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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Zag , which develops online car buying software, announced Monday that it has hit the 100,000 cars sold mark on its service. The firm said that the brands using its online car buying software--including USAA, AAA, American Express and Overstock--sold over 100,000 new and used vehicles since launching in 2006.

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JULY 1, 2013

Financial software provider Intuit has sold its Intuit Financial Services business--which is based in Woodland Hills--to private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Intuit had acquired Digital Insight back in 2006, for $1.35 intuit financial services merger acquisition finance software mobile banking' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Desktone , the developer of virtual desktop software which had been founded by Los Angeles entrepreneur Eric Pulier, has been acquired by VMware. Desktone''s software is used to deliver Windows-based desktops to virtual desktops and other devices. READ MORE>>. desktone vmware eric pulier merger acquisition virtualization desktop'

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of IT analytics annd management software, announced today that former FileNet CEO Lee Roberts is joining the firm's board of directors. Integrien is a developer of IT performance management software, and is backed by Acartha Group, Clearstone Venture Partners, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Calabasas-based Ixia , the network testing hardware and software developer, said Tuesday that it has named Brent Novak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Novak has been Ixia''s VP of Finance since 2006, and was appointed acting CFO of the company in March. ixia executive brent novak hardware testing network software'

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MARCH 1, 2011

The firm's board includes executives from Digital Insight, the local online banking software firm acquired in 2006 by Intuit. Calabasas-based Malauzai , a new startup focused on mobile banking applications, has raised $1.3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today.

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JULY 31, 2013

The company is headed by Nelson Nahum, a storage area networking veteran who previously was at LSI Corporation, and also had headed up StoreAge software, a developer of storage virtualization appliances. Nahum had headed StoreAge when it was acquired by LSI Corporation in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien Corporation , a developer of IT performance analysis software, said today that it has received a third patent on its technology. The firm had filed for the patent in September of 2006. Tags: integriend patent software performance analysis. Integrien said it has received U.S. According to the U.S.

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MAY 20, 2010

Long Beach-based Apriso , a privately held firm developing manufacturing software, said today that it saw "strong customer growth" in the quarter from manufacturers in the solar, fuel cell, and battery industries. Apriso's software is used for managing supply chains. The firm did not provide any actual financials.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Panache , a provider of online advertising software and services, has been acquired by 24/7 Real Media , 24/7 Real Media said this morning. The firm was founded in 2006. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

IVT was formerly known as Interactive Video Technologies, and last raised funding back in 2006. Tags: software webcast capital venture video interactive. IVT serves clients such as Oracle, Rohm & Hass, IBM, and NEC particularly for corporate communications, investor relations, and training webcasts. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Location-based analytics software firm MomentFeed , which is based in Santa Monica, has turned to a former Facebook executive for advice, the firm said today. According to the startup, it has added former Facebook sales director Rob Lissner as Special Advisor to the CEO, to help shape the firm's product and sales strategy. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Irvine-based EON Reality , a developer of interactive 3D software, announced this morning that it is supplying the Science Center in Singapore with its EON TouchLight product, as well as interactive 3D content for the science museum. Tags: reality interactive touchlight microsoft singapore software. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion , a developer of location-based, wireless navigation software, has been acquired for $170M. Networks In Motion was venture backed by Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures, and last announced a Series C funding of $10M in early 2006. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2017

Santa Barbara-based Carpe Data , a new startup developing predictive data software for the insurance industry, has raised $6.6M Drucker was previously co-founder of Social Intelligence, and also co-founded Steel Card, an enterprise software company focused on software, which was sold to ChoicePoint in August of 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Burbank-based Final Draft --which is owned by software developer Cast & Crew --says it has named Shelly Mellot as President of the company. Final Draft is a developer of screenwriting software. According to Cast& Crew, Mellott has been at Final Draft for 14 years, having joined the company in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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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 this morning that it has raised $8M in an expansion capital round, its first institutional funding since it was founded in 2006. A part of the funding, TVC Capital's Steven J.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. Thing Labs makes the Brizzly web-based software for sharing and discovering content. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. Pointman is based in Buffalo, New York, and was founded in 2006.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006. Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

El Segundo-based iRise has signed on automotive giant General Motors as a customer for its application simulation software, the firm said Tuesday. iRise explained that GM is using its software for rapid prototyping and visual modeling of business applications. Financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Santa Monica-based venture firm Rustic Canyon , along with Intel Capital, has put more into Silicon Valley-based InSync Software , a developer of software for the RFID and supply chain tracking business. Both had invested in InSync in 2006. Tags: rustic canyon venture capital rfid software supply chain.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of IP communications software for the embedded market, said this morning that it has promoted two of its executives and created two new business units. Tags: technologies voip embedded software executive. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Vangard develops software tools for voice-enabling enterprise applications. The round is the second to come from Berkshire, which invested $3M in an earlier funding in 2006, along with angel support. Irvine-based Vangard Voice Systems said Wednesday that the firm has raised $2M in a Series B funding round, form Berkshire Ventures, LLC.

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MAY 2, 2017

Newport Beach-based Veritone , a developer of cloud-based, artificial intelligence software, says it expects its IPO to be between $14.00 The two brothers previously headed up Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), and the Steelbergs had founded dMarc Broadcasting, which the two sold to Google in 2006 for what, at the time, was a $1.2

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JULY 16, 2010

Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. Quinn Curtis: We had recently signed Webroot as a licensee of our software, as an OEM partner. Quinn Curtis: We were self-funded from 2006 to 2008, and in 2008 we acquired a small botnet company in San Diego, which had a venture capitalist invested in it.

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APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Calabasas-based Digital Insight , which develops online financial software for banks and other financial institutions, said today that it has rolled out a new product focused on the small business market. Intuit acquired Digital Insight for $1.35B in 2006. Tags: intuit business digital small software financial insight.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Slacker was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. In a related move, LiveXLive apparently also has acquired New York-based social media software developer SNAP Interactive. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. Around the 2006 timeframe, they hit $3M, and we saw the unique position that they could occupy in the industry. We raised our fund in 2006 to follow this exact model.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Irvine-based Integrien , a provider of performance analysis software for the enterprise, said today that the firm has gained a patent for its technology. Marvasti as the inventor on the patent, which was filed in September of 2006. Tags: enterprise integriend venture patent software capital. The patent is the firm's first.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based wireless software publisher Mobile-XL reported Thursday that it is partnering with Venice-based mobile video messaging firm Mogreet. Mobile-XL develops mobile browser software and information services. Founded in 2006, Mogreet is a privately held company.

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MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn. Rumored to be appox.

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JULY 10, 2012

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. For those that aren’t aware of the broader technology shifts of cloud computing, the trend is described in a post I did about changes in the software industry.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Santa Ana-based MSC.Software , a developer of simulation software, said Thursday that its board of directors has named Ashfaq A. Munshi has been a director at MSC since September of 2006, and has served at Applied Materials, Silicon Graphics, and Oracle. Tags: software executive. Munshi as the firm's interim CEO and President.

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