Alliance Member News
Alliance Members don’t just read the news ... they make the news. To check out our “Members News” from prior years, click the list below:
Datapipe Acquires Big Data Multi-Cloud Pioneer GoGrid
January 20, 2015
Datapipe, a global leader in managed hybrid IT solutions for the enterprise, announced that it has acquired GoGrid, an industry leader in multi-cloud solutions for Big Data deployments. Alliance member John Keagy is the CEO of GoGrid.
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From Market Crash to Boom: Q&A with Christopher Burnley of CoreFact
January 16, 2015
San Francisco Business Times reporter Katie Burke profiled Alliance member, Christopher Burnley and Corefact.
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EORM Joins UK-based Global Business Standards Company BSI
January 14, 2015
EORM announced that it has been acquired by BSI, a UK-based global business standards company founded in 1901 with over 72,000 clients in 150 countries. Alliance member Glenn Fishler is the CEO and Founder of EORM.
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Sonescence Names Michael Weickert as CEO and President
January 13, 2015
Sonescence, a drug delivery company focused on curing serious skin and soft tissue infections and chronic wounds, announced the appointment of Alliance member Michael J. Weickert, Ph.D. as CEO and President. Dr. Weickert has also joined Sonescence's board of directors.
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Second Genome Uncovers a Possible Drug for Bowel Disease
January 12, 2015
Second Genome, Inc., a pioneer in the development of novel medicines through innovative microbiome science, announced that the company is advancing its lead drug candidate, SGM-1019, into a Phase I multiple-ascending dose clinical trial for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Second Genome is led by Alliance member Peter Di Laura.
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San Francisco Beauty Empire Yes To Inc. Says ‘Yes’ to Expansion
December 19, 2014
San Francisco’s Yes To Inc. is growing its product line and embracing international markets as it moves beyond the face. Alliance member Joy Chen is the CEO of Yes To.
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HGST Acquires Skyera
December 15, 2014
Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) and HGST announced that HGST has completed an all-cash acquisition of Skyera. Alliance member Rado Danilak is the Co-Founder of Skyera.
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ThreatStream Lands $22 Million in Series B Funding Led by General Catalyst Partners
December 04, 2014
ThreatStream, the provider of a threat intelligence platform that identifies cyber threats and facilitates trusted threat sharing, announced that it has raised $22 million in series B funding led by General Catalyst Partners, with significant investment by new investors Institutional Venture Partners and previous investors Google Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. Alliance member Hugh Njemanze is the CEO of ThreatStream.
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Audentes Therapeutics Raises $42.5 Million in Series B Financing
December 02, 2014
Audentes Therapeutics, a biotechnology company committed to the development and commercialization of gene therapy products for patients with serious, rare diseases, announced the closing of a $42.5 million Series B financing. Deerfield Management led the financing with participation from Sofinnova Ventures and Venrock. Audentes is led by Alliance member Matthew Patterson.
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Tregaron’s Investment In UST Wins Deal of the Year
December 02, 2014
M&A Advisor has selected Tregaron Capital's investment in UST as the winner of the 13th Annual M&A Deal of the Year award for transactions between $10 million and $25 million in value. Alliance member JR Matthews is the Managing Director of Tregaron.
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Jorge Titinger in Smart Business: “Five benefits of Supercomputing That May Surprise You”
December 01, 2014
Jorge Titinger, President & CEO of SGI, discusses the benefits of supercomputing in this article for Smart Business Northern California.
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Vision-Ease Lens Announces John Weber as CEO
November 13, 2014
Vision-Ease Lens announces former CooperVision Inc. president, and Alliance member, John Weber as its new chief executive officer.
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What Mark Tacchi Learned from Working for Steve Jobs
November 12, 2014
Alliance member Mark Tacchi dropped out of graduate school to take a position with Steve Jobs and wound up leaving as an entrepreneur. Read about Mark's experience in this INC magazine article.
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Solid Instance Acquired by Citrix Systems
November 10, 2014
Solid Instance, which develops solutions to offer independent software vendors (ISVs) an opportunity to publish Microsoft Windows applications as a service from public and private clouds, announced that it has been acquired by Citrix. Alliance member Tyrone Pike is the President & CEO of Solid Instance.
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Phani Nagarjuna in CEO.com: “Why The C-Suite Needs Big Data Analytics”
October 24, 2014
Alliance member Phani Nagarjuna, Founder & CEO of Nuevora, explains why CEOs need big data analytics.
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Sutro Biopharma & Celgene Corporation Enter Strategic Collaboration and Option to Acquire Agreement
October 23, 2014
Sutro Biopharma announced it has entered into a strategic collaboration and option agreement with Celgene Corporation to discover and develop multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Alliance member Bill Newell is the CEO of Sutro Biopharma.
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Word-Parsing Wizard Idibon Picks Up $5.5M
October 16, 2014
Idibon, a startup that has developed applications that make sense of text in scores of languages, has raised $5.5 million in new funding. Idibon is led by Alliance member Rob Munro.
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RCH Appoints Neal Ringquist to EVP of Sales & Marketing
October 14, 2014
Retirement Clearinghouse, the retirement savings industry’s only provider of automatic and managed portability solutions, has appointed industry veteran, and Alliance member, Neal Ringquist as executive vice president of sales and marketing with responsibility for the company’s marketing strategy and plan sponsor sales channel.
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Heritage Bank of Commerce Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Bay View Funding
October 08, 2014
Heritage Bank of Commerce has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire Bay View Funding, a nationally recognized leader in the factoring industry. This acquisition diversifies and expands Heritage's commercial offerings. Alliance member Glen Shu is the President and CEO of Bay View Funding.
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Calithera Biosciences, First Bay Area IPO in 2 Months, Raises $80M
October 02, 2014
Cancer drug developer Calithera Biosciences, led by Allliance member Susan Molineaux, completed its $80 million initial public offering.
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