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AUGUST 23, 2017

San Diego-based MabVax Therapeutics , a biotechnology developer developing antibody-based treatments for cancer, said on Tuesday that it has raised $1.3M in a Series J Convertible Preferred Stock financing, and has engaged an investment banking firm to "explore strategic alternatives" for the company.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

San Diego-based TVC Capital , the software-focused, growth equity investment firm founded by Jeb Spencer and Steve Hamerslag has raised a big, $115M software fund, the company said Wednesday. The fund said that TVC Capital III was oversubscribed, and closed in only 90 days. million in revenues. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2020

San Diego-based Inseego , which develops 5G and Internet-of-Things technology, said this morning that it has received $25M via a private placement, in a Series E Preferrred Stock sale. The funding came from a private fund managed by Mubadala Investment Company's asset management arm, Mubadala Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Rio SEO , the local search software development arm of Covario, said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding to take the company independent. The new funding comes after the rest of Covario was sold to Dentsu Aegis Network. Size and details of that investment were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Diego-based NUVIZ , a developer of head's up displays for motorcycle riders, has scored a strategic investment round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Pierer Industrie AG, the parent firm of KTM Industries, Husqvarna Motorcycles, WP Suspension and Pankl Racing Systems. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Trust & Will , which operates an online estate planning service, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Tuesday. According to the company, it has now raised $23M in total funding.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This is the last week to register at the lowest rate for March 18’s Xcelerating Life Sciences: Biomedical Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine & Genomics conference at the Takeda Research facility in San Diego. Hurry, our $99 early bird sale ends this Friday, Feb. 7 at midnight. Speakers include Jay Lichter, CEO of.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has joined the unicorn club, saying this morning that it has raised $92M in a Series F funding, which values the company at approximately $1.6 Seismic has now raised a total of $270M in funding. Rowe Price, its existing investors.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Today, a startup that is doing this in the specific area of distressed property is announcing a round of growth funding to ramp up its team and expand its business. The funding is being led by QED Investors; Founders Fund, Susa Ventures, Navitas Capital, and Prudence Holdings also participated.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Kinestral , a developer of "smart" electronically controlled tinting glass, which is backed by San Diego's Versant Ventures, said on Wednesday that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

San Diego-based eSUB Construction Software , a startup developing mobile and cloud-based project management and document control software for the construction industry, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Revolution Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

San Diego-based EDF Renewables North America has inked a new 332 megawatt (MW) wind and solar development deal, covering a wind farm in Iowa and a solar farm in Kern County. The projects are the Glacier's Edge Wind project in Iowa, and the Valentine Solar project in Kern County. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based Inseego , the company until recently known as Novatel Wireless, has received a $20M credit agreement from Lakestar Semi, a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management. approval on the sale of MiFi to a Chinese buyer. approval on the sale of MiFi to a Chinese buyer.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

San Diego-based IntraStage , a developer of quality management software for companies who design and manufacture electronic products, including statistical process control (SPC) and other testing and data analytics tools, has raised a round of angel funding. Other investors were not disclosed. Other investors were not disclosed.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Sales tax compliance is not a typical sexy startup area. So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software.

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JUNE 2, 2014

San Diego-based Sente , an aesthetics medicine company focused on skincare, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series C financing round. The funding was led by PharmaBio Investments, and also included existing and new, individual investors. The company is led by Michael York. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

San Diego-based Cordial , a developer of marketing software which automatically tracks the actions of consumers, which triggers personalized messaging to those consumers, has raised 6M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Upfront Ventures. The investment was led by Upfront's Kobie Fuller.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. Source tell us it is now between $400 million and $500 million.

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MARCH 8, 2016

San Diego-based software growth equity investor TVC Capital has backed Celigo , a developer of software to integrate cloud-based applications. Celigo said this morning that it has raised $8M in an expansion capital round, its first institutional funding since it was founded in 2006. A part of the funding, TVC Capital's Steven J.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Magnolia Medical Technologies , a Seattle-based manufacturer of devices for collecting blood and bodily fluids, announced this week it has raised $20 million in equity funding to ramp up sales of its flagship product. The funding comes as Magnolia and San Diego-based competitor Kurin battle each other in court.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. In sales we often call these USPs (I wrote about them here: Unique Selling Propositions ).

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MAY 10, 2012

San Diego-based BioSurplus , a provider of pre-owned, laboratory instruments for the life sciences industry, said today that it has raised $1.5M The firm said the funding came from KI Investment Holdings. in a capital raise for an expansion into Boston. The firm is headed by Preston "Cinco" Plumb. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

With a cloud lingering over the peer-to-peer lending industry, privately held National Funding is disclosing new details today about its operations, in a bid to step into the light and differentiate itself as a fintech company and alternative lender. Alternative lending encompasses a broad range of loan options outside traditional bank loans.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

San Diego-based TVC Capital , the growth equity investor which specializes in software companies, is the lead investor in a round of funding for Levels Beyond , the two announced today. in a Series A from TVC, to invest in expanding sales, marketing, and business development. Levels Beyond said it raised $4.5M

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Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. He founded MaxIT Healthcare in 2001.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

San Diego-based renewable power developer EDF Renewable Energy said Friday that it has sold a 50 percent interest in its 194MW, Spinning Spur 3 Wind Project, to a fund managed by BlackRock. Financial size of the deal was not disclosed.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures , the venture investing arm of investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , reported yesterday that it saw the first exit in its portfolio recently, with the sale of company CloudTrigger. The fund also reports that it now has 39 digital media and technology startups in its portfolio.

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JUNE 18, 2012

San Diego-based Astute Networks , a developer of a flash-based iSCSI networking device used in the data center market, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. Astute said the funding will go towards funding its sales, marketing, channel development, and support.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2018

Sales of Cibus’ first product, a gene-edited canola, have gone so well that the San Diego company has raised $70 million in new financing to boost its commercialization efforts.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 14, 2018

MabVax Therapeutics says it doesn’t have enough money to continue funding its operations. As of Sept. 30, the company had nearly $1 million in cash and a working capital deficit of about $6.3 million, according to its latest quarterly regulatory filing.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: We closed our nineteenth and twentieth software focused growth equity investments this year, a significant milestone for our firm. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2010

San Diego-based Skinit , a developer of customized "skins" for consumer electronics products, has raised $60M in a funding, the firm said Tuesday. Skinit said the investment was led by ABS Capital Partners and Norwest Equity Partners. Tags: skinit venture capital electronics consumer skins cover funding.

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2019

A Chicago-based private equity firm has tapped the former head of NuVasive and finance chief of GreatCall to start a new healthcare company in San Diego. billion Fund XII. Lucier is also making a “substantial” investment in Corza, according to a statement from GTCR on Wednesday.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Vulcan, Venrock, NEA, Wellcome Trust, Google, and the Kuwait Investment Authority are all backers.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho is CEO of San Diego-based Echo Laboratories (www.discover-echo.com), a startup which is developing a new kind of microscope. My background is I was a sales rep in this industry for fourteen years, with Nikon. It's the largest investment the TCA has had in terms of a first round in their history.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

3D Robotics has raised over $5 million in round two funding to accelerate its growth and expansion into new markets says Chris Anderson 3DR CEO and former Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine, Entrepreneur and author. Anderson is opportunistic that the funding round and him joining the firm as CEO will propel the firm to new heights.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

PacketSled, a cybersecurity startup based in suburban San Diego, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Keshif Ventures, a local angel investment fund that has put money into dozens of tech startups in the San Diego area. The company also has an office in Seattle.

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