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JANUARY 7, 2015

Local angel groups have hit the jackpot again with an investment, this time with the October acquisition of Pasadena-based Bluebeam in a $100M deal by German software company Nemetschek AG. pasadena angels exits venture capital angel investment bluebeam tech coast investors greendot gdot' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. Leifer is the founder and CEO of PureSignal, a provider of software for businesses; she also previously was at Weave HQ and Intuit, as well as Demandforce.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Pasadena-based e-discovery software developer X1 has raised $5.1M more in a Series B funding round, the company said Wednesday, in a round led by Palisades Growth Capital. The round also included angel investor George Kadifa, the former head of HP Software. X1 is led by CEO Craig Carpenter and CTO Brent Botta.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 billion in venture capital.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Atlas Powered , a developer of software for managing calendar, task, and contact data on iOS and Android, has raised $700,000 in a funding round, the firm said today. The investment in Atlas Powered by the TCA was led by Yuri Pikover.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In one of the largest rounds for a Central Coast company in recent years--and the largest venture investment in San Luis Obispo ever--cloud software maker MindBody has raised $50M in a funding round. Mindbody first raised funding back in 2009, when it gained backing from the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other local angels.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).

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MARCH 11, 2009

Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has staked a developer of a video game software engine, Blade Games , with a $4M investment. According to Blade Games, which is based in Bellevue, Washington, CTV funded the firm in an initial round of investment.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Pasadena-based ObEN , which develops virtual reality avatar technology, has scored funding from SoftBank Ventures Korea, SoftBank said this morning. Size of the investment was not announced. SoftBank Ventures Korea said the investment came via its SB Next Media Innovation Fund.

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MAY 12, 2015

The company's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS Investment Bank, Pacific Crest Securities, and JMP Securities. MindBody is venture backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, Institutional Venture Partners, W Capital Partners, and J.P. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2018

Pasadena-based ObEN , the artificial intelligence startup developing personal avatars, says it has linked with Tencent and the Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (PBCSF), on a "blockchain research center" in China. ObEN and its partners are investing a total of $5M in the research center. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

LeisureLink which provides booking and distribution software for the vacation rental industry, announced today that it has raised $17M in a funding round. The funding came from Clearstone Ventures, Kinderhook Industries, and Escalate Capital Partners.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Pasadena-based advertising technology firm OpenX has raised $22.5M The new round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and also included Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc., more in a round of funding, the company announced today, via a Series E funding round.

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

Intel Capital has invested $38 million in 12 technology startups since July, highlighting its venture investment focus on innovations in self-driving cars and machine vision, the Internet of Things, sports and health, drones, and virtual reality.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Pasadena-based big data visualization and analytics startup Virtualitics has raised $7M in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning, led by an investment by Centricus. The funding also included the Venture Reality Fund (The VR Fund) and other, un-named investors.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

This contribution is from Jay Goss , General Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , based in Pasadena. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Jay Goss is General Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health based in Pasadena.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pasadena-based California Insitute of Technology said this week that it has tapped a venture capitalist for its Board of Trustees. Gupta's firm is based in Menlo Park, and primarily invests in companies serving India and the global markets. Gupta is also on the board of TIBCO Software and Red Hat, among other companies.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Our software is also able to optimize workflows and speed, so that the robot is not just taking orders, it's also doing a better job coordinating the kitchen. Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. What is Miso Robotics? The demand is there.

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JUNE 3, 2009

According to XCast, the funding includes an investment by Siemer and Associates, as well as Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels. Tags: capital venture telecom voip labs xcast. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs is announcing this morning that it has raised $2.7M

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JUNE 3, 2009

According to XCast, the funding includes an investment by Siemer and Associates, as well as Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels. Tags: xcast labs voip telecom venture capital. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs is announcing this morning that it has raised $2.4M

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MAY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , a developer of desktop search software, announced today that the firm has raised new funding from backer Idealab, plus made a few executive changes. Size of the new investment round in the firm was not disclosed by the company. X1 did not say if prior investor U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Pasadena-based WaveMaker Three-Sixty Healthcare (www.wavemaker360.com) com) recently , announced a new healthcare focused venture capital fund, worth $25M. We caught up with one of the co-founders, Jay Goss, about what the new investment fund is looking for in a startup, and the types of investments it makes.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the developer of Twitter client applications, announced this morning that it has scored an additional, $5.6M in a new investment round. The new funding came from Burda Digital, the European Internet investor. UberMedia said the funding came through Burda's DLD Ventures arm.

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JULY 12, 2013

The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. With our software, our clients just inherited the ability to use Ceph, and there was nothing they had to do to get that. What does MetaCloud do? Sean Lynch: What we do, in a nutshell, is provide private cloud as a service.

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JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company. We wrote our own code, which really distinguishes us.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. “They’re probably a little ahead of their time,&# she said. in Computer Science.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. Instead, I found some early, lead investors from the Pasadena Angels, who connected me with the Tech Coast Angels and Maverick Angels.

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MARCH 31, 2014

After three years of that, I decided I needed to go back to the entrepreneurial world, and joined up with another young company, which was SupplyFrame in Pasadena. There''s a fair amount of software and computer science involved in this area. I got involved in Bitvore because I knew some of the original founders from Access360.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. Here, we have a customer which has not only implemented us, but also invested in us. In our last round of funding, Tribune led the round.

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MARCH 26, 2009

Yesterday, Pasadena-based LeisureLink (www.leisurelink.com) announced a $6.2M 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're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. They know that the money they invest may be lost. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. I won’t say never but having a team validates that you can attract people to the cause.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. In 1985, Lotus Development Corporation acquired GNP and Bill became a software entrepreneur at Lotus Development. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m. Price: $15 (Early Bird).

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JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. Bill doesn’t think you should over invest in them but he does believe in protecting ideas when you have a true invention and many of his companies have done so. They are very hands on.

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