socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based Afterparty, which is developing an platform which the company says helps creators launch their own NFTs, says it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The company says its tools provide creators with the tools to launch NFTs and gain direct artistic and financial control of their fan relationships.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

The funding was led by Telstra Ventures, and also included co-lead HarbourVest Partners, as well as Scale Ventures, Defy Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, and Prologis Venture. The company says it has now raised a total of $70M. Nick Bulcao is co-founder and CEO of Airspace.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Moonshots Capital announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $36M in its second fund, Moonshots Fund II. The venture investment firm--led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings--said the new fund will continue to go to late Seed and Series A investments.

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MARCH 12, 2020

in a funding round, to go towards its remote learning systems, the company said this week. The company--formerly known as GradeSlam--said the funding was led by Reach Capital, and also included Bullpen Capital, along with Birchmere Ventures, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, Google, Red House Education, Edovate Capital, and Anges Quebec.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

The company said its open source tools are designed for automating DevSecOps pipeline security and analysis. The company said the new tools, Syft and Grype, are available at toolbox.anchore.io. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Anchore , which is developing security software aimed at the "container" market, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding came from local angel Andreas von Blottnitz, along with Doug Carlisle of Menlo Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

Beyond Meat , the meat replacement company whose packages of Beyond Burgers line grocery store aisles across America, has priced its initial public offering. The company is looking to raise roughly $200 million in the stock sale for its portfolio of burger, chicken and sausage replacements, selling 8.75 million in 2018, down from $30.4

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2017

The funding was led by MagnaSci Ventures, along with Evotec AG, Alexandria Venture Investments, MP Healthcare Venture Management, Red Apple Group, and WS Investments. MagnaSci Ventures's Brian Dorsey joins the company's board along with the funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2013

Santa Barbara-based AnsibleWorks announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series A round, to go towards the company''s open source, IT automation tools. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures. The company''s CEo is Said Ziouani. ansibleworks automation software tools venture capital open source' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Aliso Viejo-based videogame developer Red 5 Studios has just raised $15M in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Red 5 Studios has previously raised equity from Benchmark Capital, Sierra Ventures, and The9 Limited.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ansible > , a developer of IT automation software, has been acquireed by Red Hat , to help bolster Red Hat's management capabilities for hybrid and OpenStack clouds, and container-based services. Ansible was venture backed by Menlo Ventures, and was led by Michael DeHaan.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

NI0 says its seed investors include Tim Chen of HTC, Trill Ventures (which has invested in Jarvish and 23 and Me); Eddy Chan (an investor in PayPal and SpaceX), Charles Huang (founder of Red Octane, the company behind Guitar Hero), and Chris Cobb, Sr. Riot Games).

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

in a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Menlo Ventures, Arena Ventures, CoVenture, Red Bear Angels and Social Leverage. Los Angeles-based ProducePay , which develops a service to help farmers better manage their cash flow, has raised $2.5M ProducePay is led by Pablo Borquez.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2016

Accruent was venture backed by Constellation Ventures, FirstMark Capital, GGV Capital, Innocal, Marcus & Millichap, Peninsula Equity Partners, Red Rock Ventures, Sierra Ventures, and Stanford University. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2017

The funding was co-led by Evolution Media and Aspect Ventures, and also included Upfront Ventures, along with music and entertainment figures Bruce Flohr, executives from Red Light Management; ROAR; WndrCo; Tyler Henry, Kevin Henry, Jahron Brathwaite and Armand Troy; Savan Kotecha; Big Loud Capital and Dina LaPolt. in total.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2018

Sonos has received backing from such investors as BV Capital, Elevation Partners, Index Ventures, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., and Redpoint Ventures. The company's founder and CEO is John Macfarlane. The report , from the Wall Street Journal, says the IPO will value Sonos at between $2.5 billion and $3.0 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2018

Sonos is backed by KKR, as well as Index Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The company's IPO was underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co, Allen & Company, RBC Capital Markets, Jeffries, KKR, Raymond James, and Stifel. Sonos makes user friend, whole home audio systems. Sonos is now trading as SONO.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade. per year.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 24, 2012

According to the Wall Street Journal today, Santa Monica-based Red Bull 's sponsorship of Felix Baumgartner's skydive from space, and fellow Santa Monica company Dollar Shave Club 's launch video made the list. Dollar Shave Club is the Science Inc.

