ITRA Global Report Makes the Case That Bio Tech Companies Should Consider Tucson, Arizona for Relocation or Expansion

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Tucson, Arizona (PRWEB) November 27, 2013

Tucson, Arizona should be on any bioscience or biotechnology company’s short list for relocation or expansion, according to a white paper issued by ITRA Global affiliate Commercial Real Estate Group of Tucson LLC.

The nine-page report, “The Bio Industry in Tucson, Arizona,” points out that several bioscience companies already thrive in the region, including Ventana Medical Systems, Sanofi and SynCardia Systems. It also mentions that Accelerate Diagnostics moved from Denver to Tucson in 2012.

“I was impressed from my first contacts with Pima County, the Tucson mayor’s office, the state of Arizona and the Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Office,” Accelerate President and CEO, Lawrence Mehren, is quoted as saying in the white paper. “We could tell this was a place that valued our businesses and wanted to help.”

“Proximity to large private enterprises in bioscience is only one of the reasons Tucson is a rising biotechnology star,” says Michael Coretz, principal of Commercial Real Estate Group of Tucson / ITRA Global. “Our city also boasts available venture capital, an encouraging spirit of entrepreneurship and a strong research community, including the University of Arizona’s Bio5 Institute.”

The availability of federal and state government funding and a highly skilled workforce are other reasons Tucson, the hub of Southern Arizona, should get prime consideration by biotechnology and bioscience firms, the report says.

Commercial Real Estate of Tucson is the Tucson Affiliate of ITRA Global and Michael Coretz is a site selection expert with indepth knowledge of biotech companies for local, regional and national clients. Specialized real estate needs for this industry are addressed in the white paper, which is available on the CREG of Tucson website.

ITRA Global is an organization of commercial real estate firms specializing in the representation of tenants and buyers of office, industrial, and retail facilities. It is one of the largest commercial real estate organizations devoted to representing corporate tenants and buyers. With coverage in major markets around the world, ITRA Global consists of seasoned professionals with an average of twenty years’ experience and is differentiated by its focus on advocacy for the corporate tenant and buyer. Clients benefit by having an experienced professional as their trusted advisor — conflict-free representation with total objectivity.

For more information about the white paper, contact Michael Coretz by telephone at +1.520.299.3400 or by email, michael(at)cretucson.com. For more information about ITRA Global, you may contact the Executive Director of the organization, Beth Wade at +1.706.654.3201.







TraceLink Wins 2013 Red Herring 100 Global Award for Life Sciences Cloud

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Wakefield, MA (PRWEB) November 22, 2013

TraceLink Inc., the leader in global pharmaceutical serialization, drug traceability and supply network performance solutions, announced today that it has been named winner of Red Herring’s 2013 Top 100 Global Award, recognizing the year’s most audacious and far reaching private technology companies and entrepreneurs from across the globe. TraceLink’s Life Sciences Cloud global application platform and global customer community of pharmaceutical industry innovators were key foundations for the award.

“Protecting patients from counterfeit drugs, improving access to safe, quality medicines and ensuring compliance with regulations like the Drug Quality and Security Act is our core mission,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. “We are honored that Red Herring recognized our efforts in building an innovative cloud application platform that helps Life Science executives think differently about their global supply chain networks, business processes and IT architectures to meet growing supply and demand challenges.”

The TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud global network platform, pharmaceutical track and trace solutions and supply network performance applications help pharmaceutical companies and their diverse supply network partners connect, share key business data and collaborate across supply, production and distribution operations. Market leaders, including four of the top-10 pharmaceutical companies, use the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud to:

    Comply with pharmaceutical serialization, product tracing and government reporting requirements for the US H.R. 3204 Drug Quality and Security Act, China, Brazil, Korea and other global drug track and trace regulations
    Build a supply chain control tower that improves speed across external supply activities, reduces risk across the production lifecycle and increases agility in meeting patient demand across diverse global markets
    Create a flexible global IT infrastructure that simplifies integration across thousands of supply relationships, improves control over billions of transactions and enables management of terabytes of transaction data through a single connection to the Life Sciences Cloud

Red Herring’s Top 100 Global list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across the globe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe TraceLink embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. TraceLink should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was the strongest it has ever been.”

The TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud platform is designed for and built upon Amazon AWS Cloud. This highly scalable and reliable design enables TraceLink to serve pharmaceutical companies, CMO/CPOs, wholesale distributors and pharmacies of all sizes, complexities and locations across the globe. Learn more at http://www.tracelink.com.

About TraceLink

TraceLink protects patients, enables health, grows profits and ensures compliance for companies across the global Life Sciences network through the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud. The TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud is an Amazon AWS-based cloud application platform which enables complete global connectivity, visibility and traceability of pharmaceuticals from raw materials to patient. A single point and click connection to the Life Sciences Cloud delivers the information, insight and collaboration needed to improve performance and reduce risk across global supply, manufacturing and distribution operations. Winner of numerous industry awards including the Amazon AWS Global Start-Up Challenge Grand Prize and the Edison Award for Innovation in Health Management, the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud is relied upon by businesses across the globe to meet strategic goals in ensuring global compliance, fighting drug counterfeiting, improving on-time and in-full delivery, protecting product quality and reducing operational cost. For more information on TraceLink and our solutions, visit http://www.tracelink.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

TraceLink is funded by FirstMark Capital. FirstMark Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Our mission is to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are changing the world by solving meaningful problems. We have built a deeply engaged community among the extraordinary teams in our network to spread ideas and opportunities. We are privileged to work alongside the founders of remarkable businesses like Pinterest, Lumosity, Aereo, TapAd, Shopify, Riot Games, and dozens more. Visit us in New York City or online at firstmarkcap.com and @FirstMarkCap.







Locality Expands Nationally to Deliver Comprehensive Local Services Information to Millions of Consumers in 10,000+ Cities

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 21, 2013

Locality (formerly Centzy), provider of the most useful, comprehensive search experience for local services, today announced its expansion into more than 10,000 U.S. cities. The company connects millions of consumers with the right local merchants for their needs. Whether it’s finding a stylist who can give great highlights before a big date or identifying the best spa nearby within a consumer’s budget, over 1.5 million people use Locality one or more times each month. Unlike other local search services that provide basic business listings and user reviews, Locality specializes in data that comes directly from merchants, such as their menu of services, pricing, and business hours, generating the most complete results available online covering 60 services in 15 categories.

As Locality continues to aggressively broaden its reach, the company announced that it has raised $ 4.3 million in Series A funding. Matrix Partners led the round and general partner Jared Fliesler has joined the company’s board of directors. Locality will use the funds to build out its platform in an ambitious effort to cover every service at every local business nationwide and develop new ways for consumers to easily connect to local merchants.

Locality’s vision is to build the most comprehensive marketplace for consumers to find, compare, and select local services. With Locality, local merchants are “always open” to answer the most commonly asked questions about their businesses. Locality aims to help merchants extend their reach and build a larger audience of high-intention consumers. Over time, Locality will make it even easier to search and discover new products and services, connecting potential customers with merchants and closing the loop on their purchases.

No One Covers Local Like Locality

Locality takes a radically different approach to local search. It is the only platform to provide a deep and normalized look at entire service categories within a searchable metro. 90% of Locality’s pricing, available services, and hours data is not available anywhere else online. For example, in a recent random sampling of 700 nail salons across the nation, Locality provided operating hours data for twice the number of nail salons as Google.

Locality’s proprietary data collection system ensures that all merchants within a defined area are included in searches and that all listings remain current. The company provides actionable information to millions of potential customers with strong purchase intent — people searching for specific services as part of their daily lives. For example, it’s 7pm and Bob is just finishing his workday. His regular cleaners closed at 5pm, but he really needs to find a next-day wash and fold. Bob can easily search on Locality for a quality, affordable dry cleaner nearby that offers this specific service and is still open. Locality gives consumers the best insight into all of their options.

“Locality does for local services what Kayak does for air travel. We show consumers every service that’s available around them in a way that makes it easy to find the right one for them,” said Jay Shek, co-founder and CEO of Locality. “Whether it’s finding the best yoga class in a new city or searching for a spontaneous mani-pedi near the office, Locality connects consumers to services for everyday life, giving them the power to find services wherever they are, whenever they need information.”

