Alliance Member News
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Gild Wins CEO World Award and Big 50 Award for Innovation in Hiring
June 14, 2016
Congratulations to Alliance member Sheeroy Desai on being recognized for his role in bringing technical advancements to hiring, and the simultaneous honor for Sheeroy's company, Gild, which was honored as a leader in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Xantrion Receives 2016 Best of Oakland Award
June 02, 2016
Congratulations to Anne Bisagno and Xantrion on being selected for the 2016 Best of Oakland Award Program.
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Slic Will Bid in $500 Million New York Broadband Auction
May 31, 2016
Alliance member Mark Dzwonczyk, CEO of Slic parent company, the Nicholville Telephone Company, has announced that the company plans to participate in the new New York state auction to make broadband available throughout the state by 2018.
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Vendini Raises $20M
May 31, 2016
Event management and ticketing startup Vendini has raised $20 million in funding, hoping to fill the void between Eventbrite and Ticketmaster. Alliance member Mark Tacchi is the CEO of Vendini.
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Rocket Fuel’s Randy Wootton Seeks New Challenges and Finds New Ways to Serve
May 20, 2016
Alliance member Randy Wootton and Rocket Fuel were profiled in a recent article of the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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$88 Million in Series E Financing for Kateeva
May 19, 2016
Flat panel display technology company Kateeva, led by Alliance member Alain Harrus, raised $88 million in its Series E funding round. New investors, all located in China, were BOE, Cybernaut Venture, GP Capital Shanghai, Redview Capital, and TCL Capital.
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Caribou Biosciences Raises $30M to Expand Its Gene-Editing Technology
May 17, 2016
Biotech startup Caribou Biosciences, led by Alliance member Rachel Haurwitz, has raised $30 million in funding for its gene-editing technology.
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TGAC Installs Largest SGI UV 300 Supercomputer for Life Sciences Worldwide
May 10, 2016
The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) has partnered with global HPC hardware giant SGI to address the most complex problems in genomics analysis. Alliance member Jorge Titinger is the President & CEO of SGI.
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ABD Insurance and Financial Services Acquires SharedHR
May 04, 2016
ABD, a boutique consulting firm offering risk management, insurance brokerage, employee benefits and retirement solutions, announced its acquisition of SharedHR. The acquisition launches the company’s new HR services practice, ABD SharedHR, offering human resource administrative and consulting services to existing and prospective ABD clients. Alliance member and SharedHR CEO Paul Finkle and his current team of employees will continue to cultivate and grow the company’s HR offerings as the new ABD SharedHR practice group.
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Craig Goehring Has Helped Brown and Caldwell Find Success In the Virtual Realm
May 02, 2016
Alliance member Craig Goehring, CEO of Brown and Caldwell, was profiled in a recent issue of Smart Business Northern California.
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Graybug Vision Announces $44.5 Million Series B Financing
May 02, 2016
Graybug Vision, a venture-stage pharmaceutical company committed to developing potentially transformative therapies for ocular diseases including wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma, announced the closing of a $44.5 million Series B financing. Alliance member Jeff Cleland is the President & CEO of Graybug Vision.
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2 Alliance Members on the List of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business
April 29, 2016
Congratulations to Alliance members Rachel Haurwitz, CEO of Caribou Biosciences and Erin Mendez, President/CEO of Patelco Credit Union who were named to the 2016 list of the "Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business!"
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Clare Computer Solutions Named One of 2016 Tech Elite Solution Providers by CRN
April 28, 2016
Congratulations to Brad Mendonsa and Clare Computer Solutions on being named to CRN's 2016 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology vendors.
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Doug Dooley Participates in Venture Capital CIO Briefing Program
April 27, 2016
Silicon Valley VCs, including Alliance member Doug Dooley, and entrepreneurs have partnered with Trace3 to curate the latest disruptive technologies for global CIOs.
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Linden Lab Opens Pp VR World Project Sansar to Outside Creators
April 26, 2016
Linden Lab, lead by Alliance member Ebbe Altberg, will open up its in-development VR virtual world, Project Sansar, to a select number of third-party creators immediately.
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Anomali Raises $30 M in Series C Round
April 21, 2016
Anomali, the provider of the market-leading ThreatStream threat intelligence and Anomali Enterprise platforms, announced it has raised $30 million in series C funding. Anomali is led by Alliance members Hugh Njemanze, CEO, and Wei Huang, VP of Engineering.
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Patelco Celebrates 80 Years of Service
April 21, 2016
Congratulations to Alliance member Erin Mendez and Patelco Credit Union as they celebrate 80 years of service to Bay Area communities.
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Second Genome Raises $42.6 M Series B Round
April 20, 2016
Second Genome, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines through innovative microbiome science, announced that Alliance member, Peter DiLaura closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round with $42.6 million in financing.
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John De Santis and Gary Gysin Participate in Atlantic Council’s Captains of Industry Series
April 19, 2016
Alliance members John De Santis, CEO of HyTrust, and Gary Gysin, CEO of Liquid Robotics, recently participated in an Atlantic Council panel discussion regarding what the Pentagon could do to interest Silicon Valley startups in work with a military purpose.
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Brad Freitag Promoted to Vice President, Worldwide Sales for FileMaker
April 19, 2016
FileMaker has named Alliance member Brad Freitag as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. He previously served as vice president, Americas Sales, for the company.
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