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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

At a national level, the United States received more VC funding for impact tech companies than any other country in the past five years, with investors pumping $35.8 capital has produced 241 impact startups since 2006, with 95 companies founded in San Francisco. billion into U.S. billion) and the United Kingdom ($6.1

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JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Avvo was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Coatue Management, DAG Ventures, Ignition Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Vulcan Capital. Avvo had raised around $180M in total funding. According to Internet Brands, Avvo will become part of its Legal vertical. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based GOOD , a media firm which operates Reason Pictures, GOOD Magazine, and GOOD Digital, announced this week that it has raised a Series A funding round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Tags: good content media magazine movie venture capital angel nicholas negroponte. Goldhirsh is the son of Inc.

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JUNE 11, 2014

funding round for its efforts to re-invent photography. The company--led by Dave Grannan--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Paul Jacobs, as well as Sanjay Jha of Motorola Mobility. Jacobs joins the company''s board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this. Around the 2006 timeframe, they hit $3M, and we saw the unique position that they could occupy in the industry.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

in a ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company this week. The filing said the funding is part of a $10M, ongoing funding. Details on the funding have yet to be announced by the startup. The company was founded in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. 11:40-14:15). 16:35-19:35). 37:00-40:30).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. According to the filing, the funding includes equity, debt, and warrants received since July of 2006. No details on the funding have been announced by the company. Tags: internet connectivity group venture capital wireless.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. VC’s often talk about this term as in the total amount of funds EVER raised by that VC. Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. What is a VC fund?

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JULY 1, 2015

San Diego-based Classy , which develops cloud-based software used by nonprofits for fundraising, disclosed that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The funding came from Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures. Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, is keeping the faith in one of its portfolio companies, Validity Sensors , a developer of fingerprint sensors for the PC, mobile, and tablet market. Qualcomm has been an investor in Validity since at least 2006. The new round was announced Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 8, 2019

If you’ve been following venture capital trends, what you expected to happen in the first quarter of 2019 did: More money is being invested in fewer deals, and women founders still are getting less of it than men. Venture firms sent $32.6 Venture firms sent $32.6 Companies raised only $9.66 billion through 1,648 deals.

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JULY 31, 2013

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which develops cloud connected, block and file-based storage devices for the enterprise, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said today. Zadara said the funding came from Toshiba America Electronics Components. Zadara Storage said the funding will go towards sales, support, and engineering.

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MAY 23, 2017

in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG). According to the company, the new funding will go towards sales and product development. Santa Barbara-based Carpe Data , a new startup developing predictive data software for the insurance industry, has raised $6.6M READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

funding round, according to a filing from the firm this week. The firm has previously raised funding from ad pepper media international, CGI Opportunity Fund, Fulcrum Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, and RimLight Capital. as part of an ongoing, $7.0M

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With the current volatile economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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JULY 20, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, is continuing to back biometric fingerprint sensor maker Validity in its latest funding round. Qualcomm has been an investor in Validity since before 2006. Tags: capital venture sensor fingerprint biometrics sensors validity qualcomm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or angel investors in Arizona, where I live. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. get the attention of the market they choose.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ranker , an online web site which allows users to create their own lists, and share them with friends, said Thursday evening that the firm has raised $750,000 in a seed investment round, part of a planned $1M funding effort. The new funding brings the company's total raised to $1.75M. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Laguna Beach-based Okapi Venture Capital , the venture capital fund run by Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson, has kicked off fundraising efforts for a new, $30M venture fund, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. The firm's first fund, Okapi Ventures I, LP, closed in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2012

in a Series D funding round. BAT said the new round was led by Matthew Pritzker Company , and also included existing investors Miramar Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , RimLight, LLC, Fulcrum Venture Capital , and ad pepper media International. BAT said it has now raised $34M in funding.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

in a funding round. The funding came from Mainsail Partners. 3PL Central, which was founded by John Watkins and Nancy Rohman in 2006, is used by third party logistics providers for their private warehouse management. in the private equity funding. Mainsail's Jason Payne and Stephen Wolfe will join the company's board.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Read on to find a financing option that suits you, whatever your business's specialism, needs, and financial profile, or jump to a specific funding type below. Grants can be used at the discretion of the business owner – from marketing to onboarding and beyond, but winners need to use the funds as they pledged to in their application.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Lake Forest-based Newport Media , which develops semiconductors for the mobile TV market, announced today that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital, Venrock, Global Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners and DAG. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, and an old one long out of favor, the so-called “reverse merger.” Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , the latest startup headed by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, announced today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. Other investors also include the CGI Opportunity Fund II, the investment vehicle of the Ueberroth Family. BAT operates a celebrity endorsement and marketing firm.

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JUNE 5, 2012

headed by former Demand Media President and Chief Strategy Officer Paul Stahura, said today that the funding came from such investors as Austin Ventures, Adams Street Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, TOL Ventures, Generation Partners, and Stahurricane. Donuts Inc.

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JULY 16, 2012

Holly had helped to shape the center--funded by Sequoia Capital venture capitalist and USC alum Mark Stevens--helping to strengthen the school's link to the local technology industry, and help spin off technology from the university. Holly took the reins at USC Stevens in 2006, shortly after the center was funded.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

in a Series B funding. The firm said that the new funding for the company was led by Syncom Venture Partners, and also included investors Barshop Ventures, Monitor Ventures, and Tudor Ventures. The firm said the new funding will go to expands its go-to-market efforts. This new funding brings its total raised to around $10.5M.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based SOS Online Backup , a developer of cloud-based online backup and data protection services, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding brings its total raised since launch to $10M. The firm said the funding will go towards future product offerings.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Marina del Rey-based GOGII , the social messaging firm headed by former JAMDAT founders Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $15M in a third round of funding. KPCB's funding came out of its Kleiner Perkins iFund. The app runs on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android.

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MARCH 1, 2011

in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. No details on the funding have been announced. The firm's board includes executives from Digital Insight, the local online banking software firm acquired in 2006 by Intuit.

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MARCH 5, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nasty Gal , an online fashion retailer which focuses on vintage clothing, said Monday that it has raised $9M in a funding round. The firm said the funds will go towards technology, operations, creative curation, and editorial design. The round came from Index Ventures.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Santa Monica-based venture firm Rustic Canyon , along with Intel Capital, has put more into Silicon Valley-based InSync Software , a developer of software for the RFID and supply chain tracking business. in a Series B funding from the two investors. Both had invested in InSync in 2006. According to InSync, it has raised $4.7M

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APRIL 1, 2013

San Diego-based Proximal Data , which develops serve-side caching software for accelerating I/O access to virtualized machines, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series B round of funding. The funding came from Divergent Ventures, along with existing investors Avalon Ventures. The firm is led by Rory Bolt. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 15, 2017

San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs). Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

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