Act Locally, Grow Organically

Locality’s user base is growing rapidly and organically as consumers discover its value. Since its public launch last year, Locality traffic has grown over 10x as consumers use it in big cities and small towns all over the U.S. In fact, 75% of Locality’s traffic comes from outside the nation’s top 10 cities.

“Locality changes expectations of what local search can provide,” said Mr. Fliesler, Matrix general partner and former Square, Google and Slide executive. “Despite the number of companies competing in the local market, no one can do what Locality does and offer consumers this level of detail in local search. The unique and extensible data collection system that the team built allows Locality to scale and enter new markets at an unprecedented rate, and I can’t wait to help Jay and his team design incredible product offerings on that platform.”

“We are fortunate to receive such strong support from Matrix as a firm and from Jared in particular. Jared has great insight into how to build and market successful products in the local space from his time at Square,” added Mr. Shek. “His outstanding, relevant experience makes him the perfect fit to help us turn Locality into the ultimate local marketplace for consumers and merchants.”

To help accelerate growth, Locality is moving its headquarters to San Francisco. The company will maintain a satellite office in New York.

To find out how to join the Locality team in San Francisco or New York, please visit http://www.locality.com/team. To find the right local services for you, go to http://www.locality.com.

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About Locality

Founded in 2011, Locality has developed the industry’s most comprehensive local search experience, covering 60 different services available in more than 10,000 cities. Locality’s proprietary data collection system helps consumers find the information they seek to connect with merchants that best meet their needs. The company is funded by Matrix Partners, Lightbank, ffVC, Cowboy Ventures, and Founder Collective. It is based in San Francisco with offices in New York. To learn more, please visit http://www.locality.com.

About Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners is a premier venture capital firm that has generated outstanding returns for more than three decades. By focusing on early-stage investments and emphasizing long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, the firm has delivered several of the industry’s top performing funds of all time. Matrix Partners has offices in Cambridge, MA; Palo Alto, CA; Mumbai, India; and Beijing and Shanghai, China. Matrix Partners has invested in several game-changing, industry-leading businesses such as Apple Computer, Care.com, Gilt Groupe, HubSpot, JBoss, Netezza, Phone.com, Polyvore, Starent Networks, Sycamore Networks, Veritas, Zendesk, and Zong.







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Paul Coviello Joins U.S. Preventive Medicine Board of Directors

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Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) November 21, 2013

Paul J. Coviello, CFP of Philadelphia, PA has been elected to the Board of Directors of U.S. Preventive Medicine (http://www.uspm.com), headquartered in Northeast Florida. The announcement was made by Chairman of the Board, David Gee. Coviello is the Managing Partner of Linden Phull Growth Partners, LP. He has been managing venture capital and financial service funds for over twenty years.

“USPM is very pleased to have Paul Coviello as an addition to our board of directors,” stated Gee. “His experience in wealth management complements the wellness experience, clinical expertise and business acumen of other board members in representing USPM shareholders.”

U.S. Preventive Medicine has created a comprehensive clinical practice of preventive medicine with primary, secondary and tertiary prevention services. Primary prevention consists of a health risk assessment to determine a participant’s wellness and risk status. Secondary prevention addresses risk factors and signs of impending conditions to employ action plans that promote pragmatic behaviors and activities. Tertiary prevention employs initiatives using evidence-based guidelines for management of chronic conditions for individuals with a known condition to prevent incapacity or recurrences.

Gee explains, “The wellness programs of U.S. Preventive Medicine employ an evidence-based health assessment as well as biometric screening. Each member receives his or her own personal Prevention Score™. Technology then allows members to access their information on the web or on a mobile device. The systems used have created a very high level of participation among users.”

About Paul Coviello

Paul Coviello founded Linden Asset Management in 1992. He served there as CEO until early this year. Coviello is now Managing Partner of Linden Phull Growth Partners, LP. In 2001, he participated in the initial organization of Landmark Bank (LDKB) where he served on the Board of Directors for 10 years. He also served on the Board of Directors of National Holdings (NHLD) for three years.

Coviello earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in economics from Wilkes University. Later, he went on to attend the graduate economics program at the State University of New York, and completed the Harvard Business School’s private equity and venture capital program.

