socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The CommVault link is the latest in a push into the enterprise market, including the hiring of a number of enterprise and IT focused sales staff last year, links with other backup provider, and network attached storage (NAS) software connected to its service. READ MORE>>.

Windward 140

Windward Mission Ventures San Diego Networking 140

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2009

According to the company, the funding came from Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The company said the new funding will go to accelerate research and development, along with sales and marketing. in a Series B funding for the firm.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Research 100

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2009

Nirvanix provides cloud-based storage which can be used by both Internet and web-based businesses, as well as enterprises; the firm recently hired a VP of Sales from Brocade, and in October rolled out CloudNAS, software which creates a network-attached-storage device based entirely on the firm's Internet-based cloud storage API.

Windward 100

Windward SaaS Mission Ventures San Diego 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand Media, the internet publishing firm which is in the midst of an IPO effort, is the brainchild of Richard Rosenblatt, who was at the reins of Intermix, the parent firm of MySpace, and brokered the sale of MySpace to News Corporation. Venture backers : Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway.

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Current round: $1.3mm from Index Ventures and Dave McClure, Chris Sacca, Simon Levene, Meagan Marks, Ariel Poler, and Quincy Smith. Woot was one of the first one-per-day item sales site with a humorous and not always PC content. Raised $61mm from investors including Mission Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Sun Microsystems and SAP Ventures.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. I don't have a long sales cycle, because I'm talking to people who have already chosen Jetty. I also worked in sales groups for Websphere, and bootstrapped Webtide--all right in a row.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management. funding round for the firm's travel booking service.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

We tend to be better at things like team building, negotiations, sales, and fundraising – which are arguably the most important skills entrepreneurs should posses. Challenge #2 – There is Not Enough Great Tech, Product and UI/UX Design Talent in LA. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111