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Portfolio News | April 2012

2012-05-03T17:37:58Z

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	APRIL 2, 2012 \| BUSINESS WIRE Brent Rasmussen joins Balihoo’s Board of Directors.
	APRIL 2, 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint to participate in 2012 RAMP Conference. APRIL 30, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH CradlePoint among those to be featured at Interop Las Vegas 2012. APRIL 30, 2012 \| VIRTUAL STRATEGY CradlePoint announces availability of highly anticipated embedded 4G LTE router.
	APRIL 24, 2012 \| YAHOO! Daz3D unveils Michael 5, the most accurate male 3D model ever.
	APRIL 2, 2012 \| CHRON Author explains how companies can run lean on Lendio.com Radio. APRIL 6, 2012 \| SALON TODAY Lendio helps business find financing from both traditional and alternatives lenders. APRIL 23, 2012 \| CNBC Why small businesses struggle to secure financing. APRIL 23, 2012 \| GRINDTSONE Is this the best office dress code ever?
	APRIL 16, 2012 \| PRWEB Lijit named #4 in “THe Denver Post Top Workplaces” listing. APRIL 24, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE Federated Media ranks as 17th most visited U.S. website according to latest comScore report.
	APRIL 23, 2012 \| INSURANCE NEWS Aggressive Aviation Insurance partners with Max-Viz.
	APRIL 20, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH OpenLogic announces availability of pre-configured and custom stacks in Amazon Marketplace.
	APRIL 13, 2012 \| SIGNAL NEWS Sphero, the ball you control from a tablet or smartphone. APRIL 25, 2012 \| COLORADO DAILY Obama takes Sphero for a ride, gives Boulder company a boost. APRIL 25, 2012 \| NEWS.COM.AU Sphero named a must-have gadget. APRIL 25, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Getting PResident Obama to play with your product. APRIL 26, 2012 \| OBSERVER.COM New startup marketing strategy: get President Obama to play with your ball. APRIL 26, 2012 \| DENVER POST Obama takes Boulder startup Orbotix’s sphere for a quick spin. APRIL 30, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Hack a Sphero in Boulder – win $5,000.
	APRIL 9, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SendGrid partners with Rackspace and Softlayer among others.
	APRIL 10, 2012 \| STARTRIBUNE New artificial hearth lets patients leave hospital APRIL 11, 2012 \| DEMOCRAT CHRONICLE Strong implants SynCardia Total Artificial Heart into ex-Rochester American. APRIL 12, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia’s Total Artificial Hearth receives HUD designation for destination therapy from FDA. APRIL 12, 2012 \| MPR NEWS Man receives first artificial and portable heart in Minnesota. APRIL 16, 2012 \| MEDGADGET SynCardia Total Artificial Heart receives FDA Humanitarians Use Device designation from destination therapy. APRIl 19, 2012 \| CAMPUS TIMES URMC implants first artificial heart in upstate region. APRIL 20, 2012 \| ABC Young couple finds love through heart transplants. APRIl 26, 2012 \| SACRAMENTO BEE Retired pro hockey player 1st to receive Total Artificial Heart in upstate New York. APRIL 30, 2012 \| JERUSALEM POST First full artificial heart transplant in Israel.
	APRIL 16, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Jerry Ropelato, TechMediaNetwork, named CEO of the year by the Utah Technology Council.

Portfolio News | March 2012

2012-04-02T19:53:05Z

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	MARCH 13, 2012 \| PRWEB Dr. Gary McClain signs on as “Ask an Expert” on Depression Connect Site of Alliance Health.”
	MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Balihoo CEO Pete Gombert speaking at ILM East 2012.
	MARCH 8, 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint eyes overseas expansion and broader carrier engagement with hire of telecom industry leader.
	MARCH 14, 2012 \| BUSINESS WIRE New 3D Model Pro Suite that works with Adobe Photoshop from Daz3D. MARCH 28, 2012 \| SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Utah company counts on big giveaway to boost bottom line.
	MARCH 27, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH GutCheck changes online market research community landscape with instant consumer insights from Facebook, Twitter and Google+. MARCH 30, 2012 \| BRAND CHANNEL GutCheck launches instant research communities.
	MARCH 14, 2012 \| BUSINESS 2 COMMUNITY Delivering “real customer value”: where B2B content marketers are headed in 2012.
	MARCH 15, 2012 \| NY REPORT Removing the personal credit score from small business lending. MARCH 29, 2012 \| CHRON.COM Lendio announces that Humaneyezed gets funding offers in minutes.
	MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH comScore names Federated Media to the top 50 U.S. web properties in February 2012.
	MARCH 19, 2012 \| IT WORLD OpenLogic provides valuable data to help determine software compliance. MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH OpenLogic updates Open Source License Compliance Management Solution.
	MARCH 9, 2012 \| LAPTOP MAG Review of the Sphero. MARCH 19, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Sphero learned how to drive a car! MARCH 19, 2012 \| TECHROCKIES Sphero: toy car driving robot. MARCH 20, 2012 \| MACWORLD Orbotix featured in MacWorld. MARCH 30, 2012 \| TECHROCKIES Sphero goes international, launches new apps.
	MARCH 6, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE Sentara Heart Hospital offers Total Artificial Heart. MARCH 8, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia names new Chief Operating Officer. MARCH 15, 2012 \| MARKETWIRE 1st Total Artificial Heart patient discharged home from Sentara Heart Hospital. MARCH 16, 2012 \| 10NEWS.COM Poway woman receives rare artificial heart. MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH University of Kentucky Medical Center discharges state’s 1st Syncardia Total Artificial Heart patient. MARCH 26, 2012 \| WALLSTREETDAILY Heart transplants of the future won’t require a pulse. MARCH 29, 2012 \| SEATTLE PI SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient at University of Washington Medical Center is1st in pacific Northwest to be discharged.
	MARCH 15, 2012 \| BILLBOARD.BIZ Topspin’s new partnership with MTV’s Artists.MTV Music Hub will significantly expand Topspin’s footprint. MARCH 15, 2012 \| MTV MTV to launch Artists.MTV Music Hu with Topspin. MARCH 15, 2012 \| LOS ANGELES TIMES SXSW 2012: MTV’s new plan to dominate online music. MARCH 15, 2012 \| NEW YORK TIMES Digital Notes: MTV.com sees an opening as MySpace fades away – Topspin helps make vision a reality. MARCH 25, 2012 \| NEW YORK TIMES Topspin brings an open-source ethos to bands. MARCH 2012 \| HYPEBOT.COM YouTube adds Topspin platform.

