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VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN Wins ‘Fierce 15’ Award
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—VeloCloud™ Networks, Inc., the Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN company, announced that FierceWireless, a publication from Questex, LLC, has named VeloCloud to its annual “Fierce 15” list of the year's most promising, privately held startups in the wireless space. FierceWireless recognizes groundbreaking technology, advancements, improvements and contributions to the overall wireless…
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Translarity Acquires BucklingBeam
FREMONT, CA—Translarity, Inc. announced that it has acquired Texas-based BucklingBeam Solutions, LLC. to expand its offering of probe card solutions to the global semiconductor wafer and package test industries. The combined company offers the industry a blended culture of innovation, reliability, and quality to address the challenges of technology acceleration…
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8 Alliance Members Make the INC 5000 Fastest Growing List
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the 2017 INC 5000 list of the Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies. Admiral Security Services, led by CEO Mohamed Ahmed AEI Consultants, led by CEO Craig Hertz CLEVER, led by CEO & Founder Cat Lincoln ClickAway, led by Founder &…
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Rocket Fuel Awarded Two Patents
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Rocket Fuel (NASDAQ: FUEL), the leading predictive marketing platform, today announced that it issued its first two patents, both designed to address third-party cookie restrictions. These patents allow advertising technology providers, in partnership with publishers and advertisers, to identify and analyze consumer behavior in order to help…
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Member Gil Ben-Dov Speaks: Optimize Yourself Holistically
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by the CEO of a business in a highly expansionary phase. Though already feeling maxed, this CEO was considering devoting even more time and energy to the business. If you were in this situation, what would you do? If I were in…
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Michael Allen Interviewed on Bay Area Ventures Radio Program
Alliance member Michael Allen, President & CEO of Embolx, was recently interviewed on the Bay Area Ventures radio program, on Sirius XM Channel 111, Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School. Alliance Director Doug Collom is a Bay Area Ventures co-host. The segment may be heard on this link.
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Webcor Scores $939 Million Contract for Sewage Plant Rebuild
Webcor Builders and partner MWH Constructors have landed a $939 million contract to rebuild a sewage plant in San Francisco. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission selected the team for the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project, which will start in 2018 with estimated completion in 2025.…
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Kenandy Shortlisted for 2017 SaaS Awards
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA—Kenandy, a cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution built natively on the Salesforce platform, is a finalist in the 2017 SaaS Awards Program in the Best SaaS Product for ERP category. With awards for excellence and innovation in SaaS, the Software-as-a-Service Awards program accepts entries worldwide, including the…
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Big Switch Networks Secures $30.7MM in Incremental Capital
SANTA CLARA, CA—Big Switch Networks, The Next-Generation Data Center Networking Company, today announced it has secured $30.7MM in new financing to support further sales and product expansion as organizations around the world continue to shift to next-generation networking solutions to modernize data centers. The financing includes participation from Dell Technologies…
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VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN Wins TMC 2017 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—VeloCloud™ Networks, the Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN company, announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN a 2017 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN enables Enterprises to securely support application growth, network agility, and simplified branch and end-point implementations while delivering…
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Xantrion named to the MSPmentor 501 Global Edition
OAKLAND, Calif.,—Xantrion Inc. was named to the tenth-annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, a distinguished list and report identifying the world's top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). This year they ranked 88th on the list. “We're thrilled to be on the MSPmentor 501 list for the seventh time,” said Anne Bisagno,…
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How To Avoid Throttling Your Startup’s Growth And The Burnout That Comes Next
By Robert Sher Forbes Contributor, Founding Principal of CEO to CEO, and Alliance Director New businesses that tap into large and severely under-met needs are destined to grow rapidly. But if the founders starve the company of capital, their conservativism eventually will kill growth. Even more important, it will burn…
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Victor Chapela
Victor Chapela has over 25 years of IT experience and entrepreneurship. During this time, he has founded and led 6 technology companies in the United States and Mexico. As the founder and CEO of these companies he has mainly been involved in the design and development of software products and…
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Ad Age Names Duncan Channon a 2017 Small Agency of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO——San Francisco’s Duncan Channon claimed Agency of the Year, West, Silver honors at the 2017 Ad Age Small Agency Awards in Nashville. The award marks the second consecutive year Duncan Channon has been recognized as one of Ad Age’s top independent agencies. The Ad Age Small Agency Awards are…
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Nauto Raises $159 Million Series B Round
