Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. If you want to understand how the VC industry is changing there is a great primer in the link.

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JUNE 16, 2016

What does it take to build a startup in today’s market? Put a half-dozen entry-level tech entrepreneurs together anywhere outside of the Bay Area, and it won’t take long before they start listing the local market deficiencies. In San Diego, the complaints often focus on the relative scarcity of venture capital and hometown VC firms.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

San Diego-based SOCi , a developer of social media management and marketing software, has raised $2.25M in funding, the company said Wednesday. SOCi is taking aim at competitors such as Hootsuite, with what it says is a "next-generation" social media content discovery and marketing product. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

San Diego-based Embarke has raised $1.25M in a funding round, which the company''s founder said came from a number of venture capitalists and angel investors. embarke venture capital funding seed email marketing optimization' The company is led by Al Bsharah. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

San Diego-based XOKind , a new startup focused on building artificial intelligence software for the travel market, has raised $1.6M Section 32 is the venture capital fund led by former Google Ventures CEO and founder Bill Maris, which is also based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

San Diego-based Vionic , a developer of technology for helping companies create social media deals and promotions, said Wednesday that it has raised $900,000 in a funding round. The funding came from angel investors. The company also said it has added Marie DeOrio as Vice PResident of Marketing for the company.

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JUNE 13, 2019

San Diego-based Atlazo , a startup developing systems-on-a-chip (SoC) semiconductors aimed at used in healthcare and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, has raised $3.4M The funding round was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and the TCA's San Diego chapter. in a seed funding round. in the round.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

It looks like the peer-to-peer marketplace for rides in Los Angeles is about to get a lot hotter, as one of the companies competing in the market-- Sidecar said this morning that it has raised $15M more in funding. Avalon Ventures is also based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , the developer of wireless video products used for the video surveillance market, has scored a strategic investment from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. MicroPower said the funding will go towards promoting its surveillance devices in new and current markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. They sponsor TWiVC.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Selectable Media , a digital advertising firm which lets users unlock digital content in exchange for interacting with brand advertising, said today that it has expanded to Los Angeles, as part of a growth in its footprint. The company also said it has added Dan Feldstein as its Director of Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, said today that it has received new funding and added a slate of well known advisors. Senturia is CEO of Blackbird Ventures, and a notable San Diego angel investor. Details on the new private investment was not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Given SVBs market position, that is great news. The Playa Vista company is aggressively taking market share and could go public. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

San Diego-based CureMatch , a startup focused on personalimzed medicine and combination therapy in the oncology market, says it has raised a bridge round to its Series A financing. The funding came from Serra Ventures and angel Phil Trubey (founder of Websense). Size of the funding was not announced.

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MAY 3, 2018

in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. Washe has been in Southern California since at least July of 2016, when it started offering its services in San Diego and Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. However, for members of socaltech.com, it's a click away with our real time analysis of venture funding flows. Crosscut Ventures 6 deals. Most recent investments: Zingle, Thrive Market, Fluent, Comparably.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

According to Clutter, it plans to expand into Philadelphia, Portland and Sacramento, among other markets, in 2019, and also will "double down" on its efforts in its current service areas of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Orange County and northern New Jersey.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. The report, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association over the weekend, tallied up $534.3M San Diego had $178.3M

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APRIL 19, 2016

Los Angeles- and Toronto-based Giftagram , which develops mobile gifting apps, said today that it has raised $3.2M in a venture funding round, from a long list of angel investors. Scott Paterson (Lions Gate Entertainment), Brian Shaw (CIBC World Markets), Kevin Wall, and Jeremy Zimmer (UTA). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2019

San Diego-based Wheels (www.takewheels.com) was co-founded by Jon and Josh Viner, who were the co-founders of Wag, where they raised nearly $400M in venture capital. Wheels currently operates in Los Angeles and San Diego. Josh Viner: Wheels is live in Los Angeles and San Diego.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006.

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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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OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M

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JUNE 30, 2015

The company said the funding will go towards expansion of its service beyond Los Angeles, to San Diego and San Francisco, plus key hires. The funding comes on top of an earlier, $3M seed round for the company last year from SocialCapital. HomeHero is led by Kyle Hill. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Deal evaluations the Foundry way, which continues into a great discussion about VC decision-making processes.

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JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm.

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APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Gerard Casale: We''ve been agnostic to the kinds of deals we''ve been making over the last five or six years we''ve been angel investors. Why not Los Angeles?

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JANUARY 19, 2009

Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

PacketSled, a cybersecurity startup based in suburban San Diego, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Keshif Ventures, a local angel investment fund that has put money into dozens of tech startups in the San Diego area. The company also has an office in Seattle.

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MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. As a marketplace, it's always an issue to get both buyers and sellers on the market, how have you accomplished that? The company recently raised $1.1M What does Work Today do?

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. to San Diego. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). learn more.

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MARCH 31, 2014

That data--if you could just find the right piece--could be useful in a number of areas, particularly in the financial markets. Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management.

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JULY 25, 2016

Our interview with a startup entrepreneur this morning is with Avantika Shahi , the founder and CEO of Haus (www.grademyhaus.com), a new Los Angeles startup hoping to create a new way for people to search for homes. The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. What is Haus all about?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. Fouad ElNaggar: There has been this perception that we are not involved in Los Angeles, which I find really funny. We really believe in the market.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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