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JUNE 30, 2009

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , which develops technology to stream video to mobile devices, reports today that it has hired on a new, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, James D. Ortiva is backed by Comcast, Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Avalon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of mobile video optimization technology, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $8M in its Series C funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included current investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Artiman Ventures, and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless , a developer of mobile gift card and other mobile marketing products, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $2M in funding. The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The funding came from Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. According to the firm, it is developing mobile infrastructure for relationship marketing, including mobile POS and mobile gift cards. Leo Spiegel of Mission Ventures and Marc Averitt of Okapi Ventures have joined the firm's board as part of the funding.

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APRIL 14, 2009

According to the company, the funding came from Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The company said the new funding will go to accelerate research and development, along with sales and marketing. in a Series B funding for the firm.

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JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Jetty is a horizontal use components, which is particularly appealing to development teams. I don't have a long sales cycle, because I'm talking to people who have already chosen Jetty. It's extremely widely used.

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