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto, whose artificial intelligence-powered system and data platform is helping improve fleet safety and informing the development of self-driving technology, has closed a $159 million Series B financing round, led by a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. and Greylock Partners. Other participants include previous…
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Apexigen Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1b/2 Clinical Trial
SAN CARLOS, Calif.— Apexigen, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer with an emphasis on new Immuno-Oncology (I-O) agents, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a new multicenter Phase 1b/2 clinical trial. Under a clinical trial…
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Savioke’s “Little Butler Robot” Wins International Inventors’ Award
SINGAPORE & FRANKFURT, Germany—The 13th Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation Award (IERA) was presented to the Relay butler robot. Made by Savioke, an American company, the little robot completes deliveries all on its own, for example in hotels, hospitals or logistics centers. Thanks to artificial intelligence and sensor…
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New Evidence of Sutro ADC’s Potency in Human Tumor Xenografts
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – STRO-001, Sutro Biopharma’s antibody drug conjugate targeting the CD74 cell surface protein in hematologic B-cell malignancies, has been shown to eradicate tumors in human xenograft models of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma – diseases that Sutro plans to evaluate for treatment in a Phase I clinical…
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Kenandy Awarded 2017 CRM Excellence Award
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Kenandy, a cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution built natively on the Salesforce platform, announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named Kenandy as a recipient of a 2017 CRM Excellence Award, presented by CUSTOMER magazine. “The 18th Annual CRM Excellence Award honors Kenandy…
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Alfred Chuang
Alfred Chuang, who founded BEA Systems in early 1995 with Bill Coleman and Ed Scott, had managed just about every aspect of BEA by the time he became CEO in October 2001. Alfred served in that capacity until BEA was purchased by Oracle in April 2008. Chuang is currently the…
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LightRiver Named Best Next-Gen Optical Communication Technology Provider
CONCORD, CA—- LightRiver Technologies, Inc., the leader in Factory Built Network® design and commissioning of multi-vendor packet optical networks, announced it has been awarded the Best Next-Gen Optical Communication Technology Provider by Technology Media Telecom (TMT) News for 2017. The TMT News Award recognizes LightRiver's Factory Built Network® solution as…
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HyTrust Raises $36M and Acquires DataGravity
HyTrust, a company that specializes in securing workloads that run in private and public clouds, announced that it has acquired data visibility and security startup, DataGravity. The details of the deal were not disclosed, but over the course of its startup life, DataGravity had raised $92 million from the likes…
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Dennis O’Malley Interviewed on Bay Area Ventures Radio Program
Alliance member Dennis O'Malley, President of Caliva, was recently interviewed on the Bay Area Ventures radio program, on Sirius XM Channel 111, Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School. Alliance Director Doug Collom is a Bay Area Ventures co-host. The segment may be heard on this link.
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First Patient Treated with CytomX Therapeutics‘ Investigational Probody Drug
The first patient has been treated with CytomX Therapeutics‘ investigational Probody drug conjugate CX-2009 in a new phase 1/2 clinical trial. The drug candidate is designed to target a surface molecule found in a number of solid tumors, including castration-resistant prostate cancer. Developed by CytomX, Probody therapeutics are engineered to…
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USA Triathlon Announces Partnership with Health IQ
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Triathlon announced relationships with special-rate life insurance agency Health IQ as a corporate partner, and race wheels manufacturer State Cycling Wheels as a supplier for the USA Paratriathlon National Team. Health IQ works with some of the top insurance carriers in the country to offer…
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Stan Schneider Ranked Eighth on IoT ONE’s List of the 100 Top Influencers in IIoT
Congratulations to Alliance member Stan Schneider on being named to IoT ONE's list of the 100 individuals with the most influence in IIoT. Stan is the CEO of Real-Time Innovations.
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6 Alliance Members Among the Top 50 East Bay Private Companies
Congratulations to the following Alliance Members whose companies were named to the list of the top 50 Alameda County and Contra Costa County-based private companies, based upon companywide revenue in fiscal year 2016. AEI Consultants, led by CEO Craig Hertz Give Something Back, led by CEO Sean Marx R.F. MacDonald…
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Robert Dykes Interviewed by Traders Magazine
The U.S. equity market is ripe with vendors and solutions to almost every conceivable trading problem. But how does a firm with overseas chutzpah make it here in the U.S.? Traders Magazine: TORA is a well-known EMS player in Asia but less so here in the US. What is the…
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Member Andy Barrons Speaks: Build on Your Reputation of Independence
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought forth by the executive of a profitable company with uneven revenue streams that led to high and low months. He was considering developing more stability by reselling partner products to his loyal customer base. If you were in this situation, what would…
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Bailard Named to Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers
FOSTER CITY, CA –– Bailard, Inc., an independent wealth and asset management firm, is pleased to announce it has been named to the 2017 edition of the Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers. The list recognizes top independent RIA firms across the U.S. “We are honored to receive this…
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