Portfolio News | February 2012

2012-03-13T02:22:12Z

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	FEBRUARY 1, 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint selected to drive discussions at leading M2M Evolution Conference
	FEBRUARY 21, 2012 \| GOOMZEE Goomzee unveils exclusive property management solution.
	FEBRUARY 28, 2012 \| AD AGE DIGITAL Kapost delivers “real” content marketing.
	FEBRUARY 22, 2012 \| eWEEK.COM OpenLogic’s CloudSwing PaaS supports high-volume cloud apps. FEBRUARY 29, 2012 \| SEARCH MANAGEMENT DATA Hadoop connector software hitched DBs to ‘big data’ clusters and is used by OpenLogic.
	FEBRUARY 2012 \| TECHNOLOGY REVIEW Orbotix, the toy ball that moves under the command of your smart phone. FEBRUARY 24, 2012 \| CHIPCHICK Sphero can finally be yours.
	FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Rebit featured at Venture Capital in the Rockies Conference.
	FEBRUARY 15, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient receives donor heart 15 years after decision to donate wife’s organs. FEBRUARY 21, 2012 \| ULTIMATE BELLAIRE Texas Children’s Hospital uses Freedom Portable Driver from SynCardia. FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH 1,000th implant of the world’s only approved Total Artificial Heart performed. FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| BRADENTON.COM Pittsburgh surgeons implant new Total Artificial Heart from SynCardia. FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| MSNBC Pittsburgh hospital implants Total Artificial Heart from SynCardia.

New Startup? TechStars Boulder Application Deadline Looming

2012-02-23T14:10:19Z

I’ve been a longtime supporter of TechStars, the #1 startup accelerator in the world. I’m a mentor to the teams, investor in the program and we’ve funded five companies that have completed the Bolder program. I believe with all my heart that the companies that graduate from Techstars have a significant competitive advantage over their competitors, not just from what they learn in the program, but the lifetime relationships they build with the mentor network and the founders of the other companies.

This summer marks their sixth season and applications are currently open! However, it takes time to for the TechStars team to get to know you, so the earlier you apply, the greater your liklihood of getting in. Deadlines are 2/26 for early application consideration or 3/16 for final application deadline. You can apply here.

