============================================ NEW ENGLAND TECH WIRE -- Sept. 2, 2010 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.newenglandtechwire.com o Autodesk Leads $6 Million Investment Round for Burlington-based Vela Systems o Denmark-based CLC bio Targeting Americas, Hiring in Cambridge o Lincoln-based Exoprise Raises $1 Million o AOL Extends, Expands Search Partnership with Google o Briefly Noted: NEXX Systems, Analogic, Comverse _____________________________________________ JOB LISTINGS (full listings at bottom of newsletter): --Financial Analyst - Boston --Business Development Associate – Boston. 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Founded in 2005, combines mobile technologies at the point of construction with reporting for management, eliminating the need to carry pads of paper and tubes of drawings on the jobsite. Users work with Vela software on mobile devices like the iPad and Tablet-PCs to access construction documents and to complete inspections, worklists, punchlists, and commissioning. Home office teams and management use Vela software with the internet to oversee quality and safety programs, coordinate among trades, and connect field information for facility management. Commonwealth Capital Ventures and GrandBanks Capital also invested in Vela’s latest venture capital round. http://www.velasystems.com _____________________________________________ o Denmark-based CLC bio Targeting Americas, Hiring in Cambridge Cambridge, Mass. -- CLC bio, a Denmark-based provider of gene sequence analysis technology, announced on Thursday that it has opened and office in Cambridge, part of its new strategy of targeting the North and South American markets. The company said it has already hired several people in Cambridge and is looking to add additional members to its team here, which will be the home base for the company's sales, marketing and support operations in the Americas. CLC bio North America opened its operations in 2006 and has since achieved “staggering growth every year,” according to the company. CLC offers gene sequence technology for researchers at universities, hospitals, biotech companies, and pharmaceutical companies. http://www.clcbio.com/about _____________________________________________ o Lincoln-based Exoprise Raises $1 Million Lincoln, Mass. – Exoprise, a privately held, Lincoln-based provider of technology that supports software-as-a-service applications and other cloud based technologies, has raised $1 million, according to a new filing by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Exoprise helps companies to assess and transition from their existing on-premise applications and infrastructure to cloud-based infrastructure and systems. The company was founded last October. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1500356/000150035610000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml http://www.exoprise.com/ _____________________________________________ o AOL Extends, Expands Search Partnership with Google New York - AOL on Thursday said it has renewed and expanded its search deal with Google, continuing a partnership that began in 2002. Under the new five-year agreement, Google will continue to provide search services to AOL's content network and properties, in exchange for a revenue-sharing arrangement. The deal also will be expanded to include mobile search and YouTube. "We have tried to make a deal that has 100% alignment on what we each do best," Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, told the blog All Things D. "At the end of the day, Google checked all the boxes." The previous deal between the companies had been set to expire in December. http://tinyurl.com/284oanf _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Billerica, Mass.) NEXX Systems, a Billerica-based provider of technology for multi-layer sputter deposition of metals and for high throughput electro-deposition of metals, has named Augustine Teo as its general manager for the Singapore region. Teo comes to NEXX after working at Novellus Systems for ten years as the process manager for Southeast Asia and more recently, as the IBM-Alliance program manager in East Fishkill, N.Y. http://www.nexxsystems.com (Peabody, Mass.) Analogic, a Peabody-based provider of medical imaging and aviation security technology, has named Bernard Bailey to its board of directors. Bailey is currently president, CEO, and founder of Paraquis Solutions, , a provider of consulting services to small- and medium-size companies in the areas of strategy, change transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. http://www.analogic.com (Wakefield, Mass.) Comverse, a Wakefield-based provider of software for the telecommunications industry, on Thursday announced the finalists in its Fifth Annual Innovation Award program for telecom operators. Details available at the link below. http://www.comverse.com/press_releases.aspx?newsId=2105 =================================================== Job Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.newenglandtechwire.com 9,000 subscribers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day - $300 > Financial Analyst - Boston One of the areas largest and most prestigious Private Equity Firms is seeking a strong Financial Analyst to join their team. 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