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OCTOBER 16, 2013

San Diego-based driver monitoring systems provider SmartDrive Systems announced this morning that it has named Michael Baker as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. SmartDrive Systems develops video analysis and telematics products for the fleet and transit market. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2015

San Diego-based NoteVault , which develops a cloud-based note taking product for the commercial construction industry, has named Jeremy Foster as the company's Chief Marketing Officer, and John Roshala as its new VP of Sales. Foster was previously at Ericsson, and also worked at Vodafone New Zealand.

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MARCH 3, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , the developer of video product guides for e-commerce sites, said today that it has named Anthony 'Tony' Wyatt as its EVP Sales and Marketing. Wyatt joins the firm from Indyme Solutions. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

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JULY 21, 2020

San Diego-based Taoglas , a developer of RF antennas for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, says it has linked with electronics distributor Arrow Electronics. According to Taoglas, the partnership includes a new global distribution agreement focused on AI and IoT products and services.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

San Diego-based wireless device maker Inseego is targeting the business market with a new product, which uses 4G LTE to provide phone service to businesses, the company said on Thursday. The new product is available from Verizon Enterprise Sales. Pricing and details on the new product were not announced.

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MAY 9, 2018

San Diego-based Seismic , the private equity-backed provider of sales and marketing enablement tools, said on Tuesday that it has acquired SAVO Group , a provider of sales enablement products. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

headquarters in San Diego, said it has raised $7M in funding. real estate market. sales and support team. RateMyAgent says it has been in the United States since 2018; the company said its product is used by agents who sell 80 percent of the property across Australia. Source of the funding was not announced.

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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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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. The company said the new funds will go towards expansion of its sales and marketing efforts, as well as for product development. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

San Diego-based Zesty.io , a startup developing web content management systems, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1.5M The funding came from ClearVision Equity Partners, a local San Diego investors. said the new funding will go towards sales and marketing, plus its product development roadmap.

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JULY 7, 2020

San Diego-based MemComputing , a developer of high performance computing technology, has raised a round of funding, the company said on Tuesday, from two investors. MemComputing, led by CEO and co-founder John Beane, said the funding will go towards accelerating its product development and to expand sales and marketing.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

What we’ve seen is a more exploratory customer than the industry recognizes, ready to try new form factors, products and categories. The one consistent theme is they want to be able to discover and shop these products conveniently, and to be able to trust their platform of choice,” said Vaughn in a statement.

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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.

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MARCH 21, 2019

San Diego-based Bitmo , a startup developing a mobile gifting and payment app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday afternoon. Michael Smallwood is the founder and CEO of Bitmo. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Biproxi , a new startup developing a commercial real estate data platform, has raised $10M in a seed funding, the company announced on Tuesday morning. According to Biproxi, the funding was led by Greycroft, and also included Newmark Knight Frank, RPM Ventures, and the National Association of Realtors.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

San Diego-based ACTIVE Network has split off its business products group, ACTIVE Network Business Solutions , and merged it with a Texas company, Lanyon. active network merger acquisition sales lanyon' Financial terms of the merger and acquisitions deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

San Diego-based cybersecurity developer Websense announced Friday that it is officially moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, and moving 470 jobs to the city. The move is part of a one-two-three punch to the San Diego technology community, as two Vista Equity-owned technology companies have been moved to Texas in as many weeks.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

So, if you're a marketer, how do you track and encourage those word-of-mouth recommendations? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

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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. Cibus’s first commercial product is SU Canola, a variety of canola that is tolerant to sulfonylurea, a type of herbicide.

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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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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. NUVIZ said the funding will go towards product development, sales, and marketing, as it gears up to launch its technology in the first half of this year.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

San Diego-based sales software developer Seismic has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, to go towards its sales content management software, the company said this morning. Seismic said it will use the funding for product and sales, marketing, and customer support. Seismic is led by Doug Winter.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

San Diego-based Independa , the developer of electronics products and software to help seniors live independently longer, has raised $5M in its Series A funding round, the firm announced this morning. The firm said the funding came from City Hill Ventures, strategic partner LG Electronics USA, and other investors.

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JULY 16, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , a developer of tag management software for online marketers, said this morning that it has raised $10.5M The firm said the round was led by Battery Ventures, and will go towards funding growth across the company, including product development, plus staffing in marketing, sales, and account management.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

San Diego-based PacketSled , a developer of cybersecurity monitoring software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company announced today. The company said the funding goes towards hiring in the areas of sales, marketing, and its product.

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APRIL 9, 2014

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Zogenix is facing an unusual problem in getting its products to market: the state of Massachusetts has banned the company''s lead product, Zohydro ER, from sale in the state, even before they have been released. Zohydro sued the state in the U.S.

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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 the funding will go to expand sales, marketing, and product development. A part of the funding, TVC Capital's Steven J. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 18, 2014

San Diego-based CorTechs Labs , a developer of medical software, said this morning that it has raised a Series B funding round. The company said the new funding will go towards product development and sales and marketing. CorTechs Labs is led by Guri Stark. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. MindTouch's software provides customer support search tools, product information, and more to end users.

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MAY 28, 2014

San Diego-based e-commerce software developer Ecwid said this morning that it has closed a $5M, Series B funding round. Ecwid said it will use the funding for further developing its product, expanding global distribution, and for sales and marketing. The firm got its start as X-Cart, a PHP shopping cart.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of marketing and tag management software led by Jeff Lunsford, said this morning that it has raised $30.7M The company said the funding will go to expanding its operations and for product innovation. tealium venture capital management software growth marketing' READ MORE>>.

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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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AUGUST 5, 2013

San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , which develops wireless, solar-powered surveillance hardware, has raised $5.7M The company said the new funding will go towards product development, sales, and marketing. in an equity funding, the firm said this morning. The funding came from Karmel Capital and others.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

San Diego-based Skylight Healthcare Systems , a developer of interactive patient care systems, said today that it has raised $5.0M Skylight said the funding will go towards product development, marketing, and sales of its systems. in a funding round. The Series D round came from Duchossois Capital Partners.

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JUNE 6, 2013

San Diego-based pharmaceutical firm Zogenix has made some big cuts, the firm said yesterday, after the FDA delayed approval for the company''s lead product. Zogenix blamed the cuts on lack of information from the FDA on approval efforts. READ MORE>>.

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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. We basically built a few prototypes, sold a few, and saw that there was really a market need there.

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