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AUGUST 10, 2021

North Hollywood-based UNest, a fintech startup backed by Anthos Capital, Draper Dragon, The Artemis Fund, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, NBA All Star Baron Davis, and Band of Angels, says this morning that it has acquired Kidfund, the developer of an app which helps parents save money for their kids and which teaches good financial habits.

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MAY 4, 2015

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a developer of brain monitoring tools and technology, said it has received a second financing round. Size of the funding was not disclosed. According to the company, the round was led by Howard Morgan, and also included Elon Musk, Tim Draper, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Zone Ventures.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

AuditFile , a developer of cloud-based auditing software for CPAs, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. The company now has its headquarters in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

According to Phunware , a developer of mobile application lifecycle management software, it has been acquired by Stellar Acquisition II , which is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development.

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MAY 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based venture investor Crosscut Ventures is one of the backers of a new startup, Fluent , developing blockchain technology for the financial markets. Louis Arch Angels. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops mobile marketing software which lets marketers understand correlate the activities of mobile users with the physical locations of those consumers, said this morning that it has raised $5.5M in a Series A funding round. MomentFeed is led by Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2011

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a firm developing non-invasive wireless brain recording technology and advanced computational analysis techniques, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said this week. Amount of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

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MAY 29, 2013

First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. firstlookwest first look business plan competition venture capital prize award cleantech university education spinout' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based Sensay , a developer of chatbot technology, has raised $4.5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Greycroft Partners, Sweet Capital, NHN, Draper Associates and other.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The funding was led by IA Ventures, and also included Two Sigma Ventures, Draper Associates, Great Oaks VC, Slow Ventures, Karlin Venture, Elad Gil and David Lee. Verge Genomics , a biopharmaceuticals startup founded by scientists out of UCLA, said Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a seed financing round.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based TicketSauce , a developer of private label event management software, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Draper Frontier Opp & Tech Fund. The company said the funding goes towards sales and marketing.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

which is behind the younity personal cloud service, announced this morning that it has raised $3.545M in a seed funding round. Younity, which is headed by Erik Caso , develops a personal cloud service which lets users store their personal files and media libraies, including iTunes accounts, photos, videos, playlists, and more.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable lithium ion batteries, has raised $24M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M in new funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier.

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MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based business transactions and dealroom service CapLinked has rounded up some new investors today, saying that it has added additional investors in its Series A funding. The startup said its clients include Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, Proprietary Capital, Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and NextView Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

more in funding. The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund. The company said the new funding will go to grow its operations, aggressively build out its product assortment, and to further develop its personalization technology.

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JULY 8, 2009

El Segundo-based ZADSPACE , a stealth mode firm developing advertising related products or technology, has raised an additional $500,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm, bringing its total fundraising to $1.91M. Details on the funding have not been released by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the new funds will go towards continued innovation in the areas of space transport, reusability, and satellite manufacturing.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

La Jolla-based Synthetic Genomics , a developer of genomics technology for the biofuels industry, has now raised $35M of its ongoing $50M funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing from the company. Synthetic Genomics is backed by ExxonMobil, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Meteor Group, Biotechonomy LLC and Plenus, S.A.,

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Prolacta has been developing processes which process human milk, and convert that into human milk fortifier which helps prevent medical issues often encountered by feeding premature babies with cow-based fortifiers. According to Prolacta, the National Milk Bank will recruit potential breast milk donors for Prolacta. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Monrovia, California-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture backed firm developing human milk fortifiers for premature infants, announced this morning that it will be donating funds to the Susan G. The firm said it will commit a minimum amount of $25,000 annually to fund programs at Komen.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. Are you still investing out of that fund?

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APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Especially for their stage of development.

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MAY 9, 2012

EdenIQ , the spinout of San Diego-based Altra Biofuels , the developer of biofuels processing technology, has scored $30M in new venture capital funding, the company said today. Both KPCB and Angeleno Group are also investors in Altra Biofuels. EdenIQ is based in Visalia.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Both Howard Lindzon and Dave Samuel are joining the firm's board as part of the funding. Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

San Diego-based renewable chemicals developer Genomatica has dropped its IPO plans, according to a regulatory filing by the company this morning. Genomatica is venture backed by TPG biotechnology Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WM Organic Growth and others.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

which is behind the younity personal cloud service, announced this morning that it has raised $3.545M in a seed funding round. Younity, which is headed by Erik Caso , develops a personal cloud service which lets users store their personal files and media libraies, including iTunes accounts, photos, videos, playlists, and more.

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Media Draper Santa Monica Seed Funding 100

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Culver City-based Cognition Technologies , the developer of natural language processing technology software, has raised $200,000, as part of an ongoing $500,000 funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have been announced. Source of the new funding was not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based Siemer Ventures , the venture capital arm of investment bank Siemer & Associates, has been one of the most active local investors lately--and is continuing that trend, with the investment in Ribbon. in a seed funding round. in a seed funding round.

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MARCH 1, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of sustainable chemical technology, announced today that it has raised another $45M in funding. The firm said the funding was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners; Bright Capital, a Russian venture investment firm; and Waste Management.

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JUNE 14, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , the venture-backed developer of sustainable chemical technology, said this morning that it has achieved demonstration-scale fermentation using its process, on schedule. to Genomatica to further develop its technology. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2010

San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of chemical processes based on bio-manufacturing, has raised $15M in a Series C funding round, the firm announced today. According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. No details on the new funding have been disclosed by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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