socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which develops e-commerce software for subscription-based software businesses, has been acquired by private equity investor Accel-KKR. According to FastSpring, Accel-KKR has made a majority equity investment in the firm, to provide capital and resources for its technology and go-to-market initiatives.

Santa Barbara 124

Santa Barbara Equity Commerce Resource 124

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2013

FastSpring , the fast growing Santa Barbara-based e-commerce payment services provider headed by Dan Engel, said today it has scored a funding round from Pylon Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. The investment is the first, outside investment in the company since it was founded in 2005.

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Funding Santa Barbara Commerce Acquisition 153

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Michael Pfau (Santa Barbara … Reicker Pfau). This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And over the past few years I had been egging him on from LA to get Cooley to take our market more seriously. Sam Angus (NorCal … Fenwick & West). Don Lee (LA … LKP).

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Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. The reason I point this out to you, is it's enabled us to raise a fund in a market--where I'm sure you're aware--that most funds have not been able to raise new funding.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157