Portfolio News | January 2012

2012-02-07T04:39:21Z

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	JANUARY 31, 2012 \| MEDGADGET Alliance Health featured in medGadget.
	JANUARY 12, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Balihoo secures $5 million in new funding to fuel business expansion and continue record growth. JANUARY 24, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Balihoo releases top-10 local marketing trends, forecasts successful strategies in 2012.
	JANUARY 10, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH CradlePoint connects all solution providers in Verizon booth at 2012 CES. JAN 16, 2012 \| SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE CradlePoint defines wireless connectivity standard in retail sector with new “4G” enabled solution. JANUARY 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint selected to drive discussions at leading M2M Evolution Conference.
	JANUARY 2012 \| BUSINESSWIRE Free 3D software including 3D animation software from DAZ3D.com.
	JANUARY 12, 2012 \| ADAGE.COM Kapost gets $1.5 million infusion, bets on content-marketing services. JANUARY 30, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Online Marketing Summit 2012 highlights exhibitors, including Kapost.
	JANUARY 10, 2012 \| PRWEB Lendio announces 12 best ways to get business financing in 2012. JANUARY 10, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH OnDeck Capital launches API giving direct access to the leading small business lending platform, Lendio. JANUARY 22, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER 8 ways to finance your startup with debt. JANUARY 31, 2012 \| PRWEB Lendio adds former entrepreneur of the year to board of directors.
	JANUARY 25, 2012 \| COMSCORE Federated Media joins the top 20 U.S. web properties in December 2011. JANUARY 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Federated Media Publishing and Zemanta Partner to bring content marketing to all publishers and brands.
	JANUARY 19, 2012 \| BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE Air-ambulance company opens for business outfitted with Max-Viz cameras. JANUARY 19, 2012 \| ROTOR.COM Max-Viz and Helijet announce new installations.
	JANUARY 9, 2012 \| EWEEK.COM OpenLogic ranks top ten open-source projects of 2011.
	JANUARY 10, 2012 \| CONSUMER REPORTS CES 2012 video: Orbotix Sphero robotic ball playfully rolls on to mobile devices. JANUARY 13, 2012 \| ROBOT REVIEWS Sphero robotic ball from Orbotix hands on at CES JANUARY 24, 2012 \| CORE77 Sphero reinvents the ball, bridges virtual and physical gaming. JANUARY 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Here’s what’s next for Sphero, the robotic ball you control with your smartphone.
	JANUARY 12, 2012 \| HOSTINGNEWS.COM SendGrid and Standing Cloud team up. JANUARY 17, 2012 \| TECHCRUNCH Bessemer leads $21M round in cloud-based email delivery and management service SendGrid. JANUARY 17, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER SendGrid sends 2.6 billion monthly emails and it just raised $21 million.
	JANUARY 11, 2012 \| YAHOO! “Heart-less” politician goes from short-term survival to 5th term in office with SynCardia Total Artificial Heart. JANUARY 19, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE Slovenia’s 1st Total Artificial Heart patient discharged from UMC Ljubljana using the Freedom Portable Drive from SynCardia. JANUARY 26, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia selected as finalist for the 2012 MEDTEC Europe Innovation Awards.
	JANUARY 24, 2012 \| DESERET NEWS Tips for successfully securing investment money from the CEO of TechMediaNetwork.

Lost Amid The Hoopla – A Great Day for Isaac Saldana

2012-01-19T19:27:46Z

On Tuesday, SendGrid announced that they have raised a $21 million growth round of capital led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Having led the seed round of funding for SendGrid, this was obviously gratifying for us here at Highway 12 Ventures and was another in a long list of validation points that SendGrid is on its way to fulfilling their vision of become the premier email infrastructure company in the world. However, as I perused all the press stories and social media comments over the last couple of days, I realized that lost amid the hoopla was the story of one man’s vision of making email a better tool for all of us.

In early June of 2009 my partner George and I spent a day in the TechStars bunker, meeting with all the founder teams who were embarking on the 12-week gauntlet that would be the 2009 Boulder TechStars class. It was one a hell of a group of entrepreneurs (as evidenced by their continued success – nine of ten of those seed stage companies are still in business 2 1/2 years later and they’ve collectively raised close to $50 million in financing among them). Important companies like Next Big Sound, Graphic.ly, Everlater and more were part of that tremendous class.

When George and I left that evening, I remember sitting over a beer with him and discussing the great teams we met that day. While we were genuinely impressed with so many of the founders (we issued 3 terms sheets to graduates from that class and also invested in Everlater), we were both very moved that day by our meeting with SendGrid, particularly the vision of a young man that I’ve grown very fond of, Isaac Saldana. At that time, there were many pundits (and still are) saying that because of its limitations and inefficiencies, email would be usurped as our primary communications platform. Isaac was resolute that email was not only here to stay, but that it was going to become an even bigger part of our lives. He articulated a vision to us of how to make that a better experience for everyone.

Isaac Saldana

We met with Isaac and his co-founders Tim and Jose a number of times that summer and were impressed with the product advancement and early-customer adoption. We issued a term-sheet to the team shortly after Demo Day in August and led a $750,000 seed round of financing which included a number of prominent angel investors, most notably David Cohen, co-founder and CEO of TechStars.

My memory of the early days at Sendgrid is filled with lots of conversations between Isaac, David and I (the only board members at the time). I look back on it as one of the most gratifying chapters in my career as an investor. The three of us talked often about the myriad challenges that all startups faced. Isaac was a sponge and did a fantastic job of handling difficult situations that he had never encountered before. David and I were candid with Isaac about our feeling that at some point it probably made sense to recruit an experienced CEO so Isaac could focus all of his energy on the product and his vision. Isaac agreed with us but felt strongly that he needed to lead the company until he felt it was right time. David and I would regularly check in with Isaac to see how he was handling the mounting workload and he was honest with his feedback. Looking back, it was perhaps the healthiest ongoing dialogue I’ve been involved in surrounding such a sensitive subject.

Unless you’re involved in very early-stage startups, you don’t know that behind the scenes every day is a flying fire-drill and SendGrid was no exception. One thing was never affected though and that was sales. From the day we invested until today, SendGrid has grown at a double-digit pace, every single month. With massive growth like that comes huge pressure on a small team; customer support, engineering and product advancement, contracts, office space, corporate partner & investor interest and a hundred other things. All of that ultimately falls on the shoulders of the CEO and by late 2010 Isaac acknowledged that he was ready to bring in help. After we turned down an early acquisition offer and brought on a fantastic investment partner in Foundry Group (when Ryan McIntyre joined our board), we ran a very thorough process and were lucky enough to land someone as amazing as Jim Franklin as our CEO.

The rest as they say, is history. SendGrid continues its meteoric rise and Jim & Isaac spend their time leading the company towards Isaac’s vision. They have the best CEO-Founder relationship I’ve ever seen and the company’s fantastic culture is a direct result of that very healthy relationship. After being pursued by the most notable venture firms in the country , we choose Bessemer Venture Partners as our growth capital partner and are excited to have Byron Deeter join our board. While SendGrid is now a large and very important company, this week’s news has spurred me to reflect fondly on its humble beginnings and give credit to Isaac Saldana for leading us all to this point.

A Successful Pivot

2012-01-13T16:49:53Z

I vividly recall a night in September 2008. I was having a beer with Pete Gombert, CEO of Balihoo, one of our portfolio companies. We were celebrating the recent stretch of good fortune that the company was enjoying. The company was on the verge of closing multi-million dollar relationships with a couple of the largest advertising agencies in the world and some of the best known venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston were drafting term sheets to invest in the company at lofty valuations. Times were good.

Over the next week or so, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the government took over Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, and panic set in as the Dow plummeted. Just a few short weeks after we toasted the good times, Balihoo was faced with being “toast.” Multi-million dollar deals? Gone. Term Sheets? Vanished. Remember Sequoia’s “RIP Good Times?” Pete and his management team were left looking into a “start-up abyss.”

When we invested in the Company two years earlier, Balihoo’s focus was on becoming the standard platform for the buying and selling of media for advertising agencies and property owners across all mediums. At the same time, the company’s talented engineering group (led by Paul Price, Balihoo’s brilliant Chief Architect) had been working behind the scenes on a platform designed specifically for local affiliates of national brands. This platform allows affiliates to customize their marketing efforts for local markets while ensuring the national franchise’s brand integrity.

Shortly after the nuclear meltdown and a few weeks of some serious late night strategy sessions, Pete and his management team decided to completely change the direction of the company. They realized that market conditions wouldn’t allow them to succeed for far too long a time for a startup. They emerged convinced that their local marketing automation platform solved an enormous pain point for customers and built a thoughtful go-to-market plan on how to attack it. Less than one quarter after the the bombs dropped, the company completely abandoned their product suite and bet their future on Local Marketing Automation.

Today, Balihoo is the premier provider of local marketing automation technology and services for national brands with local marketing needs. Their software enables enterprise-class marketing at the local level and gives brands full visibility into all their local marketing activities and results. Balihoo allows brands to dramatically reduce their marketing expenses and immediately increase local sales revenue. For local affiliates, Balihoo takes the complexity out of local marketing—making it easy to quickly implement an expert, integrated marketing strategy that is consistent with the national brand.

Yesterday, Balihoo announced a $5 million dollar financing to help fuel their tremendous (triple digit) growth over the last couple of years. For me, the announcement was less about the capital than a confirmation of the successful completion of a 180 degree turnaround for the company. The Balihoo we invested in doesn’t exist anymore. Thanks to Pete’s courage and foresight, the Balihoo that’s emerged is one with a more reliable business model and a far greater market opportunity. Having a terrific investment partner in Openview Venture Partners and their unique Labs has given the company the capital and support to become a very important software company.

I’m incredibly proud of everyone at Balihoo. Shane, Andrew, Matt, Paul, Ron, Frank and especially Pete comprise one of the most dedicated and hard-working management teams I’ve ever had the privilege to work with and I’m excited to see the future unfold for them. Seeing this company grow and thrive right here in Boise makes it all the sweeter.

Portfolio News | December 2011

2012-01-05T21:15:49Z

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	DECEMBER 21, 2011 \| EVDO INFO CradlePoint helps North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
	DECEMBER 26, 2011 \| IDAHO PRESS TRIBUNE Eat, drink and be merry: Idaho’s agritourism industry takes off thanks to services like Everlater.
	DECEMBER 14, 2011 \| RISMEDIA How Goomzee’s mobile tech platform is generating interest among today’s buyers.
	DECEMBER 8, 2011 \| WALL STREET JOURNAL Lendio becomes an integral partner with Startup America and the White House. DECEMBER 13, 2011 \| PRWEB Lendio joins Startup America Partnership; estimates $54M in savings for startups.
	DECEMBER 5, 2011 \| PRWEB Lijit’s new advertiser insights help publishers better monetize their website. DECEMBER 6, 2011 \| SOURCEWIRE WorePress.com launches new advertising by partnering with Federated Media
	DECEMBER 8, 2011 \| MARKET WATCH OpenLogic CloudSwing leverages new relic to monitor application performance across applications, stacks and clouds. DECEMBER 28, 2011 \| TALKIN CLOUD Rackspace Cloud adds OpenLogic CloudSwing PaaS to lineup.
	DECEMBER 2, 2011 \| DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL Sphero rolling out as orders for robotic ball tumble in. DECEMBER 9, 2011 \| ENGADGET Sphero experiences high demand. DECEMBER 19, 2011 \| ENGADGET Orbotix Sphero full review. DECEMBER 19, 2011 \| WIRED.COM The Shape of things to come: Sphero from Orbotix. DECEMBER 21, 2011 \| NEW YORK TIMES A bundle of potential in a ball called Sphero.
	DECEMBER 5, 2011 \| MARKET WATCH Rebit PC software components help protect Carbonite users.
	DECEMBER 8, 2011 \| PR NEWSWIRE Forbes names SynCardia one of “America’s most promising companies.” DECEMBER 15, 2011 \| MARKETWIRE SynCardia Total Artificial Heart recipient heads home for the holidays with new donor heart and kidney. DECEMBER 20, 2011 \| CHRON.COM SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient looking ahead to the future. DECEMBER 29, 2011 \| FAST COMPANY SynCardia featured in Fast Company.

