Bay Area Tech Wire - Nov. 21

========================================== BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 21, 2017 ========================================== Sponsored By: Baird - A Global Leader in Technology Banking o Francisco Partners Closes New $4 Billion Technology Fund o FCC Set to Roll Back Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules o San Francisco-Based Sendwithus Raises $5 Million in First Round o Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T Acquisition of Time Warner > Baird - A Global Leader in Technology Banking o Briefly Noted: Symphony Ventures. Super Micro Computer - Nasdaq _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Doing Business With DoD and The INTEL Community - Nov. 28 --Intellectual Property Services / Patent Applications Drafted --Baird - A Global Technology Investment Banking Full Job, Event, Marketplace and Services Descriptions Below in Classified Ad Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad at: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Francisco Partners Closes New $4 Billion Technology Fund San Francisco -- Francisco Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in technology businesses, said it has closed a new fund worth nearly $4 billion -- its largest to date. The firm, which now has raised over $14 billion in committed capital since its inception 18 years ago, said Francisco Partners V will continue its strategy of partnering with management teams and investing in companies across the technology ecosystem. "The technology market continues to undergo substantial change creating tremendous opportunities for both incumbents and those creating disruption," said Dipanjan "DJ" Deb, Francisco's co-founder and CEO. Recent FP investments include a partnership with Ericsson through iconectiv, the acquisition of Quest and SonicWALL through the carve-out of Dell Software Group, partnering with health insurance companies with the first outside capital in Availity, and investing in dozens of founder-backed technology companies, including Dynamo and GoodRx. The firm has 45 investment professionals in San Francisco and London, and utilizes 12 operating partners through its relationship with Francisco Partners Consulting. https://www.franciscopartners.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171120005923/en/Francisco-Partners-Closes-FP-3.975-Billion  _____________________________________________ o FCC Set to Roll Back Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules Washington, DC -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday outlined plans to roll back Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, potentially allowing Internet companies to speed up websites that pay for faster service, and throttle those that don't. The Restoring Internet Freedom Order, drafted by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, is set to be voted on by the entire commission on Dec. 14. "For almost 20 years, the Internet thrived under the light-touch regulatory approach established by President Clinton and a Republican Congress," wrote Pai. "But in 2015, the prior FCC bowed to pressure from President Obama. On a party-line vote, it imposed heavy-handed, utility-style regulations upon the Internet. That decision was a mistake. It's depressed investment in building and expanding broadband networks and deterred innovation… Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet." Instead, Pai said the FCC would only require that Internet service providers be transparent about their practices so that consumers can buy the service plans that beast suit their needs. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) once again would be able to police ISPs, as it did before 2015. Pai vowed to publicly release his full proposal on Wednesday. https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-restore-internet-freedom  _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Sendwithus Raises $5 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Sendwithus, the San Francisco-based developer of a communications management platform that lets organizations streamline their email creation process, said on Tuesday it has raised $5 million in its first round of funding, led by BlueRun Ventures. Initialized Capital and acequía capital also participated, along with previous backers Baseline Ventures, SV Angel, Maiden Lane, Y Combinator and Scott Banister. Cheryl Cheng, a general partner at BlueRun, has joined the company's board of directors. Four-year-old Sendwithus said it will use the proceeds to further expand its sales, marketing and engineering teams. "We are excited to partner with BlueRun Ventures, and to have Cheryl join our board and share her expertise as we look to take the company to the next level, building on the strong momentum we have created over the past four years," said co-founder and CEO Matt Harris. The company's product, designed to help clients deliver global, on-brand, targeted transactional emails, is utilized by companies such as Microsoft, Autodesk, Zillow and Blue Apron. http://www.sendwithus.com https://www.sendwithus.com/press-releases/11-21-17  _____________________________________________ o Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T Acquisition of Time Warner Washington, DC -- The Justice Department said late Monday it has filed suit to block AT&T's proposed $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner, citing a stifling of competition that would lead to higher prices for customers. According to the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the DOJ alleges that the combined company would use its control over Time Warner's networks -- such as TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network, HBO and Cinemax -- to force rivals into paying hundreds of millions of dollars more a year in distribution rights. The department also warned that the combined company would slow the industry's transition to new video distribution models that provide greater choice for consumers. "This merger would greatly harm American consumers," said Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general of the DOJ's antitrust division. "It would mean higher monthly television bills and fewer of the new, emerging innovative option that consumers are beginning to enjoy." In response, David McAtee II, AT&T's senior executive vice president and general counsel, called the suit "a radical and inexplicable departure from decades of antitrust precedent," adding that "vertical mergers like this one are routinely approved because they benefit consumers without removing any competitor from the market." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-challenges-attdirectv-s-acquisition-time-warner  http://about.att.com/story/att_statement_on_latest_developments_in_proposed_ acquisition_of_time_warner_inc.html  _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Baird - A Global Leader in Technology Banking Baird's Global Technology & Services Investment Banking team delivers insightful, value-added services and expertise to middle-market clients across a broad range of sector verticals. 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Launching in early 2018, Symphony Labs will explore burgeoning trends in business automation through experimentation and collaboration. http://info.symphonyhq.com/symphonylabs  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171121005164/en/Symphony-Ventures-Appoints-RPA-Industry-Veteran-Chris  (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Super Micro Computer, a developer of server, storage technology and green computing, said it has received notice from the Nasdaq that it has fallen out of compliance with a listing rule that requires the timely filing of reports with the SEC. The letter was sent in response to the company's delay in filing its quarterly report for the period ending Sept. 30 and annual report for the year ending June 30. 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