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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed , the developer of tools to help businesses manage their location data in online local search services, says it has added Google+ and Bing management to its tools. MomentFeed is venture backed by Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, and Daher Capital, as well as others.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

San Diego-based Pathway Genomics has scored an investment from Google , the two said Wednesday, as part of an investment out of IBM''s Watson Group. pathway genomics google investment venture capital' Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Los Angeles-based online ordering and marketing software developer ChowNow , which is led by Chris Webb, said this morning that it has partnered with Google to add support for Google Wallet to its platform. The company recently raised $10M from Upfront Ventures, Steadfast Venture Capital, Daher Capital, and Karlin Ventures.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital announced on Friday that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, RBmedia , to another private equity company, KKR. RBmedia's audiobooks are available via smart phones, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Amazon Echo, Google Home, and smart watches. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Google Capital , the late stage investment firm owned by Google parent Alphabet, Inc., The confirmation of the investment came via a listing on the portfolio page of Google Capital, which was renamed CapitalG this week. It's unclear when the investment by Google Capital/CapitalG occurred.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Mountain View-based Google confirmed in its quarterly earnings report this week that it was the biggest investor in the recent, $1 billion funding round for Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The investment gives Google and Fidelity combined a 10 percent ownership in SpaceX. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

San Diego-based Section 32 , the venture capital investment fund of former Google Ventures CEO and founder Bill Maris, is looking to raised $250M for its second fund, Section 32 Fund 2. Section 32 is just one of a large number of new venture capital investment firms to set up shop in Southern California in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

The funding came from Google, Fidelity, as well as existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Kelly Perdew , the founder and Managing Director of Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com). We also had our first exit for Moonshots Capital Fund 1 --Threatcare. Think Google Ad Words for podcasting. At the same time, more capital continues to be raised in LA. Since 2010, $6.3B

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JUNE 29, 2017

Managing Director: Bill Maris (formerly of GV/Google Ventures) Investment interests: Health care investments. Core Innovation Capital. Moonshots Capital. Bryant Stibel. www.bryantstibel.com. Fund size: $100M fund. www.corevc.com. HashTagOne. hashtagone.com. Fund size: $20M. moonshotscapital.com. so far in investments.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Disney, Google sign advertising deal; NBCUniversal makes use of AI; Axiomatic and March Capital invest in Nifty Games.

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APRIL 26, 2012

A report today says that Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder of Veoh and head of MySpace Music, and currently founder of alternative social networking site Anybeat , may be heading to Google to head up its Google+ efforts. The report , from PandoDaily, cited a single source for the information. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a developer of a heads up display for any car, which the company likens to a "Google Glass for your Car". navdy venture capital auto heads display navigation upfront automobile driving' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Hawthorne-based rocketship developer SpaceX is close to getting $1 billion from Google , according to reports Monday, as Google seeks to get into the space business. Neither SpaceX nor Google have commented on the rumors, which were first reported by The Information. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2015

Irvine-based CrowdStrike , the developer of security software led by George Kurtz, said this morning that it has raised $100M in a Series C financing round, which was led by Google Capital, and also included Rackspace, Accel, and Warburg Pincus.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

in a seed funding, which included Navitas Capital, a venture firm with offices in Los Angeles. The funding came from Claremont Creek Ventures, Google Ventures, Formation 8, Navitas Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and other angels. software heating hvac commercial cleantech energy seed capital venture navitas robotics building'

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MAY 15, 2013

to develop all of the infrastructure for buildling your own, commercial drone, from Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. airware venture capital unmanned aerial vehicle drone hardware electronics' A new, Newport Beach-based startup, Airware , has raised $10.7M Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

La Jolla-based Aira.IO , a developer of software tools which use Google Glass to help the blind and low-vision individuals, has raised $790,000 in a seed funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Lux Capital and ARCH Venture Partners,a long with futurist Ray Kurzweil and blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayor.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

The fund was founded by longtime Southern California technology investors Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, who are joined by Leah Volger, formerly of Google and Santander InnoVentures. Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures said this morning that it has officially launched with its first fund, a new $60M fund aimed at early stage startups.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

The startup, which is behind the "robotic butler" that has been roaming the halls of the Marriott Los Angeles LAX/Century Boulevard has just scored $15M in a funding round, which includes Intel and Google. The company recently deployed its first robot -- nicknamed "Wally"--at the Marriott, to deliver items to guests.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. And while the US had FANG (Facebook, Amazon/Apple, Netflix and Google) China has BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent). Baidu alone raised $3.2

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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. So it’s unsurprising that typical “A rounds&# of venture capital were $5-10 million. Not Google.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Another, Silicon Valley investor-- Chris Sacca --has his eyes on investments in Los Angeles, saying that his super angel fund, Lowercase Capital , has just hired a full time director in Los Angeles to make investments in local startups. The news came at a PandoDaily event Thursday evening.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Camarillo-based CoolPlanetBiofuels , which develops technology to convert biomass to biofuels, has scored backing from Google , the firm said Thursday. According to CoolPlanetBiofuels, Google Ventures has joined its Series B funding round. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The funding also included angels Rob Granieri (Jane Street Capital), Kelvin Beachum (Arizona Cardinals), Anirudh Koul (Pinterest), and Bradley Taylor (Google). Suman Kanuganti is Co-Founder and CEO of Personal.ai.

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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. Google Ad Sense was just getting going.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

According to the firm, the round was led by Google Ventures, and also included Advancit Capital, 500 Startups, and angel investors including former executives of eBay and Qualcomm. The firm was co-founded by Brian Dear and Dan O'Neill. Dear was the founder of Eventful; O'Neill has served at MP3.com

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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). It kicked Google Video’s ass.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P., READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

The round was led by Google Ventures and Mark Cuban. Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of online, contact and relationship management software headed by Jon Ferrara, the former founder of Goldmine, said last night that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round.

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MAY 21, 2020

San Diego-based venture capital fund Sectoin 32 says it has made a number of key appointments, as it expands its human resources, staffing, and communications efforts. Larson was previously at Third Rock Ventures; Cheung was at Playground Global, Essential, and Google; Hing was at Uber Eats; Stapleton at Google; and Shih was at Essential.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Tilu was most recently an investor at In-Q-Tel, and also worked at Google and GIC, among other companies. Chao was previously at Light Street Capital, and also served at Collective Health and KPMG LLP. According to the firm, it added Wesley Tillu as Senior Principal and Vivian Chao as Controller.

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MAY 16, 2018

After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. The latest MoneyTree report from the three find that $603.2M

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