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Mission Ventures Gets Exit, As TIBCO Acquires Alpine Data

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San Diego-based venture capital investor Mission Ventures has seen an exit in its venture portfolio this morning, at data science and Hadoop software developer Alpine Data. Robert Kibble of Mission Ventures held a board of directors seat on Alpine Data's board of directors.

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Slacker Acquired By LiveXLive

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San Diego-based online radio station and music streaming service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive , the two companies announced on Friday. Slacker was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds.

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Zui.com Launches New Social Networking Features

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Zui.com, which is based in San Diego and headed by Cliff Boro, said the new featuers allow users to create their own avatars, "like" and "favorite" features, ability to make friends with others, and to share content with others. Zui is backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation.