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EagleView Technologies and Pictometry International Announce Merger
January 7, 2013 No comments »Increased Scale, Diversification and Synergies in Imaging & Analytic Capabilities
Expected to Drive Continuing Growth and Accelerate Innovation
BOTHELL, Wash., and ROCHESTER, NY, Jan. 7, 2013—EagleView® Technologies, the leading provider of automated 3D measurement technologies and analysis solutions and Pictometry® International, the leader in geo-referenced aerial image capture and visual-centric data analytics, jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which EagleView and Pictometry have combined their businesses into a single entity. EagleView and Pictometry closed the transaction on January 7, 2013.
The merger creates a global leader providing unparalleled geo-referenced aerial imagery and analytical software solutions servicing both government and commercial customers. The new entity will offer comprehensive and robust capabilities in aerial imagery collections, geospatial analytics and 3D measurement technologies. A more diversified revenue base, greater financial resources, advanced product capabilities and significant growth opportunities will reach across current industry segments – including local and regional government, insurance, energy and utilities and construction – as well as additional verticals.
Chris Barrow, EagleView’s chief executive officer, will lead the management team of the combined company as its president and chief executive officer, while Pictometry’s chief executive officer, Rick Hurwitz, will exit the business having worked closely with both companies in support of this transaction. This fulfills his vision to develop Pictometry into an end-to-end solutions provider that derives actionable information from aerial images. The management team of the new company will draw on a talented group of executive leaders from both companies with the six-member board of directors comprised of three EagleView directors and three Pictometry directors. The company will operate with offices in Bothell, Wash. and Rochester, NY while also maintaining satellite offices in other locations.
“Pictometry and EagleView each offer a highly valued set of solutions, which are excellent complements in the geo-referenced aerial imaging industry,” said Barrow. “In combining Pictometry’s world-class data and aerial image capture assets with EagleView’s remote measurement and analysis solutions, we are leveraging a portfolio of incredible technologies and world-class insights. This will create a compelling platform for continued strong growth and accelerating innovation. Now, with an even larger set of high-resolution imagery and unmatched data reports and services, we can offer more data, more compelling solutions and more value to our respective government and commercial clients, while also creating additional opportunities across multiple new market segments and geographic areas.”
“Bringing together the complementary talents and capabilities of these two category-defining companies represents a crowning step in Pictometry’s strategic evolution,” said Hurwitz. “This merger creates an integrated company with greater scale and diversification that will afford tremendous upside to customers and shareholders.”
The two companies have combined pro forma revenues of over $100 million for calendar year 2012 and have experienced significant historical growth. Given the highly complementary nature of each respective business, the new company expects the integration process to be seamless for customers as well as the vast majority of the employees of both companies.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, EagleView and Pictometry merged in a stock-for-stock merger-of-equals transaction pursuant to which both EagleView and Pictometry became wholly owned subsidiaries of a new entity. As a result of this transaction, the former shareholders of EagleView and Pictometry will each hold approximately 50% of the outstanding capital stock of the combined company on a fully-diluted basis. The merger was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of EagleView and Pictometry and was approved by the shareholders of both companies. Allen & Company LLC acted as EagleView’s financial advisor, and DLA Piper acted as EagleView’s legal counsel. Barnes & Thornburg LLP served as legal counsel to Pictometry.
About Pictometry
Since inventing geo-referenced aerial oblique imaging in 2000, Pictometry International has defined the global standard for visual-centric data analytics, integration and reporting. Professionals across government agencies and commercial market segments use Pictometry’s patented technologies daily, overlaying GIS data and integrating existing systems to enhance productivity, gain unique insights, and change lives. With over 35 million images added annually to its cloud-accessible servers, the company’s unparalleled library now contains more than 210 million images– each mapped to the individual pixel. To learn more, visit pictometry.com or follow @Pictometry.