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2016

in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Menlo Ventures and e-ventures. Ansible was acquired by Red Hat for $150M in October of 2015. Santa Barbara-based container software technology developer Anchore , which was founded by veterans of Ansible, has raised $2.5M

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

in a new, seed financing round, from Anthem Venture Partners, The Chernin Group, Greycroft Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), as well as angels. Scopely said it is developing mobile and social applications, including the Buddies franchise of multiplayer games.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry --which is backed by venture investors--has been sold to Arizona quick serve restaurant operator Kahala Brands. The yogurt chain is led by former venture investor Ron Graves, who previously was a General Partner at Maveron. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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JULY 17, 2013

Series A funding for the company this morning. The company''s online education services are similar to those offered by Carpinteria-based Lynda.com. eharmony lynda video education online capital venture grovo' According to Grovo.com , a New York-based provider of Internet-based training videos, Waldorf led a $5.5M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2013

Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of San Diego-based communications chip maker Qualcomm, has made an investment in a developer of 3D scanning tools. in a Series A round, which was led by Lux Capital, and also included Felicis Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Greylock, Qualcomm Ventures and angels.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based anonymous messaging app developer Whisper said Tuesday that it has named Shelby Huston Haro as the company's Vice President of Sales. Whisper says that Haro will help the company with outreach to brands.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Culver City-based Card Scanning Solutions (CSSN), said today that it has raised a round of equity funding, from Insight Venture Partners, Red Oak Growth Partners, and Egis Capital Partners. Size of the funding round was not announced by the company. The company said the funding will go towards product development efforts.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 28, 2019

. “To celebrate the launch and continue to expand our community early Recharge hosts thate approved to be part of the Recharge 100 of each city will receive a guaranteed $1000/month,” said a spokesperson for the company. ” The company began with a simple premise — that users might not need a hotel room for 24 hours.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2015

Last night I wrote a post about how the fall in the stock market over a 3-day period may affect the venture capital markets. Let me give you the quick summary of what I said yesterday: Public markets affect venture funding. Or it could be that after 3 days of the market roulette landing on red it landed on black for a day.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Here, we have Greg Martin, Founder and Managing Partner of Archer Venture Capital (www.archervc.com). What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? Contact our editors for details.

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socalTECH

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, cofounder and managing director of Nexus Venture Partners and an alumnus of the school, has been elected to its board. Gupta is also on the board of TIBCO Software and Red Hat, among other companies.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Len Short is truly an online marketing pioneer, heading up marketing at Charles Schwab, AOL and then (PRODUCT)RED. Before his career moved online, Len worked on major marketing campaigns for credit card companies and rolled out MCI’s highly successful “Friends and Family” marketing campaign. million people. .”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag. A sample of three views is adequate. Personally visit another startup funded by this investor.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 8, 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010 -- Red Herring Global 2009. On January 12-14, 2010, more than 500 industry professionals will connect in Laguna Niguel, California to honor the Top 100 private technology companies in the world.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 8, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 -- Red Herring Global 2009. On January 12-14, 2010, more than 500 industry professionals will connect in Laguna Niguel, California to honor the Top 100 private technology companies in the world.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 -- Red Herring Global 2009. On January 12-14, 2010, more than 500 industry professionals will connect in Laguna Niguel, California to honor the Top 100 private technology companies in the world.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 18, 2010

Thursday, June 24, 2010 -- Red Herring Conference San Diego. On June 22-24, 2010, more than 500 industry professionals will connect in San Diego, California to honor the Top 100 private technology companies in North America. See [link].

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