About U.S. Preventive Medicine

U.S. Preventive Medicine (USPM) is a privately held, global company headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. USPM is focused on improving the quality of life, saving lives, and reducing costs by providing individuals with a roadmap to better health. The Prevention Plan™ and Macaw Mobile Health Manager are innovative consumer-centered products delivered via the web and mobile devices – tablets and smartphones. Our approach focuses on consumer engagement and is based on the clinical science of preventive medicine.

USPM provides products and services that allow health risk-bearing entities including employers, health plans, providers, as well as consumers, to lower their health care costs by producing better outcomes. The company is accredited in wellness and health promotion by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and disease management by URAC.

Details – http://www.uspm.com







CapLinked Announces New Investors

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 21, 2013

CapLinked (https://caplinked.com), the cloud-based platform that makes business transactions simple and secure, announced today that it had closed investments from Subtraction Capital, FF Angel, 500 Startups, and other investors in a $ 1 million expansion round. CapLinked’s software-as-a-service product gives companies a powerful and customizable solution for managing complex, sensitive interactions such as asset sales, financings, and mergers.

The company previously announced the close of its Series A round in the first quarter this year, at which time it had raised $ 3 million in total financing. 500 Startups and FF Angel (an early-stage fund operated by Founders Fund) both previously invested in CapLinked, as did Jason Portnoy, the founding partner of Subtraction Capital.

“We believe that CapLinked’s flexible and user-friendly software has the potential to revolutionize collaboration on deals and sensitive projects,” said Founders Fund partner Peter Thiel. “Legacy software can’t provide businesses with the custom workflow enhancements they need, which creates a huge opportunity for technology innovators like CapLinked. Their next-generation deal management platform simplifies collaboration and speeds up the execution of complex business transactions.”

The financing announcement comes at a time that CapLinked continues to grow rapidly. Last week, the company announced that it had been selected by business-broker Sunbelt Network as the deal management platform for Sunbelt’s nearly 100 offices nationwide. Earlier this month, CapLinked announced several new financial services clients, including alternative investment firm Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. This builds on the momentum the company has displayed since exiting beta at the start of 2013. Previously disclosed clients include Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, NextView Ventures, Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, and Proprietary Capital.

Founded in 2010 by Eric M. Jackson (PayPal’s first U.S. marketing director) and Christopher Grey (a private equity executive), CapLinked enables its users to communicate and exchange data in a secure and confidential environment, complete with flexible permission controls and powerful activity reports. Its platform provides a modern and customizable alternative to the legacy technology of the 1990s – including virtual data rooms (VDRs), email, flash drives, and FTP – that are frequently used by businesses to manage deals and sensitive projects.

“As a new venture capital fund, we wanted to take advantage of the best tools on the market to help us run our business,” said Subtraction Capital partner Jason Portnoy, whose fund uses CapLinked to manage its investor communications. “CapLinked understands that optimizing the user experience is critical for software-as-a-service, and this vision has enabled them to build a powerful yet elegant platform. As funds, corporations, and banks seek out new tools to collaborate on transactions, CapLinked is poised to become the gold standard.”

About CapLinked

CapLinked is a cloud-based enterprise platform that accelerates the execution of sophisticated business transactions. CapLinked is used by companies for managing mergers, financings, asset sales, investor reporting, and due diligence. The company was founded in 2010 by Eric M. Jackson (PayPal’s first head of U.S. marketing and author of the award-winning book The PayPal Wars) and Christopher Grey (former senior private equity executive and managing director at a subsidiary of Emigrant Bank). Its investors include FF Angel, Subtraction Capital, 500 Startups, Hercules Growth Fund, and Peter Thiel (the cofounder of PayPal). The Wall Street Journal called CapLinked “the go-to place for setting up and closing deals,” and Inc. named CapLinked to its list of “5 Back-Office Tech Innovations.” The company is based in Los Angeles.

Contact Information

For more information or to arrange an interview with CapLinked CEO Eric M. Jackson, contact

Hilary Adams at Hilary(at)hcapr(dot)com.







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Housecall, a New App for iOS that Connects Users with Trusted Home Service Professionals, Launches in San Diego

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SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) November 20, 2013

HouseCall, the app for your house, announced the launch of its services in San Diego today, with more markets coming soon. HouseCall takes the hassle out of home maintenance by connecting users to trusted neighborhood service professionals (Pros) at the push of a button. Homeowners can order everything from an electrician, emergency plumber to tech geek support. This video shows just how easy HouseCall makes it.

