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MAY 17, 2016

Kennedy was previously CFO at Sprocket Media and SolarBridge Technologies, and also has served at Primarion, ValueClick, and other companies. Kennedy as its new Chief Financial Officer.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based SodaHead , the developer of online polling services and software, has just launched a major upgrade to the company''s polling software for WordPress. The company is backed by Mohr Davidow, Mission Ventures, The Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway, and others. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2014

LeisureLink was venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, and also had received a strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. The company was led by Tom Lamb. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The funding came from Infinite Potential Technologies, Tsing Capital and Mission Ventures along with Presidio Ventures. Enevate, led by Brian Wong, is developing Li-iion batteries which the company says have "significantly higher" energy density than existing batteries.

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JULY 15, 2015

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless , the digital gift card startup backed by Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures, has been acquired by First Data , First Data said this week. One of the company's investors said the acquisition represented a "very nice outcome" for the founders, employees, and investors.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

The company says it is aiming its technology for us in smartphones, tablets, ultra-thin/hybrid notebook PCs, and wearable devices.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nirvanix apparently told some of its biggest partners and customers Monday about the shutdown, although the company has yet to release any public notice of the shutdown plans. The company seemed to be on the upswing, with a long list of high profile customers; the company had even hired Zynga''s CIO earlier this year.

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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.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The firm--which is backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, among others--indicated it had raised $2.0M No details on the new funding have been announced by the company. La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless has added another $2.0M

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JUNE 20, 2011

The filing indicates the funding is part of a $3.786M fundraising effort still in progress by the company. Representatives from Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital continue to have seats on the company's board of directors. Source of the new funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2013

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the cloud storage service operator, has snagged the current CIO of Zynga as its new CEO, according to the company Monday. 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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MARCH 29, 2011

The company is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners , Kodiak Ventures, Mission Ventures , the Pasadena Angels , the Tech Coast Angels , as well as others. LeisureLink said that InnQuest's system is used in more than 4,500 properties in more than 90 countries. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Source of the new funding was not announced by the company, however, the firm's board continues to include representatives from Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Torrance-based Active Storage , the developer of RAID storage products for the Apple Macintosh, has raised $7.0M READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Details of the partnership between the two companies was not announced. LeisureLink is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Worldwide, and is headed by Erik Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Fastpoint had been venture backed by Mission Ventures and DFJ Dragon Fund, Allen & Co. The company was originally known as Rotohog. According to the site, the firm is "winding down" all of its Fastpoint Games branded fantasy sports games over the next 45 days. Perdew is well known for his prior role on The Apprentice.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2012

The company said that the acquisition will be accretive on a quarterly basis by the end of 2012, contributing between $3.0 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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. The company said the new funding will go towards investments in its technology platform, and also for its sales efforts.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

According to Perdew, FastPoint has repositioned itself as a company focused on building live, data-driven, multi-platform games for clients to engage, reward and monetize their audience. Los Angeles-based Rotohog , the online games developer headed by Kelly Perdew, has renamed itself FastPoint Games , according to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The firm appears to be the company Damarillo told socalTECH in July which had just received venture funding. MaestroDev lists venture capitalist Leo Spiegel, of Mission Ventures, as a board member; Damarillo serves as Chairman.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the venture-backed provider of a vacation rental marketing system and operator of online booking travel site ABetterStay.com , has made a trio of new hires this week. The company said it has named Tom Lamb as President of the firm, Alex Hansen as CFO, and Adam Michaelson as Chief Marketing Officer.

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MAY 3, 2012

The round was led by Khosla Ventures , and also included Valhalla Partners , Intel Capital , Mission Ventures and Windward Ventures, all existing investors in the company. In a statement, Nirvanix CEO Scott Genereux said that the company booked more revenue in Q1 of 2012 than nearly all of 2011.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, said today that it is targeting Caribbean resorts. The company says it currently has a number of Caribbean resorts, including Morgan's Cove, located in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica and Fisherman's Point on Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

The company said deployments will begin in early 2012. Nexiant is venture backed by The Argentum Group, InnoCal Venture Capital, Inverness Graham Investments and Mission Ventures. The entire software will deploy on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2012

San Diego-based streaming radio and music service Slacker has linked its service with MIcrosoft's Bing Bar , the company said Tuesday. Slacker is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

The company is backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. No financial details of the deals were announced by the company. RotoHog is headed by Kelly Perdew, and provides white-label, fantasy sports and other games to its partners. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included current investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Artiman Ventures, and Mission Ventures. Ortiva said the new funding will go towards expanding sales, marketing, and engineering resources at the company. The new funding brings the company's total raised to over $35M.

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MARCH 8, 2010

The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Thomas Weisel Partners, and Needham & Company. MaxLinear is venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The company--which was founded by former executives at Apple, Inc.--said said the funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Torrance-based Active Storage a developer of RAID products for Apple computers, has raised a Series A funding round, the firm said Tuesday afternoon.

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MARCH 10, 2010

MaxLinear is one of the Southern California companies in the midst of an IPO effort, hoping to list on the NYSE; the firm is venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, and UMC Capital. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

No details on the funding have been announced by the company yet. Mochila is venture backed by Charles River Ventures, Greenspun Corporation, Jerry Colonna of JPMorgan Partners, Mission Ventures, and A.H. Tags: capital venture marketplace content online mochila. in an ongoing $2.0M

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Torrance-based Active Storage , the RAID storage firm founded by ex-Apple executives, and backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners, said Wednesday that it has hired on a CFO. Wike had already been serving as Interim CFO for the company since this spring. The firm said it has hired Jane Wike as its CFO.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. Tags: rotohog venture capital online fantasy sports software. According to the filing, the round target is $2.62M. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. The filing shows representatives from JK&B Capital, Mission Ventures, ATA Ventures, and Enterprise Partners--all prior investors in the firm--remain on the board of directors. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $23.50M.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Deutsche Bank Securities, USB Securities LLC, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, and Needham & Company. MaxLinear was venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and others. MaxLinear's IPO was underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co., READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based RotoHog , developer of online fantasy sports games headed by Kelly Perdew, has confirmed that the firm's recently $2M funding came from Mission Ventures. In an open letter to customers earlier this week, Perdew said the funding from Mission will help the company grow as a brand.

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