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Wildfire Systems Snags $15M

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Solana Beach-based Wildfire Systems, which develops technology used for powering reward and loyalty programs, has raised $15M in a Series A funding, according to the company. Wildfire is led by founder and CEO Jordan Glazier, who is a technology vet, having served at eBay and also been the CEO of Eventful.

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AxiaMed Adds $12.4M For Healthcare Payment Tech

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Santa Barbara-based AxiaMed , which is developing healthcare payments technology, said late Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $12.4M The funding was led by Health Enterprise Partners (HEP), and also included Nashville Capital Network and other existing investors. in a funding round.

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Xirrus In Channel Expansion Effort

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of Wi-Fi access arrays, looks to be a big channel expansion push, saying Thursday that it has expanded its partnership program in Europe, for the enterprise, as well as for schools and universities. Concurrently, the firm said it launched a new enterprise partner program in the U.S.,

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Scoperta Adds $1.4M

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San Diego-based Scoperta , which is developing fabless specialty steel technology utilizing scrap materials, has raised $1.4M Other details on the funding have not been released, however, the firm is backed by Enterprise Partners and Vista Ventures, and Drew Senyei of Enterprise sits on the firm's board of directors.

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TargeGen Acquired By Sanofi-aventis

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San Diego-based TargeGen , a firm developing small molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF) and polycythemia vera (PV), has been acquired by Sanofi-aventis, in a deal worth as much as $560M, the firm said Wednesday. TargeGen had raised over $113M in venture funding from A.M.

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What Startups Can Learn From The Pizza Business: Samit Varma

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In our interviews, we normally talk to entrepreneurs, investors, and others involved in the technology startup industry. I talked to my partners, who were very supportive, and since then have been off to the races. What are the biggest difference between technology startups and running a restaurant franchise?

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Q3 Southern California Venture Deals Around $879M

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In terms of venture firms, the most active firms here for Q3 were Western Technology Investment and the Tech Coast Angels, with 3 deals each; Qualcomm Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Mission Ventures, Venrock, Clearstone Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Enterprise Partners, J&J Development Corporation, and Domain Associates all had two deals each (..)