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Boston, MA - June 26, 2014 – Perfecto Mobile, provider of the MobileCloud™ Mobile App Quality Platform, today announced a partnership with CA Technologies to help enterprises deploy mobile applications with confidence. Under the terms of the agreement, CA Technologies will resell Perfecto Mobile's MobileCloud as part of its solutions. CA MobileCloud will allow users to achieve optimal results from testing, accelerate application delivery, improve quality and reduce costs through automated mobile application testing on real devices located in the cloud.
"Mobile mandates fast delivery and the cloud is an essential element of agile development. The combination of these two messages is a shift in the way the software development lifecycle (SDLC) market has operated previously," said Eran Yaniv, CEO, Perfecto Mobile. "By integrating our MobileCloud Mobile App Quality Platform to the industry's leading mobile-ready service virtualization solution from CA Technologies – DevOps and QA/testing teams can now virtualize services while testing their apps on real mobile devices that operate in real-world conditions and perform automated, reliable, cross-platform tests to deliver higher quality apps faster."
This partnership represents a shared vision by Perfecto Mobile and CA Technologies, bringing value closer to DevOps teams as they become tightly integrated and highly virtualized, automated and managed. These teams can now achieve value in their development by combining pre-existing knowledge of CA Service Virtualization capabilities with real cloud-based mobile environments and automated testing for optimal quality. With CA MobileCloud, a suite of real devices and networks available 24X7 in the cloud, organizations reduce an application's time to market without sacrificing the quality of the application.
"Software applications, including mobile apps are becoming increasingly important for all businesses, yet quality, time-to-market and development costs continue to be significant challenges," said Shridhar Mittal, general manager, Application Delivery, CA Technologies. "Enterprises using CA MobileCloud will help developers 'shift left' and deliver the quality applications their customers have come to expect."
This technology is available now through CA Technologies (ca.com/sv)
Avi is a co-founder of the Viola Group, and a co-founder of Carmel Ventures. He serves as a General Partner at Carmel and he leads Carmel's FinTech practice. His investment interests include Software, Financial Services and Big Data.Avi was the first VC investor in Actimize, where he served as an active Chairman from 2001 and until it was sold to NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE), in August 2007, for $280 million. Avi currently serves on the Board of Directors of Payoneer, YCD, Clarizen, SundaySky, Personetics and TradAir.Avi serves as the Chairman of the VC Committee at the Israel Advanced Technologies Industries Association (IATI). Avi is a lecturer at the Kellogg Recanati International Executive MBA Program where he teaches the "VC –What's it all about" course.Avi began his career as a hi-tech entrepreneur and was a co-founder and CEO of MINT Technologies. After merging Mint into Oshap, he served as the CFO of Oshap that was acquired by SunGard for $220M. Avi is involved in several educational non for profit organizations.
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Ori Bendori joined Carmel Ventures in October 2004 as a General Partner, with over 25 years of management leadership in the Hi-Tech industry. He is focusing primarily on investments in the areas of Communications, Infrastructure, Semiconductors and Energy. Ori served as a board member of CopperGate that was acquired by Sigma Designs for $180M in 2009. He was also the first investor and board member of DesignArt Networks that was acquired by Qualcomm in 2012. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Reduxio, LiveU, Multiphy and Cellera. Prior to joining Carmel Ori served as a VP & General Manager of the Enterprise Internetworking Systems Division at Avaya. Prior to this role he served as VP & General Manager of the LAN Systems Group at Lucent and before that as CTO of Lannet. He began his career in the Israeli Aircraft Industries. Ori holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, Israel.Ori served as a Major and Fighter Pilot in the Israeli Air Force for 19 years.
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Ronen Joined Carmel Ventures in February 2008 and currently serves as a General Partner. Ronen investment areas focus on SaaS, big data, cyber security and internet and he is currently a board member in Real Match, Samanage, ironSource, Perfecto Mobile, Kampyle, Shunra and Redis Labs. Before joining Carmel, Ronen held senior executive positions in several leading Hi-Tech companies, including a VP Product in Verint Systems' ACS division; and a Project Team Manager in ECtel Ltd (NASDAQ:ECTX), in charge of delivering large scale, multi million dollars projects to North and Latin America regions.Ronen served 13 years in an elite Israeli Defense Forces' Intelligence Unit where he holds a rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Res.). He holds a B.A. (Com Laude) in Economics and Middle-East history from Tel Aviv University, Israel, and an M.Sc in Technology Management from the University of Maryland University College (UMUC).
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Daniel Cohen joined Carmel Ventures in mid-2013 as a General Partner, with more than 11 years of VC experience. Daniel investment interests include digital media and consumer internet. He currently serves on the board of Tapingo.Prior to joining Carmel, Daniel served as a General Partner in Gemini Israel Ventures from 2006 to 2012 and before that as a principal since 2001. In Gemini Daniel led investments and served as a board member in Adap.tv (acquired by AOL in 2013 for $405M), Outbrain, SupportSpace, Massive Impact, Watchdox, Eyeview and FTBPro. Daniel also managed Gemini's Silicon Valley office in the years 2006-2009.Daniel is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program and He holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Psychology from Tel Aviv University an MBA from INSEAD.Email: email@example.com: @cohedaBlog: Israel Venture Capital 3.0
Rina Shainski joined Carmel in 2000 as a General Partner, with vast experience in the Hi-Tech industry . Rina's investment interests include mobility, digital media and internet. Rina led a number of investments in mobile applications and services pioneers, such as Followap that was acquired by Neustar, in 2006, and Snaptu that was acquired by Facebook in 2011. Rina serves on the board of directors of Skybox, Kontera, Perfecto Mobile, myThings, Tonara and Desti. Before joining Carmel Rina served as VP Business Development, responsible for IT investments, at Clal Industries and Investments, where she led the investment in Fundtech (NASDAQ:FNDT) that was acquired by GTCR in December 2011 for approximately $390M. Prior to that Rina held executive management positions in R&D and Business Development positions in Tecnomatix, and served in R&D management positions in high growth companies in the Silicon Valley. Rina holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Weizmann Institute, Israel, a B.Sc in Physics from Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Ronit joined Carmel in 2004 from TTI Telecom (NASDAQ:TTIL), a leading communications software provider, where she served as VP, Human Resources. At Carmel, Ronit assists in both team evaluations during the due diligence process and in recruitment of management for portfolio companies post-investment. Ronit works closely with the CEOs on organization building and structure, and provides advice on bridging geographical and cultural gaps to create truly unified global organizations. Ronit also coordinates Carmel's HR Forum, comprised of Carmel portfolio company HR Directors who gather on a quarterly basis for professional enrichment. Prior to TTI, Ronit managed the High-Tech Consulting Practice group of Ofer Ariely, a leading Israeli high-tech organizational consulting firm. Ronit holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.Sc. in Organizational Behavior from Tel Aviv University.