Portfolio News | November 2011

2011-12-05T23:32:23Z

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	NOVEMBER 20, 2011 \| WOODWORKING Masco Cabinetry becomes one of first to add localized web app.
	NOVEMBER 10, 2011 \| COURIER-JOURNAL.COM Backing up your internet service with CradlePoint.
	NOVEMBER 3, 2011 \| PRWEB Lendio adds 40 banks, offers local business loans to 70% of the U.S. NOVEMBER 8, 2011 \| WALL STREET JOURNAL Lendio makes business loans matching service free. NOVEMBER 8, 2011 \| MSNBC Lendio makes business loan matching service free. NOVEMBER 10, 2011 \| FINOVATE CNNMoney highlights Lendio. NOVEMBER 10, 2011 \| CNNMoney Meet the small business loan matchmaker, Lendio. NOVEMBER 16, 2011 \| TECHROCKIES Lendio offers scholarships to students.
	NOVEMBER 16, 2011 \| PR NEWSWIRE Federated Media Publishing becomes the 24th most visited web property in November 2011. NOVEMBER 22, 2011 \| WALL STREET JOURNAL Federated Media independent publishers share their insight on trends for the holidays. NOVEMBER 29, 2011 \| BUSINESSWIRE Federated Media Publishing introduces DailyBuzz Tech and DailyBuzz.com. NOVEMBER 29, 2011 \| CNET WordPress.com to let bloggers earn money through ads. NOVEMBER 30, 2011 \| SEARCH ENGINE WATCH WordPress launches WordAds, powered by Federated Media’s recent acquisition of Lijit.
	NOVEMBER 9, 2011 \| MILITARYAEROSPACE.COM Max-Viz donation lets Kansas State avionics students learn latest technology.
	NOVEMBER 10, 2011 \| WALL STREET JOURNAL OpenLogic survey shows 73% of Android developers uncertain about open source license compliance.
	NOVEMBER 2011 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Orbotix named one of the 20 best new startups of 2011. NOVEMBER 12, 2011 \| CNET Sphero lets you have a ball with your smart phone. NOVEMBER 22, 2011 \| DIGITAL TRENDS Sphero robo-ball: the smart ball you control with your smartphone. NOVEMBER 2011 \| DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL Sphero rolling out as order for robotic ball tumble in.
	NOVEMBER 17, 2011 \| WEBWIRE Rebit 5 PC backup/recovery enhances Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 Booster Edition.
	NOVEMBER 14, 2011 \| READ WRITE WEB ReadWriteWeb names SendGrid as one of 10 cloud services you should be using. NOVEMBER 16, 2011 \| MASHABLE Mashable ranks SendGrid among the top 6 tools for profit and non-profits. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 \| BOULDER REPORT SendGrid passes 20 billion emails sent.
	NOVEMBER 9, 2011 \| LA TIMES SynCardia’s Total Artificial Heart offers a real chance. NOVEMBER 10, 2011 \| PRWEB First findings on exercise performance with SynCardia’s Total Artificial Heart featured as cover article in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. NOVEMBER 16, 2011 \| WALL STREET JOURNAL USC discharges 1st Total Artificial Heart patient on the West Coast using SynCardia Freedom Portable Driver. NOVEMBER 30, 2011 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia forms European entity to address growing demand for world’s only approved Total Artificial Heart.
	NOVEMBER 2, 2011 \| YAHOO! TechMediaNetwork content featured on Livestand from Yahoo! app for iPad.

Portfolio News | October 2011

2011-11-07T22:45:19Z

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	OCTOBER 4, 2011 \| PRWEB Pearle Vision selects Balihoo for Local Marketing Automation. OCTOBER 24, 2011 \| OPENVIEW PARTNERS Is Your Sales Team Distracted by Shiny Objects?
	OCTOBER 26, 2011 \| YAHOO! Daz3D ships Victoria 5 – the First Genesis Figure.
	OCTOBER 6, 2011 \| RISMEDIA 15,000 Realtors go mobile with Goomzee.
	OCTOBER 26, 2011 \| CMI Win at content marketing by building your influencer community.
	OCTOBER 5, 2011 \| PROSPER Lendio and Prosper.com bring personal loans, affordable capital to small businesses. OCTOBER 6, 2011 \| NY ENTERPRISE REPORT How to find the right financing for your business. OCTOBER 7, 2011 \| PRWEB Lendio named the fastest growing company in Utah. OCTOBER 12, 2011 \| PRWEB Lendio reveals state of business financing in new infographic. OCTOBER 26, 2011 \| NY TIMES When should a small business hire a finance chief?
	OCTOBER 19, 2011 \| ADWEEK.COM Federated expands long tail ad empire to WordPress – 24M bloggers can opt-in to ad network. OCTOBER 25, 2011 \| YAHOO! Lijit continues to see explosive growth in its publisher network.
	OCTOBER 2011 \| ROTOR.COM Max-Viz launches new website and video.
	OCTOBER 26, 2011 \| OSTATIC.COM On Governing open source, and staying on the right side of the law. OCTOBER 27, 2011 \| PCWORLD OpenLogic’s PaaS to support many languages. OCTOBER 31, 2011 \| SERVERWATCH.COM OpenLogic CloudSwing PaaS track costs.
	OCTOBER 27, 2011 \| MACLEANS.CA Robot balls: you don’t need them, but you know you want them. OCTOBER 2011 \| SINGULARITY HUB Sphero, the $130 robot ball that’s also a video game, rolls out in December. OCTOBER 2011 \| YAHOO! Sphero opens pre-orders to ship in December.
	OCTOBER 3, 2011 \| PR NEWSWIRE PC Magazine names Rebit 5 Editors’ Choice.
	OCTOBER 25, 2011 \| MARKETING SHERPA Word-of-mouth: email tactics power referral program with 111% ROI.
	OCTOBER 18, 2011 \| MARKETWATCH AZBio names SynCardia “Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year.” OCTOBER 27, 2011 \| PRWEB SynCardia Total Artifical Heart patient marks 1 year of life at home with Freedom Portable Driver. OCTOBER 29, 2011 \| GUARDIAN First man with a SynCardia Total Artificial Heart in the UK. OCTOBER 2011 \| PR NEWSWIRE A heart for Jordan Merecka: Texas Children’s Hospital’s first Total Artificial Heart patient receives gift of a donor heart.
	OCTOBER 18, 2011 \| MARKETWATCH TechMediaNetwork appoints NextG Exec Randy Bambrough as new CFO. OCTOBER 22, 2011 \| STANDARD-EXAMINER TechMediaNetwork CEO says the publisher is planning to double workforce in Ogden, Utah.
	OCTOBER 12, 2011 \| MARKET WIRE Hartela standardizes on VICO Software for virtual construction.

	APRIL 2, 2012 \| BUSINESS WIRE Brent Rasmussen joins Balihoo’s Board of Directors.
	APRIL 2, 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint to participate in 2012 RAMP Conference. APRIL 30, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH CradlePoint among those to be featured at Interop Las Vegas 2012. APRIL 30, 2012 \| VIRTUAL STRATEGY CradlePoint announces availability of highly anticipated embedded 4G LTE router.
	APRIL 24, 2012 \| YAHOO! Daz3D unveils Michael 5, the most accurate male 3D model ever.
	APRIL 2, 2012 \| CHRON Author explains how companies can run lean on Lendio.com Radio. APRIL 6, 2012 \| SALON TODAY Lendio helps business find financing from both traditional and alternatives lenders. APRIL 23, 2012 \| CNBC Why small businesses struggle to secure financing. APRIL 23, 2012 \| GRINDTSONE Is this the best office dress code ever?
	APRIL 16, 2012 \| PRWEB Lijit named #4 in “THe Denver Post Top Workplaces” listing. APRIL 24, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE Federated Media ranks as 17th most visited U.S. website according to latest comScore report.
	APRIL 23, 2012 \| INSURANCE NEWS Aggressive Aviation Insurance partners with Max-Viz.
	APRIL 20, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH OpenLogic announces availability of pre-configured and custom stacks in Amazon Marketplace.
	APRIL 13, 2012 \| SIGNAL NEWS Sphero, the ball you control from a tablet or smartphone. APRIL 25, 2012 \| COLORADO DAILY Obama takes Sphero for a ride, gives Boulder company a boost. APRIL 25, 2012 \| NEWS.COM.AU Sphero named a must-have gadget. APRIL 25, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Getting PResident Obama to play with your product. APRIL 26, 2012 \| OBSERVER.COM New startup marketing strategy: get President Obama to play with your ball. APRIL 26, 2012 \| DENVER POST Obama takes Boulder startup Orbotix’s sphere for a quick spin. APRIL 30, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Hack a Sphero in Boulder – win $5,000.
	APRIL 9, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SendGrid partners with Rackspace and Softlayer among others.
	APRIL 10, 2012 \| STARTRIBUNE New artificial hearth lets patients leave hospital APRIL 11, 2012 \| DEMOCRAT CHRONICLE Strong implants SynCardia Total Artificial Heart into ex-Rochester American. APRIL 12, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia’s Total Artificial Hearth receives HUD designation for destination therapy from FDA. APRIL 12, 2012 \| MPR NEWS Man receives first artificial and portable heart in Minnesota. APRIL 16, 2012 \| MEDGADGET SynCardia Total Artificial Heart receives FDA Humanitarians Use Device designation from destination therapy. APRIl 19, 2012 \| CAMPUS TIMES URMC implants first artificial heart in upstate region. APRIL 20, 2012 \| ABC Young couple finds love through heart transplants. APRIl 26, 2012 \| SACRAMENTO BEE Retired pro hockey player 1st to receive Total Artificial Heart in upstate New York. APRIL 30, 2012 \| JERUSALEM POST First full artificial heart transplant in Israel.
	APRIL 16, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Jerry Ropelato, TechMediaNetwork, named CEO of the year by the Utah Technology Council.

