore; Thomas Feledy, Lieutenant, SF Police Department; Françoise Gilbert, Founder/Managing Director of the IT Law Group; Ann Geyer, Managing Director of Tunitas Group; Matthew Miller, Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital; and Mark Weinstein of Sgrouples.com. The video is available at www.ConcordDebate.com ____________________________________________ > Mobile Commerce World Mobile Commerce World is for retail and enterprise executives charged with developing their company’s mobile commerce strategy. Mobile Commerce World brings together the mobile commerce ecosystem, including marketers, retailers, mobile app developers, software and service providers, integrators, security providers, operators, business strategists and leading companies. The 3 day conference program offers more than 50 sessions, 120+ experts, along with an exhibit of leading solution providers, all focused on educating the next generation of retailers and businesses who are developing their mobile commerce strategy. Register today for a free expo pass at http://www.mcommworld.com/sanfrancisco/?sourceCode=WEMCW13111 ____________________________________________ > Patent Applications Drafted I am a registered patent attorney with over 20 years experience. I charge a flat fee of $3600.00 (excluding all government filing and drafting fees) to prepare a utility patent application for filing with the US Patent & Trademark Office. I work in both mechanical and electrical areas. 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The Research Leader will deliver intelligence and analysis to our clients and gives end-users insight into the strengths and weaknesses of competing vendors and their offerings; Proactively track and analyze the collaboration and communications marketplace; Attend industry trade shows, analyst conference, webinars and vendor briefings; Present research findings in both live and online events. To apply for this position send your resume to: hr@currentanalysis.com or fax at: 703.421.3077 ____________________________________________ > Director of Business Development Join a growing commercial software company! Be a leader in helping organizations adopt innovative business management software, both in the cloud and self-hosted! Unanet Project Portfolio comprises a complete Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution with Budgeting & Forecasting, Resource Planning & Skills Management, Timesheet and Expense Management, Billing and Revenue Recognition, Project Management & Reporting and Teamwork Collaboration capabilities in software solution. Unanet Project Portfolio is a web-based solution that delivers real-time performance management and project accounting for our customers’ projects and people. To learn more about the Director of Business Development position, please visit www.unanet.com Send resumes to careers@unanet.com ____________________________________________ Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. Bay Area Tech Wire has various advertising offerings ideal for jobs listings, events, service offerings, and office space for rent. 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