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Maya Pizov joined Carmel in August 2012 and has over 7 years of experience in product management, program and account management from leading tech firms and the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Before her MBA, Maya was a Program Manager and Account Manager at eBay, as part of its Israeli Development Center. She also held the position of Product Manager at Shopping.com, an eBay company, focusing on building structured data systems. Before joining eBay, Maya was an Application Consultant at Oracle, working with the company's clients to implement ERP and CRM systems. Maya served as Lieutenant in an Israeli Defense Forces Intelligence Unit. She holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (majors in Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Marketing).
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Debbie Levi joined Carmel in June 2011 and has over 10 years of experience in marketing, business development, and sales in both start-up and corporate environments in the US and in Israel.Before joining Carmel, Debbie served as Marketing Director at Mytopia (acquired by 888 Holdings), a social gaming studio where she was part of the management team and responsible for marketing strategy, business development and monetization. Prior to this, as Head of Marketing at mySupermarket, an online grocery shopping and price comparison website, Debbie managed the marketing team and strategy and was responsible for traffic acquisition, growth and data analysis. Prior to mySupermarket, Debbie was Senior Account Manager/Affiliate Program Manager, Marketing at Kasamba (acquired by LivePerson), a live expert advice website. Before moving to Israel, Debbie served as Account Manager at News America Marketing (a division of News Corp), a consumer packaged goods marketing services company, and held marketing internships at companies such as America Online. Debbie holds a B.A in Communications and Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an MBA from Bar Ilan University, Israel.
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Hila Shitrit Nissim joined Carmel in 2005 as a marketing director and since 2012 she is in charge of Viola Group's marketing activities. She is responsible for Viola's branding, marketing strategy and implementation. This includes events, sponsorships, speaking engagements, public relations and social media. Hila provides assistance to Viola Group's portfolio companies with marketing related issues, press releases, and branding. Before joining Carmel, Hila spent five years as Project Manager and Team Leader at a leading Israeli conference organizer in charge of organizing local and international conferences for The Israel Venture Association. Prior to this, Hila served as Officer in the IDF Spokesperson Unit, in charge of the IDF's public relations activities.
Hila holds a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University (dual major in Marketing and Strategy).
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Michal Cohen joined Carmel in 2007 and has over 15 years of experience in practicing law. At Carmel, Michal is responsible for all legal aspects of Carmel investments and exit processes, as well as Fund-related legal issues. With extensive experience in venture capital investments, Michal works closely with Carmel's portfolio companies from the early stages of initial investment through mergers, acquisitions and IPOs. Before joining Carmel, Michal was an Associate at the New York law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, specializing in securities and M&A transactions. She represented U.S. corporations in various types of securities offerings, including initial public offerings on the New York Stock Exchange, and M&A transactions. Prior to this, Michal served as General Counsel for Dingo Ltd., an Israeli company in the international textile industry. Before joining Dingo, Michal practiced law with Melcer & Co. Michal holds a B.A. in Law from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an Executive MBA from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and is licensed by both the Israeli and New York Bars.
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With over 35 years of experience in software engineering, Ofer Brandes has a strong background in technology. Ofer has worked with Carmel's founding Partners in various capacities for the past 15 years, and joined Carmel as CTO in 2003. As a part-time technology consultant, Ofer is involved in the technological evaluation aspects of the due diligence process, and works with CTOs and R&D managers of portfolio companies post-investment. Ofer also serves as the CEO of Tersus, a Visual Programming Platform for creating rich web and mobile applications. Prior to joining Carmel, Ofer was the CTO at SunGard Business Integration ("SBI", formerly MINT). Prior to SBI, Ofer was the Chief Designer and Programmer at Tovna, an Israeli company which developed software for automatic translation between English, French and Russian. From 1993 through 1996, Ofer was Senior Advisor to Israel's Minister of Education. He served in the Israeli Defense Forces' prestigious Intelligence Corps and holds a B.Sc. (with distinction) in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Yael joined the Viola Group in 2008 as Director of Marketing and Investor Relations for Viola Credit and since 2012 oversees Investor Relations activities on behalf of the Viola Group, interacting with existing LPs and cultivating new LP relationships for the group's family of funds. Before joining the group, Yael spent 15 years fulfilling Marketing and Investor Relations positions in the Israeli hi-tech market including Director of Investor Relations at ECI Telecom (previously NASDAQ: ECIL), one of Israel's largest hi-tech tech firms, and Director of Corporate Communications at Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS) where she was responsible for the company's marketing communications and investor relations activities worldwide.
Yael holds a BA in Economics from the Tel Aviv University
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Founded in 2000, Carmel Ventures is managing approximately $600M across three funds. As Israel's top tier VC firm, we invest in Israeli or
Israeli related early stage companies and build global category leaders. Carmel
invests across a number of key market segments including: software, new
enterprise infrastructure, big data, digital media, consumer applications and
team approaches the investment as a proactive, hands-on endeavor. Carmel
Ventures typically leads or co-leads investments and take an active role on the
Board of Directors while keeping a low ratio of companies per partner. With
strong M&A and IPO experience, the Carmel team has backed a disproportional
share of Israel's category leaders that generate over $50M in annual revenues,
including: Outbrain, ironSource, Payoneer, myThings and more.
NEW YORK, June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Outbrain, the world's largest content discovery platform*, has today released a new set of content guidelines designed to update the parameters of what content it will accept across its growing network. Revised annually, the updated guidelines are the latest move by the category leader to ensure readers and publishers come into contact with the most interesting, authentic and, above all, trusted content.
"Maintaining reader trust has and always will be our number one priority," said Yaron Galai, co-founder and CEO of Outbrain. "As the industry recognizes the promise of content discovery, we believe that, in order to create a long-term and sustainable future, the industry must abide by one simple premise - content recommendations should point to genuine content that is valuable to the reader."
