socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2021

Glendale-based ServiceTitan, which develops software used by home service providers and others in the trades to manage appointments, billing, marketing, and more, has raised a huge, $500M funding round. The funding was led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital, and also included H.I.G. The new funding values the company at $8.3

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , which develops call marketing automation technology, said Wednesday that it has raised $3.25M in a funding round. RingCon said the new funding will go towards aggressively expanding sales, marketing, and software development. The round was led by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners.

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Marketing GRP Partners Santa Barbara Advertising 174

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Biggest new for CommNexus / EvoNexus: EvoNexus incubator companies reached the $95M in capital raised and two companies were acquired. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech San Diego 173

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Speaker List.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- Current VC market and how to pitch it. The current venture market and how to pitch it - Getting professional tech investment (private, angel, venture, strategic) in these times is not easy. See [link] (more)

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Venture Capital Technical Review Marketing Capital 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012 -- Raise Capital Locally But Expand Globally. Our esteemed guest speakers include: Monica Dodi, Co- Founder and Managing Director of The Womens Venture Capital Fund, focused on early stage women led new ventures. Pierce is best known for pioneering the market for virtual goods in online games.

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Capital LAVA Clearstone Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012.

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Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. The market had tanked.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2014

The funding came from Toba Capital, and occurred in July. SecureAuth said that the funding will help the company accelerate growth through expansion of sales and marketing. Toba Capital also led an earlier, September 2012 funding round of $4.5M capital venture authentication enterprise factor multi secureauth'

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Rustic Canyon Partners is one of the return backers of online babysitting marketplace UrbanSitter , participating in UrbanSitter''s new $15M Series B funding. Rustic Canyon was one of the first investors in UrbanSitter back in 2012. UrbanSitter is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Speaker List.

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Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Every year Upfront Ventures surveys Limited Partners (LPs) who are the main source of capital that invests in VC funds and thus the main source of capital that goes to startups to get an early-warning sense of the year ahead, leaving aside any Black Swans. Note that all of these names were not started in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even non-profits, have to practice the basic principals of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. You can find a dozen more on the Conscious Capitalism web site.

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Capital Entrepreneur Guide Startup 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2014

in an IPO on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The IPO offering is being underwritten by MDB Capital Group. was spun out of Superconductor Technologies in 2012. The company says is it looking to trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "RESN". Santa Barbara-based Resonant, Inc. , Resonant Inc.

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Santa Barbara Mobile Acquisition Design 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. So as Mayor Garcetti likes to say, we are not just the capital of the Pacific Rim (the Eastern Capital of Asian Trade) but also the Western capital of the United States (2.5x

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Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2016

The company has applied to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as PI. The IPO is being underwritten by RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Piper Jaffray,Needham & Company, and Cannacord Genuity. The IPO is a second try for Impinj; the company had tried for an IPO back in 2011-2012, but later withdrew those plans.

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CalTech Venture Capital Startup Equity 100

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2017

The funding was co-led by Vertical Venture Partners and Grayhawk Capital. The funding also included the Stanford University DAPER fund, Peninsula Ventures, and Tallwave Capital. The company was founded in 2012. SOCi manages social media pages for multi-location and multi-tenant businesses. Afif Khoury is CEO of SOCi.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. for the year ended December 31, 2012, and revenues of $55.7M The company''s IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs, & Co., Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., Mayfield, as well as others.

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Clearstone Advertising News Los Angeles 198

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2013

Booker , the developer of a cloud-based system for autmating operations and marketing for small and medium sized businesses and others, has raised $27.5M The company--which has a substantial office in Irvine--said the funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, and also included Revolution Ventures, Grotech Ventures, TDF, and Vital Financial.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices. Our very own Amanda Coolong will be moderating the Attracting Venture Capital, Social TV, Social Media and Mobile Trends panel.

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Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2014

RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. Rubicon''s IPO is the first in Southern California from a technology company since June of 2012, when San Diego''s ServiceNow had its IPO. Rubicon Project is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., Mayfield, as well as others.

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Clearstone Southern California Advertising San Diego 164

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. There’s Metromile, which launched its personalized pay-per-mile auto insurance in 2012. But of course, it has far fewer customers and is only serving one market.

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Startup Customer Custom Los Angeles 203

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2012

a provider of products for the fixed and mobile data network market, Allot announced this morning. The company said that the acquisition will be accretive on a quarterly basis by the end of 2012, contributing between $3.0 in revenues for the second half of 2012. in revenues for the second half of 2012. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Acquisition Mobile Networking 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

Cloud Capital. BigRentz was founded in 2012. The company said that Holmes will lead operational management of the inbound customer queue, customer care, specialty services and supply. Holmes has been Director of Strategic Partnerships at BigRentz since 2016. BigRentz is backed by Los Angeles private equity investor St. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

ScoreBig is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, U.S. The company said it had 600% revenue growth in 2012. scorebig goldberg executive live entertainment sports marketplace market venue ticketmaster' Venture Partners and the Checketts Partners Investment Fund. READ MORE>>.

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Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles Invest 133

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

THQ said it has hired an investment banker to help it consider "strategic alternatives", in hopes of raising additional capital to bring a number of titles to market. for the three months ended September 30, 2012, down significantly from the similar quarter last year, when it had $146.0M in revenues. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 -- ACG 101's Annual MandA Update. Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x Total merger and acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 trillion in value.

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ACG Santa Barbara Ventura Equity 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 -- Global CONNECT Summit. Struggling with access to capital? Join the architects of some of the world's leading innovation ecosystems along with visionaries who are growing clusters in emerging markets for this annual two day international meeting in San Diego, California. See [link] (more)

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San Diego Capital Marketing 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Instead, he’s launched a new delivery service that has just raised $3 million from Casa Verde Capital , the $45 million venture firm founded by hip hop impresario Snoop Dogg, and Kevin Durant’s Durant Company — among others — to take advantage of the growing demand for marijuana delivery.

Services 259

Services Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles 259

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It’s easy to overlook Phase 4, which takes place after a drug reaches the market. Post-marketing studies aim to identify side effects not observed in the first three phases of testing. This week, results of such a study led to the market withdrawal of weight-loss pill lorcaserin (Belviq).

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Study Marketing San Diego Blogging 77

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers.

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OpenX Advertising Pasadena Web 178

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Saturday, October 13, 2012 -- Crowdfunding, Small IPO's and Private Offerings over the Internet: The New JOBS Act. The recent JOBS Act Law gives entrepreneurs access to capital in new, streamlined ways. The new rules are the biggest change in the Stock Market in decades with IPO's now possible for much smaller amounts.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Entrepreneur Capital 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012 -- Global CONNECT Summit. Struggling with access to capital? Join the architects of some of the world's leading innovation ecosystems along with visionaries who are growing clusters in emerging markets for this annual two day international meeting in San Diego, California. See [link] (more)

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San Diego Capital Marketing 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 25, 2012

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges. See [link] (more)

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