Alliance Member News
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Abra Completes $16 Million Series B
October 23, 2017
Bitcoin startup Abra, led by Alliance member Bill Barhydt, has completed a $16 million Series B led by manufacturing giant Foxconn.
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Suggestic Wins Health 2.0 2017 Launch! Competition
October 18, 2017
Suggestic, the startup behind the healthy eating app that employs AR (augmented reality) to guide users through the world’s smartest diets, has won the 2017 Health 2.0 Launch! Contest. Suggestic beat out a field of 11 strong competitors at the Health 2.0 Fall Conference, a premiere showcase and catalyst for new health technologies. Alliance member Victor Chapela is the Founder & CEO of Suggestic.
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NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Liquid Robotics Collaborate
October 17, 2017
Liquid Robotics and NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) Pacific Islands Region (PIR) announced a multi-year agreement to develop solutions to help protect and preserve the Hawaiian and American Samoa marine sanctuaries and monuments. Alliance member Gary Gysin is the President & CEO of Liquid Robotics.
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Seven Alliance Member Companies on the List of the Bay Area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
October 17, 2017
Seven companies led by Alliance Members were named to the 2017 list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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Big Green IT Named to the List of the “Best Places to Work in the Sacramento Region”
October 12, 2017
Big Green IT, led by Alliance member Jeff Rogers, was named to the Sacramento Business Journal’s 2017 list of the “Best Places to Work in the Sacramento Region!”
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Cat Lincoln on the Forty Women to Watch Over 40 List
October 10, 2017
Congratulations to Alliance member Cat Lincoln, CEO of CLEVER, on being named to the fifth annual "Forty Women to Watch Over 40" list.
Jes Pedersen of Webcor and Erin Mendez of Patelco Credit Union Named Most Admired CEOs in Bay Area
October 05, 2017
Congratulations to Jes Pedersen of Webcor and Erin Mendez of Patelco Credit Union who were named by the San Francisco Business Times as 2017 Most Admired CEOs.
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Amgen Enters Into an Immuno-Oncology Partnership With CytomX
October 04, 2017
Amgen announced a strategic immuno-oncology collaboration with CytomX Therapeutics to jointly develop a T-cell engaging bispecific probody. CytomX is led by Alliance member Sean McCarthy,
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Graybug Vision Initiates Phase 1/2 Trial of GB-102 for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration
September 19, 2017
Graybug Vision announced that it has begun dosing patients with wet AMD in its first clinical trial of GB-102, its lead product. Alliance member Jeff Cleland is the President & CEO of Graybug Vision.
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SmartBiz Loans Surpasses $500 Million in Funded SBA Loans
September 14, 2017
SmartBiz Loans, the first SBA loan marketplace and bank-enabling technology platform, today announced that it has surpassed half a billion dollars in funded SBA loans. This milestone comes on the back of other recent successes for SmartBiz, including the addition of a fifth bank to its software platform and ranking as the number one facilitator of traditional SBA 7(a) loans under $350,000 for the 2016 fiscal year. Alliance member Evan Singer is the CEO & President of SmartBiz Loans.
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TORA Named Best OMS Provider
September 14, 2017
TORA announced that it has been named "Best OMS Provider" at the HFM European Hedge Fund Technology Awards. The awards recognize technology providers serving the hedge fund sector that have demonstrated exceptional customer service and innovative product development over the past twelve months. Alliance member Robert Dykes is the CEO of TORA.
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Dtex Systems Named “User Behavior Analytics Platform of the Year”
September 13, 2017
Dtex Systems™, a leader in user behavior intelligence and insider threat detection, announced that its Advanced User Behavior Intelligence Platform won "User Behavior Analytics Platform of the Year" in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards. These Awards recognize the world's best information security companies, products and people. Alliance member Christy Wyatt is the CEO of Dtex Systems.
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Light Polymers and JSR Complete Second Close of Strategic Series B Funding Round
September 12, 2017
Light Polymers, a nanochemistry startup with R&D operations in Silicon Valley, Taiwan and Korea, has announced that JSR Corporation will join the recent Series B funding round as a strategic partner. Alliance member Marc McConnaughey is the President of Light Polymers.
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Ellie Mae on FORTUNE’s List of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies
September 11, 2017
FORTUNE magazine's Annual list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies includes Ellie Mae. Alliance member Jonathan Corr is the President & CEO of the company.
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Singulex Receives New, Broad Patent
September 08, 2017
Singulex announced the granting of a significant patent for determining the absence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a patient based upon digital detection of either cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) or cardiac troponin-T(cTnT). Alliance member Guido Baechler is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Singulex.
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Rachel Haurwitz Named to the Upstart 50 Inventors Class
September 07, 2017
Congratulations to Alliance member Rachel Haurwitz, CEO of Caribou Biosciences, on being named to the San Francisco Business Times' "Upstart 50 Inventors" class.
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Ellie Mae to Buy Velocify for $128 Million
August 31, 2017
Ellie Mae, led by Alliance member Jonathan Corr, has announced that it will acquire Velocify, a sales acceleration platform, for $128 million in cash.
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DriveScale’s Software Composable Infrastructure Solution Wins Gold
August 25, 2017
DriveScale, the leader in delivering Software Composable Infrastructure (SCI) for modern workloads, has been named a Gold winner of the Golden Bridge Awards® in the Best New Product or Service - Information Technology Software category. Alliance members Gene Banman and Howard Doherty lead DriveScale.
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Cork Supply USA Named to the List of the “Best Places to Work in the North Bay”
August 21, 2017
Cork Supply USA, led by Alliance members James Herwatt and Peter Hladun, was named to the North Bay Business Journal's list of the "Best Places to Work in the North Bay!"
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Chowbotics’ Sally Robot Will Make You the Perfect Salad in 60 Seconds
August 21, 2017
Chowbotics, led by Alliance member Deepak Sekar, was featured in a recent Fast Company article, highlighting "world changing ideas."
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