Outbrain's content guidelines, which are publicly available athttp://www.outbrain.com/amplify/guidelines/ and must be adhered to by all customers placing recommended links, make clear that only content which is informational and/or has intrinsic entertainment value to the reader, should appear on Outbrain network sites. Links that drive to commercials, infomercials, advertising copy, or self-promotional content will not be permitted into the system.
In addition, the content discovery leader has put in place a number of other initiatives that underpin its 'always-on' focus on user trust:
Established in 2006, Outbrain was the first to market with its content discovery platform and has led the market ever since, raising $99 million to date and more than doubling revenue year-over-year for the past four years. Outbrain's global footprint extends to 17 national offices, and the company now serves over 150 billion personalized content recommendations every month.
As it rolls out these new guidelines, Outbrain continues to build on its strong growth trajectory. In April, Outbrain had 190,083,000 million unique visitors in the U.S., according to ComScore, and is outpacing Facebook in reach in leading indicator markets like Germany.
Enterprise Work Collaboration Leader Recognized for Achieving 8453% Growth
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 10, 2013) - Clarizen, the leader in enterprise work collaboration software, today announced it has been ranked the twelfth fastest-growing company in the 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Clarizen's impressive growth rate of 8453 percent between 2008 and 2012, underscores the company's growing market momentum and the increasing need for organizations to energize and empower high-performance teams.
"It is truly a remarkable accomplishment to be named among EMEA's 500 fastest-growing technology companies," said Clarizen CEO Avinoam Nowogrodski. "As we continue to see our business accelerate, we remain committed to our vision of leading the future of work by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Our success is determined by our customer's success and we truly thank Deloitte for this great honor."
Now in its 13th year, the annual Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry group's program ranks the fastest growing public and private technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies from 24 countries in the EMEA region, based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period. This year's Fast 500 list had an overall average revenue growth rate of 1,403 percent, a slight decrease from the 1,549 percent growth rate for 2012. This year's program received more than 1,000 submissions and the software sector represented 43 percent of the overall rankings, followed by the Internet sector with 22 percent.
The full list of ranked companies, as well as additional details on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program, can be accessed at www.deloitte.com/fast500emea.
About the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ EMEA
Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and green technology companies -- both public and private -- in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2009 to 2013. In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least 50,000 EUROS, and current-year operating revenues of at least 800,000 EUROS. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within Europe, Middle East & Africa.
About Clarizen
Clarizen is the leader in enterprise-class work collaboration and project management solutions that harness the power of the cloud to get work done efficiently, effectively and with better results. Fast to deploy and easy to use, Clarizen is redefining enterprise collaboration by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Clarizen fuels the high-performance teams of more than 2,000 organizations across 76 countries, including more than 25 of the Fortune 500. In 2013, Clarizen received the SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Product Management Solution." Founded in 2005, Clarizen is privately held with offices in San Mateo, California and Hod Hasharon, Israel. For more information, visit www.clarizen.com.
Clarizen is a registered trademark and the Clarizen logo is a trademark of Clarizen Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Doro AB, the global market leader in easy-to-use mobile phones, is pleased to announce it has selected Red Bend Software to provide its smartphone users with firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates.This relationship further strengthens Doro's commitment to offering a superior mobile experience to people who want an easy-to-use device. With Red Bend, Doro smartphone users will receive new versions of Android downloaded directly to their device in a fast, safe and convenient manner. This ensures that Doro users seamlessly receive the latest updates and improvements to keep their smartphones performing perfectly.Red Bend will manage the end-to-end FOTA service, from hosting to delivery of new software updates. The service is included in the recently launched Doro Liberto 810, the Swedish company's recently launched easy-to-use Android smartphone. This sleek and stylish device brings a rich and inclusive smartphone experience to many more people by taking them on a positive journey with their technology. This partnership will make that journey even better.Thomas Bergdahl, VP Product Development at Doro said: Doro is a pioneer in the mobile industry. We created the easy smartphone market and working with Red Bend will help us to facilitate the expansion of our value add service-led propositions. There is a clear future opportunity here for remotely managed lifestyle and support services. Again we have opened up a new market opportunity for operators, resellers and service providers."Over-the-air updating is the most efficient and reliable way to deliver new software to Android devices, and no one does this better than Red Bend. By working with Red Bend, Doro can ensure its smartphones are continuously updated, offer innovative services and deliver an exceptional user experience that keeps customers loyal, said Dean Martin, vice president of EMEA, at Red Bend Software.Further informationPlease contact the Doro UK & Ireland press office: firstname.lastname@example.com or +44(0)20 3428 5137Stay connected Twitter @DoroUK_Ireland Facebook DoroUKIrelandAbout DoroDoro AB is a Swedish public company formed in 1974. It released its pioneering easy-to-use mobile phone in 2007 and today is the global market-leader within the category. Doro products and solutions are available in thirty countries spanning five continents. These include; mobile phones and smart devices, applications and software, fixed line telephony, telecare and mobile health solutions. Doro removes barriers to adoption of new technologies and holds numerous international awards in recognition of its product designs and innovations. Doro shares are quoted on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange, Nordic List, Small Companies. Revenues of SEK 837.5 million were reported for 2012.www.doro.comAbout Red BendRed Bends OTA Updating Service for Android is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for device manufacturers to update mobile devices with the latest features, applications and improvements. The solution includes Red Bends vRapid Mobile and vDirect Mobile client software which are quickly integrated into any mobile device, and the Red Bend Software Management Center hosted in the cloud from which OEMs can manage devices over the air. Red Bend has been adopted by more than 80 manufacturers and operators to manage more than 1.75 billion mobile phones, tablets and other connected devices.
Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM) with more than 1.75 billion Red Bend-Enabled devices, today announced that the company has reached the significant milestone of providing its vRapid Mobile firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating software in 150 million mobile phones manufactured by leading Chinese ODMs and OEMS including Huawei, ZTE, TCL, Lenovo, Haier, SIMCom, Leadcore, Borqs and Tianyu.There are now more than 200 Red Bend-enabled mobile device models in China.Globally, vRapid Mobile is adopted by more than 80 mobile operators and device manufacturers. It is the cornerstone software in mobile phones and connected devices used to provide new features, applications and operating system updates. vRapid Mobile is the most widely adopted FOTA solution because it provides the fastest and easiest way to remotely update software and it ensures 100% completion of software updates, even if there is a loss of power or network connection.'Since entering the market in China 10 years ago, Red Bend has been honored to earn the trust of Chinese mobile operators such as China Mobile and dozens of Chinese OEMs and ODMs. Our understanding of the market, technological knowledge, OMA-standards-based solutions and local professional services ensure that our customers can keep devices updated and consumers satisfied,' said Danny Wang, Red Bend Software Country Manager of Greater China.Some of the most popular Red Bend-Enabled devices available in China are:1) Huawei: Ascend D2 Android phone with 5-inch FHD Screen, Quad Core and 1.5GH 2G RAM2) TCL: Alcatel OT871A sold by AT&T, equipped with Qwerty Keyboard Texting3) ZTE: AT&T Avail 2 (Z992) with Android 4.1.1 operating system, 3.5' touch screen, 2 MP camera and VGA camcorder and Multitasking CapabilitySuccess in Mobile Enables Expansion to New MarketsThe need for over-the-air software management is increasing as more and more devices become connected. Morgan Stanley predicts that there will be 75 billion connected devices by 2020. The 'Internet of Things' originally defined to include laptops and PCs now includes semiconductor technology embedded into all types of machine-to-machine (M2M) and consumer electronics.'Red Bend is leveraging its success in mobile and bringing its solutions to other markets including the enterprise, automotive and M2M. All of the software inside the predicted 75 billion devices will need to be managed with the most trusted mobile software management solution. We are already helping automotive OEMs keep their IVI systems and electronic control units up to date, saving warranty and recall costs and increasing customer satisfaction and we are excited about the opportunities in other industries.'About Red Bend SoftwareRed Bend Software, the leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM) with more than 1.75 billion Red Bend-Enabled devices, makes mobile devices and services continuously better in a rapidly changing world. Red Bend is the only company that provides standards-based products and solutions for software management, device management and mobile virtualization that work on any mobile phone and connected device uniformly, efficiently and securely over the air. Red Bend enables its customers to stay competitive in a fast-moving market by helping them deliver high-value services on an increasing number of connected devices with growing software complexity. More than 80 leading device manufacturers, mobile operators, semiconductor vendors and automotive companies worldwide trust Red Bend with their most important assets-the mobile and connected devices their consumers depend on. www.redbend.com
LiveU's video uplink solutions have been deployed by the University of Southern California (USC) athletic department, it was announced today, to power the school's Tunnel Vision live programming from Memorial Coliseum, coverage from road games, and stream full-length, live games online.Since the start of the 2013 football season, The Trojans have leveraged the LiveU solution to transmit pre-game and post-game live shows from the field branded as "Tunnel Vision." Coverage includes live feeds of players running onto the field for warm ups via the tunnel, Trojans Walk-by with fans down the 50 yard line seats, team prayer, cheerleader drills, Trojans mascot riding on to the field on horseback, and interviews with coaches and the Athletic Director by talent Katie Boggs in the 60 minute countdown to the game, and after the game. The show also mixes in b-roll taken earlier in the day such as players getting off the team bus, and more. USC also uses LiveU technology for other events throughout the week and the season including press conferences and banquets.Memorial Coliseum has hosted world-class sporting events ranging from Super Bowls to Olympic games. USC fans now get a new perspective of this landmark venue. "With LiveU, we can offer new unique types of very appealing content for fans, and a lot more of it," said Rich Rodriguez, USCTrojans.com Executive Producer. "This is extremely important given the length restrictions on actual game highlights we can post on our website. LiveU technology allows our fans to become 'a fly on the wall' and get a unique point of view they couldn't see before. Each live hit generates thousands of views in real time; we then post clips on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, which in turn bring in even more views."USC, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary of athletics in 2013, is one of the nation's most successful athletic programs. Currently fielding 21 men's and women's sports, the Trojans claim 120 national team championships, an unprecedented 419 Olympians and 52 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars.USC will also use LiveU for game and competitions that were never before covered live. "We discovered LiveU after building our new sand volleyball stadium and needing a cost-effective uplink solution to stream our first tournament from the venue before it was hardwired, without renting expensive satellite trucks," Rodriguez continued. "LiveU came to the rescue and was easily able to transmit high quality video, even when the stadium was crowded, thanks to LiveU's unique antennas. In fact, we now prefer to use LiveU even when a hardwired connection is available in venues such as baseball, soccer, lacrosse and others thanks to its simplicity, portability and ease-of-use."In addition, USC uses LiveU technology to streamline the posting of video highlights. "While our teams are on the road, we use LiveU to feed our ftp footage. We send post game pressers directly to PAC 12 for use on-air. Also, we send footage to our own production facility in real time, so that we can easily post all of our game highlights and related content immediately after each game. In the past, we had to wait several hours until we arrived back home to do so," added Rodriguez.LiveU, the leader in portable live video-over-cellular solutions, offers a variety of portable devices that bond together multiple cellular connections for cost-effective HD-quality video uplink from anywhere, including its LU70 backpacks, Xtender external antennas for high-quality signal even in congested sports venues, LU-Smart smartphone bonding app, and a variety of complementary video services for sports organizations.According to Tim Prukop, Head of Sports and New Media Sales at LiveU, "USC is a school with a long history of success and extremely avid fans. We are very happy that we can assist them in creating new and exciting content around their athletics programs."About LiveULiveU is the pioneer of broadcast-quality, video-over-cellular solutions that allow live video transmission (HD and SD) from any location around the world. With top-tier customers in 60+ countries, LiveU's solutions have been used for breaking news and high-profile events, including the 2012 US Presidential Campaign, London 2012 Olympics, Hurricane Sandy, 2011 British Royal Wedding, Japanese Tsunami, GRAMMY Awards® and Super Bowl. From backpacks to smartphones, LiveU offers a complete range of devices for live video coverage. LiveU's solutions include multiple 4G LTE/3G, HSPA+, WiMAX and Wi-Fi cellular links, which are optimized for maximum video quality based on the available network conditions.About USC Trojan AthleticsUSC has one of the nation's most successful athletic programs. Trojan teams have won 120 national championships (95 men's, including a national-best 82 NCAA titles, and 25 women's), more than all but 2 other schools. USC's men athletes have won more individual NCAA titles (309) than any other school (the Women of Troy have another 70 individual NCAA crowns). Troy has more Olympians, medalists and gold medalists than any school: since 1904, 419 Trojans have competed in the Games, winning 135 gold medals (with at least 1 gold in every summer Olympics from 1912), 87 silver and 64 bronze. Four Trojans have won the prestigious Sullivan Award as America's top amateur athlete: diver Sammy Lee (1953), shot putter Parry O'Brien (1959) and swimmers John Naber (1977) and Janet Evans (1989). Two Women of Troy have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top collegiate woman athlete of the year: Cheryl Miller (1983-84) and Angela Williams (2001-02). Trojan women have won 15 Honda Awards, as their sport's top female athlete. USC student-athletes have received 52 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (in the Top 10 among all schools) and Troy has had 31 first team Academic All-Americans and 4 athletes who were Rhodes Scholars. USC fields 21 intercollegiate teams, 9 men's (football, basketball, baseball, track and field, swimming and diving, tennis, golf, water polo, volleyball) and 12 women's (basketball, track and field, swimming and diving, tennis, golf, water polo, volleyball, rowing, cross country, lacrosse, sand volleyball).Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1593016#ixzz2l4fdyA79
eXelate , the leading smart data and analytics engine powering smarter digital marketing decisions, today announced it ranked 86th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. eXelate grew 2,129 percent during this period. eXelate's Chief Executive Officer, Mark S. Zagorski credits the strong growth to the company's innovative new products, including consumer insights terminal eXelate optiX™, along with proven momentum and customer success with its existing suite of smart data products like the eXelate eXchange™ and eXelate conneX™, its enterprise data management solution that has attracted partners like Nielsen."We've had a great year and, with this award recognition, it keeps getting better," said Mark S. Zagorski. "Recognized as a Top 20 company in the Internet sector of The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 inspires all of us here at eXelate to continue our promise to provide the industry with innovative data and analytics products to empower digital advertisers and drive more effective marketing.""The 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 companies are exemplary cases of those spurring growth in a tough market through innovation," said Eric Openshaw, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology, media and telecommunications leader. "This year's list is a who's who of companies behind the most exciting and innovative products and services in the technology space. We congratulate the Fast 500 companies and look forward to what they do next.""The fastest growing companies in the US are drivers of constant innovation and operate with the agility to stay ahead of a quickly evolving marketplace, and software, biotech/pharma and internet companies continue to be at the forefront," added James Atwell, national managing partner of the Emerging Growth Company practice, Deloitte Services LP. "The companies excelling in these sectors have a startup mentality that allows them to be nimble and adapt quickly, which is why they consistently lead the list of fast-growing companies each year."About eXelateeXelate is the smart data company that powers smarter digital marketing decisions worldwide for marketers, agencies, platforms, publishers and data providers. eXelate's smart data platform provides accurate, actionable, and agile data and analytics on online household demographics, purchase intent, and behavioral propensities. Through the collection of trillions of directly measured online data points and distribution partnerships with information leaders such as Nielsen, Nielsen Catalina, MasterCard Advisors, Bizo, and more, eXelate makes online, offline, and custom modeled data sets actionable across 700M online consumers worldwide. As members of the NAI, IAB, trustE, Council for Accountable Advertising, and Evidon's Open Data Partnership, eXelate is a leader in privacy compliant advertising practices. For more information, please visit http://www.exelate.com or follow @eXelate.About Deloitte's 2013 Technology Fast 500™Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte LLP, provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies -- both public and private -- in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2008 to 2012.In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or CD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD or CD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within North America.
Clarizen, the leader in enterprise work collaboration software, today announced its new Google Chrome™ Extension. The Clarizen Extension for Chrome enables users to seamlessly add tasks, cases and screenshots to their Clarizen account from any web page in a Chrome browser window. The free-of-charge extension enables teams in all departments to work more efficiently and achieve better results -- faster. Clarizen's enterprise work collaboration and project management solution is redefining collaboration for the enterprise by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Now with the Chrome Extension, users can quickly create a task or any case item type, upload screen shots of the currently viewed page, assign due dates and resources and connect them to existing projects, milestones or tasks directly from the web. Related documents can also easily be 'dragged and dropped' directly into the task/case, and all relevant team members are automatically updated of the changes via Clarizen's notification system. The Clarizen Chrome Extension is an essential timesaver across all team departments. For example, now marketing teams can report website bugs right from the web page with the click of a button. Simply select a task or a change request, take a screen shot, and assign resources directly from the page right into tasks or cases in Clarizen. Once the free extension is downloaded from the Chrome web store, the Clarizen icon is displayed adjacent to the URL field on the right-hand side. Users can also access the extension with a keyboard shortcut, enabling constant easy access to Clarizen from Chrome. The Chrome Extension is just one of Clarizen's integrations with Google products. Clarizen also integrates with Google Docs to enable users to link to existing Google docs, create new documents and easily manage and share with the entire team via Clarizen. To learn more about adding tasks and/or cases from any web page, watch the short Clarizen Google Chrome Extension tutorial video. About ClarizenClarizen is the leader in enterprise-class work collaboration and project management solutions that harness the power of the cloud to get work done efficiently, effectively and with better results. Fast to deploy and easy to use, Clarizen is redefining enterprise collaboration by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Clarizen fuels the high-performance teams of more than 2,000 organizations across 76 countries, including more than 25 of the Fortune 500. In 2013, Clarizen received the SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Product Management Solution." Founded in 2005, Clarizen is privately held with offices in San Mateo, California and Hod Hasharon, Israel. For more information, visit www.clarizen.com.Clarizen is a registered trademark and the Clarizen logo is a trademark of Clarizen Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Personetics, a leading provider of predictive customer engagement solutions for the financial services industry, today announced that Bank Technology News selected it as a 2014 "Top 10 FinTech Company to Watch.""Every year we speak to hundreds of people to uncover new and exciting technology that we think will make a major impact in the financial services industry," said Penny Crosman, editor-in-chief of Bank Technology News and technology editor of American Banker. "A lot of bankers are talking about providing a seamless cross-channel customer experience and leveraging predictive analytics to help customers make better financial decisions in real-time. Personetics Smart Assistant is a promising technology that aims to change the way people interact with their banks by providing relevant real-time analytics within existing mobile and online banking channels.""It's great to be recognized by Bank Technology News, who have their finger on the pulse of the financial technology