About EagleView
Since its inception in 2008, EagleView Technologies has become the leading provider of automated 3D measurement technologies serving the insurance and construction industries. With millions of measurement reports produced, customers rely upon EagleView’s patented technology and methods to provide scalable, efficient and highly accurate 3D measurements. The company’s product portfolio also includes related offerings such as EagleView Estimator, a simple, intuitive and powerful solution providing project estimates/bill of material and sales proposal capabilities to the construction industry, and the UnderWriter™Report, a risk management solution which integrates key parcel and property-centric data with measurement technologies for insurance carriers. For more information contact EagleView Technologies at (866) 659-8439 or visit us at eagleview.com.
Media Contacts
Karen Edwards, EagleView
866-659-8439 x5561
Kevin Paine, Pictometry
585.487.1498
Sard Verbinnen & Co
Matt Benson / David Isaacs
212-687-8080 / 415-618-8750
A Cautionary Note about Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains information about our management’s view of our future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. For example, the merger involves the integration of two companies that have previously operated independently with principal offices in two distinct locations. EagleView and Pictometry have conducted only limited planning regarding the integration of the two companies. The combined company will be required to devote significant management attention and resources to integrating the two companies. Delays in this process could adversely affect the combined company’s business, operations financial results and financial condition. Even if EagleView and Pictometry were able to integrate our business operations successfully, there can be no assurance that this integration will result in the realization of the full benefits of synergies, cost savings, innovation and operational efficiencies that may be possible from this integration or that these benefits will be achieved witw4hin a reasonable period of time. Some other factors include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with our financial condition, our ability to sell our products and services, our ability to compete with competitors and the growth of the existing aerial imagery and analytical software solutions markets as well as the development and growth of new markets and geographic areas for the combined company’s products and services.
EagleView® Technologies Receives MRCA Industry Innovation Award
December 20, 2012 No comments »Award Recognizes the Company’s Mobile Application
EagleView Technologies, an Inc. 500 leading technology company, was awarded the 2012 Industry Innovation Award by the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association (MRCA) for the development of the EagleView mobile application.
“We are honored to be recognized by the MRCA for being an innovator in the industry,” said EagleView President and CEO Chris Barrow. “Technology is about simplifying and improving business processes for those who use it. The EagleView mobile app has increased efficiencies for contractors by allowing them to manage their orders and accounts from wherever they happen to be at any given moment.”
The MRCA Industry Innovation award recognizes suppliers or manufacturers who have contributed to the advancement of the roofing industry through innovations and/or product development in the areas of safety, technology, efficiency or environment that have significantly improved the well-being of the roofing contractor.
EagleView’s mobile application launched in June 2010 providing roofing contractors with a complete mobile solution for managing their roof measurement requests, tracking the status of orders and placing new orders based on their GPS location.
A later release brought the ability for contractors to capture images of a property and mark areas of the photo with damage or weather icons, insert captions or finger draw to highlight a specific area of a photo. Up to six annotated images can be uploaded and sequenced by the user to become part of the aerial measurement report that is prepared for the property.
The introduction of tablet and iPad® versions of the mobile app in 2011 and 2012 enabled contractors to utilize tablet computers to review images and the roof measurement report with property owners during their sales presentation.
About EagleView Technologies
Headquartered in Bothell, Wash. EagleView Technologies automates manual processes through technology. The insurance and construction industries rely on EagleView’s patented technology and methods to provide detailed, accurate measurements and now estimates. The company continues to develop new technologies that lead to improved efficiency and increased profits for businesses. For more information contact EagleView Technologies at (866) 659-8439 or at www.eagleview.com.
Customers Love EagleView Wall Report
November 9, 2012 No comments »The first-of-its-kind wall measurement report introduced in September 2012 is getting rave reviews from those who have tried it. Here’s a look at what some of our customers had to say:
“The perfect double check. The wall is outstanding. Fifty years of measuring houses. If this was available it would have paid for itself 1000 times over. I have used the wall three times.”