	MARCH 13, 2012 \| PRWEB Dr. Gary McClain signs on as “Ask an Expert” on Depression Connect Site of Alliance Health.”
	MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Balihoo CEO Pete Gombert speaking at ILM East 2012.
	MARCH 8, 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint eyes overseas expansion and broader carrier engagement with hire of telecom industry leader.
	MARCH 14, 2012 \| BUSINESS WIRE New 3D Model Pro Suite that works with Adobe Photoshop from Daz3D. MARCH 28, 2012 \| SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Utah company counts on big giveaway to boost bottom line.
	MARCH 27, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH GutCheck changes online market research community landscape with instant consumer insights from Facebook, Twitter and Google+. MARCH 30, 2012 \| BRAND CHANNEL GutCheck launches instant research communities.
	MARCH 14, 2012 \| BUSINESS 2 COMMUNITY Delivering “real customer value”: where B2B content marketers are headed in 2012.
	MARCH 15, 2012 \| NY REPORT Removing the personal credit score from small business lending. MARCH 29, 2012 \| CHRON.COM Lendio announces that Humaneyezed gets funding offers in minutes.
	MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH comScore names Federated Media to the top 50 U.S. web properties in February 2012.
	MARCH 19, 2012 \| IT WORLD OpenLogic provides valuable data to help determine software compliance. MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH OpenLogic updates Open Source License Compliance Management Solution.
	MARCH 9, 2012 \| LAPTOP MAG Review of the Sphero. MARCH 19, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Sphero learned how to drive a car! MARCH 19, 2012 \| TECHROCKIES Sphero: toy car driving robot. MARCH 20, 2012 \| MACWORLD Orbotix featured in MacWorld. MARCH 30, 2012 \| TECHROCKIES Sphero goes international, launches new apps.
	MARCH 6, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE Sentara Heart Hospital offers Total Artificial Heart. MARCH 8, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia names new Chief Operating Officer. MARCH 15, 2012 \| MARKETWIRE 1st Total Artificial Heart patient discharged home from Sentara Heart Hospital. MARCH 16, 2012 \| 10NEWS.COM Poway woman receives rare artificial heart. MARCH 21, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH University of Kentucky Medical Center discharges state’s 1st Syncardia Total Artificial Heart patient. MARCH 26, 2012 \| WALLSTREETDAILY Heart transplants of the future won’t require a pulse. MARCH 29, 2012 \| SEATTLE PI SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient at University of Washington Medical Center is1st in pacific Northwest to be discharged.
	MARCH 15, 2012 \| BILLBOARD.BIZ Topspin’s new partnership with MTV’s Artists.MTV Music Hub will significantly expand Topspin’s footprint. MARCH 15, 2012 \| MTV MTV to launch Artists.MTV Music Hu with Topspin. MARCH 15, 2012 \| LOS ANGELES TIMES SXSW 2012: MTV’s new plan to dominate online music. MARCH 15, 2012 \| NEW YORK TIMES Digital Notes: MTV.com sees an opening as MySpace fades away – Topspin helps make vision a reality. MARCH 25, 2012 \| NEW YORK TIMES Topspin brings an open-source ethos to bands. MARCH 2012 \| HYPEBOT.COM YouTube adds Topspin platform.

	FEBRUARY 1, 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint selected to drive discussions at leading M2M Evolution Conference
	FEBRUARY 21, 2012 \| GOOMZEE Goomzee unveils exclusive property management solution.
	FEBRUARY 28, 2012 \| AD AGE DIGITAL Kapost delivers “real” content marketing.
	FEBRUARY 22, 2012 \| eWEEK.COM OpenLogic’s CloudSwing PaaS supports high-volume cloud apps. FEBRUARY 29, 2012 \| SEARCH MANAGEMENT DATA Hadoop connector software hitched DBs to ‘big data’ clusters and is used by OpenLogic.
	FEBRUARY 2012 \| TECHNOLOGY REVIEW Orbotix, the toy ball that moves under the command of your smart phone. FEBRUARY 24, 2012 \| CHIPCHICK Sphero can finally be yours.
	FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Rebit featured at Venture Capital in the Rockies Conference.
	FEBRUARY 15, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient receives donor heart 15 years after decision to donate wife’s organs. FEBRUARY 21, 2012 \| ULTIMATE BELLAIRE Texas Children’s Hospital uses Freedom Portable Driver from SynCardia. FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH 1,000th implant of the world’s only approved Total Artificial Heart performed. FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| BRADENTON.COM Pittsburgh surgeons implant new Total Artificial Heart from SynCardia. FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| MSNBC Pittsburgh hospital implants Total Artificial Heart from SynCardia.