industry, for developing new technology that solves real world banking challenges," said David Sosna, CEO of Personetics. "We believe that by focusing on customer interests & needs institutions will see drastic improvements in trust and loyalty scores as well as more profitable long-term relationships, Our Solution focuses on making digital banking experiences as insightful and enjoyable for customers as shopping on Amazon®, or making a dinner reservation using Open Table®."Personetics Smart Assistant:• Personalizes insights that improve customer satisfaction• Increases banking product and service utilization• Reduces cost of servicing customersStudies have shown that delivering highly-personalized customer experiences can drive cross-sell opportunities, lower operational costs and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.To learn why Personetics is one to watch in 2014, go to Top 10 FinTech Companies to WatchAbout Bank Technology NewsBank Technology News is written for 30,000 CIOs, CTOs and IT professionals who are responsible for identifying, recommending, purchasing and supporting the front-, middle- and back-office technology needs across all business units of their financial institutions.Bank Technology News, the industry's source of technology coverage, provides critical information and analysis on the relationship between banking strategy and technology execution at financial institutions. As banks and other financial organizations focus intently on facilitating business objectives, meeting compliance guidelines and achieving a return on investment for technology purchases, Bank Technology News focuses on the players, companies and innovations that enable institutions to play by new rules and establish benchmarks by which their performance and regulatory compliance will be enhanced.About PersoneticsPersonetics believes focusing on customer interests will help financial institutions improve trust and loyalty. To do this, firms need to promote a highly personal and relevant customer experience across all banking channels. Personetics Smart Assistant delivers contextual insights and recommendations that help consumers with their day-to-day financial lives. . Personetics gives financial institutions the power to convert passive digital adopters into active digital users while improving their overall customer experience and reducing operational costs for the institution.Personetics is backed by Carmel Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Capital and is headquartered in New York with offices in Tokyo and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit http://www.personetics.com/.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – November 5, 2013 – Garantia Data today announced it has raised $9 million in a series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures and Carmel Ventures, bringing its total funding to date to $13 million.Garantia Data already has more than 1,000 paying customers for its Redis Cloud service. Customers benefit from infinite seamless scalability, true high-availability, stable top performance and fully automated operations. The service is currently available over public clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Windows Azure, as well as platform-as-a-service (PaaS) providers such as Heroku and AppFog."Redis rules in-memory NoSQL. It is among top three database choices by developers and has become a cornerstone of new applications," said Salil Deshpande, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures, Palo Alto. "We invested in Garantia Data because the reliability and painless scalability of their commercial Redis offering makes Redis adoption feasible for enterprises.""The comprehensive technology developed by Garantia Data opens the door for true in-memory NoSQL computing, and is a game-changer," said Ronen Nir, general partner at Carmel Ventures. "I look forward to joining the board, and helping to advise the company on achieving its potential."Strong Growth in Redis MarketRedis is among the top three databases selected for new applications and is expected to capture 15 percent of the NoSQL market in the next few years. According to 451 Research, the NoSQL market is expected to cross $1 billion in revenue by 2016. With this investment, Garantia Data, the leading commercial Redis provider, is making a significant move in the database space to capitalize on the explosive growth of NoSQL and Redis."Redis is one of the fastest growing databases in the NoSQL space and we are continuing to see tremendous potential in the market," said Ofer Bengal, co-founder and CEO, Garantia Data. "Being a significant contributor to open source Redis and at the same time serving our more than one thousand customers commercially, we know exactly how to adapt Redis to enterprise needs. The current round of financing will enable us to further enhance Redis Cloud's core capabilities in order to meet the unique use case that Redis offers for both developers and large IT organizations."Garantia Data will be at AWS re:Invent, November 12-15, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada at booth 627 demonstrating its enterprise-class Redis Cloud service.About Garantia Data's FoundersThe company was founded by Ofer Bengal and Yiftach Shoolman, two serial entrepreneurs with proven track records and unique expertise in application acceleration and high performance networking.Ofer Bengal, Founder & CEOOfer is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and led several companies in the areas of data communications, telecommunications, Internet, homeland security and medical devices. Ofer was founder & CEO of RIT Technologies (NASDAQ: RITT), a provider of sophisticated telecommunications and data communications systems to major world carriers. He began his career as an aerospace engineer in the Israeli Air Force and then built his own aerospace engineering consulting firm. As a hobby, he has also invented, developed and licensed toy concepts to companies such as Milton Bradley, Hasbro and Tomy. Ofer holds a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) in aerospace engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.Yiftach Shoolman, Founder & CTOYiftach is an experienced technologist, having held leadership engineering and product roles in diverse fields from application acceleration, cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS), to broadband networks and metro networks. He was the founder, president and CTO of Crescendo Networks (acquired by F5, NASDAQ:FFIV), the vice president of software development at Native Networks (acquired by Alcatel, NASDAQ: ALU) and part of the founding team at ECI Telecom broadband division, where he served as vice president of software engineering. Yiftach holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science and has completed studies for M.Sc. in Computer Science at Tel-Aviv University.About Garantia DataGarantia Data offers enterprise-class Redis by its fully-managed Redis Cloud service. Providing infinite seamless scalability, true high availability, stable top performance and zero management, Redis Cloud enables developers and enterprise IT organizations to successfully enhance Redis operations in a variety of use cases. Redis Cloud is used every day by more than 1,000 paying customers. Privately held and backed by leading VCs, including Bain Capital Ventures and Carmel Ventures, Garantia Data's team of software veterans combines more than 150 years of aggregate experience in database technologies, application acceleration and cloud computing with a proven track record in transforming innovative ideas into viable and valuable products. For more information visit: garantiadata.com / Twitter: @garantiadata- See more at: http://garantiadata.com/press-releases/garantia-data-secures-9m-in-series-a-funding#.UoI6dflBN8E