–Larry McCarthy, Builders Siding
“I am a project manager for Advanced Exteriors. We specialize in residential and commercial roofing, siding/gutters/painting, windows, insulation and general contracting. I have been using EagleView’s roof measurements for some time now and have been very pleased. However, when the new wall measurements came out, I was skeptical. I have managed many jobs this year where the whole home needed to be painted due to impact this year’s storms have caused. Typically, I will spend roughly an hour or so hand measuring the home to get a complete square footage of the walls that need to be painted. When EagleView’s Wall Measurements came out, I ordered one on a project I had already hand measured. I was shockingly pleased to see that the measurements were off by only 60 square feet. My time can now be used elsewhere to help homeowners and business owners rather than spending an average of an hour or more measuring walls for paint or siding. Great Job EagleView!”
–J.J. Zepp, Advanced Exteriors
“Love it! As with any other report, you always want to verify a couple measurements, but it saves tons of time!”
–Ricky McGrath, On Top Restoration & Construction
“I like the wall reports makes my job much easier”
–Dan Fletcher, A+ Precision Cleaning & Restoration
Hear more from our customers by visiting our facebook page and reviewing the ‘posts by others’ section. Ready to try your first wall report? Call our sales team today at 866-659-8439 or place your order online at www.eagleview.com .
EagleView® Recognized by Top Technology Leaders with a 2012 Tech Impact Award
October 4, 2012 No comments »EagleView Technologies, the leading provider of aerial measurement technologies, was selected by a judging panel of eight tech-industry experts as the winner of Seattle Business magazine’s 2012 Tech Impact Award in the construction category.
The judging panel included veteran tech leaders from Facebook Seattle, University of Washington Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Isilon Systems division of EMC, Washington State Department of Commerce, Madrona Venture Group and Corum Group.
“It is quite an honor to be recognized by this elite group of leaders in the tech community,” said Chris Barrow, EagleView president and CEO. “It’s an additional privilege to be acknowledged alongside industry stalwarts such as Microsoft and Amazon.”
Nominations in 12 categories were submitted by companies from across the state of Washington. Categories ranged from mobile to marketing to enterprise computing. Other winners included Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, SEOMoz, Redfin, Livemocha, PopCap Games, Synapse Product Development, Zulily, Apptio, Edifecs and F5 Networks.
Featured keynote speaker Rich Barton, executive chairman of Zillow Inc., exhorted the crowd at the awards ceremony to follow the path to their dreams with courage, heart and intelligence. Honorees received their awards from representatives of presenting sponsor Comcast Business Class, signature sponsor AAOA Healthcare and event partner the Washington Technology Industry Association. Read more about the Tech Impact Awards 2012 at seattlebusinessmag.com.
About EagleView Technologies
Headquartered in Bothell, Wash. EagleView Technologies automates manual processes through technology. The insurance and construction industries rely on EagleView’s patented technology and methods to provide detailed, accurate measurements from aerial imagery. The company continues to develop new technologies that lead to improved efficiency and increased profits for businesses. For more information contact EagleView Technologies at (866) 659-8439 or at www.eagleview.com.
About Seattle Business
Seattle Business is a monthly magazine read by more than 100,000 business executives across the state. Annual events tied to its editorial coverage include the Executive Excellence Awards, Leaders in Health Care, the Washington Manufacturing Awards, Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, the Green Washington Awards and Washington’s Family Business Awards. Seattle Business is owned by Minneapolis-based Tiger Oak Publications, which also publishes Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride magazine and more than 20 other leading regional magazines.
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EagleView® Technologies Introduces Wall Measurement Reports
September 7, 2012 No comments »EagleView Technologies, an Inc. 500 leading technology company, continues to develop solutions to automate traditionally manual processes with the introduction of another industry first: wall measurement reports for residential properties.
“The introduction of wall measurement reports affirms EagleView’s commitment to continue creating solutions through technology for the insurance and construction industries,” said Rishi Daga, vice president of insurance and client relations, EagleView Technologies. “This first-of-its-kind technology offers an automated process to gather measurements and information faster and with a higher degree of accuracy.”