	JANUARY 31, 2012 \| MEDGADGET Alliance Health featured in medGadget.
	JANUARY 12, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Balihoo secures $5 million in new funding to fuel business expansion and continue record growth. JANUARY 24, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Balihoo releases top-10 local marketing trends, forecasts successful strategies in 2012.
	JANUARY 10, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH CradlePoint connects all solution providers in Verizon booth at 2012 CES. JAN 16, 2012 \| SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE CradlePoint defines wireless connectivity standard in retail sector with new “4G” enabled solution. JANUARY 2012 \| PRWEB CradlePoint selected to drive discussions at leading M2M Evolution Conference.
	JANUARY 2012 \| BUSINESSWIRE Free 3D software including 3D animation software from DAZ3D.com.
	JANUARY 12, 2012 \| ADAGE.COM Kapost gets $1.5 million infusion, bets on content-marketing services. JANUARY 30, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Online Marketing Summit 2012 highlights exhibitors, including Kapost.
	JANUARY 10, 2012 \| PRWEB Lendio announces 12 best ways to get business financing in 2012. JANUARY 10, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH OnDeck Capital launches API giving direct access to the leading small business lending platform, Lendio. JANUARY 22, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER 8 ways to finance your startup with debt. JANUARY 31, 2012 \| PRWEB Lendio adds former entrepreneur of the year to board of directors.
	JANUARY 25, 2012 \| COMSCORE Federated Media joins the top 20 U.S. web properties in December 2011. JANUARY 2012 \| MARKETWATCH Federated Media Publishing and Zemanta Partner to bring content marketing to all publishers and brands.
	JANUARY 19, 2012 \| BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE Air-ambulance company opens for business outfitted with Max-Viz cameras. JANUARY 19, 2012 \| ROTOR.COM Max-Viz and Helijet announce new installations.
	JANUARY 9, 2012 \| EWEEK.COM OpenLogic ranks top ten open-source projects of 2011.
	JANUARY 10, 2012 \| CONSUMER REPORTS CES 2012 video: Orbotix Sphero robotic ball playfully rolls on to mobile devices. JANUARY 13, 2012 \| ROBOT REVIEWS Sphero robotic ball from Orbotix hands on at CES JANUARY 24, 2012 \| CORE77 Sphero reinvents the ball, bridges virtual and physical gaming. JANUARY 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER Here’s what’s next for Sphero, the robotic ball you control with your smartphone.
	JANUARY 12, 2012 \| HOSTINGNEWS.COM SendGrid and Standing Cloud team up. JANUARY 17, 2012 \| TECHCRUNCH Bessemer leads $21M round in cloud-based email delivery and management service SendGrid. JANUARY 17, 2012 \| BUSINESS INSIDER SendGrid sends 2.6 billion monthly emails and it just raised $21 million.
	JANUARY 11, 2012 \| YAHOO! “Heart-less” politician goes from short-term survival to 5th term in office with SynCardia Total Artificial Heart. JANUARY 19, 2012 \| PR NEWSWIRE Slovenia’s 1st Total Artificial Heart patient discharged from UMC Ljubljana using the Freedom Portable Drive from SynCardia. JANUARY 26, 2012 \| MARKETWATCH SynCardia selected as finalist for the 2012 MEDTEC Europe Innovation Awards.
	JANUARY 24, 2012 \| DESERET NEWS Tips for successfully securing investment money from the CEO of TechMediaNetwork.

	DECEMBER 21, 2011 \| EVDO INFO CradlePoint helps North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
	DECEMBER 26, 2011 \| IDAHO PRESS TRIBUNE Eat, drink and be merry: Idaho’s agritourism industry takes off thanks to services like Everlater.
	DECEMBER 14, 2011 \| RISMEDIA How Goomzee’s mobile tech platform is generating interest among today’s buyers.
	DECEMBER 8, 2011 \| WALL STREET JOURNAL Lendio becomes an integral partner with Startup America and the White House. DECEMBER 13, 2011 \| PRWEB Lendio joins Startup America Partnership; estimates $54M in savings for startups.
	DECEMBER 5, 2011 \| PRWEB Lijit’s new advertiser insights help publishers better monetize their website. DECEMBER 6, 2011 \| SOURCEWIRE WorePress.com launches new advertising by partnering with Federated Media
	DECEMBER 8, 2011 \| MARKET WATCH OpenLogic CloudSwing leverages new relic to monitor application performance across applications, stacks and clouds. DECEMBER 28, 2011 \| TALKIN CLOUD Rackspace Cloud adds OpenLogic CloudSwing PaaS to lineup.
	DECEMBER 2, 2011 \| DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL Sphero rolling out as orders for robotic ball tumble in. DECEMBER 9, 2011 \| ENGADGET Sphero experiences high demand. DECEMBER 19, 2011 \| ENGADGET Orbotix Sphero full review. DECEMBER 19, 2011 \| WIRED.COM The Shape of things to come: Sphero from Orbotix. DECEMBER 21, 2011 \| NEW YORK TIMES A bundle of potential in a ball called Sphero.
	DECEMBER 5, 2011 \| MARKET WATCH Rebit PC software components help protect Carbonite users.
	DECEMBER 8, 2011 \| PR NEWSWIRE Forbes names SynCardia one of “America’s most promising companies.” DECEMBER 15, 2011 \| MARKETWIRE SynCardia Total Artificial Heart recipient heads home for the holidays with new donor heart and kidney. DECEMBER 20, 2011 \| CHRON.COM SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient looking ahead to the future. DECEMBER 29, 2011 \| FAST COMPANY SynCardia featured in Fast Company.