Venture capitalist Mark Ashida takes reins at cloud storage startup Symform

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Well, here’s one job you can score if your venture capital firm starts to wind down: Take over the CEO post at one of your portfolio companies. That’s what is occurring at Symform, the cloud storage and backup startup which just last week scored $3 million in fresh funding. Today, the company is announcing that… Read More…

National Association of Realtors invests $3M in cloud storage startup Symform

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The venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors today announced that it is investing $3 million in Symform, the Seattle cloud storage and data recovery startup founded by former Microsoft engineers Praerit Garg and Bassam Tabarra. Total funding now stands at $20 million, including the recent investment from Second Century Ventures as well… Read More…

Cloud storage startup Symform raises $11 million

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There’s been a steady stream of venture capital activity in Seattle enterprise software companies in recent weeks, from the $50 million round for Apptio to the $19.5 million round for Opscode. Now, here comes another big deal. Symform, the Seattle cloud storage startup, today is announcing $11 million in new financing led by WestRiver Capital… Read More…

Why it’s so gosh-darned hard to find tech talent: Thoughts from 8 startup veterans

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You’ve heard the stories of the tight labor market, and read about some of the unusual gimmicks (and even cash bounties) companies have rolled out to attract top engineers and developers. Heck, it’s so tough to find good engineers these days that President Barack Obama even cited the labor crunch in science and technology during… Read More…

Cloud storage startup Symform scores $2 million

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Symform has raised an additional $2 million in funding from WestRiver Capital, OVP Venture Partners and Longworth Venture Partners, bringing total cash raised in the Seattle cloud storage startup to $9 million. The money will be used for business development, marketing and sales. The company said that its user base grew by more than 800 percent over the… Read More…

Tech Moves: Symform taps Dawson; changes at InfoSpace; etc.

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Symform, the Seattle cloud storage startup which scored $1 million in financing in September, has named Margaret Dawson to the position of vice president of marketing. Dawson previously worked at Hubspan, Microsoft, Amazon.com and Aventail. “Margaret knows how to take a brand and product to market leadership and has the proven experience and passion to… Read More…

Roving CEO Matthew Schiltz lands at the helm of Symform

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Matthew Schiltz sure gets around. The Seattle technology executive just three months ago was named CEO of Powerit Solutions, a Seattle company whose software is used to increase energy efficiency at industrial companies. Now, Schiltz has landed a new gig, taking over the CEO role at online storage upstart Symform. Schiltz, who previously served as… Read More…