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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Santa Monica-based PatientPop , which develops healthcare practice management software, has raised a new round of funding, the company said this morning. The new funding brings its total raised to $75M. According to PatientPop, the funding was led by Leerink Transformation Partners (LTP).

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. upfront ventures partners venture capital fund startup msuster suster launchpadla' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based Pathmatics is announcing today that it has raised $3M in a funding round, for its marketing intelligence software. The company said the strategic funding came from Mintel and SPH Ventures. Gabe Gottlieb is the founder and CEO of Pathmatics. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2010

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures).

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tray , a developer of Android-based, point-of-sale (POS) terminal software, has raised a round of funding, according to lead investor Bonfire Ventures. Kellis was most recently on the Product team at Google. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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. in total funding. SpyCloud has now raised $28.5M

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MARCH 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software maker Nimble --let by contact database and software pioneer Jon Ferrara--has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company announced on Thursday morning. in funding, including an earlier seed funding round. Nimble has now raised $12.5M

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APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Santa Monica-based contextual advertising technology developer GumGum said earlier this month tht it raised $75M in an investment round from Goldman Sachs Growth. As part of the funding, Holger Staude of Goldman Sachs Growth will join GumGum's board of directors. GumGum is led by CEO Phil Schraeder.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Santa Monica-based FanAI , a startup that it using artificial intelligence to identify and optimize sponsorship engagement in the eSports world, has raised $2.5M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. FanAI says it has now raised $4.5M in total for its efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of Internet-of-Things, sensor software, has raised $27.9M in a Series B funding round, the company said last week. The funding was led by DRW Venture Capital, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. Sixgill was formerly known as Zos Communications.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based vehicle subscription startup Fair , led by longtime automobile and startup veteran Scott Painter, is boosting its executive team, saying on Monday that it has added three new executives to its team. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Santa Monica-based SHIFT , which develops real time, online advertising and marketing tools, announced this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding came from DN Capital, and will go towards international expansion in Europe. SHIFT is led by James Borow. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based online car buying technology provider TrueCar said this morning that it has raised $30M in a new round of funding, from Vulcan Capital, the venture funding arm of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. As part of the funding, Abhishek Agrawal has joined TrueCar''s board of directors.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Santa Monica-based Ring , the developer of the smartphone connected, video doorbell of the same name, has raised $61.2M in a big, Series C funding round this morning. The startup, led by Jamie Siminoff, said that the new funding round came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sir Richard Branson.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Foothill Ranch-based TAE Life Sciences , which is developing boron-based radiation therapy drugs for the treatment of cancer, has raised $30M in what it says is an initial, Series B funding round. The company said the funding comes from a consortium of investors, including ARTIS Ventures. The startup is led by CEO Bruce Bauer.

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MAY 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based electric car manufacturer CODA announced this morning that it has raised another $58M in funding, as part of a Series C investment round. According to the firm, the round was led by Aeris Capital, and also included EDB Investmentes (EDBI); Countyline LLC, owned by Tony Pritzker and J.B. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2014

Santa Monica-based Mobile Majority , which offers up premium, mobile brand advertising, said this week that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. Prior investors G Capital, Ed Ojdana and others also participated in this funding. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online image-based advertising startup led by Ophir Tanz, has raised a big, $26.0M round this morning, from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, along with NEA, Upfrot Ventures, First Round Capital, and the company's other exiting ivnestors. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Santa Monica-based Bitium announced Friday that it has raised $6.5M in a Serie A funding, to go towards its app management, single sign-on, and analytics tools. The company said the new funding will go towards product development, sales, and marketing activities. Bitium was part of the Amplify LA accelerator.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based Outer , which makes direct-to-consume outdoor furniture, said last week that it has raised $4.3M in a funding round. According to the company, the new funding will go twoards development and introduction of new products. The company is best known for its outdoor sofas.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based Dollar Shave Club , the company that hit the scene with a viral launch video for its subscription razor e-commerce business, has $12.0M The firm''s Series B funding round came from Venrock, Comcast Ventures, New World Ventures and Battery Ventures. in funding. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 26, 2015

Santa Monica-based Enervee , which provides an online platform collecting energy consumption information on appliances and other products, is announcing this morning that it has raised $3.7M in a Series A funding round. The company is aimed at changing consumer behavior in their energy purchases. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Santa Monica-based Snap says it is looking to raise $1.0 billion in new funding, through a convertible senior note offering and private placement. According to Snap, the convertible senior notes will be due in 2026, and will be a private placement to qualified institutional buyers. million principal amount of notes.

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JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based Forge Platform , which is developing software development kits used for Ethereum, has raised $1M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding came from Manta Ray Ventures and Upfront Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. 8% of VC partnerships, for example). Now 33% of Supreme Court Justices are women (vs.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Santa Monica-based Vyng , the developer of a social video ringtone product, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor Clearstone Ventures has re-upped in a developer of biometric identity verification technology. The firm said the funding will go towards product development, sales and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. I blog on entrepreneurship & VC precisely because entrepreneurs and other VCs are my customers. That may soon change.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Santa Monica-based Graze , a new startup backed by Wavemaker Partners, said this morning that it has launched a new, robotic lawn mower targeted at the commercial market. Graze says it is using equity crowdfunding through SeedInvest for its funding efforts. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based Campus Steps , a new startup aimed at college counseling, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The funding included $2M in a strategic investment and $1M in a venture commitment, according to the company. Names of those investors were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2020

Santa Monica-based Grow Credit , a fintech startup which provides small dollar loans and helps consumers establish their credit record through paying for online subscriptions, says it has added a new investor, Commerce Ventures.

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MAY 17, 2016

Santa Monica-based PatientPop has raised another $10M in its Series A funding, bringing the amount raised in its first round to $20M, the company said Monday. The funding came from Toba Capital, athenahealth, and Silicon Valley Bank.

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