socalTECH

MAY 22, 2013

Qualaroo , a developer of website conversion and analytics software which helps web businesses improve the experience and conversion of their visitors, has launched a new product. The company--which is backed by $5.5M

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Guide Venture Capital Funding Class 136

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Aliso Viejo-based H3 Financial Services , a developer of web-based software for managing consumer finance and billing for the dental and veterinary market, has scored a Series A investment. The funding came from Newport Beach-based Connexus Equity Management Partners. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Services Funding SaaS Equity 147

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

In today's world of web application development, speed is everything. Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. Andrew Peterson: It's all software. Why is it that your software is so important for DevOps?

Web 138

Web Startup Southern California Software 138

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

El Seguno-based SmartAction , which is developing artificial intelligence-driven, call center automation software, said today that it has raised funding in a management recapitalization by private equity investors Staley Capital and TVC Capital. Financial details of the recapitalization were not announced.

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Capital Signal Hill Artificial Inteligence Funding 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital reports this morning that it has led a $30M investment in Pixellot , an Israeli firm developing automatic, artificial intelligence-driven software for producing streaming sports video. The funding was led by Shamrock, and also included other, existing, un-named investors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made an investment in virtualization software developer Ravello Systems , Ravello said this morning, as part of a $28M funding round. The funding came from Qualcomm Ventures, SanDisk Ventures, along with Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Vintage Investment Partners.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of The Walt Disney Company, has invested in a Chinese startup which provides web, video, and search analytics, Gridsum Technology. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. As part of the funding, Steamboat's Perry Chui and Alex Hartigan join Gridsum's board.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.

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Xconomy

MAY 24, 2017

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service.

Web 71

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2014

in a seed funding round, which came from Floodgate and Accel Partners. Tapatalk''s software is widely promoted in online community forums to help users better browse and read messages from various community forum software products on their mobile phone or tablet. mobile software capital venture community forum tapatalk'

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new funding round for gaming software development kit (SDK) developer Genvid , according to Genvid. in new funding led by March Capital Partners, and also including OCA Ventures. Genvid has now raised $4M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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Develop Development Capital Funding 113

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2015

Carpinteria-based Procore , the developer of construction project management software led by Craig "Tooey" Courtemanche, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a growth funding round. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

Software 100

Software Technology Outsource Development Equity 100

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2013

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of tag management software headed by Ali Behnam, has raised $15.6M in a new, Series C funding, the company said this morning. According to Tealium, the new funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Battery Ventures and Presidio Ventures.

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Funding San Diego Commerce Entertainment 164

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2015

Diffbot , the developer of artificial intelligence, visual recognition, and natural language processing software for interpreting web pages which is backed by Sky Dayton , has scored $500,000 more in funding, the company said this week. The funding--a continuation of the firm's seed funding--came from Bloomberg Beta.

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Artificial Inteligence Funding Seed Funding Web 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

La Jolla-based Perminova announced Tuesday that it has raised $7M in a funding round, which it will use to develop its web-based cardiovascular procedure software. Perminova said the funding is split between $3M in a Series A, and $4M in a equity credit facility. Source o the funding was not announced.

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Software San Diego Incubator Equity 145

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Orca Security, a developer of cloud security software, has joined Southern California's unicorns, raising $210M in a Series C funding. the company said the funding gives it a valuation of $1.2 The funding was led by CapitalG, the growth fund of Alphabet, and Redpoint Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E financing that values the company at $3.15

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Technical Review Software Review Invest Acquisition 296

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based Mission , a startup providing managed services and consulting for Amazon Web Services, has raised $15M in a funding round, from private equity investor Great Hill Partners. According to Mission, it will use the new funding to expand its team, technology, system, and go-to-market.

Services 133

Services Southern California Web Equity 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The company said the funding came from East Los Capital. The company offers up "container orchestration" software, which is used to deploy software into clouds, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company says its clients are migrating software to AWS. Caylent is led by CEO JP La Torre.

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Cloud Computing Equity Demand Web 113

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Predixion Software , a new startup headed by Simon Arkell, has raised $800,000 as part of an ongoing $3.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. No details on the funding have been announced. Tags: microsoft mining data seed capital venture software predixion.

Software 145

Software Web Sites Capital 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, revealed this week via a regulatory filing that its recently announced round was worth $1.15M, part of a $2.3M Anametrix had announced the funding on August 18th, but had not released the amount of funding received. READ MORE>>.

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Funding SEM Social Media San Diego 154

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2021

5th Kind, a developer of workflow management software for Hollywood studios, has scored an investment from private equity investor HCAP Partners. According to HCAP, the investment capital will go to fund growth initiatives for 5th Kind. Size of the investment was not announced.

Equity 113

Equity Invest Software Review Hollywood 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

Funding 125

Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? Tell me about the business. Who’s helping you with fundraising?

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which develops an online platform to help small businesses put up online and mobile websites, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels.

San Diego 113

San Diego SaaS Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. As part of the big new funding, Andrew Braccia of Accel and Vic Parker of Spectrum have both joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2013

Irvine-based CrowdStrike , the developer of security software which was founded by former McAfee CTO George Kurtz, has debuted its technology, saying that it has created a platform which is aimed at stopping security attacks and protecting users'' intellectual property. READ MORE>>.

Software 113

Software Orange County Platform Web 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences , a developer of web application security software, has been acquired for $775M by San Francisco-based Fastly , Fastly annoucned this morning. Fastly said that new produt will provide a web application and API protection solution. READ MORE>>.

Web 100

Web Los Angeles Software Capital 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based RingDNA , which develops analytics software used for understanding the sales process and sales conversations, said last week that it raised $30M in a growth capital funding. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (GS Growth), and also included Palisades Growth Capital and Bryant Stibel.

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Sales Artificial Inteligence Equity Web 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, said today that it has received new funding and added a slate of well known advisors. Tags: anametrix venture capital angel investor business analytics software saas. Details on the new private investment was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEM Funding San Diego SaaS 174

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

San Diego-based KnuEdge , a startup which was founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin, said this morning that it has unveiled its voice recognition and authentication technology--which it has developed with $100M in funding.

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Software San Diego Web Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 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.

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. And I use it all the time now when I get the kind of message that I received: I'm looking for a web developer to continue work on my website.

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Software Development CTO Hire Develop Development 175

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2017

Venice, California-based Signal Sciences announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round and launches its web protection platform. The funding was led by CRV. The company said its platform was built by former engineers from Etsy.

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Venice Web Platform Funding 100

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife , a firm that develops tools and technology to sell merchandise to music fans, announced today that it has raised $1M in a bridge round of funding. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm said the round came as a single-tranche note, convertible to preferred shares. READ MORE>>.

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Van Nuys Funding Social Network Venture Capital 145

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. If I’m being asked to do startup software development, I’m going to push fairly hard on key questions that the startup needs to have answered before they develop anything.

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