Outbrain ,the leading content discovery platform, announced that it has closed a new round of funding of $35 million, bringing its total financing to $99 million. HarbourVest led the round with participation from Outbrain's existing investors Carmel Ventures, Index Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium, and Lightspeed Venture Partners and a new participant, Vintage Partners. The company will use the new funding to continue its innovations in content discovery and expand its global business, which currently spans 13 offices. Outbrain was the first to market with its content discovery platform in 2006 and has led the category ever since, not just in terms of customers and installations, but also in its commitment to quality content and to ensuring the integrity of every recommendation it serves. Outbrain's links play a fundamental role in the content ecosystem that has emerged in recent years, and the company has been a vocal proponent of the need to maintain reader trust in order for this ecosystem to thrive, including following strict content guidelines and excluding questionable marketers from its network. Outbrain is the only content recommendation platform formally listed and audited by comScore, which estimates that its recommendations reach 83% of all Americans online and over 390 consumers globally. The company serves more than 100 billion organic and paid content recommendations per month and its links appear on the websites of the most trusted, recognized names in the industry, like CNN, Slate, ESPN, The Telegraph, Le Monde and The Guardian. "We've been watching Outbrain for some time now and have been incredibly impressed with what Yaron and the rest of the team has created," said XX. "This is a company that is built – not on spammy links or get rich quick schemes – but on a business model that puts the reader above all else. This is a company that is built to last and to dominate a growing market. HarbourVest is proud to be a part of that." "This investment comes at a pivotal moment in Outbrain's evolution. We've matured from an upstart content recommendation company to a key player in the content ecosystem and a trusted partner for the world's best brands and publishers," said Outbrain CEO Yaron Galai. "The team at HarbourVest will be an ideal partner for us as we move into our next phase of growth." *Source: comScore Media Metrix, August 2013 About Outbrain Outbrain ( www.outbrain.com ), the leading content discovery platform, is on a mission to help readers find the most interesting content online, while giving publishers and brands the ability to reach a highly engaged audience. Using personalized links, Outbrain recommends content across a network of more than 700 premium publishers, including CNN, Fox News, Hearst, Rolling Stone, US Weekly and Fast Company. Links to content on a publisher's own site increase stickiness, while links to high-quality third-party content increase site traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain is currently installed on more than 100,000 sites and generates more than 150 billion recommendations per month. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York, with 14 offices globally, including the U.S., U.K., Israel, Singapore and Australia.
CoolaData, a provider of Big Data Analytics as a Service, announced today the closing of $7.4 million in Series A funding from Greylock IL and Carmel Ventures. CoolaData improves overall customer lifecycle management by providing fully actionable, unified behavioral analytics solutions for online companies. The company's groundbreaking technology offers the ease and fast onboarding of an out-of-the box solution, combined with the scale, analytic power, flexibility and openness traditionally achieved by self-development. CoolaData's founders, Tomer Ben Moshe and Guy Greenberg, are BI/Big Data veterans and serial entrepreneurs. "CoolaData offers the ability to answer complex business questions which cannot be addressed by traditional BI tools," said the company's CEO, Tomer Ben Moshe. "Our unique, open interface allows customers to easily turn insights into actions by enabling them to embed CoolaData analytics into their own systems." The CoolaData service is in beta with several eCommerce, gaming and mobile customers. These customers benefit from a unique combination of scalability, extensibility and sophisticated analytical power, without the burden of having to invest the resources and know-how required to build a Big Data solution. The service will be generally available in the first quarter of 2014. Yoram Snir, Partner at Greylock IL and Avi Zeevi, General Partner and Co-Founder of Carmel Ventures, joined the company's board of directors. "We have seen the need for scalable, deep and open analytics capabilities provided as a service across our portfolio," said Yoram Snir of Greylock IL. "CoolaData offers a cost effective service that can replace expensive and lengthy development of Big Data capabilities for most, if not all the companies we came across". Avi Zeevi of Carmel Ventures added: "We've watched Tomer, Guy and their team at CoolaData transform the company from an innovative startup to one that delivers an advanced unified behavioral service for mobile and web analytics. It's not about pageviews anymore -- what business users value now is actionable analysis of customer behaviors." For more information about CoolaData visit the website (link), follow the company's LinkedIn page (link), Twitter handle (link) and blog (link). About Greylock IL Greylock IL is an affiliate fund of Greylock Partners with offices in Israel and London. Some of the fund's investments include: Actifio, Aeroscout, ScaleIO, iZettle, JustEat, Payoneer, Wanova and Wonga. For more information visit: www.greylockil.com (link). About Carmel Ventures Carmel is a member of the Viola Group, Israel's premier technology-focused PE group with over $2B under management. As Israel's top tier VC firm, Carmel invests in Israeli or Israeli-related early stage companies and builds global category leaders across a number of key market segments, including: software, new enterprise infrastructure, Big Data, digital media, consumer applications and semiconductors. For more information, please visit: www.carmelventures.com (link).
Samanage, an emerging leader in cloud-based IT service desk and asset management software, has secured $5 million in funding from shareholders Carmel Ventures and Gemini Israeli Ventures. This comes as Samanage closes this quarter with 30% business growth - the sixth consecutive quarter in which it has achieved such enormous expansion. The company will use the new funding to accelerate investments in product development and customer acquisition.Samanage has been singled out for continued funding for its proven ability to challenge companies like ServiceNow and BMC in the mid-market. The company's focus on delivering a great user experience, quick deployment, and consistently high ROI and low TCO, has led to a vast customer base that spans 45 countries. "We've seen incredible growth in the past few quarters and this has really been pushing us to expand," says Doron Gordon, Samanage CEO. "Our customers deserve an easy-to-use enterprise software application that they actually love to use and that's what we plan to continue rolling out in an aggressive manner to organizations looking to enhance their service, while reducing workload.""Samanage has been growing quickly and addresses a real need in the market. We clearly want to keep fostering this," says Ronen Nir, Partner at Carmel Ventures. "We're delighted to continue supporting the experienced founding team of Samanage and help them build a great company.""We see standout potential in Samanage," says Yossi Sela, Managing Partner, Gemini Israeli Ventures. "The experienced Samanage team has created a unique product with awesome user experience that is already making waves in the conservative world of IT management software. Samanage is ready to capture an even larger share of this huge market, and these funds will be directed to boost its rapid growth. "Samanage has recently announced that it has been nominated for two awards in North Carolina: the company is a finalist in the NCTA 2013 Awards, in the category of Fastest Growing Small Company; Samanage was also recognized by the Triangle Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work in 2013. In addition, THINKStrategies awarded Samanage a Best of SaaS Showplace honor for the measurable business value delivered to its customers.About Samanage:Samanage is a leading provider of real cloud-based IT service desk and asset management software that helps companies deliver a superior service experience. Samanage firmly believes that enterprise software deserves cutting-edge UI, and is devoted to providing its customers with the most modern and intuitive IT management platform. The company is challenging companies like ServiceNow and BMC in the mid-market, and was recognized in 2013 for its SaaS and business achievements through a number of awards. Since 2007, Samanage has been committed to assisting IT departments in delivering fast, quality service while reducing their workloads. Capabilities include IT service desk, problem and change management, hardware and software tracking, a contract repository, inventory risk detection, and more. Visit: http://www.samanage.com.
