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AUGUST 4, 2020

Qualified , a startup developing conversational marketing software for companies that use Salesforce, said on Tuesday that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding. Sikola said Qualified is adding team members in Los Angeles shortly. Sikola previously served at ExpenseCloud and TriNet Cloud in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based ChowNow , the developer of online ordering and marketing systems for the restaurant market, has raised $10M in a funding round, the company said this morning. ChowNow said the new funding round was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Steadfast Venture Capital, Daher Capital, and Karlin Ventures.

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MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing.

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JULY 1, 2020

Los Angeles-based Scalefast , a developer of direct-to-consumer, e-commerce software, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Xplorer Capital, Stereo Capital, FJLabs, Benhamou Global Venture and Credit Mutuel Equity. The company is led by CEO Nicolas Stehle. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And as a result of this there are now very robust secondary markets where founders and seed-funds alike are selling down their ownership long before an ultimate exit. If we wanted to we could have sold > 2x the fund easily in the secondary markets with significant upside remaining. of the fund.

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MAY 13, 2020

Los Angeles-based GrowFlow , a software-as-a-service company which provides its software to the cannabis and hemp industry, has raised $8.5M The funding was led by TVC Capital, and also included Bull & Bear Fund and two angel investors. in a growth financing round, the company announced on Tuesday.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise. Scott Kriz.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, which provides software used by contractors and the trades to manage their business, has acquired another company, Aspire Software, which develops software for the commercial landscaping business. The Series G funding values ServiceTitan at $9.5 Aspire Software is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In addition to San Francisco, the company is now operating in Los Angeles. We wondered why they weren’t on DoorDash, and the reason was two-fold: a bakery has to plan production days ahead of time, and every delivery sales takes away from retail customers. Other investors include Goodwater Capital and Esas Ventures. “We

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based Vroozi , a developer of cloud-based, B2B procurement software, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Ally Holdings. The startup, led by Steve Olds, said the funding will go towards growing its sales organization, as well as for development efforts.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based Boulevard , a startup offering up software to help salons and spas manage their business, have raised $11M in its Series A funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by Index Ventures and Bonfire Ventures. Both Danna and Stavropoulos were previously at Fullscreen. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan is providing integration of its platform with garage door manufacturer and supplier Clopay, the company said this week. According to ServiceTitan, the integration allows garage door sales and service technicians to easily configure and present quotes and track and process Clopay doors.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project has launched an updated sales and pricing application aimed at premium advertisers, the firm said today. Rubicon is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund. According to Rubicon, its Permission Control 2.0 READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based Conversion Logic , a developer of marketing analytics software, announced this morning that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding. in total funding. in total funding. The company said it will use the new funding for sales and marketing, data science and engineering efforts.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 15, 2018

Daniel Kim and Jay Lee, the two founders of AuditBoard , a Los Angeles-based provider of a risk and compliance software service for large businesses, grew up middle school friends in Cerritos, Calif. “We were impressed with AuditBoard’s product and its customer traction.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops software used to manage residential home service businesses, announced this morning that it has named Guy Longworth as the company's first Chief Marketing Officer. According to ServiceTitan, Longworth has more than 30 years of sales and marketing experience. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Funded B2B SaaS is looking for a VP, Engineering. Vice President, Sales and Marketing , Stanton Chase International. The company and this position is Los Angeles based. The Vice President, Sales and Marketing will have full responsibility for achieving the companys revenue and profit margin targets.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

If you run a salon or spa, how do you tackle the challenges of scheduling and your point-of-sale? Los Angeles-based Boulevard (www.joinblvd.com) has develops business management software to help premium salons and spas with their operations. It provides a comprehensive scheduling and point-of-sale system for those businesses.

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MARCH 6, 2013

CapLinked , the Los Angeles-based developer of enterprise software for managing M&A transactions, venture deals, and other business deals, is aiming squarely at legacy, virtual data room services with its latest updates. CapLinked is headed by Eric M.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Planning and dealing with extra-ordinary events: M&A, fund raising, crises. By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. Mentorship.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago. We basically trebled in size.

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MAY 22, 2019

It's all about a social organization, like a Boy Scout group, a Girl Scout group, a religious organization like a church, K-12 such as when they do field outings, but also holiday parties and company meetings, sales force organizations. How are you backed and funded? How long has the app been available?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. If they’re not I won’t fund. I’ve heard the line a million times, “one of us will move after we’re funded.&# I know, I know.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. It's nice chatting with you again about your company--you're here in Los Angeles, aren't you? You are self funded too, we recall. What we do is provide an automation solution to the market at large.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

To address that, Los Angeles-based FileTrek (www.filetrek.com) announced a funding round for its cloud-based software for sharing enterprise and business files yesterday. We spoke with Dale Quayle , the firm's CEO, about the funding and company. Our sales and marketing will be in Los Angeles.

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JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. Dave Terry: We originally were self funded until 2012, when we took a very low investment.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

For our pitch today, we have an interview with Taher Scherzay , founder of Thaeres (www.thaeres.com), a Los Angeles area startup developing subscription and recurring payment processing services. Thaeres is a SaaS-based, dashboard solution for mid-market enterprises. How are you funded? What is Thaeres about?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. Christopher Webb: It's a SaaS model, and it's $89 a month per location.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

The agreement was that both sets of investors would fund the combined entity, we would reduce overlapped costs and become a healthier company. My contact at ETF told me that Apax had called them and told them that they were planning to fund iScraper on their own without the merger and that ETF should back their deal rather than ours.

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JULY 27, 2009

It seems like there are a lot of mobile sales folks who would find your software useful in that case? How is the company funded? Tags: entrepreneur access offline service software saas mobophiles startup interview chow william. What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is? more) READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2016

That can be a subject matter expert, product head, a sales head, any category in the enterprise, and they can use our lightweight platform for answers. I have never raised outside funding with those companies, and all those companies targeted an acute pain point, but those markets were not as massive.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: We've done two rounds of funding, both angel rounds.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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