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JANUARY 2, 2015

funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company on New Year''s Eve. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. According to the filing, the funding came from 23 investors, and the first sale in the round was in April. Venice, California-based Snapchat has raised an enormous, $485.6M

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2013

It looks like the sale of book review and community Goodreads was worth between $150M to $200M, according to a report form AllThingsD Friday, potentially making the acquisition one of the better returns on capital from a Southern California technology startup in recent years. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

San Diego-based MeLLmo , the firm behind the Roambi mobile business application, said today that it has hired on Brad Freitag as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Freitag has previously worked at Oracle, IBM, and Hyperion Solutions, and was most recently at Host Analytics, where he was Vice President of Sales. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

We spoke with Andrew about how the company pivoted from its original model after finding a huge amount of traction for its sales software and data, and its ability to guide brokers on the best practices for them to close more deals, which it is now offering as software-as-a-service. How's the startup funded? What is Digsy?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Financial details of the sale were not announced. The company also funded the acquisition of four companies for Provation, including MD-Reports, ePreop, iProcedures and endoPRO. Clearlake said it investedin Provation in March of 2018, after a carve-out acquisition from Wolters Kluwer.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 10, 2019

My favorite car blog Jalopnik said it best: “Cars Sales Could Be Heading Straight Into the Toilet.” ” Citing a Bloomberg report, the site explains automakers may have had the worst first half for new-vehicle retail sales since 2013. Car sales are tanking, but people still need cars. Don’t buy, lease.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Beepi , the online used car sales startup which expanded into Los Angeles in 2014, has shut down, according to reports. The Silicon Valley startup had raised more than $150M in funding. The company's $60M funding in 2014 had been focused on expansion to Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2011

A report today from Greentech Media says that Pasadena-based Idealab 's sale of portfolio firm RayTracker was worth $44.8M. in funding in RayTracker a developer of solar tracking technology. Idealab, Quercus Trust, and Phoenix Fire had invested $3.5M RayTracker was a spinout of Idealab's Energy Innovations. on their investment.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Los Angeles-based car sharing marketplace HyreCar reports it has raised $29.7M HyreCar said it intends to use the new funding for working capital and general corporate purposes including sales, marketing, and technology investments to continue to expand its platform. in its public offering.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

LumaTax , a new startup has offices in both San Diego and Seattle, Washington, has raised $2M in a funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from Madrona Venture Group, Greycroft Partners, and angels. LumaTax develops software which can be used by small businesses to automate the paperwork required for paying sales taxes.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, SureSale , has raised $7M in its Series A funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures and also included Coffin Capital.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2015

The company said it saw 100 percent organic sales growth, and a customer renewal rate of 127 percent. in funding from Georgian Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, and others. The company did not disclose any actual revenue numbers. The company recently raised $30.7M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2010

operator of media site Qlipso , according to a report from VentureWire. Details on the sale have not been released. Veoh filed for bankruptcy in February, after burning through over $70M in venture funding. The assets of ill-fated online video site Veoh have reportedly been sold to 2Peer Ltd., READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 21, 2018

Otter Media leads funding round for Mars Reel Media; Netflix pilots payment change; Postie taps Gollander as head of sales

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

San Diego-based Tealium , which develops tag management software used data integration, has raised $55M more in a Series F funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Silver Lake Waterman, and also included ABN AMRO Digital Impact Fund, Declaration Partners, Parkwood and existing investors. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

The company built its own point-of-sale system and commerce APIs in-house, allowing them to deliver a “seamless” customer experience, former Glossier CTO Bryan Mahoney said in 2018. E-commerce sales typically account for 80% of Glossier’s revenue, the Business of Fashion reported last July. .

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2013

in a Series A funding round, to build out its cloud-based platform for enhancing proposals, sales decks, reports, and other materials. The startup said the funding was led by Sigma West, and will go towards fortifying its team and to expand its product for the financial services and insurance markets. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

According to ServiceTitan, the integration allows garage door sales and service technicians to easily configure and present quotes and track and process Clopay doors. ServiceTitan said the move is aimed at helping improve efficiency and drive sales for garage door dealers and contractors served by Clopay. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The company was funded entirely by grants from the National Institute of Health, amounting to millions of non-dilutive dollars in all. And we should not forget that non-profits of all types depend upon grants for a significant amount of their funding, often employing professional grant writers on staff or as consultants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Martin Zwilling

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , the provider of local online marketing services to small and mid-sized businesses, said today that it has big hiring plans, and is looking to hire 50 people for sales positions at the firm. Tags: webvisible employment jobs hiring sales local earch. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But I continue to learn that there are a host of other factors, maybe not even related to you or your business, that could keep you from getting the funding that you need. Almost 80% of the funding handed out in the US consistently comes from these three locations. No surprises here. Whites and Asians lead the race.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Sales/Marketing.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2018

The secondary stock sale reportedly values LegalZoom at more than $2 billion. LegalZoom said the investment round was led by Francisco Partners and GPI Capital, and also included Franklin Templeton and Neuberger Berman.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With the current volatile economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. business entrepreneur funding marketing budget mission startup' Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2013

The new funding came from Toba Capital , the venture capital fund recently founded by Quest Software founder Vinny Smith , plus SAP Ventures, an existing investor in the company. Alteryx develops mapping and analytics software aimed at the big data market, allowing business analysts to create visual reports and analysis of their data.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based HauteLook , the heavily backed private fashion sales website headed by Adam Bernhard, said today that it has hired on three new executives on the heels of its recent, $31M Series C funding. Davis and Kalish report to Lewis, and Lewis reports to Bernhard. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, and an old one long out of favor, the so-called “reverse merger.” Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Funded B2B SaaS is looking for a VP, Engineering. The Financial Analysts primary functions include data base query, financial planning, data analysis, and reporting of DreamHosts financial activities. This role has a heavy emphasis on retrieving information and reports from various data bases, using SQL, Access, and Crystal Reports.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. Uber is in talks with Softbank Vision Fund and Toyota to raise $1 billion for its self-driving unit Uber ATG.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Santa Monica-based telephony API provider CallFire reported today that it has just passed 50,000 users for its service. CallFire, which is led by Dinesh Ravishanker, also said that it recently passed $10M in sales and is profitable. The firm was bootstrapped by Ravishanker and his co-founders, and hasn't received any venture funding.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

In Q4 consumers saved more than $25 per transaction on average and its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales performed three times better than the industry average, driving 250 percent increase in additional retailer sales. Doubling user base & top-tier clients.

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