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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Lake Forest-based Nexiant , the developer of software-as-a-service for materials management (MRO), said this morning that it is planning a major software release. The entire software will deploy on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. The company said deployments will begin in early 2012. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui is backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation. The firm originally started life as a kid-safe browser software developer, but has recently shifted to providing its screened content via a kid-friendly portal. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 20, 2011

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , which develops wireless video optimization and streaming hardware and software for wireless operators, has raised $2.5M Representatives from Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital continue to have seats on the company's board of directors.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of wireless software used for handling video streaming over mobile networks, has raised $8.0M The funding included prior investors Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital. out of a $10.0M The firm is headed by Marc Zionts. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2012

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of wireless video optimization and streaming hardware and software, has been acquired by Allot Communications Ltd. , Ortiva Wireless was venture backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, and others, and had raised somewhere north of $40M for its efforts.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Debra Chrapaty, who formerly was CIO of Zynga, also served at Cisco as SVP of its Collaboration Software Group, in addition to working at Microsoft and E*TRADE Technologies. Current CEO Dru Borden will become Senior Vice President Planning and Development, and will remain on the company's board of directors.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rotohog , a developer of online fantasy sports games, has raised $2.0M RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Torrance-based Active Storage , a venture backed developer of storage products for the Apple market, announced a new, 32TB RAID product this morning. Active Storage is headed by ex-Apple executives, and is venture backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners.

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MARCH 11, 2010

San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix has added a new customer of the firm's storage service, Nasuni , a Massachusetts startup providing virtual file server software. Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Lake Forest-based Nexiant , a developer of materials management software tools, announced this morning that it has named Michael Aghajanian to its board. Nexiant's software-as-a-service is used to control, management, and optimize industrial supply chains.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Torrance-based Active Storage , a venture-backed developer of RAID products for Apple computers, said this week that it has released an upgraded iPhone application, which allows its customers to monitor its products directly from their phone. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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MARCH 9, 2009

San Diego-based ID Analytics , a developer of identity and risk management software for the financial and other industries, said Monday that it has hired on Jim Pathman as the firm's new Chief Information Officer. ID Analytics is backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital Ltd.,

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MAY 18, 2009

San Diego-based ID Analytics , a developer of software used by financial institutions and other companies to detect identity fraud, said this morning that it has launched a new, public service called MyIDScore.com , to help consumers figure out their risk for identity fraud. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Co-founder and EVP Terry Ash is now in charge of partner alliances, and the firm has hired on Dan Charleston as SVP of Business Development. The company is venture backed by ATA Ventures, Enterprise Partners, JK&B Capital, and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>

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JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists. READ MORE>>

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MARCH 26, 2009

We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key. We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management. Let's talk about the new round.

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