The measurements are derived from high-resolution photographs using EagleView’s patented technology. The report provides a 3D wall area diagram, the total square footage of the wall areas, the number and total square feet of windows and doors, and north, south, east and west elevation diagrams. The information is presented in an easy-to-read table format with wall sections labeled for quick reference.
The reports are available now and can be ordered by simply entering a property address on EagleView’s website at www.eagleview.com. Wall reports can be ordered separately or bundled with EagleView’s leading roof measurement reports.
About EagleView Technologies
Headquartered in Bothell, Wash. EagleView Technologies automates manual processes through technology. The insurance and construction industries rely on EagleView’s patented technology and methods to provide detailed, accurate measurements from aerial imagery. The company continues to develop new technologies that lead to improved efficiency and increased profits for businesses. For more information contact EagleView Technologies at (866) 659-8439 or at www.eagleview.com.
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Be sure to visit EagleView at the 2012 PLRB Central Regional Adjusters Conference Sept. 5-6, 2012.
September 4, 2012 No comments »Stop by booth 300 at the PLRB Central Regional Adjusters Conference and see what’s new with EagleView. EagleView invented the concept of 3D aerial roof measurements, has been tested thousands of times and is accepted as the independent, third-party standard by major carriers.
EagleView® Technologies Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
August 21, 2012 No comments »Ranked No. 13 in the Software Category for 2012
EagleView Technologies, the leading provider of aerial measurement technologies, announced today that it has been named to Inc. Magazine’s list of America’s fastest growing privately held companies. EagleView was ranked No. 13 in the software category and No. 133 overall in Inc. Magazine’s recently released 31st annual Inc. 500. The ranking was determined by the company’s three-year revenue growth of 2,406 percent.
“We are pleased to be recognized by Inc. Magazine and to become part of this prestigious community of honorees,” said Chris Barrow, EagleView president and CEO. “Since day one, our employees have worked tirelessly contributing to the growth and success of EagleView. This recognition validates their hard work and diligence. ”
According to Inc. Magazine, the 2012 Inc. 500 is the most competitive crop in the list’s history. To make the cut, companies had to have achieved a minimum of 770% in sales growth. The Inc. 500’s aggregate revenue is $15.7 billion, with a median three-year growth of 1,431 percent.
With this recognition, EagleView joins the ranks of companies such as Microsoft, Zappos, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Zipcar, Clif Bar, Vizio, Oracle, and many other well-known names that gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500|5000.
“Now, more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500/5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward. Growth companies, not large corporations, are where the action is,” says Inc. magazine Editor Eric Schurenberg.
About EagleView Technologies
Headquartered in Bothell, Wash. EagleView Technologies automates manual processes through technology. The insurance and construction industries rely on EagleView’s patented technology and methods to provide detailed, accurate measurements from aerial imagery. The company continues to develop new technologies that lead to improved efficiency and increased profits for businesses. For more information contact EagleView Technologies at (866) 659-8439 or at www.eagleview.com.
About Inc.
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. Total monthly audience reach for the brand has grown significantly from 2,000,000 in 2010 to over 6,000,000 today. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
EagleView is a finalist in Seattle Business Magazine’s 2012 Tech Impact Awards!
July 26, 2012 No comments »Seattle Business magazine, together with the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), has announced finalists in the 2012 Technology Impact Awards.
The Tech Impact Awards program honors leading Washington technology companies for outstanding innovation and achievement in various industry sectors. Categories for recognition include enterprise, cloud, IT services, mobile applications, construction, education, consumer/retail, games and health. The judging panel also chose to name a technology Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, who will be recognized on September 25, 2012, at the Tech Impact Awards banquet in the Skybridge at the Washington State Convention Center.
Winners will be announced at the awards dinner in September and in the October issue of Seattle Business.
For more information on the event, click here.