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:
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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Boeing & Liquid Robotics Sign Agreement to Develop Solutions for Maritime Surveillance
September 23, 2014
Boeing and Liquid Robotics, the market leader in unmanned ocean vehicles,signed a global, multi-year teaming agreement for collaboration on product development, maritime services and operational deployments. Alliance member Gary Gysin is the CEO of Liquid Robotics.
Clare Computer Solutions Named to CRN Fast Growth 150 List
September 23, 2014
Clare Computer Solutions (CCS), announced that it has been named to the CRN Fast Growth 150 list. The Fast Growth 150 list recognizes those solution providers that have been the fastest growing over a two-year period based on gross revenue from calendar year 2011 to calendar year 2013. Alliance member Brad Mendonsa is the CEO of CCS.
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Sutro Biopharma & Merck KGaA to Partner on Development of Antibody Drug Conjugates
September 17, 2014
Sutro Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing antibody drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies, and the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany announced a collaboration and license agreement to develop antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Sutro CEO, Bill Newell, and CFO, Ed Albini, are Alliance members.
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Accellion Introduces Kiteworks Cloud Content Connectors for Box and Dropbox
September 16, 2014
Accellion, an industry leader in providing secure, enterprise mobile file sharing and collaboration solutions to enable increased business productivity, announced the launch of kiteworks™ content connectors for Box and Dropbox to extend IT management and oversight to content stored by employees in cloud accounts. Accellion is led by Alliance member Yorgen Edholm.
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Transera Turns Contact Center Data Into Strategies for Business Optimization
September 16, 2014
Transera, the Customer Engagement Analytics in the cloud company, announced that it is opening up its Customer Engagement Analytics, allowing customers to analyze data from two data sources for 90 days using its cloud-based software. Alliance member Prem Uppaluru is the CEO of Transera.
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Vendini Acquires In Ticketing
September 09, 2014
Vendini, the company that makes the business of live events simple, announced the acquisition of In Ticketing, one of the early pioneers in concert and festival ticketing software. This acquisition allows Vendini to expand its market reach even further into the live music space. Vendini is led by Alliance member Mark Tacchi.
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3 Alliance Members on the List of the Bay Area’s Healthiest Employers
September 05, 2014
Three companies, led by Alliance Members, are included among the Bay Area Healthiest Employers for 2014.
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Corefact Crunches the Numbers
September 05, 2014
San Francisco Business Times reporter Richard Procter profiled Alliance member, Christopher Burnley and Corefact.
Vine Connections Nominated for 2014 Wine Star Award
August 29, 2014
Congratulations to Alliance member Ed Lehrman and Vine Connections on their 2014 Wine Star Award nomination in the "Importers of the Year" category.
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14 Alliance Members Make the INC 5000 Fastest Growing List
August 22, 2014
Fourteen companies, led by Alliance Members, were named to the 2014 INC 5000 list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.
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Taxi Magic Rebrands as Curb, Appoints Pat Lashinsky as New CEO
August 06, 2014
Leading mobile transportation technology company unveils its new name, and its app for providing easy, reliable and safe rides; and appoints Alliance member Patrick Lashinsky as CEO.
Read MoreHow The FruitGuys Made it Through a Dot-com Bust
August 05, 2014
The FruitGuys launched during the dot-com boom, delivering fresh fruit to Napster, eBay and other San Francisco Bay startups. When the bubble burst, the founder, Alliance member Chris Mittelstaedt, went from big-shot CEO to in-debt delivery guy. With tech bubble talk back again, his recovery is a lesson in being humble, hopeful, and willing to go back to the start.
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Chris Mittelstaedt is a Finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year”
August 01, 2014
Alliance member Chris Mittelstaedt of The Fruit Guys is a finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year" award. All Alliance members are encouraged to vote for Chris at: http://www.entrepreneur.com/e2014.
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First Data Announces Agreement to Acquire Gyft
July 30, 2014
First Data announced it has agreed to acquire Gyft, the leading digital platform that enables consumers to buy, send, manage and redeem gift cards using mobile devices. Alliance member Vinny Lingham is the Co-founder and CEO of Gyft.
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Nuevora Named Among the Hottest Big Data Startups of 2014
July 28, 2014
Congratulations to Alliance member Phani Nagarjuna and his team at Nuevora for ranking second on the Big Data 50 report of the hottest big data startups in 2014.
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Ekso Bionics Named ‘Leading Robotics Company’ by Healthcare Robotics
July 24, 2014
Ekso Bionics, a robotic exoskeleton company, announced that it was featured in Robotics Business Review Industry Special Report 'Healthcare Robotics: 2014' that describes medical robotic exoskeletons as "probably the most exciting segment of the entire medical robotics market right now." Ekso is led by Alliance member Nathan Harding.
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