ironSource has announced its mobileCore cross-promotion tools for app developers is now available. The centerpiece of the mobileCore platform is its Offer Wall, which provides non intrusive in-app promotional opportunities. The Offer Wall is one of several ad formats that mobileCore offers for monetization opportunities including interstitial ads and slider ads. mobileCore SDKs are Google-compliant and offer a range of modular developer tools to encourage engagement, distribution and monetization without disrupting the user experience or usage.Participating developers can use the mobileCore platform to evaluate future decision-making regarding cross promotion and app development. Developers have the options to share traffic but are not obligated to do so.
– SundaySky , the creator of SmartVideo, today announced it has raised $20 million in a Series C investment round led by Comcast Ventures . Liberty Global Ventures , Vintage Investment Partners , and existing investors, Carmel Ventures , Globespan Capital Partners and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), also participated in the round. With this investment, SundaySky will accelerate growth and scale by expanding go-to-market capacity in existing and new geographies, and strengthening new product innovation to further its competitive advantage. Andrew Cleland, managing director of Comcast Ventures, will join SundaySky's board of directors, where he will lend his experience and expertise in consumer Internet solutions, including digital media and advertising technology. This new funding comes at a key moment in the company's growth; SundaySky doubled its staff in the last 12 months, tripled revenues in 2012, and expects that growth to continue in 2013. In the last 12 months, SmartVideo views have grown more than 200 percent to 140 million, spanning ecommerce, telecommunications, insurance, banking and travel industries – with more than half of those views attributed to SmartVideo Advertising programs."This milestone highlights SundaySky's success in establishing and leading the smart video category and a new paradigm for how businesses engage with their customers," said Shmulik Weller, CEO of SundaySky. "All of our investors share a commitment to our mission to capture the vast market opportunity for personalized video and innovate ahead of the competition."Leading customer-centric brands are adopting data-driven acquisition and engagement strategies by adding SmartVideo to their marketing portfolios to deliver more engaging and effective experiences to their customers. SundaySky SmartVideo is the only truly personalized, real-time and infinitely-scalable platform with sophisticated built-in analytics, allowing brands to measure and optimize performance at multiple touch-points. "Comcast Ventures is a believer in disruptive digital marketing innovation, particularly as CMOs boost technology investments and seek to develop more direct, personalized relationships with customers," said Andrew Cleland, managing director of Comcast Ventures. "SundaySky sits at the intersection of these trends, combining rich creative experiences with big data, and we'll support a world-class team building a clear category leader." Additional SundaySky resources: · SmartVideo solutions: www.sundaysky.com/solutions/· SmartVideo Index 2013: http://slidesha.re/1bA4jJY· SundaySky blog: http://info.sundaysky.com/blogAbout SundaySky SundaySky, the creator of SmartVideo, helps customer-centric brands engage people with personalized, real-time video experiences at every step of the customer lifecycle. The SundaySky platform generates hundreds of thousands of SmartVideos daily, powering customer acquisition, support, growth and loyalty initiatives for leaders in ecommerce, telecommunications, insurance, banking and travel. AT&T, Office Depot, Allstate and other SundaySky customers have proven that SmartVideo viewers are more engaged, profitable and loyal, as program performance is measurable and optimized for incremental impact on key business metrics. SundaySky is headquartered in New York City with offices in Tel Aviv and London. For more information, visit www.sundaysky.com.
RealMatch announced today that it has recently signed over 20 new affiliate partnership deals with leading digital publishers, job board operators, and broadcast media companies that will implement RealMatch's white-label recruitment advertising solution to generate new revenue, increase site traffic, and improve overall engagement among their subscriber base. The list includes well known digital publishers and media companies such as Ars Technica, Merion Matters, WRAL.com, HMP Communications, Norfolk Daily News and HR.com. RealMatch has also extended its footprint into Canada, with Jobs.ca and BCjobs.ca. "RealMatch invests in acquiring a strong audience for our local job listings by distributing them across its large network of employment sites," said WRAL.com General Manager John Conway. "With this partnership, we can help employers in North Carolina find the best possible candidates, making our product offering more attractive to the business community." As part of the RealMatch's partnership agreement, RealMatch affiliates become members of TheJobNetwork™, RealMatch's recruitment advertising network comprised of more than one thousand local, diversity and niche job sites, job aggregators, job search engines, and social networks. TheJobNetwork™ is powered by RealMatch's sophisticated ad optimization, ad targeting, and job matching technologies to increase ad performance and generate significantly higher qualified applicant response rates compared to traditional destination job sites. "Our business model has been built to deliver measurable performance, exceptional efficiency and a network reach never before seen by other traditional recruitment ad networks. With our true Real-Time Job Matching™ technology, our partners receive the best job performance in the industry – improving their site engagement, helping them grow audiences, and creating new and sustainable revenue," said Gal Almog, founder and CEO of RealMatch. About RealMatch RealMatch is revolutionizing the highly fragmented online recruitment industry by allowing online publishers to better monetize their communities using recruitment advertising, while offering employers and job seekers a much more efficient way to connect. Applying many of the same principles that made display and search advertising thrive, RealMatch has developed TheJobNetwork™, the largest recruitment ad network in North America comprised of more than 1,000 job sites powered by RealMatch on behalf of its publisher affiliates, along with thousands of third-party job sites. To learn more please visit www.realmatch.com. - See more at: http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/10/08/579010/10051766/en/RealMatch-Continues-Rapid-Growth-in-Recruitment-Advertising.html#sthash.kUw8yYlv.dpuf


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