HouseCall identifies and then curates independent service Pros in a homeowner’s neighborhood and makes them easy to find, so they don’t have to. No more spending hours reading online reviews, asking for recommendations and then negotiating prices. With HouseCall users select the service they need, view picture profiles and ratings of available Pros in their area, and the fixed-price they charge. HouseCall gives homeowners a seamless way to book and pay for both scheduled, and on-demand, home improvement help from trusted Pros.

“We built HouseCall because we had the same problem that every homeowner has – it’s tough to find good, reliable, local help,” said Ian Heidt, CEO and co-founder of HouseCall. “HouseCall puts reviews and prices in one spot and users are kept up-to-date on the status of a job from start to finish. We are bringing ease and transparency to the world of local home services.”

In just a few easy steps, homeowners can order the following services: Audio & TV, Carpet Cleaning, Electrical, Handyman, Landscaping, Maid Service, Painting, Plumbing, Security System Consultation and Install, Smart Home Setup, Tech Help, Windows & Exterior and Holiday/Seasonal Tasks (hanging Christmas lights). HouseCall is constantly adding new services and taking user suggestions for services they’d like to see.

1) Download HouseCall in the App Store on their iPhone.

2) View the profile, job details, and prices of nearby local Pros.

3) Schedule service or get on-demand help.

4) When a Pro is en-route, users will see them on a map. Once the job is completed to the user’s satisfaction, payment is processed automatically with the credit card they have on file. There is no need to tip.

5) Wrap it up with a rating of the service. Ratings can only be done by people who have actually used a service Pro to ensure they are fair.

There are also many benefits to Pros who use the app. Most importantly, HouseCall makes it easier for Pros to find additional work by connecting them to a marketplace of homeowners and jobs. Pros see nearby service requests and can also get local work during their downtime. It also helps them manage their workflow with easy-to-use scheduling tools, helps them form the connection with new and returning clients, and provides automatic payment and streamlined digital invoices for every job.

“The Pros version of HouseCall allows home service professionals to book more jobs by giving them the mobile tools to do so,” said Roland Ligtenberg, co-founder of HouseCall. “We bring real-time opportunities to our Pros, organize schedules, generate invoices, and process payments so that they can focus on completing jobs and making HouseCall users happy.”

HouseCall was founded by a team of mobile technology innovators who simply wanted a better way to maintain their homes. Prior to founding HouseCall Ian Heidt, Adam Perry-Pelletier, Chris Zwickilton, Roland Ligtenberg, and Reza Olfat pioneered smartphone technologies together as a team at Qualcomm. They also helped found the company’s experimental division, Qualcomm Labs, an incubator focused on leading innovation in new wireless product development and developed the groundbreaking Gimbal platform.

HouseCall is funded by a global venture capital group, e.ventures, who were initial investors in companies such as Angie’s List and Groupon. Their advisors include the San Diego general manager of Uber and former general manager of new products at Service Magic (now HomeAdvisor). HouseCall is also a member of EvoNexus, San Diego’s only community-supported, fully pro-bono technology incubator.

ABOUT HOUSECALL

HouseCall is the app for your house. Launching first in San Diego, with more markets coming soon, HouseCall takes the hassle out of home maintenance by connecting you to trusted neighborhood service professionals at the push of a button. Homeowners can order everything from an electrician, emergency plumber to tech geek support.

Prior to founding HouseCall, Ian Heidt, Adam Perry-Pelletier, Chris Zwickilton, Roland Ligtenberg, and Reza Olfat developed smartphone technologies at Qualcomm. Together they helped found the company’s innovation division, Qualcomm Labs, an incubator focused on leading innovation in new wireless product development and developed the groundbreaking Gimbal platform. HouseCall is funded by a global venture capital group, e.ventures, who were initial investors in companies like Angie’s List and Groupon. Their advisors include the San Diego general manager of Uber and former general manager of new products at Service Magic (now HomeAdvisor).

HouseCall can be downloaded in the App Store on your iOS device, appstore.com/HouseCall.

For more information please visit, http://www.tryhousecall.com.

Connect with HouseCall: facebook.com/HouseCallApp, twitter.com/HouseCall, youtube.com/HouseCallApp, instagram.com/housecall, #housecall.

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