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OCTOBER 27, 2014

Irvine-based Kareo , which provides cloud-based, medical office software, said Friday that it has raised $15M in a mezzanine debt funding round. The funding came from Escalate Capital Partners. The company said the new funding brings its total raised to $47M in 2014. Terms of the new funding were not announced.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fisker , the new developer of electric vehicle and solid state battery technology which was crated by Fisker Automotive founder's Henrik Fisker, has received a strategic investment from Caterpillar Venture Capital. Caterpillar Venture Capital is the investment arm of industrial equipment and vehicle maker Catepillar.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures reported Monday morning that it has named Kara Nortman as co-Managing Partner of the fund. The fund said that Nortman will work alongside current Managing Partner Mark Suster. Nortman has been at Upfront since 2014, serving as Partner at the firm.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One confirmed on Monday afternoon that it has raised $50M in new funding, and namd Sir Richard Branson as Chairman of the company. The new funding, a Series C round, came from Caspian Venture Capital and DP World. Virgin HyperloopOne is led by CEO Rob Lloyd.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Pasadena Angels , one of the most active organized angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, released some details on the groups'' 2014 performance over the holidays, saying that it saw a total of four exits--including a $100M exit over at Bluebeam --and closed 17 deals during the year. in new funding for its portfolio companies.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

San Diego-based SGI-DNA , a biotech company which is developing synthetic genomics and dna data storage technology, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Northpond Ventures, and also included Oxford Finance and BroadOak Capital partners. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Newport Beach=based private equity investor L Squared Capital said on Wednesday that it has closed a new fund, L Squared Capital Partners III , at just over $500M. The company says it plans to make seven to nine investments from within its Fund III. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. Hedge funds, other public investors, corporates, etc. I don’t.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

RiverVest Venture Partners, a St. Louis, MO-based venture capital firm with additional offices in San Diego, CA, and Cleveland, OH, has raised $184.4 million for its fourth fund dedicated to investing in healthcare companies. At the time, Lumena’s chairman was RiverVest.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

The University of California system said Tuesday that it has launched a new venture capital fund, with $250M in investments, to specifically invest in opportunities emerging from the University of California's ten campuses. The UC System said the new fund will be led by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Randadive.

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MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” 5 years ago.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Glendale-based Beyond Limits , a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software, has named Meghan Sharp, Ph.D., the former Managing Director of BP Ventures/Americas, as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). The company is headed by CEO AJ Abdallat. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2014

What you’ll see if you watch the video is an unscripted and unfiltered look into how Scott Kupor & I see some of the changes and challenges of the venture industry. The only point we didn’t seem totally aligned on was what we happening to the “middle of the VC market.” tl;dr version. And we ended.

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MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. We had been doing that for several years, and decided we wanted to start syndicating deals in September of 2014, so we formed Moonshots Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One , which is building high speed, Hyperloop transportation systems, says it has raised $85M in a Series B-1 funding round. The funding brings the company's total raised to $245M since it was founded in 2014.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

in a new fund, Domain Partners IX, LP , according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. According to the filing, the fund now stands at $163.6M, and includes six limited partners. Fundraising for the new fund first began in December of 2014, according to the filing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Garlington was at Walt Disney Imagineering for more than 20 years, most recently as Vice President and Executive Creative Director; he retired in 2014. SPACES is venture backed by Comcast Ventures, Songcheng Performances Development Co. Boost VC, Colopl VR Fund, GREE Inc., READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

in a Series A funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Romulus Capital along with ff Venture Capital. in seed funding in 2014, and was part of the AmplifyLA startup accelerator. Estify was founded by Jordan Furniss. The company had raised $1.5M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. Panasonic made its first investment in the company in December of 2014, and another in September of 2016. The two said that, as a result of the investment, Coronal will become Coronal Energy powered by Panasonic. Coronal Energy is led by Jonathan Jaffrey.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Author, investor, and AOL co-founder Steve Case today announced a new $150 million venture fund aimed at pumping investment capital into tech companies in so-called flyover states. Contributing to the fund is an impressive group of some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

But I continue to learn that there are a host of other factors, maybe not even related to you or your business, that could keep you from getting the funding that you need. Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. No surprises here. Whites and Asians lead the race.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Philz Coffee , the Silicon Valley coffee chain which has been in a massive expansion in Southern California in the last few months, announced on Tuesday a $45M Series C funding round. As part of the funding, Jim COulter and Sanjay Banker, both of TPG, join the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. So we went for it.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

According to the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook , this past quarter $15 billion was invested in 1,810 deals , which compares unfavorably to both the prior quarter ($22.1 billion, 2,559 deals), signaling perhaps a period of digestion given how much had been invested during the 2014-2015 window.

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JULY 26, 2016

The financing includes both new investment funding and a conversion of debt to equity, according to a notation in the filing. Adding to the confusion, the most-recent MoneyTree Report on San Diego venture capital activity shows that Ostendo raised almost $10 million in VC funding during the second quarter.

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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cartwheel, a startup that develops on-demand delivery management software, says it has raised $1M in a seed funding round, which came from TenOneTen Ventures, Act One Ventures, as well as famed hot dog restaurant chain Portillo's Hot Dogs, along with other angels.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

We caught up with Ryan (who calls himself an "anti-VC") to hear more about his investment firm, which has invested in such companies as Heal , Elite Daily , Saucey , and FragMob. Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by private equity investor Level Equity. According to Leonardo247, the funding will go to support its ongoing growth in the remote property management area, as well as expansion into other commercial real estate markets. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in the seed round of a startup, New Knowledge , which developed the artificial intelligence software which uncovered a large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. As part of the investment, Kelly Perdew, the founder of Moonshots Capital, has joined the board of New Knowledge.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles.

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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. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Nearly four months ago we rebranded at Upfront Ventures. You can watch the video above for a very brief overview of why we rebranded and where we see our place in the VC ecosystem along with what has changed in our industry. Relaunching our brand is part of our larger initiative to build a VC firm of the future.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

And there’s none that makes me happier than to announce that Jordan Hudson has been promoted to a Principal at Upfront Ventures. What is a principal at a VC firm and how does it work at Upfront Ventures? ” Associates have different functions at different VCs. VC firm admin. Portfolio community building.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Pasadena-based Green Dot , which provides banking services, prepaid cards, and other financial services, says it is the lead investor in the Series A funding for Gig Wage. Gig Wage is based in Dallas, Texas, and was founded in 2014. Gig Wage provides payroll, payment and banking services for the gig marketplace. READ MORE>>.

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