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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based fintech venture capital investor Core Innovation Capital is out looking for new investors in its third fund, with a target of $100M, according to regulatory filing by the firm on Friday. As expected, the company has not detailed any information on the new fund.

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JULY 13, 2021

Tustin-based Specright, which develops specification management software, announced this morning that it has raised $30M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Sageview Capital, and also included VMG Catalyst, plus Pritzker Venture Capital Group, Okapi Venture Capital, Fika Ventures, and Mucker Capital.

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MAY 20, 2021

Costa Mesa-based impact-focused venture capital investor CerraCap Cares announced this morning that it has made an investment in Aquagenuity, a startup that provides real time information about water quality. Aquagenuity is based in Atlanta, and also has raised funding from SoftBank and Google.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

in a funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures. The funding was led by Upfront's Kara Nortman, and also included Phil Venables (former Chief Information Risk Officer of Goldman Sachs), Niloo Razi Howe (RSA), and Signal Sciences.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. The biggest are for venture activity in the quarter was Biopharmaceuticals, which was $299.13M of the quarterly total.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech startup Vesica Technologies, a developer of a product which provides information on financial markets, including daily market movements, volatility, and major trades, has raised $2.1M in a seed funding. The funding came from Mercury Digital Assets and Miami International Holdings, Inc.

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JULY 16, 2019

Carlsbad-based Source Intelligence , which provides supply chain compliance software, has raised new funding, the company announced this morning. Amount of the new funding was not announced. The Series B funding came from Source Capital Partners and Kayne Capital Partners, as well as "local banks". READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Los Angeles-based MedAnswers , a startup which runs FertilityAnswers , an app and website which provides a resource to help match people to fertility services, as well as access to clinically and scientifically validated fertility information, has raised $5M in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2010

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JULY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm TenOneTen Ventures has launched a new podcast, to highlight Los Angeles area venture capital funds, the fir is announcing today. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. We had been doing that for several years, and decided we wanted to start syndicating deals in September of 2014, so we formed Moonshots Capital. What's that thesis?

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MARCH 31, 2014

Update: Crossbar informs us that its investment announcement incorrectly identified the investor in this story as Tao Venture Capital Partners, when it should be an entirely different company -- Tao Invest, the investment fund of Nick and Joby Pritzker (also referred to as Tao LLC). The two funds are not related.

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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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APRIL 1, 2019

San Diego-based Reveal Biosciences , a startup applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to pathology, has received a round of funding from Intel Capital , the corporate venturing arm of microprocessor giant Intel. Size of the investment in Reveal Biosciences was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. based in Malibu, which secured around $100M in funding to acquired the North American Credit-on-Self division of D&B in July. billion invested in Q2.

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JULY 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based Upfront Ventures has launched an effort to raise a new fund, worth $250M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to that filing, Upfront's new fund, Upfront Growth III, L.P. Upfront has not detailed any information about the fund, as is usual for venture investors in the midst of fundraising.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Irvine-based Militus Cyber , a developer of cybersecurity appliances ‎itused for detecting malware and advanced persistent threats on computer networks, has raised a Series A funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. Militus is led by CEO Paul Manley. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Research and VC Experts. SharesPost is the latest company funded and started by BrightHouse, an incubator of early stage businesses started by Greg Brogger and Scott Painter. SharesPost's site features in-depth analysis of privately held firms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tesla Motors, eHarmony, and other popular privately held firms.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

ParkMe , the startup provider of parking information and data founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel, announced this morning that it has raised a new round of funding, from Angeleno Group, Fontinalis Partners and IDG Ventures. As part of the funding, Daniel Weiss of Angelo Group has joined the company's board of directors.

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MAY 25, 2011

In his post, Shapiro talks about how users are being "pressured" to become "friends" with people they would not have had ongoing communication with prior to Facebook, and also have had to share personal information they normally wouldn't comfortable sharing. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Irvine-based Bitvore , a startup developing big data and intelligence-gathering software which pulls information from both public and private data sources for businesses, said this morning that it has closed a $4.5M, Series A funding round. The funding was led by serial entreprenur Yuri Pikover, as well as $1M from crowdfunding.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

SpyCloud , a startup which develops cybersecurity products used to prevent account takeovers and which is backed by Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , has raised $21M more in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. March Capital Partners co-led the Series A funding round for SpyCloud in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

El Segundo-based Slingshot Aerospace, which develops software which aggregates information from satellites, ground-based sensors, and more to help with situational awareness, has named Melanie Stricklan as its new CEO. The company has raised $17M in total funding, including an $8M round in October of 2020.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Los Angeles-based Spring Labs , a startup developing a blockchain-based platform for sharing of financial information, has raised $23M in a Series A funding. The company said the new funding will go to accelerate development of new products, as well as the company's Spring Protocol.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

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JULY 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based Broke Girl's Guide , a startup focusing in on daily deals and information for women, has scored a small debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Broke Girl's Guide runs a daily deal newsletter with offers, online promos, and sales information. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In this special report, we've mined our extensive database of venture capital. and angel investment deals in Southern California to reveal who really, is funding companies, so that local startups are armed with the best knowledge and intelligence to optimize their changes of. being funded.

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APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced.

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APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M The biggest deal for the quarter was from Valencia-based U.S.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

It looks like competition is heating up in the smart parking market--and for local parking technology firm Parkme , which is based in Santa Monica--as yet another company announced Thursday more funding for giving consumers real-time information about available parking spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

San Diego-based Tourmaline Labs , a startup developing location-aware smartphone software for mobile apps hsa raised a round of funding, and appointed a new CEO. Size and details of the funding were not announced. Brungger was previously CEO of Spireon, and also served as EVP & GM at Mitchell International. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Vicente Capital Partners has invested $12.5M in a funding for sports statistics and information provider SportMEDIA Technology Corp. Vicente Capital's investment was led by Jay Ferguson. SportsMEDIA said today. SportsMEDIA, which is base din Durham, N.C.,

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JUNE 28, 2018

in a funding round. The funding was led by Lerer Hippeau, Bullpen, Advanceit and Imaginary VC. Fitplan's app lets users find a fitness plan from one of 35 trainers, helps trak a user's workouts and progress with those plans, and also offers up videos and other information from those trainers. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based health technology developer NantHealth , which was founded, backed, and is led by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said this morning that it has raised $100M in a funding round. The funding came from Kuwait''s sovereign wealth fund, the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

Size of the seed funding was not announced. According to Lenny, it is initially focusing on providing microloans to students, using such information as their GPA to qualify them for loans. The startup is led by Joe Bayen. Lenny says it makes loans of up to $500, based entirely on a student's GPA.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Fouad ElNaggar , a former venture capitalist who had been responsible for the Los Angeles office of Redpoint Ventures, has scored funding for a new startup, Sapho. in a Series A funding, which was led by Alsop Louie Partners. According to Sapho, it has raised $9.5M

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The round was led by Rincon Ventures, and also included IA Ventures, Momentum Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, and angels. Tags: datapop venture capital search marketing advertising overture yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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